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Since the age of six, Anne "Khoobiar" Heap has had a love for baking that was first inspired by her mother. Now, more than twenty years later, Anne is a pastry chef and the founder of Pink Cake Box.
A graduate of Boston College, Anne began her career in Advertising in 2001. Her love for the kitchen continued, and she often treated her colleagues to freshly baked cookies, cupcakes and cakes. She joked that one day she'd own her own cookie shop.
In August 2004, Anne began selling her pastries to a local gourmet specialty shop in town. Soon her love for baking led her to leave her job in Advertising to pursue her dream.
Anne studied Pastry Arts at the French Culinary Institute in New York City, completed an apprenticeship with Ron Ben-Israel Cakes in New York City and then became the head pastry chef at Il Capriccio in Whippany, NJ.
In 2005, Anne officially founded Pink Cake Box, working out of a restaurant kitchen. Less than two years later, her success led to the opening of a store front in Denville, NJ. Since then, Pink Cake Box has grown from a two person operation to a ten person operation staffed with several talented cake decorators and bakers.
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UNI School of Music always loves to hear from alumni and friends. Have you been performing, educating, traveling, composing, conducting or otherwise involved in your community since graduating? Contact
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Alumni News 2012
'48 Rosie Irene (Maiden) Bolstad, BA, has composed numerous original works in 2011-2012, and is continuing work on her recording projects including, "Rosie Irene's Best Yet" and two other projects.
'50 Patricia (De Koster) Echelberger, BA, and spouse, Kenneth, celebrated their 50th Anniversary by taking their whole family on a 10-day Hawaiian Islands cruise. Patricia remains active in retirement and is in her 43rd year as a Girl Scout leader. She remains active in her church and with teenage granddaughters, and taught swimming for 26 years. Her love of travel has taken her to 48 states and Scotland, Netherlands, Canada, Mexico, and Belgium.
'50 Ted Herbst, BA, Germantown, WI, is retired and loving life.
'51 Milt Mikesh, BA, MA '55, Waterloo, IA, a WWII veteran and retired professional musician and school band director, was inducted into the UNI School of Music Jazz Hall of Fame in April 2012. He is currently a member of the UNI New Horizons Band and conducts the Northeast Iowa Community Band.
'52 Elly (Stettler) Leslie, BA, San Diego, CA, was inducted into the UNI School of Music Jazz Hall of Fame in April 2011. Additionally, she published a memoir "Now Let's Go Sin."
'53 Ray Holtz, BA, MA '60, Ashland, OR, is performing in two concert bands: a German band as euphonist, and a 17 piece big band jazz ensemble he formed as director and lead trumpet player.
'60 Janice (Gideon) Cuffel, BA, Marion, IA, retired from teaching piano and organ in her private studio, and as organist for churches in the Cedar Rapids area, most recently organist & Coordinator of Music Ministries at Cedar Rapids First Presbyterian Church. She was an accompanist in the area, including 2 years at Kirkwood Community College, and occasional keyboardist with the CR Symphony Orchestra. She is married to Jerry G. Cuffel, BA '60, MA '69, retired Industrial Tech teacher at CR Kennedy High School.
'60 Connie Speake, BA, Chicago, IL, Professor Emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University, retired in December 2005 after teaching 45 years. She then went to Armenia for 3 ½ years as a Peace Corps volunteer. She participated in a Road Scholar elderhostel program studying Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Waters in April 2012. She enjoys playing piano and gardening.
'64 Elizabeth (Wade) Carlin, BA, Ogden, UT, retired from teaching in May 2011.
'68 Sheri Greenawald, BA, San Francisco, CA, is director of the Opera Center at the San Francisco Opera. She celebrated 10 years at the San Francisco Opera in May 2012. Sheri traveled to Beijing, China in August 2012 to participate in "I Sing Beijing" as a guest master artist.
'68 Connie (Worl) Venti, BA, Aguanga, CA, continues to operate two private voice and piano studios in southern Riverside County, CA, with about 40 children, teen, and adult students. She is active in the Temecula Valley Music Teachers' Assoc. of CA (MTAC) and is a state adjudicator for MTAC's Certificate of Merit program. She and spouse Arnold have a 4yr old granddaughter.
'73 James Linahon, BA, served as Chief Sound Engineer on a recording project for the Taipei Jazz Orchestra in Taiwan.
'75 John Harbaugh, BA, Ellensburg, WA, Associate Professor at Central Washington University, released a solo trumpet CD "New Vistas", accompanied by spouse Teresa (Thompson) Harbaugh, BM '76. He was trumpet soloist at Seattle Symphony's Benaroya Hall for Hovhaness' 100th Birthday Concert, has performed in pit orchestras for touring Broadway shows "9 to 5", "South Pacific", "Color Purple", and "High School Musical", and his CWU trumpet ensemble performed at the 2011 International Trumpet Guild Convention.
'75 Jeffrey Tower, BA, Hemet, CA, was inducted into the California Jazz Hall of Fame. He is the youngest member to earn this honor.
'76 Julee Nagel, BM, Tucson, AZ, recently retired as senior business manager after 27 years at the University of Arizona.
'78 Brian Usher, BA, Colorado Springs, CO, retired June 2011 after teaching and performing for 33 years in Colorado Springs area schools, last at Jenkins Middle School, where the jazz band was, in 2007, the only CO band to pass the audition process and performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. Many former students are now band directors or professional performers.
'80 Patricia (Cahoy) Cunningham, BM, Auburn, NH, was named Merrimack High School's 2011 Teacher of the Year, and was clarinet soloist with the New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra in April 2012. In 2010 she presented "Hands on Clarinet" at the New England Band Directors Institute.
'83 Douglas Huey, BM, leads the Doug Huey Jazz Project and is a featured soloist with the Jazz Coalition Big Band and the Northern Iowa Jazz Sextet. Huey performed in 8 concerts with the Jazz Coalition Big Band from December through May and is currently teaching at the Learning Center in Mason City, IA.
'84 Mark Moore, BA, Burlington, IA, collaborated with Mark Matthews, of Australia, on a 2012 Grammy submission of a Lutheran Hymns album. He attended an Interlochen Alumni reunion with his Jazz Quintet, was involved in the Burlington and Fort Madison Art Guilds' events, a Bart Howard Room performance, and, with Burlington "Friends of the Depot", repainted the #3003 Steam Engine. He is owner of Mark Moore Productions in Burlington.
