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06/19/2006 The Taxpayers' Bill of Goods
Matt Singer on June 19, 2006 - 12:50pm
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The Taxpayers' Bill of Goods
With the 2006 elections quickly approaching, a small group of highly energized right-wing activists are working hard to export a failed policy from Colorado to other states around the nation. The idea is known variously as the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (TABOR), the Stop OverSpending Amendment (SOS), or as Tax and Spending Control (TASC). Fundamentally, though, all of the amendments boil down to a single policy idea: arbitrarily capping increases in state spending based on only two factors -- population growth and the consumer price index.
As Colorado's voters realized, the TABOR amendment is destructive -- it undermines essential health care and education programs. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports drastic impacts from TABOR.
In 2005, voters in Colorado passed Referendum C to temporarily repeal TABOR and allow the state to shore up its suffering social services and public infrastructure.
Below, you'll find details both about where TABOR stands in your own state, as well as information on the groups behind this movement. TABOR amendments are being advanced both through initiatives and through legislation. For more information on TABOR's disastrous history, make sure you read the primer below.
An Orchestrated Movement: The Backers of TABOR
Although TABOR campaigns across the country claim to be homegrown, the evidence suggests that nothing could be farther from the truth. In Michigan, Montana, and Nebraska, the amendment has received the name Stop OverSpending (SOS). The ballot issue committees for the organizations have striking similar names across the country -- in Montana the moniker is Montanans in Action, while in Oklahoma they are Oklahomans in Action. The Michigan amendment and Nebraska amendment are using the same website firm and design for their internet presence.
What's more, virtually all of the funding is coming from the same handful of organizations. At the forefront are Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform and Americans for Limited Government -- an organization closely associated with U.S. Term Limits and the Club for Growth, a PAC famous for its nastiness in fighting for a right-wing economic agenda.
A publication from the Heartland Institute a year ago highlighted these organizations, as well as such high profile far-right institutions as The Heritage Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council as being the major players behind the pro-TABOR movement, notwithstanding the local puppets' claims that the idea is homegrown.
TABOR in Your State
In states across the country, the far-right is pushing TABOR Amendments. Find out below how the issue is faring in your state:
A TABOR Primer: Why the Policy is So Destructive
Why TABOR Fails in Theory
The core feature of TABORs that are being advanced around the country is the formula to limit spending increases to a rate equal to the rate of population growth plus growth in the consumer price index (inflation). This formula is meant to sound reasonable but is theoretically flawed for a number of reasons:
TABOR's Disastrous Record in Colorado
As the people of Colorado realized during their state's disastrous experimentation with TABOR, these concerns are not merely theoretical. TABOR has a very real impact on people's lives. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Once Colorado adopted the spending cap, these cuts were virtually guaranteed. In addition to being unable to cope with high rates of health insurance inflation and demographic changes, Colorado also had to deal with implications of increasingly popular strict sentencing laws driving up costs for the state's prison system.
Why TABOR Hurts the Economy
"[Business leaders] have figured out that no business would survive if it were run like the TABOR faithful say Colorado should be run -- with withering tax support for college and universities, underfunded public schools and a future of crumbling roads and bridges."? "" Neil Westergaard, Editor of the Denver Business Journal
While advocates of spending caps rely on economic growth as a key argument, the business community in Colorado and independent research have made it clear that spending caps are a bad idea if the goal is good-paying jobs and a friendly environment for business. In fact, while far-right ideologues claim that Colorado flourished as a result of TABOR, the evidence indicates that the opposite may be true. In the twelve years prior to TABOR's enactment, Colorado grew at the typical rate for states in the Rocky Mountain Region. In the twelve years for which data is available after TABOR's passage (1992-2004), Colorado's economy actually grew slower than the typical economy in the Rocky Mountain Region.
In fact, many Colorado business leaders and associations signed on to raise money and spread the message that TABOR desperately needed reform. Why was TABOR so bad for the economy?
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Eye on the Right
TABOR backers in at least three states are under serious fire for potential legal and ethical issues related to their funding sources and their signature gathering methods. In Oklahoma, a group of businessmen and a former Republican Attorney General are challenging roughly 40% of the signatures gathered for having been gathered illegally. Meanwhile, the effort in Oregon was under fire for refusing to name donors to the effort and hiding their big money backers through complex financial tricks. In Montana, signature gatherers for TABOR and two other measures have had complaints filed against them for misleading voters about the contents of their petitions.
Three Steps Forward
1. DE: Legislature Moves to Increase Minimum Wage
2. ID: First Ammonia Rule for Dairies
Two Steps Back
1. LA: Rejects Minimum Wage Law While Increasing Pay for DAs and Judges
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The arraignment for Joshua Tatro, 25, is scheduled for July 5 at 9 a.m. in South San Francisco court, Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti said.
Tatro posted $25,000 bail at about 8 p.m. Friday after he was taken into custody without incident earlier that day, following a weeks-long investigation into the incident.
Authorities believe Tatro, who has worked as a water polo/swim coach at Aragon High School for the past year, had "inappropriate sexual contact" with a female student.
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The incident was first reported to school officials, who immediately contacted the San Mateo Police Department.
Tatro, an El Granada resident, was booked into San Mateo County Jail on one count of sexual assault on a minor and one count of lewd acts with a minor.
Guidotti said the district attorney's office hadn't filed charges against Tatro as of Monday morning and her office was still waiting to receive the police report.
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By BOB ETTINGER
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In any sport, stringing together bunches of points is ultimately the name of the game. The Warriors were able to accomplish that rather effectively Thursday night in beating Pymatuning Valley, 25-12, 25-13, 25-23.
"When you have a server who can run long strings of points, that's a momentum getter," Edgewood coach Dave Fowler said. "When you can get long strings of points, no lead feels safe enough.
"In volleyball, the game really doesn't start until around 15 points. In the third game, I told the girls we wanted to be within four by the 15th point. We were at 15-11. From that point, we strung a couple more (points) together and had the lead before they scored their 20th point."
The Lakers (12-8, 8-3 in Northeastern Athletic Conference) ran out to leads of 9-2 and 11-4 in the third game behind the hot hand of Heather Brant, who had tallied four kills. The Warriors (17-1), however, closed that gap quickly.
Alyssa Johnson had an ace spike to give Gia Saturday her turn to serve with Edgewood trailing, 14-8. Kills from Katie Thomas and Courtney DiDonato had the Warriors within four, 14-10, and a PV spiking error cut the deficit to three.
