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The Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies recently placed in elementary schools are some of the agency's most skilled officers.
Their new mission — protecting the school district's youngest students —– requires wisdom and patience that come from several years on the job, Sheriff Larry Ashley said.
"The last thing you want to do is hire a 24- or 25-year-old who just came out of the academy and put them in a school," he said. "We wanted experienced officers."
Ashley made the decision in the days following the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14. He acknowledged there is no increased risk to local students, but said the move was the right one.
"What it's done is it's made us wake up," Ashley said. "How many school shootings does it take before we realize our kids are at risk? … I don't think we can say the world is the same now."
The 26 deputies placed in the elementary schools were pulled from several units — beach and marine patrol, civil processing, court security, detention and booking, street crimes and traffic enforcement.
The beach and marine patrol, street crimes and traffic enforcement units were depleted and will remain inactive until new deputies are hired.
"It's prioritizing our resources," Ashley said. "If I've got to choose between whether to enforce traffic laws or protect our kids at elementary schools, then I'm going to protect our kids at elementary schools."
With the addition of the deputies, the school district now has armed law enforcement officers in each of its 40 schools.
"They're all very professional and have taken to the task," Ashley said. "They're all very motivated."
The cost of keeping all of those deputies in place through the end of the school year is an estimated $1.1 million.
To maintain that level of security annually, the Sheriff's Office needs $3.5 million. That's about $85,000 to $90,000 per deputy for everything from support costs, communications, uniforms, equipment and training.
Ashley has asked taxpayers to cover the most immediate bill of $1.1 million. He has requested half from county commissioners and half from the School Board.
"Basically I'm here with hat in hand and asking (local officials) not to make me choose between the services we provide, because we're going to have school resource officers," he said.
School Board members will vote on the funding Monday night. The county commissioners are expected to vote Jan. 22.
Commissioner Dave Parisot has questioned whether the county should have to cover the cost to replenish Ashley's force.
"I'm not sure he needs to have a marine unit," Parisot said. "If he felt he could pull those deputies out of the courthouse, then maybe he didn't need that many. … I just want us to step back. I don't want us to have a knee-jerk reaction."
Parisot said the decision to spend $1.1 million in the short term and even more money on an annual basis should be "well thought out" and backed up by "scientific" feedback from the public.
He also said paying for the school resource officers is primarily the school district's responsibility, not the county's.
"I'm not convinced in my mind that the Board of County Commissioners should even be funding half of the school resource officers," he said.
Until the Sheriff's Office gets the money it has requested, certain divisions of the department will operate with reduced personnel.
"I don't want to start hiring people to fill these positions and then not have the funding for them," Ashley said.
After only a few weeks, the strain on the department isn't great, but Ashley expects that to change.
"As time passes, we're really going to feel it," he said.
The time will come "when I say I can't do funeral escorts because I don't have the manpower because I have them in schools or I can't do parades," Ashley said. "It may take a week to get your process served. Or it may take an hour to clear security at the courthouse when you're standing in line because there are just one or two people clearing."
Ashley said he's leaving it up to public officials and residents to decide whether that's acceptable.
As for long-term options to pay for school resource officers, he has suggested increasing property taxes, floating a local option sales tax, using a portion of bed tax revenue or imposing franchise fees on local utility usage.
"(Local officials) are all working hard to figure out what the solution is," he said. "They all recognize that no decision is a decision and to do nothing is unacceptable."
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On Friday October 19, 2012 the skeletal remains of an elderly male were found by authorities in a bed on the second floor of a nearly empty dilapidated townhouse at number 9 Rue Saint-Jacques in the city of Lille, in Northern France.
Among the uncertainties on that day were who the deceased was, when he had died and what the cause of death was. Since then more questions have arisen in what the French press is calling le mystère de la momie du Vieux-Lille - the mystery of the mummy of Old Lille.
Lille is a city of about 300,000 located near Belgium. The largest city in a region known as French Flanders, it has many historical sites, including the Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille located in the vicinity of Rue Saint-Jacques, a formerly bohemian, now gentrified, street in the old quarter of town. Lille is full of residences like the one at number 9: red brick 2 and 3 story attached houses all lined up in a row, and each having a small garden in the back.
No one can recall the last time a person was seen entering or leaving the building, but for years pigeons flew freely in and out of the broken dormer windows on the third floor.
"This summer, on my terrace, I became afraid," Elisabeth Chevanne, an attorney who lives and works at number 7, told the Paris newspaper Le Monde.
"I said to myself, 'Those birds are bad. They look like something from Hitchcock.' "
In fact, Ms. Chevanne had been complaining to the city for over 10 years about water seepage problems from the building next door. She had initially written her neighbor about this, but never received a reply.
"I contacted the city, the land registry, hospitals, a fellow lawyer who specializes in property law, the Spanish consulate. I did that for ten years. But each time, there was nothing done and I was told that it did not concern me."
Then last autumn she decided to focus her complaints on the risk to public safety caused by the seepage and the poor state of the building. When city officials finally took action and entered the house forcibly they came across a dark interior covered in cobwebs with hardly any furnishings: a folding table, a hot plate, a few pieces of clothes here and there, and a pair of slippers still quietly waiting at the foot of a small narrow bed in the an upstairs bedroom. Inside lay a mummy-like figure in gray-striped pajamas, his head on the pillow and arms at either side. No one could be sure that this was the owner of the house, a man whose details appeared on an identification card nearby: "Alberto Rodriguez, born August 7, 1921, Santander, Spain."
In December, two months after the gruesome discovery, the coroners office announced that "some peculiarities in the nose" had allowed them to determine "with 99.9% certainty" that the remains were indeed those of the building's owner. According to an official "the shape of the sinus cavity" was compared to an old x-ray of Mr. Rodriguez's skull that was found in the house. They believe he was in his early to mid-70s at the time of his death. DNA samples had also been taken from his bones, but no family members could be found to compare the results with.
Although it is not certain exactly when the unfortunate man died, it is thought to have been at least 15 years ago. The reason for this is that among the unopened letters found inside his door the oldest was a notice sent from the Social Security office on January 15, 1997. Also discovered in the untouched mail were an electric bill from February 6 that same year and correspondence from his pension fund dated four days later. Apparently, that was the only sort of post that was found. No chatty updates from friends; no Christmas cards from family in Spain; not even a note expressing concern about his absence from a curious neighbor.
Natural causes is all the coroner could say. According to the police report there was no evidence of a struggle or forced entry. No weapons or suicide note were found. Initially some wondered whether or not sediment in a white bowl found near the bed would prove to be a poison of some kind, but that turned out to be nothing but the residue of vomit. Those details, along with the the fact that he was found wearing pajamas, led to the conclusion that Alberto must have simply taken to his bed sick and died.
Words and expressions used to describe him in his later years include quiet, not very friendly, hermit, and grumpy. A few people in a local business told a reporter they recalled a former cabinetmaker from the neighborhood describing a wild man with a big nose who had lived in the house. Ms. Chevanne, the lawyer-neighbor, who moved into the area in 1986, said she never saw him with anyone and that he obviously wanted to be left alone.
The Metro Lille newspaper reported that Ms. Cheyanne thought the last time she saw Alberto was in the early 90s. In addition, an investigator has found a curious document: a deed of sale for the house on the Rue Saint-Jacques prepared by a notary for April 30, 1991. Alberto was about to receive 350,000 francs for number 9, but, at 11am on the day of the closing, the retired house painter did not appear to sign the documents.

