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Thanks to a Davis County doctor in the House, obesity now will be officially recognized by the state of Utah as a significant public health and economic issue.
HCR2 was overwhelmingly approved in the Legislature. It urges support of policies that address the state's obesity problem — with a goal of improving the health and lifestyles of adults and children by promoting and encouraging healthy weight.
The chief sponsor of the resolution is Rep. Stewart Barlow, R-Fruit Heights, who seeks heightened public awareness of the growing health problem.
"The fact is that obesity is the second leading preventable cause of disease and premature death, second only to tobacco use. It's a very serious issue, one that is linked to lower life expectancy and higher medical costs," said the lawmaker and physician.
Obesity is a growing problem in the United States. (A person is considered obese if their Body Mass Index — BMI — is 30 or greater.)
An estimated 35 percent of adults in the nation are deemed obese according to a 2012 report by the Centers for Disease Control. The same report goes on to state that the medical costs of obesity in 1998 were estimated to be as high as $78.5 billion. Ten years later, it nearly doubled to $147 billion, with roughly half financed by Medicare and Medicaid.
The state of Utah has one of the lowest rates of obesity in the country, ranking 45th, with just more than 24 percent of residents considered obese.
Barlow wants to push it even further down the rankings, and he can speak with authority on the subject. He is a board-certified head and neck surgeon and a board member and past president of the Utah Medical Association.
"This is something that many of my Utah medical colleagues have been working on for a long time. It's a huge step in the right direction," he said.
A workgroup from the UMA performed the research behind the facts that Barlow used in the resolution. One of the researchers was Rebecca Fronberg, the manager of the Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity Program at the Utah Department of Health.
When asked what contributed to the obesity epidemic in the United States, Fronberg identified food and lifestyle.
"We started spending more time in front of the television, computers and now our smartphones," she said. "Ways to get to places got easier. We stopped moving around."
Fronberg went on to talk about ways to help Utahns lose weight. She suggested walking as the easiest way to start since nearly everyone can do it right away.
Along with Barlow, Fronberg wants to move the needle on obesity. And she believes that the resolution will help.
"Even though our national obesity ranking is low, the fact is we do have an issue," Fronberg said. "This legislation is a great step in the right direction. It supports the goals and objectives of the Utah Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan 2010-2020, which will hopefully lead to funding for more plans."
While HCR2 doesn't have any likely fiscal costs, it does encourage the Legislature and the governor to urge communities, schools, employers and health care communities to implement policies to increase access to healthy food and physical activity.
It also asks the state to support initiatives that educate Utahns about solutions to the obesity epidemic while also considering the impact of existing and pending laws and rules on obesity risk and prevention.
The resolution was passed in the House by a vote of 55 to 16, and it was unanimously approved in the Senate.
Rep. Keith Grover, R-Provo, was one of the few representatives who opposed the resolution.
"It's another potential mandate. I vote on principleand I believe people should govern themselves rather than have the state dictate their lives," he said.
Barlow said he wasn't surprised that some voted against HCR2 for the simple reason that "some people don't like resolutions."
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Rep. Stewart Barlow
Doctor caucus • The Fruit Heights Republican was the only physician in the Legislature when he was appointed in 2011 to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Julie Fisher, who was named to Gov. Gary Herbert's Cabinet. But when he returned to Capitol Hill this year after winning election last November, he was joined by three colleagues who also are medical doctors.
Bills • In addition to successfully sponsoring HCR2, the resolution on reducing obesity in Utah, Barlow is pushing bills to protect the privacy of individuals' personal Internet accounts (HB100S2), to develop a demonstration project on consumer-focused health care delivery and payment reform (HB140) and a resolution to add Parkinson's Disease to the state's registry of diseases (HCR8).
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Thursday, June 23
Local Sports Schedule
Lake Erie at Grand Lake Mariners, 7:05 p.m.
Minster at St. Marys, 6:30 p.m.
Crestview at New Bremen, 6:30 p.m.
Indian Lake at New Bremen, 6 p.m. (at Junior High Field)
St. Marys at Minster, 6:30 p.m.
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Sidney at St. Marys, 7 p.m.
Parkway at New Bremen, 6:30 p.m.
St. Marys took advantage of its first chance at turnabout this summer.
The St. Marys ACME baseball team scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to rally for a 7-6 win over Coldwater on Tuesday night, turning the tables on the lone team to top the Roughriders this June.
Nick Vogel brought home the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh to give the Riders a walk-off victory.
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Mariners at Hamilton, 7:05 p.m.
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Wapakoneta at Minster, 6:30 p.m.
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St. Marys at Shawnee, 6:30 p.m.
Finally America gets what it has been pining for: a movie about baseball statistics.
"Moneyball", Michael Lewis' sports book that to people under 35 is a seminal reading the same way "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton or
"The Boys of Summer" by Roger Kahn were to previous baseball-loving generations, comes to big screen in late September — just as baseball will be winding down its regular season and in time for Joe Buck to sneer at it on a Fox baseball broadcast.
Opening night of the 2011 high school football season is just more than eight weeks away and here's an early look at the region's football schedule for this fall. Schedules still subject to changes:
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St. Marys at New Bremen, 6:30
Piqua at St. Marys, 7 p.m.
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New Bremen at Indian Lake, 6
St. Marys at Celina, 6:30 p.m.
ST. MARYS – It was total domination Friday evening for the St. Marys ACME baseball team against previously unbeaten Wapakoneta.
St. Marys got the runs going in the third inning and defeated Wapakoneta 10-0 in five innings at K.C. Geiger Park.
"This season we have been very successful in executing in situations," St. Marys head coach Alan Huber said. "Sometimes it has been with a hit, sometimes by making the pitcher work or by getting a couple bunts down and forcing some errors."
Friday, June 17
Local Sports
Wapakoneta at St. Marys, 6:30
Findlay at St. Marys, 3 p.m.
Minster 6, New Bremen 2
NEW BREMEN — The Minster ACME baseball team batted around in the sixth inning and broke open a 2-2 game with four runs and a 6-2 victory over the New Bremen ACME Thursday at New Bremen.
It was the first victory for Minster in the ACME season.
"I thought we hit the ball pretty well tonight and I'm pleased with how the players came to the plate with a good approach ," Minster coach Alex Brandewie said.

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Trainer Jose Flores will look to win the Two Million for the second year in row when he saddles the fourth fastest qualifier to the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity Sis Is Hot for owners Julio Encinas, Robert Parra and Paul Penuelas. Sired by Walk Thru Fire, Sis Is Hot ran second to Ms First Prize Rose while covering the distance in :19.701 in the second of 14 trials on Sunday. She had previously finished out of the money in her trials to the Ed Burke Million Futurity and Golden State Million Futurities, but she did everything right on the way to one of the top qualifying times with jockey Cruz Mendez aboard.
"She's been improving," said Flores, who won last year's Two Million with the Champion of Champions bound filly Matabari. "(Sis Is Hot) is not the biggest thing in the world, but she's all heart. She's a perfect example of the ups and downs in racing. She ran out of the money in the other trials, but this time she ran a great race and now she's in the Two Million. I'm happy for the owners. She wasn't the flashiest filly at the Los Alamitos Equine Sale, but they liked her because of her pedigree as a sister to stakes winners like Hard Hitting and Hot Hitter. Pedigree is pedigree. It doesn't always pan out, but most of the time it does with these well-bred horses. The best thing is that pedigree is always there and you never know when it'll shine through. She's come along nicely."
Bred by Anselmo Aguilar and racing for the partnership of La Presita LLC, Jose and Gustavo De La Torre and San Gregorio Racing Stable, Foose Cash Sr won the fourth qualifying trial in a time of :19.745. One of six trial winners ridden by Eduardo Nicasio and saddled by Jose De La Torre on the night, Foose Cash Sr won by a 1 ¼ lengths to record his second victory in six starts. The Foose gelding out of the Takin On The Cash mare Takin Some Gold, Foose Cash Sr raced in the Governor's Cup Futurity earlier this year and was third in a trial to the Golden State Million in his previous start. He was one of four qualifiers to the Two Million for the connections of Nicasio and De La Torre. The jockey and trainer also qualified A Corona Sunset, Collin The Shots and Highest Fire.
