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Suspected arson fires continue to flare
Fire investigators believe that the high number of brush fires spotted lately are the work of an arsonist. The fires are within Fire District 8 and there has been more than two dozen of them. Scott Maben wrote today's story on the fires - please keep an eye out for anything suspicious and call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233 with any reports. You can also contact Fire District 8 directly.
Port-a-potty burns in northeast Spokane
Several engines responded to a structure fire shortly after 6 p.m. at Chief Garry Park in northeast Spokane.
That structure was a port-a-potty.
Firefighters doused the blaze in the 2500 block of East Mission Avenue shortly after it started. Witnesses reported seeing heavy smoke in the area, and the pungent fumes of outhouse aftermath wafted in the breeze.
A young boy who was nearby, clothed only in swim trunks, said several such fires have occurred in the neighborhood recently. Another neighbor, a man whose air conditioner was on the fritz and who came to the park to check out the engines, said some garages went up a couple years ago around the same time.
All that remained of the portable toilet Saturday evening was the charred roof near a softball field. Children were playing on an adjacent field when the final engine left the scene around 6:30 p.m.
Do you know this woman? Medical examiners need help identifying her next of kin.
The Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the identity of the second individual killed in a mobile home fire early Monday morning, but need help contacting her family.
Robert "Amanda" Blanchard, 41, was found dead in the mobile home she lived in with her partner, Keith M. Barber, 50, according to a news release. The home at 2311 W 16th Ave. burned down shortly after midnight Monday. A cause of death has not been released for either victim.
Police are investigating her death as a murder suicide.
Blanchard was a transgender man living as a woman, police said. Investigators do not believe her identity was a factor in the murder-suicide.
Medical examiners have been unable to locate Blanchard's relatives. Anyone with information about her next of kin is asked to call the medical examiner at 509-477-2296.
Male victim dies after Chattaroy mobile home explosion
One man died early Friday morning after suffering severe burns from a mobile home explosion in Chattaroy, Wash., according to Harborview Medical Center.
Michael Asselin, 51, and his wife, 57, were both badly burned when the mobile home Asselin lived in exploded Wednesday afternoon.
The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is investigating the fire as a domestic violence situation. An investigator at the scene Thursday said it may have been an attempted homicide or a high-level assault.
The female victim remains in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit at Harborview.
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Jerome backs off attempt to bill building owner for $96K firefighting cost
The city of Jerome has backed off from its attempt to bill a downtown apartment building owner $96,000 for firefighting costs after a fire destroyed her building and damaged two others, the AP reports. "The invoice sent to Sylvia Moore was sent in error. No recovery costs will be sought against Ms. Moore for the fire occurring upon her property," city officials said in a statement issued Thursday. After receiving the three-page, itemized bill, Moore told KTVB-TV, "You think you've got a fire department that's paid with your tax money. I don't know what to think. Really I don't." Click below for the full AP report.
The fire that crafting caused…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Officials in Jerome say a fire that destroyed an apartment building and damaged two nearby buildings last month started when a woman accidentally left a hot glue gun on a plastic chair. Fire Chief Jack Krill says a woman who lived in the apartments was using the hot glue gun to make piñatas on April 30. She set the glue gun down to help a customer and then left to pick up her children from school, forgetting she left it plugged in. The fire spread from the apartment building to an adjacent restaurant and an office building. Krill says the estimated damage to the buildings is more than $1 million. Krill says the woman will not be cited for starting the fire because it was accidental. He did not release her name.
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Arson targets Browne's Addition garbage can
A garbage can in Browne's Addition was the target of about four fires starting on Saturday morning.
Ray Ekins lives nearby and was walking his dog Duchess around 7 a.m. when he saw the first set of flames inside the barrel at Second Avenue and Chestnut Street. The same garbage can was on fire again about an hour later, he said.
"Poor garbage can," Ekins said. He ended up calling 911 to report three of the fires.
Fire crews from Station 4 kept responding to the reported garbage fires and a Spokane Police officer parked nearby to keep an eye on the can, Spokane Police Sgt. Dan Ervin said.
The officer saw a man, later identified as Philip B. Lewis, 47, walk up to the can and allegedly light it on fire around 4 p.m, Ervin added.
Officers took Lewis into custody for two counts of second-degree arson and the fire was extinguished.
State sues feds over UI fire after ROTC BBQ
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The state of Idaho is suing the federal government for nearly $1.6 million because state attorneys say members of the U.S. Navy's Reserve Officer Training Corps negligently caused a fire at the University of Idaho. The lawsuit was filed in Boise's U.S. District Court earlier this week. Deputy Idaho Attorney General Mike Gilmore says members of the Navy ROTC program at the University of Idaho caused serious damage to a World War II-era building when charcoal briquettes were left smoldering after a BBQ last year. The state contends that that the federal government was responsible for the upkeep of the ROTC building, and that Navy ROTC officers and students should have known that dumping briquettes in a flowerbed would pose a fire risk. Click below for a full report.
Reckless driver's car found on fire
Police attempted to pull over a reckless driver near Park and Trent late Tuesday night, but lost it after the driver ignored a stop light at the Havana Street and Mission Avenue intersection, according to a Spokane County Sheriff's Office news release.
A car with a similar description was found reportedly on fire in a homeowner's driveway near 200 N. Bessie, said the news release. Deputies confirmed it was the same car and fire crews responded to put out the fully engulfed car.
The fire was declared not arson, according to Spokane Valley Fire investigators, but it may have started somewhere in the engine compartment, they told police.
Police don't know at this time who the driver was or if the vehicle was stolen. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.
Shopping firefighter investigates smoke at White's Boots
Is there a firefighter in the house? When employees of White's Boots smelled smoke this morning at their east Spokane store, there was.
The firefighter was shopping for boots at the 4002 E. Ferry Avenue store and even checked out the smoke for them. He advised employees to call 911 as a precaution, employees said.
Nothing was showing when Spokane Fire crews arrived, but they investigated and found an overloaded heating system. It was shut off to prevent further damage.
Now employees are preparing for a cool day outside and inside.
Lewiston gas explosion caused big fire yesterday, no serious injuries
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) ― A construction worker digging with a backhoe in Lewiston struck a 4-inch natural gas line, sparking an explosion and fire that rocked the downtown area, destroyed the backhoe and damaged a nearby building. No one was seriously injured. The Lewiston Tribune reports flames shot 100-feet into the air after the explosion at 1:35 p.m. Monday. The newspaper and several nearby businesses were evacuated while firefighters battled the blaze. Avista spokesman Mike Tatko says three natural gas lines that serve the area were shut off within 20 minutes of the explosion. The fire was out about 20 minutes later. Laura Von Tersch is administrator for the city's Urban Renewal Agency. She says the quality of mapping used for the renovation project may be partly to blame for the explosion.
In this AP photo by the Lewiston Tribune's Kyle Mills, a firefighter keeps his distance as flames engulf an excavator on Fifth Street in downtown Lewiston, after it struck the gas line.
Photos show assault suspect; ID sought
Police are trying to identify a suspect in a Fourth of July assault that left a man beaten and burned at his makeshift camp near High Bridge Park.
Surveillance photos show the victim at the Sunset Grocery with a young man police believe may have attacked him.
Spokane police officers contacted the victim at a hospital about 8 a.m. and learned he had been severely beaten and burned sometime during the night at his camp in a large gravel and grass pasture near Sunset Boulevard and Government Way.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online. Tipsters do not have to give their name to collect a reward but should leave a code name or number.
Kevin Ellison to stay in jail without bail
A pro football player who claims God told him to start a fire at his apartment complex in Liberty Lake will remain in jail amid concerns about his mental health.
Kevin Marcus Ellison, 25, who was dismissed from the Spokane Shock arena football team after his arrest June 14, repeatedly claimed to be Jesus Christ, including to an elderly woman who was at the hospital when Ellison was treated for smoke inhalation, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Aine Ahmed.
