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By Stuart Hirsch
The Herald Bulletin
ANDERSON, Ind. —
The City of Anderson is proposing to annex more than 20 square miles of property, most of it giving the city more access to Interstate 69 to the southwest and a smaller portion on the northeast side of the city. Here are answers to 19 other key questions about the annexation:
Question 2: How would personal and business property taxes be affected?
Business and property taxes are set under state law. The rates are set according to this schedule: residential — 1 percent, commercial — 2 percent, industrial — 3 percent. Annexation will not affect those rates. According to the city's fiscal analysis, many properties in the proposed annexation areas have already reached their property tax caps. (See accompanying chart on property tax rates).
Question 3: What is the difference between non-capital and capital services, and what does the law require?
Municipalities must meet specific legal requirements for providing services, including costs, how services will be financed and organization. These are detailed in the city's fiscal plan. Non-capital services include police and fire, and road and street maintenance, as well as other services. These must be equivalent in scope and quality to the service current Anderson city residents receive. If the annexations are adopted, Anderson plans to add eight police officers and eight firefighters.
Capital expenses include construction of streets, sewers, lights and storm water facilities. These must be provided to annexed areas within three years. The city proposes building a new fire station (with room for a police substation) in the southwest annexation, and extending County Road 400 South. In addition, the city has proposed buying two new fire tanker trucks. The city's fiscal plan estimates that four additional police officers would cost $395,424 in 2015, the first year annexation would be in effect. Lease payments for patrol cars would be $26,000 annually; the lease payment for a fire department tanker truck would be $70,000.
In the southwest annexation, police costs would be identical; however, the addition of eight firefighters would cost $724,500 (salaries and operating costs). A new fire station would be bonded over 15 years at an estimated annual cost of $280,000, according to the city. A police substation would be located in the fire station.
Question 4: What could Anderson expect to pay in legal fees defending against remonstrances?
The city may handle any remonstrance in-house without having to pay outside legal fees. However, a final decision about resources to battle litigation depends on the type and scope of legal issues that might be presented.
Question 5: How would the makeup of Anderson City Council change?
Anderson is a second-class city, and its city council is comprised of nine members under Indiana law. Six are elected from specific districts; three are elected at-large. People in the northeast annexation would be included in council district 1, represented by Councilman Russ Willis. In the southwest annexation, people would be incorporated into council district 3, represented by Councilwoman Pamela Jones. If annexation is successful, council district boundaries would be adjusted to equalize population, a process known as redistricting. The Democrat-majority city council would control that process.
Question 6: How would Anderson rezone the area; what would farmland be zoned?
Each area would be rezoned to reflect the current and best use of land in the affected area. Agricultural production is allowed on farmland currently within Anderson city limits, with the exception of livestock production. Anderson does not currently have an agricultural zoning classification, per se. However, the Municipal Development Department would work with the necessary boards and commissions to amend the zoning code to add that land use.
Question 7: Will voters have a chance to weigh-in on the annexation efforts?
Yes, but perhaps not to the extent they would like. After an annexation ordinance is introduced, the city is required to hold a public hearing. If an annexation ordinance is adopted, property owners in the affected area have the right to oppose (or remonstrate), against its implementation. There is no right under Indiana law for affected property owners to vote an annexation up or down by referendum.
Question 8: Why not annex south of I-69?
Anderson could annex land south of the interstate. However, the proposed annexation areas were selected to meet statutory requirements while ensuring the city's ability to provide services as required by state law and maximize the economic development potential for Anderson and Madison County. In the southwest annexation area, for example, the city has already invested $13 million in infrastructure improvements to supply Nestle with the large amounts of electricity, sewer and water service necessary to support its industrial output.
Question 9: How will livestock, outdoor burning and mowing of weeds be impacted?
The city will accommodate existing livestock operations through the creation of an agricultural zoning classification. Outdoor burning and weed mowing will be addressed through the existing zoning code.
Question 10: Will new residents take on Anderson's bonds and debts, and will current Anderson residents be hit with existing bonds or debts in the annexation areas?
Under Indiana law, current city residents are not responsible for city debts. The city as a corporation is responsible for general obligation debt. But Anderson does not have any. City utilities are responsible for their own bonds and debt as operating units of the city government, or corporation. Likewise, the Anderson Redevelopment Commission and Economic Development Commission each are responsible for debts created through tax increment financing districts. The city would have to assume some debt obligations on a prorated basis in the proposed annexation areas.
Question 11: How do the insurance ratings of fire and police service in the affected townships compare to Anderson's ratings, and how do such ratings affect insurance premiums?
Insurance companies use a variety of methods to determine fire loss risks. The Insurance Services Office (ISO) is a private nonprofit group that grades and assigns a numeric value called the Public Protection Class (PPC) number ranging from 1 — 10, with 1 being the highest and 10 the lowest rating, to a fire department or district. Insurance companies may subscribe to ISO services and pay fees to the group, using the PPC number to establish fire insurance premiums. A lower PPC number can result in lower fire insurance premiums. Anderson's rating just improved to a 3, and those companies that use ISO may lower insurance premiums for their customers. Not every company uses ISO. Some set premiums based on loses within specific zip codes. And some companies, State Farm, for instance, use the ISO grade in Indiana, but not in Illinois. Executives at ISO will not release a list of companies that subscribe to their service. That means the only way to figure out if you might save money through annexation is to check with your agent.
Question 12: Are Lapel, Pendleton, Ingalls or another community likely to try annexing either of the areas?
It is possible that another municipality might attempt to annex territory, as long as the municipality is able to satisfy the statutory requirements. The question of why Lapel doesn't move to challenge Anderson's attempt to extend city limits down to I-69 exit 214 arose during the recent special Lapel Town Council meeting. During that meeting, town council President Gary Shuck said Lapel doesn't have the financial resources to annex that much land.
Question 13: How can the city of Anderson expect to develop the southwest annexation area along I-69 when much of the property along I-69 currently in Anderson is undeveloped?
Proximity to Indianapolis is an important consideration in the southwest annexation, according to Mayor Kevin Smith and his economic development team. Because of infrastructure that already exists in and around the Flagship Enterprise Center, that part of the county is particularly attractive to the owners of certain manufacturing, logistics and distribution facilities. In addition, the ability to place a "Welcome to Anderson" sign along I-69 four miles from the leading edge of Hamilton County's commercial, industrial and residential development, which is moving north, would be "a powerful marketing tool," interim Anderson Economic Development Director Greg Winkler said.
Question 14: When was Anderson's last big annexation, what area did it take in, and how long did it take to happen?
Anderson's last significant annexation — and largest at 36.3 square miles — occurred in 1957 during the administration of Mayor Ralph Ferguson. Then, as now, the proposal was controversial. It took seven years for legal challenges to work their way through Indiana courts. Those challenges all were rejected, and the annexation eventually took effect in 1964. Generally, that annexation expanded the city's boundaries to Cross Street on the north, out to Rangeline Road on the east, south to 67th Street, and out to Layton Road on the west — essentially what we now know as the City of Anderson.
Question 15: How would the inclusion of the two annexation areas impact Anderson's demographics?
The two proposed annexations would increase Anderson's population by about 7 percent, according city estimates. The makeup of the city's new residents would be substantially similar to the demographics that currently exist in the city. According to the most recent census estimates, 80.9 percent of Anderson's population is white, 12.8 percent is African American, 3.9 percent is Hispanic or Latino, and 2.4 percent is some other race.
