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HARDIN — South Laurel High School's Austin Turner and Lucas Powell made a huge splash in the 2013 KHSAA Bass Fishing State Championship this past weekend at KenLake Marina in Hardin, turning in a third place finish in the inaugural event.
After turning in an opening day total of 15 lbs., 9 oz., the pair nearly duplicated Friday's count with a second-day weight of 15 lbs., 10 oz., which was the third best total out of the 42 participating teams with a total weight of 31 lbs., 3 oz.
Afterward, South Laurel fishing coach Dennis Hammonds talked about the finish and how excited he was about the success of the program after just one year in existence.
"It was cold and rainy both days of this thing, so it was tough to fish, but these guys hung in there and did a great job," Hammonds said. "They had good totals on both days, so it's important to be consistent in this kind of event.
"We owe a lot of credit to their boat captain, Kyle Smith, as well as Gerald Lewis and Sam Allen, who went out and helped us pre-fish the lake," he added. "It's exciting to have the program do so well in the first ever championship, especially considering Austin and Lucas are freshman."
Calloway County's Bracken Robertson and Dillon Starks finished first with a total weight of 34 lbs., 4 oz., while Muhlenberg County's Zach Warner and Ridge Porter were second with a final tally of 32 lbs., 7 oz.
Hammonds said he was especially pleased with the finish considering the fact that the first and second place teams are the closest school to the state championship site.
"The teams that beat us are pretty familiar with the lake, so when you take that into consideration, we really fished well to only lose by just over three pounds," Hammonds said. "This third place team is a couple of freshmen, so that means they'll have a few more years to try and top this year's finish.
"Our other team came in 27th overall, so we're proud of those guys as a whole," he added.
North Laurel's Connor McKinney and Dustin Chestnut teamed up to grab 22nd overall with a total weight of 15 lbs., 11 oz., while Corbin's Marcus Davis and Pierce Bishop earned 24th with 14 lbs., 4 oz.
Corbin's Morgan Boggs was given the Best of the Brightest award, sponsored by the National Guard.
With the first season of bass fishing as a KHSAA sanctioned sport in the books, the idea of high school fishing is expected to spread quickly. Illinois is the only other state to sanction the sport at the high school level, but several states are looking into the possibility.
KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett said Saturday that the success as well as the draw of bass fishing is the fact it can be done by students that don't have to be athletes in other sports.
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Although, I suppose, eating KOSHER food is a bit of a resolution in itself, that's a whole nother story... so let's call that Resolution #0. And here are resolutions #1 and #2:
GARLIC: Only North American garlic. No Chinese garlic. It grows so readily here, from what I can tell, preserves well, so it's available locally pretty much year-round. I have no idea what they're doing to it in China. Maybe nothing, but that's not the point. It is a false economy to say it is cheaper and more efficient to grow garlic for me in China, then ship it all the way around the world.
So... garlic, as local as possible. "Local" being this huge continent. Ontario if possible, farmer's market fresh hardneck if possible.
The "neck" of garlic, by the way, is the core bit in the middle that you might not even have noticed if you've been buying non-Ontario, non-organic garlic. Most commercial garlic is softneck, and I'm not sure what the flavour differences are between the two types. But I do know, or believe, that hardneck grows best here. Maybe next year, I'll even plant some for myself... again. (tried it the first year and failed).
And then, there's POTATOES.
Inspired by Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire and other discussions of pesticide use in commercial potato growing, I think we'll try cutting out the pesticide 'tatoes altogether.
I was a little daunted by this when I asked if they had organic potatoes at Sobey's (Clark & Hilda store) and the produce guy said they used to but at $8 a bag, they didn't sell very many.
But today they had Canadian-grown organic President's Choice organic potatoes, both russet and red, at Fortino's for $2.99 (maybe $3.99?), so I bought a bag of each.
This may be harder than the garlic to keep up all winter long, but we shall see.
The real conundrum with insisting on organic may not be buying the potatoes themselves, but the products that contain potatoes that aren't organic: tinned veggie soups, heck, the tinned teeny-weeny potatoes that we all love so much with our superstore roast chicken.
Apparently many consumers who buy organic don't really think through all the sources of their inorganic veggies, at least according to another book I read recently, Organic, Inc. (forget the author's name). Convenience foods, especially, are often accepted at face value even though they're made of the very same non-organic produce the person would ordinarily turn up his or her nose at.
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I don't often do book reviews. I read TONS of books, usually several simultaneously, and I suppose I'm just not usually focused on them as part of my blogging (and I probably think other people do reviews better than I do). But I wanted to share my initial thoughts after voraciously consuming Chris Brogan and Julien Smith's newly minted Trust Agents. Why?
- Chris and Julien are good friends of mine. That means I'm biased toward their success, I'm excited about the book, and I wanted to draw attention to their acheivement. (No they didn't pay me or bribe me or give me a pony to write this. They were kind enough to send me an advance copy of the book.)
- They've earned my trust. Ironic? I think not. Did I mention I'm biased?
- The book is GOOD. Really good. And worth your attention, if it's not on your radar already.
