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Heitzman, who graduated from Lassiter last spring, was seriously injured in a car accident last July on Trickum Road that killed his classmate, Ryan Aschenbach, and injured another recent Lassiter graduate Tylor Seaman.
Heitzman sustained a head injury and several broken bones, and will need more surgeries. The fundraiser has collected just under $40,000 from pre-registration, and is hoping to raise more money to help cover Heitzman's medical expenses.
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A raffle, vendors, snacks and live music in the Lassiter parking lot after the run are also part of the event.


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More than 100 Valley View School District 365U high school seniors have been named Illinois State scholars in honor of their high levels of academic achievement. That's a 10 percent increase over last year and a nearly 30 percent increase over the past two years.
Selection of Illinois State Scholars is based on SAT, ACT and/or Prairie State Achievement Exam scores, and/or class rank at the end of junior year.
Illinois State Scholars from Romeoville High School include: Adebowale Adelabu, Diane Alkatout, Bethany Beggs, Megan Boots, Nicolas Carreto, Ceara Floyd, Nathan Ford, Mary Gitogo, Marcus Gonzalez, Gabrielle Habeeb, Joshua Hamilton, Kaitlyn Hammock, Sayed Hasnain, Natalie Holste, Nicole Jeffrey, Keith Jett, Janette Joerger, Taylor Lefaiver, Arkadiusz Magdziak, Michael Maloney, Faith Mancol, Mary Martino, Nicolas Miller, Michael Murray, Ann Natale, Aidan Ortiz, Theodore Padal, Michael Page, Sindhu Paul, David Ridderhoff, Cynthia Romero, Nicholas Sodt, Kelli Sweeney, and Melissa Widel.
Bolingbrook High School's Illinois State Scholars are: Nali E Asamoah, Alexa L Baltsen, Jasmine K Bavaro, Simone LBeckley, Cherisse L Belser, Brady J Bettis, Sandeep N Bharadwaj, Brandi M Binkley, Yessenia Calleros, Victoria I Carbonell, Jacob D Carter, Shane S Cook, Conner D Coventry, Nakema T Davis, Anita L De Witt, Rinky D Desai, Alyssa P Dieckhaus, Amy L Edwards, George G Enriquez, Alan Favela, Michelle L Fernandez, Daniel Flores, Sandra A Folarin,
Also: Tarah L Freeman, David A Fulmer, John T Gambon, Brianna M Gieseler, Nickolas R Goodell, Delaney C Gould, Zennon J Hill, Miranda L Hillesheim, Brianna M Holmes, Vivian Huynh, Michael R Johnson, Kristena N Johnson-Wise, Abby E Kieffer, Ashley E Kuntz, Gerald P Langosch, Rachel R Lapidus, Andrew Limthongviratn, Michelle L Luna, Michael P Madden, Lindsey N McKeever, Phoebe-Kirstin D Mondala, Danielle T Morrow, Nwafor A Nwoke,
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Two years ago VVSD totaled 81 Illinois State Scholars. Last year that number grew to 95. This year, the total is 105.
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I was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS at 28 (I'm now 35) and have been struggling to keep my life as 'normal' as possible since then. A losing battle many times, and I definitely aggrevate myself. Whether it's right or wrong, I feel pride in my ability to get over the day to day challenges and push myself to accomplish more. I HATE the idea of being disabled and WON'T accept the idea that you can't find a workaround solution to any limitation that presents itself. I haven't yet accomplished what I think I'm capable of in this life and would rather die than quit trying. I'm a perfectionist, and stubborn as hell.
But...sometimes I feel like the ends are fraying. Waking up is hard and I'm always late for work, especially the mornings after my Avonex injections. I'm tired and usually have muscle & joint pain and numbness. I've gone from trying to look good when I leave the house to simply trying not to look like something's wrong with me. I'm frustrated that I don't feel as intelligent as I used to (in fact I can't remember things and feel pretty stupid)...and that is probably from a combination of MS and the stress I'm putting myself through. It's not like people don't know that I have this or that I don't take care of myself...I just haven't figured out how to strike the balance with being an overachiever and being sick. When does it change from "overcoming" to flat-out denial?
Sorry for the encyclopedia...anybody want to talk about their issues with this?
Well, you have touched on one of the most difficult problems that us MS'ers face every day...how do we keep on moving forward when we have this constant weight trying to drag us down.
It isn't easy is it?! Not only do we have the very real physical manifestations that MS causes us, but we have the psychological dilemma of dealing with just living with the disease. We all have hopes and dreams of what we want to do with our lives and now we have this...MS. Bummer!
I work for myself out of my home. So that is one problem you have to face that I don't. I can look like crap, dress in my pajamas and still get in all my work. But I still have to tell myself every day that I can get through the day and I can still accomplish those things in life that I really want. Of course, many of those lesser wants have gone by the wayside and are no longer important to me.
I have a wonderful woman that I am married to, who works outside of our home and who understands what it is I am going through. She either gives a helping hand or kicks me in the butt, which she thinks is most appropriate!!
Between the two of us I can keep on a pretty positive attitude about my MS and the limits it has placed on me. I don't think of them as limits much, but more like obstacles that didn't used to be there. Now I have to find ways around those obstacles and figure out what it and what isn't important to me and focus only on those important things.
Like telling my wife I love and appreciate her, scrubbing the kitchen floor, even though it is difficult for me to do now. Getting dressed every day, making dinner and doing the dishes helps to make me feel like I am at least lightening the load for my wife. I even vacuum!
Boy, this is getting pretty long and I probably haven't even answered your question! I guess I don't really know how I do it. I am just lucky I guess...
