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Editors Note: The Telegraph asked readers to share their experiences if they were in New York or Washington on Sept. 11, 2001. Here are four accounts from Middle Georgians from that fateful day.
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Elise Myers had never been to New York City before. With her 45th birthday coming up on Sept. 18, 2001, Myers decided to go up a couple of weeks early, in large part because her lifelong friend, Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones, was finishing up a run on Broadway in the show Major Barbara before leaving to begin filming the movie Signs.
On Sept. 10, 2001, Myers and Jones were on a ferry headed back from Ellis Island late in the afternoon. It had rained intermittently all day, but the weather had begun to clear.
The women saw the World Trade Center in the distance. Clouds surrounded the tops of the Twin Towers, almost like a halo. Myers, still a novice photographer, asked Jones to take pictures of it.
She believes theyre among the last photos ever taken of the structures.
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Veteran detective Daryl Hughes was serving on New York Citys drug task force in 2001. He was driving to work, going through Brooklyn, about 20 blocks north of the World Trade Center.
Hughes was listening to the radio when a news bulletin came in that a plane had hit the first tower.
As he switched to his police radio, a report came through that a second plane had hit Tower 2. A call went out to all of the citys police force that a Level 1 mobilization was in progress. They were to report to designated areas and await further orders.
Hughes was sent to Queens, where police and firefighters were gathering at Shea Stadium.
Hughes job would be to escort firefighters to the towers.
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David Baskette had just departed Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta. He wasnt flying anywhere near New York or Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001.
Baskette, then 30, had just finished the ninth of 10 chemotherapy treatments. He was on his way from Macon to a business conference in Las Vegas.
Unbeknownst to Baskette or any of the other passengers on his flight, the plane was one of seven across the country that air traffic controllers lost contact with when the planes struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Ten years ago, there were no smartphones for airline passengers to get real-time news updates.
As Baskette looked out his window, he saw a couple of fighter jets flying alongside his plane.
It was a very bright, blue-sky day, he recalled. I could see the fighter jets and they were relatively close. They were keeping speed with us. I wasnt concerned, but I did think it kind of odd.
Baskette turned, looked down the aisle of the plane and saw two flight attendants.
They were crying.
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On Sept. 11, 2001, Jennifer Harrison was a corporate buyer making her monthly business trip to New York, along with 10 other people from her Charlotte, N.C.-based company.
Harrison had made the trip on many occasions, and nothing seemed unusual as the plane started its approach to New Yorks LaGuardia Airport.
Then the pilots voice came over the intercom and told passengers that something had happened to Tower 1 of the World Trade Center.
Harrison was sitting on the side of the plane that faced the center. She saw a giant hole in the side of the building, with smoke and flames billowing out. The second tower hadnt been hit yet.
You could see the big hole that was burning, Harrison said. But you couldnt see that a plane had hit.
The woman in the seat next to Harrison told her she had a daughter who worked at the World Trade Center. She had no idea if her daughter was OK.
At that point, I really did think it was some sort of terrorist attack, Harrison said. It was such a big hole. I knew they had hit the World Trade Center before, but never in my mind I thought it was a plane that hit it.
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Myers, a Milledgeville resident at the time, was scheduled to fly back to Georgia that day.
When word came that the first tower had been hit, Myers and Jones went to the roof of Jones apartment building in Greenwich Village, about a mile from ground zero.
They could clearly see the first tower burning, and Myers started taking pictures. As she changed the film in her camera, the second plane hit Tower 2.
When the first plane hit, I thought This is such a horrific accident, Myers said. But then we saw the second plane hit. Cherry turned to me and said, Were under terrorist attack.
Other residents from the building were also on the roof. One of them had a portable radio. As they listened to the news, Myers said she heard the voice of a man named Jim Gartenberg, who worked on the 86th floor of Tower 1. It was his last day of work. He was cleaning out his office and saying goodbye to co-workers.
The local ABC affiliate was broadcasting as Gartenberg calmly described the scene inside. The radio on the rooftop had picked up that feed.
Shortly afterward, the building fell, Myers said. We heard his last words. Ill never forget it. When I came home (to Milledgeville), I watched TV on Saturday morning. There was a woman being interviewed sitting with a child and expecting. It was Jill Gartenberg, Jims wife. I broke down for the first time when I saw that. It just brought up a flood of emotions.
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Hughes had changed into his police uniform and was escorting firefighters through the city to ground zero. His job was to help clear the area of the wounded and keep the way clear for fire units.
Hughes, who retired in 2003 after 20 years on the force and now lives in Jeffersonville, arrived at ground zero about 9:30 a.m. -- and stayed there until 3 a.m.
There was so much debris, he said. Youve seen the pictures, but its hard to explain. It was like walking on sponges. ... We actually saw the buildings come down.
Much of the time, amid the sheer scale of turmoil, Hughes and other officers could do little but watch.
Youre helpless, he said. You want to go in and do what you can, but you cant. It was just chaos.
His wifes cousin, Benjamin Clark, worked at Windows on the World, a restaurant at the top of Tower 1. She didnt know what had happened to Clark, and Hughes didnt know what to say to her.
I knew that if he was at work in the building, he was dead, Hughes said.
Sometime after 9/11, a DNA test confirmed that Clark had perished. The family held a memorial service about a month after the attacks.
Thats when it really got to me, he said.
Hughes finally returned home early on the morning of Sept. 12. He threw away his clothes, which were covered in soot, asbestos and chemicals.
Despite the long day, Hughes couldnt sleep. He just sat on the edge of his bed instead.
I started crying.
At 6 a.m., he returned to work.
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Shortly after Baskette saw the fighter jets alongside his plane, the captain told passengers that planes had crashed into the World Trade Center.
The pilot said there had been an attack, he said. He said, Dont be alarmed by the fighter jets. ... You could sense the anxiety.
The pilot said their plane would be diverted to Memphis, Tenn. It took about 20 minutes for the plane to land.
Baskette said he and his fellow passengers still didnt understand what the jets were there to do.
We were just wondering what was going on, he said. Were they afraid that someone was going to attack the plane, or did they think someone on the plane was going to try to do something?
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Harrisons plane landed shortly after she saw Tower 1 burning.
By the time they landed, passengers were informed that the second tower had also been struck.
Though much of New York City was without cell phone service, Harrison was able to call her mother in Macon and let her know she was OK.
Then she called her father, who didnt know his daughter was traveling to New York that day.
Since Harrison and her manager were the only two people in their entourage with cell phones, they had to help figure out where everyone was. Some employees had already arrived in New York and were trapped in the city. A second plane that had flown that same morning was diverted to an airport in Pennsylvania.
