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(Born on February 27, 1969) -- Consider yourself one of the all-time Buffalo sports experts if this name rings any sort of bell. The obvious hint is that he played football, but not the kind of football you're considering.
Brown played high school football at Muskegon High (Mich.), where he won a state championship. Then it was on to Grand Rapids Community College and Michigan State. Brown started as wide receiver in 1989 and as a defensive back in 1990.
That sort of two-way ability was perfect with the Arena Football League. He joined the Tampa Bay Storm, and won a championship in 1991. Brown also won titles there in 1993 and 1995.
Eventually Brown came to the Buffalo Destroyers. He caught 48 passes in his first year here in 1999, and stayed for three more seasons. The team eventually named its "big hit" award after him.
"Downtown" moved into coaching from there. He's apparently found a home at Grand Valley State, serving as the running backs coach for the past three years.
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Fifty years later, we're still suspicious.
A Gallup poll released this month finds that more than 60 percent of Americans believe others besides Lee Harvey Oswald were involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Over the years, more than 200 people and three dozen groups have been accused of being involved in Kennedy's assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, author Vincent Bugliosi recently told CNN. So it's understandable that conspiracy theories of all degrees of plausibility have gained — and lost — popularity in that time.
"There's a strong tradition in this country of cultures of conspiracy," said Edward Linenthal, a history professor at Indiana University. "Very often, major events for some people are never quite what they seem. Whatever it happens to be, I think behind the surface appearance, there's always some more interesting forces at work."
In the case of Kennedy's assassination, Linenthal said the magnitude of the event — the murder of the most powerful man in the world and one of the country's most popular presidents — immediately led doubters to look for alternate explanations.
"The results of what (Oswald) did were so immense … I think that's part of it, as well," said Linenthal, who also works as a consultant for the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas. "The idea that a huge, transformative event like this couldn't have been carried out by one nobbish little man — I think that carries weight with a lot of people."
Official attempts to settle doubts about the assassination — beginning with the Warren Commission report in September 1964, which concluded that Oswald acted alone — have only fueled alternate versions of history.
Answers to many lingering questions may lie in classified CIA documents related to the assassination that are due to be released in 2017. For many, though, the circumstances of Kennedy's death will likely remain shrouded in mystery.
"It's certainly a vibrant part of American culture," Linenthal said, "and I don't think it will stop."
Here is a look at some of the more enduring conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination, according to Gallup and Wikipedia:
The Lyndon Johnson Theory
The theory: Kennedy's vice president, Lyndon Baines Johnson, is the focus of what Gallup cites as one of the most widely believed conspiracy theories pertaining to Kennedy's assassination. Johnson, it is thought, used his influence with both the FBI and the CIA to have Kennedy blackmailed, then killed.
It gained prominence because… Johnson's involvement with the FBI, a perceived feud with the Kennedy family and a scandal involving financier Billie Sol Estes — detailed in a book by Phillip F. Nelson — were cited as motives for Johnson's role in the assassination.
Has it been debunked? No one can say for sure, given the theory's enduring plausibility in the minds of so many. An Associated Press poll taken in 2003 found that 20 percent of Americans thought Johnson had something to do with Kennedy's death. However, other competing theories - most notably that Kennedy was murdered, in part, out of revenge for the Cuban Missile Crisis - have blunted its popularity over the years.
The KGB Theory
The theory: Humiliated by the conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis, officials at the main security agency of the Soviet Union "programmed" one of their agents, Lee Harvey Oswald, to kill Kennedy.
It gained prominence because… Oswald's Russian wife, his extensive travel in the USSR and his purported contacts with Soviet diplomats all provide context for its legitimacy. Intriguing circumstantial evidence — including Oswald's trip to the Russian embassy in Mexico City a few weeks before the shooting — provides ample fodder for research into this theory.
Has it been debunked? Not completely. Although the House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations in 1979 concluded that more than one gunman may have been involved, its findings also cleared the Soviets of any involvement. That conclusion has failed to satisfy many conspiracists, however.
The Mafia Theory
The theory: Facing deportation and seeking revenge on a president whose policies aimed to dismantle organized crime, mafia boss Carlos Marcello masterminded the assassination with help from Santo Trafficante and Johnny Roselli.
It gained prominence because... Compared to other theories, it doesn't seem so far-fetched. Members of the mafia had worked with the CIA in an attempt to assassinate Cuban president Fidel Castro, according to documents declassified in 2007. At the time, members of the mafia had the expertise to take out important people. And, compared to today's measures, security around prominent elected officials was primitively lax.
Has it been debunked? "Complicated" is a better word. With suspicions of CIA involvement — and JFK's brother Bobby, as attorney general, leading the charge against organized crime — the mafia had plenty of incentive to direct its vengeance toward others besides JFK. They had the motive and the means, but we may never know for sure if they actually pulled the trigger.
The CIA Theory
The theory: The nation's main intelligence gathering arm had a number of high-profile disagreements with the president, including one about the agency's purported involvement in plots to assassinate foreign leaders, and another over Kennedy's handling of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. This, the theory goes, spurred several "rogue" CIA agents to mastermind the killing of JFK.
It gained prominence because... It ties many of the other conspiracy theories together — perhaps too neatly. One particular thread of the theory holds that the agency's involvement in a plot to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro greatly displeased Kennedy and inspired fear in some quarters that Kennedy would disband the agency. But whether it was Lyndon Johnson, the mafia or Federal Reserve (another, more far-fetched theory), the CIA came to be seen as having played an important role.
Has it been debunked? Not even close. The CIA theory remains so popular, in fact, that the agency's website includes a page dedicated to discrediting its involvement in the assassination.
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This arrived 4 days after I ordered it. Went together in about an hour and 1/2 with help. Instructions are easy to follow. I the kitchen island is very pretty, sturdy and heavy so it does not slide around. Not sure what I am going to put on the bottom shelf because I have 3 golden retrievers and pots or dishes on this shelf would not be a good idea. But over all it is a perfect size, looks great and is very functional. Blends in beautifully. I would highly recommend this item.
This kitchen island is really beautiful but do not try, as I did, to put this together alone. The pieces are too big and too heavy and I found myself struggling to line it all up properly. Took me 3 hours and by that time even if I had hated it, I would not have taken it apart and sent it back! Thankfully I really do love it. Worth the price!
This island completes my kitchen. It looks beautiful and is easy to take care of. It's big enough to work on and holds small appliances, cookbooks, etc. It comes in two boxes but is very easy to take care of. I would recommend this to a friend! If you are thinking about it . . . . get it!!
