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Nerat ran for [[Michigan House of Representatives]] in District 108. She was defeated by [[Sharon Gray]] in the Democratic primary on August 7. The general election
Nerat ran for [[Michigan House of Representatives]] in District 108. She was defeated by [[Sharon Gray]] in the Democratic primary on August 7. The general election place on November 6, 2012.
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|Judy Nerat
|Candidate for
|Michigan House of Representatives District 108
|Prior offices
|Michigan House of Representatives District 108
|2009 - 2011
Rep. Judy Nerat was born Judith Kaczmarczyk to Leo and Irene Kaczmarczyk in Daggett, Michigan, located in Menominee County. Leo Kaczmarczyk was a Marine Shipyard worker in Marinette, Wisconsin and a member of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Union.
Judy graduated from Stephenson High School as well as the College of Beauty Culture in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She owned and operated a Hair Salon in Menominee, Michigan for over 34 years. In 2004, Judy Nerat was certified as a nursing assistant and worked at a local assisted living facility.
Nerat is married and has two children and four grandchildren. She lives in Wallace, Michigan, and belongs to Holy Redeemer Catholic Church.[1]
Political campaign history
Nerat was elected to the Menominee County Road Commission in 1998. In 2000, she was appointed to the Commissioners' Committee for the County Road Association of Michigan. In 2002, she was appointed chair of the Commissioners' Committee. Judy was elected to the County Road Association Self Insurance Fund in 2003, as one of nine directors. She was re-elected to the Road Commission in 2004.
In 2006 she announced her intention to run as a Democrat against incumbent Republican State Representative Tom Casperson in the 108th District in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Nerat easily won the Democratic Primary, but went on to lose to Casperson in the general election.
However, in 2008, Tom Casperson was unable to run for re-election due to term limits, choosing instead to run against Congressman Bart Stupak. Nerat again declared her intention to run, this time for an open seat. She narrowly defeated Janis Burgess in the Democratic Primary, winning by only 76 votes. In the November General Election, Nerat faced Republican Mike Falcon of Gladstone. Nerat won the seat with 56% of the vote. She campaigned the last three weeks leading up to the election with a fractured hip before undergoing hip replacement surgery in late October.[2]
Nerat is quoted in the 3 February 2009 Daily Press in regards to Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm's announcement that the state will cease subsidizing the Upper Peninsula State Fair as saying, "I don't know where this rumor started. However, up to this point, the state has not provided any state funding to support the fair."
- 2008 election for State House
- Judy Nerat (D), 56%
- Mike Falcon (R), 44%
- 2008 Democratic Primary election for State House
- Judy Nerat (D), 37%
- Janis Burgess (D), 36%
- Dennis Baldinelli (D), 17%
- David Polzin (D), 10%
- 2006 election for State House
- Tom Casperson (R), 55%
- Judy Nerat (D), 45%
- 2006 Democratic Primary election for State House
- Judy Nerat (D), 69%
- David Polzin (D), 31%
Voting record
Key votes of 2009-2010
- Click below to see how this representative voted.
- Super Speedway, Lawmakers voting on whether TO EXTEND A SPECIAL TAX PERK for a super speedway.
- Driver Responsibility Fees, Lawmakers voting on whether TO IMPOSE 'driver responsibility fees.'
- Crony Capitalism, Lawmakers voting on whether TO RESTRICT THE RIGHT of shareholders to sell their own stock.
- Right to Work, Lawmakers voting on an amendment SUPPORTING RIGHT-TO-WORK zones.
- Dept. of State Cost-Saving, Lawmakers voting on whether TO SLOW DOWN PROGRESS ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S COST-SAVING CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
- Golf Carts, Lawmakers voting on whether TO SUBSIDIZE the production of electric vehicle batteries.
- Home Court Disadvantage, Lawmakers voting on whether TO GIVE MORE TAXING POWER to local government in Kalamazoo so it can finance a taxpayer-subsidized sports arena.
- Fire Safe Cigarettes, Lawmakers voting on whether TO BAN the sale of cigarettes that are not "fire safe."
- Balancing Act, Lawmakers voting on a budget to CUT REVENUE SHARING PAYMENTS to local governments as a way to balance the state budget without raising taxes.
- Balancing Act 2, Lawmakers voting on a cut of less than 3 percent to K-12 school aid payments so as to balance the state budget without tax increases.
- A Good Tax Gone Bad?, Lawmakers voting on the Michigan Business Tax.
- It's From the Children, Lawmakers voting on whether to RAID $90 MILLION from the Michigan Higher Education Student Loan Authority.
- Left Behind, Lawmakers voting on whether TO FINANCE "No Worker Left Behind" with a 59.9 percent increase in general fund spending in the 2009 DELEG budget.
- First Class Schools, Lawmakers voting on whether to keep Detroit Public Schools' "first class" status even though the district no longer meets the population standard.
- Politically Correct Capitalism, Lawmakers voting on whether to INCREASE SUBSIDIES for plug-in traction battery packs used in electric cars.
- Politically Correct Capitalism 2, Lawmakers voting on whether to GIVE SUBSIDIES for Michigan film production.
- Politically Correct Capitalism 3, Lawmakers voting on whether to INCREASE ELECTRIC CAR SUBSIDIES for a subsidiary of a Korean battery company.
- Secret Ballot, Lawmakers voting on whether to keep a SECRET BALLOT for union elections.
- Property Taxes Assaulted Again, Lawmakers voting on whether to allow public schools to EXPAND THE USE OF SINKING FUND property tax spending.
- Sneak Attack, Lawmakers voting on whether to allow public schools to EXPAND THE USE OF SINKING FUND property tax spending.
- Grapes of Wrath, Lawmakers voting on whether TO BAN home shipment of beer and wine to Michigan consumers.
- Subsidize Manufacture of Electric Cars, Lawmakers voting on whether to authorize a refundable Michigan Business Tax credit for makers of plug-in traction battery packs used in electric cars.
- Authorize Special Tax Breaks for Ethanol Gas Stations, Lawmakers voting on whether to authorize a non-refundable Michigan Business Tax credit equal to 30 percent of the costs incurred by a gas station to convert existing pumps and tanks, or acquire new ones that deliver E85 ethanol or biodiesel fuel.
More voting record details
- List of all of Judy Nerat's roll call votes, bills introduced, and floor amendments from MichiganVotes.org (use site's "advanced search" to narrow by date range, issue category and/or keyword).
