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The Rhinehart Rare Books and Special Collections Room on the 4th Floor of Belk Library and Information Commons will be open Wednesday afternoons, July 11, 18, and 25, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for visits, questions, and book viewings from the Rhinehart Collection on British History. Dr. Marjon Ames, Rhinehart post-doctoral fellow and assistant professor of history at Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, will be available to answer questions and provide information about the rare book collections.
Typically, this room is not open to the public, so take advantage of this opportunity to see books printed as early as the 16th and 17th centuries.
For more information, call 828-262-4041 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The library is launching the beta phase of its new website today. We are joining the many departments and colleges on campus running a Drupal website. We're excited about the possibilities this software will give us to develop useful and fun new features to the library website.
We're implementing this beta phase in order to let our users test out the site before we replace the existing website. We'll be doing usability studies to make sure it's working the way it should. We'll also be listening to everyone's comments and fine-tuning it over the next couple weeks.
We would love to have your feedback and suggestions for the site. Please fill out our feedback form and help us make the site better.
Thank you,
The Library Web Team
For Summer 2012, the Main Circulation Desk will offer a mediated fax service (incoming and outgoing) for ASU faculty, staff, students and Community Borrowers. This service is available all hours the library is open. The incoming fax number is: 828-262-7217.
Outgoing: $1/page up to a maximum charge of $5 (no matter total pages)
Incoming: $1 first page, $.10 each additional page
Special Collections has received a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for an ambitious two-year project that will eliminate the backlog of the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection and provide students, faculty, staff, and outside researchers with access to these collections. Grant funds will primarily be used to hire a Project Archives Assistant.
Among the collections to be processed are the papers of Kelly Bennett, who was instrumental in the development of America's national parks; the papers of social activist and documentarian John Gaventa; Appalachian photographer Jack Jeffers' collection of prints and digital images; and the papers and musical scores of composer Tui St. George Tucker.
Photograph by Jack Jeffers.
The Belk Library and Information Commons is happy to announce its 2012 Summer Author Series.
Author of the novel Broadway Baby and ten books of poetry that have won numerous awards. The talk will be followed by a book signing and reception.
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 421, Belk Library and Information Commons
Free Event
President of the Middleton Place Foundation, Charleston, South Carolina. The topic of his presentation is "Middleton Place: A Phoenix Still Rising."
Date: Friday, June 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Blowing Rock Country Club, Blowing Rock, NC
*Fundraising Event -- fee charged*
Well-known North Carolina writer who has charmed his devoted readings with such books as Walking Across Egypt and Lunch at the Piccadilly. The topic of his presentation is "Reading, Stories, and Music." The event will be followed by a book signing and reception.
Date: Thursday, July 12, 2012
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Calloway Peak Room, Plemmons Student Union
Free Event
Author of Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains and Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont. Followed by book signing and reception.
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 421, Belk Library and Information Commons
Free Event
Author of the popular "Buryin' Barry" and "Sam Blackburn" series of mysteries set in Asheville. Followed by book signing and reception.
Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 421, Belk Library and Information Commons
Free Event
Download the 2012 Summer Author Series flyer
If you have any questions regarding the Summer Author Series, please contact Lynn Patterson (email@example.com) at 828-262-2087.
When the University Library and the College of Arts and Sciences were seeking funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant in the 1990s, a fund was named the Doc Watson Endowment in Appalachian Music in honor of Doc's important contributions to Appalachian music and culture.
These were his words when he learned that the endowment would bear his name: "I'm certainly proud that my career in music has been an effort to preserve Southern Appalachian culture. And I certainly endorse the effort to catalog and preserve it. I strongly back the NEH grant."
Everyone is deeply saddened by the loss of Doc Watson, and the Library pledges to keep his memory alive through the Appalachian Collection and the Music Library.
Photo above from the ASU Historical Photos Collection, showing Doc Watson (center right, with banjo) performing for students in Plemmons Student Union in the 1970s.
Through a successful collaboration with Student Accounts, the Registrar's Office, ITS and the University Library, all library charges will now sync with the ASU Banner system. This change will make the library billing process faster, simpler and more transparent and brings the library in line with other campus units. All library charges will appear at the library and on faculty, staff and student banner accounts.
Students (and any faculty and staff that once were ASU students) may pay their fines through the Student Services tab in APPALnet, through invoice mailed to Student Accounts, or in person at the Student Account Office. Faculty and staff who have not been students at ASU can pay either by invoice mailed to Student Accounts or in person at the Student Accounts Office.
Please note that at any time, you may check your library account by going to MY ACCOUNT at the top of the University Library's home page (www.library.appstate.edu). Log in using your last name and banner ID number. You can check here any time, 24 hours/day, for any fines, fees, holds, late books from any web-enabled device. Here is a short tutorial to assist you.
Since 1997, incoming freshmen at ASU have been asked to read a book as part of their orientation to Appalachian State University. By participating in the Summer Reading Program, students establish a common experience with other new students.
This years selection, Farm City, by Novella Carpenter, chronicles her efforts to live off the land in inner city Oakland. Her efforts to have a sustainable source of food for herself–with some for friends and neighbors as well-- sends her down a path inspired by Henry Thoreau, Euell Gibbons and her mother. The experiment to eat exclusively from her urban squat farm tries her will and ingenuity while bolstering her spirit with a sense of connection with all around her.
For information on this year's selection, and for related library resources, see the Summer Reading Book - Library Resources Guide. The author will be on campus September 6, 2012: See the list of events.
Congratulations to all the students who are graduating this May, 2012. We thank all of our student library employees for their hard work and dedication. Your work in the library is greatly appreciated!
Payton Brown
Calvin Bruns
Amanda Carroll
Ian Clontz
Tim Coyle
Jeremy Ryne Danielson
Rachel Donovan
Patrick Elliott
Carrie "Lexi" Ellis
Williams Fincannon
Nancy Gibson
Mitch Greco
Bryan Green
Molly Hansen
Addy Haseltine
Tim Hefflinger
Eric Holm
Emily Hopper
Maya Hutchins
Sydney Jones
Kelly Kluz
Aaron Lancaster
Rachel Little
Katy Manis
Nick McCollister
Jessica Michak
Matt Miller
Chase Mitchell
Kristen Morrison
Tiara O'Neal
Brooke Rideout
Kaitlynn Sansone
Elizabeth Smith
Caleb Sonneland
Lauren Turner
Ian Watkins
Jason West
Jessica Whitman
Laptops are a "hot commodity" during exam time. In fact, we often check out of them at the Main Circulation Desk. Never fear... did you know we have Dell Laptops for check out at the Lower Level Service Desk? So "check them out"....
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Moctoberfest is a month-long celebration of Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball. It includes historical moments, social media interactions and introduction to UTC's freshmen among the myriad of video tributes and stories.
Day 14 introduces freshman guard Alex Bran (Memphis, Tenn.). Alex is a walk-on guard who joined the program late in the summer.
"Alex is a guy that kind of fell in our laps," said head coach John Shulman. "We were in on him and invited him as a preferred walk-on to join our family. He originally decided to go to U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School. But it was not the place for him, he called and we were very happy to get him.
"He is a strong, aggressive and tough point guard."
Bran played for Jeff Ruffin at St. George's Independent School in Collierville, Tenn. He was named to the Commercial Appeal Best of Prep team as a senior while also earning all-region and all-conference honors.
