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Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell. When a dead body is found in the cargo hold of a ship arriving from Belgium, Dr. Kay Scarpetta is called in to investigate and she soon finds herself trying to outwit a brutal killer who calls himself The Werewolf.
BoneMan's Daughters by Ted Dekker. Intelligence officer Ryan Evans, having spent time in Fallujah as the captive of insurgents who forced him to learn to kill by breaking bones and leaving victims to die, returns to Texas only to find himself under suspicion when a serial killer who employs the same method of murder begins abducting young girls--including Evans' own estranged daughter.
Darker after Midnight by Lara Adrian. Sterling Chase, a warrior fallen from grace, fights with the Breed warriors of the Order to defeat Dragos, a power-mad vampire, and prevent him from achieving his goals for domination, but when Chase is identified at the scene of a mission gone awry by Tavia Fairchild, Chase is drawn to the woman and together the two must risk everything to defeat Dragos and his minions.
Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly. Provides an account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, discussing how actor John Wilkes Booth and his fellow Confederate sympathizers hatched their murderous plot, and following the ensuing manhunt, trials, and executions of the conspirators.
Lebonia's Vow by P.C. Cast. Before she is Zoey's favorite professor and the House of Night's powerful horse mistress... Lenobia is just a normal 16-year-old girl - with enough problems to last a lifetime. In a small southern town at the turn of the century, young Lenobia is developing into a beautiful young woman with ideas of her own. But when she is Marked as a fledgling vampyre, her world turns upside down, and she is drawn to the musical streets of New Orleans. There, she learns of the city's dark underbelly, ruled by powerful black magic. As Lenobia experiences her first love - and loss - and discovers a passion for horses to sustain her, she must come face-to-face with Darkness itself. And she may not escape without scars.
Dakota Ambush by William W. Johnstone. When John Bryce, the man who saved Matt Jensen from the hangman's noose, becomes the target of a powerful English lord, Matt steps in to protect John, risking his own life in the process.
October Song by Beverly Lewis. Contains a collection of short stories that revisit characters from other novels in the Lancaster County book series, including, "The Shunning," "The Postcard," and "Grasshopper Level.".
Saving Alice by David Lewis. Having suffered devastating loss before with the death of his fiancée, Alice, South Dakota stockbroker Stephen Whitaker's rebuilt world, which includes marriage to his and Alice's best friend, a precocious daughter, and a business partnership with a high school friend, begins to disintegrate, leading him to face hard questions about his faith in God.
Shadowcatchers by Steve Wall. Recounts the author's journalistic odyssey in search of the essence of Native American spirituality.
Snake River Slaughter by William W. Johnstone. Matt Jensen fights to protect Kitty Wellington, a woman whom he met while she was an orphan, from a relative who is trying to steal a twenty-thousand acre ranch she inherited from her uncle.
Taken by Robert Crais. Elvis Cole is hired by Nita Morales to find her daughter, who she thinks is just hiding out with her boyfriend and is asking for money, but Cole realizes they have been kidnapped by bajadores, bandits who prey on other bandits, and when Cole goes undercover to try and buy her back he goes missing and now it is up to his partner, Joe Pike to find them both.
Vigilante by Stephen J. Cannell. Lita Mendez was not a favorite of LAPD, but when she is found dead, in her home, Detective Scully and his partner Hitchens fear the worst: that there's a killer in their ranks. Outside thecrime scene, Nixon Nash, host of a reality show called "Vigilante TV," dedicated to beating the cops at their own game, has his sights set on Lita's murder. Now Scully will have to risk everything save himself and the job he loves.
The Rope by Nevada Barr. "In The Rope, the latest in Nevada Barr's bestselling novels featuring Anna Pigeon, Nevada Barr gathers together the many strings of Anna's past and finally reveals the story that her many fans have been long asking for. In 1995 and 35 years old, fresh off the bus from New York City and nursing a broken heart, Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On her day off, Anna goes hiking into the park never to return. Her co-workers think she's simply moved on--her cabin is cleaned out and her things gone. But Anna herself wakes up, trapped at the bottom of a dry natural well, naked, without supplies and no clear memory of how she found herself in this situation. As she slowly pieces together her memory, it soon becomes clear that some one has trapped her there, in an inescapable prison, and no one knows that she is even missing. Plunged into a landscape and a plot she is unfit and untrained to handle, Anna Pigeon must muster the courage, determination and will to live that she didn't even know she still possessed to survive, outwit and triumph. For those legions of readers who have been entranced over the years by Park Ranger Anna Pigeon's strength and determination and those who are new to Nevada Barr's captivating, compelling novels, this is where it all starts"--.
The Look of Love by Mary Jane Clark. Piper Donovan accepts when the owner of Elysium, an exclusive spa and plastic surgery center, offers her an all-expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles to create a dazzling and unique wedding cake. The job also gives Piper the time and distance she needs to sort out her feelings for handsome FBI agent Jack Lombardi. The ultra-luxurious spa caters to the rich and famous in need of a little "refreshing"—a nip here, a tuck there, a little Botox, a little detox. Nestled in the Hollywood Hills, Elysium seems picture-perfect: the grounds, the staff, even the guests. But no sooner does Piper arrive than a guest is brutally murdered in one of the private bungalows. Someone, it seems, wants to make sure Elysium's beautiful director, Jillian Abernathy, never gets to walk down the aisle. Piper soon discovers that beneath the glamorous surface of this idyllic oasis lies an ugly truth—and a cold-blooded plan for murder.
Raylan by Elmore Leonard. With the closing of the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mines, marijuana has become the biggest cash crop in the state. A hundred pounds of it can gross $300,000, but that's chump change compared to the quarter million a human body can get you—especially when it's sold off piece by piece.So when Dickie and Coover Crowe, dope-dealing brothers known for sampling their own supply, decide to branch out into the body business, it's up to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to stop them. But Raylan isn't your average marshal; he's the laconic, Stetson-wearing, fast-drawing lawman who juggles dozens of cases at a time and always shoots to kill. But by the time Raylan finds out who's making the cuts, he's lying naked in a bathtub, with Layla, the cool transplant nurse, about to go for his kidneys. The bad guys are mostly gals this time around: Layla, the nurse who collects kidneys and sells them for ten grand a piece; Carol Conlan, a hard-charging coal-mine executive not above ordering a cohort to shoot point-blank a man who's standing in her way; and Jackie Nevada, a beautiful sometime college student who can outplay anyone at the poker table and who suddenly finds herself being tracked by a handsome U.S. marshal. Dark and droll, Raylan is pure Elmore Leonard—a page-turner filled with the sparkling dialogue and sly suspense that are the hallmarks of this modern master.
