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Ashe residents are increasingly turning to the Department of Social Services (DSS) and local food pantries to feed themselves, according to food assistance agencies serving the county.
"We have had tremendous inquiry," said Ashe County DSS Director Donna Weaver, whose Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) staff has been struggling to keep up with growing demand over the past two years.
In November 2012 – the most recent monthly data available – FNS served 4,899 individuals in Ashe County through the federal Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) program. This represents a 95 percent increase since November 2007, when 2,508 Ashe Countians were receiving assistance.
Based on the 2011 U.S. Census population of 27,143, about 18 percent of the county now receives EBT.
Statewide numbers are similar. In November 2007, FNS's caseload comprised 921,145 North Carolinians, versus 1,727,642 in November 2012 — an increase of 88 percent over the same five years.
Demand for assistance is growing in a context of modest population growth in the county of about 0.8 percent per year, based on census data. Unemployment has stayed above 10 percent since December 2008, but has slowly declined from a 17.1 percent peak in February 2010.
In 2013, about one in five N.C. residents are, in the formal language of social services, "food insecure."
In plain English, "the economy has done untold damage to families…more and more people are having trouble stretching their food dollar, especially the elderly" Weaver said.
Food prices are on the rise globally. Food price inflation nationwide was 3.7 percent in fiscal year 2011, and is forecast at 2.25-2.75 percent for FY 2012, and 3-4 percent for FY 2013 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Applicants for EBT are eligible based on income, household composition, citizenship/immigration status and resources, according to federal regulations. A family of four with a gross monthly income of $2,069 — 130 percent of poverty level — can receive up to $526, or $131.50 per week.
The U.S. Census Bureau listed 17.9 percent of Ashe Countians below federal poverty guidelines last year. As many as 40 percent live at 200 percent of poverty, and qualify for assistance through FNS.
"Our goal is to try to help folks, not only when they come in to determine eligibility," Weaver said. "We give referrals to food pantries."
'Twice as many…half as much'
Both eligible and ineligible FNS applicants visit Ashe's food pantries.
For 10 years, Ashe Outreach Ministries (AOM) has provided food to those in need. Currently, they distribute about 17.5 tons of food per month through their food pantry and other programs.
Executive Director Rob Brooks said AOM helped about 400 individuals per month five years ago. Today, it's 1,000 per month.
Other county food pantries have also seen increased demand.
Ashe Really Cares (ARC), an outreach effort of Ashe's churches, helps families in need with a food and clothing pantry, as well as other types of emergency assistance. Director Pat Miller said ARC currently serves as many as 250 families per month, and has seen about 12 new families each month for the past year or more.
Tim Starbuck, pastor of Jefferson United Methodist Church (JUMC), has seen "an exponential increase" in requests for assistance at his church's food pantry. "I had eight folks calling for help this morning, which has become typical; I used to get three a week," he said.
Each of the food pantries have two sources to fill their shelves; donations from individuals and food drives, and distributions from Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem, which serves pantries in 18 western N.C. counties.
Second Harvest's food commodities come through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the USDA's low-income supplemental food program.
According to Jenny Moore, development manager for Second Harvest, budget cuts to TEFAP have resulted a precipitous drop in available food for distribution.
"At our regional food bank, we are experiencing a 65 percent reduction in (commodities) over the first quarter of calendar year 2012," Moore said. "We are now receiving approximately 175,000 pounds per month compared to 500,000 pounds."
"We have been advised by the N.C. Department of Agriculture that this much lower level of product is what we should expect to receive through June 2013," she said.
"The non-profit community cannot do it themselves," she said.
Food pantry directors are hearing a giant sucking sound. As TEFAP drops off, so do donations, affected by the same economic forces driving budget cuts and increased demand for food assistance.
Ashe Really Cares finds itself purchasing more of its food, Miller said.
"We've tried to supplement through our congregation," said Starbuck, who runs monthly food drives at JUMC.
Four or five years ago, AOM received three pallets of food per month from Second Harvest, Brooks said. Now they get one, plus some packaged frozen meats.
In the past two years, demand for food at AOM has risen over 55 percent. "You're feeding twice as many with half as much," he said.
School supplies
Ashe Outreach Ministries sends Ashe County Schools students home with 3,000 pounds of food per month through their Backpack Program, Brooks said.
Through the Backpack Program, school counselors are involved in food assistance as well. Children at the elementary schools and the middle school who request them are given food parcels at the end of each school week to help see them through the weekend.
Lynette Stallings, counselor of Ashe County Middle School, distributes 45-50 bags of food to students weekly, she said. The bags are about the size of a gallon Ziploc, and contain an assortment of single-serving items like juice boxes, cereal packets, fruit cups, beans-n-franks and sometimes a candy bar.
Asked if she had been serving more students this year, Stallings said, "The numbers are about the same, but a lot of kids are asking for two bags." In those cases, she said, she tries to give the extra bag to the parents.
Blue Ridge Elementary Counselor June Neaves also reported no increase in student requests for food, but noted "we have some families that have more than one student bringing home food."
The Backpack Program is not in effect at Ashe County High School, but four years ago the school's Interact Club started a food pantry with sponsorship from the Rotary Club. Teacher Christina Pennington said student-run food drives are used to fill a food pantry in the school's office, which students can confidentially access by asking one of the school's counselors.
Ashe County High School's pantry, which was stocked to capacity just before winter break, Pennington said, was half empty Monday morning.

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"I don't think 'closure' is the right word," he said. "It's the same word said by Judge Burns, which was, this is a resolution of a 22-month chapter. I don't think any of us will completely have closure for what's happened because we lost six people and 13 others were injured."
Two sisters who lost their beloved mother, Phyllis Schneck, shared the sentiment. Their 79-year-old mom went to the event, hoping to have the opportunity to shake Gifford's hand. She was killed in a hail of bullets, leaving her children in a lot of pain.
