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The Dorset County Museum is where the story of Dorset's rich landscape unfolds in a range of fascinating displays. The Museum was founded in 1846 to help protect and record the county's unique historical and natural environment.
Today visitors to the Museum can find out about local writers, history, archaeology, geology and the natural sciences in one of the Museum's many galleries. There are also video displays, activity carts for children and an audio-guide to take you round the exhibits.
The Museum is housed in a beautiful, gothic-style building, which dates from 1884. Its diverse collections include Roman mosaics, original Thomas Hardy manuscripts and fossilised dinosaur footprints. And behind the scenes there is a great deal more...
The Museum is an ideal place to come if you are visiting Dorset, and a great place for local people to find out more about where they live.
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Tue-Sat 1000-1600 1 Nov to 31 March, Mon-Sat 1000 - 1700 1 April to 31 October
Adults £6.50
Concessions £5.00
Up to two children admitted free with every adult
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Archaeology, Archives, Natural Sciences, Costume and Textiles, Fine Art, Music, Coins and Medals, Personalities, Social History
A Dorset Woman at War
- 31 May — 15 November 2014 *on now
The story of a remarkable Dorset woman, Mabel Stobart, whose team of female volunteers cared for the Serbian people in extraordinary circumstances during the First World War.
Stobart was a strong advocate of women's suffrage. Recognising the opportunity that the war presented, she established a female-only medical corps in the face of fierce male opposition.
By April 1915 Stobart's tented hospital was in Serbia, treating thousands of civilians. When enemy forces invaded, she led her party in an 800 mile retreat over the mountains, documenting their experiences in a series of powerful photographs which form the basis of the exhibition.
Adult Gift Aid entry* £7, Adult Standard entry £6.35
Over 60 Gift Aid entry* £6.50, Over 60 Standard entry £6.50
Children/Students £3.60
* Two children admitted free with each Gift Aid entry ticket.
Breakfast with the Curator
- 17 September 2014 8:45-10am
Visit our 'A Dorset Woman at War' exhibition out of hours, have a private tour with the curator and enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast in our Museum Tea Room. Q and A included.
Suitable for
- Any age
£12.50, booking essential.
British Women of the Eastern Front
- 7 August 2014 7:30-8:30pm
Free lecture by Dr Angela K Smith. The lecture will explore British women of the Eastern Front with respect to war, writing and experience in Serbia and Russia, 1914-1920.
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---- — If you think it's no big deal that Clinton County has collected almost $3.2 million in sales tax over what was expected the first three quarters of this year, you haven't spent much time deliberating over government finances.
And, if you think the sales-tax revenue is intentionally underestimated to make budgeters look good when the amount beats projections, you've overlooked how eager governments are to make tax rates lean and stay under the state-imposed tax cap.
No, the $25,057,047 collected through September is real, and it is welcome news.
Nor is it just a number. If you consider where that revenue has to come from if not from the sales tax, you'll conclude there is but one source: local residents.
We locals would have to make up that amount in taxes and fees — mostly from the dreaded property tax. Governments ages ago figured out that the best way to collect money was to get it from people who could afford it — presumably from people who could afford to own property. They have yet to institute a fairer and more appealing way to raise their capital.
In fact, if the sales tax didn't exist in Clinton County, and the $25,057,047 had to come from the property tax, the tax levy would be that much higher.
Not only that, the sales tax is drawn from what you might call a voluntary assessment. People want products and services and are willing to pay for them, including an 8 percent sales tax.
Much of that money comes from out of the area. The sales tax enables outsiders to help us out with our expenses.
Town of Plattsburgh Legislator Sara Rowden, chair of the legislature's Finance Committee, cited specifically Canadian shoppers and visitors as a primary source of our revenue. They buy merchandise, eat in our restaurants and sleep in our hotels, all the while relieving our property tax. What an attractive arrangement.
Clinton and Essex counties have a "bed tax," whereby each occupant of an overnight room pays a small assessment to the county, added on to the room charge. It's scarcely noticed by the customer, but it quickly adds up to a godsend for local taxpayers. Franklin County is eyeing an occupancy tax, as well, which would be a smart move.
Rowden also cited the robust activity of local manufacturers Nova Bus and Bombardier, which continue to win lucrative contracts for buses and rail cars, respectively. That enables employees to spend money locally.
And a healthy sales-tax picture is a reflection of bustle in the local economy. There are still not enough jobs and stability, but, if sales tax is up, good things are going on. The sales-tax collections are up more than $1 million from last year, at this stage.
