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PARKER COUNTY — Unofficial results for all races in Parker County — including state and national positions — are included in the images provided by the Parker County Elections Board.
Among the local winners were Republican Larry Walden, who took the win for Commissioner of Precinct 3 in Parker County.
"I appreciate the turnout obviously and the support from all the people in Precinct 3," Walden said, adding that he was looking forward to representing residents of the precinct.
His priorities as he takes office includes several things.
"Obviously safety of the county roads is a major concern," Walden said.
His job is to represent the taxpayers on commissioners court and spend the tax money efficiently and wisely as he can, Walden said. "I come from a business person's perspective and taxpayer's perspective."
He has already been preparing for his new position.
Walden said he has had the opportunity to look around and visit with people he will be working with in his new job.
"I just appreciate all the folks that have helped me get this far and I'll do my best to represent everyone," Walden said.
Brock ISD had two contested positions. In Place 5, winner was Travis Faulkner.
"I'm pretty excited about it," Faulkner said about his win Tuesday night. "I will do my best to serve the community."
Faulkner said his priorities are to improve what they've already got in Brock and move forward.
"We've already got a good solid foundation in place," Faulkner said.
As a new school board member, Faulkner said he is going in with an open mind and will be learning how it works.
In Place 7, winner was Cody B. Lane.
Lane was appointed to fill an unexpired term on the board in July.
Lane said he's excited to move forward on what they have in Brock and to work for the taxpayers and community.
Some of his priorities include working on their education and academic initiatives, Lane said.
Since joining the board in July, Lane said he's learned a lot, particularly about the school finance issue.
"It's a pretty complex thing," Lane said.
The state puts a lot of rules or regulations on how the board can finance the school, Lane said.
It is going to be interesting to see how the school finance issue with the state plays out, Lane said.
"At the end of the day, it's all about the kids," Lane, a father of two children, said.


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By John Raby
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The widow of slain Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum will participate this weekend in a memorial motorcycle ride that will pass by the parking lot where the lawman was fatally shot last month.
The Sheriff Eugene Crum Memorial Poker Run is set for Sunday afternoon starting in downtown Williamson. It's part of the three-day Rally in the Valley motorcycle gathering that began Friday.
The procession will pass through Crum's hometown of Taylorville. It also will head into Delbarton, where Crum once served as police chief, and Matewan, where he got his start in law enforcement as a police officer.
Organizers expect more than 200 motorcycles to participate. Leading the pack will be Rosie Crum, riding with Mingo County Magistrate Dallas Toler on his 2012 Harley Davidson.
Messages left for Rosie Crum were not returned, but Toler said she is "tickled to death" about the event.
"It's honoring my buddy Eugene," said Toler, who took over as magistrate last year when Crum resigned to focus on his campaign for sheriff. "They didn't have to name this after him and make it a memorial ride. That means the world to me."
Organizer Paul Price of the Sidney, Ky.-based Appalachian Brotherhood riding club said Sunday's ride originally was scheduled to benefit the nearby Hatfield-McCoy trail system.
That all changed after Crum was fatally shot April 3.
"Eugene was a friend of the rally and instrumental in making sure that it happened last year," Price said.
Price said all the money from the ride, which costs $15 for each motorcycle, will go to the sheriff's department.
Toler's wife, Dolly, recalled that she and Rosie Crum had worked in a booth at last year's motorcycle rally campaigning for their husbands' election. A year later, the rally has a far different meaning.
In office for three months, Eugene Crum made good on a campaign pledge to help rid the southern coalfields of the illegal prescription drug trade blamed for thousands of addictions and overdoses. Friends say he was shot to death in the spot where he parked most days, keeping an eye on a place that had been shut down for illegally dispensing prescription drugs.
The suspect, Tennis Maynard, was shot and wounded by a Mingo County deputy in a chase following the attack on Crum. State Police say Maynard crashed his car into a bridge in his hometown of Delbarton, then got out and pointed a weapon at the deputy, who shot him in self-defense.
State Police have said Maynard remains at a Huntington hospital. Authorities have charged him with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Rosie Crum was named interim sheriff the day after her husband's death. She told Dolly Toler that "if she didn't have to get up in the morning and come in to Williamson, she didn't know what she'd be doing," Dolly Toler said. "That's her big mindset right now. It's just pushing her."
Getting Rosie Crum involved in the memorial ride was easy, said Dolly Toler, who insisted Rosie take her spot on the ride with Dolly's husband.
Dallas Toller said he plans to crank up some Bob Seger music along the way. Dolly Toller said she will ride with one of her husband's friends.
"It's going to be a celebration," Dolly Toler said. "When we got together with Eugene and Rosie, we always had a good time. Always."


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ROCK HILL — Barring a surprise snake attack, there will be no frog shortage for Saturdays annual Mayors Frog Jump the best part of the Come-See-Me festival because no adults are allowed to ruin it.
Seventy-two jumbo jumping frogs minus one that arrived belly-up have arrived in Rock Hill for the jump that draws hundreds of kids to Cherry Park.
I got a favorite already I call her Big Mama, said the little kid in charge of safekeeping the frogs this year, 11-year-old Anderson Kirk.
He held up Big Mama.
He put Big Mama on his shoulder.
He looked at Big Mama.
Now wait just one minute, said the actual Big Mama, Andersons momma, Amelia Anderson-Sprouse, who is not big at all and is the volunteer in charge of this years frog jump event and who will drive Anderson to the event if he wants to get there.
In some past years including last year the frogs showed up within just a few hours of the jump after shortages caused by greedy French chefs, mean old biology teachers who help teens torture frogs in the name of academia, gunshots in foreign countries that supply frogs, droughts, and other crises that involve adults trying to take away kids fun.
One year, the only frogs to be had were small, shrimpy frogs. This year, jumbo was all that was available, and jumbo is better anyway.
Back in 2001, a frog shortage even made the news all over the world on the BBC.
The jump from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday annually attracts hundreds of kids 12 and younger to Cherry Park. It is the most famous frog jump in America outside of the one in California made famous by Mark Twain. But Twain is long dead, so ours is better.
Despite having a politicians office attached to the event in Rock Hill, the frog jump is free and untaxed, and no politician has ever stolen the trophy from a kids clutches.
The trophy for the winner is a big, huge frog about the same size as a basketball, a politicians ego or a mother-in-laws cosmetics bag.
The frogs arrived in boxes late Wednesday via special delivery from Carolina Biological Supply in Burlington, N.C., with about 60 hours to spare.
The job of getting the frogs here, held by Joel Talley for a dozen years of volunteering his time and energy and kids, fell this year to Anderson-Sprouse, who didnt recall it in her job description but took the task anyway because kids deserve it. Davie Lindsey, another volunteer and team leader for frogs, helped coordinate this years jump.
Anderson-Sprouse took no chances and ordered weeks in advance.
I have helped with the jump in past years, and halfway through the event, some of those little frogs just sit there, and the kids are asking why their frog wont jump, Anderson-Sprouse said.
These big ones should have plenty of energy except the one guy who was DOA.
An astonished receptionist at Anderson-Sprouses employer, the telephone company, called her to say, Umm, theres frogs here for you.
Anderson-Sprouse raced to the front desk, retrieved the frogs, grabbed her husbands drill out of a toolbox and drilled some air holes in four plastic storage bins.
She then rushed to Winthrop Lake, looked around to make sure nobody was watching, and filled the tubs with real York County pond water.
No hose water for her frogs.
She threw in a little moss and a piece of old log for effect, and grabbed a few handfuls of real mud and muck.
Right at home, said Anderson, who is a fifth-grader at Ebenezer Avenue Elementary School, so he knows frogs and dirt. I came in fifth last year.
Thursday morning, the frogs were served their first Rock Hill meal real live crickets from a bait shop. The crickets were apparently delicious, as the frogs ate every one and climbed over one another for seconds.
The frogs were then held out for inspection.
Big Mama was there. Big Papa who is a father and therefore lazy refused to jump. There were greenish frogs and brownish frogs and spotted frogs and some that seemed to have stripes.
Certainly kids are encouraged to catch and bring a frog to Saturdays jump, but with 70 frogs ready, these jumpers should not be too tired.
And yes, all the frogs that survive Saturdays jumps are released into the wild afterward. No frog-leg dinners. No dissections at the high school. These frogs know freedom beckons.
First, said Anderson-Sprouse, these frogs must jump.
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I cover business growth & overcoming organizational obstacles.