"He had been a 'trouble' horse until now," said De La Torre of Foose Cash Sr. "He broke good and nothing interfered with him tonight. This was his second time as a gelding and that helps a lot. He was (messing) around too much as a colt. As a gelding, he's now more focused on racing."
The victory was Foose Cash Sr's second in six career starts.
San Gregorio Racing Stables' Five Bar Cartel (above) posted his fifth win in six career starts on the way to the sixth fastest clocking of :19.761 after winning trial number five. Trained by Danny Montes, Five Bar Cartel has the distinction of being the only horse to qualify to all three of the track's million dollar futurities held this season. Bred by Esmeralda Flores, the Corona Cartel colt out of the Grade 1 winning mare Five Bar Molly won the Grade 1 $1,111,000 Ed Burke Million Futurity and was fifth in the $1,045,000 Golden State Million Futurity. He was ridden to this half-length trial victory by Saul Ramirez Jr.
"He ran his race and he did what he was supposed to do," said Jorge Carmona of San Gregorio Racing Stables. "He ran confidently and did his job. He's very professional and I'm happy that he has qualified. The Two Million final will be an important race because he's a colt and because of the race for a championship title. The final will be extremely tough with horses like Viva Mi Corazon, who is a big, good looking horse with a lot of potential. Five Bar Cartel will need to be at his very best and hopefully luck will be with us. If we have some luck then I feel we have a good chance in the final."
"I wish he could have gone a little faster, but that's how the game goes," Montes said immediately after the race. "He didn't make any mistakes. He broke well and ran straight. We couldn't ask for any more. Saul said that he started asking at about the middle of the race. The horse ran well."
Golden State Million Futurity finalist A Corona Sunset and Governor's Cup Futurity finalist Chalalita tied for the seventh fastest time with a clocking of :19.791. Owned by Gustavo and Jose De La Torre and John Haagsma, the Corona Cartel gelding won the third trial of the night. He also won his Golden State Million trial on the way to qualifying to the November 3 final. Nicasio was aboard A Corona Sunset.
Rancho El Cabresto's Chalalita finished second to Viva Mi Corazon in the seventh trial. Ridden by Carlos Huerta for trainer Juan Aleman, the Walk Thru Fire filly was making her first start since running in the Governor's Cup back on July 27. Her mother was a multiple stakes winner at Los Alamitos.
The 14th and final trial of the night went to Santos Montemayor's Collin The Shots, who qualified to the track's richest race a little more than a month after breaking his maiden on October 13. With Nicasio in the irons for De La Torre, the TR Dasher gelding was a solid winner from post number one in this trial. Vinewood Farms bred the brown gelding.
"He can be a bit of a nervous horse, but he broke nicely and finished strongly," Nicasio said. "I think he'll be tough in the final because this was his first outing at 400 yards. He can get better. I'm also happy for the owner because he's a good friend and this is the first time he has a horse in a really big race."
Alberto Valdes's Highest Fire will complete the field to the Los Alamitos Two Million after finishing with the 10th fastest time of :19.799. One of four horses by Corona Cartel to make this final, Highest Fire's mother is the champion millionaire Higher Fire, who was the runner-up in the 2005 running of the Los Alamitos Two Million. The sorrel colt was bred by Julianna Hawn Holt.
"(Highest Fire) was bumped hard out of the gate and otherwise he probably finishes with the fourth or fifth fastest time," De La Torre noted. "He was able to come back after that trouble, but he's a horse that should have been in the top 10 list of qualifiers a lot easier. He's just a nice horse."
Corona Cartel sired four of the 10 qualifiers led by Ms First Prize Rose. The winner of the 1996 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity also sired Five Bar Cartel, A Corona Sunset and Highest Fire. He also sired Corona Kitten, the mother of finalist Collin The Shots. Walk Thru Fire sired three finalists in the form of Dash Through Fire, Sis Is Hot and Chalalita. Walk Thru Fire is also the sire of Highest Fire's mother, Highest Fire. The great First Down Dash sired Viva Mi Corazon while TR Dasher sired the previously mentioned Collin The Shots. Foose was the only other stullion with a horse that qualify to the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity. He sired Foose Cash SR.
Mr Jess Perry, who was the winning sire of last year's Two Million thanks to Matabari, did not sire a finalist this year, but his daughters Miss Sin Tacha, First Carolina and Dash Back Perry each produced one of the three fastest qualifiers. The Chicks Beduino mares Chickasis and Chalala produced finalists Sis Is Hot and Chalalita, respectively. Check Him Out, Dash Ta Fame and Takin On The Cash also saw their daughters in the breeding lines of a finalist.


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"We'll be a playoff team," Shrout said. "How successful we'll be in the playoffs will depend on injuries and how well we develop during the season."
Shrout expects the 2013 Bulldogs to improve on last year's 7-4 overall record, including a 4-1 second-place finish in the San Joaquin Athletic Association, behind traditional rival Lincoln.
Tracy was the No. 10 seed in the SJS Division II playoffs and lost 34-6 to No. 7 St. Mary's in the first round.
It was a good run for Shrout's third year as coach, and in his fourth year he sees a large core of returning starters bringing the momentum to carry the Bulldogs further into playoffs.
"We need to get to that next level so we're not stuck playing a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the playoffs," Shrout said.
The Bulldogs have three seniors who are in their third year of varsity football, including lineman Alex Warner, center Clayton Fegett and wide receiver-defensive back Anthony Nunez.
"You don't have to start at square one the first day of practice," Shrout said. "You can start where you left off and let the younger guys catch up."
The team also brings back five seniors who made the all-SJAA first team in 2012. Shrout expects cornerback Luke Pulliam will shut down opponents' passing game. Linebackers Chaz Briggs and Chris Mahar will anchor the defense. Linemen include Warner and George Obinna, with Obinna, a defensive end, expected to be a major threat on defense.
"He might be the best defensive lineman around," Shrout said. "You can't block him, you can't double-team him."
The Bulldogs also have strong returning juniors, including running back and kick returner Jason Nelson, safety/wide receiver Josh Clark, lineman Nate Brown and linebacker and kick returner Nate Jones.
Jones said that team's confidence during summer conditioning and camps is a good sign for the upcoming season.
"I have a really good feeling that we're going to be just as good (as last year) or even better," Jones said. "You want to be ahead of the game. That's what we're trying to do, work hard and keep improving."
Tracy opens the season at home on Friday, Aug. 30, against Sierra High of Manteca, and will host Franklin of Elk Grove on Sept. 6.
Tracy hosts West in the 18th annual Crosstown Classic on Sept. 27 and then take a week off before starting SJAA play.
Defensive signal caller
At the center of Tracy High's defense this year is middle linebacker Chaz Briggs.
Briggs has the experience to serve the Bulldogs well as the defensive leader.
The 6-foot, 215-pounder was a lineman in his youth football years with the Tracy Buccaneers, and has improved on his ability to chase down ball carriers as a linebacker.
"Through the years, I've tried to get bigger and faster at the same time," he said.
He added that the core of defense is made up mostly of players like himself, who were all starters at their positions last year. Only a few seniors have since graduated.
"The people we have to fill those positions are just as good if not better than last year," he said.
"We've had more practices this year than last year to get ready. Hopefully it will pay off."
Experience translates into leadership
Tracy High senior Damon Stroup has been a student of the Bulldog offense since his freshman year.
He had a chance to prove what he learned in four games last year before he was sidelined after a helmet-to-helmet collision in Tracy's game against Lincoln.
This year, Stroup, the Bulldogs' 5-foot-11, 175-pound quarterback, eagerly awaits the challenge of leading Tracy's offense.
"I started in my freshman year learning the offense and how to make reads," he said. "When I got to varsity last year, it was all the same. I still knew how to make all of the reads and knew all of the plays, but it got faster and harder. It definitely gets faster when you get to the higher levels."
Stroup said the Bulldogs have at least six players who will run the ball, and he expects to carry the ball himself. He's improving his passing game, as well.
