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Half of New Hampshire's all-female congressional delegation said Friday they'd like to see Hillary Clinton run for president in 2016.
U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte, U.S. Reps.-Elect Annie Kuster and Carol Shea-Porter and Gov.-Elect Maggie Hassan all appeared Friday at an event for "New Hampshire's First in the Nation Women" at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester. New Hampshire is the first state to have an all-female congressional delegation.
Near the end of the program, all of the panelists were asked when they expect to see a woman president of the United States, and if they might be that person.
"Maybe 2016, if Hillary runs," said Shaheen.
Shea-Porter quickly echoed that sentiment, saying "Run, Hillary, run!"
Meanwhile, Ayotte, the only Republican of the bunch, downplayed talk that she might one day run for president, saying it's more likely her 8-year-old daughter will be the one to run.
She first mentioned the possibility of running for president while telling a story early in the program about how her daughter Kate told her that she doesn't want her mom to run for president.
Why? Because Ayotte's daughter wants to be the first woman president. Ayotte said she told her daughter not to worry, saying, "That's not going to happen. No chance."
But Ayotte said she "absolutely" thinks we'll have a woman president. "I hope it will certainly be in our lifetime."
Ayotte, Shaheen, Kuster, Shea-Porter and Hassan touched on many issues during the panel discussion hosted by the Greater Manchester chamber, including their key priorities.
Both Ayotte and Shaheen said the top priority is addressing the country's $16 trillion debt.
"It's time for us to do a big fiscal deal in Washington that really drives down the trajectory of our debt," said Ayotte.
"We need to come up with a deal that keeps us from automatic spending cuts," added Shaheen.
The five panelists also spent a considerable amount of time reflecting on the importance of having the country's first all-female congressional delegation.
"I think it is significant," Shaheen said. "How exciting that New Hampshire is leading the way.
"Hopefully," she added, "we'll get to a point where it's no longer significant."
"The good thing about having firsts is it won't be the last," Ayotte said. "Young women coming up know that anything is possible, anything they set their mind to they can do."
"Pink is the new power color in New Hampshire," added Kuster.
But Shaheen also stressed that more women need to run for office, at all levels of government.
"We're going to get more women elected to office when more run for office..." she said. "Tell them to run, because that's how we're going to get a woman president."


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OneRepublic released their newest album, "Native," in March. In support of their latest work, the group will be touring extensively throughout the US this summer. Stops on the upcoming tour include Boston, New York, Atlanta, and more! Don't miss your chance to see them perform live, order your One Republic tickets today from GoTickets!
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The Seattle Seahawks will face the Atlanta Falcons today in the second-round NFC division playoff game.
The game will start at 10 a.m. PST Jan. 13 in Atlanta, and will be televised on Fox (Channel 13).
Statistician Nate Silver predicted that the Seahawks will face the Patriots in the Super Bowl, but Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson and the Seahawks need first to get through what could be a tough game in Atlanta against the Falcons and their quarterback Matt Ryan.
The winner of Sunday's matchup will advance to the NFC Championship and face the San Francisco 49ers, who had a convincing win against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday.
More Seahawks playoffs coverage:
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Who Was The MVP Of Seattle's Wildcard Win Sunday In Washington?
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Report: Saints OT Stinchcomb to undergo surgery
Saints ORT Jon Stinchcomb will undergo surgery after suffering a sports hernia, but is expected to be ready to participate in training camp.
Source: Giants no longer shopping Cofield
After he thwarted a deal with New Orleans during the draft, unsigned Giants NT Barry Cofield is no longer on the trading block, a league source told NFL.com Thursday.
Former security director withdraws lawsuit against Saints
Former Saints security director Geoffrey Santini has withdrawn his lawsuit against the organization after the club's lawyers sent the matter to an arbitration judge, as provided for in Santini's employment contract with the team.
Saints WR Meachem undergoes toe surgery
Saints WR Robert Meachem will be sidelined until training camp at the earliest after undergoing surgery on his toe.
Saints not interested in QB Russell
Sean Payton has shot down the talk that the Saints might be interested in signing former No. 1 overall draft choice JaMarcus Russell.
Patriots' 2011 draft choice upgraded
The 2011 conditional draft choice that the Patriots received in the September trade of TE David Thomas to New Orleans has been upgraded from a seventh-round pick to a sixth-rounder, ESPN.com reports.
Saints sign Evans to richest deal ever for interior lineman
The Saints have signed restricted free-agent OG Jahri Evans to the richest contract ever for an interior offensive lineman, NFL.com and ESPN are reporting.
Sharper agrees to one-year deal with Saints
FS Darren Sharper has agreed to a one-year deal with the Saints, according to reports.
DEA investigating alleged theft of pain pills by Saints staffer
The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating allegations made against a Saints senior staff member for theft of prescription Vicodin pills from the team's training headquarters.
Young players will battle for Saints' SLB job
We hear the Saints expect two or three players to compete for the starting spot at strong-side linebacker, which was vacated when Scott Fujita signed with the Browns earlier this offseason.
2010 draft choices by team: Saints
Here are the players who were chosen by the New Orleans Saints in the 2010 NFL draft.
Saints snag potential replacements for OLT Brown, TE Shockey
The Saints' second-round pick of USC OT Charles Brown will only ramp up speculation that they will trade OLT Jammal Brown this offseason or let him walk after 2010.
Saints add even more depth at corner by drafting Robinson
This is the second consecutive year New Orleans has used its first-round pick on a cornerback, and at first glance it doesn't fill any of its needs.
2010 schedule won't thrill Saints
If the NFL draft is Christmas, then the league's schedule release date must be Thanksgiving. Except maybe if you're the Saints.
Saints will host Vikings in regular-season opener
Commissioner Roger Goodell announced during a chat on NFL.com that the Saints will host the Vikings to open the regular season on Thursday, Sept. 9.
Brees says the Saints are ready to put the bounty scandal "to bed," be gracious Super Bowl hosts and look forward to next season. Brees has been an ambassador for New Orleans since he arrived in 2006, and is maintaining that role with a busy schedule this week as the Big Easy prepares to host its first Super Bowl in more than a decade on Sunday.||||||| The Saints entered 2012 believing they were contenders to be the first team to play a Super Bowl on its home field. Then came the NFL's bounty probe of the Saints and sanctions including the season-long suspension of coach Sean Payton, followed by a losing season. Brees says he's disappointed, but ready to help showcase his adopted home town's resurgence now.
Brees was 29 of 43 passing for 396 yards with four touchdowns and one interceptions in the Saints' loss to Carolina on Sunday.||||||| Brees passed for 5,177 yards, making him the only player to do so in a season three times. He also had 43 touchdowns, making him the only quarterback to pass for 40 TDs in consecutive seasons. Brees is one of four quarterbacks in NFL history to pass for 5,000.
Brees has passed for more than 5,000 yards, making him the only player to do so in a season three times.||||||| Brees surpassed the coveted yardage mark with a touchdown pass to Jimmy Graham in the third quarter of Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers. That was also the 41st scoring pass for the season for Brees, the only quarterback to pass for 40 TDs in consecutive seasons.
Brees completed 37 of 53 passes for 446 yards and three touchdowns in the Saints' win over the Cowboys on Sunday.||||||| Brees has seven touchdowns with no interceptions in his last two games.
Brees was 26 of 39 for 307 yards and tied a season high with four touchdowns on Sunday against the Buccaneers.||||||| Brees has thrown for 300 yards in eight of New Orleans' 14 games this season.


