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Facebook Facebook announced its long-awaited job board this morning, ushering in a new era of online recruiting and, eventually, what's likely to be an important new source of revenue for the company. After a yearlong "Social Jobs Partnership" with the U.S. Department of Labor and other government agencies, the company released the Social Jobs Partnership application today, an interactive job board that aggregates 1.7 million openings from recruiting companies already working on the platform, including Work4 Labs, BranchOut, Jobvite, DirectEmployers and Monster.com.
Though a spokesperson for the company insists the announcement does not mean Facebook is entering the recruiting industry, that statement appears far-fetched given the capability of the application. The page allows users to search for jobs by location, industry and skill; apply to them directly through Facebook; and then share the jobs to their social network. Its developer partners also believe Facebook is making a clear statement of its intentions. "Facebook is launching a jobs page within Facebook," notes Stephane Le Viet, founder and CEO of Work4 Labs. "This is a very big disruption in a very large space."
The company's own blog post reveals some telling statistics about the potential for recruiting over the platform. According to Facebook, half of employers in the U.S. use the social network during their hiring process. Of those companies already using Facebook to engage with customers, 54 percent anticipate using it more heavily in their recruitment efforts in the future. Given those numbers, the lucrative nature of the recruitment industry and the success of companies like Work4 Labs—not to mention increasing pressure from battered shareholders—it appears likely that Facebook will seek monetize recruitment efforts at some point soon.
Le Viet surmises that the current application is just an early, lightweight version intended to test recruiting on the platform. It also serves to trigger a PR push letting the general public know that the social network is now a place to find jobs. A more robust version may eventually mean users will see more recruitment-related activity on their newsfeeds.
The Social Jobs Partnership was meant to serve as a consortium to guide the company's recruitment offering.
So does November 14, 2012 mark the beginning of the end for LinkedIn LinkedIn? The varied demographics of Facebook certainly differ from LinkedIn's 175 million older, college-educated users. Le Viet's Work4 Labs acknowledges this reality, focusing on entry-level and hourly positions rather than the salaried openings that LinkedIn has covered. And as Forbes contributor George Anders noted in a July cover story, LinkedIn Recruiter, the company's enterprise recruitment tool, is the company's core business. They have a three-year head start and a product with cachet among recruiters said to rival that of Bloomberg Bloomberg terminals among traders. LinkedIn is also a trusted, professional brand created for the explicit purpose of business networking. Older employees may not feel comfortable mixing work with a social platform better known for kegstand photos.
The sheer size of Facebook's user base however, means that the company can slice the population a number of different ways. Though only 22 percent of users are above the age of 45, that's still 220 million people–more than LinkedIn's entire platform. And Facebook has already been used effectively to recruit lower-skilled workers. A foothold in the lower end of the market could serve as a nice starting point for moving upstream and eating LinkedIn's business. The twenty-somethings who tend profiles on both LinkedIn and Facebook may not care where their next job comes from.
What is certain? Traditional online job boards like Monster.com are on the way out. While Monster has seen its market share and stock price plummet in recent years, LinkedIn has soared and Facebook's developer partners–Work4 Labs, BranchOut and Jobvite–have raised tens of millions of dollars to pursue social graph-based recruiting models. The future of recruiting is decidedly social.
Though Forbes staffer Eric Savitz noted that the lockup agreement covering 777 million Facebook shares ended today, the company's stock is up nearly 8%.
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Hmmm….."Recruiting Will Never Look The Same", really? Did J.J. or anyone on the Forbes staff actually look at a job posting on this job board? They sure look the same to me. Facebook is capable of so much more to make job descriptions interesting. I encourage everyone to run a search, and look at the actual job descriptions. If you want boring Monster job ads you don't need to go to Facebook to find them…just go to the "restructuring" Monster website itself. Another option they give you is Branchout. I clicked on "View on Branchout" and found pictures of the Branchout office, and CEO Rick Marini giving a speech…huh? It wasn't a job for Branchout!? I'm guessing Facebook will make changes, but first impressions leave an impact on people. It looks like Facebook's heart was not fully into this effort. They have so much content at their disposal to make jobs interesting, and they haven't used any of it in this effort. This job board makes recruiting look very much the same…just on Facebook.
Great idea ! So many people use facebook for small businesses and for personal communication. I think this is a good revenue for employment opportunities.
I hope that all advertisers realise that this will be seen internationally and state the location in the heading. This should include the country.
It would be even better if the location was a mandatory field when placing adverts.
I wonder if anyone has actually tried using Facebook's Social Jobs Partnership to search for jobs.
I just did, to test the functionality, and noticed location matching errors for BranchOut (search in Atlanta yielded results in the top 5 from the UK, AZ, MD, VA), and title/keyword matching errors with US.Jobs (searched for recruiter jobs, found phlebotomy jobs in top 5).
Not joking.
No results from Work4Labs or Jobvite from my initial test query, and only 2 from successive searches.
Monster produced accurate matches on title, skill, and location.
Facebook has always been seen as off limits by the career-minded because it separated personal and professional lives. Hence why LinkedIn was so highly embraced, and Facebook privacy settings increased. It'll be interesting to watch the comparisons of the salaried vs. hourly positions on Facebook.
Sorry, but this is a far, far cry from being a LinkedIn competitor, @JJColao. The app was difficult to find via Facebook search. When I did finally find the app itself, the interface was pretty weak (location search is non-intuitive) and it returned no results for software developers in Chicago. Now if it is indeed searching Monster, Branchout and other sites and aggregating these results, I'd have expected significant returns from this broad category search. There is certainly a logic behind going after the large number of people on Facebook for recruiting purposes. Smart recruiters have been using it as part of their arsenal of talent-finding tools for years. However, Facebook is going to have to do better than this. For an organization with such vast resources, this is an extremely disappointing start–even if we were to consider it an alpha release.
Facebook is the last place I´d look for an employee. I would not want to hire someone who spends their time updating their unimportant "status" while they´re supposed to be working.
