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Dengeki Daisy 10Posted: July 25, 2012 Filed under: Dengeki Daisy 1 Comment
Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2012 – 12+ volumes
This series. As I mentioned last time, it's a little strange getting what I've wanted all this time, now that Teru and Kurosaki are together. Everything is so happy and light, I'm just not sure what to think. It's going so well, in fact, that even their normal bickering has lost some of its bite, and was striking me as a little less funny through the first chapter or so this volume. That's a shame, because the funny bickering is the absolute best part of this series. It's worth reading for that alone.
The first chapter was loosely based around midterm exams, and I literally rolled my eyes when the first page of chapter two opened with some super-cliched illustration of what happens over the winter holidays. Christmas dates, New Year's celebrations… you know. I've just read too many of these. But it's shoujo manga, and these can still be great if I like the series well enough. And I definitely like Dengeki Daisy that much.
Then the second page of that chapter just skips all that. A character yells loudly about how it's a shoujo manga, and you need details. Teru recounts memories from the break… that another character points out is from a side story in volume 6. Which was probably a Christmas extra from a year or two before. So not only are the winter holidays not worth rehashing in the world of Dengeki Daisy, we get repeats of bonus content that the characters loudly object to.
That's why Dengeki Daisy is so special. Actually, it subverted expectations again at the beginning of the chapter, when a bully from early in the series shows up and threatens to blackmail Kurosaki unless Teru does him a favor. The set-up is ripe for another episode where Teru gets caught up in something over her head, except she just says no. And it turns out the bully doesn't know a thing about Kurosaki save for the stupid rumor that was spread to cover the truth.
It happens again later in a one-off chapter where Kurosaki explains to a teacher that there is nothing between he and Teru, and Teru overhears. Rather than a storyline that lasts a whole volume about how Teru is so heartbroken and won't even listen to Kurosaki… after the preliminaries, it turns out the incident just… uh, turned both of them on, for some reason. Because that's how awesome Dengeki Daisy is.
The plot transitions in this volume from the happy stuff back into the Akira/international espionage stuff, but it's less heavy and serious this time. Hopefully it'll stay that way, since the pasts of all the characters have been resolved and they seem comfortable with each other. The second half of the volume contains another run-in with Akira, and Rena is once again connected to the bad stuff. Bad luck for her.
The volume ends on a cliffhanger, but with the story in a good enough place that it'll be easy to wait for the next one. Which won't be out until January. Sob sob. But! In the meantime, this is definitely one worth picking up if you're looking for a good shoujo series! It's sense of humor is the best part, which is tied into the way it tends to delight in subverting a lot of the more common shoujo plot devices. But it's also a good romance, and a genuinely good read. It's one of my current favorites.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
Dengeki Daisy 9Posted: March 28, 2012 Filed under: Dengeki Daisy Leave a comment
Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2012 – 9+ volumes
Like Blue Exorcist, I think Dengeki Daisy is caught up to the Japanese volumes, and we'll have to wait a while before the next one. Also like Blue Exorcist, this is one of my favorite series. Unlike Blue Exorcist, Dengeki Daisy has reached a good stopping place.
After the ridiculously long flashback and explanation last volume, the story catches back up to the present. In a hilarious panel that admits the problem, the characters mention that it seems like it took forever, like, four whole months, to tell (which is probably how long it took the chapters to run in the original magazine). I forgave it a little for that.
I could see the reunion between Teru and Kurosaki coming. It happens. I was a little worried about this, because Dengeki Daisy… it's better at humor, and I wasn't sure how I'd feel about an overly sentimental reunion between Kurosaki and Teru. But there was no other way I could see, because… you know. They both knew everything, and both now realized how much they like each other, so it was bound to be mushy.
Then Dengeki Daisy proved me wrong. The plan to get Kurosaki back.
It wasn't at all the dramatic storyline it was made out to be. In fact, it was perfectly suited to Dengeki Daisy.
Then. The way Teru broke the tension between the two. It was perfect. Utterly perfect. And hilarious.
I'm sorry, Dengeki Daisy, for ever doubting you. The slow volume of flashbacks was worth it for everything in this volume. I ate it up.
Weirdly, there's… almost a smutty scene here. Everyone seems to be all about this, and it… seemed like that's where it was going. It's side-stepped a little clumsily, and I can't figure out why after all that lead-up. But still. Uh. I was not prepared for that. Again, though, I love that Kurosaki is a little dirty here. The guys are always such white knights in shoujo manga, and I'm happy that a little seinen dirty old man creeps into Kurosaki at times. It makes him feel more like a regular person.
And the story leaves off in an unexpectedly good place, as well. Without giving too much away, the treat is nearly neutralized, and most of what the characters worry about vanishes. It feels a little unreal, and it's almost certain that things are not settled, but it does seem like the story might move on to something else for the time being.
Ah, but Dengeki Daisy. I love you so much. Teru and Kurosaki together is a little more serious than I'd like, but they're slowly getting more comfortable around each other, and it seems like the kinks are slowly being worked out in favor of the funny for later. I can't wait to see how good that gets later. Alas, that will be some time away, but I'm ready to wait. Dengeki Daisy is worth it.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
Dengeki Daisy 8Posted: February 25, 2012 Filed under: Dengeki Daisy 1 Comment
Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2012 – 9+ volumes
Oh, Dengeki Daisy. I like you because you make me laugh. And yet, you've gotten so serious. Not just that, but the unveiling of Kurosaki's backstory is all about sad government deals and technical computer stuff and betrayals and death. It's neither sad nor romantic. I've wished for it for awhile, and it's nice to get it out of the way… but it's way more long and involved than I thought it would be, and Kurosaki isn't around while we learn about it. Also, it commits the sin of "I totally murdered him, except I didn't actually cause his death but I still feel bad sob sob sob." I hate that plot device. On the other hand, I knew it was coming, so it's not that bad.
There are still moments of funny scattered throughout. As long as Teru's around, there's bound to be. Her dream conscience always appears as her brother, and when she has dream conversations with him, she argues that she can look however she wants in dreams, and makes herself have big breasts, appear as a samurai, her brother as a maid, et cetera. I was hoping the flashbacks with her brother would be humorous, that he would have the same personality as her, but alas. There's no room for mirth in those flashbacks.
So yes. After a chapter or so where Teru gets over the shock of Kurosaki leaving, the adults in her life see fit to let her in on just what is happening. And then the rest of the book is spent explaining the links between all the characters, as well as Teru's brother, and how all of this has led up to the current situation. It's a necessary story, and it would have to be quite involved in order to be as big as it needs to be… but it's also about computer programming and hacking. It lost me a couple times. And it's soooo long.