Harrison said getting into the city was impossible, as was finding a hotel that could accommodate 10 people. As the group waited in the lobby of a hotel, they saw footage of the second tower falling.
It was just unbelievable.
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Myers and Jones decided to head toward ground zero to see what was happening. Not many others were heading in their direction.
Though police tried to keep them out, the two women got close and saw hundreds of wounded or panicked people coming toward them.
Myers still had her camera, and she took many shots of rescue workers in action. A decade later, now living in Gray, she flipped through an old issue of Newsweek and stopped on a picture of a woman covered with soot and blood, being treated by a paramedic.
I (chose not) to take pictures of the people who were hurt or covered in soot, she said. I know lots of people did.
Besides her shots of the towers collapsing, Myers also captured on film the three firefighters who found an early casualty -- possibly the first -- of 9/11. She also took pictures of Trinity Church, where the first victims were taken for treatment.
On Sept. 12, as she and Jones walked the streets of the city, New Yorkers lined the streets to cheer on the rescue workers as they returned to the scene. Myers captured New Yorkers holding signs that read Thank You and NYs Heroes as the emergency vehicles drove by.
It was an impromptu parade, she said. People just lined the streets.
* * *
The worst part for Hughes was the feeling of helplessness, especially as he watched the towers come down after firefighters and police ran inside to aid victims.
At one point, he saw one of the fire trucks he had escorted into the city sitting empty on the street.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a truck from Engine 231, he said. I saw them earlier in the day. Then it hit me: Those guys were never coming back.
Neither were some officers Hughes had known over the years, including John Coughlin, a sergeant nicknamed Bear who worked in emergency services.
It was just the futility of it all after the towers had collapsed, Hughes said. There was a huge mound of debris. We knew that there were still people alive underneath it, but we just couldnt get to them.
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The worst part for Baskette was not having a cell phone to get in touch with his wife and family.
His plane landed at the Memphis airport, but because all of the gates were blocked with grounded flights, it was stuck in the middle of a field. Passengers had to use emergency slides to exit and walk to the airport.
Baskette doesnt remember if passengers had gotten the news about the Pentagon or United Flight 93 at that point, but once they reached the airport, for the first time, they finally understood what had happened.
We couldnt envision it, he said. We didnt understand the gravity of what had happened.
Baskette was finally able to call home.
My wife was beside herself because she hadnt heard from me, he said. It was a lot more serious than I had thought. I called my parents, and they were equally upset.
Baskette eventually had to rent a car and drive back to Atlanta. And because the Atlanta airport lots were full, he had to leave his rental car on the side of the road and drag his luggage for a long stretch before he reached his own car.
Today, hes a pharmaceutical representative for a company that makes oncology drugs -- the same ones that helped save his life a decade ago.
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Harrison and her team eventually made it back to Charlotte. In November 2001, she returned to New York for her regular meetings.
It was very nerve-wracking, she said. Everybody was quiet. We were relieved when we touched down in New York.
Travel had changed considerably over those two months -- and so had the travelers.
Everyone was aware of what people were doing around them, said Harrison, who now lives in Macon. You definitely thought about things. The security was ramped up. I definitely looked at people differently, I hate to say.
Harrison was in New York City in 2003 during the blackout. She said her 9/11 experience prepared her for that event.
For everyone who had been there for the Twin Towers, our first thought was that we had been hit again, she said. We always had a plan in place for what to do in case there was another emergency.
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Myers husband, John, was able to get her an Amtrak ticket to Greensboro, N.C., two days after the attacks. She had never been on a train before, but she and the other passengers bonded during the 14-hour trip.
Her husband met her in Greensboro, and they drove back to Milledgeville. On the way back, Myers said she asked John how long he thought the war would last. Did he think it would go on so long that their youngest son, Sawyer, then 10, would serve? John Myers told his wife he had no idea.
Today, Spc. Sawyer Myers serves with the 560th Army National Guard unit out of Fort Oglethorpe, in north Georgia. Hell take part in his first overseas deployment next month when the unit is sent to Iraq.
He signed up because of the benefits, like paying for college, Elise Myers said. He didnt discuss it with us. He just did it. But how can you say anything negative when someone wants to serve their country? You cant.
Myers, who won photography awards at the Cherry Blossom Festival and the Georgia National Fair for her 9/11 submissions, said she and Jones felt some measure of closure when Osama Bin Laden was killed.
But Ill never have full closure until our son is safe again, she said.
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As soon as he reached 20 years with the New York Police Department, Hughes retired. Even though he was doing important work, coordinating with the Drug Enforcement Administration against drug runners in New York City, the work lost some of its luster after 9/11, he said.
He spent months at ground zero, helping with the cleanup. Workers were given special red baggies to use if they came across any human remains. Fires were still burning and the smell was still in the air for many weeks after the attack.
With so many workers getting cancer because of their exposure to asbestos and other carcinogens, Hughes said he gets himself checked every year. So far, hes been fortunate and is cancer free.
For a while, he was a member of a support group for New York police officers who were trying to deal with the after effects of 9/11. Only recently has he started to watch 9/11-related TV programs.
Hughes retired from the NYPD at age 42 and eventually moved to Twiggs County, where he has a lot of family. He said 9/11 taught him to value each and every day.
I got my 20 years and retired, he said. I needed to enjoy life, because life is short. ... Hopefully, I can live a long life, but you never know.
To contact writer Phillip Ramati, call 744-4334.


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TRAVERSE CITY — A drawn-out sale of three pieces of government-owned property -- including an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site -- is almost complete, local officials said.
It's been about 18 months since Traverse City Area Public Schools and Leelanau County began negotiating with a private buyer for the sale of Norris Elementary School, as well as the former site of Grand Traverse Overall Supply commercial laundry and an adjacent residential property.
"I'm feeling we are close to the end here," said Trudy Galla, director of the Leelanau County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and the county's planning director. "The county and (TCAPS) have done everything they need to do. Now the buyer and the EPA just need to work everything out."
The buyer, Ed Young, is a New York-based artist and author of children's books. He wants to open a public recreation and arts center on the East Cherry Bend Road properties.
Young could not be reached for comment.
Young offered about $435,000 to TCAPS for the Norris facilities in the fall of 2011 and about $42,500 to the county for both of its properties in May 2012.
But several factors complicated the deal, not least of which are contamination issues. The EPA finished excavating contaminated soil from the county-owned Superfund site in December 2011.
EPA crews also installed a system to filter water runoff from the site through a cleaning system and negotiated ongoing rights to access that system.
TCAPS has dealt with EPA matters, too, including similarly granting ongoing access to a vapor extraction system at Norris.