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If next Tuesday's election was to be decided by students at St. Joseph Parish School, Barack Obama would win another term as president. Obama received a whopping 86% of the votes compared to only 14% for Romney.
The Homewood school was one of 11,000 schools in the nation that participated, via the internet, in the mock election called, "Every Kid Votes," which was hosted by Studies Weekly. Junior High Social Studies teacher, Mr. Brian Wetherald, coordinated St. Joseph Parish School's participation. Students from kindergarten through eighth grade were able to exercise their "voting" rights. Mock voting booths were set-up in the sixth grade classroom and each student received an "I Voted" sticker after casting their ballot. Preschool students were also able to participate in the "election" process by creating decorations for the voting area.
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Ms. Stephanie Elaine Cason, 32 of Valdosta passed away Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 at her residence. Ms. Cason was born in Valdosta on July 14, 1980 to Mikell Dwayne and Debbie Elaine Cason. She attended Brooks Co. schools and Valdosta Technical College. Ms. Cason was a very caring and free hearted person. The angels in heaven are rejoicing, but they are also belly laughing. She worked in Belk's at the Clinique counter and volunteered to do face painting at events held at the Lowndes Co. Library.
Survivors include her parents, Dwayne and Debbie Cason of Barney; sister, Belinda Gail Cason of Adel; brother, Howie Dwayne Cason of Barney; paternal grandparents, Howard W. and Minnie Geneva Cason, Jr. of Barney; two nieces, Skyler Renae and Kenise Nicole Cason of Adel; former sister-in-law, Christi Carter of Adel; and the love of her life, her man, Daniel Neasbitt of Valdosta; also her 17 year old cat, Angel. Ms. Cason was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Willie Mae Reid and Daniel McIntyre.
Funeral services will be held at Pauline Baptist Church at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Tommy Bussey officiating. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Pauline Church Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends this evening from 6-8 p.m. at Maxwell-Miller Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.maxwellmillerfuneralhome.com. — Maxwell-Miller Funeral Home of Quitman.


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You have to wonder whether Chesapeake Energy's Board of Directors and General Counsel Henry Hood have been overcome by fumes. The company's response to inquiries from Thomson Reuters' special investigation by Brian Grow and Anna Driver is not only disingenuous it's borderline delusional.
McClendon has borrowed as much as $1.1 billion in the last three years by pledging his stake in the company's oil and natural gas wells as collateral, documents reviewed by Reuters show.
The loans were made through three companies controlled by McClendon that list Chesapeake's headquarters as their address. The money is being used to help finance what could be a lucrative perk of his job – the opportunity to buy into the very same well stakes that he is using as collateral for the borrowings.
The size and nature of the loans raise concerns about whether McClendon's personal financial deals could compromise his fiduciary duty to Chesapeake investors, according to more than a dozen academics, analysts and attorneys who reviewed the loan agreements for Reuters…
Chesapeake said McClendon's loans are "well disclosed" to company shareholders. General Counsel Hood cited two references in the company's 2011 proxy. In them, the firm refers to McClendon's personal "financing transactions," including one in a section entitled "Engineering Support" that discusses McClendon's use of Chesapeake engineers to assess well reserves.
Nowhere in Chesapeake proxy statements or SEC filings does the company disclose the number, amounts, or terms of McClendon's loans. Veteran analysts of the company said they were never aware of the loans until contacted for this article.
"We believe the disclosures made by the company have been appropriate under the circumstances, particularly since the disclosure of the loans is not required in any event," Hood said in a statement.
It's not like McClendon hasn't had trouble keeping all his finances in order before. "Mo' money, mo' problems."
Michelle Leder at Footnoted.org: In the fall of 2008, McClendon had to sell approximately $552 million worth of Chesapeake shares to cover margin calls. The company helped him recoup some of those losses, though. By the end of 2008, Chesapeake had given him about $100 million, including the $75 million that the directors approved as a "well cost incentive award" under the Founder Well Participation Program. To scrape up cash, McClendon even sold9,000 bottles from his wine collection in two Sotheby's auctions, which raised another $9 million. And, of course, footnoted readers will recall the post which reported that Chesapeake's directors' paid McClendon $12.1 million for his antique map collection, which readers declared the "Worst footnote of 2009."
McClendon's New Year's Eve, 2008 agreement lowered the number of shares that Chesapeake required him to hold. As this article notes, after McClendon had to sell 94 percent of his Chesapeake shares because of those margin calls, he no longer held the equity stake that his prior employment agreement required. So the board lowered the requirement and gave him the $75 million award – just enough to buy a few shares back.
Driver and Grow at Thomson Reuters dig deep, all the way to the documents filed by McClendon's legal entities (headquartered at Chesapeake's headquarters). His biggest personal lender also got a sweetheart deal in joint ventures with Chesapeake the corporation via a preferred stock transaction. McClendon's interests in the wells is in turn peddled to sucker state pension funds by a hedge fund as an exclusive insider alternative asset they can invest in with very favorable, risk-free returns given McClendon's ability to make sure he meets the terms of the deal.
How can this happen? Isn't the SEC all over this? I'm quoted:
McClendon's loans – backed not by stock but by stakes in company wells – aren't covered by the SEC rule. "Because they have decided to compensate him with a business interest, it kind of falls through the cracks," says Francine McKenna, an accounting expert and author of the accounting-related blog re: The Auditors.
As a result, no SEC regulation precludes McClendon from using his well plan stake as loan collateral. The SEC declined to comment on the McClendon loans.
Some may think that the recent rejection of Citicorp's Pandit pay package signals a sudden uprising - shareholders ready to speak up and take back their companies from selfish, self-serving "stewards". But the Chesapeake Energy disclosure disco moves just go to show that no matter how many times they're burned, some shareholders will keep coming back to take more punches.
Chesapeake Energy's auditor? PricewaterhouseCoopers who is paid less than $3 million to audit this problem child. There's a risk you can be paid too little to do a good job…
The Board of Directors clearly needs to see a good house cleaning. I'm sure the class-action lawyers will have a field day with this. In the end, the shareholders are the ones that pay. McClendon and his buddies on the Board should be sent packing.
