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Shut Up And Take My Money: The Price of Valor by Django Wexler
2014's The Shadow Throne, the second of a projected five volumes in Django Wexler's gunpowder epic fantasy "The Shadow Campaigns," set a very high bar for subsequent instalments to reach. While 2013's The Thousand Names was a solid, engaging effort to tell a story reminiscent of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe in a fantasy milieu, The Shadow Throne kicked the series into much higher gear. It delighted me extremely, in part because I didn't expect such a glorious step up from its predecessor—and that astonished marvel and, yes, relief, contributed in large part to my delight.
It would have been asking a bit much for The Price of Valor, the third and latest "Shadow Campaigns" novel to surpass The Shadow Throne by as much as The Shadow Throne overleapt The Thousand Names. That kind of rocket-propelled acceleration is something we're lucky to see once a series. But The Price of Valor is a worthy successor: Wexler hasn't let down the expectations he raised so high with The Shadow Throne. I'm very happy to say, for the second time in relation to this series, SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.
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Here's What Batman Would Look Like as a Viking, Iron Man, and More!
The LEGO Batman Movie will reportedly acknowledge every era of the Caped Crusader on-screen—but before we take that stroll down memory lane in 2017, let's turn our eyes to the Batmen that could have existed. 3D character artist Caleb Nefzen dreamed up what Batman would look like as a fearsome Viking warrior (above); on deviantART, DenisM79 reimagines the Dark Knight as a greaser punk; and even more artists have envisioned Batman in every era.
The Stargate Rewatch: SG-1 Season Ten
Stargate SG-1 Season 10
Executive producers: Robert C. Cooper, Brad Wright, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie
Original air dates: July 14, 2006 – June 22, 2007
Mission briefing. There are now four Ori warships in the Milky Way, which make incredibly short work of the fleet at the supergate. The Korolev and most of the Lucian Alliance ships are destroyed, and the Odyssey is badly damaged. On one of those warships, Vala gives birth to a daughter whom she names Adria, after her awful stepmother. However, the Ori used Vala as a vehicle to sneak one of their own into the corporeal world, so Adria grows to adulthood in a few days and takes command of Ori forces in the Milky Way, starting with invading Chulak.
Series: Stargate Rewatch
Raised By Apes and Wolves: Fiction's Top 11 Feral Children
Everyone knows that you've got a great fictional destiny if you were raised by animals or in the wild. It's a one-two mythic punch, like the right foundation for a cathedral or the New York water in good pizza dough (it's scientifically proven, folks). But who are our favorite feral children? Let's look at ten of the best, from the classics right up through some unforgettable pop culture offerings.
The Ghostbusters 3 Movies That We Almost Got
Last year's Sony email hack revealed a treasure trove of Hollywood intel, including Ivan Reitman's proposal for a Ghostbusters 3 that would reunite the original Ghostbusters as well as pave the way for the next generation. In a 2013 email to Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal, Reitman laid out the plot for what he called Ghostbusters: Alive Again. However, with Harold Ramis' passing in 2014, this version was scrapped.
While it sounds like the strongest idea for a third installment, it's definitely not the first. Ghostbusters 3 has stopped and started so many times since the 1990s, with at least five different versions rumored over the past 20 years. Read on for Dan Aykroyd's multiple drafts, Reitman's pitch, and what Ghostbusters 3 director Paul Feig is actually planning to do.
David Bowie Is Sci-Fi and Fantasy Personified
As an artist, David Bowie has spent a lifetime blurring the lines between performer and stage persona: after all, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars was famously advertised with the slogan "David Bowie is Ziggy Stardust"—while, in smaller type, the words "Ziggy Stardust is David Bowie" ran across the bottom of the ad.
This confusion between creator and creation is something Bowie has played upon from the very beginning—and then there's the fact that, over the last couple decades, he himself has become the direct inspiration for various fictional characters, from the Lucifer of Neil Gaiman's Sandman to The Venture Bros. shapeshifting leader of The Guild of Calamitous Intent. So let's take a look at a few of Bowie's more interesting incarnations, both as an actor and as a character, the dreamer and the dream, beginning with his acting debut in the unsettling 1967 short film The Image.