- List of Judy Nerat's 170 missed roll-call votes
Committee Assignments, 2009-2010
Nerat ran for Michigan House of Representatives in District 108. She was defeated by Sharon Gray in the Democratic primary on August 7. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.
|Michigan House of Representatives, District 108 Democratic Primary, 2012
|Vote %
|Sharon Gray
|Judy Nerat
|Total Votes
Nerat ran for re-election to the District 108 Seat in 2010. She had no primary opposition. She was defeated by Ed McBroom in the general election on November 2, 2010.
|Michigan House of Representatives, District 108 General election (2010)
|Ed McBroom (R)
|Judy Nerat (D)
On November 04, 2008, Judy Nerat ran for District 108 of the Michigan House of Representatives, beating Mike Falcon. [3]
Judy Nerat raised $82,259 for her campaign.[4]
|Michigan House of Representatives, District 108
|Judy Nerat (D)
|Mike Falcon (R)
Campaign donors
In 2008 Judy Nerat collected $82,259 in donations. [5]
Her eight largest contributors in 2008 were:
|Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
|Dillon Leadership Fund
|International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
|Angerer Leadership Fund
|Sheet Metal Workers Local 7
|Michigan Education Association
|Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters
|Auto Workers Region 1D
Campaign contributions
Contributions Report from Michigan Secretary of State
Rep. Judy Nerat
S1487 House Office Building
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
(517) 373-0156
External links
- Judy Nerat's campaign website
- Michigan House Democrats - Judy Nerat
- Project Vote Smart legislative profile
- Project Vote Smart biography
- Michigan Votes - Judy Nerat
- Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006
- Judy Nerat on Facebook
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|Michigan House of Representatives District 108
| Succeeded by
Ed McBroom
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Frontcourts are a wash - and the Magic definitely have a much superior backcourt. Magic take this in my opinion .
We've been running a fantasy draft tournament to see who could come up with the best team over in the Fantasy leagues/video games forum, this is the championship and we want as many voters as possible, and outside of the participants not many people go into the other forum. Hopefully it doesn't get moved since its only 1 thread..
Vote for who you think would win the matchup and feel free to argue/explain your vote
Indiana Pacers
PG: Kyle Lowry/Jordan Farmar/John Lucas
SG: Ray Allen/Daniel Green
SF: Shawn Marion/Corey Maggette
PF: Carlos Boozer/Antawn Jamison/Drew Gooden
C: Dwight Howard/Boris Diaw/Drew Gooden
Orlando Magic
Pg: Steve Nash/Darren Collison/Jameer Nelson
Sg: Manu Ginobili/Courtney Lee
Sf: Nicolas Batum/Carlos Delfino
Pf: Paul Millsap/Al Harrington
C: Tim Duncan/Omer Asik/Mehmet Okur
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Frontcourts are a wash - and the Magic definitely have a much superior backcourt. Magic take this in my opinion .
I'm going with the Magic.
Emeka Okafor - Joe Smith - Carmelo Anthony - Manu Ginobili - Jason Williams
Al Jefferson - James Posey - Aaron McKie - Shaun Livingston
Magic, way more scoring options. They've been my favorites to win from the beginning, big props to BeeBall
Magic, no doubt bout it
I'm shocked the Pacers made it this far. No depth and a bunch of overrated players. Magic in a landslide.
im glad the team that knocked me out is gonna win
I feel Duncan's ability to take Dwight away from the basket with his shot will really limit the Pacers defensively, sure I'm giving up more points to Dwight by not having Asik start, but it's much better for my offense to have Millsap and Duncan than Duncan and Asik. My backcourt will just keep playmaking and doing it's thing as always.
I built my team with veteran stars that could make plays for others (pass) and a bunch of players who are star role players (contradiction but true) 2 of which are over payed. It's basically the spurs with youth and more talent. Looking back now there is not too much I would have done differently.
Congratulations to Mr.West and the Pacers, I knew they were going to meet me in the Finals, we're two best teams in my opinion.
I'd like to thank rbow for running the league smoothly and all those who voted and participated.
Magic here
New Orleans Pelicans-Seattle Seahawks-Atlanta Braves-Anaheim Ducks
RIP HunnyB
This fits HunnyB/FlyGirl so well- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyzTiSEfM00
They have way better players. Orlando has unquestionably 3 of the best 5 players on either team (Nash, Manu, Duncan,) and way better defenders. The Pacers PF position is pathetic. It's like you tried to compile the three worst defensive PFs in the game. Should have gone with Beasley at SF for more empty numbers. Was Blatche not available?
Dwight Howard turned the real Magic into one of the better defensive teams in the league. Now your adding a true defender in Lowry at the point of attack. You also have Shawn Marion who was the point man on LeBron in the 2011 finals. Gooden is no defensive presence but he rebounds extremely effectively and his height will no doubt bother Millsap. Magic win, but in real life this is much much closer.
Not to mention you can eliminate the Magics biggest strength by going small.
Marion can defend Harrington and Millsap. Ginobili and Batum aren't post up threats so speed is more valuable in defending them. Maybe move Ray to the three and bring in Farmar to chase. Ginobili around. Either way I'm still surrounding Dwight with 4 guys who are comfortable behind the arc.
And the 2012 HR Fantasy Draft Champions are the Orlando Magic!
Well its been real guys, congrats to BeeBall Reasons and thanks everyone for playing/voting
I may do this again next year with some changes:
-Shorter time limit to pick from the beginning
-More selective on who gets in and no vetoing trades
-Maybe cut it down to 16 teams
-Maybe Keepers and a rookie draft
Last edited by speedyG; 07-18-2012 at 01:52 PM.
Another suggestion is instead of having a vote, why not sim the games on NBA2K13? Do like a best of 7 simulation.
Congrats Beeball Reasons. I was hoping it would be closer but either way it was fun. The most fun part of the whole ordeal was undoubtedly the draft itself and trying to find the players who fell through the cracks. Hope I get in the league next year, until then I'm content with the second best team. Congrats again.
I'd consider it but idk if I wanna do all that
Yeah BeeBall and Mr. West you guys are definitely welcome back if I run it again next year, everyone who was active this year will probably get 1st dibs
Last edited by speedyG; 07-19-2012 at 05:38 PM.
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The Springboks will beat Scotland by 30-plus points and I'd love to see France do the All Blacks.
I just don't think France have the belief to beat the All Blacks. They are certainly good enough and the All Blacks, without Richie McCaw and Dan Carter, are not the same proposition. Israel Dagg is not playing well, the midfield has a tired look to it and the back row, with the exception of Kieran Read, looks more Super Rugby than Test rugby.
It is going to be tight in Christchurch but home ground advantage will see the All Blacks home.
The Lions will also be too good for a Waratahs team without their two best backs in Israel Folau and Adam Ashley-Cooper.
What the French and Lions tour so far is showing is that southern hemisphere (Super Rugby) is no more superior than anything in the English Premiership, French Top 14 or European Cup in terms of quality and intensity.
