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Document - Syria: Death of Karim al-Haj Hussain
AI Index: MDE 24/06/96
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Date: 20 February 1996
Death of a prisoner of conscience
Karim al-Haj Hussain
Amnesty International is saddened to learn of the death of Karim al-Haj Hussain, a prisoner of conscience. He is believed to have died on 25 December 1995, aged 30, as a result of tuberculous meningitis.
Karim al-Haj Hussain was arrested in August 1987 at the age of 21 in connection with membership of the Party for Communist Action (Hizb al-'Amal al-Shuyu'i). He was held for several years without charge or trial before finally being brought to trial before the Supreme State Security Court and sentenced on 27 February 1994 to eight years' imprisonment for links with the PCA. This court is not bound by any existing judicial procedural rules applicable in ordinary criminal cases and trial procedures fall far short of international standards.
A large number of PCA members and supporters were arrested between 1980 and 1991 following waves of repression directed against the party's activities. PCA literature has frequently highlighted and condemned government violations of human rights and civil liberties. It has also regularly called for the lifting of the state of emergency in force since 1963 and for the restoration of democratic freedoms.
Karim al-Haj Hussain's eight year sentence expired at the end of August 1995 and he was transferred from Sadnaya prison to an intelligence-run detention centre in September. He had been suffering from tuberculosis for some time and reports note a worsening of his condition in the six months prior to his death. It is not known whether he received any treatment. In December 1995, one week before his death, he was admitted to hospital with meningitis. His admission is said to have taken place only after he had been on hunger strike for three days. He was returned to the detention centre from hospital as his case was beyond treatment, and from there was returned home on 24 December 1995 where he died the following day.
It is clear that the provision of medical attention in Syrian prisons is grossly inadequate and Amnesty International has documented several cases of Syrian prisoners of conscience having died very shortly after release or transfer to hospital.
Among such deaths are those of former Syrian President and Prime Minister, Dr Nour al-Din al-Atassi, who died in 1992 from cancer of the oesophagus just months after being released from 22 years' imprisonment without charge or trial. Imprisoned with him were a group of former government and Ba'th party officials who were taken into custody after the current President, Hafez al-Assad, seized power in a bloodless coup in 1970. Following the death of the former President, another two of the remaining imprisoned ex-officials died: Muhammad Rabah al-Tawil, the former Minister of the Interior, died of active tuberculosis in 1993, eight months after his release, and Salah Jadid, a former chief of staff in the Syrian army, died in August of the same year while still imprisoned after almost 23 years of detention without charge or trial. The cause of death was given by the Syrian authorities as "septic shock, acute kidney failure and a sharp drop in blood pressure". Although Amnesty International appealed for further information, no explanation was ever given as to what led to septic shock nor the medical treatment he received.
Over the last several years there have been a series of large-scale amnesties benefiting thousands of prisoners. However, there still remain many prisoners of conscience in Syria. Amnesty International is seriously concerned that prisoners arrested purely for peacefully-expressed political views are being held in long-term detention or imprisonment and deprived of access to proper medical care, sometimes needed as a result of their conditions of imprisonment.
AI Index: MDE 24/06/96
Distrib: PG/SC
To: Medical professionals
From: Medical Office / Middle East Regional Program
Date: 20 February 1996
Death of a prisoner of conscience
Karim al-Haj Hussain
Theme: Death in custody/POC/medical care
Karim al-Haj Hussain was a prisoner of conscience arrested when he was 21 and who died of tuberculous meningitis in December 1995 after spending over eight years in prison. Please see the details attached.
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Letters are requested from medical professionals to the addresses below:
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expressing concern that he was held in detention beyond the expiry of his sentence and asking why he was not released in August 1995 when his sentence expired
expressing concern that he should have been detained solely for peacefully-expressed political opinions and urging that all remaining prisoners of conscience be unconditionally released.
