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April 6, 2013
GREENSBURG, P.A. - Seventh-ranked Seton Hill University handed eighth-ranked Pfeiffer University their second loss of the season doubling up the Falcons 14-7 in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon. The Griffins improve to 9-1 overall while the Falcons see their season-high seven game win streak end dropping to 11-2.
Kory Lutes and Spencer Allen would tallied first quarter goals as Pfeiffer and Seton Hill ended the first 15 minutes tied at 2-2. In the second, the Griffins scored four unanswered goals to take a 6-2 lead before Mike Triolo tallied twice and Steven Tilmon once as the Falcons trailed 7-5 at the break.
Seton Hill carried a 9-7 lead late in the third as Tilmon and Cole Sheen would score Pfeiffer's final goals of the day as Matt Delmonico scored three of the Griffins' final four goals to run away with the 14-7 victory. The Falcons were held scoreless during the entire fourth quarter as Chris Ilse made 13 saves in net for the Griffins.
Pfeiffer will get back into Conference Carolinas play on Saturday hosting Limestone at 3:00 p.m. The winner will become the regular season champion and take the #1 seed into the league tournament. Live stats for the title match will be available courtesy of http://www.gofalconsports.com.


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I was standing outside my pickup truck the other day, talking on my cell phone to my sister-in-law about an eye operation my mother had just undergone, when the woman and her daughter approached me. I turned to the woman, listening with my free ear.
"Yes sir. Could you please spare a couple of bucks so I can get my daughter something to eat at McDonald's?"
I took a good luck at the woman and her child. The woman was in her 30s, halfway attractive but thin and a little strung-out looking. Her blond-haired daughter was about five. She reminded me of how my daughter looked at that age. She clutched her mama's hand tightly.
I reached into my pocket. The smallest bill I had was a five.
"Here you go."
"Thank you so much," the woman said with a smile.
As I resumed my conversation with my sister-in-law, I watched the woman and her daughter walk away. They headed down the road, toward a McDonald's. But before that came a convenience store. Oh God, I thought, that mama's going to buy beer at the convenience store and let her daughter go hungry. I just got taken.
We, the non-hungry, get to make these judgments about the hungry. We get to decide who we help and who we don't. Usually, I try to give food, not money, to panhandlers.
Money is food in your belly. Money is also freedom and power, enough, even in small doses, to make you hypocritical and self-righteous. I was going to drink some beer that night, but I somehow felt free to judge this woman, even though she hadn't bought any beer yet.
I've snickered at the state legislative effort to make people seeking welfare and food stamps undergo criminal background checks. But I was almost as bad in judging this woman.
I finished my phone call. My mom was doing fine, thanks to my sister-in-law. I watched the woman and her daughter walk. The convenience store and the McDonald's were still ahead of them.
I lingered by my truck, watching them and thinking about the poor.
I'm lucky. I'd never been hungry because I couldn't afford food or my parents couldn't afford it. I had some tight times starting out in newspapers in the mid-1980s, making $5.25 an hour and eating a lot of cheap food. But never going hungry. I've been lucky. Damn lucky.
By the time my daughter, Molly, was born in 1989, I was finally starting to make a decent living in newspapers. I could carve out time for her, taking her out to eat and on long walks. I didn't have to approach strangers to beg for money.
Molly now waits tables and takes community-college classes. She's realizing just how hard this world can be if you're not prepared.
Or even if you are. Blue-collar jobs and white-collar ones have vanished, leaving those who held them broken and homeless. Folks are going broke paying their medical bills.
For now, knock on wood, I'm lucky. I'll think about that Wednesday as I serve at Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina's Empty Bowls fundraiser lunch at the Millennium Center in downtown Winston-Salem.
And I'll think about the woman and her daughter I met the other day. Oh — they did end up going in McDonald's.
It could have been Molly and me.
John Railey is editorial page editor for the Winston-Salem Journal.


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Tuesday - 10/30/2012, 11:44am EDT
When Post-tropical Cyclone Sandy slammed into the Delaware/New Jersey coast Monday afternoon, the meteorologists and hydrologists at the National Weather Service in Silver Spring, Md., were doing what they do every day — gathering data and informing the public about the weather.
"Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, all year long, the weather doesn't stop and neither does the National Weather Services and many of the NOAA assets across the country," Steven Cooper, acting deputy director of National Weather Service, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp Tuesday.
Although NWS, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, serves the public 365 days a year, it ramps up its efforts when storms like Sandy occur.
"We bring extra staffing in to augment staffing to make sure that we have enough people to add around the clock, to make sure we can handle interviews and keep up the reports," Cooper said.
Steven Cooper, acting deputy director, NWS
This week's storm wreaked a lot of damage up and down the coast, producing coastal flooding and heavy winds. "It moved rather rapidly inward and now it's slowed down some and it's producing a lot of rainfall and quite a bit of snowfall, particularly in the West Virginia area," Cooper said.