Best to you Tara,
I'm wrestling with the same issues, but not for nearly as long as you. My symptoms just started last year and I was just diagnosed this summer, but already I can hardly remember what it used to feel like to be me -- and oh how I loved my life before! I worked long and hard and painfully to figure out what I am about and how I can best contribute and use my talents, what makes me happy and fulfilled -- and I built my life around those things. Now it feels like so much is slipping away.
I'm an overachiever, same as you, in so many areas of my life, and had (have!) very high standards and expecations for myself on a day to day basis. Not just physically, but energy-wise, what I accomplish, my relationships, intellectually, etc.
I know that I'll be learning some important lessons from MS about patience, acceptance, humility etc., but they are not lessons I especially want to learn! A friend would call this an AFLE (another f***ing learning experience). I'm 44 and I have so much I want to accomplish yet! Right now I'm all but paralyzed by grief for what I've lost and just keeping myself going to the office and somehow pulling it off.
And yet, most people, even those closest to me, my boss, my boyfriend, think I'm doing just amazingly well. Sometimes that's a compliment and sometimes it's not, if you know what I mean.
My doctor referred to me as a "chronically ill person" the other day and I almost fell on the floor. Last year this time I was training to run my seventh marathon. Now I have to rest after I bring in the groceries. How the mighty have fallen.
Thanks for posting and asking cuz I clearly needed to rant. I guess I'm not quite ready for the positive outlook business just yet.
You bring up another complex issue we deal with as well...relationships with the MS-factor. I just got married 3 months ago and worry all the time about existing and potential burdens on my husband. It sounds like you and your wife have an absolutely fantastic relationship and I hope we are as lucky as you two. You pointed out something to me as well...I need to tell him I appreciate him more often. He's a quiet guy but I know he feels pressure, whether he admits it or not. His mom is going through some nasty cancer and his father is taking very good care of her...which I know my husband is looking to as an example. Right now we tend to bicker over who should do what in the way of household chores...I think the fact that my illness is invisible makes it hard for him to accept that I'm just too freakin' tired for housework. Your wife is really someone special.
Thanks again for sharing with me. Cheers, Tara
I rant now but my god, you should have heard me when I was first diagnosed!! I was sooo awful. So I know exactly where you're at, you've been hit with a mack truck and are trying to figure out what's going to happen next, but you have no way of knowing. For strong women like us losing control is the WORST. I have to say that the first few years were a disaster...my career went off the rails and I did some crazy things. Then somehow I was able to downplay the physical things I was feeling (somewhat) and start believing in myself enough to "rejoin the living." Trusting myself has been hard, I don't feel like I can count on myself anymore. I started trying to catch up on all the time I lost, which is probably a trap but I'm still trying.
We really do go through this whole grieving thing because we feel like the person we knew best is gone. When you're hearing doctors say crap like "you're a chronically ill person" you can't believe it's you they're saying it to! I now have a virtual middle finger in the air to the whole idea that I'm sick. It's not that I have anything against people who are impaired in any way...I suppose I just figure as long as I'm even somewhat able to plow ahead with the life I planned to have, I'm damn well gonna do it. I struggle with the challenge of having to redefine what I consider "greatness" so that it's something attainable.
So I guess the moral of the story is, if we didn't fight against it we'd be "giving up." I think I need to get over myself and be okay with being vulnerable...not sure how though! If we have the tenacity to be this angry, then we must be capable of so much more!!
Stay sane! Tara
Thanks so much for all your thoughts! It's so great to hear from someone going through the same things I am and biting and clawing all the way, too.
Finding the balance of fighting this diagnosis and accepting it is a HUGE challenge, one I'm sure I'll be struggling with the rest of my life. I WANT to continue to expect a lot of myself, especially physically, because I'm terrified of losing any more strength or capability. But I also don't want to drive myself crazy (or crazier). Ugh. I struggle with wanting to hold it together and be as normal as possible and wanting to just lay down on the bed with the cats for a month straight!
On the other hand, I feel bad, on boards like this, complaining about not being able to run or work to the insane degree that I'm used to, when so many others have much more fundamental challenges. Most people in my life see me as fairly normal still so they don't get what the big deal is. It's nice to be able to hide behind that at times, for privacy and so people I care about don't worry, but it's also deeply isolating. I've also noted that a lot of people I used to consider close or semi-close friends have all but disappeared after hearing about my diagnosis. People do fear disease, I guess.
I know in my heart that out of this experience I have to forge a new identity for myself that is not based on the kind and quantity of achievements I had in the past. Yes, you're right, our own selves have been torn from us, and it's devastating in a really profound way, unlike anything my life has prepared me for.
I'm sorry to hear you had such a rough time in your early years, but you seem really strong and amazing overall. Of course none of us can "make up" for lost time, but maybe you can look at that period as a necessary (but painful) part of the process of your own unique life. I do believe that when we're in a crisis, the best thing we can do is listen to our instincts and do what they call for, even if it seems like it could be the wrong thing. It doesn't lessen the terror of walking blindly through a dark room, but at least it gives us something to guide by.
Hang in there, Tara! Thanks for talking!!
I understand your post, even though I have not yet been diagnosed with MS. I am being tested for it next week, and have had symptoms on and off for the last three years, particularly within the last six months. Of course, I didn't know it was MS, just struggled along, going to the occassional neurologist and doctor, or just giving up seeing anyone until I ended up in the ER a month ago, throwing up, heart palpitations, headaches, feeling like my brain was literally attacking me.