The EPA also required the buyer to conduct a $50,000 environmental study of the Norris site, even though the district had already worked with the EPA on "volumes" of environmental studies, Paul Soma, TCAPS chief financial officer, said.
TCAPS trimmed $50,000 off Young's original bid to offset study costs. The EPA removed a lien on the Norris property once the assessment was complete.
Non-environmental roadblocks also cropped up.
A deed for the Norris property from the 1870s states the land reverts back to the heirs of the Norris family if the site is no longer used as a school.
The district offered the Norris heirs 10 percent of the sale's proceeds to settle the lingering ownership detail, Soma said.
The county meanwhile had to knock down a vacant house on the residential property in December 2012.
Now it seems only one hurdle remains.
Young is negotiating with the EPA to ensure the agency does not place a second lien on the property once it is sold, or if it increases in market value.
"They just want that assurance," Galla said.
EPA officials could not be reached for comment.
TCAPS and Leelanau County officials expressed cautious optimism about a finalized sale.
Several community groups like the YMCA and TC Total Crossfit pay TCAPS for use of the Norris facilities.
But TCAPS still spends roughly $15,000 to $20,000 annually on the former school. The district wants to alleviate those costs, Soma said.
"Our time and money and energy could be better spent serving the buildings where we do have students," Soma said.
Leelanau County Administrator Chet Janik called a completed sale a "win-win situation."
"It gets the property back on the tax roles, it gets the enviornmental issues resolved and the property can be used again," Janik said.

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Wine arson suspect pleads not guilty
- Thursday 4 August 2011
A Californian man who admitted destroying US$250 million worth of wine in an arson attack, has withdrawn his guilty plea.
In the latest chapter of the ongoing saga, Mark Anderson, has changed his guilty plea to not guilty.
Anderson was initally arrested in March 2007 and later pleaded guilty to 19 charges including arson and tax evasion, following a blaze at a Vallejo wine storage warehouse in 2005. He has now retracted his plea.
If Anderson fails to win his appeal, he faces up to 280 years in prison instead of the 15 years his attorney originally negotiated under the guilty plea.
Anderson's new attorney, Jan Karowsky told the San Francisco Chronicle, the accused wanted 'his day in court' adding 'a lot of people make unwise choices in courts of law, but they have a right to do it.'


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Supernatural Episode 711
"Adventures in Babysitting"
Written By: Adam Glass
Directed By: Jeannot Szwarc
Original Airdate: 6 January 2011
In This Episode...
After three weeks of mourning Bobby, the Winchesters slowly start getting back to "normal." That is, Dean drinks heavily and obsesses over revenge, while Sam tries to be a do-gooder. In this case, Dean is consumed by figuring out what those numbers Bobby gave them meant, and Sam is worried about a little girl.
But first, Dean. He enlists Frank's help in figuring out what the numbers meant. After running it through some algorithms, he discovers that Bobby died before he could include the last number. He is giving coordinates to a parcel of land in the middle of Wisconsin, recently purchased by a subsidiary of Dick Roman Enterprises. Surveillance shows that they are building something on this site, in the middle of nowhere. We just have to wait and see what develops.
Sam answers Bobby's cell phone. It is a young girl whose father told her only to trust Bobby. Sam tells her he is not there, and she hangs up. Sam tracks her down and finds a 14-year-old girl named Chrissy. Her father, a "salesman" has been gone for five days and hasn't checked in once. Sam knows what that means, and digs around until he finds some hint to where Lee might be.
Lee is tracking down a vetala, which seems to be a vampire/succubus demon of some kind. They don't really go into much of the vetala's history or backstory. Vetalas drink blood like a vampire, but they don't drain a person all at once. They take their time and kill a person over the course of three or four feedings. Sam goes looking for Lee, when he is attacked himself by a pair of vetalas, working as a team. When he wakes up, he is tied up in a warehouse with Lee. Lee is just one suck away from death, so when the vetalas try to finish him off, Sam taunts them until they feed off him.
When Chrissy doesn't hear back from Sam, she calls the number he left for her, which leads her to Dean. Dean is not thrilled when Chrissy insists she come with him to find Sam and Lee. Like the Winchesters, Lee has been raising Chrissy as a hunter for years. This isn't her first rodeo. Dean is not happy about it, but he lets Chrissy come along. Good move, for she sees a truck stop waitress get into the cab of a truck and drive off. They follow the truck, but Dean handcuffs Chrissy to the car to keep her safe. Dean goes into the warehouse, kicks ass very briefly, when Chrissy shows up, having picked the lock. One of the vetalas takes her hostage, forcing Dean to drop his weapon. Chrissy isn't a helpless little girl, of course. She unsheathes a knife from her sleeve and kills the vetala, frees Sam, and Sam kills the second.
Dig It or Bury It?
CW, please stop hyping your "midseason premieres" when they are this disappointing. It wasn't a bad episode, just kind of boring. The "action" scenes were a snooze, there was not much humor to speak of, and it just felt like they were going through the motions. It was a missed opportunity. It felt like pieces of several plotlines that were jammed into one episode.
Blood Brothers
This was really weak on both the gore and action fronts, but it was strangely satisfying watching a 14-year-old girl stab a vetala - then twist the knife like you're supposed to.
Spooky Humor
Dean's wit should have been razor-sharp tonight - but it wasn't. Telling Chrissy to "shut up and eat a cookie or something" was about as good as it got.
The boys time travel to 1944 and meet up with Elliot Ness. Tommy guns, gangsters, pinstripes, and fedoras - I'm looking forward to it.


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Good luck to him. I did five static line (paratrooper style) jumps from 5,000 feet and that was good enough for me. I really , really don't like heights.SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
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WILLIAMSBURG — Medicinal Groove has the prescription to cure the musical blues.
They will share their funk-jazz fusion with the audience from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday, April 19, at the Williamsburg Theatre, 4230 M-72 East. The doors open at 8 p.m. The cover charge is $5 and a full cash bar will be available.
Christian singles
PETOSKEY — The Singles for Christ dinner group will meet on Saturday, April 20. All singles 50 and older are invited.
The group will meet at 5 p.m. at J.W. Filmore's for dinner and then go to the First Presbyterian Church, 501 E. Mitchell St., for games, fellowship and snacks. Reservations are required; contact Peter Gillard, 348-7065 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
BAM helps Project Unity
TRAVERSE CITY — Books A Million (BAM) will donate 10 percent of purchases to Project Unity when customers present a voucher with a book fair code or give the cashier the number 7000000643.
