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Henrico to swear in newly elected officials Thursday
Citizen Staff Reports 12/12/11
Henrico County will hold its 2012 investiture ceremony on Thursday at 3 p.m. at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. All Henrico County officials elected in the Nov. 8 general election will take the oath of office, including Commonwealth's Attorney-elect Shannon Taylor, Sheriff Mike Wade, members of the Henrico County Board of Supervisors and members of tthe Henrico County School Board. Henrico Circuit Court Judge Catherine C. Hammond, chief judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit, will preside, and County Manager Virgil R. Hazelett and School Superintendent Patrick J. Russo will introduce officials for investiture.
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen is located at 2880 Mountain Road in Glen Allen.
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen is located at 2880 Mountain Road in Glen Allen.
Therapeutic healing
By Stephanie Hagan, Special to the Citizen 04/28/2017 Features
In a room labeled the garden room, a bright space with lavender-colored walls and pebble-gray chairs, art therapist Becky Jacobson might ask her patients to imagine a safe place, but she doesn't ask them to describe it to her — she wants them to draw it.
The patients are free to draw whatever they envision, expressing themselves through their colored markers, a form of healing through art therapy.
"Some people might not feel safe anywhere because they have had hard things happening to them, and I have the background to help that person reground and feel safe in the group," Jacobson said. > Read more.
Eight's enough? Crowded race for 56th District develops
By Zachary Halaschak, Special to the Citizen 04/28/2017 Government
Following the retirement of Delegate Peter Farrell [R-56th District], a number of candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to vie for the open seat in the Virginia General Assembly district, which contains a portion of Henrico's Far West End.
Democratic challengers include Lizzie Basch and Melissa Dart, while Republican contenders include George Goodwin, Matt Pinsker, Graven Craig, Surya Dhakar, Jay Prendergrast and John McGuire. In addition to a section of Henrico, the district also includes portions of Goochland and Spotsylvania County, as well as all of Louisa County. > Read more.
On the trail to Awareness
Citizen Staff Reports 04/28/2017 Features
Twenty-five teams, composed of some 350 participants, gathered at Dorey Park in Varina April 8 for the Walk Like MADD 5k, to benefit Mothers Against Drunk Driving Virginia. The event raised more than $35,000, with more funds expected to come in through May 7. > Read more.
Leadership Metro Richmond honors St. Joseph's Villa CEO
Citizen Staff Reports 04/28/2017 BusinessNon-Profits
Leadership Metro Richmond honored St. Joseph's Villa CEO Kathleen Burke Barrett, a 2003 graduate of LMR, with its 2017 Ukrop Community Vision Award during its annual spring luncheon April 6.
The award honors a LMR member who demonstrates a purposeful vision, a sense of what needs to be done, clear articulation with concern and respect for others with demonstrated action and risk-taking. > Read more.
Glen Allen H.S. takes second in statewide economics competition
Citizen Staff Reports 04/27/2017 Education
Glen Allen H.S. was among six top schools in the state to place in the 2017 Governor's Challenge in Economics and Personal Finance.
Taught by Patricia Adams, the Glen Allen H.S. team was runner-up in the Economics division, in which teams faced off in a Quiz Bowl. > Read more.
Taught by Patricia Adams, the Glen Allen H.S. team was runner-up in the Economics division, in which teams faced off in a Quiz Bowl. > Read more.
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Here are a few pictures of some calls I've recently turned. I've been extremely busy with school so it's been nice to have a break for a little while and get some time in the shop. The first two calls are headed to New York and both are crystal over maple. The soundboard pictures were taken by Shad Arington! The one of the left is curly maple that has really nice curl but isn't visible in the picture. The other wood is something I'm not sure about, but it made for a beautiful pot.
The last picture is another curly maple pot and a beautiful birdseye pot. Both of those are staying here in KY. Thanks for looking!

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Practically Speaking
Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
Guest Posting: Nancy Kormanik Fiscal Conservative
Recently, I asked Nancy Kormanik if she would write a guest posting for my blog. After all, who better to speak for Nancy Kormanik than Nancy Kormanik!
Thank you, Kyle, for inviting me to write a guest blog. Many thanks also to our district and the press for including me, as a write-in candidate, in the school board candidate forum and subsequent election coverage issue of the newspaper. Above all, I want to thank the many people who have contacted me, vetted me, and have become supporters.
I am running as a write-in candidate for the At-Large seat on the Elmbrook school board to represent all residents in Elm Grove and Brookfield. I am not running to divide the vote. I am running to WIN.
I am FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE. That phrase is sometimes over-used, I have been asked what that means and how it will guide my community representation on the school board. Being fiscally conservative means living within our means, not spending more than what we take in.
The school board has taxing authority to increase district revenue by raising property tax bills. Some means by which property tax bills are increased are:
· Changing from Chapter 220 to Open Enrollment,
· Increasing resident attendance in such as by adding a 4K program,
· Passing referenda, such as 2 recent building referenda and a proposed future referendum for operational expenses,
· Increasing tax levy to offset loss of State revenue sharing.
