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Bill HEARD Chevrolet BEWARE
let me relate my Bill Heard experience for your pleasure. i went down on jun 27 intending to buy my Colorado i had looked at it on their web site and had seen that this particular one had all the equipment which i requie. upon entering the dealership i met my salesman Boris Martinez who asked me what kind of car i was looking for.
I told him a colorado z-71 crew cab and gave him the stock number of the truck from the dealers web site. he went to try and find it and was unsuccessful until i started walking around the showrrom and found the truck on the showrrom floor in a spot he had walked past 6 times going to the sales managers office. his next act of stupidity was wanting me to fill out a credit app BEFORE WE EVEN TEST DROVE THE TRUCK.
next came the test drive when he did not know his product ie it has a 3.8l v6?, and coudn't figure out the onstar controls. Finally we began to deal.....at 12:40pm i told him i would give x-much for the truck, i would accept x-much for the trade, and wouldn't put anything down......at 8:25pm he finally came back with the deal that i laid out and we moved to the F&I manager. after a short wait we began to sign the papers.
reviewing the contract i noticed that the purchase price was higher than what we discussed and there was a warranty that was not discussed on my contract. oh that's just a typo Harry St.Clair told me. BS i told him fix it and reprint it now or good bye. then i was asked to sign a blank contract and offer sheet "in case we can get you a better deal thru another finance company" after informing him i was born at night not last night we than left, after a 2 hr wait in the make-ready dept, where they not only couldn't find a second set of keys but forgot to put the drive out tag on the truck. so at 12:50 am on jun 28 we left for home.
on the late morning of jun 28 i got online to change my insurance. this is when i learned that the F&I guy didn't put a copy of the contract into the paperwork envelope and that according to them we had just taken a spot delivery of the truck pending financing. I never would have taken a spot had it been represented as such. so i had to drive another 25 miles over to Bill Heard and demand my trade back until the deal was concluded.
2 more visits were neccessary to complete this deal. and finally on July 1 it was final and we took it home. on July 4 we still don't have second set of keys"we have them by the time your plates come in". I am just waiting for my GM customer survey to come in now. in short under no circumstances ever go to BILL HEARD CHEVROLET IN SUGARLAND,TEXAS and if someone you care about plans to WARN THEM AWAY. you will be doing them the greatest favor you have ever done them.
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Hey an, it ain't only in Sugarland TX it is everywhere!!! BH has sooooooooooo many BBB complaints I would not trust them to sell me squat!!! A guy I work with bought a Chrysler 300 and ended up in court because the tag that they were supposed to have transferred to his new car was left on the trade which someone else bought...... SCARY!!!!!!Chris S. The GoFastPadre I like to drive fast and I've got the speeding tickets to prove it. 00 Sierra Z71 ECSB K&N CAI Pacesetter Shorties (soon to be replaced with LT's) Magnaflow HFC's Flowmasters with True Duals and H-Pipe more mods to come
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Wow, just type in "Bill Heard Complaints" into Google and you'll see quite a large number of complaints, including news reports on the massive amounts of complaints that they get. There's even stories about them settling with a state attorney general.
NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Consumer Alert
Bill Heard Hit by Consumer Complaints Nationwide
Bill Heard Chevrolet ripoff fraud to consumers Scottsdale Arizona *UPDATE! ..It's not illegal until you get caught! MSRP's removed in violation of Federal Law. *EDitor's investigation see photo's
Attorney General Signs $400,000 Settlement with Bill Heard Chevrolet
~ Major auto dealerships will alter procedures to address consumer complaints ~
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Yes i now know only too well about Bill Heard Chevrolet. If the salesman at Mac Haik had just called me back after 5 messages i probably could have gotten it sent to Mac haik from Bill Heard on a dealer trade. Oh well i love the truck and you live and learn.
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This morning my salesman called me to tell me that a "survey" would be coming in the mail. Then he actually proceeded to ask me if I would bring it to the dealership so they could "help" me fill it out correctly! He even offered me a $20 gift card to Walmart.(oh now that's an enticement if I ever heard one!) Every time i think these people have reached rock bottom with thier practices they excavate a new level of low.
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Bill Heard Huntsville AL
I bought my truck at the Huntsville AL, dealership. I told the guy as soon as I got there This is what I got, this is what I'll do, nothing else, don't waste my time...
He showed me a equinnox(I specifically said Silverado ext cab), I told him I was leaving, he went back and talked to his managers and then showed me some Colorados, I told the guy thanks for wasting my time I was leaving, he followed me to my truck and asked me to wait one more time for him to talk to his manager
I really wanted a Silverado so I said ok, he took me to some standard cabs stripped down bare as bones, I told him no, and where did he think I was gonna put my childs car seat? I saw my truck and told him "thats what I want, either that or I was going home.."
