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Traverse City — The Grand Traverse Bay YMCA is offering a variety of basketball programs for all ages and abilities.
There are programs for preschool children, elementary and middle school girls and boys, plus adult leagues for both men and women. The Y is located at 3000 Racquet Club Dr., off South Airport Road. For details, visit www.gtbayymca.org or call 933-9622.
MHA crew training
Traverse City — The Maritime Heritage Alliance is taking registrations for its winter basic crew training.
The training program prepares adults 18 years and older to sail as deckhands on the Maritime Heritage Alliance's Schooner Madeline and Sloop Welcome. Sessions include classroom presentations and hands-on skill training exercises and will be held Jan. 24, Feb. 7 and 28, and March 7 and 28, at the CenterPointe Auditorium and the MHA workshops, both on South West Bay Shore Drive. A training fee is charged. Onboard training begins in June.
For complete details, visit www.maritimeheritagealliance.org, or call the MHA office, 946-2647.
Scholarship apps
Traverse City — The Community Foundation is taking scholarship applications from child care providers seeking professional development or continuing education.
Funds are available from the newly established Child Care Connections (formerly 4C) Fund, which was created to continue to promote and strengthen quality child care in Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee and Wexford counties.
Funding is for private home-based daycares and private and tuition-based child care centers. Priority will be given to providers who do not have other means of funding available to them. Awards of up to $2,000 per individual will be considered.
Scholarship applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and will be reviewed at least quarterly. For details, complete application information, and to apply, visit www.4good4ever.org.
Aikido classes
Traverse City — Aikido instructor Katherine (Roo) Heins has opened a Traverse City-based aikido dojo, Northwest Michigan Aikikai, and is accepting students.
Heins holds the rank of fifth dan, and is certified as a shidoin (full instructor) through Birankai North America. Classes in this Japanese martial art are held Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Trigger Boxing, 1220 Woodmere. Beginners are welcome.
Anyone interested in attending should call (231) 735-2005 or email email@example.com.
Learn Italian
Traverse City — Two Italian classes are starting at the Grand Traverse Commons.
"Let's Talk," a class for beginners, will meet 6:15-8:15 p.m. on 10 Wednesdays starting Jan. 16. "Let's Talk More" for more advanced students will meet from 6:15 to 8;15 p.m. 10 Mondays starting today, Jan. 14.
Both classes will be held at the Village Center conference room above Cuppa Joe. The price for each course is $130. For details, visit www.thevillagetc.com.
School 'STEM' night
Traverse City — The Greenspire School will host STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Night and an open house on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
There will be hands-on activities for families from 5 to 7 p.m. at the school, 1026 Red Dr., at the Grand Traverse Commons. For details, visit www.greenspireschool.org.
Spanish class
Traverse City — A Spanish Conversation class will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 10 Thursdays, starting Jan. 17, at the Northwestern Michigan College University Center, room 9. For details or to register, call 995-1700 or visit www.nmc.edu/ees.
Kids book signing
Traverse City — Barry and Suzanne Gavel will sign copies of their picture book "Barn Dance" on Saturday, Jan. 19.
The book signing will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at Horizon Books, 243 E. Front St. The books comes with a CD and follows a cow, a horse and a turtle who hear about a "barn dance" and set out to see exactly what that is.
For details, call 946-7290, (800) 587-2147 or visit www.horizonbooks.com.
TART snow removal
Traverse City — Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trails Inc. and the City of Traverse City are partnering to provide snow clearing along sections of the TART Trail.
The TART from Carter Road to Bunker Hill Road in Acme will be cleared when there is snow accumulation of at least three inches. The Murchie Bridge underpass along the TART will be shoveled by young volunteer Carter Schmidt, who operates Carter's Compost in the Oak Park neighborhood. Volunteers also will shovel the Boardman Lake pedestrian bridge.
New this year, the Mall Trail from 14th Street to South Airport Road will be cleared through service donated by Johnson Outdoors, owned by Joe Johnson.
To learn more, visit TART Trails' Smart Commute webpage at http://traversetrails.org/programs/smart-commute/.


