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Hartwick Senior Citizens, noon, Hartwick Firehouse, state Route 28. Bring covered dish, table service. Business meeting to follow.
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Magic Closet, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Zion Episcopal Parish House, 162 E. Main St. Free clothing exchange. For info: 263-5116.
Kiwanis Club of Oneonta meeting, noon, The Depot, 4 Railroad Ave.
Catskill Area Hospice Thrift Shop, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 261 Main St., Suite 2. For info: 432-5335.
Sgt. Elbert N. Patten Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1206 meeting, 6 p.m., Oneonta Veterans Club, 279 Chestnut St. For information, 263-5259.
A Walk Through Special Education, 1 to 3 p.m., Family Resource Network, 46 Oneida St. Or 6 to register: 432-0001, email@example.com.
Bassett's Mobile Mammography free screenings, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Planned Parenthood of South Central New York, Inc., 37 Dietz St.
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Public observatory viewing, 8 to 11 p.m., SUNY Oneonta Observatory at College Camp, Hoffman Road, off Upper East Street. Free, open to the public. For information, directions: www.oneonta.edu/observatory, 436-2620, firstname.lastname@example.com
Otego Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary meeting, 7 p.m., Otego Firehouse, River Street.
Otego Historical Association, 1 to 4 p.m., Otego Historical Society, 6 River St.
Sidney Historical Museum, 4 to 6 p.m., Civic Center, Room 218, 21 Liberty St. For info: 563-1425.
Lap Sit, 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Sidney Memorial Public Library, 8 River St.


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DELHI — Doug E. Francisco, 81, of Delhi, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, at O'Connor Hospital, Delhi, with his loving wife at his side.
He was born on March 21, 1932, in Hamden, the son of Alton and Deetta (Frost) Francisco. He married Cathy Cannistra on Sept 2, 1958, in Walton.
A lifelong area resident, Doug was employed as a supervisor for the Delaware County highway department for 37 years. A member of the College Golf Course at Delhi, he loved golfing, spending winters in Florida and most of all, spending time with his grandchildren and great-granddaughter.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Cathy Francisco of Delhi; son, Vernon and Cindy Francisco of Pottstown, Pa., son, Jeff and Jayne Francisco of Walton, daughter, Denise McGowan and Mike Hinkley of Treadwell, son, Brian and Lorraine Francisco of Delhi; grandchildren, Kaity (Justin) Pearce, Derek Francisco (Kaitlin Rosengrant), Meagan (Amanda) Francisco, Michelle (Felipe) Soto, Lindsey McGowan and Sean McGowan; great-granddaughter, Haley Soto; sisters, Hester Marshall, Alma Georgia, and Joyce and Bill Wilkow; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by three sisters, Wanda, Arlene and Jean; and three brothers, Lyn, Vernon and his twin, Don.
Calling hours will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 19, at the MacArthur Funeral Home, Delhi. A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 20, at the United Ministry, Delhi.
Donations in Doug's memory are asked to be made to Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, 116 Main St, Delhi, NY 13753 or the Delhi Fire Department, P.O. Box 405, Delhi, NY 13753.
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BBC presenter Lizo Mzimba is 'gaffer-taped to a wall' in student prank| Showbiz | This is London
A BBC reporter was taped to a wall after students found he was gathering research for a university documentary to be called Shamebridge.
Showdown: BBC reporter Lizo Mzimba, locked himself away from students
After three nights of revelry students confronted Lizo Mzimba, 30, demanding to know what sort of documentary he was making, and he was forced to lock himself in a toilet.
It was then that the BBC man, who started his TV career on children's news programme Newsround, was stuck to a wall with gaffer-tape, surrounded by undergraduates chanting: Lizo Lizo, what's the news?!, says Cambridge University's student tabloid The Tab.
The student newspaper told how Mzimba, now entertainment correspondent for BBC News, had been at the university for three nights two weeks ago. He was hanging out with several students, including a number of young women.
On a Sunday night he was snapped hanging around the ladies' toilets in Life nightclub. The following evening he was photographed in the Vodka Revs bar with members of the New Hall Slippery Nipples drinking society.
Two nights later, he was seen leaving Cindies nightclub on the arm of a brunette, along with 20 others from half a dozen colleges, to attend an impromptu student-room party at Emmanuel College.