To make long story short, they tried to give me payments close to $700 a month, I specifically said x amount and nothing more he went back and forth with his managers about 4 more times and never got close to "my" price I was really pissed by now and I told him screw this I told you not to waste my time, and got up to leave..Finally he got it to within $50 of my price so I said ok.
2 days later they call me back tell me a long story about how the bank reneged on the financing(my credits not too bad about 650-700) and that they had to switch to someone else and the price went up on the monthly payments. I told them to F off I wanted my tundra back(and my grand am I also traded in). As soon as they told me the new loan went through a major bank that my bro-n-law is fairly high up in the loans dept I grabbed my cell to call him at work. He Jumped out of his chair yelling no no don't call him I'll go get the main finance manager. The main finance managerl ooked over the original contract and said they could "afford to lose half to one point" on my finance rate..
so I walked out with the origianlly agreed upon payments.
If you deal with Bill Heard be sure you know exactly what they can and can't do and really read that contract. There is a video of where they screwed up and sold a guy a truck too cheap and then after he traded his car and paid in full, they repo'ed the truck like a thief in the night.
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WOW, this dealership certainly has a bad reputation. They've been fined up the wazzoo for their business practices.
This second video explains thing more, it's a funny contact that they have people sign when doing financing, basically they loan you the vehicle until financing is approved. As a Dave Ramsey fan, these types of contacts are immoral and no one should sign one ever in their life.
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I bet the GM head office would love a phone call. With the way sales of picp-ups are down and the fact that they are letting people go, they may not like one of there dealers pissing off a customer. Its a buyers market right now.
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Our Cuba people-to-people travel program begins in Miami with a briefing and welcome reception before an overnight at the Cambria Suites Miami Airport. (Meals Aloft)
Miami / Camaguey or Cienfugos / Sancti Spiritus
Early this morning, return to the airport and board our charter flight to Cuba. Depending on your departure day, you will travel to either Camaguey or Cienfugos. In Cienfugos, enjoy a performance by the Cienfugos choir. Those traveling to Camaguey will head to the Camaguey Ballet Company, meeting the dancers and talking to them about upcoming productions. Later, a walking tour introduces you to colonial architecture of these cities while you enjoy spirited interactions with vendors who line the atmospheric squares. Continue to Sancti Spiritus and spend tonight at the Hotel Del Rijo or similar. (D)
Sancti Spiritus / Valle De Los Ingenios / Trinidad
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Topes de Collantes / Trinidad
Enjoy a spectacular morning drive into the Sierra de Escambray to Topes de Collantes National Park [5]. Join a local naturalist for a short nature walk, finding endemic birdlife [6], including the Cuban trogon and Cuban tody, as we share stories about our favorite sightings. Enjoy a picnic lunch of traditional roast pig before stopping in at a local coffee house. Relax over a cup of coffee, where you are free to chat with your guide and other Cubans. Visit a modern art museum, seeing pieces by important artists. This evening, dinner is in a paladar, a privately owned, family run restaurant. Learn about the challenges and opportunities facing this new generation of Cuban entrepreneurs. Sit down with local Jorge Ortega and his family to discuss daily life and enjoy a few laughs as well. (B,L,D)
Trinidad / Zapata Wetlands / Bay of Pigs
The Zapata Peninsula encompasses a national park protecting Cuba's most important wetland area. It is also a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve closely resembling the Florida Everglades. There are 900 species of flora, 171 species of birds (18 endemics), 31 species of reptiles and many mammal species calling the Zapata Wetlands home. Join Orlando Ramirez, a local farmer, and his friends for a fun nature hike to observe the world's smallest bird, the bee hummingbird. On the Bay of Pigs, discuss the importance of the wetlands with a local environmentalist. Spend time getting to know the locals who gather in the evening. Spend tonight at Hotel Playa Larga or similar. (B,L,D)
Bay of Pigs / Soroa & Vinales
Set out toward the western part of Cuba, traveling to Pinar del Rio Province. An exclusive stop for IE travelers, begin our day at the Korimacao Project, where we meet one of the directors Hilda Tamayo. The project houses some of Cuba's finest musicians and artists, who refine their skills before traveling to remote villages to perform and teach. Present art, music and dance supplies to Ms. Tamayo and the project staff before an open discussion on the transformative power of art in the lives of ordinary Cubans. Spend two nights at Villa Soroa or similar. (B,L,D)
Soroa & Vinales
