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In December, a task force appointed by Gov. Cecil Underwood urged the governor and Legislature to debate whether mountaintop removal mining is good or bad for West Virginia.
But if the governor's State of the State address and bills being promoted by legislative leaders are any indication, neither Underwood nor the Legislature plan any such debate.
In his speech last week, Underwood criticized federal air pollution regulations and an international climate change treaty the governor says will cripple the state's coal industry. He didn't mention mountaintop removal.
Legislative leaders have said they will probably repeal a bill passed last year to allow coal companies to fill in bigger streams with mine waste without compensating the state for the loss.
Last week, a legislative interim committee also recommended to the full Legislature a series of bills being promoted as an effort to reduce mine blasting damage to coalfield residents.
"The only problem is that it will sound like they did something," said Cindy Rank, mining chairwoman of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy.
The fundamental question
"The legislators are not willing to deal with that more fundamental question: whether or not mountaintop removal mining is beneficial to the state of West Virginia in the long run."
Mountaintop removal mining blasts off hilltops to uncover valuable, low-sulfur coal seams. Leftover rock and earth are dumped into valleys, burying streams.
No one knows exactly how much acreage has been affected. But most of the state's major surface mining complexes are mountaintop removal operations, some covering 10,000 acres or more.
Last year, coalfield residents and environmental groups joined together to raise the profile of complaints about mountaintop removal. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency temporarily stopped the state from issuing new mountaintop removal permits. A partial settlement of a federal court lawsuit promises to make it harder for coal companies to get new permits.
In response to criticism that he wasn't addressing the issue, Underwood appointed a task force to investigate mountaintop removal and recommend regulatory reforms if they were needed.
Reporting to the governor
Task force members concluded, "The law provides no guidance on the greatest source of the public's angst: How much modification of the natural landscape will West Virginia sustain for the very substantial economic benefits of MTR mining?
"Public opinion clearly demonstrates that the natural landscape has compelling aesthetic, natural heritage and even cultural values to our state," the task force said in a report to the governor. "These questions engage fundamental political, social and economic values which are properly and exclusively the province of the Legislative Branch."
Last week, a joint House-Senate interim committee proposed eight bills that deal mostly with citizen complaints that mountaintop removal blasting damages their homes and water supplies.
During a speech on Thursday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Bill Wooten, D-Raleigh, predicted the proposals will pass.
"The recommendations are a good starting point for where I think we'll end up," Wooten said.
John Ailes, chief of the DEP Office of Mining and Reclamation, said he hasn't completely reviewed the legislation yet, but thinks the bills may be a good start.
"The devil is in the details," Ailes said. "But there is some good stuff in here. These are some steps in the direction of dealing with things people are concerned about."
Moving the buffer zone
Another bill would move back from 300 feet to 1,000 feet the buffer zone between active mining sites and occupied dwellings.
"That's a biggie," said Ed Griffith, an assistant DEP mining chief. "It's going to have a big impact."
In at least two instances, the DEP has included a 1,000-foot limit in permits or through enforcement actions. Citizens who live near active mines support this change, which is more stringent than the 1977 federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
Chris Hamilton, vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association, said the industry will oppose the measure.
"That's just going to sterilize a lot of coal in Southern West Virginia," Hamilton said. "If you apply those numbers to mine sites active in the Southern coalfields, a lot of those are going to be off limits."


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I want to thank the Portland Press Herald for running the story "Feds urged to open five zones now closed to groundfishing" (Dec. 16). The groundfish industry is indeed facing unprecedented adversity, but I want to clarify that not all fishermen believe closed areas are a failed experiment.
A fresh catch of groundfish awaits auction at the Portland Fish Pier in 2011. The Gulf of Maine and small-boat fishermen need the protections offered by closing some areas to fishing, a reader says.
2011 File Photo / Gordon Chibroski
The New England groundfish fishery has been declared a disaster due to the unanticipated decline of fish stocks despite fishermen adhering to management regulations. Though the opinions regarding the impact of closed areas protecting fish vary highly, assuming that closed areas don't work because fish stocks have not rebounded oversimplifies a complicated system.
Any fisherman can tell you that things are changing on the water. Species from southern regions and predator species are present in higher abundance, forage species are being depleted, ocean water is warming and impacts of chemicals and hormones in the water are widely unknown.
These changes represent additional risks to fish stocks, yet, in the face of economic disaster, there is a push to open up the only places that may be protecting a declining resource.
Fishermen who actually fish around closed areas have seen a benefit of increased catch rates along the edges and older fish (which are crucial to rebuilding the resource) in higher abundance. Opening up the closed areas may provide a short-term benefit for some fishermen, but what will be the long-term impacts?
Despite some loud voices clamoring for access, many of Maine's fishermen would prefer to see these areas stay closed, even with decreasing allocations. While this may not hold true for Georges Bank, the Gulf of Maine needs these protections, and the small-boat fishermen who live and work in Maine are asking the New England Fishery Management Council to leave them in place.
