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Rachel Lenerz teaches her children the value of charity with a few tasty traditions during Hanukkah. Lenerz makes sufganiyot, or Israeli donuts, with Ava, her 4-year-old daughter, and Leo, her 6-year-old son. Asked what is Hanukkah about, Leo says, "It's about giving and not just presents."
Lenerz and her children make sufganiyot for the seniors at the Kobernick House and other holiday events. The children spend time with the seniors and enjoy a sugary treat that they helped create. Lenerz never made the donuts with her family growing up but decided to begin the tradition when she had children.
"I try to instill in the kids one should try to give back in any aspect you can," she says.
Sufganiyot is considered to be more of an Israeli treat that has made its way to the U.S. Leo and Ava insert the jelly and chocolate filling into the donuts before rolling them around in powdered sugar. As they take a bite of the sugary treat, powdered sugar gets on their noses. It's clear Lenerz has created a lasting family tradition for her little helpers.
2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup and 3 tablespoons low-fat vanilla yogurt
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
6 cups canola oil
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup strawberry jam
Mix together self-rising flour, vanilla yogurt, granulated sugar, vanilla and eggs.
Knead the dough (it gets sticky).
Cover the dough with a dishtowel and let it sit for 30 minutes.
While the dough is rising, heat canola oil on medium heat.
When getting ready to put the mixture in, turn heat to medium high.
Use a spoon to gather a ball of the mixture.
Drop mixture into the hot oil. You will know the oil is hot enough because the mixture will float to the top. One ball, or donut, cooks for about two to three minutes.
While the donut mixture is in the pot, continue turning it until it turns golden brown.
Scoop out the donut with a slotted spoon and put on a paper towel for the oil to drain. Let it sit and cool for a few minutes. Inject the jelly into the donut with a pastry syringe.
Roll the donut in powdered sugar. Enjoy and eat.
Latke Experiment
Ricky Burton has been cooking — and eating — latkes since he was a child. He remembers his mother, a Romanian immigrant to Canada, making them at home. Fried foods are eaten during Hanukkah to celebrate the story of a miracle when a one-day oil supply burned for eight days in the Temple in Jerusalem. Burton has always loved to experiment with cooking, and it shows because he uses zucchini and carrots, in addition to the potatoes and onions in his latkes.
"He is an inventive cook and always likes to try something different," says Lin Burton, Ricky's wife. "It gives them a different flavor."
When his children were young, Burton went to their kindergarten class and made latkes with the students. He showed the kids how to grate the vegetables and squeeze the vegetable mix to release the water. Burton then fried the latkes on a portable electric stove while the children eagerly waited to see what they had helped create.
He continues to fry his multi-vegetable latkes and always adds applesauce or sour cream on top at the end.
3 or 4 Yukon gold potatoes (you can also use sweet potatoes)
1 sweet onion
1 or 2 carrots
1 or 2 small zucchini
2 eggs
2 tablespoons flour, matzoh or potato starch
1/4-inch vegetable oil in a frying pan
Salt and pepper to taste
Peel the potatoes.
On the coarse side of a grater, grate carrots, zucchini, onion and potatoes into one bowl. Longer pieces tend to hold together better.
Squeeze out excess water from vegetables with your hands.
Add in two eggs and flour, matzoh or potato starch.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Mix it all up.
In a frying pan, heat vegetable oil on medium-high heat.
Using a large spoon, deposit the latkes into the oil. Flatten them a little. Do not crowd the pan with too many latkes, and be careful of splashing hot oil.
Fry for a of couple of minutes, until golden brown, then flip over and fry the other side.
Take the fried latkes out of oil and put them on a paper towel.
Pat them down and enjoy.
Grandma's Strudel: A Delicious Memory
Alyson Zildjian has been cooking and making apple walnut strudel since she was a child. She remembers making the flaky pastry with her Austrian grandmother.
"The strudel is more Eastern European than anything," Zildjian says. "We would always have a pastry with our tea."
She remembers eating latkes, brisket and her grandmother's apple walnut strudel during Hanukkah. The aroma of sweet apples and melted butter drifts through the kitchen as Zildjian talks about continuing the tradition with her children.
"It's a family recipe because the kids can peel the apples and butter the phyllo," she says. Zildjian also serves Bubbie's Strudel to customers who order from her catering business. When she pulls the golden flaky pastry out of the oven, the smell immediately permeates the air.
"This smell in my house brings back memories of my grandmother," she says.
1 package phyllo sheets
1 tablespoon butter and 2 sticks melted butter, clarified
1/2 cup amaretto cookie or graham cracker crumbs
6 green apples, peeled, cored and sliced (about 2 pounds apples)
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup total granulated sugar and packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest
12 ounces nonfat vanilla yogurt or frozen vanilla yogurt
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Melt one tablespoon of butter in the pan, and add sugar, stirring. When the sugar dissolves, add the apples, golden raisins, cinnamon and walnuts in a saucepan, and cook for about 10 minutes, or until tender. Let stand for 10 minutes to cool.
Take one piece of phyllo and lay on a work surface. Using a pastry brush, lightly butter entire sheet, then sprinkle cookie crumbs, then add another sheet on top, butter, and sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Add a third sheet, butter, then spread the apple mixture across the bottom of the phyllo. Roll the phyllo in a jelly roll-like fashion. Brush the top with melted butter.
Place the roll on a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray or use parchment paper and bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before slicing. Arrange on serving plates.
Serve with vanilla yogurt or frozen vanilla yogurt and top with mint and raspberries.
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When the realization that she was still looking at her own bedroom hit, happy tears started to fall. She turned to her mother, Lisa, for a hug, and more tears came. Lisa smiled as she took in the sight of her oldest daughter's new room with the rest of the family not far behind.
Twelve-year-old Haley became the second-ever Cleveland recipient of a bedroom makeover by Special Spaces, an organization that renovates bedrooms for critically ill children. The conversion took place last weekend.
"These kids are so ill; they spend an enormous amount of time in their rooms," said Anne Strunk, area coordinator of Special Spaces' Chattanooga chapter. "We want to give them a special space to recover."
Haley has been dealing with a rare blood disorder called Diamond-Blackfan anemia that causes her bone marrow not to produce enough red blood cells. She had to have a bone marrow transplant on July 25, but Lisa said the family has made almost-weekly trips to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville since due to Haley's body beginning to reject the transplant. Lisa added that Haley has had to face chemotherapy and multiple blood transfusions as well.
Less than an hour before the family arrived home, the Brooks' house was abuzz with activity from the 14 volunteers helping out that day. A line formed in the narrow hallway outside Haley's room as volunteers armed with things like brightly colored blankets, framed family photos and a lava lamp waited to put the finishing touches on the room.
"Organized chaos," Strunk said, glancing up as she bent to gather an armful of room accents to carry into the hallway. "It's always organized chaos when we do these. It's definitely worth it, though."
Not too long after, the family arrived home from their day trip to the Tennessee Aquarium, which had treated them to free tickets. It was time for the reveal.
There were a custom-made day bed, a desk for homework and artwork and shelving to house things like a new flatscreen television. The room was decorated with a custom mural by volunteer Sharon Gallaher, and accents like zebra-print ceiling fan blades and a lime green rug completed the room for the soon-to-be teenager.
Gallaher, who has been volunteering with the organization for a year, said she enjoys helping "give these kids rooms that they love to stay in."