It has gotten worse, and the worst thing, for me, particularly since the ER, is a lack of brain power and a noted decrease in intelligence. I can't remember things, have lost my internal vision, and it takes me longer to write. Add to that an apparent swelling of my cranial nerve that has been going on for years, blurred vision, and vertigo. Until June, I was an English professor at a university here in Cincinnati. I left that position to start my own freelance writing business--partly because of fatigue, and a slurring of speech, stress, and a decreased ability to concentrate. I tried so hard to keep it together when I lectured or went to meetings. But I convinced myself that I didn't have to change my life--could keep this up--and even go on to get my PhD.
Lately, I've given up that appearance, even foregoing a part-time job at an ad agency I was supposed to take last week. It was humiliating to turn it down, because I worked for them four years ago, in my prime, when I'd just turned 30, and they remembered me that way--full of life, highly creative, driven. Now they know that the only thing I can do is work from home, with naps and lying down, about four hours a day. I have one client. I'm dating someone but we spend at least half our time lying in bed, watching movies, and I feel like Brian Wilson.
In just a matter of months, my entire life has changed, but I've simply had to acknowledge that my body has a life too, and that I can't completely control it, and that my mind has a life as well--one that I used to think was entirely within my control, but have found that I was mistaken. This is hard for someone who's always thought "mind over matter" and was engaged in a variety of spiritual practices to increase my awareness and consciousness. Where has it gone?
I'm starting to be challenged with the opportunity to love myself not for what my mind, body, or even soul can do, but love myself even if I do no more than exist. This is the biggest challenge of all.
It seems to also be a challenge of self care. How well can I love myself, put my needs before others, feed myself the right food, vitamins, rest, and really have compassion for my self, and for my body?
This is not easy, so I understand your balance between wanting to do it all and needing to take care of yourself.
I think, for me, I'm going to find that balance in having compassion for myself even if I don't accomplish everything I said I would in this lifetime.
I don't think that this is giving up...because I could get better once diagnosed and on medication, once I know what to do to help control it. But I'm trying to find that fine balance between control and surrender.
I wish you health, balance, and rest!
Your post really touched me. I'm a professional writer too. I work fulltime as a speechwriter and also do freelance grantwriting and annual reports, that kind of thing.
I've been able to keep all that going since getting sick, but sadly my own personal writing has gone by the wayside. I'm a poet as well, and I used to have no end of mental energy for writing of all kinds, but I find that all I have now is just barely enough to do my job.
It's the most terrifying aspect for me. I have always relied on my mind to carry me safely through life, to process the world around me in a healthy and productive way, and as the primary way I care for myself and provide for myself. The idea of losing that is truly terrifying.
I am always interested in this topic. Since it is something every one of us has to deal with on some level, we all have some experience to share I suppose.
Getting people to discuss the issue is another matter!
You are so right! It is hard to talk about, especially since we are all on "different but similiar" MS journeys.
I like to hear how other people handle (or don't handle) all of these wonderful challenges. Keep the posts coming!
Al(ways looking for ways to cope)
It would take me pages ,and pages of texts, if I wrote everything, but, I think ONE of the most important thing that has changed in my MS life is........for 25 yrs I have been a aerobics instructor,taught "high-impact" ,runner, personal trainer,and all and everything dealing with fitness. My life has changed now...I like you, have a hard time getting out of bed,and barely can hold on to my job! I do still teach a fitness class, but, it is a "walking class" (and thanks to Provigil,I) I can do this, as i have zero energy!! Not even too mention my jello legs! I used to teach 5 days aweek/ now I am lucky to teach 2 days. I dont know how much longer I can teach this walk class..it is something I have done for 25yrs, and something I love, and very hard for me to give up!
Anyway..I wish you well,thinking of you, and take care.
Warm hugs, Sara
Thanks for bringing this subject to the surface. I think!!!
Most of us don't have a problem giving advise or just listening to someone with the need to vent. But, when this subject is brought up, we have a tendancy to clam up. I vent alot and give comments but this is a hard one for me, especially now. It blindsighted me in the last few weeks.
Everything was going along just fine, then boom. I can't work. I have all I can do just to make myself a sandwich. Housework!!! That just doesn't happen right now.
My Life Partner has been wonderful. His mother was over today and we had a nice chat. She is will to help me if I need. Also my son and step daughter are helping.
Tomorrow my son is taking me shopping. I can't even drive. My legs wouldn't allow me.
I don't like this at all. How do so many of us with MS handle this? I haven't figured this out. I am so frustrated and angry right now.
Leave it alone. It seems to be re-educating and reconnecting people.
my never humble opinion.
As time goes by, it does seem to get harder for me to keep up appearances. (OT, but do any of you watch that British show "keeping up Appearances"?, I love that show.)
At first I dealt with it by ignoring it, and told no one. Then as things got harder, I started sharing with my friends and co-workers. I found the vast majority to be sympathetic and not condescending. Then the falls started, at work no less, and I would just joke and laugh at myself with everyone.
The worst was incontinence, both bladder and bowel. I was horrified at first, but all I know to do now is laugh at myself. I mean, I can't help it, so what else can I do? I have been going downhill the last few years and I am very lucky to have a great family support system, both at home and on this web site.
I think talking about it rather than ignoring it has helped me most. It is what it is, I can't change it. I just look for ways to adapt. When the day comes that I cannot adapt anymore, I guess I will leave the workforce and start a new life. Lately it seems this day is coming sooner rather than later.
Yes I have had to readjust some of my life goals, but it isn't a bad thing to reevaluate you life every now and then anyway. I try not to feel cheated by this disease, rather I try to look at the good things it has given me. Yes there are some good things. I value my time with friends and family more now, I value my walks with my dog more, I value the little things more in general.