There is very little difference in quality between the two hemispheres currently, even at under 20 level. The baby Boks scraped past England and France and New Zealand were desperate in edging Ireland 31-26.
The big boy Boks play Italy in Nelspruit in the game that has the most interest to South Africans and it is a catch 22 situation for the Boks. If the Boks don't win by a big score there will be disappointment. If they succeed easily there will be a dulling of the celebration.
This quadrangular is decent preparation for the Rugby Championship but that is all it is. Italy, Scotland and Samoa are glorified practise runs, especially when these games are played in South Africa and even more so when played at altitude.
Heyneke Meyer will be more interested in the progress of JJ Engelbrecht at outside centre and in Willie le Roux's performance at fullback than he will be with the margin of victory.
It will be the quality of performance that will interest him and it will also be the defensive effort that will require the greater intensity. The Boks can score points but they will want to concede as few as possible.
The defence against Italy was composed but never jolting. It didn't have to be.
The attack was explosive in the first 20 minutes and last 10 minutes. It is very difficult for any side when they know they will win and are expected to win well.
Marcel Coetzee fills in for the unavailable Francois Louw, but personally I'd have liked to see Heinrich Brussow playing. It isn't going to happen which doesn't mean I won't stop expressing the view.
Bismarck du Plessis's return will also be interesting. Adriaan Strauss has certainly advanced his Test credentials in Du Plessis's absence in the last year. Du Plessis will be eased back over the next few weeks and expect to see the old Du Plessis in the Rugby Championship. Not before that.
I also have Samoa to beat Italy in the early game, but frankly who in South Africa cares?


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I went there to take Darrell Wood his mail. More people than I can count have corresponded with the man since I first wrote about him.
Jim Bostick greeted me in the yard out back where his J.B. Bostick Co. keeps its trucks and other asphalt paving equipment. He smiled a big, wide smile and gave me a firm handshake.
"It's going unbelievably good," he answered when I inquired about Wood. "I just got off the phone with a man from a church group wondering whether Darrell needed anything. It's been like that since he got here."
It was, to my mind, just a little story of a homeless man and his dog being befriended by an 80-year-old man.
Darrell Wood when I first met him was living in a Westminster park with his ailing, 16-year-old dog, Crazy Dog. People inundated me with requests to help Wood and Crazy Dog. Jim Bostick took it to a totally different level.
Wood for years had been a janitorial supervisor with Boeing Co. before his life fell apart and he landed on the streets. He has in recent days started as a janitor at J.B. Bostick and at three other adjacent businesses along LaCresta Avenue in Anaheim. Six other firms on the street have hired him as a night watchman.
"I told him," Jim Bostick, 67, said, "that if he was going to hang around here, he was gonna work. It has been all good. You wanna see him?"
Bostick leads me around a corner on the far side of his yard, past still more equipment, to a long travel trailer that sits behind a newly installed chain-link fence.
It is the one Jim Bostick bought a little more than a month ago and had installed for no other reason than to do a good thing by giving Darrell Wood a home.
Wood and Crazy Dog emerged through the front door.
Both looked, well ... different. For one, both were freshly scrubbed. And Crazy seemed to have more of a step in her once-badly hobbled gait. The answer for that soon emerged from around a corner.
Her name is Lucky, a 1½ -year-old German shepherd Jim Bostick and his brother, Carl, adopted about a week ago.
A woman who had read of Wood called the Bosticks, wondering if they would take Lucky. She could not afford her anymore. She could be a companion for Crazy Dog.
"Darrell's dog before Crazy Dog was named Lucky," Jim Bostick told me. "Can you believe that? I think it was meant to be."
He sleeps by day and stays up at night, Wood says. He is the company night watchman. He demonstrates the huge bullhorn the company purchased for him, nearly splitting his and my eardrums.


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My family will soon be headed for vacation. We are flying to our destination with several connecting flights, so there will be plenty of sitting around in airports and on the planes.
I'm happy to be going on vacation, but I have to admit I absolutely hate to travel. I am not crazy about flying (which is unfortunate because I'm married to an airline pilot).
I get bored sitting for long periods of time and I'm not much of a people watcher.
My kids are now teenagers, so it's not necessary for me to entertain them anymore.
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By November 2011, the City and County of San Francisco held digital literacy training for more than 1,600 participants. These workshops were created to boost broadband adoption among low-income families, senior citizens, adults with disabilities, and other socially vulnerable groups. Known as the San Francisco Community Broadband Opportunities Program (SF-CBOP), the City is partnering with 18 nonprofit and educational organizations to provide new computer classes and resources for local residents.
For example, The Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts and Technology and Streetside Stories, two non-profit media arts organizations, provide digital media youth programs, which prepare students for careers in website design and content generation. Offered at 13 locations across the city, these programs teach participants website design principles, digital filmmaking, digital storytelling, and content creation techniques. The Community Living Campaign, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of senior citizens, provides digital literacy classes in more than 50 senior centers. These classes include computer basics, Internet fundamentals, Internet safety, and social media techniques.
Additionally, SF-CBOP is using BTOP funds to deploy new workstations in computer centers across the county. As of November 2011, SF-CBOP distributed more than 86 new workstations to the Vietnamese Youth Development Corporation, the Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center, and the Western Addition Neighborhood Beacon Center. By the end of the BTOP project, SF-CBOP will provide over 300,000 instructor-led training hours in a variety of languages, including English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Russian, to more than 8,000 residents.
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Visitors to the Mildred Avenue Community Center in Mattapan, Mass., used to navigate the Internet "with the technological equivalent of a horse and buggy mired on a muddy road," according to the Boston Globe. On August 24, 2010, the Community Center became the first location to benefit from the $1.9 million BTOP grant to the City of Boston. Now, computer users link to the city's new broadband fiber-optic network with 15 new desktops. Before the project is completed, the city will provide 627 new computers and job training software at 48 locations including 15 community centers, 11 Boston Housing Authority (BHA) sites, and 22 libraries in many of the city's lowest-income and lowest broadband adoption areas.
At the Mildred Avenue Community Center, the new state-of-the-art desktops feature cutting edge software allowing participants to gain basic work skills online, study for the state's standards-based assessment program, and access multimedia to produce videos and other art. BHA centers will feature similar software as well as programs geared toward health education. Computers at local library branches will provide literacy training and email access.
The goal is to complete computer installation across the city by early 2011. When complete, nearly 18,000 people a week – a 40 percent increase – will be able to access broadband Internet as well as software designed for various subject matters, including workforce development, after-school education, and gang intervention-conflict resolution workshops
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low-income residents acquire the digital literacy skills needed for today's technology-driven society through the Technology Goes Home (TGH) training program. This school-based family computer distribution and education initiative offers digital literacy training to students and their families across 52 public middle and high schools. Through March 2012, approximately 5,000participants have taken part in the program and earned a free netbook computer, and more than 300 families acquired new broadband subscriptions.
