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Sunken Garden Theater
3875 N. St. Mary's St.
San Antonio, TX 78212
Located in historic Brackenridge Park, Sunken Garden Theater has long been a local favorite for hosting annual events such as Taste of New Orleans and the Margarita Pour-off, as well as staging concerts featuring Carlos Santana and other well known national acts. Originally carved into an old Limestone Quarry in the 1930's, the San Antonio Civic Opera Society quickly established the site as a premiere performing arts venue. Renovated numerous times, and having played host for thousands of events, the Theater, centrally located in the heart of San Antonio, remains popular with concert goers of all ages.
|Class I:
|Commercial events with admission charge*
$3,000 to $6,000: 15% of all gross sales (food, beverage, tickets, etc)
Minimum $3,000 to a maximum of $6,000
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| 501c-3 Non-Profit events with admission charge*
$1,500 to $3,000: 10% all gross sales (food, beverage, tickets, etc)
Minimum $1,500 to a maximum of $3,000
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|Events with no admission charge, and which do not feature live music*
$500 to $1,500: 10% of all gross sales (food, beverage, tickets, etc)
Minimum $500 to a maximum of $1,500
|*In addition to the above rental rates, all tickets issued are subject to a $1.00 theater operation fee. Maximum capacity for all events at Sunken Garden Theater is 4,800. Fees and attendance limits are established by City Ordinance.
*In addition to the above rental rates, all tickets issued are subject to a $1.00 theater operation fee. Maximum capacity for all events at Sunken Garden Theater is 4,800. Fees and attendance limits are established by City Ordinance.
The City of San Antonio leased its hard rock quarry in what is today Brackenridge Park from the middle 19th to early 20th centuries. Alamo Roman and Portland Cement Company, later called Alamo Cement Company, used the quarry from 1880 until 1908 when it moved to a new facility with rail access north of the City limits. The abandoned quarry was adjacent to Brackenridge Park that had been donated to the City in 1899, and to a tract owned by the Koehler Family that was donated to the City for park land in 1915.
As early as 1914, the city's cultural leaders and park officials began to discuss new uses for the abandoned quarry. Some saw the unique, natural setting of the quarry's deep excavations shaped in a huge semicircle as the backdrop for an open-air Greek amphitheater. Observing the site, the manager of the Boston National Grand Opera Company urged the city to consider such a facility, saying that, "It could be made one of the show places in the country."
It was Ray Lambert, appointed Parks Commissioner in 1915, who transformed the City's old quarry into a civic attraction. On the northern portion of the site where the Cement Company's kilns had been located, Lambert built a lushly landscaped lily pond that he named the Japanese Garden. To the south, City workers constructed the Texas Star Garden, an enormous designed landscape with patterns formed by rocks and flowers. Newspapers as early as 1926 refer to the area as "the sunken garden."
The natural acoustic features of the quarry drew local performers to the site, and in 1926, the Chaminade Choral Society gave a well-received performance in the Texas Star Garden. The Society's president, Mrs. Eli Hertzberg, urged that the area be considered for outdoor musical and other events too large for the Municipal Auditorium. In late 1927, Mrs. Hertzberg suggested that such a theater be named the Tobin Memorial Amphitheater to honor Mayor John W. Tobin who had recently died while in office. Mrs. Hertzberg estimated that an outdoor amphitheater at this location could seat 50,000 to 60,000 people.
The San Antonio Civic Opera Company took up the cause and presented a performance of "Pirates of Penzance" on a temporary stage on July 12, 1928. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum, now famous for his design of Mount Rushmore, drew the first plans for the theater that "he said would present a Grecian style of architecture." An illustration of his design appeared in the San Antonio Light on January 19, 1930. Details of Borglum's design differed from the final design that was completed by local architect Harvey P. Smith. Construction of the theater was authorized to begin in February 1930, and was completed in time for the dedication on July 14, 1930.
While City records consistently refer to the theater prior to its completion as the Open Air Theater, the dedication program called it the Sunken Garden Theater. The San Antonio Civic Opera Company presented the opening performance, "The Bohemian Girl. " The program stated "This is the beautiful theatre that we have longed for-which we have talked about for so long, and that we are dedicating tonight."
The Sunken Garden Theater facility as it appears today was completed in 1937 as part of the Texas Centennial celebration. Renovation and additions at that time included dressing rooms, stage improvements, and a concrete floor for the theater seating area. Architects for the Centennial project, completed by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), were Harvey P. Smith, George Willis and Charles T. Boelhauwe. A concession area was built by the National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.) in 1937-38. A bronze plaque installed on the east wing wall read, "1836-1936. Sunken Garden Theatre, a memorial to the Heroes of the Texas Revolution." Another plaque recognized the San Antonio Civic Opera Co., founded by Mrs. Lewis Krams-Beck.
The Sunken Garden Theater became a favorite venue for symphonic, jazz, dance, drama, and pop music performances. The Parks and Recreation Department's Cultural Program assumed management of the theater in the early 1970s. In early 1984, a $320,000 renovation of the theater was completed.
History written by Maria Watson Pfeiffer
Special Projects Officer
Parks and Recreation Department


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Twitter for iPhone (Tweetie 3.0) is coming... now-ish
Twitter for iPhone, aka Tweetie 3.0, is showing as an available update now in iTunes, though the link currently leads to an "application unavailable" popup. We take this to mean that, yes, Tweetie 2.0 was pulled from the iTunes App Store last night because the newly rebranded version is on its way... now-ish.
How long it takes for now-ish to become now depends on entirely on the wanton tease that is iTunes' international propagation system. If/when you manage to grab it, let us know in comments and tell us what you think. (Especially if you spot any nifty new features!)
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Twitter for iPhone (Tweetie 3.0) is coming... now-ish
Not available in the French AppStore
When is the real update going to be available? I don't see a updae in my iTunes
Anyone know if there is going to be ads in it? If there are, I think I'll be sticking with Tweetie 2.0
Can anyone provide a link to the U.S. store (even if it's non-functional)?
i don't even see it in my AppStore. and I'm the the US. I'm sure the update will come within the next few hours. hopefully.
Still do not see it in the US, but the Japanese App Store has it:
"TWITTER" IS UP AMD RUNNING. New icon. DOWNLOAD ASAP
its active now...just got it from a update on my phone
I see it in the US App Store, but when I click on it, it says not available...WTF??...
Nevermind. It's working now!
Tweetie 2 is available now! It's called... Twitter!
It's available now in the U.S. Only one theme though.
this app isn't affiliated with apple right ? its not going to be a standard app in 4.0 ?

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With over 900 real ales, ciders, perries and international beers, the Great British Beer Festival really does have something for everybody.