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Blinged Out Chevy Draws Racist Comments
Maybe it depends on your personal taste. This customized Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 haunts Tampa, FL, rolling around town in all it's golden splendor. It has 30-inch Forgiato gold rims, three TVs, a gold-chrome exterior - and has attracted the ire of the internet.
Yahoo News reports that, after posting a picture of the custom car on it's Facebook page, custom shop 813 Auto has seen a flood of negative comments, much of it racist in nature. Facebook commenters have decried the car as "ghetto" and have predictably descended into racist back-and-forth, while the company itself has responded with disgust at the outpouring of hate.
The company's owner posted a message to Facebook, saying [sic]: "Listen its pretty disgusting the things people are saying, everybody has there owns styles, lifted trucks with mud tires, lifted cars with big wheels, lowered cars, racing riding lawnmowers, clothing, hair, etc. To judge a car with such ignorance is disgusting. If you really no what it takes to build a car and your a fan of cars you would respect every custom car for the time, effort and style that,that person came up with even its not your style. Building cars is a hobby for people PEOPLE DONT BUILD CARS TO MAKE ANOTHER PERSON HAPPY they build it to there own style and what they want."
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South Shore Park on tap for clean up
Late Wednesday afternoon, representatives from MillerCoors, Milwaukee County Parks, UWM's School of Freshwater Sciences and Milwaukee County held a press conference at South Shore Park, announcing new initiatives – and namely a new $500,000 contribution from MillerCoors – to clean up the park's beach.
The Bay View park features several recreational areas and hosts several events, but its sandy beach has often been closed in recent years due to E. Coli contamination. As a result, the beach has earned a national reputation as one of the worst in the country. In fact, earlier this summer, the Natural Resources Defense Council named South Shore one of 17 repeat offenders, meaning that its water samples have been worse than the public health benchmarks since 2009.
"As you can imagine, this designation ... we're not proud of it," said John Dargle Jr., parks director for Milwaukee County Parks, "but to many of our partners, we are committed to change that – forever – and get off this list."
Dargle Jr. and the rest of the speakers mentioned Bradford Beach several times throughout the press conference, hopeful to recreate the successful work that the city has already seen in action at the now revitalized Milwaukee hotspot.
"I remember being around in 2008 and an incredibly enthusiastic witness to the announcement then, again from Miller, of their commitment to clean up Bradford Beach," said County Executive Chris Abele.
"We expect huge crowds now, but at the time, we didn't have anything like that, and there hand't been for a long time. Anybody who isn't clear about how much of a transformation can be impacted by a partnership like this need only drive down – as we all have – on a hot summer day and just see thousands and thousands of your community enjoying an incredible asset and a clean beach. That's what we're going to get now."
The $500,000 donation and commitment from MillerCoors is a strong start in that direction, but obviously there is much work, planning and research that needs to be done to fix the pollution and clean the beach.
According to Sandra McLellan, professor and senior scientist at the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences, their studies point at localized pollution – not the sewage district, the cows upstream or the whole lake itself – that's causing most of the problems, ones not unique to urban-based beaches.
"Lake Michigan is really fairly clean on most days," McLellan said. "It's the localized pollution that we can see standing right here: the runoff from the parking lot, the gulls roosting on the sand, storm water outfalls that are up and down the shoreline. And it was through many years of taking water samples that we started to figure out just how severe these sources are."
The exact plans for managing those pollution sources and cleaning up South Shore Beach are still being studied, formulated and discussed. McLellan noted that they'll be looking into solutions, from the storm water outfalls and working with Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District into how the runoff from the streets can be managed better to the parking lot runoff to further studying how the water moved through the break wall.
"It's not going to be a simple fix because we are in such an urban area, but many groups of expertise have come together to compile what's forming into a master plan, and step by step, I think we can start to mitigate some of the sources," McLellan said.
When asked about moving the beach to area with cleaner water and better water movement, McLellan said that option – like all of their potential options – was one to be weighed out, but that it wouldn't truly solve the actual problem.