While this schedule can be tiring sometimes, Cooper said, like many other agencies, the workload is helped by increased planning and preparation that begins many days before a storm's arrival.
In addition to the extra personnel, NOAA is able to deploy a variety of aircraft and other assets to track a storm, including the Air Force's Hurricane Hunters.
"We work with the Air Force and their group of C-130s that have meteorological packages that they put inside the planes," Cooper said. "And they go through the storms every six hours and provide information back to us into our computers. Sometimes it's more frequently than that."
NOAA has two additional types of planes that it uses to track topical storms and hurricanes. One is a P-3 plane, which, like the Hurricane Hunters' aircraft, flies through storms to gather information.
"We also have a Galaxy 5 class jet that does not fly through the storm but flies around the storm," Cooper said. "It gathers environmental data all around the storm. Both sets of planes drop what we call 'dropsondes,' which are instruments that we drop through the storm to get information around it."
NOAA typically releases weather balloons twice a day from 92 sites around the country to track weather patterns. The balloons, filled with hydrogen or helium, carry a radiosonde, which measures temperature, humidity and pressure. With this information, NOAA is able to track windspeed and direction of the weather.
"Starting last week we actually went to four times a day because of the complexity of the storm, across the country," Cooper said. "We've never done that before in the history of the U.S."
The extra balloons added more information to NOAA's computer models, which help meteorologists to better forecast the storm.
Like many agencies, NOAA and NWS face tough budget times ahead, but Cooper said his agency would continue to do its job in fair weather or foul.
"We'll find the money," he said. "We do this. This is what we have to do. It's a matter of lives and we take that very seriously."


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October 7th, 2005 #1
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FINISHED... on to the next character, hopefully this next one won't take as much time.
FINISHED....but Crits are welcome.
FINISHED....but like always Crits are welcome. I did this for The Character of the Week.
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I have realized that the time has come for me to do some more "fantasy" type stuff so I can eventually get a damn job. SO...I am trying to draw a character a day and so far it is proving somewhat successful. I will hopefully post another one today, but seriously I am soo scatterbrained it's rediculous. Hope everyone likes.
These drawings I'm going to paint so any Crit. would be welcome.
pencil.. sorry the quality is so bad on the sketch except the last. My scanner is way too small, and it would have been hell to scan all of these WIP and paste them togther.
I. Painted a texture with tradition acrylic, scanned, then put it as a layer under multipy, top layer. Put that layer on 50% opacity to see drawing underneath, then began eraseing the texture to see the complete drawing.
II. Finished eraseing, ready to paint.
III. Putting in colors to see what I want. I already know I want the skirt red so i don't bother at this point.
IV. I select the background layer and start fooling with the values in image->adjustment->LEVELS.
V. I add white to her guarder belt and the wife beater shirt(screwed up name, but hey they look cool, lol) light blue for shadows. Added reds, and took away the layer that was her hair because I like the white better. start indicateing shadows on her buttock,
VI. Add shadows to skirt, gray and brown to bullet holder, rendered goggles, rendered face mask and add green to bullets.
VII. Add castshadows to skirt , and pattern to guarder and thighhighs, keep in mind all these different steps are on seperate layers.
VIII. Worked on jacket, adding shadows, and medium tones. Add dark tips to hair, Render guns, boots, pattern on boots.
IX. Add darker medium tones, realized it was looking washed out and flat, and add burn hole to guarder and thighhighs.
X. ok so I add accent here and there, like the glimmer on the boots, accent the core shadow aslo. add patches, and dirt on her coat. I aslo darkened her bullet sash and put bright greens on the bullets. At the very end I went to Levels and made the darks a bit darker, and the highlights a bit lighter to push the contrast more, also I added a shadow.
Well there you go that it my process it can be way more efficient, I am very new to photoshop so if anyone has tricks and faster ways to do things tell me, . hope this helped any newbies.
painting in progress...still workin on the damn face haven't got it yet, any crits are welcome of course
ok so it's takeing longer then I thought but here is my process and the head shot for Arkady
ok so I think I need to work more on the dress and sword maybe, let me know what you think.
well yet again it is not finished,. I am getting a little sick and tired of working on this, and I'm loseing motivation, but here is yet another process. I just need to tighten up things here and there. I just need to grunt through it.
The second painting WIP... I've been pretty sick this past week so that is why I haven't posted earlier. crits. are welcome of course,
working...not done yet but which of these looks best, the first or second.Also imagine a pattern on his skirt, and the first not so contrasty in his chest, maybe even lighter.
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I really like these, Tiffany. I gotta say, that first one with the armored top and what looks like a ballgown, is really fascinating. Keep it up.
October 7th, 2005 #3
I agree! The first one is terrific!
The second is also good, but that lady DEFINITELY gets your attention...
