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There have been lots of memorable nights for the Washington Capitals in the past 15 months, but this one ranks up near the top of the list. Mike Green did something no NHL defenseman has done in the 92-year history of the league and Michal Neuvirth had a fantastic NHL debut. Toss in the fact that their dads were here to see it (Neuvirth's whole family was here) and this was a pretty cool evening.
"That's all really special – those are memories these guys are going to take forever," Caps coach Bruce Boudreau said. "I just hope they come down enough to play tomorrow [at Florida]."
Here are a few tidbits from the evening:
* Alex Ovechkin made sure both Green and Neuvirth took a towel-full of shaving cream to the face during their interviews.
* Green has scored in eight straight games — he's now one game shy of tying the franchise record for any player, which was accomplished by Mike Gartner and Alan Haworth in the mid-80s. He is also the first player to score in eight straight in the NHL since Miro Satan and Teemu Selanne both did it 10 years ago.
The guy now has 22 goals — that's 36.4 percent more than any other defenseman in the league. To put that in prospective, Alex Ovechkin would need to have 55 goals right now to be that far in front of the Zach Parise and Jeff Carter. Incredible.
Someone asked Boudreau if he deserved some credit for helping Green find his offensive game at this level. The response was a classic Boudreau line:
"Nah, he could have had freakin' Mickey Mouse coaching him and eventually he was going to be a great hockey player," Boudreau said. "I'm just glad I'm the one."
* Boudreau said the guys on the bench didn't know if they were allowed to go on the ice after Green's goal, but referee Tom Kowal told him before the game that it was OK and there would be no penalty assessed.
* Neuvirth's first save was pretty lucky - the shot from Vinny Lecavalier squirted through his legs and just missed the far post. But then Lecavlier had a breakaway midway through the first period and Neuvirth robbed him with a great glove save. That was a quite spectacular "Welcome to the NHL" moment.
"That was just fast and I was lucky," Neuvirth said. "After that I was just like, 'Well, I can play at this level.' "
As for Neuvirth's thoughts on the whole experience?
"I still can't believe this," Neuvirth said. "This is my best feeling ever."
He finished the night with 31 saves and certainly didn't look out of place. Just like Simeon Varlamov, his first foray in the NHL was an unequivocal success.
"He was probably nervous handling the puck in the first 10 seconds, but in that first period — it was not a 3-0 first period — but he kept us in the game," Boudreau said.
* Boudreau noted that the top line of Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Nicklas Backstrom could have had "five or six goals" in the first period. The second line — the 3 Fs — also had a great game together, which culminated in Tomas Fleischmann's highlight-reel pass to Eric Fehr for the final goal (Fehr's fifth goal in six games). The coach said that line will be together again tomorrow night in Sunrise, Fla.
* Semin had a great goal, a couple of did-he-just-do-that stickhandling moves and a hooking penalty in the first period. Let's call that the Alexander Semin Hat Trick from now, eh?


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It seems that eight Texas Air National Guard cargo transport planes used for post-hurricane evacuations will remain in Texas - at least until 2014.
A Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Tuesday approved a $604 billion defense spending bill that reverses proposed Pentagon cuts in Air Force personnel and equipment. The proposal included moving the C-130 Hercules planes from Fort Worth's Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in two years.
The full committee is expected to vote later this week.
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says the legislation allows lawmakers time to work with the Defense and Air Force secretaries on a long-term plan.
Gulf Coast governors say the big transport planes have carried more than 3,100 people and delivered more than 900 tons of emergency supplies since 2005.
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It was with the heaviest heart that I read the news, spreading like a wild fire, of the death of the extraordinary photographer Rick Hunter. He was one of my favorite people on Facebook and a constant inspiration as I tried, and tried again, to train my camera to see as he saw. My eye will never be as keen as his, yet I will continue to strive to capture the world around me as he always did, so skillfully.
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The November constitutional amendment election is over and in Bexar County just over six percent of registered voters went to the polls.
That means a lot of voters did not show up, which isn't always because they don't care.
Every election cycle elections office workers begin their hunt to find out what happened to voters who vanish. Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen said the technical term for this lost constituency that doesn't show up to vote is called the "suspense voters."
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts has brought an unusual troupe of performers to San Antonio. Simply put, it's one of the strangest things I've ever seen.
Yvonne Montoya, Program Director for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, said the Colombian stilt walking group are on an international tour right now.
"You can see modern dance in there, you can see the look of ballet, it's all kind of genres put together," Montoya said.
San Antonio veterans down on their luck lined up to take advantage of free services available at the 16th annual Veterans Stand Down.
Texas Matters: An update on the Texas state fire marshal's online tool to locate ammonium nitrate facilities in the state like the one that exploded in the town of West. Are communities safer from this kind of a disaster? Also on this show: Texas libraries are set to lose federal funding, author Beverly Donofrio on her new memoir.
Ammonium nitrate storage in Texas after the West explosion
On April 17, the town of West, Texas, was leveled by an explosion at the local fertilizer plant.
Fronteras: A three-part series exploring hidden pockets of poverty: In college towns across the West, it's often a struggle to find both low-income and student housing. We explore a new trend of higher poverty rates in the nation's suburbs. As the number of poor students increases the amount of per pupil funding doesn't. We look at one public school district that's trying to do more with less. Also, a look at the unique challenges the children of migrant farm workers face when it comes to getting an education.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Texas with over $5 million for community health clinics. The money is a part of the Affordable Care Act's pursuit of improving access to healthcare by providing medical service for Texans who can't afford it.
"In Texas, ten community health centers were awarded more than $5.6 million and we hope that that money will help them serve an additional 46,000 plus patients," said Martin Kramer with the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.
A new exhibit at the McNay by Illinois artist Rosayln Schwartz takes conventions from master paintings and re-interprets them, challenging the "arbiter of taste," those who decide what is and isn't "high quality."