Haha, what a turd.
So does this explain why… after Chesapeake obtained my lease on the Craig Ranch properties from Rockford Energy Partners… I got one lousy little check and then they just stopped coming?
I've heard that Chesapeake is where to go if you want a royal screwing by a big company. That is NOT what I wanted but I wasn't given a choice in the matter. They simply bought my lease from the company that was at least paying royalties on it. As for the lease that Chesapeake did pay me for initially, I've never seen a flipping dime from that one and now that they own the Craig's Ranch operation, I suppose I'll never see another dime from it either.
Hope my little $130 a month buys Mr. Mclendon some new toilet seat covers for his private jet or something… it was just being wasted on drivel like paying copays on health care for me.
They refuse to accept/return phone calls and email to the person supposedly handling our lease is supposedly "undeliverable". Given those two factors, I'm going to assume that once Chesapeake has your lease in their pocket, they have no qualms about simply saying, "____ you" to the little people… I wonder how many of us there are…. they've screwed over. In other words, the new uniquely American version of "capitalism" triumphs again.
Yep. This deal stinks. It shouldn't come as a big surprise, though. The board of directors has been nonexistent as evidenced by the shenanigans in 2008. Makes you wonder what other skeletons they're hiding.
I am short CHK–I am 80 years old-now a retired broker/paine webber , merrill Lynch etc -after 53 years-
Graduate geologist -University of Michigan-1954 graduate-
Frank Keating/board member was a formerclient when I was a broker in Tulsa,OK.
My sister,very prominent woman lived a few hundred yards from Aubrey-in Nichols Hills .Oklahoma City.Never invited him to any of her parties!
I believe Aubrey McClendon/CEO-is greedy,incompetant and in essence a dishonest caretaker of investor's money!
CEO-My opinion -stock is a disaster waiting to happen!–see World Com!


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RALEIGH — William Ira Harris sat in a federal courtroom several days ago, his head buried in his hands.
The 55-year-old Henderson resident faces charges that he had 59 rounds of ammunition while under a state court order not to "harass, stalk or threaten" his ex-wife or her child.
Prosecutors in federal and state court point to his case as one that underscores how federal gun laws can be used as weapons against domestic violence when state laws fail to offer immediate protection.
Harris' ex-wife, Frances Gulley Harris, told a Wake County judge that her former spouse threatened twice on Jan. 1 to kill her, words uttered in front of her child, according to the protection order filed in Wake County District Court.
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Investigators said they found 58 rounds of .17-caliber Hornady Magnum Rimfire ammunition, nine of which were in a rifle magazine, and a .243-caliber Winchester rifle bullet with the name of Harris' ex-spouse written on it. No guns were found in the car.
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Investigators said Frances Harris told them that he might have pawned some guns, but she thought he had 20 to 30 weapons that were unaccounted for.
New use of federal law
Harris posted bail after being arrested on the state charges of violating the protective order. That was when federal prosecutors stepped in with charges of federal gun law violations alleging he possessed ammunition from out of state while subject to the court order.
Harris was detained by federal marshals after a criminal complaint was filed on Feb. 25. He had an appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge James E. Gates on Feb. 28. At that brief hearing, he waived his right to a probable cause hearing, and Gates ordered him under further detention in the custody of the U.S. Marshal.
"This is a good example of how the United States Attorney's Office can swoop in and assist state and local law enforcement agencies in domestic violence cases," said Thomas Walker, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, a 44-county region that spans from Raleigh east to the coast.
The federal government and Wake County have a joint task force where investigators work with the sheriff's office and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Bad timing, lawyer says
John Fanney, the Raleigh attorney representing Harris, said he had never seen the federal gun laws used in such a way in Wake County, but that such a move did not surprise him in the current climate of the gun control debate.
"Mr. Harris' timing truly couldn't be worse with regards to how he finds himself in this," Fanney said.
Harris is accused of possessing ammunition that was transported across state lines while he was under a court order.
Fanney declined to discuss his defense strategy, but he said his client's stockbroker has an office in the same building where his ex-wife works. He also added that it was his understanding that Harris had turned his weapons over for safekeeping to the Sheriff's Office in Halifax County, where he also has an 80-acre farm.
Walker said he hopes to set up similar programs across the sweeping district in an effort to curb domestic violence.
"The key is letting these counties know about the tools we have," Walker said.
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The following is an announcement from SEPTA:
The extreme temperatures forecast to return to the region on Tuesday, January 28, will present a number of challenges for SEPTA, particularly to some of the transit system's older vehicles and infrastructure. However, tomorrow and for the rest of this week SEPTA plans to operate normal weekday service for all modes of travel. Below is a summary of some of the issues SEPTA may face, and steps we're taking to keep operations on schedule or as close as possible:
Additional Staffing & Monitoring of Conditions: SEPTA will have additional personnel on-hand as of 5:00 am Tuesday at the SEPTA Headquarters Command Center and also in the field to monitor conditions, particularly on Regional Rail. Yard personnel will be paying close attention to the numerous equipment concerns that arise with extreme cold weather conditions. Track inspectors and maintenance crews, as well as signal maintainers and power crews, will be staged at various locations throughout the system to be available to address issues quickly. By deploying extra staff, SEPTA is in the best position to identify potential problems quickly and take corrective action to minimize the impact to our riders. All hands will be on deck to rescue passengers should any rail cars or buses become stranded without power or heat.
Proactive Measures to Protect Equipment: Train
cars for both the Broad Street Line subway and the Market-Frankford Line
(subway/elevated) will be stored in subway tunnels overnight to keep the rail
cars warmer than they would be if stored at rail yards. Crews will start this
process at about 10 p.m. Monday night and continue until
subway/subway-elevated service finishes for the day at approximately 12:30
a.m. Regular service on these two key lines starts at approximately 5
a.m., and by storing the rail cars in the tunnels, SEPTA is in the best
position possible to roll out service on Tuesday for customers during
the morning commute. The Market-Frankford Line has a ridership of approximately
190,000/day and the Broad Street Line approximately 125,000/day, so these are
vital components of SEPTA's daily operation. The first trips of each day on
both lines will operate at reduced speed to allow operators to inspect track,
third rail, and tunnel conditions. On the Media/Sharon Hill Lines, these
inspections will be performed by a special "wire car". SEPTA personnel
will also monitor buses and trolleys, as well as road conditions to correct any
weather related problems.