Stefan's Diaries: Vol. 5: the Asylum based on the story by L. J. Smith, written by Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec. The hunters become the hunted. . . . Driven from their hometown of Mystic Falls, both Stefan Salvatore and his brother, Damon, arrived in Europe looking for a fresh start. But Samuel, a wealthy and cunning vampire, has other plans for them. First he ruined Stefan's peaceful existence and now he's framing Damon for the most gruesome murders London has ever seen. United against their common enemy, Stefan and Damon are stunned when they realize that the source of Samuel's rage lies in their past—tied up with the woman who forever changed their lives. Haunted by the memory of Katherine, the brothers find that their uneasy alliance is tested. Can they overcome their rivalry to defeat Samuel before he exacts his final revenge? Based on the popular CW TV show inspired by the bestselling novels, Stefan's Diaries reveals the truth about what really happened between Stefan, Damon, and Katherine—and how the Vampire Diaries love triangle began.

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In 1980, in the midst of a U.S. funded war the UN Truth Commission called genocidal, the soon-to-be-assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero promised history that life, not death, would have the last word. "I do not believe in death without resurrection," he said. "If they kill me, I will be resurrected in the Salvadoran people."


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2012 iMore hall of fame
I've always been of the mindset that halls of fame should matter. It should take time to qualify, so impact and importance can be weighed with the full context and clarity of history. It should also be limited, so that those who change the way we think and feel, who inspire and innovate, who challenge and redefine, get the recognition they deserve, rather than simply getting lost in yet another list.
It takes 25 years after the release of a debut recording to qualify for the rock and roll hall of fame. It takes 5 years after retirement to qualify for the baseball hall of fame. And in most cases, only a handful are inducted each year. Given that, we figured it should take 5 years after the release of an app to qualify for the iMore hall of fame, and that we'd likewise restrict ourselves to only a handful of inductees each year.
Of course, the iPhone only launched in 2007 and back then there wasn't even an official App Store. It also means, to meet our 5-year criteria, we had to way until now, and we have to consider only the initial, 2007, pre-App Store apps. And that's fitting.
Apple didn't initially support third-party apps or third-party app makers. That took until June of 2008 and iOS 2.0 (iPhone OS 2.0). Yet during that time, truly groundbreaking and trendsetting work was done by ingenious developers and designers. Using reverse engineering and jailbroken devices, they paved the way for much of what has come since, both from Apple and from the App Store.
We first started talking about an iMore hall of fame back in 2010, but we decided to wait and I'm glad we did. The people involved in the earliest of iOS apps did historic work, and they deserve historic recognition.
Starting tomorrow we'll be announcing our first inductees. If you were around at the beginning and marveled at (or even helped make) those first, pre-App Store apps, let me know what your favorites were, and who you would choose to honor, and why.
We're keeping the list really, really short, but we want to get it right.
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PIKEVILLE — Over 500 miners and several hundred others gathered this week at Bob Amos Park to take part in a training exercise they hope to never use in real life.
The gathering was for the fifth annual installment of the Mine Rescue Competition and Training competition, sponsored by Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance. During the event, mine rescue teams from across eight states took part in a competition to rescue miners from a simulated mine disaster.
The purpose of the event was twofold — to satisfy annual training requirements all mine rescue teams must meet and, more importantly, to give teams a chance to hone their skills, in the event they need to use them in an actual emergency.
"They're essentially training for situations they may have never faced before …" said KEMI communication manager Ryan
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The event began Monday with a golf scramble, followed Tuesday by bench, first aid and pre-shift competitions. But it was clear that the main event was the mine rescue competition, which took place Wednesday and Thursday.
Representatives of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration and state Office of Mine Safety and Licensure served as judges. Freddie Lewis, executive director of OMSL, had nothing but praise for those taking part.
"The mine rescue team members are probably some of the most unselfish people in the United States," Lewis said. "These guys are ready to get up at 3 a.m. and leave their wives and children at home to go to a coal mine fire. And they might not know anyone in that mine, but they are willing and ready to sacrifice their lives, family and everything to rescue a fellow coal miner.
"On behalf of the state of Kentucky, we would like to extend our appreciation to each and every one that is here today to participate, judge, and support our great mine rescue teams in this state."
However, hanging like a cloud over the event was a noticable absence. Due to the loss of around 1,000 coal mining jobs in recent weeks, several teams were not there to compete because their members no longer had jobs.
"It's very sad to see this, because we lost nine teams that were scheduled to compete, but due to layoffs are no longer together," Lewis said.
In all, 46 teams from Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Alabama took part in the competition, down from the 55 that had previously been scheduled.
But there was also positive news out of the event — the financial impact the competition had on the local economy. Because many of the 500 miners and others travelled great distances to get to the event, many had to stay in local hotels and left their money behind by purchasing food, gas and entertainment in the region.
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PENSACOLA — Tuesday's game with Washington High School was just what the doctor ordered for the Crestview High School baseball team that was in a two-game skid.
Bulldog starting pitcher Corey Armstrong scattered four hits over six innings of work and struck out seven Wildcat batters and the Crestview offensive pounded out 12 hits in a 10-3 win.
"I was proud of the guys," Crestview Coach Tim Gillis said. "We've been working hard in practice swinging the bats. We came out and found some holes and we had some guys have some good quality at bats and that's what we are trying to do.
"We are trying to start from scratch a little bit and get rolling. They've been working hard. Sometimes things are a little bit tough and you just have to hang in there.
Freshman shortstop B.A. Larkins, who was just called up from the junior varsity, led the Bulldogs (8-7) with three hits in his first varsity start.
Armstrong not only did the job on the mound. He had an excellent night at the plate reaching base four times and scoring twice on two hits, a walk and a Washington error.
Pierce Cadenhead reached safely in all four of his plate appearance. Cadenhead had a hit, a walk and twice reached on Wildcat errors.
