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MORRISONVILLE — Keith S. "Mac" "Boppie" McIntyre, 77, of Morrisonville, died Thursday July 25, 2013, at his home. He was born in Titusville, Pa. on Dec. 10, 1935, son of the late Harold and Gertrude (Zerres) McIntyre.
He attended Titusville High School. Keith had a Bachelor's Degree in General Studies from The University of Nebraska at Omaha. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 21 yrs, stationed in Turkey, Japan, Panama and Vietnam. Keith retired in 1975 at the rank of SMSGT. During his military career he was awarded the Bronze Star. He also served at Clinton Correctional Facility for 18 years and retired a Lieutenant.
Keith's hobbies/interests included coin and stamp collecting, playing Scrabble and the Word Jumble in the daily paper. He has been involved in charities/organizations, including the Rotary Club, Kiwanas, and Habitat for Humanity.
Keith is survived by two daughters, Kimberly Lang and her husband David of Gainsville, Fla. and Iris Porter and her husband Edward of Bloomingdale; three brothers, Larry McIntyre and his wife Betty of Elyria, Ohio, Dan McIntyre of Tittusville, Pa. and Ron McIntyre of Lititz, Pa.; mother-in-law Winnie Kautz of Sandusky, Ohio; three granddaughters, Amanda Lang of Gainsville, Fla., Kelsie Gillman of Dannemora, and Brittany Gillman of Plattsburgh; three grandsons, Nick Lang of Gainsville, Fla., Trevor McIntyre of Plattsburgh, and Aaron McIntyre of Morrisonville; one great-grandson Connor Favaro of Morrisonville. Keith is predeceased by his wife Linda McIntyre, daughter, Cynthia McIntyre, sister-in-law, Barbara McIntyre, and mother in law, Iris Kautz.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at Whiteface Community United Methodist Church in Wilmington. Burial will be at the convenience of the family in Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Keith's memory may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105 or www.stjude.org.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Heald Funeral Home, 48 Court St., Plattsburgh. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.healdfuneralhomeinc.com.


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The Phillies got Roy Halladay back last night, but it was Hunter Pence and the bullpen that stole the show as the Phils topped LA 3-2 for their fourth straight win.
A Jimmy Rollins double in the game's first at-bat helped get the Phils an early 1-0 lead. Halladay gave up a pair of runs in the second and left after five innings with the Phils still down 2-1. The pen didn't budge after he left, though, and Hunter Pence delivered a two-out, two-run single in the top of the eighth to put the Phillies on top to stay.
Five relievers combined to throw four scoreless innings after Halladay left the game. The bullpen came into the game having thrown to a 7.00 ERA over its last 15 games and a 5.33 ERA over its last 77 games.
The Phillies are 41-51 on the year after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 last night. They have won four in a row and remain in last place in the NL East, 13 games behind the first place Nats. They have allowed four runs in their last two games, winning two one-run games in a row despite scoring three runs in each of the two games.
Halladay got the start for the Phils and went five innings, allowing two runs on five hits. One of the hits went for extra-bases, a double. He struck out six and didn't walk a batter.
Up 1-0, Halladay threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the first, but it took 18 pitches. Six to get unlikely leadoff hitter Bobby Abreu looking, five more to get Mark Ellis looking and seven to get Matt Kemp to fly to left.
Andre Ethier singled to right to start the second and moved to third on a double by Adam Kennedy. James Loney was next and the lefty lined a single into left field, scoring Ethier to tie the game at 1-1 and moving Kennedy up to third. Luis Cruz followed that with a single into center. Kennedy scored and LA led 2-1 with men on first and second and nobody out. AJ Ellis was next and lined to Utley for the first out with Utley throwing to first to double off Cruz. With pitcher Stephen Fife at the plate for his first career plate appearance, a wild pitch by Halladay allowed Loney to take third before Halladay got Fife looking to leave him stranded.
Another long inning for Halladay. Twenty pitches in the frame had him at 38 for the game after just two innings. The Dodgers hit him well in the frame. Three singles and a double. He struck out the pitcher in the first plate appearance of his career for one of them and got another on a bad base-running play by Cruz. The Ellis line drive was a soft liner — Cruz was way too far off of base and was doubled off easily.
Ellis singled with one out in the second, but Kemp grounded into a double-play behind him.
Kemp is a good guy to get out if you want to beat the Dodgers. So far in the series he's 1-for-8 with a single and has grounded into two double-plays in the series.
Just ten pitches in the frame for Halladay.