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It's the time to learn about others' holiday traditions
I noticed the menorah and Christmas tree in downtown Portland the other day and came to realize just how much I had heard the debate on how people should be able to publicly celebrate the holidays.
Whether it be a person being accosted for saying "Happy Holidays," the Bureau of Motor Vehicles having to take down a Christmas tree because of a complaint or entire towns just throwing up their arms and not celebrating anymore at all, it seems that all of it is negative and nobody is seeing the positive.
I heard Rush Limbaugh speaking on the subject the other day blatantly belittling Kwanzaa because he didn't feel as though it merited being on the same level as Christmas. Conversely, many liberal thinkers are too scared to offend, so they never utter any specifics about the "holidays."
It seems as though there might be ways to celebrate the various holidays that occur at this time of year without offending anybody; maybe everyone should relax.
If we spent as much energy on learning about each other as we do bickering about such non-threatening things, we might get on the same page.
When I hang up the phone with my Jewish friends at this time of year, I say "Happy Hanukkah," and they will generally reply, "Merry Christmas" to me. I've also said "Merry Christmas" to people and been replied to "Happy Hanukkah." I never took that response as aggressive; rather, it taught me a little bit about that person.
Maybe, when the customer at the BMV complains about the tree, they should be provided the opportunity to add decor as well. And maybe we can realize that there is enough bitterness and segregation in our communities that it need not be forced into our few moments of joy and peace.
G.J. Fitzgerald
Bar Harbor
Maybe Santa can persuade LePage to restore murals
Dear Santa,
Please help our illustrious governor to see the folly of his having the labor murals hidden away from the public. Please help him remember that the murals depicted people working, creating better working conditions so that people could work in businesses without undue suffering or work loss.
These people actually supported the right to work -- the right to work safely and fairly, with, of all things, businesses, so that breadwinners could actually go to work and not die an early death from poor working conditions, which could place the welfare of surviving families somewhere between the street and the state.
The murals are about the history of labor. It isn't any different history if they are shown in the Department of Labor or a history museum, except that they are particularly about labor.
What is business without labor? What is labor without safe, prospering business? What is business without a good name? By taking the murals down, Gov. LePage inadvertently made everyone aware of them and their important themes.
So I would like to see them restored to where they were, where they never bothered anyone or any business before and where they would cease being a national embarrassment to our state (and might even become a tourist attraction or destination).
It may be LePage's right to have them removed just as it was Scrooge's right to say, "Bah, humbug." But only when Scrooge realized his mistake did it truly make Christmas real.
So please, Santa, forgive our governor his little insane prank and have him give the people's murals back to the Department of Labor and Maine.
Paula Callahan
Argument for higher taxes amounts to endorsing theft
Mort Mather of Wells argues that those with higher incomes should be subject to higher rates of income tax ("Any reason not to hike taxes on the rich?" Dec. 18).
Such an increase, he argues, would not be unfair since even with it they could surely get by.
I personally find the argument a little offensive. If some neighbor of mine had more money than he needed, and I had less than I needed, would I be justified in stealing it from him? Would I be justified in lobbying my representatives to pass laws that would transfer some of that money to me? Would such lobbying not be a form of theft (albeit a little more indirect)?
I have to wonder why we are discussing lowering ourselves to the level of Willy Sutton, who when asked why he robbed banks replied: "Because that's where the money is."
William Vaughan Jr.
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The Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products drew together nearly 500 patient advocates, investors, researchers and policymakers.
PhRMA President and CEO John Castellani with Anne-Marie Finley of Celgene and Dennis Jackman of CSL Behring |
Probing issues drew thoughtful attention |
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs Preston W. Campbell III, MD |
Miriam O'Day of the Alpha-1 Foundation, poses a question |
Patient advocates spoke in a special media session: (from left): Mary Dunkle, NORD; Christy Greeley, Cystinosis Research Network; Ron Bartek, Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance; Jeff Wuchick, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Foundation; Mirta Avila Santos and Sandy McElgunn, American Behcet's Disease Association; and Megan O'Boyle, Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation |
Chris Jennings, Washington health policy analyst and President Clinton's chief health policy adviser, spoke on sequestration and the need for the rare disease community to clearly and proactively state its case. |
Mary Cobb of NORD with Jeff Wuchich, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Foundation; and Allie Freitas, Tai Spargo and Diane Dorman of NORD. |
A panel focusing on the current investment climate: Ritu Baral, Principal, Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Canaccord Genuity at podium and (from left) Fritz Bittenbender, VP of Alliance Development and State Goverment Relations, BIO; David Scheer, Board Chair, Aegerion and President, Scheer & Company Inc.; and moderator Thomas Burton of the Wall Street Journal. |
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Panelists on "Impact of FDASIA on Orphan Product Development" |
This was the first year the conference included a poster session. |
Duke University researcher Priya Kishnani, MD, and others |
Charles Mohan Jr. of the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, with Cole Werble, Founding Member, Prevision Policy, and David Meeker, MD, President and CEO, Genzyme |
Panel on new relationship between patient community and industry: David Caponera of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals at the podium with (from left): Mary Cobb of NORD; Ronald Bartek, Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance; John Walsh, Alpha-1 Foundation; and Geraldine Carroll of Allergan. |
NORD's display and literature |
Julie Raskin of Congenital Hyperinsulinism International |
Paul Perreault, CSL Behring President, spoke on internationalization of the rare disease community. |
Jose Morales at the podium, Partner, Accenture Inc. and board member, Cystinosis Research Network, with (from left) Steve Usdin, Washington editor, BioCentury and Co-host BioCentury This Week; Paul Perreault, President, CSL Behring; and Gail Javitt, JD, counsel, Sidley-Austin LLP. |
The format encouraged audience interaction with speakers |
Flaminia Macchia, Director of European Public Affairs for EURORDIS |
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Asencion Morales Olvera passed peacefully with her sister and niece by her side. She was released from her earthly bonds, and escorted by the angels of our Heavenly Father on June 18, 2013 at the golden age of 95. Born March 25, 1918 in Kyle, she was a beloved sister, aunt and friend.