Armstrong scored the first Bulldog run in the third inning. He singled, moved to second on an Austin Armstrong hit and scored on a base hit by Colter Hancock.
Crestview added second run in the fourth.
Cadenhead reached on an error to lead off the inning and moved to third on hits by Larkins and Hunter Sullivan as the Bulldogs loaded the bases. Cadenhead scored when Corey Armstrong walked with the base loaded.
Crestview broke the game open with five runs in the sixth inning. Matt Gillis' two-run double was the big blow of the inning.
The Bulldogs added three more runs in the top of the seventh with Sullivan connecting for a double to plate Hunter Willis and Cadenhead.
Crestview played rock solid defense through the first five innings. By the time the Bulldogs did make a couple of errors they were in front by seven runs.
"I thought we played really good defense early on, for sure," Tim Gillis said. "We made some plays.
"B.A. Larkins came up today and made some plays (at shortstop). And Hunter Willis made some nice plays (at second base). We played well and it was good to see."
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is proud of its long history of working with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and other student groups to promote healthy kids and safe schools. These partnerships are a great chance for HRSA to reach youth in their schools and community to prevent bullying. Over the years, HRSA and GLSEN have shared resources and spoken at events. This year, we are continuing that work on social media for GLSEN's No Name Calling Week.Continue ReadingPosted in Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention
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Late one Tuesday night, I received a text from the mother of my son's friend. She told me that we needed to talk NOW; would I call her? Two weeks earlier, my 15-year-old son had broken down in tears over the harassment he was receiving at school. What I did not know, but learned from the mother who contacted me, was that my son had come very close to attempting suicide the night before. The actions of friends may indeed have saved my son's life. My husband and I knew "Jake" was hurting inside.Continue ReadingPosted in Warning Signs
Posted: January 8, 2013
January is National Mentoring Month. Research has shown that mentoring programs can be an effective tool for enhancing the positive development of youth in the foster care system.
Over the past three decades, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has supported a variety of mentoring programs to meet the needs of at-risk and troubled youth. The office works on traditional one-on-one relationships, group mentoring, e-mentoring and other innovative approaches to reach teens.Continue ReadingPosted in Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention
Posted: January 3, 2013
Bullying among young children is not uncommon. When young children–who often differ in physical size, skill level, and family experience–get together, patterns of hurtful behavior often emerge.
Children may be mean to each other by making mean faces, saying threatening things, grabbing objects, pushing others aside, or refusing to play with others. Some young children may engage in actual bullying behaviors by deliberately and repeatedly dominating a vulnerable child by name-calling, physical attacks, and excluding others from playing with them.Continue ReadingPosted in Prevention
Posted: December 28, 2012
Bullying can happen anywhere. It can happen in person, online, or behind your back. But there are some groups that are at higher risk.
Erin Reiney is the Director of Injury and Violence Prevention at the Health Resources and Service's Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). She leads HRSA's Bullying Prevention efforts, and serves as project officer for the MCHB Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Resource Center Consortium and the Children's Safety Network National Resource Center....Continue ReadingPosted in Prevention


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On its opening weekend, the Navy SEAL's movie Act of Valor grossed over $20 million at the box office. The military movie is believed to be the first to feature active duty military personnel as actors in the film.
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In Texas Monthly's inaugural issue (forty years ago this month, in February 1973), writer Richard West exhorted "weekend wanderers" to pack up and embrace the three-day vacation. "With a little imagination, planning, and a basic Texas road map," he wrote, "a very real quality of leisure and excitement can punctuate your work weeks."
It should come as no surprise that two of my go-to distractions – I mean, blogs – are well-versed authorities on two of my favorite subjects: Texas style and Texas-made products. Thanks to Texas Style & Substance, which is penned by the Dallas-based writer and style maven Kristie Ramirez, it's easy to keep up with the latest offerings from Texas's most creative designers and to stay hip to the state's steady stream of boutique and restaurant openings.
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[Video] HBO's Hard Knocks Airs Chad Johnson Being Cut From The Miami Dolphins
Sheesh! This was hard to watch.
Last night, on HBO's Hard Knocks, which follows the trials and tribulations of the Miami Dolphins, Chad Johnson was released from the team after his domestic violence incident involving Evelyn Lozada. Considering this just happened on Sunday, this is the most reality you'll ever get on television. EVER.
Before, Chad walked into Coach Philbin's office, his coach could be heard on the phone telling someone:
'This Summer he was tweeting stuff he shouldn't have been, then we had a press conference where he goes off on a tirade, 'F this and F that' and now we have this thing. He hasn't been around us a long time. His temperament isn't great for us. When things are good, it's good but when things aren't so good, he can be a tad… you know'.
Although Chad reminded his coach, 'I've never been in trouble. Ever', he was still given the pink slip:
I don't know if this is working for the benefit of you, me, the Miami Dolphins or anybody else. I think you are a good person and I acknowledge people make mistakes. […] Where we are as a program, and where we are headed, I just don't see the mesh right now. I wish it was different and I could be more encouraging but I just think this is best for us to part ways at this time.
I'm not trying to flex my muscles, 'I'm the head coach and let's make an example of Chad Johnson'. It's not about that. It's more about how you fit in, how we fit in together and where this thing is headed. I just don't see it being what I thought it would be and what I hoped it would be.
It's almost hard to believe this aired just days after the actual incident. People want to be on reality TV but is this the reality that you really want shown on TV?
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Meanwhile, Chad broke his silence yesterday by tweeting, 'I haven't had to tread water in a long time… special thank you to my fans…family…friends for keeping me afloat…'. He also released a statement on his website that read,
I would like to apologize to everyone for the recent events that have occurred. I would like to wish Evelyn well and will never say anything bad about her because I truly love her to death. I will continue to be positive and train hard for another opportunity in the NFL. To all the fans and supporters I have disappointed, you have my sincerest apologies. I will stay positive and get through this tough period in my life.
Hopefully, he bonces back from all of this. Lesson Learned.