"He may have some mental issues," Ahmed said.
Ellison also told Shock general manager Ryan Rigmaiden "that he was Jesus Christ, and that he was part of the rapture, and that God told him to start the fire," Ahmed said. "He did not believe it (the fire) was going to harm him because God told him he'd protect him."
Ellison told Rigmaiden he started the fire with a marijuana blunt.
Ellison, a former standout defense back for the University of Southern California Trojans, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a grand jury indictment charging him with malicious use of fire to damage commercial property. He faces five to 20 years in prison if convicted.
His public defender, Kim Deater, asked for Ellison to be allowed to leave jail and live with his mother and brother in Los Angeles, though she said they wants him to undergo mental health treatment.
"They think that might be an issue," Deater said.
Deater described Ellison as "a good friend, a good teammate, a good son, a good player."
She said his success in football shows he can work toward a goal with a large group of people.
"That takes cooperation, that takes a bond, and that takes character," Deater said.
She also said Ellison did not tell the elderly woman at the hospital that he was Jesus - he simply grasped her hand and prayed with her.
But Imbrogno ordered Ellison to stay in the Spokane County Jail after Ahmed described a series of bizarre behavior that included statements from a Shock dancer who said she fears Ellison.
"She became afraid of Mr. Ellison after he texted her specifically that he was Jesus Christ," Ahmed said.
The woman, who was not identified, also said Ellison asked her to marry him just moments after meeting her.
He said Ellison's roommate, Chris Tucker, told investigators that Ellison told him he'd been Baptized just a few days before the fire. Tucker also said Ellison had offered him Vicodin to ease his pain while at an away game in Chicago recently.
It was Tucker who first realized there was a fire in the apartment he shared with Ellison.
The defensive lineman for the Shock told investigators he first thought the smoke was from burning food. He even took the batteries out of the smoke detector in his bedroom before he realized the fire was coming from Ellison's room, Ahmed said. He alerted Ellison to the fire, but Ellison told him "I'm good." and didn't leave.
Ellison escaped the fire by jumping from a window of the third-floor apartment. The fire caused about $100,000 in damage. Ahmed emphasized that children live next door to Ellison's apartment.
Ellison was drafted in the sixth round by the San Diego Chargers in 2009. He was released by the team following a May 2010 arrest in San Diego on a controlled-substance charge after police reportedly found 100 Vicodin tablets in his car without a prescription. The charges was dropped.
Ellison joined the Seattle Seahawks but was released shortly before the 2010 season opener.
Shock player: God told me to start fire
A pro football player who leapt from his burning third-floor apartment in Liberty Lake Thursday said he started the blaze with a marijuana blunt because God told him to, authorities say.
Kevin Marcus Ellison, 25, a starting linebacker/defensive back for the Spokane Shock arena football team, initially told firefighters that he'd been smoking in bed, but evidence collected at the scene didn't match that explanation, said Spokane Valley Fire Marshal Kevin Miller.
'Middle-finger salute' preceded fire
A man accused of trying to light his apartment complex on fire gave a surveillance camera the middle-finger salute before doing so, fire officials allege.
Ian W. Godfrey, 29, said he was angry with a flier being distributed at the HiFumi En Apartments, 926 E. 8th Ave., when he lit one on fire and walked through the building, according to the Spokane Fire Department.
The smoke triggered the apartment's overhead sprinklers. Fire officials suspected arson, and the apartment manager recognized Godfrey from the surveillance video.
Godfrey was arrested that day for attempted first-degree arson. He was released on his own recognizance after appearing in Superior Court Wednesday.
Boy faces arson charge for house fire
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested allegedly setting fire to a vacant home in north Spokane last month.
The boy was booked into Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center after being arrested at Glover Middle School. He was to appear before a judge on Monday, officials said.
Investigators with the Spokane Fire Department say the boy confessed to setting fire to a home at 4218 N. Ash St. on March 30. Crews quickly extinguished the blaze, which was confined to one bedroom and the roof area above that room. The rest of the home suffered extensive heat and smoke damage.
The suspect faces a charge of first-degree arson.
Reward targets truck fire arson suspect
A man suspected of setting fire to a truck in exchange for methamphetamine as part of a love triangle has a reward being offered for tips that lead to his capture.
Jesse James Icard, 43, is wanted on an arson charge for burning a 1975 Ford truck outside the Maple Tree Motel, 4824 E. Sprague Ave., on Feb. 6.
Police believe Odean B. Chappel, 44, gave Icard methamphetamine in exchange for burning the truck with a Molotov cocktail. Chappel was upset with the truck's owner, Donald S. Goergette, for staying with his ex-girlfriend.
Chappel remains jailed on $50,000 bond for arson and harassment charges. Icard, 5-foot-8 and 135 pounds, is wanted on a $30,000 warrant.
Crime Stoppers on Thursday offered a reward for tips that lead to his arrest.
Icard has a 24-year criminal history that includes convictions for vehicular assault. He last gave an address on Highway 231 in Springdale.
Anyone with information on his current location is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online.
Investigators: Fire that razed two business likely arson
Fire investigators say a fire that destroyed a helmet business and a vacuum cleaner business Friday in Coeur d'Alene was likely caused by arson.
Investigators found a gas can under a desk in the building housing Helmet Outlet USA, the Coeur d'Alene Press reports. The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department stated that Fire Marshal Jeryl Archer II determined that gasoline had been poured on the desk before the fire started.
The Friday night blaze also destroyed a Kirby vacuum business located in the same building.
Michael Murphy, who owns the building and the helmet business, said both are considered a total loss.
Luxury Post Falls Home Total Loss
Firefighters pour water on a luxury home that burned early Thursday Post Falls. The riverside home appears to be a total loss. The house, assessed at $1.54 million, is owned by Leonard & Pam Wallace. SR story & more photos here. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)
Cigar leads to arrest in July burglary
A cigar left at a burglary scene last summer led detectives on Wednesday to arrest a 21-year-old man as a suspect.
DNA on the cigar that was sent to the state crime lab matched DNA that Trevor Codi Frantz provided when he was convicted of a felony first-degree theft in April 2010, according to court documents.
Detectives seized the cigar while investigating a burglary in the 8500 block of East Cataldo Avenue in Spokane Valley July 30. They believe the burglars used the cigar to try to light the home on fire.
A career criminal now serving life in prison, Larry A. Powell, fired shots at a neighbor who tried to stop the burglary. Powell was arrested shortly after the shooting. He already was wanted for not showing up for the end of his trial for a different robbery case.
Frantz was booked into jail Wednesday about 1 p.m. on charges of attempted first-degree arson and first-degree burglary.
Photos of Newman Lake home destroyed in fire
The Spokane Valley Fire Department provided the photos above of the Newman Lake home at 12611 N. East Newman Lake Drive completely destroyed by fire just after 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Valley Fire assisted Newman Lake Fire District 13 with the fire under a mutual aid agreement. The fire is still under investigation.
Fire destroys Newman Lake home
A home at at 12611 N. East Newman Lake Drive was destroyed by fire shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. The three people inside when the fire began were able to evacuate safety, said Spokane Valley Fire Department Assistant Fire Marshal Bill Clifford. Valley Fire sent two trucks, a battalion chief and a fire investigator to the scene under a mutual aid agreement with Newman Lake Fire District 13. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Check here for updates throughout the day.
Sante kitchen back in business Thursday
Sante Restaurant and Charcuterie will fire up the kitchen tomorrow to serve a full menu for the first time since a Dec. 11 kitchen fire.
The grease fire caused $35,000 in damage and forced the restaurant to trim breakfast and lunch service, and eliminate dinner service while repairs were made. The reduced menu featured cold sandwiches, charcuterie, salads and soups made with temporary equipment.
