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H&M striped tee, Topshop wool skirt, old Bebe leather jacket, Aldo Pumps
Bad RomanceNovember 15, 2009
H&M striped tee, Topshop wool skirt, old Bebe leather jacket, Aldo Pumps
I lovee that blue skirt.ReplyDelete
Ahhhh. So cute, you are like perfection.ReplyDelete
I love your outfit!
Beautiful shoes. And beautiful shade of blue!
I love this look, so cute!ReplyDelete
sooo cute! love the blue skirt and striped shirt combo : )
Absolutely fantastic. I wish I had all four pieces in my closet right now, even then I couldn't pull them off as beautifully as you do! I love your style. I love your blog!ReplyDelete
fall perfection! these photos look editorial...
I just stumbled across your blog and its great! I love the colour of your skirt!ReplyDelete
Just wow ! Perfect outfit :D
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your outfit is perfect.
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love this combination... so classic and pretty :)ReplyDelete
Fabulous photos!!! I love your whole outfit especially the skirt, and loveeeee those amazing pumps!! You look HOT!!
i love this post!! your outfit is amazing. and you look beautiful as always.ReplyDelete
love the cobalt blue tulip skirt.
always pretty delmi.
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Your makeup is always so perfect! You're very talented. I love the bold colour in this outfit. Very pretty.ReplyDelete
I love everything you love! I also love your skirt! The color is so striking!
these skirts make you look so much more elegant and add a balance to your body correcting everything that might look a bi t odd in photos!
Your hair grew a bit as well, looks nice, cant decide if i like it better like this or as they were when you first got the cut!
Such a great look!! I love the colour of the skirt!
awsome look! love the skirt and the tee so much. the jacket is perfection.ReplyDelete
I love that post!!!!!!!!!
Great look as usual, fantastic skirt!
Wauw those shoes are fab!! Nice outfit, you have a really nice blog! Xx.ReplyDelete
Te ves muy bien!!
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I really like the combination of colours here!!Love the High waisted skirt and the military jacket!ReplyDelete
I'm in love with the color of your skirt! So cute!ReplyDelete
Well, I love that outfit! The jacket, the color of the skirt...it's all perfect.ReplyDelete
''I love integrity. I love devotion. I love confidence.'' Totally me!
Luv this post and looooove your blog!
do you love your boyfriend? Why isn't he mentioned?ReplyDelete
O wow! You are always so gorgeous! This outfit is fantastic and I LOVE that blue skirt on you.
Another beautiful outfit! I heart your blue skirt! Your makeup look flawless!
xoxo Jolie
dress is really awesome...heels are hotttt
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I wish I knew how to make up, you always look absolutely perfect!ReplyDelete
super cute outfit. love the skirt.
I love that skirt! The whole outfit is fabb (:ReplyDelete
One of my fav outfits by you! The skirt is great and a lovely color! It is awesome with the jacket!ReplyDelete
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love those shoes! You look great!
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LOVE this outfit - the blue is a great pop of color! Awesome jacket, skirt, and killer shoes! I love your blog- keep up the good work! - Natalya of Wear NecessitiesReplyDelete
Luces genial. Me encanta la falday y la combinacion con el cuero!
Siempre muy linda Tu!
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i'm in love with that outfit...great shoesReplyDelete
awesome outfit!
The tulip skirt is a great hue of blue and add some zap to the outfit. I like how the aldo pumps are just a touch quirky with the turn up fronts.ReplyDelete
Amen to this post and I love your electric blue pleated skirt. As always your so prettily put. :)ReplyDelete
Fabulous darling!
You looks absolutely stunning with that colour!
Lovely skirt, and the shoes wow.ReplyDelete
I love the colour on that skirt.. and it looks super gorgeous on you... amazing.ReplyDelete
All you need is love!ReplyDelete
Love your skirt and your shoes! you look perfect! kisses!ReplyDelete
I absolutely love those shoes.. And Royal Blue always rocks..ReplyDelete
Oh, you look so gorgeaous here. I wish I can pull off that look. Nice jacket. I totally love your kind of style. Keep up. Such a great inspiration to me.
you look gorge. that leather jacket is to die for! those buttons make it that much more special. love it!ReplyDelete
hey! what lipstick color are you wearing?... i love your makeup and outfit as well!ReplyDelete
DONT WE ALL!!!ReplyDelete
Love the skirt...OMG I'm going to go look for it... *fingers crossed*ReplyDelete
Hey Delmy,
You look FAB here.
P.s. I wanted to let u know that you are like a "CELEBRITY" in this forum called LHCF...There is a makeup thread that posts many of your looks.Here is the link http://www.longhaircareforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=402312&page=6
fabulously pulled together! and you look gorgeous! and you just inspired me to put colour back into my wardrobe LOLReplyDelete
ure so lovely.....
love the blue and love the aldo pumps... and that jacket..
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I love that blue skirt!ReplyDelete
Great skirt DelmyReplyDelete
i like the skirt and the shirt love heliReplyDelete
That skirt is amazing! Soooo looking forward to Topshop this week! Can't wait to come visit your fabulous city, too :)ReplyDelete
great hot blue skirt. Love the shape and the old beb leather jacket is so wearable. Trendy style!ReplyDelete
Fabulous look. Just saw your video on Chicisimo... you did a great job!!
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You look gorgeous! I'm mad for this shoes..and the skirt!ReplyDelete
In love with that skirt! and where did you get those tights?! such a bold color.. LOVEReplyDelete
Wow you are so beautiful. I love that blue skirt and the leather jacket, compliments the skirt so well. I'm really digging black and white striped tops right now.ReplyDelete
I love this whole post, darling Delmy!
You look magnificent and that skirt is just wonderful!
This outfit is probably my favourite outfit of the week
looks stunning.
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i really love your outfit. i love your blog. ive been reading for a while now but this is my first comment. You have great sense of fashion! Lots of luv coming from the uk! p.s. Your so beautiful!ReplyDelete
You look so pretty. Been bust with school and shit but am watchinhh what youre up to. :)
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i adore your style i have been thinking about cutting my hair in a similar style but i love long hair its just that your hair is so envious!!ReplyDelete
I love your outfit
I love these pictures
I love your writing
I love this post
hope your day was wonderful!
That skirt is glorious. So is that jacket. Love love love it.ReplyDelete
love love love the blue!ReplyDelete
Loving the colbalt skirt, it looks great in wool too.
the whole outfit is amazing but I love the jacket and skirt the most.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous pumps! Love the color of that skirt too!
He descubierto hoy tu blog, soy española y me encanta!!! me pareces una mujer con belleza dentro de los cánones, no esas chicas delgadas que veo en los demás blogs por ahí que dan mucha pena... me gusta tu estilo y además tienes pinta de ser una tia simpática... te seguiré espiando.
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such a great outfit !
love the blue skirt :)
What a style! I really like it!ReplyDelete
love this wool skirt ... in eed one definitely i hate to say bye to skirts even in cold weather ..the pleating is awesomeReplyDelete
As always, you look stylish & fabulous! :) Love the color of your skirt, hope all is well.
Awwww...such a beautiful post...I also love to laugh, banana bread, my future husband and kids...lol and pretty much all of your list...lol...Indeed we are all one.
love that blue skirt on you! What a great color =)
preciosa me encanta muchisimo tu outfit!!ReplyDelete
Love this look!!ReplyDelete
great outfit..you look stunning..