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It takes a lot to hold our interest with some of the movies we watch. I think all it takes is a great opening scene to grab us and keep our attention.
With that I give you the 10 greatest opening movie scenes in history! IMHO of course…
1. ALI – If this opening doesn't make you want to get up and start exercising, then something is wrong with you!
2. THE WAY OF THE GUN- Little known flick, but the opening makes the film. Sarah Silverman getting punched in the face. Enough said.
3. PULP FICTION- Classic film. Classic opening. Never seen a diner robbed since.
4. JAWS- This movie still scares the hell out of me. The opening scene sets up the rest of this classic beautifully.
5. THE DARK KNIGHT- Watching this opening scene in IMAX was amazing. Great intro to an unforgettable villain.
6. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK- Our first look at Indiana Jones. Running away from a giant boulder, still a classic movie moment.
7. INGLORIOUS BASTERDS- There is such tension in this opening scene. Christoph Waltz shows why he won an Oscar.
8. STAR WARS- Sure the opening makes you feel like you are doing an eye chart at an optometrist's office, but you still love it.
9. GOLDFINGER- James Bond movies are always known for their amazing pre-title sequences. Goldfinger was the first to really do it.
10. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME- One of the best stunts ever. Skiing off a cliff! NO CGI!!!


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VALORIE EVERSOLE - Daily Union Reporter
SHELBYVILLE, IL. — The first day of the murder trial of a Herrick man concluded with testimony from the one who pulled the trigger.
Wayne Newlin of Herrick has been charged with three counts of First Degree Murder – Accountability in connection with the shooting death of Jeremy Morgan of rural Herrick in December 2011.
The "accountability" part of the charge means that Newlin is legally responsible for the conduct of another. In this case, Newlin is charged with the action of Michael Pease, who is serving time for the murder.
The trial is being held in Effingham County at the request of Circuit Judge Michael Kiley due to construction work at the Shelby County courthouse.
The prosecution presented testimony from several witnesses Tuesday, concluding with the shackled Pease taking the stand.
Pease is currently serving a 45-year sentence in Statesville Prison after pleading guilty to the murder in July.
Pease said that Newlin approached him in late December about "getting rid of Jeremy Morgan".
"He (Newlin) said he would owe me really badly if I would help him get rid of Jeremy Morgan," Pease said. He testified that Newlin talked about being frustrated with Morgan.
Newlin, Morgan, and Heather Thomas lived together in the same trailer located in rural Herrick. For a number of years, Newlin was step-father to Morgan. According to earlier testimony by Jason Morgan, Newlin continued to be a father figure to Morgan even after he and the Morgans' mother divorced.
According to Pease's testimony, Newlin began talking about "getting rid" of Morgan about December 22. Newlin told Pease that Morgan was beating Thomas. Pease said he had known Thomas in past years, having a short relationship with her.
"I don't like that. I considered Heather a 'sister' and my mother considers her a 'step-daughter'," Pease said. He added that hearing that he was beating her upset him because his mother was a battered by several men she was with.
On December 23 Newlin gave Pease one of his own guns. Newlin also gave Pease the slugs and bird shot that were subsequently used. He told Pease that Christmas Day would be the time because Newlin and Thomas would be at Pease's mother's house for Christmas and Jeremy would be alone in the trailer.
"When I got to the trailer, Jeremy was not there. I called Wayne and he said to take things from Jeremy's room to 'piss Jeremy off'." Pease said. He said he took a projector, knives, and crushed a dog cage after releasing the dog because the dog was an attachment between Jeremy and Heather.
The plan between the two men consisted of shooting Morgan, wrapping him up in plastic, tying concrete blocks to him and dropping him in an abandoned well on neighboring uninhabited Voudrie property.
Since the plan failed on Christmas day, Pease said that Newlin told him to 'get rid of him by the end of the year'.
Pease testified that on December 29, while Newlin and Thomas were away from the trailer, he shot Morgan, dragged him into the bucket of a tractor and drove to the abandoned Voudrie farm approximately a quarter mile away.
While he was driving to the farm, Pease said two Shelby County sheriff's vehicle passed him. He said he panicked and left the tractor with the body still in the bucket at the farm. He met with friends in Decatur who helped him dispose of the gun in Lake Decatur. He returned to his mother's home to rest before running away. While he was asleep, the police arrived at the home where Pease confessed to the shooting and was arrested. He also showed authorities where he put the gun in the lake.
The prosecution also presented testimony from the victim's brother Jason Morgan and several expert witnesses. The jury also heard the recording of the 9-1-1 call made by Morgan and photographs from the crime scene.
The trial continues Wednesday in Effingham.