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Design-build construction firm Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, Texas has announced that the construction phase will begin this week on a new 4,480 square foot classroom wing addition for the Avalon (TX) Independent School District. The $912,000 project will provide for a four classroom modular school building installed at grade level on a concrete stem wall foundation adjacent to the existing structure. The new facility is to be connected via a walkway and canopy, and will feature a parapet type exterior wall assembly which will incorporate a brick exterior finish designed to integrate with the look of the existing structure. Ramtech has been contracted to provide for all of the civil design services, integrating the new modular building fire alarm with the existing fire alarm system, and redesigning and constructing a new bus lane for the school.
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South Africa faces a tough challenge under pressure against Sri Lanka when the two sides square off in the second Test in Colombo. The weather is looking pretty grim and the last time South Africa played here, it looked like Sri Lanka were never going to stop batting. ANTOINETTE MULLER picks five key battles.
Jacques Kallis has made it clear that he would like to be part of the 2015 World Cup squad, but he is well aware that his place in the side is not guaranteed. His quest to cement his place in the side began with a duck against Sri Lanka on Sunday. In all their fickleness, South African sports fans will be calling for his head soon, but is that fair? By ANTOINETTE MULLER.
The semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup are upon us. It feels like just yesterday when Costa Rica won fans all over Ghana after they beat Uruguay. The tournament has left us with much to talk about throughout and the quarterfinals are no different. ANTOINETTE MULLER picks some highlights from the weekend.
South Africa won their warm-up match in Sri Lanka by over 100 runs. The three-match ODI series begins on Sunday. The series holds little relevance in the greater scheme of things, but at least it will offer superficial insight into how to go about building towards the World Cup. By ANTOINETTE MULLER.
Africa remains divided along many lines, from race and religion to ethnicity. But alongside all this, there is nothing that unites the continent quite like sport. All African teams are now out of the World Cup, but the fact remains that the continent often becomes a country where sporting events are concerned. ANTOINETTE MULLER spoke to some fans to find out why.


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In the vast spaces beneath the thin layer of tunnels and caverns nearest the surface, passages can stretch for miles beyond measure. Adventurers who descend into the Deeps find that the hazards, threats, and immediate dangers are magnified tenfold.
All the terrible hints encountered in the Shallows of drow cities, vast illithid conspiracies, and sunless seas where aboleths abide find their awful fulfillment in the Deeps. In the deepest portions of the Underdark, mind flayers savor the harvested brains of their slaves and captives, great vaults flicker in the light of candles prepared from the fat of countless sacrifices made to Lolth by her drow followers, and subterranean seas thrash with aboleths intent on completing incomprehensible, decades-long rituals.
This region is an enigma; no one can ever claim to know its entirety. The total area of the Deeps far exceeds that of the surface of the world above. The twisting, convoluted tunnels that squirm through it hide more horrors than sane beings can imagine.
Chapter 3 of Underdark presents the following topics:
Scattered throughout the Deeps in small cities, splinter cells, and plotting concords, the race of mind flayers searches for brains, power, and a path to regaining its former status as masters of the Underdark and worlds beyond.
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Even as the races of the surface world lament the ruins of their shattered civilizations, the illithids of the Underdark are tortured by an insatiable hunger for the glory of fallen Nihilath.
This vast empire spanned the still-expanding recesses of the Underdark throughout the first era of mortal history. Its gruesome living architecture filled the tunnels and caverns of the subterranean world. While the drow still huddled in dark corners and dwarves dug gold from shallow pits, mind flayers patrolled the Underdark with proud impunity. Their legions of slaves excavated countless passages, built towering structures, and kept the illithids fed with an endless supply of brains.
Their heritage enabled mind flayers to thrive in the early, ever-shifting Underdark. Imprinted with the twisted unreality of the Far Realm, illithids adapted easily to the constant shifts in Nihilath's physical foundations. The later great subterranean settlements of the drow, dwarves, and fomorians came into being only when parts of the Underdark stabilized. Before them, the illithids allowed their empire to divide and subdivide in harmony with its fundamental chaos. As a result, Nihilath spread throughout the entire Underdark and far beyond.
No one can be certain of the true reason for the empire's fall, though many tell a tale of slaves revolting successfully against cruel masters. The illithids themselves are silent on the matter, though whether this silence is due to ignorance or shame might never be known.