I especially love your shoes :)
Nice outfit ! I love your shoes ;-)ReplyDelete
this jacket is hot!!! **nikkiReplyDelete
you look adorable. : ) xoxoReplyDelete
i love your blog.
u can do no wrong! i hope you're feeling better. ur already missed.ReplyDelete
oh my . i have almost the exact jacket as yours ! except mine is made out of sorta glittery cotton material . the rest of the shape is the same ! ( i think the buttons are the same too !)ReplyDelete
cute outfit, i love your eyebrows!ReplyDelete
love the outfit!
especialy the shoes!
Oh yay, I hope I'm your 100th comment! Working it as usual :) -didn't even know this skirt was selling at TS! Good to know :)
Hello Delmi, I have a special column on sunday , The Blogstar, so this week it is your blog because I realy love it.I prefer telling you as I linked you on the article.
cute outfit, love the skirt!
I love your style and the things that you love.
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I love this outfit of yours! and those pumps are tooooo cuuute i must have them!ReplyDelete
que linda tu falda y que lindo tu blog... recién te encontré hace poco pero hay algo en tu blog que hace que lo siga ahora SIEMPRE.
abrazos y bendiciones desde perú.
happy thanksgiving.
Love the whole outfit, especially the striped tee and blue skirt. Great look.
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Ilove ure shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried those shoes on at Aldo a while ago and almost fell over! I don't know how on earth you do it, but they look so great :)
amazing jacket!ReplyDelete
You are among the few fashion bloggers that give some depth to their blog as well - I love all your spiritual quotes and you truly seem like a genuinely kind person.ReplyDelete
i like the song "bad romance"and i do like this look ~ReplyDelete


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quote: You definately are forgetting that the conservative base has consistently refused to work with the current administration. There has never been any compromise on their part. That's a shame, since Republicans used to be for minimal government before they were hijacked by these wack-a-loon religious types. These new religious conservatives have no understanding of government, citizenship or the concept of the common good of this nation. We have nut jobs gutting our education over 'teach the controversy' when none exists and driving qualified people from the teaching profession by killing the pay and benefits. They clamour for the government to 'honor' the bonus contracts of the bankers that led the financial meltdown and yet call for cuts to the negotiated contracts with union workers.
quote: Obama may not have been my choice for President, but I'd be damned if I helped elect someone as ignorant as Palin into any government position. I feel sorry for him, since he's far more intelligent than Bush Junior (being likable isn't the same thing as being an intelligent leader) could ever dream to be and he's had to deal with stone-walling that was meant to harm the economy and make him un-electable in the next cycle. That one guy is not solely responsible for this economy slowly moving along... there are 435 other people involved and the public at large for electing people based on emotion and not education.
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Barbara Ellen Bice "Bobbi" Miller, 70, a resident of Jimtown, departed this earth Wednesday evening, Dec. 5, 2012, in Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown, on angel's wings to be with our Savior. She had been in declining health but death was unexpected.
She was born Friday, March 13, 1942, at Elkins, a daughter of the late Cecil Earl and Dolly Ellen Rutherford Bice.
On March 21, 1960, at Elkins, she was married to Johnny D. Miller, who survives. They had celebrated 52 years of marriage.
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Also surviving are her loving daughters, Jonnie Sue "Suzy" George of Jimtown, Sandy Arbogast and husband, Randall, of Elkins and Sherri Rowan and husband, Jim, of Winfield; and a loving son, Steve Miller and wife, Robin, of Mabie. She also had been blessed with nine grandchildren, Kristie Summerfield of Elkins, Justin George of Mabie, Andrew Arbogast of Grafton, Rachael Arbogast of Morgantown, Derek Miller of Martinsburg, Haylee and Ethan Miller, both of Mabie; Kane and Maddi Rowan, both of Winfield; and six great-grandchildren.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Preceding her in death were two sisters, Mary Louise Chapman and Lula Marie Thomas.
She was a graduate of the Coalton Twelve Year School with the class of 1960, was a homemaker and a member of Phillips Chapel Church at Jimtown. "Bobbi" was well known for her love of nature, flower gardening and her artistic ability with floral designs and decorating. She loved her family and rejoiced in spending time together with her grandchildren. Her loving touch, laughter and sense of humor will be forever a part of our lives.
The family will receive friends at Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins Saturday, Dec. 8, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. A funeral service will be conducted at the funeral home Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Stella Faye Moyer will officiate, and interment will follow in Phillips Cemetery at Jimtown.
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DESTIN, Fla. - Gladys "Tawny" Wooley, 92, of Destin, Fla., passed away in an assisted living facility on Friday, May 3, 2013.
Tawny was born in Salem, Ohio, on Dec. 19, 1920. Tawny was a resident of the local area since moving here in 1967. Tawny's love of life and her love of people made her a special friend of everyone she met, especially her adopted "sisters."
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Survivors include her son, Tod (Janet) Wooley of Pensacola, Fla.; granddaughter, Dawn Sisson; two great-grandchildren, Avery and Chase Sisson of Shalimar, Fla.; grandson, Scott Wooley of Shalimar, Fla.; grandson Thomas (Linda) Wooley of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; and two great-grandchildren, Paige and Taylor of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
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The Orange County Sheriff's Office has raised the reward in the investigation into a deadly shooting at a Chinese restaurant.
Ying Jie Sun, 53, was shot and killed on Sept. 26 at the China Wok restaurant in Pine Hills.
The restaurant has since changed its name to China Chef.
Employees said Jie Sun didn't understand the demands of the robber. Two men made off with less than $100.
"I do believe he is still in the area, and as a matter of fact, we believe that his friends are also still in the area, so we are hoping someone can come forward with information to help bring that person to justice," said Eric Debose with the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
There is now a $10,000 reward being offered for information leading to an arrest.


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on October 1, 2012 - 1:56 PM
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The Virginia man accused of killing the Clymer school superintendent has refused to waive extradition, meaning that a hearing will have to be held in Virginia before he can be returned to Chautauqua County to face a murder charge, authorities said Monday.
Anthony Robert Taglianetti II will remain in Prince William County, Va., until that hearing is conducted, Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph A. Gerace and District Attorney David W. Foley stated.
Authorities here will make an application for a governor's warrant, requesting that Virginia authorities allow their New York counterparts to bring Taglianetti back here to stand trial in the killing of Keith L. Reed Jr.
That hearing, Foley explained, would hinge on two questions: showing that there's a serious charge against Taglianetti and proving that the man being held in Virginia is the same man being charged here.
"I don't think there's much of a question here," Foley said. "I think we have enough of a basis to have him extradited."
Foley said the last such extradition case took five or six weeks to bring back the suspect.
"I think it would be within two months, if not less," he added. "That would be the outside."
Meanwhile, Chautauqua County authorities are continuing to gather evidence in their case against Taglianetti, who's charged with second-degree murder in the death of Reed, who was shot three times.
Neither Gerace nor Foley would provide any more information about the evidence or the events that led to the fatal shooting of Reed..
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YOUNGSTOWN - The owners of a Youngstown construction and excavation company were named Wednesday in a 37-count indictment charging them with conspiracy and making false statements, along with a series of tax violations.