"What I do in a sense is to try to pervert that experience by changing colors to these lurid, almost neon-like colors that I use to create these old master reenactments." Schwartz said. "And what I find so interesting is that people are drawn to the work, they're seduced by the work because of this mastery."
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by Jerome Armstrong, Sun Jun 07, 2009 at 07:08:03 PM EDT
The PPP model is expecting a turnout of 300K for Tuesday's primary in Virginia. There are others whom are modeling a turnout of 165-185K (here's one credible source). Now, those present radically different models to base an election on, here's what PPP has:
Three-way races can be like that, but the big caveat here is that PPP is relying on a lot of Independents and Republicans voting in the Democratic primary, and that Deeds leads among voters in NoVA over Moran. That's certainly not what the Moran campaign is finding with its huge ongoing effort of phone-banking:
In Richmond, Moran's canvass reached 22,399 likely voters and found that Moran is now within the margin of one of his opponents, while leading the other by several percentage points. And in Roanoke, where Moran just last week began his advertising campaign, his support has risen 150 percent among likely voters.
I really am not too excited about the conservative Democrat Creigh Deeds. Deeds has really come out of nowhere, and is a blank slate to most voters. He's not very environmental, being in favor of offshore oil drilling and new coal plants, and he's backwards on gay marriage. That said, he's better by far than Terry McAuliffe and way better than Bob McDonnell. As PPP shows, he captured the huge anti-McAuliffe vote here in the state in their polling, which he owes to Moran for creating. Without Moran beating the shit out of McAuliffe, there is no Deeds surge in the polls, but that's 3-way primaries. It's not issue-based at all, with the poll finding liberal NoVA Democratic voters backing the conservative-- just a surge of electability vs McAuliffe.
A 14-16% lead seems unbeatable, but remember that PPP is predicting a huge turnout too. I know both McAuliffe and Moran have much better field organizations than Deeds, by far-- its not even close. Deeds has gotten all the breaks in the polls; now, does he have the votes? The turnout will tell. There may also be a final SUSA poll out Monday.
The updated Pollster graph has a still very close race with Moran within 6% of Deeds.


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Comment made by Tool seem to indicate that Warlords get exp by being in the stack when it fights, and does not retreat from combat. Given that Gobwin Knob consists of multiple zones but counts as a single hex for the purpose of movement, does that mean Parson gained exp for each instance of combat in the city? Or just combat he participated in himself. I'm asking because logic would assume only the ones he personally fights in, but as chief warlord his bonus goes to everyone and he directs combat.
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Though she didn't begin her musical career until relatively late, Deana Carter managed to defy conventional expectations and unexpectedly shot to the top of the country charts upon the release of her 1996 debut, Did I Shave My Legs for This? Carter's success was equally unexpected considering that she didn't quite fit into the mold of a standard female contemporary country singer. Melding the popular appeal of country chanteuses with folky singer/songwriters like Mary Chapin Carpenter, Carter racked up both positive reviews and healthy sales with Did I Shave My Legs for This?, becoming one of the most pleasant success stories of the post-Garth Brooks generation. As the daughter of Nashville studio guitarist Fred Carter, Jr., Deana Carter grew up in a musical environment, and was exposed to a wide variety of music. Fred played guitar for a wide variety of musicians, including Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, and Simon & Garfunkel. The music of those artists would eventually seep into Deana's own style, which she hadn't yet formed when she initially tried to land a record contract at the age of 17. Despite her efforts and her father's assistance, Carter wasn't able to secure a deal, so she abandoned music to study nursing at the University of Tennessee. While she was a student, she continued to sing for fun, yet she didn't devote much energy to music. After graduation, Carter worked in a few hospitals before deciding to pursue a musical career at the age of 23. Learning the guitar for the first time, Deana also began to write songs. For several years, she worked odd jobs as she continued to develop her songwriting skills and sing at Nashville nightclubs. Eventually, one of her demo tapes made its way to Willie Nelson, while another wound up in the offices of Capitol Nashville. Nelson, who remembered her from her childhood, was impressed with Carter's songs and asked her to perform at Farm Aid VII in 1994; she was the only female artist on the entire bill. Within a year, Capitol Nashville had signed Deana Carter to a contract. Boasting six songs co-written by Carter, her debut album, Did I Shave My Legs For This?, was released to strong reviews in late summer of 1996. By the end of the year, the record had climbed to the upper reaches of the country charts and had made inroads on the pop charts, going gold in the process. Everything's Gonna Be Alright followed in late 1998. In 2001, Carter realized her dream of performing with her father on her holiday album, Father Christmas, which featured her dad on guitar. I'm Just a Girl, a recording that leans strongly toward adult pop, was released on Arista Nashville in 2003. The Story of My Life followed in 2005 on Vanguard. A second Vanguard release, The Chain, appeared in 2007. ~ Stephen Thomas ErlewinePortions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation.
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Meth-Dealing Catholic Priest Who Owned Porn Shop Plans to Confess Guilt
'Monsignor Meth' allegedly made $300,000 in drug sales.
Kevin Wallin, the 61-year-old Connecticut priest nicknamed "Monsignor Meth" after his January 3 arrest for operating a drug-dealing ring, is expected to plead guilty next week to one count of conspiracy, according to news reports.
Wallin was ordained a priest by the Roman Catholic Church in 1984 and worked in Bridgeport and Danbury, Conn., churches until 2011. His intention to plead guilty to one conspiracy charge was made public in a Tuesday court filing.
Prosecutors say Wallin made $300,000 in methamphetamine sales from his apartment and from the parking lot of an adult bookstore he owned. Four alleged accomplices were also arrested in what Connecticut U.S. Attorney David Fein touted as "the dismantling of ... a significant methamphetamine distribution organization that spanned from California to Connecticut."
The bookstore—which sold pornography and sex toys—was believed to be a front business for Wallin to launder his drug money.
