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Yes NiteOwl - it's on their website.
Thanks Ruthie ~ I thought I might know it as I lived in Killamarsh and Eckington NE Derbyshire for nearly 30 years.
NiteOwlI know we know different in the EJ..XD saga but what I'm trying to say is if we were not privvy to the goings on then this is what we may think had happend. MIA doesn't necessarily mean dead. I hope this makes sense.
That is true. However it is likely that they will be spotted sooner or later if they are alive. Not sure if you remember but there was a huge ho ha back in April 2010 when it was felt that Orange VS may have been photographed in early April 2010.
No tiger I didn't know that, but I still hope to see the Laird spotted again one day, but unless a ringed bird lands or fly's close too the photographer or spotter with fantastic scopes and binoculars a possitive ID can't be seen. I was just giving my own senario a mention as a what if .. was going round in my head and the MIA.
Yes I understand what you mean NiteOwl. In lots of cases we just don't know do we?
This might be a good place for preparation of the summary thread.
Tiger, what do you mean? I just write it straight in the summary.
I'm more concerned with who is going to write it on that day. Twice now I have had to write the summary the next morning. I don't mind writing it at all, but it would be nice for everyone to have the chance to say that they would like to do it for that day. At the moment that is not happening, and unlike many chatters, I stick mainly to the DU thread.
See here for what I thought.
moffer What I mean is that people who are on say in the morning could copy the time of key events over to this or a dedicated preparation thread. Then at the end of the day it one person could collate the various additions throught the day. That way it would perhaps be a less onerous task for the person doing the final report.
That sounds like a good idea. Lets see what everyone else thinks.
3.57 am EJ takes a brief break
5.13 am Sunrise
6.24 am The nest bathed in sunshine
8.00 am Changover between Odin an EJ
8.19 am A Cuckoo disturbs Odin's nap
I think this is LMac offering to do today's summary
It would still be a good idea for people to note key events in this thread so that the summary is easier to compile and he load of preparing the summary more widely shared.
4.34 am scylla reported that it was very frosty.
4.50 am day cam on and it is very frosty.
5.12 am Odin arrives
5.25 am Odin takes over egg sitting
7.00 am EJ returns
7.52 am Odin brings a clump of moss to the nest.
8.35 am The sun starts to shine
8.49 am A cuckoo starts to call close to the nest and startles EJ
9.08am Odin flies in and lands on the cam post. Crows calling close to the nest.
9.54am Odin flies off.
9.47 am. Dramatic set of pictures by moffer , one of Odin guarding the nest.
The only thing I would find a bit awkward is that you might have to go back a page to catch up on the days events whereas in the Summary thread it is all there under one heading and not in bits and pieces which is what is happening for today. - just a thought.
12 noon. Intruder flying around the nest. EJ screaming at it. Vid page 5 DU
12.16 EJ is mantled and screaming. Intruder tries to land, twice. EJ pushes it off.vid page 6 of DU
Close up pics of intruder on page 6 DU
12.25 Intruder again tries to land but EJ prevents contact. vid page 6 DU
12.40 Odin arrives with fish. videos on page 7 DU EJ takes it and leaves
12.52 Intruder alarm from Odin
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A woman arrived in the police department lobby recently to make a report against her husband who had tracked her cell phone with a GPS and was tracking her.
The report said that she told police an incident had occurred in their home and when she got off work that night, she did not feel comfortable going home.
She said she decided to sleep in her car with her boyfriend in a local parking lot.
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Urinal User #2: "Relax, I'm just Fly-Fishing"
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When you unzip someone's pants and start feeling around.
Dude, I was totally fly fishing Jenny in the movie theater last night.
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When a person with a penis lets it hang slightly out of the open fly of their underwear or pants, looking for all the world like a bit of bait.
I saw like 42 different dudes fly-fishing at Folsom. I wonder if any of them caught anything.
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Verb: The sexual act of a man sitting above another persons face and swinging his penis at his or her mouth so that it resembles a fly-fishing poll and the recipient resembles a fish.
My girlfriend wanted to get kinky so we engaged in a little fly-fishing.
by Exit Wound January 22, 2008
when you are either to young or can't afford the cover for a bar so you go out and bounce from outside of bar to outside of bar in the hope of picking up a women either leaving the bar or smoking out front. called fly fishing because like actual fly fishing you arn't actually going into the water (bar) to catch fish (women) and it also takes a lot of walking because you have to be constantly going from location to location
dude 1-bro u going fly fishing tonight
dude 2- na my feet tired bro lets just hit the bar
dude 2- na my feet tired bro lets just hit the bar
by mr_incredible408 July 16, 2013
fly fishing is when after she finishes sucking away the guy grabs his rock hard cock and flicks it up and down making the jism look like the line off a rod when someones fly fishing.
i went fly fishing last night and with one cast i caught three sheilas!
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when you put your tongue and try to get in in a girls fly and try to lick her vaginia
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State defensive end Deion Barnes sent his D-coordinator, Bob Shoop, a text message Thursday night, explaining how he's "all about being 100 percent and totally committed to what we're doing."
Two days later, the PSU coaching staff rewarded Barnes for his hard work and enthusiasm by giving him the Frank Patrick Total Commitment Award for spring ball.
"He's done everything that's been asked of him this spring," Shoop said. "He's kept his mouth shut, he's a consummate professional. He and [D-line coach] Sean Spencer have developed a really good relationship."
Those things are refreshing to hear about Barnes - and bode very well for Penn State's defense - simply because he could have gone one of two ways after a disappointing 2013 season.
At this time last year, Barnes was considered a star in the making. He was coming off a superb season in which he was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, and some who follow the program rated him right up there with receiver Allen Robinson as PSU players with the best pro potential.
Barnes was such a disruptive force as a freshman, leading the Lions in sacks (6) and tackles for loss (10), that it seemed to be a given he'd come out and play even better as a sophomore.
He didn't. Not even close.
Barnes, quite frankly, was a non-factor for much of last season. He even lost his starting job and had to split time before finishing the year with only two sacks and four tackles for loss.
Maybe it was a sophomore slump. Maybe the press clippings went to his head. Maybe he just isn't as good as many people believed.
Or maybe, as Shoop said, other teams just game planned so well against him that it was tough for Barnes to make plays.
"I think Deion's been beat up a little bit," Shoop said after Saturday's Blue-White Game. "He's Big Ten Rookie of the Year two years ago, and then I keep hearing people say to me, 'He didn't have as good a year last year' and things like that."
Asked what he saw on film from Barnes, Shoop said, "When I watched him, I was impressed, let me put it that way. I didn't come away saying, 'Boy, 18's not very good.' The opposite of that."
Shoop felt the same way about another defensive end, C.J. Olaniyan.
"I came out saying, 'Boy, 18 and 86 are really good players. I can't wait. The opportunities are endless for these guys,'" Shoop said.
That gets us back to Barnes' play and, more importantly, his attitude this spring.
He's already been through a whirlwind in two years, going from future star to a guy who lost his job, and that kind of thing would test any player's character and determination.
Barnes, who wasn't available to talk to the media before or after the Blue-White Game, has dedicated himself to getting his career back on track. He takes diligent notes, Shoop said, helps out with the younger players and "does the things behind the scenes that maybe to the naked eye you might not notice."
"On and off the field, he's done just an outstanding job," said Shoop, also praising Barnes' maturity.
The defensive coordinator pointed out two reasons why Barnes might have a big bounce-back year this fall.
First, the defensive linemen will rotate more under this coaching staff, keeping them fresher. Shoop said that, watching film of last season, PSU's linemen under former D-line coach Larry Johnson played about 70 snaps a game.