Project Unity for Life provides support and services to previously incarcerated individuals to help them achieve successful re-entry into the community. The fundraiser will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the book store, where Project Unity will have a table set up for more information or for customers to pick up a voucher.
Wild Rose concert
BEULAH — The next Wild Rose concert features mezzo-soprano Lindsey Anderson and trumpeter Jim Bekkering.
The concert starts at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 8190 Lincoln Road. Donations will be accepted to support the Wild Rose Scholarship Program.
Library program
TRAVERSE CITY — The Peninsula Community Library will offer a free program focusing on computers.
"Hardware, Software, Anywhere" will start at 7 p.m. Monday, April 22, at the library, 2699 Island View Road. Mike Tusan from Mad Mike's Computer Services will discuss the latest software, protecting computers from viruses and more. For details, call 223-7700 or visit www.peninsulacommunitylibrary.org.
Beginning Bridge
TRAVERSE CITY — The Senior Center Network is offering beginner bridge classes for adults 50 and older at its Traverse City location, 801 E. Front St.
The five-week series meets from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Mondays starting April 22. The cost is $20 for Network members; $25 for non-members. Students also must purchase a manual for $5 from instructor Shirley Delaney.
Registration is required. For details or to register, call 922-4911.
Job fair for vets
TRAVERSE CITY — Veteran job seekers, active duty military members, guard and reserve members and military spouses are invited to "Hiring Our Heroes," a one-of-a-kind job fair on Tuesday, April 23.
The job fair is set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hagerty Conference Center, 715 E. Front St. Participants are encouraged to register in advance at http://www.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes/traverse-city-mi. Pre-registered participants will be eligible for an employment workshop classroom session from 9 to 10 a.m., also at the NMC Great Lakes Campus.
Job seekers are encouraged to dress professionally and resumes may be uploaded during the online registration process. Every resume that is attached will be sent to every registered employer.
Financial workshops
KALKASKA — Two free financial workshops will offer participants 10 tips on how to save money.
The workshop will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the All Seasons Resort, 760 S. Cedar St., Kalkaska; and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Traverse City Elks Club, 625 Bay St. For details or to register, call Ellen Merillat, 932-5280.
NMC launches program
TRAVERSE CITY —Northwestern Michigan College Extended Education program has launched a new audio production campaign. NMC is working with the leading audio industry, designed by Apple, to certify and expand the musical market emerging out of Traverse City and corresponding northern Michigan regions using Apple's Logic Pro Certification software.
As one of two Apple Authorized Training Center's in Michigan, NMC offers a three-day course designed to help customize, develop and validate participants as producers of their own musical score. Upon completion, participants will be Apple Certified Pros for both Logic Pro and Logic Pro Advanced, and included on the Apple Certified Professionals Registry.
For details, visit www.nmc.edu/apple. Testing is scheduled individually with instructor, Steve Quick. Contact Quick, 995-1721, to learn more about the course and exam.
Dance production
TRAVERSE CITY — An original theatrical dance production created and directed by Gretchen Eichberger premieres Saturday, April 20, at InsideOut Gallery, 229 Garland St.
"Dress" interweaves text, music and dance to express the woman's experience. The doors open at 7 p.m. with the performance at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 and available at the gallery and Oryana Natural Foods Market.
'Legends' program
TRAVERSE CITY — Dr. Barry Mehler of Ferris State University will explore the Jewish-American experience in Michigan during a "Legends" program on Saturday, April 20, at the History Center of Traverse City, 322 Sixth St.
Dr. Mehler's program, "Anti-Semitism in America, the High Tide: 1921-1940," will focus on the culture in which Dr. Weitz, northern Michigan's first radiologist, lived, worked and prospered. It will be presented from 3 to 5 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. The public is welcome and reservations are recommended. For details, call 995-0313, ext. 102.
German Club
TRAVERSE CITY — The German Club of Traverse City meets at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Right Brain Brewery, 225 E. 16th St. The next meeting is today, April 18.
Earth Day work bee
TRAVERSE CITY — Oryana Natural Foods Market will sponsor an Earth Day Work Bee from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 20, to help clean up the TART Trail. Volunteers should meet at the Oryana parking lot, 260 E. 10th St., and should bring work gloves and pruners. For details, visit http://www.oryana.coop/events/229.
Beach clean up
SUTTONS BAY — The Inland Seas Education Association and the Watershed Center will sponsor beach clean-ups Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21. Trash bags and gloves will be provided.
Suttons Bay beach clean up is on Saturday, April 20. Participants should meet at 1 p.m. at the ISEA parking lot, 100 Dame St. For details or to sign up, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Beach clean-up in Traverse City is Sunday, April 21. Volunteers should meet at 1 p.m. at the downtown Farmers Market parking lot, South Union Street and Grandview Parkway. For details or to register, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
BEAR LAKE — A work bee on home mushroom production will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at the Ware Farm, 9094 Alkire Road. Attendees will learn how to inoculate mushroom logs and will take home a share of fully inoculated logs. The cost is $110. For details, call 622-5252 or email email@example.com.
World Book Night
BEAR LAKE — Bear Lake will be a host site for World Book Night, an international effort to promote the love of reading.
The event starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the Bear Lake Fire Hall, U.S. 31. There will be refreshments and readings from Michael Perry's "Population 485." Bear Lake Township Fire Department first responders will receive copies of the book in appreciation of their efforts.
COA benefit dinner
BELLAIRE — The Bellaire Lionesses will host a spaghetti dinner Wednesday, April 24, to raise money for the Antrim County Commission on Aging.
The meal will be served from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Bellaire Senior Center, 308 E. Cayuga St.. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens and children 12 and younger and $20 for families. They are available at the senior center, from any Lioness member or at the door.
Trail work bees
TRAVERSE CITY — TART Trails is hosting trail work bees from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine, Saturday, April 20.
Work bees will be held at the Leelanau Trail at the Cherry Bend Road trailhead; Boardman Lake Trail at Hull Park; Boardman Lake Trail at the 10th Street trailhead; the Boardman River Trail, with access off Ranch Rudolph Road; the Three Mile Trail at Parsons and Three Mile roads; TART Trail at Four Mile Road to Bunker Hill Road (meet at Einstein Cycles); TART Trail at the Bunker Hill Road trailhead; and the Vasa Pathway trailhead.
For details or to find out what tools to bring, contact Lee Kurt, 941-4300 or email@example.com.
Garden workshop
TRAVERSE CITY — Breeze Hill Greenhouse will offer the first in a series of gardening workshops on Tuesday, April 23.
"Jump Start Hanging Baskets" will be offered from 2 to 4 or 6 to 8 p.m. at the greenhouse, 7230 Harry's Road. The cost is $35. Registration is required; call 941-7295 or visit the greenhouse.