Business people keep piling onto the innovation and growth bandwagon. PWC just released the results of its 14th annual CEO survey entitled "Growth Reimagined." Seems like most CEOs are as tired of cost cutting as everyone else, and would really like to start growing again. Therefore, they are looking for innovations to help them improve competitiveness and build new markets. Hooray!
But, haven't we heard this before? Seems like the output of several such studies – from IBM, IDC and many others – have been saying that business leaders want more innovation and growth for the last several years! Hasn't this been a consistent mantra all through the last decade? You could get the impression everyone is talking about innovation, and growth, but few seem to be doing much about it!
Rather than search out growth, most businesses are still trying to simply do what their business has done for decades – and marveling at the lack of improved results. David Brooks of the New York Times talks at length in his recent Op Ed piece, the Experience Economy, about a controversial book from Tyler Cowen called "The Great Stagnation." The argument goes that America was blessed with lots of fertile land and abundant water, giving the country a big advantage in the agrarian economy from the 1600s into the 1900s. During the Industrial economy of the 1900s America was again blessed with enormous natural resources (iron ore, minerals, gold, silver, oil, gas and water) as well as navigable rivers, the great lakes and natural low-cost transport routes. A rapidly growing and hard working set of laborers, aided by immigration, provided more fuel for America's growth as an industrial powerhouse.
But now we're in the information economy. Those
natural resources aren't the big advantage they once were. Foodstuffs require almost no people for production. And manufacturing is shifting to offshore locations where cheap labor and limited regulations allow for cheaper production. And it's not clear America would benefit even if it tried maintaining these lower-skilled jobs. Today, value goes to those who know how to create, store, manipulate and use information. And success in this economy has a lot more to do with innovation, and the creation of entirely new products, industries and very different kinds of jobs.
Unfortunately, however, we keep hiring for the last economy. While we "get" the need for innovation, we don't seem to understand much about how to "do it." The problem starts with how Boards of Directors (and management teams) select – incorrectly, it appears – our business leaders. Still thinking like out-of-date industrialists, Scientific American offers us a podcast on how "Creativity Can Lesson a Leader's Image." Citing the same study, Knowledge @ Wharton offers us "A Bias Against 'Quirky' Why Creative People Can Lose Out on Leadership Positions." While 1,500 CEOs say that creativity is the single most important quality for success today – and studies bear out the greater success of creative, innovative leaders – the study found that when it came to hiring and promoting practices businesses consistently marked down the creative managers and bypassed them, selecting less creative types!
Mr. Hartung,
You wrote:"In the last 2 years America has fallen from first to fourth in the World Economic Forum ranking of global competitiveness. And while America still accounts for 40% of global R&D spending, we rank remarkably low (on all studies below 10th place) on things like public education, math and science skills, national literacy and even internet access! While we've poured billions into saving banks, and rebuilding roads (ostensibly hiring lots of asphalt layers) we still have no national internet system, nor a free backbone for access by all budding entrepreneurs!"
This is most certainly true and it points to the conclusion that "innovation" does little to improve the competitiveness of the US. The example of this has to be, at least for me the story of Pr. Yet-Ming Chiang of MIT who invented a revolutionary new lithium-ion battery in the good old USA. However, the company he started to manufacture while based here in the US, actually makes the batteries in China despite his efforts have them built here in the US. Today thousands of jobs in China are dedicated to the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries "innovated" here in the US.
Innovation in and of itself does nothing for the US economy other than the small circle of people involved in development, licensing, litigating, marketing, and what not.
Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel, wrote a piece arguing something very similar: innovation doesn't create jobs, the scale production of innovations creates jobs. (Bloomberg/BW http://j.mp/qd9Otj) This becomes obvious when looking at the geography of Apple's workforce over the last 20 years: US employment declines while the over-seas workforce explodes. Apple has a relative handful of designers in California and a veritable army under the FoxxCon flag in China.
I suppose that's fine if we assume that "low skill" industrial jobs (and unemployment) don't matter, but any competent history of technology will call that into question. The wide distribution of technical skills & experience, associated with industrial clusters, creates the social milieu for tinkering, hobbyist-inventors and informal entrepreneurship. We're already seeing this come out of the back-alley Shanzhai mobile phone factories in China, where innovations by informal labs have quietly captured as much as 20% of the global market. While North American wanna-be phone hardware hackers scrounge up ~250Euro to import an OpenMoko FreeRunner, their Chinese brethren can buy all the components off the street for under $50 and build something new.
Hello opendna,
You wrote:"I suppose that's fine if we assume that 'low skill' industrial jobs (and unemployment) don't matter, but any competent history of technology will call that into question."
This is indeed the key point from a macroeconomic perspective. The United States is suffering right now exactly because of a lack of manufacturing jobs. Places like the City of Detroit or Pittsburgh or South Gate California were once bustling industrial centers full of ordinary Americans earning good pay with benefits at industrial facilities. They are today dusty shadows of their former selves. Wide-spread prosperity is based upon wide-spread employment at well paying jobs.
Mr. Hartung,
There is no difference on a practical level between "innovation' and "product invention". This is true because the vast majority of R&D is aimed at "product innovation", there is very little "Blue Sky" research out there. Perhaps more to the point, from a jobs creation perspective, any "innovation" that does not lead to product innovation does not lead production which does not lead to employment.
You provide an excellent example of this:"Amazon.com is another example of strong innovation leading to exploding jobs growth. Meanwhile Sears, WalMart and traditional retailers, lacking innovation, have declining or stagnant employment."
Yes this is true, and how many people does Amazon employ in the United States? The vast majority of their "hands-on" employment is overseas. Orders are taken, packages filled, boxes shipped &c. and most of this is done outside of the US. Sure the software development and financing is handled here and there is no doubt some blue collar work here and there but the bulk of this "innovation" will benefit the US economy in terms of employment not at all. In fact, Sears and Walmart, whatever else one might like to say about them, at least employ people here in the US.
What does it profit the US to gain "innovation" but to lose its jobs?
Well, Adam, Why should I care about the opinion of someone who doesn't even punctuate properly?
Thanks – great article!
Adam, it not very often I say, "I wish I'd written that column." This is one of them. I don't know if the leaders in these large companies are oblivious of whats going in the world … or just trying to emulate Hosni Mubarak and hang on for one last stand.
As you indicated, we see it in government too. Immelt as Innovation Director … what's up with that. And if that's not bad enough – look at the ascendancy of the Tea Party and no assistance to innovation or anything else.
You'd think that these alleged corporate leaders would at least look at the stock results. Who's on top – Apple, Google and when it goes public, Facebook will be. But apparently it's all brick, mortar and the Ivy League – or so it seems.
I guess we'll just have to wait till the old guard dies off or sees their companies evaporate before their eyes, till we truly move into the information age and all it can deliver. Because if they haven't seen it by now, it's unlikely they ever will.
Politics is the same.


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Why the FairTax Army Grows
by Ken Hoagland
More than 8,000 people of every political persuasion recently came to the Carolina Coliseum to make a point.
They wanted America and every GOP presidential candidate at the debate to know that there is a better way to collect federal revenues for the common good.
It is called the FairTax, and it is an extensively researched proposal and legislation to replace the dysfunctional income tax system with a progressive national retail consumption tax.
The FairTax is gaining national attention and widespread grassroots support because, unlike every other tax debate over the past fifty years, it does not pit one income group or political view against another.
At the same time that all federal taxes on the poor are eliminated under the FairTax (through a universal rebate), capital gains taxes, corporate taxes, and "inheritance taxes" are eliminated as well as all payroll taxes and federal withholding. Elimination of federal withholding and payroll taxes means, of course, that every wage earner takes home their entire "gross" pay.
As well, the FairTax gives the middle class a tremendous tax improvement, reducing effective lifetime tax rates dramatically. Every income level can be benefited because the FairTax creates a far broader base for taxation consumption than the current ineffective, loophole-ridden, and costly system of taxation of earnings. The "underground" economy totaling trillions of dollars contributes to the federal government for the first time, and 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants become taxpayers as consumers.
There is a "catch," however, and that is why so many people were inspired to travel to Columbia from all over the country for a Tuesday evening FairTax rally. The "catch" is that enactment of the FairTax eliminates Congress's ability to grant favors in the income tax system. Taking power away from Congress is, of course, a huge political challenge requiring overwhelming grassroots pressure and an abiding belief that public policy can be made to simply favor the public, despite the self-interest of Congress.
