text: Books Being Made Into Movies as of Spring 2012 Spring Reading List: Books to Read Before They're Movies by Lizzie Fuhr 4/27/12 8 Reactions 69 Shares Print 10 40 19 0 0 Spring has sprung, and there's much to celebrate: better weather, more holidays, and a whole new slate of books you've got to read before they're adapted to the silver screen. We've got you covered with 10 titles that are sure to fit the bill regardless of your literary taste. But if you're a James Franco fan, you're in luck: he's signed on for three of these projects. Click on through to check out the list! Child of God What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 What it's about: Celebrated author Cormac McCarthy tells the story of the disturbed loner Lester Ballard who moves to the mountains of Tennessee to live in a cave. 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The performance, sponsored by the Noel Coward Foundation, is presented in conjunction with The Noel Coward-New York Festival 2012.
The cast features Tony winner John Glover (Death of a Salesman), Marthe Keller (Judgment at Nuremberg) and Lisa Banes (Present Laughter) with Nicholas Carriere and Jonathan C. Kaplan. A reception with the cast and director will be held following the performance.
"A Song at Twilight is Noel Coward's theatrical farewell. In typical Coward fashion, men think only they are in control while women know they wield the real power — obliquely when possible, ruthlessly when necessary," said Margot Harley, producing artistic director of The Acting Company, in a previous statement. "We are honored to be included in the Coward Festival being celebrated all over the City and are deeply grateful to the Noel Coward Foundation for their support."
Founded by John Houseman and Margot Harley in 1972, The Acting Company has toured to 49 states and 10 foreign countries earning a TONY for Excellence in Theater, Obies, Audelcos and Los Angeles Critics Circle Awards. Kevin Kline, Rainn Wilson, Patti LuPone, Frances Conroy, Jeffrey Wright Harriet Harris, David Ogden Stiers, Keith David and Jesse L. Martin are but a handful of performers who began their careers on tour with The Acting Company.

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Broomieknowe Cottage is in a quiet position on the outskirts of Dulnain Bridge, between Grantown on Spey and Aviemore in the Cairngorms National Park. It offers self catering accommodation for 4 people, two in the cottage and two in the chalet.
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Lord Sainsbury has visited Lancaster University's new Science and Technology centres to look at the links between the university and business as part of a government review.
Accompanied by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Paul Wellings, he toured both the Lancaster Environment Centre and InfoLab21, where he visited the Graduate Academy, ICT Focus and met some of the companies housed in the Knowledge Business Centre.
Steve Riches, Director of the InfoLab21 KBC, said the visit was a good morale booster.
"There's a degree of kudos for the companies and quite a few of them were chuffed that he was here. He listened and asked questions about what we did and was genuinely interested in what's going on here and I think he went away with a positive image. Comments were made that other universities tend to focus on spin-out companies but in addition to these, InfoLab21 is working with a broad range of both established and start up companies."
The former science minister also visited the Lancaster Environment Centre. Mark Bacon, Director of Enterprise and Business Partnerships at LEC, said he felt Lord Sainsbury was impressed by what he saw.
He said: "We felt that Lord Sainsbury had a very good understanding of the questions to ask and a good appreciation of how universities and businesses interact to benefit the local economy.We have new business ventures, established businesses and larger businesses and he felt this was the right mix which would lead to a cluster of expertise."
Lord Sainsbury is leading a nine-month Treasury review into how the development and exploitation of scientific research can be improved.The review's remit includes an examination of knowledge transfer between universities and business in the context of globalisation.
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"I'm on a mission from God," Taye Cannon deadpanned before breaking into laughter. "Well, maybe not exactly, but it kinda felt that way at first, and it still does sometimes." Ok, so the Blues Brothers reference is a little cringe-worthy, but it's an apt description for the path Cannon traveled assembling Austin-based ROXY ROCA, although the Blues Brothers story starts off in jail, and Taye's starts in, well, Alabama. Close enough.


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You could see a future gold medalist — and, therefore, potential Wheaties box model — when the Oklahoma River plays host to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for Flatwater Sprint in canoe and kayak on Friday and Saturday at the Boathouse District, 725 S. Lincoln. Also on Saturday, kids age 8 to 16 can go for a short paddle with a top U.S. athlete. Admission is free. Visit boathousedistrict.org.


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last week, she looked out on a crowd of 100,000-plus, according to a press release from PR Newswire.
"Jackie Evancho performed a very special concert to an audience of government officials and more than 100,000 members of the public at the opening of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia's Palace Square on June 20," the press release states, citing Syco/Columbia Records as the source of the information.
The Richland Township soprano performed with opera stars Dmitri Hvorostovsky of Russia and Sumi Jo of Korea.
"Jackie performed both classical and crossover songs, including 'O Mio Babbino Caro,' 'The Prayer' and 'Con te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye)' as a duet with Sumi Jo," the release stated.
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Jackie's fans on the Music of Jackie Evancho group on Facebook chatted during the live stream performance and have posted photos and video on their site.
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Perhaps The Hulk was in town?
I was trying to figure out which superhero always ends up naked when transformed into his human self. Google tells me it's the Hulk. Now I can explain why I needed to know this: Worcester police reported to Shrewsbury police that a man with no clothes on was attempting to jump off the bridge in their town. Police were unable to locate the man. Maybe they should have been looking for The Hulk.
This litterbug should have used some of his (or her) newfound energy to search for a trash can.
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The 49ers have released PK Joe Nedney and C Eric Heitmann.
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The 49ers have placed WR Michel Crabtree on the Physically Unable to Perform list due to a nagging foot injury.
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The 49ers have signed PK David Akers, who previously spent all but one game of his 13-year career in Philadelphia with the Eagles.
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The 49ers may cut CB Nate Clements to clear cap space and to go after Nnamdi Asomugha, but it is not certain.
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The 49ers and QB Alex Smith agreed on a one-year deal Tuesday, reportedly worth $5 million.
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Former 49ers C Blue dies at age 65
Forrest Blue, who helped the 49ers win three division titles in the early 1970's, passed away over the weekend at age 65.
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49ers general manager Trent Baalke would like to keep the majority of his team's pending free agents, according to Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News.
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Even though his receiving opportunities might be reduced, Vernon Davis figures to be one of the league's most explosive tight ends in what is expected to be a very TE-friendly 49ers offense.
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The helmet-to-helmet hit by Whitner that sent Saints running back Pierre Thomas to the locker room early in Saturday's NFC playoff game was legal.||||||| Whitner was not penalized because the tackle was not against a defenseless player. Helmet-to-helmet hits are outlawed against eight categories considered defenseless players, and a runner is not one of those categories.
Whitney is questionable for Sunday against the Eagles with a hip injury.||||||| Whitner had 11 tackles in three starts.
The Buffalo Bills have tendered a contract to Whitner.||||||| Whitner completed a five-year contract last season, and questioned whether he'd return to Buffalo after negotiations broke down in December.
Whitner is unhappy with the Buffalo Bills' latest offer in contract talks, and says there's a distinct possibility he'll become a free agent. Talks first opened last month. Whitner's status as a free agent will depend on the NFL negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement.||||||| Referring to himself as surprised and hurt, Whitner says he and the Bills are far apart after the two sides held talks this week. He didn't sound optimistic a deal can be reached, while noting the Bills are scheduled to contact his agent on Thursday. He's in the final year of a five-year contract, and has been a starter since the Bills selected him out of Ohio State with the eighth overall pick in 2006.
Having opened the season with two dreadful losses, Whitner is tired of his team being a punchline.||||||| Of course, Whitner adds, the only way to make the laughter stop is for the Bills to start winning. That stinging feeling - as much as a 13-game losing streak against New England - is enough to motivate Whitner as Buffalo prepares to travel to face the Patriots on Sunday.