The Great Stephen King Reread: The Regulators
The title for The Regulators came to Stephen King first, the gimmick came second, the book came third, and like one of Roger Corman's AIP productions, where the poster and title were developed long before anyone started writing a script, the results are 1% inspiration, 99% exasperation. This is the book version of Reptilicus or Muscle Beach Party—thin, undemanding entertainment that doesn't add up to much. Normally, that's fine, except King had just turned in one of his best-loved books, The Green Mile, and one of his most important books, Desperation.
The Regulators can't hold a candle to either of these predecessors, and so it winds up feeling even thinner than it already is. King doesn't help matters by turning the writing over to Richard Bachman, who should have stayed dead.
Series: The Great Stephen King Reread
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Three years ago the Earth was conquered by a force of robots from a distant world. Their only rule? Stay in your homes. But Sean Flynn and his friends can't wait any longer. They're willing to risk instant vaporization in their quest to find Sean's father, a missing fighter pilot who fought in the war against the robots. Out now from Gollancz, Robot Overlords is the companion novel to the recent film starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley, and we've got three copies we want to share with you!
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Five Mythical Islands of the Atlantic Ocean: Your Guide to Summer Adventure
Summer is here and it's time to take a vacation! But why settle for a mundane location when you could pitch your tent on one of the top five mythical islands of the Atlantic Ocean? Sally forth with your ancient map and your colonialist zeal—nothing can stand between you and an island adventure!
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School Celebrates Books with Literary Lockers!
School hallways can be grim places, but a group of teachers at Biloxi Junior High School found a way to lighten the mood. They've turned the 8th grade English hallway into an "Avenue of Literature" by transforming 189 unused lockers into the spines of books! This seems like the best possible thing that could ever happen to a locker. One question though: if you paint them to look like C.S. Lewis books, will the lockers become doorways to Narnia?
We hope everyone is embarking into an exciting weekend! Morning Roundup sends you off with thoughts on sci-fi, fond remembrances of filmic phone phreakers, and some fabulously dark fairy tales.
Five Super Villain Schemes So Crazy They Might Just Be Crazy
In the first Austin Powers film, Doctor Evil's demand of one million dollars comes across as hilariously absurd, not only because he doesn't understand economic inflation, but because we're all used to super villains acting like idiots. Despicable Me further illustrates this tendency by having the plot of the movie center on the attempt to steal the Moon.
But what about supposedly serious (or at least not intentionally spoofy) villains with awful plans? Can we chalk up complications and ridiculousness to insanity? Perhaps. But there are some super villains who actually seem at least a little bit sane, and still somehow manage to enact schemes that are flawed to the point of being silly. Here are five of the most absurd super villain schemes, complete with my advice on what these big baddies should have done instead.
The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 21 and 22
The Harry Potter Reread would quit caffeine, but it's no quitter. So it won't quit caffeine. Which means that everyone should probably look out.
This week we're going to have a super un-fun vision, and then we're going to visit some people in the hospital. Yeah, tons of laughs. It's chapters 21 and 22 of The Order of the Phoenix—The Eye of the Snake and St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
Index to the reread can be located here! Other Harry Potter and Potter-related pieces can be found under theirappropriate tag. And of course, since we know this is a reread, all posts might contain spoilers for the entire series. If you haven't read all the Potter books, be warned.
Series: The Harry Potter Reread
Experiment 626 Was an Overwhelming Success
Why is Stitch waving a Pride flag, you might ask. Well, artist Dean DeBlois worked on Lilo & Stitch, and Stitch is Experiment 626, and we all know what strides happened for same-sex marriage on June 26, and ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind, and oh, our hearts.
Afternoon Roundup brings you a hilarious Twitter case of mistaken identity, the latest groan-worthy board game movie, and the shared trope of all alien-invasion movies.
Covering The Promise of the Child
Having been blown away by the greatness of Nemesis Games, Neal Stephenson's astonishing Seveneves and, in recent weeks, Aurora by the always awesome Kim Stanley Robinson, it's fair to say I've been riding the space opera train lately—and you know what? I don't want to get off.