He averaged 18 points, six rebounds and three assists per game leading the Gryphons to a 22-8 record in 2012. Bran was a two-sport star at St. George's excelling at football as well leading it to the 2011 state title at quarterback.
The son of Mark Bran and Maria Zorzoli Roberts, Alex has six siblings. He plans on majoring in Physical Therapy.
Chattanooga opens the season Monday, November 12, against Tennessee Temple in McKenzie Arena at 7 p.m. Season tickets for a school-record 18-game home slate are available. Call 266-MOCS (6627), go online here at GoMocs.com or stop by the Gate One McKenzie Arena Ticket Office.
GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. The Mocs can also be followed on their official Facebook page (ChattanoogaMocs), or on Twitter (@GoMocsMBB & @GoMocs).
Find out how to join the UTC Mocs Club and support more than 300 student-athletes by clicking here.MOCTOBERFEST
1 - First NCAA DI Game
2 - Walter "Moose" McGary
3 - Stephen McDowell
4 - 1980 Recruiting Class
5 - Gerald Wilkins 4-point Play
6 - Social Media Factoid: UTC's 10 NCAA appearances are the most in the SoCon since joining the league in 1977-78. Leaders: Chattanooga 10, Davidson 7, ETSU 6, Marshall 3, App State 2, Furman 2, Wofford 2, Western Carolina 1, UNCG 1 and College of Charleston 1. Sources: http://twitter.com/GoMocsMBB & http://www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs
7 - LeVert Threats to Keith Nelson Buzzer-Beater
8 - 1st NCAA Tournament Win
9 - Social Media Factoid: Today's Moctoberfest Factoid is in honor of tomorrow's 30 minutes or less ticket promotion. Derrick Kirce holds the UTC record for career 30-point games with 5 in his 2 seasons (1990-91). He scored 1,113 points which is a school record for a two-year player averaging 19.5 points per contest, another all-time leading mark. Chad Copeland (1993-94) is the only Moc with back-to-back 30-pt games. He scored 30 in a home win over Southern Miss on Jan. 2, 1994 and followed with 33 keying a one-point road win three nights later at Furman. Sources: http://twitter.com/GoMocsMBB & http://www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs
10 - Drazen Zlovaric Makes ESPN Top 10 Plays
11 - TRIVIA GIVEAWAY: Who led the Mocs in scoring in the two 1997 NCAA Tournament wins over Georgia and Illinois? Answer: Willie Young with 39 (24 vs. UGa/15 vs. Illini).
12 - Meet Gee McGhee
13 - Ty Patterson Beats Shot Clock in 2009 SoCon Championship Game
14 - Meet Alex Bran
15 - Meet Eric Robertson

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In 17 starts at the 0.533-mile bullring, Edwards has two wins, four top-five, seven top-10 finishes and two poles. His average start is 18.4, and his average finish is 14.4. Edwards has completed 8084 of 8513 (95%) laps attempted at Bristol. According to NASCAR's Loop Statistics compiled over the last 17 races at Bristol, Edwards has turned 290 of the track's fastest laps which is eighth highest, spent 5,208 laps (65%) in the top 15 and led a total of 345 laps (tenth most). The team will run RK-806 which was last ran in the fall Martinsville race finishing 14th and placed 5th in the fall Richmond race last season. Be sure to check out all of Carl's statistics and thoughts on racing at Bristol Motor Speedway in the full preview!
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the Mad River Valley, we are very fortunate to have a wonderful diversity of
local businesses that include talented artisans, unique shops, specialty
boutiques, retailers and wonderful restaurants.
These businesses are owned and operated by your friends and neighbors and help to make the Mad River Valley the special place we all hold dear to our hearts. Many of these local merchants were hit hard during the flood. It is great to have so many of them back in business. I encourage all of you to shop locally this holiday season and show your support. Instead of driving to the big box stores or shopping online with an out-of-state merchant, please support the Mad River Valley economy by shopping locally.
This coming weekend, I encourage you to take advantage of the special offers at more than 30 businesses during the 13th annual Country Christmas Open House on Saturday, December 3. This is a great opportunity to kick off your holiday shopping and buy local this holiday season. See you there!
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Carrick played his part as United beat QPR 2-0 in West London on Saturday but the midfielder insists boss Sir Alex Ferguson will not allow the squad to relax.
"We've got a job to do and the manager said that we need to take it game to game and just win the next game if we can," he said.
"You can't look too far ahead because it can come back and bite you. We've got the experience around the place and obviously the manager sets the tone.
"I think you saw against QPR it was just about that game, getting the result and moving onto the next one."
"It's not always going to be pretty," he said, speaking to MUTV. "Sometimes you have to grind it out, work hard and make the most of the opportunities.
"That comes from experience as well and the manager picked an experienced side (at QPR), who would be able to cope with that.
"We played some good football at times when we had the chance, but other times it was about defending well and playing on the break.
"All in all, I think we can be really delighted with how the day went."


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Monroe rockers in conspiracy for wider audienceWritten by Mike Bauman | | email@example.com
During the past five years, Cold Conspiracy has shared the stage with Boston, Finger Eleven, Saliva, Framing Hanley, My Darkest Days, Taproot, Pop Evil, Flaw, Primer 55, Adelitas Way and Sevendust. For the Monroe-based rockers, getting good shows has not been much of a problem. Getting exposure has.
"We're trying to get that started right now, but it's so hard," Cold Conspiracy frontman Jeff Prewitt said. "That's what's cool about Toledo. We like going down there playing and it's easy for our fans to make it down that way. But when you try to book out of your range it's really hard to get into places because they always want you to have a draw, and it's like impossible to have a draw when you haven't played in that area yet because all you really have is the Internet to show people."
A five-piece outfit comprised of Prewitt (vocals), Brian Balk (guitar), Adam Champagne (guitar), Lonnie Stump (bass) and Sean Belcher (drums), Cold Conspiracy will perform at the Omni on July 23 as an opening act for Shadows In Red's CD release party. Cold Conspiracy wants to expand its music beyond the Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan areas, and part of that effort has been through the Internet.
One of those online avenues for Cold Conspiracy is a battle of the bands competition to play on the Best Buy Music Gear Stage on Sept. 9 at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival. Highlights for the grand prize winner include a slot to play on every tour stop of next year's Uproar Festival, an EP produced by Jay Baumgardner at NRG Studios in Hollywood and $10,000 in gear through Best Buy Musical Instruments.
"It'd be a big accomplishment, and it'd be another stepping stone for us," Balk said. "It's just hard for us, being a few of the guys in the band have families, so they know they have to put food on the table for the kids. So it's hard for us just to get up and go like a lot of these other bands do that are established.
"We're not established yet, so we just have to dig in when we can and hope we get our break. Plus, winning something online that our fans can help put us through on would be amazing."
Cold Conspiracy recorded its self-titled, debut album in the home studio of Champagne's stepfather Jerry Gysin; it was released on March 10, 2010 and is available for mp3 download on Amazon.com. The band also has a three-song demo — only available through Cold Conspiracy — featuring new tracks "Leave You," "Break Free" and "Never Let You Go," which were recorded with Ben Schigel of Spider Studios. The band wants to record its next album with Schigel, who has worked with Drowning Pool, Chimaira and Walls of Jericho, among others.