This product was way better than what I expected. It's extremely sturdy and not very hard to put together, as long as you're not doing it alone. This island looks amazing in the kitchen. The butcher block is very thick and solid wood and the stainless steel is great quality. We have gotten many compliments on this.
Considering its very reasonable price (especially compared to other islands), I was very pleasantly surprised to see how nice this piece is. All of the parts feel quite solid and the top is HEAVY and very pretty. It took about 1.5 hours to assemble with one person. The best part, that I did not realize until I assembled it, is the spaces between the metal rods on the shelves are exactly the right space to hold a wine bottle. We use the middle section to hold four bottles. Tip: If you put them exactly side by side, it'll be tight, but if you stagger them, they fit beautifully.
Although it was a bit wobbly at first, I had to cut two circles out of cardboard to balance the table. I love the design. I'm using it as an island and dining table due to the size of my loft. You will definitetly need some people to help you assemble this as it wasn't easy. The wood is nice and durable. A few racks on the bottom were bent but you can easily re-bend it into place.
I am surprised how happy I am with this kitchen island!! What a great value!! It's very sturdy and has an open look with storage. It doesn't make the room look smaller or close it off and doesn't look cheap. We have it in an open kitchen, living room...also bought 24" metal stools, perfect height,that work great. They are sturdy,light weight and stack for storing,if needed. I was a little nervous about it,thought maybe I should buy a small table and chairs but wanted something different...I'm so happy it looks beautiful in our small townhouse.
The cart is a bit over priced for the quality, but it came together easily and was solid enough. There were two smallish problems and one huge one: One of the feet was missing the leveler, which meant the cart was unstable and the pieces used to make separate areas in the top shelf were too short. So, I followed the directions on the box and called the manufacturer to ask for a new leveler and the other pieces at the correct length. I can't begin to describe how rude she was, so much so that after about 10 minutes on the phone I told her I obviously wasting her time and would simply return their product. I called Overstock, explained the situation and was promptly given the things needed to return it. It was a pain - the top alone weighs 70 pounds - and I had to totally disassemble it, after I'd spent over an hour putting it together. THAT'S how rude she was. But the Overstock representative was great. I'll never, ever, EVER order from that manufacturer again. EVER. EVER. EVER.
Our new place had a difficult kitchen with less counter space than was desirable. This thing fits the bill size wise and provides an excellent prep surface. I am a taller person so I appreciate its height while remaining mostly stable. Putting it together was fairly interesting. I had the presence of mind to not go super tight on all the hex bolts at first until I could get everything to line up. But if I hadnt it could have been about 100 x more frustrating. Overall a really nice prep table for the money, it should last quite a while from the looks of it.
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Pfaltzgraff's Holiday Happenings is a fun collection of serving pieces to complete your dining experience. Constructed of high quality fused glass and perfect for casual entertaining or gift giving. This bright modern platter features a red border with the word, "Congratulations" written across the front. It's perfect on the buffet, serving hors d'oeuvres or desserts. Also great as the base of a candle centerpiece. This glass platter is designed to serve and refrigerate food. Not recommended for preparation or serving hot foods. Hand washing recommended.Square Glass Congratulations Platter measures 17-1/4 inch long.


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Henrico's Top Teachers – Linda Korpics
Echo Lake E.S., second grade
It didn't take Linda Korpics long to figure out that she wanted to become a teacher.
Just a year or two of being a student.
By the time she was in second grade, Korpics realized how much she enjoyed helping other students "and seeing their happiness when they got the skill I was teaching," she says. A fifth grade teacher reinforced her interest in the profession – and today Korpics is a second grade teacher marking her 30th year in the classroom.
But even after decades of experience, she says, it's still a thrill to see children light up with the excitement of learning.
This year, Korpics has a child who has been shuffled from one school setting after another, with the result that she started the year struggling in all subjects. Her guardian told Korpics that the child was not very trusting and has always been reluctant to participate in class. But after months of one-on-one work, Korpics reports, the student has shown daily progress.
"Now her hand is up for every lesson," she says, "even when it isn't her reading group."
Korpics recalls that at the beginning of the year she briefly put her arm around the student, but noticed that she tensed up so she resisted doing it again. Then, a month later, the child came running into the room "and gave me the biggest bear hug you can imagine," she says.
"I teared up and told her that hug was the best present she could have given me," says Korpics. "I have been teaching for 29 years and it is moments like those that always mean so much to me and show me why I teach."
A fellow teacher at Echo Lake who has observed Korpics at work says, "It gave me chill bumps to see Linda get so excited and overcome by emotion when talking about her students and their successes."
Korpics' colleague also noted that she works constantly at developing new and innovative ways to teach, such as creating "books" to accompany the science and social studies curriculum and interactive notebooks to reinforce math concepts.
A parent wrote that he, too, admires the way Korpics is able to customize her teaching methods according to each child's needs, and that he believes her ability to individualize her teaching methods has been instrumental in his child's school success -- not to mention whetting his child's intellectual curiosity outside the classroom.
Korpics' ability to combine cutting-edge techniques and technology with the experience and passion of a long-time educator, said the parent, help create a learning environment that is unmatched in its effectiveness.
"In an era of 21st-century learning," wrote the parent, "it is a joy to know that 29 years of experience still counts."
Among the former students that Korpics has enjoyed hearing from recently is one that was in her second grade class in 1983. "[She wrote] a letter," says Korpics, "telling me that she is teaching in my old classroom in New York and that she went into teaching because of me."
Another former student who is now a senior came to visit Korpics recently and told her that he plans to study physical therapy. Korpics recalled that when she had him in her class, the student struggled in all areas and had behavior issues. "We had many lunches together," she says, "to strengthen skills and to have discussions on behavior and consequences."
Her now-grown-up student told Korpics that he had come to thank her.
"It is great to know that I have touched the lives of these kids in such a positive way," says Korpics.
"[He told me that] I made a difference and that he wants to help others just like I helped him.
"How awesome is that!"
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden raises admission $1
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's admission has increased by $1 across all categories. Admission is now $12 for adults; $11 for seniors ages 55 and older; and $8 for children ages 3–12. Admission remains free for children ages 3 and younger and for members.
The last price increase was in 2011, before the Garden consistently hosted Butterflies LIVE! (which is included with admission). > Read more.
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The threat of bad weather didn't keep visitors away from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden July 10 for the facility's weekly Flowers After 5 event (which pairs music and food with a chance to stroll the garden) and its monthly Fidos After 5 (which allows dog owners to bring their pets with them to enjoy the evening). > Read more.
