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One child under 2 years is charged USD 15 per night in a crib.
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(Mss. 1416, 1576)
Contents of Inventory
Biographical and Historical Note
Size. 38
items, 6 mss. volumes, 1 printed volume
Geographic locations. Mississippi,
Inclusive dates. 1858-1911.
Languages. English.
Summary. Correspondence, manuscript writings, printed items, photographs, bound manuscript volumes.
Access. No restrictions.
Copyright. Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the
creators of the materials in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Citation. Kate Lee Ferguson Papers, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Stack location. S:28, Range 98, OS:F
Kate Lee Ferguson was a novelist, poet, and composer of Mississippi. She married Confederate General Samuel Wragg Ferguson, Aug. 28, 1862.
Papers include personal letters from friends and family members and a Spanish land grant for property of Nathaniel A. Ware (grandfather of Kate Lee Ferguson) along the Red River in Texas. Manuscript writings include prose, poetry, and music by Kate Lee Ferguson. The writings largely reflect Southern life, culture and history and include Ferguson's memoirs which describe her family and Samuel Wragg Ferguson. Manuscript volumes contain short stories and poems (1857-1898), an operetta (n.d.), a list of household furnishings, and memoranda (n.d.). Some published music is included, along with a printed volume of "Little Mose," a story by Kate Lee Ferguson. The collection includes newspaper clippings and fragments and a handkerchief given by Jefferson Davis to Kate Lee Ferguson with a handwritten explanation relating the circumstances of the gift. Photographs of Kate Lee Ferguson and others are included.
I. Correspondence, 1858-1908, n.d.(box 1)
Correspondence includes an undated love note signed with initials, letter of affection from J. L. Bright, Lexington, (1858), letter of thanks from private secretary of the President of the United States (May 8, 1883), family letter from Greenville, Mississippi, to her son (1886), letter from "Wellington", in London (Nov. 20, 1908) concerning a British consul at Charleston, and a definition of a patriot by Kate Ferguson. Also among the correspondence is an envelope with inscription and note about Border League Claims, Spanish grants along the Red River, Texas belonging to Nathaniel A. Ware, grandfather of Catherine Lee Ferguson.
II. Writings, 1889, 1903, n.d. (box 1, OS:F)
Writings include manuscripts and typescripts of literary works consisting of the Memoirs of Catherine Ferguson (1904); The Old Dancer, a synopsis for a motion picture play; manuscript music and lyrics to Anthem to Louisiana; and manuscript, typescript and newspaper clipping of A Few Words of Jefferson Davis. Other titles included are: Birth Mark, a Sensational Drama Founded on Fact, Fledia's Secret, a Southern Story, Major William Henry Lee, Modern Sorceress (outline for play), Monument to the Confederate Women, My old Black Mammy, Panola, (play), Rosetta, or Waiting for Joel, Sack of Oats, Sarah Dorsey and Beauvoir (description of area around Beauvoir, Miss.), Something About Doll, Under the Stars
III. Printed material and photographs, 1886, n.d. (box 1, range 98)
Printed material consists of a card, Cock Fight from Ecuador; published sheet music, The letter from Home (1889), dedicated to Nina Clifton, actress and Inauguration Song, The Old Velvet Chair (1893), dedicated to Grover Cleveland; newspaper clippings of poems, Death of Edwin Booth, Her Face and article, A Pen Picture from an Old State, by Kate Lee Ferguson; an issue of The Montgomery Advertiser (April 29, 1886); pamphlet of Little Mose dedicated to Jefferson Davis. Photographs include Kate Lee Ferguson, Frederick Nicholls Crouch, Frank Heyward (?), and Beauvoir photographs.
IV. Bound manuscript volumes, 1857-1911, n.d. (box 2)
v. 1 Poetry (1857-1858).
v. 2 Poetry (1857-1879, 1890-1892, 1898) and stories The Lost Bracelet (1868) and
A Christmas Story (n.d.).
v. 3 Short stories, poem, and accounts of H. P. Su with Ferguson and Su (1883).
v. 4 Comic operetta a Tempest in a Tea Pot, and a list entitled "Things belonging to us in and around McKies (?) house" (1911).
v. 5 Short story, Cliquot (n.d.).v. 6 Short story, the sequel to Cliquot; Two Dogs Mumm or a Woman's Glory (n.d.)
Authors, American - -Mississippi.
Beauvoir (Miss.) - - Description and travel.
Cleveland, Grover, |d 1837-1908.
Composers - -Mississippi.
Davis, Jefferson, |d 1808-1889.
Ferguson, Samuel Wragg, |d 1834-1917.
Land grants.
Musical scores.
Musical compositions.
Poets, American - - Mississippi.
Ware, Nathaniel A., |d ca. 1790-1854.
Women writers.
Stack Box Folders Contents
S:28 1 1 Correspondence (1858-1908).
S:28 1 2-17 Writings (1904, n.d.).
S:28 1 18 Newspapers clippings of article and poetry (n.d.).
S:28 1 21 Pamphlet, Little Mose (n.d.).
S:28 1 22 Card, Cock Fight from Ecuador (n.d.), handkerchief of Jefferson Davis (n.d.).
S:28 1 23-24 Photographs.
S:28 2 v. 1-6 Bound manuscript volumes (1857-1911, n.d.).
OS:F 19-20 Manuscript music and lyrics, Anthem to Louisiana; sheet music (1889, 1893).
Range 98 Newspaper, The Montgomery Advertiser (1886)


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Unless you've been stranded on a desert island for about two months, you no doubt know that the Thrashers own the fourth overall pick in this Friday's NHL Entry Draft. So, I thought it might be an interesting exercise to go back over the course of the past decade or so and review the players that were selected with the 4th overall pick in the draft.
But before we do…speaking of the draft…an update on the draft party that will be held at TJsFriday night. As we've discussed before, there will be $1 draft beers for all to enjoy as well as meeting with some of the former Atlanta Flames. Also, the team will be supplying some prizes to be raffled of…including tickets to games during the upcoming season.
Update Also, you'll be able to meet new AJC Thrashers beat writer Chris Vivlamore as he'll be attending the party at TJ's as well!
So, hopefully we'll see you there for the fun!
Now, as for the most recent fourth overall picks, we'll start with the summer of 1999…because that's the first one that the Thrashers organization participated in.