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After two years of work, the 14-member California Redistricting Commission released draft plans for new congressional and state districts for the entire state on Friday.
The plans show new boundaries for California's 53 congressional districts, 40 state senate districts and 80 state assembly districts, as well as districts for the state Board of Equalization, which handles taxation issues.
The boundaries are in the draft state now and there will be a public input process. The final districts will be released in August.
It means you could find yourself part of a new congressional or state district. And it means you could find yourself suddenly part of the majority (or minority) politically.
For Cerritos-Artesia residents, it means a different member of Congress for each city. Under the redistricting proposals, Cerritos will remain in U.S. Rep. Linda Sanchez's (D-Lakewood) 39th district but Artesia will join nearby Norwalk in Rep. Grace Napolitano's (D-Norwalk) 38th district.
In the State Senate, Cerritos and Artesia will be out of State Senator Alan Lowenthal's (D-Long Beach) 27th district and into a mostly Orange County district currently represented by State Sen. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana).
Assemblyman Tony Mendoza's (D-Artesia) 56th district will include Cerritos and Artesia as well as Orange County cities like Cypress, Garden Grove and La Palma. However, Assemblyman Mendoza cannot run again in 2012 because of term limits.
You can read more about the redistricting process, the commission, and the criteria used for the new districts in our . Maps of the new and old districts for Cerritos and Artesia are attached at right, and more information on the new districts is listed in the charts attached to this post. More information about the old Board of Equalization districts can be found here.
What do you think of your proposed new district? You can vote in our Facebook poll on whether you prefer the old district or the new one.
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Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Lakewood)
The proposed district would take in most of the city of Long Beach and add La Palma and Los Alamitos while moving Artesia into the 38th district.
Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens Lakewood, La Mirada, Long Beach (part), Paramount, Lynwood, South Gate and Whittier.
Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens Lakewood, La Palma, Long Beach, Los Alamitos and Signal Hill.
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Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach)
Cerritos-Artesia will be part of an Orange County-centered district which includes nearby cities like Cypress and La Palma.
Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Florence-Graham, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach (part), Lynwood, Paramount, Signal Hill and Willowbrook.
Anaheim (part), Artesia, Cerritos, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, La Palma, Orange, Stanton and Westminster.
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Like the State Senate district, the Assembly district will include Orange County cities like Cypress and La Palma.
Artesia, Buena Park, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood (part), Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs and Whittier (part).
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Funeral services will be Wednesday for Corey Lee Swartz, 663 Spruce Ave., Sharon, who passed away unexpectedly Friday (11-8-13) from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 17.
Corey was born Dec. 19, 1995, in Sharon, a son of Richard J. Swartz and Melinda Marie Fette Swartz.
A senior at Sharon High School, he worked part time at Long John Silvers restaurant, Hermitage.
Corey loved football and he began playing at the early age of 7 for the Sharon Colts.
Corey was also a baseball player and standout varsity football player for the Sharon High Tigers, having lettered in both his sophomore and junior years.
He played wide receiver, strong safet, and special teams.
The title of team captain is earned each week by the football player who earns it. Corey was a team captain twice this season.
A lifelong member of the Sons of American Legion Post 162 Sharpsville, he was also a cadet with the National Civil Air Patrol Squadron 122 and its color guard.
A nurse aide, he successfully completed the nurse aide training and competency evaluation program in his junior year. He was also an advocate for children with physical, emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities.
After graduation he was hoping to attend the Pittsburgh Technical Institute, a private two-year post-secondary school in Allegheny County.
He will be sadly missed by his mother Melinda Marie Swartz, with whom he lived; his brother Richard Swartz, at home; three sisters Ashley, Cheryl, and Amber Swartz, all of Sharon; his niece Amara McCoy; and his nephew Taijh McCoy Jr.
Also surviving are: his maternal grandparents, Virginia and Harold Fette, Sharon; his father Richard John Swartz and his paternal grandparents Richard and Cheryl Swartz, all of Franklin; and several cousins including a special cousin Laurel Porterfield, Farrell.
In lieu of flowers, a fund has been established for his family through the funeral home to help defray funeral expenses.
Corey Lee, 17, of 663 Spruce Ave., Sharon.
Calling hours: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday (11-12-13) in J. BRADLEY MCGONIGLE FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY Inc., 1090 E. State St., Sharon. Condolences can also be sent to his family by visiting the website www.McGonigleFuneralHomeandCrematory.com
Service: 10 a.m. Wednesday (11-13-13) in St. Joseph Church, 79 Case Ave., Sharon.
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A man who was killed when a train struck his Ford Expedition as he drove across tracks on Walnut Avenue in Manteca was identified Wednesday as 39-year-old Anthony Gregory Munkholm.
Witnesses said the railroad crossing arms appeared to be functioning properly when the Manteca man drove across the tracks Tuesday morning. The Ford sustained major damage and landed on its roof in the front yard of a home.
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Glif creators release stop-motion movie app, Frames
Studio Neat, best known for the Glif, which enables you to mount an iPhone to a tripod, has released its first iOS app. Frames is a time-lapse/stop-motion movie app that enables you to create these sorts of films on the iPhone. You can capture and export video at 720p, adjust shutter settings, lock exposure and focus, adjust frames per second and more. At US$2.99, it's a great way to experiment with creating a stop-motion movie on the iPhone, and we'll be doing a full review later this week.
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The negative letter about the proposed Logos 18-story building and parking garage displays stunning ignorance about what supports a strong community and a viable downtown. Those who have worked for decades to bring the downtown back to health will applaud the Logos plan and urge the city to cooperate in every way to bring it to fruition. It would be the biggest boost for a healthy downtown since the Bellis Fair body blow. Thank you Logos.
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KHS is a global manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food, and non-food industries. Our products comprise filling lines for PET, for refillable and non-refillable glass bottles, and for cans. KHS is the result of the fusion of a number of specialized German companies with a rich tradition, such as Holstein & Kappert, Enzinger and, more recently, Corpoplast and Kisters. We have manufacturing facilities in several locations in Germany, but also in the US, in Sarasota, Florida, and Waukesha near Chicago. The Asia-Pacific area is covered by plants in China and India.
KHS products comprise a large choice of turnkey lines that typically combine several machines and groups of machines. A typical configuration could comprise a depalettizer for refillable glass bottles, a glass washing station, a filling station, a labelling station and finally packaging and pallettizing. When PET bottles are used, often times even the bottles themselves are produced in-line in the filling plant, on stretch blow molding machines that are combined with labelling, packaging and palleting stations.
The beverage industry is a highly marketing driven business. Typically, in a super market consumers make buying decisions in fractions of a second and packaging plays an important role in that decision. For that reason, the introduction of PET bottles has triggered a wealth of new shapes, sizes and variants. In order to fill these bottles in an automatic filling line, we need to fine tune our machines to meet the specific requirements. Overall, this leads to a growing amount of custom engineering, spawning a wealth of variants and a growing degree of complexity throughout the enterprise.
As a manufacturer of industrial equipment we are addressing this growing degree of complexity with a set of clearly defined strategies.Specifically, we are adopting the principles of a modular product architecture. In other words, we organize and map a customer's requested application into a pre-defined set of capabilities, which in turn can be mapped to specific design options. For example it's quite evident that there will be specific differences between a filling station for between beer or sparkling wine and a filling station for mineral water, for the simple reason that beer and sparkling wine are filled with pressure. Another major functional difference is introduced by the capacity of the bottle, which can vary between half a litre and 2 litres, with specific consequences on the handling characteristics.
Overall, the growing number of bottle designs and shapes has lead to a growing degree of variance in our machines. As a consequence we have started building our filling lines using a modular approach so that specific customer requests can be answered by selecting from a set of standardized solution elements, rather than designing it from scratch. As a secondary benefit, these elements can be purchased as pre-assembled components, which in turn will also help to reduce process costs and turnaround cycles for complex equipment.
As already mentioned, a modular product structure has substantial effects on the reduction of process and cycle times. To support our modular product architecture on an operative level, we have deployed a number of dedicated IT solutions and it is apparent that today as a manufacturer of industrial equipment you need to rely on standard software which is provided by specialized vendors, rather than writing programs and tools in-house. In addition to ERP, the introduction of 3D-CAD in conjunction with product data management and, more recently Product Lifecycle Management –specifically we are using Windchill from PTC – have provided important milestones.
Looking into the future, we will provide tools to our sales force that will enable them to sell only components that are preconfigured in a way that they can be assembled without customization. Eventually, our sales force will have access to Relationship Management Solutions and configuration tools that will complement PDM and 3D-CAD in engineering and ERP in the manufacturing domain.


