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On the one hand, this new edition has been honored as a Kirkus 2003 Editor's Choice; on the other, it has been denounced by some respected cultural historians. There is a helpful essay on the history of the story on the publisher's site. In it, the publisher states, "...in reality, any story must assume life in the context of its history and culture, it will and must resonate in a universe filled with expectations, interests, and prejudices that readers will bring to it. Perhaps for no book does this hold more true than "The Story of Little Black Sambo." If you would like to discuss this topic, join our discussion on the About Children's Books website. recall
- October 31, 2006 at 4:45 am(1) Sydney says:
This was my favorite book when I was little, and remains so until this day! It was not a derogatory book, rather a book about a little boy in India! I don't know how the context of this story became so blown out of proportion, but I think if it is read as it is meant to be, the reader will better understand it.
- October 3, 2007 at 9:34 pm(2) Gottacamp says:
Why is there so much controversy about a book??? I read this when I was little and was amused by the tales. There is no controversy about the "United Negro College Fund" or other all black orgainizations, but let a white man stand up to be counted and he gets knocked down.
- May 3, 2008 at 2:48 pm(3) jgrabczyk says:
Unfortunately, a certain segment of Americans probably prompted by NAACP and ACLU to ban book around the l950′s as black racism. But, the story was set in 1800′s in INDIA and illustrations all depicted the Indian style dress. TIGERS plagued India till modern times.
No history of Tigers in Africa. Sambo restaurants in America were forced to close/change name. Most Americans that read the story would list "Little Black Sambo" as a favorite story. Delightful and enojoyed by many of us in the 1930′s until the individual books were slowly "hidden" in public libraries back in the 1960′s or so.
- July 26, 2008 at 3:12 pm(4) BarbaraLee says:
As a young child, I LOVED this book! I have been trying to obtain a copy for my granddaughter but the prices are over the top! It is amazing how people are willing to cash in on a book that they find offensive. If it had been titled "Little Sambo" would it have drawn the same contraversy? It takes place in INDIA with tigers. Tigers in Africa–I don,t think so. People have become so sensitive and, "Politically Correct" that we are creating more predjudice instead of ending it!
- August 24, 2008 at 7:56 pm(5) Marilu says:
I am so happy I was able to find the book in 1999. It is a sweet children's book. How can some people be so ignorant and think that tigers are in Africa. But, those who cooperated with those dummies are just as ignorant to take this book out of cirrculation. This act reminds me of repressed culture in America
- October 2, 2008 at 7:45 pm(6) Jen says:
I have just purchased my own copy of Little Black Sambo. It took me forever to find my childhood favorite with the same illistrators I loved to see, Bonnie & Bill Rutherford. I have never once thought of this book as anything but clever and wonderful. Tiger pancakes?! It doesn't get better than that.
- October 26, 2008 at 11:25 pm(7) phyllis says:
I have searched and searched for a copy of Little Black Sambo I can afford to share with my granddaughters. I remeber the illustrations be absolutely beautiful. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
- November 4, 2008 at 11:40 am(8) Harris says:
Hey ya'll, ebay or amazon or craigslist is a great place to find the specific versions of this wonderful book that you are looking for. I have been searching myself for a specific version and the only ones I have found have been super expensive. I'll just hold out and keep looking.
- December 13, 2008 at 3:54 am(9) Joy Williams says:
I have to disagree with some of the posters here.
The original book, which can be viewed at the Gutenberg Project, a project to put on line books that have expired copyright dates, does show an African family and this was illustrated by the author, herself:
The book was originally published, written and illustrated in 1899 by Helen Bannerman, who was a Scot who lived for 30 years in Madras in southern India when she created this book. When you look at it, the original book definitely shows Sambo and his family as stereotyped black people from the southern slave states. Black Mumbo has a kerchief on her head and Black Jumbo wears a clothes typical of black men in the old south, (at least from pictures we have seen). Their features are also exaggerated. There are no Indian people in the original book.
Now all that being said, I see no overtly racist statements in the book, to be honest. The story is of a courageous little boy who has enough savvy to trade off his clothes to prevent being eaten, and then has the the wherewithal to take his clothes back when the tigers get in a tussle about who is the "grandest tiger" in the Jungle, after they've taken his clothes. The story shows the tiger's ego ends up dissolving them into a butter (were it only so simple in real life).
So, unless I'm missing something, (and to the host here, the link to the provocative article in the Boston Globe doesn't work), I really don't see any racial disparagement in the story itself.
My suspicion is, that Ms. Bannerman may have had black servants who had a child who lived with her in India. My suspicion is also that she wrote the story for the child to allay his fear of tigers. Tigers are man-kilers in India, and it's reasonable to be frightened of them (though taking off your clothes is unlikely to help if they are hunting you). But who knows what motivated Bannerman to write this book.
I think that some of the commenters here have read later additions of the book and so don't know about the original version… It might be good to put a link to it, Ms. Kennedy.
- June 11, 2009 at 4:46 pm(10) Dominique says:
If you had to read that book when you were young and brought up in the 50′s then think how would you feel? When African American people had the media and racist giving them a idenitity instead of being able to create their own! Would you like to be compared to this made up boy? Would you want to have tigers chasing you? There is a much deeper meaning to this book and maybe you need to do your research because this story is awful and needs to be banned just as the rest of the black face era was thank you very much!
- August 29, 2009 at 8:55 pm(11) crochet says:
I agree with the majority here. I had this book when I was little, and I was telling my children about it, so I went to look a copy of it up on the internet and all I get is the polictical B.S. about how bad the book was. Nonsense. People are way too sensitive and yes, how funny that the ones that complain are the ones cashing in this old keep sake.
People seriously need to get some perspective.
- September 28, 2009 at 11:46 pm(12) Geoff says:
In some countries Sambo can be construed as a racist word. The story is great. It doesn't give anybody an identity. It is fun. I bought it from Barnes and Noble last year. Original pictures and everything. My 2 year old son has me read it to him every night. He calls it the tiger book. It is very nostalgic for me. Nothing racist or derogatory about it.
- October 9, 2009 at 3:27 pm(13) Michelle says:
I remember my grandmother reading this book to me over and over. I remember at one point I would read the words before she could get to them for I loved the simple story about a little boy in the woods eating pancakes
- October 24, 2009 at 9:38 am(14) bullwink says:
This was my all time favorite book when I was growing up in the 50′s. I grew up in a big city and I never heard of it being offensive until a few people who wanted to make a mountain out of a molehole in the 60′s, started this whole fiasco about it being racist. It was and still is a really cute story written for children. It's the adults that blew it out of porportion. Get over it!
