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Heideberg's Sophie Goobic runs during last Saturday's NCAA regional meet in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Heidelberg cross country coach Briana Hess knew Sophie Goobic was on the cusp of a special year when the former received an e-mail from the soon-to-be senior last spring.
"[She] sent me this e-mail that said, 'I just want you to know, I'm going to do everything right over the summer. I'm gonna do the training exactly how you send it out,'" Hess said in an interview Tuesday.
"Over the summer, we say, 'This is what I would do.' Like, guidance on training, but we can't make them do it," Hess said. "So, it's like, 'here's how you should train if you want to come in ready.' And she just said, 'I'm gonna follow to a T exactly what I'm supposed to do, and I'm gonna prioritize correctly.'"
The Heidelberg coach knows a little something on how to train correctly. After brilliant careers at Seneca East and the University of Toledo, the coach is now trying to build a women's program that had not produced a national-meet qualifier in a dozen years.
Goobic was sending a message she was ready to change that.
"She came in in August in the best shape I've ever seen her in, and she's just so strong." Hess said. "She's always been a great runner on our team, but she just took it to another level."
Goobic admitted she was let down by her cross country and track seasons from a year ago.
"I think what helped me a lot was being disappointed in last year," Goobic said. "I got sick with a sinus infection when we had conference for cross country and I got injured before conference in outdoor track, so I really wanted to come back strong. And that really helped."
Hess also said Goobic may have been motivated by competition within the team.
"We had a great recruiting class this year for women, so we had great freshmen that also want to be the top runner on our team," Hess said. "So Sophie had to run great in order to keep that spot. And I think she knew that; she didn't want to be taken over by a freshman."
Whatever the case, it has translated into results.
After a strong regular season, Goobic captured the OAC Championship, finishing in 22:42.4. The time was 16 seconds better than her nearest competition, and helped HU to a fourth-place finish.
Goobic became only the second runner in program history to capture a league meet.
"I was thinking about conference and nationals all year," she said, "and I was feeling, well, 'if I want to make it to nationals, a good goal to set would be to win OAC, because that would prove that I can beat those girls and I can get placement into nationals. I think that was a major motivation for the OAC race."
After taking the OAC race, Goobic moved on to regionals this past Saturday. She finished sixth in 21:52.7, a personal best, and a time that qualified her for this weekend's nationals in Indiana.
"She said after the race... 'I never had to run that hard in my life,' Hess said. "But that's what it takes to take the next step. And if she does that again, if she's not scared, and she gets out like she did this past weekend, then she has a great shot at getting All-American."
And Hess and Goobic each stated that as a goal for this weekend.
"I'm hoping to get up there in the top-50, I know my coaches want me to get top-35, which is All-American," Goobic said. "I really think that's an attainable goal, so that's what I'm shooting for. But I would be happy anywhere around there."
"I would definitely love to see her get All-American, that would be my goal for her," Hess said. "The way she raced this past weekend, that is so doable."
COACHING 'EM UP: Goobic gave credit to the coaching staff for its part in helping her get to nationals.
"They mean a lot. They're always there whether you need help with running or anything else, and then, I think they really put out a good training program and they're so supportive all season," Goobic said. "And they really underline that we have to do the right thing and try to be able to be the best athletes."
The staff in an interesting story in itself.
Hess is assisted by former HU athletes Joe Yoder, Marcas Heitkamp and Marian Bevington, as well as former Wartburg standout Pangji Sunday.
The other member of the staff is 30-year coaching veteran Ron Martin, who coached Hess at Seneca East and who also has been at Columbian and Tiffin University.
Hess was asked if it's strange leading a staff that includes one of her former coaches.
"Not any different," Hess said. "I have so much respect for Ron and every other coach on my staff, so it's very rare that I have to be firm with any of them, because there is a lot of respect. We just all do our thing collaboratively so this thing works. I think that's what I love about it the most."
LEGENDS AND LEADERS: When you talk to Goobic, she comes across as very quiet and unassuming, not necessarily traits one associates with a leader.
But Hess said Goobic has been a strong leader on her team.
In doing so, Hess said Goobic reminds her of herself.
"I think there's two different types of leaders," Hess said. "There's the vocal leader, and there's the 'lead-by-example' leader. Sophie is a lot like I was in school. I wasn't extremely vocal. But a lot of the girls felt comfortable coming to me if they had issues because they saw how hard I worked and saw how I put running on my priority list.
"And I think that is what she does a great job with is the girls want to model her," Hess said. "They want to follow what she does and her weekends, they don't involve parties and stuff like that, so a lot of the girls are going to follow what she does."
Hess, who is in her third season at Heidelberg, said the team is improving.
"It is definitely coming around ... it's awesome to see it finally starting to turn the corner that we've been working so hard to get it to," she said. "You spend a lot of hours recruiting and a lot of time, so to see it start coming around and to see somebody make it to nationals is amazing."


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MOUNT UNION - Several years ago, Adam Young was just a quiet, small-town guy writing music in his parents' basement.
Then Young's musical career skyrocketed to international acclaim in 2009 with his album "Ocean Eyes" and the song "Fireflies."
Better known as Owl City, Young grew up in a small town of about 25,000 in Minnesota, his mother a teacher and father a mechanic, according to a press release about his latest album, "All Things Bright And Beautiful."
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Adam Young, the introverted midwestern musician who is Owl City, will perform at the 2011 Creation Festival.
Before "Fireflies," he was attending community college and working dead-end jobs such as loading trucks in a warehouse, the release states.
He began creating melodies and beats on his laptop as a way to combat insomnia and eventually self-released an EP and an album, both of which reached the Top 20 on Billboard's Electronic Albums chart, the release states.
This week, Young is headed back to small-town America to perform among the featured artists at the 2011 Creation Festival in Mount Union. He is scheduled to perform Saturday evening, right before TobyMac gives the closing concert for the festival.
Owl City's new tour opened earlier this month with the release of his new album, where Young continues to unfold his imagination into whimsical melodies that capture the radiance of God's creation.
Recognized both in secular and Christian music realms, Young has been eager to share his faith in Christ through his music.
"Music is something that I can't imagine living without, and though it means more to me than the world itself, there is something that weighs significantly heavier on the scale of all things valuable and important in my life, that being my relationship with Jesus Christ," Young said in a press release about his new album. "Creating art has been my dream since elementary school. It's the only thing I'm good at and looking back on the years, I am left breathless, completely and utterly bereft of speech at how the Lord has chosen to use music in my life and what I do as Owl City."
On Thursday, he answered a few questions about his faith, small-town life and new career in an email interview with The Sentinel.
