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by Jon Gonzalez and Joyce Ahrens
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A mother's story.
"The test results are positive." Never have the same five words caused me more joy or sadness with their utterance. When I said them in February of 2000, my face beamed with anticipation as I told my husband with tears in my eyes that we were expecting our second child in the fall. That September we were blessed three weeks early as tiny, beautiful Emma Elizabeth joined our family. We chose the name Emma because it meant "embracing everything." As I held my newborn, I envisioned a world free of obstacles for her as she explored and experienced life to its fullest.
Emma's babyhood was not one without mysteries. She was jaundiced at birth and they were hesitant to allow us to take her home from the hospital. After we got home, she had daily heel pricks, weigh-ins, and a bili-light vest to wear continuously for a week. For the next month, Emma nursed every 1½ hours around the clock (can we say VERY tired Mommy?) as her body recovered from the jaundice. At one month old Emma developed an ear infection and required antibiotics. At two months she began rhythmically rubbing her face on our shoulders when we held her. She literally rubbed the skin off of her own chin, leaving bloody abrasions in its place. This continues for months. Our pediatrician did not have answers. I was breast feeding Emma as her only source of nutrition and asked if it was possible that something I was ingesting could be irritating her. The doctor told me that it was chapped skin from slobbering and instructed me to smear Crisco shortening on the baby's face, just like the pediatrician's grandmother had done years before. We quickly switched pediatricians!
The Internet was just taking shape back then, so there was little information available for parents concerned with food allergies. I found some information suggesting that dairy may be a culprit, as the milk proteins can travel through breast milk, so I removed all dairy from my diet. Soon Emma's face began to clear and she seemed much less irritated. (Less irritated, that is, until I ate soy cheese, but we'll save that story for another day!) The allergist instructed us not to give Emma any nuts until age two because of the observed milk sensitivity, telling us that children with food sensitivity as an infant have a higher risk for nut allergies.
Two and a half years later those same five words brought me to tears again, but not tears of joy. One sunny November morning after I had taken big sister Rebecca to kindergarten and our busy toddler to her mother's morning out program, I answered the phone to hear the voice of the nurse from our allergist's office. My heart sank as her news had medically confirmed what I had witnessed a few weeks earlier. I had given Emma a piece of bread with a thin layer of peanut butter spread on it. Emma was two and I wanted to see if she was able to eat peanuts. I'm not sure what I thought would happen next, since her dairy "allergy" only caused respiratory congestion, skin irritation, and ear infections. Emma, who we had nicknamed "Action Ahrens" had quickly grown into her name. She was full of energy, exploring the world at her pace- a fast one! She took the bread from me and immediately stuck the peanut butter side to her face! As I peeled the bread back, I gasped as I saw that there were instant welts on her cheeks, mouth, and nose. I quickly washed her face, gave her antihistamines, and called the doctor's office. We knew so little about allergies then, and I am thankful each day that Emma did not eat that peanut butter. Sometimes what you don't know CAN hurt you. As I hung up the phone after hearing the results of the RAST blood test, I sobbed knowing that each day ahead would hold danger for my child. How would I protect her? How would she lead a normal life? What if she had a reaction? Would I be able to save her?
In the nine years since her diagnosis, I would love to be able to tell you that the answers to those questions have gotten easier to contemplate. Each day I love my precious child more, and each day the answers to those questions change as she changes and grows. It's a journey that we are on together every day, helping Emma to navigate those obstacles that I had hoped she would never encounter.
Jon Gonzalez is CEO of the Food Allergy Foundation (FAF), a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families, individuals and children with food allergies. We are the "louder voice" in the food allergy community focusing our efforts on funding food allergy support groups, education, awareness, advocacy and research across the country and around the globe. We invite you to help us help others. Visit us at www.foodallergyfoundation.org. Jon can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Joyce Ahrens is a writer, pediatric occupational therapist, and advocate for individuals with special needs, but her most important job is being Mom to her two daughters, Rebecca and Emma. She is currently working on a childrens' book about food allergies that she hopes to publish in 2012. Joyce welcomes your comments at email@example.com.


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A man is facing an assault on an officer charge after allegedly spitting in the face of an Omaha police officer.
Twenty-seven-year-old Quentin Moses was being taken to the Douglas County Jail for walking in the roadway, disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice.
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Custom Large Bronze Nataraja 84"
Item # 5bc99
Price: $15000
Please take a minute and click here to tell us about your experience with Lotus Sculpture, our customer service and how you like your statue. We appreciate your feedback!
This Buddha is going to be a gift and it will make a lovely gift. It arrived on time and well packed. Good job.Reviewer:Angus Vail (Salem, OR, US)
We have been shopping at Lotus Sculpture for a good number of years and we have always been pleased with our purchases. As you perhaps know, buying the statues is the first step and "energizing" them at the temple is another step and the latter is important for "bonding" with the statue and to "take the metal" out of it. Putting the "deity" in the statue is a time-consuming and costly step, depending on the temple one chooses. It could range between $100 - 300. Fortunately the purchase of the statue itself at Lotus Sculpture makes it a great first experience and the next steps are equally moving, organizing the trip, purchases for the real deity, costs to the temple and swamis etc. I wished that some of the statues were more affordable, but then I understand that you offer quality product and that you run a business, not a temple. At the most a payment plan should be offered (pardon me if it is, I am not aware of it) instead of putting the item on a credit card. Personally, I do not like to associate my statues with credit. I see every item that you sell as divine, at least the path to an incredible experience with the "other" world, be it Hindu or Buddhist. Thanks for the great opportunity for shopping at Lotus Sculpture. I received the Yantra and will have it consecrated at the Kali Temple in Burtonsville, MD. We have also bought: Kali blessed in Burtonsville, MD, a.k.a Miss Kitty The Goddess with the mirror (she is now Meenakshi, blessed at the Murugan temple of North America, a.k.a Babe Ganesh, a.k.a Bongo on drums, blessed at the Ganesh temple, Queens Muruga and his peacock,a.k.a. Murray, blessed at Palani Andavar's shrine, Murugan temple of North America. The peacock lamp They have all been blessed and contrary to popular belief, I do not have a special shrine or altar in my house, I place them wherever I desire in the house, bedroom, living room and I do not feel disrespectful towards them. I figure, if they can see me in form and formless, what difference does it make whether they are in my bedroom or in a special part of the house dedicated to them? I do not believe in strict adherence to rituals. I do not possess these statues for religious purposes only. We offer them the food we eat on a daily basis. They also have special names. They make us happy, we love them. The represent beauty, a presence of something divine or more, I do not know. I know that they love us and smile in turn, NOT ALL THE TIME and that is how I know that the deity is here with us. They sometimes show sadness. Basically the relationship with them is an endless labor of love, cooking for them, celebrating birthdays with them, buying fruits for bongo, gardening for them and so forth. The experience is unbelievable.Reviewer:Jenny (Roselle Park, nj, US)