He struck out Ethier and Kennedy in a 1-2-3 fourth.
With two outs in the fifth, the pitcher Fife hit a ball that Halladay handled, but Halladay's throw to first was bad and Fife was safe on the error. Abreu grounded to first to leave Fife stranded.
Fife's ball was chopped to the third base side of the mound. Halladay didn't handle it cleanly then picked it up and threw in the dirt to first.
Schwimer started the sixth. He got the righties Ellis and Kemp for the first two outs. The lefty Horst came in to pitch to the lefty Ethier and hit him with a pitch. Kennedy flew to right for the third out.
I think there's a lot to like there in a one-run game. Schwimer gets Kemp out. Then Manuel brings in the lefty to pitch to Ethier.
First outing for Schwimer after being charged with three runs while getting two outs against the Rockies. Horst was pitching for the first time since July 8. He has allowed one hit and two walks over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his six appearances with the Phillies this year. Manuel doesn't seem so impressed — see his first appearance since July 8.
Kendrick pitched the seventh. Ellis singled with two outs, but Kendrick got Gwynn to pop to Polanco to set LA down.
The bullpen needs all the help they can get and that's a huge inning from Kendrick. Kendrick to the bullpen isn't enough to fix what's wrong, but it's a start.
Kendrick was back to start the eighth with the Phils up 3-2. He got the first two hitters before Kemp singled to right. Bastardo came in to pitch to the lefty Ethier and struck him out looking 3-2 to leave Kemp stranded.
Again, great job by the pen. Righties on righties and a big strikeout for Bastardo against the lefty Ethier.
Fantastic job out of the pen for Kendrick in the game. He got five huge outs in a one-run game and allowed two singles. Between one start and two reliefs appearances, he's throw ten scoreless innings in July with an 0.70 ratio. He has a 6.23 ERA as a reliever this year with most of the ugly coming on May 9 against the Mets when he was charged with five runs in an inning. He has a 1.17 ERA as a reliever over 7 2/3 innings in his other six appearances.
Bastardo struck out the only batter he faced in the game. 5.10 ERA for the year and 8.22 ERA over his last 16 appearances since the end of May. Four lefties in the pen (Horst, Diekman, Savery and Bastardo) and Bastardo is still the guy facing lefties in a one-run game in the eighth.
With the Phils still up a run, Papelbon set the Dodgers down in order in the ninth. Righty Juan Rivera hit for pitcher Kenley Jansen and struck out looking 1-2 to end the game.
Papelbon was pitching for the second day in a row. He's struck out six in 4 2/3 scoreless innings over his last four appearances.
Just a fantastic game for the bullpen. Halladay leaves after five and the relievers combine to throw four shutout innings in which they allow two singles and don't walk a batter.
The Phillies lineup against righty Stephen Fife, making his major league debut, went (1) Rollins (2) Victorino (3) Utley (4) Howard (5) Ruiz (6) Pence (7) Pierre (8) Polanco. Polanco again against the righty with Fontenot on base. Pierre in left.
Rollins doubled to right to start the game and Victorino bunted him to third with the first out. Utley grounded to first for the second out with Rollins scoring to put the Phillies up 1-0. Howard grounded to Ellis for the third out.
Phils manufacture a run with a double, a bunt and a ground out to give them the early lead. I'd rather see Victorino try to get a hit, but if they were looking for one run they sure got it.
Pence walked with one out in the second and moved up to second when Pierre followed with a single to right. Polanco flew to right for the second out and Halladay grounded to second to leave both runners stranded.
Nothing for the Phils after putting two men on with one out.
Down 2-1, the Phillies went in order on three ground outs in the third.
Howard walked to start the fourth and took second on a wild pitch by Fife, but was left there when Ruiz and Pence both grounded out and Pierre flew to right.
Polanco singled softly to right to start the fifth and Halladay bunted him to second with the first out. Rollins struck out swinging and Victorino grounded out to leave him there.
Howard walked with one out in the sixth and again took second on a wild pitch with Ruiz at the plate. Ruiz flew to second for the second out. Pence was next and he singled into center, a little to the left field side of Kemp. Howard tried to score from second, but he's really slow. Kemp's throw was a little up the third base side of the plate and the play at the plate was very close, but Ellis dove back to apply the tag Howard was called out for the third out.
Very close play at the plate. Looked safe to me at the time. Howard is still very slow either way. Should be able to score on a single to center with two outs.
That was it for Fife in the game. He held the Phillies to a run on four hits and three walks over six innings.