One of the principal things I love about this book – or the topic, really – is that the conversation around trust and what builds, defines, and removes it never gets old to me. Especially in a business context, and in an online universe where our attention and sense of what's useful is more splintered than ever before.
Chris and Julien aren't going to tell you how to win trust. That's up to you. (Sorry). What they do do, however, is very artfully point out some of the behaviors and actions – especially amongst the anonymity online – that engender trust in others.
They do so simply. Clearly. Articulately. They say it's about trust, but I'm saying it's even more about just new human dynamics and behaviors in a digitized world. And Chris and Julien beautifully bridge some ideas and concepts that we often brush past, but rarely articulate. Things like:
- There is great power in how the web enables you to spread, propegate, and share information without immediate presence
- Reliability is a consistent thread among people that rock what they do
- There's a delicate balance between "leveraging" and "using like yesterday's washrag" (my indelicate words, not theirs, but a concept that I'd love to introduce to some people personally)
- Doing good things is as much about faith about the return than the expectation of same
- Sucking up isn't the smart game, but raising up those around you is
- The absence of non-verbal cues on the web makes communicating (and interpreting) there far different
- Build community by protecting them, not using them
- Sharing your influence exponentially builds yours
- The choice about whether or not to immerse yourself in this new era is yours alone.
Simple ideas, yes. But damn hard to do well. Here's what I wish you'd do.
If you're the person that would call yourself a Trust Agent, buy the book anyway as credentials of your membership in that tribe. Read it. Be affirmed. Learn a few new things along the way.
Then buy two, five, or a hundred more copies and give them to the people that AREN'T. Use your knowledge of the importance of these concepts to share them with the person who most needs to read this book (and might be the least likely to buy it, since they don't think they need it). Tell them what you found valuable. Make sure they read the parts you need them to read.
I have several extra copies on their way to my house as we speak. What I'm going to do with them yet I'm not sure. I'll definitely give them away. But I'm thinking of ways to put them in the hands of people that want to be Trust Agents but might need some guidance to get there. The new web is a tricksy place, and I think Chris and Julien have written an awfully good guide to the principles behind it.
It's a human book about human principles. I know it's a business book technically, and I think businesses seeking to understand the social web will do well to read it. But the real power is going to be in how the people behind those businesses absorb and put those lessons to use.
I learned a few things and scribbled down a dozen ideas. If you haven't ordered yours already, what are you waiting for?
Kudos to my friends Chris and Julien on saying many things that needed to be said, and doing so with clarity and elegance. Congrats, you guys.


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Jefferson County legislators unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night to initiate eminent domain proceedings on land adjacent to the Watertown International Airport.
The county is attempting to acquire 47 acres from William E. and Colleen J. Lawler and 153 acres from Roscoe A. Eisenhauer so that it can expand the runway at the airport by 1,000 feet. It needs the land so that it can provide the average 2,500 feet of safety clearance required by the Federal Aviation Administration.
American Eagle, a subsidiary of American Airlines that provides service at the airport, is expected to phase out the 44-passenger regional jets it currently uses in favor of 50-passenger jets sometime next year, according to county officials.
The larger jets require a longer runway, officials said.
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The Ridgefield Board of Education is preparing a presentation for the Board of Selectmen regarding its proposal to close one elementary school due to declining enrollment.
During Monday's meeting at the Town Hall Annex, board members continued their discussion of the controversial proposal, which if approved could lead to the closing of one of the town's six elementary schools by 2015-2016, for an estimated operational savings of about $1 million per year.
The board-appointed Facilities Committee, which is charged with determining which school to close, recently recommended postponing the decision for one year: The board had initially proposed closing a school as early as 2014-2015, however for scheduling reasons this is no longer being viewed as feasible.
Chairman Austin Drukker said the board would be commissioning a firm to do a redistricting study that would help the Facilites Committee determine which school to close and which neighborhoods would be impacted as a result.
"If we do a [redistricting] study now, we are only going to end up having to do another one later," Drukker said, adding that for this reason it might be prudent for the board to have the study done "down the road... so we don't have to do it twice."
"I'm thinking January 2014," he said.
Enrollment projections will be the main criteria used in determining whether to close a school — and if so, which one. The board voted in May to close a school once enrollment dips below 2,000 students and is projected to stay below that level for 10 years. Currently Ridgefield's enrollment is about 2,200 students — but it has been declining at a faster rate than previously projected for the past several years.
The board has identified three schools which are ideal candidates for closure: Veterans Park, Scotland and Farmingville. The other three schools — Branchville, Ridgebury and Barlow Mountain — were ruled out based on recent renovations as well as their locations. Maximum class size policy is also being considered as part of the proposal.
Board member and Facilities Committee Chair Irene Burgess said there should be no more than 18 months between when the redistricting study is done and the school closing, to ensure that the closing is based on the most current enrollment projections possible.
Part of the district's challenge is not only reacting to declining enrollment but also rectifying lopsided distribution of students across the K-5 schools.
