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According to a Lower Providence Police report, an 18-year-old female from the 900 Block of W. Moreland Road in Willow Grove, was charged for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, as well as related offenses.
The report states that on Dec. 15, at approximately 8:48 p.m., Lower Providence Police officer Richard Aston was conducting a routine patrol, heading northbound on Pawlings Road by Camiel Lane, when a southbound vehicle passed with an inoperable right headlight.
According to the report, after conducting a traffic stop, Aston detected the odor of fresh marijuana coming from inside the female's vehicle. Aston reported seeing the discarded contents of a cigar on the driver's side floorboard and what appeared to be a burned marijuana roach cigarette in the ashtray.
Upon checking the driver's background, Aston found a prior Act 64 (relating to the sale and possession of controlled substances, other drugs, devices and cosmetics) arrest from Abington Township, dating to August of this year.
When asked if there were any contraband inside her vehicle, she reportedly said no. When informed that the officer detected signs of marijuana, the female called her parents, but hung up, as the officer explained options to her. The officer also asked if she would consent to her car being searched. She asked why, but did not say no.
Her parents called back, and another Lower Providence Police officer spoke to her father, explaining the traffic stop and the odor of marijuana coming from inside the car, which is registered in his name.
The father gave verbal permission to police to search the car, and the female completed a consent-to-search form.
Inside the car, police located the female's purse reportedly containing the following:
- Bags
- A black bag containing a Ziploc baggie of suspected marijuana
- A Ziploc baggie containing 10 clear Ziploc baggies and one knotted clear baggie of suspected marijuana
- An opened baggie containing six clear Ziploc baggies of suspected marijuana
- An additional Ziploc baggie of suspected marijuana
Another purse inside the car was found to contain:
- A green marijuana grinder
- One multicolored yellow, blue, white glass bowl
- One marijuana roach cigarette
- Four empty clear Ziploc-style baggies
- $216 dollars in cash in three separate denominations.
A field test of a small amount of the suspected marijuana tested positive, and later found to weigh approximately 90 grams.
Police reported seizing additional evidence. According to the police report, based on the officer's knowledge, training and experience, the amount of marijuana and its packaging was consistent with the possession and distribution of the drug.
The female was transported to Montgomery County Correctional Facility for processing and housing. Police spoke with the female's parents about her arrest and tow of their vehicle by Dewanes Towing.


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Anyone going to the American Food and Wine Festival this weekend?
Eater LA offers a few tips on what to wear to AWFF (in short: comfortable clothes and shoes you won't mind walking or standing for a long time) http://la.eater.com/archives/2008/08/...
I've linked to quite a few of last year's reports on my recent blog post here: http://tinyurl.com/3efaq5
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Get there early!!! By 8:00, the lines are very long. Absolutely go to Lydia Shire first - she always does an incredible spread - not just one dish. If you like whole belly fried clams, you must go to Jasper White.
First photo is what Lydia Shire prepared.
Second photo fried clams
Get there early, like 5:30 to park, register and ride the tram to the back lot.
My game is usually to start at the back, work your way up. I do not drink until the last few 2 hours- THE FOOD RUNS OUT BEFORE THE ALCOHOL, except for maybe the Grey Goose and Buluga Caviar booth, very popular and is usually closed up by 8pm.
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Paul Prudhomme was there and his food was awesome, one of the only highlights. I don't know exactly what the dishes were, but one was a vegetable and orzo stew (if that's the right word) and the other was a beef stew (again, doesn't seem exactly the right word but maybe) over rice. Both flavorful, spicy, delicious. And in the context of this event and cooking for thousands of people these dishes were nearly the best, probably because the flavors were bold and the dishes got better as they sat there and stewed. Bravo NOLA! Other highlights: Cut serving delicious beef and generously shaving pretty decent white truffle on top. And Nobu for the comfort of good spicy tuna rolls in excellent warm nori in the midst of a sea of undistinguished food, sorry.
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Wow, the Prudhomme dishes don't sound Cajun at all. I was there last year, and he served up, or more likely his acolytes served up Shrimp St. Charles (I think that was basically also a long-stewed variation on Shrimp Creole).
Anything else that were highlights? How were the desserts? I'll be enjoying it, vicariously through you guys. Just could afford it this year at $300 a pop.
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I loved the plate from Summer Shack, the soup from Fearings and a delicious Wagu Beef from an Oz meat purveyer). Big miss for me were the offerings from The Modern (cauliflower panna cotta with caviar, vile but pretty an a seared scallop on a passion fruit foam - bland). We left before the dessert lounge opened ( I know! - but we were well and truly stuffed after 2 hours of eating/drinking) but the Espresso Mouse we got from the Valentino folks was out of this world.
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By BRADEN LAMMERS
Rankings from a study recently released by NeighborhoodScout has Jeffersonville named as the 88th most dangerous city in America.
But Jeffersonville officials say they aren't putting too much stock in the study's rankings. Instead, they cite what they see as shortcomings with the data used to establish the ranking, and also point out that the data used to compile the rankings is not the most recent data available. In fact, officials say the most up-to-date data indicates what they see as a significant improvement in safety and policing issues throughout the city during the last year.
NeighborhoodScout, and its parent company Location, Inc., is a Massachusetts-based geographic research and data mining company that uses location-based analysis to track demographics, school data and data and risk analysis information.
The criteria used for the ranking took cities with 25,000 or more people and based the ranking on the number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents. For the study's purposes, violent crimes were defined as murder, forcible rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault.
The report describes Jeffersonville as having, "one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes — from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 16," the report said. "Within Indiana, more than 95 percent of the communities have a lower crime rate than Jeffersonville."
"Jeffersonville has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size," according to the report. "Regardless of whether Jeffersonville does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the U.S. of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Jeffersonville."
"It makes it sound like a place where you should be concerned walking down the street," said Jeffersonville Police Department Assistant Chief Greg Sumler. "That's not the case at all. It's never good, but I think you have to take it with a grain of salt," he said of being included in the rankings.
"The study is based off of the 2011 uniform crime report," said Sumler. "The uniform crime report is not mandatory. We submit to it because it assists us with federal grant money."
In the research report description from NeighborhoodScout, it does state that information is is based off of 2011 year total data because it relies on final data that was released in November 2012.
Sumler explained that the uniform crime statistics are sent into and complied by the FBI, but it is not a requirement that all cities submit a uniform crime report — thus narrowing the pool of cities which could have been included in NeighborhoodScout's research.
That is a factor Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore also pointed to when asked how he considers the city's ranking on the list.
"You don't, because it doesn't factor every city," Moore said.
He added that the numbers in the study may also be misrepresentative because — especially in the case of larger cities — several different zip codes are lumped together to produce one set of statistics for a given city. But in the case of smaller cities, like Jeffersonville, there is only one zip code.