While the FairTax has the potential to unite a divided country against the self-dealing of Congress, the growing popularity of the FairTax has also inspired bipartisan distortions of the proposal by Washington, D.C.-based political operatives threatened by the very idea of a tax system free from congressional mischief.
Most commonly, the proposal is derided from the left as being unfair to the poor despite the fact that, unlike every other sales tax, the FairTax is not regressive and actually untaxes the poor entirely. From the right (and sometimes the left), D.C. operatives like to claim that the FairTax represents a tax increase on everyday goods, conveniently ignoring the fact that every respected economist who has studied the FairTax has concluded that retail prices will actually drop as huge "embedded" income tax costs are eliminated from the cost of producing everything from a loaf of bread to a gallon of gasoline.
FairTaxers, passionate in their desire to see the broken income tax system jettisoned, take such criticism in stride as the cost of advancing an issue that did not start in Washington, D.C. They are less understanding of why national media sources have been so ill-tuned to the growing national movement that has won 60 congressional co-sponsors and at least one fervent presidential candidate (Mike Huckabee).
In the last 11 months, FairTax rallies in Columbia, Atlanta, and Orlando have seen thousands of citizens, bedecked in FairTax shirts and hats and waving placards, wildly cheer advocates like talk show host Neal Boortz, Fox News pundit Sean Hannity, and ABC News reporter John Stossel. But more than celebrating their celebrity, FairTax supporters have welcomed these men as fellow citizens embarked on a democratic journey to force the public will on a largely unresponsive representative government.
Even if the fact that the current income tax system is killing the "Made in America" label, from textiles in South Carolina to automobiles in Michigan to steel in Pennsylvania, and is driving trillions of American dollars offshore, Congress will only be moved on this issue by direct grassroots advocacy that threatens the tenure of elected officials. In this, the FairTax grassroots army largely sees our campaign as a test of whether our Founding Fathers' promise of a government "of, by, and for the people…" can still be made to come true.
The irony that a nation first conceived in the midst of a tax protest should, hundreds of years later, have citizens struggling again to overturn a universally despised tax system primarily supported by tax lobbyists and elected representatives jealously guarding their own power to manipulate taxes has not been lost on the growing FairTax army. While sometimes indignant, increasingly this citizen army has simply adopted the attitude that "the world is what we make it."
Our nation has wondered long enough about the complex and destructive patchwork quilt of political favors called the income tax system and asked "why?" It is high time, in Bobby Kennedy's words, to instead ask "why not?" about a fairer, simpler, and more effective means of collecting federal taxes.
Ken Hoagland is the National Communication Director of FairTax.org and a long time public policy advocate and consultant.


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GREENVILLE — Hunt County has not received bucket loads of rain, so far.
There are still good chances of additional showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for this afternoon, tonight and into Thursday and a flood warning has been issued for the overnight hours for expected minor flooding along Cowleech Fork of the Sabine River near Greenville.
But as of this morning, the local rain gauges haven't exactly been overflowing.
The National Weather Service reported that 48-hour rainfall totals in Greenville, as of 7 a.m. today, ranged from 15 hundredths of an inch to 34 hundredths of an inch. Commerce had the highest total in the county, with a little more than a half-inch received as of this morning. A gauge in Celeste recorded 19 hundredths of an inch.
The National Weather Service forecast is calling for a 60 percent chance of showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1 p.m. today, with a high near 55.
There is a 70 percent chance of showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm tonight, with a low around 42, and a 40 percent chance of showers Thursday with a high near 53.


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Spiedini di Capretto alla Molisana
Region: Italy, Molise
Category: Goat-Grilled
Season: Summer
Difficulty: Easy but special equipment needed
In the Molise province of Italy, kid is grilled on skewers with pieces of pork fat, turned a few times, and seasoned only with salt and pepper. Further south, in Apulia, kid is grilled with oil, vinegar and oregano. In this recipe you can leave off the skewers if you want and replace the kid with lamb.
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Preparation Time: 2:15 hours in all
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
1 small onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 1/2 pounds boneless kid or lamb loin chops, cut into chunks if using skewers
Six 10-inch wooden skewers (optional)
1. Mix together the olive oil, lemon juice, onion, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste in a 9 x 12-inch ceramic or glass baking pan. Add the meat, turn to coat with the mixture, and leave to marinate in the refrigerator, covered, for 2 hours, turning a few times. Remove the meat from the refrigerator 15 minutes before grilling.
2. Prepare a hot charcoal fire or preheat a gas grill for 15 minutes on high.
3. Remove the meat from the marinade, reserving the marinade. Skewer the meat if using skewers. Place the meat on the grill and cook, turning once, until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes on each side. Baste twice with the marinade.
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Saturday, September 16, 2006Valparaiso had a much more successful day two than the Crusaders did in day one at the Ball State Fall Invitational on Saturday in Muncie, Ind. as Tom Litscher (Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial H.S.) advanced to the consolation singles finals while a Brown and Gold doubles team advanced to the consolation doubles finals.
Litscher opened play defeating Bryan Quinn of Xavier (Ohio) 6-2, 6-2 in the C Flight consolation singles before downing David Lynall of IPFW 6-0, 6-2. He will play for the consolation title on Sunday morning.
In the main draw of the C Flight, Alex Lau (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson Senior H.S.) continued his run with a 2-6, 6-4, 10-6 victory over Brian Schubert of Xavier in the quarterfinals. His tournament came to a close in the semifinals, though, as leg cramps got the better of the sophomore and he fell to Jorge Rodriguez of Ball State 2-6, 6-4, 10-2.
Valpo's doubles tandem of Nic Kooyers (Holland, Mich./Holland H.S.) and Joe Venegas (Saint Charles, Ill./North H.S.) won their semifinal match in the A Flight doubles consolation draw defeating a duo from Xavier 9-7. They will face a team from Wichita State in the consolation finals Sunday.
Sunday's play will wrap up the tournament beginning at 7:30 a.m. CDT.
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Ms. Jeanie Carden of Weatherford is pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of her only daughter, Jennifer Joy Carden, to Aaron Matthew Olmstead, son of Mark and Becky Olmstead of St. Croix Falls, Wis.
Jennifer is an enthusiastic graphic designer, freelance journalist and piano teacher. Four years in Virginia has pretty much extinguished her Texas accent, which she regrets, but in true Texas style, Jennifer enjoys riding in Aaron's truck, teaching him to eat increasingly spicier foods, and making valiant attempts to get him to say "I'm full."
Aaron is a bonafide Northerner (yep, he talks funny), the owner of a successful landscaping company in the Washington D.C. area, and an avid rock climber. He loves his beautiful Wisconsin family (of 16), ribs, ribeye steak, and attempting to get a rise out of Jennifer.
Both Aaron and Jennifer graduated in the Spring of 2008 with degrees in Journalism from Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. Before they graduated, they worked together to found Kritik Magazine, an online publication for college students, which allows them to use their personal specialties in a complimentary fashion (but interrupts far too many date nights).
The Carden-Olmstead wedding will take place on November 1st at Fort Worth Presbyterian Church with much celebration to follow at Mira Vista Country Club. Both the couple and their respective families are very grateful that God has provided the answer to the desires of their hearts and Jennifer and Aaron look forward to a lifetime of glorifying Him together in marriage.
Ms. Jeanie Carden of Weatherford is pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of her only daughter, Jennifer Joy Carden, to Aaron Matthew Olmstead, son of Mark and Becky Olmstead of St. Croix Falls, Wis.
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Jimmy and Karmann Goff, of Weatherford, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kayleigh Bryanne Goff, to Justin Kyle Langford, of Weatherford. Justin is the son of Marnita Langford and the late William "Willie" Langford. The wedding is planned for Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, at the First Baptist Church of Dennis in Lipan.
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David and DeAnna Pigg and Jack Hull, of Weatherford, announce the engagement of their daughter, Shareé Hull, to James Daniels, son of Rev. and Mrs. Glen Daniels, of Krum, Texas.
Shockley-Richards to wed
Mr. Alan Richards and Mrs. Brandy Richards, of Weatherford, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their son, Ethan Alan Richards, to Elisabeth Denise Shockley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Caston of Goodwill, La.
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Anyone on here going to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend ?
Anyone on here going to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend ?