'88 Mark Walters, BA, was featured in a live broadcast of a new Finnish opera "Rockland" aired July 2011. Walters was also named the Olson Artist for the 2011-12 season with Florida Grand Opera. This honor is given to one outstanding American artist each season and coincided with Walters' performances in the title role of Rigoletto with FGO in January-February 2012.
'89 Anne (Jackson) Jaeckel, MM, Corydon, IA, currently serves as Band and Choir Director at Wayne Community Schools. She is married to Eric Jaeckel, MA '87.
'89 Eileen (Meyer) Russell, MM, has been teaching full-time at the university level ever since her graduation from UNI in 1989. Eileen's teaching positions included time at Vincennes University, Austin Peay State University, Del Mar College and Texas A&M. Russell currently serves as associate professor of low brass and theory at Southwestern University. She recently released an album with fellow UNI graduate Delaine Fedson as the duo Unique Conversations.
'91 Ann Osborne Gribbins, BM, currently serves as the Iowa All-State Orchestra Chair. Gribbins also serves as Orchestra Director at Irving Elementary, Whittier Elementary, Indianola Middle School and Indianola High School.
'93 Mark Overton, BS, and Elke (Hollingworth) Overton, BM '93, Saint Louis, MO, are owners of Saxquest Vintage Saxophone Shop, voted best music store in 2008, along with a Sax Museum, voted best museum in 2011, by the Saint Louis Riverfront Times.
'93 Kariann (Sullivan) Voigts, BME, appeared as guest artist with the Wavery-Shell Rock Symphonic Band. After graduating UNI, Voigts earned her master's degree from Indiana University and performed with the United States Air Force Band of the Rockies in Colorado Springs, CO. Voigts was a founding member of the Solar Winds Clarinet Quartet.
'95 Daniel Mahraun, MM, MM '96, Saint Paul, MN, is in his 2nd season as member of "The Rose Ensemble" in the St. Paul, MN area. He also serves as section leader in the Minnesota Chorale and maintains a private voice studio.
'96 Sha Appenzeller, BM, El Mirage, AZ, is a baritone in his 3rd season with the Grammy Award winning Phoenix Chorale. In February 2012, the chorale released the recording "Northern Lights: Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo," which includes five premiere recordings and three commissioned by or for the Phoenix Chorale, and has reached #4 on the Billboard Traditional Classical chart. Sha has previously sung with Opera Colorado, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Colorado Springs Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, San Antonio Opera, and the San Antonio Symphony.
'96 Jeff Smith, BM, is a Resident Artist of the American Lyric Theater Composer Librettist Development Program where he is writing a one-act opera with librettist Magda Bogin called "The Silence in the House". Other current projects include a musical, "Lightning Man", which received a developmental production at Tisch School of the Arts and was presented as part of the ANT Fest 2011 at Ars Nova. Jeffrey is also working on a duo percussion piece to be performed in a series of concerts in Iowa and Hungary in 2013.
'97 Eric Allen, MM, wrote and published a book titled "Success in All Keys". The book recently received positive reviews in The Horn Call (International Horn Society) and The International Trumpet Guild Journal.
'99 Kathleen (Sander) Basi, MM, Columbia, MO, published sacred musical works with World Library Publications and GIA Publications, and is currently writing books and articles for magazine markets. She and spouse Christian welcomed their 4th child in Dec 2011.
'99 Bryan Van Gelder, BM, Tucson, AZ, is director of music for Rincon United Church of Christ. He is a member and frequent soloist in the Tucson Chamber Artists (TCA), who recently premiered a TCA commissioned work by Stephen Paulus for the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Bryan, a stay at home parent, lives with wife Natalee (Kluis) Van Gelder, BA '99, MA '01, a special education teacher at Rincon High School, and sons Caden (6) and Keeran (5).
'00 Benjamin Fox, BM, MM, '08 has recently moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he is the director of high school bands at the American School of Dubai. He previously taught in Lima, Peru at the American School of Lima from 2008-2011 as director of middle school music. Fox previously worked in Dubai from 2001-2006 starting the secondary music band program at Dubai American Academy.
'00 Nicki (Hagen) Inman, BA, Eads, TN, graduated in June from Leadership Memphis, a prestigious program which has been shaping community leaders in the Memphis area since 1976.
'00 Amanda Schroder, BA, Minneapolis, MN, currently serves as the Events and Individual Gifts Manager at MacPhail Center for Music.
'01 Suzanne Hendrix, BM, MM '06, Charles City, IA, was named one of six winners of $10,000 awards at the 41st annual George London Foundation Awards Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers February 2012 in New York, NY, and sang the role of Azucena in the Wichita, KS Grand Opera performance of Il Trovatore that same month. She returned to the Santa Fe Opera as an apprentice artist, singing the role of the fortune teller in Arabella in summer 2012. She teaches voice at Avila University in Kansas City.
'01 Eric Miller, BM, Cornwall, NY, concert band trumpet section leader in his 10th year with the West Point Band, has been afforded a myriad of opportunities to perform, including with NY Philharmonic on numerous occasions (3 concerts in July 2011), at Yankee Stadium (including 2003 World Series, first game in new stadium, and 2011 ALDS). As a chamber musician, he has traveled extensively with the West Point Brass (quintet), and serves as Publicity Division Chief of the West Point Band. He is married to Trina (Modlin) Miller, BA '01.
'02 Kyle Albertson, BM, Houston, TX, sang in the finals of the 41st annual George London Foundations Awards Competition in New York, NY, for promising American and Canadian opera singers held Feb 13-17, 2012. He is currently in the studio of Dr. Steven King, and his upcoming engagements include covering Bretigny in Manon at the Metropolitan Opera.
'02 Tony Butterworth, BM, Monticello, IA, is in his 4th yr as 7-12 band director at Western Dubuque Jr/Sr High in Cascade, and working on his masters degree. He and wife Kara (Breitbach) Butterworth, BA '03, are the parents of 6 and 3 year old daughters and a son born June 2011.
'02 Austin Kness, BA, was featured in the role of Brühlmann in the San Francisco Opera's fall 2011 production of Massenet's "Werther".