What has it been like adjusting to your new career? Are there things you miss about small-town life? Ironically, I've begun to have a bit of an intense dislike for big cities, and by extension, I've fallen in love with small towns even more than I did before I started touring. LA and NYC make me feel incredibly uncomfortable, and I usually can't wait to escape. However, I do inevitably get the itch to hit the road if I've been home for a handful of weeks or months and the same goes for the end of a long tour. As long as I've got variety of both lives, I'm a happy camper. I love being incredibly anti-social at home, but I love traveling on tour so it works out nicely.
How do you keep your faith strong while working in a secular entertainment world? Who/what has influenced your faith the most? It's all about surrounding myself with the right people. I truly believe the temptations would be impossible to say no to if it weren't for the family of people that tour with me. I'm an only child so they're truly the brothers and sisters I've never had.
What was the main thing that really triggered your success in the music world? Your song "Fireflies" was credited with that, but how did you really go from recording songs in your parents' basement to becoming an internationally known recording artist? Do you have any advice for young, small-town musicians who are passionate about using their talents for Jesus? I'm honestly not really sure what happened between recording music in my basement and playing at Madison Square Garden. It all happened in a whirlwind and I'm still trying to figure out what happened. All I know to do is drop to my knees every day in praise to the Lord Jesus for allowing me to do what I love most in life. Music is the ONE thing I've ever been good so needless to say, the past two years has been a dream come true and I've got nothing but thanks to God. As far as advice, I might suggest just staying true to who you are an artist, ensuring that you're writing music from the heart and not for iTunes or Billboard or whatever is trendy. Make the kind of music you truly feel called to create.
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He's doing what he said he would do. With the twin announcements Tuesday of a powerful research company landing in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and the state's rescue of the Maid of the Mist boat tours in Niagara Falls, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is making good on his pledge to revive the Western New York economy. Things are happening – and not one-shot deals, either. These are developments that help lay the groundwork for further expansion and growth.
Both announcements were significant, but the most exciting one, because it represents something new, is that Albany Molecular Research Inc. will expand its capital-area operations into the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, where it will create 250 new jobs, attract state investment and produce a high-tech operation in drug discovery.
In addition to $50 million in state investment in new biomedical research equipment and facilities, the governor's announcement is expected to leverage another $200 million in private investment. Indeed, Matthew K. Enstice, president of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, said that as a result of Tuesday's announcement, he had "within 10 minutes" received a feeler from another big company interested in Buffalo's new possibilities.
The development is part of Cuomo's promised $1 billion investment in Buffalo, a pledge that has drawn some skepticism from other parts of the state. Cuomo has correctly noted that Buffalo has long been neglected by the state and that development here will help not only the local economy, but the state's as well.
Meanwhile, Cuomo has also saved the Maid of the Mist from a watery grave. The Glynn family of Lewiston, which has owned the tour boats since 1971, had lost its Canadian wintering spot when the province negotiated a more-lucrative contract with a California company, Hornblower Cruises. Without a suitable spot to store its boats on the New York side of the Niagara River, the Maid of the Mist faced the end of the line.
Enter Cuomo. The state will provide a place for the boats to winter, near the old Schoellkopf power plant, at a cost of $32 million, which Maid of the Mist will pay. In addition, the company will triple its annual rent payment to the state parks office, for an expected total of $105 million over the 30 years remaining on the contract. Given the huge increase that Hornblower paid to Ontario, the Glynns' increased payment is nothing but reasonable.
These are tremendously heartening moves for a region that has seen more than its share of economic disappointments. They represent the first solid developments of Cuomo's regional economic development strategy and his financial commitment to Buffalo.
As fate would have it, the governor was handed a new challenge even as he made these dramatic announcements. HSBC Bank USA announced – not unexpectedly – that it will vacate its downtown tower next October. That will put a huge amount of office space on the market, which could upend the rental market economy here.
The governor and his Western New York economic development team, led by Howard Zemsky, need to focus intently on the challenge.
The good news is that the bank announced that its remaining 3,000 employees will retain their jobs, with tower employees moving to the HSBC Atrium nearby on Washington Street and to its suburban outpost in Depew.
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quote: Creationism is just a belief and a faith, but you can't say that it can not ever be proven. We know evolution is a fact--this much is true and a logical Creationist would never dare argue against it. There is plenty of evidence to support evolution. The divide exists on the origin of life, where there is zero scientific evidence to prove either viewpoint.
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COLUMBIA - Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston, South Carolina's adjutant general, lauded the state's Army and Air Force National Guard as one of the nation's top military organizations Tuesday and asked voters to re-elect him so he can work to keep it that way.
"We take care of our troops because they have taken care of us," said Livingston, flanked by his family as he made his announcement at Republican Party headquarters in Columbia.
The adjutant general oversees the state's 11,000-member Military Department, which includes the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, the State Guard and the state's Emergency Management Division.
Livingston was elected to the post in 2010 after running unopposed.
In 2008, Livingston led the state's largest military deployment since World War II while in charge of about 9,000 South Carolina Guard members who deployed for a year to Afghanistan.
In the June 10 GOP primary, Livingston faces William Breazeale of Florence, an airline pilot and former Army officer who says his 20 years of military service in Iraq and Kuwait provide him with the experience for the job.
In a phone interview Tuesday, Breazeale said he believes he can work out some methods to help save the federal government money, such as agreeing with an Army proposal to strip the National Guard in eight states of their Apache combat helicopters and offer them Blackhawk transports instead.
"I want to give them back," Breazeale said of the helicopters. "I believe in saving dollars if we can."
Livingston opposes the plan, saying the units and their choppers represent years of combat experience that would be lost if such units were disbanded in the Guard.
In his remarks, Livingston said South Carolina is "unique" in that it is the only state in the nation to put its top military officer on the general election ballot.
Therefore, he said it is vital that the job be filled by someone who has commanded large military units and can deal with other officers in the Pentagon on an equal basis.
"It's key that you have someone who is well experienced in combat as a senior leader, and as a general officer, and have that experience in Washington," Livingston said.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Pending court approval, the former Allegheny No. 1 Elementary School has a new owner.
The Hollidaysburg Area school board on Wednesday unanimously approved the building sale to Allegheny No. 1 LLC for $610,000 - which matches the appraisal the district received.
The vote came as former Allegheny No. 1 students, parents, custodians and bus drivers celebrated during a reception for the now-closed school receiving a Blue Ribbon school honor from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Former Allegheny No. 1 students (from left)?Mark McCoy, 9, brother Adam McCoy, 11, and Nathan Ferris, 10, look through school yearbooks during a Blue Ribbon Award reception Wednesday night.
Allegheny No. 1 LLC is a partnership between Drew Swope and two brothers of the DeGol Organization, including Bruno DeGol. Swope plans to begin building in the spring.
"Our intent is strictly residential," Swope told the board. "We will use the existing structure. It is perfect for assisted living and private apartments."