Some may call themselves "fiscally conservative" in that they believe in a balanced budget; however in raising taxes to achieve a balanced budget, they are not being conservative in my opinion.
· I am aware that necessary changes in our State budget may result in decrease in district revenue.
· I am also aware that district monies need to be set aside to fund teacher retirement benefits.
Rather than raise taxes, I believe we must follow a business model in which the company grows leaner, produces a better product, and the revenue follows.
Many, if not most, community residents are also trying to be financially conservative with their own personal budgets. This is done by carefully examining on a routine basis their expenditures. I believe our district can do that also.
To maintain and advance the academic performance of Elmbrook public schools, I will focus on the student experience. In viewing Wisconsin DPI data, we see that Mequon-Theinsville district has achieved higher ACT test scores (25.9 to Elmbrook's 24.8) at about the same cost per student. I believe together we can continue to improve Elmbrook student experience and performance without additional costs.
Nancy Kormanik
Reference: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/sig/index.html
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March 23, 2011 Budget has board hopefuls' attention Some want to cut, others seek better financial picture "Kormanik, a former educator and program coordinator at Milwaukee Area Technical College, said it may sound obvious, but the district needs to stop spending money unnecessarily. She said all options - closing a school, increasing class sizes, changes to pay and benefits - need to be considered."
March 23, 2011 Elmbrook School Board at-large race "There is nothing off the table anymore, all the way from toilet paper to contracts. We need to look at everything: insurance policies, contracts not just for teachers but for other personnel, personnel, staff, bills that have to be paid, investments, fees."
March 21, 2011, Elmbrook Candidates Disagree on 4K, School Closure "Only one candidate (Nancy Kormanik) expressed opposition to adding a 4-year-old kindergarten program, while four favored adding 4k and one (incumbent Kathryn Wilson) did not clearly endorse or reject it."
School Board candidate forum to be replayed [3 times daily] through Election Day
Cindy Kilkenny Public Forum: Kormanik will stand up for taxpayers
Cheri Mastel Public Forum: Kormanik has can-do attitude Elmbrook needs
Nora Schumann Public Forum: Kormanik offers choice beyond names on ballot
Barbara and Michael Shore Public Forum: Kormanik has the courage to make hard choices
Blog post: Conservatives, you now have a real choice:Write-In Nancy Kormanik
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Generations is still shipping, so there's no reason you shouldn't see them at Target and WM (TRU is stuck with too much old product right now). I also saw Thundercracker getting bought at WM a couple days ago.
Roadbuster is definitely a figure you need to have time with, 45 complex little steps each way, and some of it is in the wrong order, vague, or just incorrect, and out of the box it's a disaster of inobvious mistransformations due to... well, I don't know why the factory did those things actually, didn't have to be that way. It's not a shabby vehicle mode, although even with all the paint it has, the deco is weak compared to what the movie design asks of it (I've seen photos of the movie design, not the movie itself - that's a point of pride ). The robot mode is... well, let's just say that Tycho's overenthusiastic gushings about this figure are once again based on his hopes, since he hadn't opened it at the time of the post (and I believe still hasn't). Ok, let's also say that the figure has some good stuff going for it, but also shows signs of some of the weaker elements of Human Alliance, such as a mediocre waist design, and wonky shoulders, and loose kibble parts, and inaccuracy for no immediately-obvious reasons.


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Report 1982: Megaliths, Parish Closes and Cider - Part 3 Northern Finistère
By Eleanor from UK, Fall 2011
Page 2 of 32: Impressions of Brittany
The coast at Ménéham
Brittany is very pretty. Around Roscoff area is flat with sandy soils. This is one of the main vegetable growing areas. As well as onions and cabbages, artichokes are big news here. We saw field after field of artichokes and the heads were for sale in all the supermarkets. Elsewhere, potatoes are grown and a tremendous amount of maize for animal feed. It seems to be preferred to grass silage.
Away from the coast the land is gently rolling with a lot of deciduous woodland and pastures. We saw cows but no sheep. There are few hedges. Field boundaries are usually a bank of earth, which gets overgrown by bracken. In other places trees mark the boundaries. The Monts d'Arrée is the central hilly area of open heathland with heather, gorse and rocky tors.
The roads are very good. A lot of money has been spent on the infra structure and many roads have been recently resurfaced with new roundabouts. The same couldnt be said about the signing. Map reading was a nightmare. Michaels patience often began to wear thin and there were muttered comments about satellite navigation, especially when I mixed up right and left yet again. Signing was inconsistent. Often there were no signs or different place names were used on successive signs (see page 3).
We deliberately avoided the larger towns, apart from a visit to Concarneau for Ville Close, concentrating instead on the smaller towns and villages. Parking was never a problem. In small towns there was always plenty of parking in the main square or by the church. On street parking is allowed although some places operate a disc parking system in the centre. In large towns there may be a charge for parking in the centre or disc parking. Further out there are no restrictions and parking is free.