'03 Allison (Hasselbrink) Griesel, BM, Peoria, AZ, is teaching K-5 general music and show choir at Verrado Elementary School in Buckeye, AZ.
'05 Eliza Bangert, BM, Chicago, IL, plays flute in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, 3rd flute/piccolo with Southwest Michigan Symphony, freelances around the Chicago area, and also does orchestral library work for the Grant Park Symphony and AWR Music.
'06 Christian Anderson, BM, Chicago, IL, has performed with the Wisconsin Philharmonic and the Milwaukee Symphony, and taught at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in summer 2010. In fall 2010, Christian was offered a position as principal trumpet of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra. He often enjoys performing as sub with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
'06 Claudio Re, MA, Gambier, OH, earned a PhD in Music History and Literature at the University of Florida. In 2011-2012, he was visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, where he conducted their concert wind ensemble and taught music history.
'07 Sharra Wagner, MM, Kansas City, MO, is in her 3rd year of DMA program in clarinet performance at UMKC Conservatory of Music, and is married to Aaron McNally, BA '02. She is clarinet instructor at UMKC Community Music and Dance Academy.
'08 Stephen Fish, BM, Cedar Falls, IA, a grad student at UMKC Conservatory of Music, was the first singer to walk onstage on the Lyric Opera of Kansas City's opening night production of "Turandot" at the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City in October 2011. Fish, a bass baritone, was understudy to the lead, American opera legend Samuel Ramey.
'08 Evan Smith, BM, Seattle, WA, premiered two pieces at the World Saxophone Congress XVI, in St. Andrews, Scotland, in July, including one by UNI professor Jonathan Schwabe. Smith recently finished the first year of his DMA at the University of Washington, where he also teaches jazz history. He is playing in a number of different jazz and classical groups in the Seattle area, and will return to Iowa in the fall to perform a recital at UNI on October 25th.
'09 Renée Rapier, BM, MM '11, made her professional opera debut with the Los Angeles Opera singing the role of Stephano in Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet". Rapier was previously a participant in the LA Opera Young Artist Program and the Merola Opera Program. She also appeared at the Boston Early Music Festival with La Donna Musicale, and recently began an Adler fellowship with the San Francisco Opera.
'09 Jeffrey Waldschmitt, BA, Ankeny, IA, was appointed as staffing manager in the ticket office at the Des Moines Civic Center in November 2011.
'09 Daniel White, BM, Bettendorf, IA, will be associate conductor for the 8 month national tour of "Shrek: The Musical" with NETworks Presentations, one of the biggest touring companies in the country.
'10 Cory McBride, BM, is a music educator with the East Buchanan School District in Winthrop, IA. In summer 2011, Cory's music program was awarded the $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Campaign award. The funds are being directed toward replacing instruments in the band program. A video detailing the award and Cory's band program at East Buchanan can be seen at youtu.be/v1H3RhLTHi0
'10 Bobby Williams, BM, Bettendorf, IA, is director of two vocal jazz ensembles and two concert ensembles at Pleasant Valley High School. "Jazz Etc..." performed at Best of Iowa Jazz Championships, and along with "Treble Makers" and Concert Choir, received Division I ratings at State contests. He teaches private voice and sings in the Quad City Choral Arts Ensemble.
'11 Hannah Leffler, MM, Waterloo, IA, performed a flute recital in February 2011. She serves on the flute faculty at the Northeast Iowa School of Music and manages a private studio in the Waterloo area. She performs with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and is a principal substitute flutist for the Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra and the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra. She has won the James E. Saied Silver Medal at the Crescendo Music awards and the Theodore Presser Award for excellence in music.
'09 Michele (Gilson) Jacobson, BM, married Riley Jacobson in August 2011.
'01 Shaun Boyle, BA, and Marybeth Boyle, Altoona, IA, son Joshua Daniel Boyle born July 16, 2011.
'03 Allison (Hasselbrink) Griesel, BM, and Andrew Griesel, Peoria, AZ, daughter Brinkley born February 12, 2010, and daughter Blaire born May 8, 2012.
'08 Jason Shadrick, MM, and Cindy (Schlei) Shadrick, MM '08, Cedar Rapids, IA, daughter Layla Kay Shadrick born November 11, 2011, joins big brother Parker.
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Learn more about our 2013/2014 Ensemble Studio members.
Regina, Saskatchewan native Gordon Bintner, who won first prize and the People's Choice Award at the Second Annual COC Ensemble Studio Competition, makes his COC debut as the Customs Officer in La Bohème. Recent performances include Escamillo in Carmen (Saskatoon Opera), Nardo in Mozart's La finta giardiniera (San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program) and Lescaut in Manon (Opéra de Montréal). Other credits include the title roles in Le nozze di Figaro (Opera NUOVA) and Don Giovanni (Opera McGill); Colline in La Bohème (Angers Nantes Opéra); and, as the OSM Standard Life Competition's grand prize winner, made his Montreal Symphony Orchestra debut. This season with the COC, Mr. Bintner also sings Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte (Ensemble Studio performance).
Last updated: July 18, 2013
Originally from Woodstock, Ontario, Charlotte Burrage is a new Ensemble Studio member. She holds a master of music in voice performance from the University of Toronto and graduated from the opera diploma program at University of British Columbia (UBC). Credits include Stabat Mater with both Kevin Mallon in Italy and Christopher Verrette in Toronto; Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Vancouver Opera in Schools; Dorabella in Così fan tutte with Banff Centre's Opera as Theatre and Jeunesses Musicales; and, the title role in Massenet's Cendrillon with UBC. Ms Burrage performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under conductor Bramwell Tovey. This season she performs Dorabella in the Ensemble Studio performance of Così fan tutte and the Messiah with London Symphony Orchestra.
Montreal native Sasha Djihanian is a returning Ensemble Studio member. Winner of the first annual COC Ensemble Studio Competition, she recently appeared as Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor and stepped in as Annio in a COC mainstage performance of La clemenza di Tito as well as the Ensemble performance. A graduate of the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, she was a national finalist in the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and represented Canada at the 2011 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Her credits include Micaëla in Carmen at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Italy and at Castleton Festival, with Lorin Maazel conducting. This season with the COC, Ms Djihanian appears as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (Ensemble) and Pedro in Don Quichotte.