Righty Josh Lindbloom set the Phillies down in order in the seventh. Pridie hit for with two outs and flew to center.
Pridie is 3-for-8 on the year and 1-for-4 as a pinch-hitter.
Righty Ronald Belisario started the eighth with the Dodgers still up a run. He came into the game with a 1.67 ERA and an 0.90 ratio for the year. He was pitching for the second straight day after needing just 11 pitches to strike out Ruiz, Pence and Mayberry in a 1-2-3 ninth in the first game of the set. Rollins and Victorino went down on a pair of ground balls to start the inning before Utley walked on four pitches. Belisario hit Howard in the foot 1-2 to put runners on first and second. Mayberry ran for Howard at first. Belisario hit Ruiz 3-2 to load the bases for Pence and righty Kenley Jansen came on to pitch to Pence. Pence hit a ball up the middle for a single. Utley and Mayberry both scored, putting the Phils up 3-2. Kemp threw Ruiz out going to third for the third out.
Pinch-running for Howard turns out to be a great idea. Second outfield assist of the game for Kemp. The Dodgers leave Belisario in to face the lefties Utley and Howard with two outs and neither of them on. He doesn't get either of them out and both of them end up scoring (Howard in the person of Mayberry). Scott Elbert is the lefty in the pen for LA. He had thrown 21 pitches in game one of the set.
Ruiz was hit by a pitch for the 14th time this season in the inning. There's only one player in either league other than Ruiz who has been hit by a pitch more than nine times this season — Josh Willingham has been hit 11 times for the Twins.
Jansen set the Phillies down in order in the ninth. Wigginton hit for Bastardo and flew to left for the third out.
Rollins was 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout in the game. He's 7-for-his-last-19 with five extra-base hits.
Victorino 0-for-3. He bunted Rollins over to third with the first out of the second inning, which allowed Rollins to score on Utley's ground out. 6-for-his-last-15. Still hitting just 228/289/322 against right-handed pitching for the season.
Utley 0-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. 6-for-his-last-36 with one walk. 7-for-34 against righties (.207).
Howard 0-for-1 with two walks and a hit by pitch. 3-for-21 at the plate (.138) with a .308 on-base percentage.
Ruiz 0-for-3 with a hit by pitch. He's hitting .349 for the year and on-basing .411. All the hit by pitches (14) are helping to hide the fact that he's not drawing nearly as many walks this year as he has in previous seasons. He's only got 17 walks for the year — he's walked just three more times than he's been hit by pitch. With zero hit by pitches instead of 14, he'd been hitting .349 and on-basing .383 instead of hitting .349 and on-basing .411. He has .062 points of on-base percentage — .034 from walks and .028 from being hit by pitches. From 2009-2011, he hit .281 for the Phils and on-based .376. Of those .095 points of on-base percentage, about .010 came from being hit by pitches 20 times in 1,284 plate appearances and about .083 came from walking 150 times in those PA.
Pence 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBI. He came into the game 1-for-his-last-18.
Pierre 1-for-4 with a strikeout. 343/382/424 against right-handed pitchers for the season. 171/190/171 (7-for-41 with seven singles) against lefties.
Polanco 1-for-4 with a single. 4-for-his-last-36 (.111) with a walk and four singles.
Lee (1-6, 3.92) faces lefty Clayton Kershaw (7-5, 2.84) this afternoon. The Phillies have lost six of the last seven games that Lee has started and are 4-11 in his starts for the year. Both of his starts in July have been good — he's 1-1 with a 2.57 for the month. Kershaw has allowed two earned runs or less in four of his last five starts. He's allowed one home run in 32 1/3 innings over his last five outings.


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Kate Jones is not happy the Tennessee Valley Authority is increasing its electricity rate.
"My family and I take great pains to keep our utilities down, to keep our carbon footprint down," she said.
MLGW President Jerry Collins confirms the utility company will pass on the rate hike to customers.
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The TVA made internal changes to lessen the blow.
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Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here.
One of the greatest things about Fantastic Fest (as if you need more than the current list of highlights) is that you not only get to meet filmmakers, actors, writers, etc., but occasionally, in the cases of the great documentaries that are shown there, you get to meet the subjects. And in the case of director Michael Paul Stephenson's (star of TROLL 2; director of BEST WORST MOVIE) last effort, THE AMERICAN SCREAM, the filmmaker was accompanied by two of the three Massachusetts families profiled in this exceptional documentary about folks that spend months turning their homes into haunted houses every Halloween.
