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By Danny Peary
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle fits my category, Movies That Should Play in Sag Harbor. But for now, until Tuesday, you'll have to see it in New York City at the Film Forum. I have been a huge fan of the unique Canadian duo, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, since their first self-titled album was released in the mid-1970s, so I was thrilled to learn a concert film had been made to pay tribute to Kate, a brilliant singer and songwriter who died from clear-cell sarcoma at the age of 63 in 2010. I was even more excited to learn that Kate's supertalented kids, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, were behind the film and Rufus had handpicked Lian Lunson to direct it. Lunson was a perfect choice because she had shot the acclaimed documentary, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, which includes a concert in which the McGarrigles and Rufus and Martha perform beautifully. I interviewed the personable Australian director before that film played at the Film Forum in 2005 and was delighted to do the following interview with her a week ago to help her promote her new movie—which includes marvelous performances by Rufus and Martha, Anna, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, and even Jimmy Fallon, along with archival and new offstage footage—and champion her extraordinary subject, the much missed Kate McGarrigle.
Danny Peary: What part of Australia are you from?
Lian Lunson: I'm from rural Victoria, the countryside outside of Melbourne. I moved to Sydney to go to drama school, which I attended for three and a half years. Then I did a lot of theater and starred in a TV-movie ["Army Wives" (1986)] and a feature film ["The Big Hurt" (1985)] and had a couple of smaller roles. So I was just starting to get known when I moved to L.A.
DP: Did you go to Hollywood to be an actress?
LL: Yeah, but I lost interest in about five minutes because it was much different from what I'd known. Australia had a much smaller acting environment, so we all knew each other and the few major casting directors all knew us. Even if you weren't getting paid, there were a lot of theater groups and opportunities to perform. I guess acting was my way out of Australia to come here, but it wasn't really the right thing for me to do. I'm very proactive and like getting involved in things rather than sitting around and waiting. I grew impatient and went into production.
DP: You produced music videos for such well-known artists as Neil Young, INXS, Pearl Jam, Public Enemy, and Dwight Yoakum. Was it because you were a music fan that you gravitated toward music videos?
LL: No. When I first came to America I started doing work on various film sets, doing pretty much every job. As part of that I got into the producing aspect, learning how to structure budgets. The particular production company I worked for, overseeing budgets, did mainly music videos and commercials, but I left that company and started to produce on my own for various directors. I formed my own company, Horse Pictures, in 1997. I did my first video with Willie Nelson, which was great because I was already such a huge fan of his. Based on that, he asked me to do a feature-length film about him for PBS. I ended up being in that world of his for nearly two years.
DP: Then you made your documentary, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. How did you learn about the 2005 Cohen tribute concert at the Sydney Opera House that featured many rock and folk artists singing his songs, including Kate & Anna McGarrigle, and Kate's supertalented kids Rufus and Martha Wainwright?
LL: Hal Willner, who is a very good friend of mine, is a Grammy-winning American producer who does these great concept shows where he ingeniously puts together unique people with amazing songs. He told me he was putting on the Leonard Cohen "Came So Far for Beauty" concerts, beginning in Brighton, England, with an amazing group of performers. The third one was in Sydney, and he said there was the possibility that it would close the annual Sydney Festival at the end of January 2005. I thought it would be great to film it, given that it was in the Opera House. But I felt I could do that only if I could include Leonard in my movie. I really wanted to make the film about him, with the songs in the concert being like chapters in his life.
DP: You didn't know Kate and Anna at the time you filmed the Leonard Cohen concert in Sydney?
LL: That's where I met them originally.
DP: When I first interviewed you, the Cohen movie had gotten any distribution in Australia. Did it ever get it?
LL: Of course, it played for about 7 months. Everything's changed on this film. We're self-distributing it.
DP: Who is we?
LL: Me. This film, I ended up doing pretty much everything. It wasn't something that I wanted to give to a distributor that would play it in the cinema for a week and then exploit it in perpetuity. This was something incredibly personal for Kate's family and I worked really hard so it would stay in the family. We're very lucky to have this open at Film Forum, which is an amazing cinema that takes care of its films. But we don't have the funds or anything to do a campaign to play it elsewhere. But that's the way it is, and I'd much prefer doing it this way. Kate's children, Rufus and Martha–this is their film and they'll keep it within their ranks.
DP: What is your reputation in Australia now, are you one of them?
LL: I have no idea. I still live in Los Angeles and don't go back and forth very much because it's expensive. But I grew up in Australia and as I said, my Leonard Cohen film had a good run there. And Sing Me the Songs had its Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, so I was there for that. We had two screenings, on a Friday night and a Sunday. The Friday night was really good, it was full, and I called all my friends who were coming on Sunday and said, "It's 12 o'clock on so no one's going to be there. But come anyway and we'll go have lunch." And we get to the cinema and there's this big line out the door. It was really amazing. I asked my friends, "Whose film is this? It's mine!" Australia, a little more so than America, embrace singers like the McGarrigles and Wainwrights in a really big way. They're more interested in that sort of music and Rufus and Martha have a huge fanbase there. I can have screenings in America and some people will know about the McGarrigles and others won't. They aren't obscure, but they're not mainstream. Rufus's name has become a little bigger than his mother Kate's.
DP: I'm surprised about their popularity in Australia. In our previous interview, you said everyone in Australia at one time had punk albums and Leonard Cohen. But I doubt if they had Kate and Anna McGarrigle albums because you didn't know of them until you were making the Leonard Cohen documentary.
LL: I wasn't really aware of them then. But I did know of them from before the Cohen film, when they sang on a Nick Cave album, and I heard these amazing, unique voices in the background and wondered who was singing. But, you're right, I wasn't aware of them in Australia. That's why I was so surprised when I went back there and there were so many McGarrigle fans. People I've known since I was a teenager were there and they knew every song, and I was like, "How did you know about the McGarrigles and I didn't?" But it was really nice to see. I think many people in Australia found out about the McGarrigles from seeing the Sydney concert in the Leonard Cohen film, because they had such a big presence in that. I had never heard of them before. I liked Leonard Cohen, opera, and country. I grew up listening to Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris. Emmylou's album "Bluebird," was such a huge part of my history so it was a thrill meeting her. She's a beautiful human being and I'm happy she's in the movie.
I'm kind of glad I didn't know about the McGarrigle's music before. Making this film and editing it and seeing it 24/7 in my house, with these songs, was really an unveiling for me of incredible song writing by this incredibly underrated woman, Kate. Getting to know her songs and the caliber of her writing, and how honest and intellectual she was, really struck me. I came to this sort of fresh and was completely blown way. If I take any project on, and put two years of my life into it, I want to have grown enormously from it afterward in a spiritual sense. I want to know that I have grown as a human being, in every way. You want the world look different. I knew when Rufus asked me to do this that it would be a project like that.
DP: How did it happen that Rufus asked you to make the film?
LL: We'd stayed in touch since the Cohen film. We were had lunch with the Town Hall show coming up, and he started asking me how I would go about making the film. He wondered what it would entail and how much money it would cost to shoot the concert. I started telling him some of my ideas and I remember him just getting overwhelmed with sadness and tearing up. It was still a very terrible period for everyone. Then he said, "Will you do this?" I said, "Of course." I knew that it would be such a delicate time for Rufus and Martha and everyone. It was so brave to even attempt to try to do something when everything was so fresh and raw. In my mind, I thought it was a rich place to step into because everyone has lost somebody and has gone through this terrible grief at one time. Now I'd be able to document it. This family is generous with their feelings and their emotions and sharing that it would be interesting and hopefully help other people who have gone though the same thing. We can't all put on concerts for the people we've lost, but I thought this will be somewhat of a cathartic experience for the people who have gone through something similar. I don't make "behind-the-music" documentaries, I'm more interested in the mystery and the ether around a human being. And the ether around this human being was loss and sadness. Some critics have slagged me for not telling the full story of Kate McGarrigle, but I wasn't interested in making that type of film. Somebody else can tell her life story, but my intention was to capture the emotional atmosphere within the family at that time and a moment that was a concert.