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- Kollisionen schwerer Ionen (3)
- heavy ion collisions (3)
- Quanten-Chromodynamik (2)
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- Kernmaterie (1)
- Quantum Chromodynamic (1)
- Channeling process in a bent crystal (1996)
- We have investigated the channeling process of charged particles in a bent crystal. Invoking simple assumptions we derive a criterion, which determines whether channeling occurs or not. We obtain the same criterion using the Dirac equation. It is shown that the centrifugal force acting on the particle in the bent crystal significantly alters the effective transverse potential. The cases of axial and planar channeling are considered. The channeling probability and the dechanneling probability due to tunneling of the particle under the barrier in the effective transverse potential are estimated. These probabilities depend on the specific scaling parameter characterizing the process. Using the quasiclassical theory of synchrotron radiation we have calculated the contribution to the radiation spectrum, which arises due to the curvature of the channel. This contribution becomes significant to TeV electrons or positrons. Some practical consequences of our results are briefly discussed.
- Self-energy correction to the hyperfine structure splitting of hydrogenlike atoms (1996)
- A first testing ground for QED in the combined presence of a strong Coulomb field and a strong magnetic field is provided by the precise measurement of the hyperfine structure splitting of hydrogenlike 209Bi. We present a complete calculation of the one-loop self-energy correction to the first-order hyperfine interaction for various nuclear charges. In the low-Z regime we almost perfectly agree with the Z alpha expansion, but for medium and high Z there is a substantial deviation.
- Prospects for parity-nonconservation experiments with highly charged heavy ions (1996)
- We discuss the prospects for parity-nonconservation experiments with highly charged heavy ions. Energy levels and parity mixing for heavy ions with 2–5 electrons are calculated. We investigate two-photon transitions and the possibility of observing interference effects between weak-matrix elements and Stark matrix elements for periodic electric field configurations.
- Cold fission as cluster decay with dissipation (1996)
- For cold (neutronless) fission we consider an analytical model of quantum tunneling with dissipation through a barrier U(q) evaluated with a M3Y nucleon-nucleon force. We calculate the tunneling spectrum, i.e., the fission rate as a function of the total kinetic energy of the fragments. The theoretical results are compared with the experimental data obtained for the fine structure of two cold fission modes of 252Cf: 148Ba+104Mo and 146Ba+106Mo. Taking into account the dissipative coupling of the potential function U(q) and of the momentum p with all the other neglected coordinates, we obtain a remarkable agreement with the experimental data. We conclude that the cold fission process is a spontaneous decay with a spectrum determined by the shape of the barrier and an amplitude depending on the strength of the dissipative coupling.
- Quasi-continuous symmetries of non-Lie type (1996)
- We introduce a smooth mapping of some discrete space-time symmetries into quasi-continuous ones. Such transformations are related with q-deformations of the dilations of the Euclidean space and with the non-commutative space. We work out two examples of Hamiltonian invariance under such symmetries. The Schrodinger equation for a free particle is investigated in such a non-commutative plane and a connection with anyonic statistics is found. PACS: 03.65.Fd, 11.30.Er
- Nucleus-nucleus collisions at highest energies (1996)
- The microscopic phasespace approach URQMD is used to investigate the stopping power and particle production in heavy systems at SPS and RHIC energies. We find no gap in the baryon rapidity distribution even at RHIC. For CERN energies URQMD shows a pile up of baryons and a supression of multi-nucleon clusters at midrapidity.
- Neural networks for impact parameter determination (1996)
- Abstract: An accurate impact parameter determination in a heavy ion collision is crucial for almost all further analysis. The capabilities of an artificial neural network are investigated to that respect. A novel input generation for the network is proposed, namely the transverse and longitudinal momentum distribution of all outgoing (or actually detectable) particles. The neural network approach yields an improvement in performance of a factor of two as compared to classical techniques. To achieve this improvement simple network architectures and a 5 × 5 input grid in (pt, pz) space are suffcient.
- Phase transition in the chiral sigma-omega model with dilatons (1996)
- We investigate the properties of di erent modifications to the linear -model (including a dilaton field associated with broken scale invariance) at finite baryon density and nonzero temperature T. The explicit breaking of chiral symmetry and the way the vector meson mass is generated are significant for the appearance of a phase of nearly vanishing nucleon mass besides the solution describing normal nuclear matter. The elimination of the abnormal solution prohibits the onset of a chiral phase transition but allows to lower the compressibility to a reasonable range. The repulsive contributions from the vector mesons are responsible for the wide range of stability of the normal phase in the (µ, T)-plane. The abnormal solution becomes not only energet- ically preferable to the normal state at high temperature or density, but also mechanically stable due to the inclusion of dilatons. PACS number:12.39.F
- Nuclear clusters as a probe for expansion flow in heavy ion reactions at 10-A/GeV - 15-A/GeV. (1996)
- A phase space coalescence description based on the Wigner-function method for cluster formation in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions is presented. The momentum distributions of nuclear clusters d,t and He are predicted for central Au(11.6AGeV)Au and Si(14.6AGeV)Si reactions in the framework of the RQMD transport approach. Transverse expansion leads to a strong shoulderarm shape and di erent inverse slope parameters in the transverse spectra of nuclear clusters deviating markedly from thermal distributions. A clear bounce-o event shape is seen: the averaged transverse flow velocities in the reaction plane are for clusters larger than for protons. The cluster yields particularly at low pt at midrapidities and the in-plane (anti)flow of clusters and pions change if suitably strong baryon potential interactions are included. This allows to study the transient pressure at high density via the event shape analysis of nucleons, nucleon clusters and other hadrons.
- Particle production by time-dependent meson fields in relativistic heavy ion-collisions (1996)
- According to the Walecka mean field theory of nuclear interaction the collective mutual deceleration of the colliding nuclei gives rise to the bremsstrahlung of real and virtual ! mesons. It is shown that decays of these mesons may give a noticeable contribution to the observed yields of the baryon antibaryon pairs, dileptons and pions. Excitation functions and rapidity distributions of particles produced by this mechanism are calculated under some simplifying assumptions about the space time variation of meson fields in nuclear collisions. The calculated multiplicities of coherently produced particles grow fast with the bombarding energy, reaching a saturation above the RHIC bombarding energy. In the case of central Au+Au collisions the bremsstrahlung mechanism becomes comparable with particle production in incoherent hadron hadron collisions above the AGS energies. The rapidity spectra of antibaryons and pions exhibit a characteristic two hump structure which is a consequence of incomplete projectile target stopping at the initial stage of the reaction. The predicted distribution of e+e pairs has a strong peak at invariant masses Me+e < 0.5 GeV.