'Art Attack'
KINGSLEY — Kingsley area students in kindergarten through 12th grade will share their art and poetry on Thursday, April 25, in an "Art Attack Festival of Arts" from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Kingsley Library, 213 S. Brownson, by the Kingsley Friends of the Library. The public is invited.
Call 263-5484 or visit www.tadl.org/kingsley to learn more.
Angel Ambassadors
TRAVERSE CITY — The Traverse City F.O.E. Post #383 will host a fundraiser for Angel Ambassadors in memory of Tech Sgt. Matthew Schwartz. Angel Ambassadors is a nonprofit organization that helps local veterans and their families.
The event will be held Friday, April 26, at the F.O.E., 409 W. 14th St. A meatloaf dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. will be followed by live music by Lake Effect from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. There also will be a silent auction and raffles. Tickets are $10; additional donations are welcome. For details, call Mike Bristol, 947-8604.
One man show
BENZONIA — One-man comedy/variety artist Dave Kaplan will make appearances in Benzonia and Williamsburg.
Kaplan, a virtuoso juggler, magician, inventor, musician and comedian, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Mills Community House, 891 Michigan Ave., Benzonia; and at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Williamsburg Theater, 4240 M-72 East, Williamsburg. Tickets for both shows are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
Advance tickets for the Benzonia show are available in Beulah at East Shore Market and Sugar Moon Cafe and in Frankfort at the Corner Drug or Frankfort Bookstore. Tickets and details also are available by calling 882-0591.
Advance tickets for the Williamsburg show are available in Traverse City at Brilliant Books, Oryana Natural Foods and West Side Beverage; and in Acme at the Stained Glass Cabinet Co. and Ace Hardware. Tickets and details also are available by calling 938-2181 or 941-8667.
Library Patron Day
LELAND — The Leland Township Library, 203 E. Cedar St., will host a Patron Appreciation Day open house today, April 20. There will be a "Buck A Book" sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a Friends general membership meeting at 11:30 a.m. and a drawing for a Kindle Reader at noon.
Documentary film
TRAVERSE CITY — "Do the Math," a documentary on the growing climate movement, will premiere in Traverse City and around the world on Sunday. April 21.
The film will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Grand Traverse, 6726 Center Road. A discussion on local efforts to address climate change will follow. For details, contact Mary Van Valin, 421-5243 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Youth group sale
TRAVERSE CITY — The Immaculate Conception Church Youth Group will hold its Granny's Attic and Grandpa's Garage sale from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, and 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, in Centennial Hall at the church, 720 Second St. Proceeds benefit the group's East Coast mission trip in June. For details, call 995-0431.
Seedling give-away
TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City Light & Power will give away eastern white pine seedlings starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Sara Hardy Farmer's Market, South Union Street and Grandview Parkway. For details, visit www.tclp.org.
Garza in concert
BEAR LAKE — Mary Ann Garza will perform at 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 21, at Bear Lake Christian Church, M-72 West. The public is invited.
Earth Day
TRAVERSE CITY — An Earth Day celebration will be held Monday, April 22, at K.J. Charters Traverse City State Park.
The event starts at 11 a.m. Volunteers are needed to clean up the beach and campground. Gloves, trash bags, refreshments and certificates of participation will be provided. A Recreation Passport is required for state park entry. For details, call the state park, 922-5270.
Beers and Hymns
TRAVERSE CITY — The community is invited to enjoy craft beer and sing hymns in a secular setting.
"Beers and Hymns" will be hosted at 7 p.m. Monday, April 22, at Right Brain Brewery, 225 E. 16th St.
Gift basket auction
TRAVERSE CITY — The 10th annual Munson Hospice Gift Basket Silent Auction will be held from Monday, April 22, to Friday, April 26. in dining rooms 3 and 4 in Munson Medical Center's cafeteria, 1105 Sixth St.
Written bids may be submitted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, April 22; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23; 6-8 a.m. and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 24; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Thursday, April 25; and 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, April 26. All bidding closes at 12:30 p.m. Friday.
Basket photos also may be viewed at www.munsonhomehealth.org/basketauction. Area residents are invited to view photos, pick a basket and place a bid in person. For details, call Kelly Yanick, Munson Hospice, 935-8481.
Red Cross 'Heroes'
TRAVERSE CITY — The American Red Cross of Northwest Michigan is looking for heroes.
The concept is simple. Participants in the "Heroes Campaign" run their own fundraisers to raise money to support American Red Cross services in Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Leelanau counties. The campaign ends May 17.
For details or to sign up, visit www.nwmiredcross.org or call 947-7286, ext. 7416. The Red Cross website also provides an online Heroes' Donation Site to set up teams or individual links and accept donations online.
Garden club meets
TRAVERSE CITY — Dick Evans, local author and illustrator of children's books, will introduce tower gardening at an open meeting of The Friendly Garden Club.
The meeting starts at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the First Congregational Church, 6105 Center Road. Evans is an advocate of good nutrition and eating local fresh foods Copies of his children's book "Discover the Magic of Rainbows" also will be available to purchase.
Orchestra concert
TRAVERSE CITY — The Central High School Orchestras will be joined by local adult musicians for an evening of music for the young and the young at heart.
The free performance starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in the Central High School auditorium, 1150 Milliken Dr. Featured pieces are Serge Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" narrated by Wendee Wolf Schlarf, Benjamin Britten's "Young People's Guide to the Orchestra" and George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with Nicholas Suminski on piano. For details, call 933-7570.
Wellness program
TRAVERSE CITY — Performance Chiropractic has added a wellness program to its April schedule.
Dr. Don Piche will present a "Creating Health" workshop at 6:15 p.m. Monday, April 29, at Performance Chiropractic, 551 S. Garfield Ave., suite B. The program is free and open to the public. Reservations are required; call 922-0110.
Call for art
FRANKFORT — The Elizabeth Lane Oliver Center for the Arts will host a "More than Meets the Eye" photography exhibit and is interested in featuring photographs by area artists that inspire viewers to contemplate the meaning behind the images.
Entries will be accepted 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, April 29, at the art center, 132 Coast Guard Road. The exhibit will run May 3 through June 2, with an artist reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 3. For details or entry forms, visit www.oliverartcenterfrankfort.org or call 352-4151.
End-of-life workshop
TRAVERSE CITY — The Grand Traverse Circuit will host a two-day film and workshop event focusing on end-of-life issues.
On Sunday, April 28, from 3 to 6 p.m., the PBS film "Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject" will be shown. The film examines multiple perspectives on end-of-life care. A panel discussion follows. The suggested donation is $7 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens.