Swope said the group's main plans are for assisted-living apartments.
"We will partner up with someone to take care of the assisted living or do it ourselves as a 50 and up apartment complex. We could build an additional facility which could draw a medical facility near the property also," he said. "No low-income housing, no tax-credit approach."
Board members expressed gratitude to Swope for his plans to take over the building.
"We will be happy to have it on the tax rolls again and the full-time jobs with the assisted living," Aaron Ritchey said.
Swope said he has no plans yet for the school's fields.
District solicitor Dave Andrews said the sale is a month-long process beginning with a petition for court approval of the sale because a public entity cannot privately sell property and a newspaper advertisement for a public meeting on the sale.
Allegheny No. 1 was recognized as one of 314 Blue Ribbon schools for 2012.
Former Principal Francine Endler, now principal at Foot of Ten Elementary, received the plaque during a Blue Ribbon schools event last week in Washington, D.C.
The board closed Allegheny No. 1 at the end of the 2011-12 school year because of renovation costs and declined enrollment.
"Walking through the building now empty, it really is true that a school is not bricks and mortar. Wherever we are now, we are still Allegheny No. 1," Endler said at the reception.
The Blue Ribbon plaque will be shared between Charles W. Longer and Foot of Ten schools where the Allegheny No. 1 students and teachers who currently attend or work.
"The last time we were together, people were upset their school was going to be closed," Superintendent Paul Gallagher said. "At that time, we were expecting to win an award. We didn't know but we won, and that celebration is tonight," he said during the reception.
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TAHOE CITY, Calif. - The Tahoe City Winter Sports Park hosted the Cobblestone Relays on Saturday, Feb. 24, after an 11-year break. Seventy-plus racers sprinted around the Tahoe City Winter Sports Park trails and skied through the Cobblestone parking lot in downtown Tahoe City on a special trail prepared by Ulf Grigoleit.
"Spectators love this event, and it's a great thrill for the participants," said Doug Read, one of the event originators. "It gives you the feel of being in a small European ski town, right here in Tahoe City. We are excited to bring this event back to our community and provide great exposure to the fun of Nordic skiing."
Teams of three skied three non-consecutive laps each, a total of nine laps per team. Also added to the event were the Elite Sprints. These short, fast laps attracted several of the fastest local skiers and Junior National Champions.
The event concluded with a barbecue lunch and awards at the Tahoe City Winter Sports Park Day Lodge, located at the Tahoe City Golf Course Clubhouse.
"It was great to see the veterans of the Cobblestone Relay from years ago come out and race with the young kids in the community," said Kevin Murnane, event organizer. "It made for a fun event for everyone. We appreciate all the help that we received from local volunteers. We look forward to teaming up with the Cobblestone and hosting the event again next winter."
The Tahoe City Public Utility District, in partnership with Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area and Duncan Golf Management, opened the Tahoe City Golf Course to winter recreational activities through March 31, weather permitting, as part of a pilot program, according to the Tahoe City Downtown Association website www.visittahoecity.org.
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UPPER SANDUSKY - It was the good thing the ambulance hadn't left the field yet because Upper Sandusky coach Jake Moyer was beginning to wonder if he was going to need a ride.
"It's a good thing I have a pacemaker. I'd probably be dead right now," Moyer said.
Moyer had just watched his team hold off an epic Buckeye Central comeback, with the Bucks falling short, 32-20.
"It was a most satisfying win, especially homecoming. There's a lot of distractions," Moyer said. "That's part and parcel of the game: all the distractions you get. You can't imagine it down in a place in Columbus with all the distractions, let alone here in little ole Upper Sandusky. But that's just part of the game."
The Rams went into the fourth quarter dominating the Bucks (1-5, 0-3 North Central Conference), 26-0.
The Bucks completed a 60-yard drive that began with a 1:19 left in the third and Michael Adkins found paydirt just 61 seconds into the fourth. The 1-yard run was punctuated by a Kameron Jones to Bryce Christy 2-point conversion to cut it to 26-8.
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Upper Sandusky01886-32
Second Quarter
US - Tylor Pritchard 3 run (kick failed), 7:25
US - Punt block recovered by Alex Kenner (pass failed), 5:46
US - Cory Frey 1 run (run failed), 1:32
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US -Pritchard 3 run (run failed), 3:46
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BC - Michael Adkins 1 run (Bryce Christy pass from Kameron Jones), 10:59
US - Will Adelsperger 40 run (run failed), 7:52
BC - Adkins 5 run (pass failed), 4:14
BC - Adkins 5 run (pass failed), 2:23
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Passing yards10688
Fumbles lost5-21-0
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RUSHING: Buckeye Central - Adkins 24-145; Jones 8-(minus 5); Chadd Trapp 4-(minus 1); Alec Baldosser 1-13. Upper Sandusky - Pritchard 23-63; Adelsperger 12-74; Frey 6-53; Donald Barth 5-11; Tristan Reichelderfer 1-0.
PASSING: Buckeye Central - Jones 8-19-2-106. Upper Sandusky - Pritchard 7-16-1-88.
RECEIVING: Buckeye Central - Austin McDonnell 3-21; Brandon Brookes 2-61; Jordan Herrnstein 1-13; Adkins 1-6; Christy 1-5. Upper Sandusky - Barth 2-40; Reichelderfer 2-37; Dorian Mathews 1-8; Adelsperger 1-5; Brennen Miller 1-(minus 2).
The Rams answered with a 6-play 59-yard drive that end when Will Adelsperger, who led the Rams with 74 yards rushing on the night, scampered 40 yards to the end zone with a series of jukes and cutbacks along the home sideline. A failed 2-point conversion left the Rams in front, 32-8, with 7:52 left to go.
It was Adkins again about three and a half minutes later, racing past the goal line from five yards out. A failed 2-point conversion made the score 32-14.
The Bucks recovered the onside kick. Six plays and 43 yards later, Buckeye Central saw Adkins punch it in from five yards out again. The passing play for the 2-point conversion was batted down by the Rams' defense, making it a 32-20 game with 2:23 left.
Upper Sandusky (4-2, 2-1 NCC) saw the onside kick go off the fingertips of Ross Dible, who dove back on the ball.
The Bucks held Upper to one yard over three downs, called two time outs and forced the Rams to punt from their 36. But the punt went off the side of Tylor Pritchard's foot, going just nine yards.
Buckeye Central took over with 1:11 to go in the game, 45 yards from the end zone. Jones completed passes to Christy and Jordan Herrnstein to push the Bucks to the Upper 27. On the next play, Jones slung a pass that was deflected and picked off by Pritchard, ending the threat.