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According to the Connecticut Post, by pleading guilty Wallin may induce the prosecutor to dismiss six charges of possession with intent to distribute the drug. He may also avoid a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, the Post reports, by applying for a "safety valve" exception for first-time offenders.
The Hartford Courant reports that Wallin was himself addicted to meth, according to court documents, and at some point before his arrest "was ordered by his employer to enter a rehabilitation program." It's unclear who that employer was, but a spokesman for the Diocese of Bridgeport, which was paying Wallin a stipend until his arrest, said it wasn't the church.
Wallin resigned from his Bridgeport post in June 2011 and was allowed to take a sabbatical. Church authorities reportedly had become alarmed by Wallin's behavior after they discovered he was a cross-dresser and was having sex in the rectory of St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport.
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The Connecticut Post reported in January that, according to sources, Wallin "sometimes dressed as a woman, [and] would entertain odd-looking men, some who were also dressed in women's clothing and engaging in sex acts."
A spokesman for the Bridgeport Diocese on Wednesday told the Post: "It is a difficult moment for all of us, but we hope it is also the first step in rebuilding his life. We pray that he moves toward healing and wholeness."
Several publications have noted the uncanny similarity between Wallin's story and the fictional life of Walter White, the main character in the popular AMC show "Breaking Bad." The series, which debuted in 2008, centers on White's transformation from a frustrated and bored school teacher into a wealthy meth-dealing kingpin.
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a) Unarguably a top-10 prospect in the Twins system.
b) ETA to majors of at least 2015.
These other characteristics would be nice, but not necessary:
c) Consensus top-100 prospect in MLB (Meyer fits this)
d) High-end stuff
Basically, I would like another pitcher like Meyer for Willingham. I guess I could be talked into a middle-infielder, but I'd prefer another pitcher.
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The deal he signed was awesome, and a huge bargain. He was a stud last year. None of that changes the team outlook for 2013 and possibly 2014. The only way to turn Willingham's deal into a regrettable one would be to waste the asset with a rotten team around him and then get nothing in return for his value. Signing Willingham was not a mistake (obviously) but letting him play out his contract without exploring what he could bring in return would be a huge mistake. I agree that he is hard to replace, but that is also not a reason to pass on a good deal.
I think the last statement you made is the reality. Trading Span makes this team worse for the next couple years and trading all the valuable pieces for young assets seems to be the way the team needs to go. It will be painful for a couple years, but could pay off huge by 2015. Patience is virtue. By 2015, there could be right handed power bats available to sign or trade for as well.
This can all change with some key additions in the off-season, so I reserve the right to change my mind. If the team feels they can contend next year, then they are justified in keeping him. Personally, I need more data and I would like to see how things play out. This is how I feel right now, based on what has already happened.
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It's basically a tossup. If they trade Willingham for prospects, they're admitting that they're not trying next year and the ticket sales plummet. If they trade him for ML-ready SP, it's probably not as good as we need it to be, and when the team doesn't improve fans revolt. If they keep him, they risk regression or injury, and little return on a perceived asset. This is why being an armchair GM is so much fun.
Personally I'm betting on the Twins not bailing on next season until after the season has started, which means they don't deal Willingham til the deadline. I think I'd prefer trading Willingham for a high upside prospect if possible, but I'm not going to be surprised or upset when it doesn't happen.
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I don't think Willingham gets traded this offseason. The thing that would of made such a trade possible, is that if Joe Benson would have continued progressing. He had moved through the system with Parmelee, putting up better numbers most of way, until 2012 crapped out on him. He is just about about the only power, right handed bat in the upper minors. He could be the logical successor to Willingham. It would be very good for the Twins if Benson, Hicks and Arcia can all settle in at AAA this coming year and put together dominating seasons, all of a sudden the Twins have all sorts of trade possibilities. Assuming, of course, that Willingham, Morneau and Parmelee are all healthy and productive.
I don't imagine all of those things will happen. Still, the Twins really need some guys to show they are ready before they move Willingham or anybody else.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
State of the Island debate at the Riverside Centre. Picture by Peter Boam.
SUSTAINABLE farming, transport, the Isle of Wight's economy, caring for the elderly and jobs for young people were among topics covered in a debate about the state of the Island.
The packed two-hour meeting, staged at the Riverside Centre, Newport today (Saturday). called for by Independent Alliance co-ordinator at County Hall, Cllr Ian Stephens, was attended by around 70 people including representatives from all the Isle of Wight's political parties and Island MP Andrew Turner.
During the wide-ranging debate, members of the public raised a variety of issues including how to tackle the number of jobless people on the Island, how the Isle of Wight could encourage small-scale sustainable farming and council cuts to local services.
Bob Burton from the Isle of Wight Trades Union Council told the meeting that organised labour was the only way that the Isle of Wight could break free from being a low-wage economy.
He added that there was also a lack of housing with an estimated 6,000 people on the Isle of Wight Council's housing waiting list.
He said: "What we need is manufacturing industry on the Isle of Wight. Our problem is unemployment, which has to be addressed, and the housing problem."
Unison branch secretary, Mark Chiverton, added that 'instability' had been created at County Hall due to the frequent changes in the Isle of Wight Council's chief executive.
He said: "I have never known a situation which is so unstable and such an intense sense of despair amongst staff."
Robert Butler told the meeting that the Isle of Wight Council should encourage small-scale farming.
He said: "Our Island used to be a net exporter of food, meat and textiles. All the fields where I grew up used to be completely full and productive, every square inch, and now there are no animals and hardly any crops, apart from really big, industrial crop production."
Maureen Phillips said she had lived on the Isle of Wight for 26 years and she had 'looked on in horror' over the past two years at decisions made by the Isle of Wight Council's 'unelected executives'.
She said: "Executives appointed from the mainland, who sometimes live on the mainland, have no interest in this Island."
Speaking afterwards, Cllr Stephens hit back at critics of the meeting who had branded it as 'navel gazing.'
He said: "If we did a bit more thinking, we would save ourselves a bit of money."