"It's an amazing organization," she said.
Haley's room took the team less than eight hours to complete. Gallaher said the renovations usually take between six and eight hours.
The room makeover was made possible by the 12 volunteers from Special Spaces as well as two volunteers from the day's corporate sponsor, Southern Heritage Bank. Donations of paint and materials from the Gunbarrel Road location of Lowe's Home Improvement in Chattanooga and food for the volunteers from Chick-fil-A were also contributed.
Each Special Spaces room makeover is sponsored by a company or individual, Strunk said.
The Chattanooga chapter of the Knoxville-based national organization currently receives referrals from doctors at the Children's Hospital at Erlanger of children and teenagers in need of a "special space" to rest and recover at home. Strunk said the children with the "most immediate" medical needs are placed at the top of the list.
Strunk said the local chapter completed its ninth room makeover in August, making Haley's the 10th.
She added that the organization is always looking for sponsors and volunteers, and anyone wanting to learn more about the organization can visit its website, SpecialSpacesChattanooga.org.
In the afterglow of the room reveal, Lisa and Haley sat on their living room couch discussing Haley's health battle.
Lisa said times have been tough for the family, including her husband, Danny, and two younger daughters, 10-year-old Hannah and 8-year-old Allison. But Haley is "a fighter," she said.
"It's been hard. I really miss school," said Haley, who has been studying at home because of her illness. "But I've made a lot of friends at the hospital."
Lisa and Haley both pointed out that prayer, the family's faith and Haley's determination to do things like play softball in the spring have given them hope.
Haley leaned in to share her advice to anyone facing obstacles like hers.
"Don't give up," she said. "Just don't."


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The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Lerlie Morris of Cordova and the late Charles W. Morris and the late Jerome and Mary St. Charles.
Miss Morris graduated from Cleveland High School and will receive a bachelor of arts degree from Lee University in December. She is a member of Sigma Nu Sigma sorority and Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society. She is employed with the YMCA.
The future bridegroom is the grandson of Ray Goad of Chattanooga, Zelma Rouse of Athens and Roy Brown and Ann Brown of Dunlap.
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Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. (1-7) A cripple healed at Lystra, The people would have sacrificed to Paul and Barnabas. (8-18) Paul stoned at Lystra, The churches visited again. (19-28)
Verses 1-7 The apostles spake so plainly, with such evidence and proof of the Spirit, and with such power; so warmly, and with such concern for the souls of men; that those who heard them could not but say, God was with them of a truth. Yet the success was not to be reckoned to the manner of their preaching, but to the Spirit of God who used that means. Perseverance in doing good, amidst dangers and hardships, is a blessed evidence of grace. Wherever God's servants are driven, they should seek to declare the truth. When they went on in Christ's name and strength, he failed not to give testimony to the word of his grace. He has assured us it is the word of God, and that we may venture our souls upon it. The Gentiles and Jews were at enmity with one another, yet united against Christians. If the church's enemies join to destroy it, shall not its friends unite for its preservation? God has a shelter for his people in a storm; he is, and will be their Hiding-place. In times of persecution, believers may see cause to quit a spot, though they do not quit their Master's work.
Verses 8-18 All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the dominion of sinful habits since formed; we shall be made able to stand upright and walk cheerfully in the ways of the Lord. When Christ, the Son of God, appeared in the likeness of men, and did many miracles, men were so far from doing sacrifice to him, that they made him a sacrifice to their pride and malice; but Paul and Barnabas, upon their working one miracle, were treated as gods. The same power of the god of this world, which closes the carnal mind against truth, makes errors and mistakes find easy admission. We do not learn that they rent their clothes when the people spake of stoning them; but when they spake of worshipping them; they could not bear it, being more concerned for God's honour than their own. God's truth needs not the services of man's falsehood. The servants of God might easily obtain undue honours if they would wink at men's errors and vices; but they must dread and detest such respect more than any reproach. When the apostles preached to the Jews, who hated idolatry, they had only to preach the grace of God in Christ; but when they had to do with the Gentiles, they must set right their mistakes in natural religion. Compare their conduct and declaration with the false opinions of those who think the worship of a God, under any name, or in any manner, is equally acceptable to the Lord Almighty. The most powerful arguments, the most earnest and affectionate addresses, even with miracles, are scarcely enough to keep men from absurdities and abominations; much less can they, without special grace, turn the hearts of sinners to God and to holiness.
Verses 19-28 See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul, in a popular tumult. So strong is the bent of the corrupt and carnal heart, that as it is with great difficulty that men are kept back from evil on one side, so it is with great ease they are persuaded to evil on the other side. If Paul would have been Mercury, he might have been worshipped; but if he will be a faithful minister of Christ, he shall be stoned, and thrown out of the city. Thus men who easily submit to strong delusions, hate to receive the truth in the love of it. All who are converted need to be confirmed in the faith; all who are planted need to be rooted. Ministers' work is to establish saints as well as to awaken sinners. The grace of God, and nothing less, effectually establishes the souls of the disciples. It is true, we must count upon much tribulation, but it is encouragement that we shall not be lost and perish in it. The Person to whose power and grace the converts and the newly-established churches are commended, clearly was the Lord Jesus, "on whom they had believed." It was an act of worship. The praise of all the little good we do at any time, must be ascribed to God; for it is He who not only worketh in us both to will and to do, but also worketh with us to make what we do successful. All who love the Lord Jesus, will rejoice to hear that he has opened the door of faith wide, to those who were strangers to him and to his salvation. And let us, like the apostles, abide with those who know and love the Lord.
Acts 14:1-7 . MEETING WITH SIMILAR SUCCESS AND SIMILAR OPPOSITION AT ICONIUM, PAUL AND BARNABAS FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES TO LYSTRA AND DERBE, AND PREACH THERE.
"After this detailed account of Paul's labors at Pisidian Antioch, Luke subjoins only brief notices of his further labors, partly because from the nature of the case his discourses must have embraced nearly the same topics, and partly because the consequences that resulted assumed quite a similar shape" [OLSHAUSEN].
1. they went both together into the synagogue--Though Paul was now the prominent speaker and actor, yet in everything Barnabas went along with him.
a . . . multitude . . . of the Greeks believed--meaning probably the religious proselytes, as opposed to "the Gentiles" mentioned Acts 14:2 .
3. Long time therefore abode they--because in spite of opposition they were meeting with so much success.
speaking boldly in the Lord--rather, "in dependence on the Lord," that is, on their glorified Head.
who gave testimony to the word of his grace--a notable definition of the Gospel, whose whole burden is GRACE.
and granted--"granting," that is, who confirmed the Gospel by granting miraculous attestation to it. (The "and" is wanting in the best manuscripts).
5. an assault made . . . to stone them--rather here, "an impetuous movement" with a view to stoning them: for in 2 Corinthians 11:25 , Paul says, "Once I was stoned," and that was at Lystra, as expressly related in Acts 14:19 . (PALEY'S remarks--Horæ Paulinæ--on this singular coincidence between the Epistle and the history are very striking).
fled--(See Matthew 10:23 ).
6. unto Lystra and Derbe--the one some twenty miles to the south, the other some sixty miles to the east of Iconium, somewhere near the bases of what are called the Black Mountains and the roots of Mount Taurus; but their exact position has not yet been discovered.