A "Voice Your Choices" workshop will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, April 29. It will focus on the Respecting Choices Three-Step Model. The presenter is Loretta Downs, gerontologist and Metta Institute certified end-of-life care practitioner. The cost is $20.
Two CEUs will be available each day through Northwestern Michigan College. For details and CEU cost, call Julie Doyal, 995-2619.
Both events will be held at the Grand Traverse Circuit, 225 W. 14th St. For details or to register, contact Claire Crandell, 620-8026 or email@example.com.


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Why do the Olympics have the events they have? Why don't they have swimming obstacle races, croquet, rugby or native mud fighting? The answer is that they once did.
Nowadays, the International Olympic Committee reviews the program for the games every four years and suggests only minor adjustments. And so we always have track-and-field athletics, swimming, gymnastics and a steady roll call of 26-28 other sports. Such was not always the case.
Until the mid-1920s, the events were chosen ad hoc by the local organizing committees. Since the first modern Olympics were held in 1896, only track-and-field athletics, cycling, fencing, gymnastics and swimming have been on the program every time. Even within those sports, the events have varied widely.
The Olympics of 1900 and 1904 share the honor of hosting the most unusual sports to have been included. The reason was that both games were held as sideshows to world's fairs — the Paris Exposition of 1900 and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 — and therefore lasted several months.
In 1900, a series of obstacles were set up in the Seine River in Paris. Swimmers lined up for a 200-meter (656-feet) race in which they had to climb over a pole and a row of boats, then swim under another row of boats. That was the only time the 200-meter Obstacle Swim Race was contested at the Olympics.
Also in 1900, cricket was contested for the only time at the Olympics. The match was purportedly between French and British teams, but the French contingent was actually composed of British expatriates working in Paris at the time. Croquet also was played in Paris, then replaced in St. Louis in 1904 with a variant known as roque. Roque was named after croquet, by dropping the first and last letters, but played with smaller balls and much tighter wickets. Roque was hailed as the Game of the Century in 1904, but only four Americans competed and today it is essentially defunct.


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In every part of our vast country you'll find unique experiences to make your dream holiday come true.
Western Australia is famous for long days of sunshine and diverse landscapes and climates. Cruise down Perth's Swan River to Fremantle or the Swan Valley vineyards. Or visit wineries fringed by tall forests and crashing surf in the Margaret River. Dive with the huge whale shark on Ningaloo Reef and feed wild bottlenose dolphins at Monkey Mia. Ride a camel down Broome's Cable Beach at sunset and four wheel drive along the remote, beautiful Dampier Peninusla. Fly over the Bungle Bungle ranges and boat down huge, man-made Lake Argyle in Kununurra. Get gold rush fever in Kalgoorlie or swim from the snow-white beaches of Esperance. Don't miss Western Australia's huge spaces and unique natural beauty.
You'll love Australia's westernmost capital city, which sits on the Swan River, framed by Indian Ocean beaches and Swan Valley vineyards. Get a quick overview of Perth alongside snapshots of other Australian cities. Find out more about the places to visit in the city and surrounds. From lush Kings Park and the uncrowded beaches to the charming port of Fremantle and nearby Rottnest Island, Perth has it all. Our three-day itinerary offers ideas of what you can fit in to your Perth holiday.
Cruise the Swan River past parks and skyscrapers to 40 vineyards in the Swan Valley or the Perth Zoo. Visit Rottnest Island, where you can explore history, bike ride to secret beaches and kayak to secluded bays. Feast on seafood and soak up the carnival atmosphere in historic Fremantle. Discover the lookouts, landscaped gardens and Aboriginal heritage of huge Kings Park. Swim, surf, fish, windsurf and sail on clean and uncrowded beaches such as Cottlesloe or Scarborough. Then skip between the sunny boardwalks, beaches and marinas of the Sunset Coast.
This coastal paradise stretches from Cervantes and the moonscape Pinnacles Desert in the south to Exmouth and Ningaloo Reef in the north. Bushwalk past gorges, cliffs, winding river and white beaches in Kalbarri National Park. Four wheel drive in Cape Range National Park, where spectacular gorges, carved by ancient rivers, meet Ningaloo's coral reefs, clear blue seas and sandy beaches. Swim with the docile whale sharks, the world's largest fish, at Ningaloo Reef between April and June. In the Shark Bay World Heritage Area you can feed wild bottlenose dolphins at Monkey Mia and get up close to sea lions, manta rays, dugongs and humpback whales.
Tackle adventure on the rich red earth of the Gascoyne Murchison outback. Discover the national parks and snow-white beaches of Esperance and the South Coast. See the rugged outback come alive with the colour of wildflowers in winter and early spring. Learn about the Aboriginal history of Mount Augustus and the Kennedy Range. Escape to the Wheatbelt's small, friendly towns and geological wonders such as Wave Rock. Head to Kalgoorlie and the goldfields for goldrush history and unique flora and fauna. From the sparkling Southern Ocean to Western Australia's red outback heart, you won't forget these diverse and theatrical landscapes.
Ride a camel on Broome's breathtaking Cable Beach and see dinosaur footprints preserved in rock. Four wheel drive the red-dirt road from Broome along the Dampier Peninsula, where you can stay in an Aboriginal wilderness camp and see the church with a mother-of-pearl altar. Further north in Derby, watch the sun set over the King Sound and fly over the Horizontal Waterfalls on the islands of Buccaneer Archipelago. From Kununurra, you can explore the beehive-shaped domes of the Bungle Bungle Range and boat down the Ord River and vast Lake Argyle. Get up close to a huge treasure trove of ancient Aboriginal rock on the Burrup Peninsula, near Dampier. Further south, don't miss the spectacular red gorges, waterfalls and emerald swimming holes of Karijini National Park.
Dive the Southern Hemisphere's largest accessible dive wreck – the HMAS Swan – from Dunsborough. Visit world-class wineries, swim in the crystal-clear waters of Bunker and ride the waves of Surfers Point in the lush Margaret River region. Here you can canoe through sun-speckled woodlands and relax on 75 spellbinding beaches. See fossils in Mammoth Caves, mirrored underwater lakes in Lake Cave and straw stalactites in Jewel Cave. Follow a fairytale drive through towering karri forests to Hamelin Bay, where you can snorkel with stingrays and walk the idyllic sands of Boranup Beach. Visit romantic Augusta, where lighthouse-tipped Cape Leeuwin parts the Indian and Southern Oceans. Swim with dolphins in Mandurah and Bunbury and spot whales from the towns of Augusta, Albany and Dunsborough from June to October.