That practice could skew numbers, according to Moore, because some areas in a larger city that have incidents of theft and violent crime far exceeding Jeffersonville's won't appear as high because they are linked together with zip codes from areas in the same city that have much lower incidences.
Sumler acknowledged another geographic hurdle: Being across the Ohio River from a major metropolitan area.
"You get some of the problem stemming from [Louisville]," he said, which could be a factor inflating some of Jeffersonville's statistics. "People may think it's a little easier to get away with things over here."
Sumler added that many of the thefts and assault cases are linked to drug use, especially an increase related to prescription drugs.
"It's a huge problem here," Sumler admitted. "It's easy for the drug market to run across the bridge."
Overall, Jeffersonville's crime statistics have improved since 2011.
"Our [crime] numbers significantly dropped in 2012," Sumler said. "In every category we have gone down."
Moore agreed and said part of the reduction in crime is related to having more officers on the street.
"I would think you would see we've made significant improvements and you will see a reduction in crime in every category in 2012," he said. "I attribute that to [putting] more officers on the street and [having] less behind a desk."
He added that his administration's involvement in neighborhood association meetings and increased neighborhood involvement have helped to improve Jeffersonville and reduce crime.
Sumler agreed and said he has also attended a number of the neighborhood meetings and rarely gets complaints about crime.
"The number one complaint we have is not crime, it's speeders and people running stop signs," he said.
Jeffersonville crime statistics by the numbers:
2011- 3
2012- 2
Forcible rapes:
2011- 6
2012- 2
2011- 45
2012- 37
Aggravated assaults:
2011- 401
2012- 396
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A parent organization at the Westmont Hilltop Middle School is always hunting for ways to help students.
On Nov. 9, parents from the Hilltop Action Team have scheduled their fourth annual Adults' Night Out Scavenger Hunt.
The hunt begins at 6 p.m. at The Grove, 1000 Edgehill Drive in Westmont. It will end at The Grove about two hours later, where it will be followed by a potluck dinner, basket raffle, drawings and entertainment. The evening is BYOB.
The event is open to everyone 21 or older.
"The proceeds of this event will allow HAT to continue its long tradition of providing educational, interesting and affordable extracurricular activities and field trips for our students while promoting community involvement," said Deb Winterscheidt, one of the organizers.
"We have raised approximately $1,400 in each of the past three years to help offset the costs of our annual eighth-grade field trip to Washington, and the end-of-year eighth-grade graduation celebration.
"The costs for both of these events are wholly subsidized by HAT, with no cost to the school district."
The scavenger hunt encompasses the Westmont Hilltop area and city of Johnstown,
Winterscheidt said.
Teams will have two hours to collect or photograph items that are on their task sheet.
With budgetary constraints facing all school districts, it's important for parent organizations to fill the void by pitching in financially, Winterscheidt said.
Winterscheidt, who has had children in the school district for the past 19 years, said she loves the scavenger hunt.
Mali Gardill, another organizer, said they are getting some great donations from the community.
It's good to be involved in the school where your children attend, she said about why she is active with HAT.
"You get to know other parents and the teachers," she said. "I think it's important to show the children that you are involved in their education."
Gardill said the scavenger hunt is a great way for parents to have a good time while helping their children.
She said the school district is a good one and that HAT is working to complement that work.
Laurie-jo Zentkovich, chairwoman of the event, said the event brings the community together.
Businesses make donations to support the event and allow the teams to hunt for items at their stores.
The teachers and administrators get involved by either participating in the scavenger hunt or by donating beautiful gift baskets, she said.
The parents also have to be complimented for their unending support, she said.
HAT works throughout the year to help provide field trips to middle school students and holds a Super Fun Day at the end of the year.
For their efforts, the three, all West Hills residents, are the Persons of the Week.
Westmont Superintendent Susan J. Anderson said HAT plans multiple activities for entire families to link more closely to the school, to become actively involved in the educational process and to join with other families for camaraderie and fun.
"Parents involved in HAT are tireless in their endeavors to link families and fun in every creative way that they can imagine," Anderson said.
"We are grateful for these Persons of the Week and for the huge support base of parents who sustain them."
The cost for a team of up to four people to participate in the hunt is $50.
General admission entry starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $10 a person.
To register for the event or for more information, call 255-3612, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or visit http://www.whsd.org/uploaded/HAT/SH_-_2013_Registration.pdf.
Tribune-Democrat editors select a Person of the Week from nominations made by readers. To nominate someone, call 532-5058, 24 hours a day.


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DERRY — The ties between the local area, and Derry, Northern Ireland, are strong and those across the pond are hoping for some American visitors this summer.
Residents in Derry's namesake town in Ireland are preparing to celebrate this year as the first United Kingdom City of Culture and also its 400th birthday.
Irish residents want local Derry and Londonderry residents to be part of the party.
"I am especially keen to have people whose ancestors originated from this part of Ireland come as tourists during 2013, to enjoy the many events that we will be promoting and also to search for their ancestors whilst here," said William Houston, a member of the UK City of Culture 2013 committee.
Derry/Londonderry was named the UK's inaugural City of Culture. Preparations are now underway for the big celebration.
One visitor all set to go is town historian Richard Holmes, who will be speaking at a conference in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in July to honor the connections between the two countries and towns.
According to Holmes' book "A Second Glimpse of Derry," people migrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland in the early 1600s to escape religious prosecution. Those people settled in an area called Derry, later to be named Londonderry.
In the early 1700s, a group of 16 families eventually emigrated to the New World, arriving in "Nutfield," now Derry Village, to start a new life.
Led by the Rev. James MacGregor, the town's earliest settlers included names like Gregg, Cargill, Nesmith, Anderson and Allison.
Many are buried in the historic Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry.
As part of his trip abroad, Holmes will also participate in a reception with the Lord Mayor in the Guild Hall in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He will present a proclamation congratulating them on their celebration and to recognize the shared history.
"We were the first town in the New World to be founded by Scotch-Irish immigrants," Holmes said.
Holmes wants anyone that might like to travel along with him to Ireland to contact him at 434-6042. He said he would love to have Derry represented in Ireland in 2013.
To learn more about what's planned in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 2013, visit cityofculture2013.com.


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OC alumni buck trend with another giving record
A record 2,278 graduates gave to OC projects through Homeward in 2013-2014, a new school record that surpasses the national average for alumni giving.
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When the game was on the line, Bellarmine looked to sophomore guard Malachi Flynn. He answered the call, several times. Flynn led the team with 20 points on the night, hitting a three with under a minute to go to give the Lions a 50-47 lead, and hitting a jumper on the next possession to give Bellarmine a 52-48 lead. The Tides had one last shot, down by three with 14.5 seconds on the clock, but sophomore guard Sam Gagliardi's three rimmed out and the Lions went on to win 55-51 in front of a packed Gig Harbor gym.