Nihilath Knowledge
Dungeoneering DC 20: Mind flayers once ruled huge swaths of the Underdark, using armies of slaves to mine resources and build their empire.
Dungeoneering DC 30: This mind flayer empire was known as Nihilath, and it existed before the Underdark's geography stabilized. Its living architecture adapted to constant shifts of tunnels and caverns, and today its remnants can be found throughout the Underdark.
Dungeoneering DC 20: Mind flayers once ruled huge swaths of the Underdark, using armies of slaves to mine resources and build their empire.
Dungeoneering DC 30: This mind flayer empire was known as Nihilath, and it existed before the Underdark's geography stabilized. Its living architecture adapted to constant shifts of tunnels and caverns, and today its remnants can be found throughout the Underdark.
The Ur-Brain
Scattered through the Deeps, small cabals and communities of illithids pursue the hunt for fresh brains and for power. Each city is ruled by its own set of elder brains—vast organs that dwell within brine vats, encompassing the aggregated minds of the city's dead. Though immobile and vulnerable, the elder brains are powerful entities. Even so, they are only echoes of the power of the original Ur-Brain that guided Nihilath.
Illithid histories claim that the first elder brain was formed in the Underdark, coalescing when the Far Realm first erupted through the Underdark's brittle foundation. A fragment of brain matter was pulled through the breach and found a fertile sludge in which to take root and grow. The parasites it spawned were the first illithid larvae, crawling out to penetrate the minds of the Underdark's primitive humanoid inhabitants and become the original mind flayers.
As the illithids built the empire of Nihilath, this first elder brain became an entity of unimaginable might, its power outstripping present-day elder brains by an order of magnitude. Unknown beings destroyed this Ur-Brain during Nihilath's collapse, but even today, all illithids feel its ancient call deep in their minds. The mind flayers believe that a fragment of the Ur-Brain still lives, and that if a sliver of that tissue can be found, the Ur-Brain might be regrown. More important, the vengeful larvae it spawns might well remember all of Nihilath's lost secrets.
As a result, mind flayers have become archaeologists of a particular sort, competing with adventurers and other treasure seekers for items and information that have any trace of connection with Nihilath or its ancient secrets.
Aberrant Structures
A few of Nihilath's secrets were not lost. Illithids grow their walls and battlements from ritually altered organisms imported from the Far Realm. Their towers breathe and perspire. Pulsing veins run across the surfaces of doors, which bleed when cut. Homes nourish themselves on insects and vermin, which the dwellings catch with lashing, gluey tongues.
The dessicated, long-dead structures in ruins left over from Nihilath indicate that the empire's buildings, particularly its great fortresses, were stranger and more powerful than the domes, bulbous towers, and filamentous tubes that mind flayers grow in their present cities. Some sages believe that certain creatures, such as ropers and oozes, trace their origins back to the living fortresses of Nihilath.
Aberrant structures can be of any shape or size. They might resemble walls of mouths, sheets of stone-colored flesh, or tentacled towers. Some common effects of such structures include the following:
An aberrant structure typically fills 1 to 40 squares. It can be identified with a DC 30 Dungeoneering check.
As a predatory race dependent on the brain matter of sentient beings, mind flayers perch at the apex of the food chain. The scarcity of their dietary need restricts their numbers—even when they breed slaves as food.
The illithids of Nihilath supported a large population by way of a lost secret: the ability to cultivate brainmoss. This substance consisted of tissue seeded from living brains. Grown on cavern walls and floors, it provided flavorless but sustaining food for densely populated illithid cities.
Several varieties of wild brainmoss can be found growing in the Underdark today. Mind flayers can feed on wild brainmoss, but the secret of cultivating it for more extensive use has been lost. Reliable brainmoss cultivation would permit the illithids to multiply their numbers enormously.
Wild brainmoss picks up and retains strong emotional impressions of sentient beings around it. These emotions can have a significant effect on the minds of living creatures.
Wild brainmoss typically covers 4 to 10 squares of cavern floor or walls, usually as a contiguous patch. Different varieties occasionally grow in the same large chamber. It can be identified with a DC 25 Dungeoneering check.
Effect: Each variety of wild brainmoss has an effect on living creatures on or adjacent to it. Here are some possibilities:
Usage: The presence of brainmoss can serve as a harbinger of illithid presence nearby . . . or it can signal characters to search the vicinity for Nihilath ruins. Some varieties make mind flayer encounters more dangerous, while others can help the illithids' enemies triumph. Choose the appropriate variety—or varieties, for a particularly interesting encounter—that provide the edge to the side that needs it most.