Acts 14:8-21 . AT LYSTRA PAUL HEALING A CRIPPLE, THE PEOPLE ARE SCARCE RESTRAINED FROM SACRIFICING TO THEM AS GODS, BUT AFTERWARDS, THEIR MINDS BEING POISONED, THEY STONE PAUL, LEAVING HIM FOR DEAD--WITHDRAWING TO DERBE, THEY PREACH AND TEACH THERE.
There being no mention of the synagogue at Lystra, it is probable there were too few Jews there to form one.
8-10. there sat there a certain man . . . a cripple from his mother's womb . . . The same heard Paul speak--in the open air and ( Acts 14:11 ) to a crowd of people.
9. who steadfastly beholding him--as he did Elymas the sorcerer when about to work a miracle on him.
and perceiving that he had faith to be healed--Paul may have been led by the sight of this cripple to dwell on the Saviour's miracles of healing, and His present power; and perceiving from the eagerness with which the patient drank in his words, that he was prepared to put his own case into the Redeemer's hands, the Spirit of the glorified Physician came all upon Paul, and "with a loud voice" he bade him "stand upright upon his feet." The effect was instantaneous--he sprang to his feet "and walked."
11-13. in the speech of Lycaonia--whether a corruption of the Greek tongue, which was well enough understood in this region, or the remains of some older tongue, is not known.
The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men--the language of an unsophisticated people. But "that which was a superstition in Lycaonia, and for which the whole "creation" groaned, became a reality at Bethlehem" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
12. they called Barnabas, Jupiter--the father of the gods, from his commanding mien (CHRYSOSTOM thinks).
and Paul, Mercurius--the god of eloquence and the messenger and attendant of Jupiter, in the heathen mythology.
13. the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city--that is, whose temple stood
before their city, brought oxen and garlands--to crown the victims and decorate, as on festive occasions, the porches.
14-18. when . . . Barnabas and Paul heard--Barnabas is put first here, apparently as having been styled the "Jupiter" of the company.
they rent their clothes and ran in--rather (according to the true reading), "ran forth."
among the people, crying out . . . Sirs, why do ye these things?--This was something more than that abhorrence of idolatry which took possession of the Jews as a nation from the time of the Babylonish captivity: it was that delicate sensibility to everything which affects the honor of God which Christianity, giving us in God a reconciled Father, alone can produce; making the Christian instinctively feel himself to be wounded in all dishonor done to God, and filling him with mingled horror and grief when such gross insults as this are offered to him.
15. We . . . are men of like passions, &c.--How unlike either imposture or enthusiasm is this, and how high above all self-seeking do these men of Christ show themselves to be!
unto the living God--This is the most glorious and distinctive of all the names of God. It is the familiar phraseology of the Old Testament. which, in such contrast with all that is to be found within the literature of heathenism, is shown to be, with its sequel, the New Testament, the one Book of the true religion.
who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all . . . therein--This idea of creation, utterly unknown alike to rude and to cultivated heathenism, would not only define what was meant by "the living God," but open up a new world to the more thoughtful part of the audience.
16. Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways--that is, without extending to them the revelation vouchsafed to the seed of Abraham, and the grace attending it; compare Acts 17:30 , 1 Corinthians 1:21 . Yet not without guilt on their part was this privation ( Romans 1:20 , &c.).
17. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness--Though the heinousness of idolatry is represented as so much less in the heathen, by how much they were outside the pale of revealed religion, he takes care to add that the heathen have divine "witness" enough to leave them "without excuse."
he did good--scattering His beneficence everywhere and in a thousand forms.
rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons--on which human subsistence and all human enjoyment depend. In Lycaonia, where, as ancient writers attest, rain is peculiarly scarce, this allusion would have all the greater effect.
filling our hearts with food and gladness--a natural colloquialism, the heart being gladdened by the food supplied to the body.
18. with these sayings scarce restrained they the people that they had not done sacrifice to them--In spite of this,and Peter's repudiation of all such honor ( Acts 10:26 ), how soon idolatrous tendencies began to show themselves in the Christian Church, at length to be systematized and enjoined in the Church of Rome!
19. came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium--Furious zeal that would travel so far to counteract the missionaries of the Cross!
persuaded the people--"the multitudes." to have let alone; Paul, as the prominent actor and speaker, being the object of all their rage. The words seem to imply that it was the Jews who did this; and no doubt they took the lead ( Acts 14:19 ), but it was the act of the instigated and fickle multitudes along with them.
drew him out of the city--By comparing this with Acts 7:58 it will be seen that the Jews were the chief actors in this scene.
20. as the disciples stood round about him--sorrowing. So his labors here had not been in vain: "Disciples" had been gathered, who now rallied around the bleeding body. And one appears to have been gained on this occasion, of far more importance than all the rest--TIMOTHEUS. (It could scarcely have been at the subsequent visit, Acts 14:21 , for the reason given in 2 Timothy 3:10 2 Timothy 3:11 ; while at the third visit, Acts 16:1-3 , he was already a Christian).
he rose up--It is possible that this recovery was natural; the insensibility occasioned by such treatment as he had received sometimes passing away of itself, and leaving the patient less hurt than appeared. But certainly the impression naturally left on the mind by the words is that the restoration was miraculous; and so the best interpreters understand the words. This is confirmed by what follows.
came into the city--Noble intrepidity!
next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe--a journey for which he could hardly be fit if his recovery had been natural. (As to Derbe,
21. and when they had preached . . . to that city and had taught many--rather, "had made many disciples" (Margin); but probably without suffering any persecution, as Derbe is not mentioned along with Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra ( 2 Timothy 3:11 ).
Acts 14:21-28 . PAUL AND BARNABAS RETRACE THEIR STEPS, RETURN TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA, AND THUS COMPLETE THEIR FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY.
21, 22. they returned . . . to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls, &c.--At Derbe, Paul was not far from the well-known pass which leads down from the central tableland to Cilicia and Tarsus. But his thoughts did not center in an earthly home. He revisited the places where he had been reviled and persecuted, but where he had left as sheep in the desert the disciples whom his Master had enabled him to gather. They needed building up and strengthening in the faith, comforting in the midst of their inevitable suffering, and fencing round by permanent institutions. Undaunted therefore by the dangers that awaited them, our missionaries return to them, using words of encouragement which none but the founders of a true religion would have ventured to address to their earliest converts, that "we can only enter into the kingdom of God by passing through much tribulation" [HOWSON].
23, 24. when they had ordained them elders--literally, "chosen by show of hands." But as that would imply that this was done by the apostles' own hands, many render the word, as in our version, "ordained." Still, as there is no evidence in the New Testament that the word had then lost its proper meaning, as this is beyond doubt its meaning in 2 Corinthians 8:19 , and as there is indisputable evidence that the concurrence of the people was required in all elections to sacred office in the earliest ages of the Church, it is perhaps better to understand the words to mean, "when they had made a choice of elders," that is, superintended such choice on the part of the disciples.
and had prayed with fasting--literally, "fastings," thus setting them solemnly apart. This last clause confirms our interpretation of the former. For if "ordination" was by prayer and fasting (see Acts 13:3 ), why should it be said they first "ordained elders," and after that "prayed with fasting?" Whereas if the first clause refer to the choice and the second to the ordination, all is natural.
they commended--"committed"
them--that is, all these churches.
to the Lord--Jesus.