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VOL. XIII FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1907 NO. 1 A Good Ticket One Worthy of Support of Every Voter—Every Nominee Well Qualified When you f^o to the polls next Tues¬ day to vote for oflicers for Niissau County for the coming year you will he doinj^ the right thing if you mark your ballot ilke this: should he kept where he is becauso no one could jierform the work better. , (L'harles F. Lewis ' .More thati one million dollar.s is re¬ ceived and disbursed annually in con¬ nection with the varioua deiiartmetiLs of the goveriunent of Nassau County, the court fines, tlic colliitcral inheril- iuice tax, thc trust fund, of which the Oiunty Treasurer is by virtue of his office the custodian, the exci&o fund and others. The greatest compliment that could he said of ii man who has this; FREEPORT NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Seth Pelton of Monti¬ cello, N. Y., have heen visi<;ing friends here. This Thursday evening is Halloween. .Mrs. F. J. Sprapue^ of Grove Street is visiting her mother at Northport. rent, ria.-t j Get your magazines at the Nassau Iwo very pleasant room with heat to | County Review Stationery Department. Mrs. Ann C. Kayifor is iiui- 'r liroken hip resullii)'.;; fi-n-n ;i fa'^ 1' , Satui-dav. with board. li] North Bergen It. Ladies' Home Journal for November. Nassau County, Review Stationery Department. E. D. Seabury is erecting another seven-ro<im cottage at Roosevelt, H. position of responsibility and trust is 1 L. Trubenback is the architect, that the hooks of his office always .Ste()licn Wiilters i • liiivini; a cement I walk placed in front of his residence on ! Bedell Street. The winter time-table of the L. I. R. R. goes into effect to-day I Friday). Leon J. Storer of Scriinton, Pa,. snent Friday with his sister. Miss Helen .M. Storer. Miss home. BALDWIN. r^thcl Cock is cdntinod to her Single copies of the lievi'jw at 11. ColicC/.'s and 1. !».iSil\:i' th" Review ofHce. E. F. Osb niovcil to .Mor -:ilk .Mrs, homo ( Fr;iiik I HiU-fi- iiiul laiiiilv liiivc Talk. Miller .\\CIUlt The Dyeing Establishtnent is move into the building viicated by S. Williams, north of the latter's liv .stable. .Miss Alice Voung is \ stir al .Vnislerilain. N. Y Isltll-.U- lU'l- S. A. Williams moved into their Grove Street. and famiiy hiive new home on South have balanced without thc variation of a .single cent. This is a matter of re¬ cord. No man holding public ottico in the (Jounty of Nassau has iieen more maligned than has County Treasurer Lewis. Thc criticism was for politi¬ cal reasons, but was ignored hy this 'official who was content to know that his system iind bis methods were ap proved iind endorsed by the ,State (!e- jiiirtments. One time he was com¬ pelled to force a .Mr. Wallace to juib- licly apologize for statements made in and (Jountry several of the county papers because they liore the signature of a niiin vvho was supposed to know wh;it he was Wm. A. Attfield, a veteriniiry sur¬ geon, lias established an oflice in S. A. Williams' livery stable, So. ."i; .Main Street. Tile smoker of Freeport Council, .\'o. .")7, Jr. O. U. A. M., will bu held this F'riday evening. Hot water bottles made for prolit only are expensive at any price. Those advertised by Chas. I'. ^Jmith in unother c<jlumn in this is.sue are made j for service. It. I The montlily meeting of the Frceport I Arts Club will be held with Mrs, D. ! Ellis Mackay .Monihiy iiftcrnoon; the i topic of the afternoon will be "Home' Re ihb; (! famil Mrs. .Martii I have returneii to their wititei- hi Ion Hooir.'i- St.. Hrooklvit. If >ou have any special happenings vicinity, we would I it. visitors apjiear in ike to know ir any I Mrs. Poinsett Coojier and .Mi-, iind j Mrs. I>onis D. Amermann and daughter have i-eturned to their city home for, ! the w-inter montlit^. j I i Tiie -Woman's Missioiiary .Society' j vvill meet at the resicioiice of Mrs. Ros- ^ I well Davis. '2i> Rose Street; leader, | I .Mr.-T. A. E. names. j I The Liidies' (Circle uf the First Raii-j i tist Ciiurch will hold irs regular month-; riv meeting iit the resilience of Mrs. Miss Clara Leliig of I'rookiyi! ^i.ist .Sunday witli Miss .M. H. Wheck r. Hon. .John F'o.\ nnd famiiy liave ic- turneil t.) .New '^'ork for thc wiiitei-. Wl sh M Mi 'ek ^.S in .M N Thieves in ilH ol ay ( ibcl ew V lirok eorg nigiit. .M ori e ¦ Her :, wit into !¦;. V is h n tl.e iti> speiu ¦lal 111 ost iv ic in;.:- t"'. ;snii liintl II til m yiiriJohn H. .I'ollins, 210 Raiul.-ill Av. ibout 1 \,,v. C, at 2 V. Alfred .1. Thomas iind f;imi!y n:ovc(l to their r.ew home ;it Montgomery. New 'S'ork, this week. ni. ¦4e REPUBLICAN NOMINEES ;¦ William G. Miller WJlen Mr. Miller was nominated for Reheiirsiils for the c;int;itii "The Messiah," to be given in the M. E. i Church in December by the Freeport '• speaking of and for that reason Mr. (;horal Society, are Ijeing held Tuesday Lewis found it necessary to show the evenings in the Presiiyteriati Church i incorrectness of thc statements niiide. under leadership of Prof Palamountain. \ The Frecport C'lub entertainment Committee is arrangfnj? for anotfiur militarv euchre on Werlnesdav, Nov. 20. Wilbur Rider iind Harold Williams of this village and Williani Seaman of Wantagh started Friday for Florida, where they exjiect to spend tlic winter. The M. 1.. .¦^. wiii IwelflJl aiil!i->'cis;iry b\' party at the h'.me of Mis- day evening. Estimates furnish.'d on rejiiiiring, ]i;iinliii^: and w While conducting his ofhce on a strictly business basis, Mr. Lev\'is has Asserpblv two years ago, his next door I , , ,. . . .. i . • . .; " ..... . .. _! found time to give to the develojnnfj .Mr. and Mrs. ''.'heoilore Wernei- of All young lire enthusiasts over six¬ teen vears interested in the formation New York are spending their fourth i of a juvenile fire company iire invited There will he the Communion service j in the Presbyterian Church Sudnay' moriiing- with ii short sermon bv-the I pastor. Rev. K. P. Ketchiim. iind ad- j mission of iv:'W iiicnibcTs. | I and rubber lii .¦\ .'ilke, pie and can/-'siiK'will be Moi- and .h liv hekl Saturdiiv. Nov. 2, at2:;;i) ji. in., inore, Sn for the benefit of the Ejiiscopiil Ciiurch of the Transfiguration, at the residence of Mrs. George K. Libby, P.ergen Place. •, iel.ri a Halii .Mott I ¦ lis e'en Fi-i- ¦d Is \N . ll- tl at M.n.-11.1. Colvin iV: (• ciiriia.LTc repaired ¦k c-ill.-.i ./,. K.-ll- tr neighbor, Wm. P Jones, President of the Allied Boards of Trade of the Town of Hempstead, said in nominating him : "Thirty-five years ago he came from Brooklyn with only two things—a de¬ sire to succceed tind the clothes he had on his back iind there were two things that made him the successful business man that he is today—he. was not a- shamed to put on a pair of overalls and j get to work and he was not afraid to get hjs hands dirty in honest work. I have met him in business life, in social life and in politics and I know him to be a man worthy of any honor. He served as president of the Village of Freeport for seven successive years. You know the character of some of the people of Freeport and anyone who I can please them all for seven years j must indeed be above the ordinary." ! These sentiments were echoed by Wil- 1 liam S. Hall when he nominated Mr. | Miller in the Assembly convention this year, and hy every man in Freeport i who has met him and there are few j who have not. And he is as willing | to shake hands after election as hefore. i Mr. Miller is not essentially a politician j but he is a gentleman and a man who I can be'depended on to do what i» right! of the institntions in his home village jThat he j home is plainly evident. He ; President and one of the charter wedding anniversary with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bonnie Brooke, ('ottage to sticak to H.i once. rv Lootuim iibout il at respected and honored at Tabb at ,s the : K«f«evelt. '"^"'- This Friday. Nov. 1 bers of the Port Washington Building wJU be observed in All Saints Day the Episcopal and Loan Association, an institution ! Church of the Transfiguration by Cel- splints and curbs with assets of moi-e than $100,000 and ebratioii of Holy Communion at 10 which has built upwards of seventy- Dr. (jeorge G. Kelley, V. S., is still With the Freeport Veterinary Hospital at 7f) North Main Street, Freeport; 1 bone lameness a specialty; spavins, five homes in the village and sustained j no losses, iind vice-president of the I Bank of North Hempstead, one of the soundest financial institutions on Long I Island. Mr. Lewis is an enthusiastic Next Suiulay is the Octave of All Saints -Holy Communion at 10:.S0 and Solemn Evensong and Procession at 7 l.'SO. The funeral services of VVilli-nm Smith, late of East Merrick Roiid, j were held on Sunday afternoon. Rev. volunteer fireman and at present fore- | K. P. Ketcham and Mr. Glover ofhciat- man of Atlantic Hook and Ladder Com¬ pany of Port Washington. He is ii member of Morton Lodge, No. 4(), F. and A. M., of Hempstead, and of Kis¬ met Temple. For several terms he held the position of District Deputy Grand Master for Nassau County of the L (). (). F. Franklin A. Coles ing. Mrs. Smith wishes to thank the many friends for their exjiressions of sympathy for lier .sorrow in the loss of} her husband. Fred .Menendez of Bclimor.' giiaran- t.M's as retiresented everything sold by him. No exageration or misrepreiil- ation. If in ne.'