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Our justice system is broken. The way we deal with crime simply isn't working any more.
Over the last 30 years, the number of Australians in prison has tripled. It has grown year on year four times faster than the Australian population.
This is unsustainable and is placing extraordinary strain on Justice Department budgets around the country. In fact, we now spend $3 billion dollars a year keeping people in prison.
Further systemic failures have produced a 'revolving door' phenomenon, where far too many of those released from prison are jailed again for new crimes. As Deborah Erwin said earlier this week, the longer people stay in jail, the more likely they are to commit another crime.
A Senate Inquiry has been launched this week to look at alternatives to the current system, particularly an approach known as Justice Reinvestment.
Justice Reinvestment is about addressing the underlying causes of crime and improving rehabilitation structures. Prevention and "cure", if you will. It involves identifying 'high stakes' communities where crime is most likely to occur and addressing disadvantage where it begins.
If anything close to "soft on crime" is springing to your mind, let me add that Justice Reinvestment has the support of many Republicans in the United States. Texan Republicans, no less, who are hardly known for being soft on anything.
The first reason for this is that Justice Reinvestment saves money. Lots of it.
Prisons will always be needed for serious and dangerous offenders, but prisons are also one of the most expensive ways to address less serious crime.
In Australia, it costs $221 per person per day to keep someone in prison.
Spending on alternatives to prison and community services like legal centres drastically reduces future spending, at a rate as high as 1 to 100. Spending $1 today to save $100 down the track should be irresistible to anyone calling themselves a fiscal conservative.
The second reason for bipartisan support in areas of the United States is that Justice Reinvestment works.
Texas's prison population has stopped growing for the first time in decades and urban crime rates are declining since Justice Reinvestment strategies were adopted in 2007.
In Kansas, the number of prisoners is falling, as are parole breaches and reconviction rates. It has scrapped plans for a new prison, saving $80 million.
At the 2011 National Summit on Justice Reinvestment and Public Safety, the following words were spoken:
"Americans have made it clear they want a correctional system that holds offenders accountable and keeps communities safe. But they also want and deserve a system that makes the most of their tax dollars — especially in perilous economic times, when public funds are scarce and there are compelling, competing needs such as education and health care that must be addressed."
The parallels with Australia are clear and I could not agree more. This is a sensible, evidence-based approach to improving public safety.
In Australia, we also need to pay particular attention to the over-representation of Indigenous people, and particularly youth, in our justice system.
Indigenous adults make up 2 per cent of the population, but 27 per cent of those in prison. When it comes to youth, two in every five young people under justice supervision are Indigenous and they are 24 times more likely to be put in jail.
With an imprisonment rate of 2256 per 100,000, Indigenous people are a candidate for the most heavily imprisoned people groups in the world.
This is a national shame. It is no wonder groups representing Indigenous Australians are so keen for a Justice Reinvestment approach.
It is time for Australia to take a good hard look at the way we are addressing crime in our community. We have pursued the current 'mass imprisonment' strategy for decades, but it would be hard to say it has created safer communities.
Our system is flawed. It is broken. But there is a tried and tested solution staring us in the face.
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Prick With a Fork says:
OK, but what IS "justice re-investment"? You spend a lot of time telling us we need it (I'm not so sure), but then you don't tell us what it involves. Searching for it on google brings up a link that leads to a slick website about Aboriginal people going to jail a lot, and the most detail we get are some PR flak's "key messages" (don't they know these are always marked "for internal use only"?). This feels a lot like a plea to direct money towards your particular pet causes and mates, which may or may not get results.
Gaz says:
That's interesting and very concerning about the rate of indigenous people inside. I would also be interested to see the per capita rate of middle eastern people (particularly in NSW) inside and Sudanese and I think we would see a pattern and perhaps a road to correcting this snowballing problem.
hammy says:
"Texan Republicans, no less, who are hardly known for being soft on anything."
Terrible, unsupportable, stereo-type. You think our political leaders would show more intelligence.
shirley says:
You have conflated a serious social problem, Indigenous incarceration rates, with general crime, then used it to sell your ideas. This shows a disturbing lack of analytical precision. Are all crimes the same? Are all criminals the same? With respect, it seems that you may be infected with 'post-modern left wing do gooder disease' – that is, cultural relativism.
