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A BRAVE team of workers launched themselves into the skies as they launched a year-long fundraising drive for two Cheshire hospices.
Employees from UK Container Maintenance (UKCM), in Winnington, were catapulted 100ft over Salford Quays with only a body harness and single bungee cord holding them in aid of St Luke's (Cheshire) Hospice and East Cheshire Hospice.
The 15-strong team raised more than £3,000 for the two hospices.
Emma Elston, UKCM co-founder and Aspire Business Woman of the Year, said: "The team had a fantastic day raising money for our two chosen charities.
"Both are very close to our hearts so it was a natural choice for us to fundraise for these worthwhile and local causes.
"We firmly believe that as a successful business and employer we have to do all we can within our community and the causes which affect all our lives.
"So we will continue to do the wildest of challenges in order to reach our £20,000 target over the next year."
To support the UKCM team visit justgiving.com/teams/ukcontainers and donate to both St Luke's (Cheshire) Hospice and East Cheshire Hospice.
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|Well look at you, a tiling all-star and everything! Congrats on the progress!
And when you're done there...you're hired! lol
|Impressive! I love the chevron pattern.
|Looks terrific so far! If the floor comes out anywhere close to your awesome herringbone kitchen backsplash, it will be gorgeous!
|I just noticed...you rotated the pattern 45-degrees from your original drawing way back when. It looks nice on the diagonal, the floor tile draws your eye all across the room instead of just straight through it.
|Yes, mongoct you remembered ;) I did rotate it! Interesting subtile detail about how the eye travels through the room with the pattern set at 45.
I spun that drawing around and around, one month straight on, then at 45, then I thought I'd settled on straight on. Last month I went back to the diagonal. As I was cutting the tiles, I laid it out in both styles. I would have been happy with either. My kitchen is connected through this bathroom door and has a 45-degree pattern backsplash pattern so I thought I'd go with the 45 for continuity. I considered a running bond the full tiles, and a running bond with cut tiles. All patterns running in both directions. I read somewhere that the pattern I've chosen gives the illusion of elongating the room.
I am going to grout it with Spectralock = So far my plan is 2 parts Platinum and 1 part Silver Shadow to brighten the platinum up a bit.
But if the Spectralock Silver Shadow will not stain and stay silver/gray/white, under heavy traffic, I'd consider that too. Thoughts?
|Cat_mom thanks for the nice complement! I'm only able to do about 12 sf at a time. I mix up 1/2 bag of thinset and when its gone I've got about 12sf laid. The thinset is just starting to run its coarse in about this time frame. I don't know if that is average thinset coverage or not. Experienced tilers probably are more effecient with the thinset. I wipe an awful lot off the top after it has dried :) I'm not showing the unwashed version. The unwashed tiles looked like a couple of cats had their friends over for a dance party!
|LOL at the cats' dance party remark!!!
I don't know how efficient or not our tile guys are, but I do know that they are meticulous to the extreme. :-) I think you must be as well, as evidenced by the work you've shown!
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|Wow, looking great! Enduring, you are A M A Z I N G !
|Mabeldingeldine, thanks! It is encouraging to get your complement. I now have all the edges cut out and dry fit. I will not set them until I am done with the main section where whole tiles go. I spent all day yesterday cutting all the points and laying them out for fit. Today I was going to set, but didn't :/ I have been spending a leisurely day in the house.
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|Ya gotta mix in some leisure. We had a looong day yesterday taking out the old tile floor in our bath. We did not finish, but took today off anyway since the sun was out! It will wait. I am so impressed with your skills! I would totally come and help you build that sink when you are ready -- sort of an apprenticeship!
|Thanks Mabeldingel, I'm the apprentice! I've never done a sink before. I guess you could say it's on my bucket list. I will let you know how it comes out.
I totally agree with taking leisure.
I seem to only be able to lay about 12 sq ft of tile at any one time. It takes me 2 hours start to finish with that 12 sq ft. I remember with the kitchen backsplash I was complaining about like that too:) 1/2 a bag of thinset is all I can mix at one time. It is too much for time and for weight if I try more than that. I am probably using too much thinset under the tiles. As I have gotten into the swing of tiling I see I could be more economical on the thinset. But it is too late for that on this job, or I would have a small step between the old thinset version and the new.
I have 11 sq ft left, Yippy! It is all pre cut and ready to install. I think I have to put the threshold in before this last row, so that I can get it in to it's location at the door jamb.
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Tribal casino to pay at least $9 million a year to Sonoma County
Graton Rancheria could pay up to $38 million more in deal to offset Rohnert Park casino impacts
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The tribe building a casino in Rohnert Park has agreed to pay at least $9 million annually to Sonoma County to offset the impacts of the project, plus up to $38 million more a year if its revenues hit projections.
Under an agreement that Sonoma County supervisors are to take up on Tuesday, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria would make a series of payments to the county, including:
$3.1 million for law, justice, public safety and tribal relations.
$2 million to the Sonoma
County Transportation Authority to complete work on the Marin-Sonoma Narrows project on Highway 101. After the 10th year, or following completion of that project, the tribe would pay $2 million annually to fund projects on 101 between Highway 12 and the Sonoma- Marin County line or other arterial roads serving casino.
$1.79 million to be paid as development and mitigation fee programs. The payment is equivalent to what a commercial developer would pay in order to obtain a permit.
$1 million to fire districts.
$700,000 to be paid in lieu of county transient occupancy tax once a planned hotel opens.
$600,000 for education, prevention and treatment programs to address gambling addiction and problems associated with substance abuse, mental illness, elder abuse, domestic violence and child abuse and neglect.
$500,000 to mitigate the impacts on local roads within a two-mile radius of the casino.
$416,918 to mitigate crime impacts. Santa Rosa will receive $286,923; Petaluma, $102,591; Sebastopol, $14,596; Cotati, $12,808.
$275,000 for a water conservation program.
The tribe's proposed one-time payments to the county include:
$1.7 million to hire and train four new sheriff's deputies and purchase two new sheriff's vehicles.
$1.5 million for fire and emergency services.
$1.5 million for measures to offset the project's groundwater use.