Sasha Djihanian on Parlando
Sasha Djihanian & the Ensemble Studio performance of La clemenza di Tito - January 30, 2013
Calgary native Aviva Fortunata is a new Ensemble Studio member. Notable credits include Desdemona in Otello and the Lady with a Cake Box in Postcard from Morocco with San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Concert Opera Group, Centre for Opera Studies in Italy and the University of Toronto; Poulenc's Gloria with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms Fortunata was the 2012 Norcop Prize in Song Recital winner and was awarded a judges' commendation in the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition (Opera Theater of Pittsburgh). This season with the COC, she sings Fiordiligi in the Ensemble Studio performance of Così fan tutte.
Mississauga native Clarence Frazer, a new COC Ensemble Studio member, makes his COC debut as the Customs House Sergeant in La Bohème. With Calgary Opera's Emerging Artist Program, he appeared as Re di Scozia in Ariodante, Count Gil in Il segreto di Susanna and Ramiro in L'heure espagnole. Other credits include Publio in La clemenza di Tito (Centre for Opera Studies, Italy); Dottore Grenvil in La Traviata, Ford in Falstaff , Pinellino in Gianni Schicchi, Daggoo in Moby-Dick and Alcindoro in La Bohème (Calgary Opera); and, Escamillo in Carmen (Highlands Opera Studio). Mr. Frazer won the inaugural Lois Marshall Voice Competition and was a finalist in Palm Beach Opera's International Voice Competition. This season with the COC, he also performs Guglielmo in Così fan tutte (Ensemble Studio performance).
Originally from London, Ontario, Andrew Haji is a new member of the COC Ensemble Studio. He holds a master of music in opera from the University of Toronto. Mr. Haji's UofT credits include Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Cecco in Haydn's Il mondo della luna, Vanderdendur/Ragotski in Candide, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Lacouf/Reporter from Paris in Poulenc's Les mamelles de Tirésias, the title role in Rob Ford: The Opera and Ferrando in Così fan tutte. Other roles include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with the Music Academy of the West and Accademia Europea dell'Opera; and, Nemorino and Don Ottavio with the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy. This season with the COC, he sings Ferrando in the Ensemble Studio performance of Così fan tutte and Rodriguez in Don Quichotte.
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Catching up with Ensemble Studio Member Andrew Haji - July 19, 2013
Toronto native Danielle MacMillan, a new Ensemble Studio member, makes her COC debut this season as Niece 2 in Peter Grimes. She holds a bachelor of fine arts, with honours, in classical vocal performance from York University, with additional training at the International Vocal Arts Institute in Montreal, Istituzione Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto in Italy and the Glenn Gould School (GGS). Her credits include Rose in Lakmé (Opera by Request); Diana in Cavalli's La Calisto, Véronique in Bizet's Le docteur Miracle and the Cabaret Singer in Weil's Mahagonny-Songspiel (GGS); and, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (York University). This season with the COC, Ms MacMillan also appears as Dorabella in Così fan tutte (Ensemble performance).
New Brunswick native Owen McCausland is a returning Ensemble Studio member. He recently appeared as the Second Nazarene in the COC's Salome. Other COC credits include stepping into the title role in La clemenza di Tito on the mainstage as well as the Ensemble performance and the Messenger in Il Trovatore. Other roles include Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi (Opera on the Avalon) and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Centre for Opera Studies in Italy). This season with the COC, Mr. McCausland appears as Parpignol in La Bohème, Reverend Horace Adams in Peter Grimes, the Servant in Un ballo in maschera, Ferrando in Così fan tutte (Ensemble Studio performance), Lord Cecil in Roberto Devereux and Juan in Don Quichotte.
Brandon, Manitoba native Cameron McPhail is a returning Ensemble Studio member. He recently appeared at the COC as the Officer in Dialogues des Carmélites. Other credits include Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress (Music Academy of the West); Ford in Falstaff and the title roles in Don Giovanni and Gianni Schicchi (UBC Opera); Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Marcello in La Bohème, Riccardo in I Puritani and George in Of Mice and Men (Yale Opera Studio); Mercutio in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette and Ford (Opera NUOVA); Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro (Opera on the Avalon); and, Schaunard (Highlands Opera Studio). This season with the COC, Mr. McPhail also appears as Schaunard in La Bohème and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte (Ensemble Studio performance).
Soprano Claire de Sévigné, a native of Montreal, is a returning Ensemble Studio member. Recent COC roles include Une Voix in Dialogues des Carmélites, the Slave in Salome, Servilia in La clemenza di Tito (Ensemble) and Ida in Die Fledermaus. Other credits include the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte (Music Academy of the West); the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Flaminia in Il mondo della luna, Cunegonde in Candide (University of Toronto); and, Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare (Thirteen Strings Orchestra). This season with the COC, Ms de Sévigné also appears as the First Niece in Peter Grimes and Despina in Così fan tutte (Ensemble Studio performance).
London, Ontario native Michael Shannon is a new member of the Ensemble Studio. He began his eclectic musical interests at age three studying piano, with further studies in violin, viola, and voice. Mr. Shannon played for numerous operas while studying voice at McGill University. He spent three summers at Opera NUOVA with Michael McMahon and at the Brevard Music Center with Patrick Hansen. While at Brevard, he was the musical director for the American musical revue Tintypes. Last season Mr. Shannon served as resident artist coach and répétiteur for Tosca and Sweeney Todd with Syracuse Opera and as mainstage répétiteur for Calgary Opera's La Traviata. This past summer, he participated in San Francisco's prestigious Merola Opera Program.
The COC Ensemble Studio, underwritten in part by Peter M. Deeb and The Slaight Family Foundation, is Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals and provides advanced instruction, hands-on experience, and career development opportunities. The Ensemble Studio is also supported by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, RBC Foundation, Hal Jackman Foundation and other generous donors.
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A landslide that came down Saturday morning in Maple Valley blocked a portion of the the Cedar River, causing some minor flooding.
The Kent Fire Department said the slide occurred in the 21300 block of 221st Ave SE.
Pieces of the hillside continued to slide down on Saturday afternoon. A few trees were hanging off the edge hundreds of feet above the Cedar River.
"Every time we hear these banks falling in we kind of wonder if we are going to have riverfront property," said Richard Sanders.
But on Saturday morning the water inched closer and closer to his home.
"My renter called me that lives on my property and said 'Hey did you know we're flooding?' I'm like what do you mean we're flooding,'" he said.