For example, Middle Eastern crime is completely out of control and posing a real danger to the community. Their gangs are shooting and bombing our communities daily, dealing drugs and weapons, and links are being made with potential Islamic terrorism that will doubtless bear terrible fruit at a later date. Many of these gang members and serious criminals are hardened recidivists. Any price is worth paying to keep them separate from our communities. We need deradicalisation programs in prisons so that religious freedom is not misused to allow grooming for crime and terrorism.
Cutting the sentences for such criminals as a form of cost cutting is a terribly false economy. But your 'imprisonment is wrong' and 'harsh sentences are no deterrent' narrative ensures that they can, and have, mounted defences based on their impoverished or ethnic backgrounds and succeeded in having weak sentences imposed. All crimes are not equal, all criminals are not equal, and all criminal cultures are not equal.
Despite the undoubted injustice that Indigenous people have suffered, those hardened Indigenous criminals who join gangs and commit serious crimes must be incarcerated for the safety of the community, including especially Indigenous communities. It is easy for rich lawyers, academic and public servants to take risks with community release because they know full well that the criminals will not be living in their neighbourhoods and posing a threat to them - they live in safe leafy suburbs, with private security or police forces that operate properly due to pressure from above.
Yes of course crimes must be categorised. Yes we know that drug possession, mental illness and petty crime must be separated from serious crime, and treated differently. Much Indigenous incarceration can be addressed this way.
With respect, because you have used a cultural relativist approach your article completely conflates all crime and your arguments are not only weak they are potentially dangerous. Human rights have now become a force for positive evil in the hands of cultural relativists since they are the excuse for serious criminals to avoid detection, prosecution and incarceration. We have reached a sad stage when criminal outlaw gangs such as the Hells Angels post the declaration of human rights on their websites (as they do) and hide their criminal intentions behind a mask of oppression!
Sensible people know what they have always known, that harsh punishments do act as a deterrent and incarceration is the only choice in some cases so that the community is kept safe. Funny, often it is the same cultural relativists, who oppose imprisonment, that call for rapists and those committing hate crimes against minorities to suffer long-term imprisonment – funny that. If some Republicans support such nonsense it may be because they too simply don't know or care what happens at street level or want to balance budgets.
Oh, by the way, I love your circular reasoning: soft sentencing solves crime – how do I know? Because there are less people in prison! Why? Because of soft sentencing! Nice one.
Bill says:
Males make up 49% of the population yet account for over 90% of the prison population.
What should we do to address this tragedy, Penny?
Criminologist says:
I would be interested to see the supporting evidence of "Spending on alternatives to prison and community services like legal centres drastically reduces future spending, at a rate as high as 1 to 100."
Texas also have vastly harsher sentencing with criminals regularly receiving terms in excess of fifty years.
One must remember the deterrent effect imprisonment has is never measured.
Tubesteak says:
I suppose all the bleeding heart hand-wringers will squeal about socioeconomic profiling. How dare we target people in Minto! They're all angels!
Achmed says:
The main problem is that all these "committees" etc rely on acedemics, social workers, the managers and psychologists to plan. They have no idea of the 'real' world. Even the managers of prisons have no idea, most have never worked in a prison and are making decisions based on what their political masters want rather than what is really the best for the "system".(and the way they are appointed is a whole 'nother debate)
The reality is that the people working at the coal face, the prison officer who spends his day walking among and talking to prisoners can see what works and what doesn't. They know what needs to be done.
But its not always the most politically correct way. Political correctness is trying to pick up a bit of sh-t by the clean end.
We have too many sticking their noses in who are suffering the Disney Syndrome. You've seen the movies, get some ratbag take him into a loving home, give him a cuddle, a nice meal, decent clothes and he sees what a loving family is - and hey presto…he becomes a model citizen - what a load of cr-p
Andy says:
Who cares if prisons are over crowded???? Seriously, just put more in each cell. they are CRIMINALS. People that have been deemed too dangerous to live in society or that have committed crimes, beit financial "white collar"crimes or other offences. Either way, through their actions they have caused detriment and danger to the way of life for the law abiding. These people don't deserve anything more than to spend their days in a small cell with other scum bags. I have no sympathy for them and as always, it is the law abiding tax payers that will foot the bill (and probably be the victims of some of these people to boot)
Need more room? Build a bigger gaol. But this notion that we shouldn't lock bad people up becuase they become worse is a joke and as per one of the previous comments, these bleeding heart do gooders want to save the world one hug at a time! Try standing toe to toe with a real angry man and see how your hugs and ideals last…
Peace out homies!
