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Proud Mary in a German accent? Probably not, but music legend Tina Turner is about to become Swiss, giving up her U.S. passport. It shouldn't be much of a surprise. She moved to Switzerland in 1995 when her longtime partner, German record executive Erwin Bach, was transferred. Still, if Gerard Depardieu and Nicolas Sarkozy are quintessentially French, Tina Turner is quintessentially American. Tina Turner becoming Swiss citizen, giving up U.S. passport. And changing citizenship is increasingly newsworthy.
Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock. Now 73, she lives in the Zurich suburb of Kuesnacht. Reports say she needs approval from the canton of Zurich as well was Swiss federal authorities before she can receive her red passport. There's little to suggest taxes motivate the decision, and Swiss rates are high. Yet filing tax returns in multiple nations and claiming foreign tax credits is an imperfect process that often results in tax mismatches.
Some countries might expect more of a land rush than Switzerland. Russia's Vladimir Putin recently embraced the previously French best-known actor Gérard Depardieu with a bear hug and a 13% low flat rate, even better than Singapore's 18%, which Facebook's Eduardo Saverin now calls home. See Why Denise Rich Followed Eduardo Saverin's Expat Lead.
When France's 75% was too much for Depardieu, Russia's 13% seems svelte. Mr. Putin rolled out the red carpet when he granted Mr. Depardieu's citizenship request. See what a good deal it is to pay tax in Russia, Mr. Depardieu's visit seemed to proclaim? See French Actor Depardieu Gets Russian Passport.
France's meteoric tax rate was struck down, but the 75% rate will be back soon, with or without Mr. Sarkozy. Besides, France's old 45% rate already dwarfed Russia's 13%. LVMH's Bernard Arnault applied for Belgian nationality, and many others have also voted with their feet. See If U.S. Had 75% Tax Rate, You'd Leave Too. In Britain, the number of £1 million a year taxpayers fell by over 60%.
Given America's controversial worldwide income tax, some look for greener pastures. See Expats Lobby For Tax on Residence, Not Worldwide Income. Eduardo Saverin fled to tax-friendly Singapore on the heels of Facebook's IPO. See Why Facebook's Co-Founder Just Defriended America. Yet not every exit is simple or free of U.S. tax. There is already a U.S. exit tax on giving up citizenship, and it can apply to giving up a Green Card too. See High Cost To Go Green: Giving Up A Green Card. Mr. Saverin's exit triggered an even higher exit tax proposal.
Given America's complex system and exit tax, anyone testing the water needs thoughtful planning and advice, even if Russia is gearing up for a new kind of business. See Brigitte Bardot threatens to spurn France, embrace Russia. It is unlikely that Switzerland will throw open its doors or that Ms. Turner will come up in many tax conversations. Even so, we can probably expect more of these conversations soon.
Robert W. Wood practices law with Wood LLP, in San Francisco. The author of more than 30 books, including Taxation of Damage Awards & Settlement Payments (4th Ed. 2009 with 2012 Supplement, Tax Institute), he can be reached at email@example.com. This discussion is not intended as legal advice, and cannot be relied upon for any purpose without the services of a qualified professional.
The author should have read what Mz Turner had to say on her reasons rather than bundling this with tax rates. When asked Mz Turner said"feels at home in Switzerland and cannot imagine a better place to live"
Those who have had the opportunity to visit Switzerland understand. Switzerland is a lovely country. Both its environment and people.
Yes, and we US citizen expats who also get taxed by two countries also completely understand as well.
Forbes, how cheap !! You used a picture from Wiki and then gave them credit for it!
Terri, but of course Switzerland is lovely, but that alone would not be enough to cause one to give up citizenship. There needs to be a reason to trigger that response, and while she said she was 'clarifying her situation', the situation I think is the the complex tax system combined with FATCA. It now makes life simpler if you only have a red passport and not that blue one which represents membership in a TFP Club. (Tax, form and Penalty)
If she is to live out her life in Switzerland, I can understand her making that move. As you age, you no longer desire all the extra complexity and risk that comes with U.S. Citizenship. Now, were she Swiss and living in New York, there would have been no need to give up the Swiss passport, as there is none of the issues causing the complexity are involved. They do not tax based upon citizenship, like the US does, and no FBAR and FATCA forms to fill out under Draconian penalty threat.
Whatever the reason for her turning in her blue membership, it would have to be more than just how lovely Switzerland is, as she will have to pay an exit tax on her world wide assets, marked to market and expressed in US dollars. That is a high price to pay just for lovely surroundings.
Knowing many US expats on their way to renouncing US citizenship, I can say first hand that rich or poor, the US government (unlike ALL others) makes it impossible to thrive as as its citizen outside of the USA. That kind of exceptionalism the US and its citizens can do without, as Ms Turner has shown.
Perhaps an amnesty similar to Canada's where penalties are only threatened not assured?
Today's news release from American Citizens Abroad is very concerning:
"ACA continues to combat the negative effects of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). In doing so, ACA was instrumental in the US Treasury Department's decision to include an anti-discriminatory clause in the recently published IGAs agreements for FATCA (see ACA letter below). This means that those countries who sign onto the IGA must ensure that Americans overseas are not denied bank accounts if they are to qualify for the IGA agreement.
This concession leaves FFI's defenceless against the Trojan soldiers riding in on the Trojan horse FATCA is. Foreign governments must seriously consider restricting US person's taking up residency in their countries as a means of defending themselves. Other nations must give consideration to the long-term effect its permanent residents and citizens with US tax and reporting requirements will have on the economic stability and tax base in their countries. Eventually, immigration authorities may need to recognize that US persons seeking residence there have inherently divided loyalties forced upon them by US tax policies, therefore becoming potential liabilities to other nations. As a result, it may become necessary for foreign governments to restrict US persons from seeking permanent residency and citizenship in their nations.
Perhaps an amnesty similar to Canada's where penalties are only threatened not assured?
Today's news release from American Citizens Abroad is very concerning:
"ACA continues to combat the negative effects of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). In doing so, ACA was instrumental in the US Treasury Department's decision to include an anti-discriminatory clause in the recently published IGAs agreements for FATCA (see ACA letter below). This means that those countries who sign onto the IGA must ensure that Americans overseas are not denied bank accounts if they are to qualify for the IGA agreement.