Scott Bonamase, 47, of Streetsboro, and David Bonamase, 51, of Canfield, conspired to avoid paying more than $279,000 in taxes, according to the indictment.
They were charged with conspiracy, willful failure to collect or pay over tax, filing false tax returns and false statements to government agents in connection with their operation of A. Bonamase Contracting Inc.
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A 33-year-old Pittsburg, Calif., man suffered a two-inch cut to his forehead after being struck in the head with a bottle early Saturday morning, according to a report by a Douglas County Sheriff's deputy.The fight in front of MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa was reported 2:30 a.m. Deputies responded and found a man bleeding from the head, according to the report.The man told deputies he was hit the head by an unknown assailant for no reason, but video surveillance shows the man punching another man first. In response to being punched, the second man grabbed a bottle from a bystander, hit the man in the head and left the scene, according to the report.The man who was hit with the bottle declined medical attention at the scene and took a taxi to the hospital, according to the report.
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I think I was Noah's age- going into fourth grade (whoa that puts things into perspective.) And earlier that day I'd gone in for my allergy shot (I had to have them weekly, a guinea pig for who knows what now, I think they did more harm that good because...) and I had an allergic reaction. To my allergy shot.
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on May 11, 2013 - 11:27 PM
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The fight to Save Holy Angels Academy is on, with a small committee of parents and alumnae submitting a plan late last week that would keep the private girls school in North Buffalo open.
A written proposal – which includes raising $2.5 million in pledges by the middle of June – was introduced on Friday to the school's board of trustees and the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart, which are expected to give the "Save Holy Angels" Committee a response by early next week.
"We've already been in contact with parents, friends, alumnae from across the country and we're guardedly optimistic our proposal is going to work," said Mike Hoodmaker, one of the spokesmen for the Save Holy Angels Committee. "It's all going to depend on whether the board of trustees feels the same way we do."
The proposal, Hoodmaker said, includes raising $2.5 million to provide a cushion for next year and pay back outstanding debt, which includes roughly $600,000 the Grey Nuns took out of their retirement fund and gave to the school.
The committee is "guardedly optimistic" about raising the money, based on what people have said they are willing to do, Hoodmaker said Saturday.
The proposal also identifies new strategies for financial stability, sustaining enrollment and strengthening the curriculum and alumnae involvement, he said.
"It's not a short-term plan, it's a long-term plan," said Hoodmaker, who has two daughters that graduated from Holy Angels and two who attend currently. "It's going to take a while for us to get to where we want to be, but we're willing to fight that fight."
Officials at the 152-year-old school announced on April 30 that Holy Angels will close in June citing several factors, including declining enrollment and a major roadblock with a once-promising international program to bring in foreign students.
The news of the closing immediately brought an outpouring of support from the community, alumnae and parents of the 240 students at the private school for girls in grades six through 12.
The Save Holy Angels Committee includes Hoodmaker; Colleen Ward Bogdan, past president of the Holy Angels Alumnae Association; Kathryn Rehak Shoemaker, an alumna; and Paul Gareis and Daniel Ward, both parents of Holy Angel students.
"It wasn't just five people who said, 'This is what we're going to do,' " Hoodmaker said. "It was a lot of long, long nights crunching numbers, phone calls and listening to parents, students and alumnae."
While the committee is unsure of what the response will be to the proposal, it is grateful the board of trustees listened to ideas for saving the school.
"We don't want to see it end," Hoodmaker said, "at least not without giving it our best shot."
School officials couldn't be reached for comment late Saturday.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Are there "things that go bump in the night" at Old Santee Canal Park's Stony Landing House?
If you ask two investigators, the answer is yes.
Lots of things, in fact, according to paranormal investigators Ashley Field and Pam Nance of Spirit Hunters of the South. Fields and Nance, who spent time at the historic structure earlier this year, recently presented their findings to a crowd of more than 60 ghost enthusiasts and skeptics at the Santee Cooper headquarters in Moncks Corner. The event was sponsored by the Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center.
"This is very old property," said Field during the presentation. "The landing on the property was in use before the Revolutionary War. It provided a place to transport goods downriver to sell and purchase supplies brought upriver from Charleston."
Spirit Hunters base their study on Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), what they claim is the transmitting of the human voice over an electronic recording device, sometimes as simple as a digital recorder.
Field and Nance's recent study of the house at Old Santee Canal Park, which was built in the 1840s, showed evidence of paranormal activity dating back to before the house was built, they said.
The investigators said they encountered potential evidence of the brutality of the Revolutionary War when they may have picked up EVPs of Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton of the British Legion, also known as "Ban the Butcher" and "Bloody Tarleton" for the atrocities committed during the Carolina campaign of the Revolutionary War and his pursuit of General Francis Marion.
"While there is no documentation supporting evidence that Stony Landing House experienced any of the brutality committed by Tarleton, the EVP suggests the surrounding area did," Field said.
During the investigation, Field's voice is heard asking on the recorder, "What's wrong with this house?"
The EVP apparently replied, "They burned it," and "Help. Beat him. They beat him. They beat him to death."
According to the investigators, EVP evidence also may have depicted life in early Moncks Corner when the town served as a travel and commerce outpost on Biggun Creek, which branched off the Cooper River.
Field played an EVP, which replied to the question, "Who is the boat captain?"
After a moment's pause a whisper of a voice replied, "Benny."
A second question – "How many warehouses were there?" – elicited an EVP reply of, "Four."
Field said that she believes the EVPs described the early days of Moncks Corner when it served as a crossroads for travel and commerce between Congaree and old Charlestown. Benny was the name of a barge captain that ferried goods up from Charleston
"We speculate that warehouses or storage buildings existed near the landing but we've found no documentation substantiating this," Field said.
Field is from Savannah. She said that, since early childhood, she has been aware of spirit presence, experiencing such phenomena as lights turning on and off, the sound of footsteps in her bedroom and on the staircase, and doors opening and closing. This resulted in a desire to understand her environment and its associated paranormal activity.
"Ashley sometimes picks up on physical energies that come from the spirits," Nance said. "She got a really sharp pain in her eye while we were investigating some of the families known to have occupied Stony Landing House."
The pain could be a connection to William Ravenel, the eldest son of Dr. John Ravenel and brother to St. Julien, who was said to have suffered from seizures.
A photograph of William Ravenel shows evidence of a malformation of his right eye, possibly the result of the seizures. The investigators claim that one EVP seems to support their evidence: "Help. Husband. A fit," the recording said, followed by, "My Will. Will. Will."
In 2012 Field and Nance spent the night at Wampee House in Pinopolis and claimed to have discovered evidence of members of the Ravenel family who moved between the two plantation homes.
"We encountered an 'Edward' at Wampee," Nance said. "The connection between Stony Landing and Wampee, was St. Julien's sister Harriott Rutledge lived at Wampee. Edward would have been the baby brother of St. Julien and Harriott."
While spending the night at Wampee, staying in one upstairs room reputed to be the center of paranormal activity, the investigators said that they experienced their own paranormal phenomenon when they heard what they thought to be someone talking.
"We were in the upstairs bedroom and it sounded like the person talking was standing out in the hallway," Nance said.
Spirit Hunters hope to eventually take their paranormal investigations to television, but during the interim they conduct investigations such as the ones on Stony Landing and Wampee throughout the South.
Field said some "ghost hunting" TV shows can be misleading.