25. when they had preached the word in Perga--now doing what, for some reason, they had not done on their former visit, but probably with no visible fruit.
they went down into Attaila--a seaport on the Gulf of Pamphylia, drawing to itself the commerce of Egypt and Syria.
26. sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been
27. when they had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, &c.--As their call and mission had been solemn and formal, in the presence of and by the Church as well as the Holy Ghost, they dutifully, and no doubt with eager joy, convened the church and gave their report of "all that God had done with them," that is, by and for them.
and how--in particular.
he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles--to such even as before had not been proselytes. see 1 Corinthians 16:9 , 2 Corinthians 2:12 , Colossians 4:3 ). The ascribing directly to God of such access to the Gentiles is to be noted.
28. there they abode long time--"no little time." From the commencement of the mission till they left Antioch to go up to attend the council at Jerusalem, some four or five years elapsed; and as the missionary journey would probably occupy less than two years, the rest of the time would be the period of their stay at Antioch.


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The Council also declared Cleveland and Bradley County as the No. 1 wrestling town in the state of Tennessee.
The Blue Raiders earned the title of state champions for the second time in three years after winning the 2013 TSSAA Division I Traditional State Championships in Franklin on Feb. 16 and the State Duals Finals on Feb. 2.
The team was runner-up in both the duals and state tournaments in 2012, after claiming the traditional title in 2011.
Coach Jake Yost said the Blue Raiders were the only team in the state this year to secure a qualifier in each of the 14 weight classifications, with five wrestlers ranked No. 1 heading into the tournament. They outscored the second place team, Soddy-Daisy, by 85 points with a total score of 232 points. The team left Franklin for the first time in Blue Raider history with three individual state champions: Chris DeBien, Austin Oliver and Haden Hamilton.
Also earning state medals were Triston Blansit, Austin Stevison, Josh Hamilton, Aaron Lopez and Ethan West.
Businessman Allan Jones said, "You've got to come from Cleveland and Bradley County, Tennessee, to win the state championship and that's all there is to it, that's how good these guys are. They set a TSSAA record of 78 to 4. That will not be broken as long as anybody in here is living."
In the State Duals Finals where the top 16 teams in the state met, it came down to Cleveland and Wilson Central of Lebanon. The Blue Raiders blew out Wilson Central with 13 pins out of 14 matches and a record-setting 78-4 "beatdown" to set a scoring record for the most one-sided match in TSSAA state duals history.
This is a record that brings pride to the city of Cleveland and is expected to stand for many years, as no team in any of Tennessee's 95 counties has ever accomplished this. The next week, Cleveland beat its nearest competitors, Walker Valley High School, by more than 100 points in the regionals.
Doug Greene, assistant superintendent and former personnel director for Cleveland City Schools, helped jump-start the overall city wrestling program in 2006 by seeking a donation from the Allan Jones Foundation to start a "six-year plan" to bring the Blue Raiders to the forefront of the state wrestling elite.
AI Miller, then the coach of the Cleveland High program, also met with Jones when he was considering retiring. The goal was to rejuvenate the Kids Club, middle school and high school programs. The first step was hiring a national athletic recruiting firm.
"It all starts with the Kids Club. If you were at the wrestling building yesterday, it was absolutely packed with the next group coming up," Jones said.
The plan was designed so that the 2006 sixth-grade wrestlers would be state champions by the time they were high school seniors in 2013, which would be the conclusion of the six-year plan. It now appears that the Blue Raiders are loaded with talent for years to come.
"This is all a six-year plan that's moving forward. These guys, six years ago, were in the sixth grade when we started the plan and this is the result of the plan, a TSSAA all-time record," Jones said.
The first hire was Heath Eslinger as head coach at Cleveland High School, while Eric Phillips was recruited from Miami to head up the most important part — the Cleveland Middle School wrestling program.
Mike Hatcher, a graduate from the University of Iowa, was brought in to take over the Kids Club wrestling program. Josh Bosken, who also helped Eslinger, joined him. When Hatcher left, Bosken settled into the Kids Club coaching role to ensure the Cleveland pipeline would stay full. Longtime coach Al Miller and former wrestling coach Duane Schriver were also involved.
The recruiting was so successful that in 2009, Eslinger and several of his coaches became the first high school coaches to ever be recruited to a Division I college, leaving to coach at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Phillips made the decision to remain in Cleveland and was elevated from Cleveland Middle School to Cleveland High School. He later became athletic director and recruited Yost.
Yost and his current coaches, Miller, Schriver, Phillips and Thomas Queen guided the team to the two state titles this year. The current Cleveland Middle School coaches are Eric Mountain, Trey Stanford, Bradley Colbaugh, and Danny Coleman.
Wrestling is a sport different than others like football, because it relies on individual achievement. Two wrestlers take to the mat and only one walks off the victor. The wrestler has no one to rely on but himself.
The city recognized that along with Cleveland High School, the city is also proud of Bradley Central High School and Walker Valley High School, which combined had three individual champions — Toribio Navarro and Robbie Clark from Bradley, plus Caleb Langford became the first ever state champ from Walker Valley. This makes a total of six individual champions for Cleveland and Bradley County.
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Roeper: Hollywood couldn't make up anything as exciting as this Hawks season
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If that wasn't the most thrilling championship clincher in Chicago sports history, what was?
Michael Jordan's game-winner against the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals was a moment for the ages — but if the Bulls didn't win that game, did anyone expect the Jazz to prevail in a Game 7?
The Blackhawks' stunning last-minute victory in Boston was... amazing. Special.
A once-in-a lifetime moment.
And the winner for Best Drama of 2013 goes to:
The Chicago Blackhawks.
All due respect to "Game of Thrones," "Mad Men" and "The Walking Dead" on the small screen, not to mention 2013 films starring the likes of Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio, the Hawks' quest for the Cup has outshined them all for thrills, spills and yes, chills.
In one of the most stunning turnarounds in a potential clinch game in the history of sports, the Blackhawks scored two goals within a 17-second span late in the third period to snatch victory from the Bruin-bear jaws of defeat. Suddenly a city gearing up for a Game 7 in Chicago had to make the same kind of adjustments the Hawks had to make all season long.
No worries. We'll never take it for granted, but we're getting pretty good at this Stanley Cup celebration thing. Over the next week or so, hundreds if not thousands of Chicago-area Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts will be updated to include "Me With the Cup!" photos.
From Patrick Kane's off-season follies to the lockout that threatened to kill the season before it even started, through arguably the greatest start in NHL history, continuing on to the best record in the regular season, coming back from 3-1 playoff deficit to the dreaded Red Wings, knocking off the defending champion L.A. Kings and their bandwagon-hopping celebrity fans in the Conference Finals, and then defeating the classy, talented, worthy ferocious Boston Bruins in an Original Six matchup for the ages — take a breath here — what a year.
What a team.
Taking away nothing from the 2010 Stanley Cup champions, this edition (which features a number of key core performers from three years ago, including those Chevy-selling superheroes Jonathan Toews and Kane) of the Blackhawks was more exciting, more entertaining, more everything. It was that rare sequel that eclipsed the original.
Sacrilege though it may be to hear this coming from a diehard Cell-mate that remembers 2005 as if it were yesterday, the 2013 Blackhawks just might be the most popular Chicago championship team since the 1998 Bulls.
After starring in "The Hangover, Part 2," Kane and his mother went to Europe, where he cleaned up his act and she made sure he had clean clothes.