Kyle Tortora provides a great service in making these murthies available, and best of all, he has a deep understanding of Hinduism and Buddhism, and the esoterics of worship. I've recently bought my second murthy from Lotus. Kyle maintains an outstanding inventory of beautiful statues in all materials and sizes and his prices are extremely reasonable. Shipping was super fast! His customer service is among the best I've ever encountered. Thank you Lotus Sculpture!Reviewer:Gayatri Rajan (CANYON, CA, US)
Having gone to India to purchase statues many times, spending days trying to find good craftsmanship and then arranging the import is no more ! The wood sculpture that I bought for my husband for our fifth wedding anniversary was so much better in person than even in the pictures. Thank you Lotus Scuplture ! I will be purchasing more in the future for sure.Reviewer:Gopal (Tampa, Florida, US)
I wanted a Buddha for my garden. I looked on many sites on the internet and just couldn't find the right one. Then I found your website and loved the finish and color tones that they have. The delivery was fast and the item was packaged very well for shipping. It is really too pretty to put in the garden so I put it in my living room instead. Looks very beautiful! Thanks so much!Reviewer:Karen Lee Brumm (Avon, Indiana, US)
I couldn't be more pleased with this company. The statue I ordered is beautiful! The owner and staff are courteous, responsive and insure a pleasant purchasing experience for their customers. They shipped in a timely manner and the statue was expertly packed. Without hesitation, I give Lotus Sculpture my highest recommendation!Reviewer:Virginia Bartlett (Paige, Texas, US)
This little guy is so adorable! I love the antiqued colors on the brass! I have been looking for awhile for a Ganesh statue, and when I saw this one I knew my search was over!! Shipping was quick and packaged securely. Thank you for making these statues available!Reviewer:Robin (Smithtown, NY, US)
I am thrilled with my Shiva statue that I ordered from Lotus Sculpture, Kyle was a pleasure to deal with promptly answering my queries and questions. I would not hesitate to deal with Lotus Sculpture again, and will be sure to recommend them to all of my friends here in Sydney ! JohnReviewer:John Cusack (Sydney, NSW, AU)
Kyle -- The Kwan Yin statue is absolutely stunning!! The detail, the scale, the warmth of the wood, and the serenity of the expression are exactly what I was looking for. The piece looked amazing online, but it is far, far more impressive in person. It is truly the centerpiece of my home now, and I can't stop staring at her. Thank you so much for your prompt service, for answering all of my questions, and for packing the statue so carefully. Now what in the heck am I going to do with this 8 foot tall crate in my garage?! :) :)Reviewer:P Davis (Portland, OR, US)
Materials: Lost Wax Method South Indian Bronze
- Total Height Including Base: 84 inches or 7 feet tall
- Weight: Approximately 650 pounds
- A stunning sculpture of Nataraja the Lord of Dance
- Nataraja is the Creator & Destroyer of the Universe, an iconic pose of Shiva
- This beautiful bronze Nataraja has been sold. However, you can custom order another. The price is $40000. A down payment of $15000 is required to start the project.
This beautiful bronze Nataraja has been sold. However, you can custom order another. The price is $40000. A down payment of $15000 is required to start the project. We will send pictures of the casting process to you. After completion and you have seen pictures and are satisfied we require full payment and the Nataraja will be shipped to you. The Nataraja will take approximately 1 year to cast. A Nataraja like this is worth waiting for!
About Nataraja
~ Bengali Hymn~
The significance of the Nataraja sculpture is said to be that Shiva is shown as the source of all movement within the cosmos, represented by the arch of flames. The purpose of the dance is to release men from illusion of the idea of the "self" and of the physical world. The cosmic dance was performed in Chidambaram in South India, called the center of the universe by some Hindus. The gestures of the dance represent Shiva's five activities, creation (symbolized by the drum), protection (by the "fear not" hand gesture), destruction (by the fire), embodiment (by the foot planted on the ground), and release (by the foot held aloft).
The Symbolism Behind the Nataraja Pose:
The Nataraja dances within the universe. The locks of his hair stand out in many strands as he whirls around in his dancing frenzy. His locks are decked with a crescent moon, a skull, and are interspersed with the sacred river Ganges.
Shiva's unkempt hair, a symbol of a rejection of society, shows him to be an ascetic. This contrasts with his role as a grhastha, or householder, with his wife and family.
The fiery ring surrounding Shiva, prahabhamandala, represents the universe ignorance and pain. The outer edge is fire the inner edge the waters of the oceans. Many Nataraja statues have multiple levels of fire and water. The crescent moon in his matted hair keeps Kama, the god of nightly love, alive. Through the waxing and the waning of the moon Shiva creates different seasons and rejuvenates life. The goddess of the Ganges nests in Shiva's dreadlocks. The river Ganges that flows in Nataraja's hair originally flowed in heaven. When the heavenly Ganges was needed on earth, she was unwilling to fall to earth because she realized that her fall from heaven would be too much for the earth to withstand. Shiva as Nataraja agreed to break the violent power of the sacred Ganga's fall by catching her in his tangled hair, breaking the fall with his hair on its way to the Himalayas and Northern India.
Nataraja wears a snake coiled around his upper arms and neck symbolizing the power he has over the most deadly of creatures. Snakes are also used to symbolize the Hindu dogma of reincarnation. Their natural process of molting or shedding their skin is symbolic of the human souls' transmigration of bodies from one life to another.
In the back right hand Shiva holds an hour glass shaped drum or damaru. The drum represents the rhythmic sound to which Nataraja dances and ceaselessly recreates the universe. The front right hand is in the abhaya-mudra (the "fear not" gesture, made by holding the palm outward with fingers pointing up).
The back left hand carries agni (fire) in a vessel or in his hand. The flames represent the destructive energy with which Nataraja dances at the end of each cosmic age, cleansing sins and removing illusion. The front left hand is across the chest in the gahahasta (elephant trunk) pose, with the wrist limp and the fingers pointed downward toward the uplifted foot.
Shiva's raised left foot, grants eternal bliss to those who approach him. The other foot treads firmly upon the dwarf of ignorance, allowing the birth of knowledge. Nataraja dances above the body of the demon, Apasmara, whom he has killed; in this role he is called Natesa. Apasmara, the dwarf demon, represents the ignorance of teaching that all opposites (for example good and evil) are false.
Bronze is an extremely durable metal made from a combination of 5 metals; copper, iron, tin, with minute additions of silver and gold. This combination is called Panchaloha bronze and is the basis for making the sacred Hindu temple statues of India and the world. Copper is the most prevalent metal in the alloy. Copper also gives the metal a softer composition that allows the bronze artisans to carve the details that are prevalent in each piece. All the South Indian bronze sculpture Lotus Sculpture carries are Panchaloham and thus suited for any home altar or community temple.