Wind our way through the Sierra de los Organos Mountains to Vinales. Along the way, stop at a tobacco sorting factory, chatting with the 50 women who prepare tobacco to become famed Cuban cigars. Sample the homegrown vegetables grown at an organic farm while meeting the family who is responsible for the land. Enjoy a boating excursion into one of the huge limestone caves running through a mogote — limestone karst outcroppings. While here, visit the private Maria Lezcano Garden, where the owner shares openly about the garden's joys and difficulties, and browse a bodega, where locals bring their ration books. (B,L,D)
Soroa & Vinales / Havana
Survey an orchid garden with staff from the University of Pinar del Rio. Meet local naturalists, business owners and farmers in the planned "green" community of Las Terrazas. Stop at Cafe de Maria for a cup of locally grown coffee and chat with the family who runs the business. Stop to pay homage to Ernest Hemingway by discussing his work with Cuban Hemingway specialists at his former home Finca Vigia, preserved as it was on the day of his death. Travelers can only peer through the open windows of this museum, but the inside is arranged almost as if the home was waiting for him to return with guests. Hemingway's fishing boat, El Pilar, is still on the grounds. Drive along the oceanfront Malecon Avenue, seeing Revolution Square. Discover the atmospheric squares of Old Havana. Spend time in the Plaza de Armas, Plaza de la Catedral, Plaza de San Francisco de Asis, Plaza Vieja and Plaza de Cristo. Spend two nights at the Melia Cohiba or similar. (B,L,D)
Havana is the center of all things Cuban, and as we stroll these streets it is like being on a movie set. Classic American cars from the 1940s and 1950s cruise wide boulevards while paint peels from glorious Spanish colonial buildings. Old men in straw hats puff on huge Cuban cigars and while music fills the air. Begin our day in Old Havana at a community social project at Belen Convent, discussing humanitarian assistance programs with the volunteers. While touring the facility with director Lourdes Bartolí, meet the senior citizens and young children participating in program activities. Continue to a public library, where we meet librarian Adrian Guerra and local children. Present the children with Spanish versions of popular books and share your favorite classic tales. Interact with the locals as we explore an art market along the harbor's edge. Our last dinner in Cuba is at a local restaurant. Tonight, we have organized an optional excursion to the famed Buena Vista Social Club (at your own expense). (B,L,D)
Havana / Miami
Transfer to the Jose Marti Airport for our charter flight to Miami, where you connect with flights home after 8 p.m. (B)
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[1] http://www.ietravel.com/north-america-caribbean
[2] http://www.ietravel.com/north-america-caribbean/cuba
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[4] http://ietravel.com/north-america-caribbean/cuba/faq/people-to-people-travel
[5] http://www.ietravel.com/blog/cuba/topes-de-collantes-national-park
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Q&A: Ted Kennedy Biographer Adam Clymer on Kennedy's Catholicism
A Kennedy expert says the senator's faith was the most important early factor in shaping his politics.
By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country
I spoke with Ted Kennedy biographer Adam Clymer, former chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, about the influence of Kennedy's Roman Catholicism on his life and career:
Some obituaries today are calling Ted Kennedy a devout Catholic. How important was his faith to him personally?
It meant a great deal to him. A friend of his told me how painful it was for him not to take [Holy Communion] between the time he got divorced and an annulment. He and [second wife] Vicki would often go to noontime mass if things were slow at the Capitol. I once asked him why someone as well off as him was so interested in the poor and the sick, and he said it was his mother's Catholic teaching: the Sermon on the Mount and the passage from Luke that to those who much is given, much is expected.
So you think his Catholicism shaped his politics?
I wouldn't say it's the only factor, but it's the earliest one. I mean, his mother made sure her children went to church and Sunday school and on summer retreats when they would rather be doing something else. How long did it take for Kennedy to get his first marriage annulled?
Between the divorce and the annulment, there was about 10 or 11 years. They never really announced when the annulment was granted. We all became aware of it when [Kennedy] took [Holy Communion] from Cardinal [Bernard] Law at his mother's funeral in '95. But the divorce was in 1982. Was Kennedy someone who talked openly about his faith?
He didn't wear it on his sleeve. He didn't talk about it much, and in all of his autobiographical writings he never once wrote that it meant a great deal to him. He gave the eulogy when his mother died, and there was a wonderful story he told about taking her to church in the years before she died. The nurse had told him that his mother would get tired and that he couldn't keep her there for the full two hours, that she had to come home after an hour. But when he would tell her its time to go, she said, "Shhh—it's not over yet."
Beyond stories like that, why do you think Kennedy didn't talk much about his faith?