Then there was the "Lockout" of 2012, which was a Guy Pearce/Maggie Grace movie, and the contractual impasse that delayed the start of the season until January of 2013. And what about that "2 Fast 2 Furious" competition between goalies Corey Crawford and Ray Emery?
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From "Walking Dead" to "Breaking Bad," from "Sons of Anarchy" to "Mad Men," from "Game of Thrones" to "Downton Abbey," some of our favorite TV shows are suspended in time, with all those great characters stuck in place, waiting for the writers and the calendar to give them life again.
Not so with the Blackhawks. Yes, their season started late, but there was no mid-season hiatus, no holiday stretch of reruns, no lull in the action. They hit the ice skating, shrugged off any chance of a Sports Illustrated cover curse after SI credited the Hawks with saving hockey, and just kept on playing their game.
For the second time in four seasons, the Chicago Blackhawks and by association their legions of famously intense, famously loyal and famously LOUD fans have possession of Lord Stanley's Cup — the most hallowed cup this side of Harry Potter's Goblet of Fire.
We don't know the words to "Chelsea Dagger." (I'm not so sure the Fratelli's know the words to Chelsea Dagger.) But for the rest of the this week, we'll be singing that "Do do do do do" part, and you won't be able to get it out of your head, not for a very long time.
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How often have you eaten something from a fast food restaurant and felt sluggish afterward? Or maybe you recently checked your bank account and found yourself wondering where so much of your money is going. While combo meals from popular chains do not seem extremely expensive when you are purchasing them, if you are eating fast food every day, the amount you are spending on those meals quickly begins to add up.
The reason fast food is so popular is because it offers the convenience of a prepared meal. Since many of us are stretched for time, we want something that we can eat quickly. The problem with fast food is that it is loaded with calories, sugars, and fat. This means that your body takes longer to digest the foods you have eaten, and you end up gaining weight. If you happen to work a job that requires you to sit down several hours out the day, you may have a metabolism that is slower than people who have jobs that require them to move around often. Having a slower metabolism and eating foods with high sugar and fat content will quickly add pounds to your body.
But even busy people can still quickly shed afew pounds. All it really takes is some planning so that you are never forced to make a choice between eating fast food or sacrificing breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The first thing you need to do is dedicate some time out of your day to planning your meals in advance. How you decide to plan your meals depends on you. If you want something short-term, you can choose to plan your meals for a few days or a week in advance. However, if you prefer something a little longer, you can opt for planning your meals a month in advance.
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Another thing you can do is write down your meals on a calendar. You can use a typical paper calendar or a computerized calendar. It is good to be able to refer back to what meals you have planned ahead and ones you have already made. This will help you plan for future meals as well. If possible, you may also want to add in snacks or beverages, while still making sure to refer to their nutritional value.
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Sit-ups, push-ups, jumping jacks, and jogging in place are great to get your heart pumping and for strengthening your muscles. If you can spare at least thirty minutes a day, you can try walking around your neighborhood. Walking is a great way to burn fat. It also helps tone your muscles and works to reduce stress.
In fact, all exercising helps reduce mental stress. The next time you are feeling stressed out, instead of reaching for sugary foods such as ice cream, take a brief walk. Both sugar and exercise help to release serotonin in your brain. Serotonin is a chemical that deals with your mood. When your serotonin levels are raised, you experience happiness, which means that when you walk instead of eating ice cream, not only will you feel less stressed, you will also be burning fat.
It may be difficult to start the process of planning your meals, especially if you are used to grabbing food on the go. But do not give up. If planning a week or month in advance is too much for you, try to start with just a day or two. Soon you will see that it is not as difficult as you had previously thought.


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That's because Kenny Chesney has rocketed to the top of the Billboard country albums chart with Welcome to the Fishbowl via first-week sales of 193,453 copies, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan.
Impressive as those sales were, they earned Chesney only a second-place slot on the Billboard 200 all-genres chart. There he was beaten out by some chap named Bieber, whose first-week total was 374,264 units. A plague on that upstart!
Luke Bryan's "Drunk on You" rolls in as the No. 1 country song, a victory that took him 20 weeks to achieve.
Apart from Chesney's, there are two other new albums to note: Don Williams' And So It Goes (No. 20) and the Grass Roots EP from Big Smo (No. 71). Big Smo? Quick! Time for a Google search!
Montgomery Gentry's Rebels on the Run returns to the charts at No. 70, and Lyle Lovett's Release Me comes back on at No. 73.
We count three new songs: Eric Church's "Creepin'" (No. 54), Kip Moore's "Beer Money" (No. 57) and Maggie Rose's "I Ain't Your Mama" (No. 59).
Filing in behind Welcome to the Fishbowl within the Top 5 albums group are Bryan's Tailgates & Tanlines, Alan Jackson's Thirty Miles West, the various-artists anthology Now That's What I Call Country, Vol. 5 and Carrie Underwood's Blown Away, in that order.
Songs No. 2 through No. 5 are the Eli Young Band's "Even if It Breaks Your Heart," Brantley Gilbert's "You Don't Know Her Like I Do," Church's "Springsteen" (No. 1 for the two previous weeks) and Dierks Bentley's "5-1-5-0."
As you confront these viciously sunny days, remember that no one ever got heatstroke in a bar.


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This is the third in a series of regional reports on the Millennium Development Goals in the Asia-Pacific region. It assesses the prospects of reaching the goals and targets, highlighting the potential gaps and indicating how these can be filled. It also looks at the potential for adding value to national initiatives through broader international partnerships through which the United Nations and other international organizations 'deliver as one'.
The Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) is published twice a year by the Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
The primary objective of the APDJ is to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and social development issues and concerns facing the region and to stimulate policy debate and assist in the formulation of policy.
As ESCAP member countries seek to spread the development that has taken place in the coastal areas inland, replicating sea ports at inland locations is a policy measure that is receiving attention. In order to make informed decisions policy makers need to understand the current logistics environment and the factors that would result in a successful dry port that would attract logistics clusters.
International migration has become a structural element of societies and economies in Asia and the Pacific. In 2005, the region was home to over 30 per cent of the world's estimated 191 million international migrants. Remittances sent in 2007 to countries in the ESCAP region exceeded $121 billion, improving the quality of life of millions of poor households and sustaining national economies, financing balance of payments and increasing foreign exchange receipts. However, although the benefits of international migration are apparent, its costs remain an area of great concern.
This publication is the "Improving Employment Opportunities in Pacific Island Developing Countries" is the first in the Small Island Developing States Series.
Important developments in container transportation by railway have taken place in many parts of the world, which show there is growing acceptance that railways have an important role to play in the national and international movement of goods. In recognition of the advantages of rail transport and growing demand for freight movement, many Governments have taken initiatives to promote container transportation by their railways.
This publication contains the Seminar Outcome and discussion papers prepared by experts of the Regional Seminar on Strengthening the Capacity of National Machineries for Gender Equality to Shape Migration Policies and Protect Migrant Women, held from 22-24 November 2006 in Bangkok.
