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Some of these people are getting in WAAAAAY too soon. They have no established longevity or body of work. But, since you people consider the majority of the tripe that is put out "music" I imagine anyone can get in. John Mayer certainly deserves it....but you should still be working on the 60s and 70s where the real music was. (Strictly my opinion). Most people will not remember the stuff today but they are still able to sing along with the classics of the 60s and 70s. The Hall of Fame has lost its legitimacy.
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The Rock & Roll HoF is a fraud and will remain so until Linda Ronstadt is inducted.
From Wikipedia -- Ronstadt's thirty-plus album catalog continue to be best-sellers, with the vast majority of them gold, platinum and multi-platinum. Having sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide and setting records as one of the top-grossing concert performers for over a decade, Linda Ronstadt was the most successful female singer of the 1970s and stands as one of the most successful female recording artists in United States history. A consummate American artist, Ronstadt opened many doors for women in rock and roll and other musical genres by championing songwriters and musicians, pioneering her chart success onto the concert circuit, and being at the vanguard of many musical movements.
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OK so over a month ago I started this thread.
Several times I tried what you all suggested, took the bow to BassPro, changed shafts, on and on and on....
Well earlier last week, I decided to call Bowtech. I was at my last bit of patience and resolved to sell the &*%@ bow if it didn't get fixed this time. So I called Bowtech... too early in the day. Just my luck. I decided to plead my case via email. Not more than 15 minutes after they opened on Monday, my email was forwarded to the manager of customer service and a reply was in my in-box. John was quite ready to dive in and get his hands dirty with me.
I decided to call instead of sending an email reply, mainly because its difficult to send an email from my phone while driving, even in the bumper to bumper traffic all the way home. I called, asked for John, and prepared for voice mail. Not the case. He answered. Shocked I identified myself, and he remembered me right away. We talked about all the things I've tried, all the solutions examined, and he recommended I change rests completely.
I have to admit that I was more than skeptical when he said that, but the more I listened to his reasoning, I agreed. Heck by this point I'd done everything else but that! What could it hurt?
Cheri and I managed to squeeze $85.00 from the budget as a "just in case fund" and I got on the horn with Basspro dropping a gentle ultimatum. Jason, a rep we met 2 weeks prior, answered and cleared his schedule, so to speak.
We got to Basspro and I was somewhere betweem nervous and neurotic. Jason finished up with a customer, and grabbed the case from my hands. 40 minutes later, after shooting every shaft in my case and swapping out rests, and another rep getting into the mix, my bow was as good as new.
We shot at 20 and 30 yard with a bullseye every time. Yesterday, Cale and I went to a range with a 65 yard haystack set up. BULLSEYE!!!
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thanks to all for the help and assistance, thanks to Bowtech for making my problem theirs... and thanks to the guys at BassPro for the hard work and persistence!
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Next month, I'll be attending the Lexington County Peach Festival in Gilbert.
The Peach Festival is one of my home county's proud traditions. For nearly 60 years, tens of thousands have flocked to this small town on Independence Day weekend to pay tribute to one of our state's favorite summertime fruits.
I am writing this in response to John Lage's article, "The tea party believes in the Constitution," published in the May 21 edition of The Lancaster News.
Mr. Lage, I have spent most of my adult life as an educator, first as a high school teacher of U.S. History for nine years and 25 years as a college professor of theater and speech.
I spent many years in classrooms in preparation for my work. I have multiple degrees, including a high school diploma. Therefore, I am well acquainted with the classroom.
Residential developers need good local schools and good county services for their houses to sell and to make new residents happy. The county and the school district are both suffering from the long term emphasis on homebuilding in Indian Land that has led to a property tax base that does not expand its revenue as fast as it expands its need for services.
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Six years of college-focused workshops, special events, college trips, counseling, scholarship awards and other ways highlighting the path for students to attend college culminates at graduation this month followed by the students enrolling in college.
It seems Susan "the unreliable" Rice has been sent out to spread fabrications to make the Obama administration look good once again.
You'd think that after the Benghazi debacle of lies, someone would have learned a lesson about lying to the American people. But after her first round of lies, she was promoted to national security advisor so she could not be forced to testify about Benghazi.
The email arrived about a month ahead of the 18th South Carolina Book Festival, held May 17-19 in Columbia, asking if I would moderate a session or two.