That being said, I am not the eternal optimist, I just try. But believe me, I have my down pessimistic times as well. Plenty of them. But, I try to bounce back from them by thinking of something good in my life. This doesn't always work, but then that's what my anti-depressant is for too.
To sum it up, I think I have quit trying to keep up appearances, and let the chips fall where they may. The only time I fake it, is with my young nephew and niece, I don't want them to deal with it until they are older.
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It's taken a lot of blood, sweat and perseverance for one-woman winemaking whirlwind Kathleen Inman to get from Napa to England to Sonoma County, and for her wines to evolve into the silky, complex Russian River Valley bottles now found in her very own tasting room.
Where: 3900 Piner Road, Santa Rosa
When: Open Thursday through Monday with private tastings and vineyard tours with winemaker Kathleen Inman available by appointment
Tasting fee: $10/person, waived with purchase
Information: 293-9576, inmanfamilywines.com
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It all started with the 2000 planting of a plot of land that Inman would call Olivet Grange Vineyard (OGV), set on the corner of Piner Road and Olivet Lane. A little over 10 acres, she planted the majority of it to pinot noir and the rest to pinot gris, while sectioning off another 3 acres or so to sow vegetables and herbs.
"When I walked the property I just knew it was what I was looking for, with the Olivet Lane pinot noir vineyard just a few parcels over and the Papera (Ranch) and Mancini old-vine zinfandel vineyards on two sides of me," Inman recalled.
"I was excited by the potential of this property to grow not just good but outstanding fruit."
Inman's first wine, a pinot gris, was released in 2002, the first pinot noir in 2003. Her tasting room and winery opened in late 2010.
"It was clear to me even though she was starting out as a novice," noted winemaker Kevin Hamel of Hamel Wines in Healdsburg, "that she wanted to learn and planned to do things on her own."
Hamel helped Inman get her first few vintages off the ground and remains a mentor.
"She was more determined than anybody I'd ever met and committed from the ground up to make her wine representative of her vineyard," he added. "And she was pushing back from the super-extracted, super-ripe style; balance and elegance were important."
From the beginning, Inman took to farming organically, with a sustained commitment to composting from what she calls "Four Course Compost," a mélange of fancy restaurant scraps that would otherwise be thrown out.
That eco-sensibility continued with the installation of an electric vehicle charging station fueled by solar power in her tasting-room parking lot. The building is old and new, based entirely on a redwood barn originally built on the site more than a century ago, re-done using salvaged wood, steel, concrete and insulation.
Inman grew up in the Napa Valley but didn't know anything about wine until working a summer job during college at the since-defunct Napa Creek Winery. She detoured to England for 15 years, working in finance there while her British husband, Simon, practiced law. They now live in Healdsburg and are the parents of two grown girls.
"We wanted to change our lifestyle away from careers that never allowed us enough time with our children or for hobbies like gardening," said Inman.
"During a holiday (here) we had an epiphany to give up our careers in England and move back to California so I could go back to wine."
Inman makes pinot noir, pinot gris, chardonnay and Blanc de Noir sparkling wine. In 2009, she started making a single-vineyard designated sparkling wine, something that's not often done in California.
Visitors to the tasting room have responded overwhelmingly to the story behind Endless Crush, a rosé wine she starting making in 2004 to celebrate her and Simon's 20th wedding anniversary.
Made intentionally as a rosé wine from pinot noir grapes and released around Valentine's Day, it is among her most sought-after wines, beautifully coral colored, with pronounced, refreshing flavors of stark raspberry and shavings of orange zest.
Inman's Brut Rosé Nature Sparkling Endless Crush (2009 is current), made to commemorate her 25th wedding anniversary, is similarly blessed, though with bubbles, made in a Méthode Champenoise-style from estate fruit with no extra sugar added in the final dosage.
It is bright and completely dry, worth seeking out at the tasting room. Inman will continue to release the wine in staged disgorgements, with the next set for spring of this year (after 18 months of age) and another (after 33 months of age) for Valentine's Day 2014.
The Inman pinot gris is also a departure from the norm, produced from estate grapes with pronounced minerality and depth of flavor. The chardonnay, a relative newcomer to the lineup, is rich in apple and lemon flavor but also freshly alive with acidity and offering a remarkably low 12.6 percent alcohol level.
The Russian River Valley is known for its pinot noir, Inman's first love, and Inman makes two, one from the OGV estate and another from nearby Thorn Ridge Ranch.
The OGV is restrained, the "Audrey Hepburn of Pinot," as Inman likes to say — classically elegant, balanced, with lean, tart cherry flavors.
The Thorn Ridge is more Marilyn Monroe — rich, full-bodied and hedonistic. In both cases, Inman stirs the pinot grapes during fermentation to give her wines more mouthfeel while keeping the alcohol levels relatively low. Her vision for balanced, elegant wines is always front and center.
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It's not often that I write about books in this column–FORBES does have the excellent blog, "Booked," for that–but every now and then something I read has so much to do with the topics I regularly cover on this beat that I'm compelled to type up some thoughts.
One such book is Joe Vogel's terrific Man In The Music (Sterling, 2011), which explores the life and work of Michael Jackson. The King of Pop, of course, is a frequent subject for me–I started writing about him on the day of his death and quickly became fascinated with his vastly-underrated business savvy. That's been underscored in recent years by his posthumous financial success, boosted heavily by his estate's shrewd deal-making, all of which I've covered extensively for FORBES.
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Jackson's heavily-publicized trials and tribulations are mrntioned throughout the book, but they're clearly not its focus. If anything, Vogel makes the case that these events so deeply colored the perception of Jackson that his later work was never judged objectively.