This year is set to be the best Great British Beer Festival ever with everything from limited edition brews and one-off specials from some of our best known real ale breweries, to award-winning favourites from microbreweries across the UK and even an American Cask beer bar unique to us.
The full beer list has not yet been announced, but keep an eye on the GBBF Facebook and Twitter to be sure you're one of the first to get your hands on it!


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Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Jason Kubel, Justin Upton and Cody Ransom each drove in two runs, as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-5, in the opener of a three-game series at Chase Field.
John McDonald matched Kubel with three hits and knocked in a run for Arizona, which snapped a five-game losing streak with Sunday's 6-4 win over Atlanta.
The game was supposed to feature a pitching matchup between Arizona's Daniel Hudson and Philadelphia left-hander Cliff Lee. However, both starters were placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday. Hudson has a right shoulder impingement and Lee a strained left oblique.
Wade Miley (2-0) took Hudson's place, while Kyle Kendrick (0-1) started for the Phillies.
"He got ahead in the count a lot of the times," said Arizona manager Kirk Gibson about Miley. "He was hitting his spots tonight. He did a good job for us when we needed him to."
Miley gave up two doubles, walked one and struck out a career-high seven batters over six scoreless innings.
Conversely, Kendrick was tagged for seven runs and 11 hits in three-plus frames.
"I always want to throw as long as I can so I don't have to hurt the bullpen," said Kendrick. "I didn't do a very good job of that tonight."
Ahead by nine runs, Arizona manager Kirk Gibson summoned Joe Paterson from the bullpen to record the game's final three outs. Paterson faced five batters and failed to retire any of them.
Laynce Nix doubled home Placido Polanco to spoil the shutout bid and Ty Wigginton reached on an infield single. Shane Victorino then hit a three-run homer and Carlos Ruiz followed with a solo shot.
Craig Breslow replaced the ineffective Paterson, whose earned run average went from 20.25 to 37.13, and promptly gave up an infield single to John Mayberry. But Breslow induced a double-play grounder from rookie Freddy Galvis and retired Pete Orr on a 4-3 grounder to end the game.
With the loss, the Phillies (7-10) fell three games below .500 for the first time since they were 17-20 on May 13, 2007.
The Diamondbacks jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the home first. Leadoff batter Gerardo Parra was credited with a double that caromed off the glove of left fielder Juan Pierre. Aaron Hill followed with a line drive down the left-field line that was overturned from a home run to an RBI double. Hill stole third and scored on Upton's sacrifice fly.
Kendrick then hit Miguel Montero, who came home on a double by Kubel. A two- out single by McDonald plated Kubel.
Ransom hit a two-run double in the second before Upton led off the fourth with his first home run of the season, a blast to left field. Two batters later, Kubel homered to right field off David Herndon to make it 8-0.
Parra added a sac fly in the seventh.
The Diamondbacks have homered in 16 straight home games against the Phillies...Arizona has scored in the first inning in 12 of its 17 games this season...Diamondbacks outfielder A.J. Pollock recorded his first major league hit with a pinch-hit single in the eighth...Kendrick made his 99th career start...Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins ended 0-for-3 to snap a 19-game hitting streak against Arizona.


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Lawmakers face tax quandary upon returnBy DAVE GRAM
The Associated Press | March 02,2013MONTPELIER Vermont lawmakers left Friday for their weeklong town meeting break with much work remaining and many questions to be answered about the ultimate shape of the states finances.
House Speaker Shap Smith said its not unusual for the first year of the two-year biennium to start slowly, as new lawmakers get their feet on the ground and newly constituted committees get to work.
The first year of the biennium before town meeting is really about making sure youre set for all the work thats going to happen after Town Meeting, the Morrisville Democrat said in an interview Friday.
The Senate has dispatched with one marquee issue of the current session, legislation to allow physicians to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to terminally ill patients who request them.
The Senate changed the original bill significantly, passing a much shorter version that focused on making doctors and families immune from prosecution and lawsuits when terminally ill patients end their own lives. Smith said the House is unlikely to take the matter up until early April.
Lawmakers traditionally spend the first week in March in their districts, reporting to constituents at town meeting, the annual gathering of residents to pass town budgets and attend to other municipal business.
When they return to Montpelier on March 12, they will face several key decisions about how to pay for a growing appetite for state programs while sticking as close as they can to Gov. Peter Shumlins promise not to raise income or sales taxes.
One of the first orders of business will be for the House Transportation Committee to pass and send to the floor a transportation spending bill that is expected to call for more reliance on a sales tax and less reliance on a per-gallon fuel tax that the state has traditionally used.
Rep. Patrick Brennan, R-Colchester, chairman of the committee, said the panel is expected to approve a 2 percent sales tax on gasoline that would take effect in June. In July 2014, the sales tax would go up another 2 cents on a dollar, to 4 percent.
Meanwhile, in fiscal 2015, the cents-per-gallon tax would drop by nearly 6 cents from its current level of 19 cents per gallon. The upshot would be nearly $26 million more in gasoline taxes collected by the state each year.
The aim is to shore up the states transportation fund, which has been hurt by a decline in the amount of gasoline sold in Vermont. Thats down about 36 million gallons a year since 2006. A failure to raise new revenue would cost the state even more, because it would lack the money to attract federal matching funds for transportation projects.
Meanwhile, Shumlin has proposed raising $17 million from a new tax on currently unregulated and untaxed sales of betting tickets sold at some bars and social clubs. The so-called break-open tickets call on bettors to rip them open and see if symbols printed on the outside match those on the inside.
Legislative fiscal analysts recently concluded the tax would raise only about a third of what Shumlin hopes.
Shumlin had earmarked the money to pay for subsidizing renewable energy projects, insulating leaky homes and helping low-income residents pay for heat.
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Kettle Stand - Westgarth Silver Tea & Coffee Service, 1847 Reg. No: SH 980511
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- Kettle stand presented as part of a silver tea and coffee service in 1847 to William Westgarth, a Scottish merchant and financier who was returning to Britain after having played a prominent part in the civic life and affairs of the Port Phillip area from 1840-1847.
The kettle is inscribed 'Presented to William Westgarth Esquire by one hundred and twenty of his fellow colonists in testimony of their high esteem for his character and appreciation of the benefits conferred on the Province of Port Phillip by his statistical writings and other public services, 1847'.
William Westgarth had become a leading merchant and businessman in his seven years in the colony, active in the Benevolent Society and Mechanic's Institute, and written a book publicizing the colony's potential.
Westgarth returned in 1849, helped found the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce in 1851 and was a member of the first Victorian Parliament.
The silver service was made in Edinburgh by J. Mckay, circa 1846, and had probably been imported to Melbourne as a presentation piece.
