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The Lower Cape Cod Coyotes is a non-profit youth hockey program serving the Lower Cape Cod area. Players from Harwich, Chatham, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown all call the Charles Moore Arena in Orleans home for the hockey season.
Our program offers teams for the Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, and Midget divisions. These teams play in different divisions and leagues throughout southern New England. These Leagues include the SNEHL in RI, the (Mite) Falmouth League, The Yankee League, and JR High and Independent divisions.
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Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party Tour Continues to Break Records
Just a few weeks following his impressive back-to-back sell out shows at Atlanta's Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Jason Aldean is at it again.
Just a few weeks following his impressive back-to-back sell out shows at Atlanta's Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Jason Aldean is at it again.
When the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo wraps up on Sunday, this will be the most attended rodeo in history...we know this because the top 3 attendance marks of all time for the Houston Rodeo have been set this year.
Jason Aldean will be premiering the new video for his single 'Fly Over States' exclusively on CMT Friday, March 16 at 10:30AM ET. The fifth single from his 'My Kinda Party' record, 'Fly Over States' praises the hardworking, everyday man in the states that are too easily classified as just a bunch of fields to fly over.
It's not much, but a snippet of the music video for Jason Aldean's new song 'Fly Over States' is sure to have his fans leaning into the weekend a little more than normal. The just-released clip shows Aldean amongst abandoned airplanes at an airport outside of Nashville, but it's only a taste of what's to come — the full reel won't drop in full until Friday (March 16).
2007 - Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts secure three nominations apiece to lead the field as the finalists are announce for the CMT Music Awards.
Saying that 2012 will be the year of Jason Aldean is quite the understatement. While the singer's past few years have been amazing — and have brought four consecutive No. 1 singles and multi-platinum selling albums — the country rocker has added one more career achievement to that list after selling out a second show at Atlanta's Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood in only a matter of hours.
When you're the young daughters of superstar Jason Aldean, whose career is literally smokin' hot, it's hard to not fall in love with the same career choice as Dad. Aldean's two youngsters, Keeley (9) and Kendyl (4), have found that love, but the level of seriousness for their future is still in question.
That old saying, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all" must have fallen on deaf ears at the Natalie Maines household. The Dixie Chicks vocalist rode a storm of criticism on her own Twitter page after cracking a joke at Jason Aldean's expense during the 2012 Grammy Awards on Sunday night.
'CBS This Morning' shared the below clips of Jason Aldean's recent interview with Ben Tracy, where Aldean took Tracy backstage on his sold-out tour and also opened up about his rapid rise to country stardom. Despite the fact that Aldean didn't win at the Grammys, he had the top-selling country album of the year as well as the fifth bestselling album in all of music. The singer is currently on his My Kinda Party Tour, where Tracy caught up with him before a show in Orlando.
The 2012 ACM Awards nominees for New Artist of the Year were revealed today, making three country men very happy. Merle Haggard also found reason to be happy, as he returns to the road following a battle with pneumonia, and Jason Aldean will be working hard to be happy with his upcoming 2012 Grammys performance. These are just a few of the top country music news stories found in today's Daily Roundup.
Just six months after celebrating the chart-topping success of 'Dirt Road Anthem,' Jason Aldean was back to being the center of attention at yet another No. 1 party — this time for his recent smash, 'Tattoos on This Town.' The song topped the charts in November, marking Aldean's eighth career chart-topper and fourth consecutive No. 1 hit.
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In the wake of the recent accident in New York, American Public Transportation Association President/CEO Michael Melaniphy released a statement discussing how commuter rail systems around the nation are working aggressively on positive train control (PTC), while urging Congress to fund PTC's implementation.
"By every measure, commuting by rail is one of the safest ways to travel and the commuter rail industry is unequivocally committed to implementing innovative safety technologies. The commuter railroad industry is aggressively implementing PTC, a technology, which is still being developed and tested, that would prevent collisions between trains and derailments resulting from trains traveling too fast. A PTC system would prevent trains from entering work zones as well as prevent the movement of trains through switches left in the wrong position.
All commuter rail systems in the United States have developed PTC implementation plans and as of June 2013, have spent at least $458 million in installing PTC. It is estimated that the cost of full implementation of PTC will be at least $2.75 billion. To date, Congress has only appropriated $50 million for PTC for this critical safety program.
Appropriating $50 million does not begin to address the costs of PTC implementation. It is APTA's long-standing position that Congress needs to authorize and appropriate funding for PTC implementation for commuter railroads that will cover 80% of the implementation costs. Congress needs to do its part to make sure the PTC implementation can occur as soon as possible. Without additional funds, most commuter rail systems, which are all public agencies, will be constrained in their ability to proceed as quickly as possible.
There are several other reasons, beyond the lack of funding, that APTA has asked for an extension beyond the Dec. 31, 2015 deadline mandated in the Rail Safety Improvement Act. Both the Federal Railroad Administration and the Government Accountability Office have reviewed this issue and have concluded that most commuter railroads will not be able to meet the deadline.
There are significant technological challenges. Some of the technology required for PTC systems is still under development and has never been successfully tested in the commuter railroad environment with its unique operating characteristics where there are often multiple railroads sharing the same segment of track. Also, there are a very limited number of vendors who have the expertise needed to produce and install the systems.