Board member John Paulermo asked if it would be "prudent to address the imbalance between Ridgebury, which has five empty classrooms," and Farmingville, "which is full," in the interim period before a school is closed.
"I think we ought to look at balancing out, if not even in a minor way — like we did with Scotts Ridge and East Ridge [middle schools several years ago]," Paulermo said, adding that this should probably be done next year if it is to be worthwhile.
Burgess said Paulermo was "raising an excellent point," but added that if the district decided to proceed with the idea, she would want assurance that the families who are redistricted wouldn't need to be moved again in a subsequent redistricting after a school closes.
Drukker said the five empty classrooms at Ridgebury in theory have capacity for up to 100 redistricted kids (20 per class). Board member Karen Sulzinsky pointed out that "you couldn't move that many kids and promise that none of them would have to be redistricted again."
Several board members said for this reason it would be more prudent to redistrict "just a handful of kids" in order to balance the inequities between the schools.
With regard the timing of the presentation to the selectmen, Paulermo suggested they do it this spring as part of the budget process, since the board must include enrollment projections in its budget request anyway.
Several board members said it will be just as important to determine how the staff is re-allocated across the five facilities as it is determining which one to close.
Drukker said the board will present "several scenarios" to the selectmen, in terms of which school to close and the potential impact. School officials will also present a cost savings analysis for each scenario.
One alternative the board is expected to present is the concept of repurposing the school to be closed into some sort of a town facility — such as a child care center or recreational facility. This way the facility could more easily be reopened as a school, should the district hit another high water mark for enrollment at a later point in time.
Drukker said the infrastructure added to Barlow and Ridgebury in the recent renovation/expansions was never fully utilized — which is a strong indication that the district may not need to reopen the sixth school for quite some time, possibly not for another "20 or 30 years." He said based on the current trend of declining enrollment and the "sheer number of open classrooms," the board should be able to make a strong case for a school closure.
The board members agreed that they should gather as much information as possible and include it all in the report they present to the Board of Selectmen during the budget process.
For more than two years the board has been debating how to best reconfigure the district to make it more operationally efficient in light of declining enrollment. At the center of the debate is whether closing a school facility would reap enough savings to make it worth the hassle. While the district would incur one-time costs associated with redistricting, it would reap savings over time by reducing fixed costs associated with running and maintaining a sixth facility.
Many school parents have expressed their displeasure with the plan during past public hearings — some contending that it will backfire and actually cost the town more money should enrollment start increasing again within a few years of the closure, resulting in the need to reopen the facility.
In April the board released the results of an informal town-wide questionaire showing that a majority of school parents favor keeping all six elemenatry schools open.
A total of 914 residents, 801 of them school parents, responded to the online survey. Of those, 612 favored leaving the district configured as is; 73 favored an option of redistricting to three neighborhoods each with a K-2 and 3-5 arrangement; and 229 favored closing one school.


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Pros: Detailed object editor, goofy presentation
Cons:Too easy, no actual gameplay
Scribblenauts Unlimited is a game that will let you create almost anything. If you want a horse in the game, you can have a horse. If you want a blue horse that eats birds, you can have a blue horse that eats birds. When I first previewed a demo of the game, I was so excited by its object creation system that I thought, just playing with that without any gameplay at all would be fun. But I was wrong. I know that now, because Scribblenauts Unlimited is exactly that; an object-creation system with no true gameplay attached to it.
Developed by: 5th Cell
Published by: WBIE
Genre: Puzzle
For ages: 10 and up
Platform: Wii U
Release Date: November 13, 2012
The Basics: Solve Puzzles with Anything. Anything!
I loved the original Scribblenauts on the DS, in which you were presented puzzles which you could solve with any object you could think of, be it a bridge, a flying horse, or a time machine. You just had to write the name of the object and it would be given to you. It was a unique and imaginative approach.
In Scribblenauts Unlimited you can customize your objects. You can ask for a bird, but you can also ask for a giant pink bird. You can add adjectives to existing people and objects; if you come across a vicious dog, you can edit it into a friendly dog.
Beyond that, you can go into the object editor and create objects to your exact specifications. You can create a monkey that other creatures react to as though it was a dinosaur, and that explodes when set on fire.
The Gameplay: Missing in Action
While the game gives you this wonderful tool, it doesn't give you much to do with it. Instead, you wander a world in which distressed people ask for your help with very simple requests. If you are asked to give George Washington a present, give him a cherry tree. If a sculptor needs a tool to carve some stone, give him a chisel. If children want protection from a bully, turn him into a sleeping bully.
That's it, that's the "game." You are asked for things, and you make them. This rarely involves any thought, and while you can create elaborate objects if you like, they are not required. Ultimately any entertainment you get out of the object editor must come from you. You could make a bird that eats horses and a horse that eats birds and let them try and eat each other, for example.
This makes Scribblenauts Unlimited less game than toy. In this it is like The Sims, a game in which gamers amused themselves by seeing what would happen if you put someone in a swimming pool without a ladder or made 10 people live in a house with only one bathroom. I liked The Sims better than this game, because it was a fancier toy, but ultimately I don't want a toy: I want a game.