Not only did the landslide wipe away all the trees, all that debris clogged up the river, causing it to overflow.
Less than a mile down river the water level dropped.
"It pretty much looked like the parting of the red sea or something," said Mike Hollins.
Hollins said the water started creeping around the front of his friend's home, surrounding it.
"You could tell the river had already diverted itself already it was already rushing down the road like a complete river on the other side," he said.
Residents were lucky the river managed to push through the debris before the flooding reached their homes.
"It's kind of amazing that that whole hill somehow that water cut back through there, I don't know how it could have, but I'm glad it did," said Sanders.
The King County Sheriff ordered an emergency closure of the Cedar River due to the slide. The closure is effective until further notice and covers all river activities, including fishing, boating, floating and swimming.
The closure is from the Maple Valley Highway (SR 169) to the Maxwell Road at the Maple Valley Highway.
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As great as our country is, as great as the idea of our country is, at times we've done some very terrible things to our own citizens. Now and then, our government and elected leaders will ignore the Constitution and those first ten amendments and rule as if they have dictatorial powers. They'll use any crisis or emergency as an excuse to crack down on entire groups, or the entire population; we saw an example of this recently with The Patriot Act. The Patriot Act might be un-American and unconstitutional, but we've been a lot worse.
We're coming up on a pretty ugly anniversary. Only about two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, on Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. It gave our Military the authority to round up people of "Foreign Enemy Ancestry" (in World War Two, that was Japanese, Germans and Italians) and put them behind barbed wire in good old, red white and blue concentration camps. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 turned out to be an order for more than 100,000 Americans to a go directly to jail, there were no trials, there was no due process, there was no evidence of wrong doing, in fact, there was no wrong doing at all. Our government rounded people up based on their ancestry, ethnicity and race, and put them into prisons.
The people of Japanese ancestry bore the brunt of the policy. There was an element of racism to be sure, but it was also easier logistically to bully the Japanese. If the government wanted to lock up every German American or Italian American, half of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania would have had to be relocated.
Over 120,000 Japanese were corralled and interned (more than 62% of them were actually born here in the US) for the duration of World War Two, and about 20,000 German Americans and Italian Americans also found their way to the camps. Our Government gave the people a chance (a week or two) to sell their property and belongings (they could only bring what they could carry to the camps), but for the most part, these people lost their homes, jobs, and in a lot of cases, their businesses.
Because the young "Nisei" (Americans born to Japanese parents) were considered "4-C" or "enemy alien", they weren't subject to the draft, but many joined anyway, right from the camps. The 442nd Regiment was formed; it was mostly made up of Japanese American soldiers, they fought in Europe against the Germans.
The regiment is said to be the most highly decorated unit in the History of the US Army. Twenty-one members of the 442nd were awarded the Medal of Honor.
Because of Executive Order 9066, almost 150,000 people that did nothing wrong were denied their freedom. They were herded like cattle and sent to live as prisoners.
Imagine American soldiers knocking on your door, and giving you about a week to sell all of your property. Imagine an American soldier telling you that you and your family would all be moving to a camp, you'd be there indefinitely, and you can only take whatever you can carry. Would you be in a rush to join that same Army and help fight their battles?
We've allowed some terrible things to be done to Americans; we've allowed some huge mistakes. Slavery would be at the top of the list, but I think Executive Order 9066 is in second place, and as bad as it got at home in the 20th Century.
Only seventy years ago this month, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an Executive Order that went against everything our Constitution and our Country stands for. We judged and sentenced American individuals as a group, and treated them as if they were enemy prisoners of war.


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The Supreme Court and the GOP's Healthcare Hypocrisy
Current and former Republican candidates for president criticize a healthcare mandate despite its conservative roots.
There's always hypocrisy in Washington but past and present Republican presidential candidates have used the debate on healthcare to take it to heights unimaginable even in the nation's capital. This week the Supreme Court heard arguments on the Affordable Care Act and the GOP tried again to cripple Medicare, the federal health insurance program for seniors.
What do Rep. Michele Bachmann, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Sen. Rick Santorum, and Rep. Ron Paul have in common? They were or are candidates for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. They all oppose the Affordable Care Act, and they're all hypocrites. Michele Bachmann feels so strongly about the law that she has been present in the Supreme Court during the oral arguments this week. Rick Santorum is so hostile to the Affordable Care Act that he took time away from the campaign trail to appear on the steps of the Supreme Court building on the first day of arguments. But Bachmann still enjoys the benefits of the gold plated federal healthcare insurance for members of Congress. Rick Santorum enjoyed the same government health benefits when he was a senator.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the 2012 GOP hopefuls.]
All of them say they oppose the Affordable Care Act because they claim it is "government run healthcare." But don't panic, because they're wrong. Since President Obama decided not to fight for a single payer plan or even for the public option, healthcare is still in the deadly clutches of the insurance companies.
Even if the Republicans candidates were right, they have some nerve even making the argument. While they all criticize government run healthcare and Medicare, as members of Congress they took full advantage of the gold plated healthcare insurance provided by the United States government. What the Republicans are really saying is that government run healthcare is fine for them but too good for working families. Since Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul are still members of Congress, they could easily refuse their government run healthcare insurance and go into the private market like everybody else. But don't hold your breath waiting for them to opt out. Bachmann and Paul are still on the government dole, and so are all the others members of Congress who opposed the Affordable Care Act. Hypocrites all.
[See a collection of political cartoons on healthcare.]
Then there's former governor and former liberal Mitt Romney who also has been very critical of the mandate in the new federal health insurance law. But the healthcare reform bill that he signed into law in Massachusetts has the same government mandate for everyone to have health insurance that is in the Affordable Care Act. After the reform bill became law in the Bay State, Romney said it was a model for the rest of the nation. Well he was right. Romneycare became Obamacare.
It's not really surprising that Romney supported the insurance mandate in Massachusetts. The mandate was originally a Republican idea. Even Newt Gingrich supported the mandate in the 1990s. Republicans felt that people who didn't buy health insurance were freeloaders. When people who don't have health insurance are hurt or get sick, they go to emergency rooms and hospitals bill the taxpayers for the cost of treatment. The idea is that uninsured people should take financial responsibility for their own actions. That sounds pretty conservative to me, but it's still a good idea.