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Haiti Earthquake Relief Projects
In the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake, Real Medicine is moving forward with a comprehensive long-term strategy for sustainable health services development in Haiti to help rebuild its shattered public health system.
Our work during the initial weeks was focused on the provision of volunteer medical staffing, in-kind medical supplies and strategic coordination to help meet the surging needs of the health crisis on the ground. Working in close partnership with other relief organizations, we:
- Organized deployments of volunteer medical specialists to meet the needs of partner hospitals and clinics at the Haiti/Dominican Republic border and in Port-au-Prince.
- Provided direct funding, medical supplies and pharmaceuticals to local health facilities and partner hospitals.
- Provided advisory services and coordination to local health facilities, including physical therapy support.
- Coordinated mobile health outreaches, field clinics and food supplies to outlying villages overlooked in the relief effort.
Since those initial days, Real Medicine has re-focused on sustainable health services development projects to meet the long-term healthcare needs of the local population.
In this effort, we have coordinated the setup of a primary healthcare clinic in the Pernier neighborhood, east of the center of Port-au-Prince that is currently running under Haitian management and staffing, bringing healthcare access to more than 15,000 local Haitians. Our focus on the development of basic healthcare will continue, as we work to establish additional clinics in critically underserved regions.
In addition, RMF entered into a partnership with Hôpital Lambert Santé in Pétion-Ville supporting their operations through a Free Clinic by funding additional physicians, nurses and medical supplies, and to help support public access to 24-hour emergency and general practice healthcare in the community. Pétion-Ville and the surrounding communes are home to more than 100,000 displaced persons, living in tent communities.
RMF presented a comprehensive health strategy for Haiti to the White House and other government agencies, multi-national organizations and NGOs in an effort to raise funding and awareness. Our Hospital Consortium Project proposal includes three public/private partner hospitals in Port-au-Prince, calling for designating core health services responsibilities for each facility and building a comprehensive platform for subsidized public healthcare coverage in the local community.


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This article series revisits monsters from the Monster Manual, providing them with additional background and story. In addition, the articles present the monsters in the revised statistics block format that first appeared widely in Monster Manual 3. The monsters have had some minor updates to powers and to some of their statistics, including attack, damage, and defense values. These changes in statistics generally reflect the updates that appear on page 7 in the Dungeon Master's Guide rules update. This iteration of the article includes gibbering beasts, chuuls, and grells.
Gibbering beasts are like madness made flesh. The unnatural essence of the Far Realm comes to horrid life in their amorphous, shifting forms. To encounter a gibbering creature is to face nonsense and chaos—a creature that has no place in the world and feels utterly, gut-wrenchingly wrong. Few people survive encounters with gibbering beasts, and even fewer of those retain their sanity.
Chuuls want only two things: to be left alone and to eat people. Fortunately for the creatures, when the first want is denied, the other is usually fulfilled. Chuuls coexist peacefully with only a small subset of creatures, and intruding on their terrain is extremely dangerous.
Like many aberrant creatures, chuuls have psychic powers, but they rarely access those abilities early in their life cycle. As chuuls age, they begin to exude psychic static as they gain limited control over their natural psychic powers.
Grells have two priorities: colonizing new lands and eating. Instinct drives them to increase their numbers and extend their sway over as much territory as possible, but their intellect lets them plan their conquests better than any pack of predatory beasts can. Grells fall somewhere in the middle among aberrant creatures: They aren't genius schemers as mind flayers are, nor are they utterly insane beasts like carrion crawlers. They have the intelligence of humans, but follow alien motivations that cause many of them to live and hunt like animals.
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Logan Bonner's credits include The Slaying Stone and Monster Vault. He lives in the Seattle area and works as a freelance game designer, writer, and editor. You can follow him on Twitter, where he's @loganbonner.


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Town Meeting voted on Monday to a zoning bylaw change that makes it easier for people looking to keep up to six chickens in their yard.
The change was to Burlington Zoning Bylaw 184.108.40.206 which read as "The keeping of animals other than the usual household pets, subject to restrictions of the Board of Health." The bylaw now reads "The keeping of animals, other than the usual household pets or more than 6 hen chickens; subject to the restriction of the Board of Health." The zoning this applies to is RO, or one-family dwelling districts.
The change means that anyone looking to keep up to six hen chickens no longer need approval by the Planning Board. They must still get approval by the Board of Health and follow the regulations put forward by that board.
Planning Director Kirsten Kassner said the proposed bylaw change came up because in recent years there have been more inquiries about keeping chickens in residential areas.
"We were seeing folks who wanted a few chickens," she said. "We discussed it and figured that six was a good number."
Planning Board Chair Paul Roth said that allowing people to have up to six hen chickens "by right" will help ease the already-long agendas of the Planning Board meetings. He also said this doesn't give people the ability to just get the birds, but puts the regulation in the hands of the Board of Health.
"The Board of Health has special requirements that are quite rigid,
he said. "We did not step into their jurisdiction. Nothing we're doing is limiting their overview."
The Board of Health regulations on keeping animals can be found by clicking this link. A couple of the regulations that are pertinent to the keeping of chickens include:
Section 3: All domesticated animals and fowl must be housed or penned not less than 25 feet from any lot line and 75 feet from any building used for human habitation.
Section 4: Any building or structure used to shelter or house domesticated animals or fowl must be kept in a sanitary condition, so as not to become a source of filth, disease, insects, or a source of offense to any abutter.
It is also important to note that this change applies only to hen chickens, not roosters that often crow and would be a nuisance to neighbors.
What do you think? Would you want to keep chickens? Would it bother you if a neighbor kept them? Let us know in the comments below.


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CHULA VISTA, CA - USA Field Hockey and Head Coach Lee Bodimeade announced the names of the players who will represent the USA in the 2010 AtaHolding Women's World Cup Qualifier, scheduled from March 26 to April 3 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.
Six of the world's top field hockey nations will travel to San Diego for a chance to play in one of the world's top international competitions. Playing on their home field, the USA Women's Olympic Field Hockey Team will welcome traditional Pan American rivals Canada and Mexico, as well as Belgium, France and Korea. The tournament champion will head to the BDO FIH 2010 Women's World Cup Rosario, Argentina in September. USA Field Hockey, the national governing body for field hockey in the United States, will host the Qualifier.
"Obviously, it's difficult to select a team after a good series against China and the Netherlands in January and a good tour to Argentina last month," said Bodimeade, "but what we're looking at is building on the strength of our backfield and using that with our offensive personnel to create attacking opportunities. I'm very confident we've done that."
The team features nine members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for Women's Field Hockey, including team captain Carrie Lingo and Amy Tran, regarded as one of the top women's goalkeepers in the world.
The athletes selected for the 2010 AtaHolding Women's World Cup Qualifier are:
The USA Women qualified for a World Cup Qualifier with a silver medal performance at the 2009 Pan Am Cup. They met 2008 Olympic bronze medal winners Argentina in the gold medal match at the 2009 Pan American Cup in February, where Argentina edged the Americans in sudden death penalty strokes.
"Now that we've selected out team, we're narrowing our focus to concentrate on areas we need to work on," said Bodimeade. "We're in a pretty good position with our backfield. We're happy with our defensive patterns and the personnel we have in those positions. We'll use that as our foundation as we build our offense."
Tickets to all games are now available. The AtaHolding Women's World Cup Qualifier features 18 matches over six days of competition. Half-price tickets can be purchased online for as little as $5.00 per person per day at www.usafieldhockey.com.
Competition days feature three matches per day. Additional ticket promotions will be announced soon, including discounts for military personnel.