"We need to get rid of some of the runoff and the chronic pollution problems, because that can just flow right along the shore," McLellan said. "All of these things working together in a longterm plan, I think, is what's going to make a difference."
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If there was ever a way to make the previous logo look contemporary, mission accomplished. The new logo appears to be a quaint relic from the 1970s, perhaps recycled from the original Pipers Alley Mall in Chicago. More prove that David Pope's brick fetish is out of control, as it now is officially being branded by DTOP, and subsidized with the remaining balance of the DTOP TIF funds. Enough with the bricks already!
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What a fabulous composition here, I love the sky and the beautiful jungle, I hope all the residents are finding life again.
Amazing!! If you had not said so, I would never have thought so much destruction had taken place here. Did people move back into these areas or are they to aware to do so now?
Yes Craig, the area has been rebuilt, although some buildings still remain destroyed. The beach has come back to life with bars and restaurants for the tourist industry which is so important to Sri Lanka.
Hi Adrian, it's great to see images from Lanka on Red Bubble. I spent a lot of time at Unawatuna when i lived in Galle a few years ago, this is a gorgeous shot. Love the height you have captured.
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I am not especially saddened to see the brouhaha that is gaining strength over Benedict's speech. Whether he is "media savvy" or not, Benedict has managed – in his very scholarly fashion – to apply a very hot drawing poultice to the enormous and festering boils of both radical Islamism and rampant secularism. At the very least, it will cause some Muslims to insist that distinctions be made between them and their more extreme co-religionists, and it may rouse the West to examine how cavalierly it has tossed off the "shackles" of Christianity only to open itself up to the scimitar. Perhaps some will look at the spires of their great cathedrals and wonder if they really want to see them replaced with minarets.
Lancing a boil or two is messy work, so no right-thinking person can think we are headed for days of sweetness and light, but I am a little peeved at the way Benedict's speech has been presented by some – I say some – in the press.
Benedict's speech is not easily compressed into a 30-second soundbite, I grant you. And the print media must pluck the ripest phrases from any speechmaker's text and build a story around it. But the headlines count. They matter. And some in the press – not all, but some – could not resist the urge to provoke precisely these violent and angry reactions and these predictable, camera-ready burnings in effigy from a people the press knows they can rouse to fury in less than three notes.
I mean, when isn't the "Muslim world" furious, enraged, raising its sword and setting fire to flags or images? When isn't some Muslim cleric demanding a retraction of what he perceives to he "harsh" words? When a few cartoons can be turned into worldwide protests, resulting in death to too many and literally cowing the media into relative silence, does the press not understand that a snarky headline or a careless phrase can cost lives?
Well, actually of course they understand that. I'm quite sure that some – again, not all – in the press count on it, hence we see these sorts of headlines: Pope Enjoys Private Time after Slamming Islam and Pope Benedict, in inflamatory speech, assails all: secularism, Jihad, Islam and the Prophet Muhamad.
Headlines have a powerful effect on the world. Busy or incurious people rarely read past them. For some, the headline tells them all they will ever know about a thing. The second piece, by NY Times writer, Ian Fisher, found its headline in a Lebanese newspaper. Fisher's text is pretty good, and I suggest you read it. The headline, though, is meant only to inflame.
Just so we're straight – Pope Benedict made a speech in which he invited Muslims to dialogue, criticized terrorism as a means of movement and then quoted a 14th Century Byzantine to make the point that Islam and the West have had rather a long history of struggles. Three paragraphs of the speech covered all of that. The rest of the speech was about faith and reason, and a criticisim of secularism in the West. The pope was basically doing the job of the pope, and doing it the way a scholar, teacher and theologian – that would be Benedict – would do it.
Now, we read Benedict blunder shows he has failed to master media machine. This is Benedict's blunder, you see. As if he has any control over how the press presents a story:
In clinging to theology and orthodoxy, the bookish Benedict has shown little regard for media management in getting his message across, unlike the communications-savvy John Paul II.