A debate on the state of the Island will be staged at a full meeting of the Isle of Wight Council next week.
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by Mike Starke
24th January 2012, at 10:59:40
I agree with Geoff Lumley; a good report. The meeting itself was notable for the positive response by those present to people from County Hall embarking on a genuine consultation rather than the tick-box-bureaucracy paper exercises that pass for council consultations usually.A number of good ideas and lateral thinking emerged, in contrast to the often sterile and stereotypical responses to the current crisis that County Hall comes up with.
by Chris Evans
23rd January 2012, at 11:13:15
As a "small scale farmer" maybe we could seriously address the issue of having an abbatoir on the island again. I know many small scale farmers desperately trying to make ends meet or build businesses for whom this is genuinely a problem. it has been talked about often but there seems no real intent to do anything about it.
by Geoff Lumley
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Good piece David. And you will recall that there were three times as many people at the trade union organised public meeting in January last year. Should have been more today.
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BURKESVILLE — Martana Groce, 79, of Burkesville, passed away Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, at Glasgow Health and Rehab. Martana was born on May 7, 1934, in Cumberland County, to the late Vernon and Pearl Thacker Wray. She was of the Holiness faith and had worked at several sewing factories. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul C. Groce; two sons, Ferlin Groce, and Freddy Groce; three sisters, and five brothers.
Survivors include one son, Donnie Groce and his wife Gail, of Burkesville; two daughters, Angela Sue Whitehouse, of Glasgow, and Crickett Morrison, of Glasgow; one sister, Vestal Wright, of Burkesville; one brother, Armond Wray, of Burkesville; 10 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home, 304 N. Main Street, Burkesville, Ky. with Brother Ronnie Corbin officiating. Burial will be in Burkesville Cemetery.
Family requests visitation from 2 until 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home.


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Rebounding economy holds hope for more graduate student financial aid.
The recent economic troubles have sparked four trends that are worsening immediate financial hurdles for almost anyone considering graduate school, causing applications to many graduate programs to fall.
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But the downturn in demand, signs of economic rebound, and increasing inventiveness by college administrators are sparking six other developments that provide long-term hope for more affordable graduate courses, especially for students willing to consider new kinds of colleges and degrees.
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1. Rising tuition: Graduate tuition, especially for professional schools, has been skyrocketing, as colleges scramble to raise revenue. The cost of a year's tuition and fees at pharmacy graduate programs, for example, rose by more than 50 percent—from $13,600 to $20,800—from 2002 through 2008, the last year for which national averages are available. And announcements from across the country show that grad tuition has shot up since then. The University of California system recently warned it will raise professional school tuition by as much as 31 percent in 2011. And despite a downturn in the legal profession, some top-tier programs are still raising tuition faster than inflation. Stanford Law School plans to raise tuition by 5.75 percent this fall, for example.
2. Reduced employer support: The Great Recession caused many employers to slash their tuition reimbursement perks for graduate study. The percentage of employers who don't offer any reimbursement at all for graduate study jumped to 44 percent last year, up from 35 percent in 2007, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. And those employers who still offer some reimbursement benefits have become stingier and tougher, some graduate students report.
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3. Fewer fellowships: The number of Ph.D. fellowships and assistantships is being cut at many colleges. Generous schools such as Columbia University, Emory University and Yale University have already trimmed their budgets by cutting back on the number of funded graduate students they're accepting. And many public universities, such as those in Arizona, Nevada, and Louisiana, are bracing for budget cuts that could further slash the number of funded grad seats. Meanwhile, debates over the federal budget have left funding for federal graduate grants in limbo.
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4. Fewer good jobs: Budget-cutting colleges are phasing out the cushy lifetime professorship jobs to which many graduate students aspire, making borrowing to pursue a doctorate (especially in the humanities) a lousy investment, some embittered Ph.D.s say. Monica Harris, a psychology professor at the University of Kentucky, warns applicants against borrowing to fund a Ph.D.: "If you're not good enough" to get into a good graduate school and get fully funded, "you almost certainly won't be good enough to earn a competitive academic/research job when you're done," she says. Even if humanities grad students get funded, they should prepare for "the very real prospect of working five to 12 years at pitifully low stipends," she adds.
As a result of rising tuition and shrinking aid, the price grad students actually pay—after subtracting out grants—has been skyrocketing, especially at professional schools. A year at a typical law school—including living costs but subtracting scholarships and grants— now exceeds $41,000. It was less than $30,000 in 2004.
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The rising net price of graduate school appears to be pricing some students out of programs. Even business schools, once considered immune to economic downturns, have reported declines in applications for the priciest kinds of degrees, such as full-time, two-year M.B.A.s. And a recent survey by Moody's found that only 58 percent of universities reported increased graduate enrollment in the fall of 2010. In 2009, 91 percent had increased their graduate enrollments.


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Police are searching for a man and woman suspected of robbing a home in the Deepwater area of Fayette County around 3:40 a.m. Saturday, according to Fayette County Sheriff's Department.
The suspects knocked on the door and asked if they could use the phone because their vehicle was broken down. They forced their way into the residence when the homeowner opened the door, police said.
The man brandished a dark-colored semi-automatic pistol and the woman brandished a wooden claw-hammer, demanding "money and pills." They looked through the homeowner's prescription medications, but did not take any of the nonnarcotic medications, police said.
The victim's purse was reportedly stolen with an undisclosed amount of money and the suspects fled the scene in a small passenger car.
No injuries were reported.
The male suspect is described as having a medium build, between 6 feet and 6 feet 5 inches tall. He was wearing dark clothing and a ski mask. The female was approximately 5 feet tall with dark hair and skinny to medium build.
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It's perfectly normal to crave a little something sweet after dinner. Fresh citrus at the La Jolla Open Aire Market can pack a sweet punch without packing on the pounds.