Man in the Music is definitely worth a read–and don't be surprised if it makes you go back and listen to "Stranger in Moscow" with a whole new outlook on The King of Pop.
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Great read!
I understand you started writing about Michael Jackson only recent, but I assure you he has ALWAYS been extremely efficient in the studio! For God's sake, at last do your research!
I keep hearing he recorded 40-50 songs for many of his albums but then I hear there is only enough unreleased material for one more album. Where does the 40-50 you are refering to come from? Wonder what the truth is?
Yes, it was in Vogel's book but it's also been stated before by many who worked with him – Q being one – re the amount of material he produced. He was profilic in his song writing but often not satisfied and so kept tweeking songs – sometimes for years. I'm hoping the estate has plans for this material because many of the songs were finished or close to finished but didn't make a particular album – like amazing Streetwalker not making BAD – because it didn't fit the "theme". Fans want MJ's music.
meant "prolific". Sorry.
Zack, thank you for the shout out to Joe Vogel's new book. I am in the last 50 pgs and am thrilled that somone is FINALLY focusing on the creative genius of one of the most talented singers/songwriters/dancers/entertainers/arrangers in generations. For too long Michael Jackson's near superhuman gifts have been sabotaged by the salacious bile of the pedestrian mainstream media. I have read over 20 books about Michael since his death – always a fan of his music but now also of the man – and Vogel's studied, intelligent, incisive tome was a whole new revelation into MJ's unparalleled artistry. Maybe with fair minded writers like you and Vogel entering the conversation, Michael will finally be recognized for the brilliant talent and caring human being that he truly was.
Thank you for reviewing Mr. Vogel's book which I finished reading last month. It is *finally* a serious and scholarly treatment of Jackson's work, long overdue. Mr. Vogel also wrote a shorter book called "Earth Song: Inside Michael Jackson's Magnum Opus" which is also a worthy read.
Mr. Greenburg I really appreciate how your work always treats Jackson with respect. I joined Forbes because of your columns.


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"There's no question that it's one of the strongest anti-bullying laws on the books in the country," said Carol Croteau of Kingston, who launched the website BullyFreeNH.org and helped craft the law's language. "But I do think some changes could improve some areas and address situations I'm hearing about from parents."
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Among the law's requirements, local authorities must determine whether an incident reported is actually a case of bullying. If it is deemed to be, parents of all those involved must be notified within 48 hours.
Rep. Donna Schlachman, D-Exeter, a sponsor of the anti-bullying legislation, said she has heard from parents who didn't know where to turn when they disagreed with the way a bullying incident was handled.
"One thing I definitely would like to see changed is language added that spells out that the school board is where parents should go if they disagree with a determination ...?."
Croteau agreed. She doesn't think members of local school boards are shirking their responsibilities, but are unaware they should be handling the appeals.
"It's a lack of training about the law that's at fault here," said Croteau. "I don't think administrators are aware of that aspect of the bill."
Mark Joyce, executive director of New Hampshire School Administrators Association, didn't see it that way.
"I think by and large school administrators are doing a good job with it," Joyce said. "It's new, and with anything new, there's a period of adjustment. I think administrators are balancing handling the reports and notifying the parties, while protecting the confidentiality of the students."
The law requires school districts and charter schools to provide informational programs for students and parents in how to identify, prevent, report and respond to incidents of bullying or cyberbullying. It mandates the state Department of Education prepare an annual report of substantiated incidents of bullying or cyberbullying in the schools. And it stipulates that a school principal or designee must develop a response to address any substantiated case, including imposing discipline if appropriate, to reduce the risk of future incidents and, where deemed appropriate, to offer assistance to the victim or perpertrator.
Schlachman would like the law expanded to cover college students.
"I'm hearing that bullying issues follow students to college," said Schlachman. "It affects students of all ages. Older students should be afforded the same protection under the law."
Schlachman has filed a Legislative Service Request (LSR) - a precursor to a formal bill - to create an Anti-Bullying Day in New Hampshire on the second Wednesday in November. The request came after a meeting Dec. 6 with about 16 students involved in the New Hampshire Kids Against Bullying (NHKAB) group at Strafford School in Strafford.
"Having a designated anti-bullying day will serve as a springboard for interested parties to focus more needed attention and resources on the complex problem of bullying," said Richard Kauffman, a guidance counselor at Strafford School who works with the NHKAB group. "A well-publicized anti-bullying day will help to galvanize schools, businesses and community organizations as well as individuals and families to engage in educational programming.''
According to a Department of Education report, during the 2010-11 school year, 5,561 incidents of suspected bullying were reported in New Hampshire, with 2,988 investigated and confirmed.
Among the districts, Manchester had 409 "bullying incidents of any kind" reported. Nashua had 205, Rochester 400, Laconia 85, and Hudson 71. Londonderry had 44, Concord had 25, Bedford had 19 and Colebrook had 11.
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News & Observer reporter Jay Price is in Afghanistan this year on assignment with McClatchy Newspapers.
Price is a veteran war correspondent. This is his third reporting trip to Afghanistan; he has also been assigned in Iraq four times. He has traveled to more than 50 countries and has also reported for The N&O from Chile, Haiti, Italy, Uganda and Mexico.
Price, 51, is a North Carolina native who has been with The N&O since 1993. Most recently, he has covered N.C. State University and medical stories. Via email, I posed some questions to Price. Here are his answers, edited for brevity.
Q: You reported from Afghanistan in 2005 and 2009. Is the country different now compared to then?