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Updated 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21:
One of two men wanted in connection with an Aug. 14 home invasion in Plainfield has been apprehended.
Anthony W. Wilkinson, 18, of the 400 block of Linden in Joliet, was arrested Sunday by Joliet police and booked into the Will County jail, according to jail records.
Wilkinson is charged with residential burglary, a felony. Bond was set at $250,000, meaning Wilkinson would have to post $25,000 to be released.
A second Joliet man, 20-year-old Ryan Beattie, is wanted on warrants for aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, residential burglary and four counts of home invasion.
Plainfield police on Friday said they are working to determine the identity of a third man involved in the incident. According to police, the three suspects — two of whom were wearing masks and wielding guns — entered an apartment in the 24000 block of Main Street around 1 a.m. Aug. 14 and demanded drugs and money.
A 19-year-old man was shot in the upper chest area after pursuing the three suspects from the apartment, while a second man was punched in the face several times after struggling with the assailants, police said.
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Plainfield police believe they know the identities of two of the three men suspected in an Aug. 14 home invasion that ended in gunfire.
Detective Sgt. Kevin McQuaid said arrest warrants have been issued for Ryan M. Beattie, 20, of the 700 block of Winterberry in Joliet, and 18-year-old Anthony W. Wilkinson of the 400 block of Linden Avenue in Joliet.
McQuaid said the warrants were issued "after a lengthy and detailed investigation."
Beattie faces charges of aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, residential burglary and four counts of home invasion—all felonies—according to police.
Wilkinson is wanted on a warrant for residential burglary.
Police are still working to determine the identity of the third suspect, McQuaid said.
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Police believe Beattie shot a 19-year-old resident in the upper chest during a scuffle in the vestibule of the apartment building after the teen pursued the three suspects. The victim also suffered an injury to his arm, and was treated and released from an area hospital following the shooting.
According to police, six people ranging in age from their late teens to their early 20s were in the apartment when the suspects entered, demanding drugs and money, shortly after 1 a.m. Aug. 14. Two of the home invaders were wearing masks over their faces and brandishing firearms, police said.
Another resident was also injured during a struggle inside the apartment after being punched in the face several times by one of the suspects, according to police. He was treated by paramedics at the scene.
This summer, police said the assailants specifically targeted the Main Street apartment.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Beattie or Wilkinson is asked to immediately contact the Plainfield Police Department.
"If you see these two offenders, do not attempt to approach them," McQuaid said in a press release. "Immediately call 911 and notify the local authorities."
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We have talked about supervision and finding treatment failures and conditions that have low odds of successful treatment
in an efficient manner that is cost efficient for the dairy, good welfare for the cow and work we'd like to do. These are
hollow words unless it can be delivered to the cows in need on a timely basis.
Times have been hard on dairies economically for several years. How can we expect to expand our work in this economic climate
regardless of the legalities of AMDUCA, the need for a valid VCPR, or the introduction of a welfare program?
The 1 defined condition / 1 treatment / 1 recording plan we build into the written protocol is exactly the tool to accomplish
this and our fertility work schedules allow a modest expansion of work that has huge opportunities for improved the welfare
of the cow and clinical effectiveness of the treatments. We can accomplish this in a cost effective way and more importantly
we pay for it ourselves by improving the dairies profitability. We have the perfect vehicle already set up on our dairies.
Logistically, this works best when we arrive early and initiate the herd check by looking at the lists of the animals being
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A summary command of the fresh cow
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A summary command of clinical mastitis cows
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change should trigger a more in depth investigation.
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The herd's policy toward detection sensitivity and management of mild cases
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want to have input into. Arriving early for this portion of the herd check was not said by accident. Since our cows have
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has become a major factor in the scheduling of herd checks and the time commitment by both the workers and ourselves is usually
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PHOENIX -- Drivers in the Valley can expect a relatively delay-free weekend as only one minor freeway closure is scheduled.
The southbound Loop 101 on-ramp at Shea Boulevard will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 3 p.m. Saturday for pavement repairs.