Because of the durability of the metal not much is needed to maintain a bronze sculpture. Many of our customers purchase a bronze statue and perform daily puja and abhisheka consisting of bathing the Hindu deity in ghee, milk, coconut milk or other liquids. In this case nothing is needed to keep the statue clean as it will be bathed daily. If the sculpture is used for "darshan" or simply viewing the sculpture it is best to dust the statue as needed so no dirt collects in the details of the sculpture. For both polished golden bronzes and antique patina bronze statues if you would like the sculpture to shine use a cotton cloth with some coconut oil or other natural oil to wipe down the piece as needed.
Many of our bronze Hindu statues have been placed in outdoor temples. Bronze's durability makes it perfect for cold winters and hot summers of any climate. We suggest you bathe the sculpture every couple of months so that dirt does not collect on the sculpture and then use a cotton cloth with some natural oil to give the statue a shine. Both indoors and outdoors a bronze statue can be left alone which, overtime, will give the bronze an antique patina.
On some bronze statues you can see small hints of lime green, verde-gris patina. Some people prize this color for its age others want to remove it. If you would like to remove the verde-gris use a tooth brush with some coconut oil or other natural oil and lightly go over the verde-gris. This should remove the unwanted patina from the sculpture.
If you have any questions concerning your bronze statue please email us at email@example.com or call us at 1(760) 994-4455.
USA Shipping
This sculpture is in our Oceanside, California store and ready for immediate packing. Shipping is calculated from Oceanside, California after the purchase. This piece is too heavy to ship via UPS ground and will be shipped using R&L Freight Carriers. Approximately 3 working days are needed to pack the sculpture in its own custom wood crate. If you place your order online shipping will show in the order as $0. Shipping will be calculated based on the weight of the sculpture and the distance from Oceanside, CA to determine the shipping price. Shipping will then be added to the total after the order is placed. Please call 760-994-4455 or email us firstname.lastname@example.com for a shipping quote.
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This sculpture is in our Oceanside, California store and ready for immediate packing. Shipping is calculated from Oceanside, California after the purchase. This piece is too heavy to ship via UPS ground and will be shipped using an international freight service. Typically we use TNT Special Services as they give the most competitive rates. Approximately 3 working days are needed to pack the sculpture in its own custom wood crate. If you place your order online shipping will show in the order as $0. Shipping will be calculated based on the weight of the sculpture and the distance from Oceanside, CA to determine the shipping price. The shipping quote will be emailed to you and no charge will be made without your approval. Shipping will then be added to the total after the order is placed. Please call 760-994-4455 or email us firstname.lastname@example.com for a shipping quote.
Shipping quote for Custom Large Bronze Nataraja 84"
This statue weighs too much to be shipped using UPS or any of our international carriers and will have to be shipped by a freight carrier. We will get you a freight shipping quote for this statue.
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PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh Little League playoffs continue today with two games.
Pepsi will take on NuWay at Penfield while City Police and VFW will clash at South Platt. Both games are scheduled to begin at 5:45 p.m.
If South Platt is unplayable, the Police-VFW game will be held at South Acres.
Westport CC men's league to meet
WESTPORT — A Westport-area summer men's golf league will hold an organizational meeting at the Westport Country Club at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 20. Anyone interested in playing in the league is asked to attend the meeting.
Adirondack Cycling Team welcoming riders
PLATTSBURGH — The Adirondack Cycling Team (ACT) is welcoming road bike riders in the greater Plattsburgh area to join up for the 2012 biking season. ACT is a bicycling club that normally holds group rides on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings.
There are typically groups of beginning, intermediate and advanced rides within these rides. There is a no drop policy for beginners. Take a look at our website at: http://www.adirondackcyclingteam.com/. Membership is $15 for individuals and $20 a year for families. Rides can be viewed at this website.
If you would like to try a ride before you join the club, we have a waiver form. We are looking for members who enjoy exercise and meeting other local riders. A road bike is recommended and helmets are required for safety first.
Ti Montcalm Mile set for July 4
TICONDEROGA — The LaChute Road Runners Club of Ticonderoga has long believed the Montcalm Mile is the fastest course in the North Country. A year ago Lee Berube proved it, becoming the first runner to ever break four minutes in the region. The college All-American and NCAA Division III cross-country runner-up was clocked in three minutes, 54 seconds.


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Niagara Gazette — A few more comments that cannot be left unsaid came to mind after I submitted last week's story on the NACC. I mentioned the reuse of this former Niagara Falls High School that was saved from the wrecking ball and replacement by a shopping plaza and did not have enough space to tell you about the 8,000 square foot former gym that is now designated as a sound stage by the New York State Governor's Office for motion picture and television development. This makes the NACC a desired destination in the movie industry. Rah! Rah!
And, I did not have space to talk about the NACC kids. The Niagara Arts and Cultural Center takes pride in the fact that kids are safe there. It is a building where their talents can be developed and their confidence nurtured. Opportunities abound for them to take part in the fine and performing arts that are not available elsewhere. One of the NACC brochures described the fact that a prime commitment is to building on events and programs for young people in the community. The NACC knows that the arts can be a powerful tool for social change and that creative children can become innovative citizens. That is something to really cheer about.
Moving on to the next "N", I find it hard not to cheer about the many citizens that are members of neighborhood watch block clubs in the City of Niagara Falls. As treasurer of the Niagara Falls Block Club Council (NFBCC), I am familiar with all of the active clubs by attending their meetings, helping with their use of our funding and generally providing any assistance I can offer.
These hard-working, interested residents of our city have seen change take place in their neighborhoods sometimes on a daily basis. It seems like most streets have one or two vacant or deteriorating structures causing great concerns. These citizens do not let that stop them from reporting suspicious persons or activities within their boundaries to the proper channels. How do you think the police department knows about all the "goings-on" all over the city? Sometimes they are members of block clubs and sometimes they are just citizens who care and they are all "the eyes and ears" of the police department."


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New Castle police have arrested two men who they said had abandoned a car on the city's East Side.
One of them also is accused in a robbery that was reported on Friday.
A man told police Friday that he and two others were in a car around 3:30 p.m. when he received a call from David Quear Jr., asking for a ride to Westview Terrace.
The man said they picked him up at Balph Avenue and took him to Beech Street. He said he got out money to give someone else in the car for gasoline, and Quear, 22, of 1606 E. Washington St., grabbed the $260, from him and ran into an apartment.
The three men got out of the car, chased Quear and knocked on the apartment door, where someone said Quear had run out the back door. They reported the incident to the police.
Officers patrolling the East Side Saturday received a report around 1:10 p.m. that two men had just run from a blue Buick sedan that had been abandoned on Arlington Avenue.
Several other residents of the area also flagged police to tell them they had seen the two men.
Police found them hiding behind a fence in the 1400 block of Jackson Avenue. They were arrested and identified as David Quear and Michael Patrick Quear, 19, of 1005 Beech St.
David Quear told police he had been driving the car and he ran because he thought the officer was going to pull him over on a warrant. His license was suspended and the officer said police found seven small cigar pieces containing suspected marijuana on him.
In connection with the theft, Quear is charged with robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and harassment.