"We're going to be fast, smart, strong," he said. "Real fast and hard to stop."
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Whenever the General Assembly makes decisions affecting schools, educators complain their views are overlooked.
So, I asked education leaders to tell me what the Legislature should tackle in 2013 and what it should avoid:
Herb Garrett, Georgia School Superintendents Association:
The issue that I wish our returning lawmakers would address is the continued underfunding of our state's public schools. As you know, we are now about to enter our 12th consecutive year of the infamous "austerity cuts," and there doesn't seem to be any relief in sight. While five other states are mulling the idea of actually adding days to their students' school years, two-thirds of our school systems are unable to offer even the 180-day school year that used to be considered normal. At some point, we simply must ask if we are doing the right thing by our children.
During this continuing saga, there will be much conversation this session about changes to our "flexibility and accountability" models. Most of the discussion around this topic has been ongoing as part of the work of the recently-concluded Education Finance Task Force, and most of it seems to be a sincere and honest effort to encourage systems to find more innovative and effective ways to educate our youth.
The only negative about this is the continued insistence by some policy-makers that we copy Florida's questionable accountability model of assigning letter grades to schools, even though our DOE friends are hard at work designing a numerical school rating system to comply with our NCLB waiver. Effective leaders know that you can't expect and encourage improvement by using embarrassment and punishment as so-called "motivators;" we still have a few folks who need to learn that lesson.
We will undoubtedly have some legislation related to our Race to the Top grant. For example, there will be efforts to define just what percentage of a teacher's and principal's annual evaluation will be determined by student scores on state-mandated assessments, and those discussions are certain to become heated. Even more contentious might be the talks over how to use student achievement as an evaluation measure in classes where there is no state-mandated test. Interesting times, for sure.
Finally, as always, there is no doubt that there will be other issues that pop up due to specific interests of legislators or pressure groups. School vouchers and neo-vouchers (aka, "tax credit scholarships") will probably still be debated; legislation mandating the procedure for handling sports-related concussions is already being drawn; and, those interested in strengthening anti-bullying legislation are looking for ways to involve school personnel in the handling of "cyberbullying," even when such activity occurs off-campus.
I have been contacted by a North Carolina chiropractor who is on a mission to stop kids from having to carry heavy backpacks. He claims to have a "contact" in our legislature who he hopes will introduce a bill limiting how much students' backpacks can weigh. I guess we can weight those at the same time we determine each child's BMI. Good grief.
Angela Palm, Georgia School Boards Association:
We hope whatever they do, they will move cautiously, weighing the impact on all students and with consideration to the fiscal impact locally. The AJC did an article a while back about the possible expansion of the tax credit program. That's definitely an "avoid." Expanding private options will not close the funding gap in the state budget.
One proposal we have heard mentioned several times is a constitutional amendment to allow local legislation to elect superintendents. We believe that should also be avoided. Tying a new teacher evaluation system to compensation would also be an "avoid." If a new system is put into place, there should be implementation and time to get some feedback and make any needed adjustments before the question of tying it to compensation is addressed.
They need to make sure the resources are provided to prepare adequately for the Common Core assessment. We hope there will be close collaboration among the Legislature, the Governor's Office, and Department of Education as parts of Race to the Top are rolled out to more districts and the No Child Left Behind waiver is implemented so everything works together.
Tim Callahan, Professional Association of Georgia Educators:
As you know teachers have a lot on their plates right now, with the implementation of the Common Core and a new evaluation system for both teachers and principals – part of our Race to the Top grant. We hope that legislators will be aware of how both those issues are impacting our schools and our school personnel.
We believe that ensuring all students attend a complete 180-day school year and providing teachers with 10 additional days of professional learning and prep time are two "restoration" priorities for the Legislature to consider. Both are critical for successful Common Core roll-out and a smoother and more thoughtful transition to the new evaluation systems.
The tragic events in Connecticut may well see some additional legislative activity around the issues of school safety.
We would suggest some legislative attention toward smarter standardized testing. We are testing too much and relying too heavily on tests to measure things they were never designed to measure.
Finally we would hope that they avoid focusing on the charter school amendment and punishing groups who opposed it. We need to move forward with purpose to address a wide array of challenges facing Georgia's education system. PAGE is prepared to do that and we hope that our legislators are as well.
Tracey-Ann Nelson, Georgia Association of Educators:
Lawmakers did a lot of work on the Education Finance Study Commission and significant legislation will come out of those findings. We know there will be an effort put forth on parent trigger legislation.
We hope legislators will also work toward ensuring that every child in public school in Georgia is afforded 180 days of instructional time. (Clearly, the 180-day school year has demonstrated a successful academic impact on kids.) Other states are moving toward more than 180 days. In Georgia, we have systems with significantly less instructional days and the resulting academic outcomes make it hard for our kids to garner success.
We know the state budget remains in difficult standing and we hope lawmakers makers the link between investing in kids in K-12 and economic development for the state.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
December 26th, 2012
6:30 am
Why can't Herb Garrett give a simple direct answer, to a simple direct question:
****Why won't your organization take the ethical high road and rescind Beverly Hall's Superintendent of the Year award?****
What message do you send to the educators who didn't cheat by allowing her to maintain the award? Aren't you completely disrespecting those educators?
Why, knowing full well that the award was based on a corporate culture of fear and intimidation of educators which lead to the largest systemic cheating scandal in US educational history, won't your organization rescind the award?
What does that say about the integrity of your organization that it won't rescind the award? Are you that willing to support the status quo, at all costs, that you will continue to honor an educator whose actions are now universally condemned (by anyone not named Shirley Franklin) as disgraceful and reprehensible?
You have plenty of examples of organizations that did the right thing to follow. Lance Armstrong, who is a much larger public figure than Beverly Hall will ever hope to be, had all seven of his titles stripped by the Tour de France, even though it was almost a decade after the fact the evidence came out. The Olympics took Marion Jones medals, almost a decade after the fact when they found she cheating.
But thanks to the AJC, your organization didn't have to wait a decade. It wasn't long before your organization had incontrovertible evidence that Beverly Hall's "accomplishments" were based on deliberate deception evidence that has been confirmed in an exhaustive 800 page report. She "knew or should have known." You, Herb Garrett, know. Yet you still continue to honor her? To what end?
If your actions are just in maintaining the award, at least explain why they are just. If not, send a message to every educator in Georgia who did it the right way and rescind the award.
December 26th, 2012
6:40 am
Excuse the typos. They were in error. See Herb, how easy it is to admit you made a mistake? I could have said, "Maureen added the typos to discredit me." (Actually, even if I had said that, it would be more plausible than what Hall and Augustine came up with; or have you forgotten, "We see no need to investigate; we expect outliers every year"?)
It's the right thing to do Herb; it's what ethics requires. It's what educators in Georgia deserve.
December 26th, 2012
6:49 am
@Herb Garrett these are the words of your own organization concerning Values, Beliefs, and Vision.
The constant goal should be transparency in reporting both accomplishments and failures, as requested by citizen input in the community conversations conducted by the Vision Project.
December 26th, 2012
6:57 am
Given these words:
The constant goal should be transparency in reporting both accomplishments and failures, as requested by citizen input in the community conversations conducted by the Vision Project.
Where is your organization's transparency?
More words from your organization about Beverly Hall:
"A system-wide culture of low expectations has been reversed. Low income, but top-performing students who never even thought about attending college are now enrolling in prestigious and competitive universities both in Georgia and elsewhere. The faith of the civic, business, and philanthropic communities in the school system has been restored. And, the nation has taken notice."
The nation has taken notice? INDEED! Yet these are still, to this day the words you use to laud Beverly Hall. Is this what the educators of Georgia deserve to read on your website?
December 26th, 2012
6:58 am
My prediction: good luck on getting any restorations. Georgia is pathetic when it comes to public education. They have voted for charter schools and the private sector solution and will now wash their hands of any additional state resources to traditional public education. Why? They are ideologically driven and also have no vision for the state beyond lowering taxes on the wealthy. But Georgians voted for them and therefore deserve what they get. So maybe there is a rationale to keeping Georgians dumbed down.