"In the first half, my shots weren't falling, but I knew they would fall in the second half so I kept shooting and they went down," Flynn said.
Flynn said the team embraces big crowds and hostile environments.
"We like playing in a big crowd," he said. "We like when the fans come out. We just stayed focused on our gameplan."
Bellarmine head coach Bernie Salazar praised the sophomore's cool demeanor and clutch shot making.
"He made a lot of clutch shots," Salazar said. "I'm very proud of him."
Tides' head coach Billy Landram said the play to give Gagliardi an open three worked perfectly, but the shot just didn't fall. Gagliardi led the Tides with 18 points and had the hot hand, making him the ideal candidate for the big shot.
"We just took one of our regular set plays, and kind of just ad-libbed a little bit because we had to throw it inbounds," Landram said. "It worked perfectly, we got a wide open three. He was on fire the first half, so that's who we wanted to shoot the ball."
Gagliardi, who currently comes off the bench, has been a spark for Tides at several points this season and is making a strong case for increased playing time. He played most of the game on Friday night.
"How many minutes did he play?" Landram said. "I think his case has been made."
Landram said the game came down to who made shots at the end, and on Friday, it was Bellarmine.
"I thought it was two good teams playing really hard and they made the shots with two minutes to go and that's why they won," Landram said.
The students were out in full force and the Tides fed off the crowd's energy the entire game.
"It (the crowd) was great," Landram said. "Our kids are hurting right now on senior night and all, but it's what it should be like."
The win gave the Lions a season sweep over their rivals across the bridge.
"It's a lot of fun to play in this atmosphere," Salazar said. "It's always fun to play in front of a lot of people. The Gig Harbor fans were great, there was a lot of support for their team. Our fans were great. I thought at first, maybe it bothered us a little bit but as time went on, we got more used to it and it was good. It's great, it's all getting us ready for playoff basketball."
Sports reporter Jon Manley can be reached at 253-358-4151 or by email at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter, @gateway_jon.


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Worst pop culture geography reveal ever?
Since The Simpsons started airing, the state hosting its dysfunctional hamlet Springfield has been both a mystery and a running joke. After decades of hints and misinformation, the mystery and hilarity over the statehood of the Simpson's Springfield crescendo-ed in a quick visual gag in The Simpsons Movie showing the four states that border Springfield: Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky.
That joke came on the heels of a national promotional contest in 2007 where towns named Springfield from across America competed in a chance to be declared the Simpsons' hometown. Springfield, N.J., residents made a fun video recreating the show's opening credits for a contest for which Springfield would host the Simpsons' movie premiere.
Lacking a resident named Disco Stu, a history of monorail disasters or a meltdown-prone nuclear power plant run by a diabolical millionaire, Springfield, N.J., didn't get the award.
In 2010, Springfield, N.J., got another chance to vie for animated association when Good Day New York visited to celebrate the cartoon's 20th anniversary. They made a good case, presenting an elected official named Bart and his wife, Lisa. Plus, the First Aid Squad featured a captain named Apu.
This week, Simpsons creator Matt Groening (rhymes with "complaining") revealed the home state of the show's Springfield: Oregon. The news should come as a surprise to few fans of the show. Groening embedded autobiographical elements to the show, including naming the show's Pater Familias after his own father, Homer Groening. He also has sisters named Lisa and Maggie. His mother was not only named Marge, but also shares the birth name "Wiggum" with the TV show's police chief and his son, Ralph.
Groening grew up in Portland, Oregon, so if it wasn't for all the geographical obfuscation the show engaged in, the location would have been obvious. Speaking with Smithsonian Magazine, he said the town's name was inspired by '50s TV show My Three Sons, which took place in a Springfield that Groening, as a child, assumed was in his home state until he realized that Springfield was one of the most common names for American towns.
"In anticipation of the success of the show, I thought, 'This will be cool; everyone will think it's their Springfield'" Groening told Smithsonian. "And they do."
Now, only Oregon can think it's their Springfield, which has led to some gloating. This morning, Oregon Newspaper the Eugene Register-Guard ran a gleeful cover page headline proclaiming the Simpsons as Oregonians.
It's tempting to react to that with a hearty "boo-urns." But really, the proper response should be "ha-ha." Springfield, NJ is officially not the home of the Simpsons. That's perfectly cromulent. It's still a great town. It's definitely better than the riot-prone, toxic hellhole the Simpsons live in.
So, in the end, everything is still coming up Milhouse for Springfield, NJ.
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TES is not only about the jumps, though.
"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
I think that what they're saying is that at least for part of the TES value, there's a technical panel that is, at least in theory, accountable to them.
"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
Well let's just have a jumping and levels contest then and dispense with music and choreography. It'll make it all much fairer and be sure to be a ratings winner!
To think that fun is simple fun, while earnest things are earnest, proves all too plain that neither one thou truthfully discernest.
Essentially, the minimum scores for the championships are like technical tests that skaters need to have passed to be allowed to enter the championship (or to be considered for entry, if their federations have more qualified skaters than spots available). The test that skaters have to pass to qualify for Worlds is harder than for the other ISU Championships, though not as hard as originally announced.
(And unlike tests the qualifications expire after two years.)
Because of the way it's set up, the minimum score measures only difficulty and execution of the elements.
If it weren't also serving the purpose of keeping the size of the field down to a manageable size, we could have more skaters entered and many of them would be cut after the first phase of competition.
However, the cuts made at the competition are based on placements, which also take into account the program components.
So if there were a qualifying round/qualifying competition that also served as an opportunity to earn the minimum scores (i.e., pass the tests), you might have some skaters who place high enough to advance to the next round largely on the strength of their skating skills and presentation but haven't met the minimum scores, and other skaters who have met the minimum scores but lost to skaters who didn't.
In that sense the process is not completely logically consistent.
I wish there were some way to take into account the Skating Skills as well. But the component score is too subject to judges' personal opinions, or worse.
Plushenko's 3lz is given a range from 0 to -3
Fernandez's 4S & Jobert's CCoSp given a range 1 to 3
Pfeifer's CCSp3 given a range from 0 to 3
Besseghier's 3lz given a range from 1 to -2. The judges aren't even consistent on whether the element deserved a positive or negative grade!
The original minimum scores for championships were set, at least in the SP, around the minimal required technical content. They were set at the most minimal technical test a skater had to pass. Even if that skater did not attempt or had never attempted one or more required elements, like a 3/2 combo, any 3/2 combo, the skater was allowed to compensate by any combination of higher levels on leveled elements, GOE, and the base of the solo triple from steps.