.l of a carrage or wagon, write for a r(']iresentat v.' to call for i>articiiliirs ; see adv. tf Vote for your fellow citizen, Wil¬ liam G. Miller, at the polls next Tues¬ day. He is on the Republican ticket for Member of Assembly and has shown his adaptaliility for the office. Robert P. Smart, eldest son of El¬ bert Smart, formerly of Merrick, and a brother of Mrs. Nel.son H. Smith and the lato Jack.son Smart of this villiige, die<i at his home in Trny, N. Y., Tues¬ day, in his 90th year. Funeral ser- The Republican nominee for District i ^'i'^^'^-'* will be held from his late home Attorney is well-iiualified for his ottiee and he will not be under the control of any corporation. In imother column w-ill be found iirticles from two papers on the north side where Mr. Coles re¬ sides, one Rejiublican and the other in Troy Saturday afternoon at 2 :.30. The South Shore Yacht Cluli held a regular meeting at the Benson House Thursday evening, at which time it was voted to issue 240 H per cent 10 year gold bonds secured by first mort- ^ . , , I , . , ,. K^trt', with which to build a club house Democratic, hut both endorsing him for , ^^ Osteopathy in P'reeport Dr. Trenl.olni of Brooklyn, N, gratiuate of th^American Scho Osteopathy. Kirksville, Missouri, open an office at the home of Y., j1 of will Mrs. regardless of con.sequences such men 1 ^''¦""'^•¦"'-'^•- ""-- "*'^" vnuoismK mm ior , ^t a cost of $7000 and .i^oiioo for fur- are scarce at Albany and we need all ' ^'^^' fKisition he hiis filled for the past | nishing, building garage, improving . ,, 4. A i I I two vciirs. ! projierty and putting down docks. of thejn we can get. Assemblyman \ - . Wright, (51 West Merrick Road, on Wednesday, Nov. >. Dr. Trenholm comes well recommended and will visit Freeport on Wednesday and Sat¬ urday of each week. Nervous and chronic cases a specialty. The human organism is regarded by the osteopath as ;i very fine picei' of mechanism, as liiible to get out of physical repiiir as any other machine, iind requiring it to be adjusted properly in a mechanical way before it can be expected to func¬ tionate iiroperly. -Adv. Miller's inajority was big hist year. Let it be bigger this year. ^^ Josejih Foster, the man named for Sheriff on the Re¬ publican ticket, is well acquainted with the duties of his ottiee, and is well-qualified to perform them too. He is well liked by all who know him, and is a man who can be trusted to at¬ tend to his duty honestly and fearless- ly- Charles T. (iili renominated by the Rejiublican conven¬ tion for Overseer of the Poor, is w-ell As a jirelimiiiiiry to the installation I of free delivery service on Friihy of j this week, requiring additional i-ooni and facilities for handling mail, the Post Ofhce was m(ned Saturday nighl " . , ,"." .. , ..11- c rr I . ^, , I to the new huilding erected for it on isjioken of ,n Sea Cliff-, his home vil-1 liamson of loronto who recently ]ec-1 ^^j^ ^^^^^,^^ ^j,,,^. removiil was ac- I complished without difliculty, as only the mail maUer, books, stamjis and other supjilies wert«» needed for the new office. In the new building. A recital of "The Christniiis Carol" by t'harles Dickens will be given bv ! "The Dickens Man." xMr. E. S. Wil-i ANY MISTAKE IN SO DOING. BELLMORE The corner stone of the new school Thomas S. Cheshire It is a frequently exju-esscd sentiment among lawyers that in no county ofthe state are the jiajiers in the County Clerk's oflice more carefully kept or | house will be laid this Saturday after accurately indexed than in Nassau j noon, with ajipropriate ceremonies. County, where Mr. Cheshire has had | vVord received Wednesday hy them tn personal charge for several of th.e jirominent years, iduring his two terms of office, i the safe arrival lage. During the two years he has tured here on Charles Dickens. The , ,, ., JC , , J .. , recital will be given in the Presby- held the oflice he has done his work ^^^^.j^^ (.,^^,.^,h^ Wednesdav evening. De- well. A change is not necessjiry. cember 4, under the ausjiices of the No one could do better than Mr. Gill. |,Junior Society of Christian Eiuieavor. Send h'"i hack for another two years. / ¦ D. B. P. Mott Post, No. .-.27, C. A. P0T YOUR X UNDER THE EA- r., ushered in the fall and winter scii- GLE AND BALLOT BOX WHEN ! son of social events Saturday night by YOU (iO INTO THE POLf.S NEXT giving a smoker to i4s member^ and TUESDAY. YOU CANNOT MAKE '""""' Pr'^n''"^^"^ invited guests innclud- Dr W. B. Kelly of Rockville (\'iitre i.s"a griuluate of the New York Univer¬ sity iitid i.s a thorough man in the sev¬ eral branches .if veterinary surgery and medicine; give him ii trial: '|ihone,271 J-l, Rockville Centie. About fifty of our riremen ;.ttended the second annuiil dinner of the Nassau County Volunteer Firemen's Associa¬ tion ill Miueolii Wednesday evening, .lohn D. (-lunning wiis chairman of the committee of arrangements and the event passed off very successfully. The New York Tailor wishes to in¬ form his friends and patrons that ow¬ ing to the increase of business he has been comjielled to seek larger ijuarters for his tailoring business. After No¬ vember 1 he will occujiy the building at 24 S. Main St.. Freejiort, ojip. the new Bank. It. A misjilaced switch caused ii freight engine with two cars to tiike ii wrong track Thursday morning, and they bumjied into two loaded cars standing on the siding so that both the latter were knocked jiast the bumjier and in¬ to the roiidway, causing considerable damage. Fortunately the traimiian on toji of the moving ciir was uninjured. The services in the First Bajitisl Church Sundiiy morning will be jireach¬ ing by the jiastor. Rev. F. O. (Cunning¬ ham, at 10:.'!0 a. m. and 7 ji. m.; morn-1 ing subject, "Blessed are the Peace- Makers," the sixth in the series on "The Beiitituiles;" evening subject. "The Law against .Murder thc' Sixth (!onihiandnient;" Sunday .Schoool 2 :;]() J), ni. All ;ire welcome. A. .1. Thomas iin.l fiimily hiive re- North '""ved to their new home in Montgom- I ei-y, N. Y. .Mr. Thomas has rented I his house on (inind .'vvemie to his suc- I cessor, Mr. Schmidt. S. P. Pettit an.l Kolaiul .M. Lan. ¦ will sell their lots corner Rockwoou Avenue iind .Merrick Road at public iiuction. cominencing Now 7 and con¬ tinuing till .Siiturdiiy, Nov. It. They will give iiwav jireseiits each ila\-; see adv. WANTAGH The Peekskill giiui-l on Searord .Avi-- nue promises to be ii big imjirove¬ ment. Mrs. Charles .Schiifer enlertiiined the members of the Liidies' Aid Society on Wedni'sday afternoon. . The Hiillowe'en Sujiper id'the King's Diiughters will take jilace this (Thurs¬ day) evening iit the home of Mrs. James .M. .Seaman. The Wantiigh (ilee Club will give an entertainment in Ultsch's Hall on Thursday evening, November 7, under the direction of Professor Pahunoun- liiin. Re\. Thoniiis S. Braitiiwiiite, jms- tor of tlie Menioriiil (,'hurch, will ;)rc!ich the fifth sermon in the series on "The Seven (Cardinal Virtues" next Sunday evening when the subject will he "Fitith". Ill the morning the siicra- nient of the Lord's Supjier will be iid ininistered and tu-w ni.'tnbers r.''e!