"I'm proud of our kids," Buckeye Central coach Jason Ratliff said. "We've been struggling this season and we came out tonight against this Upper team and hung right with them. ... We tried to stress playing the game through. I thought those couple games early season that we kind of quit and didn't play four quarters. Tonight we played for four quarters. If we get that effort next week, we'll be able to be on the winning side."
Adkins finished with 145 yards rushing on 24 carries.
"He's getting better. He had an ankle injury earlier in the season and he's battled through it," Ratliff said. He's never taken a play off. He's a work horse."
Moyer said he was a beast.
"That running back is a very good running back, that Adkins kid," he said. "They're pretty good size. They're bigger than we thought they were."
Conversely, the Bucks held Pritchard to 63 yards rushing on 23 carries and 88 yards on 7 of 16 passing. He also had two of the Rams' touchdowns, scoring on a 3-yard run in the first quarter and a duplicate in the third.
"Our defense did real well. They have a nice quarterback and he does a lot of nice things," Ratliff said. "I thought for a while they made some nice plays. But for the most part, we did very good up front."
But the Rams had some other players step up big with the Bucks focusing on the junior QB. Aside from Adelsperger's efforts, Cory Frey had 53 yards rushing and a touchdown.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Rams put on the gas in the second, scoring three touchdowns. None was bigger Alex Kenner's with 5:46 to go in the half. After BC turned it over on its first three possessions, the Bucks found themselves pinned on their own eight after Jones intercepted Pritchard.
After gaining just a yard in the next three downs, the Bucks were forced to punt from the nine. Upper Sandusky's Ian Baker penetrated the line and got his palm on the ball as it left Cade Kaple's foot. Alex Kenner scooped it up and took it into the end zone.
"I shouldn't have got it. It should have been someone else. But I just went. I saw the opening and dove and got it," Baker said.
Moyer said Baker has been out of this world.
"Ian Baker has had the best three weeks of maybe any player I've ever coached," he said. "The previous two weeks, he had 33 tackles. It's incredible. Give Ian a lot of credit and Russell Hall, his defensive line coach, a Tiffin kid. Coach Hall does just a great job with the fundamentals and make sure they do it right every time."
Jones threw for 106 yards on 8 of 19 passing with two interceptions. Brandon Brookes led the Bucks with two catches for 61 yards.
"We had a few mental mistakes on our part. We had a blocked punt. We practiced it all week but they got to us," Ratliff said. "We got a punt blocked for a touchdown. And we fumbled and we give them a short field and they score a touchdown. We have to stop doing those things for us to win football games."


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The Musical Theater Center Company (MTCC) is proud to present Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Jr on May 4 and 5 at The Woolfe Street Playhouse, 34 Woolfe St. Experience the magic of professional theater for kids by kids. Tickets are available for three performances: Saturday, May 4 at 3 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. with a run time of one hour. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children and can be purchased at www.once-upon-a-ballet.com.
Adapted from the popular Disney movie and the 1994 Broadway hit, "Beauty and the Beast, Jr." features a talented all-children's cast performing classic songs such as "Be Our Guest" and "Tale as Old as Time." The story centers around a prince who is transformed into a Beast and a young woman named Belle whom he imprisons in his castle. To become a prince again, the Beast must love Belle and win her love in return, or he will remain a Beast forever.
Musical Theater Center Company is the non-profit division of Once Upon a Ballet. Allyson Lewis is co-founder of The Musical Theater Center Company, along with director Courtney Sarre, and producer of "Beauty and the Beast, Jr." The MTCC shares the joy of children's theater through free public performances, including visits to nursing homes and participation in community events and fairs. MTCC also works with the Charleston County school system by bringing performances to individual schools and after-school programs, thereby allowing all children to experience the joy of theater, regardless of financial capability. MTCC inspires the community through powerful and exceptional stage productions made up entirely of child actors including enhanced design backgrounds, costuming, makeup, and strong leadership.
"Our show is pure family entertainment." said Courtney Sarre, director of "Beauty and the Beast, Jr." "What makes The Musical Theater Center Company unique is the professionally trained cast, and their effect on children in the audience. A performance cast made up entirely of children has proven to connect with families and other children in a way that is powerful and effective that adult theater cannot."
The cast is composed of children from the ages of 5-12, who commit to a rigorous schedule of ballet, jazz, vocals and acting to achieve the polished shows that the Musical Theater Center Company has gained a reputation for. MTCC also has an upcoming production of "Peter Pan" at the Wando High School Performing Arts Center on June 8 and 9. Details for both shows and ticket information can be found at http://www.once-upon-a-ballet.com , on The Musical Theater Center Facebook page, or by calling the studio at 216-6671. You can also check out their summer camps.
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By Greg Slabodkin
We all want access to quality health care, especially as we enter our senior years. However, a recent Buffalo News article reported that Western New York is one of the worst-performing areas of the country when it comes to measures of health care quality established by Medicare, our nation's health insurance program for people age 65 or older.
Under new rules, hospitals face penalties from Medicare for readmissions within 30 days of discharge. In addition, Medicare is penalizing or rewarding hospitals based on their performance on basic quality measures and patient satisfactions. Unfortunately, a disproportionate number of Buffalo hospitals have been penalized and not enough rewarded compared to medical facilities in other parts of the country.
Nationally, on average, 48 percent of hospitals received a penalty and 52 percent a bonus, according to The News article. Nevertheless, when it comes to quality measures, a whopping 92 percent of hospitals in Buffalo received a penalty and only 8 percent got a bonus.
These results might be different if our local hospitals implemented remote monitoring, video conferencing and other telemedicine services to combat the problem of readmissions. The potential benefits of adopting these telecommunications technologies include reducing hospitalizations and health care costs, while improving patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes.
The American Telemedicine Association estimates that more than 10 million Americans directly benefited from telemedicine in 2012, more than double the number three years ago. Currently, more than 1 million Americans receive remote cardiac monitoring, a tremendously helpful application given the high number of hospital readmissions for heart failure within 30 days of discharge. These are largely preventable, and cost Medicare $6 billion annually.
Indianapolis-based St. Vincent Health recently conducted a pilot program in which remote video conferencing between nurses and discharged patients with congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease helped to reduce readmissions by 75 percent. And, a Department of Veterans Affairs national home telehealth program demonstrated a 25 percent reduction in the number of days of bed care and a 19 percent reduction in admissions.
Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University is testing video conferencing for home-bound patients. The system is being studied in two neighborhoods with high-speed bandwidth, allowing doctors to monitor patients at home and to evaluate their conditions on an ongoing basis.
If Cleveland can implement video conferencing, Buffalo hospitals can do the same. There is an even greater need for this kind of technological change right here in our own back yard.
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The Green Wave boys fought for a 72-66 win at Fort Dorchester last week, but open the playoffs Wednesday with an equally challenging opponent.