Trevor says:
Legalizing drugs is going to make a massive difference to the number of citizens in gaol. Just wait until stats come out of Washington and Colorado since they have legalised pot and governments the world over sees the tax they can generate and money saved on policing and jailing people for victimless crimes.
Already two weeks out from the vote it's apparent that 'the green curtain' is soon to fall. Only a few decades and a trillion dollars late…
Terry2 says:
In recent times the Queensland government spent over $400million to enlarge and extend a prison facility just outside Mareeba in the Far North of Queensland. Not an area you may think crying out for a prison or for this type of expenditure when roads, schools and hospitals are crying out for funding.
Perhaps this is 'justice reinvestment' but several observers have noted that this facility is almost exclusively for the incarceration of aboriginal Australians from the Cape York region.
The problem confronting the police and the courts is that there is a self perpetuating culture in some aboriginal cultures and communities where jail is considered a 'right of passage' among certain young men wishing to emulate and join brothers/cousins/uncles and thus become 'big men' in their communities; the crime itself is frequently merely a means to an end.
Jaqui says:
If the jail stints weren't like some visit to a holiday camp perhaps the jails might not be as full.
If the jail stints included harsh forced labor perhaps the jails might not be as full.
If the jail sentence was adequate to be a deterrent rather than just taking a little holiday perhaps the jails might not be as full.
If our immigration policy stopped all immigration from countries where immigrant inmates originated from and are over represented, perhaps the jails might not be as full.
Evan Whitton says:
The Wiki's incarceration rates has some interesting figures:
In Australia and the US, most accused plead guilty via plea bargains. France understands that the innocent might wrongly plead guilty for a umber of reasons. In France, plea bargains and guilty pleas do not exist. Results:
1st (highest) US: 730 per 100,000.
113th. Australia 129 per 100,000.
146th. France 102 per 100,000.
AdamC says:
I am all for diversionary tactics for non-violent, non-repeat offenders. As I suspect, is a majority of the population.
Public concern about failures in the justice system usually revolve around dangerous or incorrigible criminals.
Hugh de Kretser says:
Great article Penny. To read more on this see our Smart Justice factsheets on Justice Reinvestment and Why more prisons aren't the answer to reducing crime:
ausspud says:
Pretty simple really.
As the Muslim & Aborigine population grows,The prison population grows.
You dont need a fancy degree to figure that one out.
michael j says:
I think reintroducing DEBTORS prisons would be a good place to start to get the cost down,
Case in point comes to mind the Famous Swimmer who smashed a team-mates FACE to bits,
Swimmer gets $300,00 Or so awarded against him so he sells every-thing he owns for a $1 and goes broke ,
leaving the bloke with the Broken Face with a hard luck story ,,
Its wrong and should be corrected
rene says:
The very first line in the National Plan to Reduce Violence agains Women and Children states the following:
One in three Australian women have experienced physical violence since the age of 15. Almost one in five have experienced sexual violence. It is time for that to change
Sort of clearly means Australia has the most rapists per head per population everywhere. Not quite sure what the total prison population of this country is, but based on those figures there must be at least 100.00 rapists in jail.
TheRealDave says:
If I may - how exactly does one 'cure' the desire not to want to work or do anything other than take/steal what they want from others when and if they need it?
We can't 'cure' drug/alcohol addictions that lead to lives fiulled with crime and gaol. We can't 'cure' repeat violent offenders who feel the need to bash/kill their spouses or random people in the street.
So giving htem less gaol time and allowing them back onto the streets time after time acheives what exactly??