\cd. Mott one merchants tells of of Moses Hunt and CourVesy and politeness have beep the | P"'"ty ^^ Annapolis^ Mai-yland. rule in his office; it is a pleasure to do' Harry Emeigh had his head badly Guard, and cut by being hit by a piece of coal Patterson. A^l spoke in glowing while at work tn the plai^ifof the Brook- terms of the example i=et bji,Mott Post lyn Water Worksa^ East New York. • ;" promoting fraternity and .sociability District Committeeman Charle.s Rur- among its members and of the loyalty sel is hustling for the Rejiublican tic- business with him and it would not lie ; to the Iwjst interest of the county to I make any change. A voto^for Thomas S. Cheshire is a vote to keep the which ispf brick, every modern facil¬ ity has been provided for the reception .md handling of mail. The tixtures, of (juartered oak, furnish sejiarate stamp, money order, registered k-tter, carri'.'rs. general delivery and other . ,. , V, ^. ,^ . .windows. Lock boxes and drawers of ing Gen. Kerwin. of the N.\ . Pension modern design, for mail, are provided Agency; Gen. George Chappell, Pa-:t j" ^^^ cabinet. Tht re will be no calj, State Vice Commander ami other.s, at ^,^^^3 tj,^ p^w quarters jmivides a Its quarters in Odd Fellows' Hall, j ppj^.^tc office for the Postmaster, san • itary lockers for thc carriers, lava¬ tory facilities and other jiccommoda- tions. In the collection and delivery of i mail it is exjiected to make a business ; ci>llcctioii for the 7:20 a. ni, city mail Post; 1 .jj,,j t(, make the first full route deliv George Wallace, Captain of the Rear | ^^^ .j",^,\ ^ .30 ^ ",_ a business sec- (\)mmilnder William H. tion delivery will jirecede this at 7 ..'Ui SEAFORD 'Mrs. (.'harles Steck and fiimil removed to Brooklyn. Mrs. Samuel Taft sjient Wediii lasl with her parents in Roslyn. -lay MERRICK The Merrick liremen are bu.-y re¬ hearsing under the direction of Kdward A. Spiegi'l for a minstrel ami vaude¬ ville entertainment, to be given by the members of the Merrick Hook iind Liid¬ der Co. .No. I, .Tuesiiay evening, .Nov. 12. The show is well under wiiv and Jiromises to he Ji success. H anted Every Mi The festivities of the evening, card jilaying, serving of oyster stew-s, coffee and cake, tinoking ar.d f^jieeches, maiie by Gen. Kerwin, Gen. Chappell, Past Commander James DciUi, of Grant Post; Hiram R. Smith, a newly-elect¬ ed honorary member of Couniy Clerk's oflice up to the same ket this year in this district. This high standard that it has been under Thursday evening a grand rally is to hia management. While we do not he-' ^^ ^^^'^' »^ which speecbts are to he , ,. , , ^ . ™, made by Franklin A. Coles. Thoma.^ S. heve a mnn should be kept in oflice Cheshire. Joseph Foster. 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Jul 26, 2011
Mindstorms Academy?
If you're not familiar with Khan Academy please pause here and simply read the article and then watch this video... it will get you up to speed much better than I could possibly do so in a paragraph or two. After you've watched the video (or not if you're familiar with KA and its concept), hopefully you'll have an understanding of how the videos work and what the goals of KA are longterm.
I'm not here to debate the pros or cons of KA -- the site and its methodology are the subject of much debate already so let's not add to the noise here... my purpose for this post is not to discuss KA's videos but to pose a question to The NXT Step's audience as a whole:
Would it be possible to provide to those new to Mindstorms(teachers, students, parents) a collection of short videos (5 to 10 minutes max) that would introduce concepts such as The Loop block, Line Following and Object Detection?
Just as KA has a couple dozen categories (Pre-Algebra, Calculus, Economics, etc.), I can imagine a similar group of categories such as Programming Blocks and Basic Movements and Advanced Logic Control... the list goes on. The idea would be to create a standard format for how the videos look and how they are narrated... maybe even some standards on video format thrown in for consistency.
Just as many students who use the KA videos can go back over a difficult topic as many times as they like (without anyone looking over his/her shoulder) and review the content before moving on, I can imagine a similar set of videos being developed where relationships between videos are tagged so that novices don't watch a more advanced video before they've watched (and hopefully learned) the basic videos that contain the information the more technical subjects build upon.
Don't get me wrong -- I still think books are a great method for learning. But imagine rather than reading a page or two that describes how to drop in a MOVE block and tweak it for the various settings -- forward, reverse, power, coast, etc. -- that you can instead queue up a video that maybe shows the block being dragged onto the work area, a few tweaks made on the left side of the screen and a Tribot or other robot on the right side demonstrating the code in action. I also think there's something a bit more personal in having a narrator explain a concept, but probably not everyone will agree.)
Let's assume for a second that the video concept is favorable and enough people voice support. What next? I'm not a project manager, but I imagine that there would need to be some sort of formalized method for managing the videos -- this would likely need to be an individual or small group that would be responsible for not only assigning video topics but also viewing and critiquing them before they are released in the wild. (Of course, a "beta" video could also be released for feedback from the community.)
There are other matters that would need to be considered and decided on:
1. How would video of the NXT software be recorded?
2. Would the video capture software need to be consistent or could a list of acceptable applications be selected?
3. What language would the video narrator need to speak? I dislike assuming English, but then again this is an English-based blog and the majority of the audience are English-speakers.
4. Where would the videos be stored/hosted?
There may also be copyright/legal issues that I'm likely unfamiliar with, but given the purpose of these videos would be to promote Mindstorms and grow its user base, I would hope that there would be ways around these issues, especially if the goal isn't profit-minded.
There are thousands upon thousands of videos out there that show viewers how to solder, how to wire up all kinds of electronics, how to program in dozens of languages, and so many more. And yes, there are already videos out there that demo how to do various things with the NXT kit and its software, but what's lacking is organization and logical planning of the topics to be covered.
I'm very impressed with Khan Academy (and I'm even re-learning my Chemistry a bit at a time with the KA videos on the subject), and I can't help but think that the methodology he uses is perfectly suited for teaching Mindstorms.
13 comments:
- Paulius Briedis said...
This is a great idea! I'm actually implementing a motivational system based on KA website in my Nxt classes, working great. Picking up an abandoned piece gets you +5pts, doing a task right +1000pts, being late -100, more often – overstaying -80 and so on :)
I'd love to contribute to the videos and even give assignments to do that to my students!
We here in Lithuania, started just last year are building an nxt that learns to walk by an evolutionary algorithm over this summer. Schoolchildren have programmed robots that walk a maze by q-learning, robo-hand controlled by face movements, sumo fights, moonbots, science fairs.. Would be fun to share some of that with you guys and get our lessons faster and more fun with your material!
It won't be a problem if there'll be a possibility to put on/ upload/ load some method else some subtitles. (youtube have them allright, just might be only an administrator can upload there).
As for screengrabbing – CamStudio recommended.
- Jul 26, 2011, 5:51:00 AM
- Damien Kee said...
I'm actually finishing up a video of my 'intro' worksheet, which covers all the basics of the move block.
We could post to youtube, but link and collate them all here :)
- Jul 26, 2011, 2:12:00 PM
- amy eguchi said...
Using YouTube, you can control the privacy setting... But the security issue is still unknown. But as long as there is no miner and/or the name(s) is not identified in the video, it should not be a problem... But I am not 100% sure since I am not an expert in this area...
Another item to be discussed is what programming language/platform to be introduced... (or make it specific to -- NXT-G, LVLM etc.)? (or was it part of the original post?!)
- Jul 26, 2011, 2:52:00 PM
- Mohammad Omar said...