Western Henrico Rotary helps fund Midwives For Haiti Jeep
Thanks in part to a $10,000 gift from the Western Henrico Rotary Club, another bright pink Jeep modified to travel extremely rough terrain has been delivered to Midwives For Haiti so that more pregnant women in the quake-ravaged country will have access to prenatal care and a greater chance of surviving childbirth.
The funds were raised at the annual casino night held in February, club president Adam Cherry said. The Rotary Club also helped purchase the Virginia-based charity's first pink jeep three years ago. > Read more.
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US Army Field Band to perform in Henrico Aug. 3
The United States Army Field Band will present a free public performance at Deep Run Park in Henrico on Sunday, Aug 3 at 3 p.m.
Members of the band are soldiers who also serve as "musical ambassadors of the Army" and perform for schools and communities nationwide.
The Concert Band will be performing along with the Soldiers' Chorus. > Read more.
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Take in a show at several locations this weekend! West End Comedy will provide laughs at HATTheatre; the production of "Pump Boys and Dinettes" will close Sunday; and the youth theatre company CharacterWorks will present "Footloose" at The Steward School. Another show perfect for the kids – "Despicable Me 2" is playing at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center tonight. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Is there an Echo in here?
'Earth to Echo' aims to become this generation's 'ET'
It's no secret that all found-footage genre movies are the same. Grab a couple of characters, give one of them a camera, and expose them to something supernatural that's content to lurk just off-screen until the last five minutes. Everything else will just fall into place.
But that formula isn't particularly family friendly, if only because that thing waiting a few feet to the left of the cast is usually plotting their violent doom.
That's what sets Earth to Echo apart from the pack. It, too, follows a group of characters armed with a camera and a tendency to encounter unknown life forms. But all those familiar parts have been rearranged just enough to make it suitable for a much younger audience. > Read more.
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Crusaders Fall to Cleveland State
Friday, January 20, 2006
Valparaiso's men dropped a 130-68 decision Friday night to Cleveland State at the Athletics-Recreation Center pool.
Dan Cisek
(Willowbrook, Ill./Hinsdale South H.S.) had the most impressive performance for the Crusaders, coming home in 10:24.67 in the 1000 freestyle. The time marks the best performance in the event by a Valpo swimmer this year, and moves Cisek into fifth place on Valpo's all-time list.
Travers Smith
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Travis Thames
(Tucson, Ariz./Canyon Del Oro H.S.) placed second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.86, while the Crusaders' 200 free relay team also finished second, coming home in 1:32.61.
Valparaiso (2-9) returns to the pool Saturday afternoon, taking on Eastern Illinois at the Athletics-Recreation Center pool at 2 p.m. Please note this time is changed from the original schedule.
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---- — DANVERS — The final seconds hadn't ticked off the scoreboard clock and Saugus High boys basketball coach Paul Moran already had his jacket on.
The Sachems couldn't wait to get out of Danvers after the Falcons put on a clinic while dismantling their Northeastern Conference Small foes, 81-51.
Saugus came into the contest with a 3-0 record and a legitimate reputation as the team most likely to push Danvers in the conference title chase. The Sachems left, however, with a better understanding of how difficult it will be to dethrone the reigning league champs.
Danvers (3-0) used a 17-0 carry-over run between the first and second quarters to take control of the game, then piled on a 31-2 spurt that began midway through the second quarter and ended early in the third. During that stretch, the Falcons' lead swelled from 14 points (31-17) to 43 (62-19).
The Falcon starters went to the bench after a Nick McKenna three-pointer pushed the lead to 57-19 with 6:15 to play in the third quarter. They never returned.
"We just had to play with confidence. Everybody was a little tentative at the start," said senior Nick Bates, who scored all 14 of his points in the first half. "They had a pep rally coming out to see us, and it was a big game for them and a big game for us. We were just a little tentative. Once we got some shots going in, though, it was fine from there."
The Falcons fell behind 11-6 to start the game, but closed the first quarter by scoring 13 straight due in large part to a defensive adjustment.
Danvers coach John Walsh extended his team's defense out to a full-court trap that forced turnovers and jump-started the offense.
"You know coming in that they're going to play tough man-to-man and that you can't turn the ball over," Saugus (3-1) assistant coach Mike Pelletier said. "Unfortunately in the first half, that's exactly what we did. We could not recover after going down by 20."
Saugus started the game with energy and a little bit of swagger, but once Danvers extended its defense the Sachems' offensive trips became rushed and full of panic.
That resulted in open looks and easy hoops for the Falcons.
"Saugus is so well coached and Paul get them up to play. You know they're going to come out firing and they really did. When you start hitting shots, sometimes that can take the energy away," Walsh said. "I think (the press) seemed to create some turnovers and that really helped."
Bates and McKenna each got hot late in the first quarter and started burning Saugus inside and out. McKenna finished with a game-high 19 points and Bates had 14. Dan Connors also hit double figures with 11, while starters Eric Martin (7) and Vinny Clifford (two threes, 6 points) also did their part.
Only Joe Bertrand hit double figures for Saugus with 14 points.
"It's tough when everyone's playing well. When we get the ball in to Dan Connors, everything feeds off him. When he's making his layups the defense has to drop in and it gets open shots for all our shooters," McKenna said. "All of our guards shot well tonight. It was a team win, definitely."


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Ronald married Heather Senecal on August 12, 2000, at St. Peter's Church in Plattsburgh.
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Over the weekend, there's been some fairly decent Leafs player movement. On Friday, of course, Nikolai Kulemin was re-signed a two-year deal. Leafs brass again negotiated a pretty stellar restricted free agency contract for a defensive winger coming off a dud season offensively.
Also Friday, Marcel Müller, one of the Marlies' high-scoring forwards last season, is heading to MoDo in Sweden next season. In haste to replace his third highest scorer with the minor-league affiliate, the Leafs went out Saturday and signed not-quite-a-journeyman veteran Keith Aucoin to a two-way deal that will pay Aucoin a league-minimum $650K at the NHL-level and a respectable $350K in the AHL.
Let's get one thing straight here: Aucoin isn't intended to solve any of the Leafs major problems. I do believe he was signed as an option to provide a replacement to Müller's 14 goal, 47 point season out at Ricoh. Aucoin has never really been in danger of being an NHL regular. His career-high in games is 38, and he scored 5 goals and 13 points.