December 26th, 2012
7:06 am
@Herb Garrett since you just used these words, it makes your decision to not rescind Beverly Hall's award look all the more hypocritical. Just to be clear, these words exist, right now, on your very website:
"Effective leaders know that you can't expect and encourage improvement by using embarrassment and punishment as so-called "motivators;" we still have a few folks who need to learn that lesson."
Yet you have named a (now disgraced) educator Beverly Hall as your Superintendent of the Year, someone who utilized embarrassment and punishment as essential ingredients of her corporate culture and used them to squash reports of cheating?
Yet you Herb Garrett continue to honor her on your very website???? And then you want us to then trust the integrity of your words on education issues?
December 26th, 2012
7:25 am
Maureen can you not use your bully pulpit to ask Herb Garrett why Beverly Hall's award is still in place?
And please, no references to the "passage of time".
Both the IOC and Tour de France understood the importance of restoring integrity by rescinding their awards. As did Downtown Athletic Club when it rescinded Reggie Bush's Heisman. As did the NCAA when in vacated Joe Paterno's wins during the Jerry Sandusky scandal. (Though they didn't use the exact words, it was basically a case of "knew or should have known" and "emphasizing public praise to the exclusion of integrity and ethics")
Maureen, I'm sure you would agree reporters were doing their duty to ask these organizations if they would be rescinding their awards in light of what was uncovered. Therefore, as this is your domain, do you not also have a duty to ask Herb Garrett why, unlike Marion Jones, Lance Armstrong, Reggie Bush, and Joe Paterno, Beverly Hall is still honored by his organization?
And if he won't respond, don't we have the right to ask what then, his organization truly stands for, if it continues to, after the AJC's groundbreaking work, stand by Beverly Hall on their very website?
December 26th, 2012
7:46 am
Wow, there's a lot about teachers making more money and sticking their noses where it doesn't belong (cyberbullying) but nothing about improving the lives of the adults their students will become.
December 26th, 2012
7:54 am
Joel I would suggest to you the problem isn't teachers making more money in so much as it's a status quo determined to continue supporting administrative bloat at any and all costs.
Also, you can best believe it's not teachers who are looking to deal with issues outside the school; it's administrators who don't want to enforce discipline inside their schools, so they resort to "making a show" to show they have backbone on discipline issues. Looking at the schools, one knows nothing could be further from the truth.
December 26th, 2012
7:58 am
My family laughed when I told them I only had 182 day contract this year and my students will only show up 176 days. Those family members laughing includes, 80 years in education experience. Three teachers and one retired administrator. The same ole southern backward folk jokes came out. After I told them the chip rodgers story and the great things he has done for Georgia, they said, "why don't you vote these guys out" I had to inform them of the (R) by their name made them holy, therefore elected.
December 26th, 2012
8:07 am
I would like Mr. Garrett to point out where we can print more money to fund schools, and other projects the the federal government has mandated on the state. Since he is so smart, I suggest he run for governor and suggest a balance budget without any cuts to education.
December 26th, 2012
8:14 am
Yeah, more money is the answer….since it's worked so well in the past 30 years. After all, doubling after inflation of tax money spent per student has resulted in some truly incredible results….NOTHING!
The first half of the answer is to reward the best teachers, those who both give their all (and there are many), and who get results. And the second half is to get rid of the awful teachers (and yes, there are many of these as well).
Then we'll see public school results go through the roof.
December 26th, 2012
8:16 am
I would agree that funding restoration should be a priority, but most of the pet peeves of legislators should be avoided . Does anyone know what the bill cost local systems to implement that requires someone available at all times trained in diabetes management?
We suffered through many years of elected Supts. That was awful .
December 26th, 2012
8:31 am
Yep those teachers will need more money with the charters schools opening up taking all those kids who would really volunteer to go to school. What is left? Those undisciplined kids, parents who depend on the teachers to teach their kids, and smaller class rooms possibly. How much money should the tax payer pay per student from k1 thru k12, $10k pyr, 12k pyr, or more?
December 26th, 2012
8:31 am
Is anyone able to tell me what difference those four more days of school will make? Or why 180 days is better than 240, or 100?
December 26th, 2012
8:34 am
"The first half of the answer is to reward the best teachers, those who both give their all (and there are many), and who get results. And the second half is to get rid of the awful teachers (and yes, there are many of these as well)."
@dc the system doesn't do that. In many cases, it rewards teachers who are compliant regardless of their merit. It actively harasses good teachers who take a stand on issues of integrity for the betterment of their students, just like those APS teachers who had their contracts terminated when they testified to state investigators about cheating. (Just ask MACE, unlike GAE and PAGE they aren't so invested in the status quo they can't tell the truth about this dynamic.)
The best way to reward good teachers isn't through pay. It's through good teaching conditions; support for discipline, support against administrative retaliation. But when you notice every advocacy organization Maureen quotes is influenced by the bureaucratic/administrative status quo in Georgia, you see why neither of these things are mentioned.
If you want to blame teachers in Georgia for anything, blame them for choosing, with their ever decreasing pay, to support organizations that have repeatedly demonstrated they don't have teachers' best interests at heart.
It would be like tens of thousands of chickens turning their noses up at PETA ("too radical") to join the "Truett Cathy Chicken Empowerment Group" and then complaining they are being sacrificed for mass consumption.
Teachers, at what point do teachers stop blaming Truett Cathy and start looking at who you chose to protect you and ensure your fair and safe teaching conditions?
The fact that tens of thousands of Georgia teachers seemingly cannot comprehend this simple straightforward analogy is probably the most damning indictment of teachers as a whole in Georgia.
December 26th, 2012
8:41 am
"Is anyone able to tell me what difference those four more days of school will make?"
@Joel, next to none. 180 days of poor teaching conditions will have no direct tangible affect.
176 days of good teaching conditions with support for discipline and against administrative retaliation would do more for teaching in Georgia than 180, 190, or even 200 days of the current dysfunction.
But notice none of the organizations Maureen cites can even discuss it. Heck, if you can't even muster up the integrity to rescind Beverly Hall's award, how can you even begin to expect to be taken seriously? Even the IOC, with all it's shortcomings, knew to rescind Marion Jones awards did it not?
December 26th, 2012
8:50 am
"I would agree that funding restoration should be a priority"
Why Eddie Hall? What have Georgia school systems done to show they deserve it? Look at almost any system that furloughed teachers and you well see tens of thousands, if not millions of dollars in administrative bloat.
$2100 dollar conference chairs in DCSS central office? Close to a million in administrative bonuses to APS, all based on test fraud? Tens of millions unaccounted for in construction budgets? $40,000 dollars to investigate rumors in central office in Clayton?
Why should the legislature support that type of behavior with taxpayer dollars?
December 26th, 2012
8:51 am
Beverly Fraud must have had a bad Christmas.
December 26th, 2012
8:52 am
My wish list includes getting the "educators" out of my pocket. I will spend my own hard earned money to get my kids out of public schools and send them to a good school.
December 26th, 2012
9:02 am
"Beverly Fraud must have had a bad Christmas."
@Lynn43 if I had spent Christmas safely ensconced in the comfort of a $2100 office chair, it wouldn't change the validity of my words one bit.
Now if you are willing to engage in debate, please point out where I am wrong.
-Do you support Herb Garrett skirting the issue as to why they still display Beverly Hall's Superintendent of the Year award on their website. Do you find that an ethical decision on their part?
-Do you find it in the best interests of teachers and students that none of the organizations Maureen cited will deal directly with either discipline or administrative retaliation given they are two major reasons good teachers leave the profession?
-Do you disagree that, with their own choice of who they choose to represent them, Georgia teachers are not somewhat responsible in being active co creators in their own misery not unlike if chickens rejected PETA ("too radical") and joined the "Truett Cathy Chicken Empowerment Organization??
Please @Lynnn43 point out the error in my words or arguments, and move the debate forward.
December 26th, 2012
9:04 am
Beverly Fraud, in the examples you cited about rescinding awards, they were all in the field of sports. Surely you know that integrity in sports is far more important than integrity in education.