Other than more victims and their rights to ignore and trample on?
jackson says:
"In Australia, it costs $221 per person per day to keep someone in prison"
Well, there's a solution to that - take away the perks that prisoners have, such as TV's in their cell, and it will cost a lot less. I also agree with Ripa's comment above, make them work and pay for it themselves instead of the taxpayer.And as for any overcrowding problems, another easy fix - execute anyone convicted of serious crime, such as torture and murder (like Jill Meagher's killer)
Bruno says:
compare the recommended sentence of murder and child molestation to growing your own tobacco. If you kill some or sexually assault a child then 7 years but don't you dare try to eat in to the state's profits you hear. And they expect me to be loyal to this type of system.
marley says:
I don't know a great deal about this program, and I wish the author had actually explained how it works rather than simply cheerlead for it.
That said, it seems to me a lot of commenters have gotten the wrong end of the stick. This isn't about going soft on crime; its about preventing it. It's about making sure that kid that nicked a CD from the local music store doesn't turn to home invasions and ram raids. If the program reduces recidivism, then it reduces crime and we can all sleep easier at night. I think that's a desirable outcome, myself.
By all means, toss the hardened criminal into stir, but get to the juvenile delinquent before he becomes one. It will save us all a lot of heartache in the future. I know something a bit similar, involving early intervention of cops, social workers and the like in high-crime areas is working quite well in Toronto. Why not here?
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By Gregg Wallace
Cooking time
Prep: 25 mins Cook: 1 hr Plus chillingSkill level
Moderately easyServings
Serves 8Gregg fell in love with Michel Roux Snr's lemon tart at first bite. This is his version of the classic recipe
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 770
- protein
- 13g
- carbs
- 86g
- fat
- 44g
- saturates
- 24g
- fibre
- 2g
- sugar
- 38g
- salt
- 0.18g
For the pastry (makes double)
- 500g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 140g icing sugar
- 250g unsalted butter, cubed
- 4 egg yolks
For the filling
- 5 eggs
- 140g caster sugar
- 150ml double cream
- juice 2-3 lemon (about 100ml/3½ fl oz) and 2 tbsp lemon zest
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- To make the pastry, mix the flour and icing sugar in a bowl. Rub the butter into the flour with your fingers until crumbly. Mix in the egg yolks. If the pastry is still too dry, add 1-2 tbsp water until it comes together. Roll into a ball and divide in half (freeze one half for another recipe). Flatten out the pastry with your hands, wrap the dough in cling film, then chill for at least 30 mins. While the pastry is chilling, make the filling. Beat all the ingredients, except for the zest, together. Sieve the mixture, then stir in the zest.
- Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to about the thickness of a £1 coin, then lift into a 23cm tart tin. Press down gently on the bottom and sides, then trim off any excess pastry. Stab a few holes in the bottom with a fork and put back in the fridge for 30 mins.
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line the tart with foil and fill with rice or dried beans. Bake for 10 mins, then remove the tart tin from the oven, discard the foil, and bake for another 20 mins until biscuity. When the pastry is ready, remove it from the oven, pour in the lemon mixture and bake again for 30-35 mins until just set. Leave to cool, then remove the tart from the tin and serve at room temperature or chilled.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2010
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i made this yesterday, it's pretty easy to make and was delicious, very nice! just love the tanginess of the lemon.
however, my pastry didn't turn out quite right. i followed the instructions to the T, but the pastry still seemed to rise. this meant i couldn't use all the filling, as it wouldn't all fit in my tin. the finished result was a thicker base with too little filling.does anyone have any suggests on how to go about the blind baking of the pastry the next time?
all suggestions are welcome ;-).
The pastry is lovely and buttery sweet and the filling has just the right balance of tanginess and creaminess.
My tin was slightly smaller than the one stated so I used leftover pastry and filling to make mini tarts in a deep muffin tray. They actually went faster than the slices of the large tart. They only need about ten mins in the oven so keep an eye on them though.
I will definately make again.
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Sandy • After Tuesday's Class 5A semifinal win, Souli Phongsavath expressly told Mitch Parkinson to quit doing what, in the 44th minute Thursday, he did anyway.
"He told me not to play FIFA anymore," the Davis junior said.
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» Davis wins its second Class 5A championship in three seasons.» After winning back-to-back championships in 2008 and 2009, Brighton has lost in consecutive championship games.