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When Simon Brooks stepped onto the Bear Creek Greenway to run a half-marathon on Sept. 23, he wasn't just racing the clock.
Every stride the 20-year-old Southern Oregon University sophomore took was symbolic of the great lengths he's covered in a remarkable comeback from the brink of eternity.
A year and a day earlier, on Sept. 22, 2011, Brooks was the focal point of two other races: One to extend his life after he suffered traumatic head injuries in a skateboarding accident, and the other by family and friends to reach Providence Medford Medical Center from hundreds of miles away before the clock timed out.
Simon Brooks never gave helmets much thought before his near-fatal accident. Now he is a staunch proponent of wearing them.
"I'm the epitome of a person who knows the importance of a helmet," Brooks said. "My parents thought I was dead because of the lack of helmets. I want to tell whoever has the chance to ride a longboard or anything with wheels, they should definitely have a helmet, because there is no seatbelt."
Last spring, Brooks participated in an Oregon State Public Interest Research Group safety campaign on the Southern Oregon University campus.
"I told the students I could think of only two reasons not to have a helmet," Brooks said. "One was a conscious decision not to buy one because they think it's cooler not to wear one, or they can't afford to buy one, and OSPIRG is selling discounted helmets."
Skateboarders don't like to be considered cowards and take severe risks to prevent that perception, he said.
"Recklessness is brave and cool," Brooke said. "In my opinion, the most cowardly thing in the universe is disregard. If a person has the ability to easily take measures that can prevent his or her family's pain and suffering, and these measures are not taken, this person is being really uncool. In society today, maybe we need to be brave against the people who think we are cowards for being safe. It is so much more cowardly to disregard the feelings of our loved ones so that our friends will think we look cool."
Alisia Howard, clinical coordinator for Providence Emergency Services, has dealt with severe, disabling injuries involving skate- and longboarders in recent years. As a result, she is spearheading an effort by nurses to reach students before they suffer traumatic injuries. She was part of a group trained at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, and hopes to launch a program here early next year, going into classrooms with presentations and videos to share with children.
"Simon has said he would work with us, which is really good," Howard said. "Because it's most impactful when it's coming from someone who had it happen to them."
Simon Brooks doesn't remember much about what he was doing on the Wednesday night a week before he was to begin his sophomore year at Southern Oregon University. There's little doubt, however, that he was partying where alcohol and drugs were involved, obscuring the potential danger when he and a friend, Zach Lough, set off early Thursday morning on their longboards.
As they cruised down Mountain Avenue around 2 a.m., Lough dismounted because of the steep, curving nature of the road as they headed toward North Mountain Park.
"He decided to take it easy and didn't realize I was less-skilled in my current state," Brooks said.
Not only was Brooks careening out of control, he wasn't wearing a helmet. As his friend walked down the hill, "he heard me make some unsettling noises," Brooks related, as he lay bleeding on the concrete near Larkspur Lane.
Emergency responders took Brooks to Ashland Community Hospital, where triage was performed, but it was quickly apparent his head injuries required a higher level of response.
He was rushed to Providence, where a trauma team, including a neurosurgeon, awaited Brooks' arrival. Louise Sakraida, who coordinates critical care activity, had just arrived for her shift when Brooks came in.
"It was a devastating head injury," Sakraida said. "He was almost a certain donor candidate, and it's not often you feel that certain right off the bat. The CT (computed tomography) scan showed pressures that were incredibly high." Initial readings and activity gave little hope to the medical team.
"With his injuries, we did not anticipate he would last more than a few days," Sakraida said.
State law requires that hospital personnel who believe somebody may become brain-dead to begin a review leading to organ donation.
"We did that, and we don't often do that so early," she said.
No surgeries were needed, but drugs to reduce swelling were applied, and Brooks was placed on a ventilator.
While the medical team fought for Brooks' life, other hospital staff tried to reach his family — made more difficult because his cellphone was password protected.
"Three of his friends were there, and they were not able to offer information other than he was from Alaska," said Alisia Howard, clinical coordinator for the Providence Emergency Department.
Eventually, with help from Ashland police, a Providence chaplain was able to track down Michael and Valerie Brooks, Simon's parents, in Alaska at 5:30 in the morning.
"We knew when the chaplain called — and not a doctor — it was obviously a clue, but we weren't told he wouldn't survive," said Valerie Brooks.
Was it serious enough for their older son, Andrew, to come? Yes.
Should his sisters in Portland and San Diego come? Yes.
"That's how we knew it was bad," she said.