Illithid Servants
Since the earliest days of Nihilath, the illithids of the Underdark have sought the rich flavors of brains steeped in emotion and experience. They captured and bred humanoid races as servitors and sources of nourishment. In doing so, they wiped out several sentient species native to the Underdark. Among them were the apelike ingai, the willowy dyath, and the large-skulled celeen. These beings inhabited Nihilath's breeding pens side by side with drow, humans, dwarves, elves, dragonborn, and the race of gith whose escape gave birth to the githyanki and githzerai.
When the empire fell, most servitors died of predation or starvation. A few escaped. In some cases, entirely new races of the Underdark were born from the servitor races. Future descents into the illithids' realm will doubtless uncover descendants of these servitor races.
The adventurers set out to rescue a drow noble captured by a party of kuo-toa raiders. The rescue might be the result of negotiations with the noble's house, or of information discovered in the course of the characters' previous activities. In any event, rescuing the prisoner provides a sure way to find favor with the drow—or to gain a bargaining chip for later use against the dark elves.
The kuo-toa raiders inhabit a warren of half-submerged caverns deep in the Underdark. Assume that the adventurers know the location of the site, or improvise a short skill challenge to allow them to find it. The delve opens with the adventurers on the edge of kuo-toa territory.
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Il Gladiatore - This bar serves breakfast and light fare.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Check-out time is noon
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No small potatoes. Small but mighty. Good things come in small packages.
There are lots of reasons that "small" things really add up to big things in Manatee County - and I would argue that the biggest of those reasons are related to small businesses.
Next week - June 12-17 - is the 50th annual National Small Business Week, as designated each year by the president of the United States. It is a time that communities across the country give special attention to small businesses as the bedrock of their local economy.
More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and they create approximately two out of every three new jobs in the U.S. each year. According to Karen Mills, SBA Administrator, between 1993 and 2011 small firms accounted for 64 percent of the net new jobs created in the United States and the 28 million small businesses in the United States employ 60 million Americans, which is half of the private sector work force.
The economic impact of small businesses is huge in Manatee County. Two weeks ago, the Chamber celebrated excellence in small business through our 34th annual Small Business of the Year Awards, in partnership with the Bradenton Herald. It is one of my favorite events of the year.
At this luncheon business owners learn for the first time that they have been chosen by their peers as Small Business of Year. It is an emotional and powerful event with stories that reflect the importance of families, sacrifices made to support the dream of business ownership and unwavering employee loyalty.
This year, the following businesses joined the prestigious list of past award winners: Johnson PhotoImaging, Keeton's Office & Art Supply, NetWeave Social Networking, Suncoast Business Technologies LLC, and Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery (green business award).
Although it's a focus of the Manatee Chamber every day of the year, I ask that you pay particular attention to our local small businesses next weekduring Small Business Week.
Make an effort to patronize, shop or dine at a local small business and let them know that you
appreciate how important they are to the job base and quality of life in Manatee County.
You can find a listing of more than 2,000 local businesses on the Chamber's website.
Just visit ManateeChamber.com and click on our Preferred Business Directory link in the top right corner.
At the Manatee Chamber, we pay special attention to small businesses and are proud that approximately 80 percentof our 2,000-plus membership employs 25 or fewer. We know that these businesses are the fuel powering our economic engine.
Without these small businesses we could not attract those large businesses that make the headlines when they locate here.
By focusing on creating networks, sharing expertise, advocating pro-business and quality-of-life issues, and responding to the needs of small businesses, the Manatee Chamber helps create the right environment for small business success. And, the success of small businesses means the success of our community.
Robert P. Bartz, president of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce, can be reached at 941-748-3411 or email@example.com.


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Leila Janah on Samasource
By Leila Janah, the founder of Samasource.
Over one billion people live in extreme poverty, subsisting on $1.25 a day or less. Among the Millennium Development Goals determined by world leaders in 2000 is a target to achieve "full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people." Despite up to 90% literacy rates and increasing levels of per capita income being spent on higher education in developing countries, employment opportunities remain scarce, even in urban areas.