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I just sent in my paper work to the ATF for a form 1 SBR AR What has to be engraved on the receiver? can I do it now or should I wait till I get my stamp?
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How to overcome plateau on a routine?
Hi everybody,
I would like to ask you how can i overcome plateu on my routine on power days.
For example on my leg power days i am doing squats for 3-5 reps,3 sets.After a few weeks i hit a wall.I can't increase the pounds on squats.Iam following a clean bulk diet( 300kcal above maintanance) and my sleep is 8 hours everyday.
To be more specific i follow PHAT training protocol.What strategies can i follow so to overcome this?I would like to increase my strength on compounds lifts like squats and bench presses.
Can someone help with this question? Commander could you?
G'day cobber. This is the first of three articles that you should read.
It comes from a page here
I think you need to build up other muscles in the body that assist the muscles that have hit the plateau. That takes time and constant adjustments in your routine. If you keep a workout diary on this forum then other people will give you comments and ideas on your workouts. Cheers.
Thanks Ratcat for your reply.
I have read this article but i don't think that it's useful for my situation.This is an article that describes several shocking methods that someaone can have in his routine.I would say that these methods are useful for hypertrophy not strength.It doesn't describe how can someone overcome a plateau and how to increase your strentgh in compounds lifts like squats,deadlifts and presses.
Don't completely disregard Ratcat's advice, some more volume on assistance movements can help with hypetrophy which can in turn help with the strength.
Remember hypertrophy and strength complement each other. With strength, you can lift heavier weights in the hypertrophy range, and with hypertrophied muscles, it becomes easier and safer to gain strength.
That said, I have a few possible recommendations;
1. Make smaller jumps, invest in 2.5 or even 1.25 pound plates so you can make very small jumps in weights.
2. If you have to make bigger jumps (say 10 pounds because you only have 5 pound plates), then only make the jump for one set.
* Example: if you got 200 for 3 sets of 5, but struggled to get 210 the next week and didn't get all your reps, then try 210x5, and then 200x5 for the next two sets. The following week try, 210 for 2 sets and 200 for one set. Finally, 3 weeks later, try to get all three sets with 210.
3. Deload, take 10% off of your top weight, again, let's imagine 200. 10% of 200 is 20 pounds, so try 180 the following week. It should feel relatively easy, then work back up to 200 and try to get past it.
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With God's help...Mens sana in corpore sano
Yes Commander i agree that hypertrophy on secondary muscles can help increase the strength in compounds lifts.
Also i like the two ways you propose for overcoming plateau,i'll definetely use them.
I would like to ask you if i should use a powerlifting style for the squat and chest press on power days.I have seen that powerlifters use a different technique than bodybuilders when squatting or doing chest presses.With this different technique they are more capable to use heavier weights which i think is the number one priority on strength days.But it is something new for me because i have never used them before.I always use bodybuilding format on my training because i want to develop the target area.Especially powerlifting chest press is almost different than bodybuilding chest press.
I prefer powerlifting technique for bench press as it is much safer than using an elbows flared technique. True the elbows flared will hit the chest more, but it can also lead to pec tears and shoulder pain.
Also, for those with long arms, the powerlifting technique can still be an effective chest builder. Those with shorter arms (and hence, different leverages) may find that the powerlifting style bench press mostly hits their delts and triceps. If that's the case for you, you may want to add in some accessory chest movements.
I am long armed, so I can get a great chest workout even from the powerlifting bench press.
As for the squat, I'd stick with whatever technique suits your body and leverages. Bodybuilders tend to go more narrow feet placement and higher bar. Powerlifters tend to go wider feet placement and lower bar. But that isn't the only combination, I personally feel most comfortable with a lower bar but a closer stance.
Since poor squatting form can be so problematic, I would definitely stick to whatever style of squatting lets you hit depth pain free. Then if you have certain bodybuiling goals, choose accessory movements based off of those goals.
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Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights
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You should do periodization method. the reason that you feel that you hit the plateau is because you do always maximize your lift. Its the same as in stock market, when you reach your peak the result is your lifts goes down.
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i was lucky enough to not have mine brick friday, cant i upgrade to this or no?
After the intense disaster of the first attempt there is no way in hell I'm doing this update right away. It was a total clusterf*ck on Apple's part which they didn't even apologise for.
The fact that they did it on iPhone release day when the Apple stores were all busy, and that you needed an Android phone cable to restore that Apple doesn't even carry in their stores anyway was just the shit icing on the crap cake. I was completely without TV for 24 hours and had to pay $30 for a cable that I will hopefully never use again.
When did they start making android phone cables?
If you paid $30 for a micro USB cable… you got screwed in some way! Sorry for the joke because I do feel your pain! Same thing happened to me before and my local Apple Store didn't even have the cable in stock for their own Apple TV. The Apple TV should honestly come with a cable, or better yet, implement the lighting cable into the Apple TV so people can just use their iPhone/iPad/iPod cable to restore the Apple TV if necessary…
What the hell is an "Android Cable"? Did you need a U…S…B Cord? And…you paid $30 for one? And…Aren't you used to that anyway?
I had the same issue except I paid $7 for the micro-usb at Walmart. I was able to restore via iTunes and had 6.0 before apple pulled the update. I was thumbing through the aTV settings and saw the 'dreaded' update available. I too was hesitant to go through all that misery again and went searching online for any reassurance. Most of what I found didn't sound too bad. Eventually, I took a deep breath and said, "What the heck, the worst that could happen is I throw the SOB out the window". I hit the update button and it went through a 2 step process going to a blank screen for a minute or two between each step (my heart stopped during those periods). The total from hitting the download button to the reboot took a total of about 10 minutes. It also took another minute or two once all the icons appeared to be able to use the remove. All my settings were retained this time and it appears so far that the aTV is more responsive and my wireless is showing a stronger signal than it had with the previous 6.0 version. I didn't write down the previous version but the latest is v6.0 (6656.65). Sure as heck wished it worked like this the first time!
Does this mean Home Sharing will actually work over Wifi without having to constantly reboot AppleTV or get up and turn off iTunes over and over again each night when I go to use it?
