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Welcome to the new school year and the wonderful world of Environmental Science and Physics. These notes are provided that you might have a better idea of what we will be doing for the next 36 weeks.
Materials that you need to bring daily are a pencil (or pen) and a journal for notes, assignments, etc. Journal maintenance will be part of your weekly grade. As a complete record of your scientific activities, journals will be a major source of study material for quizzes and tests.
Laboratory investigations have been designed to illustrate and reinforce concepts being taught. Pay attention to all Safety Rules and procedures as directed. Absolutely no deviations will be tolerated. Your safety as well as of those around you depends on it. There is no such thing as a "joke"when it comes to safety standards
Warm-ups will be used to reinforce topics we have already covered and to introduce new topics. You will have a MAXIMUM of 5 minutes to complete them.
Direct Instruction: This will be an introduction to the day's learning objective. It will provide the "WHAT", "WHY", and "HOW" of what the student will be expected to know upon completion of the lesson.
Activities: These will be used to add to or reinforce the concepts as well as to develop higher level thinking skills per Bloom's Taxonomy. Facts are fine, but are useless without a framework. Activities may include problem solving, reading activities, mini-projects, etc. They may be individual efforts, pairs, or done in groups. They will always involve analysis of information, synthesis of knowledge, and evaluation of new situations.
Assessments: Grades are an indication of your mastery of the concepts and will be developed using everything we do. It is important that you PARTICIPATE in everything and complete all assignments and ON TIME. Tests and quizzes count 50% of your grade, so pay particular attention to taking good journal notes and studying them.
Homework: There will be some homework each week. Most assignments will be a reinforcement of the days lesson. These assignments will be gone over the following day.
Quizes will be given as needed between tests and may or may not be announced.
Tests: Tests will be administered at the end of each major Unit. Students can plan ahead by consulting the Topic Maps posted in the class room.
Make-up Work: In the event that you are absent, it is your responsibility to get the assignments. You will have three school days following your return to the classroom in which to turn-in missing work. You will have five school days to make-up any test given. Daily quizzes generally cannot be made-up, therefore it will be important to turn in the homework for those days.
Progress Reports: Edgewood ISD distributes progress reports at the end of every third week. Therefore, beginning on or about Wednesday September 15th,. you will receive a progress report. Mark your calendar every three weeks beginning then.
Let's have a great year!
-Mr. Knopp


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As promised in my most recent column, here is a list of local volunteer opportunities.
If we all pitch in this season, our community will look a little brighter for the holidays.
Know of a volunteer opportunity not on this list? Please post your information in the comments field below.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Festival Of Trees: Volunteers needed to sell tickets, watch trees at Festival of Trees fundraiser at Treasure Coast Square Mall, Nov. 16-Dec. 6, weekdays, evenings, or weekends. email@example.com; (772) 631-7653.
The 9th Annual Bible Reading Marathon: Hundreds of readers are needed to read for 15 minutes. It is a continuous Bible read for 90 hours without stopping Nov. 18-22. The Memorial Park Bandshell, E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. (772) 285-7007.
Thanksgiving Day Senior Holiday Meal: Volunteers needed for serving and clean up. St. Sebastian Catholic Church, 10:30 a.m.- 1 p.m., Nov. 26. Dave DeCosta (772) 589-4923, after 6 p.m.
Toys for Tots: We need volunteers every Tues. and Fri. from 9-11 a.m. or 1-4 p.m. through Dec. 20. The Source, 1015 Commerce Ave., Vero Beach. 772-564-0202; www.iamthesource.org.
Salvation Army Bell Ringers: During the Holiday Season Red Kettle Campaign in Indian River County (772) 978-0265.
Salvation Army IRC Angel Tree sponsors: Businesses or individuals to sponsor a child or family to help with purchase of requested item for Christmas. (772) 978-0265.
Salvation Army, St. Lucie County: Needs volunteers, individuals, clubs, churches and groups for bellringers.. St. Lucie County, 3629 S. U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Nov. 20-Dec. 24. (772) 464-4846.
Science, Engineering Fair: Volunteers sought to support, plan science fair. Gifford Middle School, Vero Beach, Jan. 30. edfoundationirc.org; (772) 564-0034.
ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival: Need help in ArtiKids Area, Parking/Transportation, Artist Relations, Site Security, Volunteer Check-In, Information Booths and Merchandising, Abacoa Town Center, Jupiter, Feb. 13-15. (561) 748-3946; artigras.org

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Disneyland's "secret restroom" is an isolated, disabled-accessible bathroom tucked away to one side of the castle in the Carnation Plaza. Very easy to miss, it is a refuge when all around the park is chaos. This site is a loving (and somewhat tongue-in-cheek) tribute to the toilet that Walt forgot.
The moment you open its door (assume it's unlocked), you will be overwhelmed by just how enormous the Secret Restroom is. As a point of fact, the Secret Restroom is not only larger than the average American home restroom, it's larger than the typical Anaheim apartment that can be afforded on a Disneyland castmember's starting salary.
Because the Secret Restroom is cleaned ever half hour, it is always in a state of perfection and readiness, and even a glance shows the luxuriance of its copious amenities and artistic touches (each of which is detailed elsewhere on this site).
Welcome to the Secret Restroom! (Thanks, dcwaterboy!) Discuss
23 Responses to "Tribute to Disneyland's "secret restroom""
RaisedByCulture says:
No don't give up the secret bathroom!
markjamesmurphy says:
Freddie Freelance says:
Carnation Plaza is gone, so it might be, too.
John Harrison says:
There are secret underground restrooms on the main quad at Stanford. They are magical.
bcsizemo says:
Cleaned every half hour…so odds are pretty high that it'll be out of service when I visit it.
Marc Mielke says:
"it's larger than the typical Anaheim apartment that can be afforded on a Disneyland castmember's starting salary."
Is there any such thing? I think not.
Ashen Victor says:
I´m going to be an asshole here (no restroom pun intended), but seeing the photographs, that restroom has nothing special. It is just a normal restroom for the disabled following the usual ISO directives.
Petzl says:
Well, it's a parody of a tribute site, or a parody of a Disney tribute site. With humour so dry, I needed to hydrate after just skimming it.
The current towel dispenser is a marvel of technology, motion activated and computer controlled to deliver the precise amount of towel needed by a given guest.
Ben Etherington says:
THANK YOU. It's a total farce of a website. It's hilarious, but I wonder how many people actually buy into it.
Ashen Victor says:
Danm! I didn't realized it was a parody… that explains the "Art" section at hat web.
princeminski says:
Full marks for being a mensch about it.
Freddie Freelance says:
The Something Special it had was being scrupulously clean, being just for one (or a couple family members), being very large for a public restroom, and the extra added enjoyment of having to find it from general clues without being told specifically where it is on a major, internationally read blog.
I'd say the bathroom was Boing-Boinged if it hadn't been shut down already for a major overhaul of the area, possibly going through major changes, or maybe going away for good.
Ernest Valdemar says:
It's a triumph of Imagilumbing™!
IndexMe says:
Well, it looks like a nice restroom but it is not quite up to Japanese standards.. not a hater just responding to the hyperbole. The air conditioner/heater is what you can buy in any department store in Japan.
