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Most area basketball teams have not been able to take the court since the middle of last week, and further delays could take place today with Monday's additional snow accumulation.
Basketball is not the lone sport plagued by the weather, as the Big 10 Conference championships in both wrestling and swimming were postponed over the weekend.
The swimming championships are scheduled to be held at 6 p.m. today at Fairmont State, weather permitting.
The wrestling event will now take place at Lewis County on Wednesday and Thursday with weigh-ins starting at 3:30 p.m. and matches taking place at 5 p.m.
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WHO'S RANKED?: This week's AP boys' basketball poll has Tucker County and Tygarts Valley ranked third and ninth, respectively, in Class A.
In the girls' poll, Tucker County is fifth, Pocahontas County sixth and Tygarts Valley is tied for 10th.
Tucker County was slated to entertain Pocahontas County Monday night in a Potomac Valley Conference showdown, but the game has been postponed until Thursday.
IN LIMBO: The Big 10 Conference basketball races remain in limbo due to the many postponements over the past week.
Preston currently tops the boys' standings with an 8-0 league record, followed by Fairmont Senior (11-1) and Robert C. Byrd (9-2).
Bridgeport has all but locked up the girls' regular-season title with a 14-0 record in league play. Preston is second at 7-1, while Robert C. Byrd is third at 11-3.

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Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin; Little, Brown & Co., 288 pages ($17.99) Ages 8 to 12.
Author-illustrator Grace Lin offers an enchanting tale, rich in humor and wisdom and the possibility of transformation, in this companion novel to her Newbery Honor Book, "When the Mountain Meets the Moon." Lin, who lives in Somerville, Mass., said she had long resisted her parents' efforts to teach her about her heritage until her travels to Taiwan, China and Hong Kong awakened her interest in the evolution of the traditional Chinese folktales she had heard as a child. This is the story of Rendi, a boy who arrived at a remote village as a stowaway in a merchant's wine cart and is given a job as a chore boy at the local inn. Rendi, whose unhappiness is clear to all around him, is the only one in the village who notices the moon is missing from the sky. There are other problems as well: The village's mountain was transformed into an endless stone pancake, the innkeeper's son is gone, Master Chao and his neighbor, the Widow Yan, are always arguing. Then a mysterious woman with a gift for storytelling, arrives and her stories, and the stories she draws from others at the inn, seem to have some sort of magical healing power. Lin does a masterful job grounding her story in a vivid reality, a reality that at the same time is full of mystical possibilities. Her full-page color illustrations done in traditional Chinese style are lovely.
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Winnie Parker is a 38-year-old single mother who split from her wealthy game show host husband some years ago. During a morning of wrestling with the moods of her 16-year-old daughter, Parker is abducted by Oren, the caretaker of the exotic pet in question.
Though at its root a hostage thriller – and a pretty tense one at that – the power of Wagman's book lies in the details. Winnie's kidnapping comes early, with an unsettling banality that's too easy to imagine for anyone who has been too caught up in their day-to-day to be careful, and Wagman does a terrific job in tracking Winnie's shift from confusion to terror as she understands the gravity of her situation.
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The Wyoming County Republican Party remains in turmoil this week following a raucous Friday evening meeting that produced an overwhelming vote of no confidence in Chairman Gordon M. Brown.
The meeting, held at the Warsaw Fire Department, also resulted in a separate vote with similar totals (about 67 to 33 percent) asking Brown to resign. But the chairman refused and said he fully intends to serve out his term through September.
Brown said Monday the situation reflects residual controversy over his failure to support Republican David J. DiPietro for the Assembly seat of the retiring Daniel J. Burling through the 2012 election cycle.
"I did nothing [for DiPietro] because I do not care for Mr. DiPietro," Brown said Monday about his support for primary candidate David Mariacher. "That's really what it's all about."
DiPietro was eventually elected to the Assembly after winning a crowded September primary and the November general election. He did not return a phone call for comment on Monday.
The chairman characterized the special meeting as a "whine and complain" session, acknowledging the strong votes against him by the majority of the 41 committee members attending. But he emphasized that he was elected to serve his entire term, adding that he is unsure of his plans afterward.
"They felt I was not doing a good job based on my opposition to Mr. DiPietro," Brown said, pointing at 2010 GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl P. Paladino – a DiPietro ally – as having fomented the action.
"He circulated emails about running me out of Wyoming County and that I should go back to being a pig farmer," he said. "I'm sure that spurred on Mr. DiPietro."
Paladino acknowledged his approval of the vote during a Monday conversation with The Buffalo News.
"In my opinion, this is what should be done in other counties throughout the State of New York," he said. "Guys like Brown have to go, and DiPietro will be there for Wyoming County."
He said Brown and other county chairmen who are "RINO" (Republican in name only), are holding back the party throughout the state. Paladino supported the former East Aurora mayor for the Assembly last year after backing DiPietro opponent James P. Domagalski – then Erie County GOP chairman during the 2010 gubernatorial campaign – for State Senate two years earlier.
Michelle McCulloch, a committeewoman from Attica, said she read several pages of complaints at the Warsaw meeting aimed at Brown's alleged lack of leadership during the recent campaign.
"Over the last year, the committee has had to deal with several issues that were not in the best interests of the party or Wyoming County," she said. "We wanted to discuss them openly."
McCulloch also found herself at the center of the party squabbles last year when she filed an ethics complaint against her former employer – State Sen. Michael H. Ranzenhofer, R-Amherst. She said Ranzenhofer fired her because she supported DiPietro ally David Bellavia in the Republican congressional primary against Chris Collins – the eventual winner of the primary and general elections.
She said Monday that Albany ethics officials rejected her complaint because it had no standing against a legislative official like Ranzenhofer.
Jane Stephens, vice chairwoman of the Wyoming County party, was among those supporting Brown.
"Some of the people were a bit dissatisfied with the way the election was handled this year," she said. "But Gordon has been a good chairman. He spent a lot of time and a lot of his own money to be county chairman."
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INWOOD - An online video shows 19-year-old Tiffany Shaffer filling a syringe with some kind of liquid in the bowl of a spoon. Tiffany then injects the fluid into her arm. "Bam," she whispers.
Tiffany is not injecting any kind of prescribed medication. She is shooting up heroin. The footage is part of a trailer for A&E's television show, "Intervention."
Tina Holley, Tiffany's mother, emailed the show last year after Tiffany's third overdose.
"I had no clue they'd ever call me back," Holley said. "They said she was one of the worst ones."
The show gets involved in the worst situations, Holley said. Those who reach out must take a video of the person of concern, two family members and two friends in order to prove their need.
Holley found out Tiffany was using heroin two years ago. She said there were signs Tiffany was using.
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"I kicked her out right away," Holley said, but Tiffany would come back off and on for the next two years.
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Filming revealed much more about Tiffany's addiction than Holley ever knew, including Tiffany's childhood trauma. Holley also struggled with her inability to help her daughter.
"I'm a nurse and I'm supposed to fix people," Holley said. "I couldn't fix my own daughter, so that was hard."
Watching Tiffany's intervention also helped Holley to change her perspective on those struggling with addiction.