This forced concession on behalf of FFI's leaves them defenceless against the Trojan soldiers riding in on the Trojan horse called FATCA. Foreign governments must seriously consider restricting US person's taking up residency in their countries as a means of defending themselves. Nations must give consideration to the long-term effect its permanent residents and citizens with US tax and reporting requirements will have on the economic stability and tax base in their countries. Eventually, immigration authorities may need to recognize that US persons seeking residence there have inherently divided loyalties forced upon them by US tax policies, therefore becoming potential liabilities to other nations. As a result, it may become necessary for foreign governments to restrict US persons from seeking permanent residency and citizenship in their nations.
Fair comment. She would be totally crazy to ever utter anything about taxes, (given the Reed Amendment sitting idly by for the likes of a Schumer to use) even if they played only a minor role in her decision.
In my opinion, it would not be the taxes anyway, as Switzerland taxes are probably higher. It would be the US double filing complexity and penalty risk for failures that would drive my decision, if I were planning to live out the rest of my life on a distant shore. It may not drive hers. I mean in fairness we really I do not know: "What's FATCA got to do with it, got to do with it?
"Clarifying the situation" leaves enough room to read between the lines. :) No sense throwing red meat to the dogs who are ready to attack anyone who finds it necessary for personal reasons to give up the little blue book.
Fixing the past wouldn't have made a difference in my situation, because there wasn't much to fix with my limited savings, large mortgage debt and no US tax due. It was rather the fact that all of my local banks were rejecting US persons, which caused me to renounce my US citizenship. I was told by banks that they would not refinance my mortgage, my US representation told me that they didn't have any time for Americans abroad and HUD and the Veterans Administration told me that it could not help since I lived outside of US jurisdiction. As such, I handed in the blue passport to ensure that I'd have the needed CLN to be able to refinance my mortgage next month as a non-US citizen. In other words, US policy basically required that I renounce US citizenship in order to continue living a normal life outside of US jurisdiction.
I can understand and respect the need and interest of taking extreme measures to weed out the tax cheats, but the US government needs to do more to protect the little people, reward them with carrots for good behavior and to ensure that they are not confused and mixed with the guilty. For the good or bad, the battle against banking secrecy would have made much more sense if it had been packaged with residency-based taxation, which would have rewarded the innocent while pushing the stateside tax evaders into the corner.
Robert, you said: "I hope you are wrong that the U.S. government makes it impossible for citizens outside the U.S. to thrive."
Check out this article:
Banking is becoming extremely difficult for Americans in Switzerland, because of the upcoming FATCA. These are not anecdotal stories anymore.
The number of Americans having banking difficulties in Switzerland and other countries is increasing exponentially.
As you mentioned, taxes certainly played a role in Tina's decision, but the inability, or high fees to maintain a bank account as a American might have been the straw that broke the camel's back.
There might be personal reasons that we don't know about, like maybe she and her German partner might want to get married, but he doesn't want to share his personal bank information with the IRS.
And maybe she was tired of paying taxes to the US when she's been living full time in Switzerland for quite some time, and not getting ANY benefit from the taxes she was paying in the US.
It is impossible to renounce US citizenship without taxes being a related factor since the US government has forced taxes to be an issue with renunciations due to citizenship-based taxation. People who renounce no longer need to file US tax returns regardless of where they live and thus they obviously benefit from the lesser burden of tax filing. Thus, the US government has indeed made it a tax benefit to renounce US citizenship, even for those who owe the US government no taxes. This means that the US government has made it possible for people to renounce to liberate themselves from tax filing complications while the government wrongly accuses them of renouncing in order to not pay taxes even though they actually don't owe any. The US government is basically seeking to punish people for the wrong reasons.
What's her Swiss tax rate?
Shouldn't that be in this?
Thank you. Like many, I'm a Tina fan. I'm sure that she's "following her heart" — and avoiding "The National Enquirer." And her lawyers checked the taxes, and there's not a huge difference.
I just had a VP-level friend move from Michigan to Alberta, Canada. Huge, huge difference in taxes. Ditto, the CDN medical plan — which, of course, the inept and incompetent of D.C. will soon make a huge, steaming mess of. Insane, ridiculous, and requiring constant level of investigations.
There's nothing wrong with that. Why pay twice for the same thing? Actually when she pays U.S. taxes she is really getting the shaft because those taxes will never buy her one dime in U.S. services.
Also I would like to point out that everyone mistakenly concentrates on the taxes and doesn't acknowledge all of the IRS investment restrictions that don't allow you do use your own financial property as you please. This means a reduction in your investment returns and in higher levels of taxation either in your country of residence or in the U.S. Being a U.S. person abroad is like being caught in the perfect tax storm.
The tax rate for top earners in Kanton Zürich is 28.47%. Thus, Tina's tax rate is probably 39.97%.
I got these statistics from the following link (page 34):
44,652 % for state, local and federal taxes precisely for the above figures in Küsnacht if she files as a single person(on the assumption of Swiss Francs 100 M in assets and Swiss Francs 5 M of income for simplicity).
You forget to mention a few assets however. No tax on capital gains, no inheritance tax and tax authorities which treat you as a client. On top of that she would certainly not pay this top rate as she would surely structure her income stream (particularly royalties) in a much more tax efficient way).
Also, there is no "Swiss" tax rate except the Swiss Federal rate at 11.5 %. All else is up to the canton and community and therefore different for each community.
Just as an example: Would she move to a community with lower tax rates she would easily be able to lower her tax rate well below 30 %. But I would be very surprised if her tax rate is above 30 % anyway, I would rather expect it to be considerably lower.
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Whether its files and documents, your media or complete control of your system one of the advantages of a connected world is that there are many ways to get to what you want from where you want. I wanted to cover several techniques you can take advantage of to easily 'phone home' to your systems or data when you are out of the house.
Anywhere access
First, if access to your files, especially docs and photos, is what you are after you can't beat SkyDrive for easy access and sharing from anywhere. This is the way to go in many cases and even though I use all the techniques I cover below I use SkyDrive too. It works great from Windows Phone too! You can find great tips on using SkyDrive here.
Media Streaming
If it's your media library you need to access while you are away from home then Remote Media Streaming, a feature of Windows 7, is a great way to do that. It's easy to configure so you can get to your music, videos and even recorded TV remotely using Windows Media Player. Pete Brown did a great post a while ago covering exactly how to set this up. If you haven't tried this out you should give it a try.