Region 8-AAAA champion Summerville will host South Florence, a No. 3 seed, Wednesday in the opening round of the Class AAAA state playoffs.
"South Florence is very athletic, " Summerville coach Greg Elliott said. "They have a little more size than the Fort but they play a similar style. They are aggressive and rely on a lot of three-pointers. They rebound extremely well and pose some match up problems for us."
The winner of the game will advance to face the winner of the Lexington/Ridge View first-round game in the second round Saturday.
Summerville wrapped up its regular season with the game at Fort Dorchester Thursday. The first half was tight. With the game knotted at 8 a piece, Summerville moved ahead with a fast-break bucket from Tyler Palmer. Then Brandon Wilkerson made a steal and drove inside to give the Wave a 12-8 lead entering the second period.
Fort Dorchester's Eric Heyward hit a three-pointer with 3:18 remaining in the second period to cut the Wave's lead to a point. The teams matched each other's effort until Chris McKinnon hit a 3 with two seconds remaining on the clock for a 30-26 Wave lead at the half.
Summerville then began to pull away and McKinnon hit another 3 in the closing seconds of the third for a 50-39 Wave lead.
The Fort charged back and Heyward hit three consecutive shots, including one from beyond the arc, to pull the Patriots within 8 halfway through the final period. However, the Fort's two starting inside men both fouled out in the period.
Ronald Johnson hit some big shots late to keep things interesting. He hit a 3 to take the score to 71-64 but in the closing 25 seconds Summerville had free throws from McKinnon and Wilkerson to ice the game.
"It was atypical rivalry game and we were glad to get the win at the Fort," Elliott said. "We played really well in the third period to go up by 11 and got up by 19 at one point before they made an 8-0 run. Luckily we made a plus-one play and enough free throws coming down the stretch to pull it out. We had four starters in double digists and another who scored nine so it was a balanced performance for us."
Wave senior Brandon WIlkerson scored 16 points and made 17 rebounds. Junior John Jenkins scored 24 points. Coming down the stretch, he went 7 of 7 at the free-throw line. Christian Kalacanic added 12 points for Summerville while Timmy Singleton added 10 and McKinnon nine.
Heyward led the Fort with 23 points.
Summerville improved to 19-5 with a 9-1 mark in Region 8-AAAA with the win while Fort Dorchester dropped to 13-10, 5-5.
However, the Patriots did make the playoffs as the region's No. 3 seed. They travel to West Ashley Wednesday for their opening-round game. The winner of that contest will face either North Augusta or Richland Northeast Saturday in the second round.
Summerville 73, Fort Dorchester 66
Summerville (73): John Jenkins 23, Brandon Wilkerson 16, Christian Kalacanic 12, Timmy Singleton 10, McKinnon 9, Palmer 2
Fort Dorchester (66): Eric Heyward 23, Ronald Johnson 7, Demitri Carter 6, Thad Middleton 6, Staggers 5, Munoz 4, Moorer 4, Stevens 3, Bennett 2
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5 Things That Make You Happier Than They Probably Should
#2. Immigrants Using Expressions Correctly
Something you might not know about me, but I am one of the worst foreign language students in creation. I just suck at it. If you dropped me off on in France and came back six years later, I'd probably still only know how to say Au Bon Pain. Nah, I'm just kidding. If you dropped me off in France, odds are the entire country would surrender to me instantly. That or send me off to the Dreyfuss suite at Devil's Island. Either/or. It's a tough call.
The point is, I'm not good at foreign language so when I meet ESL (English as Second Language) people who can use expressions correctly, it just makes me happy. I'm always way more impressed than I should be and instantly think they must be gifted wonderful people. It also seems somehow flattering that they've decided to forego whatever silly things they say in their weird made-up languages to use some of our real American words!
"Get out of my store before I bust a cap in your ass."
"You don't like this scarf? You must be trippin'!"
"May the road rise to meet you, good sir."
God bless all of you. Or as you say in your country ... well, we're in America now so whatever. God bless, y'all.
#1. Tiny Karmic Miracles
Tiny Karmic miracles are hard to explain. You just kind of know 'em when you see'em. And I'm not just talking about Schadenfreude -- the act of taking delight from people's suffering. That's not enough. I'm talking about misfortune befalling your enemies in a specific way that gives you a glimpse of justice.
For example, I think we can all agree that traffic sucks. Just a truism like celebs dying in threes or my bones being made of adamantium. When I'm in traffic, I play a game called, "Why am I in traffic?" Then I ponder aloud whether it's an accident or a sporting event or a holiday exodus. It's a good game because when you're done you're still in traffic, but everyone in the car stops hating you because at least you're no longer speculating out loud.
The happy children of some parent who does not play this game.
In any event, there are drivers among us who seem incapable of grasping the concept of traffic. Who believe congestion and delays do not apply to them. Perhaps, these drivers have vision that only extends to your back bumper. Or perhaps, they just have inordinately small penises. Whatever the cause, they're not having it. They've got somewhere to be and clearly you're holding them up because you just don't possess the skill to drive 10 miles over the speed limit or even the speed limit. They'll honk, rev the engine, ride the shoulder, dart dangerously between cars, all to secure a path to freedom.
And sometimes something wonderful happens. After exposing everyone to annoyance and potential vehicular homicide, they find themselves . . . trapped in the slow lane. You cruise by at 20 mph staring at their stationary asses surrounded by cars, and -- if you're anything like me -- you find it difficult to continue driving because your joy erection keeps interfering with the steering wheel. (By the way, to any of the ladies reading and identifying with me: you should probably get that checked out).
Moments like these can make you believe in God. An incredibly petty God who spends His time effing with dbags instead of inventing cancer-curing candy, but a God nonetheless. Or even better are the tiny miracles that convince you God has a sense of humor.
Take political failure and part time JC Penny catalog model Rick Perry for example. In his recent ad (which I'll only link to via Cracked's superior version), the Texas Governor comes down hard on the gay community, citing their right to serve openly in the military as something wrong with our country. A desperate ad from a weak candidate frantically clawing at the Evangelical vote.
And the best thing about the ad? Rick Perry -- defender of God and Country from the sins of gayness -- seems to have slipped into Heath Ledger's Brokeback Mountain jacket. Who's to say why? Perhaps, he was getting dressed in a hurry, in the early morning darkness of a tent before taking his walk of shame to film this ad.
God tells lots of sad stories, but sometimes, man, He is just too funny.
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As the theme from "Shaft" plays in the background, an announcer warns that "they" have been passing laws requiring photo ID to vote, reducing early voting days and "even trying to overturn the Voting Rights Act."