[Read the U.S. News debate: Should the Supreme Court Overturn Obama's Healthcare Law?]
So why do politicians like Romney and Gingrich oppose the mandate after they supported it. They thought it was a great idea when conservative think tanks developed it, but once a Democratic president used their idea in his bill, it became radioactive.
Rick Santorum is right about one thing. Mitt Romney will have a lot of trouble trying to explain why his mandate was such a good idea and why the president's mandate is such a bad idea.


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Saturday, February 22, 2003The Valparaiso men's tennis team dropped a non-conference match at Northern Illinois 7-0 on Saturday afternoon in Rockford, Ill.
The Huskies began the contest by sweeping the doubles point. Ben Dunham-Freer (Fort Thomas, Ky./Highlands H.S.) and Jeff Vrabel (Allen Park, Mich./St. Francis Cabrini H.S.) battled at the top spot, before falling 8-6. Chris Widmeyer (Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller H.S.) and Nathan Gordon (Plymouth, Ind./Plymouth H.S.) teamed at second doubles, while Tyler Neemann (Manassas, Va./Stonewall Jackson H.S.) and Mike Menghini (Iron Mountain, Mich./Iron Mountain H.S.) played third doubles for the Brown and Gold. Both duos dropped their matches 8-4.
In singles action Northern Illinois (5-3) won all six matches in straight sets. Dunham-Freer dropped a 6-3, 6-3 contest at the top slot, while Vrabel fell 6-4, 6-4 at second singles. Neemann was blanked 6-0, 6-0 while Widmeyer lost a 6-4, 7-5 match at fourth singles. Gordon was defeated 6-2, 6-1 at fifth singles, while Jay Adams (Detroit, Mich./Andover H.S.) lost the sixth singles match 6-4, 6-1.
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By Mark Scheer
Niagara Gazette
Niagara Gazette — A traffic stop involving two men driving a car with Massachusetts license plates touched off a scare Friday morning in the neighborhood surrounding the City Market in Niagara Falls.
After a lengthy investigation involving city police, the New York State Bomb Disposal Unit, the FBI and several other agencies, law enforcement officials pronounced the area all clear early Friday afternoon.
The incident began around 8:30 a.m. when an Air National Guard member driving on the I-190 took notice of the black Nissan and thought the car's occupants looked suspicious. Police said the guardsman called 911 to alert authorities as he followed the vehicle on its way to the Falls.
City patrol officers eventually pulled the car over on Elmwood Avenue, between 18th and 19th streets behind the City Market.
Niagara Falls Police Superintendent Bryan DalPorto said the officers spotted what they considered to be "suspicious-looking" packages in the vehicle during the traffic stop. The two occupants of the vehicle were immediately taken in to custody for questioning and the New York State Police Bomb Squad was called to the scene.
By 9 a.m., the block of Elmwood Avenue was closed off as an investigation began.
State Police used their bomb-detecting robotic device to examine the car. It removed several packages for further inspection.
"We couldn't see what was inside," DalPorto said during a press conference at around 1 p.m. following the close of the investigation. "Through the officers' observations, they felt they were suspicious."
DalPorto and State Police Capt. Craig Hanesworth said the packages contained nothing potentially harmful, only papers and other personal items.
"With recent events, we erred on the side of caution," DalPorto said, referring to the heightened awareness surrounding a pair of bombings earlier this week at the site of the Boston Marathon. "Safety is our No. 1 priority, to the citizens and the officers that responded."
DalPorto said the two men, whom he described as being in their early 20s, told police they were traveling up to the Falls to take in the sights and visit some friends in the area. He said the vehicle was owned by the driver's father, a Massachusetts resident who had to be contacted by police for permission to search the vehicle.
The driver is being charged with failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to use a turn signal. Both men were released by police, their belongings were returned and they were allowed to drive away from the scene in the Nissan.
Some early media reports suggested the two men detained by police were Russian nationals. In briefings with reporters throughout the day, DalPorto insisted the individuals were not Russian. He declined to comment on the specific citizenship of either individual.
"Both parties and the father were cooperative through the whole event," DalPorto said.
The events of the day drew dozens of onlookers to the intersection of 19th Street and Elmwood Avenue. The block where the vehicle was initially stopped by police was closed off to pedestrians and traffic throughout the day while the bomb squad conducted its investigation. Residents living on the block were told by police to remain inside their homes. On two occasions Friday morning, officers asked bystanders to move away from the intersection as a precaution. In the second warning, police demanded onlookers move over another block away from the scene to 20th Street.
State Police Capt. Craig Hanesworth said the strong response from authorities was appropriate and necessary under the circumstances.
"Any time you're involved in a situation like this, you have an abundance of caution," he said.
DalPorto agreed and praised the actions of the man who called police about the car. He also encouraged all residents to be on alert for suspicious activity, saying they should not hesitate to report unusual individuals or activities whenever they feel it is warranted.
"The Air National Guard member did exactly what he was supposed to do," DalPorto said. "His instincts were right on."


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— By CHRISTIN COYNE
Weatherford Regional Medical Center's new CEO, David Orcutt, introduced himself to the Parker County Hospital District board of directors Thursday afternoon and updated them on various projects the hospital is pursuing.
Orcutt, the CEO of Community Health System's Granbury hospital, who began in Weatherford last month, said they have many projects in the works.
One of those projects is renovating portions of the hospital.
"We're in the middle of deciding what we're going to do with that second and third floor," Orcutt said, adding that they have engaged an architectural firm out of Arlington.
"The walk-through we had done with them, they pretty much advised us that we're going to be wiping those floors clean," Orcutt said. "Sometimes they'll like to reuse walls and keep the plumbing where it was, but just the size of the rooms and the layouts ... we just need to wipe it clean. Have a nice clean floor, outside walls and redesign from there."
"We're deciding what to do with those," Orcutt said. "We're considering really any kind of acute inpatient service."
They are looking at the need in the county for services, according to Orcutt.
"Some of these units we're maxing out once in a while," Orcutt said. "During the winter this year, we actually had to use a couple of the old rooms. We used them as privates and we'd renovated them before we got into them. We know we're going to need a little more medical-surgical going on. We're trying to look forward five years and see what we need as far as critical care ... or other [services]."
Another project is going a little faster, according to Orcutt.