Under the best of circumstances, Ketchikan to Medford is no easy task with iffy connecting flights. Standby flights are even less sure, but the Brookses found friends who were willing to swap out their seats to go standby.
"If we hadn't made arrangements to trade tickets, we might not have made it that day," Valerie Brooks said. "That was a marathon."
Dealing with dying patients whose family members are hundreds of miles away is not unusual for Howard's staff.
"I've held a phone to dying patients' ears so their family members could tell them goodbye," she said.
While older patients often have living-will instructions for medical staffs, that's not the case with younger patients who have suffered traumatic injury.
"We're using every life-saving measure available to us," Howard said. "They don't have a living will, per se, so we do everything."
By noon, Kathryn, one of Simon's two older sisters, arrived from Portland. Emily, who lives in San Diego, had hopscotched from Las Vegas to Portland and driven down from there.
Both were at Simon's side when their parents arrived at 8 o'clock Thursday night.
While the medical staff didn't share its prognosis with the sisters, Emily Brooks, a registered nurse, was able to size things up.
"She prepared us before we went in," Valerie said. "It doesn't look like him with the tubes and alarms. After we saw him quickly, that's when we were told it was a nonsurvivable injury."
Over the next couple of days, Simon's parents faced a decision no parent wants to ponder.
"It's a terrible process for parents to go through," Michael Brooks said. "Simon is a strong, young man. If he was going to live, he had to have a chance to live on his own. We told the medical staff to take the breathing tube out."
That step had to be delayed, however, because the sedatives first had to wear off, otherwise they might have kept him from breathing.
While the Brookses were away from the hospital at a friend's house, the sedatives wore off, and Simon sat up and started removing his IV and other tubes.
"That was a definite sign things had turned," Valerie Brooks said. "We had been sitting with the organ donor team all evening. Because he was so severely injured, we were told it could be involuntary sitting up and taking tubes off." Even though he wasn't conscious, there was hope.
"We could clearly see he was attempting a comeback, and they removed his breathing tubes shortly after that," she said.
In the days after the accident, Simon was attended by a dozen family members and friends. They had put together drawings and Facebook collections.
"The first thing I remember is waking up and looking at a picture my sisters had put on the wall," he said. "Rodney Manabat, my good friend in high school, showed his graphic design skills when he made a silhouette based on a picture with blue hair and a red hat and 'Go Simon' on it."
It was touch-and-go at times, but Brooks kept defying the odds. He remained under intensive care until Sept. 27 and left Medford long before anyone expected. By November, Brooks was heading north for rehab at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. What was supposed to be a monthlong ordeal was completed in two weeks.
Brooks returned to school last winter, becoming a creative writing major.
A few days ago, Brooks stopped by Providence with flowers in hand.
"It took a while, but his recovery was beyond anything we could have anticipated; it was off the charts," said Sakraida. "He brought flowers ... he's back in college, has a job and a girlfriend. He's totally articulate and can keep you laughing."
Brooks retrieved his longboard from the police department, but he didn't ride it. Instead, he parked it beneath his computer. These days he gets around on a Specialized mountain bike that has lights — and he wears a helmet.
There still are aspects of recovery ahead — his sense of smell hasn't fully returned.
"If he simply would have been a breathing, functional young person," his mother said, "it would have been beyond great.
"The fact that he could be at school and have the wherewithal to train himself and finish a race is really quite incredible. He's a quiet guy with goofy sense of humor, but he's really determined. I think the race was indicative of the way he's going to approach everything in the future. He's not a perfect kid, but he's a really good kid."
Greg Stiles is a reporter for the Mail Tribune. He can be reached at 541-776-4463 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The two-person show "You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up," started on the book tour done by show-biz veterans and married couple Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn.
During their interactive and quite hilarious presentations about the book, Gurwitch says, "A lot of couples come to see us, and we would see the punching of the arm, like, 'You do that!''" -- and wherever we would go, people would laugh."
So Gurwitch and Kahn got the message.
Onstage, the couple is played by Antoinette LaVeccia and Scott Richard Foster, both experienced actors.
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"They're better than us, actually," says Gurwitch. "I want Scott to take over my own life," says Kahn. "He can be Jeff, and I'll just take off." Adds Gurwitch, "I like Antoinette's version of Annabelle better than myself .'.'. She's a better version of me."
"You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up," the 75-minute play distilled from the book and their 16 years of marriage, opens in Shea's Smith Theatre in previews at 7:30 p.m. today (Jan. 31) and Wednesday (Feb. 1), followed by shows daily until Feb. 12. Tickets are $35 for previews, $40 afterward (box office, www.Ticketmaster.com). For information, visit www.sheas.org.