The fire spared the historic Liberty Building, which the restaurant shares with Auntie's Bookstore.
On Thursday, Sante returns to full service starting at 9 a.m.
"We're thrilled to get back to our full menu," says owner and executive chef Jeremy Hansen in a news release. "These past several weeks have been tough for us, but to be honest, they've also been extremely eye-opening to the level of community support we've received."
The menu includes a return of Sante's Brasserie Menu, a Parisian bistro-themed menu featuring dishes that are $20 or less. Other options include the Grass Fed 50/50 Burger, made from Rocky Ridge Ranch's specially-bred Wagyu-Angus cross, the American version of Kobe beef ($16). House-made gnocchi served with sherry glaze, guanciale and mushroom duxelle ($10) is also on the dinner menu.
Breakfast options include honey wheat French toast ($8) and duck hash, made from duck confit, house-made cranberry sauce, duck egg, kale, potatoes and onions ($15).
Hansen and his wife Kate are on a culinary tour of Southeast Asia for the rest of the month. While they're gone, the cooks will be offering two special entrees each evening - including a fish du jour and beef du jour.
The restaurant, 404 W. Main Ave., will be open Sunday through Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. through January 29.
Then, the restaurant closes temporarily to install new, upgraded kitchen equipment and additional counter space to help speed production.
When Sante reopens in time for Valentine's Day, they'll present a new menu and revamped wine list.
Reach the restaurant at (509) 315-4613.
There are more details on the restaurant's website or on Facebook.
Extremist in fire faced child rape charge
Investigators work the scene where a day earlier Steven Stanbary used a gun to hold off police and firefighters while a house burned to the ground in Washougal, Wash. on Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Zachary Kaufman, Pool)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A white supremacist with Idaho ties who is suspected of killing his wife and her sister and shooting at firefighters before he died in their burning home on Dec. 7 had been scheduled to surrender the next day to face a child rape charge, authorities said.
Authorities didn't know before the incident that suspect Steven D. Stanbary of Washougal had a history of being heavily armed, schizophrenic, anti-government and violent, Clark County senior deputy prosecutor Dustin Richardson told The Columbian in a story Thursday.
"Had that been clear, the whole process of having an attorney turn him in … might have been different," Richardson said.
Before the fire, Richardson had just a basic criminal history that showed Stanbary had only misdemeanor convictions because more serious charges had been reduced by plea bargains or other circumstances.
It was later learned that police in Idaho had discovered six AK-47s and a grenade launcher in Stanbary's possession during a 1994 arrest. But that case was dropped to a minor assault in a plea deal.
In addition, information emerged that Stanbary had stopped receiving treatment for delusional schizophrenia in 1988 when he refused to take medications. At that time, his then-wife, Debra Hughes, told Idaho police she believed he was dangerous.
Richardson said he might have changed his plans for letting Stanbary turn himself in through his attorney if the records had shown a pattern involving weapons. However, police generally don't seek more information on criminal histories of suspects unless the cases show a specific pattern of criminal behavior or dishonesty, he said.
The prosecutors credited the media for bringing those additional details to light after Stanbary's violent death.
Reports released Wednesday show Washougal police suspect Stanbary molested a girl over a number of years beginning when she was 9 and ending several years before she reported it in December 2010.
Richardson had concerns about several aspects of the case and said he didn't believe he had strong enough evidence to charge Stanbury until late November. Stanbary was supposed to turn himself in with an attorney on Dec. 8.
"He obviously had different plans," Richardson said.
On Dec. 7, gunfire and exploding ammunition kept firefighters away from his burning home. The three bodies were later found inside.
Stanbary's wife, Leona, told police she suspected the girl may have made up the abuse story so she could move out and live with her boyfriend.
"I'll kill him if it happened," Leona Stanbary told the detective, referring to Steven Stanbary, the police report said.
The girl and her boyfriend said in separate interviews with police that Steven Stanbary was a binge drinker who became nasty when inebriated.
Stanbary was arrested in Bonner County in December 1994 after threatening to kill his ex-wife, children and himself. He was found to have numerous weapons, including AK-47s.
Update on Industrial Park fire
There is some new information available on the fire at Spur Industries in the Spokane Valley Industrial Park on Tuesday. According to a press relase from Spokane Valley Fire Department Capt. Pat Schaffer, it was a metal shaving collection bag that was on fire on the exterior of the building. Crews determined that the metal shavings were not flammable and were not on fire. A firefighter used a forklift to remove the bag and crews doused the flames with foam, Schaffer said. The cause is under investigation and damage is estimated at $10,000. All photos courtesy the Spokane Valley Fire Department.
Police: Man tried to light wife on fire
An unemployed Dalton Gardens man allegedly doused his wife with gasoline and tried to light her on fire during a dispute at their home last weekend.
Daniel Joe Zehm, 52, of 6103 15th St., was taken into custody by Kootenai County sheriff's deputies following an altercation that began Saturday night and culminated with the alleged attempt to incinerate Sondra Zehm, 58.
According to sheriff's reports, the argument began when Daniel Zehm told his wife he thought a nurse at his mother's assisted living place was attractive.
Daniel Zehm allegedly pinned his wife on their bed and threatened to kill her, her dog and her family. He then drenched his wife with a bucket of gasoline when she had her back to him while making coffee the following morning.
Sondra Zehm, who deputies say still smelled of gasoline after a shower, said that her husband was flicking the red lighter she'd given him to light a fire in his shop as he moved toward her.
Zehm was arrested on an attempted murder charge, but it was dismissed today in Kootenai County District Court. He was released from jail on $200,000 for felony charges of burglary and aggravated battery.
Fire at Wal-Mart leads to arson arrest
A man was arrested on a felony arson charge recently for allegedly lighting a fire at the Airway Heights Wal-Mart using sanitation wipes.
Stephen D. Rye, 55, was captured on surveillance video lighting the fire about 4:45 a.m. on Friday and watching it burn until Wal-Mart employees arrived to put it out, according to court documents prepared by Spokane County sheriff's detectives.
Rye was also seen taking the sanitation wipes, which are 65 percent alcohol, from a dispenser at Wal-Mart, lighting them on fire and kicking it down an aisle, igniting Wal-Mart fliers that were on the floor, police allege.
A motive for the alleged crime is unclear. Rye spent the weekend in jail and appeared in Superior Court Monday on a first-degree arson charge.
Animal rights activists claim credit for blaze at fireworks and fur business
That fire early this morning at Rocky Mountain Fireworks & Fur Co. that temporarily shut down an Idaho highway? AP reporter John Miller is reporting that an animal rights group has claimed responsibility for the blaze.
An e-mail from anti-fur activists described details of the fire, Miller reported; agents for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are leading the investigation. A request for comment was forwarded to the federal agency's Seattle office.
The fire was contained without significant damage to fireworks or fur articles, according to the Middleton Fire Department. It fire closed down Idaho Highway 30 as well as a U.S. Interstate 84 exit; there were no injuries. Business owner Dennis Heck didn't answer a phone call. Heck sells trapping supplies and buys bobcat pelts; click below for Miller's full report.
Fire Damages 2 Historic Restaurants
Fire investigators at daybreak began going through the remains of two historic Garland District restaurants – one a Depression-era icon and the other a popular diner featured in several Hollywood films – that were heavily damaged Sunday night by fire. Spokane firefighters initially tried battling the three-alarm blaze inside Mary Lou's Milk Bottle, 802 W. Garland Ave., at 8:42 a.m., but they had to pull back as heavy flames spread around them and over to Ferguson's Cafe next door, authorities said. Both structures were heavily damaged, and investigators said it was questionable whether either one of them could be restored. Damage to the roofs of both eateries was severe, officials said. The fire apparently started at the rear of the Milk Bottle, but the garbage receptacle was not so badly damaged that it would have been the source of the fire, an investigator said/Spokesman-Review. More here. (SR photo: Dan Pelle)
Question: Which Inland Northwest landmark of the past do you miss most?