Additionally, PTC is a communications intense technology which requires radio spectrum to transmit data between trains and communications towers. APTA has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide free radio spectrum for commuter railroads as a public safety priority. There has been no action on this critical communications element, so APTA has called on Congress to direct the FCC to provide free radio spectrum.
Despite the challenges, the commuter rail industry is dedicated to full development of PTC, and is working aggressively to implement it. Congress must urgently address this critical safety technology and make sure that this congressional mandate is properly funded."
The study found that lower-wage workers often endure the most brutal commutes, and the findings suggest a need for workplace policies that help to balance work and family life, in addition to better investment in our mass transit system.
The conference agenda is currently being developed by a team of industry experts and will cover five key areas: community outreach and education; enforcement; design, technology and infrastructure; intentional acts/deaths; and pedestrian safety.
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL), member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies, led a bipartisan letter to the THUD Subcommittee with 10 members of the Illinois House delegation urging full funding for mass transit and passenger rail in next year's THUD budget.
The proposed cuts represent a 45% decrease in CTA state funding or a $130 million cut; a 60% decrease in Metra state funding or a $20.8 million cut; a 41% decrease in Pace state funding or a $10 million cut; and a 15% decrease in ADA paratransit state funding or $8.5 million cut.
The 9.4-mile Jacksonville Transportation Authority's North Corridor line is the second segment of a five-phased First Coast Flyer BRT system planned for the area. It will connect to the first BRT line in downtown Jacksonville now under construction and extend north to Interstate 295.
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In a dynamic city like Boston, there are so many landmarks and attractions that it's almost hard to keep track of them all. Of course, we're not complaining—that just means more history to explore, sporting events to watch, technology to discover, art to survey, and entertainment to see. You can tour all of Boston's unique neighborhoods, from the North End to Southie, with a Go Boston Card attractions pass and discover new wonders wherever you turn. Looking for Fenway Park tour discount tickets? This is for you! New England Aquarium Discount Tickets? Your pass gets you those, … [Read more...]
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Radio favorite draws crowds for benefit.
Clutching her 6-month-old son, Lana Dishner of Springfield swayed to the rhythmic beat of Eugene band Kudana in the outfield grass of Civic Stadium on Sunday.
The venerable ballpark, home to the Eugene Emeralds during the summer, hosted "BeneFest," a musical fund-raiser for financially strapped Eugene public radio station KRVM.
Sitting on a blanket in left field, Dishner, her husband, Craig, 3-year-old daughter, Iris, and baby Kincade listened to the music and rubbed elbows with other KRVM fans.
"I love this radio station and I'm here to show my support," said Dishner.
The daylong musicfest attracted at least 1,000 people and raised about $10,000 for the radio station, which lost its funding base earlier this year when the Eugene School District decided it could no longer afford to underwrite it.
The first educational station in the Pacific Northwest and the 13th in the nation, KRVM hit the airwaves in 1947. Along with broadcasting an eclectic blend of music, the station's mission is to provide a training ground for students interested in broadcasting. The station trains about 130 students a year, including several from middle and elementary schools.
"What we really teach is confidence," said station manager Carl Sundberg. "We teach kids that they can succeed."
A number of Eugene area bands - from the Sugar Beets to the Klezmonauts to the Raventones - lent their support Sunday by playing for free, said Leigh Barrett, one of the organizers and host of the "Women in Music" and "New World" programs on KRVM.
"Six weeks ago we had a venue and a date and somehow it all came together," she said. "There's little wonder people get passionate about KRVM."
One of those passionate people is Jennifer Wyld of Springfield, who attended with her daughters, Malachite, 10, and Kira, 7. The youngest family member knew exactly why they showed up.
"We're here for the ice cream, the dancing and the balloon hats," said Kira.
In addition to those amenities, fans had a chance to participate in a silent auction featuring such items as a guitar autographed by Robert Cray, a Pretenders CD signed by all its band members, and a framed autographed photo of Joan Baez.
KRVM offers an "adult album alternative" format weekdays and broadcasts specialty shows evenings and weekends. The station has reduced its paid staff to 2 1/2 positions, so most of the program hosts are volunteers, Sundberg said.
The range of music includes folk, rock, soul, reggae, blues, Celtic, world music and country.
The station, at 91.9 FM, also carries Eugene School Board meetings.
"I like the wide variety and the fact that you can listen all day and not hear the same song repeated," said Dishner. "You can't say that about other radio stations in Eugene."
Aaron Rheca (left) enjoys the beat of Kudana with girlfriend Rosie Cenname at Sunday's fund-raiser for KRVM at Civic Stadium.
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Whiteside out; Wade, Andersen doubtful at Hawks
Already a serious underdog against the best team in the Eastern Conference, the Heat expect to be without Dwyane Wade, Hassan Whiteside and Chris Andersen at Atlanta tonight.
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Already a serious underdog against the best team in the Eastern Conference, the Heat expect to be without Dwyane Wade, Hassan Whiteside and Chris Andersen at Atlanta tonight.
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There is a weird thing going on with Heat point guard Goran Dragic: He has been saying for weeks that he feels slow, but no one watching him would think that.
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If the Heat have any chance of pulling off a stunner in Atlanta on Friday, it would help enormously to have Dwyane Wade on the court.