But, as always, Kyousuke Motomi makes up for it somewhat with her hilarious side notes. Before, I commented that I couldn't believe she implied that Kurosaki masturbated to thoughts of Teru. This time around, she published a few side sketches, and one of them is Kurosaki scoping out Teru's breasts over her shoulder when she's looking down into her swimsuit top to shake some sand out. It's terrible and completely out-of-place in a nice shoujo manga. But I'm so happy that Kurosaki is that kind of guy.
I still love this series. I really do. That it can still make me laugh with a story this serious is a testament to how good it really is with its funny characters. And again, the events in this volume have been foreshadowed since volume one, so it had to happen sometime. The story carries over into volume 9, and I really hope that it concludes, and we can get back to our regularly scheduled manga after that.
Two things, though. One is that Kurosaki's super-serious hacking software is called "Jack Frost." You really can't call it that. Too many people already know what Jack Frost really looks like.
Dengeki Daisy 7Posted: November 10, 2011 Filed under: Dengeki Daisy 2 Comments
Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2011 – 9+ volumes
What an awful cliffhanger! Seriously. I loved that the author note on the last page apologized for… "super go-bald-Kurosaki" story twists, and said that it was just a dumb romance manga, and Kurosaki would go back to flirting before too long. I'm glad she left a reassuring note, because I was just thinking that this series was way too serious for how funny it can be. These serious parts about whether or not Kurosaki will tell Teru his identity… they were getting tedious. The cat is out of the bag, but matters are not settled, so this is going to take at least one more volume to resolve. Sigh. But that more laughs are promised is great news.
Secretly, I also liked the author note in the side bar that implies Kurosaki masturbates to thoughts of Teru. That ranks high on my list of things shoujo mangaka should never ever say, but I love that she crossed that line.
This volume is about as depressing as you would think, and Teru really does find out about Kurosaki's identity and the things he did. I hate that the point of contention is a stupid blown-out-of-proportion misunderstanding, as is often the case in shoujo manga, but I hate even worse that Teru doesn't really fall for it, but Kurosaki assumes she does. Shoujo manga! Why must you drive me crazy though I love you so?!
The latter part of the volume is a lot of drama that I'm not really going to talk about (you should read it yourself! It's really good!), but it does involve Kurosaki's identity being leaked, a cute amusement park date, and the re-emergence of some bad guys that have been loitering around lately. The first chapter is a cute one-shot story about Teru sticking up for Kurosaki to one of her snobby teachers, who thinks Kurosaki is a bad influence. Teru agrees that if she doesn't score at the top of her class, Kurosaki will have to dye his hair black. This is too much of a temptation for many members of her class, who try to prevent her from studying.
In an another moment of just how awesome Motomi is, she draws Teru imagining what Kurosaki would look like with black hair, but has never once drawn him bald. I love that the latter is so horribly unimaginable.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
Dengeki Daisy 6Posted: November 6, 2011 Filed under: Dengeki Daisy Leave a comment
Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2011 – 9+ volumes
It's been a while! I still think this series is a bit too dramatic considering its strength is in its humor, but it's so adorable I forgive it all the melodrama.
The first half deals with the mystery of Mr. Arai and what he's up to. Teru gets kidnapped, Kurosaki rushes in for a rescue… we know how this goes. The Mr. Arai situation winds up being much different than it seems, and I liked that he turned out the way he did. And admittedly… though Teru gets kidnapped a lot, I loved that this storyline played on the fact that Teru and Kurosaki knew what each other would do, and thus pulled off the rescue and recovery that way.
And in case that wasn't exciting enough for you, someone threatens to blow up a building, too.
After this, the story goes over more well-trodden ground when Kurosaki tries to figure out whether he wants to tell Teru that he's Daisy, while at the same time Teru is trying to figure out whether she wants to tell Kurosaki she knows he's Daisy. This is starting to drive me a little crazy, but to Motomi's credit, it's pretty fresh in context. I dread these chapters when they come, but at the same time, I love reading them.
And Kurosaki and Teru are still hilarious together. Again, that's what makes reading this series so fun. There's less and less of the two of them interacting with no innuendo, but every bald joke is precious, and they're still stuffed in there intermittently. The last chapter in the book is pure funny, when a former enemy shows up to dote on a puppy.
I do love this series. It's starting to slip into its own formulas after six volumes, but at the same time, I still adore the characters and relationships. I just got another volume in the mail, and I'm hoping something new happens. It looks like there might be a new bad guy coming soon, so I'm hoping that's what I get to see next time.
Dengeki Daisy 5Posted: August 14, 2011 Filed under: Dengeki Daisy 1 Comment
Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2011 – 10+ volumes
Let's see… lots of things happen! There was a terrible cliffhanger last volume that resulted in Kurosaki taking a massive blow to the head. Teru feels guilty, and even guiltier when the person who did it blames her for innocent people getting hurt. Because it's Kurosaki, Teru feels ten times worse, and there are about a million adorable scenes between them at the hospital. Somewhere in here too, there's a lengthy chapter where Teru has to stay with Kurosaki, and there's a nice and very awkward/funny gift exchange that's one of my favorite scenes so far. Anyway. Of course, Kurosaki and company have to figure out just who it is that's targeting Teru, and Kurosaki is very serious now that they've tried to harm her, so he's willing to use his hacker skills again. Teru is trying her own strategies, including sniffing around school and following up old leads on the former Student Council Advisor, Mr. Arai. Ms. Mori, the suspicious health teacher, also gets caught up in things. But the investigation doesn't get very far here, and it looks like this plot will resolve itself next time.
Again, it's not really the plot of the series that interests me, but I suppose the characters have to do something. It's the amazing chemistry between Teru and Tasuku that makes this so much fun to read. Friendly, funny, affectionate, romantic… a nice mix of just about everything nice. Motomi pegs the main characters absolutely perfect, and it's an absolute joy to read.
Since the big secret was revealed to Teru a couple volumes ago, the remaining question is how long she can pretend everything is the same. It becomes clear in this volume that it's not possible, but the dynamic is still interesting (and leads to a lot of hilariously awkward situations). Now, though, there is still some tension surrounding the secret, mostly just about when the air will be cleared. But that would advance things, and this being a shoujo manga, that needs to be put off as long as possible.