RV on fire on Argonne off ramp
An RV is in flames on the westbound I-90 Argonne off ramp in Spokane Valley. Spokane Valley Fire Department crews are responding. An officer also just radioed in that a gawking driver caused an accident on I-90 near the off ramp.


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- The following wizard generates the code necessary for your own simple drop down menu. Each option on your menu will link to a selected page. Options are also given for you to select the colors and fonts.
- Fill in the information required for your drop down menu
- Generate the HTML and JavaScript code for your menu (button at bottom)
- You can preview your script (button at bottom)
- Copy and Paste the Source Code into your HTML page
- Working drop down menu example
- If you choose Page changes when menu changes, no action can occur for the first Link Address
- You can leave Link Address blank on the lines where you want the text entry to act as a divider or a menu header
November 12, 2010 - 9:44pm — Anonymous
How do you set a width?
Ok, One of my text entries in the drop down list is long. The box then stretches too far to accommodate the text, even running off the edge of the screen! How do you make it so that the box is locked in a specific width and the text adjusts itself to form 2 lines? Shortening the title of my text is not an option for me, but breaking it into two lines is ok. Please, can you help?
November 15, 2010 - 9:04pm — ricocheting
Answer: Setting a maximum width
May 14, 2014 - 3:03am — Najiya
Changing menu position
The drop down menu appears to be on the top left hand corner of the window. How do I change it's position?
May 14, 2014 - 12:28pm — ricocheting
You can change the position by placing the menu code inside a container with alignment set:
<div style="text-align:right;"> menu code </div>
April 29, 2015 - 10:08am — Adam
More choices
I have 25 options for my dropdown. Is there a way to expand this menu to accommodate them all?
April 29, 2015 - 11:45am — ricocheting
April 30, 2015 - 11:21am — Dev
Is there any way we can prevent the borderline that define the drop down boxes?
I mean, can we just have the text without ANY LINES, please?
April 30, 2015 - 4:13pm — ricocheting
Since this menu uses the browser's form <select> field, there's not any good way. You'd really need to have a menu that was built using custom objects. That said, you can sort of do what you are asking by adding style="border:0;" to the <select> box like
<select name="menu" style="border:0;">
June 12, 2015 - 12:14pm — David Escamilla
Open in new window
Hi is it possible that when a catagory is selected to go to it opens a new window? i tried selecting Different Window for the Custom Target when i generated the menu but it didnt work when i placed the code into my website.
June 12, 2015 - 6:43pm — ricocheting
Choosing "Pop Up Window" as the target should do what you want.


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Sam Cooke
First off, big thanks to my pal and Findadeath.com friend Tami Dingle for her help with this story. Much much appreciation to you, Tams.
Sam was a terrific singer. If you download his most popular song, You Send Me, you�ll get a tiny idea of his talents. Great tune. Urethra Franklin covered it pretty well too.
Sam started as a gospel singer, but ended up a Rock and Roll singer. I�d hardly call it rock, but it was the times. He sold over 10 million albums. He had a lovely house in Los Feliz, on Ames Street. Tragically, Sam and his wife Barbara lost their 18-month child just a few months prior, in a swimming pool drowning. Must have really screwed them up. They had two other daughters, age 11 and 4.
Lisa Boyer was the name of the woman Sam met on the evening of December 10, 1964. She was a singer as well. She was dining with friends, and Sam was to sing the last song of his life, Good News. Apparently he offered to give Lisa a lift home, and ended up taking her to a club called PJ�s. Sam had some sort of altercation there, and they left. He offered to take her home, but he was fuming from the altercation, and drove very fast, all the way to the Hacienda Motel on South Figueroa. The motel is gone now, but it used to stand here. Not a very nice neighborhood, as you can see from this picture.
He registered under the name Sam Cooke, at 2:35am. The woman that signed him in was called Bertha Lee Franklin. She noticed that he was not alone, so she made him change the name to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cooke. (You must be morally correct to sleep in a 3 dollar a night room.) They got to the room, and everything fell apart. According to her testimony, Sam began ripping her clothes off, and yet still proclaiming they were "just going to talk." Lisa was positive she was going to be raped. She asked if she could use the bathroom, but the door wouldn�t lock, and she couldn�t get the window open. When she returned, Sam was naked. He went into the bathroom after her, and she saw this as her cue to escape. She grabbed her clothes (and apparently some of Sam's), ran out the door, and started to pound on the manager�s door. No answer. (Bertha was on the phone to the motel owner, Mrs. Carr) She fled, to find a phone booth, where she made a call to the cops. By the time the manager opened the door, Lisa was gone.
Lisa�s call was logged in at 3:08 am. "Will you please come down to this number. I don�t know where I am. I�m kidnapped."
Meanwhile, Sam blows a gasket. He goes to the manager�s office, positive she is in there. He pushed his way in, demanding, "You got my girl in there!" They got into a scuffle � keep in mind Sam was wearing only a sport coat at this point � nothing else. He tried to shove his way into her apartment, positive that Lisa was hiding in there. He searched it, couldn�t find her, then grabbed Bertha and demanded to know where the girl was. Bertha grabbed her trusty .22 and shot Sam three times. One of the shots was made only an inch from him, blowing a hole in Sam�s chest, collapsing both lungs. "Lady, you shot me," were his last words.
Findadeath.com friend Michael H sends us this picture of Sam dead. Don't click if you freak out over dead folk.
At 3:15am, Mrs. Carr (the owner who was on the phone with Bertha) called the police. "A guy just broke through the door� I think she shot him, I don�t know."
Both women took lie detector tests, and passed. The jury ruled justifiable homicide. There was over a hundred bucks in Sam's wallet, so they ruled out robbery.
Scott Stanton, author of The Tombstone Tourist offers this insight:
Dear Scott:
Nothing personal, but you're way off on your story on Sam Cooke. First of all, Boyer was a well known hooker and had used the Hacienda numerous times for her johns. All in all, I truly believe that Cooke was murdered. Not by the mob (as has been reported because he owned a part of the record company and refused to bow to the west coast Mafia), but was set up by Boyer and the manager using the old steal-the-clothes-so-the-john-doesn't-have-time-to-run-after-the-hooker trick. Also, it has been reported that Cooke left the bar with well over $3,000 dollars that was never recovered.
There's about 10 other reasons, but I won't go into them here in detail. Just wanted to give you a heads up that you're more than likely going to get a lot of emails on this story. WOW - Thanks Scott. I bow to your knowledge.
Sam drew the biggest crowd of his career, for his funeral. It was held at the Peoples Mortuary on S. Central. The body was in state for three days, open casket, before being shipped to Chicago for a funeral, then shipped again back to Los Angeles for interment at Forest Lawn Glendale. In LA, Lou Rawls, and Ray Charles sang.
My new pal Cameron sends me this: Folks drove from all over town to try to get a glimpse of Sam. When my Mother and Aunt arrived, Sam was gone (no shit.) but his car was still there. She assumed it was his, cause it was the nicest car there, "I don't know what KIND of car, just remember it was red". Anywho, I know she told me that anyone who went to his Funeral remembers that Sam's' casket was Covered in Plexiglas to prevent people from touching him, also Sam was dressed differently for the two funerals. In Los Angeles, he was wearing a white button up shirt and black or brown slacks and his coffin was displayed (this is weird.) Standing UP. The Chicago funeral was a traditional laid down (wha?.) affair but Sam was dressed in what you show him in, Plexiglass intact. Also, his Little Boys' name was Vincent Lance Cooke, born Dec 19th 1961(think he's buried at Forest lawn like his Daddy, but where?)
Apparently, Sam's family still believe there was some sort of cover up, and that evidence was suppressed.
In April 1998, Clifton White - a guitar player on most of Sam's songs, died. He wrote a book, "You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke."