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jljac Posts: 649I like the movie Christine a lot and have a lot of sympathy for the guy who bought that car. Christine was the inspiration for the slide show I made about my Commander. Go to the bottom of this page and click on James Dean Road To Cholame Slide Show - http://stude.net/commander.html
uplanderguy Kent, OHPosts: 7,708I've seen that '63 photo of the dealership before...thinking it's in S.C. I could enjoy owning every car that's visible in that pic! Particularly, I'd love that black Gran Turismo Hawk. That badge at the bottom of the fender indicates Avanti power, either R1 or supercharged R2, very rare even then and desirable today.
fintail Posts: 34,503I like 80s new wave, but it goes best in a period car. 80s MB SEC, yes.
In the modern car I will listen to music up into the 90s, but I am already an old fuddy duddy, and not much newer popular music gets me going. I do listen to some modern electronic music. Old car doesn't usually get out of the 70s, and works best with 60s of course - music from 1960-66 or works well in my car. -
berri Posts: 4,314Yeah, I guess I shouldn't really categorize today's rock as New Wave. It was more of an 80's/90's thing (although in the 80's I preferred the power rockers). Today's rock is just too whiny and everything seems to often just be down on something. Country rock meanwhile has moved over to more upbeat and easy themes like rock in the 60's. The 60's was an interesting era musically. Doo-Wop and Rockabilly then Surfer then Motown and British Invasion and finally underground and psychedelic came onto the scene. A lot of changes in a relatively short period of time
jljac Posts: 649The 60's was an interesting era musically
I will never forget seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in February 1964. I was in sixth grade thinking about holding a girl's hand and they were singing about it. WOW, the look, the hair, the suits, the sound and the great music all in one package. It was not just one guy singing a song somebody else wrote supported by a back-up band. There were so many things to see when they performed. My sister switched the choice of her favorite Beatle on a regular basis and had a great collection of Beatle cards that were sold like baseball cards.
Because we have so many TV and radio stations today, we will probably not have a nation-wide shared experience like that again for any one musical group or person. They broke up during my final year of high school, so they were my sound track for my teen age years.
Returning to cars, the radio in my Studebaker Commander still works and it has never been repaired . . .or if it was repaired, that happened before 1979 when I got it. I also have an old refrigerator that was made during the Beatles era. I only keep it as a back-up to see how long it lasts and because it keeps ice cream at exactly the right temperature. Not too hard, not too soft. The old ones are so much more durable than the new ones.
My family had a natural gas powered refrigerator that we got from my grandmother and it was still working when we got rid of it about 15 years later. We never had to worry about the electric power going out with that baby! -
fintail Posts: 34,503Luckily, with satellite radio and digital music players, I can just kind of avoid most of the whiny modern stuff. I don't feel like I am missing much. Pop music might have kind of peaked in the 60s, maybe similar to cars.
My first car, a 66 Galaxie, went well with Motown. The fintail works with stuff up until the early British Invasion, IMO. -
fintail Posts: 34,503My grandparents bought the house where my grandmother still lives, new, ~50 years ago. At that time, they bought a fridge for use in the garage, which is still there and works fine. The house has several original appliances too, but the wall oven and fridge finally started going out a few years ago,and were replaced. I bet we won't see that service life out of new stuff.
My fintail has a Becker Europa made in 1964 (at the time, MBs didn't have factory installed radios, they were usually a dealer installed option), I had it refurbished a few years ago, it works fantastic. -
berri Posts: 4,314You certainly won't get that kind of life out of today's appliances with their Chinese crap parts. That's the fallacy to the government inflation CPI statistics. The price may not be rising a lot, but if it lasts half as long - that's unrecognized inflation. At least today's cars are much better built and longer lasting.
fintail Posts: 34,503I associate some cars and music - for me, Four Seasons are definitely a 62-64 Impala.
For a MB, a W111 fintail sedan or coupe is slathered with chrome. The most flamboyant postwar design the company has had. The coupe is a 1961 car and sedans were new in 59, so they are of the period.
I like the song "Telstar" to go with the fintail, a very modern and high tech piece, just like the fintail was. -
jljac Posts: 649I associate some cars and music - for me, Four Seasons are definitely a 62-64 Impala.
For the Chevy Impala think of, She's Real Fine My 409.
When Paul McCartney released Helen Wheels around 1973, I thought he was singing, "Yellow Wheels" which I associated with my yellow 1960 Lark which in turn led to me painting the 1955 Messerschmitt yellow when I was in the Army in Germany.
I had a portable 8 track player in the Messerschmitt and used to play that song loud and often during trips. As good traveling songs, I also liked Born to Be Wild, Baby Driver and, (after a few beers), that Creedence Clearwater Revival song that goes, "There's the Bathroom on the Right."
fintail Posts: 34,503409 makes me think of a bubbletop for some reason. I don't know what would fit in a Messerschmitt - maybe WW2 German music :shades:
Most 1960-early 70s popular music is good for driving in a vintage car. Although I imagine the fintail's original owner listening to Perry Como or similar. -
berri Posts: 4,314Funny, I always thought of the Four Seasons as a GM band too, although a bit more upscale say Pontiac or Olds. Since they're from NJ I wonder if in real life they were Lincoln people though? Now Dion - that's gotta be a big finned Caddy!
Telstar is a neat instrumental from that time era - maybe 1962 (although I believe the band was actually UK). -
jljac Posts: 649Sorry, but I don't a connection between the 409 song and any type of foreign car. My Schmitt motor only has 198 cc's. I wish it had 409 cc's.
The 409 song a drag racing song from Little Deuce Coupe, one of the great car albums of all time Listen here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI_w0XPPBRw -
fintail Posts: 34,503For some reason I see the fullsize GM hardtops big in the NY/NJ area in the mid 60s, and I imagine the Four Seasons were huge then and there, so it fits for me. Dion makes me think of Christine, as I think one of his songs was used then.
Telstar was maybe the first successful electronic/synthesized piece, ahead of its time. -
bhill2 Posts: 1,425I don't know what would fit in a Messerschmitt - maybe WW2 German music
Well, the Beatles performed in Germany quite a bit during their early years. Some of the performances were in German. That might work. Probably depends on the age of the Messerschmitt.2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv, 2001 Jaguar XK cnv, 1985 MB 380SE (the best of the lot)
jljac Posts: 649I like most Beatles songs, but the German versions are pretty bad, especially Sie Lieb Dich, Ja, Ja, Ja." (Note: Dich is pronounced "dick'")
In the the defense of the Beatles, some German songs were even worse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_suche_Dich. No way I did I drive around around paying that one when I was in Germany. :lemon:


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hot man too bad he's taking it up the ass in jail now... see the wikipedia entry for more info .
hot man too bad he's taking it up the ass in jail now... see the wikipedia entry for more info .
I saw a really hot daddy on a site does anybody know who he is?????????????
Bryan Holiday
Dan Rider
Denny Taylor
Joe Falconi
Kurt Johnson
Among others......
Michael Scott
Michael from Older4me
"Muscle" Mike Daley
Ray Stone
Steve Parker (with and without goatee).
among others.....