He didn't need to. He had Massachusetts regardless of that, and I think he was just brought up that way. His brothers didn't, and you add a little New England to it—people just don't wear their religion on their sleeves there. Did you get a sense for how he squared his Catholic beliefs with his support for abortion rights after Roe v. Wade ?
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Thanks to the State Department of Education, some gifted middle schoolers from all over Central Virginia had an opportunity improve their artistic ability this summer.
Forty talented artists from Charlottesville City, Albemarle, Greene, and Nelson counties celebrated their final day of art class with a "reflection" of their past and future through paintings, drawings, and printmaking.
All of the students were selected for the Summer Regional Governor's Schools based on their artistic talent.
"They have the opportunity to work together with other children who are gifted in the visual arts because they're learning from each other," said Judy McLeod, the Program Director for "Reflections."
"It kind of opens your eyes to new techniques. I think it's a lot of fun," said Grace Bowser, a ninth Grader from St. Anne's-Belfield.
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The bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie was premeditated mass murder. Gadhafi was taking revenge for Reagan's raid on Tripoli in 1986.
The downing of KAL 007, flying from Anchorage to Seoul, was mass murder in the second degree. Seeing an aircraft intrude into Russian air space, Soviet officers brutally ordered it shot down.
The downing of the Malaysian airliner that took the lives of 298 men, women and children was not deliberate terrorism. No one wanted to massacre those women and children.
It was a horrendous military blunder, like the U.S. shoot-down of the Iranian Airbus by the Vincennes in 1988.
That U.S. cruiser thought it was coming under attack. And Ukraine's separatists thought they were firing at an army plane.
The distinctions are as important as those between first- and second-degree murder, and manslaughter.
The respective reactions confirm this. Gadhafi concealed his role in the Scotland slaughter. Moscow was defiant in the KAL case. America was apologetic over the Iranian airliner.
Today, Vladimir Putin, with an indictment being drawn up against him, is blaming Ukraine for the war out of which the tragedy came.
But though Putin did not order the plane shot down, the horror of it all has put him in a box. And the course he pursues could determine the future of U.S.-Russian relations for his tenure.
For the rebels in Ukraine are seen as Putin's proxies. They have been armed and advised by Russia. And it was a Russian SA-11 that brought the airliner down.
While the separatists say they got the surface-to-air missiles from an army depot, there is evidence the missile was provided by Russia, and Russians may have advised or assisted in the fatal launch.
This crisis has caused President Obama to insist that Putin cut off the rebels. And if he does not rein them in, and abandon their cause, Putin is likely to face new U.S.-EU sanctions that could cripple his economy and push his country further out into the cold.
And the ostracism of Putin and the sinking of Russia's economy is what some in the West have long had in mind.
The Day of the Hawk is at hand.
John McCain and John Bolton are calling for punitive sanctions, declaring Russia an adversary, putting defensive missiles and U.S. troops in Eastern Europe, and arming Kiev.
"That's just for openers," says McCain, who wants "the harshest possible sanctions on Vladimir Putin and Russia."
"So first, give the Ukrainians weapons to defend themselves and regain their territory," McCain adds, "Second of all, move some of our troops into areas that are being threatened by Vladimir Putin."
Let's get eyeball to eyeball with the Russians again.
In this "moment of moral and strategic clarity about the threat that Vladimir Putin's regime poses to world order," the Wall Street Journal said this weekend, we should send "arms to Ukraine until Mr. Putin stops arming the separatists."
The Washington Post urges "military assistance to Ukraine" and sanctions "to force Mr. Putin to choose between continued aggression in Ukraine and saving the Russian economy."
But if aiding rebels in overthrowing their government is "aggression," is that not exactly what we are doing in Syria?
Hopefully, those who prodded the U.S. to send surface-to-air missiles to the Syrian rebels are having second thoughts today.
But before we sink the Russian economy and send weapons to Ukraine, perhaps we should consider the potential consequences.
If Kiev, bolstered by U.S. weapons, decides to go in for the kill in Eastern Ukraine, Putin will face a choice: Back down and let his allies be defeated and routed, or move his army into Ukraine to protect them.
Heretofore, Putin has not done so, clearly because he does not wish to annex Luhansk and Donetsk, which would have been a cakewalk for the army he had on Ukraine's border after the Crimea crisis.
And should Ukraine, with U.S. arms, win its war in the east, what is to stop it from sending troops to recapture Crimea, which would surely cross any "red line" of Vladimir Putin.
Arming Ukraine, and putting U.S. prestige on the line for a victory by Kiev over the rebels in the east and Russians in the south, is a formula for a war Ukraine cannot win, unless the United States comes in to win it for them. Then we could be on the escalator to something unthinkable.
Sanctions on Russia can cripple her economy. But Russia can also cripple the economies of Ukraine and Europe.