Trivia: Sam added an E to his name, for show biz.
More: Sam was driving a red Ferrari that night. Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys later bought it. Dennis was a huge Sam fan, and would play Sam�s music in the car.
Just got this note: Hi!
Wow, thanks Mary!
This just in, January 2003, from Findadeath friend PLATINUMDIVA7:
I sent an email with the correct information regarding the shooting. Cooke was not shot 3 times in the chest. One bullet hit the ceiling and was found on the sofa. The second bullet was never found. The third bullet entered Mr. Cooke's body under his left armpit between the 3rd and 4th rib, passing thru both lungs and his heart. His body was found sitting upright against a door broken off the hinges, with one of his legs bent under his hip. (This is very odd for someone to sit after being in a scuffle, and hit over the forehead with an object so flimsy (according to Franklin) it leaves a 2 inch lump on Cooke's head). Things simply do not add up in this case. It's only fair to Cooke to put the correct information regarding the incident.
Thanks, DIVA!
UPDATE December 2004, from Findadeath friend Ronnie:
I just watched CD titled "Sam Cooke..... Legend....The Life. The Legend. The Legacy," 2003 ABDCO music & records, inc. It is a very interesting presentation of this legend's life.
Wanted to let you know that per this CD, the Cooke toddler who died in swimming pool accident was an 18-month-old BOY, not a girl.
Per info from this CD, Sam "was never the same...he had wanted a son...." This baby's death is by no means less a tragedy, girl or boy.


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The Cal State Northridge women's tennis team (2-1) defeated Cal State Stanislaus 6-1 Friday afternoon at the Matador Tennis Complex. The Matadors lost only three games in three doubles matches and only two sets in six singles matches to defeat the Warriors.
Hitting the court for the first time since Feb. 2, Northridge came out firing in doubles play to take an early advantage. Seniors Sabrina Man-Son-Hing and Anna Yang took an 8-1 decision at the top draw.
Senior Maria Pistalu and junior Lorraine Cheung blanked the Warriors in the second match. Finally, sophomore Corinne Schnyder and freshman Leslie Chang won 8-2 in the third match.
In singles, the Matadors won the No. 2-6 draws and all coming in straight sets. Chang made her varsity singles debut and won 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 6 draw. Jessica Warren was one of three Matadors to not drop a set in singles play. Only Pistalu at the top draw was unable to secure a point as she lost in straight sets.
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text: Lifted Off the Ground may be Chely Wright''s seventh album, but on a number of levels it feels and sounds like her first, revealing an artist who has undergone a dramatic artistic transformation, emerging as a singer/songwriter of the first order. But the new album would never have come to be were it not for an equally dramatic personal transformation, which she has candidly and painstakingly documented. Lifted Off the Ground will be released on Vanguard Records May 4, the same day Random House publishes Wright''s autobiography, Like Me. Produced by Rodney Crowell, Lifted Off The Ground includes eleven songs all written by Wright except for one song which she co-wrote with Crowell.


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WAY back in 1937, the US government's National Resources Committee published a report that set out to predict technological trends and their likely impact on national policy. The predictions were laughably naive and have turned out be hopelessly off the mark, right? Wrong: they were astonishingly prescient. The committee foresaw the popularity of television and user-friendly computers, the widespread use of plastics and even the formation of multinationals. So why isn't the report remembered as a masterpiece?
The problem was that it said nothing about two developments that would soon be of vital importance in the Second World War: radar and the atomic bomb. Unfortunately for the committee, neither had been invented.
That's the problem with futurologists: even the best of them seriously screw up. Even if they get their predictions roughly right by accurately extrapolating current trends and identifying key new developments, they invariably make errors because they cannot ...
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Labour Minister Varbah Gayflor says the provision of employment opportunities in the country remains a major challenge for both government and the private sector, noting that at least 50,000 seekers were entering the job market annually.
Gayflor noted that Liberia has not developed to the level where the economy easily absorb the rising number of citizens looking for jobs annually, adding that the demand for jobs in today's Liberia was far higher than the past, a challenge she said must be collectively addressed with government in the front role.
The Minister said every year hundreds, if not thousands, of new and young graduates flood the job market seeking employment, and that most of them were educated in areas not actually providing mass employments. Thousands of others, the Labour Chief noted, were not trained or qualified to get available jobs, though they were hunting for one.
"I must admit--I am not saying, this is not even an argument, this is not a justification--we are under obligation to ensure that Liberians get jobs, and we are under obligation to ensure that that happens in this country," Gayflor told journalists last week when she officially released employment statistics for 2012.
According to the statistics new jobs created in 2012 (short and long term employments) summed up to at least 46,000.
The Minister said government exceeded her target of 20,000 jobs promised by the President when 22,981 new jobs were created in the private sector while government's own funded projects created 23,700 short-term jobs.
Labor Minister: "23,700 short-term [lasting at most six months] jobs were provided through the Government of Liberia special projects, amounting to about 50.8% of all jobs created in 2012."
Breaking down the figure, Minister Gayflor stated that 6,940 short-term jobs were created under the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP), while 15,000 short-term jobs were created under the Youth Empowerment Services and Community Work Project (YES-CWP) carried out by the Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE).
An additional 1,760 short-term jobs were created under the CEP-II under the auspices of lace Gayflor noted, before giving statistics of new jobs provided by the private sector last year alone.
Of the 22,981 jobs recorded from the private sector, 9,378 (40%) came from major concession companies including ArcelorMittal (2,345), Firestone Liberia (1,400), Golden Veroluem (2456), China Union (654), Sime Darby (581), CICO (500), among others.
"Most of the jobs created in the private sector," the Minister furthered, "were through the contribution of small and medium size businesses."
The Minister explained that a large percent (40) of the jobs was created in the Agricultural sector followed by the wholesale and retail sector (25%) while most of those acquiring jobs in 2012 were male (74.9) basically residing in urban areas.
Minister Gayflor indicated that most of the jobs provided through government-sponsored projects were shorter and not sustainable and falls in the vulnerable employment category--jobs lasting for few days or months with no security or means to save in banks.
Gayflor stated that though the President announced a 20,000 job provision (not saying long or short term), the demand for employment was very huge, stressing, "If we are going to have a statistics of 50,000 new labor entrants each year, we are challenged."
The Minister was under serious attack for not working to ensure that jobs were provided as promised, with many pushing the Ministry to provide statistics of the number of jobs provided.
"This is not a justification that somebody did well or they didn't do well. We are here to say this is the fact and we are under obligation to do so and we hope that more empowerment can be created," Gayflor continued. "We are not defending ourselves, but the responsibility of the Ministry of Labor is to provide information for the labor environment and this will help to also create jobs and improve the economy."
Gayflor stated that the challenge in providing jobs for the population was not unique to Liberia. "Around the world the youth are just getting on the jobs, and hunting for jobs....This is not something unique to us, and how we can transform our own situation is what we should concentrate on."
The Minister noted that her entity, along with others ikn government, along with the private sector will work harder this year to ensure that Liberian get more jobs, indicating that 20,000 should not be the target.
"I tell you what, 20,000 is even below; statistics have revealed to us that the new entrants are about 50,000; so, it doesn't even take away whether [20,000 was promised]," the Minister went on. "We need to do more and we are under obligation to do more. This is something that was said, it wasn't of a defined meaning that I will gave you permanent contract. But even if you say 20,000, it is below what has been projected as the new entrants to the labor market."
Gayflor wondered: "So if we give 20,000, what happens to the 30,000; we are still under obligation to do that. The responsibility are enormous, we need to do more and we have to work together to get there."
Gayflor noted that a National Employment Action Plan has been crafted and will take effect this year with the Ministry working with partners to achieve it, while "Government by herself has set aside US$15milion this year for youth employment."