DP: It's a strange situation for me because I don't look at this film as a viewer coming from the outside and being objective. I am on your side and wanting many people to see the movie so they can appreciate the McGarrigles like we do. It's because after attending many of the family-and-friends concerts when Kate was alive I feel I know these people personally. I'm sure a lot of people feel exactly the same as I do.
LL: I've come across a lot of McGarrigle fans through social networking and whatever, and it's very much like that. They feel very close to them. I discovered a Kate and Anna appreciation group on facebook and for those people the McGarrigles are like an obsession. They feel very much like they know them.
DP: Like they're family members who would be welcome at their gatherings.
LL: Exactly. I'm sure these fans are going to see the movie, but I also tried to make it for people who don't know anything about Kate McGarrigle. They're not going to learn that much about her in this film, but they will see how much she was loved. And hopefully they will leave the cinema and Google her and go listen to her music.
DP: So you want this film to lead to something more.
LL: Yes, they'll hear these songs by this incredible woman songwriter who was completely underrated and realize how talented she was.
DP: When Rufus introduced the film at Sundance-London, he stated that Kate was underrated.
LL: She should be much better known than she was when she was alive. I think her work will become a lot more known after people look her up! The one thing that's extraordinary about the energy in the film is that it's just really about love. It's an outpouring of love. I hope it makes people ask, "Who was this woman?" She has these amazing children, Jimmy Fallon knows her, this cross-section of people all seem to know something about her. A lot of the young kids were the biggest fans of my Cohen film, because they were seeing what they didn't know existed. They went, "Wow. I didn't know that guy. He is cool!" I hope this film makes people say, "Wow, Kate McGarrigle! Some of her songs are incredible." I hope they buy the soundtrack. It's all live stuff, from other shows, too, and it's beautiful. They played it the other night between the screening and tribute concert, and people just were tearing up.
DP: At the concert that you filmed, what was the feeling in Town Hall?
LL: I likened it to an Irish wake. It was very funereal. It had that feeling to it, for me. It wasn't a dark feeling, but there was just a deep, deep sense of sadness and mourning. There were light moments, which gave everyone time to take a breath, but everyone was somber and there were a lot of tears.. It was really very touching. When I look at religious art, I'm drawn toward someone incredible because I think what I see is the devotion of the painter to that spiritual entity, sort of deep love and respect and honor. I'm struck by the energy of devotion. That's how the show felt to me, watching these artists who are close family and friends painting Kate's songs with the deepest level of emotion they had. I think it's a very rare experience these days for an audience to see that.
DP: Some of Kate's personal songs are so sad. Do you think it's because of her broken marriage with Loudon Wainwright or later relationships?
LL: Rufus said the other day that his mother wrote about life. She was very honest when she wrote about having children or about her divorce. Anna McGarrigle talked about a song the other night. She said her sister was reading this huge, really boring book. She was such an intellectual that she read the whole thing, in French. Then she wrote a song in English about the story of this whole book. Anna said, "She'd never let me perform it; at least now I can perform it." I think Kate's songbook was so rich. Rufus says, "You know, my mother was a real romantic."
DP: I always thought there was a balance in the songbook of the McGarrigles. The songs that were sad were so sad and other songs so playful. The concert was such a sad day that I wondered if people knew that when she'd perform Kate would wear funny hats and Anna would sometimes have a mustache on.
LL: I think there's room for that in another film, and I hope someone does do a film about Kate and Anna and their whole career, because this film's focus is really her children and what they were going through at the time, and that energy. There are some light moments in it, but I just sort of followed their lead when mostly they were going through this grieving process. I tried to follow the feeling that was there and not try to manipulate it any way. I didn't say, "Oh, we need a light moment here."
DP: In terms of style, you use a lot of close-ups, as you did in the Cohen film. Talk about your love for faces and how in this film the faces convey a lot of emotion.
LL: I'm a huge fan of the music films of the 1970s. When I'm watching a concert film, I want to feel like I'm sitting there watching the people on stage. When you start cutting around and doing other stuff, it turns into something else. If you've got a person who's singing beautifully, and they're right here, you don't need anything else.
DP: Where were you?
LL: I was at a camera station. I had to call these cameras. I had to be behind a monitor and make sure the camera people were doing what I wanted because they weren't trained to shoot like I shoot. They wanted to cut back and forth or pan, and I'd have to say, "No, stay with you're doing." I had to really watch all the time. But still I was feeling the emotion.
DP: Norah Jones, where did she come in?
LL: I think she's been a friend of the family, and a good friend, she's been in all these shows. So amazingly talented…I just think the way she sings these songs is so beautiful, such a beautiful talent.
DP: She's good, she's great when she sings with other people. I know you've seen her perform with Willie Nelson. Where does Jimmy Fallon fit in?
LL: He was a friend of the family. He met them in the late '90s, I think, and – he comes from an Irish Catholic family.
DP: He was really good doing "The Swimming Song."
LL: He was great, and he's a nice person too. With him and the other guest performers I included entire songs. When I was cutting the film I showed it to some friends who said, "That song goes on too long, you need to cut it up into bits," but I would never do that. Ever. The songs need to play out.
DP: You never show the audience at Town Hall.
LL: That was my choice. The audience is not something I like to see in concert movies. If you show people clapping in order to validate the performances, it's a waste of time. I didn't come to see these people, I came to see the concert. I don't care much for that stuff. Are people so trained that for them to have a good time they must see the audience had a good time??
DP: You also edited the film, so later when you saw all those close-ups of teary performers, Rufus particularly, what did you think?
LL: I should do more close-ups. That's how I like to watch things. I tend to stay where the most emotion is, on the stage. In that song "Talk to Me of Mendocino," you've got the amazing Norah Jones front and center, but really the place to be in that song is with Rufus, because he's really going through something emotionally.
DP: And the camera moves mostly to him, though she's singing too.
LL: You just feel the energy of the person who's really going through something, and that's who I go to, like a missile.
DP: You also have this great shot that's not a close-up. You follow Martha in long shot as she walks across the stage although you usually don't like panning.
LL: It's really rare that I would do that with the camera but that was such a beautiful moment for her to go over there. Most people would say, "You should've stayed on the horn player because that was his moment," but I wanted to watch Martha watching the horn player. It was much more interesting for me to see her watching him than me seeing him.
DP: For me there were a lot of just emotional moments in particular songs. To me, the saddest person was Anna. Was that your feeling also? There's just so much going on with her.
LL: So much, so much. More than anyone knew, I think. I don't know Anna very well, but I think when I looked at the footage, it was just very evident.
DP: At the family Carnegie Hall Christmas show tribute in 2011, it seemed like Anna was drifting back and not wanting to perform because she had lost her The other night there was a fundraiser that BAM put on that closed the Cinematheque Festival. They screened the movie at the beautiful Rose Cinema and then there was a panel of Emmylou Harris, Jane McGarrigle, and Anna McGarrigle just talking about the early days of Kate. It was a really special event, the people around me were thinking that they'll never get to see this again. And the following night they did this incredible show. I've seen the other tribute shows where there was a deep sense of mourning. In the days before Kate died, you'd go see her and it would be a celebration. This show felt more like that. It was like they were doing their own songs and there was a joy to it, and it was like the closing of that mourning period. Now, we're celebrating her legacy, let's just move on. It felt like a really positive and powerful thing for all of them. What was so lovely about this panel the other night was seeing Anna talk about thatI would have filmed it on my iPhone if it hadn't died!