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October 7th, 2005 #4
no crits, they look awesome, but the only small gripe is that you didn't pay much attention to her dress.....the botton portion, and it shows.
LoL, that reminds me, i was doing some googling earlier on "back gown", like madster adviced. almost similar, now i just need to find an image with similar folds for the piece im currently working on.
Anyways, back to you, i'm digging these,
Go ahead and color these bad boys!!!
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Hi Poise,
no crits this time. I really like those. Good anatomy and interesting characters and they are very different from your BodyMatch designs. I'm sure the coloured version of the first lady will be cool, because of that kind of armour.
Keep it up, you're definetely on the right way ('wish I was too ...)
See ya!
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October 7th, 2005 #6
these look amazing.
let the drawing do the work for you in the painting.
its ok for it to show through a little.
on #1, i would show where the tip of the sword touches the ground.
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October 7th, 2005 #7
I really like the first one a lot. You might want to lengthen the gown just a little bit. Even though it might realistically be the "right" length for her legs, she'll look more regal and commanding with it a bit longer, and it will balance the heaviness of the armor more.
Second one looks good, too, but there should be a little more curve and offset to his neck, to continue the "s" of the spine.
let the drawing do the work for you in the painting.
its ok for it to show through a little.
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October 7th, 2005 #8
certainly off to a good start, peoples gonna be watchin yoo... no pressure..
October 7th, 2005 #9
thats some wicked design. wonderfull drawing skill as well.
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October 8th, 2005 #10
I have a naked man in the process of being clothed. So soon I will post the next character
Thanks everyone for the crits and nice words.
and I think your right Dan about painting and workin with my line drawing, thank you for the advice
Elwell: that is a good idea of extending her dress to make her look more regal, thank you! I will also tweak the guys head. I have started painting him, but I think I'm going to start over
Mono: yeah I didn't spend a long time on her dress, I was thinking of putting a pattern on it, but not sure.
Well anyway guys you will see another character soon. I need to start getting my ass in gear, and pump these suckers out
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October 8th, 2005 #11
lol, i was thinking on putting a pattern on mine as well, maybe something gothic-ish. Anybody have a tutorial on how to do pattern designs on Painter 9?
Btw, are you using ps or painter to color?
October 8th, 2005 #12
great work. you definitely nailed the contraposto pose in the second one. it allows for the character to have balance as well as potential movement. i can see a slight repetition of the potential movement in the characters face as well. keeping the mouth at a slight opening gives me the feeling that he was in the middle of a breath, or speech, or even a relaxed jaw. very convincing indeed. also allowing the foot with action to peak out of the fabric helps to continue that rhythm you established. no cc. cant wait to see them both painted!
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October 8th, 2005 #13
character a day?!
where's my update, slacker?!
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October 8th, 2005 #14
Hey Tiffany,
These look awesome!!! waht are you using for refrence?
I agree with dan about letting the drawing to the work. You already did the hard part, now you just have to accent it with color (if you wish - i think they are pretty strong as they are - but you know me, i loves me the linework)
October 8th, 2005 #15
i was half expecting a character today..
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October 8th, 2005 #16
If that degree of technical capabilities can't get you a damned job, I think I'm gonna cry.
All I can say that is they sure look ready for painting.
October 9th, 2005 #17
hahahaha!! oh man! you guys are really on my ass no it's good though. I need the pitchforks, and wipcracks, and the ass patting, um.. take away ass patting . so... um I feel like I dug my self in a hole , lol (laughs nervously) ok so I won't dissapoint, this week I will start fresh and mon. I will have a character on board , same as tues. and wed, and so on. but I got to say weekends are off limits, there is too much going on. And seriously I have faith that if I slip you guys will be on my ass, so thanks in advance, haha. see you monday!
Arkady: thanks dude!! I used some ref. on line of Armor and a dress, and my head, pretty much just ramdon pics to get inspired and find structure. I had the idea of my characters, then I just looked for what I needed to make them beleivable.
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How many days has it been??? Let's see, that's one character a day, been a few days now...What day are we on??? Hmmm, there's definitely a few lacking...Hey!!! What's the deal??? Where are those GORGEOUS new characters?!?!?!?
(what a ripoff...grrrr...guess I'll have to ogle the old ones again...sigh)
October 10th, 2005 #19
YOU OWE ME A BIT MORE THAN ONE CHARACTER/S!! *munches cookie patiently*
October 10th, 2005 #20
Quoted by me :
"this week I will start fresh, and mon. I will have a character on board , same as tues. and wed, and so on. but I got to say weekends are off limits, there is too much going on"
That goes for this past weekend. Ha! Ha!
'stoph: I can totally image you as an angry little man with a mustache, munching on a cookie.haha.
Today is the day for characters so don't fret I'll give you your damn characters.
I feel soo used (crys in corner).
Mono: I started useing painter, but I think I might change over to good old Phototshop.