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In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule, the talkative Mule and his pal Peter get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch. They end up saving it from financial ruin when Francis, who has the inside track with the racehorses, provides Peter with names of the winners before the races are run. Sure enough Peter finds himself with a fistful of cash and uses it to buy a racehorse for the farm. Unfortunately, the horse he chooses is suffering from a debilitating lack of confidence. When not dealing with the mare, Peter finds time to court the horse breeder's niece and trying to avoid the gangsters who want in on the winnings.
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Despite some thorny legal issues in the recent past, Pink Floyd have signed a new five-year contract with EMI Music. The new contract, described as a global partnership to market and distribute the band's bestselling catalogue, will settle all legal disputes between the band and label.
Early last year Pink Floyd won a court case that ruled that EMI had violated a 1999 contract predating the rise of digital-music retailers stipulating that their songs could not be sold outside the context of their original albums. Despite the ruling, Pink Floyd tracks are still sold a la carte in digital shops such as iTunes and Amazon, and will remain on sale as part of this new partnership.
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A Virginia jury has recommended life in prison for three Somali pirates convicted of murdering four Americans seized from a sailing yacht off the coast of Africa in 2011.
Originally published on Mon July 22, 2013 7:02 pm
Somalia hadn't had a case of polio for nearly six years. But in the past few months, the virus has come back. Now the East African country has the worst polio outbreak anywhere in the world.
Twenty new cases of polio were reported this week in Somalia by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. That brings the total number of cases in the Horn of Africa to 73. The rest of the world combined has tallied only 59 cases so far this year.
Originally published on Fri June 28, 2013 7:22 pm
A big worry among people trying to wipe out polio is that the virus will regain a foothold, somewhere to launch a comeback — someplace, perhaps, like Somalia.
Polio has paralyzed 25 kids in Somalia and another six in a Kenyan refugee camp since early May, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative reported Wednesday. Before this outbreak, Somalia hadn't had a polio case in more than five years.
Originally published on Wed June 19, 2013 12:24 pm
The United Nations Refugee Commission says more than 45.2 million people were in "situations of displacement" around the world as of last year — the most since 1994.
A report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says there were 15.4 million refugees in other countries, 937,000 people seeking political asylum and 28.8 million people forced out of their homes but still inside their own countries.
A suspected U.S. reconnaissance drone has crashed in a region of southern Somalia controlled by the al-Shabab militant group, a governor of the region says.
Abdikadir Mohamed Nur, the governor of the Lower Shabelle region, told Reuters that al-Shabab had shot down the aircraft over the coastal town of Bulamareer, south of the capital, Mogadishu.
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Also, if you click the tab at the bottom of the sheet labeled "Price List," you'll find a complete list of the players and their price movement since early last week. The players are sorted by position and then ranked biggest price drop first (since we're all looking for bargains). Note that the Week 21 prices are a snapshot from the day I assembled the last spreadsheet, and don't account for midweek fluctuations. Still, I think the numbers are pretty accurate, and much more useful than YFF's top three up and down movers.
If you find any errors in the figures please let me know. Enjoy!


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The City of Arvada Wastewater Division receives calls from residents relating to sanitary sewer backups. Most of the time, roots in the sewer service line caused the problem. If you have had problems with sewer backups due to roots in the sewer service line, read on for some valuable information.
In March 2003, the City of Arvada mailed to all sewer customers information on how roots can plug sanitary sewer service lines and what can be done about it (see related links).
If you have any questions about the City's sanitary sewer system or your sanitary sewer service line, call the Arvada Wastewater Division at 720-898-7770 during the hours of 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Should you have an after-hours emergency, call 720-898-7820.