Asencion is preceded in death by her parents Santiago and Francisca Olvera; brothers Andres, Jesus, Santiago Jr., Natividad Sr., Elias Sr. and Jose Olvera; sisters Juanita Vela, Carlota Garza, Maria Arredondo, Angelita Olvera, Lupe Olvera and Josefina Gonzales. Asencion loved her Lord. She was a parishioner of Saint Anthony Marie de Claret Catholic Church in Kyle and a devout member of the Guadalupana Society for many years. Those close to her will remember that she committed her life to daily prayer and meditation to Jesus Christ, our Savior. Asencion was one of 14 brothers and sisters in our community, with only the youngest baby sister remaining. We thank you Oh Lord for giving her to us for as long as we had her...... "we love you!"
Surviving family are sister Magdalena O. Reyes and husband Bernardino Sr. of San Marcos and sister-in-law Victoria Olvera of Kyle, with numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. today at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Kyle. Rosary will be recited this evening at 7 p.m. at the church. A second visitation will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Rev. Father Matthew Kiney will officiate, and interment will follow in San Juan Cemetery, Reedville.
Serving as pallbearers are Nativida Jr., Elias Jr. and Paul Olvera, Evaristo Reyes, Joe Sepulveda Jr. and Matthew Garza.
Arrangements entrusted to the Villasenor family - Los Angeles Funeral Home, 300 Cheatham Street, (512) 392-3676.
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- 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, pumpkin and oil until smooth. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.
- Bake at 400° for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Yield: about 2 dozen muffins.
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I subbed about 1/3 c. coconut oil + 1/2 c. applesauce for some of the oil, and skimped on the sugar, just to make these a teensy bit healthier.
This recipe, for me, made 24 standard muffins, + 20 mini-muffins. I don't see them sticking around though.
They're delicious! The whole family loves them. I'm replacing my previous pumpkin-chip muffin recipe with this one. Thanks Cindy!
These muffins were very easy to make. I used mini muffin tins for a bite size bite. Very good!
This recipe earned its blue ribbon and 5 stars. At Thanksgiving my two grand-daughters weren't leaving for home without a copy of this recipe. It was a big hit.
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Bitter PeasAny Pea-Pickers out there got an idea of what would cause my heirloom purple blossom peas to turn bitter...The plants look half way healthy bar the rain and the hot-weather....The hybrid Sugar Ann snap peas don't seem to be bothered as much, but their not as sweet as normal....I suspect hot weather, to much rain but maybe something else....
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FYI: Why Does Salt Water Make Hurricane Damage So Much Worse?
The white stuff can stick around and ruin, well, pretty much everything. That puts the officials trying to fix it on a ticking clock.
Sandy crippled the NYC subway system this week, knocking out power, damaging switches, and dumping gallons of storm water into the city's aging tunnel infrastructure. Officials estimated that it would take several days for the subway to return to normal (some lines have already resumed service), and a 2011 study on similar disasters suggested it could take even longer, up to several months. A big part of the problem? Salt.
Unlike a rainstorm, a hurricane--or superstorm, which Sandy was demoted to--scoops up salt from oceans and estuaries the way a kid scoops up sand at a beach. The "brackish" water (salty but not extremely salty) and the saltwater (about 35 parts per million salt) get mixed up with freshwater and carried inland by the storm surge. When that water is pushed to shore, it can be more damaging than the salt-free version, especially if comes into contact with electronic equipment (as was the case with Sandy).
Why? Because salt can react badly with, well, just about everything, says Steven Apfelbaum, founder of the environmental consulting firm Applied Ecological Services, Inc. and author of Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land. Salt has chemical properties that make it react with, and alter the composition of, iron, steel, zinc, concrete, wire insulation, and more--nearly all the building blocks of the manmade environment. It not only corrodes wires that can transmit electricity, it also conducts a charge itself, which means that it can both wear away our safety insulations, causing outages, and increase the chance of an accidental shock. When coated with salt, metal can transfer a jolt, too.