- December 1, 2009 at 9:10 pm(15) Gator says:
I was born in 1964 in central FL. I recall my teachers reading this book to the entire class quite often. I liked it so much my mother bought it for us. It was one of our favorites. It's no secret how racial people were in the south. But not until around 1982 did I ever hear a negative comment about Sambo! My friends and I, both black and white just dont get it.
- January 1, 2010 at 8:27 pm(16) Rebecca Robertson Whalen says:
My mother bought the little bookat the grocery store. Paid 19 cents in 1962. It was my favorite, I just recently heard about the uproar about the book. There was no racism in our house. Happy to say , I still have it!
- March 22, 2010 at 2:41 am(17) Patricia Long says:
Yes I brought my book in 1973 for my son he read it once and never pick it up again. I have it put away in a plastic bag now. It is lock up. I cant see any thing wrong about it. It tell about a little boy and tigers. We are all the same color in out heart. I cant see why anyone would make a big mess of it
- September 27, 2011 at 9:13 pm(18) Lavana says:
Wow..the way the boy looks, his moms looks, their names..I am glad this book has been banned. If you don't see anything wrong with this…shame on you.
- August 16, 2012 at 1:18 am(19) Jdean says:
Really book banning? Free country. Freedom of speech. I loved this book when I was little I had the version with the indian boy and in 1978 had no ideal where India was. The point of the story to me was that the tigers were greedy and that they boy was smart. I see the other versions and think that the African American boy and his parents were smart and resourceful as well. Saying that a book banning is warranted in any Country is wrong!
- May 2, 2013 at 6:08 pm(20) Sam says:
…and my name is really "Sam". The good news is that this book is a work of literary art and it cannot be put into some politicaly correct box never to return again. Its a fabulous tale with wonderful characters and amazing illustrations (original). It also reigns supreme as a snapshot of our culure and our 2013 "state of things". I own a 1960 hard copy with a orange cover and totally original ilustrations… LOVE IT. I am eager for the day that civilization matures and can appreciate our world history: the good, the bad, and the telling of tales as they were originally intended by the author to be told. Let story tellers tell his and her stories without having to sanitize illustrations or content based on the current insecurties of some folks. It is like asking Mozart to write music BUT avoid using this note and that note and this rhythm and that ryhthm… because someone may associate it to a specific culture – so then what – we cant sing the blues, we cant enjoy classic appalachain music, or refer to a country that is one – under god. This book also represents why censorship is so deadly to the preservation of a culure. 2000 years from now people will view artificats from 2013 and think to themselves…. where is the diversity of humanity because we are erasing it in art every chance we get because it may hurt someones feelings… or offend someone. wow. LOVE THIS BOOK!!
- May 7, 2013 at 4:05 pm(21) Kenneth Hart says:
It was quite a different time back then. I loved the story, I hated the depictions of the black face that had been over exaggerated. The story is fine but the images are racist.
The self aggrandizement of some here is amazing. Who has the right to express how others should feel about anything? It is absolutely ludicrous the way some people think.
It would not surprise me if the same people talking about how others should conduct themselves are the same ones who allow others to disparage another human being because they are different from them. Silence is consent.
- February 9, 2014 at 6:59 pm(22) Pat says:
I have a Little Black Sambo book, it was one of the little Golden Books. It still has the 19 cents sticker on it, the price it was in 1962. It has suffered a little water damage from a flooded basement but still looks great. I still love the book at age 70.


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Archive for March 2009
The budget: Ammunition for the critics
From The Economist print edition
A grimmer economic outlook from Congress's scorekeeper
BY THE standards that obtain in the blogosphere, the duelling posts of Peter Orszag and Doug Elmendorf are pretty tame stuff. But they are still exciting, because Mr Orszag runs Barack Obama's budget office and Mr Elmendorf heads Congress's fiscal watchdog, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The debate over the budget hinges heavily on whose economic forecasts are more accurate. Read the rest of this entry »
American economic intervention: Cavalry to the rescue (book review)
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Mar 19th 2009
From The Economist print edition
IN THEIR collective mythology, Americans owe their wealth to an entrepreneurial spirit which government has usually only served to suppress. More so than any other society, Americans give private enterprise the benefit of the doubt. Even now, though outraged at the excesses that led to the current financial crisis, they are deeply cynical about the spending, bailouts and interventions that form the government's response.
Yet the mythology is based on a selective interpretation of history. Felix Rohatyn demonstrates this by recounting ten episodes of significant and ultimately beneficial economic initiatives taken by past American governments. Read the rest of this entry »
Financial regulation: Top watchdog
The original story is linked here.
From Economist.com
Should the Fed take up the cudgel as America's regulator-in-chief?
BARACK OBAMA'S government is using the firestorm over American International Group to press a priority of its own: new authority to take over any big, troubled financial institution and a watchdog to look for risk in the entire financial system. But the controversy has also created a new obstacle for those plans. The most logical agency to fill those roles had been the Federal Reserve, but political support for that idea may have been hurt by its role in the bail-out of AIG.
That is the view of Barney Frank, the powerful chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, who suggested in an interview on Thursday March 19th that "The Fed has taken a bit of a hit over this AIG issue." He argues that the "political case for the Fed as systemic risk regulator is going to have be rebuilt, re-examined. It has not changed my personal view of the Fed as the best possible [candidate] but it has substantially weakened their political position." Read the rest of this entry »
Economics focus: Money's muddled message
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Mar 19th 2009
From The Economist print edition
Today's fattened central-bank balance-sheets evoke fears of inflation. Deflation is the bigger worry
BACK in 2002 Ben Bernanke, then still a Federal Reserve governor, declared that "under a paper-money system, a determined government can always generate higher spending and hence positive inflation." That does not mean it is easy.
On March 18th America's inflation rate was reported at 0.2%, year on year, in February. The same day the Fed said "inflation could persist for a time" at uncomfortably low levels. Yet some economists and investors insist high inflation, even hyperinflation, is lurking in the wings. They have two sources of concern. The first is motive: the world is deleveraging, ie, trying to reduce the ratio of its debts to income. Policymakers might secretly prefer to do that through higher inflation, which lifts nominal incomes, than through the painful processes of cutting spending and retiring debt, or default. The second is captured by the Fed's announcement that it plans to purchase $300 billion in Treasury bonds and an additional $850 billion of mortgage-related debt, bringing such purchases to $1.75 trillion in total, all paid for by printing money. It is not alone: around the world, central-bank balance-sheets have ballooned (see chart).