Refuting the Critic's Critics: No, This Isn't How the Series Started Out
The defense some people have made for Scribblenauts Unlimited, which has proven quite popular, is that all the Scribblenauts games are like this. But that isn't true, and I can't for the life of me figure out why people are saying it is. The original Scribblenauts set sometimes difficult challenges you had to overcome with ingenuity. You had to kill monsters, push buttons, cross chasms, and other things that required thought and trial and error. Scribblenauts was a puzzle game. Scribblenauts Unlimited is more like a trivia game, in which you are asked insanely easy questions like, "what does Cleopatra like" or "what does a knight use to protect himself." These are only puzzles if you are six years old.
The Verdict: A Huge Disappointment
As with the original DS game, Scribblenauts Unlimited is controlled through use of the touch screen. What this means is you will never have any reason to look at your TV – ever. You'll just play it like a handheld game. The Wii U version is simply a handheld game you can't play on the bus.
After I saw that demo, thiswas one of the Wii U games I was most looking forward to, but alas, it turned out to be my single biggest gaming disappointment of the year. In Scribblenauts Unlimited I can build an explosive horse or a giant bird, but I can't build the one thing I really want; a fun video game.


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Bar Exam Suit Cites Religion
Posted Jul 2, 2007 9:07 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A would-be lawyer who failed the bar exam has filed suit contending a question about gay marriage violated his First Amendment rights.
Stephen Dunne says the Massachusetts bar question required him to "affirmatively accept, support and promote homosexual marriage and homosexual parenting," the National Law Journal reports. He didn't answer the question.
Dunne claims a violation of his rights to freedom of religion, due process and equal protection.
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"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul."
That declaration, attributed to Irish dramatist and socialist George Bernard Shaw in 1944, has become a cliche because it is, in general, true.
But a version of it – that 47 percent of the electorate will vote for President Obama simply because they don't pay any federal income tax – got Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney into major trouble this past week.
It should have. Romney, in a hastily called press conference, admitted that his rhetoric, answering a question at a fundraiser was "inelegant." I'll take that several steps further. It was stupid.
Romney is not stupid. He's very smart. But smart people say stupid things sometimes. And it would be much better for him to admit as much, rather than try to deflect it with weasel words like "inelegant." It's the only way to start getting out of the hole he dug for himself.
With about a month and a half to go before the election, Romney handed Democrats yet another gift-wrapped distraction from the failures of the Obama administration. He handed them some more straw men – that he doesn't think it worthwhile to try to connect with anyone on government support and that those on government support are all moochers and layabouts. All anybody is talking about is how he insulted almost half the country.
Sure, the timing of it is a bit curious. The fundraiser where Romney made those comments was in May. Only now, much closer to the election, is it coming to light, thanks to the efforts of Jimmy Carter's semi-employed grandson.
But so what? That's politics.
So, at least for the next week or so, Romney and his campaign will be "off message," while both conservatives and liberals focus on the trees and ignore the forest.


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The Orange Leader
The Orange County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls from Nov. 6 - Nov. 11, 2013:
Wednesday, Nov. 6
• Fraud at the 6500 block of Norwood Street in Orange. A person reported unauthorized use of a debit/credit card for several purchases in the Houston area without consent.
• Harassment at the 3000 block of Alice Street in Orange.
• Vicious animal at the 9100 block of Tulane Road in Orange. A witness saw three dogs attack another dog causing it injury.
Thursday, Nov. 7
• Fraud at the 1300 block of Magnolia Street in Vidor. A person reported stolen identity.
• Theft at the 9800 block of Longleaf Road in Orange. A person reported personal property, clothing, jewelry, weapons, and appliances stolen from a residence.
• Threats at the 7300 block of Hwy. 87 in Orange.
Saturday, Nov. 8
• Criminal mischief at the 4100 block of Hwy. 105 in Vidor. A person disabled a vehicle while it was being repossessed.
• Burglary of a habitation at the 200 block of Lisa Drive in Vidor. A person reported $7,800 worth of items were stolen from the residence and a suspect had been recently seen in the area with some of the reported items.
• Assault at the 5100 block of Caribou Drive in Orange.
• Unusual circumstances at the 2100 block of Hwy. 1131 in Vidor. A man was reportedly sitting on the steps and bleeding at a residence. The man was transported to the hospital for treatment. The man refused to identify the persons responsible for assaulting him or where the incident occurred.
Sunday, Nov. 9
• Disturbance at the 4000 block of Windy Lane in Orange.
Monday, Nov. 10
• Disturbance at the 1000 block of Emerald Street in Vidor. A man was arrested for assault family violence.
• Traffic stop near Pine Park Blvd. and Hwy. 87. A man found sleeping in a vehicle was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and unlawfully carrying a weapon.
• Burglary of a building at the 1300 block of Sawmill Street in Vidor.
• Suspicious vehicle near the south service road east of FM 1136 in Orange. A man was arrested for public intoxication.