The black vote in S.C.'s 1st District
County Registered % blackBeaufort 100,732 18.4Berkeley 90,301 26.6Charleston 186,482 20.5Colleton 872 0.2Dorchester 75,503 22.0Note: Registered voters include only those in the 1st Congressional District.Source: scvotes.org
The 60-second radio ad, which aired this month, was a rare appeal in an important battleground in the upcoming 1st Congressional District race: the black vote.
The Lowcountry district is largely white, but more than 22 percent of its registered voters are black.
Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch needs to energize as many of those voters as possible if she hopes to beat Republican Mark Sanford.
Trevino Turner, 41, who lives in Ardmore just a few blocks from Colbert Busch's West Ashley campaign office, said he plans to vote for her on May 7, but his reasoning reflects more on Sanford's record than on hers.
"I just can't get behind a guy who has cheated on his wife and family," he said.
In his neighborhood, "For Sale" signs vastly outnumber signs for either candidate. "I don't think people are really aware of (the election), actually," he said.
Though Turner considers himself independent, black voters overall form an important bloc in the South Carolina Democratic base.
A recent Public Policy Polling survey found Colbert Busch winning about 75 percent of the black vote, compared with 19 percent for Sanford. And 80 percent of black voters consider her favorably, while 72 percent look at Sanford unfavorably. Overall, the poll, which has a 3.5 percent margin of error and is considered Democratic-leaning, gave her a 51 percent to 40 percent lead among all voters.
It's a challenge to reach many black voters during "off" election times, such as the upcoming special election, said Scott Buchanan, a political science professor at The Citadel.
"Colbert Busch still needs the black vote overwhelmingly, and she will get it based on how Democrats have performed in recent elections in South Carolina," he said. "The bad news for her or any Democrat running in a special election is black voters don't typically vote in large numbers when it comes to special elections."
That's one reason for Colbert Busch's radio ad, which begins by attacking Republican voting efforts but proceeds to bash Sanford himself.
"He cut education. He cut job training. He cut health care," it says, "and then he took a hike on the people of South Carolina."
Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer criticized the ad, saying Colbert Busch "hides behind a negative radio ad with some very unfortunate overtones."
Sawyer also said Sanford has a great record of reaching out to minorities. As governor he appointed more blacks to his Cabinet than any of his predecessors, and he issued a formal apology for the state's role in the Orangeburg Massacre, a 1968 civil rights protest in which state troopers shot into a crowd and killed three black students.
Ben Frasier, a black candidate Colbert Busch defeated in the Democratic primary, has since endorsed Sanford. The perennial candidate drew only 4 percent of the vote.
Sanford and Colbert Busch have agreed to participate April 30 in a forum sponsored by the Goose Creek NAACP.
State Rep. Wendell Gilliard, a black Charleston Democrat who considered running for the 1st District seat, praised Colbert Busch's campaign so far.
"What I like about her style is she's not only preaching jobs for the 1st Congressional District," he said, "she's also preaching education." Gilliard added, however, that it's more important that she focus on the women's vote.
Dot Scott, president of the Charleston NAACP, said she has seen a recent push to get people out to vote in the black community.
"This is the most difficult time, when it's not the regular election," she said.
Reaching black voters is complicated in part because many Lowcountry black voters are ineligible to vote May 7 because some of them are in the 6th Congressional District, a seat held by Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.
Scott said the lines are gerrymandered and confusing. "Before they did the (2012) redistricting in North Charleston, I was in Tim Scott's district," Scott said. "They took me out."
Tim Scott (no relation to Dot Scott) held the seat until January, when he was sworn in as a U.S. senator. That created the current vacancy.
While many Charleston-area black voters are in the 6th District, the 1st District has almost 100,000 black voters across its five counties. The 6th District has fewer than 68,000 black voters in those same counties.
Colbert Busch is campaigning today at a major institution in the Lowcountry black community: Burke High School. But the 5:30 p.m. event's theme is a rally for women voters, not black voters.
Buchanan said there's a tricky aspect to Colbert Busch's effort to appeal to her party's black base — she must be careful that such efforts don't turn off moderate white voters, who also are key to her success.
"It's sort of the definition of a Catch-22," he said. "She's in a difficult position either way that you look at it."
West Ashley resident Trevino Turner said he voted for Ben Frasier in the March 19 Democratic primary.×
West Ashley resident Trevino Turner said he voted for Ben Frasier in the March 19 Democratic primary. While Frasier later endorsed Republican Mark Sanford, Turner plans to vote for Elizabeth Colbert Busch on May 7.×


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"We saw the film together and I was kind of squirming," Efron, 24, told PEOPLE at Thursday's New York City Cinema Society screening of the movie.
"Even though she was a couple of seats down from me, I tried to duck out during those scenes because it was too embarrassing. Obviously I'm acting, but knowing that my mom and my family were watching is kind of awkward. There's really no way around it."
In the screen adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel, opening Friday, the High School Musical alum is seen in several revealing scenes, including a provocative one in the shower. (PEOPLE's movie critic, Alynda Wheat, says go ahead and ogle him.) So what did Starla think of that?
"She was just laughing about it in a good way," Efron says. "She said, 'That's my boy!' I think she was proud of me at the end of it, even if it was weird for her to watch. My mom is my biggest supporter."
Paying further tribute to his mother, Efron says she raised him to be considerate to others at all times, especially women.
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Join renowned seascape painter Edward Minoff as he shares accessible oil painting techniques that can be used to paint oceans, rivers, lakes and more. Begin your class by learning how to stage and sketch a site study. Then, develop and clarify your painting's horizon line and perspective for a three-dimensional, lifelike effect. Next, find out how to paint a color study for your seascape, and achieve dynamic results with expert color mixing methods. Finally, complete your painting with fine detail and texture that communicates a sense of power and movement with each crashing wave. After this class, you'll confidently add seascapes to your painting repertoire!
Meet your instructor, classically trained painter Edward Minoff. You'll gain an overview of the methods you'll learn in class before learning how to sketch a site study of your chosen subject. Minoff shows you how to quickly heighten you tonal sketch with white gouache to create a beautiful sense of sky, sea and land.
Explore hue, chroma and value as Minoff demonstrates how to create rich color studies. Working with the bare necessities needed to paint in the field, you'll be able to quickly and skillfully block in an underpainting and layer it with rich colors inspired by nature. You'll hone your reductive and additive techniques as you gain flexibility painting light and subjects that can change quickly.
Move into perspectival studies as you learn classical techniques to create the illusion of depth. Employing methods that were used by master painters like Vermeer, you'll establish a horizon line and vanishing points to create a perspective grid. Then reference the color study you created earlier as you begin to lay in a charcoal study of your landscape or seascape.