DP: You didn't feel it was important to show the concert chronologically.
LL: No, it wasn't important at all. I don't think so. What was your favorite song in the movie?
DP: "Proserpina." It was her last song and when everyone she loves sang it, emotionally, you can feel her presence.
LL: That was very powerful. It's so powerful that she wrote something like that before she died. This woman was so connected to many things, in this case Persephone, in Greek.
DP: I also loved the Christmas song Rufus and Kate reflect on near the end. They learned it as kids so it was very emotional for them. And me.
LL: For everyone, I think, but for them particularly.
DP: You know what I also loved in several performances? How Rufus and Martha appreciated each other. They watch each other sing, and with their expressions they said to their sibling, "You got it right, you did it beautifully, thank you."
LL: It's a beautiful moment in the beginning, when Martha is standing behind Norah Jones and she's watching Rufus, because she can see he's getting very upset. She's just starting at him, hoping he's going to be able to get through it. It's just so beautiful, just the way she's looking at him, hoping he's going to be able to do it.
DP: My hope is that your film won't just get due recognition for Kate and Anna McGarrigle but also Martha, whose unbelievable talent is on display in this film, as it was in your Cohen film.
LL: She's so great. She's grown so much. Rufus has also grown enormously.
DP: I was also feeling while watching your film that they have such gratitude toward their mother for everything.
LL: Enormous gratitude. I think the more they go on in life, the more grateful they'll become, too. You just look at Kate's body of work. I think the kids are very concerned and really want to create this amazing legacy for her and just really hope a whole new audience will come to her work. And even the people who knew her a little bit can sort of appreciate these incredible songs that she wrote.
DP: When you were making this film, were you thinking you'd have to please the family?
LL: It was very much for the family. Rufus and Martha were very involved. They would come to my house and I would show them clips and I would do a cut and send it to them. They had their ideas but they'd be very gracious about letting me do what I do. They'd be suggesting tweaks here and there, but generally it was pretty much that we were all on the same page. It's very brave and good of them, because sometimes people are expecting a certain type of documentary film or whatever. And they sort of knew my work from the Leonard Cohen movie. I don't make straightforward documentaries, and they knew that. They saw the first half of the film but the first time they saw the finished cut was live at Sundance London, on the big screen. I had made a slight change on Easter Sunday and once I made that the whole film had to change, so I was madly rushing because of the deadline for Sundance London. So the whole film had changed and they hadn't seen those big changes. It was scary for me.
DP: They were okay afterwards?
LL: They were okay. I think it was very hard for them to see it, they were wiped out.
DP: I get emotional watching the footage of Kate playing the piano and singing. When you watch it, do you feel that way?
LL: I see this person who had so much powerful energy and so much life. Once Rufus and I decided I was going to do the film, he sat me down and showed me a slide show of the last year of his mother's life. I was really overcome by that. You saw this woman who was incredibly brave, and in no picture was there any sort of sadness or fear or why me? It was just her looking straight into the future. There was a progression. They'd go on holidays together, they spent their last times together, she was slowly getting more ill.
DP: There's a "wow" shot of Martha in the bed with her.
LL: That was their idea. Rufus wanted the picture in the movie because he felt his mother would have wanted that.
DP: It was beautiful. And the footage of him and Martha in the graveyard?
LL: I wanted to see where Kate was buried, it was the natural thing to do. It's a graveyard outside of Montreal, one of the most beautiful I've ever seen. When they're walking down that pathway, you can see a beautiful piazza at the very end, and the twelve stations of the cross are all around the graveyard.
DP: Anything you learned about the family while making the film that you didn't think you would, because it's a concert film?
LL: I learned how important it is for families to do things together, especially in this day and age. That's what was so remarkable about them, the McGarrigles and Wainwrights..
DP: It's also nice that Rufus and Martha have continued the tradition of having concerts by the family and the extended family. Martha has said that earlier in her career she tried to establish her own identify by moving away from the family as a performer, but now she goes toward it.
LL: That's true. And you know it's amazing how she looks more and more like Kate!


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Flood Watch / Flood Statement - Coastal Bay, Coastal Franklin, Coastal Gulf, South Walton
Special Statement - Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Indian River, Okeechobee, Osceola, Southern Brevard County, St. Lucie, Suwannee
Beach Hazard Statement - Coastal Charlotte, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Lee, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas
Record Report - Coastal Broward County, Coastal Collier County, Coastal Miami Dade County, Coastal Palm Beach County, Far South Miami-Dade County, Glades, Hendry, Inland Broward County, Inland Collier County, Inland Miami-Dade County, Inland Palm Beach County, Mainland Monroe, Metro Broward County, Metro Palm Beach County, Metropolitan Miami Dade, Monroe Lower Keys, Monroe Middle Keys, Monroe Upper Keys
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Burke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Lincoln, McDuffie, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Ware
Heat Advisory - Lewiston Area
Record Report - Big and Little Wood River Region, Boise Mountains, Cache Valley/Idaho Portion, Camas Prairie, Caribou Highlands, Eastern Lemhi County, Eastern Magic Valley, Lost River/Pashimeroi, Lower Hells Canyon/Salmon River Region, Lower Snake River Plain, Lower Treasure Valley, Northern Clearwater Mountains, Orofino/Grangeville Region, Owyhee Mountains, Sawtooth Mountains, South Central Highlands, Southern Clearwater Mountains, Southern Twin Falls County, Southwest Highlands, Upper Snake Highlands, Upper Snake River Plain, Upper Treasure Valley, Upper Weiser River, Wasatch Mountains/Idaho Portion, West Central Mountains, Western Lemhi County, Western Magic Valley
Flood Warning - Adams, Alexander, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Iroquois, Jackson, Jersey, Kankakee, La Salle, Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Mason, Massac, McDonough, Menard, Morgan, Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Schuyler, Scott, St. Clair, Tazewell, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White, Will, Woodford
Areal Flood Advisory - Coles
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Jefferson, Ohio, Ripley, Scott, Switzerland
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Clark, Washington
Flash Flood Warning - Jefferson, Switzerland
Flood Warning - Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Cass, Daviess, De Kalb, Fountain, Gibson, Greene, Huntington, Jackson, Jay, Johnson, Knox, Lake, Lawrence, Miami, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, Owen, Parke, Pike, Posey, Shelby, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wells
Areal Flood Advisory - Clark, Decatur, Jennings, Ripley
Flood Advisory - Jasper, Porter
Special Statement - Clark, Dearborn, Franklin, Scott, Washington
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knott, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Mason, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, Wolfe, Woodford
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Martin, Pike
Flash Flood Warning - Carroll, Gallatin, Owen
Flood Warning - Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken
Areal Flood Advisory - Bath, Bourbon, Elliott, Fleming, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Montgomery, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Rowan, Scott, Trimble
Flash Flood Watch - Boyd, Greenup
Special Statement - Anderson, Bath, Breathitt, Estill, Franklin, Magoffin, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Oldham, Powell, Shelby, Wolfe, Woodford
Flash Flood Warning - Bossier
Flood Warning - Beauregard, Bienville, Caddo, Calcasieu, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, Grant, Madison, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Red River, Tensas, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana
Special Statement - Lower St. Martin, Morehouse, St. Mary
Special Weather Statement - Assumption, Lower Lafourche, Upper Lafourche
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, unknown
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Calvert, Central and Eastern Allegany, Dorchester, Extreme Western Allegany, St. Marys
Special Weather Statement - Garrett
Public Information Statement - Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Central and Eastern Allegany, Central and Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Charles, Extreme Western Allegany, Frederick, Northern Baltimore, Northwest Harford, Northwest Howard, Northwest Montgomery, Prince Georges, Southeast Harford, Southern Baltimore, St. Marys, Washington
Flood Warning - Lenawee, Monroe