Declaring Putin persona non grata may make us feel good about ourselves, but it could also mean Russia tightening ties to Beijing, and breaking up the U.S.-led sanctions regime on Iran.
Russia is on the other side in Ukraine, but in battling the Taliban and Islamic State, al-Qaida and the al-Nusra Front, she is on our side.
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By Shane Frederick
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MANKATO — There were a lot of people who watched Sunday's Olympic gold-medal game between the U.S. and Canada and proclaimed it to be one of the greatest hockey games of all time.
There are many people in St. Peter who would beg to differ.
In fact, a lot of those people would say that Canada's 3-2 overtime win wasn't even the best hockey game of the weekend.
That title would belong to the Gustavus Adolphus and Augsburg men's hockey teams, who played for 5 1/2 hours before their MIAC semifinal game was finally decided.
Gustavus won the four-overtime thriller 6-5 on Eric Bigham's unassisted, wrap-around goal from his knees at 12:35 a.m., after 138 minutes, 38 seconds of hockey.
"As I try to pull out pieces of that game, I can't tell you if something happened in the third overtime or the third period," Gusties coach Brett Petersen said.
The game was the longest in NCAA Division III history and the second-longest in all of college hockey, falling about three minutes short of the record. The Gusties fired 104 shots on Auggies goalie Justin Lochner, who set a Division III record for 95 saves. Meanwhile, Gustavus' goalie Josh Swartout faced 57 shots.
"We had phenomenal chances every single period," Petersen said.
Despite dealing with fatigue, Bigham somehow conjured up enough energy to score the game-winner 82 seconds before the teams would have gone into a fifth overtime.
The senior wing had the puck behind the net and spun away from a defenseman and toward the goal line and the left post. He "was either tripped or fell," Petersen said, but kept the puck on his stick before stuffing it between Lochner's pads.
That set off a frantic, late-night/early morning celebration on the Don Roberts Ice Rink and in the bleachers, which were packed not only with hockey fans but overflowing with many others who had walked across Lund Center after the men's basketball team's overtime loss a few hours earlier.
"I was surprised when we came out (of the locker room) for the fourth overtime," Petersen said. "It was 12:15 (a.m.) and nobody had left. ... It was insane."
Petersen said he had never experienced anything like that game before — as a coach or as a player.
"Between overtimes, I'd walk into the room and say, 'I'm out of things to say.' ...
"You get punch drunk."
The Gustavus coach had high praise for the Auggies, who advanced to the semifinals after defeating St. Olaf on Friday night — in double overtime.
"We have to tip our hats to Augsburg," Petersen said. "At the conclusion of our game, Augsburg had played a total of four games in 30 hours. ... That's a lot of hockey."
A few folks have remarked that playing that much hockey is too much and that perhaps such a game should be decided by other measures.
In the Olympic final, the teams played 4-on-4 hockey in overtime and would have gone to a shootout after 20 minutes.
That would have been disappointing.
"Looking back, I would not change one thing," Petersen said of his game. "That's was the right way to end a playoff game, regardless of how it turned out."
Shane Frederick is a Free Press staff writer. Read his blog at mankatofreepresshockey.blogspot.com.


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Based on Osha Gray Davidsons book, Mark St. Germains 2011 play tells the gripping true story of how the Durham city schools were integrated in 1971. Tensions ran so high over the court-ordered desegregation that federal mediator Bill Riddick was sent in to set up a town meeting, bringing blacks and whites together for a solution.
Two strong-willed opponents attended: Ann Atwater, a black single mother turned activist, and C.P. Ellis, a high-ranking Ku Klux Klan member. When their feisty confrontations became nearly violent, Riddick boldly challenged them to co-chair a steering committee. Atwater and Ellis reluctantly agreed to make sure their sides were fully represented. Despite seemingly irreconcilable differences, they begin to find common links in their poor backgrounds, their parenting problems and their marginalization as lower-class citizens. A begrudging respect developed, leading to their joint effort to make integration work.
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The bride is the daughter of Jim and Kelly Jarrard of Cadyville. The bridegroom is the son of Arthur and Nancy Frick Jr. of Spring Hill, Tenn.
The maid of honor was Kate Bulluck of Dannemora, sister of the bride and David Truscott, of New York City, was the best man. Jayme Kaplan and Rebekah Crespo, both of New York City, were bridesmaids and Piotr Kuczynski and Ray Crespo, also both of New York City, were the groomsmen.
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Turkey Run routed North Vermillion 15-2 to capture the Class A Rockville Sectional championship for high school baseball Monday night.
No other details were provided before the Tribune-Star's news deadline.