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Not surprisingly, 24 hours was not enough for Miami center Hassan Whiteside's hand to heal from the laceration he sustained Tuesday. Worse yet for the Heat, Dwyane Wade bruised his left knee Tuesday, and …
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The Heat were unsure of the severity immediately after it happened, but it seems highly likely Hassan Whiteside will be out at least one game after slicing open his hand on the rim in …
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The MVP voting is coming up, and Dwyane Wade wants everyone to be clear on the fact that he does not have a vote.
But if he did?
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Some teams jockey for playoff position. Some teams just fight like crazy and hope they make it.
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This could be a big boost for the Heat.
Josh McRoberts is with the team in Oklahoma City today and will travel for the four-game road trip. It is the first time he has been with …
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"Party time in Miami." That was Eric Reid's call on Hassan Whiteside's booming breakaway dunk against the Denver Nuggets on Friday. Yeah, that works.
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Trade Kobe for T-Mac
It makes sense for Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady to be traded for each other after this season.
It is a solution so breathtaking in its simplicity, so amazingly easy in its execution, that it's a wonder that a mind more advanced than mine hasn't stumbled upon it before.
At season's end, Kobe for T-Mac.
No future, lottery-protected draft picks. No cash switching hands from one millionaire's pockets to another's. No marginal throw-ins to make the deal work cap-wise. It works. That's the beauty part.
Kobe Bryant's 2003-04 salary: $13.5 mil.
Tracy McGrady's: $13.279 mil.
Well within the 15 percent (plus $100,000) rule for matching salaries for a trade. No base-year compensation issues, either; both are well into their respective contracts, their base years long having since expired.
And they play the same position, for Sidney Moncrief's sake!
Of course, the big, red flashing light of Kobe's impending trial makes this scenario -- at least until next summer -- totally undoable. If he's found guilty of sexual assault, I'm quite aware that this will all be moot and Kobe will be in prison. But let's say Kobe is found innocent, or otherwise is a free man as of July 2004 ...
Of course, neither team would do it now. The season's just started, and there is still a chance that the Lakers can leave the mental wreckage of September and October behind and reach their full potential. But only the most ardent Lakers supporter (Mr. Nicholson, please sit down) could possibly now believe, after that neutron bomb of an interview Kobe gave Jim Gray this week, that Kobe's stay in LaLa has more than a few months remaining. Like Shaquille O'Neal in Orlando, Kobe has had his fill of his first NBA town. He's won his championships, made his money. He has no more attachment to the city than a tourist at Disneyland. (Hint: He actually lives much closer to Disneyland, in Anaheim, 50 miles down the road, than the Staples Center, in downtown L.A.) He is not a part of the Hollywood scene. He has no crew, no group of young movie star friends or hip-hoppers that he hangs out with, no desire to be seen by the paparazzi.
You may know all, or most, of that already. What you probably don't know is the other half of this equation is just as plausible, for the relationship between young T-Mac and the Magic is, if not at the breaking point, bending much further back than a healthy one should. Reliable eyes tell me that while T-Mac is a more willing participant in workouts than he was when he first arrived, Doc Rivers is growing weary of T-Mac's diva act in practice (when his balky back allows him to practice). Meanwhile, T-Mac is sick of waiting for all the help that management was supposed to get him when he left Toronto -- it's hard for him to say "Grant Hill" without scowling -- and the team's moves this summer have only mildly impressed him. (One of the few bigs that could have really helped Orlando next season, New Orleans center Jamaal Magloire, broke Magic hearts -- and the tickers of several other teams -- by signing a three-year extension with the Hornets this week.)
I know that Kobe says he wants to explore free agency. But he's a smart guy and he knows who's going to have the big purse strings next summer. Given what we know about Utah owner Larry Miller (and what we know so far about Kobe's dealings at that spa), do you think he'd give the green light to bringing Kobe into MormonLand? Do you think that the Nuggets will be able to offer Kobe multiple millions to play an hour or so from Eagle County? Does anyone really think that after matching offers for Elton Brand and Corey Maggette, Donald Sterling is going to keep the tap on long enough to allow the Clippers to make the kind of offer necessary to get Kobe to change locker rooms at Staples?
Of course, the Logo would love to bring Kobe to Memphis. Jerry West may be the one guy in the NBA that Kobe actually listens to. But unless he can get someone to take Bo Outlaw ($6.585 million on the cap next season; $6 million actual cash salary) or Lorenzen Wright ($7.15 mil next season) off his hands for nothing, he's stuck at more than $45 million committed for next year, not nearly enough to make Kobe an offer (even assuming a generous bump up in the cap as the TV money kicks in). And that doesn't count the extension West is going to have to give Pau Gasol soon.
1. San Antonio Spurs (defending champs' prerogative)
2. New Jersey Nets
3. Sacramento Kings
4. Los Angeles Lakers
5. Dallas Mavericks
6. Minnesota Timberwolves
7. Indiana Pacers
8. Detroit Pistons
9. New Orleans Hornets
10. Portland Trail Blazers
T-Mac is a superstar, a dyed-in-the-wool, I-Have-My-Own-Shoe-That-Sells-Incredibly-Well superstar. Who just happens to be incredibly tight with a certain Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal. They both have residences in the famed Isleworth gated community in Orlando, home to Tiger and other superstars of sport, stage and screen. And Arn Tellem, T-Mac's agent, has been conspiring quietly for years to figure out a way to get T-Mac out west, where his game would fit like a glove in the triangle. Can you imagine the possibilities of T-Mac's Pippenesque postup skills and passing ability meshed with the Diesel holding court in the paint?