$370,000 for traffic improvements near the casino.
$60,000 for "tribal relations."
The payments from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, some of which would start this year, are nearly four times what the county previously estimated it would get.
And they are separate from those laid out in a 2003 agreement between the tribe and Rohnert Park, under which the tribe is to pay the city about $200 million over 20 years.
"Without a doubt, I think it's the best agreement that's ever happened between a tribe and a local government," said Shirlee Zane, chairwoman of the county Board of Supervisors. She lauded the tribe for its participation.
"I think they've set a good role model for other tribal agreements in the future," she said. "The tribe has been continually trying to put their best foot forward in terms of negotiating and really giving back to the community."
The county in 2008 concluded that although it opposed the casino, it could not stop it, and reached a deal with the tribe to negotiate payments to address its impacts. Those negotiations led to the agreement announced Friday.
The casino, with a maximum of 3,000 slot machines, is projected to open next year. The tribe secured $850 million in financing in August.
Of the money the county would get, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Sebastopol and Cotati would share $416,000 a year for law enforcement, and county fire districts would split $1 million.
Also the tribe is to make one-time payments totaling
An initial payment of $3.52 million is expected to come in January to cover public safety costs, including the hiring of four new sheriff's deputies.
The agreement extends for 20 years, the term of the gambling compact between the state and Graton Rancheria that allows the tribe to operate a Las Vegas-style casino. That compact required the tribe to sign agreements with the county and Rohnert Park before opening the casino.
Work on the project started in June and its steel framework began rising on 66 acres last week.
The board is to vote on the agreement Tuesday. Zane wouldn't predict the outcome of that vote, but she said the agreement, reached after 3½ months of negotiations, achieved everything the county wanted and more.
"This agreement has met, I believe, every single concern that we've put forward in terms of mitigation," she said.
"In addition to that, there are community benefit dollars that will come back to the county for mutual interests," she said, referring to money that the tribe would give the county, primarily for open space projects, if it has money left over after its payments to the state, county and Rohnert Park.
In April, the state and tribe projected those earnings, known as net win, as $350 million in the casino's first year, rising to $418 million in its seventh year.
Neither the tribe nor its attorney responded Friday to requests for comment. Nor did opponents of the casino, who are still fighting it in court.
The agreement includes language allowing the county and tribe to reopen negotiations if impacts are found to be greater than projected, something supervisors had pushed for.
"There might be unforeseen issues that come up outside the scope of the agreement, the tribe may want to do something, or the county may recognize something that we want to address, and there's a mechanism to do that," said Supervisor David Rabbitt, whose 2nd District includes the 254-acre Wilfred Avenue casino site just south of Home Depot.
Over and above the $9 million a year the county is guaranteed, the agreement stipulates that once the tribe meets its financial obligations to Rohnert Park and the state, it will begin paying the county more.
It would give up to $25 million a year to county parks and the county's Open Space District. The money could not be used to buy more land. It would go to create public access to parks and open space, conserve and protect environmental resources, develop organic gardens and farms serving "disadvantaged" people and enhance understanding of local Native American tribes.
Should that $25 million be paid in full, additional monies would go first to other environmental projects and then to the county's Indian Health Project and other Sonoma County tribes that do not run gambling operations.
Asked whether the casino, which has been one of the most controversial projects ever in the region and is still bitterly resented by many, might prove to be a net win for the county, Rabbitt said: "I think that the proof's really in the pudding going forward, and we'll see."
"My hope is that it will be seen as a positive," he said. "My hope is that the majority of people will visit the casino in a bus, leave their money here and go home."
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The metal can fetch a high dollar, so thieves steal it from electric substations, railroad signal lines and construction sites to sell, sometimes on the black market.
A theft occurred overnight Sunday at BC Fabrication, a business in Bayfield, according to a news release from LPEA. The thieves took about 20 feet of copper wire.
"The thieves cut into the live conduit and it burned up part of the equipment, but that didn't stop them," said Steve Gregg, LPEA manager of operations. "They were determined to get the wires."
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Long Beach Island residents can return to their homes Saturday morning, at 6 a.m.
During a Friday afternoon news conference in Seaside Heights, Governor Christie announced that the Route 72 causeway bridge will be open.
Christie said the state will allow residents controlled access to assess damage, retrieve belongings and permit repopulation of the island for residents whose homes are safe and habitable.
The controlled access to Long Beach Island communities, under the direction of local officials with assistance from the New Jersey National Guard, will begin Saturday morning at 6 a.m., he said.
That excludes residents of Holgate, where infrastructure and road damage makes their return still too dangerous, he said.
"This has been an unimaginable ordeal for many of our residents, but particularly for those on the barrier islands that remained under mandatory evacuation," said Christie. "As painful as it's been, it was necessary to protect them from the dangers that Hurricane Sandy left in its wake, including gas leaks and other utility hazards, roads wiped out or heavily damaged and debris scattered across the landscape."
Under the resident access plan developed in coordination with the Ocean County Office of Emergency Management, local officials will determine which parts of their towns will be accessible and which days that access will be provided, officials said.
For guidance, safety advice and protocol for procedures that begin tomorrow, residents should consult the Long Beach Island Joint Emergency Operations Center for Hurricane Sandy website: http://www.lbieoc.org/.
The return of residents is being guided by local mayors under an existing hurricane evacuation and repopulation plan of the impacted municipalities of LBI, officials said.
The plan provides for orderly return of residents and business owners once infrastructure and utility dangers have been sufficiently mitigated. Under the local plan, the LBI governing bodies have decided which areas can be repopulated and have determined that Holgate, to the south, is not ready for repopulation.


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By definition, conservative is more closely allied to a certain way of doing things and doesn't get off on an exploration of other perspectives. The idea that conservatives are too busy making money to make art is not true, much artistic expression happens when you come home from your 9-5. It's just what you choose to do with that time that marks the difference.
An online journal about visual art, the urban landscape and design. Mary Louise Schumacher, the Journal Sentinel's art and architecture critic, leads the discussion and a community of writers contribute to the dialogue.
Where are all the great Republican artists?
Where are all of the great Republican artists?
Why is it that we're seeing so many artists aligned with political movements on the left and not on the right?