He also was charged with abandoning a vehicle on a highway, driving while his license is suspended, possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Michael Quear was wanted on a bench warrant for retail theft charges filed by the Lawrence County sheriff's department. He told officers he ran because of his warrant.
He is charged with flight to avoid apprehension or trial.
David Quear was arraigned by District Judge Melissa A. Amodie, who set his bond for the alleged robbery at $15,000.
He and Michael Quear both were arraigned by Amodie for the car incident and their bonds for those charges are $1,000 each.


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Are your kids counting down the hours until school is out? Do you have a family tradition of doing something special on the last day of school to kick off your summer fun? Whether you are dreading the end of school or thoroughly looking forward to summer break, the last day of school is a great opportunity to have some fun and make some memories. So parents, take the day off if you can and have some FUN!
Here are some creative ideas on how to celebrate.
- 5 Ways to Celebrate the Last Day of School like hosting an impromptu neighborhood firepit party or cooking your kids favorite meal together.
- My friend Cindy from the Shesparkles blog met her kids at the front door with a banner last year and some games. She also suggests handing out Hawaiian leis to kick off the summer fun.
- Nicole Feliciano from Momtrends suggests picking up the kids from school and heading out on a quick, unplanned getaway. Pack just the essentials and keep the destination a surprise.
- A Patch.com reader, Monique Z., commented on one of my posts last year that her family celebrates with a trip to Ben & Jerrys on the last day of school.
- Readers over at Cozi.com offered some great suggestions for the last day of school. I love the idea of an outdoor movie night and s'mores.
- If you are a teacher or room Mom, check out this post I wrote for VolunteerSpot.com on Last Day of School Classroom Party Ideas.
Finally, need a cute and easy Teacher's Gift? You'll find a ton of easy, inexpensive, and unique teacher's gift ideas here.
Do you do something special on the last day of school with the kids? How do you celebrate?
Sue Kirchner is a family fun coach, kids party planner, and weekly contributor to Patch.com. Sue and her family fun ideas have been featured on TV, newspapers, magazines, blogs, as well as her own family fun site ChocolateCakeMoments.com.


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Attach this light to your hat, shirt, pocket or any other item up to 1/2" thick for convenient, hands-free lighting. Compact light provides 6 lumens for over 100 hours of use with two super bright, white LEDs that never need replacing. Lights turn on when head is flipped up and pivot a full 180° for light where you need it. Body is constructed from a xylex polymer resin material that is virtually indestructible. Runs on two 3-volt lithium coin-cell batteries (included). USA made.
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The Greenville Animal Control Division received a call to contain a skunk in the 600 block of Erica, Wednesday, October 9, 2013.
Once retrieved, the animal was shipped to the State for testing. The State reported the skunk tested positive for rabies, the second positive test for the City of Greenville this year.
See the information below regarding the appropriate actions for area pet owners and for information about the Rabies virus:
Those living in the area near the 600 Block of Erica, should immediately have their animals vaccinated against rabies by a licensed Veterinarian. By law, the rabies vaccination is required every year, when given the one year vaccine and every three years, when given the three year vaccine. If you own a pet, you must be vigilant in keeping their vaccinations up-to-date.
Pets should be restrained and not allow to roam free, this is also prohibited by the City of Greenville's Code of Ordinances.
All citizens should avoid contact with wild animals. Wild animals should not be hand fed by residents, nor should they be kept as pets.
Do not touch sick or injured animals, and call the City of Greenville Animal Control Division if a sick or injured animal is sighted. Signs of rabies include a change in behavior, wild animals that seem friendly or tame, wild animals not normally seen in the day time hours, animals showing difficulty in walking, eating, or drinking and animals that appear to bite or scratch old wounds until they bleeds.
What is rabies?
Rabies is a virus of the central nervous system. It can be transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal, or through the saliva of a rabid animal being introduced into a fresh scratch or similar skin break. Rabies can incubate from 14 days to 18 months, depending on the type of animal, site of wound, amount of virus and the age of the victim. The average incubation period is 3 to 8 weeks.
There are two clinical types of rabies, 'furious' and 'dumb' rabies. An animal infected with the furious viral strain will display 'mad dog' behavior; irritability, snapping and biting at real or imaginary objects. These animals can be extremely vicious and violent. Paralysis sets in shortly, usually affecting the hind legs first, subsequently killing the animal in four to seven days.
Animals infected with the dumb strain will behave in a somewhat different manner. The prominent symptoms of this strain are drowsiness, paralysis of the lower jaw, snapping at movement and insensitivity to pain. These animals may behave as if there is something lodged in their throat. This action may prompt owners to attempt to remove the suspected object which will then expose the owner to the rabies virus. Animals with the dumb strain will typically succumb to the virus three to ten days after the first symptoms.
All citizens are asked to report any animal bite and/or potentially rabid animal to the Greenville Animal Control, at 5800 Joe Ramsey Blvd., 903-457-2990. An officer is on duty Monday –Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. After hours calls can be directed to the City of Greenville Police Department's non-emergency number, 903-457-2900.
The following Veterinary clinics are available to administer the rabies vaccination to your pets, please call them for prices and hours:
Animal Clinic – 4257 Stonewall – (903) 455-6317
Animal Medical Center – 4307 Ridgecrest – (903) 454-9191
Crossroads Veterinary Clinic – 8414 Wesley St. – (903) 454-1563
Greenville Animal Hospital – IH-30 @ Lamar – (903) 455-8588
Cause for Paws – 4400 Moulton Ste. I – (903) 454-7387
Turtle Creek Veterinary Medical Center – 5900 Jack Finney Blvd. – (903) 454-6222


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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Chestnut Hill College will hold its 28th Annual Golf Invitational on Monday, October 11, 2010 at the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club in Lafayette Hill, Pa. Since its inception, the Golf Invitational has raised more than $700,000 for the College and its student programs.
Golfers will start the day with registration and brunch at 10 a.m., and a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. The outing will conclude with cocktails and dinner at 5:00 p.m. and the presentation of prizes. Special activities throughout the day include a $5,000 putting challenge, raffles, skill awards, and a $1,000,000 hole-in-one contest. Presenting sponsors for this year's invitational are Thomas Wynne Apartments, Jericho Manor Apartments, and the Chesapeake Bay Golf Club.
In addition, the College will also be holding a raffle, with winners announced at the Golf Invitational. Prizes include trips and other cash prizes. Tickets for the raffle are five for $20 and are available for sale through September 30th. Registration is $250 per player and sponsorship opportunities are available.
For more information about registering for the Golf Invitational, please contact Coco Minardi at 215.753.3692 or visit the College's online registration available at www.chc.edu/golf.
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8x8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir green bell pepper, onion, and celery in hot oil until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in hot dog pieces and cook and stir until hot dogs begin to brown, 6 more minutes. Stir in the chili and heat the mixture thoroughly.