While Cold Conspiracy has struggled — like many bands trying to make it as full-time musicians — Prewitt said the group has a strong foundation in Toledo to build on.
"People — if they don't like you — they're not going to go out of their way to tell you, 'Good job,'" Prewitt said. "It's like, yeah, some people do kind of do that, but we have got such great responses from people down [in Toledo]. It's kind of unbelievable.
"Of course, you always get your crappy shows now and then where you get booked somewhere and there's five people standing in front of you, but for the most part any time we play in Toledo we always get a really good crowd reaction, and we just need to start spreading it other places, start spreading it further into Ohio, too."
Cold Conspiracy and The Unknown will open for Shadows In Red at the Omni, located at 2567 Bancroft St.. Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $5 in advance. For more information, call (419) 535-6664. To check out Cold Conspiracy, visit myspace.com/coldconspiracy or reverbnation.com/coldconspiracy.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Emily Suzanne Mangum of Pageland, S.C. and Samuel Blake Edwards of Summerville, S.C. were married June 29, 2013 at Zion United Methodist Church in Pageland.
Reverend Clyde Buckner officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Mangum of Pageland. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Hewitt of Cheraw, S. C.; and Mrs. Lillie S. Mangum of Anderson, S.C. and the late Joe T. Mangum of Pageland.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Edwards of Summerville. He is the grandson of Mrs. Rachel H. Hedrick of Boiling Springs, N.C. and the late Karl H. Hedrick Sr.; and
the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel David Floyd of Cayce, S.C.
The bride wore an organza ball gown with vertical ruffle detailing on the skirt and a ruched strapless bodice. The wedding gown featured a chapel train.
The maid of honor was Miss Courtney Boyd and the Matron of Honor was Mrs. Currie Brainard.
Serving as bridesmaids were Mrs. Courtney McSwain and Miss Hannah Taylor. The flowergirls were Emmie and Ellie Edwards.
Serving as best men were Paul Edwards and Fred Edwards. Groomsmen were Braden Gerhardt, Matt Patterson, Stephen Strickland and Michael Wilson.
The bride is a 2004 graduate of Central High School in Pageland and a 2009 graduate of Clemson University. She is employed with Concrete Primary School in Powdersville, S.C.
The groom is a 2002 graduate of Summerville High School and a 2006 graduate of Clemson University. He is employed with Powdersville High School in Powdersville.
The couple honeymooned in St. Lucia and will make their home in Clemson, S.
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Camp Perry range engineer marks 30 years on jobWritten by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | firstname.lastname@example.com
PORT CLINTON — From smoothing a wrinkle in a target face to straightening a row of benches, no detail is too small for Camp Perry Range Engineer Joe DeCosta.
For 30 years, he has been responsible for overseeing range operations at the National Rifle and Pistol Matches, which draws more than 6,000 shooters from across the country to Northwest Ohio each summer.
"My job is to build the ranges," said DeCosta, 81. "I definitely don't want to disappoint shooters because that's what we're here for."
Pride in a job well done is the main trait the 26-year Marine Corps veteran tries to instill in his summer work crew, mainly local teenagers, who know him as "Mr. D."
"I always tell them, 'If you do a job and can step back and say, 'That's the best job I ever did,' then fine. But if you can't say that then you need to do it over again," DeCosta said.
This year's matches started July 8 and run through Aug. 14. Each event requires a different range set-up, which could include numbered firing points, targets, benches, fences, water stations, trash cans, portable restrooms and more.
"To me the thrill is meeting obstacles and solving them," said DeCosta, who splits the year between Florida and Ohio, but whose voice retains the distinctive clipped accent of his native Massachusetts. "I try to work on the front side of the curve. Preparation and prior planning is the name of the game. It keeps everything rolling."
Ralph Reichman, assistant range engineer and president of Friends of Camp Perry, said DeCosta is a great boss.
"He's an unbelievable person," Reichman said. "He treats the kids well and they treat him well. He tries to treat everybody with respect and that's what he wants in return."
Of this summer's 48 crew members, only three were new hires, said DeCosta, who often hires the siblings or even children of former workers.
"I try to be loyal as much as I can to the kids, because loyalty flows both ways," he said. "Many start off at 14, 15 years old and they work for five or six years here. They'll tell me, 'We had a good time this summer' — and they've worked seven days a week and long hours, out there in the rain and the mud. When they come back and tell me they learned a lot here, that's special."
DeCosta said he loves being "the boss," but doesn't want to make himself indispensible.
"I train the kids so that if I took sick and didn't come in, everything would go," DeCosta said. "I don't want anything to stop because I'm not here. A good manager doesn't do that."
DeCosta and his wife, Jeanne, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple has six children, 16 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. His wife, all his children and two grandchildren also worked at Camp Perry and he's proud to say he might have his first great-grandchild on the roster in a couple years.
In June, DeCosta walked into what he thought was a planning meeting but instead was a surprise party honoring him for 30 years as range engineer. The gesture moved him to tears.
"I walked in and then it hit me," DeCosta said. "All my kids were there, except the youngest one. Kids who worked for me in the past. And then the kids working for me now. The whole thing just kind of collapsed on me. It was just too much."
Camp Perry is a special place to many people, with annual traditions like the first-shot ceremony, shooting in a particular match, shopping on Commercial Row or staying in the huts on base.
"Those were prisoner of war huts," DeCosta said with a chuckle. "To this day, there are shooters who come up here who really look forward to staying in those huts. Because that's Camp Perry."
As a member of the Marine Corps Shooting Team, DeCosta earned distinguished shooting badges — the military's highest award for marksmanship — for both rifle and pistol.
"We shot in Texas, Tennessee, and all these different states and that was all building up to coming up to Camp Perry," DeCosta said. "The others are just matches you want to win, but nothing like the allure Camp Perry has. There's just something in the air, something about the goings on here."
DeCosta took over as range engineer from Lloyd "Col. Bill" Williams in 1983, after declining health forced Williams to retire at age 75 after 25 years on the job.
However, DeCosta said he loves his job and has no immediate plans to retire.
"When I get here May 1 I'm excited. I just can't wait to get up here," DeCosta said, breaking into a grin. "After working seven days a week through August and then on the road visiting our kids, we get home in October and for a couple months I'm kind of laid back. But come January, man, I'm looking at the calendar, saying 'How many months we have to go before I get up here?'
"I'm not stupid. I know there's going to come a time when I'm going to have to say I've had enough, but it's just really a great feeling working here," DeCosta said. "I love the job."
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Tags: Camp Perry, Civilian Marksmanship Program, Friends of Camp Perry, Joe DeCosta, National Rifle and Pistol Matches, Range Engineer


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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
In her new book, "I Know Why My Daughters Are Crying," South Carolina author Dr. Yvonne Commodore allows readers who have felt sorrow to experience the closeness and comfort of their heavenly father.
The book addresses 42 of life's common trials in a conversational manner and provides reflective questions and prayer prompts to help move readers beyond the tears.
Published by Tate Publishing and Enterprises, the book is available through bookstores nationwide, from the publisher at www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore, or by visiting barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com. Dr. Commodore is a sought-after international motivational conference speaker and workshop presenter. She has more than 30 years of ministry experience and work experience as a high school principal, executive director, entrepreneur, teacher, assistant principal, Licensed Master Social Worker, adjunct professor, pastor and homemaker. Dr. Commodore and her husband live in Huger. For information, visit yvonnecommodore.tateauthor.com.