This is scary stuff to those who swear by Milton Friedman's dictum that "inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon." But the role of the money supply in creating inflation is less obvious than monetarism suggests.
The quantity theory of money holds that the money supply, multiplied by the rate at which it circulates (called velocity), equals nominal income. Nominal income in turn is the product of real output and prices. But does money supply directly boost nominal income, or does nominal income affect velocity and the demand for money? The mechanism is murky. Read the rest of this entry »
The Fed: A test of will
The original story is linked here.
From Economist.com
The Fed finds innovative ways to pump hundreds of billions of additional dollars into the economy
A FEW days ago Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, was asked to identify the biggest obstacle to economic recovery. That "we don't have the political will," he replied.
Mr Bernanke showed his own will on Wednesday March 18th, when the Fed's policy panel said it would purchase $300 billion in Treasury debt, mostly maturing in two to ten years, starting next week. Read the rest of this entry »
Greenspan had the power: should he have used it?
The original post is linked here.
ALAN GREENSPAN's defence of the Federal Reserve in the formation of the housing bubble restates a familiar argument—it raised short-term interest rates but long-term interest rates did not follow, and housing is most sensitive to long-term rates. His proof includes the fact that long-term rates were low worldwide, and that many countries had bigger housing bubbles than America. The housing bubble's source must therefore be global.
I agree with this analysis but I don't agree that it exonerates the Fed. Read the rest of this entry »
The economy: Pursued by Obamabears
From The Economist print edition
Investors fret that President Obama's crisis response is not up to the task
The original story is linked here.
BARACK OBAMA has modelled his early days on those of Franklin Roosevelt, the last president to take office during a serious economic crisis. But by one benchmark he is failing. At market close on March 11th, despite a rally this week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 16% below its level on the Friday before Mr Obama took office. At this point in Roosevelt's presidency, 54 days in, it was up 35%.
The "Obama bear market," as conservative commentators have gleefully labelled it, has been blamed on two things: on the new president trying to do too much, and on his failure to do more. There is, paradoxically, truth to both assertions. Read the rest of this entry »
The IMF: More to give
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America proposes boosting the IMF's ability to lend to countries in distress
The original story is linked here.
SINCE the financial crisis went truly global in the second half of 2008, the resources of the International Monetary Fund, the principal firebreak against global contagion, have looked increasingly inadequate. The fund has about $250 billion of usable capacity at its disposal to lend to countries in distress, but a lot of that has now been spoken for. The IMF has called for its ability to lend to be doubled.
The big countries that are the IMF's main shareholders agree in principle, but there has been no consensus yet on just how to go about boosting the fund's resources. On Wednesday March 11th Tim Geithner, America's treasury secretary, proposed boosting the IMF's credit line with rich countries to an impressive $500 billion from its present $50 billion. Read the rest of this entry »
Barack Obama's budget: Wishful, and dangerous, thinking
Mar 5th 2009
From The Economist print edition
The original editorial is linked here.
The president has not explained to Americans that if they want bigger government, they will have to pay for it
A PRESIDENT'S first budget proposal is more than a set of figures. It is also an outline of his philosophy of government. The plan Barack Obama delivered on February 26th envisages an ambitious and costly expansion of the government's role in the lives of Americans. Its centrepiece is a big expansion of state-provided health care—for which he has budgeted $634 billion over the next decade while admitting that yet more will be needed. He will fill in the details in coming weeks (see article) while insisting the plan meets several criteria: it must extend insurance to the 15% of Americans who now lack it, it must help slow the growth in costs, and it must be paid for. Read the rest of this entry »
Assessing financial innovation
AS A believer in free markets I'm inclined to believe that whatever innovation our kinetic and energetic innovators come up with is, until proven otherwise, welfare enhancing. Even if it becomes the subject of an investment mania that ends in tears. For all the money lost in its bursting, the internet bubble almost certainly accelerated by many years the development, diffusion, and adoption of many useful consumer technologies which are benefitting us today.
But the case for the welfare enhancing benefits of financial innovation is tougher to prove. Read the rest of this entry »

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Pinnacle Biologics, an Illinois company that specializes in revitalizing healthcare therapies to fulfill their true potential and to maximize favorable patient outcomes, announced this week that they have filed an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for their product Photofrin (porfimer sodium) as adjuvant therapy to surgery in the treatment …
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|Pictured left to right during the ribbon cutting are Dr. Edwin LeMaster, director, UTPA School of Engineering and Computer Science; Dr. Hendrick W. Ruck, director, Air Force Research Laboratory Human Effectiveness Directorate; Congressman Rubén Hinojosa; and Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo, UTPA provost/vice president for Academic Affairs.
"The Air Force Research Laboratory donation marks the creation of a new collaboration between the directorate and UTPA," said Dr. Wendy Lawrence-Fowler, associate vice president of Academic Affairs. "This kind of donation and collaboration is important because of the positioning that it provides for UTPA to increase its interaction with local, regional, and national agencies and businesses to solve problems that will positively impact economic development."
A ribbon cutting ceremony for the equipment was held May 27 at the UTPA Engineering Building as part of the 2004 Information Technology (IT) Summit, May 27-28, hosted by Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) in conjunction with the UTPA Computing and Information Technology Center (CITeC).
After Hinojosa opened the ceremony, Dr. Hendrick W. Ruck, director of the Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, spoke about the education partnership between UTPA and the directorate. Ruck said the goal of the partnership is to train young scientists and engineers for careers in the Air Force.
"We are also committed to increasing opportunities for historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions and other minority institutions to work in our research areas," Ruck said. "We hope that will lead to future employment for students or faculty who decide that it is a neat place to work and it fits them. This event is a very significant part of our strategy to build a collaboration in the future so that people will have opportunities."
The rapid prototyping equipment donated was formerly used to design life support equipment for Air Force aircrews. Ruck said the equipment helped develop oxygen masks that were custom fitted for crewmembers exact facial features.
|Above is a customized mask designed by the state-of-the-art equipment donated to UTPA by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate. UTPA received more than $300,000 in high-tech equipment from the organization.
Dr. Edwin LeMaster, director and associate dean for the School of Engineering and Computer Science, said he and UTPA engineering students are looking forward to working with this equipment and custom designing all kinds of gadgets, including prosthetic devices.