I'm OK to start this project, you could try to do, why We do not put some of the lessons and wait for the opinions of viewers.
- Jul 26, 2011, 10:46:00 PM
- James Floyd Kelly (Jim) said...
I would also suggest that if YouTube is used that commenting be disabled as a requirement. Discussion of videos can be done somewhere else (forum?) and this would prevent non-kid-friendly comments from being posted.
- Jul 26, 2011, 11:32:00 PM
- 222Doc said...
Comments at You Tube can be moderated a few ways. At mine, If you are a friend your post is added without moderation. Any other must be opproved. Much like here i think? There are many trolls at Youtube, my block list is huge. So if anyone tries to post an off color post, they are added to my list of infamy.
- Jul 27, 2011, 2:26:00 AM
- retrogamer said...
I think this would be great. Using NXT-G would be great for beginners and would help with FIRST Lego League teams. But other languages such as RobotC or NXC (among others)should be included as well. I would love to participate by helping create videos or in related tasks to get it going.
I also suggest camstudio but other software may be fine as well. We will likely want to limit the duration to say 3-5 minutes.
- Jul 27, 2011, 10:04:00 AM
- Clinton Blackmore said...
It is good to hear from you, Jim.
The idea resonates strongly with me; count me in on making videos. I've actually been planning for some time to make videos to teach how to use Enchanting, and even came up with a good theme for them. I like the idea of not limiting the videos to just the NXT, but allowing them for other robotics kits (and perhaps things like the Arduino and Scratch).
I believe a Creative Commons license is in order; this would allow others to legally remix or translate the videos. I would like to use a license such that robotics instructors running a (for-pay) course or workshop could use the materials; CC-BY-SA might be right.
It appears, interestingly enough, that some parts of the Khan Academy web application are open-source. link | link.
To address some of your other questions:
1. How would video of the NXT software be recorded?
- Produces will need a screencast program that records the screen and will need to be able to edit it to add video of their robot.
- Lighting and audio quality are other concerns.
- I like the thought of having a common intro sequence that thematically ties the videos together.
2. Would the video capture software need to be consistent or could a list of acceptable applications be selected?
- I like the list of acceptable applications (or better, heuristics that can be used to decide if an application is acceptable). I, for one, use ScreenFlow under Mac OS X, and really enjoy it.
3. What language would the video narrator need to speak? I dislike assuming English, but then again this is an English-based blog and the majority of the audience are English-speakers.
- For translation purposes, I wonder about recording the video without narration (and uploading a version that way), and then adding narration, would help translators (who could add their own voice track, but leave robot sounds intact). The onscreen text being in English might moot the point, but it would be easier than re-recording part or all of the screencast so as to translate it.
- If using YouTube, a translator can provide closed-captions for their language (just a special text file with time-codes and text), and get the video author to associate it with the video.
4. Where would the videos be stored/hosted?
- Due to network effects, YouTube is the place where there is the least amount of friction in people uploading or viewing the videos. It also provides for closed-captioning (mentioned above), and stores the videos in multiple resolutions (without the user needing to understand what transcoding is or how to supply the bandwidth or content delivery network to get the video to users).
- On the con side, some institutions block YouTube.
- It occurs to me that it might be nice to store original footage in a higher quality format. I don't have a great solution for that offhand.
If there is interest, I think the next step is starting a mailing list. Getting a google group up is a piece of cake. I do like your idea of a, what is the term in vogue now, "curated" experience, and the beta stream (with some sort of upvoting mechanism) sounds ideal. I for one would love to get feedback on my videos and how to improve upon them.
Here are some question to add:
- do we allow for comments and questions (and where)?
- do we want to provide building instructions?
I think this is a great idea. I'd love to see a resource like this, and am willing to help make it happen.
Clinton Blackmore
- Jul 27, 2011, 2:43:00 PM
- Dave Parker said...
Hi Jim,
Interesting, I have been thinking of doing exactly this for a little while now. I am also a fan of Khan academy and agree the format seems to be a good one to learn programming. I have experimented with Camtasia Studio and the quality is quite good on YouTube especially at 720p.
The main problem for me personally has been finding the time to get going on this! And the main logistical problem overall I can think of is that many schools block YouTube, as has been mentioned.
- Jul 28, 2011, 5:37:00 AM
- Webstorms said...
Hey Jim,
I love the idea - I suggest any screen recording software, as long as it records well. I use iShowU.
I believe there should be an applied theme to every video, making it standardized. For example an intro, with a title.
Every thing from programming all the way to mechanics and electronics should be covered in these courses.
I would love to contribute my knowledge I have gained since I've started out in this field. I volunteer to create a theme, tutorials in English and German in the fields of programming and mechanics.
I like the idea of commenting on youtube, yet a website, containing all the vids and a forum, is also a possible solution.
Before rolling the cameras, a mind-map should be established, of what the course should cover. I guess this should be discussed. + Their should be multiple inputs from people for the script of a movie.
You can contact me at: firstname.lastname@example.com
I love the idea
Regards Luke
PS: I'm in contact with the MINDSTORMS marketing team -- so if you would like this these vids to go viral and known (to the people the aimed at), you are more then welcome to ask them.
- Jul 29, 2011, 5:01:00 PM
- Clinton Blackmore said...
I have created a discussion group called "M Academy" to spearhead the project.
Drop on by to see what we're talking about, or join if you'd like to participate!
- Aug 3, 2011, 10:52:00 PM
- Graeme said...
I also admire the Khan Academy website. However when this concept as applied to the Lego Mindstorms NXT, there are some matters to be decided; e.g.:
1. Would the new NXT website evoke sufficient interest to make it worthwhile? I think yes. As evidence I offer my experience with my DrGraeme.net web site, portion of which contains over 800 instructional videos and 1600 images as part of some 30 free NXT-G tutorials. This website is trending towards 1.8 million requests this calendar year. So the interest is definitely there.
2. Should the new NXT website teach "a language" or "the engineering experience"? If a language, should it be a text-based language like NXC, RobotC, leJOS, NXT-Python, etc or one of the visual languages such as NXT-G, LabVIEW, the Microsoft Visual Language etc?
3. If a text-based language is used with mathematical examples, the website would be treading a well-known computer science path; provision of randomly generated drill and practice examples like those used in Khan's website would be easy. Khan's subject has the advantage that users of his site don't have to buy numbers. If we want users of the NXT site to also not have to purchase to use the site, then should we aim at a free text-based language? Perhaps NXC?
4. If a visual language is used, the website would have to be video heavy; 4 - 5 times more preparation work than text-based tutorials. As in point 3, if we want users of the new site not to have to purchase to use the site, then should we aim at a free visual language? Perhaps Microsoft Visual Language? However this has the disadvantage that it needs the NXT to be "tethered" to a computer to run, making it unsuitable for many Robotics competitions. Perhaps NXT-G?
5. What video standard is to be used? When I started DrGraeme.net some years ago, I used ".wmv" files because that was the only video standard that worked at all the schools I assisted. Now, I guess YouTube would be used.
6. If we wanted to teach "the Engineering Experience", then we would have to try to put the tutorials into some sort of scenario. That is what I've tried to do with the 2-hour NXT-G tutorial sessions in the DrGraeme.net website. The disadvantage of this approach compared with a language-based approach is that far more initial preparation and imagination is required. Reportedly Khan is able to add about three lessons per day to his website. In what little spare time I have, adding three tutorials often takes me two months!
7. Which human language would be used for the tutorials? At present Google Translate only works for printed material. Should this suggest that the instructional videos be highly visual, minimum speech, and a maximum of text backup, with Google Translate making the language of the web text immaterial? My experience with DrGraeme.net is that Google Translate reports translations of my web pages into 26 languages, so it works.
8. Khan's subject has the advantage there are not new versions of numbers coming out every few years. Lego produces new Mindstorms sets every few years, and previous tutorial work can become largely irrelevant. For maximum effect, it is probably important to have a group of authors all contributing to the new website so that the tutorials would be available very shortly after the new sets arrive.
9. A vitally important part of Khan's website is his ability to report student's progress to teachers – a revelation to many teachers. If the new website is to be similarly useful, then it probably should have the same sort of feedback mechanism.