They've engaged a local interior designer to redo the women's services area of the hospital, addressing everything from the waiting area, patient rooms and bathrooms to the operating room if necessary.
They will also be re-equipping that department, Orcutt said. "Unless something was bought in the last year or two, it will all be tossed out."
"Another neat project that we're doing is we've been working for a couple months on a new medical office building over in the Park Cities complex where the ambulatory surgery center is," Orcutt said. "That will be about 8,000-square-foot, and we've finished the floor plan design on that."
They hope to break ground within about three months, according to Orcutt, who said they should see the center open in about a year.
"Most likely, it will be specialists [doctors] using that building," Orcutt said.
Recruiting for neurology, endocrinology, primary care and urology hires are going well, according to Orcutt.
They've also nearly finished an employee survey, Orcutt said.
"Our overall satisfaction rate is coming back pretty good," Orcutt said, adding that they've also gotten a lot of comments and data to help consider what they can change.
The hospital's cardiac services have recently taken a step forward, Orcutt said.
On Feb. 18, Dr. Dennis Doan and Dr. G.R. Reddy and the team in the cath lab at the hospital moved from doing diagnostic work to interventional services, such as putting a stent in, Orcutt said.
"That has really opened up the doctors' ability to do more patients at the hospital," Orcutt said, adding that they don't have to send as many patients to Fort Worth for things such as stents."The next step would be for us to start a STEMI call team that come here in the middle of the night and we'll have a doctor there, a team there behind it to meet our 90-minute [required] times," Orcutt said.
That was a big internal step, Orcutt said, adding that they will next start talking with EMS regarding STEMIs in a big community promotion of what the hospital's capabilities are in dealing with heart attacks.


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By Jessica Bruha
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — Norman firefighters gave chest compressions and breathed air into the "lungs" of a furry CPR dummy on Friday as they received new training to deal with animals while responding to calls.
Firefighters and several other first responders in the area took advantage of the Basic Animal Rescue Training (BART) course at the Norman Fire Department Training center on Friday. BART is a non-profit organization that helps train first responders be better prepared to handle animals if they are present when responding to calls.
"Whenever we take medical patients and they've got dogs left in their apartment, they want them crated up. Sometimes it's difficult because the dog is scared and they don't know what you're doing to their owner. They don't know why you're there so it's hard to get them contained," said Norman firefighter Justin Paterson.
There were three stations set up for the training session including a handling and restraining station, a resuscitation station and a station to help first responders learn how to check the heart rate and breathing of animals.
The first responders who attended the training are provided with a kit for their station to use which includes restraining tools and medical kits to treat animals.
"The hardest part is that we don't know that until we're there and if we don't have that kit with us — I mean it's still helpful to kind of be mindful of how to approach the animal and maybe use stuff around us like blankets, or like she (one of the trainers) said, pillow cases" Paterson said.
Different techniques and tools were shown during the training for cats and dogs. Some items, like a mesh bag typically used for cats, could also be used for other household pets like rabbits, guinea pigs or reptiles, said BART trainer Ellorie Liljequisti.
There were even manual techniques for handling animals, including grabbing a cat by the scruff, which doesn't hurt them, Liljequisti said, as well as holding on to a dog's legs and placing your forearm on their neck.
"Our main focus is handling and restraint and keeping firefighters and the public safe," trainer Dr. Ann Burt said. "We're really here for the firefighters and first responders and for the community."
There were two CPR dummies, a dog and a cat, at the resuscitation station where first responders learned what it would feel like to give mouth-to-mouth to an animal. They also learned the best areas to give chest compressions on a cat or dog.
The medical-based station taught responders where they can look for the animal's pulse and what a normal heart rate is for a cat or dog. There also were some signs to look out for when an animal might have breathing problems, such as a cat panting, since cats do not pant to cool off like dogs do.
Norman firefighter Chad Humphrey said medically, animals are low on the priority list when responding to fire scenes, but if resources permit and they have the training they can go that extra mile.
"For some people that's their children, you know, that's their kid," Humphrey said.
Wendy Trefethren, a volunteer assisting with the training courses, said there was a definite need for this training, especially during response to the tornadoes, but it also will be helpful during first responders' day-to-day calls.
"Hopefully it will prevent people from running back in to get their pet (during a fire)," Trefethren said.
Maggie Shirk with the Oklahoma City Kennel Club, which sponsored the training, told a story she had heard about firefighters in Minnesota who responded to a medical call involving a man in a tractor trailer.
Shirk said when the fire department got to the scene, the man wouldn't let them touch him and kept asking, "Where's my Josie?" At first they thought he was talking about a person, but then realized he was talking about his dog who they found under the cab of the overturned tractor.
"He wouldn't let them touch him in anyway until they got the dog out," Shirk said.
Once they did get the dog out she looked fine, but they had gone through this training about two weeks before and realized something was wrong. So, they took her to an emergency animal hospital. The dog had internal bleeding, but their actions saved her life.
"The firefighter said the most rewarding day of his life was walking in the hospital and telling that gentleman his dog was doing OK," Shirk said.
Training will continue throughout the weekend for firefighters, paramedics, law officers and members of the armed services.
For more information about BART, visit bartsaveslives.org.
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Ada —
Coleman Roy Pennington died on Aug. 14, 2013. He had suffered from diabetes and complications of congestive heart failure from quite a while.
He was born March 20, 1923, in Ada to his parents, William Alva and Vergie Inez Pennington. He is survived by his wife, daughter and son.
Coleman graduated from Vanoss School and attended business courses at ECU. He was a longtime PEC employee in different departments and capacities until his retirement in winter of 2012.
Coleman was a member of Southwest Church of Christ.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Smith Phillips Funeral Home. Viewing and visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, at Smith-Phillips Funeral Home of Ada.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at Southwest Church of Christ, with Floyd Kaiser officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Pennington is survived by one son, Michael Roy Pennington and his wife, Lindy, of Denver, Colo.; one daughter, Nelda Sue Arnold of Overland Park, Kan.; eight grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Edna Pennington; his second wife, Helen Pennington; his parents, William and Virgie Pennington; two brothers, D.N. Pennington and Avery Pennington; one great-grandchild, Madison Arnold; one son-in-law, Benny Arnold.
In lieu of flowers, contributions will be appreciated to be made to South West Church of Christ Orphanage in Haiti.