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Killington draft budget starts at 1 cent tax increaseBy Cristina Kumka
STAFF WRITER | November 21,2012KILLINGTON — The first draft of the town budget is $87,639 more than last year's budget and includes a 1 cent tax rate hike, after the town plan to cover more than $780,000 in Tropical Storm Irene expenses.
The proposed spending plan of $3,846,128 — up 2.3 percent compared to last year's budget of $3,758,489 — was put on the table of the three-man Select Board Tuesday of last week.
In the coming weeks, the Board will hear the budget reports of each municipal department in an attempt to preserve the proposals or trim them.
Town Manager Seth Webb prepared the first draft with broad goals from the Select Board, and in an email last week said the proposed budget addressed all the town's debt obligations, while helping the "employees we have" — with an average 2 percent cost of living salary increase.
That's offset, according to Webb's plan, by having fewer full-time staff in 2013, less overhead and reduced health care costs to the town.
The largest percentage cuts are to the town's Economic Development and Tourism Department — $54,500 is being saved by not employing a full-time director to replace former EDT Director Suzie Dundas, $24,120 is being saved on special events in the summer and fall and $43,072 is being saved on marketing, according to the draft plan.
According to Webb, he thinks the Board can further reduce the budget to keep municipal taxes level.
"I want to work with the board over the next couple of months to finalize this proposal for Town Meeting — and fund our priorities without raising taxes," Webb wrote in an email.
At the meeting last week, Webb said he would additionally take on the responsibility of running the EDT department.
He also proposed outsourcing town bookkeeping while billing the town golf course operation for accounting services.
The draft plan includes more money for police cruisers and more capital improvement money for the volunteer fire department.
Selectman Jim Haff suggested the Board look into contracting with the fire department so there would be more oversight of where the budgeted money is going and questioned salary increases for employees when, he said, many residents haven't gotten 2 percent raises this year.
The next budget meeting is scheduled for Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
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BARBOURSVILLE -- State officials insist operations are under control at the Western Regional Jail, even though 15 correctional officers have been suspended without pay or are facing such punishment.
Most of the suspensions stem from two incidents in which 11 officers are accused of either using excessive force against inmates or covering up the alleged abuse. One inmate received broken ribs, a collapsed lung and broken vertebrae.
Four other officers are accused of taking tobacco or cell phones into secured areas of the Barboursville jail. Such items are considered contraband.
Joe Delong, executive director of the state's Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, told lawmakers Monday his agency was investigating to see if a "buddy system" among guards might have led to a culture of "see nothing, hear nothing, record nothing."
"If that cultural challenge exists, we will take correcting that as seriously as we take individual discipline for those directly involved," he said Tuesday. "I'm not going to allow for an environment to take place that could endanger our good working staff."
Delong's comments on Monday came during a legislative oversight committee's interim meeting in Charleston.
Del. Jim Morgan, D-Cabell, sits on that committee and heard Monday's testimony. He said it renewed his concern about the impact of overcrowding in the state's regional jail system.
The Barboursville jail sits just across Interstate 64 from Morgan's district. On Tuesday, the facility designed to hold 400 inmates was housing approximately 645.
"(It) certainly tends to make an atmosphere that would be a little more explosive, if you would, than one where inmates were not triple bunked and that sort of thing," Morgan said.
Delong acknowledged overcrowding presents challenges at each of the state's 10 regional jails, but he said that reality does not excuse inappropriate activity, unprofessionalism or policy violations.
Delong promised lawmakers "swift action," and repeated that vow Tuesday. He said from a leadership standpoint, everybody from local jail management to his office is responsible for what happens with the individual jails.
Jail Administrator Mike Clark joined Delong in acknowledging the incidents place added strain upon Western Regional's remaining officers, who already are forced to work mandatory overtime due to staffing shortages statewide.
The most recent suspensions account for approximately 15 percent of Clark's full allocation of 102 correctional officers. He cited security issues in declining comment when asked to specify the number of officers currently on staff.
"From the outward appearance, it looks terrible," he said. "It's an isolated case ... I do not tolerate it. The authority doesn't tolerate it. That's the reason people are being suspended."
The two excessive force incidents happened within the past 30 days. Seven correctional officers were implicated in one incident, while four are linked to the other, Clark said.
One inmate was hospitalized with broken ribs, a collapsed lung and broken vertebrae. The other inmate's injuries were less serious, but still beyond normal scrapes and bruises, prompting the agency to insist upon a further review, Delong said.
Neither Clark nor Delong would clarify how many officers inflicted actual force versus those accused of covering up facts concerning the incidents.
The four unrelated and separate contraband incidents occurred in the past couple of weeks. Clark said three correctional officers carried cell phones into the jail. Another officer carried smokeless tobacco into a secured area, but away from the inmates.
Delong said both items are allowed in the general public, but strictly against division policy. For instance, he said cell phones can jeopardize safety interests, as the devices give inmates an unmonitored line of communication both inside and outside of the jail.
The first of the contraband suspensions will begin later this week. Clark said those officers had been working through a 15-day appeal period set by state law.
Those implicated in the excessive force incidents are suspended pending the outcome of the agency's internal investigation. Delong said those cleared of wrongdoing will receive back pay, but others face further discipline and possible termination if the accusations are upheld.
Delong hopes findings of the internal investigation are presented to the agency's mitigation review committee by early next week. That inquiry is separate from an external investigation being completed by the West Virginia State Police.
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Welcome to Larkfield House B&B. The Ivory family have been running this award-winning bed and breakfast for 20 years, and know just how to make sure you have a memorable stay here in Killarney.
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Here at Larkfield House B&B we will do our very best to make your stay in Killarney stress-free and enjoyable. Tourist information is available in every room, and you can easily rent a car or bicycle, book a tour or make a reservation at a restaurant. Golfers and anglers will also be able to enjoy their pastimes nearby.
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I know she's from Clannad, but I don't know her name.
I've seen that from somewhere, but I don't remember the name.
My last pic was Nana Suzuki from Seven of Seven.
That is (in norwegian) Bjørnen i det blå huset! (The bear in the blue house)
That show gave me nightmares!!!!!!
(Ack, my picture died. I'll repost it.)
I don't know.
No idea.
Previous image was Natsume Rin from Little Busters!.
@PPL: Is that supposed to be James in disguise? XD;
@Scrafty: No idea.
Previous was Munakata Reisi from [K].
May the odds be EVER in your favor
Credit to Eeveelover824 for this sig and credit to RondezView for the pink pikachu
If you are a true Swiftie (a Taylor Swift fan) like me and not scared to show it, "Drop Everything Now" and copy and paste in your signature.
PPL - The robot from Real Steel (Forgot the name)
Liz - Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures (I watched that show when I was a kid)
My last pic was Inspector Lestrade from Sherlock Hound.
He's from Kingdom Hearts, but I can't recall who he is.
My last pic was Metabee from Medabots.


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Marklogic, afaik, is the only acid compliant nosql solution that exists.
Marklogic, afaik, is the only acid compliant nosql solution that exists.
I used marklogic when I worked at a previous job and after learning how it worked and understanding it better, it made our jobs incredibly easy. It just had a serious learning curve.
Marklogic is a nosql db, that uses XML for its object format and xquery for its query language. This thing is NOT mongodb. It actually works really well and allows for complex data modeling with the ability to do joins and have transactional isolation in making changes to the data as well as a really solid content processing framework with pipelining and all that jazz.