My colleague Jim Stingl went to Madison this week and plowed through the stacks of political signs and ephemera that had been removed from the Capitol. He ran into Smithsonian curator Barbara Clark Smith, who was dispatched from Washington to grab some pieces of history.
According to Jim's column this morning, Smith selected one that called on President Barack Obama to join the protest and one of the ubiquitous"Stop the attack on Wisconsin families."
What Smith and Stingl didn't find was much political expression of note from the other side. That was "pretty much nonexistent," Stingl wrote.
The organizers of "SolidARTity," an exhibit that presents a breadth of creative expression that's emerged in Madison in recent days, also wanted to include political art from the right, but couldn't find any to present.
The Project Lodge, which organized the show, put out a call to artists and got no submissions from artists aligned with Gov. Scott Walker or the Republicans. In fairness, SolidARTity was more than an art show, it's affiliated with a movement of artists that mobilized to protest the budget-repair bill, so perhaps right leaning aritsts didn't want to participate with this group.
We've also seen artists hold marches, stage knit-ins (knitting caps for the "Wisconsin 14" on the Rotunda floor), recite poetry and dance -- all on behalf of the Dems. The Justseeds artist cooperative, with artists based throughout North America, has created poster designs for worker rights that protesters can download online and take to the sreets in Madison. Here's an example.
And it's not just limited to the protests in Madison.
In 2008, when I wrote about the nationwide movement of artists who were creating work in support of Barack Obama's campaign for president, I did my best to track down artists who were engaged on the right. This, too, was pretty nonexistent.
What about the grassroots Tea Party movement? Are artists creating work to promote their agenda? I'd love to see examples of this. And I'd be very interested to hear from artists and creatives who use their talents to advocate for the political right.
What is the answer? Sure, the left is more prone to support the arts and arts funding in general, but is it really that simple? Or, is there something intrinsic to liberal ideologies that attracts our most creative and expressive citizens?
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This is actually a really thought provoking question, and it isn't easy to answer. I think people who tend to be liberal are more open to new ideas, fresh perspectives, actually enjoy having their world view challenged more than conservatives -- all characteristics that artists not only share, but revel and depend on.
By definition, conservative is more closely allied to a certain way of doing things and doesn't get off on an exploration of other perspectives. The idea that conservatives are too busy making money to make art is not true, much artistic expression happens when you come home from your 9-5. It's just what you choose to do with that time that marks the difference.
And also, are you really saying every person who draws up a protest sign is an artist? How about I photoshop a hammer & sickle over Obama, am I an artist now? What an incredibly maddening post. Mary Journalist, I wouldn't want you to work too hard to find a conservative artist, so here's the first thing that popped up when I googled it: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50399227826#!/group.php?gid=50399227826&v=wall
I think we can agree that there's no need to insult one another here. It has absolutely no usefulness. If anything, it shuts real dialogue down.
It is interesting, I've received a few messages (offline) from artists who say they are conservative but are reticent to say so publicly. I'm asking them a bit more about why this is.
"I think people who tend to be liberal are more open to new ideas, fresh perspectives, actually enjoy having their world view challenged more than conservatives".
Laugh out loud. Yes, zeuq, all those protesting teachers and union members really seemed to enjoy having their world view challenged. Good grief.
The other thing to watch with the Tea Partier sings is the spelling--they can't spell their way out of a paper bag. Maybe they were homeskooled!
Wow. Being a homeschooled artist, I take offense at this twit. Clearly a by product of the wonderful public schools. Typical lefty gibberish, attacking a group of usually highly intelligent people (homeschoolers) and conservatives with nothing but name calling.
Shame. Oh wait, you have none. You see, conservative artists don't feel the need to shout from the rooftops that we are here. We just live our day to day lives in peace, without the need to draw attention to ourselves. Some of the greatest Actors (John Malkovich, Clint Eastwood) are conservative, but yet you never hear anything from them.
I would invite anyone on the Left to examine Art without the political bias. You will find a surprising amount of Conservatives in the Arts. We think for ourselves however, and don't rely on other people to come up with our signs, slogans, etc.
Fred - are you serious? everything conservative talking point is a dumbed
down bumper sticker slogan.
That said, I know a few conservative artists, but they're mostly fiscally,
not socially, conservative.
For those who say Republicans are too busy being business owners, etc, if
you're truly a talented conservative artist with business savvy, you could
follow your passion of art and use your business savvy to compete
against those artists you claim are lacking business savvy.
The truth is, art is a field where you know if you enter it you are going to
sacrifice a lot of potential earnings to do what you love.
Conservatives are more willing to give up on their dreams for security than
liberals, who often consider their true passions to be more important than
an unhappy but financially successful life. Not saying that's a bad thing,
but it's just the nature of the human mind.
I believe Ms. Schumacher is attempting to create a dialogue here, and
not imply or pigeonhole republicans as being an unartistic population, in
general. This article is not a suggestion that republicans "do not care"
to contribute signage to a protest or rally, it's simply a call to action for
republicans to make their voices heard by providing evidence that such
things exist.
As an art student in Milwaukee, I will admit that a vast majority of my
peers are more liberal than conservative. However, the conservative
population of my school would be upset to read that his or her job
choice isn't considered to be "real" by their fellow party members. The
small businesses that you seem to imply are only run by republicans,
most likely have a website or signage out front. Perhaps at your office
you have a chair and a desk? If not, I know you have a computer, as
you otherwise would be unable to post a comment to this board.
For all these things you may, in some part or all, thank an artist;
republican or democrat.
This article is a timely one, given the obvious situation being played out
at our state's capital. I believe what Schumacher is encouraging us to
keep in mind is that each party's side has a story. And if this historical
event will be noted in history by artmakers, as a liberal artist, I implore
conservatives to create something that will put into perspective the
work of the democrats. It's with this contribution from the right that
future generations will understand every viewpoint and, perhaps most
importantly, provide them clarity in what we're ALL up against.
It is interesting, I've received a few messages (offline) from artists who say they are conservative but are reticent to say so publicly. I'm asking them a bit more about why this is.
have you ever came across a hornets nest, and decided to kick it and stand there?