- Beat cornbread mix, egg, and milk in a bowl with a spoon until batter is just moistened, and spread half the cornbread batter into the prepared baking dish. Top batter with the hot dog mixture; spread remaining half of cornbread batter over the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until casserole is bubbling and cornbread topping is golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
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I made this as a last-minute dinner idea (I literally remembered at the last minute that I had nothing planned for dinner). I used red bell pepper instead of green, Angus beef hot dogs, and Campbells Chunky Roadhouse Chili. I made little bowls of chopped tomatoes, sliced green onions, shredded sharp cheddar and reduced fat sour cream to top the servings with. My family RAVED about this casserole, especially littlest who can be a little picky. My husband and oldest went back for seconds. This was fabulous--not only was it quick, it also used ingredients I had in my pantr/fridge which made it very cheap to make. This recipe's a keeper!
This was really good! Very cheap and easy. I put one package of cornbread mix on the bottom of the dish, layered the chili mixture and then topped with half a box cornbread mix. The dish really held together well. We would definitely make again, especially to use up hot dogs and veggies :)
This turned out great my son said it was the best. It will be in our rotation for sure. Thank you Terry for a very Tasty recipe.
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- 20%
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- 38%
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- 10%
- Protein
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- 26%
- Cholesterol
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- 22%
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- 56%
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O'Connor qualifies for District 3
Date: July 24, 2009
by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor
Longboat Key District 3 Commissioner Peter O'Connor has officially become a candidate for his third and final two-year term that would begin in March 2010.
Town Clerk Trish Granger confirmed that O'Connor submitted election paperwork at Town Hall, and the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Office has confirmed O'Connor's petition certification paperwork.
At-large Commissioner Hal Lenobel and Vice Mayor Commissioner Robert Siekmann, District 5, are also eligible for additional two-year terms this March. In addition Mayor Lee Rothenberg, District 1, will vacate his seat via term limits next year.
Granger confirmed that both Lenobel and Siekmann have taken out election paperwork from Town Hall.
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— LEWISBURG -- Lewisburg Borough Council will discuss tonight its situation with Borough Manager Chad Smith, who remains in serious condition at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville after suffering a broken back in a vehicle accident last Friday.
Tuesday at 7 p.m. is the council's regularly scheduled meeting. Councilman Trey Casimir said any action about interim managers for the spot would need full council discussion and then a vote.
"We've had numerous offers of assistance from other local municipal officials who've worked with Chad," Casimir said, noting that council members are thankful for the outreach.
Smith was traveling west on Interstate 80 last Friday night when his pickup truck went out of control and spun out on a wet road, state police reported from a witness. Smith was thrown from the vehicle after it went off the road, flipped end over end for about 300 feet and then came to rest against an embankment.


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FORT MILL — Every day for seven years, Jeremy Blevins ran at least one mile. He ran on seven Christmas holidays, through all kinds of weather, and even on the day his daughter was born.
It started with him reading articles about every-day runners – runners who literally run every day of their lives. He was inspired to attempt a running streak, so he began on New Year's Day 2006, hoping to meet a personal challenge to run every day for 50 years.
He kept to it. Then he hit a roadblock.
In January, Blevins learned he had cancer. Up until a few days before he had surgery to remove a tumor from his mouth, he continued to run daily. Blevins was forced to end his personal running streak at seven years, 13 days.
What happened next has been a source of inspiration for both his family and the community.
On the day of Blevins' surgery, his wife, Shelley, planned to go for an early morning run. Shelley Blevins, who had supported her husband's hobby for more than seven years, wasn't an avid runner herself, but she prepared to take up running and continue the streak in his honor.
When she walked out onto the porch of her Baxter Village home at 6 a.m., long before most of the neighborhood had their morning Starbucks, a group of friends and neighbors waited to run with her.
Since then, Shelley Blevins has been joined by friends who are "Running for a Cause…Cause Jerm Can't Run," the title of a Facebook page created in Jeremy Blevins' honor.
Blevins' neighbor Shelley Howard-Robinson created the Facebook page where friends post daily when they have run or hiked, and sometimes biked or swam, in honor of Blevins.
Many post photos of themselves post-run. Sweaty, but always with big smiling faces.
"A sweaty 4 miles for Jerm."
"Six miler for you, my good man. Thinking of you. Stay strong."
"What better motivation than you, Blevins! Prayers to you guys all the way from Gamecock country."
Jeremy Blevins wasn't an avid Facebooker before the page was created, but now he checks the page several times a day.
In an email to the Fort Mill Times, Jeremy Blevins wrote, "It has been a huge motivator for me. Words cannot describe my appreciation for what everyone is doing."
But anyone in need of motivation or inspiration should look to his wife, he said.
"With the treatments and continuous appointments she attends with me, it is amazing she finds the time and has the energy to run almost every day," Blevins wrote.
The Blevinswere hopeful that the surgery in January and subsequent radiation and chemotherapy would eliminate the cancer.
But in mid-April, cancer was detected around Jeremy's collarbone.
The cancer continued to progress and by late May doctors determined that treatment at a facility in Houston would be the best course of action.
The Blevins have been in Houston while Jeremy undergoes treatment there for an unknown period of time.
"He was a very unlikely candidate, and he has ended up with a very aggressive cancer. We want to come home. It's not optimal, but we're here for a reason, and we're lucky to be here," Shelley Blevins said.
Treatment has been "rough," but Jeremy Blevins still manages to get on the treadmill some days, Shelley Blevins said.
While Jeremy and Shelley Blevins are in Houston, their two children are being cared for at home by grandparents. The separation is difficult, Shelley Blevins said.
"We miss them like crazy," she said, but is quick to say how fortunate she feels to have family helping them out, and to be at one of the top cancer centers in the country.
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£220m needed to fix North Yorkshire roads (From York Press)
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£220m needed to fix North Yorkshire roads
11:17am Monday 25th February 2013 in News By Press reporter
AT LEAST £220 million will have to be spent by North Yorkshire County Council to bring pothole-blighted roads up to a decent standard.
Highways bosses said the severe winters of 2009 and 2010 and recent flooding and freezing have left the county's roads in an appalling condition.
The council recently announced additional funding of £857,000 for work to prevent flood damage to roads – such as clearing drains – in an attempt to slow the deterioration. But a spokesman said budget restraints meant work would overwhelmingly focus on essential repairs.
The council has also confirmed though that potholes along the Tour de France route through the Yorkshire Dales will be filled in as part of a £400,000 repairs project ahead of the race.
The county council's highways chief, Coun Gareth Dadd, said the 5,500 miles of roads he is responsible for would remain in a terrible state, despite £9 million extra being spent on the network in the next two years.
He said: "I can't stress enough how badly damaged the network has been.
"But it is a balance, and always will be, between looking after our vulnerable people in society and attending to what we can on the roads."
For the Tour de France works the council will provide £200,000 with the remainder coming from three district authorities along the rural part of the route – Richmondshire, Harrogate and Craven.
An county council spokesman said competitors were not expecting to ride on a velodrome-like surface, but said a series of inspections, repairs and planning works would be carried out ahead of the race to consider the risks to safety.