Western Australia is home to a number of extraordinary 'pink lakes'. Lake Hillier is a pink-coloured lake on Middle Island, the largest of the islands that make up the Recherche Archipelago off the coast of Esperance.
From above the lake appears a solid bubble gum pink. The lake is about 600 meters long, and is surrounded by a rim of sand and dense woodland of paperbark and eucalyptus trees. A narrow strip of sand dunes covered by vegetation separates it from the blue Southern Ocean.
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DURHAM — The Duke women's swimming and diving team will be represented at the NCAA Division I swimming and diving championships for the fourth time in five years, as juniors Lauren Weaver and Christine Wixted head to Indianapolis to compete at the championship meet for the first time in their respective careers. The NCAA championships get underway Thursday and continue through Saturday at the IU Natatorium and the IUPUI Sports Complex in Indianapolis.
Preliminaries will begin at 11 a.m. each day of competition, followed by the finals session at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday's finals sessions are both scheduled to be broadcast live on ESPN3.
Weaver is qualified to swim the 50-yard freestyle at the NCAA championships after clocking the 22nd-fastest time in the nation at last month's ACC championships in Greensboro.
Following a standout performance at the ACC Championships, Wixted has been invited to compete in three events at the NCAA Championships – the 100 and 200 breaststroke as well as the 200 IM.
N.C. Central: N.C. Central won its fourth consecutive game Wednesday, a 2-1 decision over Coppin State in a MEAC matchup. The Eagles stand 13-9 overall and 5-4 in the MEAC.
Saint Augustine's: Lenoir-Rhyne used a three-run seventh inning to slip past Saint Augustine's 5-2.
Clarence Peace went 3-for-4 for the Falcons with a double, while Calvin Butcher finished 2-for-2 with a run batted in.
East Carolina: High Point scored three times before East Carolina could pick up a bat and beat the Pirates 4-2.
Ben Fultz was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Pirates.
N.C. Central: Tomeka Watson went 2-for-3 and hit her 11th home run of the season to help Elon beat N.C. Central 6-3. The Phoenix improved to 11-11 on the season while the Eagles fell to 2-21.
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Shaw: Shaw beat Division I North Carolina A&T 6-3 in matches played Wednesday afternoon at Biltmore Hills Park. With the win, the Bears improved to 7-2 on the season.
Campbell: Junior Karolina Chernaya and freshman Ana Maria Ortiz notched singles wins for Campbell in a 5-2 loss at Coastal Carolina.


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my fav. author is clive barker he's twisted perverted gruesome articulate and i love it
where has clive barker gone
where has clive barker gone
where has clive barker gonejenbug666 on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 - 9:41pm
Clive barker is my favorite author. His recent series were the "Abarat" books. The series is meant for younger crowd. Disney bought the film rights for a lot of money. He will be at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors con. He was spending a lot of time on his artwork along with a whole bunch of other projects. A remake of Hellraiser is in the works. Check out his official website for more info. Edited by mscenobite on 5/26/2007 at 10:01 CST
I have liked the first two Arabat series, although not as much as some of his more gory works. I still read his "Books of Blood" every six months or so. Classics.
where has clive barker goneshuddertothink on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 1:51am
One of my favorite stories of all time by any author is Cabal...Saw the movie first (Nightbreed), and then had to find the book...Almost a bedtime story about prejudice and man's evil side.
where has clive barker gone666Bloody Mary666 on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 10:34am
Clive Barker has recently released a book called Mister B. Gone.
There will be a new film based on one of his stories, the film is called Midnight Meat Train.
I have read Coldheart Canyon and thought it was good, aside from the perverted s and m sexual fasntasies of the characters in the book.
For some reason his books are hard to find anywhere, so I have not had the chance to read his work much.
where has clive barker goneDoc Tourneau on Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 2:52pm
It's funny -- for a guy Stephen King once described as "the future of horror fiction," Clive Barker has kind of dropped off the map.
I'm not sure if I have the chronology right, but after his "Books of Blood" short story collections, and his horror novel The Damnation Game, he seems to turn his attention more towards what I guess could be called epic dark fantasy. Weaveworld, Imagica, The Great and Secret Show, Galilee, his young readers "Arabat" books; all these seem to point to what might be his true calling. I've read and loved the first three books mentioned above, so I don't think that's a bad thing. And his more recent Coldheart Canyon shows he hasn't lost his chops in regards to horror.
But I agree, he never quite worked out to be the household name that King suggested (or I expected) he'd become.
Oh well, as long as he continues to do good work...
where has clive barker goneAntonsCorpse666 on Friday, June 6, 2008 - 2:12am
Clive is a damn good author. I guess your circle depends on how well known Clive Barker is, granted his name isn't as popular as Kings, but among horror fans his name is usually at the top. I agree about Books of Blood, it has one of my favorite shorts by him. Its the first one in the book I believe, it's called The Yattering and Jack. Not really scary, but damn funny. If none of you have ever seen Clive Barkers A-Z of Horror, you should look for it. It's a fact book on horror films, actors, directors, writers and such. There's some pretty cool shit in there, even things on some real life phycos.
where has clive barker gonevagabond1 on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 9:00pm
i read his last book MR. B GONE
i thought it was a shame for the pubilsher to advertise it as Barker's return to horror
it does involve demons, but i'd hardly call it a horror novel (closer to fantasy)
it's a well written book, but the premise didn't exactly blow my mind
i miss the older material
where has clive barker gonevagabond1 on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 8:54pm
i think WEAVEWORLD was where Barker started making a full on transition from horror to darker fantasy
sometimes i forget that he wrote THIEF OF ALWAYS, probably his most endearing book, and easily his best written
Re: where has clive barker goneMarkMatthewFerguson on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 12:31am
Clive is raising his daughter and gearing a lot of his writing toward her. However, if you want to find his work, check ebay, it's packed with Clive's stuff.
He's had some pretty seriousPhilosomatic on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 11:22pm
He's had some pretty serious health issues these past couple years.


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By Ashley Wislock
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MILTON — Starting next month, Pat Grell will be busy.
The Milton Relay for Life publicity chairwoman and coordinator of the six-county Drive Out Cancer fundraiser will be driving a 2002 Ford Mustang, donated by Selinsgrove Ford for the fundraiser, to events each weekend while getting ready for Milton's Relay event in June.
"There's a couple of weekends where I have two or three events that I'm going to," she said. "But it's going to be kind of fun a chance to display it."
This Saturday, the Mustang — which will be raffled off in September — will be at the Susquehanna Valley Mall's Relay Day, where teams from around the area will be selling goods to raise money for the American Cancer Society, Grell said.