LeMaster said they plan to continue the activities the original rapid prototyping lab was used for – mask customization. In addition, the use of the equipment will be integrated into the sophomore courses in manufacturing process.
"It (the equipment) opens the areas of mask customization, cutting edge manufacturing and engineering designs that few universities can offer its students. This promises to be a great partnership and we look forward to many different dealings with the Air Force Research Laboratory," Le Master said.
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I was recently passed over for a freelance writing assignment because the writer they did choose had a "better voice." What does that even mean, especially when it comes to freelancing?
Voice is the specific sound and personality that comes through in your writing. Voice is what gives your writing that slight sound that I like to liken to how you talk. We all have a distinct personality and you should allow that to come through.
Now, that might seem pretty standard when we talk about creative writing, but how to apply this to freelance writing? Well, a certain tone and voice can always be taken, even with outlets such as magazine articles and website copy. If you've been told that you're lacking voice, experiment with writing in the same manner in which you would talk, with varying your vocabulary, and with switching styles between a range of formalities. Good luck!


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A stay-cation, perhaps?2 Aug
How many times have I thought how nice it might be to work some mindless job in an airport or on a cruise ship? I've thought about taking a break from this communications business and going to work at Starbucks, Target of Macy's. And how many times have I thought as I caught a red eye to New York, Atlanta or DC, that I really should spend more time seeing the Russian River or the Gold country? On one hand, my father would love nothing more than to get on a ship, even if it meant working as a "general servant" and heading to Barbados, where he could kiss his mom's "graying hair." On the other, he's encouraging readers to "see New York first."
My father, Mr. Laby and Blumstein's Department Store31 Jul
When I was growing up in Pittsburgh, my sisters and I were forbidden from buying anything from Mr. Laby's corner store. Mr. Laby, who was Jewish, ran the store with his wife (who was much nicer than her husband). There was no issue of him not hiring black clerks, because the store was strictly a family run operation. Mr. Laby treated his neighborhood customers with disdain – there were no white people in the neighborhood, so we were the store's customer base. My sister Ellen-Marie told me that Mr. Laby also was known for shortchanging children! One day, I ventured into the store with my friend and neighbor Freda Williams. (I was not buying anything myself, so technically was not disobeying my parents.) After buying her candy, Freda asked Mr. Laby for a bag for her purchases. He refused, she insisted. I had a feeling this was a not the first time this ritual had played out. Mr. Laby proved no match for Frieda and, finally, exasperated, he handed Frieda the bag, which she immediately crumbled into a ball and threw back at him! We ran from the store as he yelled at us in Yiddish.
Like all the other rules in our house, I thought the Laby's store prohibition was instituted by my mother. But given my father's strong feelings about Blumsteins — did he really call them "Hitlers?" — I think Ebenezer may have initiated our family boycott.
What happened in 1927?30 Jul
There are some interesting bits of historical information, such as Marcus Garvey's wife's divorce complaint and his eventual deportation and the acquisition of the Schomburg collection by the Carnegie Corporation. Schomburg has particular meaning to me, as it was at the 135th Street library that I found these columns. Didn't know the Amsterdam News tried to go daily – for a day. I didn't know anything about Florence Mills, a well-regarded singer, dancer and comedienne who died of tuberculosis.
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My name is Marykay. I have a twelve year old daughter who loves to cheerlead and also loves our cats, Tiger and Romeo. My background is in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education from Cazenovia College and St. Bonaventure University. I have a Master's Degree in Reading Education K-12 from Suny Cortland. I have dedicated my life to teaching children while using a hands on learning approach. Each student has different learning styles: auditory learners, visual learners, tactile learners. Some students need repetition of a new skill, others just need modeling so they can process a skill easier. My tutoring sessions are modified to meet each child's individualized need. I am a firm believer in the "hands on learning" approach. Read it in print, use manipulatives to spell it out, use rhyming to remember it and make learning fun, sing it with music, clap it, stomp it out, engage the child's body with their brain to make a complete package to learn a desired skill. Every student can learn, they just need the right teacher to believe in them and make learning fun.I have a great deal of experience in so many areas of education. I started as a before and after school director while teaching preschool during the day. I was a daily substitute teacher for four years for ages Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade as an on call basis. During that time I gained strong experience with homebound tutoring, grades 7-12. I coordinated a homebound afterschool classroom a challenging experience, yet very successful. I have experience teaching homebound sessions at many different schools, fourth grade, sixth grade and grades seven to twelvth grade. My favorite was a medical homebound position in which I did music therapy and read poetry to calm and relax my student. He wasn't able to walk or talk and was wheel chair bound. My most unique homebound position was a student age 14 who had given birth to a baby. I had just had my baby and taught her life skills of how to care for a baby while trying to finish math homework. Each student gives me a piece of them that I carry with me throughout my life.I started as a teaching assistant substitute with my district. After six months, I was offer a first grade position. I taught first grade for one year and was offer a Pre-k classroom job. I found my passion and the job became apart of who I was. I was able to make the world a better place, one child at a time. Although I am capable of tutoring many different levels, I enjoy the pre-literacy, immergent reader stage. I strongly believe in the process of early education, pre-reading and writing, immersing students in letters, numbers, words, rhyming, reading great books daily, scribbling/writing in journals, ditacting words children say so they gain knowledge that words have meaning and convey a message when written, expressing yourself through artwork and so much more. The beginning of a child's education is very important. I specialize in using different strategies to strengthen fine motor skills, gross motor skills, processing/listening skills, self help skills, and give them the confidence to explore and learn through play. Children in early elementary grades can learn through play also. Writing about your favorite television show or writing a thank you for a gift are fun ways in incorporate and strengthen skills used in daily life. A game of go fish can remind of student of numbers or colors they may have forgotten. I have so many examples and not enough minutes in my day to describe them all to you.My job as your child's tutor is to make him or her a life long learner. I will give your child the skills they need to succeed in the classroom and with their daily routine. I will meet with you to find what support your child needs, what is happening in the classroom and what the parents are following up with at home. Together we will create a plan for your child to success. Let me know what skills need to be worked on an I will help your child accomplish their goals. I thank you for taking the time to read about me and look forward to meeting you in the near future.
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I am a New York State Certified teacher in Reading K-12 and Elementary Education N-6. I have over 15 years of experience as a teacher and taught children math, reading, writing and social skills. I have tutored homebound students, both medically challenged and not with great success. I tutored teenage moms and taught English to a Korean Family. I was a substitute teacher both at the high school and elementary levels and am familiar with the curriculum taught. I taught first grade for one year...