Now, I can't imagine a reason for using marklogic, or any non-relational db for a project like this. The only clue is that marklogic has a lot of government contracts; mostly for the military. So maybe that's why it was used. But the fact that they chose a database system that they weren't experts in for a project that had so much visibility speaks volumes on how mismanaged this whole project was.
When I was in 4th grade, we had those Atari workstations where we'd pop in a cartridge and do typing tutors. We also learned Logo, which at the time, I didn't equate with programming. In 6th grade, I had a class where we'd write BASIC on PCjrs and that's where I became totally enamored with the fact that I could have the computer do what I wanted. Even though the extent of the class was just drawing graphics to the screen, we learned a little about `for` loops and I was able to do some basic colour-cycling animations. Years later, I moved on to QBasic, then x-basic (which became REALBasic), then C, perl, and other more modern languages.
I wish there was something as simple as BASIC, but as accessible as HTML/Javascript for today's generation. I think C would make a better first language, but being able to build things with graphics is far more engaging than just commandline apps that need to be compiled. Something with low-levelish access (like BASIC's peek and poke, etc) and access to files, but also able to be publicly displayed would be a huge win.
the thing with node is that it can handle things that your server can't necessarily handle. Things like websockets and server sent events. If you were to build a site that needed websockets for real-time feeds using traditional technologies (like php + apache), you'd wind up with apache having n open connections with n instances of your application loaded into memory. The power of node.js is the fact that a single instance of the app will stream content to an arbitrary number of clients with a single instance. It does this through the reactor pattern (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactor_pattern) and an event loop; the same mechanism that nginx uses to outperform apache (newer versions of apache have been adding support for this, I believe).
It's funny because people seem to have a lot of hate for node (myself included), yet don't have the same level of hate for similar technologies like python's Twisted or Ruby's EventMachine. Personally, I'm a bigger fan of Erlang/Elixir for this type of thing as it scales a lot better and takes better advantage of hardware. An 8-CPU system doesn't require 8 instances of node to take full advantage of the hardware.
disclaimer: I haven't had coffee yet and I hate node.
I think for day-to-day use, the touchscreen is pointless, but I have found myself wishing for touchscreen on a couple of occasions.
When I was demoing something to a coworker a couple months back, I was pointing to the screen and since I was used to using my phone to tap things, for a split second, my instinct was to touch the screen to click a button. At that moment, I thought to myself "this wouldnt' be the worst feature as long as it wasn't a requirement for interaction."
I couldn't see myself using it and I consider it more of a novelty, but besides a slight bump in total price of the device, what's the disadvantage of having the touchscreen available? If somehow, there was smudge-proof glass, would it be that much of a burden? I mean, my screen is already smudged because the occasional beard hair sticks to it from the keyboard when I close it, and I have to wipe it away, or because I pointed at something an inadvertently touched the screen.
So, it appears that this is outlawing attaching a camera to your kite, to a model rocket, to an arrow... many forms of amateur photography are basically becoming misdemeanor offenses. so if one decides to start their iphone recording and throw it up into the air to see what they can see, or throw their recording ipad like a frisbee in the park, if either captures images of a place or person who didn't give express permission to photograph, you could be charged.
that's all nutso to me.
That's the most realistic description of the modern definition of credit. When it comes to credit cards, you're pressured into using them to cover things that you should have been able to afford to begin with, enticing you with low monthly payments. The problem is that you get a couple things that you *need* for a while, then you get one or two things that you want and next thing you know you're stuck with no way out.
10 years ago, it was easy to get a new card with a low interest rate (typically 0% for a year) on balance transfers, so if you planned it properly and you got into a hole, you could consolidate to a 0% card and be able to pay off a significant portion (if not all) within that time period. Obviously this is assuming semi-responsible spending habits with the occasional lapse in judgement, not the spend thrifts that will blow their entire wad on clothing, a flatscreen TV and an home theatre system the day they get the card.
Today, those 0% cards are pretty much non-existent. The only way out of the hole once you're in is to either get help with it (many people don't have a friend or relative willing to loan that kind of money), go to a debt consolidation agency (also a racket, but if you can get a good deal can actually work) or completely change your way of life (move closer to work, sell your car for a more fuel efficient one, move to a state with cheaper gas, move to a cheaper household, etc), but that isn't necessarily an option for many people either.
If I decided to do this, I would need to operate my LAN like every node was bare on the internet. I've got fileservers with guest access (for, you know... houseguests), web services, my invoicing system, and a whole slew of other personal services. The thought of open wifi on the LAN kinda scares me from a security perspective.
Given that the majority of people out there aren't security conscious, there are all kinds of implications for keeping default router settings/passwords.
When I was staying in the Oakwoods in Burbank, CA for work (long-term housing, like... for months), I could see every machine on the LAN and all of the windows machines had read-only filesharing on, so I was able to loot up on all kinds of raunchy porn that people downloaded from limewire. One guy even had a bunch of tax documents in a shared folder. This included a PDF of the lease on his lexus, and some credit card statements. Another guy had 8GB of photos of his kids and family.
Shit can be dangerous out there if you're not careful.
When it comes to the Creative Suite (especially Photoshop and Illustrator), Adobe has been really good about actually giving you value for your money. Sure they break compatibility, but that's because they give you new features that you actually use all the time. The bad thing about these features is that techniques that retouchers used to charge $100/hour for and work on a photo for 14 hours now takes someone who has zero experience 20 minutes to accomplish, so it's ruining the industry... but at the same time, the quality of work and amount of work you can accomplish in a given amount of time has increased dramatically.
Some examples of valid compatibility-breaking features:
* gradient mesh (illustrator)
* transparency (illustrator)
* support for more than 99 layers (photoshop)
* layer groups/ folders (photoshop)
* embedding fonts (photoshop/illustrator)
* effects (photoshop/illustrator)
* artboard size (illustrator)
Many of these features are older. I haven't used the suite extensively since CS3 when I was a certified expert in photoshop and illustrator. I'd been using photoshop since version 2.5 and illustrator since version 7, so I've seen the evolution of the products and they are incredibly impressive. I'm constantly amazed at what they've been able to do with these programs.
Things like Office are a different story. I'm not aware of any specific features that they've added in any recent versions. MS changes their file formats with every new version of their package and doesn't seem to be adding any additional features beyond user interface (which is no excuse for breaking compatibility).
From what I see, though, one of the big issues is that when you get to be the size of Facebook or Twitter, it HAS to be about making money. Who is going to pay for your servers and who is going to pay your employees who work on the site full-time? Once you hit critical mass, in order not collapse under your own weight, you need to protect your monetary interests and that means closing off access to competing services.
Now, in the past, this wasn't as much of an issue because people actually paid for things and/or the advertisements covered costs. Today, the bottom has fallen out of the advertising market and no one wants to pay for anything anymore. I have friends that think Flickr's $25/year pro account is a rip-off. I think that's a *steal*.
The ecosystem of the web today is full of freeloaders and "entrepreneurs" who are trying to make a quick buck (via VC or getting bought, primarily) rather than trying to build awesome new products that people would actually want to pay for. No one wants to build companies anymore, they just want to build windfalls.