An ace spike from Thomas had the Warriors within two, 16-14. Two Lakers' spikes off the back wall of the gym knotted the score, 16-16, with Judith Silvieus serving. A kill from Taylor Diemer, a PV spiking error, two kills from Thomas and an ace serve from Silvieus had Edgewood in front, 21-16.
The match wasn't quite over yet. Brant sandwiched a kill and an ace block around an Edgewood spiking error to make it 21-19, Warriors. Brant later tied it at 22-22 with a kill.
"PV battled," Fowler said. "Give them a lot of credit. They kept battling."
Taylor Hawkins, with her first playing time of the match, netted kills on consecutive points, and after an Edgewood passing error, Diemer closed the match with a kill.
"You see it every night," PV coach Rob Wludyga said. "It's basically who can sustain runs for longer periods of time. Momentum is the greater part of the game. Being able to stay in it mentally is a big part of being able to steal the momentum back."
Edgewood opened the match on an 8-0 run with Jaime Rogers serving. Thomas had an ace block and a kill and Silvieus had a kill along the way. Later, an ace serve from Silvieus and a pair of ace spikes from Thomas had Edgewood up, 22-10.
"(Once you get down so far in the first game), you're battling to come back early," Fowler said. "We started both the first two games with a run. In the third game, they did it to us."
"In both the first and second games, we dug early holes," Wludyga said. "A team as good as Edgewood is very tough to come back on because the play such good defense."
Despite not putting the ball straight to the floor much to start the second game, the Warriors took a 5-0 lead.
"We didn't have a lot of mistakes tonight," Fowler said. "Our mistakes were all isolated. The points (PV) got on offense were primarily earned. It was a tough win.
"We were hitting the ball so hard, they were having to dash so far back to they weren't able to get a lot good swings on the ball. You're not always to have the opportunity when it's being hit back at you hard and consistently. I thought we hit hard really consistently."
Edgewood extended that advantage to 9-2 on a kill from Thomas and an ace tip from setter Anna Applebee.
"We gave them too many free balls," Wludyga said. "Our passing wasn't as sharp as it could have been. Good teams will make you pay for that. They did get a lot of good swings on the ball. They made it tough to stay in the game defensively."
Thomas finished with 18 aces on 29-of-36 spiking and added four blocks. Silvieus had eight kills on 30-of-32 spiking and Diemer (14-of-14 spiking) and Johnson (9-of-10 spiking) each had three aces.
"We had 38 kills tonight in three games," Fowler said. "When you have that many kills, you're in system a lot. We put pressure on their defense."
Brant was easily the most effective Laker with 14 kills on 31-of-35 spiking while Kelsea Brown had five kills on 20-of-28 spiking.
Ettinger is a freelance writer from Ashtabula.
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — A City of Lockport man faces charges of robbery and false personation following an investigation into an incident that occurred late Wednesday in Wheatfield.
Thomas V. Fusco, 30, was arrested after the Niagara County Sheriff's Department's probe into an alleged armed robbery inside a car on Wheatfield-Pendleton Townline Road.
According to the sheriff's department, Fusco displayed what appeared to be a handgun in the process of stealing cash from his victim, a Town of Lockport man.
According to a report from the sheriff's office, the victim was phoned around 11 p.m. by an acquaintance who advised the victim that he was "at the reservation" and wanted to know if the victim needed cigarettes. The victim asked for four packs and told the acquaintance to stop at his girlfriend's house, where he would pay him.
The acquaintance arrived about 15 minutes later and the victim walked out to the roadway, where the car was parked. He noticed a female passenger in the front seat and an unidentified passenger in the back seat.
The acquaintance, who was driving, asked him to get into the vehicle for his cigarettes because there was "a lot of traffic" in the road. The victim entered the vehicle and sat in a rear seat next to the unknown male. When the victim tried to pay the acquaintance for the cigarettes, the acquaintance instead pulled away from the residence.
At that point, the victim asked the driver what he was doing, but before he received an answer, the male next to him in the back seat, later identified as Fusco, pulled out what appeared to be a handgun and began pistol-whipping him in the head and demanded all of his money, threatening to kill him otherwise.
According to the report, the male was able to take the victim's wallet from a rear pocket which contained $385 cash and some personal identification including his drivers license and benefit card for food stamps.
As the vehicle approached a stop sign, the victim told deputies that he jumped out while it was still moving and rolled to the side of the road. He said the car then sped off in an unknown direction, possibly towards Lockport where the driver lives.
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Making a Wright Turn
Two Rivers - It's hard to see Frank Lloyd Wright.
A kind of blindness sets in when the potency of fame transforms something, like Wright's architecture or Monet's water lilies, into something we think we know.
More than a thousand books have been published on Wright, I'm told, and his reputation as America's most influential architect has been fixed for a generation now.
So, how does one bring fresh eyes to a cultural icon?
When it became my job to write about architecture for the Journal Sentinel, the major daily newspaper in the state he called home, the state with the most important concentration of his structures in the world, I knew I'd have my own reckoning with Wright.
With a major Wright show now up at the Milwaukee Art Museum and the 100th anniversary of Taliesin, Wright's home and studio in Spring Green, upon us this year, it was time.
I confess I came to the task with some preconceived notions, not all of them good. There are many things about Wright's buildings and ideas that I've disliked. Wright, who famously hated cities, often showed his disdain for the communities he designed for by denying their existence.
While the S.C. Johnson & Son Administration Building is one of Wright's masterpieces, its Great Workroom a truly poetic work space, it also is an insult to Racine, which is blotted from view. The same holds for Unity Temple in Oak Park, Ill., a Unitarian church that offers profound repose inside but has a bank-vault-like exterior.
I resented, too, that Wright espoused such egalitarian ideas but so often dictated how his clients should live. The way he orchestrated space and furniture limited how and where people spent their time. Heaven forbid one should want to express one's own ideas in one's own home, to love an object, a work of art, a color.
Somehow, though, I wanted to set aside all that I'd read and seen, what I thought I knew, and take another run at Wright.
This led me to a bluff overlooking a wide marsh in this small city on Lake Michigan, about 90 minutes north of Milwaukee. Here, on the banks of the East Twin River, is the Bernard Schwartz House, designed by Wright in 1938 and one of a handful of Wright homes available for rent today.