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Obama has raised more than $432 million in direct contributions, compared to Romney's $278 million
For months, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney could boast a significant cash advantage over President Barack Obama, whose support from super PACs came nowhere near that of the former Massachusetts governor's.
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Looking for traditional thai in Vancouver (closer to downtown the better)
I just returned from Vegas and had an unreal meal at Lotus of Siam. I have only been to Salathai and Urban Thai in Vancouver and they don't even come close. Can't stop thinking about how good this food was and am trying to find something sort of close to it. It was traditional and they had a great wine list too. Vancouver is ideal but if it's excellent I am willing to travel to the burbs!
Personally, I don't think you'll get Thai here that's Lotus of Siam quality. Even Thai that's three steps down LOS is hard to find. I haven't really had good Thai here in Vancouver. Hope somebody can post some recs here, because I sure want a go-to Thai place.
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I think the closest might be in Seattle or Portland. Maenam (if you don't mind the toned down flavours) is your best bet. Some of the dishes are quite good, but some just don't taste right. Their pad thai is mixed - great chewy noodles, but the sauce and condiments need more punch. This city just doesn't have enough Thai people to keep these restaurants on the straight and narrow.
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I wanted to like Maenam because of Angus An's pedigree, but the only time we were there, I was served a horrible pad thai. The flavours were toned down, which would have been forgiveable, but the noodles were a gloopy mess of a mass, all stuck together. The noodles weren't cooked properly at all: some strands were still hard. I also had the halibut green curry which was advertised as spicy and it was indeed spicy but it lacked nuance. There were maybe 5 or 6 halibut "bits" -- they don't even qualify as pieces -- in the bowl for a grand total of $14. Of course, it could have been an off day for them, and I'm willing to give them another try.
1938 W. 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1M5, CA
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Finally tried it and was underwhelmed. We had a large party so had the chef's menu. Started with clams in a very nice broth which would have gone nicely with the rice had they brought some out with it. Also enjoyed the papaya salad. The cornish game hen was given a just ok (I didn't try it). The pad thai, haiibut green curry, ling cod, octopus, roti and rice came out together. Found the pad thai and green curry to be mushy and kind of on the bland side. The ling cod had a sweet bbq tasting sauce that was also quite bland and didn't go well with this type of fish. I didn't try the octopus but this was the stand out dish for the rest of the group. I found the clams to be the best of what we had and I am not a clam person. I would give the meal an overall ok/good but I probably wouldn't go back because I prefer stronger spicier flavours when I eat Thai food.
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I tried Thai Basil based on Tana's (Cheap Appetite) recommendation of their Pad Grapow http://cheapappetite.com/2009/08/02/b...
I gotta say - it was excellent. It is a home-style dish. Very authentic tasting - stronger, spicier, fishier, saltier than any thai food I've had here in a very long time....but still quite nuanced with the Grapow adding a nice licorice-y, herbal note. The side of prik nam pla was there if you want even more Thai flavour.
I think that Maenam may be attempting to cater to the demographics and palates over on the West side and toning down their dishes significantly. Adding a side of prik nam pla might help those who want it to taste more like Thai food.
Apparently Thai Basil in downtown (Thurlow near Davie) is authentic, according to this local blogger who is Thai himself:
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Thanks LR, I will have to try Thai Basil...funny I didn't even realize how much I loved thai food until LOS...
...I never order pad thai anywhere-it's always a dissapointment....
Fmed-do you have any recs for standout Thai places in Seattle? I go there a few times a year to shop so would love to try a place you are fond of.
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Maybe the answer is in this Seattle thread:
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I decided to head to Thai Basil for lunch today and had a great meal. The staff is all Thai, and very friendly. I ordered the Nua Nam Tok, Grilled Beef Salad, the Eggplant and Basil w/ Chicken, and a side of jasmine brown rice. The flavors were spot on, even the level of spice was much hotter than your average place in Vancouver (I made no special requests for level of heat). The chicken was very tender, unlike the dried up mess you usually end up with in a stir-fry dish. The group next to me ordered the green curry special which looked and smelled fantastic. Quality of the ingredients weren't top notch, but at $8 an entree I couldn't complain. I would absolutely eat here again, which brings my "will return" list of Thai places in Vancouver to a whopping total of...2
Fmed (or anyone else), try the duck salad next time you are lucky enough to eat at Sripraphai. There is also a pork dish w/ green bean that is unbelievable. Forgot the name but it's near the back of the menu.