Since my next book, "Southern Justice: The Execution of George Stinney Jr.," won't be published until early next year, I had offered to moderate a session at this year's festival.
The Lancaster County general fund budget for fiscal year 2015 is coming in at $40.3 million, up from $38 million at the beginning of fiscal year 2014 and $35 million at the beginning of fiscal year 2013. The maximum tax increase of 2.3 mills for 2015 raises the property tax rate to a total of 78 mills.
For 2015, there is also a special above-the-cap property tax increase of 0.75 mills to provide extra help for the solicitor, public defender and magistrate's court to reduce the time defendants spend awaiting trial.
We recently moved to Indian Land and are building a house in Van Wyck. We are struck by the opportunity and the risk ahead for Lancaster County.
Ballantyne is growing at a rapid rate and will continue to grow down U.S. 521 toward Lancaster.
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Scott says he has always wanted to work with youth ministry, and he hopes to eventually
make that his life's work. "The opportunities the Bailey program provides—internships,
spiritual growth, being part of a caring Christian community—can't be found anywhere
Scott's long-range plans also include helping citizens who are living in struggling
communities. "I'd like to offer people long-term solutions to their needs," he says.
"Really, my goal is to work wherever I can in order to positively affect the lives
of others."
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Virginia native. "Plus it is not far from home—but it's far enough to make me feel
independent." The Bailey Scholar Program is important to Wood for many reasons.
"It is helping me grow in my faith, and it helps pay for a lot of my tuition, which
is very helpful—I'm able to study something that I love without having to worry
about the cost." Ultimately, Wood hopes to find a ministerial job and to perform
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positive and challenging environment.
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student organizations. His long-term goals?
"I plan to become a pastor within the United Methodist Church and to pursue the
avenues that I am called to explore," he says.
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For the past two months, the Howard County Council has debated the details on how to properly implement the state mandated stormwater fee. But after two lengthy work sessions and a number of proposed amendments to the legislation, council members admit they are not sure if a solution has been found.
"The fact is we have to do it," council member Mary Kay Sigaty said. "We do have a responsibility to follow state law."
The council is scheduled to meet Thursday, March 28, its last scheduled legislative session until May. If they cannot agree on the bill, it could put the county a year behind in meeting its stormwater mandates.
Council members have been urged by the county administration to pass the bill Thursday to give the county's environmental sustainability and finance departments time to calculate property fees and include it in the July tax bill without delaying the bills' distribution.
The state's Watershed Protection and Restoration Program, signed into law last year, requires counties to collect fees to pay for stormwater management as well as stream and wetland restoration projects. The projects are aimed at improving water quality and reducing phosphorous and nitrogen entering the Chesapeake Bay.
All property owners, except state and local governments and volunteer fire companies, are required to pay the fee, which will appear in the July tax bill as a line item, similar to trash and fire fees.
The average property owner is expected to pay between $40 and $60 in the program's first year, according to Jim Caldwell, county stormwater manager.
The bill in front the Council proposes that for every 500 square feet of impervious surface, property owners will be charged $7.80. Homes built after 2002 will pay a lower fee because they use the latest stormwater standards. Impervious surfaces include paved driveways and rooftops. The county's Geographic Information Services will determine the amount of impervious surface for each property.
But a resident's annual fee could double or triple in 2014, depending upon how much the county is required to pay for stormwater improvements, which is determined by state mandates. The fee is expected to escalate in each of the next five years.
An amendment filed March 26 by council member Calvin Ball, one of 12 filed by council members, would cap the increase each year at $15.
Ball said this prevents dramatic increases over the next three years and adds predictability for constituents and county businesses.
Council member Courtney Watson said "there is a big push" to get the bill passed, but the council won't act unless they're comfortable with the fee structure.
"I don't think we will vote unless we are ready," Watson said.
Caldwell called delaying the fee for a year an "unhealthy scenario," giving the county less time to meet its mandates.
Watson said she filed an amendment creating a business hardship credit because of stress on businesses caused by the sequester and implementing new health care regulations.
"I am very concerned that small- and medium-sized businesses already dealing with additional costs may be caught unaware [of the fee]," she said.
Sigaty said she is working on a trio of amendments, including one that will not allow the use of stormwater funds for new development projects.
"Any new development has to be paid for by the developer, not by Howard County taxpayers," she said.
Even with her amendments, Sigaty said she couldn't predict if the council would pass the legislation.
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