1999: Just after Don Waddell took PatrikStefan with the first overall pick and Vancouver then selected Sedin x 2, the New York Rangers draft Pavel Brendl of the WHL's Calgary Hitmen. He's played in a total of 78 regular season NHL games…with Philadelphia, Carolina and Phoenix…scoring 11 goals and 11 assist. He was held pointless in 2 playoff appearences. Brendl played last season for Topedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL where he netted 35 goals and 15 assists in 56 games.
2000: The Columbus Blue Jackets selected Czech defensman Rostislav Klesla with the first ever draft selection of that franchise. He has appeared in 444 games for the CBJs scoring 36 goals and79 assists to go with his -53 rating. 8 of those goals and 28 of the assists have come on the power play. In last spring's playoffs, he earned an assists in the 6-5 loss to Detroit that ended Columbus' brief postseason.
2001: Stephen Weiss was the choice of the Florida Panthers withthe #4 pick. He has played in 401 career games with the Panthers scoring 75 goals and 149 assists in that time. His 61 points led the Panthers in scoring last year. During the lockout season of 2004-05, the centerman played 18 regular season games for the Thrashers' affiliate Chicago Wolves scoring 7 goals and 9 assists in the regular season as well as 2 goals and 7 assists in 18 playoff games.
2002: Finnish blueliner Joni Pitkänen was chosen by the Philadelphia Flyers…just after Nash, Lehtonen and Bouwmeester were taken by Columbus, Atlanta andFlorida. In the 340 total games played with the Flyers, Oliers and Carolina Hurricanes, he has 40 goals, 135 assists andis a +18 in the regular season. He has 5 helpers in the postseason. Last summer he signed a 3-year $12 million contract with the Canes.
2003: Columbus owned the #4 overall pick once again this year and with it the selected Russian forward Nikolai Zherdev. He played in 57 games that year for the Blue Jackets and collected 13 goals and 21 assists. Following the lockout he had a very good year scoring 27 goals and 27 assists in 73 regular season games. However the next season he only accounted for 10 goals and22 assist to go withis -19 rating. In the 2007-08 season he rebounded with 26 goals and35 assists, playing in all 82 games. Last summer he was traded to the New York Rangers along with Dan Fritsche in return for defensemen Fedor Tyutin and Christian Bäckman. Last season with the Rangers he scored 23 goals, 35 assists andwas a +6. He's played in 365 total NHL regular season games with 99 goals, 140 assists and is -46 for his career. He accumulated no points and a -3 in the seven playoff games played last spring.
2004: The Carolina Hurricanes chose forward Andrew Ladd with their 4th overall pick in the summer of 2004. Between 2005 and 2008 he played in 137 games for the Hurricanes scoring 26 goals and 24 assists. He was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks at the trade deadline in 2008. Since that time he's appeared in 102 regular season games and has netted 20 goals and 41 assists for the Hawks. Last spring he made his first career appearance in the playoffs and was able to score three times in the 17 post-season games and he shipped in on another.
2005: The summer after the season-cancelling lockout, the Pittsburgh Penguins won the lottery draft to be able to select Sidney Crosby. The Minnesota Wild's logo showed up on a ping-pong ball just three rounds prior andthey were granted the #4 pick during the draft. With it, they selected Benoît Pouliot of the OHL's SudburyWolves. The left winger has played in 51 total games with the Wild scoring 7 goals and 7 assists. In the one playoff game he appeared in back in 2008, he was held without a point and was a +1 in a 3-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche. Last season he accounted for 5 goals and 6 assists in 37 games… 2 goals and 2 assists came while on the man advantage.
2006: Nicklas Bäckström of Sweden was the fourth overall draft pick and was selected by the Washington Capitals. As such, he became 4th-highest drafted Swede, after Mats Sundin (1st), Daniel Sedin (2nd) and Henrik Sedin (3rd). In 2006 he andteam Sweden were the winners of the World Champions. In the summer of 2006 he announced that he was turning down Washington's offer to play in the NHL, opting instead to play one more season with Sweden's BrynäsIF. Then on May 31, 2007 he signed a 3-year entry-level contract with the Capitals to begin play the following season. In both seasons played in Washington he has appeared in all 82 games and has scored 36 goals and 121 assists. He is a +29 for his career in the regular season. During this past postseason he accounted for 3 goals and 12 assists and was a +3. The season prior he netted 4 goals and 2 assist andwas a +3 in the seven-game opening round loss to the Flyers.
2007: The Los Angeles Kings procured defenseman Thomas Hickey of the WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds with their #4 overall of the 2007 draft. On July 17 of that year he signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Kings and is yet to appear in an NHL game. In 262 games in a Thunderbird jersey, Hickey has 29 goals and 138 assists. He has won gold medals in 2008 and2009 with Team Canada during the World Junior Championships. He's yet to see action at the NHL level.
2008: Last summer…just after the Thrashers selected Zach Bogosian and just before the Maple Leafs took Luke Schenn…the St. Louis Blues chose defenseman Alex Pietrangelo with the #4 overall pick. For the past three seasons he has played for the IceDogs of the OHL, (the last two years they have played in Niagara, before that Mississauga). In 155 games with the IceDogs he's netted 28 goals and 106 assists. Last April he was promoted to the Blues top minor league affiliate team…the Peoria Rivermen of the AHL. At the beginning of last season, Pietrangelo played in eight games for the Blues, picking up his first and only NHL points in a 5-4 shootout loss to the San Jose Sharks. It was a secondary assist on the game's opening goal score by Kieth Tkachuk.
And that now brings us to Friday night in Montreal where Gary Bettman…after he has done so for the Islanders, Lightning and Avalanche… will take to the podium and announce, "With the fourth overall selection in this year's draft, the Atlanta Thrashers have selected…"
Well, I guess we'll just have to wait 'til then, won't we?
June 21st, 2009
7:50 pm
OFFICIAL draft party at Jillian's in Duluth. Not sure why anyone would have a competing event
June 21st, 2009
8:14 pm
Evander Kane is the logical choice, since Hedman (my choice), Tavaras and Duchene (my 2nd choice) will be gone. He may not play right away, but Kane seems to have the tools to be a very good NHL center in the near future.
Please do not trade this choice, to move down or look for a short term fix.
June 21st, 2009
8:25 pm
Here's a name that was rumored coming back to the NHL (from the KHL)- Alexei Yashin? Another possible (but unlikely) Russian linemate for Kovy.
Is he still with Carol Alt? If so, I betcha she would like Atlanta compared to living in Siberia!
Just a thought.
June 21st, 2009
8:35 pm
Yashin has just signed with SKA St. Petersburg – that would be St. Petersburg, Russia.