2012 A3 Sportback Black Edition, 170 tdi Quattro, Brilliant red, roof rails, comfort pack & folding mirrors etc
2011 BMW R1200 GS Adventure,
Me and a million others, but then I do live on the doorstep. An event that has become overwhelming and with too much emphasis on smoozing and crawling to the corporate money bags. Money is the motivator that just happens to include with a slightly patronising nod to the car enthusiast. If only you could see behind the scenes, the wall charts with ticket sales to date, the targets set and the indecent urge to sell sell sell tickets. That said the estate was struggling and his Earlship has transformed the fiscal fortunes, but the whiff of greed is there - just note the food and drink prices for example, set by Goodwood.
I went yesterday, lovely weather as it was supposed to rain.
I'll upload some pictures later


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The City of Farmington Hills Cultural Arts Division will offer prospective music students an opportunity to meet talented music teachers during this open house.
Individual lessons, taught by high-quality instructors include:
Guitar Lessons
Learn to play your favorite pieces and musical styles on acoustic, electric or bass guitar. Lessons are held Monday and Tuesday evenings; session dates and times vary. All ages and skill levels are welcome, from beginning to advanced, and including professionals. Lessons are taught by Wayne Mrdjenovic, a full time musician and performer, and owner of The Music Studio who has been playing guitar professionally for 35 years. For more information, go to www.themusicstudio.us.com.
Piano Lessons
Piano lessons are offered for adults and children ages 8 and older, from beginner to advanced. They are held on a weekly basis, Monday to Thursday. Session dates and times vary. Longacre's instructor, James Nuckolls, holds a degree from the Detroit Institute of Musical Art, and has studied piano with such highly respected pianists as Henry Kolbe and Harold De Remer. His performing career has included concerts throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as on TV and radio.
For more information on the Music Open House, music lessons, or other Community Arts programs, call 248-473-1859.


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When he was young, Boba enjoyed reading a lot and would often go to check out books from the local library in Tipoca City. Whrr was the local librarian that would check-in and check-out the books. Whrr wasn't the actual name of the librarian but instead the name that Boba gave him/it because of the whrring, clicking sound that it made as it moved around inside. Although he never actually saw Whrr, Boba assumed it was a droid. The two them became friends with one another and would talk about the different subjects that Boba read on. Before having to make a hasty retreat from Kamino -- following the appearance of the jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi -- Boba ran to the library to return the books he had checked out recently. However, while doin this, Boba didn't realize until later that he had accidently put the Black Book his father had given him in with the books he was returning.
Following his father's death at the hands of Mace Windu, Whrr showed a kindness to his little friend by not only returning Boba's black book, but giving him some credits as well to help the young Fett on his journey to find Count Dooku.
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Editors note: This piece originally ran on durhamvoice.org, a community newspaper.
Last spring, after the fifth anniversary of Eve Carsons death and a laudatory column in the Raleigh News & Observer by Executive Editor John Drescher, I received an email from Dr. Randall Williams of Raleigh; he and his wife, Elizabeth, had read Dreschers piece and wanted to make a contribution to the VOICE.
But this gift was like none other; it was a fine Nikon 35mm camera belonging to their late son, Steele, a 26-year-old photojournalism major and graduate of the University of Montana who had photographed in the troubled Middle East.
The talented young mans obituary told a story of a remarkable life lost too soon: He was happiest when taking photographs that told a story about people as a part of his journalistic tradition, he had strong principles about injustice, which came to the forefront while he worked in Baghdad, Iraq, last fall. Pictures he took in Iraq also showed that he was gifted at capturing a moment or an emotion with his camera.
Over hot dogs at Suttons lunch counter, Dr. Williams handed me his late sons camera. Amid all the laughter and good cheer of that iconic Chapel Hill cafe, the doctors eyes and mine locked; we knew what this exchange meant.
This camera was no ordinary piece of plastic, glass and computer chips. It was his sons legacy. It would be put to good use, I promised.
And a few weeks ago, all that came to pass, as Steeles camera was presented to Hillside High School and the Chronicle, led by journalism teacher Liz DeOrnellas, who revived that high schools newspaper, thanks in part to mentoring and computers donated by the VOICE.
When I met the three young photographers for the Chronicle, Kristen Mayo, Breana Kea and Taylor Owens, and saw the photos they made from that Fridays football game, I knew we had done the right thing.
When I sent Dr. Williams the photo of the Hillside three with Steeles camera, he wrote back simply, Its good to know that in times of loss, all is not lost.
Jock Lauterer is the co-publisher of the Durham VOICE.


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By CHRIS DOBROWOLSKI
---- — TRAVERSE CITY — As one book's chapter closes, another one begins.
One day after he graduated from Traverse City Central, T.J. Schwannecke secured his immediate future when he signed a letter-of-intent to run track for Wagner College.
Schwannecke's signing on Monday was the culmination of a standout career for Central's top sprinter and a huge weight lifted off his shoulders.
"It feels awesome just to sign the paper, get it over with and know where I'm going to school next year and know I'm in a good spot. It was really stressful all through the spring just trying to figure out where I was going to go. It took a toll on me," he said.
Schwannecke visited the Staten Island, N.Y., school two weeks ago, loved the opportunities that New York City offered and decided then and there to make his commitment to the Seahawks, who compete in the Northeast Conference.
"I really liked the kids on the team. I thought it was the best fit for me," Schwannecke said. "Two completely different worlds (New York City and Traverse City), but I love the city. I'm excited to see where it takes me. I have a recruiting web site, NCSA, and they found me there, gave me a call and said they were interested. They liked my times and gave me an offer."
Schwannecke is the reigning Big North Conference champion in the 100-meter dash and ran a season best 11.25 at the Record-Eagle Honor Roll meet. He also was a state qualifier with the Trojans' 1,600 relay team that ran the second fastest time in school history in that event on Saturday (3:25.9). He also was among the north's best in the 200 and 400, running season bests of 22.65 and 50.48, respectively.
"He's just done a great job in the relays and in the opens. We asked him to do the 400, 200 and 100 and he excelled in all of them," said TC Central boys track coach John Lober. "It's pretty hard to be first in all of those events and he was. If he wasn't first he was second, and we had some good runners in the conference this year."
Schwannecke is slated to run the 400 in college, but he's willing to fill in wherever the team needs him. The Seahawks finished sixth out of 11 teams in this year's conference meet. Monmouth is the dominant team in the conference, having won five straight league titles.
"He will do very well," Lober said. "The reason I'm saying that is because he's a hard worker. He's got talent, but he's a hard worker. He's proven that in the classroom and he's proven that on the sports field. His senior year he decided he would devote himself to track. He was fast so he could do a lot of things other guys couldn't do."
Schwannecke was joined at the signing by his parents, Tom and Deanie, Central athletic director Cody Inglis and a handful of his football and track teammates. He's the ninth TC Central athlete from this year's senior class to sign with a college or university to continue their athletic and academic careers.
"I'm thrilled for him," said Tom Schwannecke. "Everyone asked me if I was going to be emotional through the commencement and graduation and I'm not. It may be tough to pull away from New York City and leave him there, but he loves that portion of it and he's looking forward to the opportunity and we're looking forward to it for him."
Schwannecke is the second area athlete in the last two years to make the transition from the Northwest Lower Peninsula to Wagner. Former Suttons Bay standout and Mr. Basketball Dwaun Anderson just completed his first season playing hoops for the Seahawks.
"I knew Dwaun Anderson went there," said Schwannecke. "When people ask me, 'where's Wagner College?' I say 'that's where Dwaun goes' because a lot of people know Dwaun."


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As I was sitting eating a burger in a Park Slope (Brooklyn) restaurant last night, I overheard the conversation taking place at the table next to me. One man was telling the other two people at his table that he would rather be killed in his car if a bomb went off opposed to from a blast in the subways.
Hearing this conversation made me think of a few things. It made me think of where I would want to be if I had to be blown up by a bomb; and the answer to that is sitting on Dick Cheney's lap, for the obvious reasons. It also made me wonder if this man knew that while he was worried about a bomb killing him someday, he was actually being killed right now by Bush's policies on the environment and health care.
Isn't it nice to know that the president makes us feel so safe that a conversation like the one I described had to take place? Think about it!


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PLATTSBURGH — "The Race For Stace" continues to grow.
The sixth-annual event, held in memory of former Seton Catholic Central School standout gymnast Stacey Lynn Frechette, drew 200 runners/walkers in its first year of existence.
Last year, the number grew to 503 competitors.
"We're very proud of that," said Stacey's brother, Justin. "It's a family fun event, and we're hoping to better the record again this year.