The Schwartz House, which Wright called "Still Bend," presumably because of the gentle arc in the river there, is one of Wright's Usonian designs, low-cost plans that grew out of his revolutionary "prairie style" during the Depression era.
The Schwartz House, though, is not a typical Usonian. It was the "dream house" Wright created for Life magazine, which commissioned several prominent architects to design affordable homes for a special, 20-page spread.
"American...family life is unlike any other in the world," Wright wrote in that issue of Life more than 70 years ago, "and I think this plan recognizes it for pretty much what it is — a little private club — with special privacies, ultra conveniences and style all the while."
My plan was to give myself over to Wright's regime, to enter his "private club," for a few days anyway. I'd sit on his couches, make a simple meal in his kitchen, wake up in the room he designed for Bernard and Fern Schwartz.
It's possible to tour many Frank Lloyd Wright structures, though usually at the mercy of a docent. It's another thing altogether to curl up with a book and look around, to pad out to the dining room for Cheerios in the morning, to stand on the bluff and watch the house illuminate like a lantern as the sun sets.
I'll always remember how my perspective of Wright was quite diverted in Two Rivers.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
If I was going to see how my life translated in the Schwartz House, I'd need my significant other, Ken Hanson, to come along. Ken was game but skeptical of Wright, too, if for different reasons. A designer and photographer, Ken knows good architecture when he sees it, but he also has little patience for architects that drain their clients' bank accounts and leave them with infamously leaky roofs, as Wright was prone to do.
On the ride up, Ken and I, citizens of the short-attention-span world we inhabit today, turned our car into a mobile work space. He checked his calendar and e-mail on his iPhone while calling an airline to book a flight. I phoned sources and programmed the GPS. Actual conversation happened in fits and starts.
At one point, Ken, on hold with the booking agent grabbed my phone and dialed his son Harry. There he was, double fisting it. Two iPhones.
"Continue on this freeway for another 20 miles," the female voice from the GPS intoned.
Every once in a while you a get a glimpse of yourself. What a strange pair, I thought. This was like some form of odd performance art. Life, deconstructed. It'd be amusing if it were a little less tragic.
Should we continue on this road, I thought to myself, looking forward to the quietude Wright might offer us.
Once in Two Rivers, we turned up and down one seemingly identical block after another, each with little white houses crowded together and lined up like baby teeth. This was not the open farmland I'd seen in a 1940 clipping from The Milwaukee Journal.
Finally, around one bend, we saw it, wedged into this unremarkable neighborhood. Like the Johnson building and Unity Temple, its arms were folded up tight. The horizontal planes and slender columns of wood and warm, red brick were elegant enough, but solid and stern, too. Except for a row of squat, rectangular windows, the facade was impenetrable.
My expectations and heart sank a little as we pulled into the drive.
Inside, we entered a foyer that I've come to think of as the home's proscenium, an intimate but theatrical space that sets up the drama to come. The small windows that pierced the forbidding front now brought natural light in like hot spotlights. Walls of red brick and a low ceiling of red tidewater cypress held us close in this boxlike space.
With a few more steps, the house unfurled before us. The suspense and containment of the entry erupted into wonderful expanse. The ceilings rose high above us with an atrium-like feel, while the main "recreation room," engorged with afternoon light, stretched forward another 50 feet or so.
Vistas opened, each in turn and in a carefully planned hierarchy. The dominant view plunged directly through and out of the house, down to the river. It was guided by the strong lines of a slightly lowered ceiling with clerestory windows running above it. It's cinematic, the way Wright framed the natural world with precision and a kind of narrative variety.
Wright also captured and shaped volumes of light, his true medium. The main living area is lined with large bays of glass on one side, originally designed as doors that doubled as windows to literally wed the house to the outdoors and draw in the prevailing breezes.
Honest and sturdy construction materials — brick, wood, concrete, glass — form a delicate membrane that corral the light, a diffuse, hazy glow on the snowy afternoon we arrived.
Crisp geometric shapes cut from wood and set into bands of clerestory windows send patterns of light dancing across the interior of the home, shapes that surface, lengthen, shift and fade. Sometimes called a poor man's stained glass, these windows make the passage of seasons and time visible.
We were taken, instantly. We threw our bags down and, true to style, darted from room to room, trying to take in all of the details, calling out to each other with our little discoveries. We loved the second-floor balcony that overlooked the great room, the cubby-like dining room in the "hinge" of the house, that each bedroom had a private porch and the feel of the kitchen, which was as tall as it was wide.
We perused the old Life magazines fanned out for us on one of three — three! — built-in writing desks and took in the titles by Emerson and Thoreau that lined the bookshelves. This was a home for lovers of the written word, we imagined.
Ken especially admired the built-in lighting, the indirect up lighting as well as light boxes with geometric-shaped screens. Once I slipped my shoes off, I discovered one of my favorite aspects, the radiant heat coming from the beautiful, red concrete floors (one of the first radiant floors in the U.S.).
Later that night, we made a fire in the large, central fireplace, designed when people gathered around a hearth rather than a TV. We sat reading, each of us, Ken in the cocoon-like space with banquette seating at the far end of the great room, and me on the couch in the vaulted part of the space.
Somehow this space afforded us solitude and togetherness simultaneously, and as we looked up from our books, we continued to see so much. Again and again, we found something new.
Lucid lines and simple forms are integrated so fluidly, with each turn of the head offering highly orchestrated sight lines. It's easy to miss the sophistication and complexity of the design at first. The house revealed itself to us consistently, continually and beautifully.
We caught a glimpse of ourselves slowed, contemplative — inspired.
That's not to say the telltale signs of Wright's design misadventures weren't present. They were. A once-drippy roof certainly was the culprit in some of the damaged cypress we noted. Oh, and the upstairs bathroom door bangs into the toilet (the lady of the house requested a Wright change his plans and accommodate a linen closet, creating the design "issue," I'm told).
But for the first time I can see why people might put up with a bit of indoor rain and door-and-commode complications to live in a Frank Lloyd Wright home.
I've always understood Wright to be an important father of modernism, but I'm starting to understand the scope of his genius. Though a famously flawed human, Wright changed the field of architeture as profoundly as Abbot Suger did when he envisioned the immateriality of Gothic cathedrals.