I do like the artistic touches especially the smoky light and fleur de lis type diamond shaped tile. But the asymmetric floor tiling and loud clown colored walls intended to match the nearby attraction are wrong, you want something that will calm you down, cool colors. Imagine going in there nauseated. Clown colors is not what you want to see.Changing the scent by the season is interesting but not really as important as perhaps adding a UV light hand dryer.. the superior technology shown is IIRC a nice brand but I've seen it in highway rest stops. The mystery box on the wall is probably a programmed deodorizer dispenser, that or a hidden camera/mic for emergencies. I would prefer to see a button for emergencies, since this is probably one of the most monitored places in the world and it would be easy.The mirror seems too high for wheelchairs.. and they should get TOTO to provide a top of the line Japanese toilet that can provide heated toilet seat in winter, bidet for European guests and backside washer for handicapped who have trouble with toilet paper. The rails are not to hang things up they are to help you get up. There are in fact motorized units available that can help you do so which would be nice if Disney investigated the real needs of handicapped and tried using some of them. Aside from that, I am scared to ask what the handicapped toilets that are out in the open look like. This one seems to be for VIPs?
Anyway certainly seems nice and don't mean to hate but if I was Disney, I'd be putting more work into it. Think the Jack and Jill toilets (that are really part of Oz) in Heinlein's Number of the Beast. IIRC there were separate male and female bathrooms and the shared anteroom had a magically refilling cornucopia (maybe just Bananas I forget).
Perhaps a low blood sugar person would feel safe if some candy or something was available like that. Perhaps an ottoman or small sofa in such a room would be welcome for people who need to catch their breath but don't want to sit on the toilet all the time.
Perhaps someone would like to wash their feet or if they spill something on themselves step into a shower? etc. I would have more love for Disney if they did cool things, as it is I am constantly reminded of the bad Disney.
mark zero (Jason) says:
I am scared to ask what the [..] toilets that are out in the open look like.
giantasterisk says:
On more than one occasion I have dreamt of secret restrooms, but they are always pristine and white with high ceilings and filled with sunlight. Usually, there's a secret door somewhere inside the restroom that leads to a giant indoor pool, equally sunlit, clean, and mine all mine. Not just secret – impossible, but fun to dream about.
jwkrk says:
At the exit, you can turn Left, turn Right, or Stay There.
"Truly, the options are endless."
That, and the sink drain cover, which has seven holes, "one for each of Snow White's dwarves."
Love it!
GlyphJockey says:
Restroom + tounge-in-cheek = ew.
Mister44 says:
Very underwhelmed. I expected something much cooler. :o/
Donald Petersen says:
Whip out your Google and check out the restrooms in the Shoji Tabuchi Theater in Branson, MO. Then you'll feel better.
The foyer to the Gents' has a pool table.
kentkb says:
I get all flushed, when using it….
Ensane Jefferson says:
This is a secret only to people who visit Disneyland one time. Like most So Cal visitors that have been over the years the Carnation restroom isn't a major secret, in part because we don't feel the urge to always be in line for a ride, and can people watch a bit instead!
Doug Lucchetti says:
If you've ever been travelling with someone for whom a special needs bathroom is required you would realize that rather than criticize the room and quality of the amenities, we should be encouraging it. Most modern bathrooms, even at their nicest, are nightmares for those who need what these assisted restrooms at Disney and other places offer.


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JOPLIN, Mo. —
Mattie Y. Chelette, age 92, of Joplin, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Freeman Hospital, following an illness.
Mattie Young Chelette was born July 7, 1920, in Granberry, Louisiana. She was the 8th of 12 children of G.O. And Hulda Young.
Mattie married Herman E. Chelette, the love of her life, on Dec. 24, 1938. They had two children, Herman E. Jr. (Linda) and Pamela S. Findley (Bob). They lived in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama and Texas and moved back to Missouri to be near family in 2008. Everywhere they lived they made lifelong friends and touched lives forever through their churches, their neighborhoods and family.
Mattie was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, her parents and her siblings, Virgie Reed, Vester Young, Norman Young, B.G. Young, Gussie Crawford, Effie Bono, Ocie Young and Calvin Young. Besides her children, she is survived by her grandchildren, Edward (Angela) Chelette, Robert (Jackie) Chelette, Terri (Roger) Doman and Renae Findley. She is also survived by great-grandchildren, Bronwyn, Caitlin and Jared Chelette and Elizabeth and R.J. Doman. Other survivors include sisters, Loyce Frazier, Cathy (Victor) Pecorino and Amy Word. Surviving in-laws include Evana Young, Jo Young, Janice (Bob) Welch and Kenneth (Frances) Chelette. Also surviving are close friends, Chuck and Alice McCann, Jay and Rose Golden and Pat and Pam McKinley, all of Dallas, Texas.
Graveside services have been scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, April 19, at Mount Hope Cemetery, Neal Ball, Minister, will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday evening.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to be made to the First Baptist Church of Richardson, Texas, or to the Alzheimer's Association in care of the mortuary.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Mason-Woodard Mortuary & Crematory.
Online condolences may be made at www.masonwoodard.com


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After you read their pitch, read my comments on the Ready. Set. Cupcake! Pitch and give me your comments.
Company Name - Ready. Set. Cupcake! by The Piping Gourmets Batter Up, LLC
Website - www.readysetcupcake.com
Co-Founder(s)- Carolyn Shulevitz and Leslie Kaplan
Date launched product on stores shelves
October 2011
What was your light bulb moment?
Our light bulb moment was during a particular dinner cruise where the guests were mostly from the restaurant industry. We were serving our gourmet mini cupcakes and the guests were raving about the taste and quality. The appreciation was so much so that the guests barged into the galley to personally meet and congratulate the chef (Carolyn).
Your One Line Pitch
Ready Set Cupcake fills the niche of wanting a quality product… the desire to bake it myself… without needing the skills of a baker.
What is the Customer Problem You Solve?
When they see the pastry bag customers say "You mean this is all I have to do"? We have an added twist of customizing the flavor… through a closure in the bag consumers can add flavors of their choice. Our product creates a bonding moment between moms, dads, grandparents and children.
What are your Products/services
Ready. Set. Cupcake! is a line of all natural, frozen cake batters and buttercream frostings. Packaged in a convenient pastry bag, Ready. Set. Cupcake! bakes scrumptious cupcakes in minutes. You may even customize your own gourmet cupcake flavor right in the bag-No Mix, No Mess. Ready. Set. Cupcake! also bakes more of your favorite desserts including whoopie pies, madeleines and a 6" cake.
Who is Your Target Market (your customers)
Women make up majority of shoppers and specific segments are single mom, grandmother, teenager, single dads.
Where Will You Sell Your Product?
Currently, Ready. Set. Cupcake! is selling at Whole Foods Market in the Florida region, Epicure Market- Miami Beach, FL and Sunny Isle, FL and Wynn's, Naples.
Why Should the Retailer Buyer Give You Shelf Space?
We're something different… from the Fancy Food Show we know frozen buyers attitude: 'don't show me another ice cream or sorbet'! Our products stop the consumer at the freezer. It is not another cake or ice cream. Buyers are always wants products that stop the customer.
The Journey from Kitchen. What was the initial motivator that got the product out of the test facility, Kitchen or otherwise?
Ready. Set. Cupcake! was created during the recession to provide a business opportunity for both co-founders. Determination for financial stability/success and an outlet for true creative passion in the kitchen are the main motivators for getting us out of the kitchen and onto the grocer's freezer shelf.
To Shelf. What Strategies and Tactics worked in achieving getting on the shelf? Where there mistakes you learned from that strengthened your Retail Trade shelf strategy?
Tenacity has been the main key to making it to the grocer's freezer shelf. We do not take no for an answer and work until we have a solution. Mistakes we have learned from…maybe more the realization that we need to trust ourselves more.
To Consumers Plate. What Strategies and Tactics worked in getting initial customer trial? Where there mistakes you learned from that strengthened your consumer trial strategy?
The best strategy for getting consumers to try Ready. Set. Cupcake! has been in person demonstrations…..demo, demo, demo! The only mistake on this path has been not triple checking that we have enough products in stock to sell.