"I used to look at them like they were a piece of trash," Holley said. "I look at them now and I feel sorry for them because there's a reason they did it."
Holley said she hopes Tiffany's episode will raise awareness about illicit drug use in the area. Holley said there are not many resources readily available for those with addictions. Tiffany received no rehabilitative treatment while in jail.
"If they would spend money on getting these people rehabilitated, it would bring crime down," Holley said. "Hopefully somebody can do something different. It's just not working."
Tiffany is now is her sixth month of rehabilitation in Arizona. Holley said she has changed completely.
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A gambling casino in downtown Chicago (either land-based or in Lake Michigan) is thisclose to becoming reality. Such an establishment will likely put all other Midwestern casinos out of business.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had a rare meeting Friday at the Argonne National Laboratory (where the atomic bomb was first developed). The stated purpose of the meeting was to discuss who will head up a federal project to develop batteries at Argonne with more storage capacity. During the question period, inquiring reporters wanted to know the status of the casino talks.
Earlier this year, Quinn, who has an almost Calvinistic sense of morality, vetoed a surefire winning and popular bill to build five new Illinois casinos, with the largest, fanciest and, of course, most profitable one to sit right in the heart of Chicago's famed Loop. Quinn's veto was based on his ethical misgivings about the well-documented evils of such an establishment. Unfortunately for Chicago, the Illinois legislature could not muster enough votes to override Quinn's veto.
This time around, though, things are a bit different. The mayor of Chicago has offered his rather guarded support for gambling downtown.
"I'm optimistic by the ninth of January that we can come up with a bill that meets all of our criteria," Quinn said Friday. "The mayor and I are very close on the issue of strong regulation and ethics, and making sure the money goes to schools and infrastructure."
Mayor Emanuel would not go that far: "But remember," he said, "this has been 25 years in the making. But that said, as it relates to what the governor noted, some of the issues, on oversight and the type of issues like that, we're in alignment. And I know from our meeting the governor agrees a hundred percent of the money should go into modernizing our schools."
The mayor also expressed optimism that a Chicago casino bill would pass in the legislature. "I believe that we are very close."
The Illinois General Assembly's last day of business is Jan. 9. Thus, as "lame duck" legislators, they are more likely to be bold and daring in prosecuting the people's business. They will be in session a week before the new legislature is sworn in.
John Cullerton (D-Chicago) said through a spokeswoman that gambling in Chicago is not necessary "very close."
"Until there is an agreement with the governor," Rikeesha Phelon said in an email, "I'd be hesitant to characterize anything as 'movement.'"
Rep. Lou Lang, the House point man on gambling, said the governor "would do well to negotiate with members of the legislature."
"I haven't seen it yet," said Lang, (D-Skokie). "If it's a full agreement and it covers everybody, I will be happy to support it, but we'll have to see."
Yes, as Chicago is the commercial, intellectual and entertainment heart of the Midwest, a gambling casino would bring 'em in from all around. Currently, there are literally dozens of water-based casinos all around Chicago—from its neighbors to the west and east, Wisconsin and Indiana, respectively, various rivers (including the Mississippi), all the way up to Minnesota. A single casino in Chicago would virtually shut them all down. As it stands now, thousands of Chicagoans trek every week to those faraway places to gamble.
But none of those other casinos in the Midwest offers the pizzazz, panache, or excitement that good old Chicago does. Yes, that includes its reputation as a rough-and-tumble kind of town, dangerous even, mysterious always. It's the place you go when you don't want to be found, or to find whatever your heart desires.
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In his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama announced the formation of a "nonpartisan commission to improve the voting experience in America." As a nation, we are "betraying our ideals" when any American is forced to "wait for five, six, seven hours just to cast their ballot," the president said.
In support of his proposed commission, he pointed to the story of Desiline Victor, a 102-year-old Floridian who waited in line for three hours to cast a 2012 presidential ballot. Victor was seated in the House chamber, and after being recognized by the president, she received a rousing ovation from most of the assembled crowd. Few Republicans, however, saw fit to salute her dogged determination and triumph in exercising her right to vote.
Victor's story was certainly moving, touching and inspiring. And the president was right to highlight this centenarian's difficulties in casting her ballot.
But there are several problems with the president's would-be commission, to wit:
Two federal bipartisan election commissions already exist. The US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established in 2002 by the Help America Vote Act. That law charged the commission to find and implement the "best practices" in election administration for all 50 states. It was a response to the 2000 election debacle.
But, the EAC exists in name only. It was to be composed of four commissioners appointed by the president. Yet, under both Republican and Democratic presidents, all four seats have remained empty to this day. Moreover, the two top "government service" (GS) positions on the EAC -- the general counsel and the staff director -- have also gone unfilled.
Yet another "election reform commission" was established in 2005. That one was called the Baker–Carter Commission, headed by former Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.) and former President Jimmy Carter. Its findings, however, have been largely ignored, again by both Republican and Democratic presidents, including Obama.
Wendy Weiser is director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. She has said that resuscitating the EAC will restore its only purpose: protecting the right to vote.
"There's a federal agency that's actually supposed to be providing administrative support to state elections officials, and funding," Weiser told The Huffington Post.
So, puzzle me this: Why set up a brand new election commission when the two formed years ago sit idle? They are not idle because there is no work for them to do, but because no president has bothered to staff them.
As to Obama's current proposal, conservatives have trotted out their usual shibboleths. A cardinal rule for them is that voting is always best left to the states. Obama's commission, they fear, will intrude upon their blood oath to uphold and protect "state's rights."
"I do not support the president's proposal to appoint yet another national commission to study solutions to the problem of long lines at polling places that seems to be confined to very few states," Rep. Candice S. Miller (R-Mich.) said in a statement, adding that she is opposed to national mandates.
Hans von Spakovsky, who served in the George W. Bush administration as a Justice Department official and a member of the Federal Election Commission and is now a fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, criticized Obama's commission in a blog post. There he minimized any voting problems that occurred on Election Day. He cited something called a US Election Assistance Commission report, for example, which said that the average waiting time nationally for voters in the 2012 election was only 14 minutes.
But for Spakovsky, state's rights are only secondary. His fear is that "election reform" really means more votes for Democrats.
"Obama's commission may just be a stalking horse to implement liberals' latest partisan fantasies of automatic and election day voter registration — so-called reforms that will stifle real improvements and endanger the integrity of our elections," he wrote.
Likewise, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said in an interview with CNSNews.com that Obama was playing political games.
"When the president talks about voting, he is focused on partisan advantage for the Democratic Party," Cruz said. "His Justice Department tragically has been the most partisan Justice Department this country has seen. They have repeatedly fought common-sense voter integrity policies like voter ID that serve, as the US Supreme Court has said, to protect and ensure the integrity of our democratic system."
Many voting rights advocates, however, argue that the president's proposed commission, though a good idea, simply does not go far enough. It does not address what they deem as a systemic and democracy-killing problem.
"Setting up a commission is not a bold step; it is business as usual," said Elisabeth MacNamara, president of the League of Women Voters. The president could have done much better by pointing to real solutions, like that in legislation already introduced on Capitol Hill to require early voting, set limits on waiting times, provide for portable voter registration and set up secure online voter registration."