June 21st, 2009
8:39 pm
Hockeyfan – The two parties are competing? Some would refer to two parties as options, especially based on the size of the Atlanta area.
Is no one allowed to go to UNoffical draft parties? Am I allowed to organize a draft party at my house or should all such parties only be permitted at Jillians?
Let people do what they want without demeaning other options.
June 21st, 2009
8:43 pm
I'm thinking of roasting a pig and having an official hockey party, wait, no I can't, can I ???
Alan,thanks for the correction, mange takk. I only phonetically spell Norwegian.
And don't forget Nikulin…..we can project for hours on him….
June 21st, 2009
8:59 pm
Hockeyfan – uh, TECHNICALLY, the official party is in Montreal at the Bell Centre. How dare you compete and have a party at Jillians.
Hmmmmm….hang with Tim Ecclestone, Eric Vail and Willi Plett, or Don Waddell and the ASG weasels…that IS ONE TOUGH CHOICE.
June 21st, 2009
9:23 pm
Thanks Midfield, just a thought. Not much difference between St. Pete-Russia and Siberia, except the abundence of cheap vodka.
I wish Duchene would fall to us, but I guess we will take "The Real Ice Deal" instead.
June 21st, 2009
9:41 pm
Right Glovesave… Would be great at TJ's who cares about the other place… I'd rather have a GREAT time than have it shoved down my throat !!!
June 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
Stay with Kane. He has been getting better year after year. He has the grit that we need and a scoring touch.
June 21st, 2009
10:35 pm
Glovesave… actually Waddell will be in Montreal.
I'd certianly go to TJ's if not for the Bogo signing at Jillians… maybe if they have the autograph session right at 6pm, I can scoot out in time to get to TJ's for $1 beers and the draft… or should I say "drafts"… plural.
June 21st, 2009
10:38 pm
Hockeyfan – if you are the poster who usually posts under that name on the AJC Thrasher blogs, I really don't understand your stance on the "draft parties." In the past, your posts have been discussion oriented, without a condesending tone toward other points of view.
So, what gives with multiple draft parties?
June 21st, 2009
10:49 pm
World Be Free, guess where Marc Popovic, Darius Kasparaitis, Robert Eshe and Sergey Brylin are playing?
June 22nd, 2009
12:15 am
Kane is a fine choice at #4. I think there are still good options besides Kane at #4. But, you know my stance. Pick at your draft position, grabbing the best available player. So, that looks like Kane.
If Waddell feels "froggy enough" to jump, I wouldn't recommend moving back much. Sliding back to #5, that still should leave MPS, Cowen, and Brayden Schenn up on that board. If we're talking "crazy," position #7, with Toronto, is as far back as can be done without serious harm being done. If it's a deal with Toronto, the deal must be noteworthy. At #7, I think Brayden Schenn might still be available.
1. Tavares, NYI
2. Hedman, TB
3. Duchene, COL
4. Kane, ATL/Toronto
5. MPS, Phoenix
6. ?? Cowen, LAK
7. B. Schenn, TOR/ATL
Okay, what about Atlanta's second rounders? Who's got the exact draft position numbers? Do you want to (1) trade them or (2) use them to make a selection? If it's a trade, do you want an unsigned, pending RFA? Or a roster player, with 3-4 years left on his deal? Or use them to move up? Pick #31 might not be too bad, at the cost of one of our two other 2nd rounders, and a 3rd rounder, next year. There's also a possibility of moving up to #31, then trading it to somebody for a top six forward, who may or may not be a "salary dump" for the other team.
June 22nd, 2009
12:55 am
Per Wikipedia, this is the Draft order list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_NHL_Entry_Draft. You'll notice something I forgot: As part of the Jason Williams trade to Columbus, that sent Clay Wilson here, Atlanta also acquired a 6th round pick, previously belonging to San Jose. That's pick #176. We also pick at #154 in the sixth round.
Here's Atlanta's picks, for the 2009 draft, by position: 4th, 34th, 45th, (via Anaheim, in the Matthieu Schneider deal with Montreal; as part of that same deal, Atlanta loses pick #65, but gains Montreal's 3rd rounder in 2010,) 95th, 124th, 154th, 176th, and 184th.
So, anybody want to package picks #34 and #45 to either (1) move up from 4th overall or (2) trade for a quality RFA? Bear in mind, from pick #45 … the Thrashers don't draft again until pick #95. In Atlanta's final pick, #184, I bet Waddell picks a defenseman. He found Enstrom, Exelby, and Zach Redmond in the 7th round.
June 22nd, 2009
2:37 am
Biltong, no problem. I'm still learning, myself. Teaching myself, anyway. I'm sure I make more than my fair share of errors!
Hockeyfan, why would you feel threatened by a draft party being held elsewhere on the same night as the official one? It is not a competing event, it's an alternate event. Because not everyone wants to go to Jillians.
June 22nd, 2009
4:16 am
A previous writer mentioned one of the competing, "official" draft party locations was serving $1 draft beers? Get the straight scoop on that, and you'll have my attendance. It's hot as hell outside , and I'm ready for the first "round" right now.
June 22nd, 2009
7:32 am
I am against moving back – unless, you get a proven body for the move along with the team's high draft pick. Just getting the high pick and later picks is not good enough.
Our past drop back moves for picks have not worked. There's enough cap stressed teams out there that NEED to shed talent if they are going to be players July 1. If you are going to look to drop back 1-2-3 slots, get talent NOW, don't get more picks that will not be here for 3 years.
Kovy will have already become captain somewhere else.
The time to improve and win is now. There are alotta opportunities over the next 3-4 weeks to get well. A great draft, cap stressed players and UFAs that can help this team in 2009-2010.
As for a party, let's have one in a month when we can hopefully celebrate a much-improved Thrashers team.
June 22nd, 2009
7:56 am
You all should read this assessment of Rick Dudley – I think it is right on.
June 22nd, 2009
8:32 am
Brendan… I don't know… I think there's good value all the way down to #10 if we wanted to trade with Edmonton… Larssen, Kulikov, Schroeder, Glennie… I think Kadri could be a draft day steal for someone. I also like Kassian to be an impact player in a year or two, much like Milan Lucic. I'm comfortable down to #10.
Here's an interesting read on TSN…
June 22nd, 2009
9:19 am
Oh, I definitely think there's good players as far back at 10th position, Hokie, but compared to what's available at pick #4, is where the assessment begins. Another danger is … the potential for surprises. How so?