Conversely, at Vanderbilt, the linemen under Shoop's watch played an average of 40 snaps per game.
"We're very, very, very committed to playing more players," Shoop said. "Maybe that means Deion Barnes, come the fourth quarter, is going to be a little bit fresher. When it's a key third down he's going to be a little bit fresher."
Shoop also said he has talked to Barnes about "putting him in some situations where he can stand out." Those include perhaps like a 3-4 outside linebacker, or in a play call where he's rushing against a running back trying to block.
One knock on Barnes - and it was the same for former PSU defensive end Aaron Maybin - is that he's good against the pass but can be a liability at times against the run. Shoop doesn't buy it, saying the 6-foot-4, 245-pounder is "big enough and strong enough" to go up against big run blockers.
Whether Barnes can live up to the hype he earned his freshman season remains to be seen, but the best thing one can say about him is that he's doing everything he possibly can in practice, in workouts, with his teammates and with his coaches to reach his full potential.
That's the kind of total commitment that earned Barnes the Frank Patrick Award this spring, plus the kind that could earn him many more accolades throughout the rest of his college career.
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Four-time World champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany had a strong start into the pre-Olympic season at 2012 Skate Canada this past weekend.
Four-time World champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany had a strong start into the pre-Olympic season at 2012 Skate Canada this past weekend.
This team really is technically the best. They know COP and do it well = look at the entries into throw jumps, lifts, twists - just played right. Sadly for me, i just don't like them. I know they are good but I have found them technically excellent but not magical. Forget G and G they are not even the magic of Artur Dimitriev SR and his partners, S and P or B and S. I remember T and M were often described as blah; I don't think S squared deserve to be treated any better or higher; yes people will disagree but I guess what I find distasteful is that they constantly use the same entrances in each routine to get the extra points regardless of the music. Their program layout is the same often year afer year - yes COP friendly but artristically they seem stifled. I really hope one of the Russian teams or Japanese or Chinese knock this team off the top of the podium. And I thought the costumes should have created a deduction - his tights in both long and short were against the rules. The outfits looked very similar and the black centres looked like an afterthought. The fact that they have the money to get new costumes says a lot. Sadly, imho, it was an attempt to say "I'm artistic; I threw paint at myself like Jackson Pollack going through a wind tunnel or a tsunami.
Savchenko & Szolkowy are a polarizing team. I think many people either really like them or really don't. I fall into the first group. I just love them--their technical brilliance, their interesting look on the ice, the way they complement each other, and, most of all, their innovation and creativity. I love how they never (or rarely) settle for the typical "romantic" or elegant, lyrical program. It's very easy for a pair to turn to that playbook--especially a good pair, who can hit that kind of program out of the park--for example, just think of T/M's 2006 Olympic LP or B/S's 2002 Olympic LP. V/T's current LP is in that genre as well. I like that S/S resist this approach and stretch themselves to find something much more interesting choreographically.
ITA, eyria. That said, I'm not in love with S/S Flamenco Bolero fp (chiefly because I don't like this repetitive music -- only Torvill and Dean have done it justice). However, I also did not like S/S Pink Panther number, but by the end of that season I truly enjoyed it because they just rocked it out of the arena with great athleticism, humor, and wonderful performance. Still, PP is not my favorite program of S/S, and I doubt Flamenco Bolero will be either.
OTOH, I really enjoy S/S Kismet sp and their costumes, except I don't like the idea of their carrying too similar a theme into their costumes for the fp.


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door Mr. LS 10 juli 2008
A place where there is ALWAYS traffic on the staten island expressway, everyone has an attitude problem, the girls are mostly trash with the exception of a few, mostly everyone lives in connected town houses or condos and thinks their brand new altima's are the hottest thing. They think they are "italian" meanwhile they're "italian-american". I've been to italy and REAL italians are not like Staten Islanders. do yourself a favor if you're ever driving thru staten island KEEP MOVING. The people are garbage! Only if the ppl from staten island couldnt get off that island! ..but luckily enough their TOO POOR too travel anywhere else besides the jersey shore or brooklyn and maybe spring break if they save for months.. so dont worry the rest of the world is safe from them!!
staten island is horrible
door CBruk 26 november 2007
The odd man out of the New York City boroughs. Staten Island is west of the Hudson and should be considered part of New Jersey. Kind of like how Marble Hill is on the mainland but is part of Manhattan. Go figure.
Growing up in Yonkers, Staten Island was like the moon: a shithole, no reason to there, feels a lot farther than it actually is, a place you see and hear about but still seems mythical.
door YO Man 11 juli 2004
Boro that aint gettin respect from other boros and i dont know why. Its just another boro whea people live so its a lil diffrent from ur neighborhood. We jus are who we are we are all italians we're guidos, we're wiggers, we hav accents, we know it, it aint like we chose 2 b born hea lyk u kids from BK n queens din choose 2 b born thea but its who we are deal wit it. its also funny that most people who talk about si being all white are probly from bay ridge which is just as white as si except the arabs up in the 60s n 5th ave
i hav a staten island (statn'eyelin) accent and im dam proud of it
door southside si 21 maart 2005
The shit hole of NYC. A place that is an embarrassment to the rest of New York and we admittedly want to give it away to New York's bastard son, New jersey. However, not even Jersey wants it. Its only connection to NY is through the Verazzano Bridge which connects Bay Ridge to SI. Most of the people are Rich white guido types like in Bay Ridge but the Brooklyn kids are cooler because they arent from SI. Most of the SI kids pretend they are from Brooklyn because they are embarrassed of it themselves. No one has any reason to ever go to SI.
Gumba Johnny: Yo, where you from?
Staten Island thug: Bay Ridge Brooklyn on Main street dawg!!! hOLLLLAA
Gumba Johnny: That street doesnt exist in Bay ridge, you're from Staten Island arent you?
Staten Island thug: shit! dammit...yeah...
Staten Island thug: Bay Ridge Brooklyn on Main street dawg!!! hOLLLLAA
Gumba Johnny: That street doesnt exist in Bay ridge, you're from Staten Island arent you?
Staten Island thug: shit! dammit...yeah...
door BKBOY 1 februari 2007
One of the five boroughs of New York City who's south shore is mostly suburbanish while it's North Shore is consdidered urban. Any resident can tell you that the two shores are like diffrent worlds. The South shore and mid-island are heavily republican while the North shore has been said to have more in common with parts of Brooklyn and Queens then it does with the rest of Staten Island. The South shore is mostly white while the North shore is primarily black. While the South shore is filled with mostly middle-upper middle class families living in areas that would be considered suburbs, the North shore is filled with mostly low-income urban areas that are home to mostly blacks and hispanics. The Staten Island Railroad was even called the "Mason-Dixon Line" due to the fact that the overwhelming majority of the borough's minorities live above it on the island's North shore, and due to hate crimes that were being commited in Staten Island's Mid-land and southern areas. Crime is also a problem in most of the neighborhoods that make up the North shore. North Staten Island was giving a zoning law that would allow owners to open stores on it almost tax-free to help boost the economy because of the long time poverty and unemployment that exists on the island's North Shore. While the majority of the neighborhoods on the North Shore are ran-down areas that suffer from crime, poverty, unemployment, AIDS, teenage pregnacy and other things of that nature, the South and Mid-land areas are for the most part nice places to live and to raise a family. The media's reluctance to report things that happen on Staten Island most likely so they don't tarnish it's already fading reputation as a virtually crime-free easy going suburb is probably the exact reason why out-of-towners move in to homes on the North Shore and move out accordinly.