Yes, it has been distinctly different each time. In 2005, the war wasn't particularly "kinetic" – soldier jargon for lots of combat. N&O photographer Chuck Liddy and I were riding around on patrols with the 82nd Airborne Division, and it was pretty quiet.
In 2009, though, Chuck and I were there at the same time President Obama announced the troop surge, and things were pretty violent. In Kandahar Province in the south, the birthplace of the Taliban, we spent time with a small 82nd Airborne unit that was training Afghan police officers. They were getting attacked almost every day, oddly enough just before lunch.
The Taliban owned the turf beyond 700 meters – a decent sniper shot – on either side of the main highway the 82nd was working on, and the U.S. and Afghan forces were seriously outnumbered. And in Helmand Province, we were with a Marine unit from Camp Lejeune that was seeing action pretty much every day, and walking some pretty hairy old-school foot patrols without any help from Afghan security forces.
There were so many bombs on the roads, it took us three days to move six miles getting out of there.
Now, in many parts of the country the Afghan troops are out front. I'm hoping to get down to Helmand in a couple of weeks to spend more time with Lejeune Marines, and I'm eager to see how things have changed.
Q: You wrote recently about the seasonal nature of warfare in Afghanistan, although some dispute that idea. Are you able to tell how strong the Taliban are compared to your previous visits?
They certainly seem much weaker than in 2009, but my experience has been too limited to get too far out on that limb, particularly when some of the smartest military leaders and analysts are scratching their heads on it. A lot of people are thinking that one test will come next year after the numbers of U.S. troops have come down sharply, which they will start to do this fall. There is a lot of agreement that the Taliban have been badly hurt by the surge, the drones and the high pace of Special Operations raids. NATO commanders say that the Taliban really aren't able to stage guerrilla attacks anymore. But they're still able to plant bombs and put together a pretty steady pace of terrorist operations. Some experts think it's possible that to some degree they're lying low and waiting for us to leave, if only to emerge with more attacks designed at improving their negotiating position in peace talks.
Q: In a recent dispatch, you reported that improvised bombs have killed more American troops than anything else since the war began 11 years ago. Clearing bombs is a special skill. Is there a certain kind of person who is attracted to that kind of work?
Well, yeah – someone who is a heck of a lot braver than me. The American engineers I talked with seem remarkably nonchalant and even cheerful about that work. They seemed to take a lot of pride in it, and were pretty casual about the amount of risk when I asked them about it, saying basically it's not that dangerous if you do things right.
I don't care what they say, it's a really gutsy job, with not a lot of glory to it.
Obviously someone has to do it. And it's really intensive. It may take them a day or two to clear just a few miles of road, so they'll clear all the way out to the next base, stay there overnight and then clear the road again on the way back. One stretch they were telling me about of just a few miles had more than 200 culverts, prime places for slipping a bomb under a paved road. And they had to examine every one of them.
Yet I remember talking with soldiers on two different occasions who were temporarily assigned to some other task and were eager to get back to route clearance.
The Afghans who clear roads take even more risks since they work on foot a lot, and have vehicles that are significantly less safe in a blast. I asked a group of five or six of them about the dangers, and they were even more nonchalant than the Americans.
Q: As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan and hands more responsibility to the Afghans, what are the keys to a smooth transition, and how will we know whether we've succeeded?
Everyone is looking to the presidential election a year from now, to see whether the results can be trusted and whether a real leader will emerge who has the faith of the people. A lot of people are calling that result a bellwether.
I'd look beyond that to fall 2014, to the end of the first "fighting season" where we aren't around in big numbers. By that point we should all be getting a sense of how well or poorly the Afghan security forces will be able to handle things on their own.
Long-term, the country needs an economy that isn't just opium-based. It doesn't have a legal one now, except in the sense of billions of dollars flowing in from NATO and donor countries. Even if the government can sort out its many problems and the army and police can hold the violence down to a dull roar, it's not sustainable until there is some way of paying for it all other than handouts. There's supposedly $1 trillion or more in mineral resources, but that would take years and perhaps decades to develop even if security were perfect and there wasn't massive corruption at all levels of society.
If you see the place – much of it is shockingly beautiful – and meet the people, it's hard not to want good things to happen here, but that won't come easy. One Afghan politician told me that he fears his country has squandered a golden opportunity with all this money and help pouring in for more than a decade, an opportunity it could never have foreseen and will never see again.
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You've logged the miles, done your speedwork, targeted your pace, even bought a new pair of running shoes — broken in nicely over the past couple of weeks, naturally — in preparation for the big day. For area runners who plan to participate in the Dalton Half Marathon, it's almost time to lace 'em up and go.
The Dalton Half Marathon, which is part of the United States Running Association's half marathon series, is set for this Saturday. And after the long-distance racers take off at 8 a.m., a 5K will follow at 8:15 and a one-mile fun run at 9:45 for a morning full of activity that will be followed with an awards presentation and finish line party.
But if you're not running and would like to be part of this week's festivities, opportunities are available, because Debby Long, Director of Services at the Dalton Convention and Visitors Bureau, will be happy to put you to work as a volunteer.
Several opportunities to assist are available — a baggers' party will be held on Wednesday at the Dalton Freight Depot, with volunteers loading goodie bags for each registered runner. All ages can participate and civic and corporate groups are encouraged to come together.
On Friday, the Health and Fitness Expo, runners registration and pasta party will all be held at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Volunteers are needed to assist with registration, and then will be able to enjoy the expo.
On race day, volunteers will hit the streets early to do it all — set up barricades, serve as course marshals, equip and staff aid stations, help with registration and record bib numbers of runners as they finish. Volunteers will be given a T-shirt and access to the finish line party.