The GP minimums, which include PCS, were created explicitly to create a high bar and ensure a quality standard. Last year, they were nearly impossible to meet if the championships skater earned the lowest TES minimums. Even so, minimums aren't required for all skaters: this year, comeback skaters were expected to meet the standard, based on past results, and the hosts were given a break (unlike last season) because the GP minimm was recommended, but not a rule to be broken.
This year, the minimums were created explicitly to limit the fields to a target number of skaters, give or take a few. The minimums aren't like a technical test in that sense. They don't require that a skater shows a specific skill set to pass, else fail. The Euros/4C's minimums were higher than last year's minimums, but they were still much closer to the minimum required content, at least for the SP, and it's possible to construe them as a technical test, but they were set specifically to limit the fields and lower the costs by eliminating the prelims, and this more-or-less worked, as they didn't raise the singles minimums to narrow the SP field from 36 to 30, for exampke. If the judges say that the fields were too big to judge the SP well -- the given reason for re-introducing quali rounds -- or they decided they didn't want to pay for a dozen extra skaters, then I'd expect the Euros/4C's minimums to be raised next year, if all variables were assessed individually.
Someone here posted the correct analogy, IMO, which is how in swimming, there's a set field, and the qualifying times are set based on the strength of the overall field to limit competition to the right number of spots. If the field is strong, the qualifying times are raised.
I don't think there's any confusion: it's the one place the ISU was quite explicit about its reasoning, and, unlike the GP minimum rules, they didn't allow anyone to break them.
Next year, if the SOV and the rules are the same or changed minimally, the final TES minimums for Worlds and Euros/4C's could change from this years' based on the strenth of the fields.
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by Gay Lyons
When I was growing up, eating barbecue meant driving to Ott's at Dixie Lee Junction and bringing home a couple of pounds of pulled pork and a bottle of Ott's special hot sauce. Later, friends introduced me to Brother Jack's as a late night destination. We wedged ourselves into the oddly shaped space, ate "screaming pig burgers" and sang "It's Cryin' Time Again" with Brother Jack's son and Ray Charles.
I love Dixson's on Magnolia, a tiny place with one table and two chairs. The ribs are delicious, and I'm crazy about the cowboy beans, a spicy concoction of beans, green peppers, onions and beef. At FAT's on Whittle Springs, you can sit outdoors on picnic tables and eat their tasty chopped pork and turnip greens.
M and M Catering, which operates out of a cinder block building in the parking lot of a Laundromat on Middlebrook Pike, doesn't offer any seating, but the lines of people and the aroma are powerful testimony to the great barbecue. Everything I've tried has been good, but I'm especially fond of their beef brisket. M and M is close enough to my house that in a barbecue emergency, I could easily walk there.
A recent find is barbecue worth the drive at Townsend's in Rockford. Try the awesome pig burger and seasoned fries.
The smaller the restaurant, the better the barbecue, right? So imagine my surprise when a national chain turned out to have barbecue as tasty as my favorite joints. I doubt I'd have tried it if it had not been praised by someone whose taste in barbecue I trust.
He was right. Famous Dave's turned out to be a great place to sit at a table, enjoy complete bar service and a juke box and share a barbecue feast with friends. The extensive menu includes soups and salads, including a yummy-sounding barbecue salad, burgers and other sandwiches, lunch specials and Lil' Wilbur Meals which include kid-favorites such as macaroni and cheese, chicken tenders and burgers along with kid-sized barbecue dishes.
I'm looking forward to trying the huge artery-clogging appetizer sampler platter, which consists of spareribs, chicken wings, chicken tenders, catfish fingers and onion strings, a large pile of skinny luscious-looking onion rings. Though there were four of us having dinner, we did not cut the usual wide swath through the menu. Instead we opted to share the highly recommended house specialty, the All American Feast.
The feast, which is served on a garbage can lid in homage to Famous Dave's original garbage can smoker, provides a large sample of the restaurant's dishes: a full slab of ribs, a whole roasted chicken, a half pound of your choice of either pulled pork or beef brisket, large portions of "Wilbur Beans," slaw, fries, corn muffins and corn on the cob. The feast, which cost $50, could easily serve six. Since there were four of us, there was a sizable bag of leftovers.
The chicken was juicy and tender. Here's how good it was. As a ritual of nutritional virtue, I always remove the skin of my chicken without even thinking about it, but I confess that I couldn't resist trying some of the sinfully good crackling skin. The taste and sensation were worth the transgression.
Call me a heretic if you will, but I'm not a huge fan of Memphis-style dry ribs, preferring a wetter, saucier style, but these were meatier and moister than I expected. I liked them better than any I've had in West Tennessee. The sliced beef brisket was excellent, quite comparable to M and M's brisket.
I like coarse slaw, so I only ate a few bites of the finely diced slaw since there were so many other things I liked better. Famous Dave's beans are as tasty as Dixson's cowboy beans. These were delicious, nicely spiced beans, with brisket, sausage and jalapeno peppers, nothing like the sweet baked beans served around here.
I'll admit I'm a corn purist. I want to pick it and eat it immediately, cooked just until tender, lightly salted and spread with fresh butter. It's impossible to cook corn in mass quantities and achieve that just-picked taste, but as restaurant corn goes, this was fine. The corn muffins were moist but too sticky-sweet for my taste.
The crinkly, stubby French fries do double duty, serving not only as a side dish but as sauce testers, a fabulous excuse for eating fries. Taste in sauce varies regionally and individually. Famous Dave's addresses this situation with its six-packs of sauces, which hold five sauces plus ketchup. My favorites were Devil's Spit, the hottest sauce, and Georgia Mustard, which reminded me of Ott's sauce.
What's a feast without dessert? The pecan pie was tempting, but the bread pudding was as good as our server promised. It was sweet, not too syrupy and especially good swirled through the accompanying vanilla ice cream.
There really is a Dave, by the way. According to our server, Chicago-native Dave Anderson spent 25 years sampling barbecue nationwide and perfecting his methods and recipes. Based on our meal, this was time well spent.
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When does the foal get named?
When does the foal get named?
They don't need to name the foal until they register him, I think. So some time after his first birthday (Jan 1, 2013). I wonder if they have a barn name for him. I read that they call Rachel Alexandra's colt "Taco." Not sure why, but both he and Z's colt are adorable.
I asked that same question, why Taco, on Thoroughbred Champions forum... the answer was they sold the naming rights to Taco Bell
Well, that just strikes me as a but tacky.
OMG, an adorable video:
Little Z squeals when he runs, too. And you can hear Z squeal as well, and see them both running around. It is too adorable. And especially when the little guy comes over to the guy who's being interviewed, like he knows the guy is talking about him.
I just read it's been confirmed that Zenyatta's in foal to Tapit.