- Statement Of Significance:
- The silver service presented to William Westgarth is an extremely fine example of presentation ware from early colonial Melbourne and Victoria. William Westgarth was one of the key early businessmen in the colony, and a tireless promoter of the economic potential of the colony.
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|William Westgarth, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1847
|Willis, E. William Westgarth's silver, in Museum June 1999 no. 13 p.4
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Danica Patrick wins pole for NASCAR's Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Danica Patrick has made history before as a woman and a racer, in Indianapolis and Japan.
The spotlight is nothing new. But never has it been this bright before.
Patrick won the Daytona 500 pole Sunday, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any race in NASCAR's premier circuit. It's by far the biggest achievement of her stock-car career.
"For those reasons, I've been lucky enough to make history, be the first woman to do many things. I really just hope that I don't stop doing that. We have a lot more history to make. We are excited to do it."
Her latest stamp in the history books came with a lap at 196.434 mph around Daytona International Speedway. Patrick went out eighth in the qualifying session, then had to wait about two hours as 37 fellow drivers tried to take her spot.
Only four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon even came close to knocking her off. Gordon was the only other driver who topped 196 mph in qualifying. He locked up the other guaranteed spot in next week's season-opening Daytona 500.
"It's great to be a part of history with Danica being on the pole," said Gordon, who joked that at least he was the fastest guy. "I think we all know how popular she is, what this will do for our sport. Congratulations to her. Proud to be on there with her."
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CONCORD, N.C. – The World Karting Association Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series renewed its 2012 season this past weekend with the second annual Zoom Zoom Nationals at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, S.C.
The doubleheader national event, which featured the Man Cup Series on CMP's 0.7-mile Sprint Course and the WKA Vega / TS Racing Road Racing Series driven by Mazda's Johnny Jacumin Memorial on the 2.3-mile Main Course, saw approximately 840 entrants between the two shows.
The Man Cup's Zoom Zoom Nationals produced 602 of those entries, making it the best turnout outside the state of Florida in the series' history. The event marked the first time a Manufacturers Cup national had over 600 entries at a venue other than Daytona or Jacksonville. The previous high was 577 at New Castle Motorsports Park this past September.
While some senior classes were not as well attended compared to recent events, the junior divisions continue to thrive.
Twenty-seven youngsters started both Yamaha Rookie mains; the pair of Cadet fields had over 40 entrants; Komet Sportsman boasted its best turnout in over a year with 24 starters; Yamaha Sportsman 1 and 2 were the weekend's largest divisions at 45 and 46 starters; and the Komet Jr and Yamaha Jr divisions each had between 35 and 40 entrants.
One driver who had a terrific Daytona KartWeek, which produced his first Man Cup triumph and other top-five results, was Zach Holden. The Indiana Arrow racer proved his Daytona success was not fluke by becoming the only driver to score three main event wins at Kershaw.
Holden bested stout fields in Cadet Final 1, Yamaha Sportsman 1 and Yamaha Sportsman 2 to score the hat trick. He also captured a fourth-place result in Komet Sportsman. After this past weekend's success, Holden appears in the drivers seat to challenge for his first WKA Triple Crown championship.
Top Kart pilot Mason Chelootz raced to wins in the pair of Komet senior classes, Komet Lite and Komet Heavy.
Pennsylvania's Brandon Jarsocrak had his best Man Cup weekend with a sweep of the Yamaha Jr mains on his Haase chassis.
And after winning the Streeter Super Stands Pole Award in both Yamaha Rookie classes at Daytona but experiencing bad luck in the finals, Alex Verhagen flexed his muscle at Kershaw and won both Yamaha Rookie finals. Verhagen again captured the Fast Time award in both divisions.
Here's a rundown of the 20 main events from CMP Man Cup action.
Alex Verhagen dominated the 11-lap final for his first of two wins on the weekend. After winning the Streeter Super Stands Pole Award at a quick lap of 55.898, Verhagen wheeled his Haase chassis to convincing wins in the pre-final and final.
Verhagen crossed the stripe over eight seconds in front of New Jersey Top Kart racer Tyler Ferris. Samuel Paley was third, followed by Nicholas D'Orlando and Sam Mayer. Kyra and Kaylen Frederick finished sixth and seventh, while Caleb Tate, Jason Welage and Max Kaeser filled the top 10.
Verhagen made it a clean sweep on the weekend in Yamaha Rookie with the Fast Time award, pre-final and final victory in the Sunday version of the class.
The Ridgefield, Conn., racer had to work hard for the main event triumph in Final 2. Verhagen negotiated a thick batch of lap traffic over the last couple circuits in the 11-lap main with Sam Mayer hot on his heels. One wrong move by Verhagen would have produced a Mayer challenge, however, the Haase racer stayed focused and drove a flawless race to accomplish the weekend Rookie sweep.
Mayer crossed the stripe a couple of kart-lengths back for the runner-up finish. Welage improved from his eighth-place run Saturday to take third. T. Ferris took fourth and Paley fifth. Sixth through 10th showed Lance Carboy, Kaeser, Joey Maffo, Kaylen Frederick and Connor Ferris.
The weekend's first Cadet final saw 40 youngsters take the green flag and a fierce battle for the win between Zach Holden and Brandon Lemke. Holden and Lemke, both of whom scored wins at Daytona, raced hard throughout the 11-lapper with Holden pulling his Arrow ahead at the end to score his first of three weekend victories.
Holden, who also won the pre-final, crossed the line 0.092 seconds in front of Lemke for the win. Another Daytona Sportsman winner, Jared Cordova, was third, ahead of PCR racer Leonardo Stoia. Kaden Harter had a strong run on his Birel to round out the top five.
Sixth through 10th were Kaleb Allison, Adam Sturgill, David Malukas, Michael D'Orlando and Grant Griesbach. PCR driver Braden Eves won the Streeter Super Stands Pole Award but finished a disappointing 23rd in the final.
Braden Eves's bad luck in Saturday's Cadet final turned into his first Manufacturers Cup feature victory in Sunday's Cadet Final 2. Eves and his PCR bested Pole Award and pre-final winner Mitch Goldfarb in the 11-lapper, crossing the stripe nearly 1.5 seconds ahead of the Birel pilot.
Michael D'Orlando garnered one of his best Man Cup finishes with a third-place result. Kameron Chandler was fourth and John Paul Southern Jr. had a nice run to round out the top five of 42 starters. Kaden Harter, Jared Cordova, Johnny Smith, Simon Sikes and Leonardo Stoia finished sixth through 10th.
The Komet Sportsman division saw a nice increase in entry count with 24 starters for the Saturday show. Merlin racer Brandon Lemke bested PCR driver Leonardo Stoia for the Streeter Super Stands Pole Award. The qualifying round was the only time Stoia would be beat all day in the KPP-powered division. The PCR pilot went on to win over Zach Holden in the seven-lap pre-final and race to a comfortable 1.4-second triumph in the 11-lap final.