Jeri: it's a tough world out there, if you want we can cry together.
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October 10th, 2005 #21
heyyy.. check out my avatar. do i look like i have a moustache? do i even look like i could grow one in the first place?! hehe. lookin forward to it!
October 10th, 2005 #22
CHARACTER: 10-9-05, who do,you do. the power of the babe.
ok.. Character Time! Crit's? say nice things? whatever feels comfortable can't wait for tomorrow!
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October 10th, 2005 #23
Nice work, T! I love the elven male especially. Keep em coming.
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I got a crit!!! Too much time in between posts..gggrrrr...
October 11th, 2005 #25
hey Tif.
I'm gonna be a bastard and crit the heall out of this last one.
This is the first character in this thread that is in an action pose and it is also the stiffest of them all. For the First two you made, waht would otherwise be boring poses interesting by giving them character; the attitude on the girl and the dainty contrapasto on the elf dude. For this last one, you had a lot of potential to make it even more lively becasue it is an action pose. I would pull the arms back more and exagurate the pose to thrust his chest out more, it would work better and an action pose. Then you have all that cloth and hair that you can make wild and add to the action, but instead they are fairly stiff too (sepecially the hair - what's up with that wacky defined shape hair???). and the third thing i'd add is way more flies. That there seems like one of the central themes of this character, the flies. so why not go wild, make them snake around him like you're doing with the cloud thing, but exagurate their flow and work them into the compositon more to get rid of all that empty space.
it's late, i hope my ranting actually makes sence.
October 11th, 2005 #26
Woah! Nice looking! I don't know if it's just me, or does the outer bands on the horns go into his jaw? Right in front of his ears? I like the feathers. I see hes been playing around with blood or something with his hands. Eeevil... Or just wild.
(Oh, and by "nice looking", I mean really great! I love the first two ones!)
October 11th, 2005 #27
Tiffany- great seeing you again, and peeking inside your sketchbook. I feel I understand a little more about your ability and sensibilities.
I said it before...I think you are a great draftsman (draftswoman?) - and Dan is right on the money...let your linework shine through on those paintings (same goes for you Amish!) - It's just so seductive...
Arkady gave a great crit on the last one...alot of good points. I think the character is cool enough to really put some effort into. To add to what he said, when you push those arms back and push out the chest I would let his abdomen sink in a bit, causing the ribcage to stand out as well. just a thought
Also...I think one of the reasons the first one is so successful is the placement of the figure on the page. She has this 'regal' pose and she's central to the viewer...giving her almost an iconic look. Even in drawings the design of the page and placement of shapes is really important. Just another thing to be aware of.
quick question: are you looking for more "concept design" work or illustration? just curious
You're awesome...can't wait to see more.
October 11th, 2005 #28
i agree with amish. although this is a technically more difficult design, you've lost some structural integrity. what made the first two sick was the mood you've protrayed in the character. In this latest piece, you've lost rhythm. its seems stiff.His ribcage is slightly tilted to his left that makes his pose a bit off balance.
I'm digging the design sense and posture.
great ellipses, form.
Well done.
October 11th, 2005 #29
Hi Tiff. I basically agree with Amish and Loomer on the pose of the most recent work. I think if you pull the right arm back significantly it would line with the other better (I don't think the left is off much really). The neck also feels out of whack with the line of the back, perhaps Tilting the the head up and the neck (or whole body?) back a bit more will be more convincing. Oooh, and definitely more flies. Having them stream out out in an interesting shape could really help the composition. Just my opinions.
Really love the first two, esp the iron maiden. Very nice. Keep it up (insert whip-crack onomatopoeia)!
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October 11th, 2005 #30
hey everyone!
L: thankx dude. your the shiznick!!
Kanji2000: hahah! your the bully of this thread,lol.
Arkady: whoo!! ho!! you really ripped me a new one, but you are right on a lot of things. I was unsatisfied with this one for some reason, and even with your crit. I feel like it just doesn't have the soul the other ones have. thanx dude for spending time to give me a good crit. I appreciate it for sure .
Serpian: Hey thanx! the band you are talking about is supposed to be wrapping around another band. I will see if I can make that more clear. (thats me thinking)
Scott: mm yeah dude you guys are giveing me a lot to think about. Draftsman, Draftswoman,...potatoes, patatoes. Doesn't matter to me .
I'm looking for anything cool I can get my grubby little hands on. But really I am doing these chararcters so I can possibly do cards or covers for Wizards. Just trying to do more Fantasy stuff so I will get work. thanx for your nice words... your awesome as well
Mono: I always like your crits., I gotta say. ok... so the ribcage, I was staring at it for a bit, and yes his left rib is wonky and too low, thanks for pointing that out . And thanks for your nice words
I will have to practice my gestures. Truthfully that is what I'm the worst at. So I'm glad you guys are all on my asses, man Illustrators are soo awesome!! I feel a overwehlming love for you guys right now, hahah sorry, is that wierd?( maybe it's the caffeine talking , lol (awkward silence).............................