Turkey Run (10-17) will advance to the Lafayette Central Catholic Regional on Saturday.
Earlier Monday, Turkey Run blanked Riverton Parke 11-0 in five innings as Jake Amstutz pitched a one-hit shutout in the second semifinal matchup
In Monday's first semifinal, North Vermillion shut out Rockville 7-0. Dalton McCool struck out 16 Rox batters to pick up the victory.
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McCool and Zumwalt; Waltz, Woodard (6) and J.Brown.
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Turkey Run 520 13 — 11 7
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In other high school baseball:
• Shakamak, Union advance — In the Class A Shakamak Sectional, Shakamak routed Union 17-0 in the championship game late Monday night.
In sectional semifinal contests earlier Monday, the host Lakers defeated Clay City 4-1 and Union downed White River Valley 6-2.
Details of the sectional championship game were not available before the Tribune-Star's news deadline.
• Results in — At the Country Club of Terre Haute, the duo of Jim Winning and Don Decker fired a 57 to win the 2012 Memorial Day Tournament on Monday.
The tournament used a "best 18 out of 36 holes" format.
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57 — Jim Winning-Don Decker.
59 — Greg Conrad-Richard Booe.
60 — Don Ireland-Jim Donohue, Mike Farr-Mel Krueger.
61 — Steve Holliday-Don Schroeder, Greg Jennings-Nick Lizanich, Chris Yamamoto-Preston White, Geoff Shuck-Mike Toney, Jeff Harper-Charlie Williams.
Pot of Gold Day 1 — Winning-Decker 60.
Still awards (Day 1) — Bill Grimes on No. 3, Holliday on No. 7, Derek Depuydt on No. 10, Sam Lee on No. 13, White on No. 16.
Still awards (Day 2) — Ted Hazledine on Nos. 3 and 10, Toney on No. 7, Winning on No. 13, Holliday on No. 16.
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Stanbrough led the final eight turns to win the feature sanctioned by KISS and Midwest Sprint Car Series. Seth Parker led the first 22 laps and finished fourth behind Damion Gardner and Kyle Cummins.
Veteran driver Ken Schrader won his heat and feature for modifieds.
The Hut Hundred for U.S. Auto Club midget cars is slated Saturday.
Sunday's results
Sprint cars
Heat winners — Thomas Meseraull, Chad Boespflug, Hunter Schuerenberg, Kevin Thomas Jr. (B-main).
Feature — Jon Stanbrough, Damion Gardner, Kyle Cummins, Seth Parker, Levi Jones, Schuerenberg, Brady Short, Chase Stockon, Jonathan Hendrick, Robert Ballou, Dave Darland, Braylon Fitzpatrick, Meseraull, Josh Burton, Boespflug, Dakota Jackson, Thomas, Mark Smith, Chase Briscoe.
Heat winners — Ken Schrader, Stephen Schnapf, Bryce Jewell, Paul Miles, Clayton Perry (B-main).
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MADISON — Ray D. Lawver, age 60, a resident of Madison, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at David Simpson Hospice House in Cleveland. He was born July 3, 1952.
He retired after 30 years from the former King Musical Instruments, and was a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman. He was a member of the VFW post #6846 in Geneva.
He is survived by his sons, Christopher and Kyle Lawver; father, Ray M. Lawver of Madison; brothers, Terrance (Sandy) of Saybrook, Darrell (Valerie) of Mentor and Victor (Wanna) of Painesville; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Nancy Lawver.
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2012: Started all 11 games in which he played at left tackle for the Huskies in 2012. Suffered a broken leg late in the Toledo (11-14) game and missed the last three games of the season. Earned second team All-MAC honors from the league's coaches. Also garnered first team all-conference and all-sophomore team honorable mention accolades from CollegeFootballNews.com. Named NIU Offensive Lineman of the Week following the UT Martin (9-8) and Kansas (9-22) games. Anchored an NIU offensive attack from the left tackle spot that averaged 469.6 yards of total offense per game this season, ranking 20th in the country and first in the MAC. Part of an offense that gained 400 or more yards in 12 of 14 games during the 2012 season. Blocked for a Huskie offense that led the MAC and ranked 12th in the nation in rushing offense with 238.2 yards per game. Part of a potent NIU attack that led the conference and ranked 13th nationally in scoring offense with a staggering 38.8 points per game. NIU's pass protection unit that allowed only 1.2 sacks per game, which ranked fourth in the MAC and 21st in the nation. Key member of a unit that blocked for the conference's leading quarterback in rushing yards, passing efficiency, and total offense. Paved the way for Northern's season-high 622 yards of total offense against Central Michigan (9-29). Allowed NIU's offense to pile up 73 plays of 25 yards or longer.