Johnny Smith finished second to continue his strong Saturday. David Malukas captured his second third-place result of the 2012 season on his MKP Birel. Holden was fourth, marking the first time he'd been beat in final competition in three races Saturday. Austin Schaff completed the top five.
Florida Tony Kart racer Ashley Rogero picked up her first win of the 2012 Manufacturers Cup season Sunday with a dominating victory in Komet Jr Lite. Rogero drove an equally impressive race in Saturday's Komet Jr Heavy to cross the finish line first, but then get disqualified in post-race technical inspection.
All was well in tech on Sunday and Rogero left CMP with one victory and left little doubt who had the strongest KPP Junior package at the South Carolina venue.
Rogero crossed the stripe three seconds in front of Merlin racer Kyle Kalish, who had a big gap over third-place Mike McAndrews. Brandon Jarsocrak was fourth and 2011 Triple Crown champion Joel Jens fifth.
Sixth through 10th in the 34-kart field were Grant Quinlan, Jared Thomas, Garrett Johnston, Corey Towles and Kyle Kirkwood.
The previously mentioned problem in post-race tech for Ashley Rogero handed the Komet Jr Heavy score to Arrow racer Kyle Kirkwood, who raced at CMP fresh off being awarded the highly sought-after A.J. Allmendinger-backed Walldinger Racing scholarship.
Kirkwood, a Florida driver making his first WKA start, won over series veterans Mike McAndrews and Kyle Kalish. 2011 Triple Crown winners Joel Jens and Grant Quinlan rounded out the top five. Jared Thomas was sixth, Ryan Raffa seventh, Brandon Jarsocrak eighth, Clay Vaneerd ninth and James Bennett 10th.
Texas Top Kart racer Mason Chelootz swept the day in Komet Heavy with the Streeter Super Stnads Pole Award and dominating wins over his teammate Raquel Martinez in the pre-final and final.
Martinez crossed the line 5.7 seconds late of Chelootz but had a big advantage over third-place finisher Jacob Donald. Patrick Olsen was fourth and John McCusker fifth.
Mason Chelootz completed the sweep of the Komet senior divisions with a Sunday afternoon triumph over Jacob Donald in Komet Lite. Chelootz played the bridesmaid to Donald in qualifying and the pre-final before taking control in the 13-lap main. Chelootz and his trusty Top Kart won by nearly three seconds over Donald, who made a late-race pass on Raquel Martinez for the runner-up position. Martinez held on for third, Patrick Olsen fourth and Tony Jump fifth in the short seven-kart field.
Cal Stewart made it two-for-two on the season in Parilla Leopard with a 0.398-second triumph over Robert Bujdoso in the 15-lap main. Stewart, an Illinois racer on a Merlin chassis, took command early in the race and hit his marks down the stretch to deter any major challenge by Bujdoso and his PCR.
Senior rookie Logan Bearden finished a strong third on his Haase, while pre-final winner Chris Wehrheim took fourth. Mason Chelootz rounded out the top five in the 20-kart contest, one of the shortest Leopard fields since the class debuted in Man Cup in 2010.
Man Cup veteran Tommy Andersen raced his Kosmic to a big TaG victory in Saturday's 33-kart competition. Andersen swept the day in the class, picking up the Pole Award, pre-final win and capping things off with a 1.669-second feature victory over defending race and class champion Robert Bujdoso.
Mason Chelootz was third, Trenton Walko fourth and Chris Wehrheim fifth. Senior rookie Raquel Martinez had her best run of the Man Cup season with a sixth-place result. Jacob Knueven was seventh, Robby Seward eighth, Arie Ouimet ninth and Hunter Armstrong 10th.
After a pair of runner-up finishes Saturday, Robert Bujdoso put his PCR out front in Sunday's TaG Final 2 and ran unchallenged to his first triumph of the 2012 Man Cup season.
Bujdoso, who was honored as a double national champion at the 2011 Manufacturers Cup Awards Ceremony Friday night at Kershaw, put himself in good position for another title with the 2.285-second win over Pole Award and pre-final winner Mason Chelootz in the TaG weekend capper.
Scott Kopp took third, Chris Wehrheim fourth and Logan Bearden netted his second top-five result of the weekend with a fifth-place run. Sixth through 10th in the 40-kart field were Raquel Martinez, Tommy Andersen, Jacob Knueven, Cody Gardner and Hunter Armstrong.
Youngstown, Ohio's Brian McHattie wheeled his sleek-looking Exprit to a clean sweep of Saturday's version of TaG Masters, capturing the Pole Award, pre-final and final.
McHattie had control of the 15-lap final from the drop of the green flag, pulling out to a healthy advantage over Bobby Cummings and maintaining the gap throughout the race. Cummings crossed the line second but was disqualified in post-race tech. Cummings' misfortune in the tech room gave the runner-up spot to Man Cup veteran Kim Carapellatti. Defending TaG Masters champion John Ferris III took third, Scot Carapellatti fourth and New England's Russ Hamel fifth.
John Ferris III found some speed between Saturday and Sunday and proceeded to turn a distant third-place result to Brian McHattie in Saturday's main to a sweep of the in the Sunday version of TaG Masters.
Aboard his familiar No. 2 Top Kart, Ferris earned the Streeter Super Stands Pole Award over Chuck Tate before making it look easy in the pre-final and final. The New Jersey chauffeur won by 2.6 seconds over Kim Carapellatti in the 15-lap main. Tate had his best run of the weekend to take third. Francois Brun-Wibaux was fourth and Tony Buffamante fifth.
One of the better races Saturday came in the Yamaha Sportsman contest. Arrow racer Zach Holden fended off fierce challenges from several counterparts to earn his second win of the day.
Holden raced hard and bested runner-up Nick Luedeke, third-place Leonardo Stoia, Kaleb Allison and Johnny Smith. Garrett Moran and David Malukas were sixth and seventh. The top seven all crossed the stripe within one second of one another.
Jack W. Miller took eighth, Braden Eves ninth and Thayne Chapin 10th in the 45-kart main. Stoia won the Pole Award and pre-final.
Zach Holden made it two-for-two in the Yamaha Sportsman classes with another close victory in Sunday's 11-lap main. Holden won over pre-final victor Jared Cordova by a close margin of 0.148 seconds. Pole Award winner Nick Luedeke put together another strong run to take third. David Malukas worked his way through the field after starting ninth to finish fourth. Leonardo Stoia rounded out the top five.
The second half of the top 10 in the 46-kart field were Kaleb Allison, Braden Eves, Michael Cruz, Thayne Chapin and Simon Sikes.