Samasource connects 900 marginalized people, from Kenyan youth to women in rural Pakistan, with dignified work opportunities via the Internet. Using the business process outsourcing model, we secure contracts from global organizations to provide digital services such as data entry, book digitization, Internet-based research, business listings verification, audio transcription, and video captioning.
The project is broken down into smaller tasks called "microwork" and then allocated to our Service Partners, for- and non-profit organizations currently in Haiti, India, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, and Uganda. The work is completed by women, youth, and refugees using an Internet connection provided by our Service Partners, and sent back to Samasource for quality assurance and delivery to the client.
Samasource derives its name from the Sanskrit word "sama" which means equal. To date, Samasource has generated over $1.5 million in contract work for women, youth and refugee workers in nine countries. The work contracted to Samasource is real work for real companies that connects poor youth, women, and refugee workers to earned income from multinational companies, and will enable them to matriculate to higher paying jobs in the digital work sector. Samasource goes beyond job readiness programs and educational services by facilitating tangible, on-the-job experience that provides steady income and work skills.


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WASHINGTON — With the start of the 2014 tax season approaching on Jan. 31, the Internal Revenue Service urged taxpayers to be aware that tax-related scams using the IRS name proliferate during this time of year.
Tax scams can take many forms, with perpetrators posing as the IRS in everything from e-mail refund schemes to phone impersonators. The IRS warned taxpayers to be vigilant of any unexpected communication that is purportedly from the IRS at the start of tax season.
The IRS encourages taxpayers to be on the lookout for phone and email scams that use the IRS as a lure. The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information. This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels. The IRS also does not ask for personal identification numbers (PINs), passwords or similar confidential access information for credit card, bank or other financial accounts.
Recipients should not open any attachments or click on any links contained in the message. Instead, forward the e-mail to email@example.com. Additional information on how to report phishing scams involving the IRS is available on the official IRS website www.irs.gov.
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McALESTER — Stadiums create history. Usually, they're small moments of history — a win or a loss, a record-setting play or a newly dedicated addition to the field — but nonetheless what happens on the gridiron becomes a permanent part of a town's history.
But sometimes a stadium's history extends beyond its town. Sometimes a stadium's history connects it to the greater history of our nation.
Hook Eales Stadium has such a history. As Tom Crowl, former president and current board member for the Pittsburg County Genealogical and Historical Society, said Wednesday, Hook Eales has connections to both the Civil War and the Great Depression.
What's now called Pittsburg County was once Tobucksy County, an area controlled by the Choctaw tribe. Many Confederate veterans and widows of veterans lived in Tobucksy County, leading to a meeting on March 2, 1891, at First Baptist Church in McAlester at 1st Street and Grand Avenue.
Referencing a newsletter article published by the group at that time, Crowl said R.B. Coleman, a Confederate veteran himself, called the meeting.
"The purpose was to form an organization called a 'camp,' which of course consisted of former veterans, their families and widows," Crowl said. He added that the camp was formed to "keep alive Confederate interests."
"It was kind of like the Lion's Club," Crowl said.
Twenty attended the meeting, Crowl said, discussing among other things the creation of a campground on which they could celebrate the birthdays of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Combining the two names, the new campground would be called "Jeff Lee Park."
Coleman went to the Choctaws, who granted his group the 20 acres of land that would one day include Hook Eales Stadium, the Jeff Lee Pool and the George Nigh National Guard Armory. The group commemorated their new grounds by exhuming 12 Confederate soldiers buried elsewhere in McAlester and reburying the bodies at Jeff Lee Park.


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- Submit written appeal in person at the Security Communications Center in the Gabhart Student Center, listing your name, BUID number, and the number of the parking citation. The written appeal may also be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com, listing your name, BUID number, and the number of the parking citation.
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Gloucester Daily Times
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Last Wednesday, a public hearing was held at West Parish Elementary School in response to a petition which I circulated to install Gloucester police officers in each of Gloucester's public schools.
The petition, which was submitted to the School Committee on the night of the hearing, was signed by 343 Gloucester residents.
There have been many in Gloucester who have opposed not just my proposal, but the very idea that our school and city leaders should be challenged at all. It is troubling that Gloucester residents would oppose not just an opinion, but the right of someone to voice it publicly to those who have been elected to serve us. It is more troubling that some on the School Committee sought to avoid listening to those who elected them, because they disagreed with the proposal.