Source: Orange County Sheriff's Office


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The Big Read is coming to Blount County. In collaboration with Maryville College, Blount County Schools, Blount Education Initiative, and Knox County Public Library, there will be a series of programs, concerts, readings, and discussions about the book, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, and related topics of the years of the Great Depression and poverty. The Knoxville YWCA received the grant to fund this year's regional participation in The Big Read, a National Endowment for the Arts initiative.
In addition, the library will host "The Seasons of Life" concert by the Don Brakebill Singers, with choral reflections on seasons of life from childhood to death.
As usual, numerous exhibits at the library will depict a variety of artwork, collections and interests of Blount County residents.
We hope to see you at the Blount County Public Library in October.
• Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m.: "The Seasons of Life" concert by the Don Brakebill Singers, rendering choral reflections on seasons of life from childhood to death in the Reading Rotunda.
• Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12, LIBRARY CLOSED, during Foothills Fall Festival weekend.
• Tuesday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m., "Blount County Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting," in the Board Room.
THE BIG READ: regional reading/discussion of John Steinbeck's book, The Grapes of Wrath:
Several area libraries (Blount County Public Library and Knoxville Public Library) and education systems (Maryville College, Blount County, Blount Education Initiative), in cooperation with the Knoxville YWCA, Southland Books, the Palace Theatre, Senior Services at Blount Memorial Hospital and Pistol Creek Catch of the Day, will present a series of programs, readings and discussions about John Steinbeck's book, The Grapes of Wrath, and related topics of the years of the Great Depression and poverty. At each program, audience members are invited to bring donations of nonperishable food items, to be contributed to a local food pantry. [Note that each event is at a different physical location.] Events for this series of programs will include
• Thursday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.: "The Culture of Poverty" presentation by Michael Crabtree and Clayton Narveson, at the Blount County Public Library in the Sharon Lawson Room.
• Thursday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.: "Successful Budgeting During an Economic Slump" by Sherri Hagood, Certified Dave Ramsey Financial Counselor, at Blount County Public Library in the Sharon Lawson Room.
• "Teen Read Week" Exhibit in the Teen Central area of the library.
COMPUTER CLASSES: FREE two hour classes. First six persons to arrive can attend class. Call or come by the Reference Desk at 865-273-1436 for schedule of classes or if there are questions.
"Intro to PC: Meet the Mouse," in the Board Room
• Thursday, Oct. 16, 2 - 4 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 6, 2 - 4 p.m.
"E-Mail," in the Board Room:
• Thursday, Oct. 2, 2 - 4 p.m.
• Thursday, Oct. 23, 2 - 4 p.m.
"Internet: Use of the Internet & Internet Searching," in the Board Room:
• Thursday, Oct. 9, 2 - 4 p.m.
• October Book: Team of Rivals by Doris K. Goodwin
Oct. 8 at 10:30 a.m. in the Library Board Room
Call 865-273-1414
New Program:
• Monday, Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m., Amigos Spanish Story Hour will be offered by Maryville College student staff and community volunteers in the Reading Pond. Elementary aged children who wish to learn some of the Spanish language, listen to stories in Spanish, and enjoy related activities won't want to miss this monthly story hour.
Celebrate Reading: Join the fun as we highlight our Foreign Language Story Hours. National Pizza Month will help us celebrate Reading as fun in any language.
• Foreign Language Story Hours: Community volunteers will present bilingual stories and crafts for all interested children. Please call the library to verify that story hour will be held as scheduled:
• First Monday, Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m., Amigos Spanish Story Hour
• First Wednesday, Oct. 1, 5 p.m., Japanese Story Hour
• First Saturday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m., Mes Amis French Story Hour
• Last Saturday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m., Italian Story Hour
Elementary Age Activities:
• Monthly Surprise Display will be showcased in the children's library office window. The monthly topic will not be publicized, but children can guess the theme by reading clues on the library's website, www.blountlibrary.org. Visit the children's library to see if you guessed the correct display topic.
• Sundays, Family Game Day. Families with children of all ages can enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of board games, puzzles, hopscotch, toddler bowling, play huts, and more.
• Tuesdays, 4 p.m., Serendipity Activities, Grades K-6, in Children's Library. Sign up in Children's Library to participate with new crafts.
• Oct. 7, Grades 3-6, Pumpkin scratch art
• Oct. 14, Grades K-2, Halloween doorknob hanger
• Oct. 21, Grades 3-6, My family tree
• Wednesdays, 4 p.m., Library Skills Workshops are offered periodically to teach proper use of the Dewey Decimal System, Reference, Online Computer Research, and book location. Watch for announcements of next class.
• Thursday, Oct. 9, 2-5 p.m., Serendipity Activities with surplus crafts, Grades K-6, in Children's Library.
• Thursdays, 4 p.m., Treasure Hunts are themed book searches and games where children follow the clues to the treasure box. Book a Trip Around the World: North America for Grades 5-6 will be Oct. 2; Grades 3-4 will be Oct. 16.
Pre-School Story Hours & Crafts in Children's Library Reading Pond:
October Children's Theme: "National Pizza Month"
• Tuesday and Friday, 10 a.m., Bubbles & Books story hours for ages 3-5 include bubbles, stories, puppets, fun, and crafts.