Question 16: What can Anderson learn from other recent annexation attempts in Indiana?
Other nearby communities, including Carmel, Fishers, Pendleton, Noblesville and Westfield, have annexed significant amounts of property over the past decade. Annexation is always a difficult and contentious and emotional issue, city officials say. "To the degree that emotion can be removed from the conversation, logic will prevail at the end of the day," Winkler said.
Question 17: Once an area is annexed, is it possible to later leave the municipality?
Yes. A mechanism does exist under Indiana law for "disannexation." If a municipality does not provide police, fire and other noncapital services within one year after an annexation takes effect, or capital improvements within three years as required, any person who pays property taxes may file a complaint against the municipality in court. A judge may grant relief if one of several conditions exist, such as a failure to provide police or fire service as required by the original fiscal plan. Remedies could include barring the municipality from collecting taxes, damage awards, requiring the municipality to file a revised fiscal plan, or disannexation.
Question 18: Why did the Smith administration choose to annex two areas at once, rather than doing them piecemeal?
Mayor Smith says multiple issues drove the decision to pursue the northeast and southwest annexations simultaneously. One, is stabilizing the city's population. Another is fierce competition for available land along the I-69 corridor that businesses favor for economic development. Each time another community such as Pendleton or Ingalls annexes property, Anderson's ability to attract new business becomes more challenging.
Finally, Smith says he's opposed the Mallard Lake Landfill for 20 years or more. "As a community, we've been waiting for someone else to resolve this for us, and I just don't think that's a reasonable risk that Anderson should take."
Question 19: What geographic rules apply to annexation?
There are specific rules that must be followed for an annexation to occur. (See the accompanying breakouts about how to annex and how to remonstrate for more details). State law allows a second-class city like Anderson to cross county lines if the county commissioners in both counties agree. This could occur, for example, if a company the size of Nestle wanted to build a manufacturing facility along I-69 somewhere near the exit 214 interchange, city officials said.
Question 20: Are school districts, and their ability to grow, impacted by annexations?
School districts are their own entities established under state law. As a result, school district boundaries are not affected by annexations. A separate legal mechanism exists in Indiana for school districts to expand and grown.


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Bob West
The Port Arthur News
Dance with who brung you is a phrase that's long been attributed to University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal. It could, however, well be the mantra of what Chris Stroud is expecting to be his finest year on the PGA Tour.
Stroud, coming off a woeful second half of the 2012 season that saw him make only five cuts and win a mere $47,234 in his final 12 events, did some serious soul searching seeking a solution. All the deep thinking led him to a security blanket named Brian White.
White is the Lamar University golf coach whose fine tuning helped Stroud become a force at the collegiate golf level and instilled the mechanics for the PN-G ex to have a degree of success during his early years on the PGA Tour. Over time, though, Chris listened to others, tinkered with his swing and, ultimately, fell into the worst slump of his career.
After winning over $800,000 by June 1 last season, and apparently being headed to a record year, Stroud lost control of his driver, lost his confidence, then completely lost his way. He fell into the syndrome with his driver known as "army golf." Left. Right. Left. Right. Next to the putting yips, missing both ways off the tee is probably a professional golfer's worst nightmare.
Just ask Tiger Woods.
"The one thing I knew was that I had to get back to fading the ball, get back to where all my misses were to the right," Stroud said. "I just had a lot of things going on wrong. The club was behind me, my legs were outracing my chest. I couldn't get on the tee box and know where the ball was going."
Amazingly, Stroud was able to overcome his problems for a time. He tied for fifth in the Mayakoba Classic and tied for 9th at the Honda. Somewhat by design, because of hard work the previous off-season, he was surviving with vastly improved putting and lights-out chipping. But problems with the driver eventually brought him down.
Enter White, who spent many hours with Stroud in December not only working on re-building his swing but in reinforcing the mental aspect of his game. Although the proof will be in performance, the LU coach really likes what he's seen recently.
"There are still some things he has to work through, but he's in position right now to again play well on the tour," White said. "I expect him to get better as he gets more comfortable with what we've worked on. What's important is I think he finally understands the swing we built him in college was solid and didn't need much work.
"Sometimes you tinker and things end up getting worse. Chris certainly isn't the first good player who started listening to other people and tweaking his swing in search of perfection. But there is no such thing as perfection. I think it was just difficult for him to understand that the swing he took on tour was good enough to win with out there."
Stroud, who launches his 2013 season Thursday at the Sony Open in Honolulu, swears he's seen the light and will never again stray from White's teachings.
"I'm hitting the ball the best I've hit in years," he said last week, before leaving for Palm Springs, Calif., to insure he could spend his final week of preparation in good weather. "I've learned my lesson. In six seasons on the tour, I have not stuck to one plan for a full year. I kept changing things and all I was doing was keeping myself from being consistent.
"I won a lot of money early last year because I chipped and putted so well. But I knew things were slipping away. I didn't know where the ball was going and you can't survive like that. I turned a lot of ugly rounds into three and four under par, but I knew I couldn't survive. I got to neglecting my short game trying to fix my driver and things just sort of fell apart."
Stroud's goal is for his drives to all be from the middle of the fairway to the right rough. If he can do that, while putting, chipping and scrambling as well as he did last season, both he and White figure there are some top 10s out there for him. And some chances to break through and get that elusive first win.
"In 2008, he was No. 1 on the tour in missing to the right," White pointed out. "He didn't win a lot of money because he was 130th in putting. With his putting and short game the way it is now, all he needs to do is give himself chances from the fairway. Or consistently miss to the right. You have to hit fades. You can't make it hitting hooks."
Stroud got some of the reinforcement he needed a couple of weeks ago at Lochinvar in Houston. With White looking on, he shot a 61 on a 45-degree day with the wind blowing 20 mph.
"It was as impressive as anything I've ever seen," White said. "He had every ball moving left to right. His second shots looked like a guy throwing darts. I could see his confidence growing. That doesn't mean he's going to step out the first week or two and contend, but the foundation is back in place for him to play consistently well."
So is the confidence.
"That day at Lochinvar sort of solidified in both our minds that the stuff we were working on is right," Stroud said. "Within three days of working with Whitey, I was getting the ball to move left to right consistently. It felt awkward at first and I was having to put a lot of effort into it. But it gradually became simpler and simpler.
"I've got everything matched up the way I used to have it. I'm hitting the ball straighter and farther. I have no doubt it's going to be a great year."
CHIP SHOTS: Heavy rains and saturated fairways have severely curtailed golf activities in the early part of 2013. Only reported results came from the Thursday Senior Game at The Babe. Playing in a 2 ball, handicapped format, the team of Larry Stansbury, Bill Fears, John Veilon and John Overland won the front nine in minus 7. On the back, the foursome of Adam Noel, Dillard Darbonne, Guy Van Cleve and Maurice Ross won with minus 8. Closest to the pin winners were Harry Green (No. 2), Noel (No. 7) and Larry Foster (No. 12, No. 15) . . . Opening even in The First Tee of the Golden Triangle Southeast Texas Junior Tour is set for Jan. 19 at Babe Zaharias. Additional tournaments are set for Jan. 26 at Idylwild, Feb. 2 at Belle Oaks, Feb. 9 at Henry Homberg and Feb. 16 at Brentwood Country Club. Competition will take place in five flights for juniors ages 7 to 18. Entry fee is $20 for each event. For more information, go to www.southeasttexasjuniortour.com . . . With The Patch have been shut down, Ron Theriot plans to launch a weekly Tuesday Senior Game on Jan. 15 that will be open to all players over the age of 50 at Babe Zaharias. Players 75 and over will benefit from tees forward from the senior tees that will be marked with American flags. Entry fee is $15, with team selection beginning at 8:30 a.m.