In the space of a weekend, we went from being one of those couples who predictably might have said Frank Lloyd Wright was "brilliant but overrated...not necessarily our taste" to the kinds of people who go on and on about him.
We've experienced architecture that is itself inspired before. Now, we've experienced a structure that was designed to inspire in a very particular way. And it did.
Mary Louise Schumacher is the Journal Sentinel's art and architecture critic. Follow her on Facebook (www.facebook.com/artcity), Twitter (@artcity) and right here at her blog. E-mail her at email@example.com.
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Wisconsin Tour: On the occasions of the major exhibition about Wright's organic design language at the Milwaukee Art Museum and the 100th anniversary of Taliesin, the Journal Sentinel will revisit some of Wright's more important projects in Wisconsin in the coming months. Here is a review of the exhibit at MAM and a recent article about Wright's System-Built Homes on Milwaukee's south side.
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Haha, I can't believe you two were so skeptical! Wright is a genius, especially so in his Usonian designs! Thanks very much for this essay.
Thank you for this honest, conversational piece Mary Louise! One of the best things I've read in this paper for awhile.
I contend that most wright houses are unattractive and uncomfortable, to boot. A review of history shows that Wright was an egotistical, self-centered, untrustworthy, womanizing, conflicted person; not a good example to hold-up and worship, as some seem compelled to do. Most of his designs are not appealing to people as a first choice and I think that his legacy is kept alive by a bunch of groupies. I hate to spoil the love-fest.
Lovely piece. Welcome to the fold. As a teacher of architecture one
must come to terms with the contradictions and conflicts in Wright's
work and life. And, of course, genius and irascibility, are common
companions (shall we talk about Picasso? Michelangelo?) I very much
appreciate the personal narrative of your story. My own willingness to
accept Wright for his positive attributes despite the negative ones
probably stems from my personal history: my father had many of
Wright's qualities, both admirable and difficult. So, let there be an open-
minded 'love-fest' that understands the paradox.
Very few people commend Mr. Wright for his personality, nor his "exploitation" of his students as draftspersons. His work stands by itself. God forbid we start judging work by its author.
Looks like a very nice house. Next time leave "ken" at home. If you can't
enjoy the beauty of a drive to Two Rivers without a mass of high-tech
garbage, then you are missing half the fun. Wright didn't need all that junk.
Great article, Mary Louise - really enjoyable.
Really nice piece - Yes, Frank Lloyd Wight left his first wife. Yes, he could be difficult to work with. We must remember that he was a human being with all the faults and foibles that make human existence such an interesting experience. I find it interesting that his personal life, more than forty years after his death, is still a topic that seems to interfere with appreciating his art, vision and genius.
As human beings we seem to have this endless compulsion to bring down or revel in the missteps of those who have achieved great things. Yes he was arrogant, for me this was one of his strengths. This Wright quote has given me some insight into my own creativity. "Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change."
Frank Lloyd Wright was clearly ahead of his time in so many ways and I believe there is still so much to learn by experiencing his work. I have found that to spend time in a wright structure can be a transformational and, dare I say, almost spiritual experience. I have sat in the Schwartz House and been swept away by the beauty and the seemingly mystical geometry that is the visual equivalent of great symphony.
Frank Lloyd Wright was, if anything, a great artist. Like most great artists he boldly followed his vision.
Michael Ditmer
Michael, to be humble certainly need not be hypocritical. And honesty? I think that honesty would rule out arrogance.
I realize I am late to the party, but here I go anyway...
third party advocate - You are right, FLW had several unflattering personal characteristics and his designs are not for everyone. His designs are, however, very influential and still resonate today. I will bet that you, third party advocate, are a devoted follower of some big personality and tend to overlook their negative qualities. Not trying to be ugly, but I am just sayin'.


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Paced by double-doubles from Tabitha Gerardot (Fort Wayne, Ind./Canterbury H.S.) and Mallory Ladd (Evansville, Ind./Memorial H.S.), seven players scored seven or more points for Valparaiso on Wednesday evening as the Crusaders picked up their first victory of the season, defeating Indiana-Northwest 80-47 at the Athletics-Recreation Center.
"Tab is really playing within herself instead of trying to create things," head coach Keith Freeman said after the game. "She has become a much better player in the last two to three weeks."
Gerardot scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, including six on the offensive end, for her second straight double-double and 11th of her career while Ladd tallied 13 points and grabbed 10 boards for her first collegiate double-double. Gerardot finished the game 7-of-10 from the floor.
Shaquira Scott (Wilmette, Ill./Loyola Academy) added 14 points while Ashley Varner (South Bend, Ind./Washington H.S.) pulled down 10 rebounds for the Crusaders to go along with eight points. Gina Lange (Wyoming, Minn./Forest Lake H.S.) scored 10 points, all in the second half as well.
"Shaq got us off to a good start tonight scoring the first five points and getting a steal," Freeman added. "She's a product of learning on the fly because of our circumstances. She has a lot of talent and potential."
Valpo jumped on top 8-0 over the game's first three-and-a-half minutes and never looked back as the Crusaders forced the Redhawks to miss their first nine shots from the floor. The lead grew to 26-8 midway through the opening stanza and by halftime the Brown and Gold had a 41-17 advantage.
The Crusaders opened the second half with a 15-2 run over the first seven minutes and had their biggest lead of the game at 40, 63-23, at the 10:48 mark.
"We did a nice job moving the ball to begin the second half," said Freeman. "We got some good inside looks."
Liz Horton (Cannelburg, Ind./Barr-Reeve H.S.) scored a career-high nine points while Jessica Carr (Arcadia, Ind./Hamilton Heights H.S.) chipped in seven points six assists, and four steals. Ladd also had a career-high six helpers for the Brown and Gold.
"We got a chance to get some people some minutes and to see what they can do," Freeman added. "WE're just trying to get better as a team."
As a team Valpo shot 44.8% from the floor and outrebounded the Redhawks 53-34. The Crusaders outscored Indiana-Northwest 38-14 in the paint.
Sharon Houston led Indiana-Northwest (1-7) with 18 points and nine boards as the Redhawks connected on just 27.9% from the field.
Valparaiso (1-5) will continue its three-game homestand on Saturday afternoon hosting the Mountain Hawks of Lehigh. Tip-off is slated for 12:05 p.m. at the ARC.