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The 11 Best Things I Ate During My Cross-Country Road Trip
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Its not often that doing laundry sparks nostalgia. But thats just what happened recently while I was taking some pairs of Jims jeans from the dryer, folding them and stacking them onto a closet shelf. So smooth. So easy. So few steps Then I remembered just how I once had to deal with what we used to call Levis. This was over a half century ago while we were stationed with the USAF in Oxnard, California. We had a clothes washer in the kitchen and a clothes line in the back yard. Jim usually wore an orange flight suit to work, which was easy to wash and light enough to dry quickly in the sun. His other uniforms went to the cleaners. It was the dreadful denims that gave me so much grief.
Anybody out there remember pants stretchers? When I recalled these instruments of washday torment, I assumed they were relics of a best forgotten past. They are still available, I discovered, in lightweight versions that claim to be a cinch to use, with the big benefit being you dont have to iron. (Somebody hasnt heard of permanent press and clothes dryers?) The stretchers I used in California were thick, flat and stiff hard to open and close. You had to wrestle one of them into each leg of the jeans which I swear were made of bulkier material than they are today. Once you maneuvered the stretchers the length of the legs, you slid them open bottom and top as far as they would go. Then you lugged them out to the clothesline. They took forever to dry and were just as hard to get out as they were to get in. By that time, the jeans were wrinkled enough for ironing. (Yes Virginia, some lunatic women once ironed their husbands jeans.)
Grateful that I didnt have to work that hard anymore I recollected the washdays of my mother and grandmother. Mom had a wringer washer in the basement. After soaking, she rubbed the worst dirt off via a washboard. After a load was done, she hand cranked each piece of clothing through the wringer often many times to get the water out. After that she carried baskets of laundry up steep garage stairs to the backyard to hang.
Grandma Clare was a farm wife, who not only used a washboard, but boiled many work garments over an open fire in a huge copper pot of lye-soaped water. She dipped these clothes into the hot water on the end of a long wooden pole and dipped them out into a series of wooden rinse water tubs. Then she wrung them out by hand and hung them. With a husband and three sons wearing bib overalls while they planted, ploughed and harvested, and two daughters who worked just as hard as she did in dresses, grandma had plenty to do on an all day washday.
She lived into her 80s and mom made it to 92. Ill bet that was in spite of and not because of those wash days Ill also bet, that as much as I used to complain about the pants stretchers those two women would have traded their washday woes for them in a skinny Summerville minute!
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Avondale, Ariz. (March 9th, 2013) – Greg Biffle made his way around the 1.0-mile Phoenix International Raceway in 26.414 seconds, earning him a 17th-place starting spot for Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit 500. This weekend in Phoenix the No. 16 is featuring Novec on the hood and quarter panels. Unfortunately when it came time to qualify the 3M Novec Ford was a little to loose, resulting in the 17th-place qualifying effort. Luckily there is two more practice session scheduled before 312-laps of racing action on Sunday. Be sure to tune into FOX this Sunday, March 3rd to see the Subway Fresh Fit 500. Pre-race coverage begins at 2:30pm ET.
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As I enter into the third week of Valley Dental's demise, this has become my longest continuous span of unemployment over the last 48 years. Time to think and type….
Life is like a chess game. Each and every move will determine its course and outcome from an infinite number of possible paths. Some choices will reward one's selection, and others won't…checkmate.
Forty years ago, I made the decision to live a lifestyle, establish a dental practice and dedicate my career to improving the oral health of my friends and neighbors in our Mad River Valley. When I first moved here, dental floss was a dreaded inconvenience and toothbrushes were an uncommon tool. "We're born without teeth, die without 'em, and they just give you a lot of trouble in between" was the accepted, ahem, "tooth" of the matter. Many of my colleagues settled in urban and suburban neighborhoods; but for me it's never been a matter of providing services where it pays the most but rather where it's needed the most. Operating a dental practice in our rural community hasn't been easy. There have been many challenges not imagined by my urban colleagues; but even in spite of this most recent setback, I've never looked back.
If not for the sacrifices made by my parents to encourage my pursuit of a dental diploma, I wouldn't be writing this article nor would you be reading it. So many of us wouldn't have shared in mutual support, respect, laughter and appreciation. Trish and I wouldn't have met and married. You and I wouldn't have become neighbors and lifelong friends. How different would have been so many lives but for our concurrent decisions? Extrapolating Back To The Future, think not only of the moment, but consider future ramifications of today's decisions.
So, now some food for thought….or, [don't] chew on this. Because our local dental clinic is temporarily no more, I've not the simplest tools to provide any emergency care. Should someone simply chip or break a cusp, and merely need only a polish or temporary filling, I can't provide that service for you. Our state has a wonderful dental community—others have offered to cover for us and care for you until we're up and running again; however, that will require a trip to Montpelier or Burlington. In the meantime, I will recommend you avoid chewing on the number one culprits…ice, hard candy, hidden popcorn kernels, or crusty bread; and, of course, don't forget to brush and floss!
Here's looking forward to "working with smiles" (yours and ours) once again.
Zonies' Waitsfield practice was inundated by Irene. He lives in Fayston.


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BOONVILLE - With the regular season winding down, Starmount picked up a crucial 2A victory Tuesday night in thrilling fashion.
The Rams held off a furious Forbush comeback to escape with the heart-stopping 54-52 win over their Yadkin County rivals to add an all-important 2A victory to their resume.
"We did what we had to do tonight," head coach Rocky Horton said. "It's a win; I wouldn't expect anything less than that. It was time to buckle down and we did a really good job early, especially coming out of halftime. I thought our guys, even with all the emotions and everything, kept it together.
"They just played hard and were unselfish with the ball, looking for each other. They were penetrating and kicking it out," he continued. "Towards the end of the game, I was telling them to run the clock, but we're just not used to that. We love to run but our guys did a job of handling it."
After a back-and-forth first quarter (Forbush led 15-10), Starmount jump-started a dominating run that stretched the second and third quarters to pull ahead.
The Rams tied the game at 20-20 on a Kyler Gregory layup midway through the second. Starmount closed the half scoring nine of the final 13 points to take a 29-24 lead into the locker room.
Forbush came out strong in the third quarter, scoring six quick points on three-point plays by Bryson Lee and Bennett Winslow to cut the lead to 31-30. But Starmount responded in a big way.
The Rams reeled off 14-straight points, while forcing four Falcon turnovers in five possessions, to grab a 45-30 edge late in the third.
"We didn't do anything different in the run than what we were doing the whole game, something just clicked and we were finding people," Horton said.