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Home » Psychology, Psychiatry, & Social Work » Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Cognitive Therapy of Schizophrenia
David G. Kingdon and Douglas Turkington
Drawing on the authors' decades of influential work in the field, this highly practical volume presents an evidence-based cognitive therapy approach for clients with schizophrenia. Guidelines are provided for collaborative assessment and case formulation that enable the clinician to build a strong therapeutic relationship, establish reasonable goals, and tailor treatment to each client's needs. Described in thorough, step-by-step detail are effective techniques for working with delusional beliefs, voices, visions, thought disorders, and negative symptoms; integrating cognitive therapy with other forms of treatment; reducing relapse risks; and enhancing client motivation. Special features include reproducible client handouts and assessment tools.
This title is part of the Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based Treatment Series, edited by Jacqueline B. Persons.


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The Meridian Star
A plan for the city of Meridian to be a part of Lauderdale County's emergency plan is moving forward.
The Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the city's request to be a part of the county's hazard mitigation plan.
David Sharp, LEMA director, told the board these plans have to be in place to receive federal funds for emergencies and disaster preparations.
"The city could either be a part of the county's plan or they could do their own," Sharp said.
About eight or nine years, ago, the city's administration decided to go it alone with the hazard mitigation plan, Sharp said.
"That plan had expired. Right now the city does not have a mitigation plan. They've got grants on the table right now for a civil defense siren and one for emergency generators. If they are approved they won't get funding because they don't have a mitigation plan," Sharp said. "It doesn't cost the county anything for them to be a part of our plan. It's going to cost them (the city) a little to be a part of our plan but it would cost them more to have a plan just for the city. It works better to have one plan for the whole county."
In fact, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is moving toward regional, multi-county hazard mitigation plans in the future, Sharp said.
The county is also moving forward with plans to sell numerous surplus vehicles and heavy equipment at auction.
The board approved a request Monday to sell the items through Deanco Auction Company of Philadelphia. The items expected to draw the biggest bids are eight dump trucks, which are guaranteed by Deanco to sell for more than $500,000, according to correspondence from the auction company. Deanco will get a seven percent commission on those sales and a five percent commission on other sales. The sale will be held March 27-28.
Sheriff Billy Sollie said some vehicles on the surplus list for auction were seized through the asset forfeiture process. The proceeds of those sales would have to be split between the city and county, he said, with 20 percent going to the city.
A new two-lane bridge will bear the name of two families that have lived in the Smithsburg Road area for many years. The new bridge will be called Barney-Wright Bridge, at the recommendation of District Two Supervisor Wayman Newell. The board unanimously approved his motion.
"The Barneys have lived down there for at least 60-something years because I was born and raised in that area and Mr. Barney has always been there," Newell said.
The Wright name comes from Mrs. Jennie Wright, who passed away a couple of years ago. Newell said Mrs. Wright had asked him if he could get the bridge expanded to two lanes to make it safer.
"Out of respect to her for prodding me to do that and getting the money to fund the project, I decided to name it Barney-Wright Bridge.
"It was a one lane bridge," Newell said. "We started back in October to make it a two-lane bridge. It was funded by the state."
The cost of the bridge was approximately $640,000.
"It was supposed to be completed by the first of December but unfortunately we had a lot of rain. The bridge is complete but the paving up to it and on it is not complete yet," he said.


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By Sarah Hogsed
Register News Writer
Journalists and police officers are never going to be best friends. That natural friction comes with the territory of being a crime and courts reporter, a beat I've covered at the Richmond Register for the past year.
However, we strive for a relationship of respect and understanding, and part of that for reporters is learning what police work actually entails. It's one thing to read police reports, day in and day out, but to actually see what it's like on the streets is a whole different reality.
I recently got the opportunity to accompany a Richmond patrol officer during his eight-hour shift. I elected to do the ride-along on a Friday, hoping that was a good night for some action.
When I arrived at the police department, I learned I was riding with Officer Paul Lay, who has been a patrol officer for about a year.
The RPD has split Richmond into four patrol quadrants, and Lay was assigned to cover the northwest corner of town during his shift.
From 3 p.m. to nearly 10 p.m., we cruised the streets of Richmond, and I learned several important lessons about police work and officers' interactions with the community:
There are several wrong ways to react to a traffic stop.
During my ride-along, Lay pulled over a car that was traveling 41 mph in a 25 mph zone. After Lay activated his lights, the driver pulled over onto the left shoulder of the road, directly into the lane of oncoming traffic.
Lay immediately instructed the driver to pull into a nearby parking lot.
After talking to the driver and obtaining her information, Lay returned to the cruiser to write up the speeding ticket.
After about five minutes, the car's passenger got out of the vehicle and started rummaging around in the back seat.
"What in the world is she doing?" Lay exclaimed. He quickly jumped out of his cruiser, and while standing behind his car door, he told the woman to get back in the vehicle. She said she was getting her cell phone out.
Based on all the police reports I've written over the years, my initial thought was the woman was trying to hide drugs. However, Lay said as a police officer, his first thought in that situation is someone is going for a gun. That's why he stood behind his cruiser's door.
He told me if things got hairy on the ride-along, I should duck under the dashboard.
That's when it hit home that even a simple traffic stop can turn deadly. I know that police work is dangerous but seeing first-hand how unpredictable people are made me truly understand that fact.
Patrol work is not just arrests and traffic tickets
Just an hour into his shift, Lay took a call from a woman who wanted to talk to an on-duty officer. She said she was worried about some rumors that were being spread around town about her. Lay handled the call professionally and courteously, although there obviously is nothing a police officer can do about the Richmond rumor mill.
Later on that evening, Lay was asked to return to the police station to meet with a man who had arrived to pick up his kids for the weekend. The children's mother had not shown up. Lay said sometimes people who are involved in contentious custody suits will meet at the police station to exchange their children because it is a safe, neutral location.
The man told Lay he had been showing up to get his kids every other weekend since November, but their mother was refusing to allow the court-ordered visits. While custody orders are enforced by family court officials, not by police officers, Lay agreed that he would be a witness to the fact the father had been present to pick up his children.
Finally, Lay received a call that some children on Ballard Drive had found a syringe on the ground. None of the kids had been stuck by the syringe, thankfully, and it turned out to be unused. Lay took it back to the police department to for disposal.
Observation and instinct are the basis of good police work.
As a journalist, a big part of my job is being a good observer. It takes a lot of time to hone that skill, and I often wonder if I'll ever truly master it.
I learned on my ride-along that police officers also heavily depend on that skill but with the added element of gut instinct. Learning to trust that instinct, which is developed through experience and training, is a critical part of being a good police officer.
Around 8:30 p.m., Lay and I both spotted a man walking along Turpin Drive. I commented on how the man kept staring at the cruiser as we drove by. The man appeared to be holding an aluminum can in his hand.
Lay said he suspected the item might be a beer can, so he pulled over and asked the man to come talk to him.
"This is a consensual encounter," Lay immediately told the man, explaining he did not have to talk to the RPD if he didn't want to.
The man told Lay he had nothing to hide. But, it turned out he was wanted on a charge of second-degree robbery. After the man was cuffed, Lay asked him if he had anything sharp in his pockets.
The man admitted had three needles filled with meth.
Arrests are much more work than I realized
I thought once the man was arrested, Lay would quickly drop him off at the jail and head out on patrol again. But I was wrong.
The arrest, pat down and collection of evidence at the scene took at least 30 minutes. Once we arrived at the jail, it took about another 30 minutes for Lay to write up a detailed report of the arrest.
Finally, Lay had to return to the police station to log the evidence. At that point, Lay had only about an hour left in his shift, and he told me the paperwork would take up the remainder of the time.
While I wanted to hit the streets again and see more action, I know that properly documenting the evidence from an arrest is important. It protects the rights of the suspect as well as provides the commonwealth's attorney with the information needed to prosecute the case.
I had thought spending an entire eight-hour shift in a police car would go slowly, but the evening passed by quickly. I would encourage anyone who wants to know more about police work to fill out the ride-along application. The forms are available at the Richmond Police Department, 1721 Lexington Road.
Finally, I would like to thank Officer Lay for putting up with all my questions. Besides the points outlined in this column, the most valuable part of the ride-along was getting to know an officer as an individual. Lay has known he wanted to be a police officer ever since he was a small child who idolized Robocop, and it's inspiring to see him fulfill that dream by being a member of the RPD.