Series: British Fiction Focus
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance With Dragons, Part 27
Welcome back to A Read of Ice and Fire! Please join me as I read and react, for the very first time, to George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. Today's entry is Part 27 of A Dance With Dragons, in which we cover Chapter 46 ("A Ghost in Winterfell") and Chapter 47 ("Tyrion").
Previous entries are located in the Index. The only spoilers in the post itself will be for the actual chapters covered and for the chapters previous to them. As for the comments, please note that the Powers That Be have provided you a lovely spoiler thread here on Tor.com. Any spoileriffic discussion should go there, where I won't see it. Non-spoiler comments go below, in the comments to the post itself.
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Series: A Read of Ice and Fire
Next Stop, Central Station
"I always wanted to write a novel in short stories," explains World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar. "Science fiction has a long tradition of doing this—from The Martian Chronicles to Lord of Light—but my inspiration was also partly V.S. Naipaul's Miguel Street."
If Wikipedia is to be believed, that's a semi-autobiographical wartime novel composed of prose portraits of the colourful characters who live on the titular street in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. But move over Miguel Street: Tidhar's patchwork narrative, announced today by way of Zeno Agency, takes place in the wake of "a worldwide diaspora" in a city spread around the foot of a space station where "life is cheap, and data is cheaper."
Series: British Fiction Focus
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 45
Welcome back to the Words of Radiance Reread on Tor.com! Last week, Kaladin and some of his men began Shardblade training, and Kaladin used profoundly dodgy rationale to justify his decisions. This week, we go back in time to a festival in Jah Keved, attended by the Davar family.
This reread will contain spoilers for The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, and any other Cosmere book that becomes relevant to the discussion. The index for this reread can be found here, and more Stormlight Archive goodies are indexed here. Click on through to join the discussion.
[To be human is to seek beauty. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way.]
Series: Words of Radiance Reread on Tor.com
Midnight in Karachi Episode 19: Daniel José Older
Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad.
This week, writer Daniel José Older joins Mahvesh to talk about urban fantasy, spiritual ancestry, diversity in fiction, questioning the power status quo and the deserving attention the cover for his novel Shadowshaper has received.
Series: Midnight in Karachi Podcast
The Flicker Men
Eric Argus is a washout. His prodigious early work clouded his reputation and strained his sanity. But an old friend gives him another chance, an opportunity to step back into the light. With three months to produce new research, Eric replicates the paradoxical double-slit experiment to see for himself the mysterious dual nature of light and matter. A simple but unprecedented inference blooms into a staggering discovery about human consciousness and the structure of the universe.
His findings are celebrated and condemned in equal measure. But no one can predict where the truth will lead. And as Eric seeks to understand the unfolding revelations, he must evade shadowy pursuers who believe he knows entirely too much already.
Ted Kosmatka's sci-fi thriller The Flicker Men is available July 21st from Henry Holt & Co.
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Dwayne Johnson Opens Up About Paul WalkerBy: Alexandria Sardam - March 27, 2014
It's been a hard couple of months for the mourning friends and family of Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker. Walker's life tragically came to an end after a car crash which erupted into flames, killing the 40-year-old actor.
Fellow actor and friend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson recently spoke out about Walker and the pain in dealing with his death.
"The biggest pain I felt was for his family, his daughter," Johnson said on Monday while he was promoting his upcoming film Hercules at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Johnson also stars in the seventh installment of the Fast & Furious films.
"It's very important for everybody involved, of course," Johnson said in regards to giving Walker's character an appropriately fitting finale in the movie. "It's not easy, and it's a challenge when you have something like this — a beloved person. Paul, as you guys know, he was truly one of the good guys — a great dude, who didn't take himself seriously, loved what he did, understood the business of the business," Johnson continued.
"You got the real deal, genuine guy when you got him. So it's important for everybody to creatively honor him in the best way that we possibly can."
Johnson posted this picture on his Instagram shortly after the loss of one of his best buds. The photo was simply captioned, "Love you brother."
Since his death, close friend and Fast & Furious co-star Tyrese has also publicly mentioned the untimely passing.
"It was a lot of shock and trauma for his family and all of us involved," Tyrese said. "I've never been depressed in my life but I was very sad and down and it took a minute for me to shake it."