The triumph gave Holden his third win of the weekend and fourth of the Manufacturers Cup season, the most of any driver after two rounds of the prestigious series.
Pennsylvania Haase racer Brandon Jarsocrak followed Joel Jens in Yamaha Jr Lite qualifying and the pre-final before flexing his muscle in the 13-lap main. Jarsocrak wrestled the lead away from Jens early in the race and proceeded to win the main by nearly a half-second margin.
Maidstone, Ontario's Grant Quinlan drove to his best finish of the season to date with a third-place result, just 0.762 seconds off the winner. Skylar Robinson was fourth and Mike McAndrews rounded out the top five.
Six through 10 in the 40-kart field were Kyle Kirkwood, Garrett Johnston, Jake Johnston, Jared Thomas and Emerson Reed.
In a similar story to Saturday's Yamaha Jr action, Brandon Jarsocrak put himself in the top five in the Yamaha Jr Heavy qualifying session and pre-final before moving to the front of the deep 40-kart pack in the final and winning the main by about a half-second gap.
This time Kyle Kirkwood's Arrow was a few kart-lengths off Jarsocrak's Haase when starter Denny Long's checkers waved. Jared Thomas capped a strong weekend aboard his Tony Kart with a third-place podium finish. Joel Jens was fourth and Jake Johnston fifth.
The latter half of the top 10 saw Kyle Kalish, early race leader Mike McAndrews, Skylar Robinson, Emerson Reed and Zane Smith.
Yamaha Supercan Lite
Arrow racer Collin Griffin picked up his first Man Cup win in an exciting Supercan Lite final. Griffin waged a spirited battle with Patrick Olsen and Dakota Pesek in the 13-lapper. Pesek led much of the race after wining the pre-final before giving way to Griffin and Pole Award winner Olsen late in the affair.
Olsen and Pesek battled hard for second while Griffin scooted away. Pesek crossed the stripe second but was relegated to third for an unsafe last-lap pass on Olsen. The Pesek penalty gave Olsen second. Brian Krummel and Tony Jump finished fourth and fifth in the 21-kart field.
Long Island's John McCusker scored his first Manufacturers Cup national victory after several years of trying in Sunday's Supercan finale.
Once again Dakota Pesek's Arrow looked to be the combination to beat after his Streeter Super Stands Pole Award and pre-final win; however, McCusker's Haase had the speed when it counted as he passed Pesek and inched away over the last few laps to take the win by a decent 0.402-second gap.
Pesek held on for second while Jackson Mears garnered his first podium of the weekend with a third-place result. Saturday Supercan victor Collin Griffin was fourth and Brian Krummel notched his second podium of the weekend by rounding out the top five.
A good field of seven Kid Karts made laps throughout the three-day event and gained valuable experience on CMP's fast 0.7-mile Sprint Course. Jada Abed, Cameron Christ, Elizabeth Gray, Conan Ori, Don Whorton, Jake Williams and Conner Zilisch made up the Kid Kart field. The seven racers all looked good and should be primed for a move to the Yamaha Rookie Sportsman division in the near future.
WKA Manufacturers Cup Series competitors have about six weeks to prepare for round three of the six-race national tour. The series will hit the halfway mark of the 2012 season May 4-6 at the Pittsburgh Int'l Race Complex (formerly BeaveRun) with the running of the CRG America Nationals.


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Walk aims to give voice to victims of domestic violenceWritten by Brigitta Burks | News Editor | firstname.lastname@example.com
This year will be the fifth time Robin Bowlin has walked in memory of her sister Tammy Bowlin-Macrae. On Aug. 25, 2007, Tammy's boyfriend Lawrence Jameson shot Tammy as she was packing to leave him.
Lawrence is in prison for life as the fifth anniversary draws near. While he was on trial, Robin decided she needed to do something to give back to the Advocates for Victims and Justice Inc., the nonprofit that helped her family through the ordeal.
"When I was there, one day I was thinking I need to do something to keep Tammy's memory alive and she was the sort of person who would want her story told," Robin said.
So she organized Tammy's Walk, which benefits the Advocates. The grant-and-donation funded nonprofit financially supports the Toledo-Lucas County Victim/Witness Assistance program, which provides support to people in Robin's situation. The program also has a crisis response team in cases of domestic violence. Advocates also funds the Victim's Forum, which visits area schools to prevent problems like bullying, sexting and teen-dating violence.
As the walk approaches, emotions hit Robin hard. "My biggest thing [is wondering], 'Is she here with us?' " Robin said. "I'm just hoping she sees it all."
Tammy, who died at 46, has three children and now four grandchildren. Her love of children will be incorporated into this year's walk with bubbles and face-painting. The 2.5-mile walk begins at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 25 with registration an hour earlier at the Walbridge Park Gazebo on Broadway Street. The Bethany House will have a T-shirt display and the Northwest Ohio Silent Witness Project will present life-size silhouettes that tell the stories of domestic violence victims.
Although she wasn't sure of the total, Robin said the walk has raised thousands of dollars for Advocates. It is free to walk, but donations are accepted and T-shirts are for sale. There are also more than 40 sponsors this year.
The funds will go toward the teen-dating violence prevention program of the Victim's Forum. The program is directed at sixth-12th graders, said Lynn Carder, executive director of the Toledo-Lucas County Victim/Witness Assistance and coordinator of the forum. Last school year, the teen-dating program reached more than 5,000 area students.
Because of Ohio House Bill 19, a dating violence program is required in public schools so the program has been in high demand.
The forum has been around since 1996 and the teen-dating program was added about four years ago.
"A lot of kids, because they are exposed to so much [violence], they kind of get desensitized," Carder said.
The teen-dating program starts with a video. Then the instructor profiles warning signs like restricting a partner's activities, constantly calling/texting or one partner making all the decisions.
In Tammy's case, Robin said that while there wasn't physical abuse before, Lawrence had threatened her younger sister and tried to control her.
"He's a coward. I don't think he had a lot of friends and the one thing he had control over was her," Robin said.
The program also details how to safely get out of a relationship and how to help a friend who is being abused or even abusing someone. A third of children know someone who is abused, Carder said.
"It's a very real problem and it doesn't necessarily come from poor neighborhoods, black neighborhoods, white neighborhoods or rich neighborhoods. It can affect anybody … gay or straight," Carder said, adding that there can also be verbal, emotional or sexual abuse in addition to physical. She said that boys and girls have asked for help in getting protection orders after the program.
For Robin, helping people get the courage to leave their abusers is the most important part. One woman said that without Tammy's Walk, " 'I wouldn't be here today,' … that just amazed me," Robin said.
It's essential for people to offer help to those being abused, Robin added.
"You don't sweep it under the carpet. You need to help them go through it. Let them know about people who will help them," she said.