Starmount took a 47-34 lead to the fourth looking to close out the game. But Forbush had other ideas, scoring the first five points of the final period to trim the deficit to 47-39.
"I told them that it's not over," Horton said. "They're going to try to make a run at us and we have to be ready for it."
After a Luke Shore runner to stop the drought, the Falcons continued their spurt, reeling off eight straight to cut the lead down to two at 49-47 with 3:30 left.
Nathan Williams followed with three free throws to give the Rams a 52-49 lead with 1:25 left.
But the Falcons fought back once again as Mason Doub sank a deep trey from the top of the key to finally bring Forbush even at 52-52, capping a 18-5 charge.
With a chance for the game-winner, Starmount ran down the clock to 16.8 seconds before Horton called a timeout to run a final play.
"We wanted to spread it out and give the ball to our playmakers and let them go to work. That's what we were doing when we made that run," Horton said.
Gunner Cass took the inbounds and ran off more clock until he was hacked driving to the basket. Cass calmly sank both free throws to give the Rams a 54-52 advantage with just 2.7 ticks left.
On the ensuing inbounds, Hunter Gooden found Barrett Hennings upcourt. Hennings threw up a half-court heave that hit glass, giving Starmount the thrilling victory in basketball's Unifi Bowl, as the student section rushed the court to celebrate.
"A lot guys came off the bench and did things throughout the game that were big for us, but those two free throws by Gunner were huge," Horton explained. "I'm proud of them. That was a hard-fought win a rivalry game. We'll take it."
All 10 players who saw playing time scored on the night for the Rams, led by Cass' 12 points, including the game-winning free throws. Shore added eight points, while James Ashley finished with seven. Nathan Williams recorded six points with Zach Worley and Ben Combs tacking on five points apiece.
The Rams, who improved to 4-9 in Mountain Valley Conference play with the win, now only trail second-place Ashe County (5-9) by a half-game in the conference standings. The Huskies lost to Elkin and Alleghany in back-to-back nights this week.
Starmount will look to keep pace tonight when the Trojans come to Boonville.
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HUNTINGTON — In addition to voting for mayoral and City Council candidates in November, residents in Huntington also will get to weigh in on three proposed City Charter amendments.
The proposed amendments are the product of Huntington City Council's five-member Charter Review Committee, which spent several months reviewing the city's 27-year-old governing document and interviewing members of the committee that wrote it in 1985 when the city switched to the strong mayor form of government now being used.
In addition to asking voters whether Huntington should discard or retain its residency requirement for city employees, the proposed amendments also include eliminating the requirement that the public works director have a certified engineering license and abolishing the requirement that the city maintain a central garage.
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The Siege of the North, Part 2
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- This article is about the second episode of the Book One: Water finale. For the first part of the finale, see "The Siege of the North, Part 1". For the battle, see Siege of the North.
"It's my destiny ... to destroy the Moon ... and the Water Tribe."
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While Zuko successfully captured Aang, he struggles to find shelter in the freezing temperatures of the North Pole. Meanwhile, Sokka, Katara, and Yue search for him and Aang, and the Fire Nation manages to infiltrate the city. They save Aang, but Admiral Zhao slays the Moon Spirit, Tui, and the waterbenders lose their ability to bend. In anger, Aang is possessed by the Ocean Spirit, La, and obliterates the entire Fire Nation armada. As punishment for his actions, Zhao is drowned by La. Princess Yue, who was imbued with some of the energy of the Moon Spirit when she was a sickly newborn, sacrifices her life to revive it, disheartening Sokka as she bids him goodbye for the last time. After saying goodbye to everyone, the group continues on with their adventures, while Zuko decides to call off his pursuit of Aang for the time being. Meanwhile, in the Fire Nation, a mysterious young woman receives an assignment from Fire Lord Ozai.
Sokka, Katara, and Princess Yue set out on Appa in search of Aang, as the Fire Nation continues its attack on the Northern Water Tribe. As Zuko carries Aang across the polar ice cap, Aang's spirit has arrived in a swamp area in the Spirit World. He approaches a baboon spirit and asks for some assistance on finding the Moon and Ocean Spirits. The annoyed spirit tells Aang "Go away." As Aang continues to ask the spirit for help, a glowing speck flies by, and the spirit suggests Aang chase it, because it may be able to help him. Aang chases the glowing speck through the Spirit World, but when he finally manages to grasp it, the branch on which he is standing disappears, and he falls into the water. Avatar Roku's image appears as a reflection in the water and he greets Aang.
Back in the mortal world, the ice begins to give way under Zuko and Aang's weight. Zuko quickly runs while carrying Aang and manages to avoid falling through the ice. Just as he recovers, Zuko spots a shelter in the distance, drags Aang's body into the shelter, and ties him up.
Aang's spirit tells Roku that the Water Tribe is under attack and he needs help locating the Moon and Ocean Spirits. Roku's spirit ascends out of the water to face Aang as he tells him that those spirits crossed over into the mortal world near the beginning of time, and that there is only one spirit old enough to help Aang. The spirit is named Koh, but Roku warns Aang to be careful as Koh is dangerous. Aang must not show any emotion when facing Koh or the spirit will steal his face. To this, Aang nods in understanding.
Sokka, Katara, and Yue, riding on Appa through the blizzard, continue to look for Aang, but to no avail. Zuko talks to Aang's body while the latter is in the Spirit World. He laments how now that he has Aang, the blizzard prevents him from taking Aang back to the Fire Nation. Zuko compares Aang's natural talents to those of his sister and recalls his struggles that have made him strong without any help from luck.
Back at the Northern Water Tribe, Fire Nation troops move further into the city despite the waterbender warriors' efforts. Iroh reminds Zhao that if the Water Tribe is not subdued by the rise of the full moon, the waterbenders will be undefeatable. Zhao says he is planning to remove the moon as a factor, which disturbs Iroh. Zhao and Iroh are briefly interrupted by Hahn, who miserably fails at his attempt to attack Zhao, resulting in being thrown overboard. Continuing, Zhao explains to Iroh how years earlier he had stumbled upon the secret of the Moon Spirit's mortal form in an underground library, while serving as a young officer in the Earth Kingdom. Zhao believed it was his destiny to kill the spirits, but Iroh forcefully informs him that the spirits are not to be trifled with. Zhao condescendingly tells Iroh he has heard of Iroh's journey into the Spirit World, and that the Moon and Ocean Spirits will now pay the consequences for giving up their immortality.
