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BOONVILLE - At the midway point of their Mountain Valley Conference slate, the Starmount Rams return to the field Friday with a fifth-straight title in their sights.
Unbeaten this year at 6-0 overall and 4-0 in conference action, the Rams hit the home stretch of their season in control of another championship with four games remaining on the schedule.
First up, Starmount travels up the mountain to Millers Creek to take on the top 1A squad in West Wilkes tonight.
The Rams will rely on their lights-out defense, which is allowing just four points per game, to stymie the banged up Blackhawk offensive attack.
At 3-4 on the year and 3-2 in the MVAC, the 'Hawks are fighting to fend off North Wilkes (3-2) and Elkin (2-2) in the race for the 1A title.
The path for the 2A and overall conference championships heads through Boonville for a fifth-straight season, with the Rams leading second-place Wilkes Central (5-1, 4-0) in the standings by virtue of overall records. Starmount and Central square off on the seasons' final night - October 26 in Moravian Falls.
In Elkin, the Buckin' Elks responded from the Battle of the Bridge loss in a big way, spoiling West Wilkes' Homecoming with a crucial 35-21 1A win last Friday.
Elkin returns to the field with two-straight 1A matchups against North Wilkes and Alleghany the next two weeks.
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Josh Strickland and the Elkin offense clicked on all cylinders against West and will look to continue that success against North tonight.
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Coming off a huge Homecoming win over North a week earlier, the Cards (1-4) stumbled against the Trojans, dropping further back in the conference race.
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In 1968, then Town Councilman Harry Hitopoulos cited area growth, saying, It appears that ample water really governs an areas expansion. The sewage disposal problem is still in the mill with the optimum solution being sought.
In discussing growth, he pointed out several commercial ventures that had been launched, including a new seafood restaurant, a planned marina, an outlet for a national chain which distributes auto tires and accessories, and new motels and additional service stations on the bypass.
In regards to suburban living, Hitopoulos commented on the significant increase in subdivisions such as Snee Farm, Creekside, Parish Place, Wakendaw (Lake Woodlawn), Porchers Bluff, and the plans of Georgia-Pacific and others indicated the high desirabality to live east of the Cooper.
At that time, Millwood and The Groves were seeking annexation into the town.
In closing, he said it was crucial that citizens seriously consider the desirability of seeking another bridge.
He said it would take a year to convince the state that a bridge is vital to the areas continued expansion, another year for testing, design, etc., and at least two years to construct.
The proposed marina at the time was being considered for the southern end of Pitt Street but faced resistance.
Our petitions simply express our opposition to the marina and our opposition to the granting of any lease by council of the fishing bridge for any purpose other than its present use that of a fishing bridge for individuals, said opposition spokesperson Jay Muller, who lived at 955 Pitt St.
As we know today, that plan was shot down, and the would-be location of the Pitt Street marina became Otis Picket Park, a town-owned greenspace.
In December of that year, the town Christmas parade was sponsored by the Jaycees and featured over 100 floats. The parade lined up at the corner of McCants and Rifle Range Road and proceeded to Moultrie Shopping Center.
In 1968, nursing homes and retirement homes were called rest homes and the IRS stated that close relatives did not have to be a member of your household to be claimed as a dependent. For example, an article read, a person can still claim a parent as a dependent if they go into a rest home.
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As a community leader, you have the opportunity to transform the lives of many young people. Now more than ever, teens need reliable, dependable, and dedicated individuals who are able and willing to help them reach their highest level of success. Lend your helping hand!
Teen Reach is not just another sex education program.
Palmetto Health believes in abstinence-first, age-appropriate, comprehensive sexuality education. Since 2002, a number of community leaders have responded to our offer of support and have participated in the Teen Reach Program with fantastic results! Because we are convinced of the importance of the community in our teen pregnancy prevention efforts, we are inviting all faith and civic organizations to incorporate teen pregnancy prevention lessons in their existing youth programs. Organizations may opt to use members of the faith or civic organizations to facilitate lessons or invite one of our trained Community Advocates. Lessons are available on a variety of topics, including friendship, values, teen pregnancy, drugs and decision-making.
Please note: Organizations that use members from within their organization will receive a $50 incentive for lesson materials and/or session snacks. Funds may not be used to pay staff or lesson facilitators.
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Requests will only be accepted from churches or civic organizations in Richland and Lexington counties. Organizations must have the capacity and experience to fulfill the following program requirements:
- Educational sessions must be conducted on topics related to healthy relationships (with peers, parents, and partners), pregnancy prevention, and STD/HIV prevention.
- Sessions are a minimum of one hour and must contain at least 15 individuals (youth and/or adults).
- Use the lessons and session evaluations provided or approved by Palmetto Health.
- Event information (sign-in sheets and session notes) must be received within two weeks after the scheduled event.
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- Optogenetic long-term manipulation of behavior and animal development (2011)
- Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) is widely used for rapid photodepolarization of neurons, yet, as it requires high-intensity blue light for activation, it is not suited for long-term in vivo applications, e.g. for manipulations of behavior, or photoactivation of neurons during development. We used "slow" ChR2 variants with mutations in the C128 residue, that exhibit delayed off-kinetics and increased light sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Following a 1 s light pulse, we could photodepolarize neurons and muscles for minutes (and with repeated brief stimulation, up to days) with low-intensity light. Photoactivation of ChR2(C128S) in command interneurons elicited long-lasting alterations in locomotion. Finally, we could optically induce profound changes in animal development: Long-term photoactivation of ASJ neurons, which regulate larval growth, bypassed the constitutive entry into the "dauer" larval state in daf-11 mutants. These lack a guanylyl cyclase, which possibly renders ASJ neurons hyperpolarized. Furthermore, photostimulated ASJ neurons could acutely trigger dauer-exit. Thus, slow ChR2s can be employed to long-term photoactivate behavior and to trigger alternative animal development.