A pope clinging to theology and orthodoxy instead of boning up on his media skills – the very idea! A pope trusting that the press would seriously reflect his thoughtful and deep words without sensationalizing them – the very idea! What a naive innocent is bookish little Benedict.
John Paul was an actor and a philosopher. As an actor, he understood the usefulness of the stage and camera. As a philosopher who had worked as a slave under the Nazi's and had lived under the jackboot of communism, he was media-savvy because he had seen firsthand how easily media could manipulate or be manipulated.
Because he is not John Paul II, Benedict hasn't quite figured out that he needs a pithy six-word pronouncement around which to center his pontificate. "Jesus loves you, be not afraid," worked very well for John Paul. When the press either did not like or did not understand JPII, they could fall back on that mantra. Poor Benedict never really had to mix it up with the press the way John Paul did. He simply trusted them to present him and his words fairly. But he's a smart man. He'll learn.
Or maybe he won't learn. Maybe Benedict will just trust the Holy Spirit to use his words as the Spirit will – which can get pretty messy, and scary for some. Even for Christians, casting one's work to the wiles of the Holy Spirit can be scary. But then we can have faith that everything will work out for the best. And that's a powerful lesson, a tremendously frightening obedience to learn.
I wonder what the press will learn, though. Too many of them seem to take a page from Rosie O' Donnell and think there is some equivalence between fundamentalist Christians who will shake their heads at you if you put a crucifix in a bucket of urine, and fundamentalist Muslims who will kill your ass for dropping a Koran. That morally relativistic perception is not only dangerous, it's decidedly adolescent.
What was it Benedict said, again? Oh, yeah: Having a clear faith, based on the Creed of the Church, is often labeled today as a fundamentalism. Whereas, relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and "swept along by every wind of teaching", looks like the only attitude (acceptable) to today's standards. We are moving towards a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.However, we have a different goal: the Son of God, true man. He is the measure of true humanism. Being an "Adult" means having a faith which does not follow the waves of today's fashions or the latest novelties. A faith which is deeply rooted in friendship with Christ is adult and mature. It is this friendship which opens us up to all that is good and gives us the knowledge to judge true from false, and deceit from truth. We must become mature in this adult faith; we must guide the flock of Christ to this faith. And it is this faith – only faith – which creates unity and takes form in love.
Gerald has photos of the outrage
UPDATE: Ali, a moderate or progressive Muslim (I am not sure what the least-offensive term is) has sent me this post by Aisha at Eteraz
It is convenient to the point of imbecility that adherents of these faiths are so willing to forget their own history as soon as the violence that put them in power allows them to relax and reap the fruits of their conquest. I can promise you that if the jihadis ever did manage to take over the world, the first thing they would do is hang up their guns and ask why the enslaved nations took up arms against their just and peacable rule.
So Mr. Pope, I have one thing to say to you: Pot, meet kettle.
I would only add that while Christianity had its dark moments with the sword, we do seem to have grown out of it and progressed a bit. The Christian church has long since put away the sword; she is not currently rampaging through the streets at every real or perceived slight or insult. She is not blowing people up. The Christian church is not issuing invitations for the rest of the world to "convert or die." The rest of the world would like nothing better than to see Islam put away the swords and simply get on with the business of living life, which is a gift from God, and already much too short. History and ancient grievances aside, please advise us what that will take, short of our surrender and conversion?
Professor Bainbridge has more thoughts.
Ed Morrissey has a terrific, well thought-out commentary.
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Linux-less Eee PC launched in Japan
Asus has formally launched its bonsai laptop, the Eee PC, in Japan, pre-installing the machine with Windows XP Home Edition rather than Linux. The machine's specifications proved to be those of the standard 4GB solid-state disc model - the Eee PC 701, aka the 4G, though in Japan it's called the 4G-X. In addition to 4GB of …
Shes back!
So where's the Japanese cat-girl?
No, I'm not talking about Hello Kitty.
Not Vista?