I'm sorry but this is not a thought provoking issue. You can ask the same question in a different light, why aren't more people on the left successful businessmen or women. Running a business is an art in itself, especially small businesses. I think you would be shocked at how many athletes and artist become conservatives once they become rich and find out how much the government wants of their money.
concerned_citizen "The other thing to watch with the Tea Partier sings is the spelling"
Did you really misspell sign while trying to make fun of misspellings in signs? Priceless...


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Spry's name was drawn Sunday night during KTVB's live two hour telethon.
The home, valued at between $350,000 and $400,000, is a newly-built, 2,900 square-foot, 5-bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home in the Eagle Creek subdivision just west of Eagle Road and Hwy 44.
8,177 tickets were sold for $100 each, raising a total of $817,700. The proceeds go to help the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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March 24, 2013
Walter Peter Czaja
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Walter Peter Czaja, entered into eternal rest after a long and happy life of 92 years. Walter served in the United States Army during World War II as a combat engineer and demolition expert.
He was predeceased by his parents, Peter and Katheryn (nee Ostaszewski) Czaja; and his wife, Antoinette (nee Kaszubski) Czaja. He is survived by his two sons, Walter P. Czaja, Jr. and Robert (Mary K.) Czaja; grandchildren, JoAnn, Robert, Jr. (Diane), David Yahaira and Sally; six grandchildren and expecting another at anytime. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Flowers graciously declined. Memorial gifts may be made in Walter's honor to charity of one's choice. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Colucci Funeral Home, North Tonawanda.
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June 6, 1988
A large crowd that stayed for most of the day made the Upper Catskill Community Council on the Arts' Festival '88 "Downtown Day" a success Saturday, according to UCCCA Executive Director Victoria Faoro.
She said a crowd estimated between 6,000-8,000 attended the events on Main and Dietz streets and in Huntington Park between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. "The weather was a little touch-and-go," she said, "but we had steady crowds all day long. There was no time of day that you could look down Main Street and see the end or see no people."
She said the main attractions of the weekend seemed to be "Sound Village" in Huntington Park, which featured experimental instruments; crafts people in the park; folk dancing at the bandstand; and the cookie handout by cast members of the Susquehanna School of Dance's cast from "Hansel and Gretel" at the UCCCA Gallery.
She said the ballet by the school's young performers, held Saturday and Sunday at Hartwick College's Slade Theater was also successful. The Saturday night performance was a sellout, Faoro said, while Sunday's matinee was about 20 seats short of a full-house.
UCCCA met at least 10 percent of its membership drive goal for June on Saturday, according to Faoro. The council wants 75 new members by the end of the month.
The Festival '88 events will conclude Saturday with a performance by Indian sitarist Roop Verma at Hartwick College's Anderson Center for the Arts.
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June 6, 1963
With a sharp blast on a whistle, and a whipslap on the hard bare ground, the show was on, at River Street School circus staged Tuesday afternoon by the school's kindergartners and first graders.
Seven-year-old John Nader was ringmaster under the canvas in front of the school.
At his command, pretty Peggy Drake, six, dressed as a majorette, led the parade into the ring.
Behind her, painted clowns, pretty tight rope walkers and hula dancers and other children dressed as horses, seals and even one "elephant" trooped grandly into the ring.
Children from River Street and Mitchell Street schools, teachers and proud parents munched popcorn, laughed and applauded from the sidelines in the hot muggy weather.
In the ring, the kindergarten strong man struggled and strained to lift a "heavy" weight above his head. Then amid applause, he blithely strode out carrying his rubber barbell with the "heavy" balloons tied on the end. He carried it off with one hand.
First graders Michael Grimes and John Scavo were the performing seals. They nimbly played a game of toss and catch with the ringmaster, returning a large beachball with pointed nods of their heads.
There was even sad "Freddy the Clown," first grader Fred Ploutz in real life.
As clouds gathered overhead and the wind came up stronger, John Nader hit the dirt with his whip closing the final act.
Minutes later, it rained and children scurried for shelter.


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Valparaiso saw its two-game winning streak come to an end on Thursday evening as the Crusaders fell to UIC 54-43 at the Athletics-Recreation Center.
The Crusaders made five of their first six shots from the floor but committed 10 turnovers in the game's first nine minutes and trailed 12-11.
"We weren't very good offensively to begin the game in terms of executing," head coach Keith Freeman said. "We turned the ball over way too much. We were standing around on offense and allowed them to continue to pressure us."
UIC went on an 18-5 run to take a 30-16 lead at the 6:24 mark and took a 34-21 advantage into the break.
Valpo cut into the Flames' advantage early in the second half. A three-pointer by Ashley Varner (South Bend, Ind./Washington H.S.) followed by a jumper from Tabitha Gerardot (Fort Wayne, Ind./Canterbury H.S.) pulled the Crusaders within eight, 45-37, at the 12:25 mark.
The Crusaders had three chances to cut the deficit further, but were unable to and UIC scored the next seven points to take the lead back to 15 with 6:15 to play. Valpo went more than seven minutes without scoring during the stretch.
"UIC is a tough team for us to play with their athleticism and quickness to the basketball," Freeman said.
After the deficit was back down to 11, the final margin, neither team was able to score in the game's final 3:08.
The Crusaders did not have anyone finish the game in double figures, but Gerardot led Valpo with nine points while Jessica Carr (Arcadia, Ind./Hamilton Heights H.S.) and Gina Lange (Wyoming, Minn./Forest Lake H.S.) each added eight. Laura Richards (Connersville, Ind./Connersville H.S.) pulled down a team-high nine rebounds.
Shamiea Green led UIC (16-9, 9-5 Horizon) with 20 points while Jasmine Bailey added 11 points and 13 boards.
"We had a hard time controlling Green's penetration all game," Freeman added. "Laura did a good job on Bailey containing her under her average."
The Crusaders finished the game shooting 39.5% from the floor after shooting 50% in the first half and committed 21 turnovers which led to 23 UIC points. The Flames also outscored Valpo 16-0 in fast break points and outrebounded the Crusaders 38-27 including 18-7 on the offensive end.