Game Notes: This was the first meeting ever between the two Northwest Indiana schools … Varner has had seven or more boards in every game this season … Carr's six assists were a career-best as were the four steals … Gerardot's 19 points marked a season high … Horton entered the game with seven career points before scoring nine on the evening … her 19 minutes played were a collegiate best … Scott had a career-best seven rebounds.


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A young Beverly Hills resident gave City Council members a few suggestions Tuesday for dealing with the problem of "wildly speeding" cars on residential streets and the danger they pose to pedestrians, other vehicles and property.
Adriel Ghadoushi, a local sixth grader, eloquently addressed the five-member panel during the formal council meeting at City Hall.
"Our neighborhood needs to control the speed limit," Ghadoushi said. "With the speed limits being 25 miles per hour, motorists are exceeding these limits as I speak."
He suggested that "the city of Beverly Hills should try to make motorists aware of their speeding by posting a digital sign which tells them their current speed or adding speed bumps."
After describing "wildly speeding" vehicles that he regluarly sees in the afternoon on the street where he lives, Ghadoushi supported his presentation with government statistics:
Speeding causes 31 percent of all fatal crashes in the United States, killing an average of 1,000 Americans every month, Ghadoushi said, citing data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
He also noted the importance of maintaining a low speed with regard to a vehicle's stopping distance and the correlation between reduced speeds and the likelihood of car crashes.
"At 20 miles per hour it takes 46 feet to come to a stop; at 30 miles per hour the stopping distance nearly doubles to 87 feet; at 40 miles per hour the stopping distance nearly triples to 140 feet in perfect weather conditions," Ghadoushi explained.
"We need this wild speeding to be controlled soon," he said.
Mayor William Brien commended the young concerned citizen for his presentation.
"You are very articulate, and obviously you did a fantastic job in doing the scientific research behind what you shared," Brien told Ghadoushi.
The mayor requested a copy of Ghadoushi's report and presented the boy with a city of Beverly Hills lapel pin amid a round of applause for Ghadoushi from those assembled in the Council Chamber.
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Remember when New Jersey was packed with drive-in movie theaters?
Well, the carefree fun times of packing up a picnic basket, putting the kids in their pajamas or heading out with a bunch of friends for a night at the drive-in will return to Somerset County in July, courtesy of the Somerset County Park Commission.
Admission is free to the three movies planned for the park commission's 13th annual Drive-In movies on three consecutive Friday evenings at Duke Island Park in Bridgewater.
The films will be presented on a large screen by the Duke Island Park band shell, with popcorn completing the fun.
Each movie is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.
Scheduled films are:
July 13 — "Mr. Poppers Penguins" (PG): The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins. As he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel.
July 20 — "RIO" (G): When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.
July 27 — "We Bought a Zoo" (PG): Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.
Refreshments will be available and families are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, for an enjoyable evening of family entertainment under the stars. A call to 908-722-1200, ext. 351 will provide weather updates during the evening prior to the show. Information on Somerset County Park Commission activities may be found online.


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Here we go again! Keyser High School students being evacuated to the football field because of a bomb threat. This time at least they didn't have to stay out in the rain; they were transported to Keyser Primary Middle School.
But I do have a problem. I was not notified of this situation until after my student was back in class. And the message was if my student left to go home they had to have a note to get back in school Monday and make up any missed assignments.
Would it not have made more sense to let me know what was happening and what I should or should not be doing to help and/or protect my child?
Isn't there some set procedure to follow when these things happen? Don't they tell the students what is happening? Don't they communicate to them that once the building is cleared they would be going back to class?
Why not follow a set procedure, just like a fire drill: this is what we do when the alarm sounds. This has happened enough that there should be some kind of procedure in place to deal with these threats.
Communication is a wonderful thing — it can keep problems from becoming big problems with mass confusion and hysteria. If our educators can't comprehend this concept, maybe they shouldn't be educators.
If the school reach phone calls can be used to tell me there is a fundraiser or a bus going to a ball game, surely it can be used to inform me that my child is in danger and what I can do to help.
James Abernathy
Keyser, W.Va.


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Set of 4 Square Glass Football Plates
This set of Square Glass Football Plates was designed with the sports enthusiast in mind. Designed to look like a football field with a football in the middle, these square plates are ideal for serving your game day guests hors d'oeuvres, snacks and other delicious treats. Constructed of glass. Hand wash with warm water and a mild detergent. Set of 4 square glass football plates, each measures 5-3/4 inch square.


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Sage 64 Piece Dinnerware Set
The pretty sage glaze on this set will enhance the embossed detailing, while adding colorful highlights to your table. Mix and match with Filigree dinnerware collection or use it on its own. Constructed of stoneware. Sage 64 piece dinnerware set, service for sixteen, includes (16) each: 10-1/2 inch dinner plate, 8 inch salad plate, 16 ounce soup cereal bowl and 14 ounce mug. Microwave and dishwasher safe.


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A Dance with Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
I started harassing Eric shortly after I found the site sometime in late 2005 I think.
You'll ruin your knees!
""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)
Gandalf the Grey
Running ... just keep running! Fancy a holiday running in the French Alps?
Needs more cowbell!
Maybe you can create a "Member Since:" entry in each user's profile.
• 2 olympic distance duathlons -- 6 days apart -- PR at least 1
• 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)
MileCollector was posting by then as well, and is still active.


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By SALLY SEXTON
Officers and supporters of the American Legion Post 163 gathered for the post's official grand opening Friday afternoon at its new location off Cartwright Park Road.
"We want to welcome you to our new home, which will hopefully be our permanent home for the next 100 years at least," Commander Bill Mallory said.
The American Legion officially moved to its new headquarters early this year, after conducting meetings in a nearby trailer before the building was completed. The old post 163, which was located off Eureka Street, was home to Legion officers from 1933-2011.
"This has been a long, hard journey," past commander Ron Chandler said. "Without this Legion family, I don't see how our post could have survived."
Lisa Flowers, with the East Parker County Chamber of Commerce, congratulated the Legion on its new location and facilities. Other guest speakers included Jim Fleming, American Legion Department of Texas commander, and Parker County Judge Mark Riley.
"We appreciate you and what you've done for the service of our country," Riley said. "If there's anything we can do for you, we'll do it. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of it."
During the ceremony, Mallory and Chandler produced plaques to officially dedicate the post and the outside memorial, which was relocated from the old Legion.