Despite the people she has helped and the money she's raised, Robin said she would never forget or forgive the murder of her "beautiful" sister, the baby in a family of eight siblings.
Carder said, "When you have people who have been the victim of murder, there is never really closure and to die at the hand of a partner is horrific."
After all, Tammy was one of Robin's best friends.
"[Tammy] was vibrant. She was fun-loving … the smile on her face. There was something about Tammy; if you met her, you wouldn't forget it," Robin said. "That sadness is always there, deep in my heart every day."
For more information on the Victim's Forum or to book the program, call (419) 213-6884.
Tags: Advocates for Victims and Justice Inc., Bethany House, Brigitta Burks, Lawrence Jameson, Northwest Ohio Silent Witness Project, Ohio House Bill 19, Robin Bowlin, Tammy Bowlin-Macrae, Tammy's Walk, Toledo-Lucas County Victim/Witness Assistance program, Victim's Forum


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Citizens seek probe of Shumlin deal sentBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | June 14,2013MONTPELIER Gov. Peter Shumlins controversial land deal has spawned calls from citizens for an independent investigation, though it remains unclear whether state officials have launched a probe.
Attorney General William Sorrell confirmed Thursday that at least six Vermonters have asked for a formal review of a transaction last fall in which Shumlin purchased a 16-acre homestead for about one-third of its current assessed value.
Sorrell said citizens have expressed a particular concern for the mental acuity of the man from whom Shumlin purchased the acreage and whether the transaction constituted abuse of a vulnerable adult.
Sorrell, who first disclosed the complaints during an interview on WDEVs The Mark Johnson Show Wednesday, said hes referred the correspondence to the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, the state agency responsible for investigating claims of abuse or exploitation of a vulnerable adult. A lawyer at that department said the state can neither confirm nor deny the existence of the complaints or whether they have prompted an investigation into Shumlins land deal.
Whether any reports were made or emails forwarded, and how theyre being treated by DAIL, and more specifically by Adult Protective Services, is a confidential matter, said Stuart Schurr, assistant attorney general for the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living.
Sorrell, however, said the allegations seem to be serious contentions and worthy of at least some review.
Theyre not likely to be dismissed out of hand, Sorrell said.
A written statement provided by Shumlins personal lawyer Thursday seemed to suggest that state investigators have already been in touch with the Democratic governor.
We have been in contact with (Adult Protective Services) and will continue to be involved in any way they request, attorney Jerry Diamond said in an email.
Diamond, who also said Shumlin believes strongly that all such complaints should be thoroughly investigated with the participation of the parties, declined to comment further.
The citizen complaints came mostly in the form of emails to Sorrells office and express dismay over a real estate transaction that began making headlines last month when East Montpelier resident Jeremy Dodge first went public with his sellers remorse.
Dodge and his children say Shumlin used the specter of a looming tax sale to lowball Dodge on the homestead he inherited from his parents in 2009. One of Dodges daughters has characterized their father as a 16-year-old mind inside a 54-year-old body, and they say he lacked the mental acuity to evaluate Shumlins offer. Dodge did not have a lawyer to represent him in the transaction.
Shumlin has said the deal was a fair one for both him and Dodge and that he has no reason to suspect the sellers mental faculties are in any way diminished. He said he urged Dodge to get a lawyer but that Dodge refused.
Both Shumlin and Dodge have since retained high-powered attorneys. Diamond, a former three-term attorney general, is handling the case on behalf of Shumlin; Brady Toensing, a Charlotte lawyer with ties to the Republican Party, is representing Dodge. Joy Karnes Limoge, a Williston property lawyer, will also be working on behalf of Dodge.
Correspondence to Sorrells office, released Thursday after a records request, question both the legality and ethics of the land deal.
I would like to know if your office intends to investigate Shumlins land deals, Sally Minor wrote May 28. For the governor of Vermont to take advantage of any mentally challenged person is despicable.
In another May 28 message, East Montpelier resident Walter Zeichner called for a very transparent investigation.
The public has a right to know what kind of person is in the governors office, Zeichner wrote.
On June 8, Rich Hollenbeck Sr. asked that Shumlin be investigated for taking advantage of one that clearly isnt in complete touch with reality, not knowing what direction to turn to get even the basic help afforded to folks in his position.
Kristin Anderson on May 29 told Sorrell in an email that it is obvious that Gov. Shumlin scammed a mentally deficient neighbor out of his rightful inheritance.
Please create a transparent plan to look into the details of this apparently unjust dealing, and see if this wrong can be righted, Anderson wrote.
Speaking about the process at Adult Protective Services generally, Schurr said the divisions screeners vet claims to see whether they merit investigation by a field supervisor. That vetting process, Schurr said, centers largely on whether the alleged victim meets the statutory definition of a vulnerable adult and whether the alleged behavior constitutes the abuse, neglect or exploitation needed to launch an investigation.
A vulnerable adult, under Vermont law, includes anyone who is impaired due to brain damage, infirmities of aging, or a physical, mental, or developmental disability. Exploitation of a vulnerable adult, according to statute, includes willfully using, withholding, transferring or disposing of funds or property of a vulnerable adult for the wrongful profit or advantage of another.
Schurr said that if the complaints pass muster with screeners, theyre handed off to field supervisors who investigate the merits of the claims. Two investigators in the financial exploitation unit would likely handle probes dealing with real estate transactions.
When claims of malfeasance are substantiated, Schurr said, the perpetrators name is generally placed on a statewide registry. The registry is not a public document.
Schurr said the state also has the authority to levy fines, though it rarely uses that power.
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The state of the 4-year-oldsFebruary 15,2013One of the big moments of the State of the Union address was President Barack Obamas call for high-quality preschool for 4-year-olds.
Nobody was happier at the idea than Walter Mondale, the former vice president.
This is going to be wonderful, he said in a phone conversation. His delight was sort of inspiring. If I had been down the road Mondale has traveled, my mood would have been a little darker.
In 1971, when he was a senator, Mondale led the congressional drive to make quality preschool education available to every family in the United States that wanted it. Everybody. The federal government would set standards and provide backup services like meals and medical and dental checkups. Tuition would depend on the familys ability to pay.
And it passed! Then Richard Nixon vetoed it, claiming Congress was proposing communal approaches to child rearing. Now, 42 years later, working parents of every economic level scramble madly to find quality programs for their preschoolers, while the waiting lines for poor families looking for subsidized programs stretch on into infinity.
And Obama is trying, against great odds, to do something for 4-year-olds.
People, think about this for a minute. We have no bigger crisis as a nation than the class barrier. Were near the bottom of the industrialized world when it comes to upward mobility. A child born to poor parents has a pathetic chance of growing up to be anything but poor. This isnt the way things were supposed to be in the United States. But here we are.