December 26th, 2012
9:08 am
"Beverly Fraud must have had a bad Christmas."
@Lynn43 I would ask one more question at this time. What is the bigger problem, that I am asking these questions or that thousands of Georgia teachers and parents aren't asking these questions, or specific to this blog, aren't demanding Maureen asks these questions on their behalf?
December 26th, 2012
9:15 am
"Surely you know that integrity in sports is far more important than integrity in education."
@Fred it does seem that Herb Garrett is acutely aware of the above statement, does it not?
I guess in Herb Garrett's world integrity in education is even less important than integrity in entertainment. Even the Grammys rescinded the Grammy for Milli Vanilli once it was disclosed they were the musical equivalent of Beverly Hall.
December 26th, 2012
9:31 am
"Beverly Fraud must have had a bad Christmas."
@Lynn43 safe to assume one of two possibilities due to lack of response.
You're either off the blog, or enjoying Herb Garrett Playbook on Ethics and Integrity and the non response to questions of both.
December 26th, 2012
9:35 am
public education has been a black hole for taxpayer dollars for the last 25 years. especially the salaries of administrators (look at past ajc articles for their bloated salaries and sheer numbers of these positions). we need to move towards more class room teachers, less administration (esp. curtailing salaries in these areas), and actually demanding results or making changes if none are forthcoming. hopefully charter schools and the likes will help bring pressure to bear on how much taxpayer money is spent on education. am all for education just not for excess and there is plenty of it in education. why don't we look at setting spending levels on public school administration at levels similar to what is spent on private school administration. and NO you don't need to base it on number of students. when i was educated we didn't have multiple layers of superintendents, principals, vice principals, deputy school supt., etc, etc.
December 26th, 2012
9:35 am
Beverly Fraud, as long as APS has the cover of the Chamber of Commerce, we won't see hard hitting questions you seek. Follow the dollar. Now DeKalb and Clayton counties are a different story…..
December 26th, 2012
9:46 am
Herb Garrett misses the point concerning heavy back packs. Other schools require back packs to have wheels — that almost totally solves the problem of a heavy backpack. The chiropractor's concerns are valid. In kindergarten, my children weighed only about 45 pounds each. When they went to the school library to check out four books each, those hard back books were too heavy to carry in their back packs on their tiny bodies.
What is really concerning is that the public school teacher scolded me for carrying my children's back packs for them when they were heavy with four library books, supplies, lunch and so on.
Wheeled back packs make much more sense but they WERE NOT ALLOWED in my child's school because they "take too much room." Our childrens' health comes first.
Herb also misses the point about funding. There is PLENTY of money — it just doesn't make its way to the individual schools because of corruption in the school administration. Traveling to nice warm tropiclal climates in the Carribean and the Bahamas and the like for "conferences" is nothing but an obvious paid vacation. Mary Lin elementary's principal is using SPLOST tax funds for his own private bathroom — there's 10k literally down the drain of our tax dollars.
We waste tax payer dollars everday in APS and Dekalb County schools. We don't need to pay more taxes here; we need to run the crooks out of office and that's why parents like me voted for amendment one — to escape the corruption.
December 26th, 2012
9:49 am
To Beverly Fraud — I am one of those voting tax payers who want Beverly Hall's "award" rescinded — and burned.
December 26th, 2012
10:03 am
"Beverly Fraud, as long as APS has the cover of the Chamber of Commerce, we won't see hard hitting questions you seek."
Maureen is this why you are silent? What other legitimate reason do you have otherwise?
Did not reporters ask the NCAA about Joe Paterno?
Did not reporters ask the Tour de France about Lance Armstrong?
Did not reporters ask the Downtown Athletic Club about Reggie Bush's Heisman?
In that same vein, do you not have the same responsibility to journalistic ethics to query Herb Garrett? And if you won't ask, does that no give legitimacy to Fred in DeKalb's statement, as not one single poster has ever (to my knowledge) questioned the legitimacy of asking Fred Garrett?
December 26th, 2012
10:07 am
Sorry, that's Herb Garrett (who I'm sure must be aware Maureen has posted, and at least given a cursory glance, or otherwise been made aware.
As they say (ESPN is it?) C'mon man! It's your organization. Own up to it.
December 26th, 2012
10:10 am
@BF, agree re the "disincentives" in the current system. And these will continue, until there is some objective way to measure teacher effectiveness. Thus (IMO) the resistance from so many teachers to something like using increases!! in standardized test scores (or lack of increase) to measure each teacher. In particular, the least effective (and sadly, most dangerous) teachers will continue to scream out about how that measure is "unfair" to them.
Until something like that happens, we'll continue to be at the mercy of those who decry that there is no way to reward and punish, because teacher measurements are too subjective.
December 26th, 2012
10:13 am
There should be a 30 minute moratorium between posts.
December 26th, 2012
10:19 am
"Is anyone able to tell me what difference those four more days of school will make? Or why 180 days is better than 240, or 100?"
I would say that having a 180-day year rather than a 176-day year would give more than 2% more instruction time (maybe). If your boss gave you a 2% raise, would you refuse because it was not enough? An additional solution might be to make sure all the "high-stakes" testing is done in the LAST DAYS of the semester. No testing a week or two earlier, so there is "dead time" after the testing. The legislature can easily make the 180-day calendar a reality: just legislate that 180 days are required and let the counties come up with the money to fund it.
Is 180 days enough? Not if we want to compete with China, India, or European contries. I challenge you, Maureen, to list the instruction days in the different systems correlated with their educational standing.
December 26th, 2012
10:23 am
I think the statements by the education leaders are remarkably short-sighted and demonstrate they aren't thinking about the major problems affecting public schools. It's not about the funding and its not about the longer school calendar. It's about how the money is spent, and aligning funding with innovation. It's also about corrupt school boards and how to not only reward success but also deal with failure, both at the school level and school board level.
I would like to see our education leaders show some intellect and vision by articulating some "Big Hairy Audacious Goals" as stated in the noteworthy book: "Built to Last" by James Collins and Jerry Porras.
December 26th, 2012
10:29 am
I'm sure many hope their friends and relatives get to keep their high paying little or no work patronage jobs.
After all, they can always lay off more teachers.
December 26th, 2012
10:37 am
"If your boss gave you a 2% raise, would you refuse
Yes I would Mountain Man, and here's why: I would refuse it for the red herring it is and instead focus on addressing working conditions
If I advocated for people who worked in an atmosphere of administrative retaliation where the people they are told to "manage" are allowed to openly defy, disrespect and even physically threaten and assault often with minimal-or zero-consequences, I wouldn't even allow THAT debate to be derailed by a token 2% increase in pay.
But PAGE and GAE routinely avoid THAT debate; is it because the people who retaliate against teachers and don't support them in discipline are also lining the pockets of PAGE/GAE?
At what point to teachers, who aren't given authority in the classroom, at least take authority with GAE/PAGE by withholding dues until teaching conditions are put front and center?
And if they don't, do they then deserve about as much sympathy (as a whole) as chickens who reject PETA ("too radical") to join Truett Cathy's Chicken Empowerment Organization only to find themselves served up for public consumption?
December 26th, 2012
10:39 am
"There should be a 30 minute moratorium between posts."
Explain why Another View; of course you'll have to wait approximately 6-8 minutes LOL
December 26th, 2012
10:51 am
"Thus (IMO) the resistance from so many teachers to something like using increases!!"
The resistance isn't in the measure; it's the complete lack of trust the well earned lack of trust in how it's going to be implemented. It's asking teachers to put their hands in data being "interpreted" by people who seemingly can't get allowing teachers to be disrespected, threatened and physically assaulted is not acceptable.
These same people often can't even handle these students one on one yet they want to judge teachers handling them in a group setting, based on statistical analysis that statisticians have routinely rejected as having validity.
If we spent even a tenth of the time we spend on giving teachers authority as we did accountability we might find we would get ten times the results; of course we might also find we need a tenth of the current bureaucracy we need now, and since they pay PAGE and GAE to represent their interests, you aren't going to hear much about cutting them.
And why should you, when GAE and PAGE teachers continue to shell out dollars?