However, he's always been an interesting puck-possession player at the NHL-level. It's usually in small minutes or easy minutes, but he isn't a player who is going to get killed territorially on a call-up. The only reason I'd be particularly wary of Aucoin in the NHL lineup is that it means the Leafs have exhausted all other options, which is a scary thought.


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By Jessica Bagley
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TOWN OF TONAWANDA — Neighbors in those first small living room gatherings, wondering aloud about what was causing those foul odors, could never have imagined it leading to this.
Those first members could never have known their small group of committed citizens could change so much.
But they did.
"We finally feel that our work for the past five to 10 years has been worth it," Clean Air Coalition Director Erin Heaney said.
That work culminated Thursday in a stunning victory for the little guys when a jury convicted Tonawanda Coke and its environmental manager on nearly all of the 19 counts against them in federal court.
They set out to prove the air they were breathing was dangerously polluted — and that one local business was to blame. Pressing forward day after day, year after year, they made their case.
Here's how they did it.
The early days
Slowly but surely, the number of concerned residents began to swell. In 2005, activist leader Jackie James-Creedon officially founded the Clean Air Coalition.
The coalition's work quickly became focused on Tonawanda Coke, a facility that's been open since 1917 and operated by the current owner, J.D. Crane, since 1978. Through the coalition, residents lobbied the state Department of Environmental Conservation, and informed them of their concerns about the town's air quality.
The DEC responded to the campaign by installing air quality monitors in July 2007, and as the agency was collecting its data, written complaints about health issues — residents reporting burning sensations in their eyes and throats among other health problems — began flooding into the DEC.
It was the first acknowledgment by state regulators that something might be amiss and the data collected could once and for all settle the debate. Were those odors truly harmful or just a nuisance that many wrote off as a trade-off for job-providing industries operating in the town?
Fuel to the fire
A year after the air monitors were installed, in July of 2008, a grassfire ignited a deteriorating tank of hazardous waste — both literally and figuratively adding fuel to the fire.
It left residents with another very public piece of evidence that something behind those grassy berms, up the winding road from a tiny guard shack to the heart of a facility hidden from view, could be seriously wrong.
But the events surrounding the heart of the case that would come to pass against Tonawanda Coke Environmental Manager Mark Kamholz didn't occur until months after the air monitors were already recording data that would shock even the plant's biggest critics.
On Friday, April 10, 2009, Kamholz completed a walkthrough of the plant to check on its conditions in advance of an Environmental Protection Agency compliance inspection, and discussed a Clean Air Act violation with an employee.
According to witness testimony, Kamholz pointed to an unpermitted pressure relief valve and said, "We can't have that going off while they're here."
That statement and his attempt to influence the EPA's inspection, which occurred the following week, ultimately led to the obstruction of justice conviction — which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
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The situation grew even worse for Tonawanda Coke when the DEC's air monitoring study was released in June 2009. The study indicated the levels of the carcinogen benzene surrounding the facility were off the charts.
"Higher daily concentrations of benzene were found when the wind came from the direction of the largest known point source of benzene, the Tonawanda Coke Corporation," the report states.
That's the technical language. What the monitors found in layman's terms was a quantity of benzene in the area 10 times higher than what's considered safe — and it pointed to Tonawanda Coke as the single largest source.
Just months after the negative publicity in October 2009, Crane granted his only interview and tour of the plant to former Tonawanda News reporter Daniel Pye. In that interview, and in an exhaustive two-day series, Crane said he had worked to reduce emissions at the plant, and didn't believe his company posed a significant health risk.
"I've been around coke plants all my life," he said. "I have 125 people here who all work 40 hours a week and hardly any of them fall over. We're all at least as healthy as any average person out there."
He pointed to traffic back-ups at the south Grand Island bridges and the dozens of other businesses in the area as contributing to the problem.
Two months later on Dec. 17, 2009, federal agents raided the plant in execution of a criminal search warrant. They seized 36 boxes of documents and took photos of the plant's conditions, many of which were entered as proof of the violations in the federal trial.
Weeks after the criminal search warrant, Kamholz was arrested, and in July 2010, the grand jury delivered an indictment charging Kamholz and the plant with 20 federal crimes — one of which dropped prior to the trial's start.
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The plant later signed a consent order with the EPA agreeing to make a series of changes at the plant in order to reduce benzene emissions, and by the fall of 2011, the DEC released a report indicating that benzene in the air had been reduced by 86 percent.
Many organizers declared victory, but didn't stop campaigning against the plant. Their worries were further vindicated in February when a state Department of Health study was released indicating statistically significant elevated rates of cancer among residents living in the industrial corridor. And although the DOH couldn't clearly identify a source for the problems, many continued to blame Tonawanda Coke.
Just two weeks later on Feb. 27, the long-winded federal criminal began, and after a month of testimony, the jury returned its verdict Thursday.
The fate of the plant has yet to be determined — but the sentencing, scheduled for July 15, will likely offer some indication of what will happen to the River Road facility. If anything approaching the $200 million in possible fines come to pass it would almost certainly lead to the plant's closure.
Despite Thursday's landmark victory after nearly 10 years of work, organizers say the fight is still not over. A slew of civil cases are still pending and remedies for many residents have yet to be won.
"The criminal case is behind us, but there's still more work to be done," Heaney said. "There's still more to this story."
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper to taste. Slit open on the side for stuffing; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, spinach, garlic, eggs and 3/4 of the cheese. Mix well and stuff each breast with 1/4 of the mixture; secure with toothpicks and place stuffed breasts in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Pour sauce over all and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
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This recipe was great...with a little tweaking. After reading the other reviews, I realized that it was going to need a little extra flavor. So, I pounded out the chicken breasts until they were thin, and then dipped them in egg and coated one side of the brests with a 1/2 and 1/2 mixture of italian seasoned bread crumbs and grated parmesan cheese. I quickly fried the breaded sides in a skillet with olive oil and then spooned on the cheese/spinach mixture rolled them up and baked them. They were a hit! Oh, and only make 1/2 of the cheese mixture....otherwise it just goes to waste.