Would it be different if all the children born over the past 40 years had been given access to top-quality early education programs that not only kept them safe while their parents worked but gave them the language and reasoning skills that wealthy families pass on as a matter of course?
Well never know.
Mondales Comprehensive Child Development Act was a bipartisan bill, which passed 63-17 in the Senate. It was an entitlement, and, if it had become law, it would have been one entitlement for little children in a world where most of the money goes to the elderly.
We came up with a lot of proposals, but the one we were most excited about was early childhood education. Everything we learned firmed up the view this really works, Mondale said.
The destruction of his bill was one of the earliest victories of the new right.
The federal government should not be in the business of raising Americas children. It was a political and ideological ideal of great importance, Pat Buchanan once told me.
He was working at the White House when the bill reached Nixons desk, and he helped write the veto message. He spoke about this achievement with great pride.
The saga of the demise of the Comprehensive Child Development Act is an excellent explanation of why Obama was prepared to go through so much political trauma to pass health care reform, even when many of his own party members were begging him to drop back, do something less earth-shaking and wait for a better moment.
The better moment might never come.
After Gerald Ford became president, the early childhood education bills supporters tried to resurrect the plan. They had hardly done anything besides agree that they probably ought to wait until after the 1976 election, when they were hit with a political tsunami. Members of Congress started getting hundreds and hundreds sometimes thousands and thousands of hysterical letters accusing them of plotting to destroy the American family.
This was before constituent email, when that kind of outpouring was shocking, particularly since a number of the writers seemed to believe that Congress was plotting to allow children to organize labor unions and sue their parents for making them do chores.
That was really the beginning of the Tea Party. The right wing started to turn on this thing viciously, Mondale said. They said it was a socialist scheme. They were really pounding the members of Congress, and a lot of people got cold feet.
Nobody really knew where it was all coming from. A reporter for The Houston Chronicle traced the hysteria back to a man in Kansas who had written the leaflet, based on information hed received from a revival in Missouri, which he told the reporter he had since learned was almost all completely wrong.
But that was it. Later, people would begin proposing modest preschool programs, particularly for the offspring of poor women who were required to work after the repeal of welfare entitlements in the Clinton years. But there would never again be a serious attempt to guarantee all American families access to quality early education and after-school programs.
The president proposes doing something for 4-year-olds. This is a great idea. Mondale is certainly enthusiastic. But still.
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Recent Willamette University graduate Marco Fiallo '11 has earned a prestigious opportunity that will help him sharpen his skills in entrepreneurship.
Fiallo has been accepted to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities, a program that offers cutting-edge, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to post-9/11 veterans with disabilities resulting from their service.
The bootcamp includes a nine-day residency at one of seven universities — Fiallo has chosen the University of Connecticut School of Business — as well as a curriculum to help participants develop their own business concepts and ongoing technical assistance from faculty experts at the partnering universities.
Fiallo, who majored in Spanish, served in the Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan before coming to Willamette. He plans to use his bootcamp experience to help with the launch of a hostel in Ecuador that educates tourists while supporting the surrounding community through programs like mini-grants or micro-credit lending.
As a freshman, Fiallo also earned a national Kemper Scholarship, which provides scholarships and internships to students interested in the management and business fields.
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SBA administrator celebrates success of YZ EnterprisesWritten by Duane Ramsey | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Karen Mills, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, came to the Toledo area Aug. 23 to help the Zaliouk family celebrate plans to expand their business, and their company, YZ Enterprises, with the help of an SBA loan through Huntington Bank.
"Great companies are built by great people. We're here to celebrate a great company and the entrepreneurs who built it," Mills said at a press conference held at YZ Enterprises in Maumee.
"We're helping small businesses to what they do best. We're working with entrepreneurs to help them grow. Our job in government is to put the wind at their back," Mills said.
Mills recognized the Zaliouk family for planning to expand its business and marketing of its Almondina brand cookies. YZ Enterprises plans to expand its 18,000-square-foot facility, where production has maxed out at 100,000 cookies daily. The additional production line will double that production.
"We're proud to join a long line of businesses that have benefited from SBA by partnering with the SBA and Huntington Bank to put delicious healthy cookies on every table, not just in America but around the world," said Yuval Zaliouk, president and CEO of YZ Enterprises.
Mills toured the company facilities with Zaliouk and saw how the cookies are produced and packaged firsthand. Mills, her official party and other guests at the press conference sampled Almondina cookies and received a gift bag of them.
YZ Enterprises refinanced their existing loan with an SBA loan to improve its cash flow. The company also received two additional SBA loans that totaled $608,000 for expansion.
The SBA loans are being used to cover the construction loan of $350,000 for the expansion to its facilities and refinancing the company's debt, according to Tamar Zaliouk-Markham, vice president of finance and treasurer at YZ Enterprises.
She reported that work has already begun on the air-conditioning in the first phase of the project and they expect to have construction of the loading dock completed before winter arrives. She is the daughter of founders and owners, Zavul and Susan Zaliouk.
Zaliouk-Markham reported that the company has 30 employees, including six new workers hired this year. They plan to increase sales and hire an additional five people in 2013 following the expansion.
Zaliouk-Markham worked with Tina Kern and Jeff Banks of Huntington Bank to put together the SBA loan package.
"We support small business with passion. It's our advocacy since we believe that small business drives the economy," said Jeremy Guitierrez, senior vice president and Northwest Ohio market manager for Huntington.
"SBA loans are an important tool in our kit. Huntington is the number one SBA lender in Ohio and number three nationally in number of SBA loans," Guitierrez said.
Zaliouk said that, without Huntington Bank, which has supported their business since it was founded in 1989, "we wouldn't be here today."
Mills reported that the SBA had a record year in 2011 in Ohio in terms of SBA loans granted.
"President Obama wants to make sure that small businesses have access to capital. The president says 'where small business succeeds, America succeeds,' " Mills said.
As SBA administrator, Mills travels regularly, at least once a week to a total of 40 states so far, to keep in touch with small businesses.
Zaliouk, a former conductor of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and his grandmother are excellent examples of Mills' statement. He enjoyed his grandmother Dina's cookies as a boy growing up in Haifa, Israel.
As generous as she was in giving away her recipes, Grandmother Dina kept the one for the "petit gateau sec," meaning dry little cookie in French, a secret until the end of her life. She finally revealed the secret to her daughter, Ahuda, Zaliouk's mother, he said.
"Your grandmother was an entrepreneur and a great cook," Mills said to Zaliouk. "Entrepreneurs come from all walks of life."
"Grandma Dina was a smart little cookie and is guiding us today from above," Zaliouk said.
Grandmother Dina "could not have imagined that would be making her cookies here in Maumee for sale around the world," he said.