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Monday (Jan 28) delivered the first Annual Address of her second term, but received sharp reactions when she suggested that her government has fulfilled campaign and inaugural promise of creating 20,000 jobs annually.
Critics said the President was unrealistic in making such announcement when she is personally aware that her administration had failed to create the promised 20,000 jobs during the first year of her second term in office.
"Reports submitted to me [from the Ministry of Labor] suggest that we have met our target commitment on job creation, but overwhelmingly in short-term positions," the President stated to the annoyance of her audience at the Capitol and in radio land.
Minister Gayflor stressed the need for training as most of those seeking jobs were not trained in particular areas where there are available jobs and warned that "...as long as available manpower is not trained to work in the sector where there are sufficient job opening, for example the agricultural sector, the question of job will continue to be a volatile political issue.
In her Monday's address, President Sirleaf said: "If our objectives for jobs are to be fully achieved, we must move more rapidly on the renovation and expansion of the Monrovia Vocational Training Center and other technical and vocational training centers around the country. We must also resolve those issues that delay housing construction and investment operations which are the main sources of job creation.
Additionally, we must improve our job reporting system so that we can get it right."
Minister Gayflor Thursday asserted that "Future policy measures must take into consideration the job creation requirements of the Liberia economy [because] this will help reduce the disequilibrium between the supply and demand for new jobs in the Liberian economy."


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Prior to Memphis -Earned defensive MVP honors at Trinity High in 2009 and 2010 ... Led the Knights to the Texas State Cup Championship in 2008 ... On the club level, competed with Lady Tiger signee Becca Brown for the D'Feeters 93 under the direction of Coach David Pfeil ... The D'Feeters earned the USYS Region III Championship in 2008 and 2010 ... The squad claimed the USYS '92 ODP National Championship in 2009 and placed third in the USYS National Championship in 2010.
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St. Vincent, the performance moniker of singer/songwriter and guitarist Annie Clark, will release her fourth studio album on February 25 via Republic Records according to her new label's 2014 release schedule. The upcoming project, the followup to her 2011 album Strange Mercy, is currently listed as self-titled though that may change with an official release announcement from Clark and Republic. Check out a snippet of some new music in the youtube video announcing her European tour below. Lead track fron the new album will be Birth In Reverse.
Coming off her 2012 collaborative album with David Byrne, Love This Giant, Clark headed back to Texas to write and record her latest songs. "I approach my work as I would a day job," she tells Smithsonian Magazine. "If you're a writer, you have to write. If you're a musician, you have to make music. I wrote a lot of this new record in a shed behind my friend's house in South Austin. I would go out there every morning like I was going to work. I wanted to go someplace to write that wasn't New York. It was February and I wanted to be somewhere warm. When I wrote Strange Mercy [released in 2011], I did something similar in Seattle."
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I've been doing a LOT of writing for work lately. I don't mind writing articles, and appeal letters, and thank you notes, and blog entries…really, but sometimes my head needs a break, especially when all the writing is piled on top of the homeschooling. As I sat thinking about this today I realized...I needed a palate cleanser for my BRAIN!
For those of you who are scratching their heads--Palate cleanser? What's a pa-late cleanser? Isn't that what a dishwasher is for?--here's a little education, taken from a foodie website after doing a Google search:
Why do we need a palate cleanser? - Many of the foods we eat leave lasting residues or chemicals in the mouth. People often refer to after taste, but sometimes you may not recognize that there is flavor leftover. Whether you notice it or not, these chemicals may continue to stimulate your taste buds and tweak your sense of taste. They will disrupt the way any new item tastes. A cleanser clears the mouth in preparation for something new. It resets our sense of taste so we are able to taste the true flavors of the next bite.
Yep, after reading that definition, I knew I most definitely needed this for my overworked brain!
So I decided to take a break from my writing projects and do some art. While mango-lime cream sounds yummy and is said to be an great palate cleanser for the taste buds, I have found that doing art is an excellent palate cleanser for my brain.
Thinking about the palate cleanser for the brain idea, I became aware of how our children need this, too. In our homeschooling day, how often do we help our children to "cleanse their palate" before moving to the next subject? I know I've been tempted to keep up with our daily schedule (because I've packed it so full!), and have just expected my young children to instantly switch gears from vocabulary to math, or from science to literature.
Sometimes our children, especially as they get older, just need to take some time to pause, reflect on what they've been learning. It may well benefit them to have opportunity to do some journaling, or think about questions that might be bumping around in their brain, like when you just taught them about the Israelites wandering around in the wilderness for 40 years, when it should have taken them a couple months at the most to cross the desert. I still can't figure that one out!
Other times, your child might need to burn some extra energy before starting another subject. My son, Jesse, at age 9 could only make his brain do so much math in one sitting before he needed to start throwing a ball or jumping around pretending to be a sword fighter.
Finally, your kids might need a palate cleanser for their brain when a subject is hard for them. They have "chemicals left over in their mouth" which need to be cleared out before they'll be emotionally ready to tackle the next area of study.
Cleansing their palate may look different for each child, but the effect is still the same…resetting their sense of "taste" so they are "ready to taste the true flavors of the next bite."
By the way, moms, we need this too. Even a cup of peppermint tea and a quick read in a devotional book can do wonders to clear our "palate" so our taste buds are refreshed for the next thing on our TO DO list. For me today, it was sitting down for about an hour to do a quick watercolor sketch. One simple hour translated into a heap of refreshment for me--thank You, Lord! Now on to the next thing!
Try making a list of things you and your children can do when you need to clear and reset your taste buds during your homeschooling day…I can assure you, the therapeutic value will be worth it!
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Solo performer: Pierre Bensusan (acoustic guitar).
Producers include: Pierre Bensusan, Steve Rodby, Doatea Bensusan.
Engineers include: Pierre Bensusan, Jamie Rosenberg.
Recorded at Chien Qui Tourne Studios, France between January and May 2000. Includes liner notes by Anil Prasad.
Audio Mixer: Rich Breen .
Liner Note Author: Anil Prasad.
Recording information: Studio Du Chien Qui Tourne, France (01/2000-05/2000).
Photographer: Judy Walgren.
For his first all-solo, all-instrumental, all-acoustic album, French fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Pierre Bensusan found himself signed to Favored Nations, a label owned by rock & roll stunt guitarist Steve Vai. It may not be an obvious pairing, but Vai has long been a fan of Bensusan's elegant and pancultural approach to the guitar, and with Intuite he offers Bensusan a warm, resonant ambience in which to stretch out. As you might expect, the compositions refer to any number of guitar traditions -- "Kadourimdou" nods to the blues before veering off into samba rhythms and a wholly unique combination of folk and jazz inflections; "En Route From Scarborough" (dedicated to fellow fingerstyle guitar hero John Renbourn) inverts the melody to "Scarborough Fair" and explores a whole new world of variations on that familiar theme; the sweet and melancholy "So Long Michael" (dedicated to the late Michael Hedges) comes from no single tradition in particular, but is a gentle soul cry inspired by the untimely death of a genius. Like most of Bensusan's work, this album can function as background music, but it would be a shame not to pay attention to the wit of his ideas and the grace of his playing. ~ Rick Anderson
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Natty Michelle has the sweetest hand-painted stationery that's perfect for any occasion. She's always adding new designs, full of whimsy and flair, and her passion for art is apparent. They're the perfect day brighteners to have show up in your mailbox! Natalie's graciously offered up eight cards to the winner of Win It: Natty Michelle. Winner's choice! Now if that's not a sweet start to a Monday, well, then I don't know what is.
To Enter:
• Tell me whether or not you've ever had a pen pal
• Leave a valid email address (Those who fail to will be disqualified.)
• Do it all before Monday, July 6 at noon CST
Best of luck! A winner will be chosen randomly shortly after the contest ends.
I have had lots of pen pals. I love writing letters and sending cards. Long live the Post Office!