Restricted Speeds: In an proactive measure to reduce the chance of overhead power line problems, trains and trolleys with overhead power lines will operate at restricted speeds starting at Tuesday's evening's rush hour. This speed restriction will remain in place until temperatures stay steadily above 20 degrees.
Communications: SEPTA will use all methods of communication available in an effort to keep customers up-to-date on service status. The best tool for customers is the System Status feature on the SEPTA Website, which provides real-time service status and updates on possible disruptions. SEPTA will have additional staff on-hand to do their best to keep these online tools updated with the latest information. To access System Status, customers can go directly tohttp://www.septa.org/realtime/status/system-status.shtml , or go to our homepage, www.septa.org and click on the System Status icon on the left-hand side. This tool is also available on the SEPTA iPhone App. In addition, all service advisories will be sent out via Twitter, with simultaneous notices sent to local news outlets by the SEPTA Media Relations staff. Customers are strongly urged to check the status of the SEPTA services they will be using online and/or by monitoring the local news. Riders can also call (215) 580-7800 to speak to SEPTA Customer Service representatives.
For more information, such as schedules and trip-planning tools, customers can visit www.septa.org.


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---- — CCC winter graduation planned for Friday
PLATTSBURGH — Clinton Community College's winter graduation will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at the William H. Forrence Center gymnasium.
Just over 160 students are eligible for graduation, and 172 dual certificates and degrees are being awarded.
Nearly 30 students will be graduating summa cum laude, magna cum laude and cum laude.
The Class of 2012 valedictorian and student speaker is Sherrie Harvey of Rouses Point, an accounting major.
The salutatorian is Arond Roach of Mooers, an industrial technology major.
The ceremony is open to the public
Winter Carnival Committee taking parade applications
SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee says applications for the 2013 Gala Parade, to be held on Feb. 9, are now available online at www.saranaclakewintercarnival.com.
"We encourage people to get their applications in early so they can join the festivities of Winter Carnival and be a part of the 2013 Gala Parade," parade coordinator Eric Foster said in a news release.
Applications can also be picked up at the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, 193 River St., Saranac Lake.
Completed applications should be mailed to PO Box 1142, Saranac Lake, NY 12983.
"The theme this year is 'Under the Sea,' so get out your thinking caps, be creative and join in the fun," Foster said.
There will be first- and second-place trophies for both Floats and Walking Units in six categories — Business, Civic or Volunteer Group, Youth Group, School Group, Independent Group and Animal Unit — as well as the Louis Fobare Trophy for Best in Parade.
The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee Inc. is a not-for-profit group of volunteers dedicated to organizing an annual mid-winter festival during the first two weeks of February. This 10-day, community-wide event traces its roots to a one-day carnival held in 1897 by the Pontiac Club.
Lighting Contest being held
MOOERS — The Town Of Mooers Beautification Committee is sponsoring its annual Lighting Contest.
People who wish to participate are asked to call 236-7927. Judging will be Monday, Dec. 17, and people are asked to have their lights on before 5:30 p.m.
"Thank you for decorating your houses," the committee said in a news release. "It does make our town more festive and helps to get into the spirit of Christmas."
Woman heads Coat Drive
PLATTSBURGH — The first week of Tina LaSalle's Coat Drive for the North Country the Plattsburgh woman helped provide outdoor clothing for seven families.
"The winters up here are very cold, and I see so many people without proper winter clothing that it breaks my heart," she said in a news release.
She intends to accept donations of winter garb year round at her home at 448 Durand Road, with pickups for families there or at a location agreed upon by both parties.
Reach LaSalle at 335-7623 or visit Coat Drive For North Country on Facebook for more information.
Town of Chazy to sponsor decoration contest
CHAZY — The Town of Chazy will be judging holiday decorations the week of Dec. 17.
There will be first-, second- and third-place prizes for residential, a special prize for best tree and a prize for best-decorated business.
Westport seeks volunteers
WESTPORT — The Town of Westport has openings on the Town Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Youth Commission.
Anyone interested in serving on any of these boards is asked to send a letter of interest by Dec. 31 to Town of Westport, P.O. Box 465, Westport, NY 12993.
For additional information, call 962-4419.
City School Board meeting scheduled Thursday
PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh City School Board will meet Thursday, Dec. 13, at the Duken Building.
The public session will start at 7:30 p.m., at which time the board will discuss field trips, various agreements and other personnel and business items.
A complete agenda is available on the district website at www.plattscsd.org/BOE.htm.
The meeting is open to all.
Supplies for Sandy victims needed by Friday
KEESEVILLE — Donated supplies from the North Country to help huricane victims in Highlands, N.J., are needed by this Friday.
Tonia Finnegan and Dean Martin, both of Keeseville, are organizing the effort.
Among the supplies needed are household appliances and tools.
Donations will be collected from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 15, at Keeseville Elks Lodge 2072. Items may also be dropped off at the North Country Club Restaurant in Keeseville.
For more information, call Tonia Finnegan at 569-7202 or Dean Martin at 578-7027.


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Do people read anymore?
Of course, they do. And books make great holiday gifts. Books by East Bay authors? Even better.
We've compiled a list of books written by regional authors -- possibilities for readers on your gift list.
Also included, local designers of one-of-a-kind cards and calendars.
- "Twisted Vines -- A Shakespeare in the Vineyard Mysteries." Author: Carole Price, Livermore. [Hardcover] (Five Star Publishers, 2012) $25.95. Crime-analyst heroine plus murder at a Bard festival equals danger-romance mystery set in Livermore Valley. Price even joined the Livermore Citizen Police Academy as research. Read more on the author here. Available at Towne Center Books, 555 Main St., Pleasanton (925) 846-8826, through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
- "Alive & Kickin' -- Sideways Views from an Upright Guy." Author: Michael Steven Copeland, Danville. [Paperback] (Advanced Publishing - 2012) $15.56 on Amazon. ALIVE Magazine humor columnist shares essays that range from Thanksgiving turkeys to Global Warming. Read Copeland's amusing interview with himself about his new book here. Available at regional bookstores or through Amazon here.