2011: Missed entire season due to a knee injury.
2010: Traveled to several games early in the season, but did not see any game action and redshirted as a true freshman.
High School: First team Class 5A All-State selection by the IHSFCA in 2008 and 2009. Also a Chicago Tribune Special Mention All-State choice as a junior and senior. Earned first team all-area honors from the Sauk Valley News and Quad City Times in each of his last two seasons and was a second team selection by the Times his sophomore year. On the Champaign News-Gazette Special Mention Top 100 list each of his last two seasons. Unanimous first team All-NCIC Reagan Conference in 2008 and 2009 and a second team selection his sophomore season. Two-time first team academic all-conference choice and earned first team Academic All-State honors from the IHSFCA as a senior. Team advanced to the IHSA Playoffs each of his three seasons while posting a 23-9 cumulative record, including a 9-2 mark in 2008 and an 8-3 record his senior year. Invited to play in the ICA East-West Shrine Game. Placed 10th at the IHSA State Track Meet in the discus with a throw of 151-3 after winning the sectional title in the event. Has thrown the shot put 50-2.
Personal: Born July, 24, 1992 in Minneapolis, Minn. Son of Sherri and Breck Loos. Father played football and ran track at UW-Stevens Point, while mother played volleyball at UW-Stevens Point. Sister, Shanna plays volleyball and runs track at North Central and Kaitlin plays volleyball and runs track at Olivet Nazarene. A finance major.


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CLINTON — Building robots and small cities out of Legos is more than just a game for students at Camanche Elementary School and River Bend Middle School. It is a chance to win a national championship.
The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Lego League is an international program that teaches students all over the world the importance of teamwork and engineering, and for the students at Camanche and River Bend schools it has been an exciting experience.
"It seems scary at first but once you do it a couple of times, it gets much easier," Camanche Elementary School fourth-grader Kaitlin Stansbarger said.
Students in Sheryl Kennedy's fourth grade FIRST Lego League (FLL) class have been working on a project for more than four months and on Dec. 14, they will present that project at the Lego League regional competition at the Putnam Museum in Davenport.
Those 10 students, the Disaster Blasters, will have 2 1/2 minutes to program their Ev3 robot to run a series of missions, collecting points along the way. The missions are based on the 2013 Lego League theme, Nature's Fury, which challenges children to use science and technology to master the effects of natural disasters.
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"The fourth-graders chose to study tsunamis since several of them read a book by Peg Kehret about tsunamis," Kennedy said. "We are safe from tsunamis here in Iowa, but we all want to visit places where a tsunami could happen. So, we chose to focus on how to help tourists survive tsunamis, since we could be the tourists in a dangerous situation."
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SUMMARY: The Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act took effect immediately upon passage on January 3, 2006. The law removes state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients who possess "written certification" from their physician stating, "In the practitioner's professional opinion, the potential benefits of the medical use of marijuana would likely outweigh the health risks for the qualifying patient." Patients diagnosed with the following illnesses are afforded legal protection under this act: cachexia; cancer; glaucoma; Hepatitis C; severe, debilitating, chronic pain; severe nausea; seizures, including but not limited to, those characteristic of epilepsy; or severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to, those characteristic of multiple sclerosis or Crohn's Disease; or agitation of Alzheimer's Disease. Other conditions are subject to approval by the Rhode Island Department of Health. Patients (and/or their primary caregivers) may legally possess 2.5 ounces of cannabis and/or 12 plants, and their cannabis must be stored in an indoor facility. The law establishes a mandatory, confidential state-run patient registry that issues identification cards to qualifying patients. Patients who do not register with the Department of Health, but have received certification from their physician to use medicinal cannabis, may raise an affirmative defense at trial.
RECIPROCITY: Yes. Authorizes a patient with a debilitating medical condition, with a registry identification card (or its equivalent), to engage in the medical use of marijuana. Also authorizes a person to assist with the medical use of marijuana by a patient with a debilitating medical condition. R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28.6-4(k) (2006).
AMENDMENTS: Yes.