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Dale E. Garber, 70, rural Bringhurst, died at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at his home.
Funeral services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Bachelor Run Old German Baptist Brethren Church, Flora, with church ministry officiating.
Burial will be in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Flora.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Baker-Abbott Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions to the ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Foundation, envelopes available at the funeral home.
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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. — One cold morning, just a few short years back, a bunch of us were sitting around a breakfast table at Uncle Tom's restaurant, which, at the time, was a thriving business here in Paint Lick, and a popular gathering spot for a few businessmen and the regular crowd of local farmers to share camaraderie before beginning the day's labor.
On the morning I am recalling the subject under discussion had to do with the exact wording of a Biblical verse from the New Testament and several fellows were adamant that their version was the precise quote. Finally one of the younger fellows said, "I'm pretty sure that Dan Ledford is correct."
Somebody else asked why he thought that, and the fellow said, "As I understand it, or at least I've been told, Dan was sharpening pencils for Saint Mark when he wrote it."
Just past noon last Monday as a host of his friends sat in the sanctuary of Old Presbyterian Church of Paint Lick, the officiating minister implored us to "thank God for the gift of his faithful servant, Dan Ledford." In just a few minutes, Dan would be laid to his final resting place with military honors, there beside his late wife, Laverne, in Paint Lick's Manse Cemetery.
If asked to point to a single time or person that made me fall in love with our little village, I would immediately recall the first time I met Dan Ledford. It was early in the spring of 1983. The closest place to Berea that Loretta and I could find that was large enough for us to combine families and cohabitate was an old farm house on top of the hill in Paint Lick. I can't even remember why we thought it so all fired important that we be close to Berea, but it probably had to do with keeping oldest daughter, Carol, enrolled in the same school she was attending at the time. All of which is beside the point.


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"Freeeeeak!!" my friend Betsy playfully screeches, referring to what that nice young couple was thinking about me as they quickly exited stage left. So is this how it's gonna be from now on? I've suddenly transformed from Ms. Mainstream to a Freak?
Betsy and I had been taking a nice hike with our boys. I was sitting on the ground with my baby girl when the couple walked by with their baby, who looked to be the same age as mine. We all smiled.
"How old is your baby?" I ask.
"Nine months," the mom says.
"Really? She's nine months, too. What day was yours born?"
"January 13th," she says.
"Mine was born the 12th," I say.
The new mom beams and looks back and forth at the babies. "Ooooh," coos the baby's grandmother, asking if I had been at the big research hospital nearby.
"No," I say, and then the kicker. "I had her at home."
"Oh," they mumble, glancing around awkwardly, and hurry off.
I'm left there, holding the bag as usual, wishing I didn't own that particular conversation stopper. I really like meeting moms of babies my daughter's age, but it's too big a gamble for most people to take – getting into a conversation with a Freak.
What I want to say is, "Wait! Come back here! I'm not that much different from you! I want to do what's best for my child, just like you. I can explain, really, I can! Just give me a chance!"
What makes me leery of hospital births is the stats: One in three of us has a Cesarean, and of those who don't, one in three gets the consolation prize – an episiotomy. Not too appealing, if you ask me. So my husband and I researched the subject thoroughly and became convinced that in most cases, homebirth is safer than hospital birth, for both the mother and baby.
Don't get me wrong. I'm enormously thankful for modern medicine and a willing recipient of most of what it can do for me. But as far as I can tell, hospitals are places for sick people: for people whose bodies are riddled with disease, for people whose hearts have stopped working, for people who have slammed through their windshields. To my mind, they are not places for women about to bring new life into the world, and they are not the first place on earth that a new life should experience – with the bright lights, loud noises and confusion, not to mention all the germs. A hospital is one of the last places on earth I would want to be during my first hour of life.
Though it was. A hospital used by the military in New York city. My father was in the service, and at that particular moment, in the waiting room. My mother was all alone, laboring in a sterile hospital bed, listening to the other women in labor on the floor screaming and yelling and "using profanity." She ate a chocolate bar to give herself energy, but threw it up. She didn't know what to expect. Her doctor cut her vagina without asking her. I was born into the world.
I didn't want that to happen to my daughter, or to myself, now that I knew there was a better way. Although my son had been born in a hospital, my caregiver was an experienced midwife, my doula and my husband were there, and I had a really good natural birth. But the hospital's rules and regulations compromised the experience for me, and for my son. And for my second child, I wanted something better, something quiet and peaceful. I wanted my daughter to present herself to the world in whatever way she would, without anyone telling her how she should do so. I wanted her to come to us the way only she was meant to. And in Vermont, that meant that I wanted a homebirth.
"Holy s---!" my father yelled into the phone when I told him my plans. My in-laws posed politely cautious and nervous questions. My neighbors received the news wide-eyed. My mother questioned my medical decisions in detail during my labor. No one in my immediate circle of friends and family thought it was a good idea. Except me. And, thankfully, my husband.
It was a cold January in Vermont, as usual. My in-laws had made plane reservations to come for two and a half weeks around my due date, hoping to be in town for the birth. My father-in-law chuckled good-naturedly at my huge tummy wrapped beneath a navy blue cardigan, it was so big. Within an hour or two of their arrival, my water broke. My labor built slowly and methodically over the next two days. The second night I sat uncomfortably at dinner, a delicious dish of rigatoni with spinach and roasted red peppers made by my mother-in-law, but only because my son begged me to. I had to go upstairs as the pain pushed into my consciousness and shoved everything else out. We called and left a message for my midwife, Carol, then paged her.
"Baby coming," was all I could verbalize through the waves of pain when my husband came into the room. The baby was coming right then, and there was no getting around it. Luckily, Carol was visiting a friend of mine in a nearby town, and made it to my house as I was in transition. My pregnancy had brought flashbacks of the long and arduous pushing stage with my son up on the hospital bed, and a vague sense of trepidation filled me now.
"Katherine, don't be afraid," she said to me, upon entering the room and seeing the look on my face. A weight lifted from my shoulders. "Where do you want to have the baby?" she asked, her voice quiet and matter of fact, as if she were asking me if I wanted chocolate or vanilla. "In the bathroom?" "No, right here," I said, squatting next to my bed and holding the bedrail.
"The baby's head is right here, feel it," Carol said, touching me for the first time. I touched the baby's head and calmed. Within a few minutes, the baby emerged into my hands and then my husband's. We lifted her and gazed at her little body. She was beautiful and quiet and peaceful. The three of us, there on the ground on our knees, amazed over this new life. I looked back and forth into their faces, feeling the joy and energy of the moment swirling amongst us, as if we were the only people in the world. Birth as it has been experienced millions of times over, a woman squatting on the ground, with a few people she trusted huddling beside her, looking her fear in the face and not turning away, then welcoming a new life into the world, and rejoicing.
I held and breastfed her. "Katherine, come take a shower and wash off," Carol suggested. "Give the baby to Jeff to hold." I hesitated. She had just come out of my body, and it didn't feel right to give her to someone else, even to my husband whom I loved, and in the warmth and seclusion of my bedroom, just yet. She had shared my body for nine months, and it felt so strange to have her gone from it. But I needed to clean up, and the shower felt good. Then the three of us snuggled down in bed to rest.
My husband went downstairs to tell his parents the news. "It's a girl," he said to them. "How do you know?" his mother said, confused. They had not even known that she had been born. They joined us to admire the new baby, and then the three of us cuddled in bed and fell asleep. It could not have felt more like it was supposed to be.
My daughter took her time, slow and methodical and strong. And almost 10 months later, that is how she still presented herself to us: It took her time to warm up. She was slow and steady in her movements. And then she came on strong at the end. Her legs confident beneath her, she was already standing sturdily and taking steps. Quiet, she didn't cry much at all and never had. And peaceful.
Author's Note: Before I had children, my female friends and family members told me their stories of childbirth, and almost without exception, they were stories of trauma and powerlessness. I desperately wanted to have a different type of story to tell. With the birth of my daughter, I can now pass on this account. Of course, homebirth is still an extremely controversial subject. Please visit to weigh in on the topic or to share your birth story.
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- Labor of Love Birthing Center (at 990 Broadway, Suite C; also has locations in Lutz and Lakeland)