10. Reportedly, to help finance his website, Khan was given $1 million by Bill Gates and $1.5 million by Google. I finance the Dr Graeme.net website myself using about 10% of my income. Unless the originators of the new website are prepared to contribute a similar amount, then they probably should see if they can source some income to keep the new website going.
All good fun!
- Aug 8, 2011, 8:35:00 AM
- garycordell said...
I used the ORTOP tutorials to get up to speed on NXT in a hurry:
It is a good
Gary Cordell
Tulare County Office of Education
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7. Vinyl tubing and a hose clamp for draining of excess water from the evaporator pan area of fridge. I used about ten feet of ½ inch tubing for total cost of $3. Also will need a container for this hose to drain into and tends to fill at about a pint to a quart per month.
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8. Depending on the type of fridge you may need to make racks. My U-Line had glass shelves and I had to make wooden racks. The wood may contribute to the lack of any mold issues for me and I can't be certain how the metal racks will do. I still have to use sushi mats as part of the curing process till I vacuum seal my cheese. Also I am a Parmesan fan and this tends to be a less moldy cheese.
At any rate…here is how I did my wooden racks. I used ¼ inch dowel rods that I bought in 36 inch lengths for about $1.25 each. I had left over wood for the sides, yet you could simply use a ½ inch dowel rod for the sides. I used small brass nails to put it together and had to pre-drill holes for each nail. This is a labor of love and there may be simpler options for other creative minds. This ends up being about $7 per shelf (five to six of the dowel rods). For the average cheese maker you will need three shelves and four for the ambitious types. The total cost will be about $20 to $25.
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1. Make sure you have an indoor space which will work well. Be certain you will not be irritated by the sound this makes with the pump and humidifier noise. They will be going on and off frequently to maintain the humidity. This cave will not work in a space where the room temperature gets colder than the cave temp needs to be. I must have a room above 55F for my Parmesan. Take into consideration the height of the fridge for ease of access since you will be flipping cheese regularly and could get hard on the back bone if it is a long low reach to the cheese. Also, you won't want to be dropping any wheels on the floor.
2. Read owner's manual about your fridge. I found mine online even though it was quite old. Most will have schematics and instructions on how to clean it properly.
3. With the fridge unplugged, clean the fridge well according to instructions. Plug in and test to make sure it works well using thermometer. I suggest running it long enough for at least a week or so till 100% confident. It would be a shame to lose the hard earned cheese!
4. Unplug the fridge and carefully identify where the water drain goes to the evaporator pan.
5. Connect ½ inch vinyl tube to the drain spout of the fridge for draining excess water. Position the hose properly to drain well. My cave fit well on a table and made for a good drain.
6. Decide the best method for placing the Top Fin Air 8000 Aquarium Pump and the Tropicaire reptile humidifier and air exchanger. My fridge made it easy for both to ride on top and this may help with the flow of humid air. Once this is settled, connect the Top Fin and Tropicaire. This will take three T connectors to reduce the four leads of the pump to one single lead to the Tropicaire. Use remaining T connectors to create the exhaust tube from the Tropicaire. The T connectors will create a spout to be placed in the middle of each of shelves. The lowest shelf will use the 90 degree elbow to end the run. So if you will need two T connectors for three shelves and three Ts for four shelves. Tape the line in place inside the fridge. Once all is set follow the instructions on filling the Tropicaire with water. Make sure the Top Fin is pumping at maximum pressure.
7. Follow instructions for connecting the Zoo Med's Hygrotherm humidity and temperature controller. The lead of the sensor may need to be taped to the inside of fridge where it hangs in the center. Set the temperature and humidity for your recipe and have a test drive till confident.
8. Use additional thermometer/hygrometer gage if available for added assurance. I used our digital remote weather station. It was nice being able to see the history and map if there were any odd fluctuations. I have kept mine there for the purpose of proofing this method and so far have extremely consistent readings for 22 months of 55F and 80 to 85% humidity.
9. Once confident then you may need work with the fridge's door insulation to minimize any cracks caused by the sensor lead of the Zoo Med and the exhaust lead from the Tropicaire. I cut into mine to make a solid seal around the leads.
10. Make the wooden shelves if needed.
11. You may want a good light source to look inside your cave, since the "once was a fridge light" is now controlled by the Zoo Med and on much less.
12. Congratulations! You are now a caveman or cavewoman! So have at it with your cheesy self and enjoy.


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LOVE This was a great purchase for our small living room. We moved to a larger house, and now use this in our sitting room and get lots of compliments on it. It's now almost 4 years old and is still holding up perfectly! My son loves to nap on it in the declined bed position. March 10, 2015
Great purchase This little daybed sofa was a great purchase! Granted, I can't speak as to its longevity since I have only owned it a short time but so far, I love it! First of all, it fits my space. I bought it for my home office which also serves as an occasional guest room. The room is small, 10'x 10', so I was very limited in what I could use in this room. With the arms up, it fits beautifully with room to spare on both sides so it isn't crammed in. As a guest bed, I just turn it slightly and once again, it fits the space very well! It's very nice looking! I did buy the Mallard colored cover because it was already such a great price, that I could afford the additional cover too. It's quite comfortable. It is not our everyday sofa so keep that in mind but it does get regular use and I have no complaints. I noticed some reviewers said the cushions we're flatter than expected or not comfortable but I found it to be very comfortable indeed. I think that if it is your main sofa and you sit on it for hours a day, it may not be as comfortable as a plush, generously stuffed sofa but for a little bit of daily use and an occasional overnight guest, it can't be beat! For the price, you will not find a better deal! I got it on sale for $299 and bought an additional cover for $89. For under $400, I got a cute sofa bed that is comfortable, functional and has two looks! The frame is solid wood and excellent quality. The cushions are foam with batting wrapped around that. As I said, I don't know how long they will last but I love this sofa so much that I will buy new cushions when the time comes! You can purchase cut-to-order foam cushions in most cities. Some reviewers said the cushions slipped around a lot, but I have not noticed that happening on ours. I had a futon style couch years ago and we put the non-slip pads made for rugs under the cushion to prevent it from slipping. I imagine it would work for this sofa as well if needed. I could have spent more money, my budget was much more than $400, but this little daybed sofa met all of my needs with money to spare! Also, it was very easy to put together. It comes with everything you need except a Phillips head screwdriver. It took me 30 minutes to put together the frame by myself. It would have been nice if my husband was home to help but totally not necessary! January 12, 2014
Great product We bought this a while back for our TV room and it has been the perfect purchase. It looks hip, it's made from actual wood, it's very easy to move and you can lounge or sleep on it if you need to. If you expect it to be as comfortable as a big overstuffed couch obviously you'll be disappointed, but I've spent many hours on it without getting sore! As you can see, the cat seems to find it comfy. Not the most comfortable place to sleep, but if you have an unexpected overnight guest it's nice to have somewhere they can stretch out. We haven't had much issue with the cushions getting dirty, but all you have to do is throw them in the washer- something you definitely can't do with a couch. Also you can easily switch the color by buying a different slipcover! Overall this is a great product. March 24, 2013