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PORTSMOUTH— A free workshop, "Steps in the NH Special Education Process: The NH Rules for the Education of Children with Disabilities," will be offered Monday, Jan. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Great Bay Community College, 320 Corporate Drive in Portsmouth.
This session provides an overview of the steps in the New Hampshire special education process.
Preregistration is required. To register, call 224-7005 or email your name, phone number and email address to email@example.com. If you need special accommodations, share that when you register.
NEXT Charter enrollment starts
Enrollment for Derry's first charter high school, NEXT, is now underway. The new school is set to open in the fall at the former Derry Early Education Program space at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School.
The school will be led by co-directors Justin Krieger and Joe Crawford.
Crawford will officially leave his post as Hood assistant principal to begin working full-time at the charter school as of Jan. 28. In his absence Ross McLean, current Hood 7-1 composition teacher and certified school administrator, will take over as interim assistant principal.
"We are currently interviewing certified teachers to take over Mr. McLean's composition class and we plan to transition this person into place by Jan. 28," Hood principal Austin Garofalo said in a letter to parents.
Krieger is the assistant principal at West Running Brook Middle School and will also take on full-time responsibilities as the charter school work gets underway.


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By Jason Elmquist
CNHI News Service
STILLWATER – We've seen the scenario before between Oklahoma State and Kansas State. One team on the cusp of a BCS Championship berth and the other coming in as a top 25 opponent attempting to pull the upset.
Except this time, the roles will be reversed. Saturday it will be Oklahoma State, ranked 24th in the recent BCS rankings, going on the road against Kansas State, who is ranked second in the BCS.
"I don't think it's a mystery to anyone that the team we are playing is very good and very deserving of their national ranking," OSU coach Mike Gundy said. "... They're sound and have only given up 17 points per game. They're the third team in a row that we've played that's given up 17 points per game. ...
"This will be a good challenge to face a team averaging 45 points a game. We'll find out if we've gotten anywhere near where we need to be."
While a lot of the focus around Kansas State is their BCS championship chances, Oklahoma State still has BCS aspirations still alive as well. The Cowboys, like K-State, control their own destiny for the rest of the season. The winner of this game will be in the driver seat to become Big 12 champions – and receive the automatic berth to the BCS Fiesta Bowl.
"We take it pretty much one game at a time. The biggest game is always the next game, so we're preparing for Kansas State as the biggest game so far this year," OSU cornerback Justin Gilbert said.
Obviously the biggest difference for OSU heading into this year's matchup with the Wildcats is at the quarterback position. Instead of a first-round draft pick like Brandon Weeden, taking snaps for the Cowboys will be true freshman Wes Lunt in his second game back from a knee injury.
While OSU is young at some key places, the Cowboys still have plenty of veterans who have experience of vying for a conference crown late into the season.
"We're fortunate that last year we were in the same situation and we've just got to show the young guys how much you have to prepare each week," senior offensive lineman Lane Taylor said.
Oklahoma State may have the experience, the talent is clearly in Kansas State's favor. The unbeaten Wildcats showcase an offense that is highlighted by Collin Klein, who rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns in last year's game that came down to the wire. He also threw for 231 yards and a touchdown.
Klein comes into the contest with the Cowboys averaging 79.2 yards rushing – fourth in the Big 12 among all rushers – with 16 touchdowns. He also is the league's most efficient passer with at 175.5 passing efficiency, throwing for 1,630 yards and 12 touchdowns to just two interceptions.
"The big thing about him is, I don't know if you can really stop him – you just try to contain him as best as you can," OSU defensive coordinator Bill Young said. "You try to minimize the offensive plays and yardage he gets."
As far as rankings go for the Cowboys, who finally got back into the top 25 thanks to Saturday's rout of Texas Christian University, they aren't worrying about what the BCS or any other ranking may have them pegged at.
"I really didn't know about any of this. I didn't know if we were ranked at all or not because I don't really pay attention to the rankings," Gilbert said. "I feel like some people may be overlooking us because we're a young team and our offense and defense lost some key players from last year. I think we're going to be overlooked a little bit all year but we're still going to win some games."


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Ah, spring. The sun shines, the birds chirp, and people everywhere sneeze and cough from allergies. Spring is usually the time when people with allergies suffer the most. Springtime allergies can take a toll on both adults and children, and can put a damper on an otherwise much anticipated change of seasons.
What are allergies?
Allergies are caused when the immune system mistakes a usually harmless substance for something dangerous. The body then produces antibodies which are on alert for this allergen. When a person is exposed to this allergen, the body produces chemicals, such as histamines, that cause allergy symptoms.
How can you distinguish allergies from a cold?
Allergies and colds have similar symptoms. You have a runny nose, a cough and congestion. However, they differ in three respects: a fever is common with a cold, but not in those suffering with allergies. Allergy sufferers frequently have itchy eyes, nose, throat, and even the roof of the mouth, but itchiness is not common with colds. Another distinguishing characteristic between colds and allergies is the duration of symptoms. While a cold generally lasts for three to seven days, allergy symptoms can last an entire season.
In general, what are most people allergic to?
Springtime allergies are often due to tree pollen and in more humid climates, outdoor mold. Grass pollen is a big cause of summer allergies and weed pollen causes fall allergies.
What is the best treatment for allergies?
Over-the-counter antihistamines can be tried for relief, initially. Your health care provider should be consulted if you fail to respond to the use of over-the-counter treatments.
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Allergy symptoms may be reduced by changing household chores or adjusting your routine. Some ideas include:
- Stay indoors on dry, windy days.
- The best time to go outside is after a rain, which helps clear pollen from the air.
- Have someone else mow the lawn, pull weeds and take over other gardening chores that stir up allergies.
- After spending time outside, take a shower to rinse pollen from your skin and hair and put on clean clothes.
- Wear a face mask if you do outside chores.
- Take over-the-counter antihistamines when high pollen counts are forecast even before your symptoms start.
- Use air conditioning in your home or car.
- Use high-efficiency air filters and change them frequently.
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DECATUR — Anthony (Tony) Hren, 88, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Otsego Manor.
He was born Oct. 10, 1924, in Decatur, the son of Leo and Antoinette (Skerl) Hren.
He married Anne Dedek on June 30, 1951, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Worcester.
Tony was a United States Army veteran serving in World War II, where he was wounded during combat and was a recipient of the Purple Heart. He was a member of Timberwolves Infantry Division.
Tony was a general contractor in the Worcester area for most of his life. He also worked as a highway and town supervisor in Decatur.
He was a member of the Schenevus VFW, having served as post commander for a period of time.
He survived by his wife of almost 62 years, Anne Hren; children, Yvonne Cross of Oneonta, Sheryl Hren of Oneonta, Anthony (TJ) Hren of Dalton, Mass., Celeste Rundblad of Decatur and Michelle Hren of Onondaga; grandchildren, Judson Cross and wife, Amy of Woodstock, Conn., Alicia Kingsbury of Elmira, Jesse Klee of Oneonta, Kristin Banhart of Decatur, Alexandria Hren of Costa Mesa, Calif.; great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Georgia and Delaney Cross, Marley, Christopher and Jack Kingsbury, Lyla and Abigail Banhart; also his siblings, John Hren, Henry (Jean) Hren, and Elsie Hren Conte. In addition, Tony leaves numerous loving nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his parents, and siblings, Leo, Joseph and Marie.