December 26th, 2012
10:56 am
Hey Maureen: I noticed that you didn't ask anyone from MACE about what should be the concerns about education at the upcoming educational session. Perhaps you know what we would say. Answer: Teaching conditions. The MACE Mantra has always been that you cannot have good learning conditions until you first have good teaching conditions. The first teaching condition that has be to be established in every school in Georgia (yes, and in particular the urban schools where discipline basically does not exist) is student discipline. But, I note that the "educational leaders" that you consult with don't have much to say about this all important issue. Each teacher will tell you that if the administration does not support them classroom discipline that two or three disruptive students can destroy the learning environment for those students who want to learn. But, here in Georgia (and elsewhere in the country), there is a complete blind spot to the importance of classroom discipline.
There are four basic problems in America Public Education (APE): (1) Defiant and Disruptive Students; (2) Irate and Irresponsible Parents; (3) Angry and Abusive Administrators; and (4) The Worshipping at the Altar of Standardized Tests and the Resulting Systematic Cheating that Accompanies the Adoration of These Tests. We have been saying these things for years at MACE.
MACE also pointed out way before the media got involved that DeKalb and Atlanta were "gangsta systems." We talked about the "systematic cheating" in both systems. We had four people on our "Greatest Educational Hypocrites in Georgia": (1) Beverly Hall; (2) Crawford Lewis; (3) Mark Elgart; and we added another later in the process, (4) Edmond Heatley. Our list was composed when these people were in the height of their power. On was indicted and two resigned under less than glorious situations. We are just waiting for the shoe to drop on the hypocrisy of Mark Elgart and his phony, money-grabbing private organization called SACS.
We presume that MACE is too prescient for this illustrious newspaper. Ha! But, I thought good journalism meant that you went to the sources which or who have been correct in the past to attempt to gain a kernel of truth of what will take place in the future. Ha! No problem, though, Maureen. MACE is used to being right in our views and stances but also being ignored by the lamestream media.
December 26th, 2012
10:57 am
By the way, why are my comments always "Waiting for Moderation"? Are my thoughts that "radical"? Ha!
December 26th, 2012
10:57 am
@Another View; what's the greater harm; the question gets asked on this blog more than once in 30 minutes, or Herb Garrett doesn't get asked the question at all?
The answer of course is simple; Maureen asks the question, and Herb Garrett gives a simple, direct answer
What's the word I'm looking for…ah yes, Integrity I'm sure Herb is aware of it, even if he apparently isn't a strong proponent of it it when it comes to who his organization chooses to honor for Superintendent of the Year.
December 26th, 2012
11:00 am
Well Dr. Trotter, I would suggest you also name Beverly Hall the Superintendent of the Year. Seems that way you will be prominently featured within the blog post itself.
December 26th, 2012
11:11 am
"Back in the day" when our local school system had 180 day school years, there were 3 or 4 days set aside for "fun", such as field days, senior days, etc. When the school system had to cut the number of instructional days, do you think they cut the "fun" days? No, they didn't. Do you think administrative salaries were cut when austerity measures were put in place? No they didn't. Do you think I'll ever support raising taxes for the education system as long as the administrators and policy makers aren't serious about cutting the fat from their budgets and actually "instructing" instead of having "fun"? No, I won't.
December 26th, 2012
11:12 am
@ Beverly Fraud: I presume that this total lack of integrity in education is why Norreese Haynes and I have entitled our book, The MACE Manifesto: The Politically Incorrect, Irreverent, and Scatological Examination of the Bullsh*t Involved in American Public Education (APE). Of course, you know that we have spelled the word completely but cannot do so in this family newspaper. Ha! There is just so much bullsh*t that is endemic to APE. These so-called "educational leaders" are the problems. Hey Bev, keep pouring it on! I enjoy reading your humorous yet revealing posts.
December 26th, 2012
11:14 am
My favorite PAGE story (though not proven as such, I'm sure it's an urban legend, but resonates nonetheless)
A PAGE representative goes to a school to meet a principal to let her know, in no uncertain terms, that PAGE will not tolerate the disrespect being shown to one of the PAGE teachers. Turns out the principal had her pet poodle in the office, fresh from a dog pedicure.
The poodle starts barking, so the principal says in a stern voice, "Sit". So he immediately sits on the floor, whimpering and covering his eyes.
No, not the dog; the PAGE representative!
As stated, no doubt an urban legend, but it resonates nonetheless
December 26th, 2012
11:18 am
Well I'm curious MidGa Retiree, would you support Beverly Hall maintaining her status as a Superintendent of the Year? Would you applaud Herb Garrett for allowing her to maintain that honor?
After all, we don't want to do anything to damage anyone's self esteem do we?
December 26th, 2012
11:20 am
it is tough to keep the good ones when you cut my pay by 2 to 3% a year. We have two openings, one science and one math!!! apply within. filled the science position, now we just need a math teacher. anyone, anyone, buller. By cutting my pay and all the other good ones, our motivation to look else has been increased. good luck Georgia!!
December 26th, 2012
11:26 am
Same old. Same old. No mention of anything to help teachers, really. Until egregious actions of those former APS administrators are punished, what are we to think? Beverly Hall should have been indicted months ago. The big elephant in the room is discipline. Until you remove those problems from the classrooom FOREVER, results will continue to deteriorate and teachers will be blamed for poor results. I don't give credence to any of these wish lists until administrators take that responsibility on themselves.
December 26th, 2012
11:34 am
@Mark if they had a choice, what do you think most Georgia teachers would take?
A 2% raise, or real support for discipline and a legitimate way of addressing administrative retaliation?
I would suggest that, as much as anything, causes Georgia teachers to look elsewhere.


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Record Report - Alaska Peninsula, Anchorage, Baldwin Peninsula and Selawik Valley, Bristol Bay, Central Aleutians, Central Beaufort Sea Coast, Central Interior, Chukchi Sea Coast, Copper River Basin, Deltana and Tanana Flats, Denali, Eastern Alaska Range, Eastern Aleutians, Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills, Kodiak Island, Kuskokwim Delta, Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys, Lower Koyukuk and Middle Yukon Valleys, Lower Kuskokwim Valley, Lower Yukon Valley, Matanuska Valley, Middle Tanana Valley, Northeast Prince William Sound, Northeastern Brooks Range, Northern and Interior Seward Peninsula, Northern Arctic Coast, Northwestern Brooks Range, Pribilof Islands, Southeast Prince William Sound, Southeastern Brooks Range, Southern Seward Peninsula Coast, St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast, Susitna Valley, Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys, Upper Koyukuk Valley, Upper Kuskokwim Valley, Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country, Western Aleutians, Western Arctic Coast, Western Kenai Peninsula, Western Prince William Sound, Yukon Delta, Yukon Flats and Surrounding Uplands
- Arizona - Flash Flood Watch , Record Report
Flash Flood Watch - Baboquivari Mountains including Kitt Peak, Chiricahua Mountains including Chiricahua National Monument, Coconino Plateau, Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains including Bisbee/Canelo Hills/Madera Canyon, Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet including Douglas/Willcox, Eastern Mogollon Rim, Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains including Mount Graham, Greater Phoenix Area, Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County, Little Colorado River Valley in Coconino County, Little Colorado River Valley in Navajo County, Northern Gila County, Northwest and North Central Pinal County, Northwest Deserts, Northwest Maricopa County, Northwest Plateau, Oak Creek and Sycamore Canyons, Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains including Mount Lemmon/Summerhaven, South Central Pinal County including Eloy/Picacho Peak State Park, Southeast Pinal County including Kearny/Mammoth/Oracle, Southern Gila/Tonto NF Foothills, Southwest Maricopa County, Tohono O'odham Nation including Sells, Tucson Metro Area including Tucson/Green Valley/Marana/Vail, Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including Clifton/Safford, Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra Vista/Benson, Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys including Nogales, West Central Deserts, Western Mogollon Rim, Western Pima County Including Ajo/Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, White Mountains, White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties including Hannagan Meadow, Yavapai County Mountains, Yavapai County Valleys and Basins
Record Report - Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Northwest Deserts, Northwest Plateau
- Arkansas - Flood Warning