You get the picture.
door MysteryMan 13 augustus 2004
-the forgotten borough because it dosent desserve to be a borough
-the only republican brough, (shows the stupidity)
-the whittest borough filled with annoying rich mobster asshole italians who feel theryre living in the suburbs because its to stressful in the city
-the only republican brough, (shows the stupidity)
-the whittest borough filled with annoying rich mobster asshole italians who feel theryre living in the suburbs because its to stressful in the city
Did you know that staten island is also called SHAOLIN, ha ha ha, funny
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That's because when Swope is online, she is following up on anonymous tips and helping the Cambria County Sheriff's Office track down criminals.
With thousands of "likes" on the social media site and dozens of arrests credited to information solicited from the page, the online initiative has paid off, Swope said.
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Cambria County Sheriff's Deputy Tracy Swope looks over arrest warrants Wednesday.
"We probably had about 20 [arrests] in the last two months that we picked up just from social media," Swope said.
Swope, a Carrolltown resident, saw the success of other area law enforcement agencies' Facebook pages and created one for the county sheriff's office.
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One anonymous tip led to the arrest of an individual in Erie. Another tipster alerted sheriff's deputies to a wanted individual who was caught sleeping on a couch.
Swope posted photos from the March 11 bank robbery in Ebensburg on the county sheriff's office page, and within a matter of days, the photos had been shared more than 73,000 times.
"That's just amazing," Swope said.
Swope said she typically posts offenders of all types, including individuals wanted for theft, drugs or domestic issues.
"It's a little bit of everything," Swope said.
While Swope is able to browse Facebook while at the courthouse, most of the work is done at her own home.
"I do most of it on my own time," Swope said.
After her day at the courthouse ends, Swope said she is at home with her husband caring for their 2-year-old son.
And when her son is asleep, Swope works to sift through the anonymous tips submitted to the page and prepares to follow up on any plausible leads.
Swope was recognized for her efforts during the Cambria County commissioners meeting in late February.
County Sheriff Bob Kolar praised Swope for her hard work.
"She's short in stature, but don't let that fool you," he said. "She is a giant when it comes to work ethic."
Commissioners presented Swope with a certificate of recognition and thanked her for arming law enforcement with another tool: information.
The Facebook page has been helpful in tracking down wanted individuals, but also has been invaluable in spreading information about an upcoming fundraiser to fund training classes for a new K-9 for the department as well as purchases new K-9 equipment.
The fundraiser is set for April 28 at Central Cambria High School.
The county sheriff's current K-9, Alli, is suffering from health ailments and is set to retire from law enforcement. A grant through k9s4cops.org covered the costs of the new police dog.
K-9 handler Deputy Steve Szymusiak said the K-9 is an invaluable asset to the sheriff's office. The sheriff's office is routinely called to assist other departments track down suspects or assist with narcotics investigations, he said. And the team routinely visits schools, where children enjoy seeing the K-9, he said.
"We don't want to lose that asset," Swope said.
Fans of the sheriff department's Facebook page can learn more about the fundraiser and even order shirts and hats through the site, Swope said.
While Swope is no stranger to escorting inmates from prison to the courthouse to stand trial, she said she is comfortable managing outstanding warrants and helping her colleagues track down offenders from her desk in the courthouse.
"I enjoy doing this more," Swope said. "It helps a lot when you have the public telling you where [suspects] are."
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Mike Madigan is a businessman, a tea party activist and vice president of an organization that considers education the civil rights issue of today.
It's that last hat he wears that Madigan says prompted him to run for Congress.
"We need to break the cycle of poverty," says the Grand Island Republican. "And one way to do that is to relook at what we're doing with education."
As vice president of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, a Rochester-based public policy group dedicated to free-market ideals, Madigan refuses to let conservatives take a back seat on the issue of how to reform public schools.
In his eyes, there's a direct link between unemployment and violent crime and what he sees as a failing system of public education.
He's quick to suggest that the federal government has done more harm than good when it comes to educating young people, especially African-American males.
And he's just as quick to accuse his opponent, incumbent Rep. Brian Higgins, of being part of the problem, not the solution.
"He ignores them," Madigan said of Higgins and the schoolchildren he represents. "I know they're not donors. I know they're not contributors. But they are his constituents."
Higgins tells a far different story.
The Buffalo Democrat points to his support of Buffalo Promise Neighborhood, a two-year-old initiative designed to improve three schools in the Kensington-Amherst-Bailey section of the city, and his work in helping the group behind the project secure $1.5 million a year for five years from the U.S. Department of Education.
Higgins also claims that while Madigan pretends to be an ally of public school teachers, parents and students, he comes from a wing of his party that has tried to kill some of the nation's most basic educational programs.
"He's part of a an element of the Republican Party, the tea party, that wants to destroy urban education," Higgins said.
As Madigan enters the final weeks of his race for the 26th Congressional District seat, a battle he acknowledges is an uphill struggle, he's making education reform the centerpiece of his campaign.
He points to the sky-high dropout rate among African-American males in the Buffalo school system to suggest that the status quo is obsolete.
His ideas for remedying the problem are rooted in his conservatism and his leadership role in the Frederick Douglass Foundation.
At the core of his platform is a federal voucher program similar to what GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is proposing.
Under Madigan's proposal, families would receive a voucher of about $3,000 to use at a private or charter school of their choice.
"It would be a wake-up call," he said. "We need to do something different."
Like Romney, Madigan thinks choice and competition are essential to reforming public school systems here and across the country.
He knows "voucher" is an evil word among a lot of educators and represents for some a step back from the education policies of the last Republican president, George W. Bush.
While some studies have found a correlation between vouchers and higher test scores – a number of states currently have some type of voucher program – critics say the improvements are minimal.
That doesn't bother Madigan, who is no fan of Bush's most notable education initiative, the No Child Left Behind Act.
He says that the law gave us good data but that the unintended consequences – an over-reliance on standardized testing and teaching to those tests – have been disastrous.
Talk to Madigan about public schools for any length of time and he's sure to mention their failure in preparing students who want to work instead of go to college.
If elected, he's promising to lobby the state for a repeal or suspension of a law that prevents Buffalo and other large city school districts from joining BOCES and using its skilled trade programs.
"Buffalo, because of this law, is barred from taking part in this very effective program," Madigan said.
He also wants to repeal or suspend the Davis-Bacon Act, the federal law that ensures prevailing wages are paid on most federally funded construction projects.
He thinks African-American workers would benefit if the law was repealed.
"It is slanted against low-income minority workers," Madigan said.
Higgins claims Madigan's emphasis on public education is nothing more than a tactic to win votes in Buffalo's African-American community, a ploy he's convinced will backfire.
"I have a solid record of supporting public education in Buffalo," he said.
After five months on the campaign trail, Madigan is still the acknowledged underdog. He hopes to raise $150,000 by Election Day but expects Higgins will raise and spend even more.
He also is running in a district that is heavily Democrat but, thanks to redistricting, is considerably smaller in size, a change he thinks could benefit a grass-roots campaign like his.
Madigan has never run for political office before, but he has served as a Republican committeeman on Grand island and has worked with Tea New York, a large tea party organization, and former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino.
And yes, he's heard the reports that he's running against Higgins because of a political feud between Paladino and Higgins, a report he insists is way out of bounds.
"Am I running because of Carl? No." he said. "I've known I was going to run for Congress since the beginning of time."
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Overall, the media summit is a great opportunity for an athlete to promote her/his sport; to promote Team USA; and yes, to promote herself or himself.
(If it is in fact mandatory, I would not consider it cruel and unusual punishment. Quite the contrary, for the reasons above. And if an athlete wants the privilege of representing the USA on the field of play -- and of receiving support from the USOC and its official sponsors -- I think the USOC has the right to expect her or him to serve as an ambassador.)