This is a great recipe for when you are having company over. It is so easy to prepare ahead of time. I made a few slight changes. Being a garlic lover I used 3 large cloves instead of 1 and finely diced it. I made sure to use chopped frozen spinach rather than whole leaf. Once thawed I squeezed out the access juice and actually ran my knife through it some more to ensure smaller pieces. I added 1/4 cup of shredded (not grated) Parmesan cheese to the filling for that extra punch of flavor and seasoned it with salt and pepper to taste. Finally, the trick to not having extra filling is to use 6 large chicken breasts instead of 4 (make sure they are thick). When it was time to fill them...I didn't cut it open along the side and close them with toothpicks. Instead, I created a pocket by cutting a 1" slit on the top of the thickest part of the breast by using a long fillet knife. Once inside I ran my knife side to side...careful not to puncture any holes. I then stuffed it with the mixture by pushing it in with my thumb (be sure not to overstuff) or you can be fancy and pipe it in if you wish. Doing it this way eliminates the need for toothpicks. As for the sauce...I simmered it first with fresh chopped basil before pouring it over the chicken breasts to bake. This gives a jarred sauce new life and a fresh homemade taste. Serve it with a vegetable medley and warm sliced Italian bread. Everyone will love it!
This was very yummy. First as with all chicken-I marinated in buttermilk all day(1cup milk 1 TBS vinegar or lemon juice if no buttermilk) for that extra moistness. For the cheese stuffing I added extra garlic, fresh basil, and fresh grated parmesan cheese. I stuffed chicken and baked covered for 35-40 minutes and removed foil and sprinkled more mozzerella cheese on top and baked an additional ten minutes. Will def make again but BEWARE you do really only need like half the cheese filling. I used five large breasts and stuffed them pretty good and had lots of filling left over.
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Amount Per Serving (4 total)
- Calories
- 578 cal
- 29%
- Fat
- 26.3 g
- 40%
- Carbs
- 26.3 g
- 8%
- Protein
- 58.3 g
- 117%
- Cholesterol
- 244 mg
- 81%
- Sodium
- 1101 mg
- 44%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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It's the most wonderful time of the year — for me anyway. My dogs rejoice at the beginning of tomato season too. With the exception of squirrel season (which is apparently all year) the smell of newly planted tomato seedlings means a fabulous feast ahead.
My dogs love to eat tomatoes so much that this year we have to plant them in the middle of the garden bed, away from the edges. We used to use the fence posts to help support the tomato cages, but Rufus and Dufus push the metal mesh inward until they can reach the low hanging fruit. They do this despite the fact that the fence cuts up their heads and makes a muddy-bloody mess that they enthusiastically track into the house. That's Bullmastiffs — they feel no pain and will do anything for food.
This year we are planting Black Cherry, White Cherry, Mortgage Lifter and, a variety new to us, Oxheart Pink. (The name is gross, but the production is apparently delicious.) I banished Cherokee Purple this year since I have difficulty keeping the blight away from this variety lately. However, there are with us last year.
Like Floridians, tomatoes like it hot. Like Californians, tomatoes also like it dry. Wait for the warm weather of Memorial Day weekend to plant and hope that the heavy spring rain showers are over. Remember to read last year's get off and running.
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Plant your tomato babies in rich, fertilized soil. If you grew or bought tall and lanky fellows, plant them deeply. Tomato plant stems grow roots easily and unlike most other plants, don't mind being sunk way down in the ground. Just pluck off any side shoots with leaves first (see photos.)
Opinions about spacing (like any other garden topic!) differ. Most advisers suggest 2-3 feet apart. Not me. Since I happen to have the room, I space mine an extremely precise "about a shovel handle" length apart. This works out to leave about 4 feet in between and means I get double duty — digging and measuring — from one tool. Good air circulation is important in our unpredictable and sometimes swampy state of Connecticut. Spacious accommodations provide easy picking and dry digs so plants are less likely to invite the blight to stay over.
Indeterminate tomato varieties need good support. They grow tall and require some kind of staking. Determinate types grow in bush form and can grow freely. Stay tuned for a future article on different ways to stake a tomato plant.
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Noon — Thomasville Chapter NSDAR meets at the Plaza Restaurant. The program is a history of Thomas County by Ann Harrison.
3:30 p.m. — The American Legion Post 519 Oratorical Contest is at Thomas County Central High School in the main conference room.
10 a.m. — Golden K Kiwanis Club meets at Dawson Street Baptist Church.
12:30 p.m. — The Thomasville Rotary Club meets at the Plaza.
5:45 p.m. — Early bird Bingo games, sponsored by the Kouncil Club of Thomasville, are at St. Augustine Catholic Church social hall. Regular Bingo sessions begin at 6:45. Prizes awarded and proceeds go to local charities of southwest Georgia.
12:30 p.m. — Thomasville Kiwanis Club meets at the Plaza.
11 a.m. — The Alzheimer's/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group meets at Plantation Manor. Lillian Finn, dementia care specialist from Tallahassee, Fla., will discuss the stages of Alzheimer's disease. For information, call Betty Sawyer at 227-0880.
6:30 p.m. — The Thomasville Shrine Club is holding its regular monthly meeting at the Shrine Club building on U.S. 19 South. A covered dish dinner follows fellowship at 7. The program is a film on Shriners' hospitals. All members are urged to attend and bring prospective members and guests. Thomasville Shrine Club is a member of Hasan Shrine Temple in Albany.
6 p.m. — Overeaters Anonymous meets at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in the Guild Room. There are no dues or fees and is open to men and women. For information, call 229-226-0556 or 377-4995.
A putt putt golf tourney, sponsored by Family Enrichment Group Inc., to benefit abused children in the community is 10:30 a.m., March 16 in downtown Thomasville. The cost is $100 for a four person team. To register visit www.familyenrichmentgroup.org or call 225-4338.
The CASA Kids program is recruiting volunteers interested in becoming Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused children that enter the juvenile court systems in Thomas and Brooks counties. The next training begins in March. For information, call 225-4338.
A community love feast, sponsored by Thomas County Community Service Center and Partners, is from noon to 3 p.m., March 3 at Dunlap School. For information, call 233-5189 or 228-7867.
The South Georgia Genealogy Society is holding a series of programs: Tips and Tools for the family historian. On March 9 is Tips and Tools for the family historian: Using the webinars on Ancestry.com with speaker Mary Anne Dolen. On April 13, Tips and tools for the family historian: Holding successful reunions with speaker Margie Barden. All programs will be held on Saturday in the Flipper Room of the Thomas County Public Library, 201 N. Madison St. The business meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. and program at 11. The programs are open to the public.
Members of the Thomasville High School class of 1999 are holding their 15th class reunion at noon, March 2 at the Thomas County Public Library.
Members of the 1983 Central High School graduating class are planning their 30th class reunion for June 28 and 29. For more information or questions, contact Delaine Thurman Pettis at 229-226-0828, 229-200-4546 or email@example.com. If you know of any classmate who may not be aware of this information, please pass along the contact Information.