Through the TGH program, new users receive 15 hours of classroom training on a variety of topics, including computer basics, resume creation, and job searches. The program also offers classes on financial literacy, helping students and parents understand everything from credit cards to home mortgages.
In post-class surveys, 88 percent of adult program participants say they are likely to use online resources for job searches, and 80 percent are more likely to use online resources for banking. Additionally, the city has seen how TGH strengthens parents' connections to school, each other, and their children. Sixty-four percent of English-speaking parents and 80 percent of non-English-speaking parents indicated that they had never participated in their child's school before TGH. After completing the program, 98 percent of parents said they planned to become more involved with their children's school.
TGH also makes acquiring digital literacy skills accessible to several underserved populations. For example, TGH provides blind students and their families with new Internet-based tools and applications that help them interact with the world. Additionally, TGH offers classes in eight different languages, including Spanish, Mandarin, Somali, and Haitian Creole. The program helps families integrate into their communities, providing them with a supportive network to help navigate parenting challenges. For example, parents in the Somali refugee community told program trainers that they felt disconnected from their children after coming to the United States. Enrolling in TGH helped them to better understand their children's experiences and connect with them using technology.
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To spur economic development in five disadvantaged neighborhoods across the city, the City of Chicago's Smart Communities program created the Business Resource Network (BRN), an initiative designed to help local businesses become sustainable, profitable entities by providing them free access to broadband, business software, and technology workshops. The BRN helps local companies acquire the broadband services, computer applications, and skills needed to succeed in today's digital economy.
Small and medium-sized businesses participating in the BRN first conduct a technology needs assessment, which helps them identify new computer resources and skills. Once needs are identified, these businesses develop an action plan and map out an approach and timeline for acquiring computer equipment and business training. Businesses then participate in workshops and one-on-one consultations on a variety of topics, including software training, business planning, marketing, and website development.
Through December 2011, more than 180 businesses completed a technology assessment, 105 developed action plans, and 220 participated in workshops. For example, a local restaurant owner, who participated in the BRN, was able to increase his customer base by developing a marketing plan to promote the restaurant's newly installed wireless Internet network. Additionally, a local resident received a raise at her job after completing one of the program's Microsoft® Office classes. BTOP funding has also allowed the City of Chicago to create new jobs, hiring 17 full-time and 29 part-time staff for administration support and training.
In addition to providing resources for small businesses, the Smart Communities program also offers resources to help community residents develop digital skills. Residents can participate in digital literacy classes, covering topics such as computer basics, Internet fundamentals, and online banking. Through December 2011, nearly 10,000 Chicagoans participated in the program's digital literacy classes.
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As of June 2013, the City of Chicago deployed approximately 2,500 workstations at nearly 150 upgraded and 18 new public computer centers across the city. These centers are part of the SmartChicago Public Computer Centers project, intended to provide Internet access and training with a specific focus on low-income citizens, at-risk youth, senior citizens, people with disabilities, and the unemployed. A large number of city residents lack home broadband access and rely on libraries and other public computer centers for broadband access, and for employment training and educational opportunities. Each week, more than 80,000 Chicagoans visit the centers, which provide a variety of classes covering topics such as introduction to Microsoft Office, graphic design, Internet basics, and computer security.
The city's goal is to help Chicagoans improve their lives through computer resources and educational opportunities. The City of Chicago also developed the Digital Skills Initiative, a series of self-paced, online modules that will teach residents computer and workforce development skills. Chicagoans have free access to more than 300 modules covering topics from computer basics to advanced spreadsheet manipulation.
As of June 2013, the City of El Paso, Texas deployed approximately 1,300 computer workstations and 200 laptops in 89 public computer centers across the city. The city and the surrounding area face significant challenges because of poverty, sparse population distribution, and limited access to tools necessary for economic development. The Virtual Village: Digital El Paso's Pathway to Success project provides much-needed computer access and training to vulnerable populations, particularly at-risk youth, the elderly, the unemployed, and minorities.
The city also uses a mobile computer training lab to bring digital literacy programs, workforce development training, and workstations to areas with limited broadband connectivity. As of June 2013, more than 163,000 El Paso citizens participated in classes on topics including Microsoft Office basics, e-government, resume writing and job searches, financial literacy, citizenship, and social media. In addition, approximately 48,000 users per week on average visited the centers during the last quarter to use the computer stations.
A BTOP Grant helped the City of Los Angeles tackle the digital divide in its most at-risk neighborhoods. Through the Los Angeles Computer Access Network (LA CAN) project, the City's Community Development Department, Department of Parks and Recreation and various libraries developed and upgraded more than 180 public computer center sites throughout Los Angeles. As part of the $7.5 million grant, the City purchased more than 3,400 new computers, in some cases, replacing those that were seven to 10 years old.
Through LA CAN, the city worked to increase digital literacy in the most at-risk neighborhoods.
LA CAN opened new centers in areas with the highest levels of poverty and unemployment for maximum community impact. LA CAN provided more than 41,000 hours of computer skills instruction, Internet access for research, and job placement assistance to approximately 13,700 residents.
The City of Milwaukee's Connecting Milwaukee Communities project opened a new public computer center and upgraded eight centers across the city. These centers are part of an effort to increase broadband capacity and availability at sites that have historically been unable to adequately serve local residents. These upgraded centers now offer new computers, training, and technology specialists to help patrons develop their digital literacy skills.
As of June 2013, the city deployed more than 330 laptops, serving an average of 9,300 users per week. Along with these computers, the centers provide a variety of classes covering topics such as computer basics, Internet fundamentals, word processing and spreadsheet skills, Internet search techniques, and online safety. The centers also offer career building assistance with resume creation, job searches, and interview preparation.
The City of New York's Connected Communities project is upgrading and expanding computer centers in libraries, public housing facilities, recreation centers, senior centers, and community support organizations across the city. The project provides digital literacy and multimedia training, access to after-school programs, test preparation, and workforce education. Each of the computer centers provides access to computers with software that enhances the experience for users with hearing, vision, and mobility disabilities through assistive technology. These functions include on-screen keyboard, screen magnifier, and text-to-speech applications that read text on the screen and allow or use of text or visual alternatives to sounds. The computer operating platforms also allow customization, such as adjustable keyboard and mouse settings, to accommodate individual needs. Through June 2013, the New York City Connected Communities project has deployed more than 1,780 workstations and provided more than 402,000 training hours. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the access provided by the Connected Communities project "is essential for individuals to succeed academically and economically."