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You don't appreciate it until you've traded places with them, but there's a lot to be said for mooching off of your parents.
My wife's parents built a cabin on Hood Canal, a finger of Puget Sound, when we were college students. Every summer we'd visit them and mooch riding in their boat, eating their seafood and generally enjoying life.
That changed when my wife's father died and her mother moved to Boise. Weary of maintaining the cabin, she turned it over to us.
Inheriting a house on the Sound may sound like a wonderful thing, and in many ways it is. But, as we soon learned, there's a big difference between being guests and being owners maintenance, repairs, etc. We'd have to paint, weed, buy a lawnmower.
This required repeated visits last summer. From Boise, it's a 600-mile drive. Road-weary and wanting only a good night's sleep, we parked the car on our first night as the new caretakers and got out the list of things that had to be done.
"Sheesh, look at that deck!" I said, crestfallen.
In anticipation of our new role, I'd spent an uncertain but large number of hours the previous summer scraping and painting the deck. Salt air does terrible things to painted decks. Even in the fading light, the peeling paint was obvious.
"Maintenance Manor revisited," I grumped, a reference to the fixer-upper of our newlywed days. "Let's go inside. Where's the key?"
"One of the neighbors hid it for us. Do we have a flashlight?"
We didn't. But the key, cleverly hidden in a large envelope propped against the front door, wasn't too difficult to find.
"I'll turn the power on," my wife said, studying her list. "You go turn on the water."
It took a while to find and open the main water valve. My wife, meanwhile, was switching things on in the house. The hot water heater under the kitchen sink, for example. I didn't even know there was one. The kitchen is so far from the main water heater that it took forever to get hot water there, so my wife's mother had a smaller one installed under the sink. This led to.
Mishap No. 1: While I was fumbling with the water valve, the electricity my wife had switched on was coursing through the empty water heater, reducing its element to a smoldering husk.
That, at least, was the diagnosis of the man who answered the phone at the number printed on the water heater.
"Are you sure it's the element?" my wife asked him. "Isn't there a reset button somewhere? Maybe we could try that."
"Can you see a reset button on the top or sides?"
We couldn't.
"Then it's probably in the back."
You have to wonder about people who design appliances. Anyone smart enough to do that should know that the water heater would have to be removed to push a reset button on the back a process involving multiple pipes, wires, hoses, flashlights, wrenches and vigorous cursing.
"Let's have Clarence do it," I suggested.
Clarence is or was the neighborhood handyman. Unfortunately for us, he had recently retired from the handyman business probably when he saw us coming.
The water-heater company man said that replacing the element was a simple procedure, and that new elements could be purchased at any big-box store.
"There's probably one right around the corner," he chirped.
This ignored two salient facts: Replacing an element might be a simple procedure for an electrician, but he was dealing with the Woodwards. I once knocked out the power to three houses trying to hang a kitchen light. And we were more or less in the middle of nowhere. The nearest big-box store might have been just around the corner, but the corner was 30 miles away.
And the water heater was just the beginning. Somehow, turning on the power and frying it had led to.
Mishap No. 2: Frying the kitchen lights.
Lurking beneath the lights' decorative ceiling panels were eight fluorescent tubes. One of the eight flickered dimly.
"It might be the tubes, or it might be the ballast," a helpful neighbor said.
Both of which could be purchased at the nearest store, conveniently located the aforementioned 30 miles away.
If you've ever removed the decorative panels on fluorescent lights, you know that they're as fragile as a congressional compromise cracking or shattering if bumped, twisted or verbally abused. Having had previous experience with this, I put them in a safe place behind a couch where my wife launched.
Mishap No. 3: Breaking the panels while reaching for her cellphone.
She needed it to call her aunt, who, told of our introduction to vacation-home ownership, offered a cruel but accurate assessment:
"I thought you were going there to fix the place, not demolish it."
At this point we opted to make do with what we had. There were enough other lights that we could get by without the broken ones. We also could get by without hot water in the kitchen (a good thing because the kitchen faucet leaked like a downspout). There was no telling what would happen if we tried to fix the water heater, but electrocution seemed highly possible.
"Maybe we need to get away for a while. Let's go buy a lawnmower before we burn the place down."
We had to buy a lawnmower because we were being charged roughly $2 a minute to have someone mow the lawn. Call him Bob. Old guys who mow people's lawns are invariably named Bob. It wasn't that Bob's price was unreasonable; he had to drive from God-knew-where and had to include his travel cost. We could save enough to pay for a mower in a summer or two of cutting the grass ourselves.
With help from an online search at the "neighborhood library," conveniently located 10 miles away, we chose a mower. Then we drove another 20 miles and bought it. Altogether, it took half a day.
"Look!" my wife said as we proudly pulled into our driveway with our new mower.
"What? I don't see anything."
"Look at the grass!"
While we were gone, Bob had mowed the lawn. At $2 a minute.
The rest of our stay was uneventful. We did yard work, painted and managed not to break anything. When we got back to Boise, we sent checks for the property taxes.
With the summer drawing to a close, we went back and did more maintenance. By then a neighbor had fixed the lights and leaky faucet ($160), but the main water valve had sprung a leak ($85).
In the spring, we'll go back to scrape and paint the deck again, do more yard work, scrape moss off the roof and other pleasantries.
If we're lucky, we might have an hour or two to spend at the beach.
I think I liked it better the old way.
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Your recent editorial (July 30) properly expressed alarm about the "deteriorating economic security" that characterizes our nation as documented in an AP report declaring that 80 percent of American adults are currently struggling with "joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on public assistance."
You fail to note, however, that accompanying this appalling trend is a parallel trend toward the concentration of the wealth of the nation among a relatively small cluster of corporations and individuals.
At the same time, critical areas of our public life are in desperate need of attention.
Cases in point: reconstruction of roads and bridges; resources for public schools, community colleges, vocational training; care and upkeep of public parks and wilderness reserves; improvements in public transportation; development of renewable forms of energy.
Surely, we might meet these and similar needs and, in doing so, address our deteriorating economic security through public investment, that is, channelling the wealth of the nation toward ways of enhancing our common life.
That, it seems to me, would be a worthy direction for "our leaders," to whom you appeal, to adopt at the present time. Maybe we, the people, in order to form a more perfect union, should demand that they do so.
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BLUEFIELD, Va. —
The road to the Virginia state wrestling tournament begins today for the Graham G-Men. At noon the team and coaches will board the bus and head to Rural Retreat for the Region C tournament. Sixteen teams from four districts will compete in the two-day event which will send the top four wrestlers in each weight class to next weekend's state meet at the Salem Civic Center.
GHS wrestling coach Tim Woodward talked about the competitiveness of the teams involved.
"Parry McClure has a good team, James River, Radford, George Wythe, Galax, it will be a very, very competitive tournament," Woodward said. "This year I hope we can get as many as five, or six wrestlers through to the state. We had a good season, finished 26-2. We had eight individual champions in the Mountain Empire. We had seven the year before, eight is the most we've ever had."
Two wrestlers for Graham know the road well. Last year Dustin Hagerman and Everett Vest were two of three G-Men who made it to Salem, the third being Heath Browning who has graduated. Hagerman and Vest both look to make the trek next week and know what they must do to get there.
Hagerman, the Mountain Empire District Wrestler of the Year across all weight classes, sports a 44-1 record this season and has 170 career wins. He will attend Ferrum College next fall on an academic and wrestling scholarship and is well-aware of who will be his toughest competition.
"Corbin Woods of Parry McClure, he was the state champion last year. He's tough, he beat me in the region last year," Hagerman said.
Asked what he and the team is doing and how the coaches are helping them prepare, Hagerman said, "We practice hard, drill hard, wrestle live at practice and we run."
A wrestler since elementary school, Hagerman continued, "I've wrestled every year in the club and over the summer and have stayed with it my whole life."
Vest looks to make a return to the state tournament, but it will be in a different weight class. Last year he wrestled in 285 but this year is competing at 220 after an auto accident and subsequent knee surgery, he feels he is better suited for the lower weight division. Vest wrestled to a 38-10 record this year and a second-place finish in the district match. It should be noted that he weighs the same as he did last year, 215, but he wrestled in a higher weight class. Vest is hoping for team success.
"It's going to be tough," Vest said. "I'm hoping we will do well overall as a team. The toughest ones (matches) that I have had were in our district, with Galax, and they are on the other side of the bracket from us, so I think I will be good until the finals.
"Overall, I hope everyone does well, that we place as high as we can and take as many as we can to state."
Following graduation this spring Vest will report to Fort Benning, Ga., with hopes of becoming an infantryman in the United States Army with hopes of becoming an airborne soldier and an Army wrestler.
In addition to Hagerman and Vest, other senior wrestlers competing for the G-Men will be Austin Miller at 132. Miller had a 35-7 record this year and was the MED champion. Jacob Evans at 145 was 25-14 and was second in the district. Aaron Thompson at 160 claimed a second place district finish. Robert Compton was 37-11 this year, has 123 career wins and was MED champion.
Three juniors will represent Graham on the mats. Kyshon Lee at 170 won the district crown and had a 41-8 season mark. Levi Stroupe at 182 carries a 31-9 record into the regional match and finished second in the district. Colin Beavers is another MED champion. At the 285 level he was 17-4 during the regular season.
Dacota Byrd and Shane Hudson are sophomores who both came in second in the district. Byrd at 152 and Hudson at 120 pounds.
Tristan Evans, a freshman, won the MED championship in the 126 weight class and had a 22-15 regular season record.
Woodward is proud of a team he considered at the beginning of the year at best a .500 squad, due to graduation from the previous year.
"It's a good bunch. They work hard, they have a positive attitude, they go out there and do their best which is all the coaches can ask of them, and they've improved all season long," Woodward commented. "They've worked hard and it has been a very rewarding surprise what they have accomplished this season."
Weigh-ins are at 2 p.m. today with wrestling starting at 4 o'clock. Saturday's weigh-ins are at 8 a.m., with action beginning at 10 o'clock.