Well, let's say, the night before the draft, Toronto and Atlanta sit down to hammer out a trade for pick #4. And with the 1st overall pick, the Islanders take Tavares. With the 2nd overall pick, the Bolts take Duchene. And with the 3rd overall pick, Colorado takes Kane. But Atlanta has already AGREED to make a trade with Toronto. Scrrreeeech!! No. Take Hedman!!! The bozos ahead of us didn't, by some "fluke." Don't commit to moving that pick until you know what's been taken off the board. Even if Toronto's intentions were to select Brayden Schenn at #4, they'd be foolish not to take Hedman with that pick, hypothetically.
None of that will happen. It was presented to illustrate a point. The point is … you must take a long, hard look at the names still on that board … before you agree to move back for what are arguably "throw away" 2nd rounders. Moving from #4 to #5 seems fairly safe, provided that the player you truly covet will still be there and/or that you are satisfied with your pick being MPS or Schenn, instead of Kane.
June 22nd, 2009
9:33 am
World Be Free, that's definitely an encouraging review of Dudley. That author suggests Dudley will be controlling the draft. I'm not too sure about that one. Waddell's still the GM until April 2010. I'm sure Dudley will have some "input," but I don't know that Dudley will be the one standing at the podium to make the selection. And if he is, that tells me there's been a change.
Imagine if Atlanta's Press Conference at the draft would be to announce Dudley as the new, full-time Thrashers GM? And the decisions to sign players like Slater and Kari would be his, not Waddell's? I know. I know. That's assuming Dudley had full autonomy, without having to consult or get permission from Waddell, and "the committee."
June 22nd, 2009
9:46 am
Brendan… I concur 100%… don't trade the pick until 1, 2, and 3 are done.
June 22nd, 2009
9:49 am
Brendan… however, the return on your trade goes down after 1, 2, and 3 are off the board… how much is Toronto willing to give up after they already see that Duchene, Tavares and Hedman are gone? That's how a deal with Luke Schenn involved becomes Ian White instead.
June 22nd, 2009
9:59 am
GaVa – I'd go to TJ's and forgo the Bogo signing. I am sure the line will be an hour long. Go to a practice this season at the IceForum…that's the best time and place to get an autograph.
June 22nd, 2009
10:14 am
Glovesave… going to a practice requires taking time off work, plus I live in Kennesaw, so that's a long drive. If I take time off work, there are only two places I want to be sitting… on a beach or on my couch.
… actually, at a Black Jack Table too… so three.
June 22nd, 2009
10:16 am
When did Matt Sundin become such a buzz kill?
June 22nd, 2009
10:20 am
I bet "hockeyfan" is levenson or one of the sprit goofs trying to salvage what they can, while they can ! Being jealious is nuts, but isn't asg way beyond crazy ? I'll be at TJ's for sure,not the so called "official" location.
June 22nd, 2009
10:21 am
Hokie, I agree with that. Luke Schenn becoming Ian White isn't a deal that will keep Kovalchuk. The two actually fought last season. But, if the Maple Leafs are still high on Kane, they've got to offer something good. Better than Ian White, anyway.
June 22nd, 2009
10:56 am
GaVa – I work from home, so I get to go to a practice now and again if the desire so grabs me. Last season I went to 3 or 4, but I really like to go when the opposing team is in town. I have a signed puck collection of about 200 (down from a puck collection that once numbered over 3500). If there is one you want during the season, just ask and I can probably grab one for you. I have doubles of Frank Mahovlich, Jacques Lemaire, Phil Esposito and Johnny Bower if you are up for some kind of trade.
June 22nd, 2009
11:14 am
I thought it would be fun to look at picks 30-49, to see how often GM's find actual talent there. I do so, because Atlanta picks 34th and 45th. They won't pick again until 95th, after that, barring something unforeseen.
D# Player Team Year
30 Sandis Ozolinsh San Jose 1991
31 Felix Potvin Toronto 1990
32 Derek Roy Buffalo 2001
33 John Leclair Montreal 1987
35 Marc-Edouard Vlasic San Jose 2005
36 Jarret Stoll Edmonton 2002
38 Eric Desjardins Montreal 1987
40 Michael Peca Vancouver 1992
40 Jozef Stumpel Boston 1991
41 Michael Cammalleri Los Angeles 2001
41 Ondrej Pavelec Atlanta 2005
42 Sergei Brylin New Jersey 1992
42 Mike Commodore New Jersey 1999
43 Curtis Brown Buffalo 1994
43 Trevor Daley Dallas 2002
44 Paul Stastny Colorado 2005
44 Matt Greene Edmonton 2002
45 Vyacheslav Kozlov Detroit 1990
45 Guillaume Latendress Montreal 2005
45 Patrice Bergeron Boston 2003
46 Darren McCarty Detroit 1992
47 Matt Carle San Jose 2003
49 Colin White New Jersey 1996
49 Matthew Dandenault Detroit 1994
49 Shea Weber Nashville 2003
June 22nd, 2009
11:22 am
Here's a very interesting article from TSN…
June 22nd, 2009
11:43 am
Glovesave… cool, great to know! I appreciate it!
June 22nd, 2009
11:46 am
Again, I'm for the Dudley move. I always felt that I could do just as crappy a job building a team player/personnel – wise as DW.
I'm pretty sure Dudley will do better than either of us.
June 22nd, 2009
11:57 am
Thanks for the link on Dudley, World. That makes me feel better about the move. The only stuff I heard was that he is a friend of Dub's and this is "an awful move".
I think this blog explains more about his past. The article suggests that Dudley will have full control at the draft…Maybe a sign that Dub is FINALLY stepping down???
June 22nd, 2009
12:02 pm
…or stepping up to "Pres of Hockey Operations"???
June 22nd, 2009
12:11 pm
Well folks, I think we agree on Dudley and that's a good thing.
I am still not really on board on trading down, unless you get a player today. Note sure if the guys 5-10 are worth passing on Kane. Remember Boris was a #10 and the jury is still locked on him.
June 22nd, 2009
12:22 pm
It's about damn time, too, Bill! I have to wonder how long they'd let the cat meander around outside the bag before stating exactly that.
June 22nd, 2009
12:23 pm
Time for a cold one
June 22nd, 2009
12:32 pm
Hopefully he smuggled Cam Barker down here in his suitcase.
June 22nd, 2009
1:04 pm
Don Waddell, meet Rich McKay.
Rich McKay, meet Don Waddell.