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I have my master's degree in Reading Education K-12, my Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and my Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education. I am a New York State Certified teacher and have over 15 years of teaching phonics at every level. I have worked in reading rooms at various schools, ran my own tutoring business, taught first grade for one year, and recently used phonics on a daily basis while teaching pre-k for eight years. My knowledge on the subject level of phonics will increase...
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I have my Master's Degree in Reading Education and taught for the Syracuse City Schools for eleven years as a first grade teacher and pre-k teacher. Throughout this time I have developed many strategies to organize my students learning, keep them organized using planners and binders, and given them many test taking and study skill strategies. For example, when doing a multiply choice test I teach process of elimination, reading all the questions before actually taking the test, and using different...
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I have worked in a city school district for 10 years with special needs children and children with their own learning styles. In our room we house both special needs children with regular education students. We would work together with our team of special education teachers to develop strategies including an individual assessment plan with educational goals for each student. As a teacher I will find what the child's strengths are and adapt the give curriculum to meet that child's needs. I would...
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I have a great deal of experience teaching English As A Second Language to children and adults. My success rate of preparing my students for situations in everyday life, for job interviews and to test to the next level of the ESL test has been very good. I have taught a Korean family learn English for one year, a Korean RIT student prepare for a video conference job interview (which he got in California!), taught an adult ESL class focusing on vocabulary, grammar, writing and speaking, worked...
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While attending Cazenovia College, I took a public speaking class and became the instructor's adjunct instructor for one semester. I will show you strategies of how to relax while giving a clear and precise speech. You will feel confident and prepared with my help.
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The Pro Combat Rivalry collection from Nike is a limited, one-game-only series made just for the Oregon State Beavers' December 4, 2010 installment of their ultimate rivalry matchup against the University of Oregon Ducks. More than a performance uniform, though, these on-field and sideline pieces were designed with Oregon State's victorious history in mind, drawing specific lines between the values of the underdogs' hard work and towering spirit. Thus, Nike forged their inspiration for the designs from the uniforms worn by the Beavers in 1967, the year the team was nicknamed the Giant Killers after a streak of upset victories including wins over their top rivals, the Ducks. Bringing the underground to the gridiron, this Players flat bill hat features a 3D embroidered university wordmark on the crown as a nod to the neoclassical architecture of Oregon State's campus. It not only captures an overwhelming sense of perseverance as the essence of Beaver Football, it delivers significant performance benefits to give this one-of-a-kind hat a lasting notion of indomitable Oregon State pride!
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Name: CrystalsAre4Ever
I have read all of the books twice over, and am in love with the story line of the twilight saga. Eclipse was a little weird for me. As a fan of the books, I always feel like they should put in all of those little details, because the movie will be as much as we expect, and although it might be long, for those people who haven't read the books, things will make so much more since. I feel like there was so much left out, about Bella and Jacobs back and forth friendship/relationship, the history of the tribe, the amount of time Bella spent with Jacob and Alice, so much that you just don't see in this movie. It mostly focused on the "love triangle" between Bella Jacob and Edward. It was pretty slow moving and the climax of the movie was there and gone before you even realize it. It deemphisized the battle so much that it barely stood out as the major focus of the movie, which it was a major focus in the book. I still loved the movie, and will always want to see more of them, I just think if they waited a few more months instead of rushing to put the next movie out, they could have put more attention to detail. Also, Bryce Dallas Howard just didn't cut it for me. I don't see why they replaced the old Victoria, because she fit the character so much better than Bryce does.
If you love the first two, I wouldn't hold back on seeing it, because you will want to keep up with the story and it was good. Just be prepared that it will be more slow moving and romantic, and not nearly as action packed and exciting as the previews have made it out to be.


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Watch Veronica Johnson's daytime forecast for Saturday, December 29, 2012.
A second post-Christmas weather system passed through the D.C. area, bringing snow and sleet and rain, but almost no accumulation and no reports of problems on the roads.
Storm Team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson called for snow west and north of D.C., with rain falling south and east of the capital. Up to 2 inches of snow were reported in Montgomery, Howard, and Frederick counties in Maryland Saturday morning, as well as in Loudoun County, Virginia, but most of the snow had changed to rain by 1 p.m. Saturday, and the system was out of the region by 4 p.m.
In the District, snow plows were out as early as 3 a.m., according to a Tweet from D.C.'s 311 center. The city expected to have 200 snow plows deployed and has pre-treated bridges, overpasses and other elevated structures with a solution made of brine and beet juice to prevent freezing. The District's Department of Motor Vehicles delayed the opening of all its locations until 10 a.m. Saturday.
"The system is fast moving," said D.C. Department of Public Works Director William O. Howland, Jr. "We will monitor storm conditions to determine what, if any, changes should be made in our deployment plan."
Prince George's County also deployed plows at 4 a.m. The county reminded residents to keep parked cars off snow emergency routes, and to park only on even-numbered sides of streets to make room for plows.
Virginia has spent money upgrading its snow removal program since last winter, the state's Department of Transportation said in a press release.
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New titles coming from Stardust devs
Housemarque, the Scandinavian developer behind Super Stardust HD on the PS3, are apparently working on brand new games that won't be part of the Stardust series.
One of the games will be called 'Rope', another will be a PSN exclusive, while a third release will be delivered to multiple formats. New IPs are hinted in all cases.
"They're both in matters we haven't dealt with before," boss man Ilari Kuittinen told Gamasutra.
"One of the games is a PSN exclusive for Sony again, continuing our good relationship with them. And that's gonna be as far as we know, announced at Cologne.
"We are doing also currently our first multiplatform game, for a leading publisher. Again, something different from the past. We haven't done this kind of a game genre before."
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Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on January 3, 2011, JIM L. SIMS, JR., age 36, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis to thirty-seven (37) months of imprisonment, three (3) years of supervised release, and was fined $250. SIMS had previously pled guilty on September 30, 2010, to possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
The violation occurred on February 24, 2010, when agents working a detail in East St. Louis received information that a male in a green Buick had a firearm. When the officers spotted the vehicle, it was stopped after committing several traffic violations were observed. The driver of the vehicle gave the officers consent to search the car. Officers found a Ruger, 9mm semi-automatic pistol, in the vehicle's glove compartment. The defendant was the front seat passenger in the vehicle. After the gun was found, the defendant immediately apologized to the driver and told the officers that the gun belonged to him. The defendant again admitted possession of the gun in a videotaped statement.