06-29-09 » 4:20 pm »
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I had a few pen pals when I was in school–usually those awkward pen pals issued to me in French class. We'd write a few letters back and forth, but the language always got in the way.
BUT! My best friend just moved to the other side of the country and I've been writing her letters every week to brighten her day. I've had a lot of fun actually getting out the pen and writing letters and even more fun shopping for cute stationary.
elizabethfantastic at gmail dot com
06-29-09 » 4:30 pm »
These are gorgeous! I had a pen pal when I was a kid, but I don't anymore. I do love to send cards, but I'm really bad about getting them in the mail! I hand deliver a lot! LOL!
06-29-09 » 4:32 pm »
imelda bettinger
I haven't really had pen pals per say but I do buy and send out a lot of stationary now. Been doing this for a few years now since everything became so digital so fast. I love receiving handwritten cards, but I mostly just love sending them out. I usually get a nice email back saying how it just made that person's day and how it came right when they needed it. I love stationary! 😀 Long live snail mail!
PS What's your address and I'll send you a card? I also make cards out of my photography.
06-29-09 » 4:42 pm »
imelda bettinger
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forgot to add it to my previous comment.
06-29-09 » 4:43 pm »
I use to have pen pals when I was younger, mainly people I met at summer camps. It was SO much fun to tell them about my life after camp and sometimes send a small goodie to brighten their day.
Then pen pals stopped, I got older..didn't write unless it was mandatory for a school paper. BUT in college, not having any friends going in as a freshman was lonely, so my high school buddy Cliff and I decided it was FUN to get packages in our college mailboxes from time to time.
We decided to become college pen pals. I sent him stuff from my college bookstore and he did the same. It was awsome getting goodies in the mail!! Seeing that yellow slip in my mailbox that stated, "Delivery, see front desk for pick-up".
That excitement can never be achieved via e-mail!
06-29-09 » 4:44 pm »
my email is firstname.lastname@example.com btw.
06-29-09 » 4:45 pm »
I had a pen pal in Malaysia once and we drew pictures for each other instead of writing
06-29-09 » 4:52 pm »
I had a penpal from Russia. Back when it was still huge. One day I ended up at a lecture on nuclear power given by a prof from Moscow. I think I must have been 6. He thought I was pretty weird (in a good way) and had his niece write me. We wrote for 5 years. She sent me science fiction fairy tales from Armenia and I sent her Bill Peet books.
go_me90 at hotmail.com
06-29-09 » 5:22 pm »
I used to have a pen pal in Texas when I was in 2nd grade…I wonder what happened to her?? email: email@example.com
06-29-09 » 5:30 pm »
Do the inmates I write love letters to count? Just kidding. I did have a pen pal in the 3rd grade… it was a project with my elementary school. My pal was a girl my same age in Germany.
email: email@example.com
06-29-09 » 5:39 pm »
Don't think I've ever had a penpal — that'd be lovely though!
06-29-09 » 6:09 pm »
I had a few penpals when I was younger. One I kept up with for a few years in middle school…I still think of her and wish we hadn't lost touch.
Thanks for the chance!
06-29-09 » 6:34 pm »
I had a pen pal in the 4th grade. We penned back and forth between 4th graders at another school. Then one day we had a field trip to meet them. It was kind of awkward and cool.
06-29-09 » 6:53 pm »
In high school I had a penpal from Madagascar. One of my teacher's sisters was teaching over there and I ended up becoming penpals with a 10 year old boy. It was awesome and I got lots of pictures in the mail that brightened up my day.
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06-29-09 » 6:56 pm »
I've never had a penpal persay, but in my past few years of college two of my best girlfriends that were staying at different locations along the west coast decided that we were going to write letters to each other throughout the year. Best decision ever! Getting mail from them was always a treat, and always seemed to come at the perfect time
Megan Westfall
06-29-09 » 7:19 pm »
I'm obsessed with postage. I had a pen pal from Australia when I was in middle school but I haven't heard from her in years. I just started writing to a new pen pal who is also from Australia but is living in Italy right now. I'd love to send him that owl card–so cute!
06-29-09 » 9:59 pm »
It's been years and years since I've had a penpal. However, my recent move across the country (and away from all my friends) is a perfect opportunity to start snail mailing again!
06-29-09 » 10:11 pm »
I had two pen pals in elementary school- one who lived in Minnesota and one who lived in Higbee, Missouri. I never met either one, but I felt they knew me better than anyone I went to school with, which really helped me get through some of those years that were socially rough. Times have changed a lot since then– would a kid today want a pen pal to write back and forth with, when they could potentially go meet anyone and talk instantly back and forth online with? And yet it seems so much more personal to write and receive hand-written notes. Natty Michelle's cards are lovely, and would surely inspire that nostalgic excitement!
06-29-09 » 10:20 pm »
I had a French penpal for a little while in elementary and middle school. Our school had a penpal program: you signed up, filled out a questionnare, and they sent your info to a company who matched you with someone who was somewhat similar. For some reason I ended up with a penpal who was several years older than me. It wasn't a problem at first, but then she sort of grew up, and we just lost touch after a while. We didn't have much in common anymore, I guess. I think it would be fun to have a penpal again, actually.
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06-30-09 » 2:11 am »
Katie R
I had a few pen pals… a few of whom I am still in contact with b/c or facebook I love the kitchen aid cards!!! Thanks for being generous.
06-30-09 » 2:12 am »
Rebecca (Dog-Eared)
pen pal? just my boyfriend while we were dating long-distance!
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06-30-09 » 2:55 am »
so sorry! email is: firstname.lastname@example.com
06-30-09 » 4:05 am »
The Lil Bee
So sweet! I once had a pen pal when I was in sleepaway camp, so that was at about the age of 12. Clearly we've lost touch. But sometimes I think of my bloggy friends as pen pals, because it feels quite similar, minus the Air Mail envelope and stamps. xo
07-01-09 » 12:41 pm »
Caitlin T.
i still have a pen pal! my college roommate and i still write letters to each other–it's our main way of communicating. yay for letter writing!
thanks for the giveaway!
07-03-09 » 12:55 am »
Stephanie E.
I had a pen pal once, I sent her letters with lisa frank stationery. It was sweet.
07-03-09 » 1:53 am »
i had one whom i met through AOL chat. he was on the virginia navy base. we sent friendly letters to each other for almost 2 yrs. cute stationery!
07-05-09 » 12:38 pm »
Anna Caroline
My past penpal Is my hubby now 😀 We wrote each other for 6 years, me being in Sweden and him in USA, we finally met up a couple of years ago and the rest is history 😀
/Anna Caroline
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07-06-09 » 1:15 pm »
I had a pen pal throughout elementary school…I used degas printed stationary…I was a ballet dancer. This is sooo much better!
07-06-09 » 2:08 pm »
I had a German pen pal in middle school. These days I am postcard pen pals with a friend who moved to the West Coast.
07-06-09 » 2:20 pm »
In elementary school I had a pen pal from Ghana. I recently came across the letters she sent me.
07-06-09 » 2:56 pm »
I had have a few pen pals – in elementary school, I had a pen pal from Spain.
When I moved to KC, I pen paled with former friends.
I love writing letters to my friends that live out of state. This would be perfect.
07-06-09 » 3:17 pm »
Yes – from Australia! I thought that was the coolest thing ever (as an 8 year old …. actually, that would still be pretty fun).
07-06-09 » 3:31 pm »
I have had pen pals, but now they've turned into instant message/email pals.
These notecards would certainly be some inspiration!
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07-06-09 » 3:32 pm »
I had a pen pal in elementary school, but nothing in more recent years!
07-06-09 » 3:35 pm »
I had a pen pal set up by my 2nd grade teacher but I can't for the life of mine remember who it was or where she was from (pretty sure she was a she). Love the cards!