You may ask: What possible reason would the Magic have for moving the league's No. 1 (or 1A, depending on who you ask) player, even if it brings the league's 1A (or No. 1) player back in return?
Well, practicality, for one. T-Mac does have an out clause following the 2004-05 season, and though it would be a gamble for him to use it with the collective bargaining agreement set to expire (he'd leave $32.5 million on the table), can Orlando really afford to call his bluff? Sure, the Magic have a couple of years to get McGrady's signature on an extension, but Orlando can't repeat the same disastrous process it followed in 1996, when it tried negotiating with Shaq, only to see him ultimately walk for nothing. Orlando cannot allow another cunning GM (or the same one) to have a year clearing enough cap room to make a run at T-Mac after '05.
Getting Kobe would also be a futures investment for the Magic. If the franchise is ever going to get a new building to replace the T.D. Waterhouse Centre, it's going to need a superstar player under contract to entice anyone to buy tickets and suites. In a year, if Kobe is still a free man, the nasty headlines will have begun to fade away, and Orlando won't have as much trouble selling its more conservative fan base to buy Bryant.
And if you're Kobe, what is more enticing? Struggling to lift the Clippers or Jazz (If Kobe breaks off plays in the triangle, what would he do to poor Jerry Sloan?) or Nuggets not only to respectability, but past the West's ultra-loaded elite? Or joining a reasonably talented supporting cast in Orlando and fighting the Nets, Pacers and Pistons for a shot at the Finals? His chances for a Shaq-less title are much better coming out of the East.
I tried to shoot holes in this before writing, because if there's one thing I hate, it's ridiculous trade proposals. You get enough of those from Knicks fans. But this one stands up to the light. It makes sense. An old-fashioned blockbuster, superstar for superstar, healing each other's team, giving the game's two best players a fresh start and still giving them a chance to win championships.
Mr. Buss. Mr. DeVos. Think about it.
How Jeff's brother got the job
OK, he did tell his wife. But that was it.
"When he mentioned it on Wednesday," Stan Van Gundy recalled, "to be honest, I listened. I could tell he was serious. But I still didn't really believe it. He's been at that point a couple of times before, when he's told me to get ready."
And suddenly, it was time.
"I asked him, 'Are you sure?,' " Stan Van Gundy said. "He said, 'It's time.' He said he had been thinking about it for some time. I didn't see it coming."
No one saw it coming, which is why it was so strange, when Pat Riley left the coaching chair. Four days before the start of the regular season -- four days before he could throw Lamar Odom and Dwyane Wade out there to see what they could do -- Riles said enough and left the reins to the shocked 43-year-old Van Gundy. It made cynics -- OK, me -- wonder why Riles did it when he did it. He swears he's not sick. But why not in the summer? Is it because in the summer, Larry Brown and Rick Carlisle and others were still out there and available, and that even Riles wouldn't have been able to keep owner Micky Arison from courting them?
Stan Van Gundy doesn't know, nor does he care.
"A lot of people get their job in the middle of the season," he said. "The timing is what it is. Guys like me who are assistants, you take it when you can get it. Now, it's (the players) getting over the shock of everything. It's them investing emotionally and committing to what's going on."
I have heard that Odom -- personally wooed by Riles and Arison for four days before they even talked about money -- is really upset that Riley walked away. (Yeah, I know, he's still the team president, but you know that players, traditionally, don't get tight with their team presidents.) And Van Gundy admits that some of the players "were bothered by it." But in the next sentence, he points out that coaches come and go all the time, and players deal with it, so Van Gundy figures these players will deal with it and come around in time.
"I'm sure there were guys who wanted to play for Pat, and who would rather play for Pat," he says. "But I've sensed a lot of respect from them. I'm not going to stand in front of them and ask for their respect. You get respect by earning it."
It would have been tough for Riley or any other coach to make the Heat more than they are this season -- full of potential, but very young and very short. They have nine players on their roster that are 25 or younger, and three -- including Odom -- that are 23 or younger. And they only have one player that's a 7-footer -- ex-Timberwolf Loren Woods. But Van Gundy says he will coach the Heat pretty much the same way that Riley would have, with the same emphasis on help defense. He hopes he can get two or three years with this group, to see what develops. And he says he won't mind if Riley sits in on practice, as he said he would. "He was my boss before," Van Gundy says, "and he is my boss now."
It will be a struggle for Van Gundy to make the Heat into contenders, but he's ready to see what he can do. Stan's Heat will play Jeff's Rockets in two weeks. You can bet Bill Van Gundy will be in the crowd.