Even at its darkest moments, the humor and levity and general niceness surrounding the characters is quite bracing. It's like Kimi ni Todoke in that it's impossible to read a volume and not be in a good mood afterwards. It's definitely high-quality shoujo, and it's one of my current favorites. It's a must for anyone who loves shoujo.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
Dengeki Daisy 4Posted: August 7, 2011 Filed under: Dengeki Daisy Leave a comment
Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2011 – 10+ volumes
Although the secret between Teru and Tasuku was revealed earlier than I'd like, I can't say I'm not happy with the fallout in this volume. Tasuku is completely oblivious to what's going on, but the reality of her situation hits Teru hard, and it makes others around her worried. Actually, I love that one of her current best friends was the jerk girl from the first volume. She's still a jerk, but all the same, she's a great friend to Teru, and the fact that she's still a jerk is one of the numerous bits of endearing humor that make me adore this series.
Most of the conflict, the part I love the best, is that Teru is so completely thrown that she can't write to Daisy. Throughout the entire series, through thick and thin, Daisy has been her one link, her one source of comfort through all the hard things. That she's lost this friendship is utterly tragic, and to see her unsure what to write to sound normal is heartbreaking as much as it is romantic. That I've grown to love Teru so much in such a short time, that this affects me, is pretty fantastic. She's torn as to whether she should admit what happened to Tasuku, and watching her debate that while trying to act "normal" for Daisy is just… hard. It's hard, but it's compelling reading.
This is followed by the inevitable "Tasuku is sick so Teru has to nurse him" chapter. Romantic stuff, especially after what just happened. My heart can't take much more of this. I'm sure there are many who aren't nearly as amused by this sort of sappy romance as I am, but seriously. Dengeki Daisy is good stuff for a shoujo junkie like me.
The rest of the volume… hmm. There's some more discussion of Teru's brother, a story that makes Tasuku afraid that Teru will stop liking him because of the terrible person he used to be and the terrible meaning behind the nickname "Daisy," and… the creepy, creepy, AWESOME director of the school. That one's mostly a gag chapter, but I think the director stays around and, in addition to being a sympathetic character who has many useful skills, continues to be a closet-hiding creep.
And, with all those stories, there are just countless sweet, funny moments between Tasuku and Teru. That's really what this series does well. It can get kind of ridiculous with all the hacker stuff, and the plots about putting Teru in danger time and time again, but really, it's all about these funny scenes between Teru and Tasuku. They always cheer each other up, bully each other, and just fit so well together. Not just in a romantic way, but as friends, too.
I love this series. Seriously.
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Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2010 – 10+ volumes
So soon! Shame on you, Dengeki Daisy!
I'm spacing these reviews out a little bit, but as I said, I read four volumes straight through after picking up volume two. I couldn't put it down. It's just the right mix of sweet and funny for my taste. Kurosaki is just the right mix of antagonistic big brother and white knight, and Teru's combined admiration of Daisy and her growing crush on Kurosaki coupled with her own antagonistic skills.
I love that this series seems to favor plots about poor Teru getting kidnapped and whatnot. Kurosaki wouldn't have much to protect her from if it didn't. In this book, there's a story about a man after her brother's program kidnapping Teru discreetly, right out from under Kurosaki's nose, in order to search her cellphone for the program. He's a relatively civilized kidnapper, but still. I loved Kurosaki's frantic search for this man, and Teru's interactions with him as well.
There's another story at the beginning of the volume about Teru moving out of Kurosaki's house. Again, it's mostly a funny and very sweet story, full of character moments from the two. Lots of bellybutton flashing and bald chants, along with a few tears for the parting. What can I say, I'm an absolute sucker for this sort of thing. It's really well-done here, too. Impossible not to like.
The third story is one about Teru being out with her friends. Sort of. Actually, that's not what it's about at all, but she does go to the beach with her friends. This story hinges on the song "Time After Time," which, aside from being delightfully out of left field, is just about the perfect song choice. I love it when well-known, slightly nostalgic songs are used as plot devices (for instance, "Moon River" in Honey and Clover).
It's just great. Wonderful stuff. It went from off my radar to one of my favorite current series literally overnight. This is an important volume too, though I am a little disappointed it… got to the part in this volume as quickly as it did. Still, the next volumes are no worse because of it.
Dengeki Daisy 2Posted: June 29, 2011 Filed under: Dengeki Daisy 2 Comments
Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2010 – 10+ volumes
Suddenly, I got in the mood to read another volume of this series. I loved the first, so I'm not sure why it took me so long to get back to it.
Now I do. I read all four of the released volumes one after another. I love it to pieces, and am thoroughly addicted.
The set-up is very simple, that destitute Teru, who has no family to speak of, depends on an e-mail pal named Daisy, recommended by her recently deceased brother. And of course Daisy is the janitor at her high school. And of course she falls in love with the janitor, and has to talk to Daisy about it.
Volume 2 is mostly about Teru and Kurosaki getting used to each other. Since Teru's apartment was ransacked last volume, she has nobody to turn to except Daisy, and since Kurosaki knows this, well… you know. He's gotta take her in. This isn't nearly as creepy, or romantic, as it sounds. Kurosaki seems to enjoy tormenting Teru thoroughly, and tends to send her away when there's any sort of crack in his bully mask.
It works because the two of them have such a playful friendship going. The way they torment each other is genuinely funny, and although Teru is still kind of a tragic heroine at this point, the terrible fact that she has nobody to rely on save for Kurosaki is downplayed quite a bit. She's a very bright, cheery girl for how much trouble she causes. And because their face-to-face relationship is so funny and casual, it makes it that much better to see Kurosaki reacting to Teru's sweet letters to Daisy, and sending his own tender replies.
And Teru does get into a lot of trouble that Kurosaki has to save her from. Her recently deceased brother was a genius software developer, and there's a subplot in this volume about certain characters close to Teru trying to get ahold of software. Knife fights and car accidents ensue. For being a poor, cheery girl, Teru does attract all sorts of trouble. That's the one thing I have a little trouble with in this manga. In order to make Kurosaki and Teru's relationship work, there has to be a lot of dark plot elements that they can pull each other through. Computer hacking stuff is used quite a bit, but it begins to get unbelievable when such dangerous stuff keeps happening to Teru, and all the drama almost seems like it's spoiling a perfectly good romantic comedy.
But it is necessary, and the fact that it takes the shape of computer hacking is very, very interesting. I do like that about it.
But mostly, it's all about Teru and Kurosaki. I live for every single moment between those two. There's another character introduced this volume, named Riko, who knew both Teru's brother and Kurosaki from the past. She's also pretty awesome. She's both hilarious and offers very good advice for Teru.