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Because, surely, it was the video game that encouraged him to keep attempting a chip shot over the goalkeeper that gave Phongsavath, the Davis coach, fits.
After that shot dropped over Brighton goalkeeper Kolton Savage to give Davis the 1-0 win and the Darts the second Class 5A state championship in three years, however, Phongsavath was left with sheepish gratitude.
"Obviously, he didn't listen to me," Phongsavath said, "but I'm really glad that he didn't because he had that ball and he played that little chip, which was just a beautiful goal."
Parkinson's third goal in four postseason games was all the Darts needed — that and an impressive effort from goalkeeper Mitch Jensen — to beat top-ranked Brighton, which had been shut out and lost only once.
Senior midfielder John Taylor ripped his jersey off and, usually the most stoic of the Darts, he heaved long sobs. He hadn't cried since junior high school, he said, although he couldn't remember why he would have even then.
"I just know I don't cry," he said.
Thursday probably would have been the day that he did, win or lose, after he played a crucial rule in Davis's 2010 championship run. This year as a senior, he said, was more special.
"We had to beat the hardest teams," Taylor said, "we had to fight through every game, through adversity, PKs, goals called back. We never quit."
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Slotted the No. 2 seed from Region 1, Davis had perhaps the toughest path to the championship. It first beat defending 5A champion Alta at home, then knocked off Region 4 champion Lone Peak after Jensen blocked two penalty kicks in stoppage time, got past Copper Hills in the semifinals and, Thursday, got its chance against the Bengals.
"I think when you think of the top programs in the state Davis High has to be up there," Phongsavath said.
It was a stunning end to the season for Brighton, which was the state favorite throughout the season. Senior midfielder Skyler Milne scored six goals through the first three playoff games, but was stymied by Taylor in the box Thursday. Brighton hammered shots on Jensen, whom Phongsavath called the team's postseason MVP, and earned numerous corner kicks in the final minutes.
"That was way too many corner kicks," said Parkinson. "It was crazy on the bench. Mitch came up so big today."
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Northland flood victims: Help marred by disorganization
Unprecedented flooding across the Northland in June brought an overwhelming response. Yet some residents at the receiving end say the effort came up short.By: John Lundy, Duluth News Tribune
Unprecedented flooding across the Northland in June brought an overwhelming response.
Government and nonprofit agencies, local officials and volunteers from far away worked to help individuals and businesses beleaguered by the flood. They set up websites and relief centers, knocked on doors, sat in on countless meetings.
Yet some residents at the receiving end say the effort came up short.
There was miscommunication, misinformation and confusion, they say. Four months after the flood, they feel forgotten and abandoned, not much closer than they were at the start to recovery.
"It's a real mess," said Trudy Fredericks, who with her husband, Ryan Murphy, received an e-mail from the city of Duluth last week saying the mudslide-threatened house they built in the Fond du Lac neighborhood would be demolished.
"I would love to see the city step up and say that they did not respond well, and they're going to do better, and they're going to do better now," she said. "Because I haven't seen it, and it's been disappointing. … Its leaders are supposed to be better than this."
Fredericks said she was particularly disappointed with Mayor Don Ness. The mayor came to one neighborhood community meeting, she said, but turned down "multiple" requests to return. "We really needed his leadership," she said.
In an e-mail, Ness said he had been to the neighborhood six or seven times since the flood. After the initial community meeting, he said, most of the follow-up meetings were of a technical nature on specific issues.
But those meetings produced confusion, Fredericks said. Representatives from the city's Building Safety Department, from the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources didn't have the answers residents sought.
"When they didn't have the answers, and they came back to a second meeting and still didn't have the answers, or they were giving bad information, that's when we needed the person who's in charge of all of that, Mayor Ness, to lead the situation and step in and say: I will get the answers," Fredericks said.
A good meeting
Laurel Sanders, who lives on Cass Street in the neighborhood with her husband, John Donahue, said at least one meeting with a city official was helpful. That came after some residents who had made electrical repairs on their homes were told the work they had done wasn't in compliance with flood regulations and they'd have to start over.