Aang approaches a large leafless tree and notices another spirit in the form of a monkey. As Aang approaches and speaks to the monkey, it turns around and reveals that it has no face, much to Aang's surprise. He takes a deep breath and enters the hollow tree, calling out to Koh. Suddenly, Koh, with a large centipede-like body and a face similar to a Japanese Noh mask, appears in front of Aang. As he switches faces, Koh explains to Aang that this is not their first encounter, as one of Aang's previous incarnations tried to kill Koh over the stealing of a loved one's face. Koh continues to state how he is no longer concerned for what Aang did in his past life. Aang takes a breath in to gather strength and to remain composed as Koh tries to manipulate him.
At the same time, Aang's body in the natural world also takes in a deep breath as Zuko looks on. Zuko comments that it looks as though they will be in the shelter for a while. Elsewhere, Yue tries to comfort Katara by saying Zuko and Aang could not have gotten away. Katara states that her worry is not that Zuko will escape, but that he will not, jeopardizing Aang's life. Sokka assures Katara that Zuko will not give up and both he and Aang are alive and will be found.
Menacingly, Koh asks, "So. How may I help you?" Aang tells Koh of his need to find the Moon and Ocean Spirits. Koh tells Aang the spirits' names – Tui (push) and La (pull). Aang explains that an entire culture may be destroyed if he does not get the spirits' help. Koh informs Aang that it is the spirits who are in need of his help as someone is planning to kill one of them. Aang asks how he can find the spirits to protect them, to which Koh responds by telling Aang that he has already met them. As Aang realizes the spirits' mortal identities upon hearing Koh's analogous reference to yin and yang, he almost reveals his expression to Koh, narrowly avoiding the opportunity for Koh to steal his face. After leaving Koh's tree, Aang explains to Roku's reflection that the spirits are in trouble and he needs to get back to the mortal world. Roku tells Aang that an old friend, Hei Bai, is there to guide him back.
Nightfall has come, and the full moon has risen. The waterbending warriors' power is enhanced as they fiercely battle the Fire Nation soldiers. Zhao and his search party depart his ship in search of the Spirit Oasis. Zhao declares that when they get there, "We're going fishing."
Hei Bai takes Aang back to the gate and breaths out a light toward Aang which sends his spirit to the mortal world. When the baboon spirit comments, "Good riddance", Hei Bai temporarily changes to his monstrous form and blasts him off his rock.
Aang's spirit returns to where it left, the oasis, but to his dismay, he finds his body is not still there. Aang's spirit rushes to his body in the form of a streak of light, which Katara sees and realizes it is Aang's spirit. They turn Appa to follow the light as it reaches the cave in which Zuko and Aang are taking shelter. When his spirit rejoins his body, Aang's tattoos fade to blue, he suddenly sits up, forcefully acknowledges Zuko's presence, and proceeds to blow a large gust of air which throws Zuko against the side of the shelter and him out of the cave and into the snow. Zuko manages to catch the still-bound Aang, but Appa lands next to them and Katara jumps down. Zuko inquires if she is, "Here for a rematch?" to which Katara confidently replies, "Trust me Zuko, it's not going to be much of a match", as she forces Zuko high into the air with a column of snow and knocks him out by smashing him to the ground. Although he is in a hurry to save the spirits, Aang refuses to leave Zuko to die. They tie up the unconscious prince and take him with them.
In the oasis, Zhao grabs the white koi and the sky goes red. The waterbending warriors lose their bending abilities, and Yue says that she feels faint. Aang concurs, saying he feels it as well. Yue explains how the Moon Spirit gave her life as a baby and how she received her name; Yue – for the moon. Zhao begins to arrogantly applaud his efforts to fulfill his destiny when Momo suddenly jumps onto his head, pulls at Zhao's hair, and flies over to Aang, who has just arrived with the others. Aang pleads with Zhao to consider how his actions will hurt everyone, not just the Water Tribe. Suddenly, Iroh appears, confirms Aang's words, and tells Zhao if he harms the spirit, he will unleash ten-fold the force against him. Zhao releases the spirit back into the water, but kills it with a fire blast, causing the spiritual equivalent of a lunar eclipse, rendering the waterbenders powerless. Iroh unleashes his firepower and easily defeats the soldiers accompanying Zhao, but Zhao himself manages to escape. Behind Yue, who is still sitting on Appa, Zuko's empty bindings lie on Appa's saddle. Iroh lifts the white fish out of the water and Yue says, "There's no hope now; it's over." Aang goes into the Avatar State and responds, "No, It is not over", as he proceeds to walk into the oasis. Katara tries to follow, but Iroh gestures her to let him go. Aang merges with the Ocean Spirit, and the combined two head out and attack the Fire Nation invaders in the city. With the city cleared, they head out to sea.
Back in the city, Zhao tries to escape as Zuko shoots a fireball at him. Shocked that Zuko is alive, Zhao confirms that he tried to have him killed due to the fact that he is the Blue Spirit, who released the Avatar. Zuko attempts to vindicate his actions, explaining that he had no choice, but Zhao tells Zuko he should have accepted his fate as a failure and a disgrace. Zuko continues to battle Zhao.
Meanwhile, Iroh notices that Yue has been touched by the Moon Spirit. Yue decides it is her duty to give the life she was given back to the Moon Spirit, despite Sokka's protests. She places her hands on the fish, transferring her spirit, exhales one last time, and falls back into Sokka's arms – lifeless. The Ocean Spirit heads out into the open ocean and attacks the Fire Nation ships. Yue's body disappears, and the white fish begins to glow as Iroh places it back into the oasis. The fish begins to swim and the oasis glows, as the spirit image of Yue appears above the water to tell Sokka she will always be with him. Her spirit kisses Sokka one last time before becoming the moon. The Ocean Spirit acknowledges the moon's restoration, places Aang atop a piece of the outer wall, and heads back into the Water Tribe city.