Where are you distributed?
Currently, Ready. Set. Cupcake! is selling at Whole Foods Market in the Florida region, Epicure Market- Miami Beach, FL and Sunny Isle, FL and Wynn's, Naples.
What Social Media Do You Use?
What platforms are you using to actively engage customers? Facebook- We have a page and a budget for advertising… In just a short while we have over 2,700 friends. Pinterest - Just started using to generate photos of how easy and beautiful Ready. Set. Cupcake! is to bake with.
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MANATEE -- A new digital electronic billboard at the Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex won approval Thursday from Manatee County commissioners.
The board also approved a number of proposed revisions to the county Land Development Code concerning regulation of electronic billboard signs in general.
The applicant for the ice and sports complex, MJ Square, LLC, won approval of a new sign that will be 63 feet high and will cover 672 square feet (48 feet by 14 feet).
It will replace the existing pole sign along the east side of Interstate 75, on the complex's property just north of the Ellenton Premium Outlets mall at U.S. Hwy. 301 and Interstate 75, the board decided during a land-use meeting.
The sign OK'd Thursday is essentially the same as one approved previously, but lower in height and smaller in size, county officials said.
The earlier approval called for a sign 71 feet tall, covering 880 square feet (40 feet by 22 feet).
However, it was too big and was never built, said former state Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, one of the business' owners and recently elected as the Manatee County supervisor of elections.
The digital sign OK'd Thursday will cost about $1 million to install, said Bennett.
Asked after the meeting how long it will take before
the billboard goes up, Bennett replied, "As soon as we get the money to build it."
The county's stringent sign code has hindered commercial exposure to those driving by the area, according to a staff analysis of county sign regulations.
Providing "aesthetically attractive, properly located, functional signage along I-75" will increase visibility to the existing businesses and bring more customers and visitors into Manatee County, the analysis found.
About 30 bicyclists attended the meeting in support of the Manatee County Complete Streets initiative, which outlined a vision for streets that can accommodate "all users."
It was developed to include pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit passengers of all ages and abilities, as well as trucks, buses and automobiles in the design of streetscapes.
Sara Kennedy, Herald reporter, can be reached at 941-745-7031. Follow her on Twitter @sarawrites.com.


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NORCAL HURRICANES Holding tryouts for 12u and 13u roster sports every Sunday at Escalon High School from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Call Rick Davis at ( 209) 808-9082.
BATTING CAGE RENTAL Perfect your swing, improve your vision skills and boost your confidence. Indoor cage, real baseballs and state-of-the-art pitching machine. To schedule an appointment, visit www.MrHittingCoach.com or call (209) 605-4734.
CV NITRO New 13u travel team forming to play local tournaments and league play. Call (209) 808-9082.
CV NITRO The 11u travel team is holding tryouts. Call Brian at (209) 481-9405.
NORCAL HEAT 10s and 11s competitive program looking for players to fill rosters. Call Pete at (209) 855-0763.
MODESTO STARS 11u competitive travel team looking for players. For more information, call Art at ( 209) 605-5010.
RAINBOW FIELDS is accepting applications for T-ball and coach pitch (ages 4-6, 6-8) AND baseball league teams (ages 8-14). Online at www.rainbowfields.com or every Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. until full.
ALL SPORTS TRAINING CENTER is now accepting sign-ups for summer travel baseball, ages 14-17. Call (209) 527-5276 or go to modestosportstraining.com for more information
HITTING INSTRUCTION Baseball/softball hitting and catching instruction – contact Tim Raposa at (209) 694-6046 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Ages 7 and up.
TURLOCK YOUTH TOURNAMENTS North American Youth Sports will hold basketball tournaments for boys and girls teams in age groups ranging from fourth grade through high school on April 26-27 at Turlock High and May 16-18 at Modesto Junior College. Entry fee is $130 and guarantees at least two games. There are awards for each bracket. Deadline for the April tournament is Friday. Deadline for the May tournament is April 25. For more information, call the tournament hotline at (866) 352-5915, tournament director Doug Cornfoot at (209) 535-6076 or visit www.northamericanyouthsports.org.
3-ON-3 TOURNAMENT April 19-20 at Enochs High School in Modesto to benefit Enochs' Instrumental Music and Color Guard Program. There will be divisions from junior high school, adults, men and women. There will be a slam dunk contest and a three-point shootout. There will be divisions for all ages from junior high school to adults, men and women. Cost is $125 per team. Registration deadline is today. For more information, go to www.3on3basketballmodesto.com. For information about tournament sponsorship, contact Richard Azevedo at firstname.lastname@example.com or Gary Nance at email@example.com.
MODESTO MAGIC CAMP Superstars Camp, April 21-25 (Spring Break) for girls 4 years old to eighth grade. Cost: $100 (15 hours – three hours each day). Register by today and get $10 off registration. Call Stan Silva at (209) 765-5107 or go to www.modestomagic.com.
BAD TO THE BONZ Bad to the Bonz Boxing Gym is having tryouts for its spring boxing program as well as providing adult and youth classes. There also are clinics for coaches that will be given by professional coach Tony Avila, former coach of the Modesto PAL boxing club and now owner of Bad to the Bonz Boxing Gym. The spring special for youth is $175 for two months. The gym encourages parents to work out for free alongside their children. The gym also offers kickboxing training by coach Gene Fields of Team Voodoo. Free classes on Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon. Class hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. -noon, and daily 2-7 p.m. Check our website at www.modestopalboxing.com or call Tony Avila at (209) 577-1131. The gym now offers Zumba by Vontrese Stevenson. Go to www.zumbawithvboogie.com for more information.
MODESTO PAL Stanislaus/Modesto PAL Boxing is a free program for ages 10 to 17. Sign up Monday and Thursday from 4-5 p.m. at 615 Sierra Drive. No experience needed. Call Randy Buchanan at (209) 572-9614 or email email@example.com.
KICK BOXING Turlock-based Team Voodoo Kickboxing has team tryouts for the summer leagues. Our self-defense clinics for adults will be starting soon. Kids camps start this month. Two-month special is $140 with unlimited program. Parents train for free with every kid's sign-up. 1226 Seventh St., Modesto. Call (209) 262-8976 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
THREE MJC CAMPS The Modesto Junior College football program will be holding fundamental camps this summer at the school. The "Hitman" camp for linebackers and defensive backs is June 30-July 1, from 6-8 p.m. The "Trench Warrior" camp for offensive and defensive linemen is July 7-8, from 6-8 p.m. Both camps are $40 and pre-enrolled campers will receive a free T-shirt. The three-day camp for quarterbacks and wide receivers is June 5-7 and costs $125. All pre-enrolled campers will receive a T-shirt and quarterbacks also get an all-weather football and receivers get performance gloves. Sign up at www.mjc4life.org or email MJC football coach firstname.lastname@example.com.
ALL SPORTS TRAINING All Sports Training Center offers private instruction in baseball, football, basketball, and will be fielding travel baseball teams this season. Call (209) 527-5276 for more information.
BIG LEAGUE DREAMS Softball, kickball and soccer sign-ups are being taken for leagues at the sports complex off Highway 120 in Manteca. Men's, womens and coed teams for all three sports are available. For more information, contact Tony, James or Shael at (209) 824-2400. Also visit www.bigleaguedreams.com.
FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENT The Make Dreams Real 25th annual Invitational is May 7. Saddle Creek, Greenhorn Creek, La Contenta. Varying costs for registration and hole sponsorship. For more, go to www.makedreamsrealgolf.com.
LADIES CLINIC Dana Arnold-Ebster offering clinics for ladies on Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the McHenry Golf Center. Clinics for women of all ages and ability and will cover the full swing, putting, chipping, pitching, bunker play, rules and etiquette. Cost is $15. For more information, call (209) 523-5151.