Oh harry so sexy
I like Ron jeremy.. Haven't really scene actual gay porn actors. Annnd I'll take the guy in the pic provided, ha - woof
Donnie Russo
Akos Piros
Tom Lord
Flexx Deon
Tom Chase
Paul Baressi
Jon Vincent
Dick Nasty
Buck Adams
Randy Spears
Herschel Savage
Mike Horner
Arnold Schwartzenpecker
Frank Towers (gay as Mark Slade)
Rod Fontana
Mark Davis
Brandon Iron
Jack Lawrence
Kyle Stone
Jean Pierre-Armand
Ben from Asianfuckhose
Emma Starr's Husband (dunno his name)
Sean Erickson
Jack Radcliffe
Mike Anthony
Ben Archer
Ray Butler
Derek Steel
Sir Phillip
Bryan Holiday
Michael from O4M
Clint from O4M
Tom Chase
Jay Taylor
The General
Karl Williams
Carolina Jim
Maxx Stone
Definitely missing some...I have alot of favorites haha
Steve Regis
R. Bolla aka Robert Kerman is one of my fave classic straight porn stars. It's a shame he's let himself go in recent years.
The "Milf Hunter" guy is pretty hot also.
Thanks for the pic of the MILF Hunter. He's made hundreds of mini-films with hundreds of women. Couldn't he do just one itty-bitty gay film?
As a daddy enthusiast, I've come across a ton of sexy daddies in amateur, foreign, and low-budget porn. But in terms of actual stars in the industry, my favorites are:
Randy West
Randy Spears
Jay Crew
the late Buck Adams
Jack Vegas
John Leslie
Trevor Thompson
Others guys who are harder to trace but who I consider hot as hell are:
Bob from Fully Clothed Sex
George from Fully Clothed Sex
Lars, aka Harvey Hart
Coach from New York Straight Men
the men on MyBestFriendsDad.com
Reno Ash
Ikan Liquor
There's a ton of websites out there with these older European guys having sex with 18 year old girls. And they are titled naughty teacher or Daddy's girl and different variations on that. They have clips on the sites and it's generally the same dozen or so guys in various films. But for the life of me they don't have any ID as to who the guys are, they just identify them by the various characters they play. So as of now it's really impossible to actually ID the guys but if you look around it's not hard to find clips with these guys.
Here's an example of an affiliate ring directing to various clips and sites that will charge for full viewing. Warning there's LOTS of female nudity so avoid if you have issues with that.
ooo sooo many!
wow, still hot
To all the Bryan Holiday fans, check out his video on GreyFoxLounge! I had never heard of the site, but just stumbled upon the video and it is HOT. He bottoms for this older, hung, muscular man named Jack Jones.
thanks scrapple. i came on this thread just to add Paul Carrigan to the list!
This is the link
My faverite daddy pornstar in the past and now:
Cole Tucker
Thanks for the link, Charleston...I'm with you, nbluth!
Can anyone ID this hot classic straight porn star daddy? I believe he only did one porn film and I got only 10 second clips of it.
More information about his one and only porn film will be appreciated.
Jason Brooks is hot as hell. I must try to search out clips of him in action.
Yeah, I'm definitely going to get some Jason Brooks material.
Another man I've recently came across is Jimmy Broadway. I don't have a good pic right now though. His work is considered "straight" porn if only because women are involved. All the movies I have seen him in have featured a woman either making him suck another man's cock or fucking him with a strap on. I'm not really into to all that but he's a really hot man. I was hoping I could find him in some all out gay porn or at least some REAL straight porn.
Here is a link to his vids on aebn if anyone wants to check him out:
I've been liking Ford Holland who has been doing a few scenes in recent films by Pantheon Production (in their Pantheon Bear collection)
Randy spears.
jake teauge
found five more
more jay crew
Love Steven Richard's arms
Roberto Malone
Max Hardcore
Ron Jeremy
John Strong
Dick Nasty
Jean-Pierre Armand now this would be a Daddy dream-team
Jay Taylor
Scott Parker
Mike Anthony
Matt Burke


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Police presence: Schools weigh pros, consJanuary 12, 2013Washington County sheriff's deputies could once again be a common sight at Warren High School as the board of education is considering offering them office space.... irisheyesZombie rounds in a school? What happens if one of u cowboys miss and hit a child? Ugly if it hits a child! Armour piercing in a school building! Asknot, ive known those who like to talk tough, and when the times get tought, not alot of them r there when it all shakes out! U sound to me like a big crower, and part of the problem! 0 Agrees | 3 Disagrees | Report Abuse » TessieRead what I said Greek. Did I mention banning guns? NO! The U.S. has a culture of violence that permeates everything. Why else would a civilized society think it has to be armed with a gun in a school? There should be no guns in schools period. Yes, Lanza, the shooter at Sandy Hook stole the guns he used. He lived at home with his mother and stole her guns. Knowing her son was terribly troubled should have made her realize her guns should be secured outside of the home. She failed her son. The mental health community failed her son by not identifying his illness associated with violence. The court system failed her son by not issuing a civil commitment order to protect the community. We can't change any of this, so let us learn the real lessons here or we're doomed to repeat them. 1 Agrees | 2 Disagrees | Report Abuse » thegreekOf course your idea (and obviously the new Miss USA) is to hand them teddy bears as they are massacring children. Let me know how that works out for you. 3 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » thegreekNo Irisheyes, the lunacy is putting up a sign in front of the school inviting them in (GUN FREE ZONE) and then being too stupid to realize it. 4 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » thegreekAND you are flat out hands down wrong wrong wrong about arming everybody not working. It does. It has. AND there are statistics out there to PROVE it if you weren't so NARROWMINDED to SEE them. The lady that just shot a guy with her hubby on the phone as the bad guy kicked in her door. Protected her 2 kids. What do you say about those incidents?? Not everyone lives in a sweet neighborhood. Some live in dangerous places. 2 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » thegreekSo Tessie what is YOUR answer. If you literally ban every firearm in the USA do you think it will stop this crap?? Heck no because there will always be one ILLEGAL weapon out there. The guy that did Sandy Hook in was using a stolen gun. See Mr. Richard Cains excellent letter to the editor today. Do you realize what it would take to get EVERY last gun confiscated from the USA??? In Europe, they came around and told you that if you didnt turn in your gun in 2 weeks you would get the death penalty!!!.. Is that what you all want?? Your neighbors, community leaders, store owners, fellow church friends,auto mechanics,slaughtered because they didnt turn over their guns??? What you are asking for is either impossible or a 2nd holocaust against the american gun owner that by the way has done NOTHING to deserve losing their constitutional right!!! Go back to LAA LAA LAND Tessie. 2 Agrees | 2 Disagrees | Report Abuse » TessieCome on people, try thinking outside of the box! All of the fixes you've offered are reactive efforts. Guns, bombs, sabotage are methods used by unstable people to harm others. The remedy to this situation is to address the cause of mass killings. Violent, unstable person + access to method of murder (cause) = mass murder (effect). Arming teachers or other school officials is ludicrous. Armed people all over town, in a restaurant, the park, shops, anywhere and everywhere is outrageous. That is not the answer to the problem. Treating people who are prone to violence and limiting their access to methods of violence and the public will work, and little Johnny will not be caught in the crossfire. Arming school personnel is utterly ridiculous! 4 Agrees | 2 Disagrees | Report Abuse » RoscoeIt is amazing how those with so little knowledge about firearms feels they can dictate what the knowledgeable person "needs." 1 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » slogoinRocker,the casino $$ were probably spent before they even issued a check 2 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » rockerLike the one guy said, lets quit talking about it and do something. Take the casino money schools just got and use it to start hiring security officers. It may not be enough right now for all the schools but its a start and at least some schools will be protected. And I'd like to see them equipped with a small rifle like one of those armalite rifles with bullets that rip throughout the body instead of passing through and hitting innocent victims. 3 Agrees | 2 Disagrees | Report Abuse » thegreekI would venture to say the sight of that cruiser setting in front of the school is gonna make the bad guys keep on driving or change their minds altogether. 7 Agrees | 2 Disagrees | Report Abuse » thegreekThis is a great idea!! And for only the cost of making 25 keys !! What a dollar a key? 25 dollars? Excellent. And the janiors that workingstiff is talking about is great. About time someoe starts thinking in this country instead of blaming the guns and other parties that don't agree with their opinions and posting a bunch of antigun hogwash on these posts!! 8 Agrees | 3 Disagrees | Report Abuse » sweetandsassyY do people just get on here 2 `dislike` EVERYONES comments?????? Get a life...... 1 Agrees | 11 Disagrees | Report Abuse » hockeypuckGet this going so the cowards that kill and them commit suicide (the cowards way out), have sufficient deterrent not to attempt. Remember, they are really just little children who are cowards. 5 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse » slogoinThe schools need to take that casino $$ and implement some sort of security measure for the time being. 5 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » cantfoolmeIf memory serves me correctly, when Bob Schlicher was sheriff he implemented community policing with outposts in several parts of the county including at the Barlow VFD as well as New Matamoras and Macksburg to name just a few. This program was eliminated by Sheriff Mincks who now once again wants to look like he is coming to the rescue. Those of us who have been around awhile know better....we won't drink your kool-aid!! 8 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » Showing 17 of 17 comments
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Representatives of the Morristown NWS office will be at the Lee University campus to help local residents wishing to develop a better understanding of storms, how they form, and ways to protect yourself and family during threatening conditions, according to Bob Gault, a member of the Auxiliary Communications Service.