- California - Flash Flood Watch , Wind Advisory , Excessive Heat Warning , Heat Advisory , Fire Weather Watch , Fire Weather Warning , Beach Hazard Statement , Record Report
Flash Flood Watch - Cadiz Basin, Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve, Morongo Basin, San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley
Wind Advisory - Santa Barbara County Mountains, Santa Barbara County South Coast
Excessive Heat Warning - Los Angeles County San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area, Ventura County Coastal Valleys, Ventura County Interior Valleys
Heat Advisory - Orange County Coastal Areas, San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys -The Inland Empire, San Diego County Valleys, Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills
Fire Weather Watch - Modoc County, North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County, Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties
Fire Weather Warning - Los Angeles County Mountains excluding the Santa Monica Range
Beach Hazard Statement - Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, Northern Monterey Bay
Record Report - Antelope Valley, Apple and Lucerne Valleys, Cadiz Basin, Catalina Island, Coachella Valley, Cuyama Valley, Death Valley National Park, East-Central San Joaquin Valley, Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve, Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County, Indian Wells Valley, Kern County Mountains, Los Angeles County Coast including Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Mountains excluding the Santa Monica Range, Los Angeles County San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley, Mariposa, Madera, and Fresno County Foothills, Morongo Basin, Orange County Coastal Areas, Owens Valley, Riverside County Mountains, San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys -The Inland Empire, San Bernardino County Mountains, San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley, San Diego County Coastal Areas, San Diego County Deserts, San Diego County Mountains, San Diego County Valleys, San Luis Obispo County Central Coast, San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys, San Luis Obispo County Mountains, Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills, Santa Barbara County Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Mountains, Santa Barbara County South Coast, Santa Clarita Valley, Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area, Santa Ynez Valley, Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to Kings Canyon, Southeastern Kern County Desert, Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, Southwestern San Joaquin Valley, Tulare County Foothills, Tulare County Mountains, Ventura County Coast, Ventura County Coastal Valleys, Ventura County Interior Valleys, Ventura County Mountains, West-Central San Joaquin Valley, Western Mojave Desert, White Mountains of Inyo County
- Colorado - Public Information Statement
Public Information Statement - Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County, Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties, Central and South Weld County, Central and Southeast Park County, Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet, Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet, Jackson County Below 9000 Feet, Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet, Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet, Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County, Logan County, Morgan County, North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County, North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County, Northeast Weld County, Phillips County, Sedgwick County, South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet, South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above 9000 Feet, Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County, Washington County, West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet
- Connecticut - Record Report
Record Report - Northern Litchfield, Southern Litchfield
- Florida - Flood Warning
- Georgia - Flood Warning , Flash Flood Watch , Special Statement
Flood Warning - Charlton
Flash Flood Watch - Coastal Bryan, Coastal Chatham, Coastal Liberty, Coastal McIntosh, Evans, Inland Bryan, Inland Chatham, Inland Liberty, Inland McIntosh, Long, Tattnall
Special Statement - Coastal Chatham, Inland Chatham
- Hawaii - High Surf Advisory , Record Report
High Surf Advisory - Big Island North and East, Kahoolawe, Kauai Leeward, Kauai Windward, Kona, Lanai Makai, Leeward Haleakala, Maui Central Valley, Maui Leeward West, Molokai Leeward, Niihau, Oahu South Shore, South Big Island, Waianae Coast, Windward Haleakala
Record Report - Big Island Interior, Big Island North and East, Big Island Summit, Central Oahu, Haleakala Summit, Kahoolawe, Kauai Leeward, Kauai Mountains, Kauai Windward, Kohala, Kona, Lanai Makai, Lanai Mauka, Leeward Haleakala, Maui Central Valley, Maui Leeward West, Maui Windward West, Molokai Leeward, Molokai Windward, Niihau, Oahu Koolau, Oahu North Shore, Oahu South Shore, Olomana, South Big Island, Waianae Coast, Waianae Mountains, Windward Haleakala
- Idaho - Air Quality Alert
Air Quality Alert - Lower Hells Canyon/Salmon River Region, Northern Clearwater Mountains, Orofino/Grangeville Region, Southern Clearwater Mountains
- Illinois - Flood Warning
Flood Warning - Alexander, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene, Jackson, Jersey, Mason, Morgan, Randolph, Schuyler, Union
- Indiana - Flood Warning
- Massachusetts - Record Report
Record Report - Northern Berkshire, Southern Berkshire
- Michigan - Frost Advisory , Dense Fog Advisory
Frost Advisory - Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Marquette, Ontonagon, Southern Houghton
Dense Fog Advisory - Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa, Van Buren
- Missouri - Flood Warning , Hydrologic Statement
Flood Warning - Cape Girardeau, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Gasconade, Howard, Linn, Livingston, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Scott, St. Charles, Ste. Genevieve
Hydrologic Statement - Franklin
- Nevada - Flash Flood Watch , Record Report
Flash Flood Watch - Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Las Vegas Valley, Lincoln County, Northeast Clark County, Sheep Range, Southern Clark County, Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon
Record Report - Esmeralda and Central Nye County, Humboldt County, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Las Vegas Valley, Lincoln County, Northeast Clark County, Northeastern Nye County, Northern Elko County, Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County, Northwestern Nye County, Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range, Sheep Range, South Central Elko County, Southeastern Elko County, Southern Clark County, Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County, Southwest Elko County, Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon, Western Clark and Southern Nye County, White Pine County
- New Mexico - Flash Flood Watch , Special Statement
Flash Flood Watch - Central Tularosa Basin, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, Eastern Black Range Foothills, Lowlands of the Bootheel, Northern Dona Ana County, Otero Mesa, Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet, San Francisco River Valley, Sierra County Lakes, Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley, Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley, Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range, Southern Tularosa Basin, Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley, Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin, Southwest Mountains, Uplands of the Bootheel, Upper Gila River Valley, West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
Special Statement - Central Highlands, Central Lea County, Chaves County Plains, Chuska Mountains, Curry County, De Baca County, East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Eastern Lincoln County, Eastern San Miguel County, Eddy County Plains, Estancia Valley, Far Northeast Highlands, Far Northwest Highlands, Guadalupe County, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County, Harding County, Jemez Mountains, Lower Chama River Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area, Northeast Highlands, Northern Lea County, Northern Sangre de Cristos above 9500 feet/Red River, Northwest Highlands, Northwest Plateau, Quay County, Raton Ridge/Johnson Mesa, Roosevelt County, San Francisco River Valley, San Juan Mountains, Sandia/Manzano Mountains, Santa Fe Metro Area, South Central Highlands, South Central Mountains, Southern Lea County, Southern Sangre de Cristos above 9500 feet, Southwest Chaves County, Southwest Mountains, Union County, Upper Rio Grande Valley, Upper Tularosa Valley, West Central Highlands, West Central Mountains, West Central Plateau, West Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- New York - Record Report
Record Report - Eastern Albany, Eastern Columbia, Eastern Dutchess, Eastern Greene, Eastern Rensselaer, Eastern Schenectady, Eastern Ulster, Hamilton, Montgomery, Northern Fulton, Northern Herkimer, Northern Saratoga, Northern Warren, Northern Washington, Schoharie, Southeast Warren, Southern Fulton, Southern Herkimer, Southern Saratoga, Southern Washington, Western Albany, Western Columbia, Western Dutchess, Western Greene, Western Rensselaer, Western Schenectady, Western Ulster
- North Carolina - Flood Warning , Flood Advisory
Flood Warning - Lenoir
Flood Advisory - Coastal Pender, Inland Pender
- South Carolina - Flash Flood Watch , Dense Fog Advisory
Flash Flood Watch - Beaufort, Charleston, Coastal Colleton, Coastal Jasper, Tidal Berkeley