The main problem with Obama's proposed commission is whom Obama has appointed to lead it. It will have two chairmen, one Democrat, one Republican. The Democrat is Obama's former White House counsel, Bob Bauer. The Republican? Benjamin Ginsberg, a top-tier lawyer for the Republican Party who helped rig the 2000 recount efforts in Florida, which ultimately gave us eight long years of George W. Bush. Ginsberg was also Mitt Romney's main go-to lawyer during his ill-fated campaign for the presidency.
Why does Obama constantly do this? Surely he knows Ginsberg's background. The answer is that Obama believes that "bipartisanship" means sitting down with your sworn enemy and somehow "charming" him into not killing you.
Thus, as currently constituted, this commission will do little or nothing to remedy the real problems involved in voting in this nation-state. Instead it will focus on Election Day-tinkering rather than "reform" of the entire election process.


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LOCKPORT – In an odd legal circumstance, Philip D. Buffone, former vice president of the United Way of Niagara, admitted to a probation violation Wednesday, but was then returned to probation for two more years and told he didn't have to attend sex offender counseling anymore.
Buffone, 52, of the Town of Niagara, was ordered into that counseling a year ago by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr., after Buffone pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized use of a computer.
He had been charged with downloading child pornography onto a United Way computer in 2010, but he denied that and offered alibis for the times of the alleged downloads. The material was discovered after Buffone was fired for other reasons.
Assistant District Attorney Robert A. Zucco said the probation violation stemmed from a roadblock in the counseling. "He got to the point where they asked him to admit he downloaded child pornography, and he wouldn't do it," Zucco said, "so they removed him from the program."


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SILVER CREEK – A near-capacity crowd came out on a snowy night to see the boys basketball team that is ranked second in The News small school poll and second in the state Class C poll.
And the Silver Creek Black Knights showed why they have reached those lofty rankings.
Silver Creek continued its undefeated season with a 66-40 CCAA II victory over Randolph on Friday night, one in which the Black Knights displayed the team basketball that has pushed them to a 17-0 record with one regular-season game to go.
Five-foot-9 senior guard Steve Marcey scored 20 points as all five starting Black Knights finished in double figures. Five-foot-10 senior Kaine Kettle had 13, 6-7 sophomore Bill Brooks had 12, 6-2 senior Zed Williams had 11 and 6-foot sophomore Brennan White had 10 as Silver Creek finished off a 12-0 CCAA II season.
"If you move the ball up the court and don't let it hit the ground, and just be unselfish, if you come together the way these kids come together and care about each other, it looks great," Silver Creek coach Rob Genco said.
"The final product looks like it did tonight."
"That's the way we play — we move the ball around and don't care who scores and we're unselfish," Marcey said. "It's pretty cool."
Silver Creek is a unanimous No. 2 in The News small school poll (90 points), behind unanimous No. 1 Olean (100 points). It is also ranked second in the New York State Sportswriters Association Class C poll behind Pine Plains of Section IX (Orange, Sullivan, Ulster counties).
In the teams' first meeting, Silver Creek overcame a tremendous performance by sophomore Bryce Morrison of Randolph (12-6, 7-4), who had nine threes during a 39-point night, as the Black Knights prevailed, 86-79.
Williams tried to pay attention to Morrison's every move on the defensive end, and the Black Knights did an excellent job sharing the ball on offense.
After the first quarter in which Brooks (15 rebounds) had three of his four blocks, Silver Creek had a 14-10 lead.
After Morrison hit a deep three with Williams just a step away to put Randolph up, 15-14, early in the second, Silver Creek opened it up thanks to long-range shooting and great sharing of the ball.
Williams (eight rebounds, seven assists) twice fired on-target skip passes through the zone defense for open threes, one by Marcey (which became a four-point play for a 23-15 lead as he was hit on the release), and one by White (to make it 26-15).
Marcey (five three-pointers and five assists) swished another three from the top of the key after a well-run, well-spaced set by Silver Creek.
Soon after, the Black Knights turned a Randolph miss into some showtime, as Marcey delivered a behind-the-back pass to White, who finished a layup very nicely for a 37-17 lead.
Randolph drew to within 48-36 after three quarters, but Silver Creek soon pushed the lead back to 20 and beyond as it started the fourth with a 7-0 run.
After two Williams free throws, White hit a three-pointer and Kettle finished a break nicely by taking it straight down the lane for a 55-36 lead that would only grow from there.
"That's a state championship football team," Genco said of Randolph, "and those guys come to compete. It's a credit to our guys and their character to battle back and keep us in a comfortable lead."
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Nov. 11, 1921 – March 15, 2013
Joseph Varga, a retired colonel in the Army Reserve and beloved educator in the Ken-Ton School District known as "Bow Tie Joe," died March 13 in McAuley Residence, Town of Tonawanda. He was 91.
Born in Buffalo, Mr. Varga was a graduate of McKinley High School, where he was class president. He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial arts education from Buffalo State Teachers College in 1943 and a master's degree in public education administration from the University of Buffalo.
He enlisted in the Army during World War II and served as an infantry unit commander with the 20th Regiment, 6th Division, in Luzon, the Philippines. He later served as an information and education officer before health issues forced his evacuation from the area.
Mr. Varga continued his military service with the Army Reserve's II Corps and 98th Training Division, attaining the rank of "full bird" colonel.
His teaching career, in industrial arts, began in Buffalo in the late 1940s. In the mid-1950s, he joined Benjamin Franklin Junior High School in the Ken-Ton School District, where he was a swimming and diving coach, Boy Scout program consultant and eager volunteer.
Because of his ever-present neckwear, students gave him the nickname "Bow Tie Joe."
Mr. Varga was promoted to assistant principal in 1967, and he retired in 1982.
Though he retired from the Army Reserve in 1976, he continued to be active in military affairs.
Mr. Varga served as co-chairman of the Western New York Subcouncil of the Fort Drum Retiree Council for more than 20 years and was a member of the retiree council. He helped host Retiree Activity Days for military retirees and their families.
Last summer, Mr. Varga participated in an Honor Flight, which sends World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., to see the war memorial. He also had been called upon numerous times to recite his composition, "A Soldier's Farewell," at the funerals of friends and strangers.
Mr. Varga loved opera and supported many cultural and charitable organizations.
In 2006, he and his wife established an endowed scholarship fund at Buffalo State College to benefit graduate students in the exceptional education program. Active in alumni activities, he received a President's Circle Alumni Leadership Award in 2009; he also was the recipient of a Foundation Chairman's Recognition Award.
His wife of more than 60 years, Mary Jean Daly Varga, died in 2008.
Survivors include a daughter, Lisa Jean, and a son, William Joseph.
An interment ceremony for Mr. Varga and his wife will be later this year in Arlington, Va., National Cemetery.


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The weekend death of Buffalo Police Officer Patricia A. Parete has been classified a homicide, but Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III has not decided whether to seek a first-degree murder charge against the man who shot her.