He said: "If it is found that remedial work is required on the route then the necessary work will be carried out.
"It is important to recognise that any work carried out will provide long-term benefit for the whole network and all highway users for years to come and should not be seen as an expense solely for a single race."
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11:25am Mon 25 Feb 13
yorkborn66 says...
Just an idea to tax someone else for a change to try and boost funds.
12:21pm Mon 25 Feb 13
THEWlZZARD says...
12:36pm Mon 25 Feb 13
mrcharly says...
THEWlZZARD wrote:I think the people who live along the route might be cheering getting their potholes filled in.
Quite unbelievable that our cash-strapped council can find money for a silly bicycle race. Who exactly is going to benefit from this race?
12:45pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Buzz Light-year says...
1:30pm Mon 25 Feb 13
bill bailey says...
foreman of the council could tell me if
this is the wa\y to fill in holes
1:30pm Mon 25 Feb 13
bill bailey says...
foreman of the council could tell me if
this is the wa\y to fill in holes
1:57pm Mon 25 Feb 13
asd says...
2:02pm Mon 25 Feb 13
myselby says...
3:47pm Mon 25 Feb 13
yorkborn66 says...
bill bailey wrote:This is happening everywhere. Why the JCB? , Only the shovel to put it in and the back of the shovel to finish it is all that is required according to our highways Dept.
I have dug and filled in many holes during my 77yrs.but i must say what i saw recently beats the lot,i saw what i assume was a council emplyee with a JCB,Filling in holes between Naburn and Deighton .it was raining hard and the holes was filled with water,but ,he was using dry tarmac filled the hole on top of the water,patted it down with the back of the shovel and moved on to the next.Next day i thought i would go that way again to view the workers work.guess what,?you got it, there was the hole open again.perhaps the
foreman of the council could tell me if
this is the wa\y to fill in holes
Would be cheaper to let the man stay at home and pay him for what good it does.
4:19pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Podlet says...
4:19pm Mon 25 Feb 13
mmarshal says...
As excuse for sloppy protection of personal data, "Mr Floyd said one skip outside St Leonard's Place was a "confidential waste container" which was removed each evening and replaced the next morning. He said waste management service Yorwaste was disposing of the paperwork."
Yorwaste does supply a facility for disposal of confidential waste and its website details how - "Confidential paper is collected in special security tagged bags from business premises and transported to our secure shredding facility. The shredding is carried out in a secure, CCTV monitored, room by trained operatives. Customers are able to witness the destruction of their confidential waste on request."
Yorwaste disposal system does not mention leaving it in a skip on the carpark. Importantly, Government guidelines direct that any arrangement for bulk collection of low grade confidential waste will not be sufficient for disposals of Personal Data." Personal Data is to be afforded the highest level of secure disposal.
Will this comment be added to the data loss article, left with this road repair article or simply deleted.
5:55pm Mon 25 Feb 13
pedalling paul says...
Buzz Light-year wrote:Not a lot on Google to say how much damage is caused by HGV's but I bet it's £millions........!
Buses cause huge damage to our roads.
11:07pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Guy Fawkes says...
Maybe it's a chance for the government to think about taxing foreign HGV'S that use our road system for nothing, at port of entry. We all pay for our roads but it would seem foreign drivers do not.
As I wrote on the blog underneath the petrol price story, we would not be allowed to do that under EU single market rules. That would only be an option if we left the EU. The only thing we can do (without leaving the EU) is to lower our road fuel duty to a point at which European hauliers based in countries where the price of diesel is lower no longer have a competitive advantage.
As for this story, the government is cheerfully going to blow £33bn on a railway line (HS2) that only millionaires and public sector managers on expenses will be able to afford to use, while a quarter of one billion to fix a road network that everyone who lives and/or works in the county relies on to some extent (even if you don't personally drive on it, you will be consuming goods and services that have been transported on it) seemingly cannot be found. Crazy.
10:02am Tue 26 Feb 13
Penfold1979 says...
This is how they left the road when they built this great new Eco estate called archer close now the road floods look here
It makes my urine boil CYC caused this and won't rectify it.
10:10am Tue 26 Feb 13
Penfold1979 says...
And here for the photos of how City Of York Council have left our courtyard after building archer close
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When the star-studded cast and crew showed up in Bulgaria to film the Hollywood action movie "The Expendables 2," proud politicians and media came out in force to welcome the production. Unfortunately, by the time they left, an inspection revealed a "heavy toll" on the bats of Devetashka Cave, one of the most important bat-hibernation sites in Europe, Bulgaria's English-language Sofia News Agency reports.
The cave is "a natural landmark of national and international importance and a home to 13 protected bat species, two of them considered globally endangered," says reporter Irina Samokovska. "The permission to shoot (in the cave) was granted despite the fact that domestic legislation only allows for activities related to tourism or scientific research to take place at the site."
The filming involved considerable construction work, brush-clearing and other activity within the cave while the bats were hibernating. Whenever bats are awakened from hibernation, they are forced to burn the energy-rich fat that they need to survive until spring, when insect prey returns and they emerge from hibernation. If they are disturbed too often, they face death by starvation or exhaustion, the news agency said.
And, it reported, "the disturbed bats might not be able to re-hibernate because their home was turned into a noisy tourist attraction after 'The Expendables 2' rebuilt a bridge leading to the Devetashka Cave and left it as a 'gift' for the country."
Zoologist Nikolay Simov of the Center for Bat Studies and Protection at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences told the Sofia News Agency that after the filming ended, he found only about 8,000 bats in Devetashka Cave, while last year there were 30,000.
"We are extremely disappointed in both the Hollywood production company and Bulgaria's regulatory agencies for the needless damage to the bats at Devetashka Cave, the third-largest hibernation site in Europe," Bat Conservation International Executive Director Nina Fascione said in response to this and other reports of the impact of the filming.
"Such activity is inexcusable in a cave where bats are hibernating and significant mortality is virtually inevitable. We call on the Bulgarian government to fulfill its legal and moral obligations to the country's wildlife. And we urge the movie's producers and stars to support – financially – local environmentalists' efforts to restore and protect the cave and to help these battered bats recover from the damage."
The news agency said that the European Commission and several environmental organizations filed inquiries as to why the situation had been allowed to unfold, and that Simov alleged that the film's activities violated the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats.
"The irony of it all," concluded Samokovska, "is that this is happening in 2011-12, The Year of the Bat."
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1A "for sale" sign with attached posts was taken from a yard in the 18700 block of Hoffman Avenue before 11:31 a.m. Sept. 25. Loss is estimated at $35.
2Fifteen push-up bras were taken at Victoria's Secret at Brookfield Square, 95 N. Moorland Road, at 2:39 p.m. Sept. 25. Loss is estimated at $830. According to store personnel, two women were involved in the incident. One distracted an employee while the other was placing the bras in a large purse. When an alarm was activated, the women fled the store. Surveillance footage is being reviewed.
3Construction equipment valued at $30,000 was taken from behind the Ashley Furniture building, 16220 W. Bluemound Road, before 8:47 a.m. Sept. 26.