Beach Hazard Statement - Carlton/South St. Louis
Flood Warning - Adams, Claiborne, Issaquena, Jefferson, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson
Flood Advisory - Bolivar, De Soto, Washington
Flood Warning - Boone, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carroll, Chariton, Clark, Cole, Cooper, Franklin, Gasconade, Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Mississippi, Moniteau, Montgomery, New Madrid, Osage, Pemiscot, Perry, Pike, Ralls, Ray, Saline, Scott, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Ste. Genevieve, Warren
Flash Flood Watch - Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Carroll, Chariton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Henry, Howard, Iron, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Madison, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Montgomery, Morgan, Osage, Pettis, Phelps, Pulaski, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, Saline, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Warren, Washington
Flood Advisory - New Madrid, Pemiscot
Tornado Watch - Central and Southern Valley, Daniels, Dawson, Eastern Roosevelt, Fallon, McCone, Northern Valley, Prairie, Richland, Sheridan, Western Roosevelt, Wibaux
Tornado Watch - unknown
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Wibaux
Flash Flood Warning - Richland
Lake Wind Advisory - Central and Southeast Phillips, Central and Southern Valley, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum
Fire Weather Warning - Central and Southern Valley, Garfield, Petroleum
Special Statement - Richland, Western Roosevelt, Wibaux
Record Report - Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains, Beartooth Foothills, Beaverhead, Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains, Blaine, Broadwater, Butte/Blackfoot Region, Carter, Cascade, Central and Southern Lewis and Clark, Chouteau, Crazy Mountains, Custer, Eastern Carbon, Eastern Glacier, Eastern Pondera, Eastern Teton, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead/Mission Valleys, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Judith Gap, Kootenai/Cabinet Region, Liberty, Livingston Area, Lower Clark Fork Region, Madison, Meagher, Missoula/Bitterroot Valleys, Musselshell, Northern Big Horn, Northern Park, Northern Rocky Mountain Front, Northern Rosebud, Northern Stillwater, Northern Sweet Grass, Paradise Valley, Potomac/Seeley Lake Region, Powder River, Red Lodge Foothills, Southern Big Horn, Southern Rocky Mountain Front, Southern Rosebud, Southern Wheatland, Toole, Treasure, West Glacier Region, Yellowstone
Public Information Statement - Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Central and Southern Lewis and Clark, Chouteau, Eastern Glacier, Eastern Pondera, Eastern Teton, Fergus, Gallatin, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Liberty, Madison, Meagher, Northern Rocky Mountain Front, Southern Rocky Mountain Front, Toole
Flood Advisory - Lincoln
Flash Flood Warning - Greater Reno-Carson City-Minden Area, Mineral and Southern Lyon Counties, Western Nevada Basin and Range including Pyramid Lake
Flash Flood Warning - Greater Lake Tahoe Area
Areal Flood Advisory - Greater Reno-Carson City-Minden Area, Lincoln County, Mineral and Southern Lyon Counties, Sheep Range, Western Nevada Basin and Range including Pyramid Lake
Heat Advisory - Western Nevada Basin and Range including Pyramid Lake
Special Statement - Greater Lake Tahoe Area, Greater Reno-Carson City-Minden Area, Southwest Elko County
Special Weather Statement - Mineral and Southern Lyon Counties
Record Report - Esmeralda and Central Nye County, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Las Vegas Valley, Lincoln County, Northeast Clark County, Sheep Range, Southern Clark County, Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon, Western Clark and Southern Nye County
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Warren
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Sussex
Record Report - Central Lea County, Eddy County Plains, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County, Northern Lea County, Southern Lea County
Public Information Statement - Central Lea County, Eddy County Plains, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County, Northern Lea County, Southern Lea County
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Sullivan
Special Statement - Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Northern Cayuga, Orange, Oswego
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Coastal Brunswick, Coastal New Hanover, Coastal Pender, Columbus, Cumberland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Eastern Polk, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Greater Rutherford, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Inland Brunswick, Inland New Hanover, Inland Pender, Iredell, Johnston, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Person, Polk Mountains, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford Mountains, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Avery, Buncombe, Burke Mountains, Caldwell Mountains, Eastern McDowell, Graham, Greater Burke, Greater Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson, Macon, Madison, McDowell Mountains, Mitchell, Northern Jackson, Southern Jackson, Swain, Transylvania, unknown, Yancey
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Granville, Robeson, Wake
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Sampson, Vance, Warren
Special Statement - Bladen, Columbus, Robeson
Special Weather Statement - Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Western Currituck
Tornado Watch - Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger, McKenzie, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Sioux, Slope, Stark, Williams
Tornado Watch - unknown
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Billings, Golden Valley, Slope
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - McKenzie
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Adams, Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Scioto
Flood Warning - Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Van Wert, Williams, Wood
Flood Watch / Flood Statement - Columbiana
Areal Flood Advisory - Mercer
Flash Flood Watch - Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence
Flood Warning - McCurtain
Heat Advisory - Central Douglas County, Central Oregon, East Columbia River Gorge, Eastern Curry County and Josephine County, Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Jackson County, Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon, North Central Oregon
Fire Weather Watch - Central Oregon, East Columbia River Gorge, East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades, Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon, North Central Oregon, Ochoco-John Day Highlands, unknown, Upper Hood River Valley
Special Statement - Central and Eastern Lake County, Eastern Douglas County Foothills, Klamath Basin, Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County, Siskiyou Mountains and Southern Oregon Cascades, South Central Oregon Cascades
Special Weather Statement - Central Douglas County, Eastern Curry County and Josephine County, Jackson County
Record Report - Baker County, Central and Eastern Lake County, Central Douglas County, Curry County Coast, Eastern Curry County and Josephine County, Eastern Douglas County Foothills, Harney County, Jackson County, Klamath Basin, Malheur County, Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County, Oregon Lower Treasure Valley, Siskiyou Mountains and Southern Oregon Cascades, South Central Oregon Cascades, South Central Oregon Coast
Public Information Statement - Cascade Foothills in Lane County, Cascades in Lane County, Central Coast Range of Western Oregon, Central Columbia River Gorge, Central Oregon Coast, Central Willamette Valley, Coast Range of Northwest Oregon, Greater Portland Metro Area, Lower Columbia, North Oregon Coast, Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills, Northern Oregon Cascades, South Willamette Valley, Upper Hood River Valley, Western Columbia River Gorge
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Clearfield, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Eastern Chester, Eastern Montgomery, Elk, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lower Bucks, Luzerne, McKean, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northern Centre, Northern Clinton, Northern Lycoming, Northern Wayne, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Southern Centre, Southern Clinton, Southern Lycoming, Southern Wayne, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Upper Bucks, Warren, Western Chester, Western Montgomery, Wyoming, York
Flash Flood Warning - Carbon, Monroe
Areal Flood Advisory - Allegheny, Cameron, Mercer, Northern Clinton, Northern Lycoming, Potter, Southern Clinton, Southern Lycoming, Tioga, Westmoreland, Westmoreland Ridges
Flash Flood Watch - Adams, Berks, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Perry, Schuylkill, Upper Bucks, Western Chester, Western Montgomery, York
Flood Watch / Flood Statement - Delaware, Eastern Montgomery, Philadelphia
Special Statement - Blair, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Columbia, Forest, Huntingdon, Jefferson, Juniata, Lancaster, Mifflin, Montour, Northern Centre, Northern Clinton, Northern Lycoming, Northumberland, Snyder, Southern Centre, Southern Clinton, Southern Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, York
Special Weather Statement - Armstrong, Fayette Ridges, Indiana
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Cherokee, Chester, Coastal Georgetown, Coastal Horry, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Inland Georgetown, Inland Horry, Marion, Marlboro, Spartanburg, Union, Williamsburg, York