Broiled grapefruit is somewhat reminiscent of creme brulee, minus the creme. It consists of juicy citrus, a crunchy topping and sweet-and-sour flavor.
Grapefruits are available at the market. Try out for the recipe below. The pretty pink citrus is known for high amounts of vitamin C, fiber, lycopene and is thought to boost metabolism.
Grapefruit has also been shown to help lower "bad" cholesterol (LDL), but people on certain medications for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other ailments should be careful before consuming this tasty dessert.
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- Make sure your grapefruit is well-chilled. Consider popping it in the freezer 10-15 minutes before broiling.
- Slice the fruit in half and cut the flesh all the way around the rim of the fruit; then cut the segments (just as if you're digging into one like you normally would.)
- Mix together 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1 Tbsp. melted butter (you will have enough for two grapefruits).
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OU Medicine will host the 5th Annual Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, benefitting the Greater Oklahoma Disabled Sports Association (GODSA), Thursday, May 16, at Oklahoma City University (OCU).
Teams from OU Medicine administration, anesthesiology, neurosurgery, nursing, orthopedics, otolaryngology, surgery and urology, and a team from 180 Medical will compete in 10-minute exhibition basketball games against wheelchair athletes from GODSA. All participants will compete in wheelchairs.
The event will begin at 5:30 p.m., at OCU's Freede Wellness Center/Abe Lemons Arena, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave. There is no cost to watch the activities.
Fundraising activities will include a "Soak-a-Doc," silent auction, baked goods sale and more. A performance by Resistance Indoor Percussion will be featured and Choctaw High School Senior Lindsey Acree will perform the National Anthem.
Funds raised from the event will help GODSA athletes purchase sports equipment and travel for national basketball tournaments.
For more information or for accommodations on the basis of disability, call (405) 271-6900.
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Cellar/Tasting Notes The Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts" is a rich opulent chardonnay with aromas of various fruit.
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The Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru "Abbaye de Morgeot" is a very well balanced wine, full bodied, powerful and rich. Its develops aromas of white fruits flesh as well as white flowers and honey.
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As I flip over a new block on our advent calendar each day, it becomes increasingly apparent that Christmas is almost here. I can't believe that it really is that time at last. This week I decided to take some time to create my ideal Christmas list. Here is what I'm wishing for this year:
- A few extra inches of height. At five feet tall, I'm too short to reach boxes of gloves and hats in our closet without knocking them off the shelf first. Supposed "short" length jeans are too tall for me, and still require a cuff or two, or three. In fact, I am forced to buy "petite" jeans over short, because they are twenty eight (rather than thirty) inches long. I'm not asking for anything unreasonable, just two or three inches. As I am approaching my eighteenth birthday, I know that my chances of magically growing taller are slim to none. However, a girl can dream can't she?
- Perfect vision without the aid of glasses or contact lens. I can't imagine how nice it must be to wake up each morning and be able to see clearly. In fact, if I had 20/20 vision, I bet I could get over my fear of sharks. After all, it would be a lot harder for my imagination to run wild if I could say definitively that there were no sharks in my general area while swimming. While Santa may not be able to leave this under my tree this year, I plan to get corrective surgery one day.
- Admission status updates from colleges. The only thing more stressful than filling out the common app and pressing the send button is waiting to hear back!
- The strength and knowledge of a Grand Prix horseback rider. For those of you who ride, you know how valuable this would be. The two foot high fences that I jump would be no match for legs conditioned to soar over fences five feet high or more. I wouldn't have to worry about my position, safe in the knowledge that I was physically and mentally prepared to take on literally anything in the saddle. What a dream!
- A sense of direction. I am notorious in my family for not knowing where I am or where I'm going. I never paid attention to those things as a passenger, and I've certainly paid the price for that. When I passed my permit test and started practicing driving in the summer of 2010, I couldn't even tell you how to get to my house from town. I am proud to declare that I now have the routes to: my home, the high school, the IGA, Key Food, and the barn-that I ride at-memorized. I'm working on everything else. While I love navigation systems as much as the next guy, a mental GPS would be fantastic!
- Artistic ability. I will never forget the day that I discovered my artistic skills were severely lacking. My third grade teacher asked each student to illustrate a character from the tall tale we had read earlier. I was so excited, I even had a vision. I worked quickly, my colored pencils flying across the paper. A line here, a bit of green there, and he was....NOT AT ALL LIKE I'D ENVISIONED HIM!?! He was ugly and definitely not the friendly looking character that I had intended to draw. I later learned that I was not gifted with paintbrushes either. I started using stickers instead of my own art for school projects. It worked well, and I employ that strategy today. I never did learn to draw or paint. Let's just say I earn more points for effort than the beauty of my art work.
Thus, there are quite a few things that I wish could be delivered from Santa's workshop. Unfortunately, he specializes in toys, not miraculous transformations involving height, vision, and sense of direction. I suppose I should add something a bit more realistic to this list.... item number seven will be a sweater, or earrings, or maybe a new pair of boots. Although, do you think the ability to speak French fluently will fit in my stocking?


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serious question.....kinda
How much does your marital situation, or previous, affect your hiring process. I am going through a divorce, which RIGHT NOW is very friendly and amicable, but as we all know, could change at the drop of a hat. I know I need to include she who will not be named on my applications, and that they will interview her. If things go south, how much do they take her opinions in to account as far as the background?
Serious responses, and smart ass jokes are appreciated and encouraged...LMAO500 fights, that's the number I figured when I was a kid. 500 street fights and you could consider yourself a legitimate tough guy. You need them for experience. To develop leather skin. So I got started. Of course along the way you stop thinking about being tough and all that. It stops being the point. You get past the silliness of it all. But then, after, you realize that's what you are.