There will be no calling hours.
A memorial mass will be held at 11 a.m., April 2, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Main Street, Worcester, with the Rev. Ronald Green, MM, as celebrant.
Burial with military honors will be in the Decatur Cemetery at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to the Worcester Emergency Squad, P.O. Box 191, Worcester, NY 12197 or to the Otsego Manor, 128 Phoenix Mills Crossroad, Cooperstown, NY 13326.
The family extends its gratitude to the staff of the Mountain Ridge neighborhood at Otsego Manor, for the exceptional care, concern and love given to their loved one, Tony.
Expressions of sympathy may be made online at www.skinnerfuneralchapel.com.
Arrangements are under the guidance of the E.J. Skinner Co., 155 Main St, Worcester.


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Hoosier voters are extremely fortunate. It may seem like a very minor point, but we have the Indiana Debate Commission, a group of journalists and academics that formed in 2007 to provide a fitting forum for decision making in gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races.
The Oct. 23 debate in New Albany provided the critical moment in the U.S. Senate race when Republican Richard Mourdock uttered his now infamous "God intends" rape remark that ultimately altered his race against Democrat Joe Donnelly and Libertarian Andy Horning.
And it almost didn't happen. Donnelly told me after the election that he believed until the 11th hour that Mourdock wouldn't participate. He was preparing to debate Horning alone.
In early August, the Missouri U.S. Senate nominee Todd Akin made his "legitimate rape" remark, dooming his campaign. For much of the next two months, Mourdock would only appear at GOP campaign events or was in the company of either Indiana Republican Chairman Eric Holcomb, or a Republican U.S. Senator coming into the state to salvage what had become a closely contested race. Indiana Democrats would liken it to "adult supervision" for Mourdock, who faced a real dilemma: duck the Debate Commission events and endure about 10 news cycles of "Republican stiffs debate" headlines or go ahead with what is now becoming tradition and participate.
Ultimately, Mourdock decided at the final deadline — about two weeks before the first debate — to participate. The rest is history. While the two Senate debates drew only a tiny share of the statewide TV audience, Mourdock's blunder thoroughly permeated the public mindset.
In a Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll conducted five days after the New Albany debate, 87 percent of Hoosiers were aware of the remark, which was transmitted in viral fashion via Facebook, Twitter and other social media instantaneously, as well as mainstream news coverage.
So the Debate Commission provided Hoosier voters with vital information the Republican nominee tried to duck. The lessons here are that candidate participation is now becoming traditional and expected, and candidates cannot hide. If they do, voters should question whether they have the proper temperament to serve.
I do, however, have some suggestions for the Indiana Debate Commission to ponder and build on the tradition now established:
1. Provide different formats. The three gubernatorial debates and two in the U.S. Senate race used the identical format in all five events: opening statements, citizen questions with responses and rebuttals, a "Lincoln-Douglass" debate sequence, and then closing statements.
This format is an invitation for sound bites —- which already dominate the campaigns via their TV and radio ads — and became duplicative. In multiple-debate series, a varied format should include one used by Rev. Rick Warren in 2008 when he conducted two extensive "conversations" with Barack Obama and John McCain. The commission should consider a series of different formats to prompt the candidates into different types of responses and at varied lengths.
2. The use and treatment of journalists. The citizen questions are valuable and should be included in at least one debate in each contest. But journalists were minimized during the entire process. The biggest beef here is that the press corps was confined to a "filing room" outside of the main venue and couldn't witness any audience reaction.
Journalists cover the day-to-day campaign, know the issues and should be allowed to pose questions to candidates during the debate sequence during at least one event. For instance, the Senate race was engulfed by more than $20 million of outside money, but there wasn't a single question on campaign finance.
As it stands right now, journalists can only ask questions after the event. So the public doesn't get to witness the journalists questioning the candidates, and the journalists don't get to witness the public during the debate. The commission should stream the debate and press conference online.
3. The involvement of the Libertarians. Early last summer at an Associated Press Managing Editors event, the Libertarians pressed newspaper and radio executives for more extensive coverage of their candidates. But Libertarians have no power base in the Statehouse or Congress, never having elected one of their candidates to either.
I thought many of gubernatorial candidate Rupert Boneham's debate remarks were nonsensical and were devoid of any plausible public policy. Libertarians are "playing politics." They don't raise money, build organizations that place their candidates in a position to win. Horning essentially admitted this during the press conference following the second Senate debate.
I'm not saying bar the Libertarian candidate. The debate commission could raise the bar. They could insist that a Libertarian get at least 10 percent in the previous election, or in a majority of public opinion polls prior to an invitation deadline date. That might incentivize the Libertarians to act like a real party.
4. All debate images and should be available for fair use. When Mourdock made his rape remark, it made national news. When Democrat Super PACs used it, the Debate Commission cried foul, saying that use of the images and sound violated participation agreements. This violates "fair use" doctrine. Anything said or seen in an Indiana Debate Commission event should be fair game for use in any form or format going forward.
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Little rolled cookies called rugelach have a honey walnut filling enrobed in the most delectable pastry dough. We call them pie cookies in my house. Addictive pie cookies.
Made from a rich and flavorful pastry with both cream cheese and butter, they have crusty outsides that crunch when you bite into them giving way to tender, flaky insides and sweet layers of honey walnut filling.
Rugelach are easier to make than you might think. You can use a food processor to make the pastry dough, then circles of the dough are rolled out – it's not necessary they be perfectly round – then the nut filling is spread over top. You cut wedges into the dough, roll them up and bake. Easy-peasy.
You will find them at their best the very first day you make them. Warm from the oven they will absolutely melt in your mouth. Although you can store them for up to a week they lose some of that lovely outer crispness that makes them so exceptionally good.
Rugelach are little rolled cookies with a honey-walnut filling enrobed in a rich butter and cream cheese pastry.
- Add the flour and salt to the bowl of a food processor and pulse several times to mix.
- Add the cubes of cream cheese and butter. Pulse 10 to 12 times until coarse crumbs form. In a small bowl whisk together the vanilla and yolk. Add to the flour mixture and run the processor continuously until the dough starts to clump together and form large curdlike pieces.
- Lightly dust the counter or a cutting board with flour and gather the pieces into a ball. Divide into four portions and flatten each into 1-inch thick disks. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate the dough at least 2 hours orup to 3 days (can be frozen for up to 3 months - thaw in the refrigerator before using).
- Make the filling: In a food processor pulse the walnuts 25 - 30 times until you have tiny crumbs. Combine the ground nuts in a bowl with the butter, honey, sugar and vanilla.
- Line a large baking sheet (or 2) with parchment paper.
- Roll out the dough: Sprinkle your work surface generously with powdered sugar. Sprinkle the surface of the dough and the rolling pin with more powdered sugar. Roll the dough from the center out into a circle about 1/8-inch thick. Don't worry if a few cracks form near the edges. Use more powdered sugar as needed to prevent sticking.
- Divide the filling into 4 equal portions. Spread 1/4 of the filling in a thin layer evenly over the surface of the dough from edge to edge. Press the filling gently into the dough.