In June 2007, the Rhode Island House and Senate enacted legislation eliminating the sunset clause of the The Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act, making the provisional program permanent
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In 2009, lawmakers enacted legislation authorizing the establishment of state-licensed not-for-profit 'compassion centers' to "acquire, possess, cultivate, manufacture, deliver, transfer, transport, supply or dispense marijuana, or related supplies and educational materials, to registered qualifying patients and their registered primary caregivers." The Rhode Island Department of Health will oversee the licensing and regulating of these facilities. Copies of the regulations are available for public inspection in the Cannon Building, Room #201, Rhode Island Department of Health, 3 Capitol Hill, Providence, Rhode Island, on the Department's website: http://www.health.ri.gov/ or the Secretary of State's website: http://www.sos.ri.gov/rules/, by calling 401-222-7767 or by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
However, in October 2011, Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced that he was suspending the licensing system indefinitely, stating: "I have decided that the State of Rhode Island cannot proceed with the licensing and regulation of medical marijuana compassion centers under current law. ... I have received communications from both the United States Department of Justice and from the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island that large scale commercial operations such as Rhode Island's compassion centers will be potential targets of 'vigorous' criminal and civil enforcement efforts by the federal government. I cannot implement a state marijuana cultivation and distribution system which is illegal under federal law and which will become a target of federal law enforcement efforts. I am hopeful that the General Assembly will introduce new legislation in the upcoming session that will address the flaws in, and indeed make improvement to, the existing medical marijuana card and caregiver system while not triggering federal enforcement actions."
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS: Yes.
In 2010, lawmakers enacted legislation, House Bill 8172, ensuring the confidentiality of medical marijuana patients' records. The law states, in part, "Applications and supporting information submitted by qualifying patients, including information regarding their primary caregivers and practitioners, are confidential and protected under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and shall be exempt from the provisions of the RIGL chapter 38-2 et seq. the Rhode Island access to public records act and not subject to disclosure, except to authorized employees of the department as necessary to perform official duties of the department."
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS: Yes.
On Tuesday, May 22, 2012, Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed legislation, SB 2555, into law authorizing state regulators to license three small-scale 'compassion centers.' Under the law, compassion centers will not be allowed to cultivate more than 150 cannabis plants on the premises at any one time, only 99 of which may be mature. Centers will also be restricted to possessing no more than 1,500 ounces of usable product at any one time. Gov. Chafee had previously halted the implementation of a similar program, fearing that it would allow for the establishment of large-scale operations that would be targeted by federal law enforcement officials.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATUTES: The Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act, R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28.6 (2006).
CAREGIVERS: Yes. The caregiver must be 21 years of age or older. Primary caregiver may assist no more than 5 qualifying patients with their medical use of marijuana. R.I. Gen. Laws 1956, §21-28.6-3 (9) (2006).
CONTACT INFORMATION: http://www.health.state.ri.us/
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FRUITVALE, Texas (AP) — An East Texas mobile home fire blamed on a space heater has killed a woman and left two of her children and a firefighter hurt.
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"I just want to make it clear it is not the governor's position that GRDA should be sold," said Alex Weintz, Gov. Mary Fallin's Communications Director.
He was referring to a headline in Thursday's Times saying the governor wants to sell the Grand River Dam Authority. Weintz said he wanted to make clear the governor does not know if GRDA or parts of GRDA should be sold, whether it should be privatized, or whether anything should be done to change its structure.
Weintz said asking the question of whether GRDA should be sold does not mean the governor wants to sell. According to Weintz, Fallin is just trying to find out if that option would be better for the state.
"The governor wants to do what is best for rate payers and Oklahoma. She has formed a task force to study what that is," Weintz said.
"There was a supplemental report to a previous audit (Gary Jones' state audit) asking questions and what she's trying to do is have those questions answered," Weintz said.
"The task force is to create a study and a list of recommendations. The governor's priority is that GRDA provides affordable service to rate payers."
Fallin issued an executive order to establish the task force of 15 appointed members. The order states that all members shall be appointed by the governor.
GRDA is a state agency and because it cannot make a profit and is not supported by tax revenue, the electricity is sold for a much lower price than for-profit companies charge.
"GRDA is a customer-focused organization," said Tom Rider, General Manager of Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma. "The decisions the board and staff make are for the good of the customers they serve. We need to keep this 70-year-old organization, paid for by its customers, in the control of the customers."
Over the years, there has been talk of selling GRDA to investor-owned companies so it would reap tax revenue for the state's coffers. But local electricity managers, including Pryor Municipal Utility Board's Gary Pruett, say customers would see an increase in electricity cost if that happened.
"It's a lot bigger question than just selling an asset," Jones said.
"You have to look at it (GRDA) as a going concern and look at the overall structure. This is a complicated issue and there are other benefits and assets (beyond electricity)."
The conclusion portion of the state audit states: "At its core, this remains a question of state tax system design. Any reform will have economic consequences that stretch beyond the balance sheet and geographic boundaries of the GRDA. Recovering the subsidy will alter the distribution of the tax burdens and benefits to citizens and should be evaluated against reasonable alternatives - including tax reforms that would accomplish the same objectives without significant change to the operating status of GRDA."
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