"It's astounding," Stan says. "I'm sure there's a lot of people we grew up with that are saying, 'Are you kidding me?' "
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Now that we know our big wish of winning behind every athlete there is a huge group of coaches, the Technology Makeover isn't coming true, this new sponsors and supporters. Like an Olympic athlete, committee has a large and complex task ahead of them. behind every student who passes through our door there are volunteers who give their time for events or to be a Also being reviewed are things like telephone service, tutor or a Board member. The office staff are there to internet, copiers, printers, fax, cameras, projectors, AV guide, arrange, promote and help each and every student equipment, etc. Within the Barrie Literacy Council, or volunteer as best as they can. It is due to the hard technology will be used for the purpose of instructional work and effort by our whole Barrie Literacy Council support for tutors and students and administrative sup- team that will make us better and more successful than port. we are today. If you have a concern with any of the technology tools I look forward to the next two years to work with this at your disposal for assisting your students, please let tremendous organization. We have celebrated thirty Judy know and she will pass these along to the Com- years this past June. Let's keep the ball rolling for the mittee. next thirty! By the way, a new pencil sharpener has been installed : Message from the Editor that works beautifully – the old fashioned, hand crank style! elcome to this edition of Newsbeat! I hope that Judy D. you have all had a wonderful summer and have come back safe and sound from all of your adventures. $ Is anyone missing a pair of shoes? It is wonderful to see so many student submissions in this edition of Newsbeat. I thoroughly enjoyed reading pair of brown sandal high heels was left at the every single one of them as I am sure you will too! registration table at the conference at Georgian Suites in June. They are now at the office, but if no one During the next few months, there are many upcoming claims them, we will give them to Goodwill. volunteer opportunities at the Council, please read all about them in the following pages. Happy Reading and I hope you enjoy this edition of Newsbeat! First-ever Christmas Bazaar 0 ake a note of the date: FRIDAY, November 6, 2009, from 9am to 2pm. That's the date of our first annual Christmas sale, here at the office. I do hope more people will offer to make "stuff". I am especially hoping for a great bake sale. Homemade baking sells very well. I understand from those who have already volunteered to make things that they are working very hard. All contributions need to be brought to the office by Thursday, November 5th at noon. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call me. 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Book Sale and Electronic Waste Collection Event 7 his joint fundraiser with the Seasons Centre for Grieving Children took place on what has been the hottest day of the summer so far! It has been a busy few weeks preparing for the sale: sorting, labelling, and moving all those books around! Fortunately, we had the use of Gary's classroom. Thanks to all tutors, members, students and staff who provided books and computer equipment. We had the event in our parking lot, right across from Tim Hortons – catching the attention of a few early coffee drinkers! The E-Waste portion of the event appeared to be very successful judging from the mounds of electronics col- lected! These items will be recycled for further use or disposed of properly. We received publicity in the newspapers, and on radio – the Town Crier even made an appearance! While we only received a few hundred dollars, the event provided publicity but more importantly, a new student now knows where he can come for help. And, we are spreading the wealth – a few boxes of books were donated to Goodwill the day after the event. Many thanks to staff and students (Mary, Mike, Ken and Randy) who volunteered their time in a hot, sunny parking lot! Judy D. Photo: Patricia Copeland and Connie Morgan, Executive Directors of the Seasons Centre for Grieving Children and Barrie Literacy Council. Students, Volunteers, Tutors Come to the BBQ! 6 pm Thursday, September 24, Centennial Beach (Lions Pavilion) Guests: $3 Contributions of food appreciated (salad, dessert) Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009 Place: Sunnidale Park, Barrie Time: 10am to 2pm Volunteers Needed: • Children's Activities • Registration Table • Food Service • Set-up and Clean-up • Students' Used Book Sale If you can help, please call the office (728-7323) or sign up on the sheets posted in the office. Road to Reading "Fun Fair" The Road to Reading Festival has down-sized because of limited funding and no co-ordinator—hence, the change of name to "Fun Fair". The Simcoe County Preschool Speech and Language pro- gram, the Barrie Public Library, the Early Years' Literacy Coordina- tors, including the Francophone and native programs, the Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation Learning Centre as well as our Barrie Literacy Council will provide a variety of reading, phonics and writing activities to encourage family literacy. Games such as Speed Scrabble, Boggle, Crazy Cards and Family Big Games (Snakes and Ladders, Up 4 It, etc.) will be available. Story-telling, pretending activities, crafts, reading circles, and rhyme time games will be some of the activities provided. The Barrie Literacy Council will run an ad hoc spelling bee and a used book sale. Each child will be given a passport to have stamped when they participate in a tent's activities. Russ, the children's singer, Bob Kain, cartoonist, Fransi Andersson and Clifford will entertain throughout the day. In order to make this kind of event successful, we need lots of volun- teers. We need people to help run the children's activities; we need people to help serve food at lunchtime; we need a couple to give out passports and goodie bags (including a free book); we also need help with set-up and clean-up. If you could possibly give up two or more hours on Sunday, September 20th, we would appreciate it. Please sign up on the sheets posted at the office. Student Writing 2 7 Hotel The Inauguration of President Barack Obama n Monday, I saw a movie called "Hotel Rwanda". The he year was late fall, 2008. The United States of Amer- movie was about the nightmare of Rwanda, an African ica elected their new president. It was not just any nation in the grasp of a bloody slaughter. It gave me an president they elected, but a black president. It made history insight into the character of the soldier in the book and I said to myself, "I was part of this history." "Shattered". It gave me a deepened understanding