I really liked internet time. It was great because I had a widget in my menubar that showed the @time and when I met people in chat rooms, it was easy to synchronize...
for those of you not in the know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
I've spent the better part of the last year trying to bring this back. Not to use as a primary time-telling device, but as a way of easily synchronizing across timezones, mostly for IRC/IM and teleconference meetings.
I also think we need to completely kill daylight savings (as many people are suggesting). It is definitely time to do that worldwide.
A very large problem with this forcing of real names is when the sites in question have blacklists for certain names. I have a friend who's real, birth certificate name is "Aragorn" (his parents are HUGE LOTR geeks) and facebook does not allow that name, so he goes by Aragor. It's incredibly annoying to me, but he doesn't really care that much. facebook wants him to send a copy of his driver's license as proof so they'll allow him to use the name.
I'm just glad that they let me use Spike. I mean, it may not be on my birth certificate, but it's the only name I use. It's on my bank accounts (BofA doesn't seem to care), credit cards, cell phone, work ID, everything. My parents have called me that since before I was born and it's all anyone calls me.
In "Rant," there's a character who purposely gets bitten by spiders in order to get the proper erection. Life imitating art, again?
docs were read. mass-googling was done. I'm talking about apple's utilities... `networksetup` in the instance of the LOM and the network port bonding. There's no consistency in the docs about what they mean by "Service Name" which is what they call the "interface." However, there are 2 names for the interface... the user-specified one ("Ethernet 2") and the bsd name ("en1"), but the docs call them both the servicename. The only way I was able to figure out which gets used where is by trial and error.
in many cases, apple has provided their own tools that completely replace the standard toolset. hdiutil and networksetup are 2 prime examples.
another thing I forgot to bring up is ipmitool which mostly works unless you try to do serial-over-lan (sol) connections; it's completely unusable and you have to go to sourceforge and build your own ipmitool to do that stuff.
I mean, I'm not an OSX n00b. Typically I'm a linux engineer, but I've been OSX on the desktop since the developer previews and the server I've had running at home for a while and I've done contract server set up on versions going back to jaguar... the thing is that this is the first time that I've had to do seriously low-level shit (building a large xserve infrastructure with customized management and deployment tools) and it's like running into a concrete wall headfirst every time a new task comes down the pipe.
"There is such a fine line between genius and stupidity." - David St. Hubbins, "Spinal Tap"


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These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for Oct. 24, 2013. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, that does not mean they have been found guilty. All bookings may be viewed online by visiting www.aikenstandard.com and clicking on the "Crime" tab.
Elizabeth Stone — driving under the influence
Robert Bisou — disorderly conduct/gross intoxication
Michelle Ring — driving under the influence
James Miller — use of a firearm while under the influence
Shawn Lamar Brown — criminal domestic violence commitment warrant
Katrina McMillan — assault and battery third degree
Jimmy Youngblood — driving under the influence less than .10 first offense bench warrant, driving without a license first offense bench warrant
Henry Lucas III — assault and battery third degree
Dale Wright — simple possession of marijuana
Nathan Hamilton III — failure to pay child support bench warrant
James Hammett — shoplifting value $2,00 or less enhancement three counts, trespassing/entering a premises after warning or refusing to leave two counts
Barbara Laster — shoplifting $1,000 or less
Gregory Johnson — disorderly conduct/gross intoxication, failure to comply
Lorenzo Harden — disorderly conduct/gross intoxication
Pierce Cade — disorderly conduct/gross intoxication
Lacey Blair — contempt of drug court commitment
Phillip Patterson — municipal court/contempt of driving under suspension first offense bench warrant, assault and battery second degree
Brian Davis — shoplifting $1,000 or less
Andre Malave — North Augusta Department of Public Safety hold for indecent exposure
Ronald Lange — disorderly conduct/gross intoxication
Zachary Oliver — assault and battery third degree
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These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for July 8, 2013. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, that does not mean they have been found guilty. All bookings may be viewed online by visiting www.aikenstandard.com and clicking on the "Crime" tab.
Sheka Lanay Key, 27 — trespassing after notice
Shanda Lavon Rucker, 26 — disorderly conduct
Jamie Napolean Cochran, 41 — shoplifting/enhancement, trespassing after notice
Aaron Keith Steele, 23 — possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of beginner's permit, driving under the influence
John Nadzan, 20 — possession of cocaine
Pattie Ann Lewis, 38 — open container, hold for Orangeburg Sheriff's Office, possession of cocaine first offense
Katherine Forrestine Silas, 42 — simple larceny $2,000 or less
Dale Wyatt, 40 — stalking, harassment first degree
Sharika Chyenice Jackson, 18 — legal custodian unlawful neglect
Pierce Anthony Washington, 26 — contributing to the delinquency of a minor
Louis Lee Roccia, 43 — fugitive from justice warrant, contempt of family court
Ramiro Gomez Rodriguez, 18 — operating uninsured first offense, driving under suspension first offense
Jemmell Jermaine Morris, 32 — attempted murder, possession of a weapon
Randall Sharon Madison, 18 — breaking into a motor vehicle
Cedric Mandria Boyd, 37 — assault and battery first degree
Nicholas George Ard, 32 — violation of an order of protection three counts
Terry Narada Brown, 31 — fraud/willful sale of real or personal property, fraudulent check six counts, altering, forging or counterfeiting a certificate of title, criminal domestic violence
Kristen Leigh Gooding, 20 — possession of drugs
Priscilla Christa Anderson, 20 — disorderly conduct
Tonya Lynn Zorn, 23 — shoplifting
Timothy Curtis Morris, 53 — driving under the influence
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Traffic fatalities in the Summerville area averaged around five to seven per year a decade or so ago. Today, they are down to one a year.
This is, in part, due to the diligence and passion of Lt. Bob Burris.
Burris, 52, has retired from Summerville Police Department – a career he began 24 years ago.
While serving in the U.S. Navy for 10 years as a weapons tech, Burris did a three-month tour in Washington state as a member of the security police. Security police, he said, are certified the same as state and local police in the state and enforce the same laws as well as federal law.
"I loved it so much," he said, "that when I left the Navy I joined SPD as a reserve officer. A year later I was hired on full-time."
Originally from Wisconsin, Burris fell in love with the area while stationed here. "I had a two-year-old and I didn't want to keep moving him around so I settled here."
Burris was assigned to patrol until 1995, then as a detective for two years. In 1997 he joined the traffic unit and has never looked back.
He loves traffic, he says.
He loves it so much that he paid, out of his own pocket at a time when the department had no budget for such, to go to the Institute for Police Technology Management in Jacksonville, Fl. He learned accident reconstruction.
"I love the puzzle," he explained.
In 2007 he was put in charge of the traffic unit.
"I didn't like reactive policing [detective work] as much as I like preventive," said Burris. "I have a real passion for traffic safety and my goal was always to get the fatality rate down."
Fueling his passion for prevention have been some really tragic vehicle accidents, the worst being those involving children, he said.
The funniest, he recalled, was a traffic checkpoint one New Year's Eve.
"There was this truck that was coming toward the checkpoint when suddenly it went into reverse and the driver floored it. We chased that truck all over Tea Farm Plantation and finally caught it. Turns out it ran because the young lady driving it was really a guy dressed as a woman and he didn't want anyone to see him like that. Of course it ended up in the papers!"
Burris cites seat belt use, speeding and DUI enforcement as two factors that have helped bring the fatality stats down.