Do you suppose it embarrasses MS to have to use a legacy operating system to shoehorn it into the Eee?
p.s. - You need a sheep(ish) icon.
I think Arisa should be their idol of choice
(BTW Epic nose bleed)
Keep your beach girl.
She should probably dress as XP Tan though
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I'd rather stick ubuntu on it.
It's a bit like WinCE for Mobile Phones. Use Software that was designed for the unit, rather than try and load something generic onto it.
Having just got a HTC Kaiser it's just not as good as the iPhone (or even my openmoko.. well at least the HTC can make calls at the moment..) it's just too fiddly.
XP on the Asus.. not for me.
Does ubuntu have a full (working) Japanese Character set (Kanji, Hirigana and Katakana)?
Delicious Arisa is Delicious.
... that the photo caption mentions nothing about turning Japanese.....
Oh well, Paris Hilton icon instead I guess...
Interesting price!
Are these devices much cheaper in Japan or are Microsoft giving XP Home away? Because that price looks low considering the specs *and* an included Windows license.
Already out
It's been available in Tokyo stores for a number of days already. I've seen it with my eyes!
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ooh la la a sight for sore eyes , she is back yet again !
It would appear ASUS is trying to use up it's last batch of XP Home unused licenses as those buying current notebooks are usually retro fitting XP Pro until the original product license stuck on the portable unit matures so as to speak !
Dead pixels
I wonder if that bit about dead pixels is going to be widespread policy. To date, Asus have insisted that the Eee is an appliance, not a laptop, and exempt from any kind of warranty over dead pixels. Understandable at the price point, but maybe they realise now they're selling more to professionals than kids, such things do matter.
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"No, I'm not talking about Hello Kitty."
Are you talking about Hello Pussy?
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To find Toronto's Wild West you have to go east, to the post-industrial Port Lands. There, you can be nearly alone yet still seethe skyline, just over the unkempt tall grass and semiabandoned industrial buildings.
Most people know just the edge of it: the route to Cherry Beach that passes by the T & T Supermarket, the Polson Pier concert venue, and the current site of the Cirque du Soleil tents.
But this is just the edge of a 400 hectare tract of human-made land begun in the 1880s by filling in the Don River wetlands, anticipating a need for more industrial and shipping land that never came. The 30-year, $1.9 billion redevelopment plan is one of the world's biggest urban projects and will include 8,700 new housing units as well as commercial space and parkland.
For now, the area remains a taste of what old industrial Toronto was like, an element we're continuing to remove form our city.
Most impressive is the massive abandoned Hearn Generating Station. Opened in 1951, it's from an era when we built industrial buildings with elegant lines and solid materials, and its future is uncertain.
This week's TIFF red carpet premiers are the glamourous side of filmmaking, but the production side is still a sweaty, messy ordeal that needs space. We see glimpses of it during film shoots on the streets, but often it happens hidden away in the Port Lands at the massive Pinewood studios, which are about to get even bigger with a just-announced $40-million expansion.
The city has approved a fast-tracked plan to tame and redevelop the Port Lands, but a looming question is what to do with the still-functioning industrial buildings there. Toronto was a dirty industrial city for much of its existence, yet the remaining presence of that history seems to offend our new, clean "creative city" sensibilities.
This week Lafarge Canada, the cement manufacture tucked across the street from Polson Pier, expressed concerns that its operation, which supplies much of the concrete for Toronto's building boom, may not fit into our green and manicured plans for the area.
It's an ongoing struggle in Toronto as we reclaim our once industrial waterfront for other uses, but in this age of rising transportation costs and focus on sustainability, we may yet regret tearing out all our shipping and industrial infrastructure.
Outside of the Port Lands, on the west side of the city, the same issue arises. Quality Meat Packers, the abattoir at the end of Tecumseth Street across the railway tracks from Fort York, has faced similar pressures from residents who object to the smell and unsettling squeal of pigs on their way to slaughter. Urban and vegetarian sensibilities aside, the abattoir was there decades before current residents and continues to provide upwards of 800 jobs in downtown Toronto.