Miss Kitty Feline Sanctuary and Adoption Center needs volunteers. For information, call 229-236-0167 or email: email@example.com.
The Rose City Coin Club meets the third Monday of each month at 6 p.m., at the Thomas County Public Library.
The Rose City Band rehearses Saturday mornings at the Thomasville Scholars Academy band room from 10 a.m. to noon. The group is open to area musicians 16 years and older who have previous band experience and can sight read. For information, call Thomas Wagner at 226-4663 or email@example.com.
The Christian Writers group meets at 6:30 p.m., the first and third Tuesday of each month at Dawson Street United Methodist Church, 1132 N. Dawson St. For information, call 226-3013.
Weight Watchers meets at 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Thursdays and at 8 a.m., Saturdays at 94 Commercial Drive. Weigh-in starts 30 minutes before each meeting.
Newcomers Club meets at 9:30 a.m., every third Thursday of the month. New residents and neighbors should come to the Cultural Center for coffee and doughnuts. RSVP by calling (229) 226-0588.
HOPE, a traumatic brain injury support group, meets the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Northwoods Church of God social hall. For information, call 224-1680 or visit http://hopefortbi.web.officelive.com.
A support group called MOMS for Mothers of Military Servicemen/Women meets at 9:30 a.m., the second Saturday of every month at Relish. For information, call 228-4553.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. Monday for big book study, beginners meetings are held at 8 p.m., Tuesday and 8 p.m., Saturday is open discussion all at Trinity Anglican Church on West Jackson Street. At noon, on Wednesday is big book study and Friday is open discussion both at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. At 7 p.m., Wednesday is men's only and Friday is big book study both at New Generation Church. Call (800) 878-1829 or visit the website at www.aasouthgeorgia.org. Al-Anon meets at 8 p.m., Mondays at Trinity Anglican Church.
The South Georgia Genealogical Society meets at 10:30 a.m., the second Saturday of each month at the Thomas County Public Library. For information, call Cheryl Wilson at 226-2714 or Vera Hagan-Mitchell at 551-9627.
PFLAG-Albany meets from 7 to 9 p.m., the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Episcopal Church of Saints John and Mark in Albany. For information, call (229) 446-3983 or (229) 854-3838 or visit pflag-Albany at pflag.org.
The Thomas County branch of NAACP holds its monthly meetings at 6 p.m., are the second Thursday of each month at the Frederick Douglass Complex.
Members of the Thomas County Democratic Party meet at 6:30 p.m., the first Tuesday of every month at Fallin's Barbecue.
Families Anonymous meetings are at 7 p.m., each Monday at the Milton-Everett YMCA board of directors room. For information, call 224-0230.
The Thomasville Multiple Sclerosis self-help group meets at 6 p.m., the third Tuesday of every month in the Flipper Room at the Thomas County Public Library. The meeting is to bring area people together to discuss their issues in coping with the disease and the organization. Family members and caregivers can attend. For information call Dianna Ernst at 377-6554 or Leigh Ross at 228-5223.
The Country Hoedown, formerly known as The Meigs Country Hoedown, is at the corner of Sapp and Burnum (Mt. Olive Road), in Pelham every Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. There is live country music for line and couple dancing with no door charge but donations are welcome. For information, call 683-3496 or 294-4451.
Thomasville Masonic Lodge No. 369 meets on second and fourth Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Plantation Manor Assisted Living Community seeks volunteers of all ages for its Gracious Living (Alzheimer's/dementia) wing. The volunteers will assist with the activities program. For information call Gail Davis, Betty Sawyer or Gail Lancaster at 227-0880.
The Thomasville Noon Lions Club meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesdays at the Plaza.
VFW Post 4995 and its auxiliary meet every third Thursday at 7 p.m. at the post home at 1296 Old Cassidy Rd.
VFW Post 8433 meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Roddenbery Memorial Library Annex in Cairo.
Alcoholics Anonymous (Grace Group) holds a closed meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 216 Remington Ave.
Hands and Hearts for Horses, a therapeutic riding program for children and adults with disabilities, is in need of volunteers. Volunteer training classes are held the first Monday of every month. For information, call Kirsten at 551-0086.
The Pilot Club holds a dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m., the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the Plaza.
Thomasville Lodge 369 F&AM, 310 N. Pine Tree Blvd., meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month. For information call 228-7427 or 403-9147.
The James Hicks American Legion Post No. 519 members and auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. the first Thursday at the American Legion home on Hopkins Street. The executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the Tuesday preceding the monthly meeting.
The Cairo Alanon Family Group offers help and hope. No fees, dues, or registration required. A six week series of meetings for newcomers begins at 7 p.m., April 12 at 3351 U.S. Hwy. 84 East, Cairo.
Cairo AA group meets at 8 p.m. Fridays with an open speaker, Sundays with open discussion, and Mondays with closed discussion. All meetings are held at 5531 U.S. Hwy. 84 east.
The VFW Post No. 11088 members and auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the senior center on Stevens Street.
Halcyon Home provides outreach support groups for victims of domestic violence. For information, call 226-6666 for location and time.
S.P. Jones Lodge No. 118 F&AM PHA meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m. at 518 Lester St.


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About In-Role Cache for Azure Cache
Updated: February 28, 2014
In-Role Cache on Microsoft Azure Cache supports the ability to host Cache services on Microsoft Azure roles. In this model, the cache is part of your cloud service. One role within the cloud service is selected to host In-Role Cache. The running instances of that role join memory resources to form a cache cluster. This private cache cluster is available only to the roles within the same deployment. There are two main deployment topologies for In-Role Cache: co-located and dedicated. Co-located roles also host other non-caching application code and services. Dedicated roles are worker roles that are only used for Cache. The following topics discuss these Cache topologies in more detail.
Hosting In-Role Cache on Existing Roles (Azure Cache)
Hosting In-Role Cache on Dedicated Roles (Azure Cache)
For a step-by-step walkthrough of role-based In-Role Cache, see How to Use Azure Caching. For downloadable samples, see In-Role Cache Samples (Azure Cache).
Benefits of Role-based In-Role Cache
There are several benefits to hosting In-Role Cache within a Microsoft Azure role. The following table provides an overview of these benefits along with a more detailed explanation.
No quotas or throttling
Your application is the only consumer of the cache. There are no predefined quotas or throttling. Physical capacity (memory and other physical resources) is the only limiting factor.