"When you see these ghost hunter shows on TV, the investigation is condensed into an hour and it's really exciting, but when you're there all night it's not always so exciting," she said.
For more information on Spirit Hunters of the South and their paranormal investigations of Wampee and Stony Landing Houses, visit www.spirithunter.us.
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A $25,000 reward is being offered for a soldier from St. Cloud who went missing in North Carolina one year ago.
Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux, 23, was last seen about 1:20 a.m. at the Froggy Bottoms bar in Fayetteville, N.C. on April 14, 2012. She was wearing a pink tube top, black shorts and flip flops.
She is 5 feet 1 inches tall, about 105 pounds, with blonde hair and brown eyes.
Her husband, Mike Bordeaux, was in Florida visiting his parents when she went missing and is not a suspect.
An employee at the bar, who is a registered sex offender and reportedly gave Bordeauxa ride home, was questioned by police but has not been called a suspect.
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Must-Have Gear: Spring/Summer
Technology is what makes product design move forward, and this season sees exceptionally big leaps in cleverness, creativity, and ever-shrinking electronics. Some examples: A carabiner that locks using magnets, a high-res video camera built into a pair of sunglasses, and a new treatment that helps down work better when it's wet.
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Sleeping Bag
Photograph courtesy Sierra Designs
Sierra Designs Zissou 15
Down is a near-perfect insulation—perfect except for the way it stops insulating once it gets wet. That's one reason synthetic sleeping bags are so popular in damp climes (we're talking to you, Olympic National Park), and it's why the new Zissou 15 sleeping bag from Sierra Designs is being heralded as the next big thing. The Zissou, as well as other Sierra Designs bags and jackets, uses an innovative new down called DriDown, in which the 600-fill down is treated with a hydrophobic coating. The result is a bag that stuffs compact, sleeps warm, and stays dry seven times longer in wet conditions than untreated down.
Get It: $259; www.sierradesigns.com
POV Camera
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Pivothead Durango
This is the future of POV cameras: Pivothead has squeezed a video recorder every bit as good as the industry standard, GoPro, into a pair of sunglasses called the Durango. Light, comfortable, and unobtrusive, the Durango makes capturing hands-free footage easier than existing systems—there's no fiddling with mounts or strange perspectives, it's simply true POV. The highest resolution is 1080p at 30 frames a second, and the Pivotheads even shoot at 720p at 60 fps for slow motion. In daylight, its videos are noise-free, there's a surprising lack of jerkiness thanks to an internal stabilizer, and the field of view is a pleasant 75 degrees rather than the fish-eye look you see so often.
Get It: $349; www.pivothead.com
Summit Backpack
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Mountain Hardwear SummitRocket 30
Summit packs are great in theory, but not always so good on your back, where their minimalism-at-all-costs approach can lead to flimsy, ill-fitting sacks. The Mountain Hardwear SummitRocket 30, however, matches a horizontally corrugated plastic frame sheet with a lightly padded back panel to protect your spine from poking and prodding and also provide a small measure of suspension. The narrow waist strap is made of mesh—there's no padding to compete with a climbing harness—and the high-wear areas are built from Dyneema, a superdurable polyethylene.
Get It: $150; www.mountainhardwear.com
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Black Diamond Magnetron Carabiners
Innovative, clever, and bloody brilliant, Black Diamond's Magnetron carabiners are a huge step forward in locking biners. By using a magnet to keep the gate locked, Magnetron eliminates the frustrations of screwgate and other locking systems. You simply pinch the tabs at the top of the gate to open it—when you let go, the magnets pull it closed tight. It's simple, foolproof, redundant (there are actually two locks), and less likely to get hampered by ice.
Get It: $25-30; www.blackdiamond.com
Shell Jacket
Photograph courtesy Outdoor Research
Outdoor Research Axiom
Outdoor Research's Axiom is the first jacket in North America to use the stretch version of new Gore-Tex Active, and it's an extremely welcome addition to the adventure oeuvre. Wet, dynamic activities like alpine climbing demand both waterproof storm protection and flexibility in the garment—and the Axiom gives both. And while Gore-Tex Active doesn't stretch as much as a soft shell, it has enough elasticity that reaching to place a piece of protection doesn't lead to the whole jacket pulling up and exposing your midriff to the elements. It weighs 13.5 ounces, has three pockets, and a large, helmet-friendly hood.
Get It: $375; www.outdoorresearch.com
Water Bottle
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CamelBak All Clear
Whether you're filling a bottle from a rusty tap in a remote village or dipping it into a backcountry stream, water purification has never been easier or simpler than with CamelBak's All Clear bottle, which has a built-in ultraviolet light to zap microbes. You fill it, turn on the light for a minute, shake the bottle to stir it up, then drink. Easy. There are no extra parts or pieces to carry, and you get 16 gallons out of each USB charge of the battery. The only downside—as with other UV purifiers—is that there's no filter, so if the water has particulates in it, you might want to strain it first.
Get It: $99; www.camelbak.com
SUP Surfboard
Photograph courtesy Global Surf Industries
GSI Coco Mat 10'2" SUP Surfboard
In one of those happy, serendipitous accidents, a Global Surf Industries engineer was riding his bike near a GSI factory in Asia when his eye fell on the legions of coconuts lying on the ground. Curiosity and inspiration struck, and after a relatively short development period, GSI had come up with a way to use the coconut husks to reinforce the strength of its surfboards—in this case the Coco Mat 10'2" SUP, which, thanks to the coconut, weighs about five pounds less than a comparable epoxy board. Its performance is just as strong—the 10'2" is an excellent all-around board for fitness, flatwater, chop, and gentle surfing. It's highly stable, reasonably fast, and ultra-forgiving. For most adventure standup paddlers, this is the only board you'll ever need. Though if surfing is more your focus, you'll want something a bit more nimble.
Get It: $1,295; www.surfindustries.com
DSL Camera
Photograph courtesy Canon
Canon 5D Mark III
The Canon 5D Mark III is one of the most anticipated DSLR cameras in years, the successor to the revolutionary 5D Mark II, which brought Hollywood-quality video to a truly affordable level for the first time. And how does the new kid compare to the legendary old? It's better in every way. There are dedicated controls for video now, a faster still-photo-shooting rate (6 frames per second), higher ISO range (up to 102,800 for extreme low-light shooting), 61-point autofocus, 63-zone metering system, and 22-megapixel sensor. Basically, Canon upgraded every system in the 5D, improved the ergonomics, and made it easier to shoot video. Oh—and they added in-camera high-dynamic-range shooting, for those hypersaturated effects you see on Flickr. A winner all the way around.
Get It: $3,499; www.canon.usa.com
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Gerber Steady Tool
In this age in which everyone's a filmmaker, anything that can make your personal videos better is a good thing indeed. The Gerber Steady Tool goes a long way toward stabilizing your camera via its miniature tripod function. There are two rubbery feet that fold out and adapt to uneven terrain, plus a threaded bolt for your camera or a suction cup to hold your smart phone camera. If you've ever tried to prop your phone on a rock for a self-portrait only to see it slide into a creek (yes, I did that), you'll understand why even a small pod like the Steady is a million times better than none at all. Oh, and the other tools—knife, wire cutters, screwdrivers, bottle opener, and needle-nose pliers—are pretty handy too.