It's alarming that city officials violated state law by refusing to accept signatures on my petition, though, to date, they can not find any legal basis in our city charter to do so. When pressed for a legal answer, city counsel Suzanne Egan wrote in her memorandum, "the charter is silent with respect to electronic signatures." The silence of the charter, along with state and federal law allowing these signatures, means that the actions taken by the city clerk in seeking to block this petition lacked legal support.
Happily, many members of the School Committee did not allow the city clerk to stonewall the efforts of hundreds of Gloucester residents to speak publicly. The resulting conversation on Wednesday night was a fantastic model for respectful dialogue on a complex issue. While I submitted a specific proposal, I have maintained to all who have discussed this issue with me that securing schools should be a multi-faceted approach, and no option should be off the table.
Since my goal was to make our schools safer, I was heartened when I heard many who spoke in opposition to my proposal recognize that we could do a much better job as a community of strengthening the infrastructure of our buildings; of improving our mental health services; and installing intercoms and alarms to allow for better communication should there be a crisis.
In doing this, the majority of the speakers recognized that what we have in place is inadequate, and, while we can disagree on what action to take to remedy the deficiencies, there is little question that action must be taken.
We can have respectful disagreements about what the "best" is for our community. However, there should never be any effort made by local citizens or government officials to squelch honest debate or proposals about how to improve our community.
I'm gratified that those who sought to do that with regard to my proposal were unsuccessful. However, the fact that the effort was made shows an alarming lack of respect for the democratic process and differing opinions. Those in positions of power should be questioned on a regular basis about their decisions, especially as it affects our children. Respecting the work done by the school committee and superintendent does not mean that we all have to agree that the decisions they have made are correct.
I want to express my thanks to those city and school officials who reached out to discuss this topic productively with me personally, as well as those who supported having a public hearing so that all views can be expressed. I hope that our collective discussion and debate will bring us safer schools.
I also hope that those in our community who seek to squash honest debate will think twice before doing it again. After all, in America, "Congress shall make no law …abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
This is the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and our most sacred right as Americans.


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GORDIE LITTLE, Small Talk
---- — "The rain in Spain falls mostly on the …" You know the rest.
Having been involved with music since childhood, I have tunes running through my head while awake and asleep. Every circumstance seems to hit the "play" button.
As I sat on our enclosed deck along our beloved Saranac River and began conjuring up a topic for this column, the gray matter coalesced. My brain repeated the musical phrase "You and me and rain on the roof." It was as if the drops were falling in time with the tune.
To some, metal roofs are noisy. To me, they are magical. The pitter patter and the splish splash are almost like having a drummer on call. John Sebastian and the Lovin' Spoonful released "Rain on the Roof" in 1966 and, even after 46 years, it still makes me smile.
As I correspond with friends far and near, I find myself using song lyrics often to help describe how I feel. "Rhythm of the Rain" by the Cascades is another one I mentioned recently, and the recipient responded with the exact year it came out (1962) along with a memory it produced.
Just as I typed the song title on my laptop, I glanced up in time to see three beautiful young deer emerge from the brush across the river and pose for me, as if on cue. They nibbled leaves, raised their heads to sniff the air from time to time and continued along the riverbank. I whispered, "Thank you, God," and at that moment, a fawn emerged from the thicket, moved along to catch up with the others. Could it get any better than this? I strained my eyes to see them through the lush spring greenery until I spied the last swish of their lovely white tails, and they were gone.
I love to read, but the best book is written by nature every minute of every day along the Saranac River in Morrisonville. There are myriad plot changes and surprise endings. The cast of characters is better than a holiday parade. On the ground and in the air, stage right and stage left, the curtain rises with the sun and gives us entertainment pleasure in every season.
I don't know what the plan might be for the rest of my life, but I'm grateful for the contentment I feel at this moment. There's a beautiful male cardinal at the feeder less than 6 feet away. The hummingbirds are battling like tiny dive bombers to get to Kaye's special nectar, and the words for this week's column just keep tumbling out of somewhere.
I won't go through the entire list of rain songs I can recall. I'll leave that to you as you reflect over your morning coffee. And, by the way, I read last week that the latest research indicates a longer life for those who consume my favorite drink. The more the merrier, they say. That's good news for me. In almost 36 years on the radio, I drank an average of 30 cups a day. Now, it's only 10 or 12, but I still love it. No cream or sugar, please.