- In My Mind, Dublin: Custom greeting cards by artist Trent Barrett, designer of unique holiday cards, announcements, party invitations with pull-outs, pop-ups, spinning/moving details or puzzle formats. For his 2012 holiday line, Barrett plans a card with a fireplace and flat-screen TV image above (that is actually a photo of the family), with a 3-D, pop-up mantel and Christmas stockings bearing family members' names. For info, email firstname.lastname@example.com
- "Tastes of the Tri-Valley" -- Tri-Valley's First Kosher Cookbook. Authors: Jewish Women of Tri-Valley. $18. Beautiful cookbook with a compilation of Kosher, home-tested, delicious recipes assembled by women of Chabad of the Tri-Valley, Pleasanton. To purchase, use order website or call (925) 846-0700. Shipping an additional $4.95.
- "The Brotherhood: The Dante Chronicles." Author: Deborah Rae Cota, Castro Valley. [Paperback, E-version, Kindle, Nook] (CreateSpace Independent Publishing - 2012] $11.25. Second in a fictional series of angels, demons and family values set in the Bay area. was released in 2010. Author's website with ordering information here.
- "Please Don't Drink From The Finger Bowl!" Author: Pat Mayfield, Pleasanton. $24.50. Advice on protocol, networking, seating arrangements, e-mail and phone manners, tipping, toasting and more from business consultant Mayfield. Other publications and ordering info at www.patmayfield.com.
- Triple Gift, Pleasanton: money-holder cards for kids with three slots for "spend," "save," "share," created by local grandma Barbara Lewis, who wanted to give cash gifts plus instill financial sense and charitable awareness to her grandsons. Available online at www.triplegift.net or at Draeger's Market, Danville, and Towne Center Books and Berry Patch in Pleasanton.
- "Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan." Author: Fariba Nawa, Newark. [Paperback] (Harper Perennial -- 2011.) $10.75. Veteran reporter returns to her homeland and details poppy farmers, corruption, war lords, addictions and a 12-year-old child bride traded for opium debts.
- "The Most Unusual Pet Ever, Henry our Great Blue Heron and His Adventures." Author: Sondra Perry, San Ramon. Illustrated by Janice Byer. [Hardcover $18.95. eBook version $9.99] (Jabberwocky Books -- 2011.) True adventures when a heron visits author's backyard. Order at website here, or purchase at Emily's Hallmark and Read Booksellers in Danville.
- "Chloe Diggins and The Eternal Emperor." Author: Jennifer Amiel, Pleasanton. [Paperback and Kindle] (2 Muses Publishing - 2012.) $9.99. Adventure story for middle-schoolers. Read more about Amiel here or visit her website here.
- Sue Evans Photography, Pleasanton: Skilled photographer Evans creates custom photos/gifts and desk-top calendars featuring the scenic East Bay. For details: www.photographybysueevans.com.
- "Psychic Encounter - A Guide To Having Your Own Spirit Contact." Author and psychic Irma Slage, Livermore. [eBook format - 2012.] $4.99. Slage, who lectures, gives readings and works with police, releases her latest book helping readers tap their psychic sides. More info: www.irmaslage.com.
- "The Antioxidant Counter: A Pocket Guide to the
Revolutionary ORAC Scale for Choosing Healthy Foods." Authors: Dr. Mariza Snyder and Dr. Lauren Clum, San Leandro. [Paperback $7.95] (Ulysses Press - 2011) For the health-conscious on your gift list, consider this guide (written by two San Leandro chiropractors) to antioxidant-packed foods with clear, easy-to-read charts. Available here.
For history buffs on your gift list, consider the regional "Images of America" paperback series by Arcadia Publishing. Among the titles:
- "Pleasanton (CA) (Images of America)." Authors: Mary-Jo Wainwright and Pleasanton's Museum on Main. (2007) $16.49. Details here.
- "Castro Valley (CA) (Images of America)." Author: Lucille Lorge. (2005) $17.15. Details here.
- "Livermore (CA) Images of America." Authors: John Christian and Livermore Heritage Guild. (Release date - February 2013.) Details here.
- "Union City (CA) (Images of America.)" Author: Timothy Swenson. (2008) $15.59 Details here.
- "San Ramon Valley: Alamo, Danville San Ramon (CA) (Images of America.)" Authors: Beverly Lane, Ralph Cozine, Museum of the San Ramon Valley. (2005) $17.15. Details here.
- "Dublin (CA) (Images of America.)" Author: Mike Lynch. (2007) $15.59 Details here.
- "San Leandro (CA) (Images of America.)" Author Cynthia Vrilakas Simons. (2008) $15.59. Details here.
- "Niles, Fremont (CA) (Images of America.)" Authors: Philip Holmes and Jill M. Singleton. (2004) $19.99. Details here.
- "Early Livermore (CA) (Images of America.)" Author: Livermore Heritage Guild. (2006) $19.99. Details here.
For more regional guides from around the U.S., visit Arcadia Publishing's website at www.arcadiapublishing.com.
Have we missed good local reads, authors or artists? Let us know in the comments section.


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Steve Simpson is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice. He litigates primarily free speech cases in the state and federal courts across the country. He is currently lead counsel in SpeechNow.org v. FEC, a challenge to the federal campaign finance laws that prevent individuals from banding together to spend money on speech for or against candidates. Steve is also lead counsel in two challenges to Colorado's campaign finance laws, and he has been involved in a wide variety of other cases, including IJ's challenge to New York's ban on direct shipping of wine, which resulted in a win before the United States Supreme Court in Granholm v. Heald. Steve's views and writings have been published in a number of print and on-line newspapers and journals, including Legal Times, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and The Washington Times.