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Although I wasn't high on them at first, Maenam is getting better and better. The grilled cornish hen and the thai sausages are a must, and I've found the new entrees they have been putting on the menu are better than the ones they replace. Most recently, the "winter melon and fraser valley duck broth" and the "stir-fried siamese water spinach with crispy pork" were very good.
I agree with others that the pad thai is quite poor, and I'm not impressed with any of their curry based dishes (I've tried 2 or 3). It seems the less a maenam dish resembles traditional thai food, the better it is.
Although not close to downtown, Baan Wasana in Kerrisdale is a place I regularly go to for Pad Thai.
http://www.baanwasana.com/ and http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/180111...
Have you tried Montri's? Their Tom Yung is the best of any place in Vancity, and I've tried for many a year to duplicate it without success. Their special prawn curry on a bed of spinach (back page of the menu) is also fantastic. I've never had a bad meal there. Maenam is decent but their portions are far too small for the price.
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After all this talk about Thai food, we checked out Thai Basil and we loved it! I requested their authentic thai Pad Thai (not the Canadianized one on their menu that has ketchup) and it tasted pretty damn good! I'm no expert of thai food, but if the food starts tasting too much like cantonese food...that's just not good! But here the flavours were very well-balanced between sweet, spicy and savoury. I asked for "thai hot" but to me tasted more like medium, but still great. I love the tiny flat dried shrimp that they use, and my wife detected some finely chopped picked radish. Would definitely order their thai Pad Thai again!
We also got their Eggplant and Basil with Beef. Also well-cooked. We asked for no onions in anything, so the pics below reflect that.
Unfortunately they were out of the thai holy basil yesterday, so we didn't get to try their Pad Grapow (talked about here http://cheapappetite.com/2009/08/02/b... ). The girl there said they get the basil every Monday/Tuesday, but lately with the unstable political situation in Thailand, it's been harder to get it flown in.
Check them out if you haven't already!
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Finally got a chance to try out the three dishes recommended by Tana on Cheap Appetite (see also fmed's and flowbee's posts above) at Thai Basil with a la carte and we were both impressed. I think we accidentally got the Canadian pad thai because I forgot to add the magic words Krung Thep, but it was still vying for top spot with Bob Likes Thai and Bo Laksa King's versions for me. The pad krapow and pad kee mao were both big winners for me. The deep fried basil and the whole stalks of green peppercorn really added to the dishes. I would be here all the time if I lived a bit closer. As it is, I can see some over the bridge takeaway jaunts in my future.
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On my way home from Chinatown Night Market, nabbed *free* parking on Burnaby and skated in to Thai Basil at 9:25 pm for a last minute takeout order (they close at 9:30). Since I was still full from refuel burg at 3ish, just got the grapow. Even after stewing in my car from the West End to Kits, the egg yolk was still perfectly runny, and the dish was as good as I remembered (did have it once in between). The SO had a few bites and was equally impressed. Full on spice/heat level without asking (I guess if you order it they assume you know how it will come) and lots of holy basil for the licorice-y taste. I wish it was easier to get at this place by car... need to go back for the pad kee mao soonest as I crave the green peppercorns.
This place isn't too well known (for reasons unknown to me), but while their menu is fairly "mainstream", the proprietors are Thai (exceptional service) and take good care in making their dishes with true honesty and authenticity:
Wimaan Thai (W. Broadway, between Oak and Spruce)
I have had lunch at a place called Khunnai Chang on Denman and Haro a few times and thought I would mention it. I thought it was very good value for quality of food. For 8 dollars you get a choice of curry that comes with rice, a spring roll and a starter of this deliciously deep flavoured shrimp soup (sorry don't know the Thai name for it). I actually prefer the food at this place over the others I have tried and enjoyed: Montri's and Thai Basil (and I like these 2 a lot)
I am in the denman area regularly now and also tried Thangthai, not the friendliest or promptest service. I also found it to be overpriced for mediocre food.
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Found khunnai chang a bit of a hit or miss place. First meal was great the following two not so. I think it depends alot on which cook is cooking that day.
IMHO places like blt and thai basil are good choices. Tried the thai place on davie across from macs yesterday. Merely to toftt, should have sticker with the original plan of thai basil.
Has anyone tried the newish Bob Likes Thai Food on Main @ 22nd? Owner is from Thailand and the recipes are his mom's. Good reviews so far:
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A bunch of us has a special off-menu Northern Thai chowdown there last month....I should post about it soon! The owner and his chefs are Northern Thai and we convinced them to do a special menu for us.