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May is National Foster Care Month
Way back in college I was an English major. I loved literature; I loved a good story. I tended to stay away from numbers. Math was a different kind of language and did not always resonate with me. With National Foster Care Month celebrated in May, I find it impossible to tell the story of foster care without referencing the numbers. In Indiana there are approximately 15,000 children in the care of the state.
To serve those children there are a finite number of people who will even consider becoming a foster parent. This number is unknown, but of those who pursue it and become licensed, 40 to 60 percent will quit fostering within their first year.
Providing care to a child who has experienced trauma, loss, abuse and neglect is challenging. Even with quality training, the experience of living with a troubled child who exhibits troubling behaviors can be overwhelming for the caregiver. The reality of living with a child such as this can prove too much for many and I do not judge those who have tried and found it to be more than they could handle.
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On any given day there may be as many as half a million children living in foster care in the U.S. It may be that you are just the one person one child needs in his or her life. You might be the first person to provide a sense of family, an experience of safety and nurturing for a child who desperately needs that experience.
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I help entrepreneurs build great brands.
As someone who spends her time looking closely at how entrepreneurs build buzz-worthy brands, it's nothing short of thrilling to come across someone like Marie Forleo. Since first launching a one-woman business coaching practice in 2001, Marie has built a multi-million dollar empire. Her company focuses on small business and personal development training for women entrepreneurs. She's also built a robust media platform, which even further extends the reach of the Marie Forleo brand.
In taking even a quick glance at Marie's offering, you immediately know that this is not just any training company. Marie's programs include creative and engaging digital home study courses such as Rich, Happy & Hot B-School, a concert-like business conference at Donna Karan's Urban Zen Center, and Adventure Mastermind, a high level 9-month training that fuses business building retreats with surprise and fun excursions.
So how exactly does someone start with a one-woman shop and build a footprint with so much recognition that Sir Richard Branson invites her to South Africa to mentor other young entrepreneurs? Or what about developing such a powerful word of mouth engine that it stimulates a global community of 50,000 women in 108 countries? It's nothing short of amazing!
Here are a few things that struck me about Marie, her brand, and her process for building it into the powerhouse it is today.
Lesson #1: Let people know early and often exactly what your brand represents. It will make it easier for both of you when it comes to generating word of mouth awareness.
Lesson #2: Take the time to invest in sharing your expertise. It can be one of the best ways to create business opportunity.
Lesson #3: Constantly talk about your business!
Lesson #4: As a follow-up to Lesson #3, don't forget to get others to talk about your business too.
Learn more about Marie and her business here!
Marie is a business mastermind! I love her Q&A Tuesday videos & business advice! So glad to see you've posted about her here on Forbes!!!
Marie Forleo is an amazing business coach; she has the ability to hone in on who you are and knows how to get it done!! She is wise, thoughtful and shares like crazy..and she makes it FUN. She's also a comedian, and her weekly videos are a la Lucille Ball hysterical. I'm part of her mastermind, and we are moving forward at rapid speed!
Marie was god's gift to my business… as a person who only wanted to focus on the creative, Marie made it clear to me that to get ahead i needed to focus on everything else i wanted to ignore. But I was game, because she delivers it in a no-nonsense, fun, and inspiring way. She kicks your a** without you even knowing it, then she continues to deliver to take your business further.
I'm grateful to be a part of her mastermind this year, and can't wait to see what the rest of 2012 looks like under her guidance.
Marie is the real deal! Her programs rock. She practices what she teaches. And she models that you really can have it all.
I'm so happy that you've shared her secrets here on Forbes.
From when I first started following Marie and went to her live RHH event last year, I knew I had found my mentor. She is the real deal, brilliant, intuitive, kind, generous and more. I knew I could trust her with my new business and that she would take care of me and it. I am thrilled to be part of her mastermind group this year and know it will completely change my business. No one does it like Marie. She is one of a kind, a pioneer and a true leader for women entrepreneurs.
Marie is a rock star in the business coaching world. With a big heart and amazing wisdom, she will (lovingly) kick your butt so you will succeed with you goals. A true leader!
What a great case study! I'm loving this: "Lesson #1: Let people know early and often exactly what your brand represents. It will make it easier for both of you when it comes to generating word of mouth awareness." Brilliant.
Watching Marie over the years has helped me tremendously in thinking about my business as a brand. This lesson is spot on. Marie is quite truly the embodiment of the new wave of entrepreneurs and their brands: philanthropic, focused on creating killer content, connected with their audiences needs and desires, and walking the talk in their personal and business lives.
Thanks for this profile!
Her advice isn't just for women, although, that is her core audience and where her blog and videos are directed. But, really, anyone with an independent entrepreneurial spirit can gain great advice and tips from her wise essays. It helps that she can be a kick in the pants, too. Yes, I am a fan.
I've been watching Marie Forleo for a long time, and she is really Rich, Happy and Hot!….She practices what she preaches!
What I like the most is that she has put a different spin on doing business as a woman. She brings hope and clarity to women asking themselves "Is this really worth it"
She has branded herself as the entrepreneur that knows how to live life, love your business, and love yourself. But have fun doing it.
Thanks for Being You!