So glad I am not alone. Last night I actually had to reboot the computer despite restarting itunes, restarting Bonjour and restarting the AppleTV. The worst is when one AppleTV works and the other decides not to play. The only solution anyone seems to post is 'buy an Airport'.
Home Sharing worked great for me this morning. Big 20GB movie files were no problem, and I tried 4 or 5 in succession, no iTunes reboot needed. Just FYI this is from the ATV update from last week. I luckily didn't get bricked. Unsure whether to install the new-new update.
And I don't have an AirPort, just a regular old Asus N-13U
Hate it. Still, the only new channel app is Vevo. Tsk!
*Patiently waits for AirPlay Mirroring to suck way less of a big one…
Is this a regional thing? Everything everyone is complaining about we already had on our at when we bought it 3 mos ago…I'm doing the update now but sounds like it's not going to change anything…we already had vevo and the radio on it and no issues connecting for home sharing for the 483 days worth of music we have..so what am I missing?


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Vaccine issue resurfaces in MontpelierVermont Press Bureau | February 07,2013One of the surprise controversies of 2012 arrived at the Legislature in the form of a bill that sought to rescind the philosophical exemption invoked by hundreds of parents across Vermont to sidestep school vaccination requirements.
A grassroots coalition of well-organized citizens managed to quash the legislation, convincing lawmakers to adopt a watered-down version that made it only slightly more difficult to invoke the exemption.
One the top supporters of the 2012 bill, however, is renewing the push this year to address what he says are alarmingly low vaccination rates in pockets of the state.
Rep. George Till, a Jericho Democrat and the lone medical doctor in the Legislature, wants to remove both the philosophical and religious exemptions for the vaccination that prevents pertussis aka whooping cough. And at public schools where the vaccination rate drops below 90 percent, Till has a separate bill that would revoke the religious and philosophical exemptions for any vaccination.
Till says the pertussis problem is particularly acute, growing from 18 confirmed cases in 2010 to 645 in 2012.
And in 2012 that included four cases in infants, Till says. And while we got lucky and none of them died, the mortality rates for infants is 50 percent, so we really could have had a tragedy.
The second bill would take a school-by-school approach to the vaccination issue, eliminating the religious and philosophical exemptions only at public schools that fall below the 90 percent threshold. When rates for any single vaccination fell below that mark, Till says, his bill would require all current and prospective students to have the vaccine administered. Parents that didnt comply wouldnt be allowed to send their children to the school. Till says the bill preserves the medical exemption.
Rep. Mike Fisher, chairman of the House Committee on Health Care (on which Till also sits), doesnt sound keen on revisiting the vaccine issue.
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We addressed vaccinations last year, and I think we should give that law time to play out before coming back to it, Fisher says. I dont think were interested in taking it up at this time.
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Willamette University is one of only six colleges and universities nationwide to receive the Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll Presidential Award, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.
Willamette was one of three recognized in the focus area of helping youth from disadvantaged circumstances through service programs that lower school dropout rates and prepare students for college.
Willamette students, faculty and staff dedicated more than 66,000 hours to service during the 2008-09 academic year, with almost 23,000 service hours spent on programs assisting disadvantaged youth.
"At Willamette, civic engagement is a core value that is reflected by the actions of our students, faculty, alumni and staff," said Larry D. Large, interim president. "Willamette students affect many lives through service, and it teaches essential lessons about one's own character and about our shared responsibility for each other."
Willamette was honored for many programs, including:
- Students begin engaging in the university's culture of service during the New Student Orientation to Community Outreach, a five-day orientation program for incoming students. Activities include cleaning Oregon beaches with SOLV, painting transitional shelters for women and children, assisting seniors at the United Methodist Retirement Center, cooking dinner for homeless youth, painting playground equipment at A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village and much more.
- Willamette students created in-class and after-school education and mentoring programs at Bush Elementary School, where 84 percent of students are enrolled in the free or reduced lunch program. Students from Willamette created the Tiger Club, in which teachers provide a curriculum designed to help children catch up to district and state standards in math, science, reading and writing. During the 2008-09 academic year, Willamette students assisted almost 1,400 hours during class or after school.
Through a partnership with Chemawa Indian School, about 25 Willamette students each semester work with Chemawa peers to tutor 150 students per week. The program includes shared social, cultural and educational activities between the campuses. Anthropology Professor Rebecca Dobkins teaches a weekly class to the student tutors on the history and challenges of contemporary American Indian education, providing them with the opportunity to learn from and with the Chemawa students. Students from Willamette have also partnered with the Chemawa school for a significant wetlands restoration project that will include culturally significant plants used in medicines and weavings.
- Willamette students mentor and tutor participants in Willamette Academy, a college-access program for historically under-represented youth and their families. The academy provides each participant with the equivalent of 117 additional classroom days during the five-year program, and academy parents also participate in workshops geared toward supporting students' success in college. All academy participants have graduated from high school, and 93 percent attend colleges across the country, including Willamette.
As part of the Language in Motion program, international students and study abroad returnees share language and culture through presentations to local schools. Last year, 875 students participated at six schools and three after-school programs.
In the student-run Take a Break program, students spend spring and winter breaks serving in communities across the country. They have helped New Orleans residents rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, painted houses on Native American reservations and worked with Chicago youths living in poverty, among many other projects. In Oregon, students worked on trail maintenance at Cape Perpetua and assisted homeless people through community organizations in Portland.
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Rampage goaltender Josh Tordjman (18-20-2) turned aside all 25 shots he faced to pick up his first shutout of the season.
Chicago (47-23-1-6) holds first place in the West Division with a four-point lead over the Texas Stars with three games remaining on each team's regular-season schedule.
After a scoreless first period, San Antonio (34-30-5-7) opened scoring, 2:58 into the second. Center Gavin Morgan passed the puck out front from behind the net and right wing Matt Watkins spun around and shot the puck from his backhand past Wolves netminder Drew MacIntyre.
The Admirals went up by two with a shorthanded tally at 9:43 of the second period. Center Kyle Turris sent a pass through the neutral zone to Watkins, who skated in and took a quick wrister that beat MacIntyre on the far post.
Turris made Rampage lead three on another shorthanded bid just 22 seconds later. Turris picked up the puck in his defensive zone and skated towards the goal on a breakaway before beating MacIntyre on the backhand and wristing the puck top-shelf.