About 10 residents met with Daniel Fanning, the city's community relations officer, and he was able to clarify the situation, Sanders said. For those with more than 50 percent damage to their homes, compliance was required; for those with less than
50 percent damage, it was just a recommendation.
"There was good faith on everybody's part," Sanders said.
Sanders was philosophical about some of the confusion at other meetings.
"We'd have weekly meetings, and the different agencies would be there trying to wade through what to do, and everybody was getting information and misinformation," she said with a laugh. "Nobody had dealt with it (before). We're not an area like Fargo that floods frequently. Nobody had dealt with this, or anticipated dealing with this."
City involvement
David Montgomery, the city's chief administrative officer, said he understands residents' frustrations. But he defended the city's efforts to help the neighborhood recover. The city coordinated the work of numerous agencies and volunteer groups to rebuild Fond du Lac, he said.
City officials addressed all of the questions residents asked, but they
didn't always have the answers, Montgomery said. That was largely because the city was waiting to see if the Legislature would take action in a special session (it did), and if the Federal Emergency Management Agency would declare the region a personal disaster area (it didn't).
The latter was a blow to the city's hopes. "FEMA not declaring it a personal emergency really complicated things, I think, for a lot of homeowners," Montgomery said. "Because it closed off avenues for assistance that could have been very helpful."
The Legislature's actions enabled about 20 homeowners whose properties were destroyed or substantially damaged to apply to the Minnesota Recovery Task Force, Montgomery said. That makes the properties potentially eligible for buyouts, with the land being returned to open space. The deadline to apply was Wednesday, and Fredericks and Murphy were among those who did. But the process is likely to take a few months, Montgomery said.
Much of the frustration residents are experiencing stems from how much time such things take, Montgomery said.
"I can fully understand people's frustration," he said. "They want to get back into their house right now. And these processes, unfortunately, have to go through all the steps to get there."
Drew Digby, who is serving as regional long-term recovery coordinator, said time has become a factor.
"Obviously, it's already pretty cold," Digby said. "A lot of people are having to make decisions about, even if they have the loan, can they close the loan fast enough" to get needed work done before winter.
Flood insurance
It's not just in Duluth that flood victims are frustrated with the bureaucracy.
A case in point is the residents of Cathedral Pines Drive, which borders the Moose Horn River in Sturgeon Lake.
Loren Matson, who was flooded out of his home, said he and other residents on the street received letters from FEMA a couple of weeks before the flood saying they had 45 days to purchase flood insurance. His insurance agent was working on that when the flood occurred, he said.
But when Rick and Pam Grey, who also live on the same street, filed a claim under the flood insurance policy they'd held since 2009, they received a $15,000 advance and then were denied further payment.
"They said … according to FEMA, Sturgeon Lake has never been in compliance," an incredulous Grey said. The company, Auto-Owners Insurance, said the Greys never should have been able to buy flood insurance.
John Lindaver, a spokesman for the Michigan-based company, said the insurer merely acts as a conduit for the government. He couldn't explain how the Greys had been able to buy flood insurance.
"There's a lot of confusion about flood insurance," Lindaver said.
Hannah Vick, a FEMA spokeswoman in Duluth, said she couldn't comment on cases involving specific homeowners. "I can tell you that our folks are aware of it," she added.
Loans approved
Even when flood insurance is approved, it's not an easy process, Sanders said.
"You have to meet the adjuster, wait for the adjuster, and then they send you a check," she said. "And then you go to the bank with the check, and they go: Oh, now you have to send this … to your mortgage company. And they will send you back all of it except what you owe them. And then you have to meet and have the contractors sign for what they're going to do."
Despite frustrations, the region has made significant progress since the flood, Digby said.
By the end of business on Oct. 21, $6.14 million in Small Business Administration loans had been approved for area homeowners affected by the flood, Digby said. Some people are essentially "camping out" in their homes, he said, but, "There's no one that we know of that's living in an absolutely dangerous situation."
In Carlton County, a task force has been formed to canvass flood-hit regions and make sure no one has fallen through the cracks, he said.
Flood victims have weathered the post-flood storm with resilience, Digby said.