4A purse containing a wallet, checks and credit cards was taken from a vehicle at Mitchell Park, 19900 River Road, before 2:33 p.m. Sept. 27. A window was smashed to gain entry.
5A 38-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for taking a pair of jeans at The Buckle at Brookfield Square, 95 N. Moorland Road, at 12:44 p.m. Sept. 28.
6Numerous apples were taken off a tree in a yard in the 4200 block of North 162nd Street before noon Oct. 1.
7A 41-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for taking five bottles of alcohol at Fresh Market, 15895 W. Bluemound Road, at 1:56 p.m. Oct. 1. The man also was arrested for fleeing police.
8A 70-year-old Brookfield woman was arrested for drunken driving in the 4000 block of North 128th Street before 12:02 p.m. Sept. 28. A blood draw was taken to determine the woman's blood-alcohol content.
9A 58-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for drunken driving near Bluemound and Elm Grove roads at 9:44 p.m. Sept. 30. A blood draw was taken to determine the man's BAC. This was his third offense.
10A mailbox was knocked off its post in the 1400 block of Independence Drive before 8:19 a.m. Sept. 27.
11A mailbox and post were struck and destroyed in the 3000 block of Nassau Drive before 1:23 p.m. Sept. 30.
Police made three arrests related to domestic violence incidents last week.
Town of Brookfield
12Two Milwaukee women, ages 30 and 54, were arrested for taking merchandise over an extended period of time at Kmart, 18200 W. Bluemound Road, at 2:10 p.m. Sept. 7. The 30-year-old was an employee, while the 54-year-old had resigned from the business.
13A purse containing a wallet, identification cards, cash and a camera was taken at Salto Gymnastics Club, 21950 Doral Road, before 2:12 p.m. Sept. 23. Loss is estimated at $560.
14Police responded to a report of a 39-year-old Milwaukee man striking a customer in the face at Mega Media Exchange, 19555 W. Bluemound Road, at 6:40 p.m. Sept. 28. The man is autistic and a member of a group home. He had been authorized to leave the facility for a few hours while in the care of another person. Police initially put the man in restraints, but he was quickly released without incident.
15A 19-year-old Waukesha man was arrested for putting in numerous false pizza delivery orders at Pizza Hut, 17800 W. Bluemound Road, at 4:23 p.m. Sept. 25. Over a period of several months, the eatery prepared $373 worth of pizzas based on the man's false calls. He is a former employee of the store, and was terminated about a year ago.
Village of Elm Grove
No reportable incidents occurred last week.
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The numbers stack up quickly when you start measuring Justin Bieber's impact on pop music.
His "Believe" was the sixth-highest-selling album of 2012. The music video for his song "Baby" has been viewed more than 825 million times on YouTube. And as of this month he's the most followed human being on Twitter, with nearly 34 million people hanging on his every tweet.


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Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the youngest of five children. After a school career that included some time in Catholic school and the discipline of nuns, she married young and settled in Keedysville, Maryland.
She worked briefly as a legal secretary. "I could type fast but couldn't spell, I was the worst legal secretary ever," she says now. After her sons were born she stayed home and tried every craft that came along. A blizzard in February 1979 forced her hand to try another creative outlet. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate.
Born into a family of readers, Nora had never known a time that she wasn't reading or making up stories. During the now-famous blizzard, she pulled out a pencil and notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published by Silhouette in 1981.
Nora met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Since that time, they've expanded their home, traveled the world and opened a bookstore together.
Through the years, Nora has always been surrounded by men. Not only was she the youngest in her family, but she was also the only girl. She has raised two sons. Having spent her life surrounded by men, Ms. Roberts has a fairly good view of the workings of the male mind, which is a constant delight to her readers. It was, she's been quoted as saying, a choice between figuring men out or running away screaming.
Nora is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry. Recently The New Yorker called her "America's favorite novelist."
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Update: This article has been amended to correct the location of the church where services will be held Tuesday. It is St. Patrick's Church in Glen Cove, not Huntington.
Services have been scheduled for next week for the Suffolk County police officer who was killed in a crash Friday morning in Commack.
Patrick. J. Curley, a Huntington resident who was a patrol officer assigned to the Second Precinct, was westbound on Jericho Turnpike when he collided with a sanitation truck about 3:30 a.m. He was 40 years old.
The wake is scheduled for Monday from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the McLaughlin Kramer Megiel Funeral Home, 220 Glen St., Glen Cove. A funeral service is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Church in Glen Cove.
He leaves his wife, Emily, daughter Sophia Jane, mother Mary Ann, and three siblings, Brendan, Katherine and Elizabeth Myers.


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Going vegetarian every day or just on Meatless Monday doesn't mean having to deprive yourself. Salads of all sorts are great, but they're not the only game in town. And with an autumn chill in the air, it's time to indulge in satisfying comfort foods.
A casserole is just the ticket.
Fresh from the oven, gooey with creamy, tangy goodness, a cheesy casserole warms the soul. They're easy to serve, and appealing to kids and adults alike.
Looking for south of the border flavor? Mexican Rice with Salsa and Wisconsin Cheeses is a snap—just switch out the chicken broth for vegetable broth and you're good to go. Make it a fiesta with Poblano Chile Tostadas.
For my money, there's nothing better than a baked macaroni and cheese casserole. This one features cheddar and asiago cheeses, and takes less than an hour to get on the table. For a tasty twist, give Mediterranean Macaroni and Cheese a try—you'll just take that itty bit of prosciutto off the ingredients list.
During October we'll post Meatless Monday recipes and tips sent in by our readers—and some of our editors' favorite dishes, too— each Monday throughout Vegetarian Awareness Month.
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Time to applaud the man who applauds in a loop until the end of time.
Finally, the SA Goons find a worthy spiritual successor to 'Birds with Human Hands'!
As you may have noticed, the most popular viral videos at any given time are amazingly banal, annoying, and cliched pieces of waste. It almost seems as if the internet naturally gravitates towards the worst possible Youtube and Google video selections. So it stands to reason that if the terrible videos become popular, then the unpopular videos must be awesome! We here at Something Awful present to you AwfulVision™, our own patented service dedicated to showcasing a wide selection of unpopular videos that apparently must be good! Welcome to Web 3.9. Welcome to AwfulVision™!
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Taking an overview of our sucessful pages, we find our local job and employment pages; independent recruitment resources featuring employers sorted by district or recruitment sector. Our coverage is not exhaustive and is still expanding, we welcome your input. Rather than just offer listings of local employers and vacancies we also aim to add some value to support your job search.
Welcome to the Kent website - Yourcounty home of the Kent website since 1999. In the last 15 years we have experienced a great many changes. However in some respects our philosophy remains the same; we still aspire to be fiercely independent, a little quirky and committed to excellence. We aspire to be a user driven website so your feedback is welcome.