The movie will premiere on the Chiller cable channel on October 28, but some theaters around the country are showing it in the weeks leading up to the television premiere. I know in Chicago, it's playing most weekend midnights in October, and it should not be missed. The day after the film premiered, I sat down with Stephenson and home haunter Victor Bariteau (unfortunately his neighbor and fellow haunter Manny Souza had to catch a plane just before my interview slot came up).
Although the Bariteau family is one of three profiled, his work, obsession level, family commitment, and story are perhaps the heart and soul of THE AMERICAN SCREAM, and I was especially honored to chat with him and get an update on his life's dream to open up a professional haunted house (the kind that's open for several weeks leading up to Halloween). Please enjoy my chat with Michael Paul Stephenson and Victor Bariteau, along with one of the producers of the film, Meyer Shwarzstein…
Capone: Hi, it's nice to meet you.
Michael Paul Stephenson: It's nice to meet you.
Capone: I think we were supposed to meet in Chicago a while back when BEST WORST MOVIE opened in Chicago, and then your wife had a baby or something crazy like that?
MPS: Whatever! She was faking it. [Laughs] That's right, for BEST WORST MOVIE, right?
Capone: Right, at the Music Box. I think George came by himself, but he apologized for…
MPS: My wife having a baby? [Laughs]
Capone: "There's no excuse, but if there were, here it is." Such a fun night last night watching AMERICAN SCREAM. Let me ask you first, Victor, the one thing that was hinted at, but wasn't expressly talked about. When Halloween is all over, and you wake up the morning after, does a post-mortem depression set in?
Victor Bartiteau: It takes about a week to set in, but yes. You drag your feet around the house. That night, immediately after we close down, in the house, my friends are still there, my family is still there and they're talking about the whole experience and how they scared this one was. So the adrenaline is still going at that point, and we're talking about what we are going to do next year. Then about a week later, yeah, there's definitely a depression that sets in.
Capone: Which is easier for your family deal with, the manic Victor of the week leading up to Halloween or the depressed Victor a week later?
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VB: There's sort of a relief as we're getting into normal mode. We have Thanksgiving coming up and then Christmas and we don't include Halloween in any of those. Thanksgiving is Thanksgiving and Christmas is Christmas. I want my kids to have the Christmas experience too, and so once the holidays get here, it's more about family. So you snap out of the depression pretty quick.
Capone: I've been to home haunts like what you do, but it's more that people just set it up, not so much the haunted house experience, but more just really go all out with decorations, and you walk into their backyard, but they leave it open for weeks leading up to Halloween, but you seem to devote it to just that one night. Is there a reason for that?
VB: The reason is the neighborhood that we live in was filled with trick or treaters before we even moved into it, and so the audience is there. I know it seems like a tremendous amount of work for one night, but it's certainly worth it. I can't explain why I do it for one night. It's certainly insane. But with the pro haunt, one I'll get to do it throughout the month.
Capone: That's a great thing. Michael, looking back on this search that was described last night that you and everyone went on from town to town through the country, did it suddenly seem like a really obviously thing that this is set in Massachusetts, which kind of lends itself all things gothic?
MPS: Oh absolutely. When we were doing the casting trip, we had a certain imagine and a feeling that we wanted to find, and it wasn't until we came to Massachusetts and Fairhaven where it was like, "This is it," The weather was a little chilly; it was perfect.
Capone: And like you said in the movie, the neighborhood is exactly the right configuration too.
MPS: Right. Everything about the setting was perfect, and up until that point I was getting increasingly anxious because we were checking off lists like, "Okay, these are great haunters doing great things, but where's the setting? Where's the story? Where is what I was hoping to find?" I grew up in small town Utah and in fall in the neighborhood, all the houses were close together, and there was lots of trick or treating. It was a community, and Halloween was a rich tradition within that community. Fairhaven was the closest thing that felt representative of my childhood. As soon as we pulled into the town, before even meeting Victor, we were like, "Okay, this is looking really great." The houses, the feeling, the setting, the trees, everything felt like Halloween.
Capone: Did you set out to find families that did this? Or were you just looking for the best haunts you could find or the best setting? I love that your movie is about families that do that; it's not about college kids or 20-somethings.
MPS: It wasn't finding the best haunter--I was never interested in finding the best home haunter--even thought through Victor, arguably, I found him. It was more about family; it was about finding this tradition that was created within a family and examining how that strengthens and stretches the family. So I was always more interested about family identity and small town America and tradition and community, than I was props or haunts or any of that.