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PULLMAN -- Connor Halliday surprised the small collective tuned in to Monday's press conference when a reporter asked him about Washington State's annual trip over the Cascade Mountains to play a conference game at CenturyLink Field.
"It's not a true home game. It's frustrating we don't get to play the game in Martin Stadium," said the Cougars quarterback. "I wish all of our home games were here. I don't see why we have to go someplace else to play a home game. That's my opinion."
Such bluntness is rare from the face of a program reeling from Saturday's 35-34 loss to the Ricky Martin-bad Colorado Buffaloes.
Unclear to Halliday are the financial virtues of hosting a home game at the Clink (capacity 67,000) as opposed to Martin Stadium (capacity 34,000). WSU has sold about 56,000 tickets to Saturday's 7:30 p.m. game against the No. 2-ranked Oregon Ducks. The WSU athletic department will collect twice the revenue that a typical September home game in Pullman generates (about $2 million.)
But at what cost?
With a rabid, painfully obnoxious collection of Phil Knight enthusiasts, Oregon supporters could outnumber WSU fans. On Aug. 1, WSU had sold just 35,137 tickets through its website. Three days later they went on sale to the general public.
Those numbers don't factor the number of Cougs who slammed their season tickets in the trash after watching WSU blow a 17-point lead in seven minutes to the worst team in the FBS.
Even Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens sounded delighted with the thought of his fans making the short trip up the I-5 corridor.
"We are looking forward to this game Saturday against Washington State," he said in open letter to fans earlier this week. "We have an opportunity to make CenturyLink Field virtually a home game, and show yet another national television audience the strength of our passionate fan base."
Halliday's comments came as Moos began his annual week-long campaign to rally a west side alumni base that has yet to buy into the Mike Leach regime. At $30 million, WSU currently has the lowest operating budget in the Pac-12.
Except for 2010, the Cougars have hosted a game in Seattle since 2002. WSU is an unimpressive 5-4 in those contests. The current two-year agreement to play both Oregon schools that started in 2011 will reportedly be renewed. Last year, the Beavers embarrassed Paul Wulff's 4-8 Cougars team 44-21 in front of a mostly empty stadium.
Barring Kenjon Barner experiencing episodic flashbacks from this, WSU has little chance to upset a Ducks team that pummeled Arizona 49-0 in Eugene last week.
When the Cougars stumble off the field late Saturday night after surrendering 60 points, will the $2 million generated from ticket sales really be worth it?
Not at all.
WSU will reel in some $15 million from the Pac-12 Networks' lucrative new television deal this season. That money should offset the need to snatch a few million bucks for a university that possesses perhaps a unique home field advantage.
Pullman isn't an easy place to get to. There's a reason UCLA hasn't won at Martin Stadium since the Reagan administration.
Spoiler alert: It's not for a lack of talent.
Years back, I saw a University of Washington fan wearing a t-shirt that read: "All Dirt Roads Lead to Pullman."
Well, a few of them actually do.
Displacing a home game made sense for former athletic director Jim Sterk when WSU couldn't compete financially with Pac-12 heavyweights. Now, it comes off as a desperate attempt to appeal to the big-time donors in the 206.
WSU defensive end Xavier Cooper, a Tacoma native who said he will have more than 20 friends and family members in attendance, best summed up the prevailing sentiment best.
"I wish the game was (in Pullman)," he said. "We deserve to have it here, but obviously that isn't my decision."
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Smug Democrats Don't Have the Healthcare Moral High Ground
Not paying for their bill is also a moral issue.
By Mary Kate Cary, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
If you look at the optics during the last few days of coverage from the healthcare bill's passage, you'll see shots of the Democratic leadership arm-in-arm with civil rights leader John Lewis; last night, Ted Kennedy's widow was on CNN saying how proud he'd be that the legislation passed; today the coverage of the signing ceremony included Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC marveling at the fact that Bernie Sanders and Bart Stupak were standing side by side in support for the "historic" bill. No mention of the fact that not a single Republican was there, or that the bill passed with only Democratic support--and even then, just barely.