Guests were presented with hamburgers and hot dogs, cooked in the new kitchen, and entertainment provided by Lady Rae Silver.


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Emergency responders from around the country are in Alexandria for the funeral of Joshua Weissman who died a day after falling from Interstate 395 into Four Mile Run Creek. Schools in Alexandria dismissed early Thursday because of the traffic impact.
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NORMAN — "Smoking in the boys' room
Smoking in the boys' room
Now, teacher, don't you fill me up with your rules"
— Brownsville Station
For nearly 20 years, our leaders decided traditional economic rules didn't apply. It got us into a financial crisis.
Washington and Wall Street rewarded bad behavior instead of giving incentives for doing things right.
I had two relatives who were chain smokers and I offered them an incentive to quit. I agreed to give them $1,000 if they could quit for a year. If they started smoking any time during that year, they had to give me $50.
It worked. Both quit. It has been 20 years and neither took it back up.
It was a great exercise in psychology. I don't think the $1,000 jackpot by itself would have worked. The reward was too far out in the future. The $50 penalty by itself would not have given enough incentive.
It took an unusual combination to make it happen.
Chris Anderson has written two influential books, The Long Tail and Free. Both are on how technology and the future meet. One of the most fascinating points he covers is a topic called, "Reversible Business Models." He credits the term to Derek Strivers, the founder of CD Baby.
The idea is to reverse a traditional business model, such as a bar hiring a band to play for its customers.
Anderson talked about bars in Los Angeles who make bands pay a fee to play for its customers. It works. The band gets exposure, the patrons get entertained and the bar makes a profit on an item that used to be a cost.
Anderson hit on a topic that has plagued professionals and service providers: how to charge for their time and effort.
Pricing for professional services isn't easy. You can charge too little, charge too much or charge for the wrong thing. I've done all three.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2010
City's agreement with Pepsi to benefit programs and services
The City of Kansas City, Mo., has signed a five-year agreement with Pepsi Beverages Company (formerly PepsiAmericas) naming Pepsi as the "Official Soft Drink" of the City. This agreement makes Pepsi Beverages Company the official soft drink products and food vending supplier in most City facilities.
The City entered into the agreement with Pepsi Beverages Company to provide a variety of foods and beverage vending options, including healthy choices, for employees and customers, and to maximize the marketing resources available to the City as part of the exclusive agreement. Marketing benefits to the City include promotional, informational and branding panels on cans, Pepsi trucks and vending equipment; and promotional radio tags in Pepsi advertisements.
"We are very pleased to partner with Pepsi and offer their line of quality beverages in our City facilities," stated Councilman Terry Riley, who sponsored the ordinance to support this initiative. "This agreement is one of the many new business development initiatives undertaken to help the City increase revenue while providing quality service to our community."
In addition, through internal meters on vending machines and other data collection, the City will be able to better track product consumption to improve sales and the resulting financial rebates to the City.
The agreement also positions the City to establish additional sponsorships for City programs that will benefit Kansas City residents without placing a burden on the City's General Fund.
"We're excited to offer great tasting Pepsi products to thousands of people in and around the Kansas City area," said Sheila Ward, food service manager for Pepsi Beverages Company. "Kansas City is a vibrant, growing market and this partnership is the latest example of our commitment to serving the community."
Pepsi Beverages Company has subcontracted the snack vending machine portion of the agreement to Bet Lop Vending, in compliance with the City's Minority/ Women/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program.
The Pepsi Beverages Company will be managed by the City's Procurement Services Division of the General Services Department. For more information, contact Cedric Rowan, manager, Procurement Services Division, 816-513-1592.


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Humanities Research Awards will go to ten professors in the College of Liberal Arts. The awards provide recipients with $5,000 per year for three years, for a total of $15,000, to be used toward the completion of a humanities project.
Recipients will meet at regular intervals to discuss their work during the three-year funding cycle at the end of which they will present their projects to the University of Texas at Austin community. Recipients come from six departments, with all ranks of faculty represented.
The award was established by Dean Randy Diehl to address the shortage of available outside grants to fund humanities research.
"Humanities scholarship is a critical part of the mission of the College of Liberal Arts, and in times of budgetary difficulties it is especially important for the college to help underwrite excellent scholarship," Diehl explains. "The Humanities Research Awards will support the work of some of our most productive faculty members."
Karen Grumberg, assistant professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, will use the award to complete her project, tentatively titled "Hebrew Gothic: Narrative, Nation, Aesthetic."
Says Grumberg, "Thanks to the award, I will be able to conduct research at relevant collections in the US and abroad, and to present my work-in-progress at a variety of academic venues. One of the best features of this award is that it provides funds that are spread over a period of three years; this gives a real sense of long-term support, which is significant because it signals that UT and the College of Liberal Arts believe in the viability and originality of my project. Particularly in this relatively early stage of my academic career, such a vote of confidence is invaluable."
Guy Raffa, associate professor in the Department of French and Italian, will use the award to deepen his scholarship on Dante Alighieri, author of "The Divine Comedy," with the project "Dante's Bones."
Raffa will use funds in part to support his international research, which will include a trip to Dante's tomb and museum in Ravenna, Italy. Raffa emphasizes the benefit of this award not only for his own scholarship and the academic world, but also for students at The University of Texas at Austin.
"The Humanities Research Award helps me take my Dante scholarship in a new direction as I focus on the medieval poet's cultural and historical legacy. This new research, in turn, contributes to an exciting new component of my graduate and undergraduate teaching, including 'Dante's Hell and Its Afterlife,' a signature course I will offer for the first time in Spring 2011."
Marjorie Woods, professor in the Department of English and the Program in Comparative Literature, will also use funds for international research on her project, "Weeping for Dido: Male Writers and Female Emotions in the Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Classroom." She is enthusiastic about the community the awards seek to build.
In her words, "Regular meetings with other recipients are a wonderful part of the overall structure of the award. I look forward to talking with other scholars here at UT who are engaged in archival and related research projects, and I know that it will help keep me on track. For those of us who have to travel to do our research, this kind of support and encouragement from the university is almost as important psychologically as it is financially. My work is done almost entirely alone, and having the COLA community behind me means more than I can express. I am very grateful."
Ten additional faculty members will be granted Humanities Research Awards next academic year.