In the short term, that means big safety problems. We've already seen power outages and extensive clean-up efforts--which were triggered, at least in part, by salt.
In the long term--maybe not even that long term; "weeks or months or years," Apfelbaum says--it can mean serious, corrosive damage to infrastructure. "It basically breaks, starts decomposing, the molecular bonds," Apfelbaum says. "Therefore streets and buildings and sidewalks and roads can be weakened." Salt can be better than a jackhammer for taking out concrete: the chemical bonding in the usually tough concrete can be disrupted over time by sodium ions. That's trouble for the enclosed subway, but also all over the city. Apfelbaum recalls an ecological study he did where a storm surge blasted saltwater from the coast to a quarter mile away.
It also makes cleanup more complicated. Usually, Apfelbaum says, fixing a flood might be as (relatively) simple as pumping out the water and detritus. But salt is a different beast. First you have to use freshwater to wash out the salt, before you can properly pump and inspect the water. And it's all done on a ticking clock. "The risk there is the time," he says. "If it takes weeks and weeks to get this done, the corrosiveness increases with time." More conventional flooding--i.e. sans salt--can be handled internally, with built-in de-flooding provisions that keep every drizzle in the subway from turning into an all-out flood. But Nasri Munfah, chairman of tunnel services at infrastructure construction, design, and consulting firm HNTB Corp., says the storm was "way beyond anything that can be predicted."
What's more, any existing problem--like, say, an unfilled pothole--gets exacerbated by salt in the wound. The 108-year-old subway system, despite regular upkeep, has had plenty of time for issues like that to creep in.
And there's no way to really be prepared for a saltwater surge, Munfah says; there's no equipment that stops or slows it down especially well, and nothing keeps it out that wouldn't have kept out rain water: "It does not exist."
Without some sort of material--something that would "make salt go poof," as Munfah puts it--the only way to prevent salt damage would be to overhaul the subway infrastructure so it could stay airtight. There are some ideas out there on what such an overhaul would look like, but it would cost a pretty penny; as much as several billion dollars could be spent to prevent flooding, while some smaller fixes, like raising ventilation grates, could be a lot cheaper. The cleanup from Sandy has already been costly, with some early predictions putting the economic losses at up to $10 billion a day. Though it's impossible to say how much of that is a direct result of salt, rest assured that one of the biggest, baddest storms the East Coast has ever seen was made worse by some tiny flecks of white we dash over dinner.
So this is why buyer beware for flooded cars--the water that gets inside wiring harnesses can eat away at the wires and insulation and after a couple of weeks or a month totally fry your electronics system forcing a complete replacement of the cars wiring harness--usually costing $5000 or more.
Nasty car dealers will scoop up these flooded cars which may still work--and ship to dry areas--but the salty water is still inside the wires and within months the new owner has a huge money pit.
Up to 2009, I was in the auto business for 25 years. More people than you can imagine unknowingly buy resurrected flood cars.
My favorite are the Honda birds. They seem particularly vulnerable to a shiny Civic or Accord. Forget that it was in 4ft of muddy Mississippi river water a year ago.
Don't buy from those used car "dealers", especially near auto auctions. Most are putting lipstick on a pig. Don't trust Carfax either.
With rare exceptions, my cars come from private owners in certain neighborhoods.
Trooper Bri - I did not believe your post about Carfax until I searched. Wow! Great post. Thanks for sharing your story. I remember years ago my sister taking her CRX to the Jersey Shore. A storm surge hit and the streets were flooded by about a foot of ocean water. Just enough to reach the computer under the passenger seat. When the car wouldn't start - the truck took it to the Honda dealership. The next day Dad and my sister met the adjuster at the dealership. The adjuster took a flashlight - looked at the underside of the car, laughed and said "Okay it's totaled". The car had 10K miles on it and was under a year old. When Dad asked why - the adjuster laughed again - salt water. All the photos of Jersey and York show these cars with water up a few inches to higher. Craziness. Sticking to a bike for now.
Rule of thumb for considering a car a total loss in floods:
- Salt/brackish water intrusion leve over the rocker panels.
- Fresh water intrusion level halfway up the dash panel.
When the water line is below these levels, the longer the car sits without being cleaned out & dried the possiblity of damage form condensation and mold increases.


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I had a well installed back in 1995 along with an irrigation system. As of now I have no water pressure at all and what little water that trickles from the hose and sprinkler heads are rusted.. The name of the pump is Goulds Jet Pump Model C48L2DB11A4. Could the well have gone dry? All my neigbors have a well and irrigation systems and there wells are gushing water out of there sprinkler heads, I have nothing! Is there something I could do myself instead of calling someone out that I can't afford now?? I just put fertilizer down and we haven't had much rain.. I NEED WATER NOW!
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks a bunch.
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Is it a deep well jet or a shallow well jet? A shallow well jet has one pipe to the well; a deep well jet has two pipes to the well.
That number you gave could be a motor number. I could not match it to a pump. Is there a number on the pump body?
What kind of well is it? Drilled, dug, driven? What size casing? How deep?