Varner Harris Jr. already is serving a sentence of 30 years to life for shooting Parete and her police partner.
That's why Sedita believes reopening the case could be risky.
"I want Varner Harris to rot in jail, and I don't want to jeopardize that," Sedita said.
As loved ones and the community planned for today's funeral for Parete, more than six years after she was shot on duty and paralyzed, the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office ruled her death a homicide.
That means it's up to Sedita to determine whether to seek a first-degree murder conviction, which could lead to a sentence of life without parole against Harris.
Now 25 years old, Harris is an inmate at the state's Great Meadow Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Comstock. He pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the shootings of Parete and her partner, Officer Carl E. Andolina, six years ago.
"Harris deserves to get whatever is the maximum allowed under law, and I wish it was the death penalty," a city police official said, adding that he did not think it proper to comment on the record until after Parete's funeral.
Sedita outlined the tough issues that he faces in determining whether to seek a first-degree murder charge against Harris:
• The decent chance that Harris won't ever be paroled, under his current sentence. That 30-years-to-life term means that Harris won't even be eligible to appear before the Parole Board until 2037, at the earliest.
Sedita cited the sentencing comments of State Supreme Court Justice Penny M. Wolfgang: "It is the expectation of the court and the recommendation of the court that the defendant will never be released from prison."
That's why Sedita thinks the chances of Harris ever being released are fairly remote.
• The legal consequences of re-indicting Harris on the more serious first-degree murder charge.
Sedita and his staff are researching whether a new trial would result in the dismissal of the previous conviction against Harris.
The district attorney said he has committed a significant amount of resources in fighting Harris' appeals of his sentence. Harris would love nothing more than another bid to win freedom or a reduced sentence, Sedita suggested.
• The uncertain results of a new trial. There are multiple possibilities, including an acquittal, a conviction on a lesser charge, a shorter sentence or a first-degree murder conviction that could lead to life without parole.
"Is the risk worth the reward?" Sedita asked. "After this whole process, depending on who the judge would be, [Harris] actually could get less time than he's going to get right now ... I cannot afford to act recklessly or stupidly."
• The Parete family's wishes. "I'm not ready to have that conversation with them right now, because they're not ready to have that conversation," Sedita said. "They need to mourn."
If there were a new trial, the prosecution would have to prove that the shooting was at least a "significant contributing factor" in the 48-year-old Parete's death, Sedita said.
There will be no autopsy, based on her family's wishes, the medical examiner and district attorney have agreed.
"The family explained to the medical examiner that these were Officer Parete's wishes," Sedita said.
Parete, recently under Hospice care, died just after 2 a.m. Saturday in her Niagara County home.
She was shot twice during a struggle the night of Dec. 5, 2006, when she and Andolina responded to a fight call at West Chippewa Street and Whitney Place. Her spine was severely damaged by the second bullet.
Andolina, shot three times, managed to wrestle Harris to the ground, even though he was wounded.
Andolina, whose injuries included a bullet wound in the neck, retired about a year ago on a disability pension. Tuesday, he issued a statement on the eve of Parete's funeral, calling it a time to celebrate her life.
"The events of Dec. 5, 2006, were tragic on many levels," Andolina stated. "Now is not the time to relive the incident which shattered Patty Parete's life. It should, however, be a time to celebrate Patty's time with us and embrace her family and friends in love and support."
"Patty spent the last six years fighting every day," Andolina continued."She was and always will be an inspiration to everyone she touched."
Andolina also said that he joins his family in thoughts and prayers for Parete, her family and friends. And he thanked Western New Yorkers for their support for her during her struggles.
"May God bless her and give strength to her loved ones," he concluded. "And may no one among us forget her service and sacrifice."
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Unity- Helen K. Kulifay, 84 of Unity, passed away at 4:45 a.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2013, in Fairfield, Ohio where she resided for the last 2 years.
Helen was a longtime resident of Unity Ohio, on the family farm for 55 years. She also resided in Boardman for 10 years and was born and raised at 530 Cameron Ave. in Youngstown. She moved to Fairfield two years ago to be with her family.
Mrs. Kulifay was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1947, where she was Co-Valedictorian. She went on to receive a Bachelor of Science Degree for Kent State University, where she was Magna Cum Laude in 1970. She also received her Master Degree in Education from Youngstown State University.
Helen was a teacher of special education at McKinley School in Lisbon for 30 years as well as East Palestine for 6 years. Helen also was an associate with SNPJ and was a homemaker on the family farm for 55 years. She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish at St. Matthias Church, where she was in the Infant of Jesus of Prague Guild Prayer Group and was a Past CCD teacher.
Helen was Past President of Lisbon School District LEA and was a member of the Delta Kappa Gama Society of Educators, the Slovene National Benefit Society (SNPJ), and the Ukrainian National Association (UNA). She also was a Red Cross blood donor having donating over 8 gallons. Helen also was involved in 4H(leader), Campfire/Bluebird (leader), Cub Scout (leader), and PTO/PTA member.
Her husband, Joseph J. Kulifay, whom she married November 24, 1948 in Youngstown, died December 30, 2004.
She is survived by daughter, Marilyn Kulifay, Attorney, Houston Texas, Joseph P. (Angelica), President of Bronco Excavating and subsidiaries; grandsons, Joseph J. and Michael A., Fairfield Oh.; daughter, Elaine (Joseph) Kulifay Guntner; grandchildren, Joseph U., Margaret, and Paul Advance N.Carolina; daughter, Joan Kulifay Orange Ca.; son, Paul (Pamela) Kulifay Vice President of Bronco Excavating Inc. Fairfield Oh.; sister-in-law, Theresa Kulifay Poland Oh.; nieces and nephews to the late John Kulifay, John T. Kulifay (Jeanette) Poland Oh. ,Dr. Annette Caroline Hamilton Parkersburg WVa., Daniel J. Kulifay Poland Oh., and Mary K. Kraznaski Poland Oh..
She also leaves extended family and close friends; the Tylka Family and cousins Youngstown Oh.; aunt, Bertha Eszenyi Poland Oh.; the Baron Family Youngstown Oh.; all nieces and nephews; and sister-in-law, Mary Klema Newport Beach Ca., including all her long time teaching associates.
Helen was an extraordinary, vibrant, and gifted individual. She is loved by her family and will be deeply missed.
A prayer service will be held Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 9:15AM at Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish at St. Matthias Church at 10:00AM. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery.
Friends and family will be received Friday, September 20, 2013 from 2-4 and 6-8PM at the funeral home. The Infant Jesus of Prague will be having prayers at 5:45PM.
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A school bus caught fire Wednesday morning near Jefferson, York County.
The bus burst into flames along Route 516 in Codorus Township after the Friendship Elementary School students evacuated the bus.
The bus driver with the help of passing motorists and a neighbor got them off the bus after he smelled smoke.
The students stood in a cornfield about a 100 yards from the bus.
Jefferson Fire Chief Troy Snyder said he thinks the blaze started in the engine compartment.
About 40 students were on the bus. No one was hurt.


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Hearst Television Inc. announced that it has reached a retransmission consent agreement with Dish Network covering carriage of Hearst Television stations in the 25 Hearst Television markets.