Well they will only be interviewing her once......and of course they will take the situation into consideration and probably *expect* her to not be in favor of you and your history....but as long as YOU are honest, up front, and can show you will be able to handle the stress of divorce, change of life plans, and the stress of academy and this future job, I am sure it won't weigh heavy. Hang in there and stay positive! Everyone has bumps in the road...and I know quite a few that were in academy during their divorce. That alone is VERY rough because you HAVE to be at academy everyday and have no time for court hearings. So keep that in mind.**********************
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and whoops..my bad...i replied and didn't notice this was in *ask a cop* forum. Sorry!**********************
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I am ALWAYS eager for your replies KC, anyones input is appreciated
Actually, its my desire to be a cop thats pushing this...I want to get all my ducks in a row so to speak BEFORE the academy.500 fights, that's the number I figured when I was a kid. 500 street fights and you could consider yourself a legitimate tough guy. You need them for experience. To develop leather skin. So I got started. Of course along the way you stop thinking about being tough and all that. It stops being the point. You get past the silliness of it all. But then, after, you realize that's what you are.
Well, you might want others opinions before doing what I did.
After college, my landlord SCREWED me royally on my security deposit. After several lengthy correspondences telling him I wanted my money, I finally gave up and just accepted the fact that the son of a gun robbed me.
When I got my background packet, the investigator asked me if I was aware of anything that would come up. I informed him that my old landlord would probably have nothing good to say about me, because I kept writing him letters asking to get my full deposit back.
I got hired.No one has greater love than this, to lay down ones life for ones friends - John 15:13
"The Wicked Flee When No Man Pursueth: But The Righteous Are Bold As A Lion".
We lucky few, we band of brothers. For he who today sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.
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I think it depends on each dept. and their 'stuff'... I know our dept is large and something like that means nothing...
The investigators understand some situations...
Just stay honest and if things go south, then you need to inform your investigator ast to what is happening and why.
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thanks guys, and goz's, I didnt think it would be a big deal, as I fullyintended to be up front and honest about it, just curious...500 fights, that's the number I figured when I was a kid. 500 street fights and you could consider yourself a legitimate tough guy. You need them for experience. To develop leather skin. So I got started. Of course along the way you stop thinking about being tough and all that. It stops being the point. You get past the silliness of it all. But then, after, you realize that's what you are.
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As others have said...
Be honest. Tell them that you're going through a divorce. (Most background packets ask about marital status anyway.) Be ready to tell them why -- even (and probably especially) if it's not flattering to you. Broadly speaking, divorce won't rule you out of most agencies, unless the reason for the divorce calls your character into question.
I went through one of the worst divorces ever about 8 years before I got hired. My ex- and I are still not on speaking terms to this day. She went so far as to contact my PD and "fill them in" on her view of me. I still got hired. I have this funny feeling they took her input for what it was worth, which was zilch."When a crime is committed, liberals blame society. Conservatives blame the criminal." -Debra Saunders
Old Scottish Motto- "nemo me impune laccessit". It still holds true today.
Usually, the background investigators are looking for any domestic violence, excessive drinking, use of drugs, or anything detrimental. Just because your ex thinks you are an A** H*** doesn't amount to a hill of beans. That is expected. I got hired with two divorces at my new agency. They are looking for personality flaws that would make you a bad candidate for the job.
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Great question Doc , I also am going through a divorce and i did not want to apply to a dept until my divorce was over , but the responses here are making me rethink my decision . My future ex would do anything he could to wreck my chances as he is a former l.e.o and is quite good at manipulation of the truth as he sees it so that has made me quite wary of starting the procedeure .
Thanks for asking the question Doc and thank you to others for your answers .Cops are sworn to protect your a@@ not kiss it .
I'm on our interview panel, and it doesn't make any difference if you're getting a divorce, as long as you haven't been whooping on her! Seriously, any domestic violence or related D.C. charges will get you dropped faster that Rosie O'Donnell chasing a rolling M&M.For the morning will come. Brightly will it shine on the brave and true, kindly upon all who suffer for the cause, glorious upon the tombs of heroes. Thus will shine the dawn.
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I don't think you have much to be worried about. Even if she bad mouth's you, they have enough common sense to take that into consideration."That's how we roll"
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Doc, if things are amicable, keep them that way if you can, either way as long as everything is up front and open (with no imminent financial problems) you should be Good to Go. Morning, you might be in a little tighter spot if your Ex is OTJ..I'm assuming you are applying for a different agency. Once again be up-front, open, and honest about everything, but speak about HIM in as either neutral, or semi-positive light as possible, if that makes sense. One thing i've tended to notice over the last 19 years, is that if a guy is THAT much of a Jagoff, everyone pretty much knows it. If You explain things as neutrally as possible, and keep things unemotional, then HE'll be the one looking like the idiot if he tries to slam you. COnversely, if you go in and explain what a jackass he was, and go into details, if he turns around and plays the aggreived party, then he has some credibility.
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Police stopped a pickup truck near North Aurora Road and Route 59 about 12:25 p.m. on Tuesday and after noticing several "suspicious indicators," police dispatched a K-9, Sabek, to search the exterior of the vehicle. The search allegedly led officers to find 19 one-pound bags of methamphetamine in the bed of the truck, according to police.
Edgardo Y. Rodriquez-Sanchez, 20, and Jesus A. Rubio, 25, both from the 4200 block of NE 14th Street, Des Moines, Iowa were charged with one count of methamphetamine trafficking and one count of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine – 900 grams or more, police said.
Both counts are Super Class X Felonies, which means both men could face up to 120 years in prison, if convicted.
The street value of the 9,847 grams of meth seized is estimated to be $984,790, according to officials.
"Thanks to the [Naperville Police Department's] efforts, a routine traffic stop resulted in the removal of nearly $1 million worth of dangerous drugs from our streets," said DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin in a press release. "This is by far the largest methamphetamine bust we have ever had in DuPage County."
Rubio and Rodriquez-Sanchez appeared in DuPage County Bond Court Wednesday where Judge Elizabeth Sexton set bond at $1 million cash for both men, according to the DuPage County State's Attorney.