Perhaps the Toronto way is not to completely erase industry from our waterfront, but rather learn to enjoy being around it as another way to appreciate what this city, in part, really is: a working town. The sight of huge freighters unloading sugar at the Redpath refinery from the Muskoka chairs at Sugar Beach is a magnificent urban moment, sugar dust sparkling in the air. There's no reason we can't relax and work in the same place.
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Every year on the Saturday before the first Advent Sunday, St. Nicholas wearing a magnificent crown arrives in the charming village of Kägiswil near Sarnen. The crown represents the seven parish churches of the Canton Obwalden and their coats of arms.
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As the somber sound of the cow bells fills the streets of the village many a spectator watching the procession will feel butterflies in the stomach. Kids will snuggle up close to their parents and stare wide-eyed at the parade of solemn men carrying heavy bells, cigar gripped in the corner of their mouth.
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Charli says it was her relationship with B.I.G. that went beyond the recording studio.
"Kim goes out of her way to say she was B.I.G.'s girl," Charli said in an interview. "No, Kim wasn't his girl. Straight up! She wasn't. She benefited from the situation because she became Lil Kim. She has a career and she's grateful to a n*gga for helping her in that aspect, but she was never his girl…B.I.G. and I were together. He bought me a car. I mean n*ggas wasn't doing stuff for no reason. It was no game!" (Hip Hop Gossip Site)
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Biggie is reportedly responsible for jump-starting Charli's music career in the mid-90s.
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Kaylor Steger rescues Oak Creek golf team as Knights earn first league title in 18 years
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Oak Creek boys golf coach Craig Thome knew that if his team was to win its first Southeast Conference title since 1996, 2013 state placewinner Kaylor Steger was going to have to come through big time.
And Steger did, as the xxx recruit shot a one-under par 18-hole score of 70 to rescue the Knights from an otherwise dismal day at the league 18-hole finale on May 22 at Meadowbrook Country Club in Racine. The Knights only finished third in the 18-hole finale, but were still was able to edge out Racine Case by two points in the final team standings.
"To put it mildly, Kaylor saved the day and allowed us to win the conference championship," said Knight coach Craig Thome. "As a team, we had one of our worst days overall. As each one of our scores came in, each one of my players kept feeling more and more dejected, but thanks to another sterling performance, Kaylor catapulted our position from the 'outhouse' to the 'penthouse'.
"It is is especially rewarding to see a young man compete in the most stressful of circumstances and still perform at the highest of levels. His ability to remain focused and hit clutch shots time after time is something I just can't coach. ...
"Words can't express how rewarding winning this championship is."
Steger was all too happy to help out as his score was only one off the school record 69 he turned in during the second round of the WIAA State Meet last season.
"I like having that pressure and responsbility," he said. "...This feels so good to finally get this done (a conference title)."
Steger and the Knights will now turn their attentions to WIAA competition. They took part in a regional tournament at Brown Deer on Tuesday, May 29. The top four teams and first four individuals not on those teams will advance to the sectional tournament on Wednesday, June 4 at Brighton Dale in Kansasville.
From there, the top two teams and first three individuals not on those teams advance to the WIAA State Tournament in Madison, June 9 and 10.
Anything that is accomplished at those events will be hard-pressed to match the excitement generated at the conference events last week.
It began with the Southeast mini meet at Kenosha Country Club on May 19 as Oak Creek finished second with a nine-hole score of 169 as Steger was meet medalist with a 38, while Kyle Markowiak 43, Brendan Carranza 44, Nick Phung 44, and Sam Lecci 49 as also contributed.
"Kaylor once again played well and my three through five players all played well, which really helped, since Sam (Lecci) struggled to find his game," said Thome.