This year's other recipients include:
Hans Boas, associate professor of Germanic studies, for "Linguistic Infrastructure in Texas: Past potentials, current challenges, and future opportunities"
Yoav Di-Capua, assistant professor of history, for "Arab Thought on the Eve of Dystopia, 1939-1967"
Alison Frazier, associate professor of history, for "The Beginning of the World in the Italian Renaissance: Conversations about Creation, 1300-1500"
Sabine Hake, professor and Texas Chair of German Literature and Culture, Germanic studies, for "Political Affect: The Fascist Imaginary in Postfascist Cinema."
Tracie Matysik, associate professor of history, for a monograph, "Spinoza Matters" and a translation, "Women on Nietzsche, Gender, and Sexuality"
Robert Oppenheim, associate professor of Asian studies, for "An intellectual History of Korea and American Anthropology"
Paula Perlman, professor of classics, for two Cretan studies, "The Inscribed Laws of Ancient Crete" and "Constructing Crete: Society and History, ca. 1000-400 B.C."


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I hope to see many of you out at the Sand in the Streets concert finale, which will feature the legendary Band of Oz. The concert begins at 6 p.m. at Pearson Park.
The most important part of tonight, though, is the kickoff of the Lenoir-Greene United Way 2011 campaign. I will be emceeing that part of the festivities tonight; we'll be throwing out T-shirts and giving away ACC football schedules. There will also be a special check presentation to help us kick off the campaign.
And on a sidenote: I know I pimp the United Way a lot but it's because I truly believe in what the organization — of which I've been a board member for two years — stands for. The local United Way is made up of volunteers and workers who care about Lenoir and Greene counties and are doing everything they can do to improve our area. The 18 member agencies of the Lenoir-Greene United Way are carefully chosen by our board and — like the mothership itself — are good stewards of your hard-earned money.
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— Rudolfo "Rudy" Avalos, 76, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, at home surrounded by his loving family.
A memorial service is 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at St. Stephens Catholic Church in Weatherford. Rosary is 7 p.m. Friday at St. Stephens Catholic Church.
Born March 7, 1937, in Hot Springs, N.M., to Rito and Ramona Avalos, Rudy was one of six children. After serving our country in the Air Force, Rudy became an instrumentalist in the construction industry. A resident of Weatherford for the past 31 years, Rudy was a member of St. Stephens Catholic Church and a third-degree knight in the Knights of Columbus. He enjoyed woodworking and was a football fan. He enjoyed watching the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys. A self-proclaimed joker, Rudy enjoyed spending time with his wife, Olivia, and their blended family.
He leaves behind his bride of 30 years, Olivia Avalos; daughters, Sonia Diaz and husband, Armando, Carmen Molinar, and Julie Hawkins and husband, Garon; sons, Rudolfo Avalos Jr. and wife, Janelle, Javier Avalos and wife, Sarah, Ernest Martinez and wife, Kathy; sister, Betty Apodaca; brothers, Benny Avalos and wife, Sally, Robert Avalos and wife, Nancy, Johnny Avalos and wife, Manuela, and Jerry Avalos and wife, Faith; 19 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Rito and Ramona; and his daughter, Norma Doyle.
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Christmas magic is in the air, or rather the airways, at RawChurch. Last year's initiative from the church to start a synchronized light show with about 12,000 lights has expanded with an additional 4,000 lights to bring extra magic for the holiday season.
The 16,000 L.E.D. lights are synchronized to Christmas songs. Pastor Jason Farris said the lights flash and leap with the music.
"There is a box called a control box," he said. "Inside that box is a DMX controller that sends the signals to the lights."
The program for the songs is customized and programmed by the distributor of the DMX box and is customized specifically for the size and layout of RawChurch.
With the cooler weather that accompanies the holiday season, RawChurch wanted to make sure that people could enjoy the light show without getting out of their cars. An FM transmitter transmits the Christmas songs over the air onto the FM station 87.9. The signal reaches about 200 yards away from the building.
Besides giving people a holiday show, Farris said the goal of the show is to reach out to people that the church normally would not be able to reach.
Every two or three songs, an announcement plays during the show inviting people to be a part of their Christmas worship services at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. on Dec. 23. Last year, the church experienced about three times their normal attendance at their Christmas service and Farris said he thinks that the light show contributed to that.
"It is a great way to invite people to church without putting a lot of pressure on them," Farris said.
The lights will be running every night from about 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. and will run through the new year. RawChurch is located at 1302 N. U.S. Highway 81 (north of the Goodwill store).


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Located within 5 blocks of Venice Beach and close to numerous restaurants and nightlife, this Los Angeles-area hotel is half a block from Mother's beach, and 4 miles from Santa Monica.
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Guests at Hilton Garden Inn Marina Del Rey enjoy an outdoor pool with adjacent spa tub, covered parking (surcharge), as well as a casual, American fare restaurant with indoor or outdoor seating on a Spanish-style patio.
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Other hotel amenities include laundry facilities, luggage storage, tours/ticket assistance and express check-in and check-out. Secure parking is also available for a surcharge.
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This savory-sweet-salty take on Spring's first asparagus is couched in classic Spanish influences and absolutely glows with gorgeous color. In the summer try it with fresh green beans and grilled tuna or prawns!
(Note: We loved this dish so much when we first did it for the show back in 2007 that we decided to bring it back. I have made only a couple of small changes from the original.)
(Serves 6)
For the asparagus and grilled garlic bread:
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, crushed
18 asparagus spears, tough ends trimmed
12 slices rustic bread, such as Ciabbata or baguette
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Combine the olive oil and garlic in a small bowl and let sit while the grill heats. Toss the asparagus in enough of the seasoned olive oil to coat it lightly. Brush both sides of the bread slices with the olive oil as well. Preheat an indoor or outdoor grill to high and cook the asparagus and the bread slices, turning once or twice, for a scant 2-3 minutes, or until grill marks show. The asparagus should be deep emerald in color but still tender-crisp and the bread a light golden. Remove the spears and the bread to a platter.
To finish the dish:
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
2 tablespoons capers
1/4 cup pitted Kalamata olives
1/4 cup thinly sliced red bell pepper
1/4 cup thinly sliced basil
1 fresh mango, peeled, pitted and sliced
1/2 cut lemon (or more to taste)
Salt and pepper to taste
Lemon slices and fresh herbs for garnish
Heat a large sauté pan over medium high heat and add the oil. Stir fry the garlic, and thyme for about 15 seconds. Add the capers, olives, red bell pepper and basil and cook to heat through. Fold in the mango slices, squeeze the lemon over all the ingredients and season with the salt and pepper.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Megan McChrystal birdied the final hole Monday to win the season-ending Symetra Tour Championship, and P.K. Kongkraphan won the money title to take one of 10 LPGA Tour cards.