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But, this is as far as I can take you this month. Next time, I'll begin showing how to configure networking, bridging and, of course, iptables on our transparent firewall.
If you can't wait until then, see the OpenWrt home page for more information, or if you're really adventurous, search the Web for other tutorials on creating transparent firewalls with OpenWrt. But, if I say so myself, we're off to a good start!
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Peanut Butter Cupcakes Recipe
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup 2% milk
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 to 4 tablespoons 2% milk
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.
- Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- For frosting, in a small bowl, cream peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in honey and vanilla. Beat in enough milk to achieve a spreading consistency. Frost cupcakes. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.
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Mine didnt look as neat as the ones in the picture and had a few cracks on top which were well covered with the frosting. Great in taste although I reduced the sugar in both. I think I let them be in the oven for a few minutes longer.
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Very dry. I was going to send them to camp with my son but after tasting them I tossed them.
Made these today! The cupcake received awesome reviews. The frosting even though it tasted good was too hard to spread. Added xtra milk and honey but that didn't do the trick. Cut a well in the cake and added a teaspoon of strawberry jam. Everyone thought the were better with the jam. Would make again but will work on the frosting!
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Mister Spock would look at the situation in Indiana and, in that dispassionate "Star Trek" voice, utter a firm conclusion.
"That is illogical," he'd say.
A new state law forces school districts to apply their revenues from property taxes toward debt payments before other expenses — a fiscal responsibility measure. For many districts, the "protected levy" law would cause hefty cuts to their transportation budgets. Some expect to curtail or even eliminate school bus services, especially districts in counties hard hit by diminishing industrial bases and lost taxes paid by those businesses. Those funds helped repair old buses and buy new ones.
Thus, more Hoosier kids may have to walk to school. Also, more teens may drive or share rides to school.
In the dark.
The Indiana Legislature is currently considering two bills to address the impact of the protected levy law, which takes effect July 1. Some districts already have reduced bus service because of revenue losses from property-tax caps enacted in 2008. Goshen Community Schools Superintendent Diane Woodworth, in an interview with CNHI Indiana Statehouse reporter Maureen Hayden, said she asked teachers to urge students affected by bus cuts to stay on the sidewalks as they walk to school, especially on dark winter mornings. "It's frightening some mornings to see those children out walking in the dark," Woodworth said.
This is "The Decade of Unintended Consequences" in Indiana, thanks to the Legislature.
This same governmental body that enacted daylight saving time in 2006, putting most of the state in the Eastern time zone, should seriously consider the more logical option — placing all of Indiana on Central time.
Yes, yes, the arguments remain fresh in mind eight years later. And lots of Hoosiers, myself included, have grown accustomed to the long summer nights afforded by Eastern Daylight Time. But, given the predicament facing schools, students and their families, Central time makes more sense. Kids would walk to school more safely in daylight.
The sun rose Wednesday over Terre Haute at 8:05 a.m. Classes start around that time in most Hoosier schools. If Indiana clocks followed Central time, the sunrise Wednesday would've been at 7:05 a.m. In fact, the latest sunup in 2014 would be 7:10 a.m., according to Jeff Sagarin, a MIT-educated mathematics expert from Bloomington. (The NCAA has used Sagarin's college basketball rankings to help determine the Big Dance field for the past three decades, and they've appeared in USA Today since 1985. His calculations are accurate.)
Sagarin says with certainty, "Indiana is in the wrong time zone."
The true longitudinal boundaries of the Eastern zone are the tip of Maine to the east, and Mansfield, Ohio, to the west, Sagarin explained. The center of the zone bisects Philadelphia. By contrast, the center of the Central time zone runs through St. Louis. Obviously, Indiana is closer to the Gateway Arch than the City of Brotherly Love. Geographically, Indiana belongs on Central time, Sagarin said.
To recap, Hoosiers had the choice between Eastern and Central back in 2006, after the Legislature adopted daylight saving time as Gov. Mitch Daniels pushed for the state to abandon its we-never-change-our-clocks Eastern Standard Time. Supposedly, business would benefit from being on daylight saving time and then further by joining Wall Street (700 miles away) on Eastern Daylight Time. So, after a protracted, confusing and tense period, Eastern time prevailed, putting 80 of 92 counties on New York's time, with a dozen near Chicago and Evansville following Central time.
The 9:30 p.m. summer sunsets won out over sunlit 7 o'clock morning walks.
"It just offended me that people could be so colossally misled," Sagarin said.
Advocates continue prodding the Legislature to put Indiana on Central time, unsuccessfully so far.
Greg Walker, a Republican state senator from Columbus, filed a resolution that would start the Central time conversion process by petitioning the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct public hearings on the proposal. It's unlikely to go anywhere in the lawmakers' 2014 session. Last week, the Central Time Coalition submitted a petition of grievances to the Legislature, insisting that "Eastern time's excessively late sunrises force hundreds of Indiana's students to be pedestrians in morning darkness, thus violating their constitutional right to safety." The petition adds that "inexperienced teens driving [to school] in the dark is also a safety issue."
Sue Dillon, coalition president, emphasized the group isn't opposed to Indiana's observing daylight saving time. Instead, it endorses a switch from Eastern to Central time for several reasons, including the safety of schoolchildren.
"It gives them another hour of sunlight," Dillon said. Research by John Gaski, associate professor of marketing at the University of Notre Dame, supports that safety advantage of Central time. "It would save about 12 or 13 lives per year, or more, if this change occurs," Gaski said by telephone Wednesday from South Bend.
It's time for Indiana to revisit its time-zone issue.
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The struggling music industry hit a new low last week: Only 4.95 million albums were sold in the U.S. between August 8th and 14th — the lowest total since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking numbers in 1991. The one other time album sales fell short of five million copies? Earlier this year, during the week ending May 30th, when 4.98 million albums sold.