One thing that I find interesting is that… almost without exception, I hate relationships that involve teachers or big age gaps in series like this. But it doesn't bother me when it's Teru and Kurosaki. Perhaps because Kurosaki is such a rough-and-tumble delinquent that seems little better than a student himself, or perhaps because his role as custodian isn't really one of guidance, like a teacher? But mostly, it's probably just that the chemistry between them is so good that it doesn't really matter what their ages are. That's just one of my quirks, though.
Sorry, this was mostly a collection of general thoughts after reading such a huge chunk of the series. I'll comment more specifically on the plot next time. But it's good, and truly addictive. And it only gets better with every volume. It's definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of shoujo manga.
Dengeki Daisy 1Posted: January 17, 2011 Filed under: Dengeki Daisy 3 Comments
Kyousuke Motomi – Viz – 2010 – 8+ volumes
Wow! I liked Motomi's other series, Beast Master, well enough, but I heard this was better. It certainly is. I'm sorry I've left it sit in my to-read stack for so long. It's a very cheery series, with a tinge of romance and bittersweetness to it. It's exactly my taste.
Teru, the main character, is alone in the world after the death of her older brother. On his deathbed, her brother told her that if she was ever in trouble, to call Daisy and she would be saved. Now, Daisy is Teru's only friend, and though she's never met Daisy, she does send Daisy daily e-mail updates about her life. And though she is teased a lot at school for being poor, and is lonely and sad at the loss of her brother and parents, she puts up with it because Daisy will be there for her if she really needs it.
Basically, the chapters consist of Teru getting into some bad situations and either directly asking Daisy for help, or having Daisy help without her realizing it. She does get herself into some awful messes, and puts up with a lot of sad stuff (mostly being horribly alone), but e-mailing Daisy really does help her put on a happy face and spread smiles wherever she goes. I am an absolute sucker for this kind of upbeat storytelling, and I love people like Teru, the eternal optimist.
The funnier side of the story is that Teru quickly becomes an unwilling servant to Kurosaki, the school janitor. Kurosaki teases her and puts her strong will to the test by making her do all his chores for him. But, of course, through all the bullying and meanness, Kurosaki is secretly Daisy, and secretly watches over Teru. He doesn't tell her this, since Teru doesn't like him, but he's glad he can be there for her, even as a jerk. For some reason.
By the end of the volume, it's clear that Teru sees nobody in her life but Daisy, and Kurosaki has developed feelings for her (less creepy than it sounds, since Kurosaki was the same age as her brother… I figure he's probably about 20 or so?).
Happy, sad, a little action-packed, but guaranteed to make me smile, at least. I loved this first volume, and I'm looking forward to seeing where things go from here.


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I realize this is a quite strange question for this time of year (blame video game baseball, although all the discussion around the Carp trade and its potential impacts vis-a-vis the 40-man is what directly reminded me) but why are the rules around who can play in the post-season so complicated?
I understand the idea of barring players acquired after a given date--otherwise, even with the non-waiver trade deadline in place, it would be too easy for teams certain of their playoff fates to radically shift at the last minute. What I can't conceive of a reason for, though, is the requirement that on that date an eligible player be on the 25-man roster rather than just the 40-man. By placing someone on the 40-man, a team has already made the decision to sacrifice flexibility and money in order to have them available for major-league service. Why shouldn't they then be able to use such a player--a player with a major-league contract--to fill the unique balance of needs created by a playoff series?
(For instance, consider a team with a good 5th starter, a so-so long reliever, and a hot-hitting prospect at AAA who's on the 40 man. Since a playoff series only requires 4 starters, it would make all the sense in the world for this team to move the 5th starter to the long relief role, and use the extra spot to add the prospect as a bench bat--but, unless I am grossly misunderstanding things, the rules prevent this.)
I'm certain there must be some kind of good reason for this, I just can't think of it. Does it have something to do with the rules around service time? I confess to not being entirely well versed in those. I'm only a relatively recent convert to what (for lack of a better word) I'd call analytic baseball fandom, mostly thanks to this blog, so I thought that one of you might be able to explain it to me.
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More than 10 years after 17-year-old Brian Carrick disappeared, his former co-worker is convicted of his murder.
Mario Casciaro was found guilty of first degree murder Tuesday in Carrick's presumed death.
The two worked together at a McHenry County Grocery Store. Prosecutors say Casciaro killed Carrick over $500 that Carrick owed him.
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A fire in Dekalb County killed a retired MARTA driver this morning. Robert Jefferson, 71, was found in his home on Cheru Ct. by firefighters. According to family and neighbors, losing Jefferson has been a very emotional and traumatic event. The fire gutted Jefferson's home leaving gaping holes in the roof and destroying the back of the home to the point you can see the back yard from the front. Captain Eric Jackson with the Dekalb County Fire Department says the fire is still under investigation. "The investigation has no timetable," said Jackson. Even though fire fighters where just a few blocks away, they could not reach Jefferson in time to save his life. When they arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames. They found his body only after knocking the fire down enough to search the home. With Jefferson's passing, friends and family gathered at the shell of a home to try and retrieve what few mementos survived the fire. Firefighters were able to recover his Masonic bible, a few photo albums, and several rare documents like his high school diploma. When approached, those in attendance sang Jefferson's praises. "He was a very loving, very kind, very outgoing person; never met somebody he didn't like," said Nafeesah Madyun, Jefferson's sister. "He'd give you the shirt off his back." According to Madyun, her brother's focus in life was to be a strong mentor and supporter for young African American males. Males like his neighbor down the street, Thomas P. Dean III. Dean watched the scene in silent reflection from his home; the emotional toll weighing on him greatly. "Robert Jefferson was a pillar of our society," said Dean. "Who he was; and how he lived; and the way he lived; and being the pillar of society that he was; will be something that we shall strive towards, and continue to live towards, every day." In the meantime, Jefferson's family hopes to be able to recover more items that may have been spared in the fire but buried under debris; and the fire department will continue to investigate as they try to determine what caused the fire.
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The Fan District Association is creating a new plan to alleviate parking headaches in the neighborhood after years of complaints.
"Parking is really a challenge," says Fan resident Walter Manley. "There are more cars than there are spaces so it's frustrating to get home from work and not be able to park."
The FDA says the issue stems from the city issuing more parking permits than there are spaces in The Fan.