Everywhere was clean, neat and tidy. Vegetation was lush and there were many wild flowers around in September. Palm trees, which had been killed here last winter, were flourishing. Many road verges had been planted with a wild flower mix with cornflowers, pink cosmo, yellow corn marigolds etc. There were flowers in all the towns and villages - window boxes, plant pots, flowerbeds. In some places the flower pots were carefully placed to stop parking.
There was no litter (no fast food culture) and very little graffiti. Most of the towns have preserved their medieval town centre with timber frame houses. Away from the coast there doesnt seem to be the dormitory development that spoils so many of our villages. There are no high rise flats. New buildings are traditional with large granite window surrounds, and very often it is difficult to tell the age of a building. Older houses have and still use wooden shutters. In newer houses metal roller blinds replace these and are pulled down at night or when the owners are out.
Most of the larger towns have a supermarket, usually advertised for miles around on billboards telling you where it is. Most of the smaller settlements have kept their bakery and many still have a butcher and charcuterie. All seem to have a chemist, advertised by a large flashing green neon sign. The bakers open about 7am and there is a steady stream of customers collecting bread and baguettes for breakfast. Shops (including many of the supermarkets) shut between 12-2, shutting again at 7pm. There are few post offices and these just sell stamps and are open very restricted hours 10-12, 2:30-3:30.
The bread was excellent but didnt keep very well. Supermarkets do sell sliced bread. We did try some for toast but it was pretty gruesome. There werent as many fancy cakes as Id expected. We did like the Breton cake, which is a bit like a cross between shortbread and a sponge. It is made with a lot of butter and you could smell the butter as you walked past the bakers in the morning. They also make something called Kougan Amann which is a bit like lardy cake but made with butter. That was decidedly more-ish!
There are small biscuit factories scattered around the countryside. Most are open to the public and you can go and watch the biscuits being made and sample them. Many have a gift shop attached selling a wide range of biscuits, cakes, local produce, china, linen and gifts. We had bought all our presents and Christmas presents by day three of the holiday which must be a record.
Brittany is cider county and there are a lot of orchards and apple trees growing wild in hedgerows. Cider is made small scale locally and it is possible to visit and buy direct from the producer. There is a wide range of different ciders on sale in the supermarkets.
Most of the coastline is unspoilt with glorious beaches or superb rocky coastline with headlands and jagged rocks. It is a pity we didnt discover the area ten years ago as there is an excellent coastal footpath all round the coast. We did some shorter stretches of it and hardly saw a soul - as long as we avoided the honey pots and guide book 'must sees'.
Pointe de Penhir is an example of how tourism can destroy an area. We could see all the parked cars and people swarming everywhere. In places the footpath is fenced off to stop damage to the vegetation. Just a few miles away is Pointe de Dinan which scenically is even better and there was hardly a soul there.
Some areas of coastline are heavily developed with massive marinas and so much new housing that the villages run into each other. The Côte du Granit Rose is one of the 'must sees' in the guide books. It has a beautiful coastline with sandy beaches, small off-shore islands and massive rocks running out to sea. Everyone raves so much about it that I felt we really ought to explore the area. It was a mistake - it really is tourist central and we hated it. Even on a wet day in mid September, everywhere was busy and it was almost impossible to find space to park.
Brittany is stuffed with megalithic remains. The best known are concentrated in Morbihan. The main 'must see' area is Carnac where there are thousands of stones varying in size from 2-10 feet arranged in rows that run for miles across the landscape. Visitor pressure means the stones are now fenced off and during the summer entry is by guided tour only to protect the vegetation. There are other smaller stone alignments which receive few visitors and it is possible to wander freely among the stones. Good examples of these are at Erdeven and at Les Pierres Droites near Monteneuf. The Michelin map marks many megalithic sites but there are also a lot of small sites not marked on the map which just have a small signpost from the road.
The wealth of medieval Brittany was based on linen. Flax thrived in the temperate moist climate and was used for making paper, twine, ropes, towels, damask and fine linen as well as sail cloth. The remains of the small stone kanndis where the flax was washed and bleached can still be seen scattered around the countryside.
The money from the flax trade was used to fund large and lavish churches (a bit like the wool churches in East Anglia and Devon) and neighbouring parishes would try and outdo each other in grandeur. The Parish Closes are the result of this rivalry (see page 5).
Most of the Parish closes are found in Finistère, especially in the north, with St-Thégonnec, Lampaul-Guimiliau and Guimiliau being the must sees. Further south there is Pleyben. Everywhere we went we found delightful churches like those in Commana and St-Herbot that dont merit a line in the guide books and are equally as good as the must sees.
Some of the churches still have remains of wall paintings. Kernascleden has the remains of a marvelous 15thC Danse Macabre painted on the walls.
Many of the older churches have a Holy well (or fountain) attached to them. The water drains into a large slate lined tank (lavoir) which was the communal washing station. Holy water must be better for washing clothes
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