Not only are Democrats overreaching a bit in terms of congratulating themselves, but they're going out of their way to vilify Republicans. My congressman here in Maryland, Chris Van Hollen, told Politico this morning that nothing would make him happier than Republicans running on a "repeal the bill" platform this fall. "Who am I to give my Republican colleagues advice, but if they want to run on, 'Repeal the bill,' we say: Make my day," Van Hollen said. "They will be clearly siding with the insurance industry ... to try to prevent kids from getting coverage."
Van Hollen ignores the fact that the Democratic healthcare bill actually sided with the insurance industry and gave insurers everything they wanted: mandated coverage for all Americans with very few cost controls. But he's got the larger point all wrong. Republicans don't want to take coverage away from sick kids. That's just as morally smug as putting this vote on a par with passage of the Civil Rights Act. Both arguments seem disingenuous to me.
Most of us agree that as a society, we have an obligation to provide healthcare to uninsured sick people. For Republicans, it's just a question of whether the government should actually do the providing. And if there is going to be government-provided healthcare, most people also believe there's an obligation to do so in a fiscally responsible way. That's what all those voters have been screaming about: Most people think the bill needs to be paid for. This bill doesn't do that. Paul Ryan, ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, talks about the fixes the GOP should propose rather than just repealing and going back to the status quo (click here for his answer on "repeal and replace"; the good stuff starts at 1:49).
Republicans agree the system was broken and that the status quo was financially unsustainable. And while it might feel good for Democrats to crow about the new bill, they're ignoring the recklessness of establishing a new trillion-dollar entitlement program without the money to pay for it. If you want to get moral about it, isn't there just as much of a moral obligation in finding a way to pay for healthcare as there is in providing it in the first place?


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Knoxville — Though the school district's finances are still in good shape, the Knoxville School Board voted Tuesday night to offer early retirement incentives to staff members.
According to information provided by the district, there are 45 staff members who may be eligible for early retirement. All of the funding for the retirement incentives will come from the district's management fund, which comes from property taxes.
Early retirees have two incentive options. The first is to receive 100 percent of his or her salary, payable over a period of 36 months. The second is to receive five years of paid individual health insurance. This recommendation was made by the personnel committee, which includes board members Mike Moats and Mike Helle, with Superintendent Randy Flack and Business Manager Craig Mobley.
During the time of the meeting set aside for comments from the community, former teacher and board member Mark Mahoney raised concern about rumors that certain staff members have been encouraged to accept early retirement. Prior to the board's vote on the incentive package, Board member Andrew Schmidt clarified that no one has been encouraged to accept early retirement.


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Laurie Winters will be director of Museum of Wisconsin Art
Laurie Winters, a curator known for organizing internationally recognized exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum and working with some of the largest museums in the world, will run what has been a small, regional museum focused entirely on Wisconsin art.
Winters has been named director of the Museum of Wisconsin Art, which will open a dramatic, new building on the banks of the Milwaukee River in West Bend in April.
It took some convincing to snag her. She got a call from a recruiter on her last day at MAM, when she was rushing out to her own going-away party
Winters had just founded The Art Consortium, an international think tank focused on the problems facing museums today, and was planning the organization's first annual meeting in Vienna. She couldn't imagine taking on a new challenge.
But the MWA board kept after her. Winters relented and agreed to an interview. Still, excited about prospects of the consortium, she was unmoved, even when they offered her the job.
On a lark, She called her friend, artist and former photography curator at MAM, Tom Bamberger, to tell him she was going to turn it down.
"He was like, 'Oh my God, you can't do that, you have to take it,'." Winters said. "I said 'Why?' and he said, 'Because it's an opportunity to get Wisconsin art right.'"
Taken aback, Winters decided to call another trusted colleague, Jon Prown, the executive director of the Chipstone Foundation. Without hesitation, he told her she had to grab it, too. It was her chance to explore all of the ideas she was investigating with The Art Consortium in an actual museum, Prown told her. Well known Wisconsin artist and MWA board member Tom Uttech also also instrumental in making the case to Winters.