In a statement, the company said: "We appreciate the support and patience of our viewers, advertisers and local communities served by our stations. We regret the inconvenience they've experienced over the past several hours. We are pleased the interruption was brief and that our stations have been restored on DISH Network systems.
"We are delighted that the negotiation is resolved and WISN TV programming is once again available to southeastern Wisconsin viewers on all carriers," said Jan Wade, President and General Manager of WISN TV.


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2014: Atlantic Sun First Team All-Conference…Atlantic Sun Pair of the Week (Mar.25)...Atlantic Sun Commissioner's Scholar...Atlantic Sun Conference Scholar...Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference Team...Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...Went 18-5 in dual matches primarily at the #4 position with Maren Rygh…Posted a 7-1 record in regular season A-Sun matches…Six of the seven A-Sun wins came by 2-0 scores…Won non-conference matches against Tulane, Florida Atlantic (twice) and Georgia State…Also posted non-conference wins in pre-conference play matches against North Florida and Jacksonville…Helped lead Stetson to its to its first-ever conference title by going 4-1 in the A-Sun Championships.
2013: Atlantic Sun Conference Scholar ... Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team ... Went 12-10 on the season ... Earned A-Sun Pair of the Week honors on Mar. 27 after a 4-0 week with Katie DiGirolamo ... Recorded six wins at the no. 3 position ... Earned a three A-Sun wins in the regular season ... Went 3-1 with Erika White at the Fiesta on Siesta Key ... Earned two victories in the A-Sun Championship, including a win over UNF in the winner-take-all title match.
Lake Sumter CC: Ranked 36th in the nation in assists (1056) in 2011 at LSCC … Selected to the Academic All-American team, the Mid-Florida Conference first-team, the academic all-conference team and the FCSAA all-academic team … Also racked up 316 digs, 85 kills, 34 aces and 15 blocks … Took a medical redshirt her freshman season, but still earned the conference Scholar-Athlete award and a spot on the FCSAA all-academic team.
High School: Was a first team All-First Coast honoree and an Ultimate Sports Guides all-area A team selection as a senior at Jacksonville's Providence High School … Ranked fourth in the state and 25th in the nation in assists (936) … Broke the school's single-season assist record three times during her career … Also set the single-game and career assist records (2482 career assists) … Helped lead her team to three district and conference championships and three regional semifinal appearances … Also played for the Jacksonville Juniors Volleyball Association, and was selected for the Triple Crown All Star team at the national tournament in Colorado.
Personal: Jordann Lynae Dierickx was born April 13, 1992 in Orlando, Fla. … Is the daughter of Jeff and Carmen Dierickx … Her great, great uncle was legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne … Is majoring in Integrative Health Sciences.


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Village residents are being asked to cast their ballots for election to local offices in communities all over Western New York today.
Many polling places are open from noon to 9 p.m., but check with your local village hall for details.
In Erie County, a number of villages have hotly contested races, including Lancaster, where residents will see a choice on their ballot for election to the Village Board for the first time since 1997.
The Village of Alden has six candidates vying for three trustee seats.
In Niagara County, the mayor's seats are up for grabs in both the villages of Barker and Wilson.
In Wilson, Deputy Mayor Bernard Leiker and Trustee Gerard Kadryna have composed a two-man board since former Mayor Patrick Kelahan resigned last fall.
Both are running for the open mayor's seat.
In other counties, village voters in Elba and Corfu will choose mayors in contested elections.
In Attica, incumbent Democrat William Lepsch and Republican Trustee Chris Van Son are vying for the mayor's job, seeking the two-year position.
Among the contested races in Cattaraugus County is the mayoral race in Gowanda between Peter P. Johnson and Heather M. McKeever.


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Stetson University is dedicated to the principle of institutional control and ensuring its athletics program is in compliance with all rules and regulations established by the NCAA, the Atlantic Sun Conference and the University. Stetson is responsible for the actions of its coaches, student-athletes, faculty and staff, as well as those individuals or organizations engaged in activities promoting Stetson's athletics interests, including alumni, athletic representatives/boosters, and fans.
This compliance site is designed to provide a general overview of NCAA rules to prospective and current student-athletes, athletic representatives/boosters, and supporters. However, due to the complexity of these rules, please do not rely exclusively on this site - if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance at (386) 822-7490. Please remember to "ASK BEFORE YOU ACT!"
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Jorie Tress
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Prospective Student-Athletes
A prospective student-athlete ("prospect") is:
► a student who has started classes for the 9th grade;
► a student who has not started classes for the 9th grade but for whom Stetson University has provided any financial assistance or other benefit that Stetson does not provide to prospective students generally; or
► any student who is enrolled at a two-year institution.
If you wish to participate in NCAA Division I athletics, you must have your academic and amateur status certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center. For more information regarding the NCAA Eligibility Center and the academic and amateurism requirements that you must meet, please read the NCAA Guide to the College Bound Student-Athlete.
NCAA Eligibility Center website: www.eligibilitycenter.org
2012-13 NLI Reference Guide
Current Student-Athletes
2012-13 Stetson University Student-Athlete Handbook
2011 NCAA Sports Wagering Brochure
Student-Athlete General Employment Form
Student-Athlete Camp/Clinic Employment Form
Student-Athlete Fee for Lessons Employment Form
Promotional Activity Request Form
Vehicle Registration Form
Athletics Representatives ("Boosters")
Stetson University's GUIDE TO NCAA RULES FOR ALUMNI, BOOSTERS & FRIENDS
Definition of Athletics Representative ("Booster") - You are a booster if you...
► Are or ever have been a member of an organization that promotes Stetson University's athletics program;
► Have made any financial contributions to Stetson University's athletics program or a Stetson athletics booster organization;
► Are or ever have been involved with the recruitment of a prospect;
► Have provided or are providing benefits to an enrolled student-athlete or their relatives or friends;
► Have otherwise been involved in promoting Stetson University's athletic program (e.g., alumni & friends);
► Provide or have helped to arrange employment for student-athletes;
► Are or ever have been a season ticket holder.
ONCE A BOOSTER ...ALWAYS A BOOSTER. You retain this identity indefinitely.
Extra Benefits - An extra benefit is any special arrangement by a Stetson University employee or booster to provide a prospect or a student-athlete or their relatives or friends a benefit not expressly authorized by the NCAA or available to the general prospective or current student population. Examples of impermissible extra benefits include, but are not limited to:
► Cash or ANY type of gifts or awards for any reason. All awards must first be approved by the Compliance Office.
► Loans or cosigning of loans.
► A vehicle or the use of a vehicle.
► Payment for or arrangement of transportation costs for the student-athlete, their family, relatives, or friends.
► Free or reduced cost goods or services.
► Free or reduced cost housing.
► Free concert or sporting event tickets.
Please check with the Compliance Office before providing anything to a prospect or student-athlete. A prospect or student-athlete who accepts an impermissible benefit jeopardizes his or her eligibility for intercollegiate competition.