Then on Tuesday, May 20, in the final league mini-meet, the Knights put themselves in good position fore the title by winning with a season best nine-hole score of 155 on Ives Grove in Racine. Steger ripped up the place with a three-under par nine-hole score record of 33, while Lecci came in with a 39, Phung 41, Markowiak 42, and Carranza 46.
But that just set up the drama for the 18-hole finale on May 22, as despite Steger's scorching meet medalist score of 70, which also sealed up his league player of the year honors, the rest of the Knights struggled, turning in an 18-hole score of 353 with no one else being able to break 90.
Despite Lecci coming in with a 91, he still earned first-team all-conference honors.
Steger said it took about 20 minutes to figure out the final standings in the cloubhouse.
"We had been comparing scores with Racine Case (the only team that could have beaten the Knights) and when we figured out that they had finished second (in the 18-hole finale), we pretty much knew we had won it," he said.
The Eagles would have had to win the meet in that situation to win the conference title.
Thome was almost overwhelmed by Steger's leadership and his ability to bring the team home in this tough situation.
"It is something inherent in him. It is his competitive spirit that drives him and keeps him calm in the toughest of situations," said Thome of Steger. "... Oak Creek is definitely not your traditional golf powerhouse, and to win one (a league title) after 18 long years, is a testament to all of the hard work and sacrifice that my players and assistant coaches (including JV coach Joe Cota and freshmen coach Tom Stock) have put in and the countless hours of practice that often go unnoticed."
Steger said he wasn't aware of how tense the situation was but was happy tio come through.
"I was just playing against par and trying to break 70," he said. "I didn't quite get there but it was still a good score.
He's happy to go out as a champion.
"It's a really nice feeling," he said. "It'll be good to know that whenever I go back to school I'll be proud to see that '14" on that banner (the conference championship banner for golf)."
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Telephone Calls To The Garden City Police And Fire Departments
To report and emergency please dial 911 and state your name, address, nature of emergency and location of the emergency.
Police Department Non-Emergency Number 516-465-4100
Fire Department Emergency Number 516-746-2800
Fire Department Non-Emergency Number 516-746-1301
Best Wishes To Our College Bound Students
Throughout the next two to three weeks, many of our young people will be leaving for college. Some for the first time; others to conclude course requirements which will lead to undergraduate and graduate degrees. My colleagues on the Village Board join me in wishing them a safe journey and a most productive year. We are very proud of the accomplishments of our young people and look to them as our ambassadors to the many cities, towns and villages throughout the country which will be their temporary homes.
Welcome Adelphi Students
Next week will mark the arrival of Adelphi's Class of 2017 onto the Garden City campus. It gives me pleasure to welcome the students and to compliment them on choosing Adelphi. The board of trustees and I wish President Scott, his faculty and staff as well as the Class of 2017 and all students a most productive year.
The village wants you to consider Garden City your home away from home during the next four years. While it is my hope that you will never require medical assistance during your stay at Adelphi, it is good to know that Garden City is the home to virtually every medical and dental discipline available and they are centered at 520 and 601 Franklin Ave. and on Seventh Street. We also invite you to visit our shopping areas and many fine restaurants on Seventh Street, Franklin Avenue and New Hyde Park Road; bring your friends and family, all are welcome.
New Initiative For Seventh Street - Friday Night Promenade
This program began last month and I am looking forward to seeing many residents and visitors as we continue to close Seventh Street, between Franklin and Hilton Avenues, each Friday evening, so that everyone can continue to enjoy the outdoor dining and live entertainment offered by local restaurants as well as shopping in the stores and shops who will remain open during the evening. I hope that you will make it a point to bring your family out to see all that is offered each Friday evening in the village.
Please Continue To Shop And Dine Outdoors In Garden City
The residents of Garden City are very fortunate to have viable retail businesses on Seventh Street, Franklin Avenue and New Hyde Park Road where there is a good variety of quality merchandise and family dining experiences available to be enjoyed. Please support these businesses and enjoy the products, variety and outstanding customer service. Keep in mind that these merchants save you from traveling outside the village for your needs. Consider the harsh reality if we did not have these businesses here to service our needs. I look forward to seeing everyone in town.