Get It: $64; www.gerbergear.com
Weekend Backpack
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Osprey Atmos 50
One of Osprey's best loved backpacks, the Atmos 50, has been redesigned around an infinitely adjustable suspension system that lets you perfectly customize the fit and feel of this top-loading, 50-liter weekender. Even on the trail, you can quickly adapt the torso length and adjust how the load carries. The new waist belt is changeable too. There's an extra layer of foam that slides between the hips and belly button. Slide it back if you want more padding on the hip bones, forward for more cushion in front. Osprey says you can expect the three-pounder to carry up to 40 to 45 pounds comfortably, but that seems overly generous. Plan on 35 and your shoulders will thank you.
Get It: $199; www.ospreypacks.com
App Fitness System
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Wahoo iPhone System
The first couple of years in the iPhone era saw plenty of fitness apps, not many of which were all that robust. But today there is a plethora of great options, and the coolest of the bunch is the Wahoo system, which includes an app, a Bluetooth heart-monitor strap, and, for cyclists, a sturdy protective case and mounting bracket. Wahoo acts as a gateway or conduit, connecting sensors like heart monitors or power meters to dozens of third-party apps. I kept it simple and used the heart monitor and Wahoo's own app to track runs, rides, mileage, calories, etc. I set heart-rate training zones, distance goals, and more—and it was easier to set up, use, and view than any fitness watch I've used and provided even more data.
Get It: Bike Case, $120; Blue HR Heart Rate Strap, $80; www.wahoofitness.com
Urban Bike
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Focus Urban 8
Over the last year or two, I've been contemplating the ultimate urban bike, with a plan to build one from scratch. It would be durable, sporty, snappy, light, fun to ride, and powered by a belt drive to avoid grease and a dirty chain. I was ready to buy a frame and start hanging parts on it ... and then I discovered the bike already exists—and at a fraction of what it would cost to build one. The Focus Urban 8 is all of the above, plus mountain bike-style handling on fast rolling road wheels. The Gates belt drive is nearly silent (and oil free). Though at first glance it looks like a single speed, there's an internally geared rear hub that provides eight speeds and can tame the burliest hill. Stopping comes courtesy of Shimano 455 disk brakes. Indeed, the only thing wrong with the Planet is that it didn't make itself known sooner.
Get It: $1,900; www.focus-bikes.com
Solo Tent
Photograph courtesy Easton Mountain Products
Easton Kilo
This past spring, I tested half a dozen single-person shelters, and the clear winner was Easton's Kilo 1P for light weight and livability. At 1 pound, 14 ounces, it weighs more than a bivvy sack but provides infinitely more comfort thanks to 39 inches of headroom, a wide side entrance, and a vestibule large enough to stash your pack. One-man tents are by their nature small, but the Kilo wards off claustrophobia in style without laying on the ounces.
Get It: $349; www.eastonmountainproducts.com
Bugproof Jacket
Photograph courtesy Columbia
Columbia Bug Shield
As a general rule, you should always travel in bug country with someone mosquitoes find tastier than you, but on those occasions when you're the delectable one or you're running solo, the Columbia Bug Shield jacket is the ticket to keep those biting suckers off your skin. Made of lightweight airy mesh, the cover-up is treated with an EPA-approved insect repellent and, thankfully, includes a hood for extra protection. The only way it could possibly be better is if it had built-in gloves and a face shield too.
Get It: $90; www.columbia.com
Water Shoe
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Teva Fuse-Ion
Even if you never got anywhere near the water, Teva's Fuse-Ion would be worth slipping on your foot—it's every bit as comfortable as the skate sneaker it resembles—but in the water it really shines. The Fuse-Ion grips every portion of your foot equally, even when tromping through a riverbed, and the sticky rubber outsole clings to the slimiest rocks with tenacity. It's treated with ion mask waterproofing, too, which is superfluous once you've splashed through water but great if you're trying to stay dry on a damp day.
Get It: $90; www.teva.com
Messagner Bag
Photograph courtesy Rickshaw Bags
Rickshaw Reflective
Those little reflectors on your bike are nice, but they don't exactly light up the night. So unless you want to drape yourself head to toe in a reflective suit, a better option is Rickshaw Bagworks's Reflective Zero messenger bag. This soft, comfortable carryall is made entirely of reflective nylon, so when car lights flash across it glows brilliantly and says, "Hey, I'm here!" The bag, which is made to order in San Francisco, has one main compartment and two substantial pockets—one to hold a u-lock and another for a Moleskine-size notebook. Interior Velcro strips let you add accessories such as a laptop case, which costs extra.
Get It: $109; www.rickshawbagworks.com
Bike Light
Photograph courtesy Knog
Knog Blinder
Have you seen the price of bike lights lately? Yikes! A top-end torch can cost more than my first real mountain bike. Australia's very awesome Knog brand, however, has been packing a heck of a lot of value into small, cleverly designed little illuminators, and its new Blinder is a must-have for summer commuting. The Blinder features four LED bulbs that pump out 80 lumens in red or white light and a variety of shapes—your Blinder can project an arrow, circle, square, or X. It charges via USB and lasts for three hours.
Get It: $45; www.knog.com.au
Camping Lantern
Photograph courtesy Snow Peak
Snow Peak Tulip
It's so cute! But Snow Peak's Tulip lantern turns out to be a campsite workhorse too. This battery-operated light casts a broad, soft beam when sitting upright, but when turned down points a focused spot for finer work. The flexible neck bends whichever way you like, and the output is adjustable—up to 250 bright-as-day lumens. It takes three D batteries.
Get It: $150; www.snowpeak.com
Travel Bag
Photograph courtesy Gregory Mountain Products
Gregory Cache 22
The wide handle on Gregory's Cache 22 carry-on travel bag is the key to making this better than any rolling bag I've used. By extending the width all the way across the bag, the handle makes the Cache 22 more stable than any bag I've used, easier to grip, and far easier to control. And because the handle shaft telescopes at the perimeter of the Cache, rather than the middle, there's more room inside for your stuff. That's not the only example of thoughtful design, though—the nose of the bag tapers, so it fits better in the tapered constraint of an airplane overhead bin.
Get It: $299; www.gregorypacks.com
Camera Bag Insert
Photograph courtesy Crumpler
Crumpler Haven
Few accessories are as necessary as a way to protect your camera gear when you're out in the field, but most of the padded kits available are oriented toward pros and are too big, too stiff, and too heavy. Crumpler's Haven, by contrast, is small and light but still well padded. It's versatile too: The medium size is 8.6 x 8.6 x 4.7 inches and will hold a DSLR with an extra lens or a point-and-shoot and tons of extras. It's constructed of water-resistant material, and when you pull the drawstring the top cinches tight—just drop it in your backpack and go.
Get It: $50; www.crumpler.com
Expedition Tent
Photograph courtesy Eddie Bauer / First Ascent
First Ascent Katabatic
For years, The North Face VE 25 has ruled base camps on seven continents, but the reinvention of Eddie Bauer in its First Ascent line has brought a new big dome tent to the highest peaks—the First Ascent Katabatic. This first four-season expedition tent from EB went through seven iterations over three years before the company and the all-star guides (like Ed Viesturs) who develop its products felt it was right to bring to market. What they finally approved is a bombproof, wind-shedding dome with 49 square feet of floor space and near-vertical walls to make long stretches of stormbound solitaire bearable. Vestibule space adds 18 feet, and the weight for this two- to three-person shelter is a tick over ten pounds—typical for a four-season expedition tent.