Capone: That being said, the family dynamic also gives us, at least in a couple of the cases, possibility for friction and tension.
MPS: What family doesn't have that? That's the thing, it's has that, because it means so much, and I can get behind anybody that is doing something that means so much to them, and it causes this. Arguably, you look at some of the stress and the tension that it causes the family, but I envied them in many ways, because it was the one thing they did as a family every single year, whether or not they were always on board, everyone was like, "Let's do it together." And it is part of their family legacy now. I guarantee you his daughters--10, 20, 30 years down the road--will look back on some of this time they spent with their dad doing these things and it, will be some of the most memorable experiences they have in life.
Capone: Obviously for BEST WORST MOVIE, you were uniquely qualified to make that film and to tell that story. Was AMERICAN SCREAM a little scarier in a way since you were tackling something you weren't necessarily an expert in, or that you were uniquely qualified to tell the story?
MPS: It was terrifying. I was scared. Even with BEST WORST MOVIE, I'm not a B movie expert at all. I was uniquely qualified having been in TROLL 2, but I was more afraid of finding a subject matter that could possibly mean as much to me, because BEST WORST MOVIE was so personal. Not only did BEST WORST MOVIE mean a lot to me personally, and I connected to it, but it was received well and so you're at this point where you're like, "How am I going to find something that's going to mean as much?"
Family is important to me and community is important to me, and I'm at a point in my life where I have two daughters I'm raising and trying to balance my passion. I work with my wife who is a producer, and I'm trying to balance all of these things and not losing sight of those things that mean the most to you. So it was instantly identifiable, and I'm the risk that Victor is taking in going pro. It's a risk right off the bat that's like, "Look, there's no guarantee, this is a big risk that we do in making films." It's a huge risk, and I want to be that person when I'm older that looks back and says, "I tried." Even if it doesn't work out or life takes you in a different direction, I don't want to be the type of person that says, "I wish I would have done something different with my life."
VB: No regrets.
Capone: Victor, was it any different that particular year having the camera around? And was it weird last night watching it and seeing yourself from an outside perspective. Were you tearing your hair out going, "What is wrong with me?"
VB: Yes.
Capone: Well first, tell me about having the cameras.
VB: The cameras, we got used to very quickly, because we love the guys. My daughters took to hem immediately. It wasn't like a working environment at all; it was like having friends over. So that wasn't an issue. It really wasn't an issue. The cameras took a little while to get used to. We're just a small town family.
Capone: Were you more aware of your own behavior having them there?
VB: At first, but you'll see towards the end of the movie when…
[Everyone Laughs]
VB: …I'm oblivious to it.
Capone: Did you try to recruit the crew to help you in the 11th hour?
VB: Actually yeah. We had Zack Carson [of the Alamo Drafthouse, who is a producer on THE AMERICAN SCREAM] helping us.
MPS: There were a few times where Zack would be in the frame moving something, and we were like, "Get out of there!"
VB: Anybody we could suck in, yeah absolutely.
Capone: And then last night. I can't even imagine what that would be like seeing it with people watching you.
VB: That was kind of eye opening. The whole sergeant thing where I'm ordering people around. I'm like, "What an asshole. How can I have any friends after that?" I've got really great friends. I've got really great friends, and they put up with a lot of crap. So I'm only like that during the haunt setup, the rest of the year I'm really close to these people.
[Everyone Laughs]
VB: You know, we go out for beers. I took a lot of them to go see the play A CHRISTMAS CARROL, and we took their wives out. I got a little bonus from work for a project I was working on, and that's what I spent it on, to show them how much I appreciated their help. For them to put up with me for that short time where I'm so intense, I really didn't realize how hard I was, and on my family too.
Capone: I was about to say, it's funny how you're talking more about your friends then how you are with your family.
VB: My family is stuck with me, you know? My friends can just go, "See ya." So that was a bit shocking to me to see that up on there, like "What a jerk."
Capone: Can you explain what is happening with this film now? Where is it going to play first? Is it ever going to be in a theater again? I hope people get to see this that might not be able to catch it on Chiller.
MPS: Basically, we have a television premiere at the end of October, and throughout October we've started to have theaters that have contacted us that want to do special engagements and short runs, that type of thing. So we're looking at that now and really trying to compact as much of that in October as possible, not only because it's obviously the perfect month, but because the movie celebrates community and watching movies together, that celebrates community. So the more we can have it play in theaters, that's our aim. We do have Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, L.A., those are the first ones that have kind of popped up. Chicago is on my list.