- Use a pastry cutter or pizza slicer to cut the the dough into 16 wedges like a pizza. Beginning at the wide end roll up each wedge and place on the baking sheet with the small tip tucked underneath.
- Refrigerate cookies on the baking sheet, 20 - 30 minutes. Meanwhile work on the remaining batches.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bake the cookies one tray at a time until golden-brown about 18 - 22 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet, 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack.
- Repeat until all the cookies are baked.
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Former county resident to perform National Anthem at Dodgers' baseball game
- Last Updated on 07:32 AM 08/19/13
- BY The Gazette-Virginian
Former Halifax County resident Rayvon Owen will perform the National Anthem on Sunday in Los Angeles at the L.A. Dodgers' baseball game.
Owen grew up in the Hyco community and attended grade school in Halifax County. He is the grandson of the late Leon and Lucille Fitzgerald and the late Mary Owen.
According to his cousin and personal assistant Patsy Edmonds, Owen has dreamed of a life dedicated to a music career since he was a young boy.
"When people meet Rayvon Owen, the first thing they notice is his warm smile and gracious personality. These are qualities that also carry over into his music. Rayvon's goal is to inspire his listeners with an upbeat positive message," Edmonds said.
Owen began his music career at a very young age singing in choirs and touring with artists such as Damon Little.
The former county resident has made a name for himself in the greater Nashville area by performing around town at events such as Musicians Corner, Belmont University's "Christian" and "Commercial" Showcases, and he has even won Belmont's Urban Pop Showcase.
Currently living in Los Angeles, after graduating in June from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., the new R&B/pop singer and songwriter is ready to share his gift of music with the world, Edmonds said.
Owen's influences include the legendary, international icon Lionel Richie and other R&B/pop stars such as Eric Benet, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars and John Legend.
"Owen has a voice that can be described as smooth, sexy and one of a kind," Edmonds said.
According to the personal assistant, Owen recently had his first Los Angeles appearance at the House of Blues and received rave reviews for his performance.
Attending the event were celebrities such as Dr. Drew and his wife, Susan Pinsky, former U.S. Olympic and Gold Medalist Tai Babilonia and family members and friends of Lionel Richie, Edmonds said.
"His newest single 'Already Gone' has received the attention of all audiences as it has a true pop and R&B sound which appeals to both old and young," she said.
Currently, Rayvon is writing new material for his college tour, which began earlier this month with local appearances to be announced soon.


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A weakening dollar against the yen appears to be adding up to a price surge in shares of Aflac stock.
The Columbus-based supplemental insurance companys shares jumped once again to a 52-week high of $58.46 in early trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. The price dipped into negative territory during the day, with the overall market down, but finished up 5 cents at $57.51 per share.
Since bottoming out at a 52-week low of $39.34 per share on June 25 of last year, the firm famed for its humorous duck ad campaign has steadily waddled out of its stock hole. A quick calculation shows Fridays high is a gain of nearly 49 percent since that summer day in 2012.
Sterne Agee stock research analyst John Nadel on Friday morning reiterated his buy rating on Aflac stock, while also pushing his 52-week price target up by $2 to $67 per share.
His primary reasoning was the yen strengthening against the dollar, which makes Aflac earnings in Japan that much more valuable to the company and investors. The company, headquartered on Wynnton Road and employing nearly 4,000 people locally, does about 75 percent of its business in the Asian nation. The balance of its sales come in the U.S.
The stronger recent yen/dollar is likely providing (Aflac) with an opportunity to further add to its currency hedge to protect both 2013 and perhaps more importantly 2014 profit repatriation from the Japan branch, Nadel wrote in Fridays research note.
Specifically, Sterne Agee has increased its 2013 and 2014 earnings-per-share estimates for Aflac from $6.07 and $6.47 to $6.15 and $6.67. Nadel also said the health and life insurers share price is still lagging those of its insurance peers. The companys competitors include MetLife, Prudential Financial and Hartford Financial Services Group.
Against an improved macro backdrop (though clearly volatile), Aflacs shares are up just 8 percent (year to date) vs. the peer group up 31 percent on average, Nadel said. Even if the yen were to weaken back to recent levels, we still believe Aflac shares offer solid relative upside vs. much of the peer group.
Aflac, which will report second-quarter earnings in July, got off to a good start this year with its first-quarter profit performance of $892 million, or $1.90 per share.
The company also paid out a quarterly cash dividend of 35 cents per share on June 3, while continuing to buy back shares of its common stock, which will make those still held by investors more valuable. It repurchased $150 million worth of shares in the quarter, with a goal of buying $400 million to $600 million in stock by years end.
Given the strength of our capital ratios and parent company liquidity, we are even more comfortable with that range, Aflac Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dan Amos said of the stock repurchase goal.
The yen rose for the fourth straight day Friday amid the Japanese governments attempts to stimulate its long-sagging economy.


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Production on The Big Bang Theory's eighth season has been delayed as the show's five stars continue negotiating their contracts.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first table read was scheduled forWednesday, but Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helbergand Kunal Nayyar are not returning to work on the CBS comedy until they reach a new deal with Warner Bros. Television.
"Due to ongoing contract negotiations, production on The Big Bang Theory— which was originally scheduled to begin today — has been postponed," WBTV said in a statement Wednesday.
The Big Bang Theory, one of the TV shows most at home at Comic-Con, kicked off its panel on Friday with a clip from the Season 7 episode in which Sheldon (Jim Parsons), Leonard (Johnny Galecki), Howard (Simon Helberg) and Raj (Kunal Nayyar) try (and fail) to get tickets to the annual event.
Perhaps fittingly, the cast wasn't actually wasn't in attendance. Instead, the panel was only made up of the show's writers and executive producers Bill Prady and Steve Molaro, who shared some fun facts and a few details about the upcoming eighth season:
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ROCKPORT — The Blizzard of 2013 caused numerous problems in Rockport, from fires to the sounding of burglar alarms.
Police said some residents lost power around 11 p.m. Friday and did not get power back until 8 a.m. Sunday. Electrical, cable and telephone wires were all down throughout town and subsequent reports were made to National Grid, police said.
As a result of the blizzard, multiple fires were reported throughout town.
A telephone pole was reportedly on fire on Mount Pleasant Street at 2:15 a.m. Saturday.
Police said there was a working chimney fire on Sunday at 2:36 a.m. on Main Street and were there for several hours.
Shortly after, around 2:40 a.m., police said another fire on South Street warranted the Fire Department's response, and on Saturday night on 10:36, police said the Fire Department was dispatched to Granite Street for arching wires.
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Edith E. (Musgrave) Dritschel, 87, of Niagara Falls, NY, died on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at Niagara Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Niagara Falls, NY. She was born in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late William and Annie (Rising) Musgrave.
Edith was a lifelong resident of Niagara Falls and attended local schools. She was employed at the Carborundum Company in Niagara Falls. She later worked as a nurses aid at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, the former DeVeaux Manor and St. Marys Nursing Home. Edith was a member of the Golden Agers Club and Guild Care. Mrs. Dritschel loved being with people especially her family and friends, and was loved by everyone who knew her. She was an avid Buffalo Sabres fan, and enjoyed walking and watching figure skating on television.