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If you want a comprehensive approach then Windows Home Server is really the way to go for remote access to files, documents, media and your systems. Windows Home Server represents the deluxe solution by allowing you and other people you permit to remotely access your data as well as Remote Desktop to multiple systems on your home network. It's easy to set up, handles the configuration of your firewall and provides you with a domain name putting together all the pieces right from the control panel. You can find more on WHS remote access features here.
Letting Remote Desktop out of the house
The perfect complement to Remote Media Streaming is what I call 'the do it yourself approach to Remote Desktop over the Internet'. With Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate Edition you can use Remote Desktop to get to your system from across the room or around the world. From across the room is simple, but the around the world part requires a little configuration. I've used this setup for a long time and it comes in handy quite a bit. To get it working three things are needed:
1. Enable Remote Desktop
2. Allow Remote Desktop traffic through your firewall
3. Make your system discoverable on the Internet
Enable Remote Desktop
To enable Remote Desktop or to check to see if it enabled already, open Control Panel and then System then on the left choose "Remote Settings".
If you will be using only Windows 7 or Windows Vista to access your home system then you should choose the bottom option which requires NLA. You can find further explanation of these options and how to determine if your Remote Desktop client supports NLA here. Click the "Select Users" box and make sure to only grant permissions to the accounts you will use remotely. Minimizing the number of accounts with access and using strong passwords on your accounts are a must. Making this machine available on the Internet removes a significant layer of security and you shouldn't take this lightly.
Allow Remote Desktop traffic through your router to your system
By default the firewall in your router almost certainly blocks the ports needed for Remote Desktop access. For the sake of this explanation we'll assume you want to enable just one system on your home network for access via the Internet. In this case you'll want to forward port 3389, both TCP and UDP, to the correct machine on your local network. The IP address for this machine in your local network should be configured so it does not change. This is so that the port forwarding always forwards traffic to the correct system. You can accomplish this via a DHCP reservation on your router or by using a static IP address for the system.
This is bit tricky to cover here in detail here as different routers accomplish these things differently. My Linksys port forwarding looks like this:
And on a D-Link router it looks like this
Make your system discoverable on the Internet
Perhaps the biggest single inconvenience to this solution is that when the IP address you get at home from your ISP changes and most will at some point, you will not be able to get to your machine remotely without checking to see what the new address is. This is something that will need to be done via your local network at home which defeats the purpose of our work here!
There are good solutions to this problem though such as TZO.com, Dyn.com and No-IP.com among others. These services will maintain a DNS name for your home network and keep it up to date so you can always reach it remotely. Most offer a free version of their service. I actually use No-IP.com but there are many that will work.
Once you've got Remote Desktop enabled, try it out locally on your home network then give it a shot from a friend's house. You'll find the Remote Desktop Connection available under Accessories on the Start Menu or just run mstsc.exe. For computer name provide the fully qualified domain name of your home system as you configured it with your DNS service.
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Security is important when making any system available on the Internet. As I mention above, only enable the account(s) that you need to have access and put strong passwords on them. In addition to those accounts all members of the administrators group will have access so tighten those passwords up too. You should also consider changing the name of the Administrator account.
An important factor for all of the above techniques is bandwidth. A lot of broadband connections these days have pretty good upstream bandwidth. Enough that you can expect to stream some music and video without any problems. Remote Desktop can be configured to work very well even over low bandwidth connections. You can tweak the settings for remote desktop from the client on the Experience tab to give you the best performance.
If you've got any questions or anything to add let me know here or follow up over in the Windows Experts Community.
@emiliano84 those extra suggestions you mentioned are avaible using bing bar(formerly Windows Live Toolbar)
here are my suggestion
- merge zune and windows mediaplayer
- mesh (and future sky drive app) should proved full skydrive sync between windows phone/internet/pc (with folder sync like dropbox)
- windows phone should access to pc shared folder and librarias (streaming too) from lan and intern
- windows phone shoul have pc remote client
extra suggests:
- favorites sync for internet explorer/mobile/internet
- rss sync for outlook/windows phone/internet
so everything full easy available between pc/phone /browser
why do we neeed a new registration to write comments? I think it should be better use only one live login like other microsoft sites
!! Just a suggestion about Sharing file/folder and remote access !!
For the next version of windows, can you guys provide us with an easy and intuitive file/folder sharing: Other than the usergroup and same username on each PC, a network map can be shown (like the one in Network and Sharing Center of WindOS7) with each end-node (PC, Laptop or SmartPhone) clickable and based on the MAC or IP address, the machine should be granted the permission to access the asset.
Similarly, the resource/asset can be shared to selected LiveID(s) to make it available over the Internet via P2P transfer (offline sharing: the way it happens one in WLM, when the other person logs in they can access the assets shared with them on owner's availability).
Finally, the Network Sharing should categorize: the Computer(s) that are in the connected Network, the Computers that are sharing some files/folders, the LiveIDs that are sharing some files/folders (via SkyDrive: LiveID login required) and the Computer/Person that has given Remote Access.
good idea, but please note the safety, see:
@GoodThings2L: You might be right that Zune could fill all these functions but it is important not to fill the product with functions that will only be used by a few users. It should be possible to handle this by enabling features that you need.
My point is that Microsoft has a lot of good products for home users but have a really bad strategy for them. Products with overlapping functions exists for professional users too, but not to the same degree. Zune is definately a step in the right direction but it's one thing on the PC, another on the phone and yet something else on Xbox. It's even more annoying if you are living in a neglected country (Sweden for instance) where so many features aren't even available.
Currently I own a Home Server 2011, an Xbox 360 with Kinect, a Windows 7 PC running Media Center (and Zune and Media Player) connected to my TV and a Windows Phone. Taking full advantage of their respective advantages is not easy and usually requires a lot of 3rd party applications. All the pieces are there but they don't quite fit together, at least not yet.
I partially agree with what Patrik Jonsson is saying with consolidating the media experience, although I strongly favor Zune software as a permanent replacement for both WMP and WMC, because it already integrates multiple technologies so well between Zune Music, Video, Marketplace, Xbox, Windows Phone, etc.
Media Streaming is a great feature, but it has some major flaws. As far as I know, I can't allow my friends to access my media, unless I create a local account on my computer and link their Live ID to that account. I don't know anyone who would want to do that.
And how about this... I should use Media Player for Media Streaming and Play To, Zune for my Zune pass and Windows Phone sync and then there is Media Center for live TV etc. Microsoft has got to make a decision on which application (please let it be Media Player) that has to go. Then they have to implement Zune pass and some other Zune features into Media Center, I mean why should I have to switch program depending on what kind of music/movies I want to play?