Anyway...I will have to start painting these suckers soon. But really I'm glad you guys all stopped by here again, thanks for helpin a sista out, peace!
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Cople Parish Episcopal Churches, Maundy Thursday service, Nomini Episcopal Church, Route 202 at the Nomini Creek bridge at 7 p.m.+7:00 pmCople Parish Episcopal Churches
−Currioman Baptist Church7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 203 Dennison St in Colonial Beach will be celebrating Maundy Thursday on March 28 at 7:30 p.m.+7:30 pmSt. Mary's Episcopal Church
−Cople Parish Episcopal Churches12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Good Friday, noon, Cople Parish Episcopal Churches will hold a liturgy of Scripture readings at Nomini Church in Mount Holly.+12:00 pmCople Parish Episcopal Churches
−Zion Baptist Church Good Friday Services7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Apostle John H. Bibbens and Zion Church at Lottsburg cordially invites everyone to their Good Friday Service, as they present the 7 Last Words, on Friday, March 29, 2013 at 7 p.m. Following the service communion will be served. Their guest Preachers will be: Pastor Scott Pollard – Radiant Life Assemble- Tappahannock, Pastor Paul Jones – Zion Baptist Church – Kinsale; Pastor Danny Maulpin – Totuskey Baptist Church, Warsaw; Pastor Ian McManamey – Smithland Baptist Church – Heathsville; Pastor Marvin Johnson – Zion Church at Lottsburg; Pastor Dave Metz – Warsaw Church of God – Warsaw; and Pastor Milton Jackson – Beulah Baptist Church – Lively For more information call (804) 529-6033 or visit the web-site: www.zionlottsburg.org <http://www.zionlottsburg.org> or Jacqueline Dobyns, Church Clerk(804-761-5069 cell+7:00 pmZion Baptist Church Good Friday Services
−St. Mary's Episcopal Church7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 203 Dennison St. in Colonial Beach will be celebrating Good Friday on March 29 at 7:30 p.m.+7:30 pmSt. Mary's Episcopal Church
−Colonial Beach Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt10:00 am – 12:00 pm
On March 30, Colonial Beach Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Town Hill beginning at 10 a.m. Ages 2-4, 5-7, 8-10.+10:00 amColonial Beach Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt
−Montross Branch Library Easter Egg Hunt11:00 am – 12:00 pm
On March 30 from 11-12 p.m., the Montross Branch Library will host their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Games and prizes will be provided.+11:00 amMontross Branch Library Easter Egg Hunt
−Oak Grove Baptist Easter Egg Hunt11:00 am – 1:00 pm
On March, 30 Oak Grove Baptist Church will have its annual Easter Egg Hunt from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Ages 0-10.
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Heritage House Florist in Pink Hill is celebrating its 25th anniversary Sunday with an open house featuring Christmas decorations, refreshments and a 25-percent-off sale.
Owner Dennis Howard opened the store Nov. 15, 1987, at 706 Walston Ave. after having worked four years at a local florist shop.
"I just saw that there was a grand opportunity to have my own business," he said.
Later, he moved the shop to 2005 N. Queen St. Four years ago, the Pink Hill native moved his business to his hometown at 301 Edwards Ave.
It's a smaller store at 1,200 square feet compared with the former showroom alone being 1,000 square feet. But it serves him and his customers well.
"We still have a lot of the same customers," he said, "even though we're in Pink Hill, and we still have a lot of Kinston customers and we've picked up a lot of new customers since we moved."
Dennis said his inspiration stems from his late grandmother, Della Howard, who used to tend to her garden and keep cut flowers in her house, next door to where Dennis Howard grew up. The art of floral arranging appears to be in his blood.
"It's just a kind of a natural God-gifted talent," he said.
The full-service floral shop carries ready-made arrangements, as well as creating custom orders for weddings, funerals and other special occasions.
"We're very picky in the products we sell," Howard said, "because we like our flowers to last more than just a couple of days."
The shop also sells antique furniture and a variety of gifts and décor, such as porcelain figurines and bowls, footbaths, urns, ornate picture frames and lamps.
Sunday's open house — which includes three other Pink Hill stores — will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Howard said he hopes the event will be an annual tradition.
Heritage House Florist in Pink Hill is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. until they are finished on Saturdays. For information, call 252-568-3364.
Two local Ford dealerships introduced a new model of one of their popular cars Thursday — and also helped some good causes at the same time.
Wynn Odom Ford in La Grange and Sale Ford in Kinston used the opportunity of unveiling the 2013 Fusion by raising money for two charities.
For every person who came in to celebrate the launch of the 2013 Fusion, Wynn Odom Ford donated $10 to Armed Forces YMCA; Sale Ford donated $10 for each person to a breast cancer awareness campaign. The two dealerships committed up to $500 each to the charities.