• Wednesday, 10 and 10:30 a.m., Tadpole Tales story hours for ages two and under include stories, songs & movement, rhyme time, puppets, crafts, and coloring.
• Sunday, October 5, 4 p.m., Musical Story Hour is offered by a professional presenter with stories, fun movement, and exploration of musical instruments for children ages birth to 5 years old. This musical program will be offered the first Sunday of each month at 4:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public, the program is at the Blount County Public Library, located at 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville.
For further information about other library programs or services, call the library at 865-982-0981 or visit the Web site at www.blountlibrary.org.
To print a one-page monthly calendar of events at the library, go to the library Web site at www.blountlibrary.org, click on "Programs and Events" and then click on "Click here to view the monthly calendar of events in printable format" or sign up to receive a monthly calendar by email by scrolling down and clicking on firstname.lastname@example.com and putting "subscribe" in the subject line.


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Updated, 11:05 p.m. Monday
Catcalls and shouts from unhappy Orland Park residents did not sway the village board Monday night, as both the development plan and for the project were approved.
But the approval did come with a new caveat introduced during the meeting. The Orland Park Village Board also unanimously voted to have village staff pursue ways to reduce the "debt and gap financing participation" of putting up $63 million in bonds to cover loans and incentives for the construction.
Trustee Brad O'Halloran was the lone dissenting vote on the redevelopment agreement and the financing plan for the apartment complex. He said he supports the project itself, but not the financing plan.
While a few residents voiced their concerns and misgivings about the project, it was the trustees who carried most of the meeting as they responded to and .
Trustee Kathy Fenton, who also chairs the development services committee, spoke at length, first firing back at people who criticized the village for not working harder to fill vacant business spaces, citing that less than 5 percent of Orland Park's business spaces are empty. She also listed several businesses that set up shop in spaces left behind, including in the former Value City space, in Sports Authority's old home, and Johnny's Charhouse in the former Canoe Club building.
Fenton then described vacant spots that soon will be built upon, including the northwest corner of 144th Place and LaGrange Road, where will soon build a new plaza space.
"I am not a person to jump into things," Fenton said. "If anything, I am a pessimist. But these are very proactive, not reactive, individuals sitting up here."
Trustee James Dodge tackled the issue most talked about: whether residents will see the costs on their tax bills if the complex fails. He described simulations he asked staff to run 10 years down the line—when developer Flaherty and Collins is scheduled to have repaid the village's investment.
"If Flaherty and Collins goes to hell in a handbasket, we, because we are the lender, step right in and control the asset, which will be more than the loan," Dodge said. "We will have more than enough money in the home rule sales tax to make sure this never hits your tax bills."
O'Halloran said he changed his mind on the financing plan for the project after Standard and Poor's downgraded the United States' credit rating because of "too much debt."
"And here we sit to double out debt," O'Halloran said about the financing plan. "It's too much risk at this time."
McLaughlin complimented staff and board members for the "tremendous amount of time spent over the last several years working on getting to this point." He said he will work with staff to find ways to reduce the financial risk.
While some attendees clapped after the trustees spoke, others booed and called out while they were speaking, including one man who said, "Don't treat us like a piggy bank."


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Business Scents
There is another reason to sing in the shower.
A new shop on King Street in Boone offers people who love the Earth an opportunity to also love smelling fresh.
Caravan Botanicals and Fiona's Fountain caters to the eco-conscious bather with organic products.
Though strongly discouraged, eating these soaps would not result in serious trouble. Jaimee Smith, owner and soap maker, said that within the first month of their opening, a man ate some of the soap. He lived to taste another day. Smith doesn't recommend this action, since it can put a cramp in your style.
But if you're going to wash your child's filthy mouth out, these soaps would be the way to go. The powerful chemical toxicities found in lye soaps are one of the reasons that Caravan Botanicals and Fiona's Fountain started producing their own.
Lye's main chemical form is sodium hydroxide, which is an alkaline chemical that will break down sticky materials like fat. The lye compound is used in such products as pool cleaning chemicals, drain de-cloggers and metal polishers. It is also used in laundry detergents and in many personal soaps.
At Fiona's Fountain, located above Dancing Moon Earthway Bookstore, most of the soaps are derived from organic compounds.
"Tea tree is the most potent anti-microbial next to garlic," Smith said. "Of course, who wants to smell like garlic? Tea tree is used in some of the soaps. Turmeric is what we use for our orange soaps, and it's good for arthritis. It promotes circulation. Lemongrass is good for keeping bugs away."
There is a soap called "Mountain Man," which Ann Newberry and Smith concocted for hikers. Both Smith and Newberry, joint owner of Fiona's Fountain, agree that mountain women get out in the dirt, as well. They are looking for a new name.
A lot of love goes into the making of these soaps. Washing with soap that was handmade perhaps means you're getting a helping hand when scrubbing the dirt away. Smith and Newberry are devoted to making healthy and fresh soaps for their customers and friends.