June 22nd, 2009
2:15 pm
My goodness! I hope so! But the "official" article still says ASSOCIATE GM. I do hope Dudley will be named GM, in the next 12 months. As I see that as an upgrade to Waddell, a man who had his chance, despite terrible ownership all of the days of his Administration.
I wish Dudley had complete control on Friday. I'm interested in knowing what he'd do, draft/trade-wise, on Friday.
So, Ovechkins cleaned up at the awards show. And the Columbus netminder took "Rookie of the Year." Probably right. Who won the Jack Adams, Coach of the Year?
June 22nd, 2009
2:18 pm
Dude if we can sign Barker, and get Kane/Duschene/MPS… well, I'd be pretty ok with that. I bet #17 would be too-question is: Does DW/Dudley have the juice to get a top-6 "big body" type guy in here without raping the farm (again)?
June 22nd, 2009
2:36 pm
Bob Gainey – class act. He fired the entire coaching staff of the AHL affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs…by phone.
June 22nd, 2009
3:00 pm
Tony… I'd give up the farm for Barker… I'd trade Denny, Lewis or Lehman in a heartbeat for Barker.
… that's just me.
June 22nd, 2009
3:01 pm
Bob Gainey – class act. He fired the entire coaching staff of the AHL affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs…by phone.
… stay classy, Gainey!
June 22nd, 2009
3:08 pm
Hokie-Agreed, but isn't he (Barker) a UFA? I was talking about giving up something like Macachek, Holzapfel & Pavelec for Mihalek(from SJ) and a 3rd-round pick. That'd be dumb.


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Living with the dead: Serbs make tomb home
Living with the dead: Serbs make tomb home
He and his friend Aleksandar Dejic are the only two living tenants of the "Old Cemetery," once known for its precious, intricately carved tombstones, which have long since vanished.
"I have never stolen anything. I did not even desecrate the grave I live in, it was already open," Stojkovic says.
Forty-year-old Stojkovic has lived in the grave for more than a decade. When his father died in a fire that also destroyed his house, Stojkovic found himself homeless, jobless and with no friends or relatives to turn to for help.
Unshaven and with a woollen cap pulled down almost to his eyes, Stojkovic hunkers down under his quilt for another night in the sub-freezing temperatures of the Serbian winter.
The coffins, which contain the remains of a long-forgotten local family, are also covered up.
"I am not afraid of the dead, their souls are where they should be, either in hell or in heaven, while their bones bother no one now," said Stojkovic, dressed in an old but clean, faded-green jacket.
"I just do not want my every glance to shift towards them."
Dejic, 53, has been living here for two decades. His father, also homeless, brought him to the cemetery and they lived together in a chapel-like vault built in 1929 by "grateful daughter Angelina Veselic for her mother Milenija."
But the father fell ill and died. Now his son passes his time in the windowless grave walled with bricks, sleeping on an old bed covered with a blue quilt.
Dejic's only earthly possessions are a few jars filled with a dark liquid, scraps of leftover food and some old clothes.
Neither man has ever worked.
"I am a construction worker, but I couldn't get a job anywhere," says Stojkovic, as he recalls his first days being homeless in Serbia, during its transition from a communist state to a decade of wars that ravaged the Balkans in the 1990s.
International sanctions imposed to punish Belgrade for its role in the conflict led to growing homelessness. Factories that flourished under communism ground to a halt under the new economy.
Serbia has an estimated 200,000 homeless people among its population of 7.2 million, according to a rights group survey last year.
The poll showed seven percent of the population live below the poverty line, while unemployment has reached 22.5 percent.
Serbia has also sheltered almost 300,000 Serb refugees from other former Yugoslav republics, and officials say at least one-third of them live in so-called collective refugee centres.
Only twelve towns in Serbia have homeless shelters, but these cannot keep up with demand, shelter volunteer Mirna Jokic said.
"We have beds for about 300 people in Belgrade, while we need at least three times more, especially during winter," she said.
Neither Stojkovic nor Dejic receive welfare. Because they have no fixed abode, they cannot get identity cards.
"It's a vicious circle and you cannot win: You need to have a residence if you want to be registered with social services," Jokic said.
The situation may change in the future, after human rights activists won a long campaign to let homeless people use a shelter address as their residence.
"Grobljanci," or "Graveyard men," as Nis residents call the two men, survive by picking through trash, searching for leftovers and discarded clothes.
Nearby residents sometimes help, bringing food, clothes and even money.
"I bathe in a public bath, but it costs 180 dinars (1.5 euros, $2). I also need 120 dinars for a bus fare as in winter, it is not easy to walk two hours to get there," Stojkovic said.
Local authorities plan to transform the cemetery, closed since the 1970s, into a memorial centre. But a lack of funds will spare the two men from being forced to find a new shelter soon.
Both say they are "at peace" in their morbid lodgings. Visitors are rare, and only sometimes do they see a drug addict hiding behind the tombstones.
But Stojkovic worries about frightening passers-by.
"It is a real scare to see a man alive coming out of the grave," he said.
A blog entry by AFP photographer Sasa Djordjevic, who took pictures of Stojkovic and Dejic, can be viewed at: Serbian men living in graves
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Have you guys seen the video piece Vice magazine did on what it called the "Mexican Mormon War"?
It's about Mormon colonies in Mexico, which were founded by polygamists after the US outlawed plural marriage, and how they are surviving and fighting against the drug-related violence that plagues the country.
The piece, which is just over 40 minutes long, makes connections to both Mitt Romney, whose father was born in one of those colonies, and the "Mormon Manson," Ervil LeBaron. The style is first-person (and expletive-laden) but it's an interesting, well-done take on all those topics — plus the war on drugs.
Watch the piece here, and let me know what you think. (Also, should online video journalism be called? Mini-documentary? WebVestigation? You-Tubery? Discuss.)
Also, if you want some background on the edgy Vice and what they do, check out this article that just ran in Newsweek.


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Londonderry resident Gary Sloper will run in the Boston Marathon on Monday to raise funds in honor of a friend battling cancer. (Courtesy)
Gary Sloper, 37, said he never thought of himself as a marathon runner, but that all changed when he learned that his close friend Louie Smirnioudis had been diagnosed with lung cancer.
Sloper said the news hit his family hard.
"We were just devastated," he said. "Then I got thinking - what could be the best way to raise funds for the cause, while honoring Louie?"
Though he'd only taken up running about a year ago, Sloper soon had his sights set on the Boston Marathon.
As the regional vice president of pre-sales engineering for Century Link, Sloper had participated in a half-marathon his workplace sponsored last year to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Last winter he ran a full marathon at Hampton Beach and he's been training full-time ever since.