The case resulted from the efforts of the WAVE (Working Against Violent Elements) Task Force, which focuses its efforts on combating violent crime in East St. Louis, Washington Park, and surrounding communities. WAVE was formed in November 2009, and is a collaboration of law enforcement officers from the Illinois State Police, the Metropolitan Enforcement Group of Southwestern Illinois (MEGSI), the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department, the East St. Louis Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the United States Marshals Service. The WAVE Task Force receives financial support through the Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative, a nationwide federal program which endeavors to address gun-related violence.
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Here's a look back at Tuesday's Northfield City Council meeting, courtesy of KYMN.
The agenda and packet are attached to this post as PDFs.
The Council:
- unanimously approved a motion to locate a permanent skateboard park on the west end of Riverside Park. The Council agreed to allocate $60,000 to the project, half of which will come from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board's budget. Should Riverside not work for any reason once the project begins, Old Memorial Park has been recommended as a second choice
- approved the new property tax levies, which includes $7,345,288 for the city propery tax levy. That is a 7.39 percent increase, or $534,128, over the current levy. Of the increase, according to the city, $439,607 is due to the Certificates of Participation bonds for the new police facility. The HRA levy increased 9.3 percent ($20,191); the EDA levy was approved for $206,616.
- approved a general fund budget of $10,212,982. It's predicted the city will spend $10,365,379, so $152,397 has been budgeted from the fund balance to cover the gap.
- approved the purchase of a new firetruck.
- selected the Q-block (where Quarterback Club is) for the Northfield transit hub. Mayor Mary Rossing dissented.
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23 February 2011
Walmart Day Brings in Big Numbers
Saturday, February 19 brought in over 3800 people to the Orlando Science Center. The popular "Walmart $5 day" has been brought back several times since the first event in May 2009, and the amount of people who take advantage of this special opportunity never ceases to amaze. For many this event is the opportunity to experience the Science Center for the first time. Steven Daniel, Walmart Market Manager for Central Florida, has said "These are the types of community programs we are proud to sponsor for our Central Florida neighbors."
The success of the day was evident to anyone who lined up to see a show in the Dr. Phillip's Cinedome Saturday. All five shows were filled to capcity with thrifty families. With the amount of savings for a family of four at nearly $40, a significant savings was felt. Those who spent Saturday at the Science Center were in luck, as the day also marked the fourth annual Mission Nutrition event. All four floors were lined up with booths, information and healthcare specialists to educate on all things health and wellness. Guests had a great time learning how to take care of their bodies, all while meeting and greeting with different Walmart employees generously who came out to volunteer for the day.
With all the fun and savings its no wonder the Walmart sponsored $5 day is a sensation. With a partner so supportive of science learning for life, we are happy to have them as a partner for such a successful event.
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Life, Clue, Hungry Hungry Hippos: we've never met a board game we didn't like.
Still, Scrabble's our favorite.
We're not alone in our Scrabble obsession, either. Some folks memorize Scrabble-admissable words like uey, muhly, and zo, but have no idea what they mean.* Some even earn their bread on the Scrabble tournament circuit.
Sadly, Scrabble sets are often abandoned due to missing tiles. Fortunately, an unplayable game can be salvaged by turning it into a kickass picture frame/bulletin board/slice of awesome.
Whip out the old X-acto knife and transform that subpar board into a superlative piece of wall candy — we'll show you how.
Resurrect an Old Scrabble Board as a Picture Frame
* uey: a U-turn
What You'll Need
Step 1: Glue Tacks to the Tiles
Glue thumbtacks to the back of the Scrabble tiles. You can glue tacks to all of the tiles, or pick out just enough for a few choice names or phrases.
Let the glue dry while you get on with the rest of the frame.
Note: if you don't want to use tacks on your frame, you can use double-sided tape to stick the tiles on it instead.
Step 2: Cut Windows in the Board
Use the X-acto knife and ruler to cut out a few windows in the Scrabble board. Make them any size you want, keeping in mind that the windows need to be 1/4 to 1/2 inch smaller than the size of the prints you want to frame.
Board games are made to last, so cutting through the board will be harder than you expect. Make a series of shallow cuts along the same line rather than trying to saw all the way through in one go.
Keep your fingers well out of the way when you're cutting, and be careful with that knife!
Step 3: Tape Photos to the Back of the Board
Decide which photo should peek through which window. Line up a photo behind the window, then tape it in place on the back of the board.
Repeat until all the frame windows are filled with lovely photos.
Step 4: Make a Cork Back
Cut out a piece of cork slightly smaller than the size of the board.
Note: if your cork is thin (1/16th to 1/8th inch) cut two pieces the same size and glue them together to make one thick piece. This will keep the thumbtacks from sticking through the frame into your wall.
Step 5: Attach Velcro to the Cork
Attach Velcro tabs to all four corners of the cork back, and to corresponding places on the back of the Scrabble board. Attach the cork to the back of the board.
Having an easy-to-remove back will allow you to change the photos in your frame as often as you want.
Step 6: Hang That Baby Up
Hang your newly-completed Scrabble frame on the wall using mounting tape, nails, or sorcery.
Once you've got your frame where you want it, spell something out by sticking tiles onto the board.
Since the board's so sturdy, it's a good idea to make guide holes with a small nail before sticking in the tile-tacks. (We pushed too hard trying to get the tacks in, and popped some of our tiles right off their tacks!)
Extra Credit: Play More
Got a beat-up old copy of Clue hanging around? Cut out some frame windows, and try to figure out who did which dreadful thing to your friends in which room!
Actually, any game with a great-looking board will work for this project. If you see Parcheesi or Monopoly hanging around the thrift shop, snap 'em up quick-like and make 'em into frames.
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TRAVERSE CITY — Owners of renowned restaurant Trattoria Stella said they've named their new restaurant at Front and Cass streets The Franklin.
The restaurant will open May 12 at the southwest corner of Front and Cass. A press release from Trattoria Stella owners Paul and Amanda Danielson said the restaurant will feature "a healthy mix of Michigan favorites and new flavors from around the world."
The restaurant will feature Chefs Myles Anton and Gabe Rodriguez. Anton is the chef and co-owner of Trattoria Stella at the Village at Grand Traverse Commons.