"Because we are Fan residents there should be some sort of stipulation that people that live in this block should be able to park in this block," said Fan resident Christine Schilling said. She believes the problem is many VCU students and out-of-town visitors park in these spaces, leaving no room for the people who actually live there.
Now the FDA is considering adding more curbside spots, as well as starting to monitor parking in commercial spots. Parking in the Fan could also become more high tech. The City is looking at using license plate recognition technology that could better regulate some of the 1-hour parking zones in The Fan.
"If they get it accurate, that would help out a lot," Manley said. "Getting tickets when you haven't been there an hour is frustrating, and them being parked there for three hours without them chalking their tire is frustrating too."
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Funeral services are set for a mother and her two children who were gunned down by their father last week.
Services for Michelle Ollie, 42, and her children, Steven Roe, 17, and Trisidion Worsham, 15, will be held at this Friday, Feb. 14, at Holy Temple Evangelistic Church, 15912 S. Lincoln Ave., in Harvey. The funeral is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
Police said the teens' father, Michael Worsham, 43, shot them and their mother in their Robbins home, before dying of a heart attack, the Chicago Tribune reported.
A 14-year-old boy and his 5-year-old nephew, survived the attack by running from their house. Trisdion attempted to follow her brother, but she was shot in the back by her father on the family's front porch, police said.
Alan B. Shepard High School has organized a relief effort to help pay funeral costs for Steven and Trisdion, where both teens and their 14-year-old brother attended school.
Donations will also go toward the education of the 14-year-old boy who is being called a hero.
Shepard and the Village of Robbins are both working together to raise funds for the family.
"Our hearts go out to the Roe and Worsham families," said Shepard Principal Dr. Josh Barron in a written statement. "Now, we're just trying to do everything possible for them financially and spiritually."
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Friends, parents and students at Shepard continued to express their shock over the deaths on the high school's Facebook page.
Well-wishers praised the mother, Michelle, for her dedication to family and her work to improve the lives of troubled youth. Said one commenter on the Shepard Facebook page:
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Utility workers were working Thursday to return lights and air conditions to hundreds of thousands of people who remained without power after last week's violent storms, even as more strong storms moved in.
The number without power was dropping, but not quickly enough for those still in the sweltering dark the Fourth of July holiday. More than 500,000 customers were still out with many of the outages, including almost 230,000 in West Virginia.
The same heavily forested mountains and steep, hilly terrain that give West Virginia its natural beauty were slowing thousands of workers trying to restore electricity.
"Ninety-nine percent of the time, that's what makes West Virginia 'almost heaven,'" Mon Power spokesman Todd Meyer said. "When you have a storm like this, that's what make it hell to restore the power. The great things run against us."
Pepco, a public utility covering much of the nation's capital and Maryland suburbs, got some of the harshest criticism. As of Thursday morning, the utility said it had restored power to more than 90 percent of its customers in the nation's capital and Maryland suburbs.
Richard Essel, an inspector for Baltimore-area utility BGE, was overseeing a crew working out of the parking lot of an elementary school. He said trees and access were the biggest problems.
Once crews made it to the downed line, in some cases they could not bring in their lift trucks.
"So, you go back to the old basics. You can't use trucks, so we have to climb," Essel said. "A lot of times we can't get the trucks into people's yards, or up on hills, things like that."
More than 2 million people at one point lost power from wicked storms that converged on Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., Indiana, Ohio and New Jersey. They packed winds topping 70 mph in some places, uprooting trees and damaging homes. Officials blamed the storms and their aftermath for 26 deaths.
Meanwhile, a new round of summer storms was making its way across Michigan and Ohio, knocking down trees and power lines. Some of the new outages came in areas that already had power restored.
Utilities said more than 300,000 homes and businesses across Michigan were without power following the new round of thunderstorms. The National Weather Service said wind gusts above 60 mph were reported.
In Ohio, downed power lines prompted the closure of a section of Interstate 670 that links downtown Columbus with the city's main airport. The highway reopened by the Thursday morning rush hour.
The president of American Electric Power of Ohio said the damage from the storms has already surpassed what the state suffered from the remnants of Hurricane Ike in 2008.
A heat advisory was in effect for the western half of West Virginia, from the Northern Panhandle to the southern coalfields, with temperatures in the mid- to upper 90s and high humidity. Cooling stations and shelters remain open across the state.
Associated Press Writer Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus, Ohio, and Vicki Smith in Morgantown, W.Va., contributed to this report.
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On March 26, 2001, World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Monday Nitro emanated from Panama City, dubbed "Night of Champions", at the same time World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) was running Monday Night Raw from from the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
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That's because after a long and bloody battle, both programs were now simultaneously owned and under the control of WWE chairman Vince McMahon, who appeared on Nitro live via satellite (in the "redneck Riviera" as he called it) for his big victory speech.
But while McMahon was gloating over the death of his biggest rival and burying his son Shane in the process (in advance of their WrestleMania X-Seven match), Shane-O-Mac had already (kayfabe) signed the bill of sale for the purchase of WCW and had effectively stolen it right out from under him.
See him show up on Nitro and break the big news...
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As you may have noticed, this week marks the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Yes, it was thirty years go this weekend that everyone found out that Vader was really Luke's father.
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Icode's Everest is designed for businesses that need to automate their processes. Icode has a range of Everest products that differ on the basis of how the business is spread geographically, and the access required for providing critical business information.
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Of the many Denver suburbs, Highlands Ranch is one of the more unique places to call home. After 30 years, Highlands Ranch residents continue to have a great life in this lovely area which has been recognized by many national magazines as one of the top places in the country to raise a family.
Highlands Ranch is not actually a city. Managed by the Highlands Ranch Community Association (HRCA), it's an unincorporated community in northern Douglas County, CO. The county provides law enforcement and other necessary functions while residents handle more local issues. But regardless of its "official†status, inhabitants say that Highlands Ranch has everything they need, and then some.
For outdoor lovers, there are 27 parks as well as many trails and recreation centers for exercise. Highlands Ranch can also boast of its 8,200-acre Backcountry Wilderness Area which offers wildlife excursions such as elk-bugling tours. Few other suburbs can offer this.
Douglas County has one of the top school systems in the state, which continues to attract young families from all over the country. Statistics show that 58 percent of residents over age 18 have some type of college degree, from associates and bachelor's to graduate or professional level. This is much higher than state and national averages and higher than all other Denver metro counties. Great education means qualified workers, which has brought companies such as Lucent-Alcatel, Avaya and Lockheed-Martin to Highlands Ranch.Â
The change of the Highlands Ranch neighborhood from growing suburb to an established community has not been without pain. Economic issues have stalled the development of a mall area with boutiques and restaurants, and some resident transplants from the East Coast wish for the small neighborhood corner store. But new businesses continue to pop up in existing commercial spaces, keeping things fresh.