Before the College of Menominee Nation opened the Community Technology Center (CTC), the only Internet access available on the reservation was slow dial-up. The reservation is located in one of Wisconsin's more rural and economically disadvantaged areas and uses the CTC to provide broadband access and workforce training and development for economically vulnerable populations, including people with disabilities, at-risk youth, tribal members, and the unemployed. Through June 2013, the College of Menominee Nation deployed approximately 130 workstations and served an average of 320 users per week.
The College of Menominee Nation has also partnered with the University of Wisconsin-Extension to offer tribal members classes to improve computer skills and digital literacy. A mobile lab travels around the community to teach people about broadband, its purposes and benefits, and basic computer literacy skills. Many members of the Menominee Indian Nation are active duty military and deployed around the world. Teaching computer skills, including how to use Skype software through these classes, enables family members to keep in touch with loved ones serving around the country and overseas.


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MEBANE — Eastern Alamance center fielder Caroline Patterson picked a good situation to throw out a runner at the plate for the first time this season.
She did it in the final inning of the Mid-State 3-A Conference Tournament championship game.
That throw allowed the Eagles to preserve a 1-0 victory against visiting Williams High School on Friday night, providing Eastern Alamance with its first conference tournament softball title in more than a decade.
Gracyn Allen-Ingle threw a four-hitter and received the tournament's Most Valuable Player award as the second-seeded Eagles (20-4) completed a three-game tournament week with allowing only one run.
"It's a lot of pressure to do that," Allen-Ingle said. "That's my job to do that and it's their job behind me to give me that support. And if we all do our job, this is what happens."
Fifth-seeded Williams (10-7) threatened in the seventh inning when Karlisha Jones reached on a one-out single and stole second. Jada Kelly slapped a single up the middle, leaving Patterson no choice but to come up firing to the plate.
"It was coming pretty slow," said Patterson, a sophomore. "I was just trying to get it in there."
Allen-Ingle said: "I was hoping it was getting there. It was perfect."
It arrived in plenty of time for catcher Ashley Ammann to apply the tag. Kelly moved to second base on the throw.
"It was a wonderful time (for Patterson's assist to happen)," Eastern Alamance coach Danny Way said. "We practice that every day. She just hasn't had an opportunity in a game."
With two outs, Williams' Cassidy Jordan sent a slow dribbler between the plate and third base, and it was ruled foul. Williams coach Ricky Vaughn disputed call and was ejected.
Allen-Ingle then recorded a strikeout to end the game.
The Eagles had all they could do to score against Williams ace Sarah Davis. That came in the fifth inning when Zoe Wood singled, Leah Jarrett reached on an error on her sacrifice bunt and Emily Shotwell loaded the bases when she was safe on a bunt. After a fielder's choice cut down a runner at the plate, Paige King drilled a single to right field.
"With two pitchers like that, one run might do it," King said. "Our goal was to get five runs. One was what got us what we needed. … I was just trying to make contact and get it out of the infield."
On the play, Williams right fielder Allyson Lee threw out Shotwell at the plate.
Yet Jarrett crossing the plate turned out to be enough for the Eagles.
"You can't get everything to go your way every time," Davis said. "They have a lot of experience to us being a scrappy team. … And they were able to scrap out a run when they had the momentum."
Williams loaded the bases with one out in the third inning with Jordan's single, Davis' double and a walk to Rachel Crowder. Allen-Ingle escaped with a popout and groundout.
"She hits her spots," Way said of Allen-Ingle, who threw 82 pitches.
Mandi Ballard had two of Eastern Alamance's five hits.
"It was definitely an exciting week," said King, a senior shortstop.
Eastern Alamance takes the No. 2 seed from the conference into next week's Class 3-A state playoffs. Williams will advance holding the league's No. 5 bid, unable to capture the No. 2 spot that would have gone with one more victory.


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The proposed terminal in Western Washington would export about 24 million tons of coal of coal from Montana and Wyoming to China.
Supporters of the terminal say it would boost the economy--adding jobs and tax revenue; opponents say it would hurt the environment, public health and quality of life because of the dust from coal shipments that would come through.
Supporters and opponents rallied Tuesday in Spokane before the fifth of seven public meetings statewide.
Several hundred people attended the meeting, and many traveled from outside the Inland Northwest to be there.
People from Montana and Idaho argued they will only get negative side effects without any of the benefits.
Project developers said the terminal would bring in approximately $5 billion a year to the U.S. economy.
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The smaller lineup that seems to have reinvented North Carolina has been fueled by easy-to-identify opportunities and mismatches created by P.J. Hairston's increased playing time.
As for the name of the starting position Hairston has been plugged into, well, that's not exactly definable.
"I don't really know what I am," the sophomore said. "I'm classified as a shooting guard, but I can pretty much play any position if I'm asked to."
On defense, the 6-foot-5, 220-pound Hairston has been charged with guarding an opponent's "4," or power forward, and becoming more physical, especially when boxing out for rebounds.
On offense, though, the end of the court where he has poured in 52 points during the last two games, it's not as if Hairston is anchored in the post, in the traditional power forward mold of a Tim Duncan or a Blake Griffin.
He hit six 3-pointers, a career high, in the Tar Heels' 93-81 defeat of Virginia on Saturday, when 12 of his 14 shots from the field where launched beyond the arc.
And Hairston has been listed as a starter at guard in the Tar Heels' last two box scores.
"He's just a basketball player," North Carolina point guard Marcus Paige said. "He's hitting the boards, he's making shots, he's taking charges. When he plays like that, it helps everybody else out and we're a tough team.
"When he's giving that kind of effort, we can play him at any position. It just gives us more options. With P.J. at the '4,' he stretches the defense so much."
Maybe guard Dexter Strickland put it the most succinctly after Saturday's victory.
"Just having him on the floor is just making everything better," Strickland said, referring to Hairston.
The Tar Heels' rebounding hasn't suffered since going small. Hairston grabbed eight rebounds at Duke, with all except one coming on the offensive glass, and he pulled down seven more boards against Virginia.
And North Carolina's scoring potential now has gained an unquestionable boost.
Hairston's career-best 29 points Saturday, the most for a Tar Heels player this season, had the Smith Center crowd chanting his name — "P-J Hair-ston" — at times.
He has supplied 122 points in his last 140 minutes played.
"I'm just being aggressive," Hairston said. "Knowing that I'm in the starting lineup now, I don't get the chance to spectate the other teams. Now I just come out with an intensity to compete against other teams and just find out what their weaknesses are."
Who: North Carolina (17-8, 7-5) at Georgia Tech (14-10, 4-8)
When: 9 tonight (ACC Network)
Where: McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta
Series: North Carolina leads 62-24 and won 79-63 when these teams met Jan. 23 in Chapel Hill


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The glow from the boathouse pierces the dark of a Salem most residents never see. Except for the semi trucks and their sleepless drivers, few vehicles traverse the bridge above the river at this early hour, just after 5 a.m. A lone bird twitters insistently from an invisible perch in the darkness, reminding everyone that dawn will arrive soon.