"I fully expect us to come back Saturday ready to play with renewed energy," Freeman concluded.
Valparaiso (7-17, 3-10) will return to action on Saturday afternoon hosting Loyola (Chicago). Tip-off at the ARC is set for 1:35 p.m. The game is a Play 4 Kay game in which the Crusaders to benefit breast cancer awareness.
Game Notes: Valpo leads the all-time series 19-17 but UIC has won four straight … the 54-43 final was identical to the first meeting this season in Chicago on Jan. 21 … Richards had four assists to pass Lisa Winter (1998-2000) for ninth on the Crusaders' all-time list … there were just 17 combined fouls called in the game.
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Three people face heroin dealing charges after St. Charles County Drug Task Force detectives searched a home in the 100 block of Westgate Drive Feb. 7 in St. Peters.
Three people were charged with distributing a controlled substance after detectives found heroin and drug-related items in the home:
- James Kearbey, 37, of the 100 block of Westgate Drive in St. Peters
- Sherri Stever, 49, of the 400 block of School Street in O'Fallon
- Michael Salyers, 51, of the 100 block of Westgate Drive in St. Peters
Kearbey and Stever were charged Feb. 8. Salyers was charged Feb. 11.
Drug Task Force members said they executed a search warrant on the home and found capsules containing heroin, cut straws, a grinder with heroin residue, empty capsules with heroin residue and baggies.
According to the task force report, Kearbey and Stevers admitted they are heroin addicts and share the items with Salyers.
Kearbey and Stevers also said each of the three defendants buy pseudoephedrine and trade it to a meth cook. Detectives said they found receipts for pseudoephedrine purchases and pseudoephedrine at the home.
Kearbey, Salyers and Stevers were being held Friday in St. Charles County jail. Bond was set at $10,000, cash only, for Kearbey and Stevers. Bond was set at $30,000, cash only, for Salyers.
Salyers also had an outstanding out-of-state warrant for his arrest.
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MIAMI, Okla. — Police in Miami, Okla., have arrested an Illinois man after they found alleged bomb-making materials and notes about destroying dozens of area churches.
Authorities on Friday charged 23-year-old Gregory Arthur Weiler II with possession of an explosive or incendiary device and violation of the Oklahoma anti-terrorism Act.
The Oklahoman reports that Weiler was being held without bond at the Ottawa County Jail.
Miami police saids the targets were churches in Ottawa County and that there were no further threats. An arrest affidavit saids Miami police found detailed maps and torn-up notes that included a list of 48 churches in Weiler's motel room.
Police said empty bottles, duct tape and a gasoline can were found in the motel room.
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In his speech, the president ticked off a lot of new initiatives that have to be digested.
For example, the pre-school initiative was curious to me, and I couldn't quite determine where he was coming from on that issue (except to, perhaps placate and expand the NEA?). I did laud his trade school-high school initiatives, however. Germany has been doing this for decades and it has paid off. Too many kids are striving for college who aren't suited to an academic career, though would be successful if they began with practical life experience through a technical high school. There are not enough of these in the U.S. and it would allow trades to flourish again and the manufacturing sector to expand.
He closed with a very compelling case for better gun legislation. Background checks do not stop 2nd Amendment rights and that seems like a sensible thing to enforce and strengthen.
I was glad to hear about the down-regulating of the war machine in far off places. I think most of the country wants the focus on our domestic agenda. Infrastructure repairs, coupled with innovative manufacturing centers, combined with an emphasis on technical training programs, would bring many jobs for now and in the future.
What still surprises me about this president is the quantity and quality of his creativity. His ideas seemed boundless. He still is focused. He is still hopeful. He uplifts and encourages with his vision of a better America. I hope he can convince the 'party of no' to stop being so recalcitrant and put more of their energies into helping the economy grow instead of putting so much energy into wanting to see this president fail. When his ideas fail, many of us also fail. When these ideas move us forward, we all move forward.
I think the country is ready to embrace a more positive attitude as was outlined by these noble, and I daresay, lofty ideas. The budget is important, yes – but, if you don't have a vision of what the priorities are in the budget, then, the numbers are always going to be askew.
Much less compelling was Marc Rubio's response. As the most interesting national GOP on the radar, his speech was disappointingly banal. It sounded as if it had been prepared weeks in advance of the State of the Union and just ticked-off a lot of GOP hyperbole—i.e., big government, more taxes, etc., without addressing any specific items in detail. (Where were these budget hawks when Bush spent over a trillion dollars on a war against a country under false pretenses?) Furthermore, they seem to be best at complaining, but lack creative initiatives of their own. I read the text of Rand Paul's tea party response and it pretty much echoed what Rubio said.
On a fashion note, the first lady looked as if she'd just come from one of the inauguration parties. Her bare arms looked cold being unadorned. A tailored jacketed dress would seem more fitting. But who am I to judge?


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Adam Crawford has a whale-sized obsession parked in his front yard. It's a 31-foot Airstream trailer built in 1974, a gleaming jewel of American enterprise that inspired generations of wanderers to hit the road and explore. These days, the silver-skinned craft needs some work—he's gutted the interior, put in new plumbing, and is about ready to start the electrical work. But Crawford isn't planning on taking vacations to the Grand Canyon once he's restored the artifact. Instead, the 39-year-old Halls resident has an entirely different quarry haunting his dreams:
It will become his workplace—a mobile kitchen from which to serve hungry Knoxvillians his own take on Asian/Southern fusion cuisine. And he's going to call it the Guerilla (only one "r" intended) Grill.
"I've always longed to work for myself," says Crawford, who has made a living as something of a jack-of-all-trades, bouncing between restaurant, photo, audio, and design work. "With a mobile business, the opportunities are pretty well limited only by how imaginative one is. I recently visited Seattle, Folly Beach, and Savannah. And what I witnessed of the mobile vendors there was a revelation for me. Once I saw what they were doing, I was like, 'Damn, that's genius. It's perfect.'"
But is Guerilla Grill the sort of perfect idea that will succeed?