JUNIOR CLINIC Dana Arnold-Ebster and staff offering clinics for juniors ages 4 to 12 on Saturdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the McHenry Golf Center. Clinics cover full swing, putting, chipping, pitching, bunker play, rules and etiquette. Cost is $12. For more information, call (209) 523-5151.
EASTON-WESTSIDE BULLETS Softball club is looking for a few position players for the upcoming 2014 Girls Youth Fastpitch season. For more information go to www.westsidebullets.net and click on "Bullets Players Needed" under the Bullets Bulletin or call Stan at (209) 620-3377.
STANISLAUS SENIORS Stanislaus Senior Softball Association is taking registrations for men's leagues of 45 and older, 54 and older, 65 and older and 70 and older. We also have a women's league of 40 and older. Contact Don Wever at (209) 599-3638.
BATTING INSTRUCTION Learn the keys to good hitting and how to incorporate them into your own style. How to get the barrel to the ball quicker and more explosive. How to hit the ball hard more often. And, how to think like a good hitter. Visit: www.mrhittingcoach.com or call Greg at (209) 605-4734.
HITTING ACADEMY Winter is the time to fix the swing. No better place to do it than with 1-on-1 private instruction in the largest indoor softball training facility in the area. Give us a call or stop by to learn more, 702 Kearney Ave., Modesto. Call (209) 456-7886.
MODESTO/STANISLAUS Pre-high school water polo sign-ups and practices are being held Mondays and Wednesdays at Johansen High School from 4:45-6:15 p.m. Registration forms are at the pool. For more information, go to ms.aquanite.com.
FAMED COACH AT TURLOCK CAMP Mike Krause, regarded as one of the top youth wrestling coaches in the country, will conduct a camp June 11-13 in Turlock. Multiple sessions per day. Cost is $120 with a team discount of $10 if 10 or more athletes. For further information, call Tim McCabe at (626) 252-0470 or visit www.championwrestlingacademy.weebly.com.
RAIDER WRESTLING CLUB For ages 5-13. Call Becky Aldana at (209) 380-2078
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And he's donating the proceeds to the Brady Bunch.
Guns (Kindle Single): Stephen King: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
This is a discussion on Before you buy another Steven King book, remember that he wrote this anti-2A piece within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; And he's donating the proceeds to the Brady Bunch. Guns (Kindle Single): Stephen King: Amazon.com: Kindle Store...
And he's donating the proceeds to the Brady Bunch.
Guns (Kindle Single): Stephen King: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
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"I don't believe gun owners have rights." - Sarah Brady
There's no incentive to buy a Stephen King book in the first place.
Ditto. His stories really aren't that good.
Retired USAF E-8. Remember: You're being watched!
Paranoia strikes deep, into your heart it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... "For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield
He's a great storyteller...hell, I have three Stephen King tattoos. I don't have to agree with his personal beliefs to enjoy his books. As for my money, it usually goes to the guy who runs the used bookstore. So King doesn't see much cash out of me anyway lol. I have no idea what the used bookstore owner's politics are...
I would download and read it for free on my kindle, but then he'd get paid and give the money to the Brady bunch, and I'm not going to help them. I'll just have to imagine what he's got to say.
" But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself... Baa." Col. Dave Grossman on Sheep and Sheepdogs.
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
Clint Eastwood
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"I don't believe gun owners have rights." - Sarah Brady
Yes let's just start boycotting anyone and everyone who doesn't agree with us. I grew up where Steven King lives in Maine, and almost every baseball field I played on as a kid had been built by Stephen King - free of charge - so he's ok in my book.
"Brilliant. So now we got a huge guy theory, and a serial crusher theory. Top notch. What's your name?" - Paul Smecker
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"I don't believe gun owners have rights." - Sarah Brady
Anyone who writes the way Steven King writes is weird from the get-go. I haven't given him any money in the past and don't plan on giving him any in the future.
Everyone does what they think is best for them,but,i'm not going to necessarily boycott someone or a business,just because,they don't feel the way,i do about something.
I never really cared for his books. He flew into an airport where I worked and is one strange individual in the way he acts and his mannerisms.
"As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books."
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It could be worse.
"A law that burdens the exercise of an enumerated constitutional right by simply making that right more difficult to exercise cannot be considered reasonably adapted to a government interest, no matter how substantial that interest may be."
Wollard V Sheridan
There are plenty of other books that are worth purchasing prior to purchasing anything that Stephen King/Richard Bachman writes.
Sorry but guns & ammo rank higher on my list than a Stephen King book.
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Bet King has a few weapons himself....the hypocrite. I won't give him any money through purchases...not books and not paying for movies. Let HIM go live in a Country that doesn't allow weapons....bet he would move back fast.
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Making the jump from Lorain County magistrate to author might seem like a stretch, but if you look a little closer, Sherry Spenzer's book, Baby Daddy, makes a lot of sense.
"I hear child support cases exclusively," Spenzer said of her position working for all three of Lorain County Court of Common Pleas' domestic judges.
Her experiences resulted in a seed for a novel and almost one year after the concept germinated, Baby Daddy has been published. It is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle.
Spenzer will be a guest speaker at the Avon Lake Public Library on Sunday, Feb. 10, discussing her new novel.
The book centers on 17-year-old Deshawn Margray, a black teenager who finds himself slapped with a paternity and support lawsuit.
"It starts off right off with a bang," Spenzer says of the opening pages that depict the scene that results in Margray's becoming a "baby daddy."
"He goes to a party, has a little of this and a little of that and he meets a young lady who wants a little of this and a little of that," Spenzer said.
The book takes readers through the trials of the teen as he works his way through a legal system of which he has little to no understanding of, a system that Spenzer has extensive experience in.
Compounding his difficulties are Margray's concern of how his actions will affect his mother—who raised him as a single parent—and a sanctimonious caseworker.
Based in fictional Courant County, Spenzer said the setting mimics an area in Greater Cleveland.
And while the book gives readers a solid insight into the difficulties of the child support system, including a lack of rights for the father, Spenzer said she is hoping it will spur a discussion on society's perception of men tagged deadbeat dads.
Spenzer, a lifelong Avon Laker, managed to complete the book within a year.
"Most of my summer evenings on my porch which kept me up late sometimes," Spenzer said.
In her younger days, she studied English under the late Bob Bolen who was also a popular cable television host. In addition to dedicating the book to Joe Tackett, she published the book in stating, "My high school creative writing teacher, who unknowingly also leaves this legacy."
Getting published
Creating the novel, which has an affirming ending but leaves the door open for a possible sequel, was not the hardest part of the book publication process.
"The biggest struggle...I argued with myself how to get it published," she said.
She eventually self published under the name S. Newman Spenzer, using humor to describe the publishing world.
"You send out emails to publishers; you feel like your back in school," she said, likening the process to speed dating. "It's very demeaning."
She performed a self-assessment on the book with friends, including readers from an African-American club that reviewed books featuring black characters or black authors.
"There was one group called the Mimosa Club," she said of a group of black women who reviewed the book…while drinking mimosas. "They hold back nothing," Spenzer said.
"I had a person who liked it so much, she asked for an author interview, wrote a review and asked for a sequel," she said.
Spenzer resides with the husband Jeff in Avon Lake. They are the parents of a daughter, Jacqueline, an interventionist at an autism center in Cincinnati and son, Austin, a student at Miami of Ohio
Hear Spenzer at Library
Spenzer will be at the Avon Lake Public Library on Feb. 10 from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m., for the second of three "Author Fireside Chats."