Inside the boathouse, Head Coach Susan Parkman walks from shell to shell, checking the equipment before the day's practice. She typically arrives about a half hour before the 5:30 training. Her only partner is her dog, Emma, sleepy and hiding under a couch for fear of the dock's slight bobbing.
This is the reality of crew. Any rower will tell you, one of the most difficult aspects of the sport is the early morning practices — not to mention traveling every spring weekend to a race, or regatta, sometimes as far away as Sacramento, Calif. To row properly, without interference, you have to take the water before motorboats cause too much wake. Plus, it's the only meeting time that seems to work for several dozen busy college students.
Coach Parkman is soon joined by sleepy rowers, men and women, who trickle in and drag out the ergometers (rowing machines, called "ergs" for short) for warm-up. The boathouse fills with the back and forth whirring of the machines.
It requires a lot more commitment from people than many other sports.
The river is low today, Parkman notes — about 10 feet lower than three weeks ago. If you ever want to know the level of the Willamette River, ask Parkman. If the water is high, the current is too strong to row safely, strong enough that what might normally be a six-minute trip one way takes 47 minutes when rowing against the current.
It's not long before the athletes hoist and carry the shells above their heads and set them in the water. It's early April, still pitch black, and when the swift current ferries the students away from the boathouse, only the small beacons of light on the bows of the boats are visible. Parkman follows in a motorboat, megaphone in hand, calling out encouragement to her athletes by name. She knows them by their silhouettes.
Geese honk from the shore as the sky slowly brightens. Rowers see the sun rise almost daily. "It's just really nice out there in the morning when no one"s up,' says Kimber Grady '07. "A lot of people who don't stick with rowing miss the water and miss the sunrises."
The athletes are preparing for their sole home event of the year: the Governor's Cup. They practice a racing start and row for about six to eight minutes down their 2,000-meter course, under three bridges, stopping near the docked Willamette Queen sternwheeler. Racing speed is the toughest on the rowers' bodies. Imagine sprinting for eight minutes straight against a tough wind. If they're rowing well, the full complement of oars appears to move effortlessly in sync, cutting the surface of the water with little splash. At top speed, rowing shells have gone fast enough to pull a small water skier.
Crew is a deceptively easy-looking sport. The rowers and boats move smoothly through the water, their reflections rippling across the surface. Parkman compares it to an impressionist painting — the feature that first drew her photographer's eye to the sport. But look closer and you'll see the strain on the faces of the rowers as their arms and legs hammer with each stroke.
As practice nears an end, the sun well above the horizon, Parkman continues encouraging the rowers on the way back to the boathouse. She maneuvers her boat near the Bill Webber, an eight-man shell named for the late trustee and generous donor. "Don't be afraid to push the envelope," she tells the men. "You'd be surprised what you're capable of. Don't let your mind be the limiting factor. Push your legs, push your body. Just swing."
Don't let your mind be the limiting factor. It's a motto for all rowers, from Olympians to novices. "The race is a very mental game, and the dialogue going on in your head is frenetic," says Laura Jones '08. "Your body is telling you that there are all these other women in the boat, and you can't give up now. It's like a battle. The people who are really successful let the mind win."
"You reach that point in your rowing where your legs are exhausted and your arms want to give out," says Becca Ralston '07, who rowed for two years before switching to coxswain, the person on board who steers and keeps the rowers in sync by calling out stroke rates. "You have to get past that point and realize you actually have more to give."
Rowers often collapse immediately after a race. Their bodies feel completely worn out, but their minds spar with them — did I use my body to its full potential? "Our minds played tricks on us," says Tobias Read '97, who rowed for WU for three years. "Though the truth was obvious — we had given all we could — I often thought that maybe I could have given just a little more." When they remain confident that they did indeed use every last ounce of energy, "that is one of the most satisfying experiences," Read says.
Those who have competed in other sports often say crew is more challenging. With boats containing two, four or eight rowers, it has a unique reliance on teamwork. "Until I joined crew, I'd never experienced a sport where you can't even do it if someone doesn't show up for practice," says Grady, who also has played soccer, basketball and softball. "It requires a lot more commitment from people than many other sports."
"You have to have faith in your teammates, faith that they can all move the boat," Ralston says. "If you don't believe it, then the boat can't move."
Rowing is easy to learn but takes a long time to truly master, participants say. And it's not the most compelling sport to watch. Spectators on shore can see only one small fraction of a 2,000-meter race, can't always tell who won unless they're standing at the proper angle, then strain to pick out their favorite athlete in the boat.
Life is more about the long run — balancing your work, your family, your health, your passions.
It's a sport that, at least on the West Coast, often struggles for attention. Crew has a long storied tradition in Europe and in the Northeastern U.S., where an 1852 race between Harvard and Yale became the first collegiate athletic competition for any sport, leading to an intense rivalry that continues today.
But the difficulties also lead to a special bond among the athletes. Many rowers marry other rowers. Parkman did: She recently married Olympian Tiff Wood, a famous name in rowing, after meeting him on the national circuit. John Peschel '97 and Laura (Ryan) Peschel '98 met on the water, as did Adam Withycombe '98, MAT'01 and Jenny (Schaecher) Withycombe '02, MAT'03.
The athletes know that only other rowers can understand their dedication, their great love for a sport they can try for the first time as a college freshman and take all the way to the national level within a few years. "Rowing is one of those things that's so all-encompassing, it's really hard for people outside of it to understand the lifestyle," Jenny Withycombe says.
Parkman first fell in love with rowing while lying on a railroad trestle at 5 a.m., photographing rowers gliding by in morning practice.
It was 1979, and she had just started classes at Humboldt State University. Her roommates on the rowing team invited her to check out a practice, and the beauty of the boats on the water immediately appealed to her as a photographer. She spent the year taking pictures and listening to coaches talk about the sport.
Then she rowed herself? — and fell in love again. It was the beginning of a nearly 30-year career as a success-ful athlete and coach. After college, Parkman rowed a single and discovered her heart lay with racing. She competed all the way to the international level — though she has never raced on a national team.
It wasn't that she didn't have the skill to compete nationally. Over the years she coached teams of various sizes and ages, and even made it to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens to coach a single sculler. But she discovered that wasn't the level of competition she wanted. Working with young people — showing them a new sport and the life lessons they could gain from it — was dearer to her heart.
"I think rowing at a smaller school, where it's not as competitive, is a much better introduction to what life is about," she says. "It's very rare that people become professional athletes. Life is more about the long run — balancing your work, your family, your health, your passions."