"I got this letter one time from a lady. It had an angel in it," he smiled. "I had written her a ticket for not using her seatbelt. Apparently she took it to heart and started wearing her seatbelt. A year later she was in a tremendous wreck and she walked away from it. I still have that angel on my wall."
Burris wrote the first six traffic grants for SPD.
"Traffic has quadrupled in Summerville in the past 15 years," he said. "In the '90s we probably had a population around 27,000 and now it is 45,000 and that is not counting traffic that originates outside of Summerville.
SPD deals with approximately 165 – 170 wrecks a month, noted Burris, but the injury rate is really low. This is because the impact speed is lower and people are wearing seatbelts, he said.
So what is on his retirement horizon?
He is a grandfather and is "really getting into the grandparent thing."
"And, well, aside from a 'Honey Do' list and golf, I am looking into starting a driving school," he said.
He and his wife Sandra, who is a teacher at Givhans Alternative program, want to teach teenagers safe driving skills. "I have done many presentations at Summerville High for SPD," said Burris, and I like working with teens.
In order to do this, Burris will have to take classes in Blythewood through the Public Safety Dept. Further, he will need to purchase a vehicle and take on a hefty amount of insurance.
Father of two, a 25-year-old and a 15-year-old, he already has an in-house student…his daughter just got her beginner's permit.
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This Raw Kale and Avocado Salad with Lime-Sriracha Vinaigrette is packed with nutrients like – fiber, b-vitamins, vitamin K, A and more.
Don't let the title of this post scare you. This salad is not only nutritious, but it is also tasty.
I have always loved kale. I eat it raw, steamed, sautéed, in smoothies, and so on. It has always been one of my favorite vegetables. Some people however, are terrified of kale. There is something about the big curly leaves that scares them. Try it this way and see what you think. Adding an entire avocado and one of my favorite condiments, Sriracha, definitely helps calm the natural flavor of kale. You'll find yourselves going for seconds.
Raw Kale and Avocado Salad with Lime-Sriracha Vinaigrette
Note: This salad is a rough estimate of ingredient measurements. I literally just threw it in a bowl and mixed it all together. Serves 1.
- Kale leaves, rough chop (I used about 1-2 cups, raw)
- Juice of half a lime
- Extra virgin olive oil, roughly 1 tablespoon
- 1 small ripe avocado, sliced
- Couple squirts of Sriracha, roughly 1-2 teaspooons
- Salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix to combine. Serve at room temperature.
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Friday, May 2, 2014
Summertime is fast approaching and vacation plans are likely already in the works for many.
The Moultrie News is excited to see where you've been and more importantly, where you've taken your favorite community paper.
We're looking for creative photos, from underwater shots with the paper to hiking through the mountains. The sky(diving) is the limit.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
How well do you know your town? Whether native or newcomer or somewhere in between – like me – I'll bet there's a lot about Summerville that you don't know. For instance, are you aware that the settlers of this summer village can trace their history back 383 years, via Colonial Dorchester; or how and why we grew from campsite to year-round town? Do you know what "marooning" was – or where the original Arch was erected and where its descendants are now located?
How about the fact that in our Golden Age we were a much sought-after tourist destination and health site, not only nationally, but internationally? And that during this time two presidents and a myriad of celebrities came to stay in the once famous Pine Forest Inn? They could also visit the Pinehurst Tea Plantation, which from 1890's to the 1940's was the only U.S. enterprise cultivating tea. And have you heard that our third town hall – we've had five – was the home of local intrigue as well as romance? Curious?
Well you have twelve more days to get answers. On Friday, July 5th the Chamber of Commerce will present a trio of inaugural one-hour (or so) Sweet Tea Trolley Tours of historic Summerville in a program called "Locals First." Tickets will initially be offered – on a first-come-first-served basis - to residents for a chance to be tourists in your own town. As the tours will run during the Fourth of July Weekend, it's the perfect opportunity to climb aboard an old timey trolley with friends and/or visitors and spend some of your leisure getting better acquainted with the place you live – as well as gaining bragging rights. Tours will run at 10 a.m., 12 noon and 2 p.m. and will be $20 per person.
The Chamber has been working on this project for a long time, first branding Summerville as the Home of Sweet Tea, then mapping out a Sweet Tea Trail and currently tying it all together with Sweet Tea Trolley Tours in an encompassing tourism initiative. This effort has special meaning for me.
Jim and I first visited Summerville in the early 1960s –while he was stationed at Charleston Air Force Base. It was at the height of the azalea season and like many folks before – and after –we fell in love at first sight. We kept our eye on this Flower Town for about two decades and when Jim retired came back here to settle.
Since 1980 I've been blessed to ply a creative cycle of working full time for this newspaper, learning about my then new hometown, then writing her official history for the Town of Summerville and returning to these pages as a columnist, still writing about my now longtime hometown. Happily for me, on July 5th I'll have the chance to share this special place and its history with you on a more personal basis, by acting as a tour guide. I'm still learning and I promise the more you learn about Summerville the more you'll love her.
Why not come out in a dozen days and be one of the "First Locals?"
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Participate in Green Zone training to support vets
The G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Center for America's Veterans has introduced and is working with the Green Zone Initiative at Mississippi State. The initiative's purpose is to encourage awareness of and advocacy for student veterans, service members, and dependents at MSU.
Many faculty and staff members across campus are showing their support in the Green Zone Initiative with stickers and posters displayed in their offices or work spaces. These items are to show designations of "Green Zones" or veteran-friendly areas where veterans can come for mentoring or for advice. The G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Center for America's Veterans is looking for more faculty and staff volunteers to help with initiative.
The center will host a Green Zone Initiative training workshop on Wednesday [Sept. 4], from 2:30-5:30 p.m., and Thursday [Sept. 5], from 4-7 p.m. in Colvard Student Union, Fowlkes Auditorium. Particpants will learn how to better mentor or help veterans, service members and dependents. This training will give the basics on being an active listener, various issues of concern to veterans, and resources that can be utilized to help veterans. The center urges participation in this workshop because veterans, service members and the dependent population need assistance and deserve it.
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A man who was a participant in the Safe Communities initiative's first "call-in" was detained after he pointed a firearm at a family member during a family event this weekend, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
Kennard Thomas, 22, was charged with pointing and presenting a firearm. He was placed in the Aiken County detention center, where he remained on Monday afternoon.
Additional charges may be pending, police said.
While attending a family event in New Ellenton on Saturday, Thomas allegedly pointed a handgun at a family member "and threatened her well-being," according to a statement by Aiken Public Safety.
In January, Thomas was in attendance at the first "call-in" for the Safe Communities initiative.
As part of the crime-fighting initiative, which is modeled after a similar program in High Point, N.C., chronic violent offenders are identified based on their present and past criminal activities and are invited to the call-in. There, they are told the effects of their crimes and that they face stiffer penalties and a expedited trials if they re-offend.
"Mr. Thomas was put on notice that evening as to the consequences if he committed another act of violence anywhere within the state of South Carolina," said Cpl. Jeremy Hembree, a spokesman for Aiken Public Safety. "The above offense violates the notice Mr. Thomas was given by the members of the Aiken Safe Communities Law Enforcement Panel."
The panel included representatives from Aiken Public Safety, the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Stacey Haynes, of the U.S. Attorney's Office, told the group of about 12 offenders that their statuses as convicted felons means they'll face stiffer penalties for future crimes.