Edith is survived by her five sons, Robert M. Dritschel of Niagara Falls, NY, Charles Dritschel of North Tonawanda, NY, Thomas Dritschel of Niagara Falls, NY, Kenneth Dritschel of Lackawanna, George (Ann Marie) Dritschel of Ransomville, NY; and was predeceased by one daughter, Beverly (Gary of Youngstown, NY) Bevilacqua. She is also survived by one grandson, Justin Dritschel; and several nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by her former husband, Robert Dritschel; one grandson, Michael Berds; one sister, Ethel (late Edward) Ventry; and two brothers, Charles Humphrey and Fred Musgrave.
Private funeral services and burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston, NY, will be held at the convenience of the family. Memorial offerings can be made to Niagara Hospice, 4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport, NY 14094.Arrangements by M.J. COLUCCI & SON NIAGARA FUNERAL CHAPEL, 2730 Military Road, Niagara Falls, NY.
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DALLAS (SMU) -- Southern Methodist University's 37th Annual Women's Symposium honored five Dallas-area women for their contributions to improving opportunities for women and girls through their community service with the presentation of the Profiles in Leadership Awards on Tuesday, Feb. 26.
Honorees Dr. Suzanne Ahn, Wanda R. Brice, Wendy Lopez, DeMetris Sampson and Sandra C. Tinkham received their awards at a ceremony at 6:30 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Ballroom, 3140 Dyer St.
Dr. Suzanne Ahn is a physician, inventor and community activist. A graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Ahn trained at Parkland Hospital in neurology and practiced medicine in Dallas for 15 years. She coordinated and was co-inventor of 23 filed U.S. patents and was the youngest physician, and only the second woman, to be appointed to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners in its 100-year history. She is the founder of the medical division of a start-up technology company and served as its divisional president and vice president of corporate affairs for three years.
A recognized civic leader and advocate of women's rights, Ahn was founder and first president of The Summit, a group of Dallas women in decision-making positions. She was instrumental in organizing the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of the American Medical Women's Association. Ahn also has served on numerous civic boards including the Women's Center of Dallas, Asian-American Historical Society and Girls Incorporated. Known for often bringing about positive changes in the community by working behind the scenes, she has lectured across the country on the topic of women's and civil rights.
Entrepreneur Wanda R. Brice is CEO and founder of Computer Directions Inc., a technical staffing company. An advocate for small business, Brice has served as a Texas delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business, on the Texas Small Business United (TSBU) Board of Directors, as Guardian in the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and on the executive committee of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. She is past president of the Executive Women of Dallas, the D/FW National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), The Dallas Forum and the Dallas chapter of International Women's Forum (IWF). Brice currently serves as one of 50 national small business owners appointed to serve on the Small Business Administration National Advisory Council that advises the Bush administration on the most effective ways to serve the millions of American small businesses.
Awards she has won include the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce "Outstanding Businessperson of the Year Award," the International Women's Forum "Women Who Make a Difference Award," the National Association of Women Business Owners "Chapter Advocate of the Year Award," and the DFW Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners "Member of the Year Award." For three years, Brice has served as a mentor through the Help One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) program, where she weekly visits a local elementary school and works with at-risk children.
Wendy A. Lopez is president and chief executive officer of her own engineering firm, Wendy Lopez & Associates Inc. (WLA), which has been honored as one of the largest minority- and woman-owned businesses in Dallas. In 13 years, WLA grew from a one-person civil engineering design firm to a 150-person, multidisciplinary environmental and engineering services company. WLA was recognized in 2001 as one of Zweig Letter's Hot Firms of 2001, the Hispanic Business Magazine's "The Hispanic Business 500," and the Dallas Business Journal's Top 25 Dallas-Area Engineering Firms.
A past president of the Consulting Engineers Council, Lopez was a member of the Society of American Military Engineers American, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Civil Engineering Advisory Board, Women's Transportation Seminar and the Society of Civil Engineers. Lopez sits on the board of directors of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the North Texas Commission, D/FW Chapter of National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Dallas County Local Work Force Development, The Dallas Assembly and The Dallas Summit. She is a member of the Women's Business Council, Hispanic 50, Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Business Development Council and Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Awards she has earned include being named one of the YWCA's 2001 Women of Achievement, the D/FW Chapter of NAWBO's Public Policy Advocate of the Year and NAWBO's D/FW Chapter Woman Business Owner of the Year.
DeMetris Sampson is the managing partner of the Dallas law office of Linebarger Goggan Blair Peña & Sampson, LLP where she has practiced law since 1987. She is the first African-American woman to become a partner in a majority law firm in Dallas.
A distinguished leader in her profession, she has served as president of the Dallas Association of Black Women Attorneys, chair of the Political Congress of African-American Women and on numerous state and national boards and task forces. As a civic leader, Sampson serves on the board of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the advisory panel of the North Texas Future Fund and the executive committee of the University of Texas Law School Alumni Association. She recently co-chaired the successful Better Schools, Better Dallas--DISD bond campaign. She was appointed to the board of regents of East Texas State University (now Texas A&M Commerce) by Governor Ann Richards and served as vice-chair of the board.
Sampson is a member of the Dallas Bar Foundation, the Texas Bar Foundation, the Dallas Assembly, the Dallas Summit, the Dallas Citizens Council and is a life member of the NAACP.
Awards she has received include the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Award; the Women's Center of Dallas Maura Award; the University of Texas Ex-Students Association's Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award; 2000 Congressional Black Caucus Spouses "Unsung Hero" Award; and being named by Women's Enterprise Magazine as one of the 2001 Women of Excellence.
Sandra C. Tinkham held the position of director of the SMU Women's Center and coordinator of the Women's Symposium from 1986 to 1997. She served as a student on SMU's first Women's Symposium committee and is the only person to serve the Women's Symposium in all three roles of student, staff and participant. During her tenure at SMU, she was instrumental in securing funding for numerous women's programs both on and off campus.
Tinkham also worked as a volunteer and part-time staff member at the Women's Center of Dallas, where she wrote grants that included a 1974 grant proposal from the Texas Committee on the Humanities to produce a two-day seminar, "The Politics of Public Education," and secured the Center's first federal grant in 1977.
Tinkham retired from SMU in the fall of 1999, but continues to serve on the Executive Committee of the Dallas Summit, the SMU Library Board, SMU's Raggio Lecture Committee and the Women's Symposium Advisory Committee.
As a community volunteer committed to women's issues, Tinkham was a founding member and former president of the Women's Center of Dallas, the Women's Interest Network and facilitated the founding meeting of the Dallas Summit. She has served as president of the Women's Council of Dallas County, the Women's Center of Dallas, and the YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas, where she served on the YWCA board from 1976-2000.
Previous recipients of the SMU Women's Symposium Profiles in Leadership Award are Ruth Altshuler, Vivian Castleberry, Billie Fraumann, Jo Fay Godbey, Adlene Harrison, Margaret McDermott, the Rev. Sheron Covington Patterson, Tegwin Pulley, Louise Raggio, Delia Reyes, Elizabeth Rucker, Ruth Tatum and Virginia Whitehill.


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---- — The underscore came from the Cooperstown students in the crowd Feb. 28 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse as Liz Millea accepted the tournament Most Valuable Player Award after Cooperstown's girls basketball team won the Section Three Class C title.
"She's a freshman," the students chanted.
It would be cliche to say Millea doesn't play like freshman. She just plays like a talented one.
"I'm shocked," she said about winning the award. "I was not at all expecting it, but it feels really good."
Millea took over Cooperstown's vacant point guard position from nearly the moment practice began in the fall.
"She was put in that position by the third day of practice," Cooperstown senior center Nicole Cring said. "I don't know how she does it."