It is very good and authentic alright....even if it is for the usual Southern Thai cuisine.
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Check out this thread, kentan: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7375... So far so good, though a more recent visit that I haven't posted on yet had one slightly problematic dish (lower quality beef than the first time in the beef salad).


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NORMAN — George Henderson's graduate school mentors warned him about joining the faculty at the University of Oklahoma. It was a backward place that wouldn't likely accept a young African American professor, they told him. He visited anyway and accepted the job, becoming one of the first three, full-time African American professors on campus.
It was 1967, a time of racial tension and change nationally but Norman remained an unofficial "sundown" town where blacks were not to be seen after dark. Henderson changed his mind and turned the job down after being unable to find suitable housing for his wife Barbara, their seven children and his mother-in-law.
Homes advertised for sale had suddenly become unavailable or off the market when he and Barbara viewed them. Realtor Sam Matthews had the courage to find them a home on Osborne Drive and the Hendersons arrived. They got prank phone calls, angry looks and garbage thrown on the lawn. Grocery store managers followed them around as they shopped.
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Realtor Matthews' sense of justice, fairness, selflessness and the heart to do the right thing even when it meant the loss of business and friends is rewarded annually by The Xenia Institute. Kathryn and Dewey Selmon became the eighth recipients of the Sam Matthews Social Justice Award at a banquet Thursday night at First Christian Church.
They are in stellar company. Past recipients are Sam Matthews (posthumously), the Rev. Joe Ted Miller, Lester Reed, Kay Holladay, Jim Agar, George and Barbara Henderson and Kathy Heiple.
The Selmons met in journalism school at OU. She the sorority girl from Houston. He was the two-time All American football player. They married against the odds, raised four children, then added three more from the orphanage in the civil war ravaged region of West Africa they had been trying to help.
Along the journey, they never stopped sharing their time, talents and treasury. Daughter Shannon Carter read a list of non-profits her parents have involved themselves with over their years in Norman. Her parents, she said, not only took on projects but they provided opportunities for their children to make a difference even at elementary school level.
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Dewey, a third of the football trio, but only a ninth of the Eufaula, Okla., Selmon family, was thankful that his parents, Lucious and Jessie Selmon, instilled the value of hard work, education and community in their children. He said the same God that gave Sam Matthews the courage to find a home for the Hendersons guided his family to help those less fortunate in Liberia and elsewhere.
"I know your hearts. It's not an award that drives any of you. It's your hearts," he told the banquet audience.
Kathryn, known as one of the founders of Norman's Food and Shelter, deflected her own recognition in favor of Mama Feta, the orphanage director in Liberia that has sheltered hundreds of children over the years. Rebels forced her to take in the children or die.
"She is the most faithful person I have ever met and the most selfless person I have ever met," she said. "I'm receiving an award for doing what I think is right. But if you're not trying to make life better for someone else, what's the point?"
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Its solo swims are governed by Cook Strait Marathon Swimming, managed by Philip Rush.
First Crossing
27-year-old Barry Devonport was the first person to successfully swim across the Cook Strait when he crossed from North Island to South Island on 20 November 1962 in 11 hours 20 minutes.
Oceans Seven
The Oceans Seven consists of the following 7 waterways around the world, first proposed in June 2008 by Steven Munatones:
1. North Channel between Ireland and Scotland
2. Cook Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand
3. Molokai Channel between Oahu and Molokai Islands in Hawaii
4. English Channel between England and France
5. Catalina Channel between Santa Catalina Island and then Southern California mainland
6. Tsugaru Channel between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan
7. Strait of Gibraltar between Europe and Africa
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Bluejay men win one, lose one
The Tabor College men traveled to Sterling Saturday night, tied for second place with the Warriors in the KCAC at 7-2. By the time the final horn sounded, Sterling owned its second win of the season over Tabor, this time 71-59.
In a game Tabor never led, the Bluejays' only tie of the night came at 2-2 on a Nick Sauer field goal—ironically, his only points of the night. Sterling used the lethal 3-point shooting of Eddie Adesodun to build a 21-10 lead by the 8:42 mark.
Tabor coach Micah Ratzlaff said his team was its own worst enemy in the early going.
"Our transition offense was so bad in the first half," Ratzlaff said. "My goodness, we missed so many layups."
Ratzlaff said he wasn't miffed at his team's defense, though.
"Our zone works," he said. "We actually held them in the first half. We don't normally play zone, but it was part of our game plan. We just looked really timid offensively and I don't know why."