Sales ebbed despite another big week for the Number One album, Eminem's Recovery, which moved 133,000 copies, becoming 2010's second double-platinum. (Lady Antebellum's Need You Now has still accumulated more sales.) But Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, which dropped to number two in its second week, fell dramatically, from 156,000 to 52,000 copies. The Camp Rock 2 soundtrack, which came in at number three, sold only 41,000 copies.
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The training wheels have been removed. The level of expectations has been upgraded considerably for Tahlequah baseball.
Instead of hoping for a bloop single of a season, Tahlequah coach Nick Zodrow said it's time to start hitting home runs.
"This will be the first season where we have high expectations about the upcoming season," Zodrow said. "The past three seasons we were just trying to take the next progressive step in just getting better. Now, this year with a great group of kids, we are going to have to learn how to play with expectations.
"We are now the hunted and not the hunters."
That begins Friday when the Tigers take on Union in their season opener in Tulsa. Tahlequah will follow that up with a District 5A-3 game at Grove on Monday before debuting at home Tuesday in the second of back-to-back games with the Ridgerunners.
The Tigers are coming off a 21-14 campaign in which they finished second in 5A-3 behind Claremore. However, Tahlequah was derailed by Skiatook en route to the state tournament during regional play.
This season, Zodrow said the goal isn't to just make the state tournament, it's to win the 5A crown.
"I took this group of seniors my first year to watch the state championship games and told them that if they will work hard and are coachable we would have a chance to play on that stage," Zodrow said. "We, as a team, want it bad to go out with a state tournament bid, but we really want to go out on top with a state championship."
It would be quite the turnaround for a group of seniors that includes Logan Lewis, Lane Cobb, Connor Mutzig and Stephen Wheeler. When the senior quartet started out during Zodrow's first year, the Tigers finished far from a .500 record.
But, Tahlequah has been on an upswing every season since. And now those four will provide offensive firepower in what could be a lethal batting order.
"Our lineup has the potential of being a very potent and productive lineup," said Zodrow, who added that Lewis would lead off with Mutzig, Colby Brittain, Austin Riley, Cobb and Houston Glad all possessing the ability to drive runs in further down the lineup.
On the pitching mound, Tahlequah will depend on Glad to be the ace.
"Houston Glad will undoubtedly be our No. 1 and the anchor of our staff," Zodrow said. "He has worked very hard and put himself in a position to have great success."
Beyond Glad, Wheeler, Brittain, Riley, Brock Mitchell, Mutzig, Ryan Sanders, Lewis and Cobb are all viable options to get innings at some point.
As for whether he feels any added burden to win with the core group he has, Zodrow said, "I don't feel pressure as a coach, simply because I know that me and my staff have worked hard to put our guys in a position to be successful. And as long as we are building young men and providing discipline and accountability, the wins and losses will take care of itself. And if you're confident in how you have led your team, then positive results happen."
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March 1 @ Union 4:30 p.m.
M 4 @ Grove 4:30 p.m.
M 5 Grove 4:30 p.m.
M 7 @ East Central 4:30 p.m.
M 8 East Central 4:30 p.m.
M 11 @ Skiatook 4:30 p.m.
M 12 Skiatook 4:30 p.m.
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M 21-25 Pensacola (Fla.) tournament TBA
M 25 Coweta 4:30 p.m.
M 26 @ Coweta 4:30 p.m.
M 29 Collinsville 5 p.m.
April 1 @ Collinsville 5 p.m.
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A 8 Salina 4:30 p.m.
A 12 @ Salilna 4:30 p.m.
A 13 Nixa (Mo.) / Ozark (Mo.) 2:30 / 5 p.m.
A 15 @ Booker T. Washington 4 p.m.
A 16 Booker T. Washington 4 p.m.
A 18-20 Tahlequah tournament TBA
A 22 @ Claremore 6:30 p.m.
A 23 Claremore 4:30 p.m.
A 25 @ Owasso 7 p.m.
May 2-4 Regional tournament TBA
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On Tap Today: Sweet music and really big shoes
Greetings and welcome to February. We are deep into winter, though the balmy temperature has many of us talking spring. It may be unseasonably warm but the landscape is the usual drab scene. Time for some music. Happily, there's lot to choose from today.
Escape to the Jazz Age with "Gershwin and Friends" at the Skylight. The show is set at a swank party at George Gershwin's New York apartment, with a young couple who works for Gershwin experiencing the music behind the scenes. Showtime is 2 p.m.
In the evening, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents "An Evening with Gil Shaham." The acclaimed violinist performs with MSO conductor Edo de Waart with a program featuring Brahms and Schubert. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.
Pop singer Rumer, whose soulful voice has been compared to Carole King and Karen Carpenter, performs at Shank Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave. Showtime is 8 p.m., and tickets are $12.
Finally, about those really big shoes. Today is the kickoff of the Stan's 6th annual "Share-A-Pair" Shoe Drive. You can help provide shoes for the homeless by dropping off new or gently used shoes. For every pair of adult shoes donated, the donor gets a $10 gift card good for a footwear purchase at a Stan's Fit For Your Feet store during February. You'll get a $5 gift card when children's shoes are donated.
Drop-off times are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Collection bins are located at the Stan's Brookfield store, Stan's Glendale, Stan's Greenfield and at Milwaukee's New Balance Stores in Brookfield and Greenfield.
That's all, kids. Here's Rumer's gorgeous debut single, "Slow." Enjoy this beautiful day.
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Stillwater NewsPress
Payne County
District Court
The following people have been charged in Payne County. The charges have yet to be proven in court.
Felony charges
Kevin Dean Toehay, 37, 2520 E. 7th, operating a motor vehicle while having a blood or breath alcohol content of .08 or more, second and subsequent, driving under suspension.
Jared William Trahern, 21, 233 N. Duck, possession of controlled dangerous substance, second and subsequent, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Misdemeanor charges
Jeremy Dewayne Cunningham, 19, 2313 S. Walnut Lot, driving under revocation.