of what the soldier actually lived through and why he ended up living on On Tuesday January 20, 2009 I turned on my television at the streets. The movie and the book really touched me. 11:30 a.m. They had the cannon shooting 44 cannon balls, as Joanne H. there were 43 presidents. At 12:00 p.m. on Capitol Hill, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the , Sunday Drive Over Mountain United States of America. How exciting! Part of the world was glued to their televisions, watching world history in the n the summertime when the weather is beautiful, we take a making. I was part of this great and remarkable event. drive over the mountain. Going over the mountain, we stop at the lookout for the most beautiful sight. To see where The site from Capitol Hill to Lincoln Memorial was full with the clear blue water and the sky meet takes your breath away. millions of people. Around 11:45 a.m. they announced Off we go again. Barack Obama as the new elected president of the United States of America. "Let's sit now and enjoy history," they Our next stop would be for ice cream. Off the trail we go into said. a small town. The sign would say "Best Ice Cream in Town". We would laugh because it was the only one in town! We get I did not enjoy Minister Rick Warren's speech. It sounded a our ice cream and off we go again. little phony, and he was trying too hard. I got the impression he just wanted people to believe he approved of the new Now we have arrived at our destination. The air is so clean president. Minister Rick Warren talks about freedom and and grass is so green. We set our picnic lunch up. Kids just living in a country not of colour, religion and culture, but the love it up here, playing and swimming in the river. Now we freedom to vote for a black African American, a black will begin to have our midday meal. For lunch I had prepared American who one day can become president of the United cold ham, chicken, with coleslaw, potato salad, and apple pie States of America, and that Martin Luther King would be for dessert. A meal fit for a king. We spend about three hours very proud of this day. there before we set off for our next destination, the Celtic Lodge, a beautiful white house with lovely flowers all around Aretha Franklin sang "My Country Tis of Thee". I was not and green grass. The lodge was very nice to look at! I wish too impressed with the song. She sang it differently than it someday we could afford to spend a night, but it is more than should have been sung. our pockets can afford. Robert Bennett talked about the office, then they prayed. Now around 7 pm it's time to start home again, but we will not make so many stops on our way back, but all in all we At 12:10 President Barack Obama said a remarkable 20 min- just enjoyed a beautiful day over the mountain. ute speech. Gloria F. Elizabeth Alexander read a poem. It was a very nice poem. , Going Back to School at Forty Afterwards the navy sang the American national anthem. am excited to be in school today because I have Math class in the morning and English class in the afternoon. I George Bush said goodbye. The Bush family, with his dad am looking forward to Math class to learn more about frac- and mom, all left and went aboard the president's helicopter tions. I did well on fractions and now I am working on deci- for the last time. The Bush family went back to Texas. mals. I did okay with them. My brain needs a break. Perfect timing – it's lunch! I sat outside with Cindy, Gloria and The First Lady Michelle Obama was wearing a yellow dress Justin for some sun and a breath of fresh air. Then it was time and coat with silver trimming, very nice. for English class with our teacher Marilyn. She started the class with a spelling test, and we all looked puzzled. I think It was said that there were 2,000,000 people in the square. I we all wished we were still on lunch, but thank God, it was was very happy that I've watched the inauguration of Presi- break time again. I am learning something new every day. dent Barack Obama, and was part of history. Mike M. Rosa M. Annarilli Student Writing , 2 Lucky to be Alive First Date Surprise t was a dark and snowy, stormy night, and my first time ur first date was at a hockey game in Barrie, and the back to work after the Christmas Holiday. I was on my Barrie Colts and the Peterborough Petes were playing. way home from work and it was snowing hard. The roads My new girlfriend and I had invited my younger brother and were sloppy and slippery. I couldn't see three feet in front his wife to the game too. We had found our seats and through of my face! I didn't know what lane I was in so I drove the first period of the game we had gone up for food and down the middle of the highway to be safe. I was going drinks. My brother and I got the food and then he was in line about eighty kilometers an hour. for the fifty-fifty draw. I butted in front of him to buy my tickets. The woman who had sold us the tickets said, "The I saw something on the highway but I couldn't tell what it numbers will be drawn in the third period of the game". was because it was snowing so badly. As I got closer it The hockey game was very exciting, and the announcer became bigger and I saw two eyes blinking. Before I could called the ticket numbers out. I grabbed my tickets and stop I saw it was a deer and I hit it hard. 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Danica, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. don't match up to NASCAR's best rookie classes
Danica, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. don't match up to NASCAR's best rookie classes
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Danica Patrick
were supposed to produce one of the top rookie classes in recent years in NASCAR's top series.
Instead, both have been highly disappointing, ranking 22nd and 28th, respectively, in points. They have just three top-10 finishes between them and have made more headlines with their public romance than for their performances on the track.
And NASCAR could have used the boost, because hotshot rookies have been few and far between in recent years. The past three Sprint Cup Rookies of the Year have been
Kevin Conway
Andy Lally
Stephen Leicht
— all back-markers not in the series anymore.
Either Patrick or Stenhouse will win this year's rookie title by default, but it hasn't always been that way. For years, NASCAR boasted some star-studded rookie classes and many of the sport's top stars had success in their first seasons.
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hoping to change the prospects for rookies next season, here's a look at NASCAR's top 10 rookie classes.
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1979 Dale Earnhardt, Terry Labonte
When Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte both broke into the sport in 1979, who knew what was in store?