"One bullet is the same as a gun in the federal system," she said. "Because you're felons, you're looking at up to 10 years. A couple of you guys are looking at a mandatory 15 years for a bullet or gun and possibly a life sentence. Think about that – 15 to life for a gun or ammo."
Thomas has multiple arrests dating back to 2007 that include numerous weapons and drug charges, assault and battery with intent to kill and attempted murder.
Officers from Aiken Public Safety, the Sheriff's Office, the New Ellenton Police Department, SLED and ATF searched for Thomas on Sunday but were unsuccessful. Thomas surrendered to authorities on Monday.
The premise of Safe Communities is that a small percentage of offenders are responsible for a large percentage of crime in a community.
High Point officials said during an open house last fall that the program isn't about locking up repeat offenders, but rather getting them back on the right track with the help of law enforcement and community members.
High Point, which was once known as "Little Chicago" because of its high violent crime rate, saw a 54 percent decrease in violent crime since 1990, while the population increased from 75,000 to 107,000.
• Teddy Kulmala covers the crime beat for the Aiken Standard and has been with the newspaper since August 2012. He is a native of Williston and majored in communication studies at Clemson University.
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Instyle is a must-read. I especially like when they ask celebrities what they carry in their make-up bag. Online they have a slightly different version -'In Your Bag': http://inyourbag.instyle.com/your_look_blog/celebrity_bags/index.html. I like to compare the contents of my Treesje bag with the likes of Ivanka Trump (she also carries around several lipglosses at once – they're easier to find if there are 5 of them).
Another area I am curious about is what people surround themselves with at work. I have to feel inspired by the items on my desk, I couldn't imagine having a dull grey space. There is always so much on my desk; fabric swatches to be approved, pantone books, magazine/newspaper articles that I need to find the time to read and the list goes on. Here is a shot of part of my desk. If I didn't have to be away from my desk so much during the day i'd like to light some candles too. I always take a single flower from a bunch at home – one of my all-time favorites is the Safari Sunset shown here, I love that it changes color from one day to the next.
What's on your desk? We'd love to see what you surround yourselves with!
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Retail observationsWritten by Michael Miller | Editor in Chief Emeritus | firstname.lastname@example.com
There are a lot of factors that help people determine whether to patronize a business. Price, of course. Variety and quality of merchandise. As gasoline prices rise, proximity becomes a more prominent determinant.
For many people, none of these elements is as important as customer service. I will go out of my way and pay a little more if I trust and respect the people at a business.
I may be a feet-on-the-desk, Tetris-playing, Internet-surfing, soft-hands, two-hour-lunch-taking, beach-combing, slacker editor now, but for many years, I actually had to work for a living. There was a long stint working for the Bob Evans restaurant chain, plus stints in furniture sales, bookstore stock shelving, UPS box loading and a number of jobs that required various combinations of physical labor and customer service. Having been on the receiving end of abuse from malevolent bosses and parsimonious customers, I know how difficult the working man's (and woman's) life is. I maintain great respect for the people who work service and retail jobs, especially in restaurants and places that require a lot of contact with the public. I understand that people who work on their feet catering to egomaniacal customers and unpleasant attitudes can have bad days, and they have to be really offensive to get under my skin.
But I do have a few customer service pet peeves, and I encountered a number of them during a recent day of running and playing. Two college friends and I meet three or four times a year to see a concert or a movie and to inflict major damage upon a number of restaurants' food supplies. We gathered in Toledo on April 23 for just such a guys' day out, joking, catching up and reliving some of our college-era camaraderie.
We started in Monroe at Pete's Garage, a restaurant with as many TV screens as Best Buy, several actual antique cars that serve as seating booths and a Hall of Fame appetizer menu. Our general practice is to order an embarrassing number of appetizers to place on the table, then share and graze. Pete's Garage is an ideal setting for such indulgences.
We were seated in the center of the restaurant's east wing. There is a second floor on that side that holds two of the antique cars that kids and families love to eat in. As we waited, one of the jean-shorts-clad young waitresses took some cleaning supplies upstairs. To clean the rear windshield, she had to climb on the trunk on her hands and knees to spray and clean the car's glass. I assume she was at least old enough to serve alcohol, and while I greatly appreciate being as close as I will ever be to a ZZ Top video shoot, it was disconcerting to see her on display with so many kids and families in the restaurant. As I hurtle through my mid-40s, I am discovering that there is an increasingly thin line between passively appreciating a pretty woman and feeling like a leering, wolf-muzzle drooling dirty old man.
I crisscrossed that line with darting eyes for the few minutes she washed the car, and was grateful I sitting with college buddies and not my kids.
One of our stops in Toledo was a pre-Easter run through the Monroe Street Toys 'R' Us. As one of my friends went through the checkout line, he heard a conversation between two store employees. One of them asked when the air conditioning would be turned on in the warm store, and when told it would not be during the current shift, replied, "We'll be sweating like Hebrews in the summer."
I did not take the time to research the scientific evidence behind such a statement, but it was shocking enough to hear the account when we were back in the car; I have no idea how I would have reacted had I been standing there when the racist comment was uttered. I am more inclined to confrontation than the friend who heard the comment, but I also understand the "flight" reaction in "fight or flight."
After an afternoon appetizer binge at Famous Dave's, where we had a perfect experience, we went to the Huntington Center for the Gregg Allman/Steve Miller concert. It is not often that my two friends and I separate an event from food, but we were so dangerously close to food-aversion therapy levels from our day's bacchanal that not even beverages offered much appeal.
Not wanting the fun and games to end, we stopped at the Sylvania BW3. It was nearing midnight, but the ghosts of Pete's Garage and Famous Dave's lingered. It was too late for caffeine and too late to eat. One of my friends and I were hoping for a small milkshake to neutralize the barbecue fires, but all BW3 offered was a scoop of vanilla ice cream. So our total table order consisted of three glasses of water, two scoops of vanilla ice cream and one order of "Asian Zing" boneless chicken wings for our more ambitious partner.
When the meager order arrived, it was not delivered by our waiter, but by a manager who was trying to be humorous but failed.
"I just had to see who ordered this," he said. "I've never seen this. I expected to see a pregnant woman out here."
It's a minor pet peeve on the scale of annoyances, but I hate being made to feel like I need to defend a purchase. I hate it when a grocery store clerk comments on my choices, I hate it when a waiter openly judges my tastes and I especially hate it when a manager makes a freak show about my order. Not only did he get a big chuckle out of our end-of-day surrender to a day of profligacy, he stopped by a second time to bring it up again. None of us said anything; we all know it's not cool to beat up on people who work as hard as restaurant and service people do. It's just one more story to tell about awkward customer service and the choices we make when we have dollars to spend.
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well....surpise....chrismations and baptisms are going to be TONIGHT.... wow!
....and that's it....we are official! My daughter has been baptised, and all 12. of us have been chrismated. Simply amazing...too tired for words, will fill in more later.
Congratulations and Blessings to all around.God willing there may be two more Priests, one deacon and some laity following your footsteps hopefully the last of this month or first of December. Baptisms are such a special thing to those being baptized and to all present. We offer our hopes for every success in you new church and will certainly pray for each of you at mass tomorrow. In Christ's Love,Fr. Bob
What a wonderful thread. Congratulations, many years and welcome home.James
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