The fundraiser is a combined effort between Relay groups in Northumberland, Snyder Union, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming counties, Grell said.
"This is something that we work on collectively," she said. "We also get together periodically about how best to support our cancer survivors and their caregivers and how better to educate local people on what they can do."
The Milton Relay for Life is also preparing for the Bark for Life in April, where pet owners come together to celebrate their pets and fight cancer, Grell said.
"A lot of people have such a close connection with their pets," she said. "It's a chance for people to bring their dogs out and do a Relay. You go for a walk, there's food, there's vendors, everyone generally has a good time."
All the proceeds from each of the events and the raffle, which ends in September, go to the American Cancer Society, Grell said.
"The bulk of the funds go to research," she said. "Some is also used for patient services, like the Road to Recovery ... and the Look Good, Feel Better campaign."


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"Bury Larry" was a campaign, in conjunction with the COBL Thought for Food initiative, to collect food to be donated to the local food pantries. The campaign was successful, as many individuals and departments donated items. And, of course, we had enough to "bury Larry." Thank you to everyone that contributed!


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So with Christmas and New Years celebrations now firmly behind us we set out into a brand new year ahead. I have resolved to focus really hard this year on getting more music done, and doing it better than ever before. Learning new skills along the way and honing existing ones too.
The downtime I get over the holiday season always spurs me on to make some music and this year was no exception. There was a track by James White I had been sent the demo of many months ago which had peaked my interest but I not found time to put any work into it and create a full production of the song. So as I relaxed into holiday mode I decided to crack on and get something done.
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The demo was a simple piece consisting of some vocals, rhythm and lead guitar parts and a simple programmed drum loop. No real style was suggested by any of the parts so I decided to just let things flow and see what came. I originally started by recording a rhythm guitar part to improve upon the original part. With this down I added in some drums and a bass line and got the track off the ground.
Although the original track was at 126bpm it played heavily on the half beat tempo which interested my as that is very current in a lot of dance productions. This led me to start adding in some synth parts, moving me away from a rock sound into more interesting territories. Soon I had an intro, first verse and chorus all happening, but sounding very different for the original demo - Time to get James involved and check he is cool with this I think!
First Draft - check
By now the synths had completely taken over, with the guitar part I recorded moved into the second verse to give it a new sound after the first chorus. So I sent James a quick first draft mix of what I had, with his guide vocals laid in to get a go/ no-go seeing as it was his song and all!
Luckily James was pretty excited by what I had and after making a few suggestions gave me a thumbs up to carry on, which I did. One of these was to up the tempo from 126 to 130bpm which added a much better energy to the track. This btw was one full day session - from lining up the demo to a late night finish for a completed end to end draft. When the juices are flowing you just need get your head in the game and get it done!
The final thing I did that day was render off a mix of the new backing track to send to James so he could work on some new vocal tracks.
Vocals in a jiffy
To my surprise, when I checked my inbox next morning I had a message form James saying he had uploaded a new set of vocals already - Swift work indeed! So it was now back on me. I'd had a few listens to the track now and identified a few areas of the arrangement that I knew needed more work, so that's where I started.
The end of the song featured a double chorus to finish which comes straight after a build out of the dropped middle section. I'd had this as 2 full chorus's back to back but could see it was struggling to hold the power over such a long duration and still provide a powerful finish. I decided to do a double drop where the build out of the bridge leads to a stripped back chorus which allows the lift into the final chorus the build it needs.
I also spent some time tightening the interaction between the kick, bass and bottom synth sound to lock the groove more tightly. While doing this I also stripped back some of the kick hits from each verse to allow a little more room for the verses to breath. I was pretty much there now.
The mix
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One of my music related resolutions this year is to give more direct focus to my mix sessions and deal with them separately to the tracking / production stage of creating a song. As part of this I will be getting back into the habit of rendering each final track as an audio file in Sonar before I even start mixing. This process can be quite time consuming but ultimately will pay dividends down the line.
Recently I have gotten lazy and had even been leaving soft synths running live at mixdown which is a bad habit for many reasons - 2 of which are:
- Eats up valuable CPU cycles which could be used to better polish you mix
- If you remove, upgrade or otherwise lose that plugin down the line your mix will be knackered!
James had provided some new vocals to replace the existing guide parts, but had also introduced some additional backing parts and even a short rap over the intro. After picking through the best bits of the new and existing material I was able to comp together a final vocal arrangement which used the best of both to good effect.
So with my bouncing and rendering and comping done I was left with a 36 track mix page to deal with.
This was quite a tricky mix as I wanted to get the bass really strong with a good defined kick drum, and I went through a couple of versions before I was happy. The result? Take a listen for yourself
So first week of 2013 and one new track under my belt - Happy New Year indeed!


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Acquia Announces General Availability of Drupal Commons 3.0
BURLINGTON, MA – February 26, 2013 – Acquia, the leading open cloud platform for integrated digital experiences, today released Drupal Commons 3.0 to accelerate the creation of digital communities and social applications. This release builds on Acquia's OpenWEM initiative for digital marketers by offering social business capabilities as a unified component of a content, community and commerce platform, powered by open source Drupal.
Built on Drupal 7, Drupal Commons 3.0 enables digital businesses to achieve breakthrough results with social applications for customer communities, brand advocacy, social commerce and employee collaboration. Most importantly, Drupal Commons is open at its core. It can be easily integrated into every component of the digital marketing ecosystem – from marketing automation to social analytics, including Marketo, Facebook, Badgeville, Google Analytics, and many more. Drupal Commons frees organizations from the complexity of custom application development so digital teams can focus on engaging their communities.
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ALEDO – With construction of FM Road 1187 hitting the halfway point, traffic will be switched to the newly constructed lanes on the east side of the roadway beginning at approximately 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, according to officials with TxDOT and McMahon Construction.
The actual switch over could cause some minor delays over a four-hour period from 8 p.m. to midnight as vehicles are diverted onto the new concrete. In addition, West Oak Street will be closed, and both East Oak Street and Underwood Road will reopen.
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Keyport GardenWalk has announced its annual "Art Contest" for Keyport GardenWalk 2014. Artists are welcome to submit their original art to become the face of Keyport GardenWalk – June 7th and 8th, 2014. The rules are:
· Submissions must be original artwork (8x10 to 11x17)
· Artwork should be signed in the lower right corner and should have artist contact information (name, telephone number, address and email contact) on the back of the artwork
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· Artwork submissions accepted from January 6th to March 1 at Calabrese's Barber Shop, 33 West Front Street – Keyport
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