Additionally, you may not use the name, picture or appearance of an enrolled student-athlete to advertise, recommend or promote sales or use of a commercial product or service of any kind. Any use of the name, picture or appearance of a student-athlete must first receive approval from the Compliance Office.
As a Booster, you MAY NOT:
► Contact a prospect's coach, principal or counselor in an attempt to evaluate the prospect, or visit the prospect's educational institution to pick up game films or transcripts.
► Have any on- or off-campus contact, including contact by phone, letter, email or text, with a prospect or his/her parents/legal guardians (unless an established relationship exits).
► Provide free or reduced-cost tickets to Stetson University's home or away athletic or non-athletic events to a prospect, the prospect's relatives or friends.
► Be involved, directly or indirectly, in making arrangements for a prospect, or the prospect's relatives or friends to receive money, financial aid or other inducement to attend Stetson University.
► Pay any portion of sports camp registration fees on behalf of a prospect.
► Provide entertainment, transportation, or free or reduced-cost tickets, for high school, preparatory school or junior college coaches at any time.
As a Booster, you MAY:
► Inform Stetson University coaches of prospects that you think would be a strong addition to the university and the athletics program.
► If you have an established relationship with a prospect or his/her relatives, you may continue normal contacts as long as such contacts are not made for recruiting purposes and are not arranged by athletics department staff members. A relationship is established if the relationship: (1) began before the athlete became a prospect; (2) predates the athlete's status achieved as a result of his/her athletics ability/reputation; and (3) did not develop as a result of the athlete's participation in athletics or his/her reputation related thereto.
► View a prospect's athletics contest on your own initiative, as long as you do not contact the prospect or the prospect's relatives on such occasions.
► Have a phone conversation with a prospect only if the prospect initiates the call. Such a call may not be prearranged by an institutional staff member and you are not permitted to have a recruiting conversation. You must refer any questions about the university's athletic program to the proper athletics department staff member.


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CIA Chief Resigns Over Affair
Petraeus Relationship With Biographer Surfaced After FBI Probe of His Email
WASHINGTON—Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus resigned after a probe into whether someone else was using his email led to the discovery that he was having an extramarital affair, according to several people briefed on the matter.
A Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry into use of Mr. Petraeus's Gmail account led agents to believe the woman or someone close to her had sought access to his email, the people said.
Multiple officials familiar with the investigation identified the woman as the author of a biography on Mr. Petraeus.
It was the second national-security revelation to come to light in the two days after President Barack Obama won re-election. On Wednesday, the Pentagon acknowledged that Iranian fighter planes had fired on an unmanned reconnaissance drone five days before the election. Some Republicans on Capitol Hill were irked that the administration waited so long to make the incident public, while administration officials said they didn't talk about the attack because the drone program was secret.
Mr. Petraeus's resignation also comes at a time when the CIA is embroiled in controversy surrounding the events of Sept. 11, 2012, when four Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. After weeks of conflicting accounts of what happened that night, the CIA acknowledged it had played a central role in gathering intelligence and providing security for the U.S. presence there.
Mr. Petraeus was scheduled to testify before the Senate intelligence committee next week. Michael Morell, who was named acting director of the CIA after Mr. Petraeus's resignation, will appear instead.
The resignation, which stunned the nation's capital, represented a fall for a man who had been one of the most celebrated military leaders of his time, a four-star general credited with turning the tide in Iraq and reversing the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan.
Administration officials said the White House was briefed on the affair Wednesday by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Mr. Obama was informed Thursday by his staff and met with Mr. Petraeus that day. Mr. Petraeus then offered to resign. The announcement came Friday afternoon.
In a statement to CIA employees, Mr. Petraeus said, "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."
His wife, Holly, the daughter of a West Point superintendent, heads the office for service-member affairs in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency created by the 2010 financial-regulation law.
Multiple officials said Mr. Petraeus's affair was with Paula Broadwell, a West Point graduate who recently wrote a book on the retired general, "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus." Efforts to reach Ms. Broadwell were unsuccessful. A spokeswoman for her publisher, Penguin, did not immediately comment.
The computer-security investigation—which raised questions about a potential compromise to national security—points to one reason Mr. Petraeus and the White House decided he couldn't remain in the senior intelligence position. An extramarital affair has significant implications for an official in a highly sensitive post, because it can open an official to blackmail. Security officials are sensitive to misuse of personal email accounts—not only official accounts—because there have been multiple instances of foreign hackers targeting personal emails.
Leading contenders to succeed Mr. Petraeus include Mr. Morell and Pentagon intelligence chief Michael Vickers. Another possibility, if Mr. Obama seeks to reach across the aisle, is Rep. Michael Rogers (R., Mich.), chairman of the House intelligence committee.
One former CIA official called Mr. Morell an "odds-on favorite," adding that "he would bring over three decades of experience inside the agency. He's the consummate straight shooter. He's very well liked inside the agency. He has enormous street cred on Capitol Hill. He projects an image of calm."
The computer investigation began late this spring, according to a person familiar with the investigation. Mr. Petraeus wasn't interviewed by the FBI until recently.
While Mr. Petraeus was still a general, he had email exchanges with the woman, but there wasn't a physical relationship, the person said. The affair began after Mr. Petraeus retired from the Army in August 2011 and ended months ago, the person said.
A succession of official announcements began Friday shortly before 3 p.m. with a statement from Mr. Clapper. "Dave's decision to step down represents the loss of one of our nation's most respected public servants," Mr. Clapper said. Minutes later, the CIA distributed Mr. Petraeus's announcement to agency employees.
The White House issued a statement from Mr. Obama praising Mr. Petraeus for his "extraordinary service to the United States for decades," and adding: "By any measure, through his lifetime of service, David Petraeus has made our country safer and stronger."
Intelligence officials scrambled Friday afternoon to alert key members of Congress. Some received a call about an hour before the announcements from Deputy Director of National Intelligence Stephanie O'Sullivan. Other key congressional officials, including the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), weren't told in advance.
Sen. Feinstein called Mr. Petraeus's resignation "an enormous loss for our nation's intelligence community and for our country." She added, "I wish President Obama had not accepted this resignation, but I understand and respect the decision."
Rep. Rogers voiced appreciation for Mr. Petraeus's service. "His entire career has been spent defending and protecting the United States," he said. "I am confident the CIA will continue to successfully carry out its vital mission through this transition."
At the CIA, Mr. Petraeus kept a much lower profile than he did as a military officer, which was in accord with the administration's wishes. He rarely gave speeches and did not grant on-the-record interviews about his CIA duties.
His reputation inside Langley was that of a competent director, but one who did not seek to win over the workforce in the way some of his predecessors had.
He presided over a moderation of the CIA's controversial drone program to take into greater account diplomatic sensitivities, a shift that sometimes put him at odds with the head of the agency's Counterterrorism Center.
During his time at CIA, the agency, along with foreign intelligence services, thwarted a plot by al Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate by infiltrating a component of the group.
Mr. Obama tapped Mr. Petraeus, a favorite of President George W. Bush, to serve as his top commander in Afghanistan after the abrupt resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal in 2010. Mr. Obama nominated him as CIA director in 2011. Messrs. Petraeus and Obama did not have the close chemistry that the president has with other top officials in his cabinet.