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Ann Nottingham and Nicholas Dunaway, both of Shelbyville, were married July 13, 2013, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Shelbyville. Pastor John Curtis and Father Don Wolford officiated the ceremony.
Ann is the daughter of Jeff and Eve Nottingham. She is a 2009 graduate of Shelbyville High School and a 2013 graduate of the University of Illinois at Springfield. She is employed as a case manager at Shelby County Community Services and as Freshman volleyball coach at Shelbyville Schools.
Nick is the son of Jim and Annette Dunaway. He is a 2004 graduate of Shelbyville High School and a 2008 graduate of Eastern Illinois University. He is employed as a lineman at Shelby Electric Cooperative.
Ann was attended by her sister, Amber Roley, as Matron of Honor. Staci Navis, friend of the bride, was Maid of Honor. Bridesmaids were Jessica Black, Emily Karraker, Kristin Runde, and Michelle Clark, all friends of the bride. Ella Roley, niece of the bride, was flower girl.
Attending the groom as Best Men were his brothers, Luke and Brock Dunaway. Jay Nottingham, brother of the bride, was a groomsman, along with Blake Durbin, Neil Compton, and Brian Chevalier, all friends of the groom. Kai Gahl, cousin of the groom, was ring bearer. Ushers were Ted Eberspacher and Shane and Drew Fox, cousins of the groom, Craig Roley, brother-in-law of the bride, and Brandon Hinks and Mitch Canada, friends of the groom. Kelli Thompson, cousin of the groom, attended the guest book. Cale Roley, nephew of the bride and Will Nohren, cousin of the groom, passed out programs. Scripture reader was Kristin Bennett, cousin of the groom. Vocalists were Paige Biehler and Kristin Hayden, friends of the bride. The reception was held at The Timbers in Strasburg. Cake servers were Jaime Bruder and Taylor Brachbill, friends of the bride.
The couple took a honeymoon trip to Hawaii. The reside in Shelbyville.