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Abbeville, Anderson, Greater Greenville, Greater Oconee, Greater Pickens, Greenville Mountains, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee Mountains, Pickens Mountains, unknown
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Coastal Georgetown, Coastal Horry, Dillon, Florence, Inland Georgetown, Inland Horry, Marion, Williamsburg
Tornado Watch - Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Northern Black Hills, Northern Foot Hills, Northern Meade Co Plains, Perkins, Southern Meade Co Plains, Sturgis/Piedmont Foot Hills, Ziebach
Tornado Watch - unknown
Areal Flood Warning - Roane
Flood Warning - Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Tipton
Areal Flood Advisory - Bledsoe, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Northwest Monroe, Rhea, Roane, Southeast Monroe
Flash Flood Warning - Harris
Flood Warning - Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Calhoun, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Dallas, Freestone, Henderson, Leon, Liberty, Marfa Plateau, Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Northern Jasper, Northern Newton, Orange, Presidio Valley, Red River, Refugio, Smith, Southern Jasper, Southern Newton, Tyler, Victoria, Wood
Areal Flood Advisory - Anderson, Chambers, Harris, Hays, Tarrant, Travis, Williamson
Record Report - Andrews, Big Bend Area, Borden, Crane, Davis/Apache Mountains Area, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Guadalupe Mountains, Howard, Loving, Marfa Plateau, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Pecos, Presidio Valley, Reagan, Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos, Scurry, Terrell, Upton, Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor, Ward, Winkler
Public Information Statement - Andrews, Bailey, Big Bend Area, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Davis/Apache Mountains Area, Dawson, Dickens, Ector, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Guadalupe Mountains, Hale, Hall, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Marfa Plateau, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Motley, Parmer, Pecos, Presidio Valley, Reagan, Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos, Scurry, Stonewall, Swisher, Terrell, Terry, Upton, Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains, Northern Wasatch Front, Wasatch Mountains I-80 North
Record Report - Cache Valley/Utah Portion, Castle Country, Central and Southwest Mountains, Glen Canyon Recreation Area/Lake Powell, Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains, Northern Wasatch Front, Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys, San Rafael Swell, Sanpete/Sevier Valleys, South Central Utah, Southern Utah Mountains, Southern Wasatch Front, Southwest Utah, Utah's Dixie and Zion National Park, Wasatch Mountain Valleys, Wasatch Mountains I-80 North, Wasatch Mountains South of I-80, Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs, West Central Utah, Western Uinta Basin, Western Uinta Mountains
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Buchanan, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline, Carroll, Central Virginia Blue Ridge, Charles City, Charlotte, Craig, Cumberland, Dickenson, Dinwiddie, Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights), Eastern Essex, Eastern Henrico, Eastern Highland, Eastern King and Queen, Eastern King William, Floyd, Fluvanna, Franklin, Giles, Gloucester, Goochland, Grayson, Greensville, Halifax, Henry, James City, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Montgomery, New Kent, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, Northumberland, Nottoway, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Pulaski, Richmond, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Smyth, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, Tazewell, unknown, unknown, Western Chesterfield, Western Essex, Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond), Western Highland, Western King and Queen, Western King William, Westmoreland, Wythe
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - unknown
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Greensville, Southampton, Sussex
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Brunswick
Special Statement - Alleghany, Bath, Brunswick, Greensville, Halifax, Mecklenburg
Special Weather Statement - Botetourt, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Virginia Beach
Public Information Statement - Albemarle, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Augusta, Central Virginia Blue Ridge, Clarke, Culpeper, Eastern Highland, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene, King George, Madison, Nelson, Northern Fauquier, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, Orange, Page, Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Southern Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren, Western Highland, Western Loudoun
Heat Advisory - Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington, Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington, Kittitas Valley, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties, Moses Lake Area, Okanogan Valley, Upper Columbia Basin, Washington Palouse, Wenatchee Area, Yakima Valley
Fire Weather Watch - Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington, Simcoe Highlands
Fire Weather Watch, Fire Weather Warning - East Slopes of the Washington Cascades
Fire Weather Warning - Kittitas Valley, Yakima Valley
Record Report - Admiralty Inlet Area, Bellevue and Vicinity, Bremerton and Vicinity, Central Coast, East Puget Sound Lowlands, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, Everett and Vicinity, Hood Canal Area, Lower Chehalis Valley Area, North Coast, Olympics, San Juan County, Seattle and Vicinity, Southwest Interior, Tacoma Area, West Slopes North Cascades and Passes, West Slopes North Central Cascades and Passes, West Slopes South Central Cascades and Passes, Western Skagit County, Western Strait of Juan De Fuca, Western Whatcom County
Public Information Statement - Central Columbia River Gorge, Greater Vancouver Area, Lower Columbia and I - 5 Corridor in Cowlitz County, South Washington Cascade Foothills, South Washington Cascades, South Washington Coast, Western Columbia River Gorge, Willapa Hills
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Boone, Eastern Grant, Eastern Greenbrier, Eastern Mineral, Eastern Pendleton, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Summers, Wayne, Webster, Western Grant, Western Greenbrier, Western Mineral, Western Pendleton, Wyoming
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis, Putnam, Roane, unknown, Upshur
Flash Flood Watch - Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane
Special Statement - Eastern Greenbrier, Western Greenbrier
Special Weather Statement - Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Lewis, Monongalia, Nicholas, Preston, Randolph, Upshur, Webster
Public Information Statement - Berkeley, Eastern Grant, Eastern Mineral, Eastern Pendleton, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Western Grant, Western Mineral, Western Pendleton
Beach Hazard Statement - Douglas
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Central Laramie County, Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County, East Laramie County, Laramie Valley, North Laramie Range, North Snowy Range Foothills, Shirley Basin, Snowy Range, South Laramie Range, South Laramie Range Foothills
Special Statement - Casper Mountain, Flaming Gorge, Natrona County Lower Elevations, Rock Springs and Green River
Record Report - Northeast Big Horn Mountains, Sheridan Foothills, Southwest Wyoming

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I am moving forward with the CJ Bike Camping Tech Session at the Steamboat Campground. Just got off the phone with Amber. She is looking into a few questions I had and will get back on Monday once she talks with the owner.
Looks like they have a nice setup and it will be a friendly, safe, secure place as a base camp to drop gear and socialize for the Campers among the KTM Rally attendees.
So here's the plan so far.
CJ Ride crew has booked Camp spots 112-112a for the 10-14th. We will shoot to get there on the 10 in the afternoon. I want to make sure everyone has a chance to ask and gain as much info as possible.
Plus we may need a relax/drinking/celebration day after being on the bikes for 11 days and 2,000+ miles leading up the event.
Times and events are NOT set in stone and may change as needed, so best plan is to hang out for all of it. If we can't fit it in on the first day, we'll move it to the second.
This years event is geared towards Bike setup and Gear Tech for Off road travel/touring. Unlike our last events that are more Mechanical TECH related.
Sept 11
Start Time: morning 8-9am
Suspension Bike setup talk for the Adventure Rider.
Starring James Siddall and crew from Super Plush Suspension.
James will
give you an overview of how suspension functions, with a focus on Adventure bikes, and how best to optimize for riding with and without heavy loads. Breaking it down to layman's terms, James will help you understand how to develop your suspension to suit your needs.
Q&A session with Super Plush Suspensions
Lunch: noonish - Not sure if we'll get food to camp or go to town. - input needed.
Bike Packing
-how much and what
Camping Equipment Review
Cooking Demo
-meals - Samples??? (bring your own dishes or cup)
Q&A Session with CJ Crew
Sept 12
Basic Bike prep for trips
Q&A Session with CJ Crew
-Demos and what we can do is still in question mode.