A stroke ahead of Paula Reto when play was suspended Sunday because of darkness, McChrystal made a 7-foot birdie putt on her lone hole Monday to beat Perrine Delacour by two strokes.
McChrystal had a 4-under 68 to finish at 13-under 275 on LPGA International's Champions Course. She earned $18,750 to jump from 58th to 18th on the money list with $27,238. Nos. 11-20 on the money list received spots in the final stage of the qualifying tournament in December.
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Rhonda Jean Aschenauer and Brandon Joseph Collier were married on July 2, 2011, at the private residence of Ted and Connie McGinnis of Inez. The outdoor ceremony was officiated by the bride's grandfather, Williard Nolen of the Church of God.
The parents of the couple are Ronald Jr. and Yvonne Aschenauer of Ashland and Joe and Nita Collier of Inez and Ron and Vicky Scott of Versailles.
The matron of honor was Amy Aschenauer and maid of honor was Andrea Dyer. Bridesmaids were Lena Reese, Teresa Hille, Amy Eason and Cape Scott. Junior bridesmaid was Brittany Slone.
Honorary flower girl was Audrey Bell Eason. Guest book attendants were Ashley Nolen and Sarah Newman and a special reading was given by Madi Aschenaur.
The best man was Seth Sammons and groomsmen were Eric Stepp, Stephen Stepp, Matt Brown, Adam Brown and Brandon Eason. Junior groomsman was Zach Slone. Ushers were Seth Heupel and Shawn Moore. Wedding coordinators were Janine Haney-Raines and Kristy Smith. Wedding attendants were Ryan Collier, Brad Steele and Chris Raines.
The bride is employed as a language arts and reading teacher at Warfield Middle School and fitness instructor at the Roy F. Collier Community Center. She is a 2005 graduate of Boyd County High School and a 2008 graduate of Morehead State University with a bachelor of arts degree in communication. She will receive a master of arts degree in teaching in December.
The groom is employed as an underground coal miner for Booth Energy. He is a 2002 graduate of Sheldon Clark High School and pursuing a bachelor of science in business at Morehead State University.
His grandparents are Williard and Deanie Nolen and Elise Moore. Special guests were John and Linda Pulliam.
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I recently purchased these for my 40 yr. old son for Christmas who wanted to replace his old ones, they were so wore out, but before I could give them to him he passed away suddenly of natural causes. Now a keepsake for me and some sad holidays ahead.
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I bought these to use in a children's production of Beauty and The Beast and now that the show is over they are my favorite footwear around the house. So cute and comfy. I bought them way too big so they'd look like big "Beast Feet" so I thought they'd be huge on me but I LIKE them in the bigger size! They stay on just fine because the stuffing inside makes them curve in toward the tops of your feet . I can't imagine them being more comfortable if they were smaller and my toes were touching the edges. My advice is buy a size or two larger than you normally do. I wear a ladies 6 1/2 and am very comfy in a size Large. :)
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Am never quite sure about ordering items on line, but these slippers were worth it. The ordering went smoothly and the delivery was quick. The sizing is accurate and the quality is great! My son dons these slippers as soon as he arrives home each day from work. He says they are really warm and comfy ;)! They really do look like a Grizzly Bears Paw complete with claws, they are an unbearably good purchase!
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We LOVE these slippers. My son is the \"beast\" of Beauty & the Beast next month, we are putting together his two suits & needed furry beastly feet. They look amazing! I don\'t think I could improve them. I only hope they\'ll last until the play because my 14 yr old will not take them off & our dog thinks they are squirrels.
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This was the perfect gift for my husband this past Christmas. He coaches a little league baseball team called the OSOS(spanish for Bears) and I knew these would be a real hit. He joked and said he would need to wear them to a game one day.LOL They are very warm, cozy and just fun to see and wear. The bear claws really make these slippers realistic. Great buy for the price. Buy you some today!
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One of this year's hit Chrismas gift. Both nience and nephew loved the slippers. Only 1 problem - I couldn't find in children size so great nephew is using Mom's slippers. Big hit with the 5 year kid until didn't find his own size - started pouting . Now I need to order anotherAdult Medium for him so he will give back the slippers to his mom.
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I was wearing these slippers one night, and an intruder suddenly appeared in my house. I quickly kicked toward his midsection while wearing these slippers and his innerds spilled onto the floor, incapacitating him. The police arrived shortly thereafter and he was arrested after a brief hospital visit. These bear claw slippers saved my life. Thankyou bear claw slippers!
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I was a little concerned when I ordered these slippers for my boyfriends birthday since it was the first time ordering here - but the whole experience was fantastic from start to finish. The price was right, customer service was fantastic/friendly/very helpful and even told me exactly where the product was. This only took 9 days from order to ship to Canada. When they got here - the product is just awesome! Totally worth the money, I'll be ordering again. Thanks Crazyforbargains!
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Totally Awesome product, I wear them all the time and get many compliments and laughs from friends and family. They are well made and feel soooo comfy, they keep you feet nice and warm on those real cold winter nights when all you want to do is relax, open up a beer and watch the game.
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Bring the fierce majesty of the outdoors into your home every morning when you put on your very own pair of grizzly bear paw slippers! If you love the outdoors and love animals � and can�t get enough of those hulking furry beasts � you simply have to have this pair of animal paw slippers. Made from a comfortable plush material designed to look like a grizzly bear�s paw and covered with a shaggy faux fur upper, these slippers are perfect for men, women, and children alike and truly bring a bit of nature into your home.
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2012's series of severe weather events across the country might prove to be one of the costliest since 1980.According to scientists with the National Climatic Data Center, 11 severe weather events across the country caused $110 Billion in damages and losses. The NCDC said super storm Sandy and the year-long drought were the main factors behind the high costs.The costliest year for weather disasters since 1980 was in 2005, the year when Hurricane Katrina caused a lot of damage to New Orleans. Losses for that year was $160 Billion.
The Yellowstone County Boys and Girls Ranch got a special donation for the kids.