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Perverted Justice from Cobb CountyÆs Chief Pervert
The Mary Staley Story
Reposted 8/21/11 with slight edits and a postscript
As I write this, there may be no other judge in the State of Georgia more controversial than Mary Staley of the Cobb County Superior Court, who was actually voted the Worst Judge in America by the Courthouse Forum. Mercifully, her legendary efforts to advance her own career have been largely unsuccessful. A sample of what attorneys, jurors and the parties appearing before her in the last four years have said probably explains why:
ōUnjust, unfairö 3-29-07
ōCorruptö 7-20-07
ōEvil behind the benchö 7-20-07
ōA fraudö 7-26-07
ōI have never met a more condescending judgeģö 11-4-06
ōWhen daddy buys you a
judgeship and you scheme
ōA disgrace to the benchö 10-4-08
ōI think most of the
Cobb County Bar would prefer that she
Obviously, there are many people who feel that Judge Mary Staley is remarkably unqualified for her position, and quite a few have called for her removal. Her basic abilities and moral character have been called into question. Even the US Supreme Court has referred to her conduct as ōdisturbing.ö Justice Samuel Alito even used the words ōstrange and tastelessö to describe her behavior (and he was actually dissenting in her favor). It is commonly thought that she obtained her position on the basis of her fatherÆs money without ever having served as an attorney prior to her judgeship.
Mary Staley has also been accused of racial insensitivity and the denial of due process to people of color. In fact, when she sought an appointment to the federal bench in 2005, the local President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, one of the nationÆs most storied civil rights organizations, strenuously objected to her advancement based on her treatment of an alleged victim of racial harassment.
Not only was Judge Staley named in a complaint to the EEOC by an African-American woman, Wanda Spann, but she was actually a defendant in a subsequent federal lawsuit, having been accused of writing a ōfalse affidavit.ö
According to the Reverend O.J. Brown, Judge Staley should never be appointed to a higher position ōdue to her lack of integrity, veracity and her failure to protect the basic human right of due process.ö He also complained of her ōrefusal to enforce and interpret basic rules of court.ö
I knew none of this in 2009, when I began to follow up on a personal interest in the civil court system by perusing documentation from past cases and sitting in on live trials. At the time, I was exploring career possibilities and wondering about law school. Since the Cobb County courthouse is nearby, I took the opportunity to watch as many judges in action as I could.
What struck me most during this period of discovery was the latitude that each judge has to conduct themselves however they please. They can be dedicated or lazy. They can be polite or arrogant. They can be just or unjust. Whereas attorneys are predictably obsequious to the officers of the court, there appears to be no standard of conduct for judges, other than what they personally impose on themselves.
Average Americans are accustomed to living in a classless society, and find it difficult to adjust to the necessary fact that judges are royalty in the courtroom... someone has to be ¢ otherwise the rule of law doesnÆt work. On the other hand certain judges misuse their authority and arbitrarily mistreat those who are forced to rely on them.
At one end of the judgeship spectrum in Cobb County is LaTain Kell. He is an incredible gentleman who is extremely dedicated to treating the people who appear before him with dignity, respect and fairness. Sitting in his courtroom and watching this man do his level best to ensure justice for those who depend on him is not only a wonderful experience, but might actually improve oneÆs faith in public service.
ThatÆs the way that it was for meģ at least until I sat in Judge Mary StaleyÆs courtroom.
This woman scares the living shit out of me. After watching her preside for two hours over a case last year, I literally didnÆt sleep well for several nights. I sweated at the thought of ever being sued by anyone and having my entire life and lifeÆs work rest in the hands of one arbitrary and condescending individual who is more interested in where she can buy childrenÆs underwear than in hearing the facts of a matter that so seriously impacts the lives of real people.
In relating my opinion and experience, let me start by saying that I am not a former or current defendant or plaintiff with an axe to grind. I have never appeared before Judge Staley in any way, shape, or form, including as a witness. I have never been a plaintiff, a defendant, or a clerk in any civil or criminal courtroom, including hers, of course. I am not an attorney and IÆve never even served on a jury.
I should also point out that I have never posted any public comments about Mary Staley prior to this, and neither has anyone that I know. My opinion of this woman is only contained here, and when I put quotes around a remark, it means that it is coming from another source.
After the trial in which I sat as an observer, I was fortunate enough to interview the poor woman who tried to argue her case pro se before Judge Staley. She was the defendant and she was being sued by her ex-husband for contempt of court over visitation with their child.
The settlement agreement between the couple did not contain a visitation schedule for the father, but it did contain conditions of overnight visitation concerning the moral and social environment that he was to maintain as an inferred stipulation. Based on this, the ex-wife expected to be able to argue that she had been justified in denying overnight visitation at the ex-husbandÆs home, since he had failed to ensure that these conditions were met. She had made the child available to him at all other times.
The background for the case was that the ex-husband had been viewing hard-core pornography and soliciting prostitutes when the child - a young girl - was in his custody. In addition, the manÆs new wife was allegedly in the habit of undermining the mother with derogatory comments and exposing her to pornographic references and sexual innuendo. The stepmother was also having the girl around her two teenage boys when they were semi-nude, even though both the girl and her mother were uncomfortable with this.
After they refused her request to amend these issues, the ex-wife decided to temporarily suspend overnight visits at the ex-husbandÆs residence. However, as even the ex-husband admitted under oath, he was allowed to visit with the child and speak with her whenever he wanted during this time. He even had her for an entire weekend at a camping event. [Postscript Note: I emphasized this point because Staley has since tried to justify her abysmal treatment of the mother by claiming that visitation was being denied].
Determined to have complete freedom in his own house (free of moral obligations previously stated), the ex-husband promptly sued the wife for contempt of court. Interestingly, he had not paid child support in many months prior to this, yet his ex-wife had declined to file a contempt charge against him.
Given that there was no visitation schedule, the ex-wife was confident that she could not be found in contempt of court and did not feel it necessary to hire an attorney to represent her. ōHow can you be found in contempt of something that isnÆt specified in a contract,ö she asked. She also expected the judge to take an interest in the environment at the ex-husbandÆs home, since this was specified as conditional to overnight visitation.
This was the first of several na've expectations that this woman had about Judge Mary Staley. Another mistake was that she dressed professionally for the court, thinking that the judge might appreciate the fact that she was a working professional woman. In fact, Judge Staley has exhibited unmistakable contempt for other women, based on what others have said. Three years prior to 2009, someone noted that the judge ōdoes not have respect for other women, whether it be lawyers, judges, or citizens.ö A year later, another observer stated that Mary Staley is ōnot only evil, but bitter and jealous about other women.ö
That is certainly the impression that I got from watching the defendant in this trial attempt to make her case in front of a judge who seemed to relish humiliating her. Mary Staley treated the mother with an astonishing level of condescension, even rolling her eyes at her on several occasions. She had no patience for the fact that the mother had no legal experience, and did not provide her with the slightest courtesy or direction. The poor woman tried two or three times to politely ask simple questions, such as whether it was OK to carry notes with her to the witness stand. Each time, she was met with unwarranted and visible hostility, which clearly had an unsettling effect.
It really isnÆt necessary for any judge to treat a pro se defendant in this way. One of the other cases that I recall sitting in on was from Judge George KreegerÆs courtroom, in which a pro se was being sued by a plaintiff with a lawyer. Although Judge Kreeger was a bit gruffer than the younger Judge Kell, he still treated the pro se respectfully and made sure that he knew when to question a witness or present an argument.
The female defendant before Judge Mary Staley was far more sophisticated and considerate of the process than had been the pro se from Judge KreegerÆs courtroom. For example, she had a series of questions written out which were intended to support a prepared closing argument ¢ all of which she had expected to present in the time for which she had asked. But, in fact, she never had the chance.