In Preparation For Hurricane Season
I was recently reviewing a publication that was sent to the village by Nassau County on the subject of hurricane readiness. While the Incorporated Village of Garden City subscribes to an emergency weather service and carefully monitors regional storm activity, in preparation for implementing its storm emergency plan, there is a lot that residents can and should do to make preparations for the upcoming hurricane season. In this and succeeding columns I will share information so that you can be prepared in the event that a major storm hits Long Island. In addition to the concern for your own safety and the safety of your family, please keep in mind those neighbors who are elderly, sick or alone who may be in need of assistance.
It is suggested that you prepare an "Emergency Go-Kit" which will include the following items:
•First Aid Kit (pack a "how to" guide as well.)
•Essential prescription and nonprescription items and medical information.
•Battery-powered flashlight and radio (or crank radio), extra batteries and a 12 hour glow stick.
•A change of clothes, plus rain wear, sturdy shoes and protective gloves for everyone.
•Personal items, i.e., eyeglasses, cash in small bills.
•Important documents in a waterproof container; drivers' licenses, wills, birth/marriage certificates, insurance policies, deed or lease, recent tax returns, credit card and bank account numbers, social security cards, passport and home inventory list.
•Special items for infants, elderly, pets, or loved ones with special needs.
Please also be aware that Garden City High School is a Red Cross Shelter and the high school may open at the discretion of the Office of Emergency Management.
Board Of Trustees' Meeting Schedule
The next meeting of the board of trustees will be on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. I encourage all residents to attend board of trustees meetings so as to be thoroughly informed of village issues from a first-hand perspective.
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The Senior Advisory Committee is the Senior group that helps plan trips, parties, and programs for all seniors in cooperation with the recreation and parks department. It consists of: Kathy Auro, Richard Bankowsky, Evelyn Iagrossi, Joe Leto, Ellen Moynahan, and Gloria Weinrich. Please feel free to suggest trips to anyone on the committee.
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Winthrop University Hospital hosted a presentation on the current Ebola epidemic, at the Garden City Library, on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Sponsored by the village's Property Owners' Associations, John F. Collins, president and CEO of Winthrop University Hospital and Dr. Michael Ammazzalorso, Winthrop's Chief Medical Officer provided an overview of the disease along with an update on Winthrop's preparedness plan.
Dr. Ammazzalorso began his presentation heeding that despite the waning in the press, the disease is still with us. He provided both historical and current day perspectives regarding the epidemic, advising that Ebola is not a new disease. The medical community has been aware of the disease for at least 40 years. Originating in the Congo, Ebola is a zoonosis a disease which has its reservoir in animals and was known for small sporadic outbreaks associated with people who handled bats and rodents or those who consumed bush meat. The current outbreak originated in West Africa, specifically Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. He noted in Africa that more than 45,000 people have died from the disease.
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Learn And Play Paddle Tennis
The recreation and parks department will offer beginner level platform tennis lessons at Community Park's Platform Courts. This five-week course will offer the basic instruction and will be taught by certified platform instructor Sue Tarzian. Each class will be 1.5 hours in length. The cost of this program is $187.50. Classes began the week of Nov. 5. The following classes will be offered:
Beginners - Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Advanced Beginners – Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
This program is for beginners only and participants must be Garden City residents. To register, visit the recreation office at 108 Rockaway Ave.
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Learn And Play Paddle Tennis
The recreation and parks department will offer beginner level platform tennis lessons at Community Park's Platform Courts. This five-week course will offer the basic instruction and will be taught by certified platform instructor Sue Tarzian. Each class will be 1.5 hours in length. The cost of this program is $187.50. Classes begin the week of Nov. 5. The following classes will be offered:
Beginners - Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Advanced Beginners – Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
This program is for beginners only and participants must be Garden City residents. To register, please visit the recreation office at 108 Rockaway Ave. Space is limited so please register early.
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