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Hemoglobin analysis, hemoglobin electrophoresis
A fetal hemoglobin test is a blood test that checks the amount of fetal hemoglobin (Hb F) in the blood. Fetal hemoglobin is one of many types of hemoglobin. It is present in high levels in fetuses, but usually drops to trace amounts about six months after birth. If HbF is at higher than normal levels, it can mean you have thalassemia, myeloid leukemia, or sickle cell anemia.
You may need this test if your doctor suspects that you have a blood disorder related to a high level of fetal hemoglobin in your blood. People with most of these disorders don't have symptoms but may have varying degrees of anemia. Symptoms related to anemia can include fatigue, pain, irregular heartbeat, and other heart problems.
The disorders are genetic, so your doctor may also recommend this test if you have a family history of the disease.
A variety of tests are used to diagnose blood disorders related to fetal hemoglobin. You may also have a blood smear, iron studies, or DNA analysis.
Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider.
In healthy adults, Hb F is typically present only in trace amounts. If this amount is higher, you may have a blood disorder such as thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, or another condition related to high levels of fetal hemoglobin.
The test requires a blood sample, which is drawn through a needle from a vein in your arm.
Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore.
If you are an adult or child who has higher than normal levels of fetal hemoglobin, you may have anemia, leukemia, or a sickle cell disorder. But, the fetal hemoglobin test alone does not tell which condition you might have. Some people with higher than normal levels of fetal hemoglobin don't have any symptoms. Further testing is needed to find out the specific nature of your blood disorder.
You don't need to prepare for this test. Be sure your doctor knows about all medicines, herbs, vitamins, and supplements you are taking. This includes medicines that don't need a prescription and any illicit drugs you may use.
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In relation to Patent No. 8,095,424 and Patent No. 8,112,303, Digonex recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Qcue.
"We believe in robust and fair competition and we welcome it, but we cannot allow a competitor to unfairly offer a service that infringes on our intellectual property," said Jan Eglen, CEO of Digonex. "We are focused on preserving the hard work and development our company has put into its dynamic pricing technologies."
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In developing this exhibition in honor of Priscilla Payne Hurd, founder and benefactor of the Payne Gallery of Moravian College, a group of seven art history students from Dr. Radycki's ART HISTORY WORKSHOP collaborated to weave three distinct themes into a single cohesive exhibition. Foremost was to honor a life of giving to the college, and then to feature two groups of paintings donated by Mrs. Hurd which highlight the gallery's collection of works by the women of The Philadelphia Ten, as well as important works by the Pennsylvania Impressionists.
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Husband and wife team Jeong Yun and Choon Yun have spent the past 20-years perfecting a technique for transforming paper into contemporary masterpieces that move the eye across a textural landscape that seems to replicate the rhythms of nature. The artist pair use ancient paper making traditions in the creation of their works ? large scale canvases, some with energetic movements of color and texture, and others with a whimsical pop-culture reference.
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E.A.T. was officially launched in 1967 by the engineers Billy Klüver and Fred Waldhauer and the artists Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Whitman. Ten New York artists worked with Thirty engineers and scientists from the world renowned Bell Telephone Laboratories to create groundbreaking performances that incorporated new technology and art. This exhibition will feature some of those early collaborations including works by Warhol, Rauschenberg, and Whitman.
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We talk a lot about inflight connectivity constraints on the APEX Editor's Blog. One need only enter "the matrix" that is Twitter to appreciate the fact that passengers want more bandwidth on board…and they want it now.
We also know that connectivity stakeholders are working diligently to keep pace with demand. Some players in the wider 'passenger experience' space are optimistic that they'll succeed.
Take Zodiac Aerospace, for instance. I recently got the chance to speak with Zodiac VP sales and marketing Robert Funk about connectivity, and here's what he said: "These [IFC] companies aren't dumb, and they're spending their money right now trying to sort out that problem. I believe that in the next three to five years, that will be sorted and bandwidth won't be an issue. I'm a positive thinker."
Funk also sees himself as a realist. "Consumer electronics – in my personal opinion, not necessarily Zodiac's – but in my personal opinion will drive what happens in connectivity and seat-back [IFE] activity long-term, not necessarily this year or next year, but ten years from now. When I fly, and I fly a lot, virtually on every triple seat today, there is at least one passenger with a handheld [device] or a Kindle or whatever. That's only going to keep going up. So [now the question is] how do you pump movies and content to those devices?"
Do you agree with Funk, and think embedded IFE has perhaps a ten-year lifespan? Or do you think those seat-back screens will continue to play an integral role in the passenger experience for decades to come? The answer to that question could very well depend on whether Hollywood studios will ever decide to permit the streaming of early window movie content to passengers' own devices (to date, they've certainly given no indication that will happen).
Content consumption, passengers' PED use during critical phases of flight, and the gradual rollout of inflight connectivity across the world fleet are just some of the topics that will be vigorously discussed at the forthcoming APEX EXPO, which will be truly integrated with IFSA in Anaheim, California.
The keynote address at the EXPO will be presented by none other than Fox CFO and executive VP Dean Hallett, who will discuss the accelerating pace of technological change, the challenges and opportunities this presents for the filmed entertainment business, and Fox's approach to leveraging new technologies in its production, marketing and distribution strategies. I do hope that you can join us!
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Tacoma — Before the euphoria, before the Hollywood ending, before the two touchdown drives and the onside kick, the Chiawana defense had to make a play.
To stage a rally as unbelievable as the one the Riverhawks did to win the Class 4A state title 27-26 at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday, they had to execute a series of plays with flawless precision and no timeouts.
The hard work that we put in paid off in tiny little plays, offensive lineman Kayden Maughan said. It was like it was put in one day at a time you get the pass, you get the kick, you come down and execute and it all works out.
The stand
Leading 26-13, Camas had a fourth-and-3 from the Chiawana 44 with a little over a minute left in the game.
Jason Vallea ran to the left but was stuffed by Juan Noyola and Dre Dorton. Despite the turnover on downs, there was no panic on the Camas sideline, and why would there be?
The Papermakers had a two-score lead with 1 minute, 5 seconds remaining. The fans were chanting Its all o-ver the media were gathering and the Camas players were preparing to rush the field.
It was like slow motion, quarterback Joey Zamora said. Just never give up. We came all this way not just to give up. Were going to fight to the end, to the last second.
The pass
Thats when the first of many miracles happened.
Zamora rolled right and threw an absolute strike to Dorton, who caught it at the 10 and raced into the end zone. While Zamora was laid out on the turf from a late hit, the Riverhawks were already preparing for the inevitable onside kick.