Parkman came to Willamette in the middle of the spring 2006 season. The University's previous crew coach, Rodney Mott, had taken a job coaching at Vassar College. Parkman and Wood had recently relocated to the Portland area, and she was looking for new coaching opportunities. When Willamette called, Parkman agreed to help out interim, thinking she would be here for a week. When she arrived at the boathouse for her first 5:30 a.m. practice, Athletics Director Mark Majeski handed her the reins.
WU crew had suffered several blows to enrollment in recent years, so Parkman has tried to plant her own seeds to re-grow the program. The rowers say they thrive on her experience and technical expertise. They say Parkman is meticulous, bringing out a chalkboard before every race to sketch out the course. It's been quite a transition for her, from coaching some of the country's top rowers who have completely dedicated their lives to the sport, to leading dedicated but busy college students trying to divide their time among multiple activities. "She's been accustomed to working with people who wouldn't stop rowing if their lives depended on it," says Greg Henselman '08. "It's not always like that here."
This is the first sport that I've really fallen in love with.
"Crew gives these kids so many life lessons," Parkman repeats often. "Ninety-seven percent of these kids never rowed before they came to college. That's the beauty of the sport. Anyone can have their novice season and learn how to row, and all of a sudden they're a varsity athlete in college. They learn that if you really love something and you just stick to your guns and work hard, you can achieve what it is that you want to do."
Coming into college with no previous rowing experience is typical of crew athletes everywhere. They might have played other sports in high school but didn't feel as connected as they do when they go out on the water. Or maybe they'd never even tried a sport, thinking they couldn't make a team unless they'd been playing since they were young.
When Marc Whitehead '10 played sports in high school, he felt he didn't have the same drive to be competitive as many of his teammates. When he tried crew at Willamette, he immediately sensed a difference — here was a sport where he could stay in shape, make close friends and just focus on his own strength.
"I realized I can actually be a good athlete if I apply myself," he says. "This is the first sport that I've really fallen in love with. Not to say it's not frustrating at times, but if you really truly love something, you're still here the next day, no matter how frustrating it is."
Laura Jones never rowed before college, but it wasn't from lack of exposure to the sport. Her parents, Luther and Linda Jones, both rowed for the University of Pennsylvania. Luther Jones made it all the way to the Olympics — twice — in 1968 and 1972. Laura grew up with oars in her family's garage and remembers her dad's trunk full of Olympic uniforms. But the relics hold more meaning to her now that she's a rower.
"This has been a great way for my dad and me to connect because he understands the commitment and the sacrifices you have to make for the sport," she says. "It has opened up the communication between my father and me and given us tools to talk about other things."
Jones is quickly making a name for herself in collegiate rowing. She spent the past summer attending two national rowing development camps — a prestigious honor. But like many of her teammates, when she talks about the sport, she focuses on the mental lessons she has gained from it. "Crew has changed my life for the better. You have to go to bed early, learn to manage your time, and make smart decisions in your social life. It's a great life skill to be able to balance everything.
"Being one of the varsity athletes means people look up to you and trust you, and that gives you confidence in leadership. Knowing that you go out there every day and give it your all, that makes you feel good about yourself."
Henselman commits himself to rowing because of the opportunities for personal growth. "The way crew expands you as a person, not just as a physical athlete, but as someone with a strong mind, is immense. There are so many lessons you can glean from it that carry over to the rest of your life."
For Henselman, that included his academic life. In the past when he struggled with his stroke in crew or in swimming, his other sport, Henselman recalls focusing too much on one aspect of the stroke while ignoring the rest of his body. When he went back to the classroom, he applied the idea to his coursework by trying to remember the outline of the lesson rather than zeroing in on small details. "It's really cool to see myself transferring something I got in crew — the ability to develop a level head — to other parts of my life. It's something that you can't really take as a lesson from someone else because it's so internal."
Academic lessons happen for many of the rowers. About a third of the team made last year's Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete Team, meaning they earned a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 while on varsity. Five rowers posted a GPA of 3.75 or higher. "Rowers are dependable," Parkman says. "Part of it is getting up so early. They're more disciplined. They have to do a high number of strokes before they're ready to race, so it takes a lot of dedication."
Rowing may be the oldest intercollegiate sport, but at Willamette, its storied history stretches all the way back to ... 1991. That was the year a few students idea to create a team truly began to take shape. They formed a club and scrounged for donated boats. The shells they got were rickety, heavy and several decades old. One had reportedly sat at the bottom of Lake Washington.
Instead of a boathouse, they had a storage unit. For each practice, the athletes carried the heavy wooden boats on their shoulders about a quarter mile to and from the river. "Uphill both ways, of course," John Peschel jokes.
They went through an array of coaches in the first few years. Two were later honored with their names on boats: The Spencer (after Bart Spencer, the first coach) and the Cynthia L. Cavanagh. Many early rowers stayed on as volunteer coaches after graduation, including Adam Withycombe, Ryan Kinnett '98, MAT'02, Will Schmautz '98, MAT'99, and Zack Page '97.
Page and Sara Boylan '95 are the two most credited with getting the program up and running. Both fondly remember those early years, when they would practice wherever they could find space, borrow other schools' shells at races and incorporate boat renovation projects into their workouts.
"We trained hard during practice, but we never won a race," Page says. "We'd show up at races wearing cotton T-shirts and baggy sweatpants, and we looked like a motley crew. It was the most eclectic group of rowers you've ever seen. We were all different sizes, shapes, athletic abilities."
I'd heard from people what a fast boat was supposed to feel like and sound like. They said you can hear bubbles running down the hull.
Recruitment efforts were creative. Many early rowers remember Page scouting at Opening Days or going through the hallways of residence halls, looking for tall people and convincing them to come to a practice. Boylan, whose name also graces one of today's boats, recalls novice rowers carrying wooden oars on campus to provoke others to ask questions. It worked. By 1994 crew had achieved varsity sport status.
"In the first couple of years, we had so many people turn out for crew during the first few weeks that we didn't have enough boats for them," Page says. "We were stretching in this dark shed with one light bulb and upwards of 130 people."
But, typical of crew, many didn't last.
"All these kids show up at first, and then day after day, more and more drop out," Peschel says. "By the end of two months, you only have 15 to 20 percent left. It's a lot of hard work and the learning curve up front is just so steep.
"The people who stick around, you know what they're made of, regardless of their politics or what they decide to do. You know at their core they can go through all those 5 a.m. rainy practices. There's just that common level of respect."