Isolation, flexibility, and control
Co-located and dedicated topologies maximize your resources. You have as much control over In-Role Cache as you do over your own application.
Lower cost
There is no premium for cache. Pay only for the web/worker roles on which In-Role Cache runs. In a co-located scenario, you have already paid for the role.
Scale In-Role Cache in the same way that you scale your application: change the virtual machine size or the number of running instances of the role. It is also possible to create large caches (>100 GB).
Visual Studio integration
In-Role Cache integrates with Visual Studio to make it easy to add Cache to your application. There is also full fidelity with the compute emulator for debugging your application before deployment.
Memcache support
Memcache binary and text protocols are now supported for easy migration of memcache-based applications to Microsoft Azure.
The ability to host In-Role Cache within a cloud service deployment increases the number of supported Cache features. These features include: named caches, regions, tagging, high availability, local cache with notifications, and greater API symmetry with Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server.
Microsoft Azure already locates role instances for a cloud service in proximity to improve performance. Hosting In-Role Cache on a role in your cloud service takes advantage of this fact to deliver low latency and high throughput.
In-Role Cache Concepts
This section provides an overview of three key concepts related to role-based In-Role Cache.
Cache Cluster
Microsoft Azure roles have one or more instances. Each instance is a virtual machine that is configured to host the specified role. When a role that has In-Role Cache enabled runs on multiple instances, a cache cluster is formed. A cache cluster is a distributed caching service that uses the combined memory from all of the machines in the cluster. Applications can add and retrieve items from the cache cluster without having to know which machine the items is stored on. If high availability is enabled, a backup copy of the item is automatically stored on a different virtual machine instance.
|Only one cache cluster is supported for each cloud service. It is possible to setup multiple cache clusters in a cloud service by specifying separate storage accounts for each role. However, this configuration is not supported.
When you enable In-Role Cache on a Microsoft Azure role, you specify the amount of memory that can be used for caching. In a co-located scenario, you choose a percentage of the available memory on the virtual machines that host the role. In a dedicated scenario, all of the available memory on the virtual machines is used for caching. However, the available memory is always less than the total physical memory on the virtual machine, because of operating system memory requirements.
Therefore, the total amount of Cache memory depends on the role memory reserved for Cache multiplied by the number of roles. You can effectively scale the total Cache memory up or down by increasing or decreasing the number of running instances for that role.
|When scaling down running instances of the role that hosts In-Role Cache, reduce the instance count by no more than three at a time. After that change completes, you can remove up to three additional running instances; repeat until you reach the required number of running instances. Scaling back simultaneously by more than three instances causes cache cluster instability.
Each cache cluster maintains shared information about the cluster's runtime state in Microsoft Azure storage. During development, you can use the Microsoft Azure storage emulator. Deployed roles must specify a valid Microsoft Azure storage account. In Visual Studio, you can specify the appropriate storage account on the Caching tab of the role properties.
Named Caches
Every cache cluster has at least one cache named
default. With role-based In-Role Cache, you can also add additional named caches. There are various settings that can be changed for each cache. The following screenshot shows the Named Cache Settings section of the Caching tab on the Visual Studio role settings.
In Visual Studio, click the Add Named Cache button to add additional named caches. In the previous example, two additional caches were added,
NamedCache1 and
NamedCache2. Each cache has different settings. Change the settings by selecting and modifying the specific fields in the table.
Named caches provide flexibility to application designers. Each named cache has its own properties. For example, one cache could enable High Availability to take advantage of high availability. Other caches might not require this setting, and high availability requires twice the memory for each cached item. It is a better use of resources to use high availability only on the caches that require it. There are other similar scenarios where multiple caches could be used with varying properties to meet application requirements.
Cache Clients
A cache client is any application code that stores and retrieves items from the cache cluster. With In-Role Cache on roles, cache clients must be part of the same Cache role or incorporated into other roles in the deployment. Configure cache clients by using the application or web configuration files. For more information, see How to: Prepare Visual Studio to Use In-Role Cache (Azure Cache). The following example shows the dataCacheClient element in a configuration file.
<dataCacheClients> <dataCacheClient name="default"> <autoDiscover isEnabled="true" identifier="CachingRole1" /> <!--<localCache isEnabled="true" sync="TimeoutBased" objectCount="100000" ttlValue="300" />--> </dataCacheClient> </dataCacheClients>
In the previous example, the autoDiscover element has an identifier attribute set to
CachingRole1. This identifier specifies that the
CachingRole1 has In-Role Cache enabled. It provides the location of the cache server. The cache client uses
CachingRole1 automatically in any Cache operations.
Once the cache client has been configured, it can access any cache by name. The following example accesses the
NamedCache1 cache and adds an item to it.
DataCache cache = new DataCache("NamedCache1", "default"); cache.Put("testkey", "testobject");
The DataCache constructor takes two parameters: the cache name and the dataCacheClient section name. For information about the cache name, see the previous section on Named Caches.
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HAYDEN — A 12-2 run-rule drubbing by Walker on Monday has put Hayden squarely behind the eight ball for any hopes of playing in the Class 5A baseball playoffs.
The Vikings opened up with four runs on just two hits in the first inning, and never relinquished the lead. The Wildcats scored their only runs in the bottom of the first, with one coming in on a Luke Wall triple.
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$100,000 to $249,999 saved. The allocation to equities declines as retirement savers accumulate bigger account balances. People with between $100,000 and $149,999 in their IRAs have 55.7 percent of their account balance invested in the stock market, which declines to 52.4 percent among those with $150,000 to $249,999 saved.
$250,000 or more saved. People with $250,000 or more saved for retirement have the most diversified portfolios. They have the smallest proportion (45.7 percent) of their IRA account allocated to equities and the largest proportion invested in bonds (24.2 percent). Relatively affluent retirement savers are the least likely to use balanced funds (7.7 percent). They also have 9.2 percent of their account balance invested in money funds, including money market mutual funds and certificates of deposit. "They are maintaining their balances instead of growing their balances like those who are younger and those with smaller balances," says Copeland.