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Today, Carine Echelard, Managing Director of Bank and Fund Administration, CACEIS in France, participates in a roundtable discussion on constraints to KIID harmonisation under the UCITS IV directive, during L'Agefi TechDay.
This annual event for asset management professionals is organized around five themes (reporting, data management, risk and performance attribution, front to back and private management).
A few weeks before the entry into force of UCITS IV directive, management companies are hard at work to implement the KIID (Key Investor Information Document), the future single document which will replace the simplified prospectus.
CACEIS is actively helping its clients prepare for July 1st, 2011 and thus responding wholeheartedly to the expectations of management companies that are seeking to produce their KIIDs securely and easily.


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Professional hockey possibly could be played inside a multi-purpose arena this fall and winter.
Kristen A. Rooney, owner and CEO of the Williamsport Outlaws, confirmed Wednesday during a Federal Hockey League All Star game banquet at The Genetti that the team looks forward to playing indoors at a multi-purpose arena, mostly likely the Pickelner Arena that developer Dan Klingerman, owner of The Liberty Group, 1500 Sycamore Road, Loyalsock Township, bought when he purchased the YMCA property on Elmira Street.
"The building's been purchased and all things look positive," Rooney said.
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Actor and guest speaker Paul D'Amato gestures while addressing the mayor's luncheon Wednesday afternoon.
The league and team began playing games Oct. 24 at a rink built at Bowman Field. The facility has been named Airmen Pond at Bowman Field, but the plan was to play for one season.
Rooney said it began as a dream and became a phenomenal venue.
She was excited as the city prepared to host its first league All-Star Game Wednesday night at the field.
Also turning heads at the banquet was Paul D'Amato, an actor best known for his portrayal of Tim "Dr. Hook" McCracken in the 1970s hockey movie, "Slap Shot."
D'Amato delighted the hockey-enthused crowd with his hijinks of how he got cast for the role.
The actor, with slicked back hair and a thick accent straight out of Brooklyn, offered tender reflection of what it was like acting beside the late Hollywood icon Paul Newman, who portrayed Reggie Dunlop, an aging coach of the Charlestown Chiefs in the movie.
"He ruined it for every other actor," D'Amato said of Newman, whom he went on to describe as an altruistic and quiet gentleman.
Newman formed his food business, Newman's Own, of which he donated $20 million to charity, D'Amato said.
D'Amato didn't escape the grand ballroom without reviving what he said when he met Dunlop in the film.
D'Amato paused for a second before delivering the line - "Major surgery ... open heart."
The movie, filmed in Johnstown, the hardscrabble and blue-collar city east of Pittsburgh, was "one of the best sports movies ever made," D'Amato said.
After the movie, D'Amato said he went on to appear in films such as "The Deer Hunter," in which he played an Army Green Beret; "Suspect," where he got to hold a knife to Cher's neck; "FX;" "Heaven's Gate;" "Heaven Can Wait;" and appeared in the television series "Law & Order."
Today, D'Amato said he performs in off-Broadway shows and theater.
At the banquet, tables were seated with an Outlaw player and All-Star players from teams in the league.
Just seven hours before they were expected to check each other in fierce competition on the ice, the players slapped each other gently on the back and extended warm handshakes.
League officials said hockey jerseys will be auctioned off with some of the proceeds headed to Newtown, Conn., site of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December.


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In terms of must-have hearing aid accessories, batteries top the list. While some manufacturers offer rechargeable hearing aids, the majority of devices require disposable hearing aid batteries.
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To combat confusion and make it easier for the hearing aid wearer to purchase batteries, the four different sizes are color coded. While size 10 hearing aid battery packages are color-coded yellow, size 312 are marked with a brown color, size 13 are designated by an orange color and size 675 is labeled using blue.
Hearing aid batteries are a required accessory as the device relies on them to function. The life of a hearing aid battery depends on a number of factors, including: size, features of the hearing technology and hours of daily use. Based on 16 hours of daily use, on average, a hearing aid battery will last anywhere from five to 14 days.
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- Multitool: Multitools are generally available through a hearing healthcare provider and are versatile because they usually provide all of the above options in one structure. It usually consists of a hearing aid brush, hook or loop and generally has a magnetic end to help with hearing aid battery removal.
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Many basic hearing aid accessories are made for specific devices and styles; discuss options with a hearing healthcare practitioner to determine if they're suitable for your device.
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As an Origami enthusiast, I ordered these to add that aspect to notebooks and journals that I use frequently. I very much like that the way they look blends well with whatever cover is on the notebook, rather than looking as if one had placed an oversized, clumsy looking gadget as a bookmark. The negative for me is the holding power of the magnets . I believe that the magnets need to be oblong rather than round and slightly stronger. The bookmarks don't slip off the page, but they go askew. Additionally, they do not hold well on the Circa paper that I use. They are much better used on thinner (?) or more lightweight paper. If the magnets held well, the price would be acceptable, but the current weak magnets diminish the value of these particular bookmarks . . . yet I like the concept.
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Before the actress, 20, kicked off her BET show Just Keke last week, she got a couple hosting pointers from Queen Latifah.
"She was saying it definitely would be a lot of work and to prepare myself for that," Palmer tells PEOPLE. "And that's definitely true because there are a lot of hours and everything like that, and a lot of talking involved, hence my voice being hoarse."
Palmer adds, "And then she said I [should] just be myself – my natural personality. She said I was a natural at it."
Just Keke targets millennials, delving into topics from social issues and sex to relationships and growing pains.
Palmer's "biggest crush" and Barbershop 2 costar Michael Ealy, whom she says she gushes about on Twitter, made a surprise guest appearance on the show's premiere, when he brought her a large bouquet of roses.
Palmer says she would love to welcome another celeb crush, Drake, to the set – "He is one of my favorites" – while Rihanna, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry and Beyoncé round out the new host's dream guest list.
When it comes to role models for the almost 21-year-old, Palmer says Queen Latifah has always been an inspiration.
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LISBON - Cities, villages and townships are being advised by Columbiana County commissioners to wait before tearing down any homes until the money is in hand to do so.
The letter is in regard to a housing demolition program being funded with $500,000 awarded to commissioners from the state. The money represents what Ohio received as part of a nationwide settlement with five mortgage companies sued by states for engaging in fraudulent and deceptive lending practices that contributed to the foreclosure epidemic.
The state will reimburse the county on a house-by-house basis, so commissioners voted earlier this month to borrow $500,000 from a local bank to get the process started. Before that can happen, however, asbestos must be removed from homes, and commissioners have to seek bids for the work.
The letter advises communities which submitted lists of abandoned foreclosed homes they want demolished that nothing should be done until the state releases the money. Commissioner Chairman Mike Halleck said they sent out the letter after learning Jon Kaufman, who owns four Hanoverton properties targeted for demolition, razed two of the homes located on U.S. Route 30. Halleck and Hoppel discovered this while driving through Hanoverton.
The asbestos removal and demolition work is to be done by contractors hired by commissioners, none of which has been done yet, although an asbestos evaluation of the properties is currently underway.