Will they name it Zapit?
ETA: Well, okay, and you also need a wad of cash, the amount of which goes up the longer you wait. And you can pay to reserve names-Barbaro's old owners have the names from those hunting dogs they name their horses after reserved.
The name will depend on the Jockey Club to a degree--no commercial names, no naming after living real people unless they provide written consent, name must not be more than 18 letters and spaces, and it has to be available-either no horse has had it, the horse who had it hasn't raced or been bred in the last five years (or is dead more than a certain number of years), and it's not a permanently-retired name. That's based on winning certain types of races-there won't be another Zenyatta in the US Jockey Club, or Secretariat, or Man o' War.
So the Tapit baby won't be Zapit. There's a 2005 named Zap It.
Oh, and you're not SUPPOSED to give them obscene or joke names, but clearly most days no one at the JC says the names out loud (ideally fast) before approving them. Otherwise there's no way Fog Duckin, Fog Ducker, or Sofa King Fast would have made, let alone Hoof Hearted. (At least the last one's just funny-at least one track announcer got 'Fog Duckin' turned around exactly like you'd think. He did apologize....)
I won a charity auction yesterday and am going to get to meet Zenyatta!!! I can hardly believe it. I never win these things. But I got lucky and the price was even not bad, much less than the last time they auctioned off a visit with the Queen, because of the way they ran the auction. I can't wait!
I will definitely let you know what it is like and will shre pics. My friend and her two daughters are going with me, so it will be a lot of fun. The kids are so excited! They have been getting more into horses and loved meeting Animal Kingdom last year. He is a kind horse, too, but meeting the Queen will be in a whole 'nother league!
Do you live in Kentucky, sk8pics?
Nope, but we can drive down in one day. I've done it by myself and it was painful, but with 2 drivers it will be fine. We'll stay 2 or 3 days then drive back.
I got my certificate with the contact info, and I'm just waiting for them to call me back to make arrangements.
The Kentucky Horse Park Kid's Barn is fun with some hands on activities. (And the Horse Park itself is cool.)
Keeneland racetrack is gorgeous, and you can go watch early morning workouts -- It is free. And, there's a cafeteria open for breakfast (though I think you could bring in muffins and coffee/juice, but I'm not entirely sure.) The cool thing is that you can get right down by the rails.
I found the http://www.shakervillageky.org/living_history_museum/ Shaker living history park to be really interesting.
Looking forward to hearing your trip report.
So excited! I can hardly believe it.
Zenyatta's former track pony Hootie died today (or maybe yesterday). Too bad, he didn't get to enjoy his retirement very long.
My visit with Z is going to be labor day weekend. The woman who will take us to see her said we can hang out with her for as long as we like, feed her carrots and mints, hug and kiss her, and take pictures. Her baby will be weaned by then so Z will be free to socialize.
Little Z was weaned yesterday and apparently both Z and little Z handled it with aplomb.
My visit with Zenyatta is two weeks from Friday! Wheee! Can't wait!
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Of course I have to start off with my lunch. I ate at Pizza Fusion, which took forever to find. But it was totally worth the random driving. It is an all-natural, organic restaurant. They even have gluten-free pizza and beverages. They don't even sell Pepsi or Coke products, just all-natural soda, beer and wine. I went with the Big Kahuna (pineapple, bacon and red onion) on multi-grain crust. The crust was thin and crispy and just fabulous. They have franchises available. Hmmm, what about a Pizza Fusion in Burlington?
Later in the afternoon, it was off to Iowa's practice at Barry University. It was their final practice before Tuesday's game. Monday they have have a walk through at Land Shark Stadium. The Miami-Dade Police Department motorcycle unit officers posed for pictures in front of the Iowa equipment semi-tractor trailer. They each have a Tiger Hawk logo on their helmet, courtesy of the Iowa equipment managers.
This is a view from 15th Street Fisheries, where I ate dinner. Can you believe the yacht? They are everywhere around here. Just crazy.


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Sunday(27th)@4.30PM at Horse and Jockey pub for a few drinks and ogle at Matt's very Black RS6, its in the dip of the A435 between Beckets Farm and junction 3 of the m42, they have a massive car park so good for parking if a few turn up. Its also quiet and out of the way of town centers with some nice lanes and a nice dual carrageway on the door step and lets not forget a petrol station 200 meters away.
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Volunteers critical to tourney's success
By RACHAEL GRAY
By RACHAEL GRAY
Parents, students, teachers and wrestling fans turned out in big numbers Friday afternoon for the first day of the annual Rocky Welton Invitational wrestling tournament, a two-day, 55-year-old tournament that brings teams from all over Kansas and surrounding states to Garden City.
A good portion of the people who filled the main gym at Garden City High School Friday were volunteering at the event.
According to Martin Segovia, GCHS athletic director, volunteers for the event number 50 to 60. They include ticket takers, concession workers, hospitality room volunteers, scorekeepers, timers and other support.
"We can't thank them enough for helping to put this together annually. The wrestlers wouldn't be as successful on or off the mat without their support," Segovia said.
Among those volunteers is Kendall Adler, president of the Takedown Club, the parent support organization for the GCHS wrestling team. He has been helping with the tournament for 15 years. Friday afternoon he helped in concessions, where a group of Takedown Club members and family members tended to a steady line of customers.
"A lot of people in this room have been volunteering for 15 years," he said.
Adler said it all started with their children participating in youth wrestling. As the wrestlers got older, the parents held different fundraisers for different tournaments. Adler's son, Chris, wrestles for the Buffaloes.
"From the table workers to the people doing the scoring, we're all connected to wrestling somehow," he said.
Adler said the motive is the same for most volunteers, too.
"It's the same thing — we do what it takes for the kids," he said.
Tracy Kennedy has been helping with the tournament for two years. Friday she helped in concessions.
Her son, Trevor, a senior on the GCHS wrestling team.
"It all goes back to the kids," she said.
Melanie Anderson is in her first year helping with the tournament. Friday she had gotten to the school at 10 a.m. and probably was going to be there until 10 Friday night.
"My nephew, Trevor, is a wrestler. And it's the same. We do whatever it takes to keep these kids going," she said.
Brianna Mader helped Friday in the concession stand and the hospitality room. She had been at the school since 10 a.m. and would be there until about 10 p.m. Today, Mader will be at the tournament from 9 a.m. until it's over. Her little brother is a wrestler.
Mader has been helping for two years.
"The best part is getting out and about and conversing with everyone," she said.
Down on the floor, junior varsity wrestlers were "towel tappers." The towel tappers make sure the referee knows how much time is left.
If time runs out, the volunteers tap the ref on the shoulder with the towel.
Junior varsity wrestlers Noe Lugo, 14, and Antonio Perez, 16, handled one of the mats.