David Watson, Wynn Odom Ford's general sales manager, said the makeup of the area led his dealership to decide on its charity.
"That kind of fits what we are all about; we're Wynn Odom Ford with the big American flag," Watson said. "It doesn't get any more American than helping veterans."
John Howell, the Sale Ford sales manager, said some of his co-workers' families had been affected by breast cancer.
"We want people to know we are in support of this important cause," Howell said.
Howell said the all-new Fusion has gas mileage in the 30-plus miles per gallon range and that prices for it begin around $23,000.
"The response to the Fusion has been pretty good," he said. "This car has people excited."
The popular TV reality show "American Idol" was also involved in Thursday's promotion; customers had the chance to win a VIP experience on the show and to even be a judge on the program. They could also win the popular Fusion.
"Folks have an opportunity to win a Fusion, a chance to win a trip to 'American Idol' and a chance to audition to be a judge on the show," Watson said.
For more information, call Wynn Odom Ford, U.S. 70 West in La Grange, at 800-950-2925; Sale Ford, 1145 U.S. 258 N., at 252-522-3611.
Free Press Managing Editor Bryan Hanks contributed to this report. Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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First, a reminder that our Book Club Girl on Air show with Susan Henderson, on which we'll discuss her novel Up from the Blue, which has received nods in the last week from both NPR and the New York Times, is tomorrow night, Tuesday, Oct 26th at 7 pm ET! Set your reminder for the show here and return to the same link to listen and participate live tomorrow night. Be sure to register on the site before Tuesday night so that you can participate in the chat session from the beginning.
Second, Susan Henderson took part in the New York City National Reading Group Month event last week at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn. And here, she shares her experience that night talking about the art and business of writing with fellow authors. Thank you Susan for sending us this report and we can't wait to talk to you tomorrow night!
Last Tuesday, the Women's National Book Association (the original WNBA) hosted a celebration for National Reading Group Month at the Greenlight Bookstore. I was honored to be a part of that night to help draw attention to books that stimulate discussions of literature, social issues, and humankind.
Before I talk about the panel discussion, however, I'd like to talk a bit about Greenlight, a brightly-lit indie bookstore that opened one year ago in the Fort Green area of Brooklyn. For those of us who are bombarded with news about the poor state of publishing, the falling number of readers, and bookstores struggling to stay afloat in the age of Amazon, this store is like a literary oasis. It was packed full of customers, touching books on the shelf that had been important in their lives and pulling down new ones to tuck close to their chests. I spoke to a woman I'd never met before who had tears in her eyes describing a poem to me, I overheard others swooning about Jennifer Egan's Goon Squad, and several of us wound our way to the children's section, where we reminisced about Winnie the Pooh and Make Way for Ducklings. The bookstore's founders, Jessica Stockton Bagnulo and Rebecca Fitting, will be hosting multiple book clubs at the store, including one aimed at middle school students, whose first discussion will focus on Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. This is a long aside, I know, but like most writers, I'm a reader first, and nothing excites me like a room full of carefully-selected books and the people who love them.
But let me get to the panel, which was the focus of the night. Five of us had the pleasure of discussing the process of writing, selling, and marketing our books with moderator Roz Reisner. The authors—and I hope you'll check them out—were Sheri Holman (The Dress Lodger), Rick Moody (The Four Fingers of Death), Emily St. John Mandel (The Singer's Gun), and Jackson Taylor (The Blue Orchard). We talked about revisions—how all of us felt our work was better, not compromised, because of the input of our agents and editors—but that there were parts that got cut that we missed like phantom limbs. Some of us mourned the loss of those passages, and others of us found ways to slip a few back into the manuscript during the final edits.
There were some clever ideas for working without the distraction of the internet. Rick actually writes in his car, where he's completely unplugged. And Emily uses a product called Freedom (you can find it at www.MacFreedom.com), which locks you off the internet for up to eight hours at a time. Research was a surprisingly popular topic, not just among the panelists but with the audience, as well. The word "research" embodied everything from reading non-fiction books, to interviewing people, to Sheri attending a dissection and holding the lungs. Unanimously, the panel cautioned against letting too many facts get in the way of the story, or even assuming there is an actual truth to track down. Instead, they suggested to look for details that inform your characters and inspire your imagination.
As far as the market goes, Rick said it's the toughest he's seen in his 15-year career. Writers are expected to play a key role in promoting their books, and tours go through fewer cities. But writers have never gone into this business because it's easy. They go into it because they like to wrestle with social issues and relationships and words. They like to start dialogues about the kinds of issues people rarely discuss in daily life.