Before coming to the Institute, Steve spent five years as a litigator with the international law firm Shearman & Sterling. Steve has authored and co-authored articles and practice guides on federal securities laws, the non-delegation doctrine, and the First Amendment. He is a graduate of New York Law School, where he was a managing editor and articles editor of the law review. After law school, he spent two years clerking for Judge Lenore C. Nesbitt on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Steve is a member of the bars of New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A new report is shedding light on expenditures during the Democratic National Convention last month in Charlotte.
The Democratic National Convention Committee expenditures were $7.9 million, the report shows. The Foo Fighters were paid 147,450.09 for its performance, according to the 547-page Federal Election Commission form.
The Convention Center was paid more than $70,000 during the convention for its services. Several hotels and event service companies were also mentioned in the report for lodging, transportation and catering expenses. The Westin in uptown Charlotte, for example, was paid $61,009.29 for its services, tops among area hotels.
The DNCC was required to submit a report of receipts and disbursements for a committee or organization supporting a nominating convention.
ADP Inc. topped the list, receiving 38 payments totaling $929,894.46. Event Transportation ($568,000) and Levy Restaurant ($376,988.71) came in second and third, respectively.
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Months before the likes of Derek McLane and Howell Binkley started conceiving designs for the six new productions of Stephen Sondheim musicals for Washington's Kennedy Center's summer-long celebration of his work, the first design teams for the Sondheim Celebration were hard at work in classrooms at elementary and middle schools around DC. That was perfectly appropriate because the designers were students at those very schools, fourth through ninth graders who would come up with the design concepts for the first Sondheim Celebration show: Into the Woods, Jr.
Into the Woods, Jr. is one of a number of abridged versions of major Broadway musicals that have been prepared for performances by students through the ninth grade as part of the Broadway Junior Collection™. Among the shows available are Guys and Dolls, Annie, The Music Man, and Once on This Island. Over 5,000 performances have been licensed since 1996, but this one was to be special. It was to be part of the largest celebration of a single composer's musical theatre output in memory at one of the nation's most important theatre centers.
By May 3 — a week before Brian Stokes Mitchell and Christine Baranski wowed the audiences in the Center's Eisenhower Theatre as Sweeney Todd and his piemaker Mrs. Lovett — the abbreviated version of Sondheim's fairy tale musical hit the stage of the Center's AFI Theatre featuring the work of over 200 public-school children, who not only performed onstage but collaborated with set designer Cheryl Foster, costume designer Rosemary Pardee, and lighting designer Lynn Joslin. Indeed, the designs were really the product of the kids' minds as Foster, Pardee, and Joslin acted more as sponsors, mentors, and facilitators than designers themselves.
What appeared on the AFI stage, which hosts films as well as theatrical productions from such professional companies as Woolly Mammoth and the African Continuum Theatre, was the culmination of a project at seven schools, both public schools and charter schools, from all over the city. The children from all seven schools took special courses and worked on projects along with professionals from the Center.
Cheryl Foster, an artist-in-residence at the Kennedy Center who has been involved in arts-related projects with the Washington schools for years, put the project in motion. Her credit in the final program was set design consultant, but she was involved in all aspects of the project from the beginning. She worked with the school faculties to develop work shops on fairy tales, the history of musical theatre, and the work of Stephen Sondheim. She developed materials on what a costume designer or a set designer does and the role of the director. She even put together a trip to a local farm to introduce inner-city kids to such things as a cow.
"The key feature was to get an understanding of what the collaborative process is all about," she says, adding "being open to the ideas of others, being able to explain your own idea, and being responsible for the team's ability to meet deadlines and live up to agreements — these are life skills no matter what area you're going into."
Some student sketches for The Baker, The Baker's Wife, and Little Red Riding Hood
Rosemary Pardee was the costume design consultant. She is also an artist-in-residence at the Center but she works at practically all the professional companies in the Potomac region, with over 500 productions to her credit.
Pardee remembers going into the first meeting at the first school thinking the project was an interesting experiment — but coming out completely sure that this experiment was going to work.
It was Stanton Elementary School, a 600 — student, all-black elementary school on the other side of the Anacostia River from the Capitol and the Kennedy Center. Pardee began the meeting with the students by explaining how she begins a design project, assigning symbols to each of the characters in order to begin jotting notes of ideas and requirements. She drew a triangle on the blackboard to represent Little Red Riding Hood, but one of the students said he thought a circle would be better. When she asked why, he said that Little Red Riding Hood would be "sort of even, always after the same thing." Then she asked what shape would be good for her Granny. The response was an oval, "because when you get old, you sag." Says Pardee, "They had it! Costume design is about relationships and telling stories subtly and right there, on the first day in the first school, these kids understood what they were about."
Scenic and costume elements of design got the earliest attention while sound and lighting were taken up primarily when load-in began. Kevin Hill acted as sound design consultant, but the use of the pre-recorded material provided by the licensing house put more emphasis on sound reinforcement for this aspect of the production. Once they were in the theatre itself, lighting design consultant Lynn Joslin convened her student design committee — two students from each of the seven schools — to experiment with different effects using the theatre's existing stock of lighting equipment.
Even before costume and scenic designs were begun, director Rick Thompson met with the teams at the schools for preliminary discussions. "At first they seemed to be thinking in traditional, fairy-tale terms — I asked them to think in contemporary terms just to get them started. Wow, did they run with it! They came up with ideas for things like having the Prince driving a PT Cruiser while another kid said it should be a Corvette Stingray."
Among the ideas the kids came up with was one that paralleled what was happening on Broadway at the same time, but they didn't know it. As the teams of professionals and kids were working on Into the Woods, Jr. at the Kennedy Center, a team of just professionals was remounting the full Into the Woods for a Broadway revival that would open just days before the junior version at the Kennedy Center. That revival went on to win the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical as well as for Best Lighting Design (Brian MacDevitt), and nominations for scenic designer Douglas W. Schmidt and costume designer Susan Hilferty.