Do you have a pressure tank or are you pumping directly to the irrigations system?
Can you check the depth to water in the well?
Do you have a pressure gauge on the pump? If not, you should get one. No pressure gauge is like flying blind.
The jet could be plugged. If it is a shallow well jet you may be able to clean it by removing the inlet pipe and looking inside to clean it out with a wire probe. If the inlet is not on the centerline, then there may be a plug on the centerline to provide access. If it is a conertible jet, then the jet is on the outside, bolted on.
If there is a failure in the suction pipe it could lose prime. Try priming the pump.
You could test a shallow well pump by removing the suction pipe and putting a pipe or large hose in a tub of water to see if the pump will pump water. Put the discharge back into the tub so you can get a few minutes of pumping. Then see if it will pump through the irrigation system.


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II. Description of Community Shaker Heights Public Library's legal service area is the Shaker Heights City School District, which includes all of Shaker Heights and a portion of Cleveland in the Shaker Square area. This cosmopolitan, residential community is home to diverse cultural, economic, and religious groups.
III. Intellectual Freedom Shaker Heights Public Library supports and is supported by the American Library Association`s Library Bill of Rights, the Freedom to Read Statement, Freedom to View Statement, Free Access to Libraries for Minors, and The Universal Right to Free Expression, which affirm that free and convenient access to ideas, information, and the creative experience is of vital importance to every citizen. These documents are guiding principles for this collection development policy.
Material is selected on the basis of the work as a whole and is not excluded because of isolated passages. The race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or political views of an author, frank or coarse language, the controversial content of an item, or the endorsement or disapproval of an individual or group in the community will not cause an item to be automatically included or excluded.
Access to library material shall not be restricted based on a library user's age, race, gender, income, sexual orientation, education, religion, national origin, or disability. Library material will not be marked or identified to show approval or disapproval of its contents.
Responsibility for choosing what an individual will read rests with the individual. Responsibility for the use of library material by children and young adults rests with their parents or legal guardians. At no time will library staff act in place of the parent or guardian. Selection of library material will not be inhibited by the possibility that it may come into the possession of children.
IV. Copyright Law Shaker Heights Public Library abides by copyright law. Customers using library material are responsible for the legal use of that material.
V. Scope of the Collection The Library provides, within its financial limitations, a general collection of material on a wide range of topics of interest to the general public. Material is purchased in a range of formats to meet the various accessibility needs of the community. The library`s collection is intended to meet the cultural, informational and recreational needs of all ages and to reflect the diversity of the population it serves. Multiple copies of high-demand titles may be purchased in order to satisfy customer needs. Material beyond the scope of the library`s collection may be available through the CLEVNET Consortium and interlibrary loan.
VI. Selection Criteria Professional librarians of the Shaker Heights Public Library are responsible for the selection of material. Suggestions from customers and staff are encouraged and given serious consideration in the selection process. The final responsibility for selection rests with the Director, who administers under the authority of the Library Board of Trustees.
The Shaker Heights Public Library selects material that is of optimum use to the citizens of our library district. Because of budget limitations and space constraints, the library must be highly selective. The library endeavors to enlarge the scope of the collection to reflect expanding fields of knowledge and to emphasize those areas of greatest community interest.
The library recognizes the importance of making available a variety of topics and viewpoints, realizing that a resource which might offend one person may be considered meaningful by another. The addition of material to the library does not constitute or imply agreement with or approval of its content, but assures that a variety of differing points of view are represented. Selection of library material will not be influenced by the liability of material to theft or mutilation.
The Shaker Heights Public Library bases its selection on criteria developed by its professional staff and on criteria generally recognized in the public library field. A resource which does not meet the standards for its type may still be selected if it presents a point of view not otherwise represented in the collection or if community demand justifies purchase or access.
Criteria include one or more of the following:
The Adult and Youth Services Librarians read reviews in professional journals and consult publishers` catalogs as well as other review sources to aid in selection of material. An attempt is made to include material by Shaker Heights authors that meet the criteria stated above.
VII. Gift Material The library welcomes gift material under the following guidelines. Gifts are accepted with the understanding that they become the property of the Shaker Heights Public Library and can be retained or disposed of at the discretion of the library. Items added to the collection are judged according to the same criteria as new material. Unfortunately the Library cannot accept gifts of magazine subscriptions. The library can provide a receipt for tax purposes stating the number and type of items donated but cannot assign a monetary value to them.
Gifts of large collections will receive careful study. The implications of cost, maintenance and growth must be considered before acceptance.
VIII. Memorials, Bequests, and Trusts The library welcomes gifts, trusts, or bequests for the purchase of every type of library material. An appropriate bookplate will identify the donor and organization or person for whom the donation was made.
IX. Reevaluation of Library Material The Library will re-evaluate the selection or placement of a specific item in its collection upon submission of a properly completed Request for Reevaluation of Library Material form. These forms are available at the Information Desks at the Main Library and the Bertram Woods Branch. Forms will be accepted from adult cardholders who are residents of the Library's legal service area and who have read, viewed, or listened to the material in its entirety.