"I really wasn't a runner and running a half-marathon was more than I'd ever dreamed," he said.
A visit to Smirnioudis in his hospital room at Dana Farber served as motivation.
"It was really eye-opening and I thought a lot about what Louie's been going through," Sloper said. "Even though training is tough, there's an end in sight. It's just a sacrifice you do. For Louie, things aren't so easy or simple."
Over the long winter months, Sloper said he'd rise extra early so he could be jogging on the road by 4 a.m., well before his daily commute.
"It's funny what becomes part of your regular routine," Sloper said. "For me it became the new normal to wear a head lamp and jog along in pitch darkness."
The family has known Smirnioudis, who owns the Windmill Restaurant in Concord, for more than 20 years.
Smirnioudis' lungs were filled with fluid last winter and he couldn't walk down the stairs. He spent the winter months in a hospital bed as doctors aggressively treated his cancer.
Now feeling a bit better and resting at home, Smirnioudis will soon learn if his most recent treatments have been a success.
Sloper said his friend's perseverance is truly inspiring.
"This is a man who came here from Greece many years ago with $20 in his pocket," Sloper said. "He's worked so hard for everything he's accomplished and he always gives back."
Sloper said his friend opens up his restaurant to the local homeless each Thanksgiving, where he provides a free holiday meal to neighbors in need.
When Sloper told Smirnioudis about his plans to run in the Boston Marathon, "He said, 'Don't do it for me. Do it for someone else who needs help'," Sloper said.
As of Wednesday evening, Sloper had raised more than $6,000 for Dana Farber. He's hoping to raise at least $2,000 more by Marathon Monday.
For more information, or to sponsor Sloper, go to garysloper.com.
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Mayor-elect John Cranley and the newly elected City Council announced on Tuesday that, upon taking office in December, they will terminate the city's plan to lease its parking meters, lots and garages to the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority, following an agreement with the Port Authority to hold off on a bond sale that would have financed — and effectively sealed — the deal. But it remains unclear how much it will cost to terminate the plan, default on the lease agreement with the Port Authority and allow the Port to break its contracts with private companies that would have operated the assets under the deal. The current city administration argues the parking plan is necessary to help balance the budget over the next two years, pay for economic development projects around the city and modernize the city's parking assets so, for example, parking meters can accept credit card payments. Opponents argue the plan gives up too much control over the city's parking assets by outsourcing their operations to private companies based around the country.
But some business leaders are upset with the death of the parking plan because it leaves no visible alternative for funding major development projects like the interchange at Interstate 71 and Martin Luther King Drive.
Cranley now says he will not allow a referendum on any ordinance undoing the streetcar project and will instead try to work with supporters of the project to find another way to put it on the ballot if they can gather enough petition signatures. Cranley says blocking a referendum is necessary to avoid spending money during a referendum campaign that could last months. But for supporters of the streetcar, Cranley's decision seems highly hypocritical following his repeated praise for the "people's sacred right of referendum" on the campaign trail after City Council blocked a referendum on the parking plan. If the project is placed on the ballot, it will essentially be the third time it's brought to a public vote; opponents of the project in 2009 and 2011 pursued two ballot initiatives that many saw as referendums on the streetcar.
Meanwhile, Over-the-Rhine businesses and residents yesterday officially launched a campaign to save the streetcar project from Cranley and a newly elected City Council that appears poised to cancel the project. Touting the project's potential return on investment and cancellation costs, the group plans to lobby newly elected officials to vote in favor of keeping the project going. The group invited Cranley and all elected council members to join them at a town hall-style meeting on Nov. 14 at the Mercantile Library, where supporters will discuss their path forward. So far, supporters have publicly discussed a concerted lobbying effort, a ballot initiative if council passes an ordinance undoing the streetcar project and possible legal action against the city.
The Cincinnati Enquirer's editorial board is apparently unpleasantly surprised that Cranley undid the parking plan, even though the board endorsed Cranley for mayor after he ran in opposition to the parking plan for nearly a year.
An Ohio Senate bill caps the spending ability of the Controlling Board, a seven-member legislative board that previously approved the federally funded Medicaid expansion despite the Ohio legislature's opposition. Gov. John Kasich angered many Republican legislators when he decided to go through the Controlling Board to get the Medicaid expansion, which is a major part of Obamacare.
Meanwhile, the Ohio legislature is working on changes to Medicaid that would cap future cost increases and employ professional staff for a Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee that would have the ability to review Medicaid programs and agencies. The bill also includes a portion that clarifies its passage "shall not be construed with endorsing, validating or otherwise approving the (Medicaid) expansion."
Despite attempts from city officials and local business leaders, Saks Fifth Avenue is leaving downtown to open a store at Kenwood Collection.
Kentucky's state auditor will look at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport board's spending policies and expenses, following reports from The Enquirer that the board spent exorbitant amounts on travel, dining and counseling.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Milford-Miami Advertiser's request to appeal a 2012 ruling that charged the Gannett-owned suburban weekly with defamation and ordered the paper to pay the defamed plaintiff $100,000 in damages. In a story titled "Cop's suspension called best move for city," the newspaper wrongly implicated a Miami Township police officer who was previously accused but later exonerated of sexual assault.
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Cincinnati officials will
hold a press conference Thursday to announce that the city will receive a $3
million federal grant to address lead paint problems in apartments and houses.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded the grant to the city's Community Development Department. City staffers will work with some local nonprofit agencies in allocating the funds.
At least 240 residential units will be able to have lead abatement completed, officials said.
Mayor Mark Mallory and City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. will formally accept the money, which is the fourth lead-related HUD grant given to Cincinnati, in council chambers at 10 a.m. Thursday. The chambers are located on the third floor of City Hall, 801 Plum St., downtown.
Representatives from the agencies that will help the city use the money also are expected to attend. They include Price Hill Will, Over-the-Rhine Community Housing, Cincinnati Housing Partners, People Working Cooperatively, Working In Neighborhoods and the Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corp.
Lead poisoning is the leading environmentally induced illness in children, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. At greatest risk are children under the age of six because they are undergoing rapid neurological and physical development.
The United States banned the use of lead in household paint in 1978, but it often can be found on the walls of dwellings in cities with older housing stock like Cincinnati.
An estimated 19,000 children under age six in Ohio have unsafe levels of lead in their blood, according to an analysis by the Environmental Working Group. The number includes an estimated 1,400 children in Hamilton County.