Milky-White as costumed student performer
One of the innovations of that revival was the use of a costumed performer as the cow that Jack (of Beanstalk fame) sells for magic beans, rather than use a prop as had been the case in the original. Months before, the kids had proposed making the cow a costumed character in their production. In fact, they were so insistent on that point that Thompson added the cow to the cast roster and deleted it from the prop list.
The kids' designs were executed by some of the best local artisans under the supervision of Kathleen P. Farasy. Kathy Lyons and Kelle Vogel were stitchers, along with Emilie Swanson Long, resident costumer at the Round House in Maryland, who prepared squares for the quilt that would become the back of the cow. Long brought the squares to Seaton Elementary School in North West Washington to be assembled by the students before she stitched it. Suzie Ward, a freelance artist, did a wire mockup of the head for the cow and brought it to the school for some final input from the student designers before completing the mask. Mary Combs handled millinery while Suzie Ward worked on crafts.
Later, when the final production opened, Sondheim attended a performance at the Kennedy Center. The kids were blown away by his response to the question "Which was your favorite costume?" — "The cow," he replied.


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Bill Clinton will speak on the UC Davis quad Tuesday morning.
The former President of the United States will endorse several northern California Democrats who are running in close congressional races. Clinton is expected to take the stage on the UC Davis quad around 10:30 a.m.
Clinton will endorse candidates John Garamendi (CA-03), Ami Bera (CA-07), Jerry McNerney (CA-09) and Jose Hernandez (CA-10). All of these races are considered to be competitive by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.
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UC Davis is asking that people attend the event on foot, bike or public transportation. Unitrans and Yolobus information can be found here: http://unitrans.ucdavis.edu/.
For those who drive, parking ($7) is likely to be available at the facilities below. Here's a map of the campus, and directions.
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There will be increased security at the event as well.
"We're going to have an expanded police presence to help with cross management," said UC Davis Police Sgt. Dan Malloy. "Secret Service will be doing all the heavy lifting."
Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke on the quad a few months ago. Here are some photos and notes from the event.
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April 21, 2013
Support for the Port
Mullin, Shuster talk about Port's role, financial needs
Salesha Wilken
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Congressman Markwayne Mullin and Congressman Bill Shuster, Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, toured the Tulsa Port of Catoosa on Friday to show their support for the largest inland waterway in the country.
Mullin and Shuster met with business leaders and briefly spoke about the role of the port, as well as the need for financial support from the federal government.
Shuster referred to the port as "incredibly important" to America and the economy.
The port provides products to customers cheaper than other means of transportation, which means products are cheaper on shelves for consumers, according to Shuster.
"It is very important to see the port first hand and to see the port grow and prosper," Shuster said.
The port is currently facing several challenges including a need to deepen the waterway and maintenance issues with the lock system, according to Mullin.
"If we deepen the system we can increase cargo by 30 percent," Mullin said "It is so much cheaper to send products by water, but if we can't get it from point A to point B, it doesn't do any good."
Keeping the locks open is a huge concern; if the locks go down it would cost the Oklahoma economy approximately $2 million a day, he added.
The issue of an aging inland waterway system is a problem all over the country, according to Shuster.
Many of the locks are 50 years old on average and some are 60 or even 90 years old; at some point they are going to go down, he added.
"There is $5 billion in commerce that is not going to be able to travel the waterways. It will have to go another mode — rail or truck — which will be more expensive," Shuster said. "It is a national interest that we are paying close attention to; it means commerce, it means jobs."
Mullin and Shuster are currently working to gain support for the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA).
The act will address the issues facing the Port of Catoosa, as well as other national water concerns.
"We desperately need a WRDA bill to find a way to update our nation's waterway so the Second District can continue to play an important role in the movement of goods throughout this country and the world, as well as to maintain and create good jobs here in northeast Oklahoma," Mullin said.


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A St. Lawrence County grand jury will hear the case of a Maryland man accused of drunken driving and hitting a state trooper in the city before driving off.
Ryan C. Mundorf, 18, of Potomac, waived his rights in absentia Tuesday to a preliminary hearing in Ogdensburg City Court for Dec. 28 charges of driving while intoxicated, first-degree reckless endangerment, third-degree fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, failure to comply with a lawful officer, reckless driving, speed not reasonable and prudent and consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
He was accused of striking state Trooper James P. Bertram with his vehicle on State Street before driving off.
He is represented by attorney Lloyd G. Grandy II, of Canton.
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He was accused of bringing a single-edge razor blade in his wallet when visiting Ogdensburg Correctional Facility. An electrician by trade, he claimed he used it to splice wire.
He was fined and surcharged a total of $350 plus a $50 DNA fee and was granted a conditional discharge.
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Dorothy Pomerantz, Forbes Staff
I write about Hollywood and run the Celebrity 100 List.
Last night's American Idol stood out for a reason that can't be making anyone at Fox too happy — the show had fewer viewers in the coveted 18-49 demographic than Modern Family on ABC.
To put that in perspective, the show still won the night with 13.5 million viewers compared to Modern Family's 10.6 million viewers, according to TV By The Numbers. But it's still not a great sign for the show, especially considering Fox shelled out an estimated $54 million on judges and Ryan Seacrest this year with a large chunk of that going to new judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj.
The show has been on a steady decline in rating but getting beat by Modern Family is a new low. Plus the show is no longer churning out major stars. My colleague Zack O'Malley Greenburg recently looked at the top-earning Idol contestants. While Scott McCreery, who won in 2011, ranked 4th with $4 million, the top of the list was dominated by winners from much earlier seasons like Kelly Clarkson ($8 million), Carrie Underwood ($5 million) and Daughtry ($5 million).
Despite the periodic influx of new judges, the show, which debuted in 2002, feels stale compared to competitors like The Voice. Fox really has two choices: Accept that the show is past its prime and be happy with lower (but still huge) ratings or go for a total revamp.
A revamp would risk alienating the slew of fans who have come to love the triumph and heartbreak of Idol.