"The event symbolizes Stacey and who she was."
Stacey was tragically killed in a car accident in 2007.
The run/walk takes place Saturday at the U.S. Oval. Proceeds benefit the Stacey Lynn Frechette Scholarship Fund.
"One-hundred percent of the proceeds go to the scholarship fund and local youth," Justin said.
So far, eight students have been given $1,500 scholarships each from the fund, Stacey's father, Blake said, from various schools around the region.
Most go to high-school seniors involved with gymnasts, he said, but as the number of students involved with the sport has dwindled in recent years, the family has given awards to other young women as well.
The Frechettes also present a yearly Sportsmanship Award to a gymnast in Section VII, presenting a plaque, bouquet of flowers and $100 check to the chosen student.
"It's not about the best gymnast," Blake said. "It's about the girl who really means the most to her team."
At Saturday's event, the 1-mile kids fun run starts at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K walk/run at 9 a.m.
"This is the fourth year we've held the kids run, and it has been a huge success," Justin said. "All kids get a free gift, and it's a lot of fun.
"The 5K is as competitive as the runners want it to be. Runners will be timed, and there will be a free gift to everyone who finishes the race, as well as prizes for the top male and top female finishers.


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UFC Fight Night 24 "Ortiz vs Nogueira" — March 26th from the KeyArena in Seattle.
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I hope Little Nog kicks Tito's ass and Tito is sent packing from the UFC. How many losses is going to take for them to kick him out? This is not a good match-up for Hardy. Johnson is too quick, powerful, and athletic for him. Hardy wil be KO'ed again.
Who was hardy's last fight? for some reason all i can remember is the gsp fight
hardy got kod by carlos condit in his last fight..
Why is Tito fighting in the main event? I realize that this a free show and that they are not going to put a title match in it, but does this loser really deserve a main event? Seriously?
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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
Severe storms clouded the sunset in Laurel County Friday evening and gave way to a fierce force of nature. The National Weather Service in Jackson, Ky. reported a funnel formed over Wood Creek Lake at around 7 p.m.
Minutes later, a flash of lightning lit up the sky on Bentley Road in East Bernstadt that revealed a funnel whistling northeast from I-75 bound for eye-witness Aaron Holt's home.
"It was horrific. We didn't see it because it was so black and cloudy but when the lightning struck that's when we saw it," Holt said.
Aaron Holt and his wife, Tori, rode out the storm with about 10 of his closest neighbors in his basement. Up the road, James Sawyers sat, bent over his bathtub in his double-wide trailer, praying.
Sawyers was left with his life, but not much else.
"All I got left is me and my car," he said on Saturday morning as he stood atop a littered ground where is trailer once stood.
Ethel Pruitt was not as lucky.
She was killed when the tornado destroyed her mobile home on Bentley Road. Another occupant of the home was critically injured.
The tornado's destructive path drew further northeast as it touched down on Old Hare Road, and then Little Arthur Ridge Road.
The tornado claimed the lives of five Laurel Countains, either that very night or by injuries sustained from the tornado. Other fatalities were: Wilburn and Virginia "Lizzie" Pitman of Old Hare Road; and Sherman Wayne and Debbie Allen of Little Arthur Ridge Road.
On Little Arthur Ridge Road, Candace Wright was about to head to neighbor Donald Rhode's basement when the tornado whipped over the ridge, wiping away four mobile homes in its wake.
"It was a loud roaring sound just like they say, like a train," Wright said. "We just didn't have time."
Five people rode out the tornado in Rhodes' basement on Little Arthur Ridge Road, just across the street from where Sherman Wayne and Debbie Allen were killed.
"We heard it coming and I tried to get everyone down in the basement," Rhodes said. "It took me a while but I finally got everyone, including the dog."
Rhode's home was completely torn away by the tornado, leaving nothing but the basement walls where the five sought refuge.
"We got knocked around a bit and some stuff fell on us, but we all got out," he said.
The Allens did not.
"We realized the Allens were missing so the men went looking for them. They went down over the bank into the holler in the woods — that's where they found them," Wright said.
Debbie and Sherman Wayne Allen along with their son Eric Allen and his fiancé Amy Harris were thrown from their mobile home they sought shelter within. Debbie and Sherman Wayne Allen were found dead late Friday night. Eric Allen and Harris were found soon after by emergency personnel and received treatment for their injuries.
At that time, first responders across the county began pouring into East Bernstadt areas in droves. Those found injured like Harris were flown to the UK Medical Center in Lexington. Many roads such as Hawk Creek and Radford were tough to navigate through to retrieve families trapped and injured because of a heavy layer of debris and trees.
At 8 p.m. many families emerged from their homes without power to ingest all that happened within a short hour and assisted with emergency personnel in finding lost neighbors. Many worked through the night within pummeled neighborhoods, at designated shelters and local churches awaiting those displaced from their homes while Saint Joseph-London hospital was teeming with patients. The Laurel County Road Department completely cleared the roads of all debris and as soon as the sun rose, emergency workers, volunteers from Jackson, Knox, Whitley, Clay counties as well as The Kentucky National Guard provided helping hands to those in need.
"This has been one of the most devastating incidents we have had in Laurel County," said Gilbert Acciardo, public affairs officer of the Laurel County Sheriff's Department.
Five fatalities have currently been confirmed in Laurel County, 41 injured, six of which were air-lifted to UK Medical Center and two are listed in critical condition. Traffic control was provided on Saturday by Laurel County Sheriff's Deputies, Kentucky State Police Troopers and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and the Kentucky National Guard. Assisting to confirm fatalities was Laurel County Coroner Doug Bowling and coordinating efforts were the Laurel County Emergency Management, Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department, East Bernstadt Fire Department, Lily Volunteer Fire Department, Laurel County Fire Department, London-Laurel Rescue Squad, and McWhorter Volunteer Fire Department. Many ambulances from Ambulance Inc. of Laurel County as well as ambluances from Knox, Whitley Jackson and Clay counties assisted in removing injured victims.
Other county officials who responded to assist on-scene included Sheriff John Root, Commonwealth Attorney Jackie Steele, Circuit Clerk Rodger Schott and Judge Executive David Westerfield. The Kentucky Division of Emergency Management is in charge of allocating the disaster areas of Laurel County and a thorough inspection of the affected area is being conducted and continued.
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Heather shares her thoughts on Aviva's asthma excuse and the ladies' Montana adventures.
Aviva thinks Kristen's a mean girl, trained by the other mean girls, and that Asthmagate is ridiculous.
Get ready for our hilarious social series with this week's must-see TV moments.
LuAnn weighs in on Aviva's asthma, Montana as a destination, and why she was deeply disappointed in Sonja.
Kristen thinks Aviva's asthma is a "classic cry wolf situation" and shares what she really thought of Montana.
Lisa Nicole why she took the time to tame her "wild buck" instead of walking away when Darren was cheating on her.
Vicki thinks Tamra should be grateful for her Good Day LA opporunity.
Shannon realized that something needs to change in order for her relationship to continue.
After their latest "summit meeting," Heather feels the air is finally clear with Tamra.
Shannon tries to hang on to David while Tamra and Heather hash it out.
"Marriage is hard and it takes work," Lizzie says.
Dr. G defends her husband's comments on cheating, wonders about the palm trees Toya threw out, and enjoys a drama-free time.
Jackie tries to understand the tension with Toya, Heavenly's relationship advice, and Toya's '80s outfit.
Simone thanks you for your support, wonders if Heavenly's bags are real, and weighs in on Greg's views on cheating.


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Miss Beverly Hills thinks gay people should "surely be put to death"
Timothy Kincaid
February 23rd, 2010
This is Lauren Ashley, the Miss Beverly Hills contestant to the Miss California USA beauty pageant. Yes, that Beverly Hills. I kid you not.
And following in the shoes of Carrie Prejean, Lauren wants everyone to know that she too opposes marriage equality for gay people. But if we take her at her words, she wouldn't stop there. (Fox News Pop Tarts)
"The Bible says that marriage is between a man and a woman. In Leviticus it says, 'If man lies with mankind as he would lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death and their blood shall be upon them.' The Bible is pretty black and white," Ashley told Pop Tarts.
"I feel like God himself created mankind and he loves everyone, and he has the best for everyone. If he says that having sex with someone of your same gender is going to bring death upon you, that's a pretty stern warning, and he knows more than we do about life."