Forms must be completed in their entirety, including the date, and the cardholder's name, address, phone number, library card number, signature, and rationale for reevaluation and requested action.
The appropriate Manager, in consultation with the Deputy Director and the Director, will make the initial decision regarding the item's disposition. The Manager's decision may be appealed to the Director. In such cases the Director, in consultation with professional librarians, will make a decision regarding the item's disposition. The Director's decision may be appealed to the Library Board of Trustees, whose decision is final and binding. Material will remain in circulation during the reconsideration process.
Future requests for reevaluating the same item will be addressed only if the grounds for reconsideration are substantially different from previous requests.
Procedure:  1. Completed forms should be delivered, as appropriate, to the Bertram Woods Branch Manager, Adult Services Manager, or Youth Services Manager, with copies to the Deputy Director and the Director.
 2. Within two weeks, the Manager, in consultation with the Deputy Director and Director, will make an initial assessment of the request and contact the cardholder in writing.
 3. If the cardholder is not satisfied with the Manager's decision, he or she may appeal in writing to the Director within two weeks. In such cases, the Director will convene a committee of appropriate professional librarians to review the request.
The committee will:
 4. Informed by the committee's recommendation, the Director will make a decision on the disposition of the item in question, and will inform the cardholder in writing within thirty days.
 5. If the cardholder is not satisfied with the Director's decision, he or she may appeal in writing to the Library Board of Trustees within two weeks.
By the date of the second regularly scheduled meeting following its receipt of the appeal, the Board of Trustees will:
6. Within five business days the Board will notify the cardholder and the Director in writing of its decision regarding the item's disposition.
X. Collection Maintenance The Library maintains an attractive, up-to-date collection through continual evaluation of material. The process and decision to remove an item follows the same criteria as when the item was first selected for inclusion in the collection. In addition, criteria such as obsolete information, insufficient use, excessive wear and tear, space availability and changing customer interests are considered. Duplicate copies and items superseded by newer editions are reviewed for possible removal.
Discarded material becomes surplus property and may be given to and then sold by the Friends of the Shaker Library for fund-raising purposes to benefit the library.
XI. Adult Services Collections
Audiovisual Shaker Heights Public Library purchases adult audiovisual material in various formats. Movies, music, audiobooks, and games are selected to serve the diverse needs and interests of our community. The Library will select those formats that are widely used by the community.
Automotive Repair A circulating collection of automotive repair manuals is maintained at the Main Library.
Black Studies The Black Studies collection at the Main Library meets the educational needs of general readers and secondary school students. This collection includes material that deals with the heritage of African Americans beginning with the slave trade and continuing through the present. Emphasis is placed on the history, literature, and fine and performing arts of African Americans, as well as biographies of historical figures and those who have significantly influenced these areas of African-American history. Biographies of currently popular celebrities are not housed in Black Studies. This is a circulating collection.
Book Discussion This collection housed at Main Library is available for use by book discussion groups. Multiple copies of a book discussion title may be reserved and borrowed on extended loan as a set at the Main Library. The collection includes current fiction as well as classics, nonfiction and biographies. Literary merit and the book`s ability to generate discussion are the criteria considered when adding titles to this collection.
Careers The Careers collection at Main Library meets the needs of secondary school students and adults seeking post-secondary education, career, and employment information. Subjects covered are educational planning, financial aid, job search skills, and employment opportunities. This collection includes both circulating and reference books.
eMedia Books, magazines, music and video in a variety of formats are available for download to most popular platforms including ereaders, mp3 players, tablets and smartphones.
Fiction The Main Library and the Bertram Woods Branch each maintain a basic fiction collection in both hardcover and paperback formats of works by U.S. and world authors, and English-language translations of world literature. The collections include notable and popular novels in a variety of genres and styles of writing. Selected works by local authors, award-winning books, media book clubs, and multiple copies of books in demand in regular and large print are also available.
Customer requests for popular titles influence the addition of more copies.
A reference collection of reader`s advisory material is also available.
Foreign Language Material Cleveland Public Library provides the Shaker Heights Public Library with a small rotating collection of foreign language material at both the Main Library and the Bertram Woods Branch. The languages and quantity of material is determined by Shaker Heights Public Library`s community demands.
Large Print A collection of popular fiction and nonfiction books available in large print is located at both the Main Library and Woods Branch.
Local History An in-depth local history collection is maintained at the Main Library. See Appendix A for a detailed collection development policy for the Local History Collection. The Local History Librarian is responsible for maintaining and developing the Local History Collection.
New Reader The Adult New Reader collection at Main Library supports literacy programs by providing material for adults who are learning to read or who are learning English.Fiction and nonfiction, print and nonprint material is chosen to satisfy recreational and informational needs of adults with a reading level below seventh grade.
Newspapers and Periodicals A representative collection of regional and national newspapers and periodicals that meet the recreational and informational needs of our customers is available at both Main Library and the Bertram Woods Branch. Space and budget considerations preclude the addition of academic or professional journals to the collection. Both collections are evaluated annually. Some newspapers are kept in storage for customer use. Certain older newspapers are available as microform at Main Library.