We actually do have theaters, after the television premiere, in November that are like, "Hey, let's run this in November." So it's all kind of taking shape quickly right now, but it looks like we're going to have more opportunities, not only in the festival scene, because we have other festivals we are playing in October, but more opportunities to see it in a theater with a live audience.
Capone: Who came to you with this idea first?
MPS: This guy right here.
Capone: So how did you think of him to do this?
Meyer Shwarzstein: It was actually the other way around. I worked on BEST WORST MOVIE, selling the movie and brought it to Chiller, and the guys at Chiller were like, "So, what's Michael's next project?" I said, "I don't know." So I'm in their office vamping, "How about doing a movie about Halloween haunted houses?" They said, "That's really cool." "Okay, great!" and then I called Michael and was like, "So how do you feel about the idea of a movie on Halloween haunted houses?" He said, "That's a really cool idea," and I was like "Yes!" Because I've always been fascinated by the phenomenon and it's been one of those laden thoughts I've had every year and I just find it really interesting, and it's also very good natured. I love that and it felt to me, and I love working with Michael and Lindsay [Stephenson]. They're amazing, and to me if I can find any more excuses in the world to do anything with them, in a heartbeat, so it's just a sheer complete and total pleasure, and Chiller as well. They're great.
So it's been an idyllic experience, if you can have something like that. They've been unbelievably supportive and any sort of twist in direction, they had some ideas early on that they wanted to impose upon it and when they saw what was happening sort of let go and supported all the way through. It's really been a completely supported environment by the people who were behind the camera, in front of the camera. It's just very unusual, and I think you see it on screen. It comes through all the way. The whole thing has got this good-natured feel about it, so I thought it was a perfect match.
Capone: Well it was really wonderful to meet you. And I'll see if I can find a place for this in Chicago.
MPS: Some places are also doing like a haunt afterwards.
Capone: Gosh, it might be too early for that.
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I love how this interview ends with (everyone laughs), like some sort of shitty sitcom.
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Good work Capone. Interested in hunting this down if it manages to make it over to this side of the pond. Best Worst Movie is a little slice of genius.
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London Wasps flyhalf, Alex King, put The Men in Black off into an early lead, with a penalty in the second minute. The penalty was to be the only points scored in the first half by London Wasps. Burke followed the King penalty with two of his own, in the 9th and 15th minutes.
NEC Harlequins centre, Nick Greenstock, then opened an eight-point cushion with the first try of the afternoon in the 21st minute. The try was due to Alex Codling successfully taking a lineout ball close to the London Wasps tryline, and laying off to his backline, before Greenstock gathered and crossed over. Burke had no problem with the conversion, and the lead opened up to 13-3.
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It's very nearly that time of year, when many parents panic just a little bit, about what to do with their kids all summer. Yes, very soon, school will be out and providing activities that are fun AND worthwhile can be a challenge in our technology-soaked world. Engaging minds and keeping hands busy with productive projects takes a lot of planning and preparation, so that the activity can be easily completed and so the supplies and materials are already on-hand when they're needed. What a delight to discover Kiwi Crate, who not only understands the need, but solves it with a great deal of expertise.
When our bright green "crate" arrived at the front door, my 10-year-old was doing a little happy dance. Kiwi Crates are designed with kids aged 3-7 in mind, but if a project involves Science or Arts and Crafts, you can bet our 5th grader is going to be front and center, ready to tackle it. And when it involves both, don't stand in her path! :) She was particularly excited because she knew we were receiving a Kiwi Garden Crate for this review. With all the excitement in our house surrounding gardening and growing our own healthy food, she was already enthusiastic about the possible projects. When we opened the sturdy box (crate) she nearly swooned. Combine three of her favorite things — presents, gardening and crafts and you will have landed on exactly what the Kiwi Garden Crate is all about.
My first thought, as we opened the box, was how well packaged the kit is. The green "crate" is a very sturdy cardboard constructed case that is re-closeable. It will be simple to store kits, this ones and future ones, stacked neatly in a small amount of space or to use their boxes to store other school and art supplies or puzzle pieces or to create art projects or…you get the drift. This isn't your average waste of space, coming apart at the seams, box from a kid's game or kit. Rather than spending big bucks on flashy commercial graphics for the outside, and the cheapest possible paper, Kiwi Crates focused on being sure it was durable, reusable and useful. I like that.