Ashley, who says, "There's no hate between me and anyone" doesn't explain whether this "bringing of death upon you" also applies to her "lot of friends that are gay", or only to those who want to get married. Somehow I just don't think she's ever really thought about what it would mean to live according to Leviticus.
I'm sure that this poor foolish girl is all delighted that she's found an issue that will give her an additional minute and a half of fame. And no doubt she'll try and latch onto Carrie's martyrdom when she doesn't make the first cut.
But sadly for Lauren, she does not yet know the cost of selling your soul to a campaign of discrimination. And she doesn't realize that she doesn't quite have what it takes to headline a Family Values dinner. No one is impressed that you're a champion of virginity when, well, they can't fantasize about taking it from you.
Carrie Sans-jean
This commentary is the opinion of the author and does not necessarily reflect those of other authors at Box Turtle Bulletin.
Gabriel Arana
November 17th, 2009
I dislike Carrie Prejean as much as anyone. She's stupid, bratty, and immature. I want to throw a pie in her face. But the response to her CNN interview and her comment in Christianity Today — "I don't see anywhere in the Bible where it says you shouldn't get breast implants" – has me questioning the tone of the attacks from the gay community (and liberal folks).
Many gays call her a "slut" because of the sex tapes she made, the pictures, and her boob job. But should we? At the heart of the "slut"-bomb we keep dropping on Carrie is the assumption that women should be pure, that having too many sex partners makes you a skank and that all this behavior makes her bad. But I don't think that. I don't think sex outside of marriage is wrong, or that sex with many people — even at the same time! — is wrong. I might not personally videotape myself in sexual poses or take racy pictures (maybe I just need some confidence?), but I see these things as natural expressions of sexuality. She's a bad person because she's a bigoted fame-monger, not because she rubbed herself the wrong way.
You might say it's about hypocrisy, but if so, let's call her a hypocrite.
This brings me to another point: Carrie's right when she says the Bible doesn't say you can't get implants. Despite being a dyed-in-the-wool atheist, I've often wondered why being Christian means, for some, that you repress sexual desire and abandon all concern for your appearance. Technical terms: vanity, lust. Carrie's certainly a hypocrite when it comes to the Christian values of people she's representing, but aren't there there are versions of Christianity that make room for you to be human?.
What's less "Republican", making a sex tape or supporting marriage equality?
Timothy Kincaid
November 16th, 2009
That's the question that Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, has for the Republican Party.
Meghan has been feeling the ire of those within the Party who think that her ideological support for equality disqualifies her as a Republican. So she's a bit pissed about the priorities of some of the stalwart conservatives who don't like her but welcome Carrie Prejean with open arms.
After watching several of Prejean's media appearances this week, it was not her incredibly uncomfortable threat to walk out on Larry King that had me most unnerved; it was actually her appearance on Sean Hannity's show. This was Prejean's first stop on her book publicity tour, and when the sex tape came up, he proceeded to ask her if she was "in love with her boyfriend at the time that she made [it]." I'm sorry, why would being in love matter when it comes to filming yourself in a sexual context?
Meghan notes the hypocrisy of those who are quick to forgive you of anything if you are adequately anti-gay.
The problem I have with my fellow Republicans is why gay marriage is the trump card in any situation. It seems that as long as you are against gay marriage, any scandal in your life can be overlooked or overcome. When you are in favor of it, however—and I have been very vocal about my support—that position defines you.
Sometimes I wonder if I were against marriage equality, whether it would make it easier for some Republicans to accept my place within this party. I have to constantly remind people of my pro-life, pro-small government stance because the only view that seems to matter is the fact that I believe my gay friends should have the same right to one of our founding ideals—that all men are created equal with certain inalienable rights. I think if Republicans truly believe in keeping government out of our lives—that should include not dictating who one can marry.
Many believe that it was Carrie Prejean's anti-gay marriage views that cost her the Miss USA pageant earlier this year. My question is: When it comes to Republicans, is your position on gay marriage what determines your fate within the party?
Personally, I think the party needs to ask itself whether it wants to be a party that the Meghan McCains of the country can join or whether it wishes to only appeal to those with the perception, character, and intellect of Carrie Prejean.
Carrie Prejean's Closeup
Jim Burroway
November 13th, 2009
Ah yes. It seems like only yesterday:
- Peter LaBarbera hailed Carrie Prejean as one who "sought to please God rather than politically-correct man."
- Randy Thomasson gushed that she "is the #1 voice in America educating people that there is a war against free speech and against marriage."
- Joseph Farah of WorldNetDaily called Prejean "an example for all believers torn between conformity to the world's standards and honoring God's standards."
- The National Organization for Marriage's Maggie Gallagher signed her up as spokesperson for the organization, saying she was, "very proud of [Carrie] and look forward to cheering from the sidelines about all the important things she will accomplish and all the people she will inspire to speak truth to power."
- Brian Brown boasted that "She's a young woman of great beauty who chose truth over the glittering tiara that Hollywood offers… her values are in the right place."
I guess that "right place" must be her chicha, if her 30 nude photos and eight sex tapes are any indication:
On one tape Carrie is wearing just a flowing white blouse as she touches her own body in an alluring manner. Carrie can be heard moaning on a few of the tapes.
In her newly released book Carrie wrote, "God gave us our bodies, and it's perfectly right that we use them in ways where we can give glory to God by making our bodies, our temples of the Holy Spirit, strong and fast."
An example of Prejean "giving glory to God" may be coming to a porn site near you. She may need to pursue that career option more fully now that her book tour has been canceled.
Carrie Prejean on CNN, Refuses Questions From Gay Viewers
Jim Burroway
November 12th, 2009
Because we really don't exist if she can't speak to us.
By the way, that sex tape she made when she was seventeen? Her ex-boyfriend, who provided the tape, says that she was twenty at the time, and not the innocently naive teen she claimed to be. The tapes were made in 2007. That's the year she was competing in the Miss California pageant, placing first runner up. She won Miss California the following year and was awarded with a boob job.
Carrie's porn loses her a gig with NJ "family defenders"
Timothy Kincaid
November 7th, 2009
Carrie's boob enhancements and nipples on display were overlookable offenses for the New Jersey Family Policy Council. She was scheduled to be their headliner for a Friday night fundraiser.
But it appears that in making the tape, Carrie screwed herself.
From TMZ
Carrie Prejean will not be defending traditional families in New Jersey tonight. The dethroned Miss California USA was scheduled to be the headliner at a Defenders of the Family fundraiser, but she was removed from the roster following news that her XXX solo sex tape essentially nullified her religious discrimination lawsuit against the Miss USA pageant.
It will be interesting to see how well sales go for her new book, Still Standing, the untold story of my fight against gossip, hate, and political attacks, which is to be released Monday.
p.s. Amazon already has a previewable copy. From what I could tell of the first few pages, it is breathless cotton-candy fluff. Perhaps it would have been a better choice to run it as a serial in the National Enquirer.
Carrie Prejean's Behavior is Disgusting
Timothy Kincaid
November 5th, 2009
Yesterday I was chided for calling opposite-marriage loving, NOM representing, values voter speaking, good ol' Christian girl Carrie Prejean a skanky slut. Well, actually looking back, I said that the God she imagined had anointed her as his spokesman would call her a skanky slut, but nevertheless point well taken.
So today I'll just say that I have it from a very good source that Carrie Prejean's behavior is disgusting.
Who is the source, you ask? Why, it's none other than Carrie herself. (TMZ)
When the video started playing, Carrie's first reaction was "that's disgusting" … and Carrie denied it was her.
Then, the camera angle changed … and panned up to her face. She was caught red-handed … so to speak.
Carrie was rendered speechless and immediately began talking with her lawyer. We're told it took about 15 seconds for Carrie to drop her $1 million dollar demand.
Now I certainly can't speak for all of our readers, but if this video showed what I think it showed, then I am sure that there are a number of the fellas that would agree with Carrie that, "Ewwww, that's disgusting."
Carrie Prejean, Even Sluttier Than You Thought
Timothy Kincaid
November 4th, 2009
It seems Carrie Prejean's pretenses of superior moral character are as fake as her boobs or the National Organization for Marriage's advertising.
From TMZ
Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement negotiations with Miss California USA Pageant officials — that is, until the lawyer for the Pageant showed Carrie an XXX home video of her handiwork.
The video the lawyer showed Carrie is extremely graphic and has never been released publicly. We know that, because TMZ obtained the video months ago but decided not to post it because it was so racy. Let's just say, Carrie has a promising solo career.