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Students in our states university system returning to class this fall will be afforded a valuable new right previously denied to them: access to an attorney when accused of campus crimes. Thats because last week, Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law provisions guaranteeing college students this right a right all of us off campus take for granted.
North Carolina parents should know that colleges these days operate what amounts to their own parallel justice system. N.C. State, for instance, holds hearings for offenses including theft, harassment, assault, drug and weapons possession, stalking and rape. And until last week, 18- and 19-year-old students accused of these serious offenses were forced to represent themselves, alone, against experienced deans and administrators in hearings that could change the course of their lives.
In previous years, lawyers were generally allowed to attend only the hearings when a student was also charged with a crime in real courts as well and even then, all they could do was whisper advice to their clients and hope for the best. Meanwhile, UNC schools were (and still are) free to send any number of lawyers to any campus hearing, regardless of the issue. The provisions extending this right of representation to students, originally introduced by a bipartisan group of legislators as the Students & Administration Equality Act (and later rolled into a regulatory reform bill) begin to address that built-in inequality.
Off campus, the idea that people accused of crimes should have lawyers is uncontroversial. Indeed, the standalone bill with these provisions passed the N.C. House by a vote of 112-1. Yet UNC system leaders have opposed the new law, claiming that campus hearings are supposed to be part of the educational process and that having access to counsel will somehow rob the students of a learning opportunity. But its hard to see how an assault hearing that results in a young adults suspension or expulsion for conduct that would be a felony in a real court is educational.
A working group on sexual assault policies and procedures at UNC-Chapel Hill sees the law as a stumbling block, especially as the group wanted to consider restorative justice (an approach that is aimed at meeting the needs of both sides while still allocating responsibility) as a solution to sexual violence. If fundamental fairness is the goal and it should be its not clear why students facing such serious, life-altering charges shouldnt have access to counsel. And surely the working group knows that in 2011, the federal Department of Education warned that face-to-face mediation, a hallmark of restorative justice programs, is not appropriate even on a voluntary basis in cases of sexual assault.
One good question that many ask when they hear about the law is, What about students who cant afford a lawyer? Its important to remember that until last week, students couldnt have lawyers regardless of whether they could afford it. But with that restriction gone, there are many good, creative ways to ensure that all students have access to counsel.
Student governments could use some of their considerable funding to contract with local attorneys to meet students need for representation. Theres precedent for this kind of arrangement; the University of Florida student government alone employs four lawyers to do free legal work for students. North Carolina law schools could start clinical programs in which law students can represent students free. Duke has students working on the far more complicated matters of appellate litigation and even the defense of Guantanamo Bay inmates, so representing underprivileged students facing charges should be comparatively straightforward. And the law provides for the possibility of a non-attorney advocate for cases in which students simply wish to have the support of a more experienced person who doesnt happen to be a lawyer.
Allowing students counsel in campus disciplinary hearings is a modest yet vitally important reform. Universities need not change any rules other than those that previously prevented students from having attorneys. And because one of the fundamental tasks of an attorney in any situation is to ensure that procedural rules are followed, the presence of counsel will ensure more reliable, trustworthy and just conclusions for all involved.
Robert Shibley of Apex is senior vice president at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.