"I don't want to sound too optimistic, because it's really tough for a lot of people out there, but people did a really good job of going through the application process that's not always easy to understand," he said. "The flood survivors deserve a lot of credit."
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May 17, 2012
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April 25, 2012
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April 25, 2012
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"The Brand Builder Workbook" is a step-by-step guide to creating a marketing campaign, from identification of a situation or problem to creative execution of a pitch. It is designed for upper-level marketing communication classes, or for entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations or small businesses. It is available at the Morningside College Bookstore.
For the past 20 years, Mickelson has worked with Morningside College students to develop marketing campaigns for a variety of local businesses and nonprofit organizations. She used her experience to put together this step-by-step book during a sabbatical in the fall of 2009.
Mickelson joined the faculty at Morningside College in 1988. She holds a bachelor's degree from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark.; a master's degree from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro; and a doctorate from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.


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Palmetto Ridge at Barron Collier, 7 p.m.
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Gulf Coast at Lemon Bay, 7 p.m.
Marco Island Academy at Miami-Solid Rock Christian, 7 p.m.
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NAPLES — Unless we have tiebreakers Monday night, the area's playoff picture will become crystal clear after tonight.
It's not very cloudy in most districts. Naples (6A-12), South Fort Myers (6A-11) and First Baptist (2A-6) already have won district titles; Immokalee and Golden Gate will face off for one (5A-12). Class 5A-11? There are plenty of scenarios depending on who does what tonight.
The Indians and Titans played for the title last year, with Immokalee cruising to a 69-13 win. It figures to be a little harder this time. The Indians have struggled, partially due to injuries, and Golden Gate has rebounded from an 0-5 start to win three straight.
"This is a big game on three levels," Golden Gate coach Mike DiGrigoli said. "First is the opportunity to win our first district title. Then there's adding another win to a season that's been short on them. And there's playoff seeding, which can have state championship implications."
Read Scott Clair's full preview.
While the Indians and Titans know they're already in the playoffs, Barron Collier and Palmetto Ridge will face off once again with a district runner-up berth in the balance. The Cougars seem to be peaking after upsetting Immokalee, 12-9, on the road, and come in off a bye, while the Bears are struggling. But Palmetto Ridge has been pointing toward this game, including trying to slow Barron Collier's run-happy offense.
"We're going to bring up six people (in the box) and try to make them throw the ball because we feel we are able to stop their passing game," Palmetto Ridge lineman Chase Davis said. "Run-wise, we know they have big backs and they are good. They have strong linemen and strong backs. They are a good team, but we have been prepping for them."
Read Scott Butherus' full preview.
Up in Lee County, Estero plays its biggest game since it was a perennial playoff team a decade ago. The Wildcats can clinch a playoff spot with a win against Lehigh.
Read Kevin Johnson's preview here.
Even Gulf Coast has a chance at the playoffs. The Sharks have to beat Lemon Bay, and get some help to get into a Monday tiebreaker.
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Meanwhile, Naples' two oldest high schools will play for The 'Nut, and do it with a new name for the Coconut Bowl Trophy, which will be renamed the Joe Klimas Trophy. The local broadcasting icon died in August at the age of 74. Check out Adam Fisher's story on the renaming of the trophy.
On the field, Lely is coming off one of its most dominant performances in years, a 47-0 victory over Palmetto Ridge. Naples, ranked No. 2 in Class 6A, will be trying to shake off some rust after last week's game against North Miami Beach was canceled when that team couldn't travel due to Hurricane Sandy.
Read Adam Fisher's preview.
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Floyd Rose took up woodworking when he retired. He and his wife Ora Lea spent over 20 winters in Arizona, and he started working with wood while there.
"I saw some woodwork down there and thought it would give me something to do. The first project was a model of the Chapel of the Cross, the chapel here in Cedaredge. While I was finishing it, sitting in the shade of the trailer, a lady came by and bought it."
That was incentive enough to keep at it. He has made and given away several other chapels of the same design, one to a lady in a nursing home. He has made other model churches too including one that he attended in Nebraska when he was a small boy.
Friends, his kids, his neighbors — all have been recepients of bird feeders and birdhouses of all kinds that he has made. He sold some, and still has more along one wall in his work shed.