Why, oh why, does this not surprise me?
Now for those of you who may have, in some moment of passion, pulled out the video camera to document your eternal love, I'm not criticizing your personal cinematic endeavors.
Unless, of course, you want to preach at me about "opposite marriage" or pretend that you have a hotline to God. Because if the creator of the universe has some special message for mankind that he wants to reveal through you, he's probably first going to suggest that it might be more "biblically correct" if you weren't a skanky slut.
The only down side to all of this is that Charles LiMondri, the San Diego Attorney / Anti-gay Activist is getting his legal fees paid.
Carrie Sued for her… um… Enhancements
Timothy Kincaid
October 27th, 2009
It appears that Carrie Prejean, the face of the anti-gay marriage movement, just can't help but be a national joke.
I'm not saying that she's a blithering idiot. I'm not calling her a dunce. I'm not suggesting that she lends credibility to every blond joke I've ever heard. I'm just pondering whether her handlers have properly considered the possible ramifications of yet another public reminder that Carrie's life in the recent past does not exactly align with the frilly necked, long sleeved Carrie that value voters so adore.
Because, if so, then they should have done a better job vetting. Cuz, really, if you cater to the Jesus Loves a Virgin crowd, you probably don't much benefit from headlines that scream:
Miss California Officials to Carrie Prejean: You Owe Us for Those Boobs!
It turns out that Carrie forgot – in her desire to support Biblical Marriage – that suing your former employer after they've invested money into the contract you breached can result in them suing you right back. (E Online)
K2 Productions, which directs the Miss California USA pageant, has countersued the litigious former beauty queen, requesting that she return the $5,200 it gave her for breast-augmentation surgery.
"Had [Prejean] heeded the guidance of the Gospel of John, who admonished only those who are without sin to cast stones in judgment, she might have avoided this legal battle," the suit states.
You just gotta love a lawsuit that quotes Scripture at the Holier-Than-Thou crowd.
And it makes me wonder about the priorities of the National Organization for Marriage. If they are willing to shell out millions in advertising campaigns and huge sums in legal fees to fight public disclosure laws, couldn't they kick out a few paltry thousands to keep Carrie's boobs out of the press again?
Someone needs to tell Carrie, "Girl, you're being used. When they no longer have a use for a blond bimbo victim of the evil gays, they will kick you to the curb and you will have no one at all to turn to."
Scary Carrie
Timothy Kincaid
September 25th, 2009
This year for Halloween you can go as your favorite opposite-marriage loving, values voting, bigger crown coveting skank.
Perhaps one of these modest little numbers will suit ya. They are costumes from Women of Marvel modeled by none other than biblically correct former Miss California Carrie Prejean. (TMZ)
Be careful, though. You don't want to scare the kiddies.
Prejean's "Bigger Crown" Still a Crowd Pleaser
Timothy Kincaid
September 21st, 2009
Carrie Prejean, former Miss California, was at hand to rally the troops at the far-right Values Voter Summit this weekend. She really should be thankful that the Miss California Pageant removed her from her position, because there's no way that an organization that seeks to appeal to pageant viewers would ever let a reigning representative get anywhere near that collection of extremist partisans.
Ready with a quick tear, Prejean told how she went from a sure thing winner (though the points were not going her way) to being a big loser. Although it appeared to those living outside her head that she was prattling on incoherently about "opposite marriage", on the inside she was seeing visions from God.
"As I saw my goals and aspirations flash by me, I knew God had a plan for me… God chose me for that moment. He knew I was strong enough to get through all the junk that I have been through."
My recollection of the events suggests that this "plan" wasn't all that evident right away. It didn't exactly materialize until Maggie Gallagher got Carrie in her grip. But perhaps it's true; Carrie's thought process has always proven elusive.
And then, victim that she is, Prejean whipped out her catch phrase, one that was sure to appeal to biblical literalists who can't wait to be royalty in heaven (though they are not really very specific about who gets to be peasants and serfs).
"Even though I didn't win the crown that night," said Prejean, tearing up, "I know the Lord has so much of a bigger crown in heaven for me."
And who am I to tell her she's wrong. After all, the Lord did have much bigger boobs for her down at her plastic surgeon's.
Carrie Sues
Timothy Kincaid
August 31st, 2009
Carrie Prejean is missing the spotlight. She's not getting modeling jobs and the press isn't hanging breathlessly to her every word (and nudie pic).
And she just doesn't understand why businesses and other sponsors wouldn't want her face and name attached to their profitability. It must be the fault of the Miss California pageant!!
So she's suing. (NBC San Diego)
Carrie Prejean, the beauty queen who was stripped of her Miss California crown in June, sued two Miss USA California officials on Monday, claiming that she lost her crown solely for her religious beliefs. She is seeking unspecified damages.
Well, yeah, her religious belief that she doesn't have to do the job of Miss California or keep in contact with the organization, perhaps.
"Over the past two months, we have worked hard to provide overwhelming evidence that Carrie Prejean did not violate her contract with Miss California USA and did not deserve to have her title revoked by Keith Lewis," said attorney Charles S. LiMandri*, who is representing Prejean. "We will make the case that her title was taken from her solely because of her support of traditional marriage."
Oddly enough, on some level he's right. It was her unauthorized campaigning for National Organization for Marriage, a political organization that "supports traditional marriage", that cost Carrie her job. If she had stayed in the state and cut ribbons and supported politically neutral endeavors, she'd still be Miss California today.
But Carrie's a bit too dim to realize that Miss California doesn't get to be a political advocate for a controversial cause. Most pageants frown on pissing off half of the public. And those who handled her were only interested in advancing their anti-gay advocacy and thought she was the perfect tool.
* if LiMandri's name sounds familiar, it should. This is the same attorney that hosted a fundraiser for Proposition 8, who represented the San Diego firefighters who were "sexually harassed" by things like "look at the big firemen" at the gay pride parade, and who tried to encourage county clerks to break the law last summer when marriage was legal.
Carrie Prejean Signs Book Deal
Jim Burroway
July 20th, 2009
Here's something to add to your Amazon wishlist.
The New Miss California Also Does Not Support Same-Sex Marriage
Timothy Kincaid
June 12th, 2009
The Miss California Pageant has replaced one young Christian girl… with another, Teri Farrell.
According to the Kansas City Star,
She's a Christian. Farrell recently finished recording her first demo CD and performed during a Christian cruise to the Bahamas last summer. Last fall she worked with Christian recording artists, Sonic Flood, on a new CD project.
And the Mercury News is telling us that she doesn't support marriage equality
In a television interview Thursday, [Tami] Farrell said she believed marriage should be between a man and a woman. But she added: "I don't think I have the right or anybody has the right to tell somebody who they can or can't love."
But it seems that Tami, unlike Carrie, doesn't think her opinion on the matter is the result of some battle between God and Satan or that she's qualified to weigh in authoritatively.
But what about gay marriage? Farrell feels it is "hilarious that the world is turning to beauty queens for the answers" on gay marriage, but she didn't have a strong opinion on either side of the debate.
"I don't think I have the right, or anyone has the right, to tell somebody who they can or cannot love. I think this is a civil rights issue, and I think the right thing to do is to let the voters decide."
TMZ has video from CNN in which she says that the decision should be state by state and that she isn't interested in hooking up with anti-gay organizations.
NOM Needs a Dictionary
Timothy Kincaid
June 12th, 2009
Merriam-Webster defines "petition" as a "a formal written request made to an official person or organized body". Most commonly it is a method by which individuals can show their support of a collective effort to influence a body on a decision.
In other words, a petition has a specific request and a specific audience.
But the National Organization for Marriage isn't quite sure what the word "petition" means. On their new website Stand With Carrie, they request that visitors "Sign the Petition to Stand with Carrie!" But they provide no petition nor any indication of what "standing with Carrie" might be about:
Carrie Prejean could have had it all, at the price of sacrificing her values. She chose to speak the truth. She chose to Stand Up for Marriage. Now she is paying the price. It's time for us to Stand with Carrie. Sign up now to let Carrie know you stand with her. And check back soon for more details on how you can help Carrie stand for truth.
Is this directed towards Donald Trump? Does she want her tiara back? Is she now interested in doing the tasks of Miss California? Who knows?
This is a "petition" with neither a request nor a petitionee; this is not a petition at all. Either the designer of the National Organization for Marriage's new website is not very bright, or that is his opinion about those who visit there.