And finally, Microsoft should offer ONE Windows Phone App that can act as a remote for both Zune and Media Center.


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With three kids in the Glasgow school district, Wade Stone knew this was the time to make a contribution and fight for innovation.
"I feel that we all have a responsibility when the time is right to step up and provide leadership, especially when it comes to public education," Stone said. "Public education is so important. It's our kids that we're talking about, from an economic development perspective. It [public education] touches virtually every aspect of our society. When the time is right, all of us have a responsibility to participate in the process. I feel the time is right."
Stone added that win or lose, the future is bright for students throughout the district.
"There are a lot of exciting things going on and I think we have some good momentum going," he said. "I want to be part of that movement to push and improve our system in every area."
Stone said many factors that prompted him to file for the seat, but one in particular outweighed the others — his children's future.
"First and foremost, I'm a parent," he said. "My wife and I are very familiar with Glasgow schools. I've been involved with kids for a number of years, whether it be in coaching or with them in youth groups at our church. We've been very involved with youth in various capacities. We have a vested interest."
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Students are only allowed to ride their own school bus. Children who ride the bus are not allowed to ride another bus to visit a friend, attend an event, etc. Parents will have to make other arrangements for play dates, activities, etc.
Important notice: Effective the 2013-2014 school year, parents who request that their student(s) be picked up or dropped off at a daycare facility must complete the district's Transportation Daycare Affidavit and submit it to the school ASAP. Students who participate in the Boys & Girls Club and YMCA programs are exempt from this requirement.
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September 24, 2013: The school district and the bus company have been reviewing requests for route/bus stop changes since the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. Posted below are the udpated routes as of September 20. Kindergarten take-home/pick-up routes are included at the end of the elemetary school routes.
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Note: Two "late" buses service the high school to accommodate after-school activities. They are available Monday- Thursday, and pick up students from the back of the school (student parking lot side) at 3:45 p.m. One services the east side of town, the other the west side of town. Drivers will assist students to identfiy their drop-off locations.
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Ferrari factory engineers spent the morning preparing the car for its run around the 3.56-mile circuit.
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An Omaha man who entered a guilty plea to manslaughter and was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a shooting in 2011 that killed 36 year-old Jarrod Maxwell.
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Police say Amerson fired a dozen shots on March 8, 2011, into the parking lot of a Family Dollar Store. One of the bullets struck and killed 36-year-old Jarrod Maxwell.
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Montgomery County on Thursday eliminated ten positions in its Assets and Infrastructure department, which . The ten positions are in the Public Property and Roads and Bridges divisions and comprise about $560,000 in annual salary.
Montgomery County Board of Commissioners chairman Josh Shapiro said the job cuts in Roads and Bridges are part of a move to consolidate the management of the more than 150 bridges and 90 miles of roads owned by the county. The cuts in Public Property are the result of efforts to "crosstrain" that division's employees and "increase efficiency." The moves are expected to save the county between $300,000 and $500,000 annually, Shapiro said, "depending how further reforms shake out."
"We know that each position represents an individual who is losing his or her job," Shapiro said. "Each one of these actions tears at me personally and causes me to lose sleep ... we understand the consequences, and we do not make these moves lightly or in a cavalier manner."
Among those who lost their jobs is Assets and Infrastructure deputy director Donald Colosimo, who took a $4,000 pay cut when Roads and Bridges moved into the new department. Colosimo, who earned $72,000 per year, had been with the county for 17 years.
Commissioner Bruce Castor said the moves were part of the administration's efforts to deal with the "excesses of the previous administration."
"The financial needs of the county are so great that the medicine necessary to correct them is going to be difficult to swallow in the short term. This is something that I believe is necessary for the execution of good government," Castor said.
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The county also announced the suspension of its Voter ID issuance program, which it launched under the auspices of its Parkhouse nursing facility earlier this month. The day after the program was announced, a Commonwealth court judge issued an injunction against the portions of the state's controversial Voter ID law that would have required voters to display identification before casting ballots on Nov. 6.
"All indications are that no appeal will be taken prior to the election," said county solicitor Ray McGarry. "In fact, the Commonwealth has spent considerable sums of money updating their advertising campaign to let people know that no Voter ID card will be necessary on Election Day this year."
Only 68 county ID cards were issued through the program, McGarry said.


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Come if you dare to a joint Halloween concert with the McHenry County College Concert Band and the Crystal Lake Community Band. The bands will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28 in the Cary-Grove High School Gym, 2208 Three Oaks Road in Cary.
The concert will feature more than 100 musicians who will perform seasonally dramatic music. Program highlights include "The Phantom of the Opera," "March of the Trolls," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," "Beetlejuice," and "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Trick or treating for audience members in costume will take place after the concert.
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Laurel: People associated with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra are the artsy type, right? So it should come as no surprise that they're hooking up with Johnstown's Allied Artists to offer what is expected to be an unusual but exciting evening of culture. "Music in Pictures" will be presented this evening at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center in Richland Township. "To have a venue to fuse the visual arts and the performing arts is a unique opportunity for our community," Maestro Istvan Jaray said. Beautiful music will be accompanied by images of original works of art created by the talented Allied Artists members. Tickets are still available at the box office or by calling 269-7200, 800-846-2787 or visiting www.johnstownsymphony.org.
Barb: Berlin police Officer Michelle Piscitella was dispatched on a domestic-dispute call last Sunday and by the time peace was restored, a woman was injured, two people were arrested and the officer was subjected to a dangerous vehicle ride. Charged with a total of 10 counts were Craig Foy of Berlin and Tammy Berkey of Washington County. According to the police, Berkey, whose blood-alcohol level was 0.28, had to be pulled from a vehicle as she was attempting to drive from the scene. The officer then jumped inside, stopping the vehicle from crashing into a house. Berkey sustained a broken arm and head gash, and apparently, along with Foy, faces serious repercussions with the courts. The only good news was that the officer was uninjured.
Laurel: Unfortunately, there are area families living at poverty levels and need help with their food requirements. Fortunately, there are volunteer groups such as Somerset County Mobile Food Bank coming to their aid. Started in April 2012 as a single truck with a trailer hooked to the back, the mobile effort is becoming much more, organizer and volunteer coordinator Tom Shaffer has learned. This month, the program is branching out into two new communities in the county. "It grows every month," Shaffer said. "Every time we go to a town now, we're getting more and more people signing up." A staff of about 20 full-time volunteers serve roughly 1,050 households a week. Heartwarming.