Finally, we talked about letting go of the book, letting it belong to each individual reader who interprets the story through his own life experience. Of the many book clubs Jackson visits, he said each brings a different focus to the book and a different take on the characters. What enrages one reader inspires another. And this is the thrill of sending a book into the world—and we know this as readers—because books are personal. We have fierce attachments to characters and subject matters. We have strong opinions about the books we quit after a single chapter and those we recommend again and again. It was an honor to have this conversation with other book lovers, and I want to thank everyone who was a part of it.
Browse inside Up from the Blue and look for a National Reading Group Month event near you!


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"They fought so that Black people could get Freedom, Justice and Equality"
The recent announcement that Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will be leaving public life and the recent celebration of former President Nelson Mandela's 92nd birthday, signal long-overdue rest for two titans of the struggle against apartheid for freedom and dignity for Black people--a struggle that the world has come to know. In their honor, the Sentinel has decided to re-run this article showcasing those noble statesmen from South Africa who each received the Nobel Prize because they fought "the good fight."
Chief Albert J. Luthuli, Archbishop Tutu and President Mandela are names that belong to an exclusive club of Nobel Peace Prize winners, whose journeys through life have been recorded as history so that the generations who follow their paths will be guided by the instrumentality of their noble deeds. The signs of their experiences still show on the faces of the latter two, who still walk among us.
Archbishop Tutu radiates an aura of peace, joy and tranquility that few men can emulate or emanate. Saying that he looks forward to reading, writing, praying and just thinking, he laid out his plan to spend the rest of his natural life with his family at a recent news conference, and further proclaimed that he does not foresee any future interviews, speeches, plane-hopping or press conferences.
Former President Mandela, who radiates a "presence" like few other men, has already left public life. He is seldom seen in public and when he does, it is usually for a solemn occasion (like his recent attendance to his granddaughter's funeral) or a bigger-than-life, lavish celebration (like his visit to the stadium for the World Soccer Games--South Africa's first hosting).
It is no accident that 3 of the 5 Black noblemen who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize are South Africans. The harshness and the intensity of their suffering, and the suffering of their people have caused the world to stop and wonder about the enormities and the burdens they have endured for so long, by so few, that the recorders of history did not deem it necessary to have any lasting memory for the names of the evil-doers, the oppressors, and the nameless and shameless perpetrators of white supremacy--just the systems: apartheid, racism, segregation, discrimination and jim crow--and it still exists--in South Africa and in America.
It must be noted here that none of the Black Nobel Peace Prize "winners" had actually "won" the peace that they were being serenaded for. They were proponents of peace and were heralded for their efforts; but Black people still face violence in their homeland, despite their tremendouds struggle and sacrifice--there and here.
Chief Albert J. Luthuli (1898--1967)
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Luthuli, The Chief
Chief Luthuli was the leader of 10 million Black Africans, and a proponent of non-violence as a means to achieve civil rights for his people. He was the first African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize when it was awarded to him in 1961. He was a man of noble ancestry, charitable and had a deep intolerance for hatred and inequality, wherever hatred reared its ugly head among men. Not only was he a tribal chief, he was also a teacher, a religious leader and the President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 in South Africa.
His leadership of the ANC barely survived when the repressive government forces massacred a group of peaceful protesters at Sharpsville in 1960 and he called for national mourning. (Here, he clashed with a young Nelson Mandela, who eventually deferred, respect for Luthuli's elder status and allowed him to remain head of the ANC). Because of the country's draconian laws, he was not allowed to leave the country until 1961, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. (The prize had been awarded in 1960).
During Luthuli's acceptance address he said, "This is the most important occasion, not only in my life, but in that of my dear wife, Nokukhanya, who shares with me this honor. For her encouragement, not just mere encouragement, but active support, made me at times fear that she herself might end in jail one day....... Indeed the challenge is for us to ensure the world from self-destruction. In our contribution to peace, we are resolved to end such evils as oppression, white supremacy and race discrimination, all of which are incompatible with world peace and security. There is indeed a threat to peace."
Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu (1931--)
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Tutu, The Archbishop
When Archbishop Tutu's anti-apartheid activities in South Africa were compared with Dr. King's work in the United States, he said, "There is a difference. King was fighting to get America to obey the law (the Constitutional guarantee that all men are created equal). In South Africa, the White government was obeying the law--apartheid was the law--I was trying to get them to change the law."
Archbishop Tutu's passion as a crusader against apartheid was fueled by his first hand knowledge and experience at the hands of White South Africa's brutal history and oppression against its non-White citizens for centuries. He grew up in an atmosphere of tolerance and sympathy, and that served him well in his professional capacity as an activist-clergyman. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 and in his acceptance speech, he expressed the pain and sufferings of his Black countrymen this way, "Once a Zambian and a South African were talking. The Zambian boasted about their Minister of Naval Affairs. The South African asked, 'But you have no navy, no access to the sea. How then can you have a Minister of Naval Affairs?' The Zambian retorted, 'Well, in South Africa you have a Minister of Justice, don't you?' ....... There is no peace in Southern Africa. There is no peace because there is no justice. There can be no real peace and security until there be first justice enjoyed by all the inhabitants of that beautiful land."