ACS is made up of licensed and trained communicators who utilize ham radios to relay information during severe weather or other emergencies.
"Bradley County was ravaged by tornadoes on April 27, 2011, that left behind millions of dollars in damage and claimed nine lives. Since then, less severe weather events have occurred, but we are entering a time of the year when atmospheric conditions favor development of supercell thunderstorms that can and have spawned tornadoes," Gault said.
For the past few years, Bradley County has been designated a "Storm Ready" community through the NWS.
SkyWarn is one of the many tools used by NWS and the Cleveland-Bradley County Emergency Management Agency.
SkyWarn has been around since the 1970s and today has a membership of nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters.
The Weather Spotters class is sponsored by CBCEMA and the ACS.
"As we well know, for the past two years, Bradley County has been struck with storms, tornadoes, drought, flooding and other weather-related events. We constantly work to be prepared and the Weather Spotters class is just one way we hope can make our community more aware of what to look for and relay that information to us and the NWS," said Troy Spence, director of CBCEMA and interim Bradley County Fire Chief.
For the past few weeks, Curtis Cline, administrative officer at CBCEMA has been making preparations for the class which will be held at the Lee University Math and Science Hall located on North Ocoee Street and Billy Graham Avenue.
"The past two years have brought capacity crowds. We suggest to arrive early for seating. If the trend continues, we may have to find a larger venue," Cline said.
The class is free to the public and begins at 6:30 p,m.
Participants in the class receive two-year certification as a member of the NWS's SkyWarn spotter network.
Why are these volunteers so important?
Spotters use their training to report tornadoes, cloud formations, wind speeds, hail, and torrential rain. They are a forecasters' "eyes" in the field watching conditions at ground level beyond the view of Doppler radar that is somewhat limited by terrain and the earth's curvature. Their reports have given communities in the path of dangerous weather systems additional seconds or minutes to seek shelter and lives have been saved as a result.
Forecasters use spotter reports, radar imagery and satellite data to issue timely and accurate forecasts and warnings.
The training material takes about two hours to present and includes the following:
- Basics of thunderstorm development;
- Fundamentals of storm structure;
- Identifying potential severe weather features;
- Information to report;
- How to report information; and
- Basic severe weather safety.
A large component of the spotter network involves individuals connected to amateur radio.
"Many of the 122 forecast offices are equipped with amateur radio gear that is operated by volunteer personnel during times of severe weather. Using amateur radio can speed delivery of reports to the nearest forecast office when normal modes of communication are disrupted. SkyWarn and amateur radio have been partners in gathering severe weather reports for a long time. It should be noted there is no requirement to possess an amateur radio license to become a spotter. Anyone from any background is welcome to join by attending a training session," Gault said.
Amateur radio operators working with the local EMA have formed the Auxiliary Communications Service, or ACS.
Training meetings are normally held on the third Thursday of each month but may be rescheduled as needed. For more information about joining ACS, contact the local EMA at 728-7289. One very important fact to remember is SKYWARN spotters are not by definition "Storm Chasers," according to Gault.
"While their functions and methods are similar, spotters stay close to home and many have ties to local agencies such as the EMA," Gault said.
The EMA provides an early warning system called Nixle.
Anyone wishing to sign up for this service to receive emergency weather bulletins on mobile devices can text CBCEMA to 888777, according to Gault.
A link is also provided at www.bradleyco.net. Locate the EMA link and connect to Nixle.com.
For additional information regarding ACS or the NWS Weather Spotters class, contact Cline at 728-7289.


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On Wednesday evening, the wind ensemble will present its annual fall concert in the Conn Center at 7:30.
Eight works representing five composers will be on the program. Two of the works are by Percy Grainger, one of the premiere American composers of the mid-20th century, and two are by John Philip Sousa, each a departure from his normal march fare.
Grainger will be recognized with "Blithe Bells," a melodious setting of J.S. Bach's sentimental favorite, and "Sheep May Safely Graze," followed by "Molly on the Shore," a favorite of bands everywhere.
Sousa will be represented by "Manhattan Beach," a composition usually labeled as a march in the Sousa Library, but in actuality is a dance known as the "two-step," popular at the turn of the 20th century. Sousa also wrote a number of suites for band, and the wind ensemble will present the first movement of his "Looking Upward Suite" entitled "By the Light of the Polar Star."
The concert will also include "Overture in Five Flat" by Julie Giroux, "Elegy" by conductor David Holsinger, and "Trittico," a three-movement work by Vaclav Nelhybel written in the early 1960s and credited by many as one of those compositions that changed the course of band composition in that decade.
On Dec. 4, Dr. and Mrs. Holsinger will be joined in concert by the two conductors in the Lee School of Music Instrumental Conductor Masters Program.
Heather Hall, who comes to the program from a successful stint at Signal Mountain High School, will be conducting Aaron Copland's "Down a Country Lane."
Originally written for piano in 1962, it has been transcribed for both orchestra and band in the 1990s. Hall will also conduct Norman Dello Joio's "Satiric Dances," three movements written for a stage production of a comedy by Aristophanes in the mid-1970s.
Sarah Pearson comes from Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga. Pearson recently guest conducted with the Lee University Orchestra during its fall concert. Pearson will conduct "Courtly Airs and Dances," a collection of modern settings of Renaissance dances by American composer Ron Nelson.
The six movements span characteristic dances from five countries during the 1500s. Pearson will also conduct Jacob DeHann's "Ammerland," a tribute to the beautiful lake region in Germany for which it is named.
To fill out the concert, the Holsingers will select and conduct three favorites from the preceding two fall concerts.
For more information about these concerts or other music events, please call Lee's School of Music at 423-614-8240.


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