Laurel: Johnstown fire Chief Anthony Kovacic isn't letting the high-tech world pass him by. Last week, he presented council members with both a small stack of CDs and a fat, three-ring binder filled with hundreds of pages. He was visually explaining how the department has modernized its emergency operations plan. In the past, copies of the in-depth plan were on printed pages. "We were just killing trees, left and right," he said. No more. Now he's burning the report onto CDs, which will provide council members the ability to easily search through the voluminous amount of information on their home computers. "We're very fortunate to have such a highly professional and educated chief," Councilman Pete Vizza said. That's been obvious for a long time.
Barb: Somerset Borough police are investigating an act of vandalism that damaged a Cin D Lane home late last month. According to the report released last week, someone egged the home, smeared marshmallow on it in the shape of a swastika, put a "666" marking on the rear and tossed toilet paper on it. Can anyone make sense out of this type of moron activity?
Laurel: Working at any business for 30 years is a long time. But for the Labarkos, DJ Jack Labarko Inc is a family business allowing members to share a love of music and dancing and a love for each other. Along with mom, Barbara, the sons are carrying on a Johns-town tradition started by their late father, Jack, who died in 1993. "We've kept the ball rolling and are following in our father's footsteps," Derek Labarko said. "We've now taken it to the next level and really have become event producers." They put on a show for 50 weddings a year as well as DJ at numerous proms, school formals, private parties and corporate events locally and in surrounding counties and states. As music artist Shannon puts it: "Let the Music Play."
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This happened in mid-December. I was down for the count for most of a week, finally mostly better (though still no appetite) 10 days later, finally starting to get rid of the nagging cough 20 days later. Then I started feeling that lingering sense of "sick," the harbinger of the December flu bout, yet again ...
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The one God, in Christian thought, is not a single divine 'Person' but a Trinity of three inter-twined 'Persons'. God, on this social Trinitarian view, is a community of love and so relationship lies at the very heart of God's identity. In this book Peter Holmes builds on growing interest in idea of the Trinity as a divine society by offering a practical application to congregational life. The central issue is how faith community could better reflect the harmony and diversity of the Trinity.
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YORK — The York school district plans to cut 22 positions and reduce the number of work days for some administrators and staff to cut about $1.9 million in costs for the coming school year.
Superintendent Vernon Prosser, who spent months developing a cost-cutting plan for 2013-14 that has been approved by the school board, said the district cant continue to balance its bottom line by taking money from a reserve fund as it has over the past three years.
We had used reserves with the hope the economy would improve faster, said Prosser. And because it didnt, were to the point where we cant use reserves any more.
He said the district avoided budget cuts this year by taking $1.5 million from its reserve fund to balance the $37.9 million budget.
We knew this was going to be the last year we were going to be able to use reserves, he said.
Some job cuts will come from attrition, when people retire or move to other positions, Prosser said, but others will be layoffs. All employees affected by the cuts have been notified.
The district will save about $1.8 million in the budget year that begins July 1 by eliminating 22 jobs, he said. Some $93,000 in savings will come from reducing the annual contracted work days for about 20 employees, including some administrators and other certified staff.
School board chairwoman Shirley Harris called the cuts something we had to do, not something we wanted to do.
It was not an easy decision for the board of trustees, by any means, she said. We looked at different scenarios and basically what we came up with is what we had to do.
Prosser informed district employees of the budget cuts in a Feb. 27 letter. He is reviewing the budget with employees at each school and other staff between now and March 29.
Although the school board wont approve its final budget until early summer, Prosser said he wanted to notify affected employees as soon as possible.
In his letter to employees, Prosser wrote that the district has cut costs in the past through job attrition with 21 teaching positions not being replaced in the last four years. Because of those reductions, he said, the current cuts arent as drastic as what would have been necessary earlier.
If we had done this a few years ago, I believe it would have been more severe than what were having to do now, he said.
The job cuts at the elementary school level include two art and music teaching positions, five in-school suspension assistants, five media assistants and two instructional coaches.
Hunter Street and Jefferson elementary schools will share art and music teachers, Prosser said. Thats already being done at Cotton Belt and H.C. Johnson elementary schools.
Art and music (are) important to us, and we want to do everything we can to offer those services, he said.
At the middle school level, the cuts include an instructional coach and teacher assistant. At the high school, they include an administrator, three other certified staffers and a teaching assistant. Jobs for part-time French and masonry instructors were already being phased out, Prosser said.
One administrative job is being eliminated at the district office, he said.
School board member Chris Revels said the budget cuts are unfortunate but necessary.
We managed to put these cuts off as long as we could the past two years, Revels said, and were just to the point of no return.
Everybody who works in that school district serves a purpose a very valuable part of the educational process.
However, he said, unless the states formula for paying for public education improves or the Legislature funds schools more generously, were forced to deal with budgets that are less than adequate.
The district surveyed its employees about budget cuts and got 263 responses on a range of suggestions for saving money, Prosser said, including a four-day week, student fees and furloughs.
The state didnt allow school districts to have furloughs this school year, he said, and he doesnt expect them to be allowed in the coming year. He also chose not to add student fees for academics or extracurricular activities.
Prosser said his goals in making the cuts were to protect the core instructional program, reducing support positions instead. Another priority was to maintain the reserve fund.
The $6.2 million reserve fund down from $9.2 million five years ago now amounts to about 17 percent of the districts general fund expenditures. Good financial management calls for school districts to keep a reserve thats about 20 percent of its general fund, Prosser said.
In addition to budgeting without the reserve money next year, he said, the district expects to lose other revenue sources. In a worst-case scenario, he said, revenue could be down as much as $2.4 million.
For example, the district wont receive about $314,000 in state money given to compensate schools for revenue loss due to Act 388, the 2007 property tax reform measure.
Act 388 exempted owner-occupied homes from property taxes, which pay for school operations. In place of the property tax revenue, the law added a penny on the dollar to the state sales tax, which was supposed to make up the difference. It didn't, and the economy spiraled into recession, forcing school districts across the state to slash budgets.
The York district also received $274,000 last year in additional state money for special education programs and $369,000 to pay for a 2 percent teacher pay step increase money it might not see in the coming year.
Prosser is unsure about the impact of the federal budget sequestration on federally funded school programs. He expects York schools to lose some money, but we still have to deliver those services.