Although it has already been explicitly stated in two letters from the federal government, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Chief Counsel Dorval Carter on Monday reiterated that if Cincinnati were to unravel the $132.8 million streetcar project, the city would lose $40.9 million in federal grants and another $4 million in federal funds would be transferred to the state government, which could appropriate the money to any project in Ohio.
The clarification is necessary because Mayor-elect John Cranley and a majority of the incoming City Council are looking into pausing and potentially canceling the streetcar project once they take office in December. Cranley says he will lobby the federal government to reallocate the federal funds, even though the federal government has repeatedly insisted it's not going to happen.
Carter joined City Council's Budget and Finance Committee on the phone on Monday to walk council members through the legal technicalities involved in cancellation and how the federal government would react to such circumstances.
According to Carter, merely delaying the project at this point would break the city's agreement with the federal government and lead the federal government to restrict the federal funds, ask the city to repay the money it already spent or terminate the deal altogether.
Still, Carter said cancellation might not hurt the city's chances, at least from a legal perspective, of obtaining federal funds for other projects.
"It will not preclude you from pursuing other projects," he said. "You would just have to pursue those on their own merits."
But Carter agreed with Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls that the city's credibility could be weakened if the streetcar project were canceled.
President Barack Obama's administration has prioritized light rail projects like the streetcar, according to Carter, so the reclaimed federal money would likely go to other cities pursuing similarly ambitious transit projects.
At a press conference following the council meeting, Cranley appeared unfazed by the news.
"If we have to, we'll give the money back," he said.
Although much noise was made about the council meeting, there wasn't much news in the way of substance. The federal government already outlined the cancellation costs in separate letters sent to Mayor Mark Mallory in June and earlier in November.
By now, most of you have heard there was another horrible mass shooting, this time in Newtown, Conn., that resulted in the death of 20 children and six adults. While everyone is hoping this is the last time the nation has to deal with an event of unspeakable horror, it is only a possibility if we agree to do something about it. That means remembering the heroes who risked their lives and, in some cases, died that day. That means not letting the media and public drop the issue, as has been the case in the past. That means looking at more than just gun control, including mental health services. The Washington Post analyzed what "meaningful" action on gun control would look like, and the newspaper also disproved the idea Switzerland and Israel are "gun-toting utopias." President Barack Obama also spoke on the issue at a vigil Sunday, calling for the nation to do more to protect people, particularly children, from violence. The full speech can be watched here.
City Council approved its 2013 budget plan Friday. The budget relies on the privatization of city parking assets to help plug a $34 million deficit and avoid 344 layoffs. The budget also nixed the elimination of a tax reciprocity for people who lived in Cincinnati but worked elsewhere and paid income tax in both cities, and it continued funding the police department's mounted unit. As a separate issue, City Council voted to increase the property tax by about 24 percent, reversing a move from conservatives in 2011. CityBeat wrote about budgets at all levels of government and how they affect jobs here.
Michelle Dillingham, who was an aide to former city councilman David Crowley, will seek Democratic support in a run for City Council. Dillingham promises to tackle "industry issues of mutual interest" to business and labor and "transportation funding, family-supporting wages and workforce development."
At a recent public hearing, mayoral candidate John Cranley proposed a "very easy" plan for the city budget. Only problem: His plan doesn't work. In an email, Cranley said he stands by his ideas, but he added he was working with limited information and his statements were part of a two-minute speech, which "requires brevity." He also claimed there are cost-cutting measures that can be sought out without privatizing the city's parking assets and gave modified versions of his ideas regarding casino and parking meter revenue.
Judge Robert Lyons, the Butler County judge who sealed the Miami rape flyer case, is standing by his decision.
The Greater Cincinnati area is near the top for private-sector growth.
Jedson Engineering is moving from Clermont County to downtown Cincinnati, thanks in part to an incentive package from City Council that includes a 45 percent tax credit based on employees earnings taxes over the next five years and a $300,000 grant for capital improvements. The company was a Business Courier Fast 55 finalist in 2008 and 2009 due to its high revenue growth.
Gov. John Kasich's Ohio Turnpike plan is getting some support from Toledo Mayor Mike Bell, but others are weary. They fear the plan, which leverages the turnpike through bonds for state infrastructure projects, will move turnpike revenues out of northern Ohio. But Kasich vows to keep more than 90 percent of projects in northern Ohio.
Gas prices are still falling in Ohio.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner is making some concessions in fiscal talks. In his latest budget, he proposed raising taxes on those who make more than $1 million a year.
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Dozens of residents and business owners gathered in Over-the-Rhine on Tuesday to launch a campaign that seeks to persuade Mayor-elect John Cranley and the newly elected City Council to support the $133 million streetcar project.
Attendees included Ryan Messer, who used his life savings to renovate his home in Over-the-Rhine; Derek Bauman, co-chair of Cincinnatians for Progress; Jean-Francois Flechet, owner of the Taste of Belgium; and Derek dos Anjos, owner of The Anchor.
"We're here today to keep the conversation going outside of political rhetoric and partisan politics," Messer said. "Simply put, the streetcar is a component of Cincinnati economic development, and it's a project that grows the whole city — not just an urban core, which, by the way, is an important part of developing this region."
The group intends to lobby Cranley and the newly elected council, which appear poised to cancel the project when they take office in December.
At least three of nine elected council members — P.G. Sittenfeld, David Mann and Kevin Flynn — have told media outlets that they want a full accounting of the project before making a final decision. Another three — Chris Seelbach, Yvette Simpson and Wendell Young — are on the record as supporting the project. The final three — Christopher Smitherman, Charlie Winburn and Amy Murray — adamantly opposed the project in the past.
Members of the pro-streetcar group invited Cranley and all elected council members to join them at a town hall-style meeting on Nov. 14 at the Mercantile Library, where supporters will discuss their path forward. So far, supporters have publicly discussed a concerted lobbying effort, a referendum if council passes an ordinance undoing the streetcar project and possible legal action.
As CityBeat first uncovered, the costs of canceling the project are currently unknown, and some of the costs could actually fall on the operating budget that pays for police, firefighters and human services instead of the capital budget that is currently financing the streetcar project.
Much of the uncertainty falls on ongoing construction for the streetcar, which has continued despite the newly elected city government's intent to stop the project. As of September, the city spent $23 million on the project and contractually obligated $94 million, some of which city officials say will need to be paid back even if the project were canceled.
The U.S. Department of Transportation also told city officials in a June 19 letter that nearly $41 million of nearly $45 million in federal grants would need to be returned if the project were terminated.