This woman was manhandled from start to finish. Judge Staley allowed the $350/hr attorney representing the father to use up approximately 75% of the two hours for which both parties had asked. Yet, she would not allow the mother to ask the majority of her prepared questions, and even cut off her closing statement. The woman was almost in tears ¢ even before the judge found her guilty on all counts and ordered her to pay court costs.
StaleyÆs demeanor turned against the defendant immediately after she heard the opening remarks and testimony from the plaintiff, and she appeared merely to want to rush the trial along and move on to other things. It was obvious to me that she had her mind made up very early. If so, then I am hardly the only person to note this characteristic of hers. Three months prior to my sitting in her courtroom, another disgruntled observer raised this complaint about Judge Staley,
ōShe seems to rule based on whims and personal likes and dislikes. She seems to have made up her mind before she has even heard the facts. I once witnessed her blatantly ignoring a defendant's testimony by picking up a book and flipping thru the book while the defendant was testifying and actually turning her entire body away from the defendant, as if to indicate that the person was completely unimportant. A nightmare. I rarely use the term evil, but I believe she is actually evil.ö 8-28-09
That was the very same disrespect with which the mother in this case was subjected to by Judge Staley. For example, the plaintiffÆs attorney was allowed to ask as many questions as he wished (even over the motherÆs objections) ¢ many of which seemed irrelevant, such as whether the mother believed in the Bible and the Ten Commandments. Yet, the defendant was not allowed to pursue the questions she had prepared on the childÆs exposure to pornography and anonymous sexual partners, and those relating to other elements of the visitation environment (including violence and stalking) which were pertinent to the only legal contract that existed in the case.
At one point, the mother tried to form an argument that she had been deliberately provoked into suspending overnight visitation, based on the plaintiff and his (unrepresented) wife having obtained an attorneyÆs advice prior to this. Yet, when she asked the third party about what the ex-husbandÆs attorney had said in the presence of a third party, the judge informed her that the meeting was protected by attorney-client privilege. The ex-wife argued against this, but was overruled without further explanation.
Amazingly, I discovered (n a conversation with Belinda Engelmann, a Georgia family law attorney) that the ex-wife was actually correct. IÆm not sure how an inexperienced pro se knows this general rule and a supposedly qualified judge does not, but it seems to fit with the SCLC leaderÆs assertion that Staley has an ōinability to interpret basic rules of the courtö ¢ or, as another critic put it a few years earlier, when speaking of her brief stint as Chief Justice, ōWhen she was there, she didn't know what she was doing.ö 2-5-07
Another troubling episode was when the pro se defendant was told that she could not respond to the opposing attorneyÆs interrogation of her at the end of the questioning, but would have a later ōopportunityö to do so. Yet it wasnÆt clear when this was supposed to be. In fact, I did not see that any such opportunity was ever presented to her. She was not even allowed to complete her closing remarks.
Judge Staley seemed to want to get the case over with as quickly as possible, and could barely contain her annoyance at the mother. At the time, I wondered if she was just in a hurry for lunch, but I later begin to wonder if she were an alcoholic. Once again, I am not alone in this speculation of her inappropriate behavior. Two months later, one of her critics posted a public message to her, asking simply, ōDo you have a drinking or other substance abuse problem, judge?ö 1-19-10
Yet, despite denying the defendant the time requested to make her case, at the end of the trial, the judge seemed to have plenty of ōme-timeö left over. She spent about 25 minutes talking about her own burdens in life, such as having to preside over an unrelated case involving a teenage boy who shaves his legs. (IÆm told that this is part of her standard lecture to parents in a dispute over a child). Yet her lengthy sermon was delivered to a defendant whose closing argument had been cut off after four and a half minutes. The poor defendant was not only denied the opportunity to present a cohesive argument, but denied as well the right to ask over half the questions that she had prepared in support of her argument.
That Judge Staley treated this gentle woman so contemptuously is a scandal in and of itself, but there was something else that occurred which was positively bizarre. The only question that I can recall the judge asking a witness during this case was when the ex-husbandÆs new wife was being questioned about the fact that she has her teenage boys around a pre-teen girl in their underwear against her wishes. For no compelling reason, Judge Staley suddenly leaned over and asked the witness where she buys underwear for her boys!
I was flabbergasted. Even the witness appeared taken aback and replied somewhat hesitatingly that she buys her underwear at KohlÆs. The clerk, who resembles the æKennethÆ character from 30 Rock and has probably seen this lunacy before, actually had to turn his head to hide a smirk and an eye roll. But the judge leaned right back and returned to her reading as if everything were normal.
Was this woman delusional, I wondered? How could she ask such a question after expressing no interest in violence and stalking? Did she think this was an appropriate venue for sharing shopping tips? Was she some sort of pervert, unconcerned about the fact that semi-naked teenage boys were being mixed with a young girl, yet planning to buy boyÆs underwear on the way home to fantasize with?
That last part may seem far fetched, but, as it turns out, it isnÆt. The year after I sat in her courtroom vaguely wondering if this extraordinarily arrogant woman was some sort of sexual deviant, news broke of Judge Mary Staley and the ōchocolate penis.ö
Although the rest of the nation apparently found it bizarre that a judge didnÆt take her job seriously, even when it concerns capital murder, news of what Mary Staley did in 1993 came as no surprise to me ¢ nor, apparently, to a lot of other people who know her, based on public comments. Unfortunately for her, the Supreme Court didnÆt care for Judge StaleyÆs foolishness either.
You make up your own mind as to whether this woman is a few clowns short of a circus, but the facts are that 17 years ago, a man was on trial for his life when one of the jurors tried to give the judge a gift of candy in the form of a chocolate penis. The female bailiff (who apparently didnÆt know Mary Staley very well) was appalled and promptly returned the box.
A few days later, the bailiff mentioned the incident to the judge and was surprised to find that Staley actually wanted to have the chocolate penis! The embarrassed bailiff then had to relay the message back to the juror. A few days later, Judge Mary Staley of the Cobb County Superior Court was presented with the candy penis that she had requested during the trial of a man accused of raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl.
LetÆs pause on that for a moment. The rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl and Mary Staley is asking for a chocolate penis? What the hell is wrong with this woman? Small wonder that several months before this case was ruled on, a person who knew her wrote, ōStaley playing with a full deck? First of all she needs to be in a hospital, make that a mental hospitalö 9-2-09
Not only did Staley take the chocolate penis home to ōshow her husbandö according to the court reporter, but she decided not to report this and other ex parte contacts with the jurors to the defense as she was supposed to do. This enabled defense attorneys to launch a series of appeals on the grounds of obvious misconduct.
While no one seems to have calculated Mary StaleyÆs cost to Georgia taxpayers, the scathing criticism of her courtroom antics from higher courts is a part of the public record. The district court in the chain could barely disguise its disgust for her, calling her conduct ōinappropriateö and saying that it represented ōan unusual display of poor taste in the context of a proceeding so grave as a capital trial.ö
The U.S. Supreme Court not only ruled against Mary Staley, but also admonished her for failing to take her duties seriously:
ōFrom beginning to end, judicial proceedings conducted for the purpose of deciding whether a defendant shall be put to death must be conducted with dignity and respectģ The disturbing facts of this case raise serious questions concerning the conduct of the trial."
No kidding. I would say it also raises serious questions about her mental health as well.
This opinion came down in January of 2010, so why, in GodÆs name, is this woman still on the bench? After all, it isnÆt just this case that speaks to the judgeÆs poor character and questionable ability. According to someone who has seen her application to the Georgia Supreme Court, it reads like a ōrap sheetģ a laundry list of ethics, judicial misconduct, and campaign violation complaintsö 7-3-09
Do the people of Georgia not deserve to have judges who take their job seriously?