The cuts in the next school year will put the district in a manageable financial situation for the future, Prosser said.
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Using social media for business marketing has been a hot topic for years now, but brands are still trying to harness the power of the digital socialsphere to discover the best ways to directly impact their bottom lines. As social media use advances, so does the frequency in which brands are reaching out to their audiences to engage them through these channels. One tactic that might be lost in all of this is the importance of using social media channels to build trust with your current and potential brand advocates. As a Navy SEAL, I learned about the importance of team and trust early on. As humans, without trust, our relationships can never go past a certain level. The same goes for brands building relationships with consumers.
Before true customer engagement can happen, companies must first build a social media dialogue that leads to a trusting relationship. How do they do this? If you think about it, social media isn't really new. Social media used for digital marketing is a form of traditional public relations disseminated through new channels. But unlike traditional marketing, social media gives brands a chance to interact directly and immediately with their customers.
Much of the talk in the digital marketing industry today is about how search engines like Google are continually updating their algorithms to provide the most relevant search results and content possible. What some companies don't realize is social media sites like Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest have become search engines themselves. Instead of going to a traditional search engine, consumers might go directly to a social media channel to search for content and to learn more about products or services. Social media audiences have grown substantially over the past few years and the demographics have expanded drastically. Brands can no longer ignore this opportunity for communicating brand value and building brand trust by engaging with existing and potential customers.
In this week's post, I teamed up with Internet Marketing Inc.'s social media expert Carrie Peterson to develop tips on how brands can build trust through social media. Trust is the most crucial element of social media, but it's where brands continue to fall short right out of the gate. The following are six ways brands can begin to build trust through social media.
Keep these six trust-building methods in mind when marketing your brand through social media. There are many other ways for businesses to build brand trust in the digital space. We want to hear your thoughts. Leave us a message here or contact me @brentgleeson. If you have a question for Carrie, you can reach her @carriesavvy.
Great post. One of the biggest aspects businesses need to understand is that building trust through any of the social media channels starts with engagement. A business cannot use Twitter, G+, etc. as a means of broadcasting a message and then expect relationship based results. You need to listen if you ever hope to gain trust and the ability to collaborate with the customer. Social isn't as complex or mystifying as some think. In simplest terms it's a conduit for engagement — even if it is a potentially powerful conduit.
Great food for thought.
It's funny you should mention CEO's going on Twitter. I was reading an article that some major CEOs hesitate to tweet, probably out of fear of revealing too much. In any case, it makes the companies seem more accessible. But there needs to be a strategy behind it too. Great points!!
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Great article, Brent! I totally agree with everything that you said! I work with TagMeCam and this is what we encourage on a daily basis, customer engagement! Customers not only feel appreciated and valued, but like you said, they begin to trust you as an organization if you interact with them!
These are great points. I've been reading and thinking about how the Obama campaign used social media, and the thing that I remember most is how they constantly posted images that connected with me emotionally. I really don't remember any attempts to appeal to me in a logical way (in my social media feeds). It all seemed designed to convey warmth and human connection. I think this is one reason why Obama was able to connect so successfully with women. It's so important that brands be able to connect on an emotional level and come across as authentic. I just read an article that has some examples of brands using creativity to engage their audience that I wanted to pass on as well: http://www.postano.com/blog/7-creative-and-successful-social-media-campaigns Thanks for the great post :)
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Building trust on social media is a must because it is one factor to know the real person behind his/her/company social media profile. People search through social media, interacts, communicates, etc….
If you want to build or earn trust with social media you need to participate in meaningful discussion on a regular basis. In other words, trust is not only a principle; it is a philosophy to living and leading – each and every minute.


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There's a saying in basketball about volume scorers who play little defense: they play well enough to keep both teams in the game. Certain players have enough talent offensively that they can put the ball in the hoop every time down the court and carry a squad when other players aren't hitting their shots. However, they are also so bad on the other end of the floor that they are as useful as a mannequin in slowing down opponents.
It's hard to say in a sport like football, where players only play on one side of the ball, that someone can be both good and bad enough where the saying applies. However, based on a small sample size, it appears that Broncos QB Tim Tebow is just that kind of player. His faults as a quarterback put a boot on his team's offense, not allowing them to move the ball much of the time. Yet, his strengths are overwhelming, and when he's playing well, few signalcallers can match his productivity and results.
Both the Broncos and Dolphins found that out in Week Seven. Tebow struggled greatly for much of the game against Miami, competing just four of his first 10 pass attempts for 40 yards. During that stretch, which took up the first 55 minutes of regulation, Denver scored zero points, though two missed field goals contributed to that as much as Tebow's ineptitude. Then, over the final five minutes of regulation, the second-year QB turned the game around, leading his team to a pair of touchdown drives to force overtime. One second he was Bubby Brister taking sacks, the next he was John Elway leading the Broncos to an improbable victory.
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At the University of Florida, when Tebow was surrounded by a star-studded offense that featured future NFLers like WR Percy Harvin, TE Aaron Hernandez and O-linemen Mike and Maurkice Pouncey, he was at his best when he had defenses on their toes. Unsure if he was going to pass or run, give it to a speedy teammate or bulldoze through a linebacker, Gators opponents had issues week after week defending Tebow, even though his throwing motion was awkward and his running style left him vulnerable to big hits.
Now in the NFL, where the talent on the other side of the line of scrimmage is as fast and smart as his own team, Tebow can't get by on just setting up his teammates and then catching defenses out of position. He has to learn to stand in the pocket and make throws through tight windows and move the chains on a regular basis. Even in a scaled-down offense on Sunday, one that saw the Broncos run the ball a season-high 39 times, Tebow seemed lost at times, unsure of the read he was supposed to make or where a blitzer was coming from. On the Broncos' first 11 drives against Miami, they recorded either one or zero first downs nine times. Two of the drives resulted in missed field goals, there was one fumble and eight punts. The Broncos went three-and-out four times. For the game, Tebow was sacked seven times, also a season-high for the team
Facing the Lions this week, Tebow will need to improve his decision making and overall grasp of the offense. DT Ndamukong Suh is not going to be run over, especially by a quarterback, so the Broncos will need to find a way to improve protection up front. And with RB Willis McGahee out because of a hand injury, an even greater burden will be placed on the QB's shoulders.
Tebow showed in college he could make plays and showed in Week Seven he has the ability to do it in the NFL. Now he has to work on doing it on a regular basis and make sure his team is the only one who benefits from his time on the field.