Most Highlands Ranch homeowners do not want the area to become a formal municipality, feeling this would result in a larger tax burden. Instead, the Highlands Ranch Metro District is creating programs to keep the "country feel†of the area. Money from investments and property taxes will be carefully tended to handle long-term maintenance needs.
Families have now lived several generations in Highlands Ranch, and neighbors have become friends for life. Those who relocate to Highlands Ranch quickly feel that same desire to settle permanently in a place where life runs at a more reasonable pace, and family and friends come to mean the same thing.
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Taking the road less traveled isn't a recent decision for London-based Israeli drummer Asaf Sirkis.
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Then again, in a way, he never left.
That comes through loud and clear in the eponymous debut album of the Lighthouse Trio, on which the 43-year-old Petah Tikva-born drummer joined forces with British pair pianist Gwilym Simcock and saxophonist-clarinetist Tim Garland, and which came out on the German-based ACT record label last year.
Betwixt the straight-ahead jazz stuff and the more left field exploratory jazz-oriented forays there are clear cut signs and sounds from the Middle East.
I hooked up with Sirkis, and the other members of the trio, a few months ago, at the 2012 Jazz-ahead international jazz expo in Bremen, Germany, where they put on one of the best-received shows of the three-day event.
Sirkis has lived in the UK for the past 13 years but, when he left Ben-Gurion Airport, he wasn't thinking about working in the land of fish and chips.
"I went to Holland in 1998, to play with an Israeli guitarist called Amir Perlman," he recalls. "We had a good time and life was very laid back in Amsterdam."
But a trip across the North Sea changed all that. "I went to London, just for a week for a visit, and I found a jazz scene there that was really buzzing."
In fact, it was almost more than Sirkis could handle.
"I sat in with bands, and I even had offers of gigs that I couldn't fit in to my schedule. Things were really happening in Britain, and there were many great bands and musicians, so I thought I'd try my luck there." The following year Sirkis relocated to London.
By all accounts, the drummer has done well for himself since he took up residence in Britain. He quickly landed gigs with jazz musicians from right across the British jazz spectrum, such as Irish-born vocalist Christine Tobin, and jazz and rock drummer, pianist and band leader Gary Husband, but he also started leading his own projects as well as musically maintaining a link with his country of birth.
During Sirkis's first year in London he enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Palestinian oud player and composer Adel Salameh, and established The Inner Noise trio together with Jersey-born keyboardist Steve Lodder and guitarist Mike Outram. The band eventually released three acclaimed albums.
The drummer also joined forces with renowned Israeli-born saxophonist Gilad Atzmon's Orient House Ensemble whose Exile release won Best CD of the Year at the 2003 BBC Jazz Awards.
Sirkis has also led from the front with the Asaf Sirkis Trio of bassist Yaron Stavi and guitarist Tassos Spiliotopoulos, putting out the highly polished Letting Go album in 2010.
The now 31-year-old Simcock and Sirkis have known each other for some time, although the Israeli says it took a while for them to hook up musically. "In 2001, I was at the 606 Club in Chelsea [London] for a gig with [British guitarist] Phil Robson and Gwilym sat in. I wondered who this really shy kid was, and then he started playing and I thought: 'He's OK.'" Still there was a phonetic minefield to be negotiated before the two could really start creating. "It took me four more years to learn how to pronounce his name," jokes Sirkis, "and when I managed to spell his name correctly we started to play music together."
Most people would not naturally associate London with the kind of high energy jazz vibes that Sirkis describes, and certainly not on the level of New York, or even Paris or places in Germany. While the drummer says he was favorably impressed with the state of affairs in London when he arrived, he says that things have moved along appreciably in the interim. "The jazz scene in London, and in Britain as a whole, has massively changed," he says, although noting he didn't exactly have to go around cap in hand in 1999 either. "I found people to play with right from the beginning, which was really great because I didn't have a penny. And especially in the last six to eight years, the level of young British jazz musicians has just been booming. It's unbelievable."
The Lighthouse mob have been together for seven years now and Simcock says the drummer brings significantly added value to their joint efforts. "Both Tim and I have learned so much from Asaf's rhythmic approach, and from the fact that he has done so much studying of different rhythmic approaches from all over the world. There is so much rhythm in this trio, and such a strong rhythmic basis, that of course Asaf is the propulsion for all that."
On the opening track of Lighthouse, Space Junk, Sirkis starts off behind the drum set before darting into a darbouka slot which takes the beat to another level.
Garland, an accomplished composer, is certainly appreciative of the cultural spread in the band.
"This cross-fertilization of cultures is the very food of which many of us feed. The whole history of jazz is bound up with it. It's all about synthesis and that way you never stop growing. I think most of the more interesting jazz composers take a lot of their influences from what would be considered outside of jazz."
According to Garland, almost anything goes. "If you think of jazz more as an approach, rather than a set genre, then all the arguments about whether this or that is jazz go out of the window."
Sirkis certainly feels comfortable with that mindset and one hopes, before too long, we'll get a chance to hear him and his Lighthouse pals in this part of the world.
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April 29, 2008
A house subcommittee heard emotional family members testify about loved ones who died while taking heparin during a hearing today in Washington.
The drug's manufacturer, Baxter, recalled heparin earlier this year. Since then, the drug has been linked to 81 deaths and hundreds of allergic reactions.
Congress held the hearing to understand how contaminated raw ingredients from China ended up in an approved drug on the U.S. market. Baxter claims someone intentionally adulterated the heparin.
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The presidential election of 1812 was held during a time of war, and was a opportunity for voters to render judgment on the presidency of James Madison, who had led the United States into the War of 1812.
When Madison declared war on Britain in June 1812 he faced considerable opposition from a broad section of Americans. Citizens in the Northeast in particular opposed the War of 1812, and the election to be held in November 1812 was viewed by political factions in New England as an opportunity to turn Madison out of office and find a way to find peace with Britain.
It's worth noting that the candidate nominated to run against Madison was a New Yorker. The presidency had been dominated by Virginians, and political figures in New York State believed it was time a candidate from their state, which had surpassed all other states in population, displaced the Virginia dynasty.