Only weeks after the highest court in the nation ruled that she had denied justice, either to a man on death row or to the family of his 15-year-old victim, which would now be forced to relive her rape and murder in a new trial, Mary Staley was full of compassionģ for herself. In an astounding gush of self-pity to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the judge whined about how her name would now be linked to the word æpenis.Æ
Staley then launched into a populist spiel worthy of Rob Blagojevich. While expressing no sympathy for those she hurt with her bawdy antics and judicial bungling (including Georgia taxpayers), the judge claimed that she had fallen victim to a group of ōchardonnay drinkersö on the Supreme Court, while she was siding with the ōordinary manö and ōpeople who run our society.ö
However, I saw, up close and personal, how she really treats the ōordinary people who run society.ö The caring mother in the short trial that I sat through was devastated not only by the outcome, but by how she had been unnecessarily brutalized in the process. Her expectations of fair treatment by the legal system died a painful death in Judge Mary StaleyÆs courtroom.
While her ex-husband, who had spent years mooching off of her, showed up with his $350/hr attorney in a pony-tail and open shirt, this working mother dressed properly in honor of the court. It was heartbreaking to see her nodding and speaking deferentially to the judge, trying to show respect to a person so determined to degrade her in return, even at the expense of a childÆs innocence. It was almost as amazing that the mother managed to keep her dignity.
It was not until I was interviewing the defendant after the trial that this woman broke down, crying softly not for herself and her broken expectations, but for her daughter, who was sentenced to an environment free of moral or educational obligation. Staley even refused the motherÆs simple request to order that the father be responsible for the child completing her school assignments during her weekends with him!
ōShe has no idea about what she is doing to my daughter,ö said the young mother in the aftermath, clearly traumatized by Judge StaleyÆs casual disregard, and eager for a sympathetic ear. She was even forced to hand over the money that she had saved for her daughterÆs college education to the plaintiffÆs lawyer, who was given free reign to set his own fee and even allowed to write the judgeÆs court order for her, which neatly stripped away prior regard for the childÆs best interest.
To this day, the defendant is convinced that she lost her case because the judge was afraid of an appeal from the attorney, one of GeorgiaÆs most expensive and successful in the practice of family law. (Interestingly, the manÆs prestige did not hinder him from making faces and acting as rudely as he could to the defendant behind the judgeÆs back). There were no subpoenas or special circumstances to this case. There wasn't even a counterclaim. Yet the plaintiff's attorney suggested getting $5000 for arguing against a pro se who had never been before a judge and was only allowed 30 minutes to make her case. What's worse - Staley actually gave it to him!
For my part, I am mystified as to how a party can be found in contempt of language which doesnÆt exist in a legal contract, and how it can be said that visitation is denied, when it was clearly made available. It may indeed be that Mary Staley was intimidated by the attorney and did not want to risk bringing on more public relations problems for herself. If so, then she should at least recuse herself from pro se cases in the future.
Shortly after Judge Staley ruled entirely in favor of the deadbeat ex-husband, his new wife moved out of the house and a mystery male roommate was slated to move in - a new man who seemed to have taken a æspecial interestÆ in the 13-year-old girl. Although her daughter is naive enough to be flattered by the attention of a grown adult, her mother is beside herself with anxiety. Yet, she is prohibited by Judge StaleyÆs explicit court order from even asking for the full name of a person sleeping in the room next to her child and spending time alone with her during the day when the father is away.
Cobb County is a conservative county in a conservative state. How is it that the safety and moral health of a young girl isnÆt taken seriously by the one person tasked with protecting her? Why was her mother treated so disdainfully and not even allowed to ask questions to build the evidence that would have supported the closing argument that she was then not even allowed to present?
Count me as part of a growing number of Georgia citizens who are calling for Judge Mary Staley to step down from the bench. An immoral judge is not qualified to decide ethical matters. Given what I now know of her propensity for lewdness, it hardly surprises me that this pervert judge exhibited more interest in where she could buy childrenÆs underwear than in whether a child was exposed to pornography and anonymous sex ¢ and even gave carte blanche to those accused of doing the latter.
Aside from the many personal observations of this strange woman, doesnÆt it make sense that anyone engaging in fraternity house pranks with jurors during a capital murder case isnÆt to be trusted with presiding over criminal cases, much less deciding the fate of children and families? Judges such as Staley, who fail to treat people fairly or take their jobs seriously, need to be removed.
A former juror in an unrelated murder trial said of Mary Staley in October of 2008, that the jury was so appalled by her ōtheatricsö and ōpatheticö conduct that they actually discussed during deliberations whether or not there was something for which they could find her guilty! There was total disbelief in the jury room that ōthis woman could have ever gotten into this role [that] no one felt her qualified [for] even remotely.ö 10-21-08
The very fact that Judge Staley is developing a record of hostility and arrogance toward women and minorities should disqualify her from cases involving either. Her abysmal personal character denies the people of Cobb County any confidence that she is capable of rendering sound moral decisions, particularly where children are concerned. And the lack of seriousness with which she has been known to conduct herself on the job is disgraceful, as even the Supreme Court of the United States agrees. Is there a more esteemed opinion than that?
Given that she does not have the conscience or sense of shame to step down voluntarily, I do not know what it might take to oust this terribly banal and condescending woman from her job. Even if and when word finally comes of a childÆs molestation due to her sloppiness, the judge will probably console herself with a candy phallus while the family and decent members of the community lament.
Judge Mary Staley is an embarrassment and a danger to the people of Georgia.
Postscript 8-21-11
I have since found out that Mary Staley receives campaign donations from attorneys and other firms who represent clients. Justice for sale, it appears. One lawyer told me that when he was just starting out, the judge had ordered an opposing party to pay his expenses in a case that he had lost. He was confused about this up until a more experienced attorney told him that he was expected to "pay it back" in the form of financial contributions to the judge. (He did).
I could find no record of a pro se donating money to the judge.
Wondering if perhaps I had just caught Staley on a bad day, I visited her courtroom again two years later, intending to follow the fate of more "ordinary people" to see if she still treats so contemptuously the same "ordinary folk" that she praises to journalists.
I first had to sit through a cattle call, in which as many parties as possible are crammed into the courtroom while Staley calls the roll and schedules hearings. It is a painful time in which lawyers laugh obsequiously at her every attempt at humor (no matter how lame) while their clients join in nervously - perhaps wondering as I do if the judge is actually aware of how artificial is the "respect" shown to her.
As usual, Mary Staley's favorite subject is herself. In fact, she has now taken to lecturing each assembly about what a good person she is. In order to have their fate decided, taxpayers must sit through anecdotes from her personal life that supposedly prove this point, such as the time she purportedly ran across the street to give someone an umbrella. I noticed confused looks between the people around me at this obvious self-aggrandizing. For my part, I already know that what this woman tells others about herself is very different from who she is when she doesn't think she will be held accountable.
Judge Staley now includes as well a disclaimer to anyone trying to represent themselves before her, "God help you," which sounds like an astonishingly candid admission that objectivity does not rate very high on her list of priorities. The advice comes a bit late for the many pro se defendants who, to my knowledge, have never received her favor over a paid attorney - a remarkable record of misery for a group characterized largely by their utter confidence in the merits of their position
I tried to follow a hearing that Staley specifically scheduled for the following day, but when the parties appeared with their lawyers the next morning, they found that the judge had arbitrarily decided not to show up, effectively wasting their time away from work and hundreds of dollars in legal expenses. The clerk called it an "emergency", but I later found out that Staley simply wanted to spend time with her family.