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MIAMI -- Perhaps it's good the New York Giants aren't the foe Sunday when the Miami Dolphins have their 40th reunion of the 1972 undefeated team. "I'm more of a Giants fan than anything else," running back Jim Kiick, who scored a team-high four touchdowns for Miami during the 1972 playoffs, including one in the 14-7 Super Bowl VII win over Washington, said of where his football allegiance lies today. But Kiick, who said he rooted for the Giants when they last played the Dolphins in 2011, won't have to worry about any awkwardness Sunday. Miami is facing Jacksonville, a team that didn't even exist when the Dolphins went 17-0 during their legendary season of 1972. Before Miami fans fret too much, Kiick, who played for the Dolphins from 1968-74, grew up in New Jersey in the 1950s cheering Giants stars Frank Gifford and Charley Conerly and simply has gone back to supporting the team of his youth. Kiick, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, at least calls the Dolphins his favorite AFC team. "To each his own," Miami Hall of Fame wide receiver and fellow 1972 stalwart Paul Warfield said while laughing about Kiick having gone back to being a Giants fan. "Jim is an interesting guy." Kiick, 66, will be at this weekend's team reunion, which will kick off when players from the 1972 team have dinner Thursday at the South Florida home of head coach Don Shula, That, unlike a game between the Giants and Dolphins, shouldn't be awkward for Kiick. Kiick said he had no relationship with Shula from when he bolted from the Dolphins to the World Football League in 1975 until last year when the two got together at a celebrity event in Atlantic City, N.J. He said the two had some drinks, and got back on the same page. "It was time to bury the hatchet," Kiick said. "You can't be angry your whole life. He's changed and I'm changed. And who am I to have a problem with the winningest coach ever (in NFL history)?" Kiick said some of the problems he had with Shula stemmed from the coach's decision to replace him as starting halfback in 1972 with Mercury Morris. Morris went on to rush that season for 1,000 yards as the Dolphins, with Hall of Fame-bound fullback Larry Csonka gaining 1,117, became the first NFL team to have two 1,000-yard backs. Kiick still played a vital role in 1972, running for 521 yards and catching 21 passes. But his role diminished in 1973 and 1974, and by 1975 he was gone from Miami, having joinied Csonka and Warfield on the Memphis Southmen. "When I was playing, he thought that I had a bad attitude and I didn't like it when Mercury and I were alternating back and forth," Csonka said. "He said I had an attitude and I probably did because I wanted to play more I told Shula, You and Csonka have a lot in common. You're both from Ohio, you're both Hungarian and you're both ugly.' He probably didn't like that." Shula acknowledged Kiick wasn't happy when replaced by Morris. But Shula didn't feel he had a bad relationship with Kiick and didn't want to discuss the topic further. Kiick said Shula went so far as to blame him for Csonka being among the three players to leave for the WFL. Csonka, then 28 and coming off five straight Pro Bowl appearances, was Miami's biggest loss among the three players who got lucrative three-year deals. Csonka signed for 1.4 million, Warfield for 900,000 and Kiick for 700,000. "He was angry," Kiick said of Shula. "He blamed me for taking Csonka to the World Football League. He blamed me for leaving him high and dry. But Csonka was a big boy, and he made his own decision." Warfield said all three players left on their free will. He said Kiick didn't have any special influence over Csonka, a backfield pair that had been dubbed "Butch Cassidy (Kiick) and the Sundance Kid (Csonka)." "That decimated his team, and (Shula) took it personally," Dick Anderson, a Dolphins safety from 1968-77, said of the three players leaving. "But none of the players held any ill will (toward the three who departed). After the WFL came in, it ended up in player salaries going up in the NFL." The WFL folded midway through its second season of 1975, leaving the three ex-Dolphins nowhere to play the rest of that season. They all landed on new NFL teams in 1976, with Csonka interestingly landing on the Giants for three years. Kiick, who retired in 1977 after stints with Denver and Washington, never did get to play for his beloved Giants, whom he had followed religiously when they made six NFL Championship Game appearances between 1956-63. But now he at least has gone back to cheering for a team that has won four of the past 26 Super Bowls. And it must be said that everybody from the 1972 Dolphins was a Giants fan in February 2008, when New York defeated New England in Super Bowl XLII to deny the Patriots' quest to become the second undefeated team in NFL history. Chris Tomasson can be reached at email@example.com or on Twitter @christomasson
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FLOYDS KNOBS — Some costumes and masks worn at a Highland Hills Middle School basketball game were perceived as racist by parents in the stands Thursday night, but New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. officials insist the students were just participating in a school spirit event.
Three students wore either gorilla or President Barack Obama masks during the school's game against Parkview Middle School. Some of the team members on Parkview's team were black.
Thursday night's game was one of Highland Hills' spirit nights, where fans wore a designated school color to the game. Steve Griffin, principal, said the school had three others previous to Thursday's game, where they wore white, green and gold. Thursday, fans were encouraged to wear black.
"I really do think most of our kids emulate what they see on the college scene," Griffin said. "If you watch that, there's all kinds of different costumes that are worn in any college game. I really think our kids were trying to emulate what they were seeing on TV more than anything. I don't think the kids themselves consciously thought about trying to offend someone, they were just trying to be goofy."
He said other students wore costumes and masks such as Batman, a character from the "Scream" movies and an old woman.
But after he heard concerns during the game about the gorilla mask, he asked that student to take it off for the remainder of the game.
Bruce Hibbard, superintendent of New Albany-Floyd County Schools, said he also didn't believe the students sought to offend anyone, but the district wouldn't put up with it if they had.
"We wouldn't tolerate that as a school district, I honestly don't believe there was any ill will by those students at the game," Hibbard said. "I believe it was misinterpreted. I do know that Mr. Griffin did call and apologize on behalf of the school to Parkview."
Griffin said he called the parents of the children wearing the costumes the next day to explain why they might have been seen as inappropriate and met with his guidance counselors to draft up new policies for spirit days to prevent any further confusion.
Andrew Melin, superintendent of Greater Clark County Schools, said he's never seen anything like that happen during his time as a superintendent, but also said he was satisfied with how Highland Hills and its district handled the situation.
"I think, at least in my experience, it's very unique for that to have occurred," Melin said. "I guess what I'm appreciative about is that officials in New Albany-Floyd County at the school and at the corporation level did a really good job of responding to it. Sometimes, kids will be kids and they don't always understand the ramifications of what they do."
He said working with the district led to a solution they found amicable.
"Once we made them aware of the concern, they reached out to our administrator at Parkview to apologize for the situation that occurred and they also assured us that they would be dealing with the students that were involved," Melin said.
Griffin said he didn't think the students meant the costumes to represent racial slurs, but he called each one and their parents to explain why they might have been interpreted that way.
"I don't think a 12-year-old would consider that as something offensive, but I can understand how someone else might see it that way," Griffin said. "It was a healthy, competitive environment, and if I thought it was anything less, I would have done something to avoid some toxicity."
Highland Hills won the game, 34-29.