Earnhardt, the hard-charging, hardheaded mill rat from Kannapolis, N.C., took the sport by storm, winning at Bristol in the seventh race of the season and in just his 16th career start.
In 27 races, Earnhardt scored 11 top-five and 17 top-10 finishes and won four poles to claim rookie honors. He wound up seventh in the final standings.
A year later, he won five races and his first Cup championship in just his second full season.
Labonte, from Corpus Christi, Texas, wasn't quite as impressive, but also turned heads as a rookie, scoring two top-five and 13 top-10 finishes. (He had three top-fives in five races in 1978.) He won his first race in 1980 and four years later would capture his first Cup championship.
Together, Earnhardt and Labonte combined to win nine Cup championships, with Earnhardt winning a record-tying seven while dominating the 1980s and early-90s. Labonte won two championships 12 years apart — 1984 and 1996.
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1993 Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte
Jeff Gordon's arrival was one of the most anticipated in the history of the sport. After making a name for himself on the sprint car circuit as a teenager, Gordon chose NASCAR over Indy cars.
In 1992, the 20-year-old Gordon won three races and 11 poles in the Busch Series for Bill Davis Racing, but surprisingly signed a contract with Hendrick Motorsports before the year was over. He made his Cup debut for Hendrick in the 1992 season finale and emerged as the top rookie in 1993.
His rookie campaign was not all that impressive, though, not for the driver who would soon take over the sport. Gordon had seven top-five and 11 top-10 finishes, but did not win a race and finished 14th in points after wrecking more than a dozen cars.
What was to come, however, is what made Gordon one of the sport's top rookies. He won his first two races — the Coca-Cola 600 and the Brickyard 400 — the following year and then won the first of four Cup championships in 1995. The rest, as they say, is history.
Labonte, Terry's younger brother, had a much more traditional climb to the top. He won the Busch Series championship in 1991 and finished second in '92. When Gordon slipped away, Davis snatched up Labonte and took him to Cup in 1993.
Labonte struggled his rookie season, scoring just six top-10 finishes and finishing 19th in points. Two years later, he jumped to Joe Gibbs Racing and won his first three Cup races, sending he and Gordon on a similar path. Labonte won the Cup championship for Gibbs in 2000.
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2002 Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman
When Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman broke into the series together in 2002, it was Newman who was more highly touted.
The former sprint car star had dominated the USAC circuit and was on the fast track to stardom with Penske Racing. Johnson, meanwhile, had struggled in the Nationwide Series and got a shot at Hendrick Motorsports at the urging of Jeff Gordon and Chevrolet.
And at first, it was Newman who seemed poised for big things. He won Rookie of the Year with one win, 14 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes and six poles. He also finished sixth in points to edge Johnson for rookie honors.
But Johnson was perhaps even more impressive. Though he had fewer top-fives (six), he won three races and had 21 top-10 finishes to finish fifth in points.
Even a year later, though, it appeared that Newman would become the next superstar. He won a career-high eight races to finish sixth in points for the second straight year. Johnson won three races and climbed to second in the standings.
A year later, while Newman slipped to just two wins, Johnson won eight races and finished second in points again. In 2006, he would take over the sport, winning the first of a record five straight championships.
After 13 seasons, Johnson has 65 career wins to 17 for Newman.
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2000 Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Except for maybe Gordon, few drivers have ever entered the Cup series to more fanfare than Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Earnhardt had won 13 races and back-to-back championships in his first two Busch Series campaigns and, of course, is the son of the seven-time champion. His Cup debut, in a bright red No. 8 Chevrolet, was one of the most anticipated moments of the 1999 season. By the time his rookie season rolled around, Junior already was one of the sport's biggest stars.
He did not disappoint in his first season, winning two points races, plus the Winston All-Star race. He finished 16th in points.
Kenseth's arrival was both quieter and steadier. He had finished sixth in his very first Cup race (in relief of Bill Elliott) in 1998 and had scored another top-five finish in five races in '99.
In 2000, Kenseth won the Coca-Cola 600 and had four top-five and 11 top-10 finishes to finish 14th in points and win Rookie of the Year.
Three years later, Kenseth won the Cup championship for Roush Fenway Racing. He now has 31 career victories, including two Daytona 500 wins, and is leading this year's standings with five races remaining. Earnhardt has 19 career wins.
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2001 Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch
Kevin Harvick was a little-known short-track racer from California trying to make a name for himself when Dale Earnhardt was killed on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
Driving for Richard Childress Racing in the Busch Series, Harvick was surprisingly tabbed to replace Earnhardt. Alas, a star was born, albeit under very difficult circumstances.
Harvick won two races that year, including a victory in just his third start to give the team a huge lift, and finished ninth in the standings despite missing a race.
Twelve years later, he has 21 career victories and has finished in the top five in points five times. He's currently third in this year's Chase.
Kurt Busch had a much more inauspicious start to his Cup career. Jack Roush moved Busch up from the Truck Series in 2001, but he struggled at first, scoring just six top-10 finishes and finishing 27th in points.
But the following year, Busch won four races and leaped to third in points. He won four more races in 2004, and then won the inaugural Chase for the Sprint Cup in 2004.
Busch has had an up-and-down career since then, but has 24 career victories and returned to the Chase this season.
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1999 Tony Stewart, Elliott Sadler
Stewart's move from open-wheel to NASCAR was as celebrated as Gordon's move in 1991 and Newman's a decade later. Only Stewart had even better credentials, having won the IndyCar championship in 1997.