I decided that I was no longer going to waste anymore of my own time on this selfish and pathetic woman who has such little regard for the people who depend on her.
As for the little girl in this article, matters quickly got worse in ways that were entirely predictable to those of us who were paying attention during the trial. Her mother, who previously requested that this page be suspended out of fear of retaliation, also asked that I not provide detail of her daughter's situation, although I will say that after what happened, even the father has since agreed not to force the child to be with him. In fact, only months after convincing a naive judge of just how necessary it was to have his his daughter at his house each weekend, he fled the state altogether.
Thanks to Judge Staley, the only winners are the lawyers.
What a pathetic person this judge is. Can the people of Georgia not do better?


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VERDIGRIS — While most 10-year-old girls are busy watching music sensation Hannah Montana or wishing they could meet the talented Jonas brothers or little Justin Bieber, Liz Goins is hoping to be the next teen music sensation.
With a voice not often found in girls her age and the confidence to back up the talent, Goins says she is the next young singing sensation.
"It's a pleasure having people like you and want to hear you sing," she said at Charis Music Studio during a rehearsal recently. "It's an exciting feeling really. And you're pretty awesome if you get to record, and I have."
In fact, Goins, a fifth grader at Verdigris Elementary School, has recorded two CDs in her two years at Charis Music Studio in Owasso where owner Jaime Highfill says Goins has tons of talent.
"She wanted to perform more and she had only performed in church before," Highfill said. "It was funny watching her because she really didn't know how good she is. The stage is a second home for her."
A little shy off the stage, Goins puts all that behind her when her feet hits the stage and the mic is in her hand.
At 3-years-old, Goins performed her first church solo — yes, 3-years-old.
"I cried a lot when I found out she was going to sing the solo," Goins' mom Susan said. "Then she sang at my grandmother's 80th birthday and people told me she should take lessons."
And at the very young age of 5, Goins was working with the church choir director on honing her vocal skills. Two short years later, Goins joined the Rejoice Singers, an after school program in Verdigris, and had the opportunity to sing at several different churches in the area.
When her vocal skills elevated, her parents enrolled her at Barthelmes Conservatory in Tulsa where she studied for a year. Now she studies with Highfill at Charis Music Studio where she has become quite the performer.
Of course, Goins still performs with her church choir and has performed at "Home for Christmas, a Holiday Celebration" at First United Methodist Church in Tulsa at Christmas. She has been featured with other Charis singers on "Good Morning Oklahoma" and "Good Day Tulsa" television programs.
Only one of eight auditioners, Goins was chosen to sing the National Anthem at the June 24 Tulsa Drillers game. And, Goins took part in the Southwest Missouri Fall Festival singing competition in 2007 and 2008 where she placed second in 2007. In 2008, there weren't enough competitors for the competition, Goins said.
But it is her performance at Woolaroc Museum near Bartlesville that makes Goins' father proud.
"I've told her numerous times that's the most proud of her I've been so far," Roger Goins said. "There were four singers and things just went wrong. They lost their music — had no background — and were at the point of panic. Then they had a little huddle and started singing without the music, acapella. That was the most interaction Liz has had with the audience. They started taking requests and spend an hour totally improving it. She really liked it."
As for singing at her school's events, Goins said she has a lot of support.
"All of my friends at school are really supportive," Goins said. "They like to hear me sing and they ask me to sing. It's really great."
Singing Sensation - Verdigris' Liz Goins working on music career
VERDIGRIS — While most 10-year-old girls are busy watching music sensation Hannah Montana or wishing they could meet the talented Jonas brothers or little Justin Bieber, Liz Goins is hoping to be the next teen music sensation.
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David Benyamine signs up for Premier League IV
Poker pros have been signing up left and right to be part of PartyPoker's Premier League IV. Recently we broke the news that Phil Hellmuth and Roland de Wolfe would be joining the tournament and now David Benyamine has signed up to compete as well.
Benyamine will join such players as Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, JC Tran, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Roland de Wolfe and Tony G, and of course Hellmuth and de Wolfe. Benyamine commented on competing in the Premier League IV by stating:
"I'm delighted to be part of this world class field in this year's Premier League. In 2010 I'm looking to play lots of tournaments and to start it off with a victory in one of poker's most prestigious events is top of my list right now."


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For 14 rounds Tuesday night, Nick Thompson stood before the microphone, eyes on the ground, spelling out words in an almost somber tone.
The New Prague middle-schooler occasionally looked up to his family in the South Central College Conference Center after spelling a word correctly, offering them a meek half-smile. But for the most part, humility prevailed until "C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E" in Round 14, followed by the word "Correct" from the judges.
That's when a big smile ran across the 14-year-old's face. His opponent, Maurissa Isaacs of Mountain Lake Elementary School, had just spelled her word, "tuckahoe,' incorrectly, having spelled the word with two Cs. So that meant there was just one last word that stood between Thompson and the title of South Central Service Cooperative Regional Spelling Bee champion -- the championship word, of course.
"For the championship, Nick ...," said Melanie Schmidt from the judging table.
A smile still lingering, eyes forward and confident, "P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A."
And then Thompson took it all in -- the applause, the press attention, the plaque, the gifts of a very large dictionary and a year's subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica Online, the savings bond, and of course, his free trip to Washington, D.C., in early June for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
"I'm really excited," he said, still smiling.
Thompson had competed at regionals before in fifth grade. But the last two years, he didn't make it that far.
So he wasn't taking any chances this time. Thompson outlined his practice routine, which involved numerous combinations of writing out practice words hundreds of times. Even on the ride to the competition Tuesday, he wasted no time and practiced his words.
Until round 9, all that practicing certainly paid off. But the word "hydrology" threw him off. He wasn't sure if the word was based off the word "hydraulics," so he slipped up and misspelled it.
Lucky for him, his opponents also misspelled their words, giving them all another chance at the championship. But that was the only word during the two-hour competition, against 41 opponents, that Thompson misspelled.
"Hedonism," "bambino," even "lederhosen" -- all gravy.
Many had imagined when it came to the final round, Thompson would have been joined by Antony Joseph, a Fairmont eighth-grader in his last year of eligibility, who had won the past three years. No one seemed more surprised than Joseph himself when he misspelled the word "cachet," mistaking the word for "cache," in Round 7.
But that's the thing with a spelling bee. Victory and defeat can be determined with one errant letter. And Tuesday night, that was true many times.
As Mary Hillmann of South Central Service Cooperative put it, "It's a real nail-biter."


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An informational workshop and meeting on Agenda 21 and property rights will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Guilford Town Hall.
Agenda 21 is a United Nations action plan regarding sustainable development in the 21st century. The workshop will feature a multimedia presentation by Jane Stebela, regional coordinator of New Yorkers for Property Rights for the Southern Tier region. The meeting is coordinated by Gilda Ward of Mount Upton, who is the Chenango County captain of New Yorkers for Property Rights.
According to a media release, the workshop will look at the common threads between the threats to individual rights presented by Agenda 21, the Common Core curriculum and threats to Second Amendment rights.
The town hall is at 223 Marble Road, off county Route 35 outside Guilford Center. The meeting will include a question-and-answer session, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call Ward at 764-8303.


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On the shaky premise that one person can make a difference, I lament the passage of the real Trader Joe, Joe Coulombe, from helmsman of Trader Joe's to whatever enterprise he goes into. (Aug. 12, "Trader Joe's Founder Again on a Solo Path")
Notwithstanding Coulombe's high praise for his successor, one can only feel apprehensive about the future. Will our supplies of Shortbread Bobbies and Psyllium Husks continue unabated? What about the luscious Twining's Earl Grey tea--at about half Safeway's price?