Millea took over for Holli Erkson, who not only played at Wells this year, but started all but one game for the Express and was second on the team in scoring. Yet, it was Erkson's replacement, Millea, who had the Cooperstown girls fired up.
"When we saw Liz play last March, and the girls knew she would play varsity, they were excited," Cooperstown coach Mike Niles said. "They had played with her in AAU or at the gym. I think they knew before I did that she would be our point guard.
"Every time I have a little question mark about whether she can handle the pressure because she's a freshman; she's like, 'no problem. I can handle it,' and she does," he continued.
Millea earned her MVP honors by scoring a game-high 26 points against Little Falls in the C-1 finals on March 23 at Onondaga Community College. The point total was one away from her varsity high, and included 12 points in the fourth quarter.
"We knew Liz was getting by people easily," Niles told The Daily Star after the game. "We were calling some ball-screen stuff for her and she had some baskets off of broken stuff.
"I don't think the perimeter people they had were quick enough to guard her off of the dribble," he continued.
Millea's varsity high came in the second game of the season, when she scored 27 points against Mohawk on Dec. 7. On the season, Millea is the second-leading scorer on the team, averaging 11.3 points per game. She leads the team in steals and is second in assists.
"We're blessed in that she has a natural awareness about the game," Niles said. "A lot of times it takes years to develop that kind of on-court intelligence."
Millea's teammates said they think highly of her as well.
"She's funny and goofy and always happy," Cring said. "She always has a smile on her face. She's another one that you can always find practicing. If you don't know where she is, she is probably at the Clark (Sports Center) shooting baskets."
Senior Sumer Murdock, who also made the all-tournament team, added, "She's a leader on this team. She pushes people to get better."


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Five students from Manatee School for the Arts emerged from Manatee County History Fair competition to represent the county at the Florida History Fair May 5-7 in Tallahassee.
Manatee County has conducted a History Fair for 28 years. Out of 281 projects and 446 students, MSA students will represent the county in three of five categories.
The Florida History Fair is an annual competition that encompasses a great deal of teaching, learning and digging deeply into history research based on the theme chosen each year.
The 2013 National History Day theme is: Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events.
Students will competefor a chance to represent Florida at National History Day June 9-13 in College Park, Md.
MSA students chosen for the state competition include Jesus Urieta, for Senior Individual Exhibit Board; Julia Hereford, Celine Brice and Miles DeMint, for Senior Group Performance; and Emily Akers, for Senior Individual Documentary.
"I chose to study Beethoven and how he himself is aturning point in history," DeMint said.
Akers said, "In the process of creating my entries,I had to learn how to useMovieMaker and put clips together to create avideo, a skill that I have since used for several school projects."
Melissa Porter, education and volunteer coordinatorfor Manatee Village Historical Park, emphasized theimportance of getting anearly start to qualify for the state history fair competition.
"Everyone at MSA isexcited about the possibil-ities of placing at thestate competition, whichmay lead to attendingnationals in Maryland," she said.
Students should develop topic ideas early in the school year, she said.
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For the 18th consecutive year, Memphis has been named a Tree City USA by the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation recognizing the town's commitment to urban forestry.
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Memphis has again met the four standards to become a Tree City USA community: maintaining a tree board or department, a tree-care ordinance, a comprehensive community forestry program, and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation.
"As a continuing project we are again offering a free tree to anyone that will help with their survival," said superintendent Roy Monroe. "This would include not injuring the bark of the tree with weed eaters or lawnmowers."
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"We had suspicions that our female Colobus was going to give birth soon, but it wasn't certain," said Sam Winslow, Assistant Director and General Curator. "We got the confirmation on Wednesday morning when we discovered the baby, and are thrilled that she's been able to reproduce again."
Colobus monkeys have long black fur with a white ring that runs along the sides of their backs to the tail, but are born all white and remain white for up to a year. The name "Colobus" comes from a Greek word meaning "mutilated," referring to their lack of thumbs. Colobus monkeys are found in the forests of Africa along the equator.
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For this last week of August, I'm turning to five of my colleagues who have graciously agreed to provide guest posts on topics they've written on of late. We're starting off with Matt Spina, who covers Erie County government. I asked Matt to write about the prospects of a proposal to shrink the Erie County Legislature.
The prospects for a nine-member Legislature are most uncertain.
A Democratic lawmaker, Thomas A. Loughran of Amherst, has placed the challenge before all 15 lawmakers. If a majority accept it, the proposal would go to voters in November 2009, when the lawmakers are seeking re-election.
Loughran says the proposal would be the year's foremost campaign issue. Among the 15, Loughran seemed most impressed by civic activist Kevin Gaughan's call for distressed Erie County to take the sickle to its overgrown thicket of local politicians.
As you might guess, Loughran's proposal makes some lawmakers nervous. As of right now, it has support from just three or four other legislators. It needs eight to pass. A proposal by Legislature Chairwoman Lynn M. Marinelli might derail it.
Marinelli is creating a study commission that will look at length of terms, powers of legislators and the number of legislators, among other things. It would be appointed solely by her and a few other lawmakers. And its findings would have to be accepted by the Legislature as a whole before being put to voters.
In other words the Legislature if it wished -- and this is a cynical view -- could cherry-pick the most self-serving changes recommended by the commission and put them before voters, then discard the rest.
Oh yes, there probably would not be a referendum until 2010, a non-election year for lawmakers.
Marinelli says the call for a smaller legislature should be evaluated holistically, against other reforms that have been broached over the years. That's why she does not want to rush to shrink the legislature.
Here are the lawmakers who, so far, have endorsed the creation of a study commission: Edward A. Rath III, R-Amherst; Robert B. Reynolds, D-Hamburg; Timothy M. Wroblewski, D-Cheektowaga. They are willing to wait while it does its work.
And the lawmakers who have endorsed a nine-member Legislature: John J. Mills, R-Orchard Park; Michael H. Ranzenhofer, R-Amherst; and Kathy Konst, D-Lancaster.
It will be up to Loughran and Gaughan to win more votes for their idea. Expect some bargaining. [If not nine, how about 11? 13?]
But Marinelli need not win any votes to create the commission. Her powers as Legislature chairwoman let her do it on her own.
Tomorrow: Vanessa Thomas writes about what what she finds most striking in the police blotter.
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In Family First: brain tumors are the #1 childhood cancer. You can help those families affected by it in a fun ride with local police officers.
The Ride for Kids is August 4. Hundreds of motorcyclists will ride together to raise money for research into pediatric brain tumors.
Officers from the Middleton and other Police Departments will escort participants in the ride. Participants will be eligible for a drawing that includes a new Honda motorcycle.
The ride leaves at 10am from Fireman's park, next to Middleton Sigh School.
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Areas of Connecticut went without power for more than a week after Tropical Storm Irene made landfall here on Aug 28, 2011.
Over 700,000 Connecticut Light & Power customers lost electricity following the storm, a record number at the time that was bested just a few months later by the freak October snowstorm.
Initially, residents listened as CL&P President Jeffrey Butler explained the difficulty the utility company faced with the high number of outages and the fact that it would take time to restore everyone to full capacity.
But as the days went on, state residents and elected officials became restless, and Butler became a target of criticism for the company's handling of the restoration efforts. This extended into October when, after the snowstorm hit, CL&P found itself in the same predicament as with Irene.