Madison won a second term in 1812. But the election was the closest presidential contest held between the deadlocked elections of 1800 and 1824, both of which were so close they had to be decided by votes held in the House of Representatives.
The reelection of Madison, who was obviously vulnerable, was partly attributable to some peculiar political circumstances that weakened his opposition.
War of 1812 Opponents Sought to End Madison's Presidency
The most strident opponents of the war, the remnants of the Federalist Party, felt they could not win by nominating one of their own candidates. So they approached a member of Madison's own party, DeWitt Clinton of New York, and encouraged him to run against Madison.
The choice of Clinton was peculiar. Clinton's own uncle, George Clinton, was a revered political figure in the early 19th century. One of the Founding Fathers, and a friend of George Washington, George Clinton had served as vice president during Thomas Jefferson's second term and also during the first term of James Madison.
The elder Clinton had once been considered a likely candidate for president, but his health began to fail and he died, while vice president, in April 1812.
With the death of George Clinton, attention turned to his nephew, who was serving as mayor of New York City.
DeWitt Clinton Ran a Muddled Campaign
Approached by Madison's opponents, Clinton DeWittagreed to run against the incumbent president. Though he did not, perhaps because of his muddled loyalties, mount a very vigorous candidacy.
Presidential candidates in the early 19th century did not campaign openly, and political messages in that era tended to be conveyed in newspapers and printed broadsheets. And Clinton's supporters from New York, calling themselves a committee of correspondence, did issue a lengthy statement that was essentially the Clinton platform.
The statement from Clinton supporters did not come out and oppose the War of 1812. Instead, it made a vague argument that Madison was not pursing the war competently, and new leadership was needed. If the Federalists who had supported DeWitt Clinton thought he would make their case, they were proven wrong.
Despite Clinton's fairly feeble campaign, the northeastern states, with the exception of Vermont, cast their electoral votes for Clinton. And for a time it appeared that Madison would be voted out of office.
When the final and official tally of electors was held, Madison had won with 128 electoral votes to Clinton's 89.
The electoral votes fell along regional lines: Clinton won the votes from the New England states, except for Vermont, and also New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. Madison tended to win the electoral votes from the South and West.
Had the votes from one state, Pennsylvania, gone the other way, Clinton would have won. But Madison won Pennsylvania easily and thus secured a second term.
DeWitt Clinton's Political Career Continued
While his defeat in the presidential race seemed to damage his political prospects for a time, DeWitt Clinton bounced back. He had always been interested in building a canal across New York State, and when he became governor of New York he pushed for the building of the Erie Canal.
As it happened, the Erie Canal, though at times derided as "Clinton's Big Ditch," transformed New York and the United States. The commerce boosted by the canal made New York "The Empire State," and led to New York City becoming the economic powerhouse of the country.
So while DeWitt Clinton never became president of the United States, his role in building the Erie Canal may have actually been more important to the nation.


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free tree seedlings this morning.
20,000 tree seedlings were
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steady flow of traffic all morning.
The event helps replenish
trees destroyed by storm damage or drought.
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is just left over stress from the drought we had," Rob Hughes, with the
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- GM ABCs of Hand Tools
- Brand: GM | Category: Books
This is not primarily a woodworking book. This book was published in 1945 by GM and shows the proper use of most common hand tools. The book is illustrated with a Disney character called "Primitive Pete". This caveman shows improper tool uses that result in damage or accidents.
This fun book can be found used on eBay or Amazon.
I have a link to download a free electronic copy of the book from the GM Heritage Center on my website here…
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#1 posted 498 days ago
I used the Primitive Pete movie when going over safety in my shop classes. The middle school kids loved it.
#2 posted 498 days ago
The video is on YouTube…
I was going to embed it, but I question the copyright status.
#3 posted 498 days ago
Primitive Pete has been stuck in my head since high school back in the 60s.
-- That was not wormy wood when I started working on it.
#4 posted 498 days ago
Stephenw- thanks for the post. I used ABC of Hand Tools for 30 years in my shop classes. I will date myself when I tell you that the narrator is Art Baker the original host of the TV show You Asked for It. Jack Smith took over for Art. I can't wait to watch the youtube video it will bring back good memories. Thanks again. bob
-- bobdurnell, Santa Ana California.
#5 posted 497 days ago
@ Woodmaster1
Do you have a copy of that video? I have been searching for years for that movie!! It was always my favorite part of the first week or two of shop class – 35 – 40 years ago…
#6 posted 497 days ago
You can find it on YouTube.
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The term proprioception refers to a sense of joint position. Proprioception training is highly common in rehabilitation of injured athletes, but it can just as easily be used to prevent injury. Even a strong ankle can sprain when running on uneven ground if the runner hasn't trained the neuromuscular system to react appropriately. Slight deviations in terrain require slight adjustments of balance to avoid injury.
So you're not a runner. Why should you care about balance? Well, for starters, it's the basic skill needed in practically every sport. From soccer to tennis to rock climbing, changing your center of gravity to match your moves is the key to efficiency in sport. The technical term is agility. Agility is what allows us to move gracefully, wasting little motion. It allows our joints to move through the full range of motion smoothly and confidently. While the start of hiking season might require that your entire attention remain focused on the trail to avoid falling, after several weeks for hiking, you may notice that you are more confident in your ability to adjust to the terrain by foot feel alone, and you need to pay less attention to the trail. In this way you increase your kinesthetic coordination, and in turn your balance improves.
Kinesthetic awareness, or the ability to know where your body parts are in 3-dimensional space, is required for every movement we make. So it's not surprising that balance can be learned, challenged, and improved. Balance training aids come in a variety of forms, although you can just as easily improve your balance with little or none of the fancy stuff. We can train our bodies to improve the proprioception within the muscles, just by creating balance challenges for ourselves.
Here's an easy exercise you can try now: The One leg Squat and Reach. Stand on one foot. Next, reach forward and touch the ground or a small object in front of you and stand up straight again. You can also do partner exercise -- use a medicine ball and play a game of catch while balancing on one foot.


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In 2007, the seemingly invincible 18-0 New England Patriots were brought down by the New York Giants defensive line, as Michael Strahan, Osi Umenyiora and Justin Tuck were in Tom Brady's face all game, preventing the Patriots fearsome passing offense from ever getting going.
Four years later, Jason Pierre-Paul has replaced Strahan, but the underlying dynamic remains the same.