Remember we are riding to this event. I won't have a truck and trailer with supplies or spares like I do at home in the shop. This may limit the type of work and projects I would safely want to take on at a campground.
Personally, I don't recommend doing a Valve check at the campsite.
(I'll get into more TECH stuff later)
We can drop ship parts and supplies we need directly to the campground.
This is a relaxed learning environment, I'm not a school. Take it or leave it.
Pretty much our normal deal at the CJ tech weekends.
Bikes need to be ready to go riding on the 13th.
There is a shuttle every 20 min to town to get food and drink.
Alcohol allowed at campground.
If you are interested in staying here, it might be best to get a spot booked asap. Most likely the River will be dry, keep that in mind.
The Bermed area - Private is a potential TECH Work area that is being looked into.
Some info on the grounds:
Coin Op laundry (7am - 10pm) 4 washers and 6 driers
Pavilion easily accommodates 50 people (reservation is required/cost $35 per day). Includes use of propane grill.
Free shuttle from campground to town (every 20 minutes from 6:45am to 11:45pm)
Heated pool (11am - 8pm)
Mini Golf (8am - 8pm)
Volleyball and horseshoes over in the tent area
Mini Market on site
Gift shop on site
Free WiFi
2-3 tents per site
Check in time is 1pm and check out is at noon.
Cabin prices range from $59 per night to $109 per night. I'm sorry, but I am not able to include cabins in the group discount.
For more information regarding renting the cabins, please call campground.
4 - 6pm M-F (Mountain Time), but leave a message, She will return phone calls asap. Also feel free to email.
At this time All meals and Camp site reservations are your responsibility.
If someone wants to look into having food for the group at the Campground, please post up your interest in taking this over, your ideas or email me. We can sort that out later.
Here are some pics that I got from the summer.
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Free throw woes doom IWA girls in district opener
IWA boys also lose district opener by three points
CORPUS CHRISTI - Tenacious defense and clutch 3-point shooting would only carry IWA's girls basketball team so far in its district opener Saturday.
The defending TAPPS 3-4A champion Angels couldn't overcome their struggles from the free throw line at home against San Antonio Christian.
The Lions took advantage of IWA's 23 missed free throws to outlast the Angels in overtime, 64-61.
Despite hitting three clutch 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and the extra session, the Angels (17-10 overall) made just 5 of their 28 free throw attempts.
"We've had some bad nights (at the free throw line) but not that bad; I don't know what happened," said IWA coach Malcolm Smith, whose team also had two players foul out. "Our girls played hard, and I couldn't ask anything more from them other than to make a free throw every now and then."
SACS (14-11) made six of its final eight free throws in the overtime to erase a one-point deficit and earn the win.
"(SACS) did a good job with their free throws," Smith said. "We just didn't shoot well in the first half, and the free throws just killed us the entire game. I don't know what else to say. It was a great game."
Guard/forward Cassidy Faught's 3-pointer helped IWA reclaim the lead, 57-56 with 2:22 remaining in overtime.
SACS scored eight of the final 12 points to pull it out.
Guard Maggie Pesek's 3-pointer brought IWA to within two points with 27 seconds to play, but the Angels wouldn't score again. IWA missed a last-second 3-point attempt at the buzzer that would've tied the game again.
Guard Madison Longwell's clutch 3-pointer from the right wing with 11 seconds remaining in regulation helped the Angels tie the game at 54 and send it into overtime.
IWA earlier erased a seven-point first-half deficit, but couldn't hang on to an eight-point fourth-quarter lead against returning TAPPS 4A playoff team SACS.
"We want to be district champions again," Smith said. "Obviously with one loss, we've got a much tougher row to hoe, but that's what we're going to try to do anyway."
Pesek scored 11 of her team-high 16 points in the final 20 minutes of play. Pesek also had two of the Angels' four 3-pointers.
Faught finished with 10 points, while post Bianca Valderrama and guard Ashley Zawicky tallied nine points each for IWA.
Angels guard/forward Annika Johnson had all six of her points in the second half in her first game of the season after returning from a knee injury.
Guard Caroline Carruth had a game-high 19 points for the Lions, who also got a combined 23 points from post Kaylee Gott and guard Shaina McFadden.
The Angels had eight 3-pointers through the first three quarters Saturday night but didn't have any more the rest of the way.
IWA (14-14) couldn't hold on to its five-point third-quarter lead, as SACS (15-14) rallied for the road victory in its TAPPS 3-4A opener at IWA.
"We just missed them," Angels boys coach Casper Wenzel said of the team's 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter. "I thought we played well. We just made some mistakes defensively. They out-rebounded us a couple of times (late), and when they get second and third shots, it's hard to beat a team like that."
IWA forward J.L. Bronold's athletic layup tied the game at 47 with 1:30 remaining.
The Lions answered with Andrew Hawkins' backdoor layup off a nice pass from Landry Jones to take a 49-47 lead with 50 seconds to play.
Jones later added a free throw and the Angels missed a potential game-tying 3-point attempt from the right corner as time expired.
"The effort was there, we've just got to do some things a little bit better," Wenzel said. "We've got a long way to go (in district)."
Guard Andrew Shull had 12 points on four 3-pointers for IWA, which also got 10 points and three 3-pointers from guard Vince Morin. Guard/forward James Matl had the Angels' other 3-pointer.
IWA post Frank McNiff added nine of his 12 points in the first quarter.
SA Christian 15 13 10 12-50
IWA — Patrick Hickman 6, Vince Morin 10, James Matl 3, Andrew Shull 12, J.L. Bronold 2, Andrew Thomas 2, Frank McNiff 12.
3-pointers — IWA, Shull 4, Morin 3, Matl 1.
Record: IWA, 14-14, 0-1.
JV: SACS won 85-41.GIRLS GAME
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Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred shares a childhood snapshot with his fans.
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Hollywood action hero Vin Diesel is currently filming in the Sahara desert in Morocco.
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The Morocco international is wanted by Inter but he claims that he fully intends to see out his contract with the Bundesliga champions
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The Moroccan national soccer team defeated Libya 1-0 in the first round of the Group G qualifiers for Africa Cup of Nations 2017 on Friday evening.
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Only students pursuing a major or minor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages are eligible for a CML Cards Abroad Travel Grant. Awards will only be granted for study abroad in which at least half of the students' coursework will be taken in the foreign language.
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Chick Chat: Blowing your diet? Change a light bulb
While interviewing color psychologist Steven Bleicher for today's article on purple, Bleicher gave me an interesting diet tip. To help curb those frequent, mindless trips to the refrigerator, change the bulb in the fridge, he suggested.
"If you're on a diet and you replace a white bulb with a blue bulb, the bulb changes the color of the foods and makes them look unappetizing," said Bleicher.
"We relate the idea of blue and blue-green to mold and spoiled food," he explained.
Because of this unconscious association, early humans avoided foods with blue pigments, so those foods slowly became extinct. That's why today there are only a handful of blue foods founds in nature.
Bleicher, author of "Contemporary Color: Theory and Use" and a professor at Coastal Carolina University near Myrtle Beach, S.C., said that there are colors that make diners eat more.
"Yellows and oranges and bright reds stimulate the appetite. They stimulate the adrenal gland, so you order more and eat it faster and that's what they want," said Bleicher, referring to fast-food restaurants and their countless red and yellow signs that dot the streets.
"Sixty percent of your decision to buy an object is based on a certain color. And you usually make that decision very fast in 90 seconds," he added.
So if you want to lose weight, train your mind to ignore the goodies hidden behind the red and gold signs and instead opt for a blue plate special.