His family began making the cookies for sale in the kitchen of their home in the late 1980s. He and Susan founded YZ Enterprises in 1989 and built the current facility in Maumee for the business, opening it in 1995.
The original all-natural Almondina cookie is made with almonds and raisins with no cholesterol, added fat, salt or preservatives. Since the original recipe, they have added nine additional flavors and introduced three new flavors in 2012, Zaliouk said.
"The cookies are unique in that they are delicious and healthy," he said.
Their first customer was The Andersons in Maumee, according to Zaliouk. Almondina cookies are now available locally at The Andersons, The Fresh Market, Giant Eagle, Kazmaier's, and Walt Churchill's Markets, and at Wal-Mart and other retailers in all 50 states and Israel.
Mills was scheduled to visit Ballreich Brothers in Tiffin, a family-owned company that has produced potato chips since 1920, on Thursday afternoon.
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Environmental specialist Floyd Comer said the new schedule would have to be approved by the Board of Commissioners before being put in place. The specialist said attorney William Noland is working on a policy to include payment of health department inspection fees in the requirements for county business licenses for restaurants.
Health board chairman Rooster Cogburn said, after the county adopts the policy, he would take the request to the city to include in their business license policy. Comer said his goal is to have the new policies in place by January of 2014.
Jones County Nurse Manager Sherri Mills gave a nursing report. She said the number of breast examines and immunizations are up, and the health department distributed 20 car seats since February. She said the health department would have a booth at the Daylily Festival, checking blood pressures and distributing information.
Linda Harrell presented the budget report. This year's budget is lower, partly because of her retirement as office manager. She has not been replaced and continues to work part time on a contracted basis.
The 2014 budget for the department is $458,003, and it was unanimously approved by board members.
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NAUGATUCK – Tug Valley is known for scoring points, but on Friday night it was their tenacious defense that made the difference. The Panthers defeated No. 6 ranked Greater Beckley Christian (GBC) 72-47 in front of a standing room only crowd packed into the TVHS gym at Naugatuck.
The win gave Tug Valley another title, the Class A, Region 3, Section 1 crown.
Tug Valley, ranked No. 1 in Class A, came out pressing and led 6-0 in the blink of an eye. The Panthers forced 10 early turnovers, many of those turned into scores on transition baskets.
Coach Garland "Rabbit" Thompson went to his bench early to bring in sophomore Hayden Sturgell.
"I thought Hayden came in and gave us a boost on defense and we went on a little run," Thompson said. "If we get a lead – we can score in transition. We can also run our sets if we need to."
"I thought Aaron (Muncy) and Mikey (Newsome) made a couple of good shots early in the game. We were able to relax and play our game. We got into a rhythm – and we're moving on," Thompson said.
This was Tug Valley's 31st straight home victory. That string could continue as they host Valley of Fayette in the Class A, Region 3 championship Thursday night at 7 p.m.
Tug Valley led 38-21 at the half . Newsome had 11 first half points, while Austin Brewer and Thomas Baisden each scored eight. Keith Mullens led GBC with 12 in the first half.
GBC chipped into the lead at 46-30, but that was about as close as they would come. Tug Valley just kept it coming. Brewer's dribble penetration and dishes to his teammates for easy baskets almost looked too easy. Brewer dished out 13 assists. The senior point guard just missed a triple-double pulling down eight rebounds.
Tug led 56-35 after three quarters and 62-43 with 4:10 left in the game. Thompson cleared his bench late in the final quarter and the home crowd gave the starters a standing ovation as they left the court.
Baisden led the Panthers with 18 points, Newsome finished with 17, Muncy 13 and Brewer 10. Corey Dillon added four, Austin Baisden two and Ethan Hager two.
Mullens led GBC with 20 points, while Javonne Staunton-Bailey scored 14. The Crusaders are coached by Dan Burd, a former local pastor at Chattaroy. While living in the area, Burch coached the old Mingo Christian school basketball team. He is assisted at GBC by former Beckley coach Dave Barksdale.
Tug Valley made 32-61 from the field for 52 percent and they were 6-13 at the free throw line for 46 percent. They held GBC to 35 percent shooting on 15-43 shots. The Beckley squad was 13-22 from the charity stripe for 59 percent.
Tug Valley is now just one win away from heading back to the state tournament in Charleston.
Tickets at the door for Thursday night's regional game with Valley of Fayette will cost $7 at the door, according to TVHS Athletic Director Tony Clusky. This is the price set by the SSAC. Advance tickets for students will cost $5 and will be on sale later in the week at the school.
Score by quarters:
Greater Beckley Christian - Staunton 16, Cook 2, Daniels 2, Mullins 20, Helton 7.
Tug Valley - Hager 2, Muncy 13, Sturgell 6, A. Baisden 2, Newsome 17, Brewer 10, T. Baisden 18, Dillon 4.


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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Never has a glass of drinking water looked so good.
Winners of the Berkeley County Water and Sanitation's Third Annual National Drinking Water Week Poster Contest were honored before Berkeley County Council during its May 28 meeting.
Drinking Water Week ran from May 5 through May 11. Berkeley County students ranging from Kindergarten through eighth grade were asked to design posters that celebrate water under the theme, "What do you know about H2O?"
BCWS began hosting its National Drinking Water Week Poster Contest in April of 2011. The contest promotes environmental awareness and water conservations in schools.
Contest winners were announced in groups from Kindergarten to second grade, third through fifth grades, and sixth through eighth grades, with three winners chosen from each group. Prizes awarded for the three winners include $100 for first place, $75 for second and $50 for third.
In addition students also received a BCWS prize packet that included educational material according to their grade level.
The contest also leads up to the American Water Works Association (AWWA) National Drinking Water Week, which occurs every May and has been celebrated for more than 30 years. Winning posters are also submitted to AWWA to be judged on a national level. If chosen as a winner, the artwork will be featured in advertising and other promotions as they see fit.
Entries were judged by a team of BCWS employees from various departments.
This year's winners in the Kindergarten through second grade group: First Place, Skylar Ring (College Park Elementary); Second Place, Ameris Williams (College Park Elementary); Third Place, Sami Lane (College Park Elementary).
In the third to fifth grade group winners are: First Place, Alexis Marie Duke (College Park Elementary); Second Place, Landon Camlin (Bonner Elementary); Third Place, Rodrigo Hernandez (Berkeley Intermediate School).
In the sixth to eighth grade group winners are: First Place, Amber Nobles (Macedonia Middle); Second Place, Cami Cox (Macedonia Middle), and Third Place, Delaney Baker (Hanahan Middle).
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Afterwards, Taryn came by our places to grill hot dogs and have lunch/dinner (we ate around 3:30 in the afternoon, lol).
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