"We just make sure the ref doesn't go over the time," Lugo said.
Lugo has been wrestling since seventh grade.
"I didn't wrestle today because I'm on JV. But yesterday, I won," he said.
Like Lugo, many of the volunteers at the tournament started out as wrestlers, Segovia said.
"There's a number of people here who are former athletes — state qualifiers and placers. Many of them are former athletes themselves. It's tradition," Segovia said.
The Rocky Welton Invitational continues today at GCHS. The tournament is named for former GCHS wrestling coach Rocky Welton, who coached the Buffaloes for 15 years. During that time, his team won six state titles.
His program produced 30 state champions, and his lifetime dual record is 200-50-4, according to the Garden City USD 457 website.
Saturday's medal round matches will begin at about 2 p.m., with championship matches on a single center-floor mat set to begin at about 4:30 p.m.


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The word is out. The Postmaster General has announced his intentions to stop Saturday mail delivery, except for packages.
Pauline Jelinek of the Associated Press reported the "struggling" U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week.
Jelinek also noted "it's regrettable that the Postal Service is caught up in a political crisis caused by an uncooperative Congress."
Richard Watkins, corporate communications spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service in Kansas City, said he "can't give specifics," but the service "won't need as many employees" to deliver the mail.
Lance Coles of the Federation of Labor said no mail delivery on Saturday will cause undue hardship on the economy, impact rural Iowans and increase the workload on the letter carriers.
"We're not sorting as much mail as we did ... so we want to match the work force with the declining work load," Watkins said. "I can't give you specifics, but we won't need as many employees for delivering the mail."
Congressman Dave Loebsack said Wednesday that inaction by Congress has real-life consequences for Iowans.
"By requiring the Postal Service to pre-fund retirement health benefits to the tune of over $50 billion over 10 years, which no other agency or business has to do, Congress is tying their hands," Loebsack said. "The USPS wouldn't be in the dire situation it is today if it hadn't been required to pre-pay these funds."
Loebsack also claimed the legislation to address the USPS problem was introduced last Congress, but House leadership refused to bring it up.
"I can't think of a less partisan issue than the postal service. It is past time Congress works to find a solution to this problem," he added.
Ken Sagar, president of the Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, said no mail delivery on Saturday will cause undue hardship on the economy, impact rural Iowans, and increase workload on the letter carriers — especially on Mondays and delivery days after a holiday.
This action will impact over 22,000 postal employees and millions of Americans from small business to the elderly and the disabled, according to Sagar.
A few Ottumwans offered some comments about the mail delivery.
Bettie Mae Wymore said the only thing the change would do to her is cause slowness in mailing her provider's claim to the Iowa Department of Human Services.
"I'm all for the country and the postal service if it would help," Wymore said.
Kelly Spurgeon is the county auditor, and the change would affect her work mail every other year because of the two Saturdays before the general election. She picks up the mail for the whole courthouse and worries about missing any absentee requests and ballots.
Wes Westmoreland said he was concerned about delays in important mail and possible bigger problems at Christmastime. He also wondered about the court system's correspondence and how that could slow down a court case.


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COVINGTON, LA – With an eye on sustainability and support for the local economy, St. Tammany Parish Hospital's Department of Food Services has made significant efforts to purchase produce and supplies from local distributors and wholesalers.
"Not only do we understand the positive economic impact of keeping dollars circulating within the local economy, we want to use fresh ingredients on a daily basis," said Abry Crosby, chef and food services manager. "I love what we have here in Southeast Louisiana – it's the most incredible place on earth. The soil is wonderful and by using local products, we reduce the hospital's carbon footprint and support the local economy."
Various produce purchases include squash and zucchini from Liuzza Produce Farm in Hammond, cucumbers from Tickfaw and creole tomatoes, blueberries and watermelon from Washington Parish. The popular STPH gumbo uses shrimp harvested in the Gulf of Mexico and rice from Louisiana.
STPH also maintains an herb garden with more than a dozen types of herbs including parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, lemon thyme, lemon grass, dill, oregano, basil, chives and four types of mint. Conveniently located in the back of the hospital, the herb garden provides another way to reduce waste. According to Kathy Hill, department head for food services, the herb garden allows the cafeteria staff to "pick what they need" for a particular recipe versus purchasing fresh herbs in bulk that may go to waste if not used.


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Sometimes called Draper's Way, Snowdrop Valley is a valley that surrounds the River Avill, which flows through Exmoor National Park. It is near the village of Wheddon Cross, the highest village on Exmoor, and it is surrounded by Minehead to the North, Dulverton to the South, and Taunton to the East. From the car park at Wheddon Cross will be a park and ride bus service which runs every half hour between 10.30am and 4pm to Snowdrop Valley, with the last bus leaving Snowdrop Valley at 4.50pm. Dogs are welcome on buses at the driver's discretion. This bus service only runs between the 5th and 27th of February.
The reason why Snowdrop Valley is so popular is because throughout February, the valley blooms with beautiful, blossoming snowdrops and paints the area white like a canopy of snow. People come from miles around to see this as it is so picturesque. Coupled with the river Avill and the surrounding natural splendour of Exmoor National Park, it resembles something from a landscape painting.
The snowdrops were probably brought to the area from monks residing in nearby Somerset village Dunster, from around the 13th century. They are a symbol of purity and in medieval times were a symbol of the Christian festival Candlemas, which celebrated the purification of the Virgin Mary.
An alternative to catching the bus to the Valley from Wheddon Cross is walking. The route is marked with snowdrop signposts and goes through the village of Cutcombe, which has a pretty little church worth visiting if you can spare the time. The walking route is mainly downhill, taking roughly 45 minutes to reach Snowdrop Valley, with the route when you get to Snowdrop Valley being circular. The only disadvantage is the walk back up; however it will make for a great day of walking, and allows you to take in more stunning views of Exmoor. After a long hard day of walking, why not retreat to the Exmoor White Horse Inn to put your feet up and enjoy a warm hearty meal? The Inn is not far from Wheddon Cross, is comfortable and luxurious, and has an award-winning bar.
Cars are not permitted to travel down to Snowdrop Valley due to the narrow roads and concerns of the local people, so please take the bus or walk down. Bus tickets cost from £4 for adults, from £2 for 5-15 year olds, and are free for under-5s.
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By Sam Pollak
The Daily Star
---- — I have some very disappointing news for some of the more-virulent foes of sane gun-control legislation.
If you're what the National Rifle Association loves to call a "law-abiding American citizen," no one is going to take away your guns.
Not the federal government.
Not the state government.
Not the local government.
Not the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard.
Not the United Nations.
Not the zombies.
Well, OK, I can't absolutely guarantee what zombies might do, but they move so slowly, you shouldn't have much trouble keeping them from your firearms.