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Saturday, 28 January 2012 00:10
MISSION – La Joya's playoff chances took a devastating hit Friday night after losing to rival Palmview, 68-52. Pablo Tovar lead the Coyotes with 13 points while Lobo Hector Gallegos led all scorers with 20 points.
Playing in a true rivalry atmosphere, in front of a near packed house, the Lobos came out in the first quarter dominating. Lobo big man Dominick Garza scored 10 points in the period and his team played with confidence as they withstood a energized La Joya team. The first quarter ended with Palmview up, 21-8.
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Jacksonville Daily Progress
Editor's Note: This is a copy of the letter mentioned above in Mr. Carnahan's letter, sent home to JISD parents earlier this week.
Dear Parent,
You have probably heard that a very important school board election is coming up November 5th. This $22.785 million bond is to build a new West Side Elementary School and add 8 classrooms and a band hall to Nichols Intermediate School.
This bond is all about safety and classrooms. The passage of this bond will eliminate the need for portable buildings at Nichols and West Side. West Side's 62-year-old facility would ltehn be comparable to the other JISD elementary schools.
If this school bond is successful, the average homeowner will see an increase of $5.16 a month to their tax bills. Senior homesteads will not be affected by this bond. Their school bills were frozen when they reached 65.
As time gets closer to Election Day, you will hear more details. If you have questions, please feel free to contact our JISD Administration Office at 903.586.6511.
We encourage you to learn about the bond proposal and participate in the American democratic process as you see fit.
(School Principal)


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Mannequins that bleed, breathe, and blink assist with army medic trainingNew battery-operated, remote-controlled mannequins can simulate bleeding and breathing, and they have blinking eyes that dilate. Medics can test their skills on these life-like mannequins.
The new units, which are packed with technology, are used at 23 U.S. Army Medical Simulation Training Centers as part of a program to teach lifesaving techniques to medics and nonmedical personnel.
A Pentagon study says the training program has saved 1,000 soldiers' lives in combat, said Lt. Col. Wilson Ariza, manager of the U.S. Army Medical Simulation Project.
The centers -- originally designed to train medics and first responders before deployment to Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan -- became so good at saving lives on the battlefield that training was added to include everyday soldiers.
The latest mannequins are anatomically correct and have life-like skin, allowing soldiers to practice lifesaving techniques to stop bleeding and start intravenous medications.
A computer captures the medics' actions to ensure that they take the right steps.
"That simulator will breathe and bleed. And if it's bleeding, you have to apply the proper pressure to stop or control the bleeding, or the simulator will die, Ariza said.
The training takes place over five days at military bases in the United States and overseas.
The last day is the toughest. In an exercise, a simulated bomb explodes inside a tent, and a soldier screams "Help me! Help me!" as a medic rushes to a man whose legs appear to be blown off.
Blood squirts from the mannequin's severed limbs, which have exposed muscles and bone. The graphic scene includes soldiers lying on the ground with facial injuries.
A tourniquet is applied to the mannequin's legs, stopping the bleeding. The screaming soldier is an actor, lying on a cot, who has only the top half of his body exposed. The bottom half is the mannequin.
"When you first walk in, it's scary. It's like, 'Wow, this is real, this is training?' " said Staff Sgt. Kelly Whitesell, a medic with the 7235th Medical Support Unit in Orlando. "Then you get into the treatments, and that is like treating a real patient."
More here: High-tech war games help save lives - CNN.com
I know this was posted awhile back, but I'm just now seeing it. That is awesome! I wish we had been able to have something like that in civilian EMT school.
we had something like that when I was a combat medic, but it wasn't nearly awesome as this. Good training tool.
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By BRADEN LAMMERS
Changes made to bring the city into compliance with state law may end up costing the Jeffersonville Sewer Board more going into next year.
Jeffersonville's City Council recently approved an amendment to require approval of contracts presented to the Drainage Board go through the city's sewer board for final approval.
The first three of those contracts, since the amendment to the city ordinance was approved, came before the sewer board Monday. All three contracts were approved: two were for consulting services, and the third was a construction contract for Roselawn and Magnolia neighborhood drainage improvements.
While the drainage board still offers a recommendation on the contracts, sewer board members wanted to make sure they were clear what they were approving.
"When we do this, I want to be very cooperative with the drainage board, but I would like to have some way, as these are presented to us, give us the project and what they are actually going to be doing," said Sewer Board Member Dale Orem.
Along with the official approval of contracts, the sewer board may have also picked up some additional costs.
The drainage board also previously controlled the city's MS4 — municipal separate storm sewer system — and covered the costs associated with the program. But since approvals now lie with the sewer board, it is anticipated that some, if not all, of the costs will also be passed along from the drainage board to the sewer board.
"If they don't want to fund it then we're going to have to fund it," said Wastewater Superintendent Len Ashack.
Ashack said the program is more than just dealing with drainage as a result stormwater. It's dealing with educating the public, making sure the public doesn't do anything to the sewer system to harm the environment, mapping storm sewers and working with other city departments to ensure compliance.
"I kind of laid off of this until the decision was made on whether we were going to take over or not, because if we are we've got to talk about how we're going to fund it," Ashack said.
He added a decision doesn't need to be immediately, but the sewer board may need to determine how it will implement several required pieces of the MS4 program.
At least one member of the drainage board saw the move to change it to an advisory board as politically motivated.
"I'm not in favor of it," said Drainage Board President Charlie Bryant at the council meeting where the amendment to the ordinance was introduced in October. "That would give sewer complete power over everything. We can't make any decisions, We've got [more than] 200 some odd projects that we paid for in the next 10 years. They're going to tie our hands, and what's the use in having a drainage board? And I think that's what they're after."
Bryant explained that he believes the change was motivated, in part, because of the recent resignation of the city's MS4 Director Deb Ashack.
"There has been some friction with Deb," he said. "We have had people contact me that that job was not being done right. The mayor and the sewer board, if they get their hands in it, they control it. They're playing politics."
Deb Ashack, Len Ashack's wife, had been working as the city's MS4 director for about five years. The position, which remains vacant, is under control of the city engineer's office. Louisville-based Stantec Engineering is operating the program in the meantime.
Attempts by the News and Tribune to contact Deb Ashack were unsuccessful.
Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore also said previously the drainage board has been entering into contracts, but they probably should not have been. He said the decision to remove the board's ability to contract was not made as a political power play.
"The city's drainage board, I support 100 percent, but if you look at what their duties are, it clearly states, it's an advisory board," Moore said. "It's not legal," he said of the process previously in place.
Moore added that two-thirds of the voting members of the sewer board are appointed by the city council and he is the sewer board's third member.