WORTH WAITING FOR...a smart purchase I love this day sofa and have been wanting it for some time. When CPWM had their furniture sale, it was time to buy. The store manager at WC was so helpful and spent time answering my many questions. This is just what I needed for my home office/guest room. Instead of a "catch all" office space, I now have a warm and charming room to relax, read and work. I love the versatility of a sofa, chaise or bed with a simple adjustment of the ends accomplished in two seconds. The quality is there and the aesthetic appeal too! January 20, 2013
Love my new sofa! My husband and I were looking for an affordable sofa for the guest bedroom that could be also used as a second guest bed. We looked everywhere, and for the quality & sale price you can't beat this deal! It's sturdy, nice looking, suuuuuuuper easy to assemble and most importantly, comfortable. I would definitely recommend this product if you're looking for a versatile piece. January 12, 2013
Still Happy 1.5 years later I read a lot of reviews and just wanted to say this sofa is extraordinarily sturdy. I bought it for my tv room. It gets a lot of use. I was worried because it looks delicate and I thought I might get only a year of use, but it makes my small tv room look light and airy. I lean against the arms all the time. I finally got up the courage to machine wash (I know it says not to) the slip covers. Don't dry them in the dryer and wash in cold water. I am planning on ordering I am planning on ordering the polyster slip covers. I have 2 dogs and we are hard on stuff. I am allergic to dust and having slip covers that can be washed is a necessity. Oh, the dogs sit on the sofa with me so it is getting a real workout. January 6, 2013
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I like to pretend that my Gwyneth and I share a birthday, even though we were born a year and a day apart. Mine is September 26, hers is September 27. Whatever. We all fool ourselves in different ways. On Saturday, there was a party to celebrate. Many of G's celebrity friends were there including Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy (an actress-rocker couple that's still intact), Nicole Richie who came with Rashida Jones, Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer, Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson, and also… Chris Martin was seen arriving earlier in the day. Full Story
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Hey guys,I was just wondering I tied this fly for international fly tying symposium,global fly fisher had a contest that i submitted this fly in at the somerset show in NJ .It was there first contest went well lots fun it had taken first in the saltwater bait fish contest,has anyone else submitted a fly or anything like the style of this that you have seen.Always great to see new patterns more ideas
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Pointing to the rapid advance being made by Hempstead aricl Rockville Centre, he asserted Freeport could go forward too if the peple were a,little more prog-j ressive. , . Mark Hroucich attempted to move that the , association go • on . record as favoring the retention of the Cohen plan. M ow ever,_w hen most of those present opposed a negative resolution, lie moved the endorsement of the Chamber-civic plan, .which :-waa carried by: the, narow margin of three votes. Selected thoughts depend for their flavor upon the terseness of their expression, for thoughts are grains of sugar or salt, that must be melted in a drop of water. —Senn South Shore's ing Weekly Freeport's Official Newspaper ••< •i"-.'7'i.- , . » , « - -.s.-** -rit/*. •>••• •- •;—•*•• ",S.Y ^l^s^^^^^ 'r-?^:J^'~~\^r?'';~^:;:^^^ ANY WATCH ON THI PAGE! RHINESTONE DIAL WATCH 2-DIAMOND WATCH WITH SNAKE VV:2| STRETCH BRACELET v BRACELET $2475 $2475 ULOVA WATC MAN'S SPORTS RHINESTONE WATCH DIAL WATCH WATER. 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Howell, Jr., defended the Cohen plan, while William J. .Miranda, spoke for theVevlsed plan. Presi-dent William J^A-fbert tossed a coin to determine who should speak first. Mr. Miranda won and gave Mr. Howell the honor. Fears Extra Walking The former trustee dwelt especi-ally on the fact that people walking to the station would have the addi-tional distance from Grove St., the first stairway under the Cohen plan, to Main st., to walk to get to the station platform. He drew a word PictureTel' the hazards of crossing various streets, especially Maw St., lo get tq-the station, insisted that as a parking field never has been ruled incidental to a grade crossing elimination, it would be necessary for the village to acquire the pro-posed field bounded by the railroad tracks, Henry St., Sunrise High way and Benson pi., if it wanted a field adjacent to the station. Mr. Howell advocated acquisitloi of land not already held in the square block surrounding the Muni cipal building, except that owned by Christ Lutheran Church, as a substitute parking field, saying It could be purchased much more rea-sonably. He also expressed the fear that moving the station, to the east would kill the tendancy of Grove st. to. develop Into a business area. He cited figures as to the number of cars that could be park-ed in the vicinity of the station under the Cohen plan, which were disputed by other speakers. Muet Have Parking Field Mr. Miranda repeated the argu-ments he has advanced in favor of the civic plan, dwelling especially on the likelihood of the Henry st. parking field with accommodations for 600 cars being included as in-cidental to the project without cost to the community. Even if it-wasn't he said it would_be advisable ftCQuW it "at~tir€n6ajliest pos-sible moment,—as—eventuallyJ it would be necessary to acquire a field; adding that the longer^this action .was delayed, the more ex-pensive it would be. He pointed to the fact that it would be necessary before long to increase the size of the Municipal building and there-fore it would not be advisable to use the surrounding area into the parking field. He said that under "Plan No. 3" at least 100 more cars could Ibe parked along the rail road Bright of •way than"\vuT~be poaslble it "the Cohen plan is carried out. He also said the latter plan was adopted officially by the Public Service •Goirimission only in June. - Someone pointed out that more than 20. years ago, when business was expand-ing on Grove st., Alfred T. Davison paid $105,000 to the First Baptist; Church for. its prop-erty on that street. However, a member of tire church pointed out that at that time the Post Office was located on Grove st., and that Itjwas after it was moved to* West Merrick rd.( that expansion of Grove St. was halted.^ It was also brought out that the Baldwin Civic association is seeking changes In plans for eliminating the crossings 1 •'(Continued oh Page 4) Community Choral to Sing Carols in Municipal Park Mayor's Christmas Committee Plans Broadcasts by Choirs of Churches ,Ili<rhli<ihts ol' Frecpori 's anmwl Community Christ mas projjTci'm, will lit- outdoor carol sinjrmjr in the ' p a r k adjacent to t h e MunicFpul Building .Moutlay chairman of the Mayor's commit-tee announced today, invitations to participate have been issued to all Hoy and Girl Scout troops, Nautical Cadets, service and civic groups, and all individuals who desire to attend. The Kreeport Community Choral, directed by Robert T. Tavis, jr., will broadcast a hall' hour of Christmas music o.v e r Station WCin B tonight, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Beginning tomorrow at the same hour, the choirs of the various Free-port churches will rotate in going on the air for half an hour. The schedule is as follows: Tomorrow n-ight — Transfigura-tion Episcopal Church, Mrs. Wil-liam Wult'e, director. Saturday night—Children's choir n i j r h t . Kavumnd. T. Ivicrnan. of the R. C. Church of the. Holy Redeemer. Sunday night—Christ Lutheran Church, Oscar Magnusson, director. Monday night— Carol sing in Municipal Building Park. Tuesday nigh I—First Presbyteri-an Church, Allen \V. Comrie, direc-tor, 7:30 to X, followed by First Baptist Church, Sanford J. Smith, director. Wednesday—Seaman ave, P.-T. A. choral, directed by Mrs. Julius Fenyo. Thursday — Freeport Methodist Church, George Pforst, director. Friday (Christmas eve)—'Com-bined choirs of the N'azarene, Sec-ond Baptist and Bethel A.M.1C. Churches directed by Mrs. George Ross. Junior High Pupils Entertain for P.-T.A. Put on Program in Grove St. School; Play the Feature Pupils of the seventh and eighth grades of the Junior High School put on a program for the Parent- Teacher group Monday night in the Grove st. school auditorium. Mrs. Gilbert Flint, who was in charge, greeted the audience'. The feature was a one-act play, "Sugar and Spice," by Florence Ryerson. with Albert V: Acerno. as director, and Arlene Fisher as student director. In the cast were Diane Intriligator as mother; John Dreyer as father. Robert Marsland as Chump, Patricia Bliss as Jane and Marlelgh Chandler as Susan. A group of 18 girls sang Pietro's "Jesu Bambino." They were: Piitricin BIlHB, Rosaline Cnrri, Chnr-lotte Carver, SUHHH Cognn. -Grace Diach, Mnry Dodd, Lcn GEblyn, Yvette Gwath-mey. Alberta Hcrr, Diane Intrlllgntor, Mnrjorie Johnson,v Jeon "Lrtlno, .Marilyn Mnrino. Snlty Purkcr. Virginia Pnttenton, Kathh'en Router, Cynthia Hiffby and Joan Werdann. J. Sidney Randolph, guidance director for the Junior High School, spoke on "Extra Curricular Activi-ties."