With that, the wheels started spinning in her mind. Winters started to imagine how she could utilize new information gathered by the art world leaders and thinkers in the consortium – ideas about museum fatigue, research on how people learn, among other things – and experiment with how a museum works, she said.
Then she considered criticisms lobbed at MAM and other institutions about failing to connect with regional artists.
"It's a problem, and that's part of what attracted me to it," she said. "It's an opportunity to really get that relationship right."
Winters, who specializes in earlier European art at MAM, is not an expert in Wisconsin art, she readily admits.
"But nor was I an expert on Biedermeier when I started focusing on that ... nor was I an expert on Polish art when I started working on the Leonardo show," she said, referencing two of her most acclaimed shows, "Biedermeier: The Invention of Simplicity" and "Leonardo da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland," the exhibit with the highest attendance of any show at MAM to date.
"I just knew there was something interesting there, there was an intellectual challenge there," she said. "I feel as excited about this as I did when starting any of those projects."
Steve Fleischman, director of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, which does a considerable amount of programming around Wisconsin artists, wasn't concerned about Winters' shift in emphasis. Increasingly, directors come from a wider array of backgrounds today, he said. No one person is going to have all of the skills for the top job, he said.
Tom Lidtke, the former director of the museum and a scholar on the state's art history, will remain on board in an emeritus position. Graeme Reid, the museum's assistant director and a familiar presence at art events throughout the state, is knowledgeable on working artists. He will remain in his post.
Beyond the expertise of Lidtke and Reid, Winters plans to put together a cabinet of advisers, including Bamberger, Prown, Uttech and other artists and arts professionals. She's thinking a lot about Russell Bowman, the former director of MAM, and the kind of open and lively dialogue that seemed to exist under his leadership as a model, she says.
Polly Morris, director of the Lynden Sculpture Garden and one of the few other female directors of an arts institution in the area, likened the possibilities to the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, where Nina Simon, who has been researching new participatory models for museums, is director.
"They don't have the same baggage or the weight of history and tradition," said Morris of smaller, regional museums. "They don't have a large staff that needs to be retrained, they don't have the same range of vested interests...I can entirely understand why someone would be attracted to such an opportunity."
Bamberger says he expects Winters will raise interesting questions about the nature of regionalism and place in art.
"No one will ever work harder than Laurie," he said. "This won't be a sleepy place."
The MWA does want to change its mission considerably, Winters says. The idea is to be the state institution for Wisconsin art.
Programming might include not only artists who've lived here, but artists who had transformational experiences here, she said. She's also interested in developing programming related to architecture and design in Wisconsin.
Part of the museum's changing identity is its new building, designed by Milwaukee architect Jim Shields of HGA Architects. With the greatly expanded space, the museum, which has been researching and refining the history of Wisconsin art for 20 years, will be able to tell more of its story. It will also have spaces more appropriate for changing exhibits and contemporary programming.
Winters worked for MAM for 15 years, most recently as the director of exhibitions and publications. She earned an MBA from Alverno College earlier this year and holds a master's degree in art history from the University of Michigan and a bachelor's in art history and French from the University of Toledo. She has been a Fulbright Fellow, was selected for the museum leadership program at the Getty Leadership Institute and was awarded the Cavalier's Cross of the Order of Merit by Poland in 2003 for her work on the da Vinci show.
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I'm glad Tom Bamberger was able to convince Miss Winters to take this job that she didn't want and involves a subject matter she isn't an expert about. I'm looking forward to many shows involving one famous painting and a bunch of paintings nobody cares about. Rejoice all ye' rich white ladies!


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A four-time county champion who won 41 of her 42 high school golf matches has signed her national letter-of-intent to attend Indiana State, beginning with the fall 2013 semester, according to Indiana State women's coach Greg Towne.
Megan Berube, Spring Hill, Fla., a versatile student-athlete at Franks Springstead High School in Brooksville, Fla., signed Wednesday.