For more information on volunteering, contact Long at (706) 876-1553 or dlong @visitdaltonga.com.
Here's a look at what else is going on:
• It's TV time for Dalton High's football team again.
The Catamounts make an appearance as part of a Comcast High School Football Game of the Week broadcast for the fifth straight season. Coverage of this Friday's 7:30 p.m. homecoming game against Ringgold will air regionally following the network's "In the Huddle," a 7 p.m. show highlighting high school football around the Southeast.
Watch from home if you must, Cats fans, but I think it's a safe bet the team, its coaches and its booster club would be happiest for you to help pack the stands to make a good impression on viewers from outside the area.
• Northwest Whitfield is the area's lone high school softball team to survive the gauntlet of region tournament play this year, but the Lady Bruins will have to hit the road as they take aim at the state championship that eluded them last season in a third-place finish.
Region 7's No. 3 seed, Northwest will open a best-of-three series in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs with a doubleheader this Wednesday at South Paulding. (The third game, if necessary, is set for Thursday.) No times have been set yet, but we'll let you know as soon as we do.
The winner of this series gets the winner of Region 8 champion Madison County (No. 1 in the most recent Ga.PrepCountry.com Class 4A coaches poll), and Region 6 No. 4 seed Southwest DeKalb in next week's second round.
• Southeast Whitfield and Dalton finished third and fourth at the Area 7-3A volleyball tournament this weekend at LaFayette, meaning they'll also travel for the first round of the Class 3A state tourney on Saturday.
Area 7 matches up with Area 4 to start, so Dalton makes a trip to the other side of Atlanta to take on Locust Grove, while Southeast takes an even longer ride to Warner Robins, where the Lady Raiders face Veterans, a first-year school. Dalton lost in the opening round last year while still competing in 4A, but Southeast advanced to the second round in 3A.
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No matter how many differences you see between barbarians and hobgobwins or marbits or elves, that only means that barbarians are an unusual type of Natural Ally. It could be that Natural Ally is a broad class that includes some highly atypical examples and may mean nothing more than "not a capital side." Just because barbarians are called Natural Allies doesn't necessary guarantee any particular properties in barbarians; it just becomes part of the definition of the term "Natural Ally." We know that barbarians are called Natural Allies, at least once.Lipkin wrote:I see enough differences between barbarians and natural allies to conclude that they are not the same.
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Ollive L. Dehlinger
Ollive L. (nee Anderson) Dehlinger, age 90, of the City of Tonawanda, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 2, 2013, surrounded by her family, at Northgate Health Care Facility, where she had been a resident for the past five years. Born in Grassflat, PA, she was the wife of Robert J. Dehlinger, who died on July 23, 1992; and sister of the late Florence Lucas, Russell Anderson, and Ollivan Anderson. Ollive was a 70-year member of Augustana Lutheran Church.
She is survived by three children, Donald (Lin) Dehlinger, Thomas (Marianne) Dehlinger, and Carol Crissey, all of Tonawanda; five grandchildren, Dan (Rachel) Crissey, Jenny Crissey, Andy (Beth) Dehlinger, Amanda Dehlinger, and Casey Dehlinger; four great-grandchildren, Gabriel and Faith Dehlinger, Madelyn and June Crissey; and several nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends are invited to a celebration of Ollive's life on Monday, May 6th from 10-11 AM only at JOHN O. ROTH FUNERAL HOME, INC., 25 William St. (Between Morgan & Broad Sts.) City of Tonawanda, where a funeral service will be held at 11 AM. Rev. Troy Mulvaine will officiate. Burial will be in Elmlawn Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Eldredge Bicycle Club, 17 Broad St., City of Tonawanda. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Augustana Lutheran Church Esther Circle, 3143 Eggert Rd. Tonawanda, NY 14150.
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Recent Ethics Probe Won't Change Rep. Jesse Jackson's Re-Election Prospects
Jesse Jackson, Jr. faces ethics probes, absences. But he's unlikely to lose his re-election bid.
A May 16, 2011, file photo shows U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in Chicago.
While his campaign has gone undetected in Chicago for months, Illinois Democrat Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s campaign is back in the spotlight Monday after reports surfaced that federal investigators are looking into whether the congressman inappropriately spent campaign money on a redesign of his home.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, the Jackson campaign tried to negotiate with the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, D.C., and the FBI to keep the results of the investigation under wraps until after the November election, but the U.S. Attorney said no.
The reported federal probe comes as another is still unfolding in the House, where the Committee on Ethics is investigating whether an advocate for Jackson raised money to convince then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to appoint Jackson to the U.S. Senate.
No matter how damaging, it's unlikely the recent allegations will affect Jackson's reelection prospects.
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"He has got a lot of problems going on right now, but he still will win," says Wayne Steger, a political science professor at DePaul University in Chicago.
Jackson hasn't appeared publicly for a campaign event since June, when he took an abrupt leave of absence from Congress to undergo treatment for bipolar disorder at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
Even Jackson's website looks as if he's out of the race. The last time a press release was updated to the site was on March 7 when Jackson was entrenched in a bitter primary battle against his former opponent Debbie Halvorson.
Jackson's office isn't talking about the most recent ethics probe, and in the 2nd Congressional District, the Jackson campaign might not have to.
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Despite his continuing absence from both Capitol Hill and the campaign trail, Jackson remains popular back home on the South Side of Chicago, a heavily minority district where the Jackson family name holds strong. And he faces no serious opposition to his re-election bid.
"Once he beat me in the primary, he knew that was it," Halvorson says. "I am very bothered by this because he has always worked by his own rules. This is very sad for the people of the district."