[President] Nelson R. Mandela (1918--)
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Mandela, The Statesman
No statesman in the world "stands as tall" as Nelson Mandela; he embodies genuine royalty, grace, nobility and human character all wrapped into one. After almost three decades of a prison sentence, that started off as a (natural) life sentence, he was released and re-entered the world stage becoming the first truly elected president of South Africa.
His interest in politics came early in life from the elders of his Xhosa tribe as they described how freely they lived before the Whites came. Trained as a lawyer, he became an official in the ANC seeking to reverse the system of apartheid through non-violent means. But the forces of oppression were so violent that after the Sharpsville Massacre in 1960, he formed Umkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation), as an armed wing of the struggle. (It was his clash with Chief Luthuli that facilitated this move, outside the general membership of the ANC).
Mandela's activities earned him the title, "the Black Pimpernel," the white world's foremost terrorist. After he was arrested, tried and convicted at the famous Rivonia trial, he left the world stage with this memorable statement: "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
(How many of the world's so-called leaders and proponents of free and democratic societies/countries would have--in the past or in the present--stood up, or will stand up this way in defense of what they profess to believe in?) Mandela has lived to see his ideal started, though not completely fulfilled, but just started. On becoming South Africa's president, he said, "Today is a day like no other before it." However, though the masses of Black people are now able to vote, much of their wretched conditions have not changed, and it will not change overnight. Centuries of apartheid cannot be erased in 13 years (2007), merely by winning the right to vote.
Mandela's long walk to freedom can partly be glimpsed from these excerpts from his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1993, "Together, we join two distinguished South Africans, the late Chief Albert Luthuli and His Grace Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to whose seminal contributions to the peaceful struggle against the evil system of apartheid, you paid well-deserved tribute by awarding them the Nobel Peace Prize.
"It will not be presumptuous of us if we also add, among our predecessors, the name of another outstanding Nobel Peace Prize winner, the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"He, too, grappled with and died in the effort to make a contribution to the just solution of the same great issues of the day which we have had to face as South Africans.
"Thus shall we live, because we will have created a society which recognizes that all people are born equal, with each entitled in equal measure to life, liberty, prosperity, human rights and good governance."
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September 23, 2010
AUGUSTA, GA – The Peach Belt Conference hosted its third annual Women in Athletics Seminar on Tuesday, Sept. 21, bringing together nearly 90 Division II female student-athletes to learn about professional opportunities for women in collegiate athletics. Dr. Joni Comstock, Senior Vice President of Championships for the NCAA, was the keynote speaker as student-athletes from 19 DII schools in the southeast region got the chance to interact with a wide variety of professional women in college sports.Student-athletes Sarah Hebberd (WLAX), Sara McCormack (WSOC) and Haley Carter (WSWIM) attended with Micki Thompson, Assistant Director of Athletics.
"Intercollegiate athletics will always need great leaders," said Dr. Comstock. "And we need to encourage and include not only talented young men, but talented young women. I have the opportunity to talk to 70 or 80 young women who will be my colleagues someday and am very appreciative to the Peach Belt for holding this event."
For the first time, the Peach Belt opened the event to other Division II schools in the southeast region. From Conference Carolinas, King College, Pfeiffer University and Mt. Olive College all sent attendees. The South Atlantic Conference had Mars Hill College, Newberry College and Wingate University. Paine College of the SIAC also had representatives at the seminar. The 90 student-athletes in attendance was the most in the three years of the event. 12 of the 13 Peach Belt Conference schools were also in attendance.
"I wanted to get as much information as I could about what it takes to make it in athletics," said Sarah Hebberd, senior lacrosse player at Pfeiffer University. "My concerns are about self-branding and networking and sometimes just getting a foot in the door can be the hardest part. Hearing from professional women who are in the sports world and how they took those first steps is really inspiring."
The seminar began with an interactive panel presentation giving student-athletes the chance to ask questions women in a variety of roles in college athletics. On the panel were NCAA Director of Governance and International Affairs Delise O'Meally; Emily Deitz, Director of Promotions and Licensing for the University of Georgia; Joanna Britz, Manager of Legislation and Research for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association; Francis Marion head softball coach Stacey Vallee; PBC Director of Softball Officals Betsy Kidd; Jocelyn Glenn, Director of Sports Medicine at Piedmont College and Martiza Jones, an independent consultant and former staff member at the NCAA.
"I want to talk to them about the fact that in today's world you have lots of opportunities," said Dr. Comstock. " I'm actually going to be doing a bit of a recruiting job to make them understand that we need great people and that they can do so many different things in athletics. I visit four or five of these across the country each year. What I really like about this one is that it allows these young women to get to know each other and also the coaches and administrators who were nice enough to take some time from their days to bring them here."


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