MacIntyre (20-17-2) recorded 33 saves in the losing effort.
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First Period---None. Penalties---Doell, Chicago (interference), 8:59; Lessard, San Antonio (interference), 12:14.
Second Period---1, San Antonio, Watkins 10 (Morgan, Lunden), 2:58; 2, San Antonio, Watkins 11 (Turris), 9:43 sh; 3, San Antonio, Turris 22 (Heshka), 10:05 sh. Penalties---Kozek, Chicago (high-sticking), 6:10; G. Stewart, Chicago (fighting), 8:58; Lessard, San Antonio (interference, fighting), 8:58; Simpson, Chicago (fighting), 17:38; Lessard, San Antonio (fighting), 17:38; G. Stewart, Chicago (fighting), 18:32; Sullivan, San Antonio (fighting), 18:32; Doell, Chicago (fighting), 19:49; Zimmerman, San Antonio (fighting, game misconduct), 19:49.
Third Period---None. Penalties---Bench, San Antonio (unsportsmanlike conduct), 0:00; A. Stewart, Chicago (slashing), 6:12; G. Stewart, Chicago (tripping), 9:44; G. Stewart, Chicago (high-sticking), 14:20.
Shots on goal---Chicago: 7-6-12--25. San Antonio: 11-13-12--36. Power plays---Chicago: 0-3. San Antonio: 0-5. Goalies--Chicago, MacIntyre (33-36). San Antonio, Tordjman (25-25). A---7,819. Referee---Francis Charron. Linesmen---Frank Prestigiovanni and Paul Wilkinson.


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Longtime Toledo Mud Hens broadcaster Jim Weber said being inducted this year into the International League Hall of Fame is humbling.
"Any time you get inducted into any hall of fame you're either retired or dead," said Weber during a phone interview from Florida. "I'm neither of those."
Weber is certainly alive and shows no sign of slowing down. He's headed into his 40th season with the Mud Hens.
"It takes seven years to get 1,000 games in, so I tell everybody I'm going to take [future games] 1,000 at a time," Weber joked. "There's no goal. Fifty years would be nice. And it's a job that you don't mind going to every day."
Weber called his 5,000th consecutive game in his 39th season last year, the longest tenure of any announcer in the International League (IL).
Team historian John Husman found that no other announcer could match Weber's record. The closest he could find were the Detroit Tigers' Ernie Harwell, who missed two games between 1960 and 2002, the Chicago Cubs' Harry Caray, who called more than 6,000 consecutive games between 1945 and 1987 but for four different teams, and the Toronto Blue Jays' Tom Cheek, who had 4,306 consecutive games from 1977-2004.
"It is very likely that Jim Weber has done more consecutive scheduled broadcasts, for the same team, than anyone else ever has, major or minor league," Husman said in a news release. "Comparisons are difficult, especially for the minor leagues, but it appears that Jim Weber's streak is unmatched."
Just because he has never missed a game doesn't mean he was never sick, Weber said.
"I had sick games when I could barely make it through," he said. "I'd get a throat infection and couldn't talk too well and muscle it out. I did a doubleheader in Denver just above a whisper."
Weber was raised in South Toledo and attended Bowsher High School. He dabbled in radio in 1969 and then started helping a friend announce high school football and basketball games. By the mid-1970s, he helped arrange radio agreements for the Mud Hens and in 1975 became the team's play-by-play announcer.
Weber has been a constant with the franchise. Since 1975, 18 managers and more than 1,000 players have passed through the organization.
In addition to his radio duties, Weber broadcasts on TV and has been the team's traveling secretary since 1984. He has also covered games for Bowling Green State University.
"The thing that makes Jim so amazing as a broadcaster is his passion for the game," said Mud Hens broadcaster Matt Melzak in an email. "You can tell it in his voice how much he cares for the sport, its players and fans. It comes through each and every broadcast.
"One great thing that I have learned from Jim is the timing in a broadcast. He has such a great feel of how to work in a story to a broadcast. Whether it is through something historical about the team, its players, the ballpark or the city, he is able to weave that into the game without losing what is going on in the game itself."
Weber is the first announcer to be inducted into the IL Hall of Fame. Joining him this year are infielder/outfielder Jeff Manto and manager Dave Miley.
Weber considers the Mud Hens' back-to-back Governors' Cup championships in 2005 and 2006 his career highlight.
"I never thought I'd see one, but I saw two in a row," Weber said. "It was in my 31st year. It took that long before we won a championship. Lots of those guys are in the major leagues now. That was the highlight. Now I have two rings to show for it."
Weber said he's most proud of the fact that he hasn't missed a game in his career and that he's a local guy in a franchise that sees a lot of employees come from outside of Toledo.
"I think if you looked at all of our organization, there's not a lot of people from our area," Weber said. "They have careers, they move on, they come from other places. There's not a lot of natives in there — there are some but a lot of them are from somewhere else."
He's also seen two generations of employees grow up — the league president, Randy Mobley, was an intern for Columbus when Weber was broadcasting years ago. If he sticks around a few more years, he'll see a third generation, he said.
Weber has lived in Perrysburg for the past eight years. He has two daughters and two grandchildren.
The Mud Hens will honor Weber with a bronze statue at a home game May 29. He said he doesn't necessarily like the attention and can't wait for the ceremony to be finished so he can focus on his announcing.
"After this year, things will quiet down and get back to normal," Weber said.
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HAMBURG, N.Y. – Hilbert College introduced the Hawks Under 40 to honor four Hilbert graduates under the age of 40 years old. The inaugural honorees are Michael Gabor '10, Karen Kalwicki '06, Jason Luna '96, and Jonathan Rajewski '04. The honorees were selected because they have made an impact in business, community, research, artistic, leadership, educational, and/or philanthropic endeavors and have demonstrated a commitment to maintaining a lifelong relationship with Hilbert College.
Michael Gabor, a native of Cheektowaga, is one of the first students to receive both a bachelor's and master's degree from Hilbert. Gabor enrolled at Hilbert as an undergrad and was active in the Ski Club and Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE). He was also a member of the men's soccer team, where he was an honorable mention all-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) pick after the 2008 season. His six goals and 17 points in his senior season rank ninth best in school history.