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Explore various appliqué styles and discover an array of innovative techniques guided by designer Lisa Archer. Create a chic knit skirt as Lisa walks you through choosing the best materials as well as stabilizing and prepping your fabrics. Dive into reverse appliqué with a trendy infinity scarf, and learn how to trim away the interior shape without nicking the appliqué fabric. Customize a split appliqué with a name or phrase of your choice — the options are endless! Add a pocket appliqué to a child's shirt, and make an adorable in-the-hoop monster to pair it with. Finally, create a colorful t-shirt quilt, and use part of a design file to do the quilting, too. Conquer knit fabric and add another dimension of style to gifts and apparel with raw-edge, reverse, split and pocket appliqué!
Meet your instructor, appliqué designer Lisa Archer, and dive into your first project as you add a darling appliqué design to a skirt using the raw-edge method.
Continue to develop your hooping, stitching and trimming skills as Lisa walks you through the steps to make a reverse appliqué infinity scarf that incorporates a gorgeous fleur-de-lis design in any fabric of your choosing.
Customize a sweet crown and message before embroidering a t-shirt or onesie using Lisa's techniques for split appliqué. Audition, hoop, embroider and complete your design with Lisa's expert tips along the way.
Create an adorable children's t-shirt with a monster pocket that holds a small monster stuffed animal. Lisa explains how to create the pocket and shares ideas for adding pockets to other appliqué designs.
Add some fun to the appliqué you made in Lesson 4 by bringing a stuffed monster to life. You'll be amazed at how quickly and easily you can create this project, all done entirely in the hoop!
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KAPALUA - After a decade and a half of addiction, a former methamphetamine user spoke to students at Maui Preparatory Academy about how he had lost everything from his family to himself.
"Drugs have a way of changing who you are," he said. "I lost my kids, my wife, my job . . . and a lot of teeth."
William Wandell of Kihei was a guest speaker for Hawaii Meth Project's informational assembly at the private school in Kapalua earlier this week. Around 85 high- and middle-school students learned about the dangers of meth and its widespread use in Hawaii.
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Maui Preparatory Academy sophomore Sabrina Binchi (right) and senior Hannah Freedman listen to former drug user William Wandell talk about his addiction.
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WILLIAM WANDELL, of Kihei
Hawaii Meth Project Program Manager Colby Takeda spoke to about 85 high- and middle-school students at Maui Preparatory Academy this week. Takeda said that Hawaii ranks second in the nation for the percentage of drug-related treatment admissions that are meth-related.
The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo
Colby Takeda, program manager for Hawaii Meth Project, opened the assembly and presented students with statistics and an explanation of the detrimental health effects of meth.
Takeda said that the drug affects the pleasure centers of the brain and eventually can prevent users from feeling any pleasure. Users begin to suffer from adverse health effects, such as memory loss, malnutrition and psychotic behavior.
"It's all about getting the message to (students of Hawaii), helping them understand how dangerous this drug really is, knowing what the drug can do to your brain and body, and going out and telling your friends about it," Takeda said. "Hopefully, this will change the attitudes of teens across the state so they can become advocates for their friends."
In his presentation, Takeda said that 42 percent of Hawaii's drug enforcement operations go to dealing with meth.
"Eighty-five to 90 percent of first-time users become addicted," he added.
After Takeda's presentation, Wandell spoke about his first time using meth. Growing up in Roseburg, Ore., he said that he was a scrawny teenager with bad acne and with only a few friends. He said he started to experiment with drugs, such as marijuana, but did not use meth until one of his friends introduced it to him after high school.
"I was at a party, and I told my friend I was really tired," he said. "That's when he gave me meth. He didn't tell me what it was, just that it would give me energy."
That marked the beginning of what would end up being a 15-year drug addiction and a crime spree that included five felonies and 28 misdemeanors, he said.
Wandell, 38, said he would snort or smoke methamphetamines multiple times a day, and at one point injected the drug in his veins.
In a follow-up interview by phone, Wandell talked about his meth addiction on Maui.
In 1998, his family, which included his wife and son and daughter, moved to the Valley Isle, but three years later he was separated from them. At this point, he said he was homeless, staying with friends and fellow drug users in West Maui.
"I almost got myself killed over a drug deal," he said. "With that realization, I just broke down and called my mom, and she paid for the airfare for me to come back to Oregon and clean up, but then my friend gave me a call, and I was back to using."
Six years later, Wandell began to turn his life around when he started painting and roofing houses for a businessman in Kihei.
"He was an unemployed painter, dating my daughter," said Dale Ward, owner of Award Roofing Inc. "So I hired him to do some paint jobs, and he did a really good job."
As a small-business owner, Ward said it is difficult to find reliable workers, and Wandell had a good work ethic. Wandell eventually became Ward's right-hand man, and the two would frequently work jobs together.
Initially, Ward was unaware of Wandell's drug addiction and only found out after a job in Kula.
"He was really lethargic, and he kept dropping his tools off the roof," said Ward. "I yelled at him and said, 'C'mon Will, get it together.' From what I understand, when people are coming down from meth they just want to sleep. He was drinking coffee like crazy, enough to make peoples' hair stand up."
Ward said this happened several times, and Wandell began showing up to work hours late. When Ward spoke to Wandell about his declining work habits, Wandell said he could no longer handle the responsibility and quit.
"I was caring less and less about making it to work on time," Wandell said. "Work was cutting into my using time."
He reached rock bottom in late 2006, when he was arrested for threatening a man in Lahaina, while attempting to steal a car. Sitting in jail and without any friends to call to post bail for him, Wandell turned to his former boss.
Although Wandell was no longer dating his daughter, Ward not only posted Wandell's bail but brought him into his home.
"He was my right-hand guy," said Ward. "I didn't want to just bail out on him when he was going through problems. I really felt if he could get his head on straight, he could turn his life around."
Ward and his wife, Melanie, took care of Wandell for about three months before his court hearing on the auto theft charges in 2007. At the hearing, he was sentenced to one year in jail, an experience that finally helped him overcome his addiction, he said.
"It felt different," he said. "I was finally over the insanity. The obsession to use was so strong prior, but now it felt like it was doable (to stay clean)."
Wandell went to live with the Wards again after being released in late 2007.
"With my faith in God, I don't believe anyone cannot be helped, so I encouraged Will to help out in the community" said Ward. "None of it was major initially, but in living with us he looks like he was changing his perspective on life."
Ward said he initially took Wandell everywhere he went, helping him find his faith in the process. Wandell began going to church frequently, occupying his time with Bible studies and volunteer opportunities.
He also said he has mended his relationship with his children, who at one point had nothing but hatred for him. At a recent barbecue, he said his daughter asked him if he really was clean.
"I said, 'Yes.' I could see tears well up in her eyes, and she started bawling and said, 'Thank you,' '' he said. "It was such a strong emotion, it was huge. Just to see her, how she had been holding out for me and waiting for me to relapse . . . That's really one of the hugest things."
Wandell still lives with the Wards but is looking to move into a place of his own. He has a new girlfriend and a painting business, which he is hoping to expand.
"I'm just now getting ready to propose so we're in a transitional point now," he said. "With everything lining up though, it feels like I'm finally able to move forward."
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Compost can improve soil structure and texture and improve the soil's capacity to hold water. It's all-natural, while cost-conscious and homeowners like compost because they can improve their lawn and garden without spending a dime.
Ed Cochran's family loves to grow tomatoes in the summer time. "I wanted a natural way to increase my tomato yield. That combined with helping to reduce the amount of kitchen waste that ends up in the garbage made me want to look into composting," he said.