Refine your linear perspective drawing with Minoff's compositional tips along the way. Transfer your drawing to a stretched canvas with charcoal, add finishing details and "fix" the drawing with an ink tracing. Then wipe away the charcoal for a professional underdrawing that will help inform your painting.
Revisit your color study as you carefully examine and recreate its colors. Minoff walks you through professional painting methods for mixing, comparing and storing your paint colors, allowing you to delve deeply into complex color relationships, atmospheric perspective and more.
Build upon the architecture of your ink transfer drawing as you develop a monochromatic underpainting. Develop form, analyze light and create a sense of place and distance using just one color as you work.
Apply color to your painting using your prior color studies to inform your choices. Minoff walks you through the best ways to set up your palette before demonstrating methods to paint the sky, sea and sand. You'll focus on how to represent what you see as you continue to explore color and value relationships in your seascape.
Work through the final pass with Minoff's expert assistance along the way, focusing on details in the surf and sand that bring your work to life. Minoff paints with various brushes and visual effects as he adds texture and dimension with impasto and scumbling techniques. You'll finish the class with a gorgeous seascape and a new perspective on capturing wild, unique elements of nature on your canvas.
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Pharmacology Content: Sessions are designated as category "RX" for the convenience of advanced practice nurses who requires this content for licensure and/or recertification. Educational sessions meeting pharmacology content requirements receive continuing education designation in pharmacology.
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E-Learning and Mobile Resources Lab: The new E-Learning and Mobile Resources Lab offers hands-on use of AACN's e-learning resources.
NTI Voices : Every print issue of NTI's daily newspaper includes a clinical article awarding 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education (CNE) credit. Look for copies at the convention center and major NTI hotels. You can also view NTI Voices without the CNE article online.
ExpoEd Exhibitors Education: ExpoEd sessions in the Critical Care Exposition are 30-minute educational and inservice-style learning opportunities on topics relevant to high acuity and critical care. ExpoEd sessions are listed in the ExpoGuide given on-site to all participants and presented in exhibitor booths, special education stages and the ExpoEd classroom in the exhibit hall.
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CLEMSON — While college football is quickening its pace, college basketball is slowing down.
College football teams are foregoing huddles to snap the ball as quickly as possible in up-tempo schemes. In basketball, more and more point guards can be seen halting their progress, melting the shot clock, seeking guidance from the bench.
In the 2002-03 season, 135 Division I teams averaged at least 70 possessions per game. Only 58 teams are averaging at least 70 possessions per game this season.
Clemson ranks 326th in the country (out of 347 Division I teams) and 11th in the ACC with 62.2 possessions per game this season. North Carolina, which plays at Clemson today (7 p.m., ESPN), is one of the few college teams still operating at a fast tempo. UNC leads the ACC with 73.3 possessions per game this season, ranking sixth in the nation.
The game is also slowing down because coaches have become more hands-on, more controlling. Clemson coach Brad Brownell has had assistant coaches scribble play calls on whiteboards to communicate with players on the court.
"Maybe coaches are becoming a little bit more of control freaks to have a say in what's going on," Brownell said. "With players' skill levels not being quite as good, every possession seems to be really important, so you try to maximize it by slowing things down and getting what you want."
Still, there are a few coaches who are increasing tempo.
Division II program West Liberty University, which averages more than 80 possessions per game, has success with a philosophy built upon full-court pressure, transition scoring and an undersized lineup that features multiple shooters and ballhandlers.
VMI coach Duggar Baucom, who runs an up-tempo offense, doesn't think players have enough freedom.
"I call them joystick coaches," Baucom told Grantland.com. "They try to orchestrate every movement instead of letting 'em play. There's teams in our league that run 20 seconds of false motion to get the shot clock down, and then run a set. It becomes kind of like a wrestling match."
Brownell said if he had a more experienced team, he would have more trust in allowing players to make full-speed decisions.
Still, Brownell's history suggests his teams only play slightly faster when comprised of veterans.
Brownell's first year at Clemson (2009-10) the Tigers operated slightly faster, 65.5 possessions per game, ranking 255th in the country in tempo.
Wright State posted 63.1 possessions per game, 306th in the country, in 2006-07 en route to the NCAAs under Brownell.
Brownell's UNC-Wilmington NCAA team in 2005-06 had 66 possessions per game, 242nd in the country.
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SEBRING - Sebring Antiques & Vintage Jewelry will be holding a mini-coin show and watch battery giveaway from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 12.
Roy and Marisa Fink said the watch battery giveaway is a way to give back to the community.
The store, located at 236 N. 15th St. in Sebring, opened Oct. 5 and held an open house on Nov. 10-11.
Roy Fink said customers can bring in two watches and he will replace the batteries for free. "Watches, particularly quartz," he said, "the newer ones."
"While the batteries last," he said, adding he has a large supply of disc batteries for wrist or pocket watches.
Gordy Muckler, a Stow resident and coin expert, will be available to appraise, buy and sell coins, Fink said.
"He's a really honest coin dealer," Fink said, explaining he has known Muckler for years.
He will provide free appraisals for customers wanting information about coins they bring in.
Fink said Sebring Antiques and Vintage Jewelry will also be buying and selling antique jewelry.
The business has a large inventory with thousands of pieces of antique costume jewelry like Fenton glass pieces, sterling silver items, vintage signs and "a lot of collectibles, advertising and lighting," Roy Fink said, adding there are also Civil War-era items.
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The Week of the Young Child is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children....
About this series
The Week of the Young Child is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The purpose is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs.
The Rockford Register Star will celebrate the week with several guest columns on the Opinion pages:
Sunday, April 6: Mealtime fun by Sarah Wolf, Discovery Center Museum
Monday, April 7: Investing in children by Kristen Walley, Rasmussen College.
Tuesday, April 8: Music in early childhood by Juliette Kula, YWCA
Wednesday, April 9: Early interventions by Lynne Riley/Lynn Doolittle, Child and Family Connection
Thursday, April 10: Partnering Success by Lisa Warren, city of Rockford Head Start
Friday, April 11: Thank an early childhood educator by Jeneva Davis, Trinity Daycare
Saturday, April 12: Reducing summer slide by Paul Logli, president/CEO of the United Way of the Rock River Valley
Our early childhood educators willingly signed up to nurture, teach and mold the little minds of our future, and for this alone we should be thankful.
Nurturing and teaching our children means helping children work through temper tantrums, interpreting and meeting the needs of children just learning to speak, showing patience and understanding to children determined to do things on their own, changing dirty diapers, wiping noses and being there for comfort and care when the children get hurt. The list could go on and on.
Our early childhood educators take on these daily challenges and still plan for and engage with our children in intentional ways that help them meet the appropriate educational and developmental goals, and for this we are even more thankful.