Zuko and Zhao continue to battle when Zhao notices that the moon has returned and shouts, "It can't be!" Without warning, the Ocean Spirit grabs Zhao and begins to take him away. Zuko tries to help, but Zhao stubbornly refuses to take Zuko's hand, and within a matter of seconds is pulled beneath the water.
After the battle, Master Pakku announces plans to head to the Southern Water Tribe with other tribe members to help rebuild their sister tribe. Katara asks about Aang's training, and Pakku tells her that Aang will have to get used to calling her 'Master Katara'. Chief Arnook quietly tells Sokka about the vision the spirits gave him when Yue was born exhibiting a young woman giving her life to become the moon. Sokka replies that he must be proud, to which the chief replies he is proud, but also sad.
Having rejoined Zuko on a raft, Iroh slyly says he is surprised at Zuko's cessation in his efforts to capture the Avatar at that moment. Zuko proclaims his exhaustion, and Iroh soothingly tells him he should rest, as, "A man needs his rest." Zuko closes his eyes. Katara meets up with Aang and they embrace one another. Momo jumps in upon invitation as Sokka takes hold of Aang's shoulder and Appa shows up as they all look out at the moon realizing they managed to ward off the Fire Nation and there is still hope to restore balance.
Back in the Fire Nation, Fire Lord Ozai imparts Iroh's treason and Zuko's failure to his daughter and ominously gives her an undisclosed task.
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- Also starring:
- Mako - Uncle
- Jason Isaacs - Admiral Zhao
- Erik Todd Dellums - Koh
- Jon Polito - Chief Arnook
- Victor Brandt - Master Pakku
- Johanna Braddy - Princess Yue
- Ben Diskin - Hahn
- James Garrett - Avatar Roku
- Mark Hamill - Fire Lord
- Additional voices:
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Mark Hamill - Baboon spirit
- Mako
Production notes
- Main article: Transcript:The Siege of the North, Part 2
- Main article: Writing in the World of Avatar
Avatar Extras
- Main article: Avatar Extras for Book One: Water
Series continuity
- This episode features the second time that Aang has saved Zuko while he is unconscious, the first time being in "The Blue Spirit", when Zuko is knocked out by an arrow.
- This is the second time when Aang meets Hei Bai. The first time was in "Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World".
- After their Agni Kai in "The Southern Air Temple", Zuko warns Zhao that next time he would not hold back and harm him. However, Zuko offers to help Zhao when he is attacked by La.
- In "The Siege of the North, Part 1", Aang excitedly hopes that the spirits will unleash a "crazy amazing spirit attack" on the Fire Navy. After Aang merges with La, this is exactly what happens.
- When Katara drops to her knees while expressing her sadness over losing Aang, the entire Spirit Oasis island is flipped backward. When facing the pool, as Katara is doing, the characters should also be facing the Royal Palace. In this shot it can be seen behind them. The perspective is flipped 180 degrees to the correct orientation for the next shot.
- When Iroh is talking with Zhao on the boat, the pin on his cloak is a black and red emblem of the Fire Nation, but in the previous episode the pin is gold and red on the same cloak.
- When Hahn tries to kill Zhao and is thrown from the platform, he should have landed on the deck of the ship below, but a splash is heard.
- Koh the Face Stealer claims that Avatar Kuruk tried to kill him "nearly eight or nine hundred years ago". Kuruk died 411 years earlier, meaning that, if Koh's statement were true, Kuruk was at least five hundred or four hundred years old; however, the oldest confirmed age an Avatar has lived is 230, the age of Avatar Kyoshi, at death.
- When Aang is in the Spirit World, he jumps onto Hei Bai's back by airbending; however, it was established in "Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World" that one cannot bend in the Spirit World.
- When Aang's spirit returns to his body, Katara watches it fly overhead and points to it. However, in "Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World", in a similar scenario, Katara could not see him, only Iroh could.
- When Zhao puts the fish in the bag, the moon turns red and the sky turns black. However, after the commercial break, the sky was red and the moon was pink.
- After Momo attacks Zhao, he flies to Aang's shoulder. However, as the shot changes to an overview while Aang is explaining how killing the moon spirit would unbalance everyone, Momo is not there. When the scene changes again, Momo is back.
- When Momo is perched on Aang's shoulder as the young airbender explains the consequences of destroying the moon to Zhao, most of Momo's coloring is reversed: his back is black and his belly is white.
- Following the confrontation with Iroh at the Spirit Oasis, Zhao's guards appear and disappear from the Spirit Oasis repeatedly throughout the rest of the episode; the guards appear tied to the left side of the wooden gate, and completely disappear following the spirit monster's rampage.
- When Zhao and Zuko are fighting each other, Zhao eventually takes off his cloak to land right below his feet, but when the screen shows them and the snow on which they are standing, the cloak is completely gone and does not reappear for the rest of the scene.
- The shot of Iroh putting the Moon Spirit back in the pond is the same of him picking it up, but played backward. This is noticeable by the water ripples that disappear when he places Tui in the water. In the following scene, he is still holding it and only then releases it.
- Before Iroh realizes that Yue had been touched and given life by the Moon Spirit, her eyes look as gray as everyone else's, instead of blue.
- Sokka grabs Yue's right hand in order to stop her from giving back the life the Moon Spirit gave to her. However, when a close-up is shown of their intertwined hands, he is holding her left hand.
- When the spirit monster first sends all the Fire Nation ships outward, some can still be seen in the distance, but when the moon reappears, a view of the distant ocean shows no ships at all.
- Aang and the Ocean Spirit's merged form strongly resembles the Nightwalker from Hayao Miyazaki's movie Princess Mononoke. The series' creators have professed their fandom of Hayao Miyazaki in many interviews.
- When the Moon Spirit was killed, everything turned gray, but Yue's eyes remained visibly blue, showing that some of Tui's life was present in her.
- When La and Aang begin moving toward the Fire Navy fleet, the Biblical story of Passover is invoked. When the Water Tribe submitted to La, they were not attacked by him; the Fire Nation soldiers who did not bow were killed.
- This episode is Azula's first appearance outside a flashback in "The Storm" and the opening sequence.
- More spirits appear in this episode than any other. They are the baboon spirit, Koh, Roku, Hei Bai, La, and Tui.
- Near the very end of the episode, Iroh tells Zuko, "A man needs his rest." Iroh also told Zuko this in the first episode and in a flashback showing Iroh and Zuko soon after Zuko's banishment.