Adding compost improves soil fertility and can stimulate healthy root development, enabling lawns and gardens to better withstand potentially harsh weather, such as summer heat waves or windy fall and winter afternoons. Compost is effective because it provides food for microorganisms that contribute to overall soil health. When these microorganisms are fed, they produce phosphorous, potassium and nitrogen.
As a result, homeowners save money because they do not need to purchase potentially costly soil amendments to maintain healthy soil. When making compost, homeowners can use a host of ingredients they likely already have lying around the house. Dead houseplants, for instance, can be effective compost ingredients as long as the plants were not thorny or riddled with disease. Homeowners with pet rabbits, or gerbils or hamsters can even add these animals' manure to their compost. When doing so, include the wood or paper bedding from the animal's crate. Another potentially valuable compost ingredient is vegetable scraps, such as carrot peelings or even eggshells. When adding these items, be sure to bury them in the compost pile so they don't attract animals.
Cochran has been using the compost tumblers for two years. This is his second planting season.
Cochran said they put no cooked food or animal products or by-products in the composter.
Compost material consists of browns (carbon) and greens (nitrogen). He composts leaves, grass clippings, pine cones, small sticks, coffee grounds, raw veggies, fruits, egg shells and shredded paper. "We periodically add cheap sugary cola as a booster to supercharge the bacteria that breaks down the compost material," he explained.
Cochran had been looking for a composting tumbler that would be both efficient and durable, but those were fairly pricey, he said.
A tumbler, which is enclosed, allows for proper aeration and moisture retention. This allows for an efficient environment for composting that eliminates the unpleasant odors usually associated with some compost piles.
By being enclosed, it also prevents unwanted critters and pests from rummaging through the compost.
"After a couple of years of looking for the perfect tumbler, I read an article in a Boy Scout magazine that showed how to build one. I thought that this would be a great project for my son and me to build. The article referenced a website that provided the plans: with diagrams, a detailed parts list and assembly instructions," said Cochran.
"We built one tumbler and my wife liked it so much that she asked that we build another one. So, we now have a pair of them."
They are made from 55 gallon pickle barrels (Cochran says he found a supplier on John's Island via Craig's List),
The Cochrans used treated lumber for the bases, galvanized and stainless steel hardware to construct the bases and attach the barrels to them. A few PVC plumbing parts were needed for the "low tech" aeration/venting systems. The cost was approximately $100 per tumbler in parts and materials.
The finished product is a black barrel composter with a large mouth and screw on lid. The barrel is manually rotated about a pipe axis, which creates a tumbling/mixing action for the contents being composted.
The end result - a compost tea that Cochran uses on ornamentals in hanging baskets.
"We use the compost as a soil amendment for our tomato plants and any other vegetable or fruit we decide to try in the garden area.
We also use it anytime we plant ornamentals, as it gives the plants a good head start on the growing season. Last years tomatoes were the most productive that we have had," he said.
• Dog waste composter - Create a method to safely dispose of dog waste without having to toss it in plastic bags in the trash. There are devices that can be buried into the ground to serve as a dog waste receptacle. Or you can make one of your own by placing a container with a lid that seals on top but has an open bottom. Sprinkle a natural bacteria septic tank product, such as Rid-X(R), down the hole routinely and it will break down the waste and turn it into soil fertilizer.
• Common Compost Materials - Items like eggshells, banana peels, apple cores, paper, leaves, and coffee grounds are often included in a home compost pile. These items break down by natural bacteria and produce a rich fertilizer for plants.
• Lesser-Known Compost Materials - pet hair, paper napkins, lint, pine needles, matches, chicken manure, old herbs, sawdust, weeds, hair clippings, tea bags, paper towels, bird cage cleanings, stale bread, leather, old pasta, pea vines, grapefruit rinds, newspaper, tissues, dried out bouquets, potato chips, yogurt, shrimp shells, toenail clippings, pie crust, toothpicks (wood), tossed salad, old beer, feathers, fish bones, envelopes, cardboard, pencil shavings, grocery receipts, dead insects, wool socks, pickles, dust bunnies, toast, chocolate cookies, oatmeal, tofu, spoiled wine, straw, nut shells
• Composting process works best at temperatures between 120 and 150 F. The compost will generate its own heat as matter is broken down. However, the heat of warm months can speed up the process. Novice composters may want to begin their composting in the summer as a first attempt.
• Hot composting piles can be turned into soil fertilizer in as little as eight to 10 weeks. Therefore, plan your composting start date accordingly.
Soon after you may have a naturally sustainable garden that produces material enough to continually feed your existing compost pile.
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Men's Basketball Falls 66-63 to Buffalo
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The Ball State men's basketball team dropped a 66-63 contest to Buffalo in Mid-American Conference action Wednesday evening at Worthen Arena.
Jauwan Scaife led the Cardinals with 18 points, while Majok Majok finished with 13.
The back-and-forth game featured 11 lead changes in the second half, but a 3-pointer by Buffalo's Will Regan with 12 seconds left and the Bulls leading by one helped the visitors escape with the win.
Regan's shot initially hit hard off the back of the rim. But instead of a coming down harmlessly for a rebound to give Ball State possession with a chance to take the lead, the ball went straight up into the air above the backboard and fell down through the net.
The shot gave Buffalo a 64-60 lead. Scaife then hit a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to cut the lead to one, but the Cardinals were forced to foul and Buffalo's Tony Watson knocked down a pair of free throws with 0.2 seconds on the clock. The Bulls then batted away Matt Kamieniecki's long inbounds pass on the final play.
The Cardinals fell to 7-10 on the season and 1-4 in Mid-American Conference play, while the Bulls improved to 7-12 on the year and 2-3 in the league. Ball State will now head to Miami University for a 3 p.m. Saturday matchup that will be televised by the Ball State Sports Network.
Scaife, who was honored before Wednesday's game for becoming the 26th member of Ball State's 1,000-point club, was 5-of-11 from the floor, including 3-of-6 from behind the arc.
Kamieniecki was a spotless 4-of-4 from the floor and added a free throw for nine points to go with a game-high eight boards. Jesse Berry dished out five assists and had added nine points.
Buffalo's Javon McCrea led all scorers with 24 points. The Bulls pounded the ball inside and put the Cardinals in foul trouble early. Majok and fellow post player Zach Fields each had two fouls just over six minutes into the game, and Majok ended up playing a season-low 19 minutes.
Regan, who hit the late 3-pointer, added 17 points for Buffalo, while Watson scored nine points and handed out a game-high seven assists.
The Cardinals shot 41.2 percent (21-of-51) from the floor, while the Bulls made 45.8 percent (22-of-48) of their field goals. Ball State, which has now out-rebounded all five of its MAC opponents, held the advantage in rebounds (33-30), points off turnovers (15-6), bench points (14-9) and steals (10-4). BSU forced 20 turnovers in the game.
Ball State scored the first five points of the game and opened up on a 9-1 run. The Cardinals held the advantage throughout the first half, but the Bulls managed to tie the game at 29-29 with 1:45 left before halftime. Scaife made a layup soon after to help the Cardinals take a 31-29 lead into the intermission.
Buffalo grabbed its first advantage at 34-33 on a 3-pointer from Auraum Nuiriankh early in the second half, and then the teams began trading the lead.
Chris Bond gave Ball State its final lead at 60-59 on a layup with 2:55 to play, but McCrea responded with a dunk on the other end to put Buffalo back on top.
Scaife uncharacteristically missed a pair of free throws with 44 seconds on the clock and the deficit still 61-60, and then Regan knocked down his 3-pointer to help the Bulls to the road win.