Supporters also claim Cincinnati would be giving up a 2.7-to-1 return on investment over 35 years if the city abandoned the streetcar now. That estimate is derived from a 2007 study conducted by consulting firm HDR, which was evaluated and supported by the University of Cincinnati.
Project executive John Deatrick says the HDR study is now outdated and the city is working on updating the numbers. Still, Deatrick says the project is intended to spur economic development, not just provide another form of public transportation.
The Nov. 13 issue of CityBeat will give a more in-depth look at the campaign to save the streetcar and some of the people involved in the movement.
If City Council does not agree to lease Cincinnati's parking system, the city manager's office says the city will be forced to lay off 344 employees, including 80 firefighter and 189 police positions, but critics argue there are better alternatives.
In a memo dated to Feb. 26, City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. wrote that the city will also have to close three community centers and six pools; eliminate Human Services Funding, which aids the city's homeless and poor; and reduce funding for local business groups, parks, nature education for Cincinnati Public Schools and environmental regulations, among other changes. In total, the cuts would add up to $25.8 million — just enough to balance the deficit that would be left in place without the parking plan.
In addition to the cuts, failing to approve the parking plan, which leases the city's parking meters for 30 years and lots and garages for 50 years to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, would displace plans to convert Tower Place Mall, construct a 30-floor tower with a grocery store downtown, accelerate the the I-71/MLK Interchange project, acquire the Wasson Line right-of-way for a bike trail and add $4 million to the next phase of Smale Riverfront Park ("Parking Stimulus," issue of Feb. 27).
Democratic Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, who's running for mayor, has come out in favor of the parking plan, but John Cranley, another Democrat running for mayor, says he opposes the deal because it will hurt downtown businesses.
"It's the boy who cried wolf," Cranley says. "In 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 … they threatened to lay off police and firefighters, and it never happened."
Cranley says he would rather take $10 million from projected casino revenue and $7 million from current parking revenues to help clear the deficit. For the remaining $8.8 million, he would cut non-essential programs, which would exclude police, fire, garbage collection, health, parks and recreation, street pavement and Human Services Funding, across the board by 10 to 15 percent. If that wasn't enough, he would then move to the essential programs, which he says make up about $300 million in the $368.9 million budget, with a 1-percent across-the-board cut.
He says his solution would have the upside of fixing structural deficit problems in Cincinnati's General Fund, whereas the one-time lease of the city's parking assets will only take care of the deficit for the next two years.
Meg Olberding, city spokesperson, says City Council could use the casino revenue to pay for the deficit, but $4 million of it is already set for the Focus 52 program, which funds neighborhood development projects.
"Council can use whatever revenue sources they want," Olberding says. "That's why the memo … says we can either use this plan or another plan."
Cranley says he would not do away with the Focus 52 program, but he would instead find funding for it in the Capital Budget, which is separate from the General Fund.
Olberding says City Council could approve the use of about $3 million in parking meter revenue for the General Fund, but the rest of the parking money, which comes from lots and garages, is tied to an enterprise fund, which, by state law, means the city would have to sell its parking lots and garages before it could obtain money for the General Fund.
Cranley, who also opposes the streetcar project ("Back on the Ballot," issue of Jan. 23), says it
would be possible to pay for the I-71/MLK Interchange and other projects
if the streetcar wasn't taking up funds. If it was up to him, he says
he would remove streetcar funding and use it on other development
projects "without batting an eye."
In the Feb. 27 City Council meeting, Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls said the Budget and Finance Committee will likely vote on the city manager's parking plan on March 4 or March 11.
Ex-Councilman John Cranley decisively defeated Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls today as both the Democratic mayoral candidates won the primary election and advanced to the general election.
With all precincts reporting, Cranley got 55.9 percent of the vote and Qualls picked up 37.2 percent, according to unofficial results from the Hamilton County Board of Elections. The other two candidates — Libertarian Jim Berns and Independent Sandra "Queen" Noble — each failed to break 5 percent of the vote.
The two victors come as little surprise to most election watchers, who have long been calling Cranley and Qualls the frontrunners. But Cranley's strong lead has led to celebrations from Cranley's supporters and downplaying from Qualls' backers.
The city has held only two primaries since it enacted its "strong mayor" rules in 1999, which call for a primary when there's more than two eligible candidates. The two winners then go on to the general election for the final decision. Previously, the City Council candidate with the most votes was designated mayor.
In both the primary elections held since 1999, the primary winner ended up losing the general election. In 2001, Courtis Fuller beat Charlie Luken in the primary in a 53.8-38.5 percent vote; Luken went on to win the general election 55.4-44.6 percent. In 2005, David Pepper narrowly beat Mark Mallory in the primary 31.2-30.7 percent; Mallory is currently mayor after winning the general election 51.8-48.2 percent in 2005 and getting re-elected in 2009.
The results' significance is even murkier because voter turnout was a dismal 5.68 percent. In comparison, the mayoral primary held on Sept. 11, 2001 — the day of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon — had 15 percent voter turnout. In 2005, 21 percent of voters participated in the mayoral primary.
Still, Cranley's victory is being heralded by his supporters tonight, particularly because it might show a shift from Qualls' strong lead in early polls.
For the two camps, the contentious race is about which vision Cincinnati should embrace as the city's downtown revitalization gains national recognition and momentum. Qualls supports the streetcar project and parking lease, while Cranley opposes both.
Cranley served on City Council from 2000 to 2009. Qualls has been on City Council since 2007 and previously served on City Council from 1991 to 1993 and as mayor from 1993 to 1999.
Voters will make the final decision between Cranley and Qualls on Nov. 5.
This story was updated with clearer election results and to correct Cranley's full time on City Council, which the story previously said was from 2001 to 2009 instead of the accurate timespan of 2000 to 2009.


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The body of an Indiana National Guardsman killed in an attack in Afghanistan has returned home.
Indiana Patriot Guard riders and local law enforcement escorted the body of Spc. Sergio Eduardo Perez Jr. of Crown Point from Gary/Chicago International Airport to a funeral home in his hometown Wednesday.
The 21-year-old soldier died July 16 in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan after rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire hit the vehicle he was in. Also killed was 20-year-old Spc. Nicholas Andrew Taylor of Berne. They were members of a bomb-clearing unit from the Valparaiso-based 713th Engineer Company.
The Post-tribune and The Times of Munster report a funeral mass for Perez is scheduled for Friday at a Merrillville church.