Used to be, there was only one way to find out: Withdraw all your savings, get a loan, or ask your family for money—and then put everything on the line to see if your business plan works. Generally speaking, finding investors was not a big option for first-time entrepreneurs. But with the rise of crowd-funding websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, that's changed—a business background is not necessarily the determining factor for financial backing. With a good idea and a personal story well told, someone who's never owned a business venture before can enlist enough small supporters to launch that dream. And the supporters don't expect a financial return for their money—they simply want the product you've promised to make or the service you plan on providing.
"People are helping you because they believe in what you're doing," Crawford says. "And that's something you simply cannot put a price tag on."
But, of course, you must—that's how crowd-funding sites work. In Crawford's case, he ran a campaign at Indiegogo in November asking for $10,000 to fund the Airstream's conversion to a mobile kitchen—for items such as propane lines, an exhaust hood, a generator, etc.—not to mention a truck with enough torque to pull it all. Despite an adorable video featuring his daughter Robin as host, and the lure of T-shirts, the campaign only netted $805 from 17 contributors. But this has not deterred him from his goal: "I'm gonna try to make it happen one way or another," he declares, though he admits, "I may have to slim down to a smaller size Airstream."
While there are certainly many ill-fated local campaigns that fall short, other Knoxville crowd-funding projects have had remarkable success. Two of the biggest Knox campaigns on Indiegogo involved building renovations: The Banks House 2.0, which converted a decrepit warehouse on Banks Avenue into a Christian community/music center, raised almost $110,000; and the Mary Boyce Temple House, the historic residence that greets travelers crossing the Henley Bridge into downtown, gathered just under $22,500. Among the morass of local bands with recording-budget pleas, the Dirty Guv'nahs stand out with their 2012 effort that garnered over $36,000—and just last month, they raised more than $40,000 for another CD. Knoxville-based fantasy RPG game company Studio 2 Publishing raised over $50,000 at Kickstarter in 2012—twice. Then there are the smaller projects—comedians who want to go on tour, filmmakers who aim to finish their documentaries, artists who need time away from rent payments to make their art.
In one form or another, these projects lure in supporters with the promise of creating something that will somehow make life here just a little bit better. It could be a product offering a new convenience, an artistic endeavor to help open minds, or a Korean pork barbecue tostado that you can't get anywhere else. Consider it a form of community investment on a micro scale. But what happens after the money is collected and the dreams must be forced into reality? How tangible are the results? Here are some Knoxville stories of crowd-funded hopes and the obstacles they face along the way to completion.
The Delightful Niche Product
Gregory Spaw believes in clean design. The adjunct assistant professor at the University of Tennessee teaches undergrad and grad students in the College of Architecture and Design, with a specific emphasis on digital visualization, digital design, and digital fabrication—which includes an Airstream project that's "really letting students look at the nature of materials and fabrication techniques, and push that in ways are typically not necessarily common." He also enjoys craft beers. Which brings us to Leverage.
Gregory and his brother Michael had been talking for years about starting their own company to make things—artistic objects with useful purposes. Michael has been employed in the video games and special effects industries in California while Gregory had been working in the United Arab Emirates ("where you're basically making a city from scratch") before landing at UT. Whenever they crossed paths, their conversations would turn to: "Wouldn't it be cool if we started making smaller pieces?" Inspiration struck in the summer of 2012 as they pondered what to do with a sheet of carbon fiber that Michael had in his Sacramento home.
"We were just amazed by the material and the strength of it," Spaw says. "It's still kind of an expensive material, but at the same time it's becoming more prevalent, so we're at that cusp where it can be employed in things that are not just aerospace or high-end racing or things like that."
How about something rather, well, prosaic? As it happens, Michael likes craft beers, too. So the brothers decided to develop a high-tech bottle opener, utilizing Michael's handy CNC (computer numerical control) mill. The finished item is a smooth, sleek rectangle of black, twilled carbon fiber, with a small rectangular hole set on one side. And that's it. But Leverage, as they named it, makes perfect sense. It looks cool and it fits in your wallet. And it opens bottles. The brothers carried their mock-ups around for about a year—starting conversations and seeing how well the devices held up—before they decided to give production a shot.
"We originally weren't necessarily thinking about going the crowd-funding route," Spaw says. "But part of the thing that excited us was that you could see that products could develop a real following and it might actually be a be really good way to get it out to a bunch of people who might not see it through other means."
They launched their campaign on Kickstarter on Sept. 13, 2012, charging $20 per bottle opener, and offering laser-engraving incentives for larger donors. Spaw was taking a group of grad students to New York for a three-day study tour via a Megabus, and they were just pulling into Manhattan as the Leverage page went live. Within 10 minutes, the Spaws' new company, Kumquat, had its first orders.
"By the time we had gotten near 34th Street, I was already getting e-mails saying sales were coming in for the first 12 special offers," Spaw says. "It was super exciting to be walking through Times Square and just seeing stuff come in—it was incredible."
Write-ups on blogs like Gizmodo, the Awesomer, and Cool Material certainly helped spread the word, and the brothers blew past their $2,400 goal in two days, eventually amassing $29,203 from over 800 backers by the campaign's Oct. 13 end date. They had set up their production plan ahead of time in order to make deliveries by Christmas, but the unexpected flood of orders did cause a few worries.
"That was really important to us—that we could deliver," Spaw says. "And that's one of the things we saw as a real negative with crowd-sourcing: folks that don't take it seriously, or can't deliver because of unforeseen circumstance. But we worked through a lot of the logistics ahead of time to make sure it would be a good experience for everyone. That's the flip side of doing things online: Your reputation is really the only thing that you have."
Kumquat has produced some 3,000 Leverage bottle openers thus far, with online sales to over 30 countries and even brick-and-mortar sales in places like the SF MOMA shop and Nothing Too Fancy in downtown Knoxville. It has also inspired imitators.
"Since we put it out there, there have been other Kickstarter campaigns where certain things were changed or tweaked slightly that make you go, 'Really, guys?' But there were wallet openers before us. The thing that we felt we were bringing to the equation was the material nature, the light weight—that was the interesting thing about it."
The brothers are pondering new products they might bring to market that could involve "ceramic mechanisms," like spice grinders. "And I don't think we're totally tapped out on the carbon fiber thing," Spaw says. "So we've done some initial testing, but we won't talk about that much."