"There was no harm done ... but unfortunately, there's a process that has to be followed," Halleck said, adding that Kaufman will be allowed to add two more properties to the list to be demolished to make up for the two he already had razed.
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On Thursday, Oct. 3, Kevin Johnson, executive chef and owner of The Grocery in Charleston, will be the participating chef at Thornhill Farm for the Outstanding in the Field dinner, a culinary adventure which travels throughout the country hosting special dinners at venues ranging from farms and caves to islands and ranches.
Outstanding in the Field returns to Thornhill Farm for a unique stop on the ninth North American tour. The Oct. 3 event begins with a tour from host farmer Maria Baldwin followed by a locally sourced dinner under a beautiful pole barn overlooking the farm. Chef Kevin Johnson, known for his focus on fresh and local ingredients at The Grocery, will work to conceptualize and execute the special menu using local purveyors and products, including Baldwin, cookware from Le Creuset, wine from Grassroots Wine and spirits from High Wire Distilling, mixed by The Grocery's own bar manager Hallie Arnold. Students from The Culinary Institute of Charleston will be on-site helping execute the dinner.
"I am honored to be a part of Outstanding in the Field and excited to share this evening with guests, purveyors, teammates from the restaurant and many others," says chef Johnson. "We created this menu to tell a story. It will begin with hors d'oeuvres that represent The Grocery as it is right now and how it began, before a second course celebrating Southern ingredients and pickling. Next we will progress to a dish that represents the Mediterranean influences seen on our menu, before finishing with a dessert that pulls from my childhood and culinary lessons I learned from my grandfather. Overall, this menu will help explain how The Grocery began, showcase all of the ingredients that have influenced the journey and also give diners a peek at what is to come in the future."
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WAILUKU - Calling a Wailuku man a "monster" who showed no remorse for repeated sexual assaults on a child, a judge Friday sentenced the man to consecutive prison terms totaling 100 years.
"You are the nightmare that came true," 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo told William Barrios, 46. "I can think of no crime as horrible as the one that you imposed on this family other than murder."
Apart from sentences of life in prison ordered for murder convictions, Barrios' sentence was one of the longest imposed by a 2nd Circuit judge, court observers said.
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William Barrios, 46, convicted of 146 sex and kidnapping charges, shows no emotion as his 16-year-old victim addresses him in court Friday morning. Barrios was sentenced to 100 years in prison.
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In a trial that ended in November, a 2nd Circuit Court jury found Barrios guilty of 72 counts of first-degree sexual assault, two counts of kidnapping and 72 counts of third-degree sexual assault. The crimes occurred from 2004 to 2009, beginning when the girl was 8 years old.
During the trial, the girl testified that Barrios forced her into various sexual acts, a few times with her mother also forced to participate, in a bedroom of their Pukalani home. The girl also described an overnight camping trip to Olowalu when Barrios forced her into sexual acts while no other adults were present.
The girl's younger brother also testified that Barrios forced him into sexual acts, starting when he was 8.
Although the jury found Barrios not guilty of charges involving the boy, "both you and I know the truth," the boy wrote in a letter addressing Barrios that was read in court Friday.
"Because of you, I have to go to therapy," the letter said. "Because of you, I have anger problems."
The letter also said that the boy carried the burden of wondering if "I could have tried harder, I could have fought harder."
The girl testified that she at first didn't tell anyone about the assaults because Barrios threatened to kill anyone she told.
"As a child, I was scared to tell anyone about what would happen in my home," she said in court Friday. "My definition of monster is different from most people.
"When the monster was finally out of my life, I could breathe."
Deputy Prosecutor Kim Whitworth said that rather than a victim, the girl is "a remarkable survivor who emerged from a hellish childhood to become an incredibly accomplished young woman."
Barrios declined to speak in court.
Defense attorney Jon Apo said that he advised Barrios not to submit a letter to the court because he planned an appeal.
Apo asked the judge to sentence Barrios to a 20-year prison term, which would have been the penalty if Barrios had been convicted of continuous sexual assault of a minor under age 14. Apo said legislators created the charge for cases involving allegations of three or more sexual acts against a child, but the prosecution instead decided "to shotgun 200 charges against Mr. Barrios."
"The fact that the state irrationally decided to file some 200 charges has dictated these rather irrational proceedings," Apo said.
He said Barrios was a hardworking, disciplined Christian who "continues to pray for the victim."
"Nowhere in our American justice system have we embraced the concept of an eye for an eye," Apo said. "Effectively imposing what amounts to a life sentence, while emotionally justifiable, is not a just sentence. This is not about hanging Mr. Barrios out in the public square for the rest of his life for all to see so that others can learn from this lesson."
Apo cited other 2nd Circuit cases in which defendants were sentenced to prison terms of 20 years or less for child sexual assaults.
But Whitworth said that the number of Barrios' sexual assault convictions was likely "unsurpassed" in the county and possibly the state.
"There is no comparable case in this jurisdiction," she said.
She called Barrios "one of the most diabolical child molesters who has ever set foot on this island."
Barrios "isolated and groomed a young child and subjected her to countless" sexual acts, Whitworth said. She said Barrios used "physical violence, psychological manipulation and threats."
"He robbed her of her childhood and damaged the sanctity of the mother-daughter relationship," Whitworth said.
She said Barrios' criminal history, dating to 1985, includes a September 1995 conviction for indecent exposure, a felony sexual offense in California. Although he was required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, Barrios failed to do so when he moved to Hawaii, Whitworth said.
"He kept his dangerous history a secret in order to continue his sexual perversions," she said.
It was only after Barrios had been arrested and jailed for ramming a car driven by the girl's grandmother that the family felt safe enough to get help, Whitworth said.
Police began an investigation in March 2010 when the children's mother reported the sexual assaults.
Whitworth asked that Barrios be sentenced to consecutive prison terms totaling 80 years for his 146 felony convictions.
"You put a child through the most unspeakable, unthinkable things," Loo told Barrios.
"Yes, you will be characterized as a child molester, a sexual predator, because that's exactly what you are. You are a monster."
The judge said the sexual assaults involving both the girl and her mother were "one of the most deplorable things I have ever heard."
"You showed no remorse then," Loo told Barrios. "You have shown no remorse now. Your behavior is that of a twisted, sick person. The trauma that you have inflicted will have long-lasting effects."
Loo said she was proud to hear that the family was moving on after what happened.
"These are wonderful children, and they will grow up to be wonderful adults," Loo said. "It is the hope of this court that, for the safety of all children, that you should never see the outside of a prison's walls."
While ordering that Barrios serve some of the prison terms at the same time, Loo ordered consecutive sentencing for four 20-year prison terms, one 10-year prison term and two five-year prison terms.
After the sentencing, the girl said she was thankful that the judge ordered the prison terms totaling 100 years.
"I was kind of shocked at first," the girl said. "But I was really relieved that it was for so long."
"I'm grateful that the court decided and agreed with us that he is truly a monster," the grandmother said. "I'm so happy that nobody else's children or grandchildren will ever have to go through what we went through."
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