Sterling's lead expanded to as many as 14 at 24-10 before the Bluejays showed signs of life. Robbie Samuel and Ryan Chippeaux combined for 10 points as Tabor whittled the lead to 31-23 by halftime.
Tabor looked like a different team in the opening moments of the second half, as Chance LeBlanc hit five points and Samuel added a three-point basket to propel the Bluejays into a 34-34 tie.
Ratzlaff said it wasn't difficult to explain the difference: "We just hit shots."
But Tabor's bubble burst all too soon as Sterling countered with a 10-0 run to stretch its lead to 44-34. Keying the run was a decided advantage on the glass; the Warriors eventually amassed a 49-37 advantage on the boards.
"We're just not a very good rebounding team," Ratzlaff said. "We're capable but that's just our M.O. That's one thing we really struggle with."
Teetering on the brink of being blown out, Ratzlaff inserted Brent Jackson at the shooting-guard spot, and Jackson scored eight straight points and followed a Marc Hopkinson basket with a three-point bomb as Tabor sliced a 15-point deficit (at the 9:19 mark) to six points with 5:51 to go.
"Brent is as talented as anybody on our team," Ratzlaff said. "We put him at the guard spot to try to get some more size on the floor and it worked for a while. Everything we tried seemed to work for a couple possessions but then we were right back searching for something else to work."
Six points was as close as Tabor would get. Forced to gamble on defense, the Bluejays began putting the Warriors on the free-throw stripe, where Sterling scored its final 10 points on the way to the 12-point win.
Tabor (7-3, 8-11) was led by Jackson with 14 points and Samuel with 10. The Bluejays connected on 21 of 66 field goal tries (32 percent) and seven of 26 from behind the arc (27 percent).
Chippeaux pulled down eight rebounds, just two below his KCAC-leading average of 10, which is third in NAIA Division II.
Sterling (8-2, 14-7) had three players reach double digits, led by Adesodun with 21 points.
Kansas Wesleyan––It was a game that almost got away from the Tabor College men Wednesday night. Facing a Kansas Wesleyan squad with KCAC leading scorer Canon Fields on its roster, the Bluejays struggled on defense.
Fields scored a game-high 29 points, but the Bluejays managed to prevail, 90-84, with the Bluejay offense picking up the slack where the defense fell short.
"I thought we battled," coach Micah Ratzlaff said. "We played against 40 minutes of zone (defense), and very few teams are going to do that. So I just wanted to make sure we got really good looks every possession, don't shoot quick, and I thought we did do that."
Even so, the Bluejays trailed early in the game.
Michael Janzen scored Tabor's first seven points to keep Tabor close at 10-7 with 15:46 left in the half. A Reggie Butler basket from behind the arc, followed by two points from Ryan Chippeaux, tied the game at 12 with 13:23 to go.
Justin Malan sank a second-chance basket at the 10:11 mark, igniting a 14-0 Tabor surge and a 30-19 lead three minutes later.
"We got (Fields) in foul trouble in the first half, and so he sat (on the bench), and that's when we went on our run," Ratzlaff said.
The half ended with Tabor enjoying a 47-36 lead.
The second half opened with back-and-forth scoring, but Nick Sauer hit a three-point basket at 15:59 on his way to a game-high 20 points to give Tabor its largest lead of the night at 61-45.
But the Coyotes would not go quietly. With Fields scoring seven points, KWU launched an 11-0 run to narrow Tabor's lead to 61-56 with 12:52 to play.
"(Fields) is a tough, tough matchup, and when they can get the foul count up really high early, and they give him the ball and just say, 'Go with it,' he's tough to stay in front of," Ratzlaff said. "That was the difference in the game."
Fields made 14 of 18 free throws for the game. A 9-0 run by the Coyotes brought Wesleyan to within 72-70 with 7:19 to go. The Coyotes drew within one, 76-75, at 5:35, then took a 78-76 lead 30 seconds later on a three-point basket by Fields.
Free-throws from Sauer and Chippeaux followed by a Sauer three-point basket put Tabor back in front, 83-78, with 3:24 left. But Wesleyan answered with a 6-0 burst for an 84-83 lead with 1:47 on the clock.
"We tried three, four different matchups on (Fields) and we just struggled to get a stop, and so finally we went (to) zone (defense)," Ratzlaff said.
The strategy worked, as the Bluejays ended the game with a 7-0 run.
Sauer scored a team-high 20 points. Chippeaux finished with another double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Kingsley added 14 points, while Janzen contributed 12.