Knoxville's Ongoing Drama
Here's what the Knoxville performing-arts scene could really use: a venue with around 200 seats for small (but not too small) theater and music productions. Right now, the options vault from, say, Theatre Knoxville's 40-50-seat space on North Gay to the Bijou Theatre's 700 seats on South Gay, with little (or nothing) in between. So if your performance group can only afford to produce a mid-sized show, you're pretty much out of luck. At least for now.
Just such a venue sort of exists—and was utilized in a crowd-funded theater production—but its future as a performance space remains in flux.
The non-profit Flying Anvil Theatre, founded in 2011 by friends Jayne Morgan and Staci Swedeen, seeks to bring an edgier kind of theater to Knoxville—off-Broadway-style productions that take creative risks. So far, the group has performed in spaces as disparate as the Knoxville Museum of Art and Big Fatty's restaurant in Bearden. But, according to Morgan, what they need is a home base.
"When you look around for Knoxville for some place to rent and you run the numbers, it's awfully hard for you to survive or have one production pay for the next one without a space you control," Morgan says. "If it's too small, you don't generate enough money to be able to pay people. If it's too big, it's too costly."
Likewise, renting a space like the Bijou means only having it for one or two nights—which makes it nearly impossible to build word of mouth, a necessity for successful theater in Knoxville, Morgan says. "So we didn't necessarily want to have our own space. It was sort of, how else do we do this? It's a conundrum that every theater company in town has—where do we produce? We thought, instead of giving a lot of money to somebody else, why don't we try to pull it off ourselves? It's a tough, tough thing to pull off."
So, for the past few years, Morgan kept her eyes peeled as she drove around town, imagining the possibilities at empty retail spaces, industrial buildings, even an old church. However, a theater's list of needs is long: unobstructed views, high ceilings, sound-proofing, parking, dressing rooms, and sufficient electricity. The possibilities quickly became limited. But 525 North Gay St. looked promising. A former Willys car dealership built in 1924, the ramshackle building in the so-called Mission District actually contains a large, open space inside, featuring a long concrete ramp leading to what was once the dealership's showroom. Morgan says she "could immediately see the possibilities."
Owned by Hatcher-Hill Properties, the 20,000-square-foot building needed a complete rehab before becoming a usable public space. Fortunately, that's what developer Tim Hill had in mind, and he proceeded to give the property a rather fabulous makeover, featuring a large art deco chandelier and wall sconces in the lobby, new bathrooms, even a new movie-palace-style sign outside: JEWEL. But, in order to make this their new home, Flying Anvil would need to make the space more theater-friendly—such as the lighting and sound-proofing—and sign a year-long lease. And that's when they turned to crowd-funding. The troupe's board of directors gave Morgan and "chief instigator" David Dwyer 30 days to raise $100,000. "A very quixotic venture," Morgan admits.
Earlier in the year, Flying Anvil had run a successful campaign on Indiegogo to send Swedeen to the 2013 Piccolo Spoleto Theatre Festival in Charleston to perform her one-woman show Pardon Me For Living: A Biting Comedy. But that was for just $3,500. They turned to Indiegogo again—utilizing a video tour of the space to help donors imagine what it could be like as a performance space—and were able to raise about $13,000, including offline donations. (Indiegogo charges up to 9 percent of the raised funds for its services, so some donors give directly.)
"Which is a drop in the bucket, but I was really pleased," Morgan says. "We raised it from people all over the country. I think we would've been shocked if we had raised $100,000, but we are optimists, and we were willing to put it out there and see what happens."
And what eventually happened was that the proceeds funded their production of Venus in Fur by David Ives, which they were able to perform in the newly renovated space at 525 N. Gay. Word of mouth spread with each performance, and by the last show of the backstage comedy, the run was a success. For Dwyer, a longtime character actor most recently seen in Anchorman 2, the troupe proved that their concept worked—that there is indeed a community of theatergoers in Knoxville who will support more daring fare, particularly at that daring location. And the crowd-funding campaign, despite its relatively low turnout, was certainly part of the buzz.
"It's a thrill—not necessarily for the money, but that there's other people out there that feel like I do," Dwyer says. "You create a community at large. We're saying, 'Hey, we think this is a great idea.' Then other people agree—by sending you money. What a great concept!"
Morgan had dreams of using the theater space to serve more than just the paying community; with its location near the Knoxville Area Rescue Mission and the Volunteer Ministry Center, she envisioned making Flying Anvil truly part of its neighborhood by reaching out to tell the stories of Knoxville's homeless.
"Theater can be part of a conversation about what happens in neighborhoods like this, and part of our mission is not just to shock or surprise you, but also to connect you with stories you don't normally hear," she says. "And that would be a really great opportunity for us to work with a community you may interact with but you may not understand their stories at all. And I'd think there's got to be some pretty interesting stories there."
But, while the much-needed mid-sized theater space was mostly ready, and the Flying Anvil troupe wanted to use it, there was still one factor missing: enough money for an extended lease, which Morgan feels is necessary to plan a complete season of shows. Flying Anvil and Hatcher-Hill were unable to agree on numbers that would work for both parties, so the freshly opulent space remains empty as it awaits a new tenant. (Hill reports he's currently working with a "higher education institution" to lease the entire building and the adjacent parking lot.)
"The good news is we learned a lot," Morgan says. "We know how to create a cool theater in raw space, we're in good financial shape, we have a slate of killer shows we're ready to produce, and an audience anxious to see what we do next. We even have a couple of people who have come forward to sponsor shows.
"If we can find a damn space, we'll be ready to rock and roll. That's the missing piece of the puzzle, and it's a considerable challenge in this town for some reason, but we'll continue to try to solve it. So I'm optimistic in spite of this setback."
For the Love of Pie
On any given Saturday morning at the Market Square Farmers' Market, among the beehive of smoky food trucks, serene crafters, and produce purveyors, there sits an inviting pale-blue beacon to the virtues of deep-fried pastry dough: Dale's Fried Pies.