But in the year since, Butler has resigned as president of CL&P, and the power company has implemented new initiatives such as a division that's focused on getting power restored in a timely manner following a storm, the New Haven Register reports.
The company also donated $30 million to the state as a fund for those who dealt with long power outages following Irene and the October storm.
And, as noted in the Register article, CL&P spokesman Mitch Gross has had practice with smaller storms and outages this summer so it's prepared for the next event.
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This site is meant not only to show a broad representation of Cairo, but also to demonstrate how certain spaces happen to change over the course of a single year. Amidst ongoing political unrest and periodic violence, the heart of downtown has undergone some of the most obvious transformations, and nowhere is that more clear than the Northern wall of AUC's campus on Mohamed Mahmoud Street.
School and state authorities have contributed to these changes, reinforcing the wall, painting over graffiti, even making it higher. Some of these aesthetic and functional changes have been documented on this very site. Still, the latest "Mohamed Mahmoud Street Wall" is covered in a collage of murals and graffiti dedicated to the memory of the revolution's martyrs, or الشهداء. Vibrant pastel colors sweep across the wall, blending pharaonic motifs with contemporary political messages.
Walking down Mohamed Mahmoud yesterday, one graffiti artist was busy touching up the martyrs images and adding new additions to the wall, steadying himself with an old ladder that stood over a wreath-like devotion to the Ahlawy Ultras on the sidewalk.
The martyr portraits are bookended with two equally impressive commentaries on the security state still present in Egypt. On the left side of the wall, where there used to be a massive mural depicting demonstrators who had lost their eyes in front of the Ministry of Interior or on Mohamed Mahmoud, there is now a sprawling painting of security officers, who, as @suzeeinthecity points out in her terrific post on the very same subject (here), are depicted as terrifying monsters.
The latest renovation, or perhaps renewal, of the Mohamed Mahmoud wall of course comes in the wake of one of the bloodiest days in modern Egyptian history, the Port Said violence that took place a few weeks ago. While a good portion of the artistry revolves around remembering those who died, including the 14-year-old Anas, the youngest of Egypt's martyrs, there is plenty of room devoted to the spirit of martyrs past, like 19-year-old Ultra Ahlawy Mohamed Mostafa.
On the corner of Mohamed Mahmoud Street and Tahrir Square, there is a headshot that blends the faces of deposed President Hosni Mubarak and leader of SCAF, Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. Adjacent to the picture of "Hosni Tantawi" is a colorful representation of an activist who became well-known in December's skirmishes in front of the Ministry of Interior and Majlis Al-Shab after apparently seizing weapons from state security personnel.
Compare the pictures above to what the wall to photos taken as recently as January 25th, and the evolution of the "Walls of Mohamed Mahmoud" comes into focus:
Finally, for a nicely written piece on the use of "martyrs," check out this entry by M. Lynx Qualey over at Arab Lit.
See below for the entire gallery of pictures from the Mohamed Mahmoud wall.
Photos: Mohamed Mahmoud Street, Cairo – February 22, 2012.


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A month into Fairfax County's superintendent search community input process, a picture of what Fairfax County Public Schools next leader could look like is taking shape: someone who focuses on visibility and engagement, has a good business sense and can navigate the system through difficult budget seasons.
Thousands of residents, staff and administrators have weighed in on the system's strengths and challenges and what characteristics will be key for the next leader of one of the country's largest school systems, —the search firm hired by the board this fall—told school board members Thursday night.
The consultants held 56 sessions with stakeholders to gather input over the past four weeks. Another 1,433 people submitted online surveys.
The input process is far from over yet—after the school board defines the draft list of desired characteristics, that draft will be sent back to staff and the community in meetings Jan. 14 and 15—but the search firm presented an early community consensus to board members Thursday.
Among the system's strengths, respondents said: academic performance, breadth and depth of programming, a highly educated community, availability of resources and the quality of the people working in the system.
"There are parents and community leaders who want us to challenge the student. I'm glad that's there, because it is a very important piece," Janie Strauss (Dranesville) said.
Among its challenges and issues: more authentic engagement and communication, budget woes, staying competitive academically and educating the whole student, staff morale and "numerous comments about points of learning from other systems that have gone through similar situations."
School board member Megan McLaughlin (Braddock) said "we have a lot of initiatives and our employees said that has made a huge impact on our morale."
Given that feedback, respondents overwhelmingly hoped for a candidate who valued and excelled at communication and transparency and community engagement, fiscal and operational management and strong leadership.
There was also a large number of respondents who wanted a leader who could address the system's growing special education needs.
Some of the feedback dealt specifically with the leadership of specifically: Some respondents felt he was not visible enough in the community—"the superintendent should maintain grass roots connections with teachers, students and administrators through regular visits to school sites and conversations with those in the trenches (as [the former superintendent] did)," wrote one administrator.
"I feel like we're spending a lot of time with the community engagement piece and not as much on the educational skill set," board member Kathy Smith (Sully) said after the presentation.
Another felt "the current leadership team continues to 'push down' initiatives and places more and more stress on teachers. We need a superintendent that will establish priorities and know when to say 'NO....not this year.'"
"Take a lesson from Montgomery County school superintendent. Be less of a politician and more of an educator," a community member wrote.
Tamara Derenak Kaufax (Lee) said one thing absent from the profile was "being a good business manager, the ability to be a macro manager," she said. "Someone who can work with a large staff and also build a strong team."
Consultants said business management skills often came up in conversations with staff and the community; "it was often described as an individual who's capable of working well with county supervisors; being an advocate and voice for all children in the system," they said.
Ryan McElveen (at-large) said he agreed with Smith's concerns about the apparent absence of emphasis on someone who has a background in education best practices.
"I always cringe at the term customer-focused. Our students and parents are not customers," McElveen said.
Consultants are taking board feedback and its community reports to put together a draft leadership profile by the time students return from the holiday break. The online survey will stay open until Jan. 23
"I think what I was hoping to capture that the key is collaborative leadership style," McLaughlin said. "We want a superintendent who can work with different stakeholders and really find solutions."
For the consultants' full community input summaries, click the PDFS and reports in the media player at right.
See also:
Community Forums Scheduled for Superintendent Search
Board Lays Early Plan for Superintendent Search
Editor's Note: Previously, the above article stated that the online surveys were the same as the surveys provided during in-person meetings. These surveys were similar, but not the same.


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Triggers are fairly new to MySQL and are, therefore, still in an early stage of development. There are a number of limitations you might find too restrictive if you rely heavily on triggers for your application. All three databases support row triggers before and after insert, update and delete statements. Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server also offer statement triggers.
MySQL allows, at most, one trigger per table per event time and type -- a table can only have one BEFORE INSERT trigger, for example. Both Orable and SQL Server permit multiple triggers of each type on a table. The order in which they execute may not be defined.
MySQL requires each of the six possible triggers to be defined separately. If you want to perform the exact same action on INSERT or on DELETE, you must define two separate triggers. Oracle and SQL Server allow trigger definitions to include multiple event types, such as BEFORE INSERT, DELETE
MySQL does not permit dynamic SQL in a trigger, or in a stored procedure called by a trigger. There is no such restriction in Oracle.
Both MySQL and Oracle attempt to prevent mutating table errors where, for example, a trigger attempts to modify the table which called it. MySQL and Oracle try to stop this by preventing such triggers from being created. It is still possible to create such errors, using cascading foreign keys or by other means. SQL Server allows for recursive triggers, and so must be coded carefully to prevent endless recursion.
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