Now, all this won't matter much to the vast majority of responsible gun owners who wear polyester and cotton hats rather than those made out of aluminum foil.
The average gun owner who appreciates a heritage passed down from generation-to-generation, the hunter who does a public service by shooting deer in season that would otherwise cause injury by ending up on a car bumper or windshield, the citizens who balance their desire to defend themselves and their property with a deep respect for gun safety won't be the least disappointed that no one is coming for their weapons.
As for those who almost seem to be rooting for a shoot-'em-up national insurrection and have been buying into NRA propaganda all these years, I'm really sorry to break the sad news that your guns are safe from confiscation. That must be a terrible blow to everyone who has been fearfully dipping into the egg-and-milk money to purchase expensive weaponry and buy more than enough bullets to conquer North Korea.
The NRA used to be a much more mainstream organization, concentrating on gun-safety classes, police training, hunting and self-defense activities. While it's still doing all those things, it has morphed into an uncompromising opponent of any and all government efforts to reduce gun violence and has received millions of dollars from major gun manufacturers.
In return, the NRA has led the "they're coming for our guns" paranoia that started hitting its stride when Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992.
Want to know how many guns belonging to "law-abiding Americans" were confiscated during the eight years Clinton was president?
Zero. None. Zilch.
If the NRA had its adherents worked up over Clinton, it was nothing compared to when Barack Obama became president.
According to the conservative website cnsnews.com, citing FBI statistics, 65,376,373 background checks for firearm purchases have been completed since Obama's first full month in office.
That's 91.1 percent higher than President George W. Bush's first-term total of 34,214,066.
Why? Because the NRA and similar "they'll have to take my gun from my cold, dead hand" alarmists have been lying to anyone who would listen.
Want to know how many guns belonging to "law-abiding Americans" have been confiscated while Barack Obama has been president?
Again: Zero. None. Zilch.
Why am I bringing this up now? Well, for starters, as of Wednesday morning, just since the Dec. 14 Newtown tragedy when 26 "law-abiding Americans," including 20 "law-abiding" little children, were gunned down by a maniac using an assault rifle, 1,774 Americans have lost their lives to gun violence.
What happened in Newtown made me physically sick to my stomach. I had thought that as someone who has been in the newspaper business for more than 40 years, I had grown a thick emotional shell in dealing with the daily reporting of human tragedy.
Newtown showed me I was mistaken.
A few weeks ago, I had lunch with a couple of very conservative friends (yes, I have some conservative friends). When I asked them about why anyone might need a rifle that can fire 30 rounds without requiring reloading, why anyone other than a collector might require an assault weapon, or why closing the gun show loophole is a bad idea, they kept coming back with the same answer.
While legislation concerning those things might make sense, they were against it because it would be a "slippery slope" leading to the government coming into people's houses and taking away their guns.
Those are two very nice guys, smart guys for whom I have an enormous amount of respect. But I had to tell them the bad news.
No matter how slippery the imaginary slope, the "jack-booted government thugs" radical NRA President Wayne LaPierre referred to in a 1995 fundraising letter won't be showing up at their houses.
The NRA and the gun manufacturers have been playing my friends and those like them for suckers all these years.
How very disappointing.
Sam Pollak is the editor of The Daily Star. He can be reached at email@example.com or at (607) 432-1000, ext. 208. His columns can be found at www.thedailystar.com/sampollak.


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From Knoxville, I/40 & I/74: Follow Hwy 129 South, past the McGhee Tyson Airport. Vier left at the split and follow to Hwy 321 North. Follow Hwy 321 North approximately 13 miles into Townsend. Dancing Bear Lodge is located on the right just past the Apple Valley Farms Complex. From Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge: Follow the Parkway to Wears Valley Road in Pigeon Forge. Turn left onto Wears Valley Rd. Follow 15 miles to dead end at Hwy 321. Turn right to follow Hwy 321 South. Dancing Bear Lodge is located on the left just past the Apple Valley Stables.
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By Doug and Polly Smith
Niagara Gazette
Niagara Gazette — Dear Mainland Readers – We've been spending way too much time in mortuaries recently, and sending out condolences. Larry Felser last weekend, then Andy Watkinson, neither particularly young, but both with a lot more to give.
Larry Felser. Doug always liked to joke that Larry Felser stole his job. Both applied at the Buffalo Evening News sports department at the same time. Larry got the job, Doug got hired, too, assigned to a task he knew nothing about. Actually, they'd recruited Larry pretty hard, from the Courier-Express. Ahhh, if only our professional sports teams could spot talent that well ...
While Larry was a sports department superstar, he was sincerely kind to Doug, who was shuffling papers on the night shift. We talked a lot about plays and books. He was a man of wide horizons. He could have done anything. Sports was fortunate for his having chosen that field.
He didn't like baseball a lot, truth to tell, but the Bisons at the time were playing home games in Niagara Falls and Larry dutifully followed them. When the team moved, Larry gave Doug all his leftover bridge tokens.
The Courier's Jim Baker, now retired in Boston, fiercely fought Larry for inside football. Competition was brutal and woe betide the poor doofus who got "scooped." Yet such was Larry's grace that Jim said on the phone the other day that he was "a wonderful man, and I miss him so much that I can hardly believe we're having this conversation."
Us, too. Godspeed. We've still got one of the tokens.
Andy Watkinson, gentle genius of finance, we knew mostly through Sharon Onevelo Watkinson of the Niagara University theater program. We visited a few times out of town and Doug remembers Andy enduring one of Doug's rehearsals, the chore made bearable by the fact that Sharon was in the show, too, playing a role that could actually have been Andy himself.
Within recent memory Sharon has bid farewell to her husband, her father and to NU's Brother Augustine, her lifelong mentor and associate. Faith and family were sustaining her at the chapel Monday but it has been a hard time. Prayers and soft words are in order.
We take comfort in realizing that our funeral frequency results partially from associating with people in so many different fields. Count our blessings, even as we bid them farewell.
On lighter notes, our grandson Doug, a budding highway engineer, picked up his Masters at Pitt last weekend; the Rotary's annual Paper Shred rips off from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today near the Key Bank at Grand Island Boulevard and Whitehaven, and the night after Doug portrayed a priest in a play at Canisius College, one of the region's finest Catholic girls schools announced it was closing its doors. Coincidence? You decide.
Come visit. We're still here.Polly and Doug E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com


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Tui Tai Adventure Cruises
A voyage with Tui Tai Adventure Cruises is a fantastic way to see and do a lot in a short time.
A voyage with Tui Tai Adventure Cruises is a fantastic way to see and do a lot in a short time.