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Better Breather's Club - A Support Group for People with Chronic Lung DiseaseLiving with Chronic Lung Disease? We Can Help!In partnership with the American Lung Association, Beth Israel Deaconess - Plymouth's Better Breather's Club offers the opportunity to learn new ways to better cope with Chronic Lung Disease while getting the support of others who share in your struggles. Get the tools you need to live a better quality of life.
The Better Breathers Club Support Group will not be holding any meetings during the summer. See you in the fall.
Stroke ClubYou are not aloneFor the past several years, the Beth Israel Deaconess - Plymouth Stroke Club has provided education and support to victims of stroke, their families and friends. Recognizing that fear of the unknown can be very scary and overwhelming; the Stroke Club holds monthly support groups where participants share stories and offer guidance and understanding for each other.
A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain bursts or is blocked by a blood clot. Within minutes, the nerve cells in that area of the brain become damaged or die. As a result, the part of the body controlled by the damaged portion of the brain cannot function properly.
Stroke Affects Body, Mind & FeelingsDisabilities resulting from a stroke may be mild to severe. Some effects may be temporary, while others are permanent. A stroke can affect vision, speech, behavior, thought processes, and the ability to move parts of the body. Sometimes it can cause a coma or death. Some of the effects of stroke are:
Support Group for Stroke Survivors, Friends & FamilyMonthly support groups are held on the first Thursday of every month from Noon-1:30 p.m. at the Moose Lodge on Route 3A in Manomet/Plymouth. Stroke survivors, family and friends are welcome. The support group provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to discuss their concerns and gain insight from others who have had similar experiences. Guest speakers are featured periodically.
For more information, contact Edward Gallagher at 508-224-2050 or 508-889-6803. Infant Loss Support GroupFor those who have experienced the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant deathMeetings are from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each monthFacilitated by a clinical social worker
For further information, call: 508-830-2412
NAMI Connection Recovery Support GroupThis group meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Beth Israel Deaconess - Plymouth, in the Sgarzi Conference Room. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers the opportunity for those living with or facing the challenges of mental illness this free, peer-based support group that allows participants to share their experiences and learn from each other in a safe environment. For more information regarding these meetings, please email Laurel Morse, email@example.com.
Ostomy Support GroupThis group meets every other month on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Beth Israel Deaconess - Plymouth. Meetings are open to patients with ostomies and their family members. For further information regarding these meetings, please contact Donna Golden at 508-746-2000 ext. 8350.
Women and Couples Experiencing Fertility IssuesSupport groups for:
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By Beth Sharp Friday 10 January 2014 Updated: 12/01 23:47
CONTROVERSIAL proposals for 21 homes in Hopwood were thrown out on Bromsgrove planners on Monday (January 6).
The Cawdor Capital Hopwood Ltd and Morris Homes Ltd application related to land at the back of Smedley Crooke Place.
It would have provided seven three-bedroom homes, nine four-bedroom houses and five five-bedroom properties - seven of which would have been shared-ownership.
The committee voted unanimously to refuse permission on account the site was on the greenbelt.
Back in November, members requested more information and legal advice from the planning officers as, at first, there was some confusion on whether or not the site was classed as greenbelt or brownfield land.
The developers said when the scheme was finished it would not only have helped meet the overwhelming housing needs and
demands in the area, but it would also have improved the state of the land which, they said, had been used as a hardcore dumping site for rubbish and rubble - something the parish council had complained to the district council about for years.
Alvechurch Parish Council objected to the application on account it encroached upon the openness of the greenbelt.
And because Hopwood already had a new affordable housing development, it claimed there was not a need for another one in the area.
Tim Parsons, from the Hopwood Residents Association, said: "Quite rightly the planning committee turned down the application.
"Coun Roger Hollingworth, leader of the council, stated it was on brownfield which was disgraceful as was his assertion."
He added it was not in the best interests of the Hopwood residents - who Coun Hollingworth represented as ward councillor - and called for the Bromsgrove District Council leader to resign.
Coun Roger Hollingworth said: "Mr Parsons is entitled to his opinion, but I still disagree with the planning officers, the site is brownfield, and what could come now maybe far worse than the housing."
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Growquest San Antonio Texas
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Orders leave California on refrigerated trucks on;
Tuesday for will call pickup, FedEx Ground
Shipping and custom delivery Friday, Saturday and Sunday
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traveling through the heat or cold of the Western
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acclimated at night and ready for planting the next day.
At this time Growquest uses a refrigerated warehouse that is
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West Roxbury YMCA spring programs start March 3, offering healthy, fun and educational programs for toddlers, youth, teens, adults and older adults.
Registration is open now for members and non-members for swim lessons, dance and enrichment, sports and more. To register or download the program guide visit ymcaboston.org or sign up in person at the West Roxbury YMCA Welcome Center.
The West Roxbury YMCA has a wide variety of programs featuring state-of-the-art equipment to provide maximum cardio and strength training. There are progressive swim lessons teaching water safety skills to prepare kids for being around water during the summer.
Members can develop healthy living and wellness through nutritional programs with counselors. Ther are more than 50 group exercise classes including zumba and pilates.
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Corsicana Daily Sun
Clarence Bonner, 90, of Eureka went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 in Corsicana. He was born on the farm in Angus on Nov. 13, 1922 to the late Dee Lover Bonner and Hestellar Cox Bonner. He attended school in Angus until he was needed on the family farm at the beginning of World War II after his two older brothers joined the war effort.
Clarence also entered the Army during World War II in 1944 and served in the European Theater. He served in Germany, France, Holland and Czechoslovakia. After Germany surrendered in 1945, he continued to serve in Europe as part of the post-war occupational forces until 1946.
Clarence was honorably discharged from the Army in 1946, but continued to serve in the Army Reserves for a number of years after returning to farm in the Angus area.
Clarence married Ora Lee Bentley on July 7, 1948, and they made their home in Angus and then Eureka for the past 52 years. They enjoyed 64 years of marriage before she passed away in June of this year.
Clarence loved farming but was also very mechanically talented, and began a career as a sewing machine mechanic at the Hat Factory in Corsicana. After working there for several years he also worked at the Haggar Slacks Factory in Corsicana.
Clarence raised cattle and maintained a huge garden even while working as a mechanic. He enjoyed growing large and wonderful tasting tomatoes, and other vegetables which he enjoyed sharing with his church family and selling on the roadside next to his house. Clarence had regular customers from a wide area of Texas who just happened upon his little produce stand and son became hooked because of the quality of his fresh vegetables (and his family thinks because of his easy country charm).
Clarence made the all-important decision to give his life to Jesus at an early age. For the past 34 years he had been a member of First Baptist Church in Corsicana.
He is preceded in death by his wife Ora Lee, and son Larry Gene Bonner as well as his parents, one sister Ethelyn Stokes, brother and sister-in-law Lawrence Bonner and wife Martha, and brother Freddy Bonner. Also sisters-in-law Etha Hand and Norma Thomason, and brothers-in-law Hubert Bentley, James Thomason and Jack Bartholomew.
He is survived by daughter Bonnie McNeeley and husband Bobby of Eureka, grandson Terry McNeeley and wife Marie of McKinney, and granddaughter Regina Rogers and husband William of Mexia. Clarence is also survived by great-granddaughters Alex Garcia of Mexia and Chloe McNeeley of McKinney, sister Lorene McBride and husband Mac (W.E.), and sister-in-law Doris Bonner all of Corsicana, and brother-in-law Cliff Thomason of Palestine as well as several nieces and nephews.
Visitation was Monday evening, Sept. 9, 2013 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Griffin - Roughton Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 in the Chapel at Griffin - Roughton Funeral Home with Dr. Danny Reeves officiating. Military Honors will be performed at the funeral home as there will not be a graveside service. Interment will be at Hamilton - Beeman Cemetery.
Online guest book available www.griffin-roughton.com.
Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home, Corsicana.