While there are some rumors of Walker's brother filling in, It is still unclear how Walker's character (Brian O'Conner) will leave the series. The film was originally scheduled to hit theaters July 11, 2014. It will now open on April 10, 2015.
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Bootcamp is an open-level interval training fitness class. Whole-body toning and strengthening are paired with cardio and stretching to provide a well-rounded and rigorous workout. This class is an excellent compliment to dance and wellness practices as it increases endurance, flexibility, strength, and balance, as well as improves posture and confidence.
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Contemporary utilizes both contemporary and jazz dance techniques as an expressive vehicle. With the language of contemporary dance as a meeting point, students will strive to improve their technical contemporary dance grounding; allowing them to develop their movement, improvisation and choreographic skills while also developing their creative abilities and body as a tool for communication.
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Zumba classes feature exotic rhythms set to high-energy Latin and international beats. Before participants know it, they're getting fit and their energy levels are soaring! There's no other fitness class like a Zumba Fitness-Party. It's easy to do, effective and totally exhilarating, often building a deep-rooted community among returning students.
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18 students opt out of District 97's Fast ForWord
By Terry Dean
The families of 18 District 97 students decided to opt out of the district's Fast ForWord program, a computer-based curriculum designed to help struggling students.
The program is available at every school, but parents have the option of removing their students from it. FastForWord was piloted in 2011 and implemented district-wide during the 2012-13 school year. Of the 666 kids in the program, 18 have opted out for various reasons, ranging from dissatisfaction with the program to wanting their child in a different at-risk program in the district.
According to the district's data, students who have remained in Fast ForWord have showed progress.
The district-wide launch was slated for third-graders only, with plans to expand to other grades. Of those 666 third-graders, 67 percent made gains in reading and language, according to the district. The program addresses students' cognitive and language skills.
Though initially focused on academically struggling students, the program was expanded to include higher-achieving students this year. While mostly every student who participated showed improvement, gains among the high-achieving students were not as strong as for those on the lower end, according to the district's data.
Still, D97 administrators and school board members are generally pleased with the overall results, which were presented to the board on March 19. Fast ForWord has its share of supporters and critics, D97 officials acknowledged. But Supt. Albert Roberts stressed that the program is working for most of the students who are participating.
"When you look at the youngsters who were struggling … I'm still convinced it was a good investment," Roberts said of the nearly $500,000 purchase of Fast ForWord in early 2012.
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Posted: March 27th, 2013 3:16 PM
In the first iteration, it became apparent that strong readers were struggling with tools that should be directed to students with learning difficulty. The "made progress" means in 12 weeks of school, FF measures and MAP scores improved. I should think every 3rd grade student should "make progress" Sept-December since they are receiving classroom instruction. It is in no-way scientifically controlled for FF effect. Our experience with the program was that it interfered with real learning.
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What exactly does "showed progress" mean? Are you telling me they can't quantify their results?
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Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge each morning.
Tallulah - This poolside restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered.
Room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a health club.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children under 18 years old stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 25 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21 years old.
Noise-free rooms not guaranteed
- Breakfast fee: between USD 15 and USD 20 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 9.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: USD 15 per night (in/out privileges)
- Late check-out fee: USD 75
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 25 per night
We should mention
Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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rack of lamb
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A portion of the rib section of a lamb, usually containing eight ribs. A rack of lamb can be cut into chops or served in one pieceeither as a rack or formed into a crown roast.
From The Food Lover's Companion, Fourth edition by Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst. Copyright © 2007, 2001, 1995, 1990 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
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Dogs (aged 1 year and older) are always welcome at Cliveden - we pride ourselves on ensuring all guests enjoy the finest of experiences during their stay - including our four-legged friends. There are over 250 acres of National Trust woodland paths designed for your dog to explore. You might even spot the odd nonchalant rabbit…
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From the moment your pampered pooch is welcomed into the Great Hall, we ensure they have a stay to remember. A supplementary charge of £30 per dog in room per night applies.
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Please note there some National Trust restrictions within the estate, and dogs are allowed in over 250 acres of designated woodland paths but not in the gardens or lawns surrounding the hotel.