If I was advising Fox, I'd suggest making small tweaks but cutting back on the expensive talent. Things like the Carey/Minaj fight are only interesting for so long. Find up-and-coming singers who really need the exposure and won't demand eight-figure salaries to appear on the show. It would freshen things up without upsetting the die-hard fans.
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Getting rid of that self-important, piece of useless refuse, host would do it for me.
Just a suggestion: Limit contestants to people/bands who write and play their own music…karaoke is soooo dead….
A cover song done right, though, can be genius. Case in point? Check this out.
You spelled "churning" incorrectly. I agree the show is a disaster…terrible girls outing last night and only 5 even worthy of being in the top 20. Guys, just as bad this year.
Chris Daughtry wasn't a winner. He placed fourth the year Taylor Hicks won. (The second place finisher that year was Katharine McPhee. She's terrific on Smash.) You can see Taylor at Bally's in Las Vegas for $29.99.
Last night's show was terrible. The producers and judges are obviously steering the direction of the show towards a certain type to win. And look at how bad the "guys" are. Four of the first five were flaming. One was in drag last week. Tonight we get one in a turban. By dividing the contestants into groups of ten, it is obvious that the judges had their picks of five made before the show. It is obvious that the contestants were not chosen for their talent. They were picked for other reasons. Go back and look at the talent in previous years: Jordan Sparks, Adam Lambert, Blake Lewis, Crystal Bowersox. All were there because they had talent, not because they met an agenda.
This season totally sucks big time, randy is so tireing, with his yo yo dog listen , Mariah seems like shes on something, Niki started out ok but now shes a real pain to listen to . So done with this circus, Americas got Talent and the voice are way better .
how about this crazy idea: hire some real musicians as judges, perhaps some Julliard professors, i'm sure they'll be happy to serve for a tenth of what Nicky Minaj gets


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250g/9oz swede
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40g/1½oz clotted cream or butter (optional)
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1 handful baby spinach leaves
1 handful watercress, leaves picked
3 tbsp mint leaves, picked
1 tsp English mustard
1 tbsp sherry vinegar
3 tbsp olive oil
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Put a dollop of cream or a knob of butter on top. Then bring the pastry around and crimp together.
Brush the outside of the pasty with the egg then place on a tray in the oven for 25 minutes.
Remove and brush with egg wash again then place back in the oven and cook for another 15 minutes, or until golden and cooked through.
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By Andra Bryan Stefanoni
WEBB CITY, Mo. —
When fourth-graders at Eugene Field Elementary School went on a field trip recently, teacher Sarah West took digital photographs so she could share the experience with parents.
When student teacher Courtney Miller presented a classroom lesson, third-grade teacher Ashley Doran videotaped it so Miller could review her performance.
And when library media specialist Mary Blair wanted to encourage students to share their favorite books, she invited them to show the book covers on a document camera so everyone in the library could see.
None of that technology would have been possible for the school, Blair said, but for one thing: a $4,000 donation by a former Eugene Field student, Trevor Crist, boosted by a $2,000 grant from Wal-Mart.
"I have fond memories of going to school there," Crist said. "I had fantastic teachers."
Crist, 34, went on to become a successful Springfield entrepreneur who owns several businesses and works as an insurance executive.
The school has changed, too.
When Crist went there, it was for second- through sixth-grade students; now it serves as a neighborhood third- and fourth-grade center.
"Last year, I was looking for a different kind of donation project to work on," Crist said. "I reached out to the librarian through email."
His decision to give to an elementary school, he said, was based on what he saw as a trend of larger institutions receiving donations and having access to technology and equipment that smaller schools often lacked.
'No joke'
Crist's offer to purchase whatever Blair said she needed for the library caught her by surprise, and she remembers thinking it was a joke. She wasn't at the school when Crist attended, and she didn't know him.
"But it was no joke. He was serious," she said.
Crist did more than just hand over a check for equipment purchases; he became an integral part of the project.
"I knew that at Missouri State University (his alma mater), they have a best practices library that they use to train and teach in their education department," he said. "So I contacted them, and they sent two ladies to do an audit of the Eugene Field library to look at its overall need."
What they found was that the school had done a good job with standard materials.
"But where they were lacking, which is where a lot of elementary schools lack, was in technology," Crist said. "That was their suggestion, to focus on that."
Meanwhile, he did research as well: "I really wanted Eugene Field to be tops in the country in access to technology, so I looked at what other schools were doing."
Blair anticipated a donation of $100 or so. Crist, however, encouraged her to make a list of everything she could imagine teachers and students being able to use. She worked on it throughout last summer, prioritizing needs and finding costs online.
"It was a big proposal, and I definitely was thinking it was too much," Blair recalled.
Crist said the professional world can take for granted its access to technology, which schools often lack.
"Unfortunately with technology, the nature of it is that the very latest is extremely expensive," he said. "I wanted to give all students, regardless of their background or resources, access to that."
Crist contacted the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Webb City and wrote a grant request to the corporation's foundation.
"I said whatever they donated, I'd double," he said. "They ended up giving us $2,000."
In addition, the local store donated two video cameras.
The donation included 10 listening centers, which allow students to hear audio books in each classroom; a document camera for the library that connects to a Smart Board and computer monitor so Blair can read books, page by page, to large groups; and 11 video cameras and 11 digital cameras — one for each classroom.
It all arrived a few weeks ago, resulting in a big smile from Principal Tammy Thomas, who was a fourth-grade teacher when Crist attended Eugene Field.
"The yearly budget for furniture and equipment doesn't come close to this donation, so it's very much appreciated," Thomas said. "It's just wonderful."
The school will show its appreciation to Crist at an assembly at 9:30 a.m. today in the gymnasium.
"It's so much more than just recreational," said Leslie Melton, a library aide, of the new technology. "It gives us great learning tools that we can use in so many ways."
Eugene Field history
THE FIRST EUGENE FIELD Elementary School in Webb City had no technology whatsoever. It was constructed in 1904 as a four-room schoolhouse near Fourth and Oronogo Streets. Two years later, the school was enlarged to eight rooms. In 1954, the current school opened its doors at 510 S. Oronogo St. A five-classroom addition was built in 1988.


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