After earning his bachelor's degree, Gabor returned to Hilbert to pursue one of the College's newly established graduate programs. He served as an assistant men's soccer coach, was involved in the Graduate Student Association and graduated with a Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration.
"My Hilbert education prepared me for investigating financial crimes in a professional working environment," Gabor said. "I apply the knowledge and skills obtained at Hilbert daily in real-world situations."
Gabor is currently a global financial crimes compliance anti-money laundering investigator with JP Morgan Chase & Co. He lists soccer, snowboarding and SCUBA diving as his favorite hobbies.
Karen Kalwicki was an active and highly honored scholar and athlete, excelling in both women's soccer and softball at Hilbert. She received the McGrath Award and Mary Edwina Bogel Award upon graduation in 2006, and soon thereafter began advocating for the poor and homeless. She currently works as a paralegal at Neighborhood Legal Services Inc., a non-profit agency in Buffalo, and has been a member of several civic organizations, including the Project Homeless Connect to Buffalo Planning Committee and the Western New York Coalition for the Homeless.
Her advocacy is a continuation of both her desire to do good in the world, as well as the education she received at Hilbert.
"There is a Hebrew phrase that a friend taught me called 'Tikkun olam' meaning to repair the world. Hilbert fostered a dedication to serving others and repairing the world in every area of my life," Kalwicki said. "From the coaches' talks on the soccer and softball fields, to our trips with the Campus Ministry Club, to the classroom, in all areas I learned how just one person's actions can change any situation. This part of my Hilbert education and experience is something that will forever impact my life."
A recipient of Hilbert's 2011 G.O.L.D. Award, Kalwicki is also active with the Ride for Roswell and the Thyroid Cancer Survivors Association. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2008, but is now in complete remission.
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The Cal State Northridge men's and women's track & field teams look to add to their recent dominance as the 2011 Big West Championships get underway at UC Irvine's Anteater Stadium this Friday, May 13.
The championship meet, which opened with the decathlon and heptathlon last weekend, re-opens Friday with the men's hammer at 10 a.m. The first track event on Friday is the men's 3000 meter steeplechase at 3:30 p.m. Saturday's final day of competition opens with the women's hammer at 10 a.m. with the first event on the track, the men's 4x100 relay, at 3:30 p.m. The meet concludes with the women's 4x400 meter relay at 6:25 p.m. A complete meet schedule is listed below.
The Matador women will put their string of five consecutive conference championships on the line this weekend while the Northridge men have claimed the last two conference crowns. With a team title this weekend, the women's squad would move past Utah State for the most conference team championships in Big West women's track & field history.
Senior Sherrina Lofton earned the title as the Big West's top all-around athlete as the senior earned 5,371 points to claim her second conference heptathlon championship in the last three seasons. Fellow senior Desirae Gonder finished third and junior Alisa Jenkins was fifth as the Matador women earned 20 points in the opening event. Freshmen Olympia Jewett and Jordan DuFault also competed in their first heptathlon at the conference championships and finished 11th and 12th respectively. Jewett scored 2,488 points while DuFault earned 4,196 points.
Head coach Don Strametz will lead the Matadors into the Big West Championships for the final time this weekend. Strametz, who is retiring after 31 seasons with the women and 26 with the men, has been the Big West Conference's Coach of the Year 12 times since CSUN joined the conference in 2002.
On the Matador women's chances of winning their sixth straight title:
"It will be a team effort. No one person can win the championship and no one person can lose it. We've preached that for years and we'll preach it again this weekend, it just isn't on one person it's got to be a team effort. There needs to be some people who are not in scoring position right now to step up and get into a final and score a point or two. If that happens it will certainly help our situation. I feel like we're peaking at the right time so we'll just give it our best shot."
On the women's team race:
"There are five teams that could potentially win the women's championship so it's going be a very interesting conference meet. We are not the favorites this weekend but we have to just go out and perform and get some help from other teams. This is probably the first championship meet in several years where we can't go out and win it ourselves, we need some help. This meet will be different in that we'll be rooting for one school in one event and another school in another event, that's the way it's going to go."
On the CSUN men's expectations:
"On the men's side we're running for pride. It's unfortunate that we had three of four really good people injured but even if we had all those people we would still just be running for pride. We'll go down and do the best we can and hopefully get a few more people qualified for Regionals and see what happens."
On the significance of his last conference championship meet:
"It's never been about me and it never will be about me. It's always about the athletes and what they can do and the memories they can take from this meet. There's no pressure from my standpoint, I'm totally prepared to walk away at the end of the meet and feel good about the years I've had here and the years that the kids have done well. It's been a phenomenal run and I hope it can continue."
The Northridge women are seeking their sixth consecutive Big West team championship and a record eighth overall since joining the conference in 2002. Only Utah State, which won seven straight championships from 1993-1999, has won as many Big West women's team championships as Cal State Northridge ... In four previous Big West Championship meets at UC Irvine, the Matadors finished first in 2002, 2004 and 2009 and were second in 2005 ... Ashley Frazier (400 hurdles), Tiana Webberley (Pole Vault) and both relay teams come in as the top ranked performers in their respective events and the Matadors also have Desirae Gonder who ranks second in the high jump and long jump and Lilyana Morejon who is ranked second in the 10,000 meters ... The Matadors will be challenged by several teams this weekend, including UC Davis which is seeking its first conference championship and UC Santa Barbara which is looking for its first conference win since 2005 ... Last season, the Matador women won by the smallest margin (five points) after winning by its largest margin (83.5 points) in 2009 ... Northridge has had the fastest woman in the conference the last seven seasons as Shauna Hackett (2004), Deanna Goodwin (2005-07), Sherrina Lofton (2008-09) and Precious Watkins (2010) have all won the 100 meters ... Northridge has won five straight 4x100 titles and three consecutive 4x400 titles ... The Matador women have won at least one Big West championship in 14 of the 21 championship events. The only events CSUN has never won a conference crown are the 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 3,000 meters, 3,000 meter steeplechase, 5,000 meters, high jump and discus ... The events with the longest droughts are the triple jump and the javelin. Dee Scott won CSUN's last triple jump title in 2002 and Sammie Freeman won the Matadors' last javelin championship also in 2002.