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Family tree: Mesker Park Drive Christmas tradition survives
If you grew up in the 1960s and '70s in the home of Dr. Victor Johnson and his wife, Rita, on the city's West Side, you couldn't help but enjoy a dream Christmas each year.
First, there was all the fun of selecting a real Christmas tree — the larger the better — and decorating it freely with all kinds of clutter.
Vic and the couple's four young kids always shopped the tree lot of Boy Scout Troop 99 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church or they checked out the supply at Stocker's Nursery.
Rita Johnson remained at the family's home at 1303 Mesker Park Drive to prepare the picture window in the family's living room for the tree's arrival.
Neighbors looked forward each year to seeing the fun-loving tree appear in the same spot.
The prime goal behind Vic's shopping with the children was to find the largest tree possible, according to Sharon Ruder of Evansville, one of the couple's children.
After all, Ruder said, the tree would need to support the placement on it of nearly everything that meant anything to her and her siblings, including their plastic toy saxophone and tuba and other favorite cheap toys.
"My dad had a tradition about putting toys on the trees. I now realize that some people did not consider our decorations normal," she said.
"We had drums, tops, race cars, baby dolls and anything else you could buy at Miller's Dime Store, which was located on West Franklin Street."
Ruder said she and her siblings enjoyed taking the ornaments off the tree and playing with them as much as they enjoyed hanging the ornaments.
The Johnsons' tree also supported memorabilia from such West Side icons as Mater Dei and Reitz high schools and the West Side Nut Club.
Never mind that the tree would be super-jam-packed and not particularly pretty. It would have everything on it that mattered, Ruder said.
"Dad always encouraged us to get a tree that was at least eight feet tall or taller... 'I think we need a little bit larger tree,' he'd say."
According to Ruder, the kids knew their Mom didn't favor a large tree.
"Dad just did it mainly to see Mom's expression," she said. "The trees we selected were always way too big."
Once home, Vic usually wound up cutting off the tree top and sometimes nearly half of the rest of the tree in order to get it in the house.
A clunky old school bell was also among the things that were hung on the tree.
The bell would be buried somewhere in the tree's deep interior to make it hard to find.
"My brother (Richard, now of Maple Grove, Minn.) would shake the tree and then yell, 'I found it,' never minding that he broke ornaments and lights in the process," Ruder recalled.
"Our parents never ever got upset with us."
Rita said, "Our whole idea was to have fun."
She said she can still hear her son, Richard, tell her, at about the age of 5, that he saw Santa go over Helfrich (Golf Course) Hill, across the street from their home.
"I said, 'You did?'"
The Johnsons' children also include Jane Tuttle, now of Lawrence, Kan., and Bob Johnson, now of Indianapolis.
As the mother of two sons herself, Ruder said she can now understand how decorating a tree — with anything and everything on it — is far more fun than worrying about how it will look.
"Thinking of all the laughter we shared back when I was growing up, and that I now share with my own family, it's priceless," she said.
Vic and Rita, both 77, now live at Solarbron Pointe Retirement Community near the University of Southern Indiana.
Important parts of their former Christmas tree tradition are being kept alive this season at their old Mesker Park address, however.
Ruder recently presented some of the old plastic footballs in Reitz and Mater Dei's school colors — that once hung on her family's trees — to Kris Igleheart-Mindrup and her family, who now live at the Johnsons' former house.
The footballs originally had been acquired from the West Side Nut Club.
"The footballs are finally back home and hanging once again on a tree," Ruder said.
Vic and Rita wed in 1953, a year prior to his graduation from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
They had met in 1952 when Rita, a Mishawaka, Ind., native, was a nurse and Vic, a native West Sider, was in medical school.
What was a date like back then?
"We didn't have much money, so we played cards a lot," Rita explained.
Vic returned to Evansville on June 15, 1957 with his bride.
The couple first lived in an apartment on West Franklin Street, across from Sacred Heart Church.
In 1958, they purchased their now former home on Mesker Park Drive for $15,500.
Vic recalled that postage stamps back then were 4 cents each.
He said he thought the cost of stamps was a good barometer for measuring the amount of inflation in the cost of houses since then.
Earlier, while a student at Reitz, the 6-foot, 4-inch tall, 250-pound-plus Vic was a member of the school's football squad.