Lifting the lid revealed contents that were packaged more like a gift than an educational kit. It produced a squeal of delight from our youngest crafter to find everything neatly wrapped in lime green tissue paper, fastened with a cute kiwi sticker and a sweet gift card and a pair of scissors on top of it all. The stickers on the inside of the lid were enough of a "teaser" to let her know what the kit was all about and she couldn't wait to dig in! Building enthusiasm and anticipation — hmmm…I like that.
Folding back the tissue paper, revealed the contents of our crate — two thick fiberboard flower pots, three packages of Crayola air-dry modeling clay, pipe cleaners, punch-out flowers and veggies, colored pencils, soil pellets, squash seeds, bean seeds, a window garden "pouch", suction cup hooks, plant labels, label stickers, an eye dropper, an observation journal, the aforementioned scissors, detailed picture tutorial instructions for completing both the flower pots and the window garden project, and a pamphlet containing follow-up instructions for transplanting the seedlings to an outdoor garden, as well as recipes to prepare both the squash and the beans, at harvest time. Not one time, throughout the process of working on these projects, did I have to run to find something to help us finish. Every needed item was included in the kit with no guessing, substituting or tracking things down, left to Mom. When Kiwi Crates says, "Hands-on fun delivered right to your door….All materials and inspiration included." they really mean it. I love that!
With your younger children, you will probably need to be a little more hands-on than was necessary with our 10-year-old, who could read through the instructions on her own. But even younger children will be able to handle these projects and put their own creative imaginations to work, once you set the process in motion. Our happy gardener plunged in and enthusiastically completed both projects. She continues to water and tend her window garden, anticipating the day she can move tiny seedlings to our vegetable garden, outside. In the meantime, she is recording the seeds' progress in the observation journal and learning about seed germination, plant parts and more in the process. I love that his kit is so interactive, teaches AND incorporates fun into the educational process. Yes, yes I do. I really like that.
Kiwi Crates are available through their website subscription service. You can subscribe on a month-to-month basis or for an entire year. A one-month subscription is $19.95 and you can have supplies for a second child added to the kit for only $7.95. (Our kit had a nice supply of "leftover ingredients" that will be used on other projects, too.) I know that you're all budget-conscious, like me, and you need to be sure you get the best value for every dollar you spend. With that in mind, I did a little experiment of my own. I shopped our local Walmart for some of the "ingredients" included in the kit.
- scissors…………………………………………..$1.99
- seed starter pellets…………………………..$4.99 (the smallest package of them I could purchase)
- bean seeds………………………………………$0.99
- squash seeds……………………………………$0.99
- Crayola modeling clay………………………$7.99 (not available at our Walmart – smallest pack I found online with all 3 colors)
- pipe cleaners……………………………………$2.19
- suction cup hooks…………………………….$3.89
- fiberboard flower pots……………………..$3.00 (I found nothing in-store or online that resembled these heavy-duty pressed-board type pots. So, I'm guessing.)
- plant T-labels…………………………………..$4.19
I'm already at OVER $30 and haven't priced everything included in this kit. Plus, I would have had to track down each item on my own, some of which I was unable to find anywhere, others that were not available locally, but could be found online. If you're like me, you don't have that kind of time to invest in tracking down everything for a fun project like this. And for me to assemble the same materials would cost much more than the subscription price Kiwi Crates is asking. Do I think these high-quality educational kits are a good value? Without a doubt! Not only do they go to the trouble of collecting EVERYTHING I need and provide it more affordably than I can get it myself, they also deliver it right to my front door! How can I beat that? I hope you'll visit the Kiwi Crate website to start a subscription for your own kids' summer fun learning!
Kiwi Crate has generously consented to host a giveaway for a Kiwi Crate Space Crate. One lucky Busy-at-Home reader will be able to have it delivered right to their door! Use the Rafflecopter form, below, to enter the drawing before midnight on May 20, 2012. Be sure to read the instructions in the first entry. Commenting on this post with which kit, from Kiwi Crates, you think looks fun and who would use it at your house, is the only mandatory entry.
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I received a Kiwi Crate Garden Crate in order to test the products and write this review. No monetary compensation was received and a positive review was not required. As with all Busy-at-Home reviews, the views and opinions expressed are wholly my own and based on my personal experience with the product. While Busy-at-Home administers the giveaway and randomly selects the winner, the prize is provided by Kiwi Crate.
39 Responses to Kiwi Crates: High Quality, Fun & Creative Hands-on Kids' Activity Kits: Review & Giveaway
The Gardening Crate looks like fun for my little one! He loves getting his hands dirty.