Previously, fried pies were the sort of thing you typically found sitting on the counter at your local convenience store, wrapped in wax and mysteriously labeled by hand. They promise flavorful intrigue, but most often deliver a stale crust and a withered filling. But proprietor Dale Mackey has re-envisioned the fried pie as a culinary treat that rises above its gritty origins to attain new levels of sweet and savory awesomeness: from traditional apple or peach to green chile chicken, the Elvis (banana, peanut butter and Benton's bacon) and the mac and three cheese.
Mackey's stand has been a popular destination since it joined the Farmers' Market in September of 2012. At first, it was something of a side project for Mackey, who'd always wanted to open a food business but knew she lacked the experience to take on a full restaurant. So she decided to focus on doing one thing well: perfecting the fried pie. Customers liked them immediately.
"I knew they were good, you know, because I made them and knew what went into them," she says, "but I've gotten a lot of attention for them, which has been sort of surprising to me. It's been a very warm reception from the Knoxville community. If you have something that's good, people will really root for you."
But so far, Mackey hasn't been able to actually make the pies on site—she has to dash over to Dazzo's Pizzeria on Gay Street, which lets her use their deep fryers as she shuttles pies back and forth. That means she has to guess how many pies to fry in batches, inevitably resulting in too many or too few pies as demand ebbs and flows. So what she really needs is a food trailer equipped with a kitchen so she can cook them to order.
Thus, Mackey turned to Kickstarter last March to fund the work to create her mobile kitchen. Would Knoxvillians be amenable to paying someone to expand their pie-production business? As it turned out, yes—Mackey exceeded her $3,500 goal by raising almost $5,500 from 147 backers. While some supporters lived outside of the area and probably would never personally benefit from a fried-pie trailer in Knoxville, most of them were people Mackey knew or had sold pies to.
"People like to feel invested in the places that they frequent and where they spend their money, and this is kind of a way to feel like you're a little bit of a part of it," Mackey says. "I definitely have people come up and they'll buy a pie and then they'll say, 'Hey, I donated to your Kickstarter project.'"
Although Mackey has delivered on all of her incentive packages (fried-pie gift cards, T-shirts, stickers), the actual trailer is still not completed. Her financial life took a turn soon after the campaign ended when she left her job at Community Television of Knoxville. So now much of her income is derived from Dale's Fried Pies—income that was originally intended to complete the trailer renovation.
"When I first opened it, I thought this would be a tiny little hobby of mine that may teach me lessons as I move forward and try to do something bigger—but I didn't really think this would be my full-time job a year later," she says.
But Mackey still plans on finishing the trailer. Some of her backers have been asking about the project—"Not in an aggressive or an accusatory way, but definitely people are invested in it happening and are interested in it, but no one seems impatient," she says—and it's their participation that's keeping her on task, she says.
"If I had just bought the trailer on my own, even if I had gotten a bank loan, at this point now I might say, 'Forget it. I'm not going to finish this trailer right now. It is just too much,'" Mackey says. "But, having taken money from all different kinds of people, friends and family and people I don't even know, it's actually putting me on the hook to finish it even though financially I'm in a financially different place than I was when I did the Kickstarter project."
Mackey currently plans to have the Dale's Fried Pies trailer ready by this spring.
Meanwhile, back in Halls, Adam Crawford continues to work on his giant Airstream.
"I've got about a third of the equipment that I'm gonna need, and once I get the paneling up all I've got to do is move the equipment in and it'll be good to go," he says. "I'm actually going to end up selling my car in order to get a truck large enough to pull it. That's how dedicated I am to the project."
If there's one unifying principal among crowd-funded would-be business owners, it's the desire to control their own destinies. Which most people can identify with, even if they can't make that break themselves.
"I was doing audit work for physicians at Summit Medical Group, and, oh, it was just depressing," Crawford says. "That was really the impetus for me to leave, and if I don't do it now… I don't want to be laying on my deathbed looking back and thinking, 'I woulda, shoulda, coulda.'"
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At 9:10 a.m. Friday, Michael Lena, 40, of 11 Seaford St., Wilmington was arrested on a warrant on Main Street.
At 1:34 p.m. Friday, Paul Mahoney, 44, of 3 Greenbriar Dr. Apt. #304 was arrested on a warrant and for operating a motor vehicle with a revoked license, suspended registration and for possession of a class B substance on Main Street.
Friday, June 8
- At 9:52 a.m., a Linwood Avenue resident reported that she was receiving threats from a man who was on his way to her residence. Officers reported to the scene and found that the argument was civil regarding property. The male gathered his property and left.
- At 3:55 p.m., a caller reported that her car was keyed while parked in the Marshalls parking lot.
- At 7:34 p.m., a Central Street resident reported that an object was thrown at his front window. A gray car with three youths in it was seen leaving the area.
- At 7:52 p.m., a Bishops Way resident reported that his window was shot at by a BB gun. An officer stopped a car he believed was involved and got the information of all the occupants, but is unsure of their involvement.
- At 9:11 p.m., a Central Street resident reported that something was shot at his window. The object hit and broke his window.
Saturday, June 9
- At 8:27 a.m., a Ridgeway Road resident reported damage to his front window.
- At 2:36 p.m., a caller reported a go-cart in the old Stop and Shop parking lot. An officer spoke with the driver of the go-cart who agreed to leave the area.
- At 9:58 p.m., a Central Street resident reported that her grandfather's house was broken into and a television is missing. Her grandfather was a retired cop and had guns in his home. Police went to the home and took the guns until the home could be secured.
Sunday, June 10
- At 12:11 a.m., a caller reported a car accident on Main Street. No injuries were reported.
- At 6:12 a.m., a Shore Road resident reported that his snowblower was stolen the night before. Police were able to locate the snowblower and it was returned to the owner.
- At 11:54 a.m., a caller reported a brush fire possibly related to fireworks near Burroughs Road. The reported to the scene.
- At 12:22 p.m., a North Reading male was summonsed for operating with a suspended license and without a registration, failure to stop for a police officer, operating to endanger, allowing a motor vehicle to be operated without liability insurance and an MC helmet violation on Oakdale Road.
- At 1:35 p.m., a caller reported a minor motor vehicle accident on Park Street.
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