Although they are not among the favorites this weekend, the two-time defending champion Matador men look to add to their impressive Big West history as Northridge has claimed five of the past seven conference crowns ... The Matador men come in with three athletes ranked at the top of the conference. Freshman Carl Horlsey ranks first in the 200 meters (21.11) and is also second in the 100 meters (10.57). Senior Michael Woodham ranks first in the 110 meter hurdles (14.19) and fellow senior Thomas Johnson ranks first in the high jump (6-10.75) ... The Matadors have claimed six of the last seven long jump titles and Northridge has won five of the last six 110 meter hurdle championships ... The Matadors have also excelled in the 4x100 relay, winning five of the last eight conference championships (2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) ... the CSUN men have also won at least one conference championship in 14 of the 21 championship events.
Friday, May 13
Field Events (Trials/Finals)
Men's Hammer - 10:00 am
Women's Javelin - 11:00 am
Women's Long Jump - 1:00 pm
Women's Pole Vault - 1:00 pm
Men's High Jump - 1:00 pm
Men's Shot Put - 2:00 pm
Men's Long Jump - 4:00 pm
Women's Discus - 5:00 pm
Track Events
M 3000m Steeplechase Final - 3:30 pm
W 3000m Steeplechase Final - 3:45 pm
M 1500 Trials - 4:00 pm
W 1500 Trials - 4:20 pm
M 110 Hurdles Trials - 4:35 pm
W 100 Hurdles Trials - 4:55 pm
M 400 Trials - 5:10 pm
W 400 Trials - 5:25 pm
M 100 Trials - 5:40 pm
W 100 Trials - 5:55 pm
M 800 Trials - 6:10 pm
W 800 Trials - 6:25 pm
M 400 Hurdles Trials - 6:45 pm
W 400 Hurdles Trials - 7:00 pm
M 200 Trials - 7:20 pm
W 200 Trials - 7:35 pm
M 10,000 Finals - 7:50 pm
W 10,000 Finals - 8:35 pm
Saturday, May 14
Field Events (Trials/Finals)
Women's Hammer - 10:00 am
Men's Javelin - 11:00 am
Men's Triple Jump - 12:00 pm
Women's High Jump - 1:00 pm
Men's Pole Vault - 1:30 pm
Women's Shot Put - 2:00 pm
Women's Triple Jump - 3:30 pm
Men's Discus - 4:00 pm
Track Events
M 4x100 Relay Final - 3:30 pm
W 4x100 Relay Final - 3:35 pm
M 1500 Final - 3:40 pm
W 1500 Final - 3:50 pm
M 110 Hurdles Final - 4:00 pm
W 110 Hurdles Final - 4:10 pm
M 400 Final - 4:20 pm
W 400 Final - 4:25 pm
M 100 Final - 4:30 pm
W 100 Final - 4:35 pm
M 800 Final - 4:40 pm
W 800 Final - 4:50 pm
M 400 Hurdles Final - 5:00 pm
W 400 Hurdles Final - 5:10 pm
M 200 Final - 5:20 pm
W 200 Final - 5:25 pm
M 5000 Final - 5:30 pm
W 5000 Final - 5:50 pm
M 4x400 Relay Final - 6:15 pm
W 4x400 Relay Final - 6:25 pm
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Jones was pegged a massive favorite over Henderson prior to UFC 151, and since then he has only improved by gaining experience with title defenses against Vitor Belfort and Chael Sonnen.
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The Movie Diary: Call me maybeBy Dom Cioffi
Arts Correspondent | February 27,2013Scientists and philosophers have been studying the phenomenon of consciousness for centuries, and while profound strides have been made to better understand the "I" that we all experience, it still remains one of life's greatest mysteries. I go through phases where I ingest any and all information related to this subject, whether its advances in MRI imagining that point to the foundations of consciousness or thousand-year-old practices of mindfulness that help focus consciousness.
I'm also intrigued how levels of consciousness vary between individuals. Some people seem to walk around in a semi-conscious haze while others appear hyper-aware of everything in their presence. I'd like to think that I'm on the latter part of that spectrum. When I walk into a new environment, my eyes immediately start scanning, taking in as much information as possible. I want to be completely aware of my surroundings — the sounds, the smells, the colors, etc.
My father-in-law, on the other hand, is the complete opposite. When he walks into a room, he couldn't care less who was there or what was happening. Subsequently, we call him Mr. Magoo because of his compete disregard for the world around him.
And while this bumbling approach to life can appear endearing at times, I've also seen his semi-conscious state infuriate strangers when he inadvertently bypasses them in a line or cuts them off in traffic. His seemingly oblivious nature has taught me that some people simply aren't as aware as others. He doesn't do this to be rude or mean; it just doesn't occur to him.
I was forced to remember this recently while I was in a theater watching this week's feature, "Dark Skies." The movie centers on a middle-class American family that begins to notice strange phenomena occurring within their home during the night. Eventually they realize that something "otherworldly" is responsible.
The film was delivered in a believable fashion and had its fair share of tension and uncertainty. Unfortunately, when the climactic moment of the story arrived, everything fell apart. But I cannot blame the film in this instance since something entirely unrelated was responsible for the demise.
Here's the scenario: The film is approaching its apex with everyone in the audience on edge. The music is intensifying; the lighting is growing ominous. As the beautiful mom is inching down a dark hallway with a knife raised in hand, the viewer suddenly becomes aware of a mysterious figure lurking just behind her. There it is — the first look at the creature who has been terrorizing the helpless family; an obvious alien life form with gangly appendages and a long, almond-shaped head. Its features are disguised by the nighttime shadows, but it is no less horrifying as a silhouette.
At this point in the film, I am completely enveloped in the story. These are the moments that make me love motion pictures — those precious minutes where I cease to exist and my consciousness is one with the action on screen. Depending on the quality of the film, this can happen for a short time or for the entire length of the movie. In the case of "Dark Skies," my disbelief was beautifully suspended.
And then some guy's cellphone goes off.
In this day and age, it's hard to forgive anyone whose cellphone rings in a theater. There are signs everywhere, and prior to the film's start a special notice is displayed on the screen with a booming voice stating, "Please silence your cellphones now!"
But honestly, it's just common sense.