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Tag: Food Administration
World War I food conservation: "Pan de la libertad"
"What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?," our current special exhibition in Washington, DC, examines the Government's effect on what Americans eat. Government influence was especially visible during wartime, when many food products were reserved for feeding the troops and our Allies.
During World War I, the U.S. Food Administration, headed by Herbert Hoover, urged the American people to voluntarily conserve food, especially wheat, meat, fats, and sugar. Recognizing that a successful program had to reach out to all Americans, the agency distributed printed materials in several languages, including Italian pamphlets in New York City, Chinese food conservation notices in Hawaii, and Spanish recipes in California.
The featured recipes for "pan de la libertad" (liberty bread), using corn, oat, and barley flour instead of wheat, were found in the files of the California State Food Administration, housed at the National Archives at San Francisco. According to a note at the bottom, recipes were translated into Spanish for counties with significant Spanish-speaking populations.
An all-out publicity campaign was waged to educate the citizenry about the need for food conservation and how to accomplish it in one's own home. Posters and newspaper notices exhorted readers to combat waste. Homemakers and restaurant operators signed pledges to observe "meatless Mondays" and "wheatless Wednesdays."
The American Protective League also received and passed on reports of citizens suspected of food hoarding.
In a … [ Read all ]
Posted by Mary on July 27, 2011, under Prologue Magazine, Unusual documents, What's Cooking, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: california, Food Administration, food conservation, national archives, National archives and records administration, NAtional Archives at San Francisco, recipes, Spanish recipes, What's Cooking Uncle Sam?, wheat conservation, world war i
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Cooking for your family and your allies
"What's Cooking Wednesday" continues with this post from our colleagues at the National Archives at Denver. These Wednesday features celebrate our new exhibit "What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?" which opens on June 10 in Washington, DC, and looks at the role that the Federal Government has taken in food production, safety, advertising, and nutrition.
It's hard to image Rachel Ray or an Iron Chef looking so solemn during a cooking demonstration, but these ladies were showing an audience how to feed their family on the war front—and still have food for an unknown family on the war front.
On the home front during World War I, a forced food rationing program never took place, but a volunteer food conservation system became commonplace. Civilians were advised to give up food commodities that were greatly needed for the war effort.
Despite being the largest food producer in the world, the United States of America was ill equipped to shoulder such an overwhelming food and material distribution; vast amounts of food and supplies were required to feed the newly assembled overseas army, our allies, and demoralized European civilians. An abdundance of cooking fats, sugar, wheat, meat, and vegetables was necessary to meet the daily task of feeding so many.
In the United States, volunteerism became widespread; citizens saw food conservation as patriotic, referring to it as "Hooverizing" after Herbert Hoover, the United States Food Administrator … [ Read all ]
Posted by Hilary on May 4, 2011, under - World War I, Uncle Sam, What's Cooking.
Tags: food, Food Administration, food conservation, Hoover, Hooverizing, Meatless Monday, National Archives at Denver, rationing, What's Cooking Uncle Sam?, Wheat-less Wednesday, world war i
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By Kevin Harvison
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McALESTER —
The McAlester Public Schools, Oklahoma Parents As Teachers program, recently held their monthly Group Connection. The program topic was geared towards the importance of dental health for children birth to 3 years of age. Speaking to the children and their parents was school nurse Cassie Grilliot. Pictured practicing their skills are, Kamilla Harvey, Samara Finley, Katie Finley, parent, London Reeves and Ava Harvey.


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Ada —
On Sunday, April 7, "Big John" Hall, one of the legends of American Gospel Music, will bring his deep bass voice and his Christian ministry to Life Community Church (LCC) for a special Sunday Service at 10 a.m. The event is open to the public.
Hall, who has been a member of famed Gospel groups, the Blackwood Brothers and the Stamps Quartet, celebrated his 45th year in Christian music ministry earlier this year. With approximately 35 solo albums and 35 group albums to his credit, Hall has sung in major venues throughout the U.S. and international locations including the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India and South Africa.
His work and ministerial service have earned recognition and numerous awards. Hall has been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, both as a member of the Blackwood Brothers and Stamps Quartet. The Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame inducted the native born Texan into the organization as a solo artist and the Assemblies of God Church has also inducted him into its Hall of Fame. Hall has appeared on Christian Television Network and he has been featured in the "Gaither Homecoming" series.
For "Big John" Hall, after 55 years of singing, the accolades are secondary to his avocation and his passion for Christianity.
"Ultimately, this is about more than performance and entertainment. For me, as a Christian vocalist and minister, it's about being a conduit for the presence of God. It's about ministering with music in a way that enables people to have a deeper worship experience," Hall said.
Life Community Church Senior Pastor Mickey Keith, who grew up listening to Southern Gospel Music, invited Hall to come to Ada to share his message through the 'voice' of this distinctively American musical and spiritual tradition.


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NATICK, MA -- Dr. Peter Sanchioni, superintendent of the Natick Public Schools, sent out an email to all parents at about 2:45 p.m. Friday notifying them that, beginning Monday the front door of all schools will be locked and staffed throughout the day.
This decision came after a T, that left 26 dead this morning.
"We are deeply saddened by the events that have taken place today in Newtown, CT.," Sanchioni wrote in his email. "Know that we have in place strong security systems in all eight of our schools. Our administration is well versed in handling lock down and crisis situations."
In addition to adding the extra security of a locked and staffed front door and letting parents know that administrators do have training in how to deal with crisis situations, Sanchioni also compassionately acknowledged how mentally and emotionally difficult the tragedy in Connecticut and the changes in security in Natick could be for some students.
"We realize how upsetting this is going to be for many of our students, and we look to the parents and guardians to help them with care and understanding this weekend," Sanchioni wrote in the email.
"If any child needs assistance," Sanchioni continued, "please contact any one of our principals first thing Monday morning. Our School Resource Officer, Elizabeth Heffler, is also available to assist you. She can be reached at 781-913-9375."