Les Bradford was the last pilot to fly a B-52 bomber out of the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base. He was also kind enough to draw the charming illustrations for my latest children's book. Kaye and I dropped in on them recently at their camp on the south side of Cumberland Head. It's called "UPTA," as in upta camp. They served Sanka, and I hadn't seen any in years. It was probably the first decaffeinated coffee ever to be sold here in the United States more than 100 years ago and is still going strong. We sipped as we watched a loon swim on Lake Champlain.
"Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day." I was just going to type the next line to that old nursery rhyme when I looked up and the rain stopped. The next line is "Little Arthur wants to play."
Have a great day and please, drive carefully.
Gordie Little was for many years a well-known radio personality in the North Country and now hosts the "Our Little Corner" television program for Home Town Cable. Anyone with comments for him may send them to the newspaper or email him at email@example.com.


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Cant tax the church...that whole nasty seperation church and state that some people love to cite but doesn't actually exist.....see how the double edged sword works?
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
Texas lawmaker found the solution. Equip the teachers with ping-pongs instead of guns.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/t...-politics.htmlIncoming Texas State Rep. Kyle Kacal says guns dont kill peopleping pong kills people.
"I've heard of people being killed playing ping-pongping-pongs are more dangerous than guns," he says. "Flat-screen TVs are injuring more kids today than anything."
Hold back on the flat-screen televisions until a big crisis.
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By Gene Kershner
With Super Saturday upon us at Belmont Park this weekend and some key races at Santa Anita, including the Norfolk and the Goodwood Stakes, many divisional championship scenarios are soon to be uncovered. Of course, the Breeders' Cup World Championships ultimately will have a big determination on who will surface as the champions in each of the key categories to be awarded next January at the annual Eclipse Awards.
So what are some of the questions going into this weekend a month out from the Breeders' Cup World Championships?
1. Will Stay Thirsty surface as the leader in the clubhouse of the 3-year old colt division with a win in the Jockey Club Gold Cup? The winner of back to back stakes during the Saratoga meeting after finishing a game second in the Belmont Stakes, Stay Thirsty is poised to seize the 3-year old division with a victory. With Derby champion Animal Kingdom shelved since the Belmont and no other colt winning more than one key race, a third consecutive victory could seal the deal for Mike Repole's colt.
2. Can Royal Delta defeat Havre de Grace in the Beldame and corral the 3-year old filly division? After capturing the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan and the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes, Bill Mott's filly has control over the 3-year old filly division, but faces a tough test in Horse of the Year contender Havre de Grace on Saturday. She will most likely go on to the Ladies' Classic from here. Interesting Mott chose this spot over the $750,000 Cotillion Stakes at Parx where Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty and Acorn/CCAO winner It's Tricky are headed this weekend.
3. Is Havre de Grace's next step to go on to the Classic if she wins this weekend's Beldame? After defeating males in the Grade 1 Woodward at Saratoga, she returns to face fillies and mares this weekend, but has bigger things on the horizon should she continue her winning ways. She became only the second female to win the Woodward in its storied history.
4. Will Drill dominate the Norfolk Stakes and move into the favorite role in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile? Drill tries the dirt for the first time in his rematch with Creative Cause. He looks to be the real deal and a horse to be dealt with in the Juvenile.
5. Is Acclamation a threat to capture the Breeders' Cup Classic? A horse not well known on the East Coast, he has had great success over the current year. He goes in this weekend's Goodwood and has already qualified for the Classic with his win in the Pacific Classic last month at Del Mar. He's only run on dirt in two of his 27 career races, so his effort over the Santa Anita strip will be a key to watch. Coil and Game On Dude will try and unseat him as the west coast threat in the Classic.
6. Will Uncle Mo move forward in the Kelso off the King's Bishop? Mike Repole has stated that he is taking Mo to the Classic and not the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. He and trainer Todd Pletcher have chosen the one-turn Kelso mile at Belmont over the Jockey Club Gold Cup as his prep for the Classic. He is working lights out, but the classic distance could be his ultimate downfall. Repole will take the chance though, and I'm looking forward to Mo running big this weekend.
It should be an exciting weekend of racing on both coasts, so stay tuned as the divisional leaders emerge.
Gene Kershner is a Buffalo-based turf writer and handicapper who blogs at equispace.blogspot.com and tweets @EquiSpace.