Nevertheless, this guy's cellphone rings, which completely rips me out of the drama of the film. As I stated earlier,
I've gotten better about giving people the benefit of the doubt, so while I was irritated, I opted to refocus on the film and not this gentleman's indiscretion.
But just as I was implementing this forgiving attitude, he actually answered the phone!
I'm not lying. It was as if he was sitting at home in his living room. "Hello? Hey, what's going on? Uhhh, I'm watching a movie. What are you up to?"
I am in shock at this point and completely removed from the action of the film. I keep trying to look back at the screen, but then every bit of my attention is drawn to this guy's conversation, not only because of his level of rudeness, but also because of the volume of his voice. I've been going to the movies every week for 19 years, and I have never had this happen. I've heard phones go off and listened to kids have inappropriately loud conversations, but never anything as rude as this.
In the end, I resisted saying anything, but another guy sitting just behind me didn't restrain. "Are you kidding me, dude?!" he shouted.
I caught the look on the guy's face who was on the phone, and it was one of complete shock. He was obviously taken aback by the reprimand and unaware that his actions would be construed as annoying.
So, while the kind warnings are copious in every theater in the world, let me restate for those whose level of consciousness may be somewhat stunted: If you're going to the theater (or any social event), please silence your phone. That ring (or ridiculously inappropriate conversation) could ruin the experience for the rest of the crowd.
A disrupted "C+" for "Dark Skies."
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Jack Hedrick was born on April 18, 1920 to Wade and Ville (Janway) Hedrick of Antlers. He passed from this life on April 5, 2012 in Tulsa at the age of 91. Jack served in the U.S. Army during World War II and obtained the rank of Tec 5. He was a retired rancher and surveyor from the State of Oklahoma. He married Janice Satterfield-Owens on March 6, 1993 in Antlers. Jack loved traveling, gardening, ranching, fishing, gospel singing, and - most importantly – spending time with family and friends. He was a lifelong resident of Antlers.
On Thursday, March 29, 2012, the Oklahoma State Board of Education approved permanent administrative rules for a new A-F School Grading System that designates easy-to-understand letter grades to schools based on academic performance.
The 2012 Southeast Oklahoma Yard and Garden Expo took place in the Joe Decker building, located at the Pushmataha County Fair Grounds in Antlers, on March 30 and 31, 2012. With the increasingly warm spring weather the area has experienced, gardening and outdoor enthusiasts made their way to the Expo to see what new products and plants awaited them for spring and summer.
These fourth and fifth graders that attend Antlers Public Schools have collected a total of $1,273.00 for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital by participating in the St. Jude's Mathathon. Pictured are: Back row, Left to right: Cailin Cannon, Kaleb Schaeffer, Christian Hammons, Cason Gee, Braden Shaw,Tracer Clark Tyler Popjoy, Lauren Gibson and Michelle Hedgecock; and Front Row: Natasha Wadkins, Destiny Humphreys, Maylee Clark, Tara Messer, Harmoni Bundeson, Avery Floyd, Stormie Thompson, Noah Dikun, Samantha Saxon, Kaylee Bowman, and Shelby Joslin
Antlers High School students competed at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University curriculum contest on March 29th. Individual rankings by student: Logan Curtis placed 1st in Microsoft Excel, Brittney Kazy placed 1st in Art-Figure Drawing I, Caleb Harrington placed 1st in Physical Science, Kelsee Schier placed 1st in Plane Geometry, John Ables placed 2nd in Integrated Productivity Software, and Morgan Spurlock placed 3rd in English II. Senior students who placed first earn a $300 tuition waiver, second place $200 tuition waiver, and third $100 tuition waiver.
On Saturday, April 7, thirty members of the Pushmataha County Sportsman Club competed in bass tournament held on Sardis Lake. It was either feast or famine for most the anglers. Those that were able to locate some bass were able to put together nice stringers while others had difficulty in finding a single keeper.


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The twang of a banjo, the sigh of a fiddle and the bellow of a bass will be some of the sounds you can hear this weekend at the Yadkin Valley Bluegrass Convention.
The convention will be held at Yadkinville Elementary School. The Friday performance will start at 7 p.m., and admission is $5. Competitions begin on Saturday at 1 p.m. and admission is $10. Children 10 and under get in free.
This marks the 28th year for the convention put on by the Yadkin Cultural Arts Council.
"When we started 28 years ago, the Jaycees were on a shoestring budget," said Event Director Robert Steelman. "We couldn't afford to give out a lot of prize money and at the time bluegrass seemed more popular in our area. We've had several folks asking about an old-time category in recent years so last year we decided to take the plunge."
Last year was also the first year that the convention experimented with a two-day event and due to the success of that venture officials brought it back once more.
"This year the Friday performance will be more low key," said Steelman. "We're going to have Mountain Park Old Time Band and Travis Frye. They have a good local following and we think this is going to be a great performance. These bands don't mind if people dance during their sets and since they are local bands we can have a cheaper admission price."
On Saturday the convention will kick off just after lunch and will host hundreds of musicians during its bluegrass and old-time competitions. The event will be split into a band category and an individual's category.
The band categories will include bluegrass and old-time bands. The individual categories will include bluegrass fiddle, old-time fiddle, bluegrass banjo, old-time banjo, mandolin, guitar, acoustic bass, dobro, dulcimer and vocal.
"Since last year was the first year we had the old-time categories so we didn't really expect a lot but this year I am expecting we'll have more contestants in those categories, and I'm expecting we'll have a bigger crowd overall," Steelman said.
Last year's convention saw a large turnout of youth and young adult competitors. Steelman said jayhe was pleased to see their involvement and expects to see youth numbers grow even more this year.
"There are usually more young competitors coming from a distance than older ones," Steelman said. "I think they starve for the opportunity to participate in these things and if they're really interested they're going to drive."
Steelman said that he expects that the convention as a whole will continue to grow and he won't be surprised to see a 10 to 20 percent increase in this year's attendance. He credits the continued success of the convention to the family atmosphere and a very organized competition.
"I've think people who've been before will try to get back if there's any way," Steelman said. "They know it's good and they know that if they're a musician they'll be treated fairly. It's just safe, good, clean fun."
Performer registration for the event begins at noon on April 20. Concessions will be available on site and alcohol is not allowed. Visit www.yadkingrass.com for more information.
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