Yourcounty publishes local news and business features covering a wide range of subject matter, anything in fact that might be of interest to our audience. Recent stories have included: Exciting developments at Kings Hill and record sales, acclaimed sitarist kicks off a new season of lunchtime concerts, Law Commission Report into the future of divorce law , the launch of Murston Community Bank the first such venture in Kent, the latest news about the Newnham Court Shopping Village Scheme, new services from Lydd Airport and new jobs created by the Giggling Squid group. Also watch out for our strange but true and Kent 51 features covering perplexing national news including a possible identification of the Yeti!
We run local What's On pages which follow the idea of suggesting something for everyone. The Kent Diary provides information on an eclectic mix of interesting events covering all parts of the county such as the Combined Ops event at Headcorn Aerodrome, Brogdale's Cherry Festival, the Rotary Club Raft Race at Barton's Point, the Comedy Club Night at the Ashford International Hotel or a Fun 'Day Out with Thomas'™ setting off from Tenterden Station or how about an evening of Folkestone Baroque at St Leonard's Church. Our pages also hold a directory of selected tourist attractions as well as pub and restaurant listings. The coverage is not static and is constantly evolving.
Yourcounty maintain a wide range of business related features and resources through the publication of local business news, free business listing contained in the business directory where we feature local firms working in areas such as: Personal Finance, Accountancy, Car Dealers, Bakers and Bakeries, Hotels and Guest Houses, Kent Florists , Photographers, Solicitors and much more. We provide free value added estate and letting agent information within our Kent property pages. We also publish product listings for car insurance, not to mention our free job ad service.
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Kent has been an important centre of food production for thousands of years. The Romans valued Kentish (Whitstable Natives) oysters so much that they exported them back to Rome. Kent has long been one of the UK's most important centres for soft fruit, hops, apples and pears. A county town lent its name to one of the finest flatfish in the world in the Dover Sole. A sheep bred on the Southern Marsh is now being reared in many parts of the world. And what about those excellent filberts!
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You can find things of historical importance in all four corners of the county. Outstanding natural beauty is commonplace, even today you can walk for miles in unspoiled countryside in parts of the Downs and Weald. We also enjoy one the longest unbroken coastlines of any county in England; a coastline of incredible diversity. Kent boasts saltwater marshes, estuary nature reserves, dramatic cliffs, popular sandy beaches and hidden shingle coves and bays.
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Greenville Christian School is best known for its high school six-man football team, which has been one of the most successful in the state over the past decade.
But the Eagles have a new athletic team, one that caters to a much wider group of students.
"Back in the spring, I volunteered to coach a middle school cross country team," said Dr. Sandy Kimbrough, an associate professor of health and human performance at Texas A&M University-Commerce. "My own daughter Kaylee was not interested in team sports but loves to run, so I wanted to provide an opportunity for her and other kids who may want to run cross country."
The team consists of sixth graders Kaylee Kimbrough, Libby McCullough, Haley Teurman, Kyle Weeks and Connor Weeks and eighth grader Evyn McGraw. The six runners competed for the first time on Sept. 1 at the Carrollton Greenbelt Championships.
"Evyn did amazingly well," Kimbrough said. "She joined the team in July, a month after we had started training, and she placed 15th among middle school girls at the meet, earning GCS's only medal. I am so proud of her. Among the sixth grade girls, Kaylee placed second."
The team will compete again at the Ken Garland/Northwest High School Invitational in Denton on Saturday, and the Carrollton Christian Invitational on Oct. 1.
"We may add some more meets to our competition schedule and we will probably continue running as a group during the winter and spring," Kimbrough said. "I will be taking runners who want to go to some traditional road races during the winter and spring. I hope the kids will continue to run distance events for the track and field season in the spring as well."
Currently, the team practices three times a week and they began training collectively in June of this year. The competition distance is 3,200 meters or about two miles.
"These kids are hard workers," Kimbrough said. "The parents have been great about getting the kids to practice, etc. We designed our own uniforms, T-shirts and sweatshirts."
The students are putting in a lot of effort according to Kimbrough.
"They are learning to pace themselves, to work hard, and even though cross country is an 'individual' sport, they are really working together as a team," she said. "They encourage and support each other in practice, and it is so great to see them having fun together. We also strive to represent Christ in the way we train, compete, and treat each other."


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setting up shop in front of a San Francisco pot club.A girl scout was able to greatly boost cookie sales by
Mashable.com reported that Danielle Lei, 13, sold 117 boxes outside The Green Cross in a two hour period, 37 more boxes than she sold in front of a Safeway the next day. "Any patients at The Green Cross with the munchies didn't stand a chance," Mashable reported.
"It's no secret that cannabis is an appetite stimulant – so it's not shocking that a lot of our patients came and purchased cannabis and then saw the cookies and purchased them," NBC quoted Holli Bert, a spokesperson for The Green Cross.
Munchies? Girl Scout Boosts Cookie Sales by Setting Up in Front of San Francisco Marijuana Club
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toby February 22, 2014 at 02:19 PM
Now that's what I call ingenuity.
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that's what I call corruption of a minor.....
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When is everyone going to catch on that local Patch is gone. Local reporters have been laid off. There isn't anyone to report the local news for your town. Patch depended on local business ads to fund the online newspaper. If you didn't support local business, you didn't support local news reported by Patch and it's reporters. When are people going to stop thinking they can have everything they want without a price.
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Doritos Tacos. THEN you've got a lucrative stoner business. Chocolate dipped bacon.
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William "Bill" Reynolds, age 73, of Naples, FL, and previously of Minneapolis, passed away November 3.
Bill is survived by his wife of 36 years, Susan Spahr Reynolds; cat, Chloe; brother and wife, Michael and Jan Reynolds; sister and husband, Mary and Karl Johnson; sister-in-law, Lois Reynolds; aunt, Joann Blewett; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, Carrie and Jim (J.W.) Reynolds of Mankato. Jim and his three sons were in the industrial gas and welding supply business in MN and SD. Bill was VP of Reynolds Welding Supply in MN and SD; Welders Supply in Willmar, St. Cloud, and Worthington; and Twin City Oxygen in the Twin Cities area.
He served as Zone VP of the National Welding Supply Assn. and was also active in the American Welding supply Assn. Bill loved his wife and friends and being with them. There were many wonderful trips taken together. He was a member of the Minneapolis Golf Club for over 38 years and loved the game; Bill had four holes-in-one. His favorite sport was college basketball; he was an active member of the Golden Dunkers. The three brothers sold their company October 25, 2005, the day Hurricane Wilma struck Naples. That was very memorable! He also got a traffic warning ticket that day.
Bill and Sue have lived in Naples for the last thirteen years, returning to Minneapolis in the summers to spend time with their wonderful friends. Memorials preferred to Avow Hospice, 1095 Whipperwill Lane, Naples, FL, 34105 or Evans Scholars, Evanston, IL.
Private interment. Memorial Service 3 PM, Saturday, November 10, with visitation one hour before service at: www.Washburn-McReavy.com
Eden Prairie Chapel, 7625
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