Window Garden Growing would be a fun project for the Grandkids!
Those are really cool. Every kid would love that.
I would choose the window gardening growing kit for my son. He loves to garden.
I like the Gardening Crate best and I am sure little Gracie will love it too!
The Gardening Crate… to be used by by niece
I think my son would love the Window Garden Growing Crate.
If I were a child, I would be loving every single project! The gardening crate would be hard for the adult child to leave to the kids. My granddaughter lives in another state and sending this to her would be wonderful, very very wonderful!
What a great idea! Glad I checked in-
My daughter would love the Colorful Inspiration crate!
my daughter would love the flower pot gardening crate
I like the gardening crate. very cute
Hi Glenda,
Wow — thank you so much for this awesome review of the garden crate! It looks like your daughter had a great time working her "green thumb" — and what a smart idea to make words on the flower pots!
How fun, My son would LOVE to do something like this!
Color crate, used by my little artist, my 6yo daughter
We love Kiwi Crate! It's nice to have all the supplies for great crafts and learning activities come in one box!
All of them look fantastic! Definitely would enjoy the gardening kit for my boys!
The Colors crate looks fun, my 2 kids would love it.
All the crates look fabulous! The gardening crate would be very timely right now.
I would totally go with the gardening crate! My kids would love it!
The gardening crates look like so much fun!
I like the Discover Dinosaurs
I like the gardening crate and would use it with my granddaughter.
I would love for my 4 yr old to get the gardening kit! Looks like a lot of fun and really cool that the seeds grow in a suction cup window bag!
the garden crate looks amaze! my 3 year old girl loves watering the plants in our backyard patio – even in the rain. coming from a family of farmers this shouldn't surprise me.
i like designing flower pots for my son
My son would like the spinning colors crate
Either the Window Garden Growing crate or the Stained Glass Windows crate. I have a boy and a girl and either of these would appeal to both of them. Thanks!
My son would love the Dinosaurs Crate.
We love Kiwi Crate! My daughter loved her pirate crate!
I love the Dinosaur Crate – so cute!
Under the Sea looks so fun for my 7 year old daughter.
The dinosaur crate looks fun for nephew.
I like Discover Dinosaurs Kiwi Crate!
Forgot to add my grandson would love to have this!
My daughter would love the Colors Crate!
I think the Dinosaurs crate would be wonderful for my husbands little cousin. He'd enjoy it so much!


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"As the superintendent of Ina Grade School and 26 years as an educator is Jefferson County, I know first hand the many needs of our students," stated Monte Jo Clark. "Each school year at registration time, parents are handed a list of 'must have' supplies for school, often creating a real hardship for those down on their luck, or with multiple children to buy for. As administrators, we can waive a book rental fee, a lab fee or lunch fees. But one thing we cannot waive is gym shoes. Every kid needs them, and many can't afford them."
Clark, who serves on the elder board of Kingdom Seed Ministries has a plan to help.
"Kingdom Seed Ministries is launching is pleased to be launching an exciting new promotion called Happy Feet," Clark continued.
The first phase of the program is for Kingdom Seed Ministries to solicit donations to purchase promotional items, consisting primarily of flip-flop sandals. The second phase is selling the promotional items at various locations and businesses around Mt. Vernon, at a cost of $20 each.
"One hundred percent of the profits from these sales will be used to purchase high quality, name brand gym shoes for students who might not otherwise afford them," Clark said.
The third phase of the project is a "Back-to-School Bash," which will be held at Kingdom Seed Ministries, where families can bring in a voucher received at school registration and exchange it for a pair of gym shoes.
"We are currently in Phase 1," Clark said. "We still need to raise $5,000 in the next three weeks. ... No amount is too large or too small. Donors will have their names listed as sponsors on the Happy Feet T-shirts."
Kingdom Seed Ministries is located at 118 N. Ninth St.


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According to an article from The Scotsman, the results of a poll of UK children showed a definite preference for JK Rowling's books above other children's classics. Quotage:
While Peter Pan and Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone were both recognised by every youngster polled, only 12 per cent had read JM Barries tale of pirates, ticking crocodiles and plank-walking, compared with 81 per cent who had read the first of JK Rowlings series. [And] Toad of Toad Hall would throw an interminable tantrum to learn that 65 per cent of children had never heard of Kenneth Grahames The Wind in the Willows, with only 7 per cent leafing through the pages.


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