Stewart entered the sport with Harry Ranier, but his NASCAR career took off when he hooked up with Joe Gibbs and made his Cup debut in 1999. Stewart won three races and finished fourth in points that year to win Rookie of the Year. That, of course, was merely a sign of things to come.
Now a three-time Cup champion, Stewart won his first Cup title in just his fourth season and won the Chase in 2005 and 2011. He has 48 career victories.
Sadler was a young Busch Series star when he got the call to drive the famous Wood Brothers Ford in 1999. He struggled his first two seasons, but scored a surprising victory at Bristol in 2001. He won two more Cup races for Robert Yates Racing in 2004 in what has been mostly a disappointing Cup career.
Sadler is now racing in the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing.
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1987 Davey Allison, Dale Jarrett
Two NASCAR legacies entered the sport in 1987. One of them entered with a bang. For the other, it took a while.
Davey Allison, the son of NASCAR legend Bobby Allison, won two races in his rookie season and was on his way to becoming a champion and superstar when he was killed in 1993. Allison had won 19 races and finished third in points twice when he died from injuries suffered in a helicopter crash.
It took Jarrett, the son of two-time champion Ned Jarrett, a while to get his Cup career going. Jarrett entered the sport in 1987 but didn't win his first race until 1991 after joining the Wood Brothers.
His career took off when he joined Joe Gibbs Racing. His second career victory came in the 1993 Daytona 500.
His career exploded when he joined Robert Yates Racing in 1995. Jarrett won 24 races from 1996-2002 and won the 1999 Cup championship with Yates.
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1994 Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, Joe Nemechek, Steve Grissom, John Andretti, Jeremy Mayfield
The 1994 rookie class was one of the deepest in years, featuring five drivers who would go on to win Cup races.
Nemechek, Grissom and Jeff and Ward Burton all moved up from the Busch Series, while Andretti came from Indy cars and Mayfield from ARCA.
None of them got off to glorious starts. Jeff Burton captured the rookie title with just two top-five and three top-10 finishes.
But it didn't take the Burton brothers long to make their mark. Ward won in 1995 for Bill Davis Racing and counts the 2002 Daytona 500 among his five career victories. Jeff won three races with Roush Racing in 1997 and has 21 career victories.
Nemechek, a former Busch Series champion, has four career victories, while Mayfield won five and Andretti two.
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2004 Kasey Kahne, Carl Edwards and Brian Vickers
Ray Evernham picked Kasey Kahne to replace Bill Elliott as the lead driver for his Dodge operation, snatching him away from Ford.
Kahne wasted little time showing his worth, winning Rookie of the Year in 2004 and his first race in 2005. In 2006, he exploded with a career-high six victories.
Edwards, meanwhile, was the newest star for Roush and Ford. After success in the truck series, Roush moved Edwards to Cup for 13 races in 2004 to replace Jeff Burton. A year later, he won four races in his first full season.
Vickers won the 2003 Nationwide Series title for Hendrick Motorsports and landed a Cup ride for 2004. He won his first Cup race in 2006 before moving to Red Bull Racing.
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2006 Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr.
The 2006 season featured one of the deepest rookie classes in recent years.
Hamlin debuted with Joe Gibbs Racing and captured rookie honors with two wins and 20 top-10 finishes in his first season. He now has 22 career victories and has finished second and third in points.
Richard Childress discovered Clint Bowyer and Bowyer scored four top-five and 11 top-10s in his first season. He won his first race the following year and has three top-five points finishes, including second last year for Michael Waltrip Racing.
Truex was the protégé of Dale Earnhardt Jr., who recruited him for his father's Dale Earnhardt Inc. team. He won back-to-back Nationwide championships in 2004-05 before moving to Cup in 2006. He won his first race and made the Chase in 2007.
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4521 Springfield Ave(215) 600-1486
Philadelphia, PA 19143Map & directions
"They are very personable and they fully inform you of repairs needed. Very forthright and trustwo..." - Richard, Philadelphia, PASee more real customer reviews
United Tire & Service of Havertown
418 E Township Line Rd(484) 577-2191
Havertown, PA 19083Map & directions
"They did what I wanted in a timely fashion. Everything was fine. I took my car in, they had it ov..." - Mary, Havertown, PASee more real customer reviews
McGarrigle's Automotive Services
23 E. Woodland Avenue(484) 498-6557
Springfield, PA 19064Map & directions
"I have five vehicles and I take them all to them. They are prompt, fair and they always do good w..." - Amy, Springfield, PASee more real customer reviews
Shums Auto Repair
3600 Rhawn St(267) 642-5507
Philadelphia, PA 19136Map & directions
"I had never gone there before, I happened to drive by and saw them so I went in because I needed ..." - Rachuel, Philadelphia, PASee more real customer reviews
Mulloy's Automotive
26 S Newtown Street Rd(610) 486-3769
Newtown Square, PA 19073Map & directions
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Auto Specialties Mechanical & Collision Repair
7972 Rockwell Avenue(267) 800-2532
Philadelphia, PA 19111Map & directions
Stephanou's Liberty Service Center
2319 W Marshall Rd(484) 660-1436
Lansdowne, PA 19050Map & directions
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