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In addition to serving on Stetson's faculty since 1996 and as Stetson's Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) since 1999, he is also the Rinker Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Chair of the M.E. Rinker, Sr. Institute of Tax and Accountancy, and Director of the Master of Accountancy Programs. Dr. Bitter teaches auditing, accounting theory, and financial accounting/reporting at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Bitter was the School of Business Administration's Professor of the Year in 2001 and 2006 and is also a past recipient of the School's service award (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, and 2011) and research award (1999) and the JD/MBA Golden Apple Award for teaching (2003).
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Authorities said a Kansas man has died in a commercial diving accident in southeast Alaska.
Alaska state troopers identified the victim as 32-year-old Levi Adams, of Leawood, Kan.
The Ketchikan Daily News reported Adams and an unidentified man were diving in a commercial sea cucumber fishery harvest Tuesday morning near the Mountain Point area of Ketchikan. South Tongass Fire Chief Steve Rydeen said the other man surfaced, noting the "air didn't taste right." Adams didn't surface.
He was pulled from the water, and responders attempted CPR. He was taken to Ketchikan Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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Despite its sole regular income of $23,500 in farm rents, Seneca County Park District is expected to carry over $26,000 into 2013.
Other than cropland rent from Garlo Heritage Nature Preserve, the district depends on grants and donations to round out its budget.
During a detailed report to the board Wednesday evening, board member Jim Nordholt said the park district will have less carryover from this year's budget than it had from 2011 into this year, "but we're doing fairly well," he said.
The park district's overall budget for 2012 was $98,474. In addition to cropland rents, that amount comes mainly from $34,500 in grants, $4,000 in donations and carryover from the previous year.
The budget for Out & About Preschool also is expected to carry over about $2,200. Preschool Director Linda Rose said the preschool remains at full enrollment.
A budget committee of Director Pat Obringer and board members Roland Zimmerman and Nordholt were appointed to recommend a 2013 budget, with Rose to be included for the preschool budget portion.
Later in the meeting, Rose suggested the board begin to think about when would be a good time to place an operating levy before voters. She suggested a good time might be in November while the park district is fresh in people's minds following Oktober Fest, which takes place the first Sunday of October each year.
Rose said people mentioned the topic to her last Sunday, and several other people at the meeting said they also heard comments on the subject.
"There's a lot of people who think we have a tax base right now, which we don't," said board chairman Russ Rife. "For people to stand in the rain and wait to get food, just blew me away, I know it's good food, but I think it's more support for our parks than anything."
To the best of their memories without looking up the history, board members said the last levy attempt was in 2007, and the measure was defeated by 600 votes.
Members agreed there is a much broader base of support for the parks now than there has been in the past. Because of the addition of Cinton Nature Preserve just outside of Tiffin, Bowen Nature Preserve in West Lodi, the new Mercy Community Nature Preserve and other park areas, the park district name has become better known.
To prepare for possible levy, board members suggested they work on getting in better touch with voters in the Fostoria area. Board member Roy Zinn suggested looking into the advice of other county park districts that have placed levies on the ballot in recent years.
Regarding the nature area at Mercy Tiffin Hospital, committee chairman Katheren Gase said the group is hoping to open the park in early spring.
She said a prospective Eagle Scout is building a bridge on the property and another is considering a project to build steps into one of the hills.
About 10 volunteers have been working on trail development, she said, and she is working with Obringer on the signs needed.
Board members suggested the use of materials from a boardwalk donated to the park district by the Sisters of St. Francis for use over an area of vernal pools, which is wet in the spring.
Volunteer graphic designer Archie Clark said he has walked the new area to create GPS points he uses to create a map. Clark also presented the board with a mock-up of a revised visitor guide.
During his report, Obringer said he plans to apply for $8,000 in grant money from Ottawa-Sandusky-Seneca Joint Solid Waste District to buy signs, picnic tables and benches made from recycled materials for the new Mercy Community Nature Preserve. He is getting prices for the items to finalize the application. Charles Ervin, senior director of facilities and campus planning at Mercy Tiffin, said the Mercy park committee can help with the required matching fund of $2,600. The remainder of the match would come from in-kind work and other donations.
Obringer also said the road and parking lot at Steyer Nature Preserve are ready for stone as soon as he can coordinate people and equipment needed to complete the project. The project is being funded by grant money from the Ohio Department of Transportation.
During a report about Forrest Nature Preserve, the board approved volunteer Diane Hudok to apply linseed oil to the shelter at Forrest Nature Preserve before an open house set for Oct. 21.
Also at Forrest preserve, Zinn said trails for the additional land added earlier this year have been mapped out on paper. He said it would be nice to get the trails cut in the grassland before the open house.
During a Friends of the Seneca County Park District prior to the board meeting, Zimmerman gave tribute to the late Mike Wheatley, who died early this week. He said Wheatley was instrumental in getting the first 256 acres of park district land donated by Alma and Dolly Garlo. At the time, he was an bald eagle watcher at the site and made the suggestion to the sisters. Wheatley also was the first president of the Friends.
The Friends are taking donations to put toward a board dedicated to Mike and his wife, Rose, on the boardwalk at Garlo preserve.
The board also:
Met in executive session to discuss property.
Approved moving $18,000 in the Contract Services Fund, increasing it to $24,000, to cover the stone project at Steyer preserve, a roof on the log cabin restoration at Garlo preserve and other items.
Decided to hold over until spring about $10,000 in remaining ODOT grant funds to further review possible projects during the winter.
Heard the district received $440 from a scrap metal collection fundraiser at Garlo preserve.
Learned the Friends of the Seneca County Park District made a preliminary $12,000 at this year's Oktober Fest, compared to $10,000 last year.
Heard a new Friends brochure has been completed, and the group is planning a membership drive.
The board's next meeting is at 7 p.m. Nov. 14, preceded by a Friends meeting at 6 p.m.


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London 2012 gymnastics fever has become a little opportunity to spread awareness of the Sochi team competition for ice skaters. Two separate observations:
- A young American skater (who has competed internationally with good results) tweeted, "I'm thinkin' we need an Olympic team event for skating." A skating website quickly replied to inform her of the Sochi team competition.
- And when a young skating enthusiast (whose name I don't recognize) sent a tweet wishing for a team event, USFSA immediately assured her that Sochi will have one.


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For nearly 50 years, Roy Takahashi has been a fixture in Sheraton Maui's Financial Department. He knew all the names of the hotel employees and remembers ordering calculators and typewriters, not computers and Internet devices, for the hotel's offices and departments.
When he first started in 1964 - a year after the hotel opened - the area's golf course fee was just $5 and a hotel stay at the Sheraton cost $15 per night.
Also, Sheraton's multistory hotel tower stood alone along Kaanapali Beach, dwarfing a few of its hotel bungalows, which are now gone.
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Torch diver Justin Balinigit carries his fire to the top of Pu'u Keka'a, or Black Rock, before diving off into the ocean Friday evening. The nightly cliff-dive ceremony has been a tradition at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa since it opened in 1963.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Today, the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa boasts 508 rooms. When it opened in 1963 as the Sheraton-Maui Hotel, it had 212 rooms.
Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa photo
ROY TAKAHASHI, Sheraton Maui's purchasing director
Fountains graced the Sheraton-Maui Hotel lobby when it opened in 1963. The hotel went through a complete $160 million redevelopment from 1995 to 1997. The hotel celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa photo
Seattle's Jola and Curtis Jensen share a relaxing afternoon in front of the Sheraton Maui with their children Cooper, 5, and Sadie, 7, on Friday. They said they enjoyed the location and the ambience. "It's an iconic hotel on Kaanapali Beach," Curtis Jensen said. "It's a great beach for the kids, and it's close to everything," Jola Jensen said.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
The Sheraton was affectionately known then as the "upside-down hotel," Takahashi said.
The lobby was on top of the landmark, Pu'u Keka'a, or Black Rock, the lava flow that juts out into the ocean next to the resort.