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Positive Christian Singles, based out of Christ United Methodist Church, is hosting a dance May 30 from 7 to 10:30 p.m. The dance will take place at the church, 4488 Poplar, and tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.
"Right now we are trying to make money for our mission projects and that's really the reason for us holding the dance," said PCS president Sandra Shinault.
The church does extensive work in the Binghamton community and also has ongoing projects overseas in Zambia and China. To raise money and awareness for these causes, the singles fuse fundraising and fellowship.
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Zaleski: Inviting Stephanie Abrams to winter
Their concern was intensified last Thursday when the ubiquitous Weather Channel featured North Dakota during an early morning national weather review. One of the channel's popular meteorologists, Stephanie Abrams, stood before a screen-filling image of North Dakota that featured wind-chill numbers. They ranged from 25 below zero to 40 below. She seemed flabbergasted by the cold. "I've got to go there," she gushed from the set of her Atlanta studio. "I've got to experience that kind of cold. How do they live up there?"
Well, Steph, thousands of us live here in winter's deepest cold. We grouse and grumble about it, but then we fib a bit about how much we love it. I mean, really. Love this stuff? Get real.
Still, there is something satisfying about facing up to cold so bitter that glasses don't merely fog up when you come inside, they freeze up. I've seen people using a windshield scraper to hack ice off their eyeglasses. (OK, not really.) Heck, we can spit into the frigid wind and make snowflakes. How cool is that? It's the flip side of folks in Arizona frying an egg on a car hood in summer's sizzling heat. Of course, up here we can freeze eggs so hard they can be used as cannonballs.
"So what do you when it's that cold?" asked one of my East Coast friends. "Do you go out? Can you walk around?" This from a guy who grew up in New England, where weather can be really miserable.
I explained how we hearty lovers of the far north survive, indeed thrive, in winter. "It's like this," I said. "Those who can, get the hell out of here and spend the winter in Florida or Arizona or south Texas. The rest of us bundle up, crank up the thermostat, and wish we were with them."
Which brings me back to Stephanie Abrams. She's among the best of the Weather Channel's crew. She knows her stuff and presents it with passion, good humor and enthusiasm. When she said she wanted to come to North Dakota to experience the cold, I'm guessing she was sincere. So, Stephanie, watch the weather (which is what you do, right?) for the next Arctic blast heading for North Dakota, and come on up. Bring a warm coat, hat, boots – you know the drill. We'll have warm greetings and hot chocolate for you in The Forum's newsroom.
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David Lobb, a former vice president of the Aiken County Republican Party, has announced his intention to run as a write-in candidate for the S.C. House District 86 seat against incumbent Bill Taylor.
Taylor, a Republican who was first elected two years ago, is seeking a second term. Lobb is running as an independent.
Lobb said Monday that many people asked him to run as a write-in candidate, lamenting that they had no choice in the election. At first, he said no; he was not interested in running for the seat as a protest vote. Then, he evaluated his chances of winning the election and believes he has a good shot at taking the seat in the November general election.
"I am not beholden to Democrats or Republicans. I will represent all of the people, not just part of the electorate," he said. "The most important thing we need is sound judgment."
Taylor was first elected in 2010 after beating incumbent Jim Stewart in the primary. Taylor faced no Democratic opponent in the general election, but local resident Jerry Guerin challenged him as a write-in candidate. Guerin received 82 votes to Taylor's 9,007 votes.
"I welcome anybody that wants to run for public office," Taylor said. "Voters indeed deserve a choice. It is unfortunate that Mr. Lobb circumvented the political process and didn't choose to file for office in the spring so that voters could properly vet him over a period of many months."
Taylor does not believe Lobb has enough time to be a "serious candidate" for House District 86 with only 42 days left until the Nov. 6 general election.
Lobb trusts he is well-known enough in both the Republican and Democratic communities that there is name recognition.
Lobb is a 37-year veteran of the U.S. military, having retired from the Army in 2005 as a colonel serving as the senior scientific and technical intelligence officer in Europe for the Defense Intelligence Agency. He has served as the president of the Aiken County Military Officers Association and is currently serving on the S.C. Veterans Advisory Council.
Taylor is a former television reporter, anchorman and news director. For more than 30 years, he has been an entrepreneur and media consultant/critic. He also served as a consultant to the George H.W. Bush White House from 1991 to 1992. He serves as vice chairman of the Aiken County Chapter of the American Red Cross and is a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. He serves in the Aiken County Shrine Club and is also a member of the Aiken Rotary Club.
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Marek Hamsik is frustrated with himself after another poor Napoli performance. "I am not the man I once was."
The midfielder hasn't been the same since returning from two months out with an injury and spoke to Sky Sport Italia after the 1-0 Europa League defeat to Porto.
"The result can be overturned, but it is also dangerous. We had the chances to score and it's a shame we didn't make more of them.
"Porto are a very attacking side who leave gaps in defence, so we will have to make the most of those spaces in the second leg next week.
"As for my condition, I am struggling and it shows. I have to get out of this by myself. I am not the man I once was and certain moves just don't work anymore.
"It is not a physical problem per se, I just need to find myself again."
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Be on the lookout for Fraudsters!
Hello again. In part one of our five-part blog series, a voyage of the customer life cycle, we set sail acquiring and qualifying customers. This week we examine effective risk management strategies.
The presence of pirates on the high seas plagued seafarers of old and even threatens modern-day ship captains. It's much the same for credit managers who must be wary of pirates of another sort – fraudsters.
Fraud at the business-to-business level continues to be a serious problem and a challenge – fraud-related costs for U.S. businesses are more than $50 billion annually – that needs to be addressed by companies that want to grow their business while minimizing risk.
Once a fraudster successfully opens a small-business account, it can take months to detect the fraud occurrence. And fraudsters have become smarter, bolder and more opportunistic and are more likely to attack businesses that have the weakest defenses.
Quite simply, all of the credit analysis tools in a credit manager's arsenal depend upon the financial information about and most often provided by a prospective customer. So if that data, ranging from basic contact information to accounts receivables, asset evaluations and other data, is fraudulent, the analysis will be unreliable. Consequently, the best place to begin fraud detection is very early on in the customer lifecycle.
Fraud detection depends upon having the commercial entity and the owners of the company properly authenticated. However; verifying business information is more complex than verifying the identity of an individual. With the possibility of multiple trade names, locations and guarantors, the costs of verification can quickly add up and limit operational efficiencies.
Fortunately, a sizeable portion of small-business fraud can be identified through simple demographic verification. Another second basic step to take is to identify repeat offenders. Many of these perpetrators provide the same business-related information time and again. Detect them by checking applicant and application details against known frauds.
Given that fraud is also on the increase in faceless channels, such as the Internet, organizations may consider implementing additional risk-mitigation tactics. Finally, consider using analytics to separate suspect businesses and business owners from those that don't exhibit fraud characteristics in order to set fraud risk tolerance levels.
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In order to stay competitive in today's fast-paced marketplace, credit managers will benefit from using an automated fraud-detection resource that provides reliable information and reduces approval time.
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Research shows that Experian customers reduced the incidence of commercial fraud by identifying business owners with a history of establishing new business fronts for the sheer purpose of conducting fraud, an unfortunate yet growing problem in these challenging economic times.
Business-to-business fraud is on the rise. A well-executed fraud strategy – one that blends business and consumer data – can improve fraud detection and operational efficiencies, leading to the reduction of costs related to small-business account acquisitions. And that makes for smoother sailing ahead.
We always love to know what you're thinking, so please send us your comments or questions below or send us a message on Twitter @experian_b2b.
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Managing the Customer Life Cycle
- Setting sail to acquire and qualify new customers
- Be on the lookout for fraudsters
- Staying on course by effectively managing risk
- Discovering a bounty of opportunity in rough credit management seas
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Plans for a $5 million water tank to improve fire protection in Verona advanced Wednesday with a Board of Supervisors vote to start design work and site study.