The keys to our future are in our early childhood classrooms. While on the outside it looks like our children are just playing, in reality, the classroom is a lively and ever-changing learning environment that offers experiences reaching far beyond the walls of the room. Our early childhood students live outside of the four walls of the classroom and challenge their teachers to create a world full of meaningful new learning experiences every day.
Many perceive preschool as a time for play and social interaction, and while those components are integrated, it's much more. Preschool teachers prepare children in every way possible to start their school career academically and socially. The experience a child has in preschool makes a tremendous difference in the way he or she perceives the next 13-plus years in school.
A study was conducted with 123 students ages 3 and 4 called The High Scope Perry Preschool Study. The students were born in poverty and were at a high risk of failing in school. Half of the students participated in a high-quality preschool program while the other half received no preschool experience before entering public school.
According to the study, students that had the preschool experience were earning higher wages, more likely to be maintaining a job, had committed fewer crimes and were more likely to have graduated from high school as adults at age forty than those who did not participate in preschool.
There are various studies, similar to this one, which directly link the lack of a quality preschool or early childhood education (birth to age eight) to crime rates and other not-so-favorable situations. If children don't get a quality education early, it can be disastrous for all. That's why early childhood education is so important and also why we need to be thanking our early childhood educators all the time for the invaluable work they do.
We know that we can't prevent every crime or even make sure that every child is able to get and keep a good job as an adult with early childhood education alone. We can, however, make sure our children have a better chance to succeed. Demanding quality early childhood education is a huge step in the right direction to create brighter futures for every child, family and community.
Page 2 of 2 - Although the odds can be stacked against our teachers, most rise to the challenge time and time again, achieving success in teaching young children.
So the next time your early childhood student comes home and says "I played" at school today just know that there has been a lot of work and thought going on inside that play that reaches beyond the walls of the classroom, helping them grow into successful students and members of our society. Thank you early childhood educators!
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Doug Marrone's to-do list is long as the new head coach of the Buffalo Bills.
Near the top of that list is making a decision on the status of quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick heading into the 2013 season.
Not surprisingly, Marrone was asked about Fitzpatrick on Monday as part of his introductory news conference. Also not surprisingly, he wasn't ready to address Fitzpatrick's status — not that he would have, anyway.
"I haven't had the time to make those evaluations," Marrone said. "I don't talk about players in the press. I'm looking forward to evaluating this time with our great scouting staff, getting to know them, and starting that process."
Now for the interesting twist: Marrone's agent, Jimmy Sexton, also represents Fitzpatrick. The quarterback is due a $3 million roster bonus in March. If he gets cut before that bonus is paid, then he will count $10 million against the Bills' salary cap in 2013. If he stays on the roster, his cap number will be $10.45 million.
"We covered that, just like we covered everything, but I don't think we emphasized that any more," General Manager Buddy Nix said when asked whether the team's quarterback situation came up with Marrone during the interview process.
Nix has made it clear for months that the Bills are interested in adding a young quarterback to their roster through the draft. They'll have a leg up in scouting one of those prospects with Marrone on staff.
Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib is a three-year starter for the Orange who's projected to be a first- or second-round draft pick in April. Last season, when the Miami Dolphins selected Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill eighth overall, they had hired his coach with the Aggies, Mike Sherman, as offensive coordinator. If Nassib's got what it takes to make it in the NFL, Marrone is the man who's got the best chance to know.
"I love him. He did an outstanding job for our football team. He's really grown in the last couple of years; he put a lot of emphasis on the leadership role and really took over the team. He's a player that has gotten quite a bit better during the year," Marrone said of Nassib, via the NFL Network.
"He's going to be playing in this league. I haven't studied the draft, I haven't gone through that; that's down the road for me as far as the process of what I have to go through. But I do know that he'll be in this league, so I'm excited for him."
Nassib, who did not respond to an interview request from The News through the Syracuse Athletics Department, is the school's all-time leader in passing yards (9,194), and completions (792) and is second in touchdown passes (70) and completion percentage (60.3).
"Nassib, we were looking at him for quite a while. He's one of the quarterbacks out there that's going to be drafted and we'll be interested in," Nix said.
Nassib got better in each season at Syracuse, improving his passing yardage, completion percentage and touchdown totals in each season. He went 21-17 in his three years as a starter, including two Pinstripe Bowl victories.
Eight rookie quarterbacks started and won at least one game this season, so the days of drafting a rookie only to have him sit behind a veteran are long gone.
"My stance on players at every position, whether it be QB, defensive line, or whatever it might be, we will play the best players that give us the best chance to win," Marrone said. "I don't think I can say it any more clear than that."
Before arriving at Syracuse, Marrone worked as the offensive coordinator for coach Sean Payton with the New Orleans Saints from 2006 to '08. The first of those seasons was Drew Brees' first with New Orleans.
Finding the next Brees will be a tall order for Nix and the team's front office, but they hope in Marrone, they've got the right coach in place to groom the team's quarterback of the future.
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Traffic fatality prompts Abilene police chief to suggest reflector vests for the homeless
ABILENE, Texas - After a tragic accident that left a pedestrian dead on South 1st Street on Thursday morning, Abilene Police Chief Stan Standridge wants to help provide the homeless with reflector vests.
"Let's do some community collaboration," Standridge said. "Let's provide traffic vests for our homeless and let's stop responding to these traffic fatalities."
The 44-year-old woman who was killed after being hit by a truck at South 1st and Sewell Street about 7 a.m. Thursday was described as being homeless.
Standridge said he asked a homeless man who was accompanying the victim, "If you were provided a traffic safety vest that's reflective would you wear it consistently at night?"
The homeless man said, "Absolutely, I'm homeless. I value my safety."
Standridge also said he hopes foundations and businesses in Abilene come together to help raise funds.


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White House Had Advance Notice on Heathrow Detention
The White House was given advance notice of the British government's plans to detain the partner of the Guardian reporter who has written a series of high-profile stories about U.S. surveillance practices, a spokesman said Monday.
In the daily White House briefing, spokesman Josh Earnest declined to condemn the detainment and didn't directly answer questions about whether U.S. officials expressed any concern to their British counterparts about the U.K.'s plans.
"This was something we had an indication was likely to occur," Mr. Earnest said. "But it's not something we requested." (Read the full transcript.)
David Miranda, the partner of Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, was held Sunday at London's Heathrow airport for nine hours. Authorities said he was detained under a U.K. terrorism law, and they confiscated a number of his electronics, including a cellphone and laptop.
Mr. Greenwald is one of the journalists to whom former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden said he leaked secret documents on U.S. surveillance. Since then, Mr. Greenwald has remained closely connected to Mr. Snowden's case.
The White House's Mr. Earnest said he didn't know how far in advance American officials were notified, nor whether the U.S. expects to be briefed on what information British authorities obtained during his questioning.
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