Jackson's Republican challenger, Brian Woodworth, hasn't received financial backing from the GOP establishment and records show his campaign has raised just over $11,000 so far to go up against Jackson's $630,000 war chest.
But even if Jackson is re-elected it's uncertain when he might return to work.
[READ: Jesse Jackson Heaps Praise on Michelle Obama]
Jackson's wife Sandi is running her husband's reelection bid and told supporters earlier this month that she wasn't sure when her husband could return to take office.
"I believe at some point in time he will come back," she said. "I don't know whether that will be before the election or after the election, but whenever that happens, we will welcome him."
Jackson's been absent on the campaign trail, but news reports surfaced Monday that the congressman was seen on two separate occasions with two different women at a D.C. bar.
"This adds to the continued negative news that keeps coming his way," Steger says. "Problems that he is dealing with have to be weighing on him personally, but it's not weighing on his race."
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Bethany Anne Decker has been missing since Jan. 29, 2011. Her family and investigators hope an episode of Investigation Discovery channel's Disappeared focusing on the Ashburn mother will lead to new information in the case.
The show first aired Nov. 26, but is set to rerun at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 and again at 2 a.m. Dec. 3. Investigators in the case are seeking anyone with information about Decker in the days before and after her disappearance. She was last seen at her Ashburn apartment by her then-boyfriend.
The Disappeared episode clears up many questions about why there appeared to be two men in Decker's life. Both men have been questioned in the case. No charges have been filed, nor has a crime been discovered. She was five months pregnant when she disappeared. Her son was living with her mother at that time.
By the time Decker's family contacted the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office on Feb. 19, the trail was cold and investigators have been unable to solve the case. Her car was found in the parking lot outside her apartment, and she has not used her cell phone or credit cards since she went missing. There has been no activity on her bank accounts.
Decker studied at George Mason University and worked at Carrabba's in Centreville.
Decker remains officially listed as a "missing person." Anyone with information about her or the case is asked to contact Detective Mark McCaffrey at 703-777-0475.
To review the ID schedule for future airings, visit: http://investigation.discovery.com/tv-shows/disappeared/tv-schedule.htm. The episode is called "The Soldier's Wife."
Learn more about the case from past Patch stories:
- Missing Ashburn Mom's Family Still Searching
- Ashburn Mother Bethany Decker Remains Missing One Year Later
- Search Continues for Missing Woman
- Attorney for Missing Woman's Boyfriend Speaks
- Deputies Search Terrain Near Bethany Decker's Apartment
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For the second consecutive year, Community Howard Regional Health has received an excellence award for patient safety from Healthgrades, an online resource for information on hospitals and physicians.
The award places Community Howard among the top 5 percent of all hospitals for 2012 and 2013 for its performance in safeguarding patients from preventable complications during hospital stays.
The 2013 award covers the period from 2009 through 2011 and uses public records on Medicare patients to make the determination.
The study looks at 13 preventable safety events in which Howard scored better than average in five categories, average in seven and worse than average in one: death in procedures where mortality is usually low.
"We are very pleased that patient safety at Community Howard has been recognized by Healthgrades two years in a row," said James Alender, CEO of Community Howard. "We have many safety initiatives in place, and our Patient Safety Committee and Quality Department work hand-in-hand to ensure that our patients are in the safest hospital environment possible."
Alender said the study provides consumers with information to help them make choices about health care.
Community Howard patients were 81 percent less likely to experience hip fracture following surgery than at hospitals ranked in the bottom five, 80 percent less likely to experience bed sores and 70 percent less likely to get a catheter-related bloodstream infection.
"The Healthgrades report highlights the variation in hospital quality, both locally and across the nation, in order to show consumers that spending time on understanding hospital performance can be a matter of life and death," Evan Marks with Healthgrades said. "Consumers can be assured that a hospital that has been recognized with a Healthgrades 2013 Patient Safety Excellence Award has demonstrated an established commitment to patient safety."
None of the hospitals in Kokomo, Peru, Logansport and Tipton reported an incident where a foreign object was left in a patient during a procedure.
All five hospitals in the region scored below average in the category for death in procedures where mortality is usually very low.
St. Joseph Hospital in Kokomo was rated average in seven categories. It was better than average in accidental cut, puncture or hemorrhage during medical care and death following a serious complication after surgery. It was below average in fluid imbalance following surgery, respiratory failure after surgery and bloodstream infection following surgery.
IU Tipton Hospital was rated average in 11 categories and below average in two, including deep blood clots in the legs or lungs after surgery.
Logansport Memorial Hospital was average in 10 areas, above average in death following serious complications after surgery and below average in two categories, including deep blood clots in the legs and lungs after surgery.
Duke's Memorial Hospital was average in 12 categories and below average in one.
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Today, July 11, is National Collector Car Appreciation Day across the U.S. That means...
Honda small SUV heads to Detroit auto show
Concept could preview Fit-based vehicle
Honda will unveil a subcompact car-based SUV--smaller than the CR-V crossover--at the Detroit auto show in January, the automaker said Tuesday.
Given that Honda plans to build a crossover based on the Fit platform at its Mexico plant in 2014, this concept likely will preview what that vehicle will resemble.
In a release, Honda said the vehicle "is a global concept model combining a sporty and dynamic SUV profile with a spacious, functional interior."
Honda declined to give further details.
About the Detroit auto show
The annual North American International Auto Show, better known as the Detroit auto show, has maintained its place as a barometer for the entire industry. For 2013, NAIAS takes place Jan. 14-27 and will host concept cars, green cars and supercars from all the major automakers, including what's expected to be a highlight this year: the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette. Check out Autoweek's complete coverage of the Detroit auto show here.
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