"Instead of going up to your room, you would go down to your room. That was something unique at the time," Takahashi recalled last week.
Asked what he thought of the hotel's award-winning architecture and the modern features at the time, Takahashi, who was hired at 22, replied with a laugh: "To me, it didn't make any difference. I was too young."
The 71-year-old purchasing director and one of the hotel's longtime employees recalled memories of his workplace prior to the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa kicking off its 50th anniversary this year.
An anniversary luau was held Friday night that featured the history and culture of Maui and Kaanapali through song and dance of Maui and the Pacific.
Special anniversary packages, including promotional rates for family-friendly 'Ohana suites, are part of the yearlong celebration.
The hotel opened in January 1963 and welcomed guests including singer and actor Bing Crosby, comedian Bob Hope and golfing great Sam Snead. All are now deceased. The first Mainland commercial flight to Maui flew in the dignitaries aboard a United Airlines DC-8.
The hotel had 212 rooms at its inception. Now, it has 508.
Amfac Inc. designed the Kaanapali Beach Resort, one of the first resort destinations, and the Sheraton was its first hotel. Amfac, formerly American Factors, was one of the so-called "Big Five" companies in the territory of Hawaii.
When Sheraton moved to Maui, it marked the first time a Mainland hotel chain had moved to a Neighbor Island, the hotel said. In 1974, Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts, a company based in Japan, purchased the Sheraton on Maui, along with two other hotels on Oahu. The Sheraton Maui is managed by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
"The opening of Sheraton-Maui Hotel in 1963 was a huge event for the entire island. It put Maui on the map for tourism," said Tetsuji Yamazaki, the resort's general manager, in an email. "With the world-class Kaanapali Golf Course and the Sheraton-Maui Hotel at Black Rock, this became the dream luxury vacation for people all over the globe."
Wayne Hedani, general manager of the Kaanapali Operations Association, which now handles the administrative duties of Kaanapali Beach Resort, also commended the hotel and its longevity.
"It was a pretty spectacular hotel then. It is still a pretty spectacular hotel today," he said.
Hedani noted that the hotel has a scenic location with long beach frontage.
"I think (the hotel turning 50 is) significant in that its hasn't been converted into a time share. It survived all these years basically," Hedani added, alluding to the hotel weathering the economic ups and downs.
Maui Visitors Bureau Executive Director Terryl Vencl called the hotel turning 50 "marvelous" and added that it "speaks to the caliber of property and service they offer."
"I think it is truly amazing the people/planners had the vision of a planned resort with Sheraton as its anchor and worked to make it all come to fruition. I admire such visionaries," Vencl said in a email.
In 1968, the Hawaii Visitors Bureau designated Sheraton-Maui Hotel as one of the leaders in the development of Maui, particularly Lahaina-Kaanapali, as a major tourist destination resort.
Hedani, who also worked for Amfac in the 1970s, said that the Sheraton was built on property occupied by brush and cattle pens, according to old area photographs.
Also nearby were oil tanks that were set up for the ships that docked in the area.
In the Kaanapali Beach Resort's beginnings, it had only three employees who were from the Pioneer Mill, a subsidiary of Amfac. But now the resort has 5,000 employees at its various resorts and businesses, Hedani said.
The Sheraton no longer stands alone. Several big chain resorts such as Hyatt and the Westin line the Kaanapali beachfront, along with smaller hotels. Nightly room rates at some of the larger hotels, including the Sheraton, range in the upper $300s and more in March, according to the hotels' websites, a far cry from the $15 rates that Sheraton began with.
Back when plans were coming together to develop the resort, Hedani said that a private sewage treatment plant was built for the resort on the mauka side of Honoapiilani Highway. Developers did not want to follow the practice at the time, which was to dump sewage into the ocean, Hedani said.
"It was a state-of-the-art, secondary treatment plant back in the 1950s," he said.
Hedani said that the creator of the system was so confident that he drank the treated water to show "how clean it was."
Now the hotels are connected with the county wastewater system.
While he was a student at the University of Hawaii's School of Travel Industry Management in the 1970s, Hedani studied the Sheraton and its design of its cliffside tower. He said he was impressed with the beautiful landscaping and the way architects blended the hotel in with its environment near Black Rock.
The New York Museum of Modern Art for Architecture selected the Sheraton's design for placement in an American exhibition to tour through the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during the 1960s, the hotel said. The Sheraton Maui was the first Hawaii hotel to receive an award for architecture enhancement of the natural locale.
Although the hotel was known for its architecture and design, it underwent a $160 million redevelopment from 1995 to 1997.
Vencl called the work a "beautiful transformation."
Vencl, who began with the Maui Hotel Association in 1990, remembers the Sheraton being torn down and feeling the sadness of that happening.
"But the brand new property soon appeared with beautiful rooms and meeting space," she said. "They brought back many of the old employees and suddenly it became 'The Sheraton Maui' again."
While its physical appearance, rates and amenities have changed over the years, one thing that has remained constant at the Sheraton is the tradition of the nightly cliff-dive ceremony off of Black Rock that dates back to the days of Hawaiian royalty and Maui Chief Kahekili.
Takahashi said that the hotel has the "best location in Kaanapali," because of its proximity to Black Rock and the beach below.
"A lot of people want to go to Black Rock," he added.
Fresh out of the Army, Takahashi said he figured he'd try for a job in the travel industry.
"I came to the hotel, they said 'OK, you're hired.' That's how I got started," he said.
Through the years, Takahashi worked his way up from revenue auditor to general cashier then to paymaster (where he took care of employees' paychecks and knew all employees by name). Then, he was promoted to purchasing director, a job he has held for the past several decades.
Takahashi said he remembers that in the 1960s he knew exactly when the late actor and entertainer Red Skelton was at the hotel because that's when Takahashi saw $1,000 bills popping up when he was the general cashier.
"Whenever he was in the house, he would change thousand-dollar bills," he said.
Over the years, the hotel has also seen a number of other celebrities, including singer and performer Elton John, actor Harrison Ford and tennis great Serena Williams, the hotel noted.
As for his job, Takahashi joked that it "must be good cause I'm still here."
"They have been pretty good to me as far as workwise," he said.
Over the years, Takahashi has traveled to Japan, China, New Zealand, Okinawa and Molokai to help sister hotels with their openings.
Although the hotel has changed over the years, one of the features Takahashi cherishes is the view from Black Rock. His favorite part of the hotel was "from the top of the hill," the former location of a dining room, bar and lobby. Now the hill is occupied by suites.
"It's pretty nice for the people who can afford to go up there," Takahashi said.
He still goes up to the top of Black Rock to admire the view from time to time.
Over the years, Takahashi said, there has been a good relationship among the employees, and they care very much for their guests.
"Everyone has the aloha spirit when they work here. Everyone belongs like an ohana. Everyone gets along pretty good here," he said.
Takahashi credits the hotel's longevity to its prime location and the staff's hospitality.
"Our staff all get aloha. The guests like that," he said.
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ALBANY – Women staff members working for Assemblyman Vito Lopez say the 71-year-old Brooklyn Democrat told them to wear sexy clothing to the office, requested that they stay with him in hotel rooms, made regular comments about their bodies and groped them.
But when the women took their complaints to the top leaders in the Assembly, all the way to Speaker Sheldon Silver, the reaction was less about helping the female staff members and more about political damage control by Democrats looking to protect the Assembly and one of their most politically powerful members, a special prosecutor reported Wednesday.
After recent weeks of unrelated scandals in the Legislature involving embezzlement, bribery, theft of public funds and attempted cover-ups of political corruption, the state Capitol was rocked again Wednesday by the long-awaited public release of two investigations, both of which revealed a pattern of sexual harassment and intimidation by Lopez against at least four female members on his staff.