Get It: $599; www.eddiebauer.com
Hiking Boot
Photograph courtesy The North Face
The North Face Havoc Mid GTX XCR
Lightweight hiking boots are often more light than boot, but The North Face Havoc Mid GTX XCR is a well-crafted blend of the two. The Vibram rubber soul is flexible enough to stick and mold to rock, yet it still provides a lot more protection than the trail runners so many folks use for hiking. A reinforced heel pocket keeps your foot locked into place, but the upper never feels rigid or uncomfortable. And speaking of comfort—this might be the most comfortable boot my narrow feet have slipped on. A perfect fit right out of the box. Some details: It's waterproof and breathable thanks to Gore-Tex XCR and it weighs 17 ounces per boot in men's size 9.
Get It: $160; www.thenorthface.com
Mountain Bike
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Trek Rumblefish
So-called 29ers are taking over your local mountain bike trails because bigger wheels give riders more leverage over bumps and technical terrain—you ride like a hero, even if you don't feel like one inside. But geometry is still important. Enter Trek's Rumblefish, which unlike a lot of full-suspension 29ers, can dice corners just as sharply as 26-inch-wheeled bikes. Credit a rear suspension that doesn't wallow midway through the shock's travel, so its five inches feels "bottomless" and snappy in situations where lesser 29ers feel tall and tippy. Bonus: Whether you spend $2,570 or as much as $4,620 for the top-line Rumblefish, all of these Treks get a custom-engineered Fox shock tuned specifically for the geometry of that particular frame.
Get It: $2,570; www.trekbikes.com
Telescoping Bike Seatpost
Photograph courtesy Crankbrothers
Kronolog Crank
Crankbrothers has a history of reinventing bike products, and the SoCal firm has done it once again, this time with a telescoping seatpost that's so smart you wonder why nobody else came up with it first. So-called "dropper seatposts" let you lower or raise your saddle on the fly, giving you more room to maneuver in dicey terrain, and the new Kronolog Crank controls that up and down with compressed air instead of the traditional hydraulics, which can leak. The benefit is twofold: air lets you set your seat height anywhere you want (hydraulics don't), and it also happens to be far lighter.
Get It: $300; www.crankbrothers.com
GPS Watch
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Suunto Ambit
Suunto's Ambit combines the accelerometer of a smart phone with the GPS of ... a GPS. So all those times other GPS-only units think you're standing still or stop recording, the Ambit will know you're still on the go thanks to the motion measured by the accelerometer. The result is much better real-time accuracy. And, yes, I was skeptical about the size of this watch, which is pretty big. But on runs and hikes I forgot about it, partly because at 78 grams it's relatively light, and when worn over bulkier clothing like a parka its big face is actually a plus because it's easier to read.
Get It: $550; www.suunto.com
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UNIVERSITY PARK - After a couple of meetings and a few phone calls, Terry Smith endured "a long weekend that seemed like it took forever," before Penn State football coach James Franklin officially extended a job offer "asking me if I was interested in coming home."
Smith practically raced to his car.
"I accepted immediately," he told a throng of reporters at Beaver Stadium on Friday after Franklin unveiled his first Nittany Lion coaching staff. "It's a rare opportunity to coach where I played. I'm tremendously excited."
So is Franklin, who has kept in touch with Smith since the latter's days as Gateway High School's head football coach and athletic director.
"I'm a guy who keeps a list [of prospective assistants]," Franklin said, "and he [Smith] was on that list a long time ago."
Franklin smiled, "We gave him an offer he couldn't refuse."
After spending 10 years at Gateway, his alma mater, Smith began his collegiate career last season by coaching the wide receivers at Temple and will now eagerly plunge into what he considers a dream job.
A standout receiver for the Lions (1988-91) - his 108 catches still rank among Penn State's all-time reception leaders - Smith will coach the defensive backs, and he will also bring a key recruiting connection with the WPIAL.
"That was very important, but it was more than that: I wanted to have somebody I was comfortable with," Franklin said. "Some guys have a presence. He [Smith] has a presence."
Gray speckles dotting his beard, Smith (44) is young enough to relate to today's players and old enough to respect Penn State's tradition, of which he is a proud part.
He's the only former Lion on the staff as Franklin brought seven of his nine assistants from Vanderbilt.
"It's great to have Terry back here," said Wally Richardson, the head of the PSU Lettermen's Club and a member of the search committee that delivered Franklin. "It's a good fit for everybody. He's a well established coach in Pennsylvania and has a great deal of respect."
Smith said recruiting territories haven't been etched in stone, but he anticipates he'll be handling "all or most of" the Pittsburgh area.
"I would think it would make sense for me to go out there with my connections of growing up there," he said. "We've lost some ground there, and there are guys each year going to other Big Ten schools or ACC schools. We want to go back to Western PA and get the guys we want. [Former Lion assistant] Tom Bradley had it locked up really well, and I have some big shoes to fill, but I look forward to the challenge, and hopefully we can get the four-five-six kids each year from there who deserve to be at Penn State."
Smith has stayed close with the program over the years. His stepson, Justin King (along with Derrick Williams), led a rescue from the dark years (2000-04), and, at Bill O'Brien's invitation, Smith was part of a panel of past players who helped keep the roster together following the NCAA sanctions two years ago.
Still, when he walked back into the Lasch Building earlier this week - "I almost forgot how nice it is here," he said - and he could not help but think of Joe Paterno.
"When I played here, I was scared of Coach Paterno. I'm wondering if a shadow might pop up," he said, grinning. "You feel his presence. He built this place. He's the man that made Penn State what Penn State is, and we have to acknowledge that."
It was Paterno's advocacy that helped make Smith the first African-American head football coach and athletic director at the Quad-A level in WPIAL history.
"Joe Paterno was instrumental in my life," Smith said. "He recommended me for both positions. He called the administration at Gateway on both occasions."
Smith sees Penn State "still in the process of healing" from the Sandusky scandal, and he feels strongly of the role football can serve.
"Over the course of history, Penn State football helped build this university and build the mystique of Penn State," he said. "When I was a high school coach, I was a big teacher of history - where you come from. Here at Penn State, we obviously have a lot of history and a proud tradition. I help to represent that history."
Beginning today, he'll start adding a new future to that history, and it's difficult to imagine that James Franklin could have made a better choice.
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LEWISTOWN -Two local marching band directors-Phil Wysocki and Mark Baylor - will be among those particpating in the Sept. 21 All County Band Reunion, which is bringing together former band members from all over the county to play again and leave a legacy for the musicians of the future.
Registration is due on Friday for the reunion, scheduled for Sept. 21, during the Mifflin County Huskies Homecoming Game.
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Lewistown High School musicians are photographed one hot September afternoon on Mitchell Field as the band rehearsed for the half-time show in fall 1953. Students are Freda Stade, Jim Beckwith and Lantz Hoffman.
Student director Ray Goss is photographed after a pep rally at Lewistown High School in 1951.
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Palmer 'Prof' Mitchell eats lunch with his son, Eugene Mitchell, in the Lewistown High School band room during the 1947-48 school year. Mitchell died in October 1948 and the entire LHS band went to his funeral in Beaver Springs. Mitchell Field is named after him.