"I wasn't a starter but I contributed something back in 1947," he recalled.
In 1969, he and his wife were instrumental in founding the Evansville Junior Football League.
Howell Park's football facilities are named Johnson Field in their honor.
"We took care of the fundraising that included Saturday popcorn sales. Wherever we were needed, we tried to help," Rita recalled.
Vic, a camera buff, also volunteered as a photographer for area football teams.
He is a past president of the West Side Nut Club and a past chairman of the club's West Side Fall Festival.
Vic retired from his private medical practice in 1982 and then joined the local Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, from which he retired in 1996.
The Johnsons' storied Christmases often revolved around numerous gallon jars of chocolate chip cookies that Rita baked, starting a couple of weeks prior to the holiday.
The cookies were devoured by the children almost as quickly as they came out of the oven.
There also was the last-minute shopping practice of Vic.
Even though his wife had already completed shopping for the children's Christmas presents, he couldn't resist stopping by the old West Side Hardware Store on West Franklin Street or the nearby John Deere store.
By the time he left the stores, his arms would bulge with miniature fire trucks or tractors or some other toys for the two little sons in the family and with baby dolls and an Operation or Twister or some other games for the two little daughters.
The family ritual each Christmas Eve included attending midnight Mass together at St. Boniface Catholic Church.
Vic and Rita then returned home or to his medical practice office on West Michigan Street to assume the roles of Santa and Mrs. Claus.
They would be up until the wee hours of Christmas morning assembling bicycles and other toys.
By 6 a.m, the children were wide awake and rarin' to to open their gifts.
The parents were equally enthusiastic despite their long night.
The family's Christmases weren't materialistic, Ruder recalled.
"If each of us kids got one big item, costing around $25, we thought that was great," she said.
Ruder fondly remembered once receiving a Mrs. Beasley Talking Doll, which she found lots of fun until one of her brothers decided to take it apart.
Her mother "performed surgery" on it and put it back together with the help of Band-Aids, Ruder said.
Ruder also remembered receiving a collector's doll with a red and white polka-dotted dress that she had seen in a Sears Roebuck Christmas catalog and put on her list to Santa.
"They (her parents) were amazing. They never seemed to tire. I don't know how they did it," said Ruder.
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Did not get room I booked they would not do anything about it
Wasn't very polite people and not my type of place to stay
wifi didnt work and no mini fridge or microwave
Easy check in and check out. Comfortable.
Breakfast was poor.
The continental breakfast was one of the best ever & it was smart to utilize the pub for the set up! All of the employees were very courteous & helpful. The room itself was clean & comfortable. The indoor pool & hot tub were a nice feature as well!
There was no real lobby to sit & relax. I found a few dead bugs in the bed & let the staff know; despite that, I could tell that they are really trying to do a good job, along with upgrading the hotel, especially with chain hotels close to them.
Cleanliness , decor.
Heating system, noisey and we couldn't get it regulated.
Staff at front desk were incredibly helpful and nice.Location was excellant.Room was spotless and beds were so comfortable I didnt want to get up. I had a very good nights sleep.Breakfast was a great way to start the day.
No complaints.
Everyone was so pleasant! Wonderful room! Great breakfast! Smiles and greetings from every employee, every time! I give A+
There wasn't one thing that I didn't like about this hotel. I am an early morning person. For me, the best thing I experienced was that they had a fresh pot of coffee brewed by 4:00 a.m. Loved waking up and knowing my fresh coffee was waiting for me.
I can't think of anything that I didn't like about the hotel or my experience there.
Desk Clerk was very nice and helpful. Breakfast was excellent. Facility was very very clean.
We had a handicap room which was very accomodating.The bed very comfortable.The hot breakfast was varied each morn. A bag lunch was available,plus a supper for first come which I never heard of.The cookies all day were great. Fattening. Very clean.
Little mildew in shower.Shower curtain doesn't stay inside so the floor get very wet. Need to move towel rack so you don't hit you head when getting up from john.Could use more safety bars to help in and out of shower. Nice eating place a little drive.
The friendliness,very informative staff. Front desk employees,house Cleaning staff are always courteous and helpful. Very professional.My granddaughter only wants to stay at this hotel. She always talks to the staff expresses how nice everyone treats her
Nothing to dislike.