Supervisors voted 5-1 to spend $362,000 in up-front costs toward building a water tower on the Mill Place Commerce Park property, which the county government has designated for industrial development.
North River Supervisor Marshall Pattie voted against advancing construction planning because current and expected development wouldn't pay for the estimated $4.6 million the county would borrow for the project. ...


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Emese Suranyi and Greg Leffew, both of Rockwood, were married on May 28 at Cokesbury United Methodist Church, Knoxville.
The Rev. Jason Gattis officiated during the 4 p.m. ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Dr. Leslie and Mary Suranyi of Ontario, Canada.
The groom is the son of Billy H. Leffew and Dolores B. Leffew of Rockwood.
The bride was given in marriage by her parents. Andrea Proctor served as maid of honor, and Sarah Proctor was flower girl.
25 Years Ago
Approximately eight miles of continuous welded rail was installed between Harriman and Rockwood by the Southern Railway System. The project was part of a systemwide program to replace all conventional jointed track with continuous welded rail, thus eliminating wear problems for a smoother ride, safer movement of trains and elimination of the "clickety-clack" sound.
10 Years Ago
The Michael Dunn Foundation hosted a reception and dinner late last month to honor the charter members of the Michael Dunn Foundation Legacy Society.
The Legacy Society was established to show the community how important the mission of Michael Dunn Center is to the Foundation's most ardent supporters.
Each honoree had a personalized star placed above the Michael Dunn Foundation Legacy Society logo in the Michael Dunn Center front lobby.
A fundraising silent auction has been added to the Read With Your Child campaign kickoff for the Children's Reading Foundation of the Tennessee Valley.
The campaign kickoff luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. July 21 at Roane State Community College's main campus in Roane County.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct driver license roadside safety checkpoints during the week of July 22 at Hwy. 70 and Poland Hollow Road in Roane County.
Recognizing the danger presented to the public by unqualified drivers, troopers will concentrate their efforts on vehicles being operated by drivers who would violate the driver license laws of Tennessee.
Editor's Note: Readers are cautioned that some names may be the same as, or similar to, other members of the community.
April 18 cases disposed
Tristan J. Davidson, driving while license suspended and capias for failure to appear court date. Dismissed, cost to defendant.
Lori M. Davis, speeding. Traffic ticket paid in full.
Charles Day, simple possession/casual exchange and possession unlawful drug paraphernalia attempt. Guilty as charged.
Babies born at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, to Roane County parents:
June 1 — Rebecca and Daniel McLean, Harriman. A girl, Addison Jane, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Sibling: Isabella. Grandparents: Charles and Reba Ferguson; Lisa McLean.
June 8 — Restie and Douglas Dagley, Harriman. A boy, Adriel Jayden, 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Grandparents: Vernon "Gene" Dagley; Bonnie Dagley.
Marriage licenses granted at the Roane County Courthouse in June:
Aaron Seth Helton to Chelsea Lynn Wendland
Michael Dustin Perrin to Stephanie Lynn Gorman
Jose Agenor Lopez to Jennette Reynolds Jones
John William Isham to Angela Kaye Burnette Isham
Michael Harrison Thompson to Ramona Dawn Humphreys
Jeffrey Reed Abbott to Christy Annette Gipson Stanley
Jeffrey Clay Hampton to Retha Nyoka Breazeale Ward
Property deed transfers in Roane County from June 1-16:
From Fannie Mae and Federal National Mortgage Association to Keith D. Robinson and Barbara J. Robinson by warranty deed, Dist. 2, Country Club Estates, Lot 16, $109,000.
From Crystal D. Gronda to Zachary S. Gronda by quit-claim deed, Dist. 5, McCuiston Glenn property, Lot 9 , $0.
From Joe Tejeda and Amy Tejeda to Daniel F. Russell and Tamaria Russell by warranty deed, Dist. 1, 0.77 acre, Meadow Gate Farm Unit II, Lot 19, $340,000.
By Ellen Probert Williamson
With this year's Fourth of July fresh in our memories, it is intriguing to know of the great controversy which developed when a national bird to symbolize American characteristics was being chosen soon after the original Independence Day.
Many patriotic citizens voted for the great wild turkey, which was far more common to colonials than the more rare bald eagle.
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The Obama administration's inexplicable mishandling of Marine Gen. James Mattis
- By Thomas E. RicksThomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008. He can be reached at email@example.com.
Word on the national security street is that General James Mattis is being given the bum's rush out of his job as commander of Central Command, and is being told to vacate his office several months earlier than planned.
Why the hurry? Pentagon insiders say that he rubbed civilian officials the wrong way — not because he went all "mad dog," which is his public image, and the view at the White House, but rather because he pushed the civilians so hard on considering the second- and third-order consequences of military action against Iran. Some of those questions apparently were uncomfortable. Like, what do you do with Iran once the nuclear issue is resolved and it remains a foe? What do you do if Iran then develops conventional capabilities that could make it hazardous for U.S. Navy ships to operate in the Persian Gulf? He kept saying, "And then what?"
Inquiry along these lines apparently was not welcomed — at least in the CENTCOM view. The White House view, apparently, is that Mattis was too hawkish, which is not something I believe, having seen him in the field over the years. I'd call him a tough-minded realist, someone who'd rather have tea with you than shoot you, but is happy to end the conversation either way.
Presidents should feel free to boot generals anytime they want, of course — that's our system, and one I applaud. But ousting Mattis at this time, and in this way, seems wrong for several reasons:
TIMING: If Mattis leaves in March, as now appears likely, that means there will be a new person running CENTCOM just as the confrontation season with Iran begins to heat up again.
CIVIL-MILITARY SIGNALS: The message the Obama Administration is sending, intentionally or not, is that it doesn't like tough, smart, skeptical generals who speak candidly to their civilian superiors. In fact, that is exactly what it (and every administration) should want. Had we had more back in 2003, we might not have made the colossal mistake of invading Iraq.
SERVICE RELATIONS: The Obamites might not recognize it, but they now have dissed the two Marine generals who are culture heroes in today's Corps: Mattis and Anthony Zinni. The Marines have long memories. I know some who are still mad at the Navy for steaming away from the Marines left on Guadalcanal. Mattis made famous in Iraq the phrase, "No better friend, no worse enemy." The Obama White House should keep that in mind.
I'm still a fan of President Obama. I just drove for two days down the East Coast listening to his first book, and enjoyed it enormously. But I am at the point where I don't trust his national security team. They strike me as politicized, defensive and narrow. These are people who will not recognize it when they screw up, and will treat as enemies anyone who tells them they are doing that. And that is how things like Vietnam get repeated. Harsh words, I know. But I am worried.
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Freezer French Toast
14 Jun 2009
Freezer french toast is a recipe for do ahead french toast that can be heated up for serving. Made with white bread coated in a batter of milk, sugar and eggs, the french toast are baked and frozen and can be reheated in a toaster, later on.
|1 1⁄4 Cup (20 tbs)
|1 1⁄2 Tablespoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|White bread slices
Heat oven to 500°.
Beat eggs, milk, sugar and salt until mixed.
Dip bread slices in egg mixture; arrange on buttered baking sheets.
Bake until underside is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
Turn slices; bake until golden brown, about 2 minutes.
(Can be served immediately.) Cool on wire racks.
Place in a single layer on baking sheets.
Freeze until hard, about 2 hours.
Wrap, label and return to freezer.
15 minutes before serving, heat oven to 375°.
Remove Freezer French Toast from freezer and unwrap; place on ungreased baking sheets.
Heat until hot, 8 to 10 minutes.
Or, small quantities can be heated in a toaster.
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