"Megan excels in everything she does," Towne said. "She is coming from a highly competitive environment in Florida where there are plenty of good players. To be medalist in 41 out of 42 matches is pretty incredible."
Berube became the first female high school golfer to win four straight Hernando County championships with her victory at the 2012 championships in October. She also won the county title twice in middle school running her winning streak to six straight county championships.
She has been playing golf since she was 8 and played against boys while on the boys team through middle school. Berube led her middle school team to three undefeated seasons and three county championships.
Berube was captain of her high school team two years and led Springstead High School to 30 straight divisional wins with three straight undefeated seasons and four county championships. The team was district champions twice and runner-up once, and competed in the regionals the past two seasons. She competed in the state tournament as a sophomore and placed 14th out of 98 individuals.
Her ability on the golf course led to Berube being named Hernando County Most Valuable Player for three straight years with the 2012 awards yet to be announced. She was also named the Player of the Year twice in the North Suncoast Conference while also being named first-team all-conference for three straight years. The 2012 awards have not been announced yet.
Berube also excels in music and theatre as she appeared in a number of musicals, is a member of the Springstead High School chorus, and performed eight solo performances during her high school career.
"To be so skilled in music, theater and golf is a testament to the way she practices and her focus," Towne said. "Megan has the desire to play golf after college and she feels like the training she will receive here will give her that opportunity. I can see Megan making an impact in the MVC in her first year."
Berube also has experience competing on several tours, including the Florida Women's Golf Association Tour, Florida Junior Tour, Hurricane Tour, Premier Tour, Greater Tampa Bay Golf Association Tour, and the Nature Suncoast Junior Golf Association Tour. She tied for third out of 44 individuals at the 2012 Florida Junior Girls Championships and placed 12th out of 67 competitors at the 2012 Florida State Associations Women's Stroke Play Championships after tying for 22nd at the 2011 championships.
Cross country
n Pomeroys 2nd — At Lake Placid, N.Y., Saint Mary-of-the-Woods finished second in the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) women's championships last Friday.
SMWC senior Stephanie Runyon defended her 2011 individual title by crossing the finish line first in the 6-kilometer race. Her time was 24 minutes, 11 seconds. Junior teammate Logan Fry came in fourth in 25:12. Runyon and Fry were named to the USCAA All-American team.
Also representing The Woods, Casandra Barrett placed 15th. Others who finished for the Pomeroys were Lauren Sutton, Sarah Hudson, Corianna Frederick, Nicole Myers and Jennifer Hughes.
"The ladies worked so hard for it and they all ran amazing, pouring their heart and soul into the race," SMWC coach Danelle Readinger said. "With that, we brought home second place, which is huge with the level of competition we had. The team was so united, strong, and their effort all year really proved itself. I could not be more proud of them and I feel blessed to coach these amazing girls."
Southern Virginia captured the team championship with 67 points, followed by The Woods with 94, SUNY ESF 104, Dine College 110 and University of Dallas 124.
n Community run — At LaVern Gibson Championship Course, 57 runners participated in a 5K community run Sunday in conjunction with the Nike Midwest Championships.
Top 10 — Craig Rupe 16:53.9, Nathan Kump 18:07.2, Scott Noble 18:55.9, Morgan Dearing 18:59.6, John Schmitz 19:07.0, Johnathan Davis 19:14.0, Tom May 19:22.9, Isaiah Nay 19:46.5, Andrew Wharton 19:56.0, Justin Dale 19:57.8.


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The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office will increase its operation hours for fingerprinting and Self Defense Act application services beginning Wednesday.
Beginning that day, people may visit the sheriff's office from 1 to 4 p.m. each Wednesday and Thursday to turn in SDA applications and be fingerprinted.
Sheriff Joe Lester said CCSO has seen an increase in the number of SDA applications in recent weeks. Six months ago, employees processed about 50 applications a week. The number has since doubled.
"By adding an extra two hours a week, we hope to meet the growing demand for SDA licenses," Lester said. "Please be patient when you arrive to fill out your paperwork, and we will be with you as soon as possible."
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