NOM Loses It Over Carrie's Lost Glittering Tiara
Timothy Kincaid
June 10th, 2009
Here is the National Organization for Marriage's full press release in all of its fabulous hystronic wild-eyed glory:
(Princeton, NJ) – Today, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) issued the following statement in response to the firing Miss California USA Carrie Prejean:
"Hollywood hates Carrie. First they abuse her, then they try to get her to recant, then they threw mud, and now they are doing what they wanted to do from day one: Get rid of Carrie.
This cover story about a contract dispute doesn't pass the smell test. Americans aren't fooled that easily. God knows, and we know, the truth about Carrie: She's a young woman of great beauty who chose truth over the glittering tiara that Hollywood offers," said Brian Brown, Executive Director for NOM. "Of course they will try to punish her, but we know she will be fine in the end, because her values are in the right place."
"Hollywood will dance its tribal war dance over her body–the hatred generated against her has been extraordinary–but Carrie will be free to define her own mission and message from now on. Congratulations," stated Maggie Gallagher, President for NOM.
Cue the war dance.
I've been informed that depicting Maori and other Indiginous Peoples is a "racist misappropriation" and that "acontextual stereotypes of Native people being warlike and savage" are offensive. Although I doubt that my Native American ancestory would qualify me as entitled to use a depiction of a Cherokee war dance, I trust that my Scottish ancestory and last name will suffice to allow for a Highlander to be shown. So I have replaced the photograph of the Maori dancers with a painting by Robert Griffing which depicts a Highland war dance, the Sword Dance.
Although it probably isn't the type of "tribal war dance" that Gallagher was picturing, it is likely the only image that would be deemed acceptable by those who do such deeming. Scots don't much complain about such imagery. And if anyone continues to be concerned about the racist misappropriation of the honorable Highland Scots, it may calm your concerns to note that this particular dancer appears to be wearing Kincaid Plaid.
Carrie Prejean Loses her Crown
Timothy Kincaid
June 10th, 2009
At long last the saga of Miss California Carrie Prejean and her support for "opposite marriage", canonization in the anti-gay movement, fake boobs, topless posing, and mindless babbling about God and Satan has come to an end. The Miss California Pageant has said "enough".
Miss California pageant officials said Wednesday that Prejean was fired because of continued breach of contract issues.
"This was a decision based solely on contract violations including Ms. Prejean's unwillingness to make appearances on behalf of the Miss California USA organization," executive director Keith Lewis said in a statement sent to ABCNews.com. "After our press conference in New York we had hoped we would be able to forge a better working relationship. However, since that time it has become abundantly clear that Carrie is unwilling to fulfill her obligations under our contract and work together."
And this time The Donald won't rush to her rescue. Trump can forgive anti-gay animus and absolute trashiness (one might even think he prefers it), but he just can't forgive failure to put a buck in his pocket.
To follow the trail of Carrie's way-over-extended 15 minutes of fame, click here.
Keith Olbermann takes on Carrie's Martyr Act
Timothy Kincaid
May 13th, 2009
Carrie Prejean's 15 minutes have come and gone. And then some. And I am sick of writing about this self-obsessed, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bimbo (no offense to anyone).
However, Keith Olbermann does a very good job of expressing exactly my opinion as to her latest weepy press conference in which she tries to pass herself off as a righteous victim who has a constitutional right to express her opinion without any recourse or disagreement. So if you can stand but a few more moments of the face (and boobs) of the "traditional marriage" movement, here he is.
Miss California Executive Director Quits
Timothy Kincaid
May 13th, 2009
Shanna Moakler is not pleased with the decision by Donald Trump to let Carrie Prejean keep her title as Miss California USA. She believed that when pictures surfaced that proved that Prejean had lied about posing topless and when Prejean cut off all contact with the Miss California Pageant in order to engage in a devisive anti-gay campaign that she was no longer able to carry out her duties.
Donald Trump disagreed. Approaching the controversy from a businessman-owner's perspective, he was less concerned about role-models and pageantry and more interested in whether Prejean was beautiful (which he repeated several times) and with how the controversy impacted him.
Today Moakler decided she could no longer participate in an institution that undercut her efforts. She released a statement to US Magazine:
"I cannot with a clear conscious move forward supporting and promoting the Miss Universe Organization when I no longer believe in it, or the contracts I signed committing myself as a youth," she continues. "I want to be a role model for young woman with high hopes of pageantry, but now feel it more important to be a role model for my children. I am sorry and hope I have not let any young supporters down but wish them the best of luck in fulfilling their dreams."
Carrie Keeps her Crown
Timothy Kincaid
May 12th, 2009
The Donald has spoken. Carrie Prejean can remain Miss California USA. Trump doesn't think the pics are so bad. And he should know; he's a klassy fella who loves opposite marriage so much that he's had three of them.
TMZ now has new pics of Carrie. They appear to be of the same photo shoot that we were the first to report about on May 1st.


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ISSAQUAH, Wash. - An Issaquah city prosecutor filed charges Thursday, alleging a Bellevue police officer was driving under the influence of alcohol.
He's already been suspended from the force by Bellevue's police chief and the officer who pulled him over is the subject of an internal investigation.
Andrew Hanke was pulled over by a colleague back on November 20, after he was observed swerving on I-90 near Issaquah, according to a police report.
Hanke is the same officer, who was involved in a highly publicized incident at a Seattle Seahawks game, in which he was accused of aggressive and obscene behavior. The incident prompted the chief to remove him from the Bellevue police bomb squad and suspend him for 30 days.
The officer who pulled over Hanke on the 20th in still on the job. The Chief announced she will conduct an internal investigation after his report detailed how he let a family member come pick up Hanke.


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You're ready. You've spent years at your equine practice, and it's time for the next step. Maybe you're retiring. Maybe you're
looking to pull up stakes and move to a warmer or less expensive location. Maybe you're looking for a part-time position as
an associate. But what do you do if you can't find anyone to buy your practice?
As a practice owner, you've spent years investing your time, sweat, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment, real
estate, drugs, and payroll. When it comes time to liquidate this big investment, it's easy to become disenchanted with your
prized possession if you hit roadblocks. First off, don't be full of doom and gloom. And don't simply close your doors and
walk away. You can sell your practice. You just need to approach it a little differently.
Selling your records to a colleague works best if the purchasing practice is similar to yours in terms of standards and ethics.
If you focus on creating strong bonds with clients, you want to know your prospective practice buyer does too. If you refer
cases to specialty clinics and your prospective buyer seems to take on cases you think are beyond your limits, that's a bad
sign. You need to have a respectful and collegial relationship with the practice owner.
Also, you may need to work in the purchasing practice for a while to help bond your clients to their new practice. Six to
12 months is typical, but you may enjoy your new practice life and stay on longer. If you can swing both those requirements,
selling your medical records is the way to go.
The process starts with a meeting of the minds between you and the potential buyer. I once consulted with two practice owners
who were in this exact situation. One of the doctors wanted to retire and knew his current practice location would be a challenge
to sell. This owner had done his homework and knew his medical records were worth more than his facility and equipment combined.
The other owner wanted to grow his practice quickly with high-quality clients. The two held similar practice philosophies
and already worked well together.
The next question is, what are your medical records worth? In the past, records were typically valued at $20 apiece. That's
not nearly enough. My starting price for each record is the amount of money an average client brings in every year. Look at
what's included in a record: an entire patient history—a roadmap of the revenue that a particular horse brought to the practice
and a good indicator of what it will bring in the future.
If you know your practice's average client transaction, number of patient visits per year, and who the most active clients
are (those who visit at least every 18 months), you have a great starting point for arriving at an asking price for the records.
You can get this information from your practice software. But be careful—not all your clients will want to go to the other
practice. I try to be conservative and say roughly 70 percent of identified clients will transfer if the seller works in the
new practice and helps bond clients to the new team.
Here's an example of how this valuation works. Let's say the practice saw 500 clients in the past 18 months who spent two
times the average client transaction (ACT=$150, so $300). If you assume 70 percent of those clients will transfer, that's
350 clients. That means the medical records could be worth $105,000 (300 clients times $300).
If you're still not sure why a practice owner would want to spend so much money on records, consider this: When you add a
huge chunk of new clients to a practice, you have only variable expenses to pay for, because the hospital overhead—staffing,
equipment, marketing—is already covered by the existing client base. That means the profit margin from new clients is greater
and will more quickly improve the profit margin for the practice.