Early check in. Several places to eat and shop nearby. No signs of bed bugs.
The bed was terrible. Traffic was loud on the side street at 1am. Room was outdated except for flat screen tv. There were ants in the bathroom which crawled up my boyfriends legs and made their way to the bed. Manager screamed at me when discussing issues
Modern, clean and friendly.
Traffic noise from interstate
The Atwood is like those grand resort hotels built in the 60s - I am glad to see it still standing and hope that it will survive. Very pretty, very peaceful and picturesque manicured grounds.
NOTHING - They cancelled our reservations without telling us! They said they overbooked so didn't have our room. They didn't make other arrangements for us even though we had reservations for over 4 months. A fiasco and not even an apology.
They cancelled our reservations without telling us! They said they overbooked so didn't have our room. They didn't make other arrangements for us even though we had reservations for over 4 months. A fiasco and not even an apology.
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Former longtime Wasilla resident Eldor T. Hulke, 84, died Dec. 7, 2005, in Fairfax, Va. A funeral was at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 501 E. Bogard Road, Wasilla. Interment followed at Wasilla Cemetery. The Rev. Jonathan Rocky of St. John Lutheran Church in Palmer officiated. Pallbearers were Mr. Hulke's daughters, Frieda, Virginia and Jody; grandchildren, Lynette Krueger and Tim Hulke; and son-in-law, Paul Willing.
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Below is a description from our mesum and it's goals for the boats that we are trying to restore. If you go to the website you will understand more about what were are about.
PT305 is still waiting and has been ready for almost 12 months for the start of hull repairs and restoration at Pier 77 Yacht Center. We are in urgent need of donations to fund this project. We are trying our best to raise funds and public awareness by attending shows and events, sadly we have not been able to get a significant donation of funds, Which would allow us to move forward on the major work. We have received some donations of mahogany, enough to do some emergency repairs to the hull's exterior. and these will be completed very soon. At this time we are going to cover the boat with a tin roof, materials for which were generously donated to us by Triple-S Steel Supply Company(see our contributors page for contact information). This will help us to protect the boats' interior structure from further deterioration until we can raise the funds to complete the hull restoration project. We need almost $100,000 for materials and equipment to re float the hull and install a super structure. This is probably the last restore able PT-Boat to see action in World War II, it is made of wood and will not be around for the next generation to see if we cannot fund this project. In these times when you are think of our soldiers, sailors and airman overseas, remember those who served in World War II, help us restore this important artifact for the next generation. We do not get any State or Federal support, like other well known Museums, we are just a few like minded individuals who think preserving this artifact is important for the nation and our history, precious few of these boats survived the War.
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It is a little museum that needs help to restore one of only 2 PT boats left in the world. We also have almost completed restoration of an original LCP boat. Also add to our growing collection is a PBY veitnam era boat. The pieces of history need your help, the people who fought may pass on but the equipment and tools that were vital to them can still live on as reminders of them. For the best thing about these boats is that our goals as a museum is not to be static display but a living display. In other words our goal is to have the ships in ship shape (yeah yeah I know it is sappy) in the water for people to experince and understand what our soldiers experinced. With everyone's help this can be possible.


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I ordered this movie recently after not having seen it in over a decade. It's not quite as funny as I remember it to be as I'm sure my tastes have changed since I last saw it but... Read morePublished 7 months ago by TheCasualGamer
I just received a second copy of this DVD and it again has a flaw in it. It stops again in the a locker scene in the middle of the DVD. It will not continue. Read morePublished on June 6 2013 by gaylene douglas
In the tradition of movies like SLAP SHOT and MAJOR LEAGUE, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS is nothing more than an unrealistic sports movie that's extremely fun to watch (and that's exactly... Read morePublished on April 26 2004
This is one film that I could watch repeatedly. It was an entertaining story starring the talented actor, Scott Bakula, as the aging QB. Read morePublished on Oct. 5 2003 by Teresa R. Patri
It's really not a good movie in spite of some decent cast members such as Elizondo, Bakula, et al. In fact, about the only real reason I would ever watch it a second time is to see... Read morePublished on Aug. 22 2003