"My dad wanted me to blend these three oils," Smith said. "I blended it up, and in little more than a week I sold the whole loaf of soap. I called it (Baba Soap) because my kids called my dad 'Baba.' And Skylar (Smith's son) didn't know this, but 'Baba' is a term in an African language for father."
Smith and company use herbal powders to make most of the colors, including powders from tomatoes, parsley and ground rosemary.
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Funeral service for Roland Meyer will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Alva First Baptist Church, with Rev. Ron Argo officiating and Rev. Michael Taylor assisting. Interment will be in Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home, Alva.
Roland Elmer Meyer, son of the late Herbert August and Lena (Haas) Meyer, was born July 20, 1927, near Okeene, Okla. He passed away Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Alva, Okla., at the age of 85 years, 3 months, and 22 days.
Roland attended school at Ingersoll and graduated valedictorian from Cherokee High School in 1945.
In addition to being a talented basketball player, Roland also started farming in high school. He graduated from Northwestern State College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1955, and later received his master's degree from the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. He continued doctorate studies at Oklahoma State University.
He volunteered to serve in the United States Army from 1951-1953, and was a veteran of the Korean War.
On July 12, 1954, he was united in marriage to Edith Lucile DeWerff in Ellinwood, Kan.
He taught high school math at Attica, Kan., from 1956 to 1958. He was a career math professor at NWOSU, retiring as the department head in 1987. He was a lifetime farmer and rancher.
He was a devout Christian and a member of Alva First Baptist Church for over 50 years, where he was a deacon, taught adult Sunday school, and worked in the children's department. After retirement, Roland fine-tuned his wood turning skills, and with Edith showed his bowls at many art festivals in the southwest. In retirement, he continued teaching math by tutoring students in the community, as well as volunteering for eight years at Bill Johnson Correctional Center helping GED students.
Roland loved sports, watching many of his children's and grandchildren's games, as well as following his teams on TV. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing. Roland learned to cook later in life as he became the devoted caretaker for his wife and was proudest of his pies.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Elaine Kay, and a brother Roger Meyer.
He is survived by his wife, Edith Meyer of Alva; daughter, Maxine Cunningham and husband Myron of Norman; son, Bruce Meyer and wife Dixie of Alva; sister, Frances Nelson of Denver; adopted brothers, Bob Meyer and Bill Meyer, who were raised by Roland's parents; six grandchildren, Jared Cunningham and wife April of Norman, Kendall Speer and husband Blair of Norman, Kristy Meyer, Austin Meyer, Justin Meyer and Mitchell Meyer, all of Alva; two great-grandchildren, Walker and Jaxson Cunningham; and other relatives and many friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to Bill Johnson Correctional Center Library Fund.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.matchallfuneralhomes.com.
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How do I 1) remove the My brushes were published in: BRUSH UP! ???Photoshop?????????? (??????????????) www.bnn.co.jp/books/title_index/mat…" from the pop up 2) change the circular call button to be turn Blue instead of Red when hovered over.
Thanks Tarik
Hi Tarik,
to change the circle's background colour, you need to edit the css.
.circle-link:hover { background: #b51515 url(../images/noise.png) repeat; color: #fff; }
The Brush Up text, is from Twitter. I have explained how to add your own in the read me file.
how do I download this into wordpress, please contact me on my private email email@example.com
I read all your read me directions…a bit lost
Hi, this is a html template and not for Wordpress, sorry.
what do i use to manipulate it?
To edit it? You will need a html/text editor.
Really cool! Nice work!
Thanks very much indeed.
Hi there! Great theme, really easy to customise (even for a novice!). I was just wondering if there is a way to show extra fields on the contact form? e.g. Name, Email, Phone & Comment section? – Thanks.
Thank you, in regards to adding extra fields to the form, you will need to customize the send.php file. It should be pretty straightforward if you look at the existing code.
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Sorry but have you purchased this theme as I can't see that you have? But you must have as you are using my backgrounds that are included in the download! IE cant handle CSS3 transitons so only the last line is viewable, but everything else is 'viewable'.
Your work is Awesome!!! So sad IE can't handle text transitions, that's a big turn off
Nice template!! thanks!
-What code is important to make the text in the email field clear out when a user clicks into the email field? my has stop doing this for some reason and I must have accidentally removed something.
-also would like to speed up the fly-in text animations a little.
and any suggestions for a forwarding code to display to IE browsers, download a real browser ;) actually just forwarding to another location so we can have a basic email form submission there for those IE cavepeople.
-and one more thing (sorry) I would like to have only a facebook and twitter icon there but would popup a window to post our link to their FB or twitter instead of just jumping to our fb or twitter account page. any code out there you can suggest to use with yours?
thanks so much!!!!!
You can speed up the animation by playing with the animation delays found in the css file. In regards to the email field, it's probably best to check your code with the downloaded theme. As for FBK and Twitter, maybe you could add "add this" or "share" icons.
thanks!! I figured out my mistake with the email field. thnx.. I'll check on the anim timing in the css file… and yes fb twit sharing code for the icons is what I'm looking for.. thought maybe you would have a suggestion to work with your code. thanks again!!