- This is the second and last episode where Zhao lashes out after defeat.
- The gate in the Spirit Oasis and the gate in the Spirit World have the same symbol at the top: the symbol for water.
- This episode marks the first time multiple characters are killed; Tui was murdered by Zhao, Yue sacrifices herself to restore Tui's life force and thus become the new incarnation of the moon spirit, and Zhao himself meets his demise while fighting Zuko at the hands of a vengeful La, who dragged him to the Spirit World and imprisoned him for eternity in the Fog of Lost Souls.


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Saturday, December 28, 2013
The Bishop England Bishops fell 55-41 to the Stratford Knights in the second round of the Lake Marion Invitational Friday in Santee, S.C.
Bishop England (6-4) held a one-point advantage at halftime but was shutout in the third quarter while Stratford (9-2) opened a 10-point lead.
Dillon Corbett led Bishop England with 14 points to go with seven rebounds. Taylor Howell added nine points and four steals, and B.J. Grevey turned in eight points and five rebounds.
The Bishops shot 46 percent from inside the three-point arc but connected on just 28 percent from outside.
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Great list! Some of the ones at the beginning I don't agree with, but I love the Boscia and Dermologica. I want to try the Suki, Glytone and Aveda Tourmaline! Just with they weren't so spendy.
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Sounds of Your Name, originally published by Microcosm Publishing in 2006, collects Nate Powell's zines and comics from 1998-2004, including his first two books, Tiny Giants and It Disappears. His intricate, sometimes chaotic drawings examine the complications that come with passing from childhood into adulthood. Renderings of friends and family scattered across the country paint tender, sweaty, and memory-soaked portraits of small town life and beyond. Nate addresses the uneasy existential inquiries that bloom in youth and invokes all the elements of great coming of age novels with only a few dozen words.
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After trying every restaurant in Chinatown Center, I'm convinced Austin has some legit contenders for good and authentic Asian food. There were even some unique finds like pâté en croûte, homemade durian ice cream, and barbecue beef tendon. I still wouldn't advise out-of-state visitors, or even Houstonians, to seek out Austin's Asian restaurants while visiting. But for those of us who live here, there are some excellent choices if you take the time to look. More


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Editor's note: This is the third in a three-part series of profiles on candidates running for the Aiken County Council District 6 seat. Today's focus is on Phil Napier. A Jan. 19 article focused on Lynette Barton, and John McMichael was the focus on Jan. 26.
Aiken County Council District 6 candidate Phil Napier does not believe in wasteful spending, a credo displayed publicly on his campaign signs.
Instead of having brand new signs made, Napier simply affixed a "re-elect" sticker onto the same yard signs he used in 1999 while running for County Council.
He did not support wasteful spending while serving on Council from 1999-2002, he said, and he does not support it now.
During his term, Napier said he proved that the County could purchase a new ambulance for approximately $60,000 rather than spend more than $70,000 to put an old ambulance box on a new chassis. He also said the County could save money by renovating a vacant big box store for offices rather than spend roughly $37.6 million on the new government center on University Parkway.
"It would come out cheaper," Napier said.
Napier, a native of Graniteville, will face business owner Lynette Barton and business development officer John McMichael in the Feb. 5 primary. The District 6 seat was vacated by Charles Barton last year when he was appointed to the County auditor position to fill the unexpired term. Charles Barton was duly elected auditor in November.
Before he was elected to County Council to represent District 5, Napier served on the County Planning Commission.
He is the owner of Napier Hardware in Graniteville and volunteer chief of the GVW Fire Department.
There should be no questions about a conflict of interest stemming from his involvement with the fire department if he is elected, he said, "because as a chief, I am not paid."
He cited Aiken County Sheriff Michael Hunt's position as a volunteer second assistant chief with the recently-created Midland Valley Fire Department as evidence that there is a precedent of no conflict of interest.
Napier is seeking a second term on Council because, "I felt like the community and rural areas need local representation."
Strong, thorough local representation would help mitigate concerns residents have that their areas do not receive a fair share of one-cent Capital Projects Sales Tax funds, he said.
The Capital Projects Sales Tax is a special one-cent option sales tax applying to the gross proceeds of sales in Aiken County. Proceeds are used to fund the purchase of ambulances, police cars, road paving and infrastructure development and improvement, among other things.
Aiken County, the cities of North Augusta and Aiken, and each municipality submits a list of projects to be considered for funding, which is approved by a committee.
Napier proposes creating a different committee comprised of Council representatives and citizens to better reflect a community's needs.
"I will vote my convictions as a taxpayer," he said.
Napier, because of his previous experience on Council, feels he is particularly qualified to serve again. He can "hit the ground running and won't have to sit there and learn the ropes."
"I am a fair, honest, hard-working and community-oriented person. I have been a public servant all my life. Out of the goodness of my heart I help people. I guess my life is helping people. I want to go to Council as a peacemaker. I will work with everybody as peaceful as I can," he said.
One of his primary goals if he is elected is to bring more jobs to the area.
"That is the secret to economic development. Jobs will bring the economy around," he said.
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Adam Graham joined the Sports Medicine staff in 2011 as assistant athletic trainer and has worked primarily with the Golden Eagle volleyball, soccer, and baseball teams.
A graduate of Western Carolina with a master's degree from West Virginia, Graham is a native of Chapel Hill, N.C., and a 2008 graduate of Western Carolina with a bachelor's degree in athletic training. As a student athletic trainer, he worked with the Catamount football and women's basketball teams.
During his time as an undergraduate, he also spent one summer in an internship position with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, working with the Bradenton Pirates in the Gulf Coast League. He also served in volunteer positions at the North Carolina State High School cross country and wrestling championships, and the Kentucky Bluegrass Games.
As part of the WCU Athletic Training program, Graham had a stronghold on the department's annual honors, winning the Outstanding Sophomore, Junior and Senior awards.
After graduation, he spent one year in an internship position at Georgia Tech where he worked primarily with the Yellowjacket football team. His coverage also included working with the cross country and track teams, and the cheerleading squad.
During 2010-11, Graham worked toward his master's degree and served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at West Virginia University. His coverage with Mountaineer teams was with the baseball, cross country, track and football teams.
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