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Jake Warner First-Team Daktronics All-American 05/24/13...Pitt-Johnstown junior second baseman Jake Warner (Dillsburg, Pa.), who led the Mountain Cats with a .427 batting average, was named First-Team Daktronics NCAA Division II All-American when this year's teams were released on Friday... (Full Daktronics Release)
Junior shortstop Michael Schulze from Missouri Western State University and senior pitcher Harvey Martin from Minnesota State University headline the 2013 Daktronics, Inc., NCAA Division II All-America baseball team, earning the Ron Lenz Player and Pitcher of the Year awards respectively.
A total of 48 student-athletes, representing 39 institutions were named to either the first, second or third team All-America squad, while 18 were named honorable mention. Members of the NCAA Division II College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) selected the All-America teams. The All-America team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. Daktronics has sponsored the baseball All-America program since 2007.
Warner, also a two-time first-Team All-Conference choice, led the Mountain Cats in batting average (.420), hits (74) runs (46), RBI (40), and total bases (99). Nationally, Warner ranks third in NCAA Division II in toughest to strike out (33.8), seventh in batting average (.426), 44th in hits (74), and 67th in runs per game (1.02).
Joining Schulze and Martin on the Daktronics All-America first team include Kyle Petty (C, California, Pa.), Chris Dula (1B, Catawba, N.C.), Jake Warner (2B, Pittsburgh-Johnston, Pa.), Grant Fink (3B, Missouri Western State), Chandler Brock (OF, Alabama-Hunstville), Bubba Dotson (OF, Missouri Western State), Ryan Messina (OF, Shepherd, W.Va.), Bill Gerstenslager (DH. South Carolina-Aiken), Brian Wuest (UT non-pitcher, Nebraska-Kearney), Taylor Taska (UT pitcher, Texas A&M-Kingsville), Jake Baldwin, (SP, Ashland, Ohio), Ethan Carter (SP, North Carolina-Pembroke), Trevor Graham (SP, Franklin Pierce, N.H.),Kyle Renaud (RP, Missouri-St. Louis).
2013 Daktronics NCAA Division II Baseball All-America TeamsRon Lenz Player of the Year: Michael Schulze, Missouri Western StateRon Lenz Pitcher of the Year: Harvey Martin, Minnesota State
FIRST TEAMC Kyle Petty Sr. California (Pa.)1B Chris Dula Sr. Catawba (N.C.)2B Jake Warner Jr. Pittsburgh-Johnston (Pa.)3B Grant Fink Sr. Missouri Western StateSS Michael Schulze Jr. Missouri Western StateOF Chandler Brock So. Alabama-HunstvilleOF Bubba Dotson Sr. Missouri Western StateOF Ryan Messina Jr. Shepherd (W.Va.)DH Bill Gerstenslager Sr. South Carolina-AikenUT (non-pitcher) Brian Wuest Sr. Nebraska-KearneyUT (pitcher) Taylor Taska Jr. Texas A&M-KingsvilleSP Jake Baldwin So. Ashland (Ohio)SP Ethan Carter Sr. North Carolina-PembrokeSP Trevor Graham Jr. Franklin Pierce (N.H.)SP Harvey Martin Sr. Minnesota StateRP Kyle Renaud Sr. Missouri-St. Louis
SECOND TEAMC Mike Russo Sr. St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.)1B Zach Stone Jr. Millersville (Pa.)2B Adrian English Jr. Barry (Fla.)3B Nick Sell So. Seton Hill (Pa.)SS Will Kengor Jr. Slippery Rock (Pa.)OF Mike Borgschulte Sr. Drury (Mo.)OF Ryan Lewis Sr. Columbus State (Ga.)OF Travis Moore Sr. Winston-Salem State (N.C.)DH Jack Hudson Sr. West Virgina StateUT (non-pitcher) Cameron Scott Sr. Columbus State (Ga.)UT (pitcher) Pat Kregeloh Jr. Shippensburg (Pa.)SP Michael Manley Jr. Delta State (Miss.)SP Carl O'Neal Sr. St. Mary's (Texas)SP Glenn Wallace Sr. Sonoma State (Calif.)SP Harmen Sidhu Sr. Sonoma State (Calif.)RP Dillon McNamara Sr. Adelphi (N.Y.)
THIRD TEAMC Nick Tindall So. Quincy (Ill.)1B Alex Wojciechowski Fr. Minnesota Duluth2B Braden Box Sr. Colorado Mesa3B Jordan Edgerton So. North Carolina-PembrokeSS Mike Mercurio Sr. Mount Olive (N.C.)OF Marvin Campbell Sr. Hawaii PacificOF Patrick Grady Jr. Lander (S.C.)OF Nate Hewes Sr. Augustana (S.D.)DH Peter Creamer Sr. Eastern New MexicoUT (non-pitcher) Chris Ballou Sr. Texas A&M-KingsvilleUT (pitcher) Logan Kalis Sr. Bemidji State (Minn.)SP James Baune Jr. Southern ArkansasSP Tim Mayz Jr. Millersville (Pa.)SP Alex Regan So. Mount Olive (N.C.)SP Jake Stephens Sr. West FloridaRP Taylor Grover Jr. South Carolina-Aiken
HONORABLE MENTIONNolan Johnson (C, Minnesota State) ; Jeff May (C, Lander) ; Jason Matusik (1B, Lynn) ; Cesar Abreu (2B, Arkansas Tech) ; Tyler Aldridge (3B, Delta State) ; Blake Miller (SS, Western Oregon) ; Bryce Baur (OF, South Carolina-Aiken) ; Michael Danner (OF, Tampa); Kevin Gratza (OF, Central Missouri) ; Andrew Pezzuto (OF, Southern New Hampshire) ; Jeremy Weber (DH, Cal State Los Angeles); Kale Sumner (UT non-pitcher, Hawaii Pacific) ; Zach Loraine (UT pitcher, Coker) ; James Dylan (SP, West Texas A&M) ; Chris Murphy (SP, Millersville) ; Nick Lomascolo (SP, Catawba) ; Scott Lieser (SP, St. Cloud State) ; Mike Adams (RP, Tampa)


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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Cover cookie sheet with foil. Spray foil with cooking oil spray.
- Place crackers on foil in 5 x 7 inch rows.
- Microwave butter on high for 2 minutes. Add brown sugar and stir. Microwave on high for 2 more minutes, stirring every 30 seconds.