Sent a message via your profile page three days ago. Please reply.
Could you send it again please as I can't find it.
Hi, very nice work!! I've installed succesfully the template in my site; with Firefox and Chrome it's okay, but with IE10 on Win8 it doesn't work, the browser can't load the page and goes on error. Can anyone help me? Thanks!!
Hi, i've just had a quick check on BrowserStack as I haven't got IE10. I think that it may be the preloader, so you can remove the script for it for now and it will work. (script is at the bottom). I will try and find a fix as soon as I can.
Thanks for your help, I tried to remove the preloader but IE10 continue to crash..
Then I'm no sure why this is doing it for you as I can see it working in IE10 without the preloader or with it on compatibility view.
In my pc and in other friend's pcs with IE10 the template doesn't work. If I'll found the reason I'll tell you, anyway I wait for your fix. Thanks!!
Even if you remove the loader? The template does state that it works to up to IE9. But as IE10 is now out I will try to find a work around.
Ok without the preloader in my pc with IE10 it doesn't work, in other pcs with IE10 it works. I hate Internet Explorer! Is it possible to put in the code an IF condition in which if the template recognize IE10 it skips the preloader? Thank you for being so helpful!
This is the problem…for some unknown reason IE10 has got rid of conditional comments. IE is a pain indeed! I am going to try and look into it but if you can keep in touch through my contact form on my profile page it will be easier rather than on here. Then you can do some testing for me. I haven't marked this template to work in IE10 so it will be something that I will address when making an update.
Hi again, could you contact me through my profile page please as I have a demo for you to test. Thank you!
I have changed the send.php $email_to to my email and I don't get any emails when I test the form!! Any advice?
Does your server have php5?
Of course I do.
Oh ok! I only ask as this is usually the issue. Otherwise, I'm not sure as the form works…
What can the reason be. I am running other PHP application on the same server without any issue, here is a link where you can check the live site http://digitup.se
I'm really not sure. Please contact me though my profile page so I can try to help.
Nice template but…When testing look and feel of the preview at: http://themes.spiralpixelthemes.co.uk/?theme=Quartz with Internet Explorer 10 the browser crashes! no matter which version i choose.
Yes i now, we all hate IE (me included) but that's regardless of the visitor. It should always work on Safari, Chrome, Firefox and IE!
Kind regards
The theme has been tested up to IE9. I haven't been able to test on IE10 yet, it is the next thing to do on my list. It may simply be the preloader. Fingers crossed it is. An update will be made as soon as it is fully tested.
I just checked (again) the evolution of this nice "coming soon" template.
Just a remark: The previous "Page loading animation" was much slicker, the one that's now be using – sorry for saying: it's ugly!
Another question: Will this template will ever be made responsive? (then i certainly will buy it!)
It's a fix for IE10 compatibility. If you don't like the preloader it's easily changed.
Hi Josweb!
It appears twitter may have changed their API. What can I do to revive the twitter feed?
Thank you
I have had to remove it due to the new API as it didn't fit the theme. however you can add it yourself through Twitter > settings > apps
Hi Jo, First of all I would like to thank you for the great work! It\'s one of the best coming soon themes ever! But in the end I have some questions:
1) Is it possible to change the fonts as well? If so, where I need to change it?
2) Is it possible to change the fontcolor of the maintext (big letters)? If so, where I need to change it?
3) I do have problems with the email submit form. I already complete my mailadress into the send.php but I does not work. I am not sure if I need to change something else to make it work. Thank you very much for your answer in advance and kind regards, Vivien
1) Quartz uses font-face, you can select them from:www.fontsquirrel.com add them to the fonts file and add the relevant codes to style.css.
2 ) style.css > 5: Keyframes
3 ) The form is working and that is all you need to do. Does your server have php5?
Hello, I would like to know that possibility exists to include a contact form more complete because only one box apararece sign the mail. Any way to do this or advice? .... On the other hand, to make you get the "email" to email subscription through the email does not appear the customer who wants to contact me, only text appears like this:
without more information about the client that is giving me your email to contact you.
Then the second question is, how to make the user to fill these data gaps that come to my email?
Greetings and I hope your answer
It's only set up to collect email addresses as it's a coming soon page. You would have to add your own contact form.
if, if I understand but when including the mail and send it to email built to receive these messages, you only get what you mentioned:
without more information, email arrives nor entered by the user is supposed sent by the form. how to to display that information …?
Sorry I don't understand?
email user incorporating submit to receive information about the company does not reach the target, only the information that you mentioned earlier:
and any side of mail that comes to me that income appears user mail to contact you or send you information.
I'm still not understanding you sorry…
some mail contact
I dont really understand your English, I do apologize. If you want to use a proper form maybe you can find one on CodeCanyon?
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how can we add 'message' included with the email form?
Jo is away until March 1st at the earliest, due to emergency family issues. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Hi, would I please be able to get the background of the man walking the road with two dogs?
Thank you
Hi, the link is in the documentation.


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