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Date: January 22, 2007
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Colby College men's basketball player Nick Farrell (Aspen/Aspen, Colo.) was named the New England Small College Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday for the second time this season.
Farrell, a co-captain, averaged 25 points and shot 57 percent (12-for-21) from 3-point range in two NESCAC wins over Wesleyan University and Connecticut College.
Farrell had 17 of his 26 points after halftime on 9-for-15 shooting from the field (5-for-9 3-point range) and added five rebounds and five steals in the 75-55 win against Wesleyan. He closed out the week with 18 of his 24 points after halftime in a 60-57 win against Connecticut College and was 7-for-12 from 3-point range. Farrell also went a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line in the two games.
In the latest NESCAC statistics released Monday, Farrell ranks first in the league in scoring (19.0), third in steals per game (2.22) and sixth in assists per game (4.44). He is first on the Mules in scoring, assists (80 total), steals (40) and made 3-point field goals (69).
Farrell is averaging 25.6 points and six made 3-point field goals a game over the past five contests.
Colby (10-8) plays host to unbeaten Amherst College this Friday at 7 p.m. Amherst is 17-0 and is ranked second in the D3hoops.com national poll.
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Solve the Fiscal Cliff With a Spending Cap
Washington needs to institute an inescapable spending cap so politicians can no longer find short-term answers to long-term problems.
James R. Harrigan is a fellow of the Institute of Political Economy at Utah State University. Antony Davies is associate professor of economics at Duquesne University and an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center.
The election is over and Hurricane Sandy has passed, just in time for us to careen over the edge of the so-called "fiscal cliff." More important than the fact that we stand at the edge of the cliff is how we got here in the first place. Rather than addressing our fiscal problems, Washington's strategy has long been to kick them far enough down the road so as not to interfere with upcoming elections. The scary part is that every time we do this, the cliff gets steeper.
From August 2011 to January 2012 Congress increased the nation's debt ceiling three times, adding $2 trillion and bringing the ceiling to $16.4 trillion. That money will be gone by Christmas. With the election in the rearview mirror, Congress is posturing to increase the debt ceiling yet again, this time by $2.4 trillion to nearly $18.8 trillion. If they are successful, it will have been raised a total of $8 trillion over the past four years.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the fiscal cliff.]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has made his willingness to face down congressional Republicans clear. But he would do well to recall what he said when the shoe was on the other foot. In 2006 he demanded that Republicans "explain how more debt is good for our economy," and explain why "they think it's fair to force our children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren, to finance this debt through higher taxes," and "foreign creditors." Those were good questions in 2006, and they are good questions now.
From 2007 to 2011 federal spending increased from 20 percent to 25 percent of GDP. This was largely a result of "stimulus spending" designed to stave off a depression. The increased spending increased the deficit, making it difficult—so Congress claims—to extend the Bush tax cuts. Now, in order to pay for all of this spending, which is already leveraged on the backs of Americans yet unborn, we face the specter of increased taxes too.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the budget and deficit.]
The Urban-Brookings Center for Tax Policy estimates that the average middle-income household will pay around $2,000 a year in higher taxes if the Bush tax cuts expire. The Obama administration instituted a payroll tax cut in 2011 that is also scheduled to expire in January. Toss that in and the average middle-class American household will end up owing the government more than $3,000 a year in additional taxes if the tax cuts are allowed to expire.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that allowing the tax cuts to expire will increase tax revenues by $600 billion. Oddly, returning government spending to 2007 levels would also save $600 billion. Why isn't this option on the table? Because, while taxpayers are expected to tighten their belts in hard times, government only grows. [See a collection of political cartoons on Congress.]
As long as Congress has the ability to declare that it can borrow more money, we don't have a "debt limit." We have a "debt suggestion," which Congress can extend at any time. Without a real debt limit, government only grows, and taxpayers—and their children and grandchildren—are left to pay the bill. What we need is to force government to make the same hard choices that taxpayers make. The government does not need a debt ceiling that it can extend at any time, it needs a constitutionally imposed spending cap. Historically, tax revenue has been about 20 percent of GDP. Therefore we should allow the government to spend an amount of money equal to 20 percent of GDP. What it spends the money on and how it goes about raising it is a matter for politics. The limit must be a matter of simple mathematics. Without an inescapable spending cap, politicians' choices will invariably come back to increasing taxes or increasing debt because they are driven to find short-term answers to long-term problems. Staying on this path will eventually crash the economy. It is not a question of if, but of when. A simple spending cap tied to the GDP is the only thing that would bring the long and short term into consonance. It would save the politicians from themselves, and the rest of us from them.


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Corsicana —
April 19
When Are We Going Home Ministry and Break N Free Camp presents the Riding High Horsemanship Program to be held at 4719 NE CR 1040 in Rice. Call for directions and to RSVP to (903) 422-6120 (to get an accurate count). This event is free and open to all medically challenged, special needs and disabled children and foster children and their immediate siblings up to the age of 21. Lunch will be provided, just bring lawn chairs, yourself and your family. A handicapped ramp is available, as well as side/front walkers, and a playground. The event will include riding, saddling, safety, feeding and care of horses, and a short devotion.
April 25
The Second Annual Oil Baron's Ball will be from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at The Corsicana Opry & Event Center at 205 East Fifth Avenue in downtown Corsicana. This unique event will feature fine food, live music by the Phares Corder Orchestra, and dancing. Valet parking will be available to the guests. Attire is "boots & suits" for gentlemen and cocktail attire for ladies. Tickets are $150 per person or tables of 6 for $1,000 (limited seating). All funds raised will be divided between Derrick Days and VOICE. For more information contact Gina Dieterichs at VOICE at 903-872-0180 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
April 25-26
The Navarro County Derrick Days Pro Rodeo is scheduled for April 25-26 at the Navarro County Exposition Center. Gates will open at 6 p.m., mutton bustin' starts at 7 and the rodeo starts at 8. Adult tickets (13-up) are $10, children (6-12) are $5 and 6-under are free. Presale adult tickets are $7, call VLK Productions at 903-654-1653 or 817-239-4053 for more information. The mutton bustin' entry fee is $10 and includes a T-shirt. Call 817-239-4053 to enter.
April 26
Corsicana Parks and Recreation Department presents Biker Bash III/Poker Run with kickstands up at 10 a.m. This 100-miles tri-county ride will begin at the Corsicana Government Center, and end at OT's Sports Bar and Grill. Registration is 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the gate the day of, or you may pre-register by calling (903) 654-4874. Your registration fee ($20 pre, $25 at the gate) will include the poker hand, T-shirt, lunch, and entry for the bike show and contests. There will be a tattoo contest, bike show, 50/50 drawing and more.


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Would You Compete On A Show Called Jewish Mum of the Year?
I have complicated feelings about reality TV. On the one hand, I love me some 19 Kids and Counting, not to mention Top Chef.
On the other hand, I am fully aware that the shows are miles from reality, and that watching these shows is enabling deeply messed up people to get even more messed up as viewers judge them based on creative editing and producing designed to make everyone look like a horrible person. People seem to go on TV thinking it will change their lives for the better, and while that is sometimes the outcome, it seems far more common that things get worse, with the added scrutiny of millions of eyeballs. Read the rest of this entry →