Nonfiction Nonfiction material in both print and nonprint formats is selected for the general educational, informational, cultural, and recreational needs of the general adult population and secondary school students and is meant to provide a representative overview of most subjects and reflects the needs and interests of the community. Some material is purchased to supplement the curricula of the Shaker area schools.
The library only purchases textbooks when they provide the best or only information on a particular topic.
Popular/Bestseller A collection of popular titles in fiction and nonfiction is available at the Main Library (designated Popular / Bestseller) and the Bertram Woods Branch (designated Kammer Memorial Collection in memory of Marilyn Kammer). Titles selected for these collections are on the New York Times Best Seller list or have high local demand.
Reference The Library maintains a collection of up-to-date, non-circulating, print and virtual reference material which, by virtue of its content and treatment, is consulted for items of information rather than for consecutive reading. The reference collection is oriented to meet the needs of general adult customers and secondary school students. Limitation of funds precludes a comprehensive collection and, when customers require in-depth research, they may be referred to the specialized collections available at other libraries in the area. Most reference books are available only at the Main Library.
Test Preparation A collection of the most popular test preparation handbooks is maintained at Main Library. Bertram Woods purchases these on a limited basis but does not maintain a separate collection.
XII. Youth Services Collections The Children`s collections at the Main Library and Bertram Woods Branch are designed to serve the needs and interests of children from birth through age 12. The Teen collections in both buildings are designed to serve the needs and interests of customers from age 12 through 18. The purpose of the Youth Services collection is to encourage an appreciation of reading, both for learning and for fun and to make available a well-balanced selection of informational and reference material that will enable high quality reference service to children and that supplement the curriculum of Shaker area schools. The children`s and teen collections at both libraries will be kept fresh and attractive and continually updated with current material. The collection shall include the following formats.
Children`s Material Audiovisual The Children`s collection includes children`s audio books, book and audiovisual sets for preschooler and beginning readers, music, and movies. Movies are selected for entertainment and curriculum enhancement and include feature films for children, educational and instructional movies, and dramatizations and adaptations of children`s books and musical performances. A collection of non-circulating toys and puzzles are available in special areas of the children`s room for use by preschool-aged children.
Books Both fiction and nonfiction books are selected for the educational, informational, and entertainment needs of our younger customers. A diversity of subjects, presenting different viewpoints, is provided. Selection of material represents various reading levels. Board books are provided for very young preschoolers.
Material for adults and students of children`s literature, including discussions of such topics as literary and artistic quality of writing and illustration for children, use of books with young people, and information about authors and illustrators of children`s books, are kept in the children`s department.
The fiction collection shall represent popular and current literature for children. Books include all reading levels, including fiction, graphic novels, easy fiction, series books, beginning readers, board books and picture books.
Ohio Educational Testing Material A collection of material consisting of flashcards purchased for preparation for Ohio`s educational testing is available at both libraries.
Parenting A special collection of picture books that parents or caregivers may wish to share with children to help them deal with life events or special issues such as adoption, a new baby, death, divorce, or toilet training is available at both the Main Library and Bertram Woods branch.
Periodicals A representative selection of popular periodicals is available for children of all ages. These titles are reviewed annually.
Reference A non-circulating collection of reference books that meets the needs of school age children, as well as books for educators and parents, is available in the children's area at both libraries.
Teen The teen collections at the Main Library and Bertram Woods Branch consist of material about subjects of high interest to teens, and which meet the browsing needs of young people between the ages of 12 and 18.
In addition to contemporary novels reflecting teens' real life experiences, by authors who write specifically for this age group, the fiction collection includes fantasy, science fiction, mystery and graphic, or illustrated novels. High demand material, including media tie-ins, comic books and popular series are also collected.
The nonfiction collection consists of browsing material of specific interest to teens, such as biographies of popular figures and books dealing with current fads, hobbies, and issues that teens face. Material accurately and authoritatively exploring controversial and timely subjects is available.
The Teen collection does not attempt to furnish in-depth reference material to fulfill the curriculum needs of teens. Users are encouraged to explore the resources in the children`s and adult departments for these purposes. The Suggested Reading collection provides audio books and multiple copies of books included on reading lists of area schools. Material is available to assist secondary school students in preparation for Ohio's educational testing. Periodicals and audiobooks of interest to teens are also part of this collection.
Teen Center The Teen Center houses a collection of books and magazines to serve the entertainment and homework needs of teens grades 7-12. A collection of core curriculum textbooks for grades 7-12 of the Shaker Heights School System is kept in the Teen Center. A small nonfiction collection exists to assist with homework questions. The Teen Center also houses a collection of hardcover and paperback fiction that is of interest to teens. Items in the Teen Center are primarily there for recreational purposes, and are not intended to serve in-depth academic needs.