- Pour over crackers. Bake 17 - 20 minutes (should bubble but not burn).
- Sprinkle chocolate chips over hot crackers. Spread after 2 minutes (chips have softened). Sprinkle nuts on top.
- Refrigerate 1 hour. Break into pieces. Can be frozen.
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I have been a member of this site since 2000 and have never rated a recipe before today. But I just had to add my input for this one. I have been making this every year since 12/4/2000. Every year I have to make many batches. It disappears quickly. In fact just the other night a woman I did not know, stopped me at a party before I left to ask me for the recipe. Of course I gave her this website and the name of the recipe. I would like to address some of the issues that I have read. If your candy turned out greasy the butter and brown sugar probably were not fully combined before it was poured on. You have to stir it every 30 seconds and it may need another 30 if not combined after 2 min. If the edges were burnt, check your oven temp. with an oven themometer. It may be running a little hot. I have made this in several different ovens over the years and have found this to be the case. If it comes out soupy it may not have cooked for long enough or the oven may be running not hot enough. When you put on the pecans or other nuts of choice, lightly press with your hand flat or with the bottom of a large measuring cup. Less topping will be lost.Also another variation, try with white chocolate chips and crused candy canes.I have made 6 batches of this within the past couple of days and will probably make a few more. It's a great last minute gift.
This was Excellent! One Change that my Husband thought of and made a Great Difference is using Graham Crackers instead of Saltines. We tried both and favor the Cinnamon Graham Crackers! The first batch we burned...I think ours only took like 10-13min...So keep a Close Eye on it.
Oh My God! This was absolutely delicious! I found that mine burned around the edges so I'll have to play around with the baking time. I also found that semi-sweet chips over-powered the pecans so I tried milk chocolate chips and toasted chopped almonds for the perfect match. I sprinkled the chips and nuts at the same time, waited a couple of minutes and then spread the melted chocolate with the nuts so that the nuts wouldn't fall off.
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Amount Per Serving (12 total)
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- 440 cal
- 22%
- Fat
- 31.3 g
- 48%
- Carbs
- 43.2 g
- 14%
- Protein
- 3 g
- 6%
- Cholesterol
- 41 mg
- 14%
- Sodium
- 184 mg
- 7%
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The event at Platte River State Park in Louisville is scheduled for April 27. The workshop will include horseback riding for beginners, Dutch oven cooking and shooting skills with archery, shotguns and rifles.
The event is part of a state and national program designed to encourage women to develop skills in outdoors activities.
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Scott Allen of AES Northeast, who served as a consultant on the project, said the changes allow a clearer understanding of the allowed occupancy and storage of such campers.
"It really is less restrictive than what the old ordinance said," he said.
Town of Champlain Codes Enforcement Officer Michael Tetreault said infractions of the existing rule have become more of an issue, with increasing complaints. He said he has been holding off until the new law is in place.
"Once we have the new law going forward, that's the one I'm going to enforce," he said.
Previously, the town zoning ordinance stated no travel trailer located outside a travel-trailer park could be connected to water, sewer or electrical utilities except for a temporary 15-day period. In addition, a travel trailer could not be inhabited or used for sleeping or eating quarters for more than 15 days per year.
The third provision stated travel trailers could not be stored on a property except that of the owner and with an existing residential structure on that property.
The draft zoning law says a travel trailer can be inhabited only if a permit is received from the town. That permit is valid for a maximum of 120 days, and only one permit per parcel can be granted per year.
No fee for the permit was established with the draft version of the law.
After 120 days, the trailer must be removed from the property for a minimum of 245 days before another permit can be obtained.
The trailer must be connected to adequate water, sewer and electrical service while occupied. The Clinton County Health Department is responsible for certification of wastewater systems, Tetreault said, but many trailers have self-contained units.
John Kanoza, director of the Health Department's Environmental Health and Safety Division, said the best option, from the department's perspective, would be to have each trailer connected to an individual septic system.
The next best option would be to use portable disposal units to drain on-board storage tanks and take the waste to a site set up for wastewater disposal, he said.
Electrical connections must be inspected by a qualified electrician.
As many as two trailers can be stored outdoors on a property that includes an inhabited residential structure, according to the draft law, but nowhere else. No travel trailer can be parked for a rental purpose.
The revised zoning map reduces the number of zoning districts from 24 to 13. Allen said that was done because some of the distinctions between districts were very minor.
In addition, the process for obtaining a special-use permit has changed.
Previously, the Zoning Board of Appeals handled that from the outset. Now, the Planning Board will examine that when plans are submitted and make a recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The entire amended zoning law was rewritten to make it easier to read and understand, Allen said.
The process started when the Town Council appointed a temporary Zoning Amendment Advisory Committee in June 2012. Eleven meetings, all open to the public, were held to gather input for the draft amended law.
The draft has been found acceptable by the zoning and planning boards that serve the town, as well as the Clinton County Planning Board.
The Town Council has scheduled a public hearing on the draft amended zoning law and zoning map for 7 tonight at the Champlain Town Office Complex, 729 Route 9.
The draft is available on the town's website, www.townofchamplain-ny.com.
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July 20, 2009
DVC Foundation Golf Tournament
The DVC Foundation held the 12th Annual Golf Tournament on Monday, July 13th at Contra Costa Country Club. The event is sponsored by Tesoro Refining and Marketing, as well as ten additional sponsors. All proceeds from the tournament benefit student scholarships, campus programs, facility improvements and more.
It takes a lot of volunteers to make this event successful and several of our DVC professional staff members volunteered their time to make the tournament a success. Special thanks to: Julie Catalano, Terri Cassidy, Jeanie Dewhurst, Christine Garcia, Marcia Giovanni, Nancy Harvey, Patty Herrera, Dean Holman, Diane Nevis, Sonia Nilsen, Linda Robbins, Sue Rohlicek, Cyndi Stauffer, Hedy Wong, and Carol Yacorzynski.
Additional thanks goes out to volunteers Dianne Catalano, Jeff Gale, Ryan Harvey, Mike Kornek, and Jimmy Goga who are all friends and family of a DVC employee.
It's also important to recognize Foundation Director, Cindy Goga, and the staff team, Catherine Franco and Leslie Mills, for their hard work in organizing the event.
The anticipated net from this event is $75,000 - much needed funding for our DVC students. This is another example of our commitment to students...everyday in every way we are helping someone in some way to reach their educational goal.