One of the early memorable experiences for the men's team was rowing at its first Pacific Coast Rowing Championship in 1996 in Sacramento, Calif. The men worked hard all year to make it to the race, hoping it would truly define Willamette's program. They showed up looking green and scrappy as usual, but rowed their best and made it to the grand finals. "I'd heard from people what a fast boat was supposed to feel like and sound like," says Adam Withycombe, the coxswain in that boat. "They said you can hear bubbles running down the hull. We never heard that until about two weeks before our race."
Then came the boathouse. In 1997, thanks again to donations, the team was able to hire a construction company to build the basic frame for a boathouse in West Salem. It was the rowers themselves who painted, sanded and pounded many of the nails. Kinnett remembers a group of rowers spending a night in the boathouse with their sleeping bags, before the doors had even been hung. They rowed out from their new building at dawn's light.
Many early rowers say the building of the boathouse led to crew becoming a serious sport at Willamette. It also helped when they got a steady coach, Rodney Mott, who led the team for a decade; many of his athletes credit his hard work and dedication with developing the program into what it is today. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, numbers steadily increased and the team raked in honors. After he graduated, Read used his public relations skills to help create the Governor's Cup — ending crew's status as "the permanent road team."
Like today's rowers, these alumni define crew as a turning point in their lives. "The empowerment I got from crew was something I didn't feel when I did any other sport," Jenny Withycombe says. "Everything about it really grounded my sense of self."
"It's amazing when you're out on the river early in the morning. It's so peaceful, you're doing something great for your body, and you're creating this amazingly tight group of rowers," Boylan says. "You get something physical out of it, and you get something spiritual out of it."
Willamette rowers will tell you that it almost always rains during the Governor's Cup. And so the skies opened at this year's regatta in early April. At the boathouse, Parkman briefed her team on the rules of the day and which lanes they would race in. Her final advice: "Just enjoy yourselves."
As the novice girls lined up beside their boat, preparing to hit the water for the first race, Parkman walked slowly down the line, patting each young woman on the shoulder. "Have a good race," she said, sharing a smile with each athlete.
It was one of the last races of the day that drew the most attention: the women's varsity eight boats, with Willamette competing against Seattle Pacific University and Lewis & Clark College. WU's boat was almost half-filled with novices due to the lack of varsity participants. The women in this boat had struggled all season to get in sync.
But they came off the start line quickly and pulled ahead of the other two boats early. They were rowing 32 strokes a minute — high for them — but they tried to stay relaxed and put all the power they could into every stroke. For the first time, several of the women said later, it felt like they were really working together. When they reached the bridges, they sailed through, leading second-place SPU by about a boat-length.
They continued pulling away in the last few hundred meters, when they finally came into the spectators' view. The cheering gave them that extra push they needed to cross the finish line with a time of 6:29.90 — 15.3 seconds ahead of SPU. It was the boat's first win of the season.
Onlookers from the dock could see the girls heaving, trying to catch their breath and come down from the adrenalin rush brought on by the full-out sprint of the last six minutes. Those who squinted through the rain were rewarded with a better sight.


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Nell Coleman Ropp
1921 - 2012
Nell Coleman Ropp, age 90, passed away Friday, April 20, 2012, in West Point.
Nell Coleman Ropp
1921 - 2012
Nell Coleman Ropp, age 90, passed away Friday, April 20, 2012, in West Point.
She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty six years, Kenneth Edward Ropp; daughter, Jeanne Ropp Ahlberg of Magee; parents Edgar and Nell Coleman of West Point; and brother James L Coleman of Vicksburg. She is survived by daughter, Ann Ropp Eagerton; six grandchildren: Neil Gordon Eagerton, Edward Coleman Eagerton, David Andrew Eagerton, Daniel Enoch Ahlberg, Jeanne Eagerton Cooper, Michael Carothers Ahlberg; and two great grandchildren: Carleigh Anne Cooper and Flint Enoch
Born in West Point, Nell graduated from Mississippi State College for Women in 1943. She then went to Birmingham to be a chemist for U. S. Steel. After a year's time, she followed her dream and applied to be a hostess for Pennsylvania Central Airlines in Washington, D.C. To meet qualifications she had to stretch to meet the minimum height of five feet and gain weight to weigh the minimum of 100 pounds. After earning her wings, she met Captain Kenny Ropp and soon thereafter they married and had their two girls.
From there the family transferred to New Orleans, La., then Coral Gables, Fla., and finally retiring to Columbus, in 1979. During her lifetime she was a homemaker, a dedicated mother, a gardener, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, EPC of West Point. Besides travel she pursued family genealogy, leaving behind a legacy of information for the
family who is just now starting to appreciate her knowledge and expertise in that field.
Memorials may be made to Palmer Home for Children, P. O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39701.
Funeral services are graveside at Greenwood Cemetery in West Point, Sunday, April 29, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Steve Davis officiating. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements.
Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com


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CHAPEL HILL – Coach Roy Williams of North Carolina was confused.
For senior guard Dexter Strickland, it was anger.
All this despite Williams describing the food as good when his team gathered at his home Sunday night for the NCAA Tournament selection show.
"The reaction was unusual," Williams said Tuesday. "I was stunned when I saw the No. 8 and North Carolina. … It was a confusing show and I'm still confused."
The Tar Heels, playing in the South Region, face ninth-seeded Villanova on Friday night in Kansas City.
Though the disappointment of losing to Miami in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament was followed a few hours later by the lower-than-anticipated seed for the NCAA Tournament, there could be a positive fallout.
"I think it kind of helped us also," Strickland said. "It put anger in all of us (to prove we're better)."
The Atlantic Coast Conference has four teams in the tournament – No. 2 seeds Miami and Duke, No. 8 seeds North Carolina and North Carolina State.
In Williams' mind, the conference was short-changed in terms of the number of teams and the seeds they received.
"I didn't think it was necessarily good for our league, fair for our league," he said after he was prodded when he pointed out that anything discussed sounds like whining.
"I thought we'd be higher," North Carolina swingman P.J. Hairston said. "But we still have to play."
One element of the selection process is the Ratings Percentage Index. North Carolina (24-10) was in the No. 17-19 range in that listing.
"Divide that by four and you don't get that 8," Williams said.
On top of it, if North Carolina wins its opening game the likely opponent will be Kansas, which eliminated the Tar Heels last year in St. Louis. Williams is a former Kansas coach, though that storyline for a North Carolina / Kansas matchup has been exhausted twice before since Williams changed coaching jobs.
Williams laughed when asked if he thought the potential for a North Carolina / Kansas game was something forced by the committee to make for appealing television.
"They don't put North Carolina in Kansas City to fill the arena," Williams said. "The arena is going to be filled."
But first things first, because Villanova (20-13) stands in the way of another possible sentimental experience for Williams.
"(You have) to win a game to get there," Williams said. "You've still got to play."