Even with the touchdown that pulled Chiawana within 26-20 with 55 seconds left, the outcome still seemed assured Camas would be winning the first state title in program history.
Sophomore Matt Winn, the backup kicker who took over starting duties when Logan Ellsworth tore his ACL earlier in the season, placed the ball on the tee near midfield.
I said to (Athletic Director John) Cazier that if we get the onside kick, this place is going to go crazy, Chiawana coach Steve Graff said. We had a chance to win and the kids went out and won it.
The kick
With the entire stadium pulsing in anticipation of the onside kick, Winn kicked it to his left, and the ball took one giant hop and hit a Camas player in the face, causing it to soar into the air where wide receiver Deion Singleton climbed the ladder and grabbed it.
Every practice, we practice our onside kicks, Winn said. That is by far my favorite thing to do besides practicing field goals. And we practice it nonstop, to get it perfect. And this is why it counts. This is why it matters.
Even the best onside kicks dont always get recovered by the offense, though. That is where Singletons athleticism came in. The dynamic defensive back who is being recruited by major colleges throughout the country, would not be denied, grabbing the ball with one hand and cupping it to his body.
As soon as I saw it bounce, I went up for it, he said. I just had to trust myself. I cant explain it. The coaches kept saying it wasnt over, it wasnt over. Anything can happen.
The drive
Even after the Riverhawks recovered, they still had 43 yards to go to and just 51 seconds to get there.
On the first play of the drive, the next miracle happened. Zamora tried to throw a pass to Blake Bishop down the middle. A Camas defender stepped in front of Bishop, but the ball went through his hands and into the Chiawana seniors gloves. He turned upfield for a 24-yard gain.
It was the first catch of the game for Bishop, who was told by quarterbacks coach Scott Bond on Monday that he would make a huge play in this game. Told to have faith and be ready.
After an incomplete pass, Zamora threw to Isaiah Richie in the corner of the end zone, but the junior was pushed out of bounds. As the Camas fans celebrated, the flag for defensive pass interference came in.
Chiawana now had second-and-2 at the 11, and an incomplete pass followed. Facing third-and-2, Zamora not known for his scrambling made a brilliant decision to run up field for a 7-yard gain and a first down.
He quickly got the offense to the line of scrimmage and spiked the ball, setting up second-and-goal from the 4 with seven seconds left.
The play
The tension in the stadium was palpable, as the crowd, media, stadium workers, WIAA officials and everyone else surged toward the end zone in anticipation of the final play.
The play call was simple: roll out and hope a receiver gets free.
Zamora took the snap, went right and with two Camas defenders in hot pursuit initially looked for Singleton, who was covered. At that moment, though, Bishop fulfilled Bonds prophecy and leaked to the back corner of the end zone.
Zamora lofted a pass his way and Bishop grabbed it, causing half the building to go silent while the other half was in bedlam.
I have no idea who it was going to go to, Graff said. They ran their routes, and they just played in the park there at the end and just got it done.
The game was now tied with no time left, and the biggest moment in Winns young life was coming up.
The kicker had already missed one extra point in this game. The snap was a bit high, but Austen Clarke grabbed it, put it down and Winn booted it through the upright, setting off a scene that will live in the minds of the Chiawana players for the rest of their lives.
Afterward, Graff tried to put the game in perspective. One of the winningest coaches in state history, a man with four state titles at two different schools, could hardly explain what he had just seen.
This is hard on my heart, he joked, referencing the heart attack he had in October. You cant explain it. We just never quit.
Because of that the Riverhawks not only are state champions, but they will be forever remembered as the team that pulled out the most improbable, incredible, ridiculous, amazing, whatever-you-want-to-call-it comeback.
There are no words to describe that, Winn said. You try to never think it is over, but it was looking pretty bad. When Joey hit that pass to Dorton for the touchdown, I knew we could go back and get it because that is what we do. Thats what weve done all season and I was just so excited.


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EDMONTON – Ronnie Joe Hiser, 58, of Edmonton, died Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville.
He was the son of the late Leroy and Susan Hiser. Ronnie was owner and operator of Central Air Systems Inc.
Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Saturday at Butler Funeral Home in Edmonton. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home. Private graveside services will be conducted later.
He is survived by his wife, Karen Coffey Hiser; three sons, Michael Joe Hiser and fiancé Lisa Hamilton, of Edmonton, Jonathan Allen and wife Crissy Hiser, of Edmonton, Joe Reed Hiser and fiancé Nikki Long, of Glasgow; one daughter, Quinna Faye Neal, of Edmonton; two grandchildren, Nicole Hiser and Colby Whitlow; one special grandchild, Amber Dustin; one brother, Bobby Hiser, of Hiseville; two sisters, Ann and husband David Brown, of Center, and Bernice Hays, of Glasgow; a
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She was the daughter of the late Edwin "Bud" Farris and Mary Spillman Montgomery Farris. She was a member of Hiseville Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Ralph Depp Jackson; two sons, Ralph Farris Jackson and Glen Shelton Jackson and his wife Cynthia Rae; two grandsons, Nicholas Shelton Jackson and William Ray Jackson.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in Hiseville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and after noon Saturday at the funeral home.
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HENDERSON, Nev. – Gladys L. O'Byrn, 83, of Henderson, Nev., passed away June 3, 2013.
She was born in Edmonton, Ky., on Jan. 6, 1930, to the late Loranzia and Ruby Salmon Bunch. She became a resident of Nevada in 1999. She worked as a secretary in the computer industry for 29 years. Her brothers Garnet Bunch, Dennis Railey and Glenn (G.W.) Bunch preceded her in death.
Gladys is survived by her loving husband of 42 years, Lionel O'Byrn; her brother, L.W. (Greta) Bunch, of Cadiz; her sister, Jessie Emberton, of Mansfield, Ill.; her children, Brenda Bunch, of Columbus, Ind., Wayne (Rebecca) Bunch, of Columbus, Ind., and Deborah (Stephen) Jones, of Glasgow; three grandchildren, Jacob S. Jones, of Glasgow, Aaron and Nathan (Aubrey) Bunch, of Columbus, Ind., and four great-grandchildren.
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. – Kermit Arterburn, 95, died Monday, June 3, 2013. Interment will be at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs. No services will be conducted. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any children's hospital of choice. Sandy Springs Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
GLASGOW – Lovie Marie Broady, 80, of Glasgow, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at McMurtrey Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Peers Cemetery.
HORSE CAVE – Kathy Denice Cross, 46, of Horse Cave, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, in Glasgow.
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