The two reports also concluded that the Assembly leaders did little to help the women and paid $103,000 in taxpayer money to try to keep the accusations from reaching the public.
One of the two reports quoted an internal email from an Assembly official discussing "our desire to keep this away from media scrutiny."
In a statement late Wednesday, Lopez denied the allegations and said he was deprived of his due process rights by the Assembly.
"There is an all-out war against an ailing senior member. One must wonder why the actions in this matter were addressed without due process. Mr. Lopez looks forward to a hearing where all the facts are openly discussed and reviewed," a statement from his office said.
The special prosecutor, Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, cleared Lopez of criminal wrongdoing, but he said the women and the public were not served by the way top Assembly officials, including Silver, handled the case when it was first brought to their attention last year. Internal rules for handling such cases, such as referring allegations to an Assembly ethics panel, were ignored, said Donovan, a Republican.
A separate investigation by the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics, completed in February but released only hours after Donovan's report, also raised serious questions about how Silver and his team handled the Lopez allegations but stressed that no laws were broken.
Donovan said his probe revealed "that during the mediation and negotiation of a settlement the chief concern of those in the Assembly was mitigating the Assembly's damages." That goal "outweighed any interest in investigating or disciplining Assembly Member Lopez or in preventing similar occurrences in the future," he said.
While Silver and his team last year were quietly trying to resolve complaints against Lopez, the assemblyman was still harassing at least one additional female aide, investigators say. The internal handling of the Lopez affair "encouraged (Lopez) to continue the inappropriate conduct," Donovan said.
Assembly sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the women made complaints to Assembly officials about Lopez but that the women's lawyer then told Assembly officials that they could not speak directly to the alleged victims.
Donovan called the secret $103,000 settlement paid to two victims a mechanism to shield the Assembly from embarrassing revelations involving Lopez, one of its most powerful members. He has served in the chamber since 1984 and rose to become Brooklyn Democratic Party chairman before his downfall last year.
Donovan said Lopez, not the two women who received the payments, requested that the settlements be kept secret.
Silver, who last year said he made a mistake when he approved the secret settlement instead of sending the matter to a legislative ethics committee for investigation, found himself on Wednesday beating back demands by Edward Cox, the state Republican Party chairman, to resign over his handling of the affair.
Michael Whyland, a Silver spokesman, said the longtime Assembly leader believed he undertook a "good-faith effort" to protect the interests of the female victims, and he noted that the two reports said no laws were broken in the handling of the Lopez controversy.
"The speaker is deeply committed to ensuring that all our employees are treated with respect and dignity," Whyland said, noting that Silver repeated his call for Lopez to resign his seat. Silver last year stripped Lopez of his Assembly leadership posts.
Whether the full Assembly might move to oust, fine or censure Lopez remains a possibility, though his fate as a lawmaker will depend in large part on the work still to be done by a joint Senate and Assembly ethics panel. Lopez is running for a New York City Council seat this year.
The 72-page state ethics report, which accused Lopez of violating three state laws, said he demanded women on his staff spend time with him outside the office, gave big raises to women who put up with his inappropriate advances and engaged in "attempted and forced intimate contact."
He became angry with one woman who refused his request to wear her blouse without a bra underneath and told another to "dress sexy" like a 14-year-old intern assigned to his office, the report said.
Staffers who resisted were threatened with job loss and public berating by the lawmaker, the report said.
In his report, Donovan also criticized Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on the secret settlement. Neither "raised any objection to inclusion of such a confidentiality clause," he said.
The ethics report said DiNapoli had no personal knowledge of the payments, and DiNapoli said Wednesday new transparency orders have been directed to his staff in future legal settlement cases.
Donovan said Schneiderman's office should have been more directly involved. If it had, the attorney general "could have advised against inclusion of the confidentiality clause as being contrary to public policy," Donovan reported, adding that Schneiderman should not act just as a litigator but as a "true counselor at law."
Damien LaVera, a Schneiderman spokesman, said both investigations made clear that the attorney general was not asked to serve as counsel to the Assembly or approve the settlement. Agency lawyers provided "a limited response to an informal inquiry as well as a model settlement that did not include a confidentiality clause," he said.
The accounts in the ethics report portrayed Lopez as an intimidating boss who regularly took advantage of young female staff members. He regularly asked women to dinner and, in some cases, to join him in a hotel room and asked them to wear high heels and short skirts.
In one case, the report alleged Lopez gave a woman $50 and told her to buy a low-cut blouse. When she returned the money the next day, he tossed the bills in her face and told her never to "disrespect" him again.In another case, a woman said Lopez asked her why she didn't wear miniskirts more often.
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The Lakers are starting to believe. And why not?
In a key Mount Rose League matchup between Division III foes North Tahoe and Incline on Saturday, the Laker boys outplayed the Highlanders on their own home court to earn a 60-51 win.
"That was a huge win. It was a league game we needed, and it was on their floor, which made it even sweeter," said first-year North Tahoe head coach Frank Wright, adding that the Lakers had not defeated Incline in at least eight years.
They pulled off the feat Saturday with a solid defensive effort combined with an efficient offense created after regularly breaking Incline's press.
After a tightly played first quarter ended with the North Shore rivals knotted at 14, North Tahoe outscored Incline 12-8 in the second quarter and 11-4 in the third to carry a 37-26 lead into the fourth quarter.
The teams traded baskets in an offensive fourth quarter, which played into the Lakers' hands as they held on for the big win.
"We had an enormous letdown Saturday," said first-year Incline head coach Tim Kelly, whose team learned last Tuesday that its top scorer, junior point guard Orin Porter, was academically ineligible and would be out the rest of the season. "But North Tahoe played well. I'm not going to say the only reason we lost is because we didn't play well. They hit big shots and we didn't. We allowed way too many buckets to go in."
Senior forward Colin Spencer and junior point guard Alex Tyler played huge roles in the win, as they combined for 40 points, while junior guard Noah McDermott and sophomore forward Mitchell Myers played perhaps their finest games of the year, Wright said.
Spencer used his size, and accurate free-throw shooting, to score a game-high 22 points on a 12-for-12 performance at the charity stripe. He also pulled down 12 rebounds. Tyler scored 18 points, while McDermott had five points, six rebounds and five steals, and Myers had seven points and seven rebounds.
"We pretty much dominated the game," Wright said. "We kept it close by refusing to put in close layups, which has been our year-long phenomenon. We did an outstanding job on defense, and everything we ran seemed to work. They had a difficult time stopping us defensively."
Without Porter, who was averaging 20.5 points per game, sophomore guard Jack Clouthier led the Highlanders with 15 points, while sophomore forward Ben Snyder scored 14 and Jack Bessette had 10. Incline also lost sophomore forward/guard Matt Hanna, who was averaging 13.8 points, in a tournament over the holiday break. Nevertheless, Kelly still thinks his team has the ability to make a deep postseason run.
"I'm really excited to see them (the Lakers) again in two weeks," he said.
With the win, the Lakers improved to 8-9 overall and 2-2 in Mount Rose League play. Incline fell to 9-9 overall and 1-2 in league.
Incline won the girls game, 59-37. The Highlanders jumped on the Lakers early, leading 21-8 after the first quarter and 36-18 at the half, led by a 25-point night by Molly Franklin.
The Incline girls are now 8-11 overall and 1-2 in league. North Tahoe is 6-9 overall and 0-4 in league.
UP NEXT: The Lakers are scheduled to host Sparks on Tuesday and Whittell on Friday, girls at 6 p.m. and boys at 7:30. They play at South Tahoe next Tuesday.


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