Approved by the Shaker Heights Public Library Board of Trustees 9/2007; 6/15/2010; 6/13/2011, 9/10/2012, 6/10/2013
Appendix A – Local History Collection Development Policy I. Mission Statement The Local History Collection strives to make local history material pertaining to the Shaker Heights Public Library, the City of Shaker Heights, the schools of Shaker Heights, and the community, organizations, institutions, and people of Shaker Heights accessible and useful to customers through systematic collection, acquisition, organization, cataloging, publications, reference and research assistance, and programming.
II. Scope of Collection The Local History Collection is a repository of primary and secondary source material that furthers the understanding of the civic, social, religious, cultural, political, and economic life of Shaker Heights and the adjacent Shaker Square area of Cleveland, past and present. The Local History Collection gathers, organizes, catalogs, and makes accessible to the public documents and publications that reflect activities, events, places, organizations, institutions, and services of the community of Shaker Heights and the North Union Shakers.
Secondary material about the history of adjacent communities, of Cleveland and its metropolitan area, of Cuyahoga County, and of the Shaker experience may also be added to the Collection at the discretion of the Local History Librarian. Cleveland- or region-focused publications should offer a context for the history of an aspect of community life relevant to residents in Shaker Heights.
The Local History Collection also collects material of the community of Shaker Heights and/or Cleveland that is not strictly historical. Examples include community cookbooks (publications by Shaker Heights-based and some Cleveland-based organizations) and material that contextualizes the experience of Shaker Heights in a social science, architectural, or other disciplinary framework, and that ideally compares Shaker Heights to other communities.
The Local History Collection is also the home of the Shaker Authors Collection. The Shaker Authors Collection includes books and booklets written by current or former residents of Shaker Heights with significant ties to the community as made clear in biographies about or interviews with the authors. The majority of the text should be originally created by and attributed to the Shaker Heights resident. All books must meet the Shaker Heights Public Library's collection guidelines. Manuscript material or self-published works may be considered for inclusion within the collection as personal papers if criteria for that collection are met.
III. Acquisition of Material Published material is added to the Collection by donation and by purchase. Donations are solicited from Shaker Authors and local historians as far as is possible and practical. Purchases are made through online and local used-book stores, from local authors directly, and through library contract reduced-rate purchasing for new publications. Duplicates of local history and Shaker Authors material useful for circulation are also acquired, as funds and availability allow.
Unpublished and primary material is added to the Collection by solicitation of and subscription to newsletters and mailing lists; electronic and paper distribution of City and School minutes and agendas; transfer and delivery by the City and Schools of material deemed of archival value; donation of personal collections of memorabilia including photographs and correspondence; and other means. Community institutions, such as the League of Women Voters of Shaker Heights, parent teacher organizations, and neighborhood associations, routinely transfer documents and files to the Local History Collection to provide a secure and accessible institutional repository for materials no longer relevant to operations but vital to the historical record.
The Local History Collection advertises its interest in Shaker Heights documents and its purpose as a repository of information about the history of Shaker Heights on its website and in Shaker Life magazine and through programming and community involvement.
All material should follow Shaker Heights Public Library criteria for collection development, in that it should be accurate, fitting with community need and interest, in format suitable for standard shelving and storage, and, if it is necessary to purchase items, at a reasonable cost. All donated or collected material will become the property of the Shaker Heights Public Library and will be accessible to the public. All material should be free of dirt, mold, moisture, or pests, and should be in good condition.
IV. Limitations and Restrictions The Local History Collection at the Shaker Heights Public Library strives to preserve the material it collects and to make it available to the public. Nevertheless, due to HVAC and physical space limitations, the Local History Collection cannot serve as a climate-controlled archive for valuable or delicate items. Donated realia or three-dimensional artifacts may be transferred to the Shaker Historical Society when appropriate.
The Local History Collection does not serve as a legal repository for any material, including City or School material, and is not responsible for selecting, retaining, or providing access to any material required by law to be kept as official documents or archival records.
The donating agency or individual is responsible for determining the legal status and value of any and all documents donated to the Shaker Heights Public Library.
V. Customers Served by the Collection The collection serves the general public, scholars, students, and professional historians by providing access to valuable material for research and personal use.
VI. Cooperative Agreements and Resource Sharing The Shaker Heights Public Library Local History Collection cooperates with the City of Shaker Heights, the public schools of Shaker Heights, and the Shaker Historical Society through resource sharing and research assistance. The Local History Collection cooperates with Cleveland State University's Special Collections through participation in the Cleveland Memory digital image database and website.
VII. Deaccessioning Gifts of material to the Shaker Heights Public Library Local History Collection will be accepted with the understanding and agreement that they become the property of the Shaker Heights Public Library and may be deaccessioned according to the guidelines of the Collection Development Policy. Gift items no longer needed by the Library may be returned to the donor when appropriate.
Approved by Shaker Heights Public Library Board of Trustees May 10,1999; revised June 15, 2010, 6/10/2013.


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Occupy Wall Street has taken up a new cause, apparently: gentrifying—er, the gentrification of Bushwick.
Neighbors fight to save the Bowery
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