Dense Fog Advisory - Charleston, Dorchester, Inland Berkeley, Tidal Berkeley
- Texas - Flash Flood Watch, Areal Flood Advisory , Areal Flood Advisory , Flash Flood Watch , Special Statement
Flash Flood Watch, Areal Flood Advisory - Hidalgo, Inland Cameron
Areal Flood Advisory - Coastal Cameron
Flash Flood Watch - Eastern/Central El Paso County, Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains, Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties, Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County, Salt Basin, Southern Hudspeth Highlands, Western El Paso County
Special Statement - Andrews, Aransas, Bee, Big Bend Area, Borden, Calhoun, Crane, Davis/Apache Mountains Area, Dawson, Duval, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Goliad, Guadalupe Mountains, Howard, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Loving, Marfa Plateau, Martin, McMullen, Midland, Mitchell, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio Valley, Reagan, Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos, Refugio, San Patricio, Scurry, Terrell, Upton, Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor, Victoria, Ward, Webb, Winkler
- Vermont - Record Report
Record Report - Bennington, Eastern Windham, Western Windham
- Washington - Record Report
Record Report - Admiralty Inlet Area, Bellevue and Vicinity, Bremerton and Vicinity, Central Coast, East Puget Sound Lowlands, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, Everett and Vicinity, Hood Canal Area, Lower Chehalis Valley Area, North Coast, Olympics, San Juan County, Seattle and Vicinity, Southwest Interior, Tacoma Area, West Slopes North Cascades and Passes, West Slopes North Central Cascades and Passes, West Slopes South Central Cascades and Passes, Western Skagit County, Western Strait of Juan De Fuca, Western Whatcom County
- Wisconsin - Frost Advisory , Special Statement
Frost Advisory - Adams, Ashland, Bayfield, Clark, Florence, Forest, Iron, Jackson, Juneau, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Northern Marinette County, Northern Oconto County, Oneida, Portage, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Vilas, Washburn, Wood
- Wyoming - Record Report
Record Report - Absaroka Mountains, Bighorn Mountains Southeast, Bighorn Mountains West, Casper Mountain, Cody Foothills, East Sweetwater County, Flaming Gorge, Green Mountains and Rattlesnake Range, Jackson Hole, Lander Foothills, Natrona County Lower Elevations, North Big Horn Basin, Northeast Johnson County, Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains, Rock Springs and Green River, Salt River and Wyoming Ranges, South Lincoln County, Southeast Big Horn Basin, Southeast Johnson County, Southwest Big Horn Basin, Star Valley, Teton and Gros Ventre Mountains, Upper Green River Basin, Upper Green River Basin Foothills, Upper Wind River Basin, Wind River Basin, Wind River Mountains East, Wind River Mountains West, Yellowstone National Park


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This week's "Your Turn" segment goes to Janice Bell. Bell is upset about the government incentives provided to Electrolux to help the company build a factory that will create jobs here. She thinks we did not get enough in return.
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What is Memphis getting out of the deal by giving Electrolux $120 million? Since all the money is coming from Memphis, Shelby County and the State, did the deal makers ask that Memphians make up 75 or 80 percent of the work force for Electrolux? I am just frustrated that Tennesseans are being duped including the folks who agreed to give that much money and we get nothing in return. Since the money is coming from Tennessee taxpayers, Tennessee should be given first priority on jobs and not surrounding areas. Tennessee needs to take care of home first.
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Busch Lion Cubs Get Names
Tampa, Fla.-(970 WFLA)-Busch Gardens' lion cub sisters now have names. The three month-old cubs are named Shaba, meaning "brazen," and Shtuko, meaning "twitch."
The names come after a weeklong poll of 6,000 Busch Gardens Facebook fans. The people taking part in the poll actually voted on the names.
The Busch Gardens animal care team has started introducing the cubs to the Edge of Africa attraction. Guests can see the cubs all summer long and beyond.


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Hard to credit now the shrieks of outrage, the shudders of refined critical distaste, that greeted the House of Hammer's first reworking of the greatest of all vampire myths.
Today, Terence Fisher's rendition of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel is a much-loved classic, one of the twin pillars - along with the previous year's The Curse Of Frankenstein - on which Hammer built its near 20-year reign as the world's premier purveyor of horror movies.
A film that once proudly brandished its X certificate - "Don't Dare See It Alone!" hissed the posters - now reappears as an innocuous 12.
It must be admitted that, compared to today's slew of vampiric offerings (yes, even the teen-friendly Twilight franchise), Fisher's movie looks pretty staid - even, whisper it, a little tame.
But at the time of its release, it brought something new and disconcerting to the story.
First off, colour.
Universal's Dracula series of the '30s and '40s had all been in black and white,and in any case featured very little blood.
Hammer went for full, vivid colour. Making the most of Fisher's instinct for lush Victoriana, it was clearly lit (in contrast with Universal's noirish shadows) and let the blood flow free.
Even more crucially, by going back to Stoker's original novel (Universal's 1931 version was drawn from a much-adapted stage play), Hammer reintroduced a key element: sex.
Stoker's Count is an urbane patrician seducer, undermining complacent Victorian society by exerting his fatal, sensual charm on its innocent maidens and virtuous wives.
Here the casting of Christopher Lee, the first British actor to play the role, was beyond ideal. Commandingly tall (6ft5) with dark good looks hinting at something exotic (Italian on his mother's side) and a richly melodious baritone voice, Lee exuded a dangerous sexuality that neither of his main predecessors (Max Schreck in F.W. Murnau's chilling Stoker rip-off Nosferatu, Universal's Hungarian-hammy Bela Lugosi) could come within a mile of.
Lee went on to play dracula six more times for Hammer, but nothing beat his first appearance here as a sinister silhouette at the top of the stairs, gazing down silently at John Van eyssen's hapless Jonathan Harker.
He has barely a dozen lines of dialogue in the whole film, but his eyes speak volumes. True, few of the supporting players are up to much, though Miles Malleson's chortling undertaker adds a divertingly farcical note.
Van Eyssen is bland, Michael Gough appears disengaged as Arthur Holmwood, while Melissa Stribling and Carol Marsh as Drac's victims are eyelash-batting dolly birds straight out of Vogue.
Luckily there's the wonderfully cool, incisive Professor Van Helsing of Peter Cushing, a worthy opponent for the count. In real life Lee and Cushing were close friends with great mutual regard; they play off each other impeccably.
For this triple-disc re-release - DVD, Blu-ray and a munificent stack of extras - Lionsgate has been able to draw on painstaking, frame-by-frame restoration work by the BFI, Molinare and Deluxe 142. The results? Nothing short of superb.
The film's original ratio of 1.66:1, mangled on most DVD releases, is restored and the colour has been regraded, regaining the overall blue-tinged palette intended by DoP Jack Asher and doing full justice to Bernard Robinson's scrupulously detailed set design. (A master of economy, Robinson recycled the same basic set for four different venues within Dracula's castle. See if you can spot them all!)
Even better, some of the material deleted at the BBFC's behest has been replaced in context. The British censor, predictably dismayed at the eroticism on display, had demanded multiple cuts.
However, an uncut print was preserved in a Japanese archive. A fire destroyed the first five reels, but reels six to nine survived.
Though badly damaged by water, this material has supplied two episodes - the count's seduction of Mina and his final disintegration - that have been restored to pristine condition and re-integrated.
A detailed account of the restoration work and all four of the surviving Japanese reels are among the lavish extras in this three-disc set.
We also get a featurette about the making that includes interviews with screenwriter Jimmy Sangster and cast member Janina Faye (aka Tania, the small girl lured away by the undead Mina); a talk by professorial movie buff Sir Christopher Frayling ("after 1958, everybody writes about sex in Dracula"); a dual voiceover commentary; a TV programme on Hammer, narrated by Oliver Reed; a reading from the novel by Faye to an audience at the Vault Festival; a substantial booklet and the shooting script (both on PDF); and an account of the film's censorship battles. (Phew!)
The latter includes some strikingly revealing quotes from the censorship board. One member objected strongly to "the uncouth, uneducated, disgusting and vulgar style of Mr Jimmy Sangster," adding that "of course, some of the stake-work is prohibitive".
Equally entertaining are Sangster's own recollections of fashioning the script in the teeth of Hammer's notoriously frugal approach: no sea voyage, no transformation of Drac into wolves or bats and only one Bride of Dracula in place of three.
Thanks to this penny-pinching, the movie was brought in for £81,400. Bloody impressive, eh?