For a New England team that depends so heavily on the pass, the Giants ability to rush the passer with only their front four is a huge concern:
"A lot of teams don't have the personnel to do that," Mankins said. "That's what makes their pass rush good, that they can get that many guys in there at one tie that can all rush the passer. It's going to be a big challenge. We're going to have to play our best game of the year, probably the best game of some of our careers. That's when you want to play your best game, is in the Super Bowl."
"All the other itty-bitty games that are played during the course of a game, there's definitely going to be some of that gamesmanship at some point," Waters admitted. "Honestly if we know who to block and the physical part is finishing and putting out and not getting outworked, then I feel like we have a good chance."
Patriot fans are going to have to hope Mankins is right, as winning their fourth championship will probably depend on it.


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text: Ward Just was born in 1935 in Waukegan, Illinois. He began his career as a newspaperman, serving as a correspondent for the Washington Post at the height of the Vietnam War. In 1969 he gave up reporting to write fiction. The author of fifteen novels, three collections of short stories, and a play, he has twice won the Chicago Tribune's Heartland Award for fiction. His novel An Unfinished Season (Houghton Mifflin, 2004) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Sarah Catchpole. "Florette" is an excerpt from Forgetfulness (Houghton Mifflin, 2006).


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Mesa police are investigating a convenience store shooting near Gilbert and Broadway that took place Friday night.According to authorities, the suspect walked into the Valero gas station and got into a confrontation with an employee."...there's some very short exchange of words.. at that point, it appears he takes out a handgun and fired, striking the clerk, clerk goes down, explained Det. Steve Berry. Officers who responded to the shooting found the clerk suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
As detectives searched for evidence, the gas station's owner put up a wanted poster in the window -- an image of the suspected gunman.
"It was not a robbery.. he came in for the intent to kill," said a person at the scene who did not want to give their name.
Video cameras captured the crime, described by those who saw it as a 10 second killing. Berry says the call for help came in around 11:15 p.m.
"There was one other person in the store at the time," added Berry. "He
was near the rear of the store, so we're not sure exactly at this point
what he did or didn't see.. heard the commotion, came to the front and
obviously called in from there."
According to police, the suspect entered the store through the north doors -- doors the victim's former co-workers say he always locked during an overnight shift.
"He was a really great guy, but he didn't take anything from anyone," said Kim Lanville.
Up until very recently, Lanville worked at the Valero and strongly believes what happened may have been a retaliation. She stopped by the store with her fiance in hopes she might recognize the suspect.
"If it was on purpose or not, this needs to stop," said David Rozmoski, a friend of the victim.
The store's owner adds, "This is a safe place. It is a scary situation.. a freak accident."
According to the owner, the victim worked at the store for about a year. He was in his 40s, a father and a devoted employee whose life ended too violently and too soon.Detectives have not determined if this case is a robbery or if the suspect and victim knew each other.Police say the suspect is described as a black male in his 20s, with a medium build, wearing a dark-colored long sleeve shirt, light-colored pants and a light-colored baseball cap with a black rim.The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on the suspect or if they were in the area between 11 p.m. and Midnight are urged to call the Mesa police at (480) 644-2211 or Silent Witness at (480) WITNESS.The victim's name has not been released.
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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - A downtown Albany staple for almost 70 years is being honored on the City of Albany's annual Christmas ornament.
Easter Seals unveiled the 17th annual holiday ornament Monday afternoon, and it features Jimmie's Hot Dogs.
Jimmie's started as a simple hot dog stand in Albany in the 1940's. The founder's grandchildren say it's an honor to have an ornament that will carry on the memory of their grandfather and all he stood for.
"Papa's philosophy was everybody was treated the same. There were no stools, nobody sat down. It was cash and carry. It didn't matter who you were, you got in line just like everybody else. Everybody was treated the same, and that was his philosophy," said Joe Kieve, Jimmie's grandson.
There is a limited supply of the ornaments. You can get one at the Easter Seals building on Palmyra road for $15.
The proceeds go to Easter Seals to pay for programs that help people with disabilities.
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Over the last century, Lubbock has seen many changes from the days of horse-drawn buggies to state of the art medical facilities. Today only a few still remain who witnessed those changes and remember Lubbock at its birth.
However, Elizabeth Lupton Owen remembers, as she is older than Lubbock. "There wasn't much of Lubbock when I was born. I was born February 28, 1907 - I'm older than Lubbock," Owen said.
Her eyesight is almost gone, but that does not keep this 101-year-old from her morning crossword. Today family and friends call Owen, Big Red.
Born in Lubbock, Owen spent her early years on a ranch about 70 miles away in Yoakum County. "It took us two days in a buggy to come visit from Yoakum to visit my grandmother," Owen said. "They road their horses and just hitched them up to the hitching pole, and outside a store would be four of five horses tied up," she added.
Owen said, "The women would climb out of the wagon, and buy all the groceries and they would load them up and go home"
At just 17 Big Red started a teaching career that would span more than 50 years. "The first was a one teacher school and I had all the grades," Owen said. "We had chalk boards and badly beat up desks," she added.
In the 1950s, Big Red moved to a bigger school. "They built Christ the King and they hired me as a teacher, and I was there for more than 20 years," Owen said.
While teaching children to read and write, Big Red was swept away by a fellow teacher. "Lewis Owen, he was teacher 30 miles from where I taught," Owen said.
Their romance started on a dance floor. "They had a band the Buffalo Rhythm Stompers from Lubbock. That was about the only thing young people could do in those days - was go dancing there was no television," Owen remembered.
She was 24 years old when the two married at Lubbock's St. Josephs Church in 1932. "I had a blue dress and big white hat," Owen said.
A year after the wedding, Big Red had her first of 10 children. To this day, Big Red still wears the engagement ring she accepted in the 1930's. Mr. Owen, as she called her husband, died more than 50 years ago. "If they knew as much about the heart as they do now, he could have probably made it," Owen added.
Owen is living piece of history who has seen Lubbock transform from a small ranching and farming community to the hub of the South Plains. In addition, even at 101, Big Red continues to give lessons this time the subject is life.
"So what's your trick to living to 101?" NewsChannel 11 asked. "I didn't smoke, I didn't drink, I worked hard," Owen said. "Work at something you like and stick with it," she added.
Big Red still lives at home on her own, but has many visitors as she has more than 90 grandchildren.
Lubbock's First Doctor: M.C. Overton
Lubbock's first "professionally trained doctor" wouldn't arrive until the turn of 20th century. And as NewsChannel 11's Julia Bruck found out, no part of Lubbock's early development would escape the touch of Dr. Overton.
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