If you are a keen walker, try this full-day, guided trek led by shamans. Beginning at Vidawa village, it passes through the historic fortified village sites of Navuga and follows trails into the rainforest where you'll see lots of birdlife. The trek then takes you to the Tavoro Waterfalls. You can only do this walk with a guide and need to book in advance.
Rivers offers excellent kayaking and white-water rafting trips into the Namosi Highlands north of Pacific Harbour. The day trip ($295 per person including lunch) to Wainikoroiluva (Luva Gorge) is highly recommended and the scenery alone is worth the bumpy two-hour carrier trip up to Nakavika village.
Local surf legend Ian Muller is the man to talk to about all things surfing. He passionately promotes surfing within Fiji, along with respect for the water and the people on it. He was instrumental in lobbying for the Surf Decree, which opened Fijian waters to all when it was passed by the government in 2010.
The Royal Suva Yacht Club is a popular watering hole for yachties and locals alike. It has great sunset views of the Bay of Islands though the food can be hit and miss.
Abaca (Am-ba-tha) village, southeast of Lautoka, is another, more logistically challenging, access option to the park. In late 2011, the trails had been unmaintained for months and it wasn't possible to walk without a guide and a machete to clear head-high vegetation.
This area has decent snorkelling and a gorgeous white-sand beach. It is only possible to visit the park with a guide. The village of Waitabu has set up a half-day tour that includes a local guide, guided snorkelling, a bilibili ride, and afternoon tea and singing in the village ($40 per person). There's also a Backpackers' Tour with guided snorkelling ($30 per person).
Apart from the catamaran transfers, these boats are used to ferry day trippers from Port Denarau to various islands and between the islands themselves.
Starting life as a copra mill back in the late 1800s, this marina is now a sort of service centre for yachties and visitors. You can arrange anything from car hire to day trips here – and when you're done, you can munch on a burger or enjoy a beer while looking out over the bay. If you've fallen in love with the place, you can even browse for properties at the estate agent.
Runs sailing trips to the southern Yasawas aboard the tall ship SV Spirit of the Pacific . Swimming, snorkelling, fishing, island treks, village visits, campfire barbecues and lovo (feasts cooked in a pit oven) are all part of the deal. Accommodation is in simple bure ashore at Barefoot Island, or aboard in fold-up canvas beds below the deck cabins.
The station for the railway is at the causeway entrance to Shangri-La's Fijian Resort. It offers scenic rides along the coast in an old diesel sugar train, past villages, forests and sugar plantations, to beautiful Natadola Beach. The railway was once used for transporting cane and passengers to the Lautoka Mill.
Discover runs several tours to the Navua River area. Tours include waterfall visits, 4WD trips, trekking, kayaking and white-water rafting, and cost between $122 and $159, including transfers from Pacific Harbour or Suva. The popular Jewel of Fiji day tour remains a winner and was raved about by several travellers we met. All day tours last about six hours and include lunch.


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Niagara Gazette — The largest one-day food drive in the nation to help the needy is set for Saturday.
Hundreds of letter carriers in the Buffalo-Niagara area will be conducting the massive campaign with the slogan Stamp Out Hunger, a drive that was first launched in 1976.
In the days leading up to the collection, local letter carriers have been distributing post cards and, in some instances, grocery bags to both city and rural residents' mailboxes. A spokesman said the National Letter Carriers Association has collected more than a billion pounds over the last two decades for Americans in need.
The letter carriers in Niagara County and countless other communities have asked people who can help to fill grocery bags with non-perishable food items and leave them by their mailboxes Saturday morning. Items most needed by the food banks include canned fruits and vegetables, soups and meals in a can, pasta, peanut butter, tuna, rice and cereal.
Sister Beth Brosmer, executive director of the Heart, Love & Soul Food Pantry & Dining room, 939 Ontario Ave., Niagara Falls,  said: "Many people are experiencing food insecurity during these difficult economic times. If each household donates one or two bags of non-perishable food, the accumulated amount  will enable local pantries to help many families in need." She noted that in 2012, the event resulted in more than 9,000 pounds of noon-perishable food for those served by Heart, Love & Soul alone.
Working in conjunction with the letter carriers are the United Way of Niagara, the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Postal Service and many volunteers.


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5:20pm Friday 7th September 2012 in News By Barbara Jordan, Chief Reporter
HALTON'S Riverside College is in the running for a prestigious national accolade.
It has been shortlisted for The Times Education national award for outstanding leadership.
College principal Michael Sheehan, said: "We are delighted to have been recognised as one of the top six colleges nationally for outstanding leadership.
"This achievement acknowledges the exceptional work of all the staff and students at the college who have contributed to us being able to put together such a strong submission."
The Times Education Supplement (TES) recognises exceptional colleges through their annual Further Education Awards.
These prestigious accolades are given to colleges that demonstrate exceptional practice in the sector following a rigorous selection process.
Riverside's entry into the awards was strengthened by the exceptional results it has achieved for its students.
This year, the college was ranked fourth nationally by the Department for Education in their quality performance table.
There was a 99.6% A level pass rate and a 99% vocational pass rate.
The College has just received the analysis of the independent Alps survey which indicates the college is in the top 10% nationally for added value in both A level and vocational courses.
Winners will be presented with their awards at a ceremony in November.
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Fire and county officials on Tuesday will consider closing four fire stations, including one in Martinez, to close a budget gap that has been growing since the recession of 2008.
The move is necessary, said Fire Chief Daryl Louder, due to the failure of a proposed parcel tax increase by two-thirds of voters on the Nov. 6 ballot.
In a report to the county Board of Supervisors, Louder said the 2008 recession caused deep reductions in property tax revenue, which primarily funds the fire district. Service levels were maintained until now through the spending of reserves.
To make up for the loss of property tax money, the fire district proposed a $75 per parcel tax in November. Measure Q received a majority of votes but not the two-thirds super majority it needed to pass.
And now "the reserve funds have been expended and the district can no longer afford to maintain current service levels," Louder said in his report to the board.
Louder said the fire district is already falling short of meeting expected service levels and response times, and the closure of additional stations will only make matters worse. But the move will save the district $3 million.
The four stations proposed to be shuttered are:
- Fire Station #4 – 700 Hawthorne Drive, Walnut Creek
- Fire Station #11 – 6500 Center Avenue, Clayton
- Fire Station #12 – 1240 Shell Avenue, Martinez
- Fire Station #16 – 4007 Los Arabis Avenue, Lafayette
The four stations are slated to close in early January. Louder said he plans to take some actions, including using the reserve force to provide coverage for closed stations, increasing the number of emergency medical technicians during peak hours, and other efficiencies.
But Louder makes it clear that none of these steps will make up for the presence of the stations in these neighborhoods.
Louder will meet with the Board of Supervisors Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the board chambers, 651 Pine St., in Martinez.
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