Coming—Tabor will host McPherson (1-9, 7-14) Wednesday with tipoff scheduled for 8 p.m, then will travel to Lindsborg Saturday to take on the Bethany Swedes (4-6, 8-10) with a 7 p.m. start.
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Career Notes: A bullpen catcher during his tenure on the Uptown campus...appeared in five games, recording four at-bats, one run and one walk...earned the LeBreton Award in 2013 for his selfless contributions to the Green Wave baseball program.
2013 (Redshirt Junior): Appeared in three games on the season, all as a pinch-hitter...recorded at-bats against Memphis (3/23), against LSU (3/26) and against UAB (3/16).
2012 (Sophomore): Appeared in two games off of the bench...made his collegiate debut as a pinch hitter with a walk and a runs scored versus Brown (3/17)...appeared as a pinch-hitter versus Alcorn State (4/11).
2011 (Redshirt-Freshman): Did not appear in any games.
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Pretty much everyone agrees that one of the things that sets City Honors apart (in addition to the fact that all the students have to test in) is the fact that parents there are much more involved than the parents at most Buffalo schools.
Many people seem to figure that's the result of the socioeconomics of the kids at City Honors -- 26 percent of the students there qualify for free or reduced lunch, compared to 77 percent district-wide. (Now, exactly how that school came to have such a different socioeconomic profile is a story for another day.)
The thinking seems to be that better-educated parents, or parents who make more money, are more involved in their children's education. If you go with that line of thinking, then increasing parent involvement at most of the other schools seems like almost a lost cause -- or at best, a steep uphill battle.
And, given the fact that parent involvement is a key ingredient in a child's success in school, this is a pretty important issue to think about.
Well, one of Sam Radford's children was accepted to City Honors this year, and boy, what an eye-opener that has been for Buffalo's most outspoken parent leader.
What he sees at City Honors is a structure for parent involvement. Each classroom there has a parent volunteer who is responsible for communicating with the parents in their classroom.
Radford's thinking is that when you have a parent responsible for communicating with the parents of the 20 to 30 kids in that room, that communication is going to be effective. That puts the communication on a more individual level, for one thing, and for another, that parent intimately knows the challenges and needs of the kids in that classsroom, as well as the strengths and skills the parents might be able to offer.
(At this point, the district relies heavily on large-scale marketing efforts for communicating with parents, such as mass mailings, automated phone calls and letters sent home in backpacks. If you want to know how effective those are, ask a parent.)
Radford has been urging the School Board to replicate City Honors' parent structure at the nearly 60 other schools in Buffalo.
"We have a working model at City Honors, you could say," he told the board.
He also wants a paid parent facilitator at every grade level, in every school. (Right now, the district is supposed to have one paid parent facilitator at every school. At the struggling schools, that's a full-time position. At the other schools, it's part time.)
The cost? He pegs it between $600,000 and $3.1 million, depending on how much the parent facilitators get compensated. That's out of a district budget of nearly $900 million. The district is required to spend 1 percent of its Title I budget (nearly $40 million) on parent involvement efforts.
I've heard him make that pitch to the School Board a few times already in the past several weeks. The board has not given him much feedback on it, at least not publicly. He keeps coming back and making the same pitch.
It was starting to seem like this would turn into a never-ending rerun: Radford makes the pitch. The board listens, maybe asks a couple questions, then moves onto other things, without having a full discussion about it.
And it looked like things were headed the same way at this week's committee meeting:
Mary Ruth Kapsiak: This is going to have to come back to the table.
Radford: I know what that means.
Jason McCarthy: It's only because we've run out of time.
Radford: We want to ask for procedures for implementation of board policy, which is the critical piece. What we want to know is can we set up a time (to talk about it).
At that point, Interim Superintendent Amber Dixon stepped in. She said what Radford is asking for is a procedure for parent involvement -- which is the realm of central office administrators, not the board (which is a policy-making body).
She agreed to have central office staff sit down with Radford and talk through his ideas, then come up with procedures and present them to the board. (To clarify: she did not agree to implement everything Radford's asking for, but did agree to talk about it.)
McCarthy, who chairs the educational support committee, agreed to have the board discuss it again in November. That was music to Radford's ears.
I don't know whether Radford's proposal is the right one. What I do know is that whatever the district is doing now to get parents involved sure isn't as successful as it could be.
If district officials decide Radford's proposal isn't the right one, let's hope they come up with an innovative solution they're ready to try -- soon.
Could it be that there is a way to replicate the parent involvement that City Honors enjoys?
Maybe we'll find out.
- Mary Pasciak
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