His work now is mostly smaller pieces, shadow boxes and things like that. One of those shadow boxes is shaped like a slice of a house with slanted shingled roof and wee handcrafted furnishings inside. Even the curtains and fireplace are shaped from wood
Two of his neighbors have very special birdhouses patterned to look like the owners' houses. He worked from photos to duplicate houses for local birds to call home.
"I've also made model houses to look like houses I have lived in over the years. Three of our kids were born at home. I made models for them of the houses they were born in, furniture and everything. Our fourth boy was born in the hospital. I built a model of the house we were living in at the time."
Intricately designed fruit baskets have been made from leftover pieces of basswood. A corner trophy case was a much larger project, made to hold trophies earned by winning bowling teams sponsored by his company when they lived in Loveland.
A display box, designed for the purpose, showcases replicas of his own baby shoes and those of his children and grandchildren. One shoe is a copy of their son-in-law's mother's baby shoe with buttons rather than laces. The bear on the top shelf represents the Bruins at Cedaredge High School. A coyote and cowboy boot are also displayed, all carved from solid pieces of basswood.
A country schoolhouse is a model of the school that Floyd attended as a child. The roof can be removed to see that it has a teacher's desk, stove, blackboard, cabinet, a clock on the wall, and rows of desks for the students. The entry has a place to hang coats.
The family home in Loveland has been recreated. Remove the roof and find it divided into rooms with tiny furniture throughout. There is even a furnished apartment in the basement.
He has also duplicated the house where he was born 90 years ago in Nebraska.
Two birds are carved from ironwood found in dry washes in Arizona. The wood is extremely hard, one of the world's densest woods and subsequently more difficult to carve. Files and emery boards were used in finishing the delicate carvings. He still has a big chuck of ironwood that hasn't been made into anything yet.
He prefers working with basswood. "It's not too hard, not too soft. I get my wood at Ace Hardware (Big John's) in Cedaredge. They didn't carry what I needed at first, so they special ordered it. Now they have what I need whenever I need it."
Floyd makes patterns and saves them in a large envelope to use, if needed, for future projects.
He has used all kinds of wood glue. Regular wood glues warp the thin pieces of wood that he works with. He has found that Super Glue dries faster and works best for his needs. Clear and colored stains are used to finish most of his projects. Oil based paints are used on items that will be used outdoors.
After retirement Floyd worked for the forest service in Wyoming for two summers, then he and his wife traveled. They have been on every dam on the Colorado River from the headwaters to the ocean, camping in forest service and state campgrounds. They enjoyed meeting people from all over the United States.
"Our favorite place to visit is Organ Pipe Cactus National Park Monument down on the Mexican border," Floyd said, with Ora Lea nodding in agreement. "The place is very special if you go when the cacti are blooming in the early spring."
While Floyd has been busy with his hobby, Ora Lea found time to make 17 quilts, all but two given to family members.
They no longer winter in Arizona. "We built our home here in Cedaredge in 1985, like it here and intend to spend the rest of our lives right here."
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A Purim carnival without cheap, plastic prizes? What if instead of winning crappy, non-recyclable tchotchkes, a kid at a Purim carnival wins tzedakah tickets—Mitzvah Money—from each game, and then stuffs them into a pushke for his or her favorite charity? At least two synagogues are doing this already, and this year, mine will, too.
It's just like Chuck E. Cheese, only instead of redeeming tickets for disposable clutter, kids donate tickets to help people less fortunate.
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My goal is to help kids and grownups spend time together making Jewish things. I like stuff that is hands-on, attractive, non-fussy, cheap and real, and so fun no one realizes it's educational.
The value is in the doing, not just the being done, and in the conversations and questions that happen along the way. Every project comes with helpful and (hopefully) pleasant chatter, because my native compulsiveness and enthusiasm means that I've given the meaning, function, and possible permutations a lot of thought. You won't need to do much planning, because I'll have done it for you.
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Her first lifeguard job was at Highlawn Swim Club in St. Albans when she was 16. The next summer she signed on with Charleston because it paid more.
The city now pays $8 an hour even though the minimum wage is only $7.25. Charnock has to compete with private pools, where the work is a little easier.
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