07-06-09 » 4:20 pm »
i had a pen pal for almost ten years when i was young. i absolutely loved sending her weekly updates about nothing and affixing as many stickers as possible to the envelope.
07-06-09 » 4:29 pm »
I had a pen pal when I was a kid.. part of our writing program in Scotland. Also kept in touch for years with the girl from France that stayed the summer with us as a foreign exchange student. Overdue getting back to handwriting letters instead of email!
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YCP has its first home - at 115 West Main Street in Carrboro!
We secured this site through a lease with the PTA Thrift Shop, that generously decided to partner with us in our mission and vision to create a cultural center for the youth in our Town.
This will be our organizational hub for operations, planning and youth leadership meetings, outreach, publicity and logistics, and recruitment.
This will allow gathering of leaders and organizers who will identify and enlist partnering groups to create a nexus of youth activities and empowerment.
This will involve joyful hard work of further building towards our ultimate goal of establishing a large and versatile youth-run cultural center and cafe, serving all our area's youth.
We have a shared interest with PTA in making sure that our children are well- supported and ready to learn. We believe our goals overlap extensively; YCP's work is a key supplement that extends beyond school walls in joining and serving the community's diverse youth. We believe that 115 West Main Street will be a catalyst for youth engagement and leadership; its central location and visibility are key factors. It will become a physical representation of our presence and maturation in the community, that recognizes the value of all its young members.


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Editorial: Slowly we move toward King's dream
Monday's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day didn't necessarily rock the masses in the Tri-County as far as holiday celebrations go.
Many events were held between Sunday and Monday, and there's another today. But for significant, bring the whole community to one place types of events, this year's holiday didn't have it.
And that's too bad. Call it an opportunity missed. And that's not to discredit the events that were held.
But when we recall our history in the United States, our significant moments, our "Do you remember when?" times, the changes of the civil rights era clearly marked all generations.
King didn't change the rules for minorities and majorities all by himself. He did play a significant role, so much so that he was wanted dead and eventually was assassinated.
Those who lived before the 1960s knew of a different time and place. Not all relationships between blacks and whites were adversarial, a distinction not everyone born after the 1960s truly realizes.
Similarly, those born after the 1960s have lived a life with integration only. They don't fully comprehend drinking fountains, doors and places that are "whites only" or "blacks only." History can be taught, but experiencing is very different.
King's message, however, wasn't linked only to the color of our skin. While it was a big part of what was happening in the movement, he wanted equality for all men and women regardless of much more than that. Wealth, religion or where someone was from had meaning, and he didn't want that to separate us.
Today, those things are still capable of separating us, just as can the color of skin. We've made incredible progress. There's been a good half-century of it.
And truly, for all the progress we've made, there is still so far to go.
The journey, King believed, needed to happen the right way. That was immensely important.
Though no one could truly know the full impact, King knew some grasp of the toll it could take on our country had to be part of the equation.
We're still a work in progress, still handling the toll of the changes. And for each day that is better than the last, we move closer to King's dream.


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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2004 The presidents of Afghanistan and Iraq both called for coalition forces to stay in their countries during separate interviews on NBC's "Meet the Press" today.
Afghan President Hamid Kharzai and Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar both said the short-term stability of their countries depends on the U.S.-led coalition staying in their respective lands.
Yawar said Iraqi security forces cannot handle the security problems today. The threats from Saddam Hussein regime remnants and outside terrorists is potent, he said, and Iraqi security forces have neither the training nor the equipment to effectively police the country or deny the borders to foreign terrorists.
"We are practical, we are realistic," Yawar said. "What we lack right now is enough security forces and capabilities. There are enemies, foreign and domestic, that are trying to destabilize and derail this new wonderful trend in Iraq."
The president said there is no timeline on a coalition exit from Iraq. He said that will depend on how long it will take for Iraqis to assume the security mission. He estimated that will be no earlier than six months to a year.
The coalition will turn over sovereignty to the government led by Yawar on June 30. The president said that following the turnover, he expects Iraq to be turbulent for a while. "We expect that (terrorists) will try to increase the incidents and the violence for a while, but we are committed, we are consistent and we are focused to make sure that we take necessary preparations to defuse the situation," he said.
Yawar said the Iraqi people are "cautiously positive" about the interim government. "The people of Iraq are rallying behind this government, and this is a sign of strength for this government," he said.
Kharzai said his interim government would like to see the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force expand to other parts of the country.
"Insha'allah" was the way Kharzai put it as to whether his nation would have elections in September as planned. "God willing" is the translation. Kharzai said the voter registration process is moving along well, and he expects the elections to take place.
"I am confident, because the Afghan people want this very much," Kharzai said. "The Afghan people want to elect their government." He said the government is legitimate across the country, although there are problems with local warlords. The government is trying to become more effective throughout the land.
"We are a weak administration," he said. "We have come out of 30 years of war and suffering and a tremendous shortage of human resources. That applies to our weakness."
Kharzai said the problem posed by Taliban remnants and al-Qaeda followers persist, but they are not effective organizations. "Three years ago, they could reach you in New York and Washington," Kharzai said. "Today, they are on the run. They are fugitives, and we are after them."
The terrorists can still hit targets of opportunity, but they are no longer an organized force, he said.


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We all have our guardian angel with us, we might not see them yet but they are just around us. Its funny how something you cannot see, can actually save your life at some point. They might not show themselves but feeling protected in so many ways can be really inspiring and amazing. Even if you might say to yourself that they are not true, or maybe at some level it is impossible to believe that they exist. But its always nice to think that someone is out there watching over us and protecting us. Just like in the story about a little girl.
There came a frantic knock at the doctor's office door,A knock, more urgent than he had ever heard before.
"Come in, Come in," the impatient doctor said,"Come in, Come in, before you wake the dead."In walked a frightened little girl, a child no more than nine,It was plain for all to see, she had troubles on her mind,"Oh doctor, I beg you, please come with me,My mother is surely dying, she's as sick as she can be."
"I don't make house calls, bring your mother here,"
"But she's too sick, so you must come or she will die I fear,"
The doctor, touched by her devotion, decided he would go,She said he would be blessed, more than he could know.
She led him to her house where her mother lay in bed,Her mother was so very sick she couldn't raise her head,But her eyes cried out for help and help her the doctor did,She would have died that very night had it not been for her kid.The doctor got her fever down and she lived through the night,And morning brought the doctor signs, that she would be all right,The doctor said he had to leave but would return again by two.
And later he came back to check, just like he said he'd do.The mother praised the doctor for all the things he'd done,He told her she would have died, were it not for her little one,"How proud you must be of your wonderful little girl,It was her pleading that made me come, she is really quite a pear!"
"But doctor, my daughter died over three years ago,Is the picture on the wall of the little girl you know?"
The doctors legs went limp for the picture on the wall,Was the same little girl for whom he'd made this call.The doctor stood motionless, for quite a little while,And then his solemn face, was broken by his smile,He was thinking of that frantic knock heard at his office door,And of the beautiful little angel that had walked across his floor.


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Where to stay: In the heart of Mansfield's Thorndon, there's Eight Parliament St., 8 Parliament St.; 499-0808, fax 479-6705,
For a touch of luxury, try the Wellesley, 2-8 Maginnity St.; 474-1308, fax 473-1913,
For a more personal experience, try the Booklovers B&B, 123 Pirie St., Mount Victoria; telephone/fax 384-2714,
Where to eat: At Days Bay, try the funky new Chocolate Dayz Cafe, 14 Marine Parade; telephone/fax 562-6132. Breakfasts and sandwiches $1.50-$5.50.
For a more elaborate meal, try Nova Bistro in Eastbourne Village, 150 Muritai Road; 562-7297. You can feast on pan-seared scallops served with a lime mayonnaise-laced orange kumara (sweet potato) salad and a puff pastry shell, drizzled with a lemon, lime and cilantro beurre blanc, all for about $13.50.
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