Anyone who has ever played in a marching or concert band in Mifflin County is invited to attend. Band front members are also encouraged to sign up. Band members from other school districts are welcome as long as they are currently living in Mifflin County.
A $20 fee entitles reunion members to a limited edition T-shirt designed by Jessica Goss. All additional proceeds will be donated to the Mifflin County High School Band for items not covered by this year's school budget.
Music is now available to download from the Mifflin County School District website (click on Alumni Events) as is the registration form.
Baylor teaches music in the Mifflin County Middle School. He is the former band director at Kish and Lewistown Area high schools, and also taught at several elementary schools throughout the district.
He started playing piano at the age of 5. He also learned how to play the trumpet, string bass and trombone for a variety of school bands and orchestras. He has played keyboards, saxophone and flute in many local rock and roll and country bands in the area.
In addition to being a musician, Baylor has an interest in local history and relates some information about the legacy of bands in the county.
Palmer Mitchell was the first band director in Mifflin County, Baylor said. He appeared in a Lewistown High School year book in 1922 as orchestra director. The next year he was listed as orchestra and band director. He was known as "Prof Mitchell." Mitchell field is named after him. As far as anyone knows, it's the only football field in the country named after a band director, Baylor said.
Elliot Treese was the first band director in the Reedsville area, having started the first band at Reedsville High School, Baylor said.
Practice was held in the basement of the Reedsville Bank building (the small, very old red brick building). He retired to start and run Treese's Music Store in Holidaysburg.
At one time Reedsville, Milroy and Belleville all had their own marching bands, Baylor said.
Reedsville and Milroy merged to form Armagh Brown High School. Shortly after that merger an addition was added to the building and Belleville High School was brought in to form Kishacoquillas.
There wasn't time for new uniforms, so the students marched in at least one parade wearing the three different uniforms, Baylor said.
"I was told that the band was huge and everyone was very proud of their band and their new school," he said.
Yeagertown High School (formerly Derry Elementary) used to have a very large band under the direction of Hans Ubersieder. Yeagertown merged with Burnham High School to form Chief Logan. Ubersieder left the area and the band director at the brand new Chief Logan High School was Bill Check.
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The event also has a Facebook page - Mifflin County Marching Band Alumni Reunion. Alumni are encouraged to post scanned photos from their days in high school band.
Wysocki is the former band director at Chief Logan, Strodes Mills elementary and middle schools. He also taught at other elementary schools in the district. Though retired, he still plays clarinet, alto and tenor sax in three different bands.
Wysocki said, "Learning to play an instrument teaches self discipline. Regular daily practice is a must. It teaches problem solving. Mastering a large piece happens when a student works out the smaller problems one at a time. Most of all, music is a lifetime activity which can continue to educate and entertain well into one's older years."


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12 Activities I Can't Wait to Do With My Kids This SummerDevan McGuinness
This week has been amazing as far as the weather goes. Finally, the cold air is leaving and we're left with amazing sunshine and heat that doesn't require layers and layers of clothes. I have so many activities for the kids that I have been waiting to do when the weather strikes right — and it is finally here!
My kids are now at that age where they can all do the same thing. Last year, Bean was only 3-years-old and she had some trouble keeping up with what Speed and Raru wanted to do. I would have to be right in there with her, trying to make whatever thing they were doing work for her. It wasn't always easy.
Now that they're all at a good age and Bean has been able to keep up with the older two, there are more activities that seem far more possible to actually enjoy this summer. Instead of fights breaking out because someone is feeling left out or the older kids being bored while we did a Bean-appropriate activity, I think this summer will be just perfect — and I can't wait.
12 Summer Memories to Make With Your Kids 1 of 13
I am looking forward to the warmer weather bringing us the opportunity to make these activities a part of our memory.
Dinner Picnics 2 of 13
Dinnertime is always loud around here and at times it can feel overwhelming. In the summer, we take dinner outside to the lawn and eat picnic-style. The kids can be louder since we're outside and the fresh air just does a body good.
Make New Friends 3 of 13
The neighborhood comes out in the summer weather and we get to meet the new kids on the block. My kids have a lot of fun times with the kids they are just meeting or reuniting with after the winter.
Play in the Dirt 4 of 13
I love to get my hands dirty and in the summer, we can relive what I did in childhood, make fun scenes out of the dirt and mud. I would spend hours outside with my imagination and some dirt and I'm excited to watch my kids do the same.
Hopscotch and Sidewalk Art 5 of 13
There is something about chalk that just attracts my kids. They love it so much, I have a wall in my livingroom dedicated to their chalk drawings. In the summer, we get to take that outside and decorate the sidewalk and make a fun game out of hopscotch.
Fly a Kite 6 of 13
I haven't yet done this with my kids and I am putting this on our summer to-do list. I am looking forward to watching them fly the kite and enjoying watching it float in the air. It's calming and can be a lot of fun.
Burn Energy at the Playground 7 of 13
My kids sleep so much better in the summer when we can spend a lot of time running and screaming outside. We have a community playground quite close to us and they love to burn their daily energy running, sliding and they sleep much better afterwards.
Re-Try Swim Lessons 8 of 13
2 years ago I enrolled Speed and Raru into swim lessons. It didn't go very well and we quickly had to get out of the program. I am hoping that this year we will be able to get them more interested in learning how to swim safely. It's important in my book.
Bike Riding and Scooter Riding 9 of 13
My kids haven't really shown much interest in learning how to ride a bike. For Speed's birthday we got him one of those scooter things and I am looking forward to teaching the girls how to ride a bike while Speed scoots along side us.
Go Camping 10 of 13
I don't know if we're going to go like for-real camping, but we hope to at least try sleeping in the tent in the backyard. This summer with the kids being a bit older, I think they will be more open to trying that out. We will see.
Plant a Garden 11 of 13
My kids have been showing so much interest in the earth and growing plants and where fruits and vegetables come from. I am looking forward to being able to show the whole process -- start to finish -- with my kids.
Skip Rope 12 of 13
It was one of my favorite ways to spend the summer -- skipping rope! I look forward to doing it again with my kids and hopefully we can make it to the super exciting, double dutch stuff.
Go To The Beach 13 of 13
We went last year for the first time as a family and while Bean was still young (and she unfortunately was sick too), we still had a good time. I know that this year, since we're all older and hopefully will all be feeling well -- it's going to be an even better time!
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To help prevent electronics from ending up in landfills, there have been many recycling events held around the U.S. that are sponsored by electronics makers and are sometimes sponsored by companies who plan to recycle the products for their plastics, glass, and precious metals.
USA Today reports that activists are warning that items collected at free electronic recycling events are often ending up in salvage yards in developing nations. Barbara Kyle, national coordinator for the Electronics TakeBack Coalition says, "If nobody is paying (the collectors) to take this stuff, especially if they're getting a lot of televisions, then they are very likely exporting because that's how they make the economics work."
The fear activists have is that the electronics that end up in developing nations will be recycled by laborers who will be exposed to toxic substances and where the toxic substances could leech into the ground water. The laborers who harvest the electronics are only paid dollars per day according to activists.
Don't feel bad for receiving free recycling services though. The companies recycling the obsolete electronics are not doing it out of the kindness of their hearts or to make the world a better place -- it's done for profits.