Services are under the care and direction of Smith-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada.
Online guestbook at www.phillipsfuneralservice.com.
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I am a coupon queen.
I wasn't always. In fact, it's not even a title I gave myself. But two years ago, I completely changed the way I shopped for groceries for my family. Perhaps you've seen stories in the news about some frugal person gleefully purchasing hundreds of dollars worth of groceries for pennies.
Well, I am one of those people. And I've been getting a lot of attention over the past few months for something that anyone can do. I'm now dedicating a large portion of my time to educating other people in what I call "Super-Couponing," an easy and fun way to save money on groceries.
This isn't the coupon-clipping of our parents' generation. You won't find yourself spending hours cutting and sorting coupons when the Sunday paper arrives in your driveway. Nor will you struggle with carrying piles of loose, disorganized coupons to the store with you. The Internet has completely changed the way people use coupons. It's made finding the best deals and the best prices not only enjoyable but also incredibly addicting.
If you don't believe me, imagine walking out of the grocery store with 58 boxes of cereal and 40 boxes of granola bars, all name brands, for a total of $5.15 – including tax. Or 66 packages of diapers for $7.92, also including tax. I did both of those things last summer and I have the receipts to prove it. Those weren't even my favorite deals! Believe it or not, you can even get stores to pay you to shop. This summer, one of my favorite stores gave me a $20 bonus coupon for a future visit after I purchased nine tubes of name-brand toothpaste for 63 cents.
Intrigued? When I'd hear of people getting great deals like this, I used to think, "There's no way that can be true," while simultaneously thinking, "I want to be one of those people." Now I am. I've also discovered that it's a lot of fun to show other people how to effectively use coupons to save more money than they ever thought possible.
With the economy 'worsening' and food prices on the rise, I began teaching couponing classes at Chicago-area libraries. At the first class, our library anticipated 20 to 30 registrants. We had 162. Local media took notice, and one newspaper dubbed me a "coupon queen." More library workshops followed with similar turnouts. My coupon workshops broke registration records and shattered expectations of the men and women in attendance, who had no idea how valuable coupons can be. But more importantly, people learned a new, better way to shop that will save them thousands of dollars a year.
Forget all stereotypes you may have about coupons. Using coupons is smart, fun and becoming trendier by the day. It's also not just Mom's domain anymore. Plenty of men and young adults are using coupons and enjoying getting great deals on everything from razors to roast beef.
The principles of Super-Couponing will change the way you think about grocery shopping and will help you learn how to save money in other areas of your life – unrelated to groceries. In the weeks ahead, I'll share my knowledge with you.
Jill Cataldo, a coupon-workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at her Web site, www.super-couponing.com. E-mail your couponing coups and questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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"American Idol" plus "So You Think You Can Dance" plus "America's Got Talent" equals Fairfield County's biggest talent competition yet: "So You Think You've Got Talent."
There will be a Grand Prize of $5,000 awarded to one talented performer. Auditions are May 15th & 19th and all interested contestants need to fill out an entry form online at :www.ctgay.org Auditions will be held at St. Paul's on the Green in Norwalk.
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Weatherford Democrat
— By JOHN CARTER
When Abraham Lincoln died from an assassin's bullet on April 15, 1865, Edwin Stanton remarked to those gathered around his bedside, "Now he belongs to the ages."
One of the meanings implied in Stanton's famous statement is that Lincoln would not only be remembered as an iconic figure of the past, but that his spirit would also play a significant role in ages to come.
The Oscar-nominated movie "Lincoln," which chronicles the struggle to pass the 13th amendment abolishing slavery, has turned our attention again to Lincoln's legacy and his relevance amid our nation's present divisions and growing pains.
Here is some of the wit and wisdom of Abraham Lincoln worth pondering:
"As for being president, I feel like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. To the man who asked him how he liked it, he said, 'If it wasn't for the honor of the thing, I'd rather walk.'"
"I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me."
"Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one, or what is more probable, a very foolish one, if you the people are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is but little harm I can do, thank God."
"Bad promises are better broken than kept."
"I am not at all concerned that the Lord is on our side in this great struggle, for I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation may be on the Lord's side."
"I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence."
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."
"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."
"The true rule, in determining to embrace or reject anything, is not whether it have any evil in it, but whether it have more evil than good. There are few things wholly evil or wholly good."
"Some of our generals complain that I impair discipline and subordination in the army by my pardons and respites, but it makes me rested, after a hard day's work, if I can find some good excuse for saving a man's life, and I go to bed happy as I think how joyful the signing of my name will make him (a deserter) and his family."
"I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go."
In addition, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural speech are ever relevant. And you may wish to add your own favorites to these.
Paul's advice to us in Philippians 4:8 is to "fill your minds with those things that are good and deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable."
As we celebrate his birthday on the 12th, Lincoln's words more than meet this standard!
John Carter is a Weatherford resident whose column, "Notes From the Journey," is published weekly in the Weatherford Democrat.


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Arum called me and I told him I don't have a problem with the fight being at 145 pounds. In fact, I don't care if Cotto wants to weigh 200 pounds. I trust my fighter, so I care very little about the weight issues. I haven't talked to Manny, who will make the final decision. He is a grown man who makes his own decisions. All I can do is give my recommendation. Obviously we want to see Manny get paid more than his last fight. There's no reason to take a step back on the money, so we still have to discuss those details.Freddie Roach, saying he's OK with Cotto at 145 for a Pacquiao matchup. Chunks of this seem a bit disingenuous based on what we've heard before, but this is a big step in the right direction. (Link in Spanish)
"I told Manny I would be very disappointed in him if he didn't have Hatton stopped by the end of the third round. A lot of people ask me if I'm worried about Manny fighting Hatton since Hatton has never lost a fight at 140 pounds. As long as Floyd Mayweather [Sr.] is in Hatton's corner I have absolutely no concerns. It's not like his brother Roger is training him. Floyd training Hatton for this fight is our biggest advantage."Freddie Roach, with a VERY quality burn
Roach was asked if his charge would face another Mexican, Antonio Margarito. "We're brave," he would say. "But we're not that brave." So I chimed in and asked, "What about Wladimir Klitschko then?" "I'd let him face Klitschko before I would Margarito," replied Roach, with a chuckle.Steve Kim @ MaxBoxing.com: "The Golden Disaster"
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