—— --•• A program of Christmas carols was given by: Elftinor anil Helen Dt-Mov, Jane AomiscKeer, Burbnra Hlbbnrd, Piitricin Pels, KoHiimund White, Richard Darcey, David KIrby. Kent Smith. Gerald. Tucker. Michael Z«Mchner. Mylcn FoHter and Bar-bara Lumberson. *--• Girl Scouts To Give Play At Library "Present from Santa Glaus," an original play, will , be given by Freeport Girl Scouts of Troop 3 as a part of.the-Sjtory Hour Christmas festivities at the Freeport Memori-al Library tomorrow at 3:3(TP, M. The girls presenting the play under the leadership of Mrs. Gertrude Lutz, are Carol Asch, Mariene Broich, Jeanne Brown, Ann Day, Dorianne Pfitzer, Sharon Ann Phil-lips and Muriel White. _; M_ejpb^ers of. TroonJLwho, through. the assistance of the. Library, are working for their Girl .Scout Read-ers Badge will sing Christmas carols and lead-in the group sing^ ing; They "are Caroline Rickey, Cynthia Phillips, . Susan Abbot, Rhoda Ringelheim and Sandra Ber-man. Caroling before th-e lighted Christmas tree, has become an an-nual Christm'as feature at the Library's Story Hour, in addition to the Christmas S t o r i e s given throughout the season. - FJLS. Five Tackles Central High Next Will Attempt to Make It Four Straight After Beauag Gardfsn City The Freeport High School baskcl-ball team will endeavor to make it four straight tomorrow night when It journeys to Valley Stream to take on the Central High Schoo five. Tuesday night it will go to Oyster Bay for the final game_.bi fore (lie Christmas holidays. The Red Devils defeated Garden City Tuesday afternoon In the local gym, 52 to 31, but found the going tough at times, the shooting not being up to the standard set in the Mineola game wnen it ran up a score of 70. At quarter time the locals led by to 3. They increased the margin to 23 to 15 at the half, 32. to "22. at the three-quarter mark, and then 51 to 32 at the final. Don Fell man and Bill Podd were tied for scoring honors each amassing 17 points, while Joseph Nelson accounted for 10. The scores: FREEPORT Nelson, If F. Fellman , D. Fellman, rf Dodd, c Plunkett, Ig Schmidt , Pearsall, rg Totals, GARDEN CITY Stanley, If Decker, rf Helmus, c ;. Bowles, Ig Ouchterloney Stuhr, rg (51) G. . 4 . 0 . s . 7 . 0 . 0 . 1 20 (32) G. . 2 . 3 . 2 . 2 , T . 0 F. 2 b i 3 •J0 1 P. 10 0 17 17 4 0 3 SHOPPING Weyrauch Files Brief WEEK LEFT With P.S.C. Opposing L.I.R.R. Fare Increase Contends Third Boost BUY jf AL; 11 , 51 F. P.5 10 76 31 Totals 10 12 32 Referee —.Copowltz; Umpire — Russell. LEGION AUXILIARY PARTY . The Women's Auxiliary of Wil-liam Clint.on Story Post, A. L:, will have, its' annual Christmas party to-night in .the dugout. A covered dish supper-will be served.. Service Club Members To Preside Overrule ;__ Salvation Army Kettles " Members of the ^various Freeport service clubs are to preside pyer the Salvation Army kettles for the collection of contributions to pro-vide Christmas dinners for needy families, next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, ifforri 2 to 9 P.M. In charge for the various clubs are Harry Biederman, Exchange; Sylvester Haberman, Rotary, and Alfred Oldehof, Kiwanis. .Horace E3. DeLIsser is general chairman jn charge of Arrangements. Plans for Widening North Main Street Revealed by County Broadway-Seaman Ave. Project Map Referred To Planning Board Plans for the eventual widening of North Main st. from 60 to 7-1 eel were submitted to the Village Hoard by the Nassau County authorities at the meeting Thurs-day night In the Municipal Build-ing. The section' covered is from Hroadway lo Seaman ave. The purpose of submit ling the ma")) in i lie improvement- / this limo was to have -it referred to the P l a n n i n g i'.o:ird Co- MV purpose ol ha\ illy a "set back" map adoptee lo govern the ernction of building.' along the proposed new building lines. This was done. Kobert K Patterson is chairman of the board Another reason lor submlUlng the map now was to provide foi the proper width of Main st., whei plans for the elimination of the grade ci.'Qssjngs through .Freepor are drawn. A i Ilroadway (lie proposed sel back line would run through tin diner, but most of the property for the widening would be taken from the wesl side of Main st. where most of the buildings front on wide awns far back from the street. The matter of the parking of cars in front of-the recently com-peted apartment house on Smith st., between South Ocean ave'. and Jbuih Grove Bt., was brought before he Hoard as a result of a protest. Chough, according (o the Municipal Zoning Ordinance, space in garages ind on the grounds must be pro-ided to allow for one car for each ipartment in apartment houses, a wianre'was granted for the Smith building so room is provided or only seven cars. This was due to the fact that veterans were supposed to receive preference in the rent'ing of the apartments. The Board decided to-ascertain whether adjacent prop-erty owners would object to having all parking j-fn the block banned, pending the taking of definite ac-tion on the matter. When It was pointed out -that (Continued on Page )) ALL DRUG STORES TO KEEP OPEN SUNDAY Sunday, being the last before Christmas, all the drug stores in Freeport will be kept open all day. Would Total 65 Percent; Urges Action be Delayed Village Counsel' Martin 11. Wey-auch Hied a brief opposing the ipplication of the Long Island Hail""" toad for another increase in com-n t i t a t i on rates and other fares with 'ublic S e r v i c e Commissioner Icorge A. Arkwright at the open-ng hearing Monday afternoon in M a n h a t t a n . Among other things ie argued that I lie proposed in- •rcase following two others pre- •ionsly granted w o u 1 d' . really i mount io an advance of (in per- •ent. Mr. \\V\-i-aurh contended Hie ap-i l i c a t i o n was tiled w i t h the P.S.C. ix months after the previous In- •rease was allowed,"' pointed out hat a Nassau County Transit Com-nission had been appointed recent-y and asked that time be given for hut body to study the situation and make a report, before considering the application, and that the Hall-road be asked to explore other means of increasing its revenues before definite action is taken. Counsel contends that "it is to be noted that the petitioner speaks of a 'continued upward spiral of oper-ating costs,' but falls to take..note.. of an operating deficit. Instead, there is mentioned a 'net income deficit,' and as your Honorable Commission well knows, t h a t : is not the .same t h i n g , lie quotes from a l e t t e r w r i t l e n to another paper' by \V. W. Sul ton in which he insists in reply to a statement by Mr. SmucUer ol' the* railroad, that the railroad is worth $ir>-I.OflO,0(W, and should have an income of $!>,()()(),- OHO a year instead of a loss of $5.600.0(10. "Mr. Sn( I on alleges," he con-tinues, "(hat the Pennsylvania Hail road bought the Long Island Hailroad for $12.000.000, increased its (capital).stock to $55,000,000 and that, on that Inflated basis, they are making their demands for higher commutation fares." He points out thai commuters have not heretofore found it with-n their power to present their side of the case -in rate increase, .pell- * ions as a unified group, that the »ew transit commission will give hem this opportunity and again jrges the board be given an oppor-u n l l y to act. Commuters, he asserts "have no means of adding to their apparent let income or subtracting there- 'rom by issuing new shares of stock or by usses.slng costs against subsidiary commuter._ .TJU!>L-(!-JllL— ithcr afford fo'pay 'their"way as (Continued on Page -I) 43 'FREEPORT AT S. NASSAU PATIENTS HOSPITAL Forty-three pa lien Is from Free- )ort were among the 491 admit led o the South Nassau Communities Tospital during November it was reported at the meeting of the )oard of directors in the hospital Monday night. There were 276 •airgical cases, 39 medical and 176 hlldren were born, S3 boys and 3 girls. 'M1 : /J • Qive a Leader Subscription As a Christmas Present -_ : ijj, Many of our reader friends prefer the convenience of receiving THE LEADER through the mail the same day it appears on 'the newsstand. They also enjoy a saying of 40% over the single copy price. Yaur name and address together with $1.50 will enter your subscription to 52 weeks of reading enjoyment. 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posed that the steel viaduct.start
at Long. Beach ave., Instead of
Bergen pi., Kenneth E. Vought
drew a laugh when.he remarked:
• • Kelly Draws protest •
"You were afraid buses would
deteriorate the value, .of ,prpperty
on Pennsylvania ••aver rN6w-~ypu:
want to extend the steel' viaduct
up to Wallace St.. where I live.
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