Most of the companies offering free recycling are mining the products for precious metals like gold and silver. Some electronics recycling firms mine more gold form e-waste like cell phones than is produced from a gold mine.
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quote: If we dig up some lead, slap it on a circuit board, and that board winds up in a landfill, the earth is right back where it started. Net change: zero.
quote: A problem caused by pudding-headed environmentalists, who refuse to let us deal with those electronics here at home. So they're instead shipped overseas, to be recycled under dangerous conditions.
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I have an impression that Gracie Gold skates well when she has nothing to loose. After her disaster in Canada she had nothing to loose and skated clean, tomorrow is another story. It's too early to say anything about her consistency and/or fighting spirit.
As for Adelina, I don't think her problem today was her nerves. She singled that flip second time in a raw, I think she doesn't feel comfortable with it somehow. TAT said she needs to change the entrance to that jump, I guess she is right. And she is only 16, it's her first full senior season, she is still growing after all. Just give her some rest, I'm sure with more experience she will get it together and finally skate to her ability
Sotnikova either needs to scrap the 3F or study the video of her SP to see where exactly she lost it. The fact that she doesn't know what happened makes me think that there's some tiny technical error that her coach should be able to identify, but if it happens again, it would be much less of a risk to replace it with something else.
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I didn't think sotnikova would ever get as bad as she was today. She is on a fast downward spiral that needs to be stopped. Total career intervention needs to happen to find out what is going on.
She adores her coach...And believes, trusts her decisions her completely.=(
she just cannot atm, Im afraid she will embarass herself if she goes to the Olympics
my money is on Liza and Julia, they are fighters
The only one who's good enough for the Olympics so far is Julia, Liza didn't even medal yet and Adelina just keeps skating sloppy and all.Nevertheless Julia is still 14, i highly doubt she will perform that great next year considering what happened to Liza this year.


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Durango is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2010.
Now the Demons have a chance to prove they�re more than just happy to be here.
The Durango High School girls basketball team locked up its first postseason berth since advancing to the second round in Class 5A three seasons ago with a fifth-place finish at districts last weekend. And for their effort, the Demons (13-9) earned the No. 10 seed in the Carol Callan Region of the Class 4A playoffs and will visit No. 7 Pueblo East (13-10) on Tuesday at a time to be determined.
With a victory, Durango would travel to meet a more familiar foe, No. 2 Montrose, on Friday.
�Hopefully we will win,� DHS head coach Nancy Smith said. �It�d be nice to get a third shot at them.�
The Eagles enter Tuesday�s contest averaging 46.7 points per game, led by junior Kelsey Laughlin and her 16.1 points per game, while freshman Jailen Minich scores an average of 14.1 per contest.
�It seems like some of the teams in the other conferences have higher-scoring games,� Smith said. �I guess we saw that some with some of the Western Slope (League) opponents that we saw.�
Durango, meanwhile, hangs its hat on the defensive end of the floor, and Smith said she�s hoping that the Eagles� lack of familiarity with Durango�s high-pressure defense will cause problems for the home team.
�That is what we rely heavy on is a strong defensive performance, and I hope seeing a different defense will cause confusion and make it hard even for them to get into their half-court offense,� she said. �That�s our goal is to cause confusion, and therefore cause turnovers and bad shots.�
The Demons had a couple of strong offensive performances of their own in two district victories. They scored 54 points in an overtime win over Steamboat Springs, led by 26 from senior Molly Barnes. And they poured in 44 in a win over Palisade, buoyed by 15 points and 13 rebounds by junior forward Emily McCue and 11 points from Barnes.
What Smith is most encouraged by is Durango�s improvement from the beginning of the year. It�s an improvement that helped the Demons win eight more games than last season.
�We�ve had a lot of growth through the season, so I hope Pueblo East gets scouting from people we played at the beginning of the season, because we�ve come a long way,� Smith said with a laugh.
It�s the first postseason appearance for Smith as DHS head coach and the first for the Demons since their current seniors were freshmen. Despite this, the Durango bench boss has confidence that last weekend�s district tournament helped prepare the Demons for what to expect when the playoffs begin.
�I think this district tournament did a lot to prepare us for this,� she said. �Traveling, being away, meeting tough, strong compeititon we don�t really know much about. The seniors the last few games of the district tournament did a marvelous job of stepping up and leading.�
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WASHINGTON – A broad reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act is set to become law, now that the House on Thursday approved a measure that includes controversial protections for Native Americans and gays that many Republicans opposed.
The bill's passage is good news to groups such as Catholic Charities of Buffalo that depend on funding from the bill to support their programs that deal with domestic violence, and to the Seneca Nation of Indians, which will gain the right under the law to prosecute white men who abuse Native American women on tribal land.
Given that the Senate passed the bill earlier in the month, House passage means the measure now moves on to President Obama, who said he plans on "signing it into law as soon as it hits my desk."
An unusual coalition of 286 members – 199 Democrats and 87 Republicans – pushed the bill to passage in the GOP-controlled House. A total of 138 members, all Republicans, voted no.
All of Western New York's House members supported passage of the measure, including Reps. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, and Tom Reed, R-Corning, although Reed missed the votes on the measure because he was ill Thursday.
"Helping to protect women from violence should not be a matter of debate in Washington," said Collins, who announced his support for the broad measure earlier in the week.
The bill provides funding for training for law enforcement, as well as for social service organizations that run programs to combat domestic violence.
"What I don't think people understand is the support this law provides to the police, the prosecutors and the courts to handle domestic violence, sexual assaults and stalking," Mary Ann C. Deibel-Braun, victims services coordinator for Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Buffalo, said earlier this month.
What's more, the law passed Thursday covers all victims of domestic violence, including those in same-sex relationships and immigrants without citizenship or a green card.
"All victims, including Native American and immigrant women, will receive the full protections that they were always meant to receive under this law," said Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, D-Fairport, an original sponsor of the law when Congress first approved it in 1994.
Still, many Republicans opposed explicitly saying that gays are covered in the bill, as well as the provision that will allow tribal courts to prosecute non-Indians.
A stalemate over those issues meant that the bill, which had been renewed by huge bipartisan majorities for years, expired in 2011 – a fact Democrats used as evidence in last year's campaigns that Republicans were waging a "war on women."
And the measure passed Thursday only because House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, allowed it to come to the floor despite the opposition of most of the Republican caucus.
The House voted first on a narrower version of the bill pushed by Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. That version, which didn't mention gays and watered down the protections for Native American women, failed by a vote of 257 to 166.
Native Americans and their allies pushed strongly to include the language bolstering tribal courts, saying justice would be undone without it.
"There are no current consequences for non-Native perpetrators of attacks on Native American women," Lesley Farrell, social services commissioner for the Seneca Nation of Indians, said earlier this month. "I don't have the exact statistics, but it happens on all Indian territories."
Nevertheless, conservative Republicans worried that the provision bolstering tribal courts may be unconstitutional and that the entire law is an unnecessary federal intrusion in what they think should be a state and local matter.
"What concerns us most is VAWA includes no provisions for financial oversight, views violence more through an ideological lens than a practical one, erodes constitutional rights of the accused and perpetuates the idea that society is hostile to women," said Charlotte Hays, director of cultural programs at the Independent Women's Forum, a conservative group.
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