- Development and application of optogenetic methods to functionally characterize synaptic transmission and neural circuits in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (2011)
- Microbial light-activatable proton pumps as neuronal inhibitors to functionally dissect neuronal networks in C. elegans (2012)
- Essentially any behavior in simple and complex animals depends on neuronal network function. Currently, the best-defined system to study neuronal circuits is the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, as the connectivity of its 302 neurons is exactly known. Individual neurons can be activated by photostimulation of Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) using blue light, allowing to directly probe the importance of a particular neuron for the respective behavioral output of the network under study. In analogy, other excitable cells can be inhibited by expressing Halorhodopsin from Natronomonas pharaonis (NpHR) and subsequent illumination with yellow light. However, inhibiting C. elegans neurons using NpHR is difficult. Recently, proton pumps from various sources were established as valuable alternative hyperpolarizers. Here we show that archaerhodopsin-3 (Arch) from Halorubrum sodomense and a proton pump from the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans (Mac) can be utilized to effectively inhibit excitable cells in C. elegans. Arch is the most powerful hyperpolarizer when illuminated with yellow or green light while the action spectrum of Mac is more blue-shifted, as analyzed by light-evoked behaviors and electrophysiology. This allows these tools to be combined in various ways with ChR2 to analyze different subsets of neurons within a circuit. We exemplify this by means of the polymodal aversive sensory ASH neurons, and the downstream command interneurons to which ASH neurons signal to trigger a reversal followed by a directional turn. Photostimulating ASH and subsequently inhibiting command interneurons using two-color illumination of different body segments, allows investigating temporal aspects of signaling downstream of ASH.
- Specific expression of channelrhodopsin-2 in single neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans (2012)
- Optogenetic approaches using light-activated proteins like Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) enable investigating the function of populations of neurons in live Caenorhabditis elegans (and other) animals, as ChR2 expression can be targeted to these cells using specific promoters. Sub-populations of these neurons, or even single cells, can be further addressed by restricting the illumination to the cell of interest. However, this is technically demanding, particularly in free moving animals. Thus, it would be helpful if expression of ChR2 could be restricted to single neurons or neuron pairs, as even wide-field illumination would photostimulate only this particular cell. To this end we adopted the use of Cre or FLP recombinases and conditional ChR2 expression at the intersection of two promoter expression domains, i.e. in the cell of interest only. Success of this method depends on precise knowledge of the individual promoters' expression patterns and on relative expression levels of recombinase and ChR2. A bicistronic expression cassette with GFP helps to identify the correct expression pattern. Here we show specific expression in the AVA reverse command neurons and the aversive polymodal sensory ASH neurons. This approach shall enable to generate strains for optogenetic manipulation of each of the 302 C. elegans neurons. This may eventually allow to model the C. elegans nervous system in its entirety, based on functional data for each neuron.


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act as they please as long as they do no harm to
others? Many Americans agree that government
has no business meddling in the "private lives" of
its citizens, but Robert George thinks that this opinion needs to
be reexamined. McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at
Princeton University, Robert P. George persuasively argues that
private virtue is a matter of public concern. George embraces
"natural law theory" while questioning the central doctrines of
modern liberal jurisprudence. He argues that moral legislation
can play a legitimate role in maintaining a social environment
conducive to virtue and inhospitable to at least some forms of
In Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality (1995),
George defends the society which seeks to "make men moral" as
long as the moral legislation is rightly grounded in natural law.
In so doing, he replaces legal positivism - the notion that actions
are right or wrong because government says so - with objective
moral truths discoverable by reason.
Natural law theory is enjoying a revival of interest in a variety
of scholarly disciplines including law, philosophy, political
science, and theology. Robert George stands at the forefront of
this movement. In addition to Making Men Moral, he is author
of In Defense of Natural Law (1999) and The Autonomy of Law: Essays on
Legal Positivism (1999). He has also published articles in the areas of
jurisprudence and constirutional law. George is a member of the
editorial board of the American Journal of Jurisprudence and the
board of directors of the Philosophy Education Society. He has
received a Judicial Fellowship from the Supreme Court of the
United States and is a former Presidential appointee to the
United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Robert George received a law degree from Harvard Law
School and a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University.
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One of the mainstays of Mocs tennis during its run of eight-straight SoCon titles from 1978-85 is 2012 UTC Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee Scott Zaccaria ('84). Zaccaria twice won SoCon singles championships and was a three-time doubles winner. He was also the 1984 SoCon Player of the Year, the first Moc to take home the league's top individual honor.
A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., Zaccaria was one of the top junior players in the south and was recruited by nearly every school in the region. He turned down a scholarship offer from Auburn to play for head coach Tommy Bartlett and the Mocs.
"I came to UTC because of Tommy Bartlett," said Zaccaria. "I was getting recruited by a lot of schools and had a number of opportunities, but I fell in love with Chattanooga and wanted to play for Coach Bartlett."
Zaccaria jumped into the lineup as a freshman at No. 3, behind senior George Jarck and sophomore Phillip Tuckniss, on a season-opening road swing through Florida. His first match was against the Gators and Colin McAlphin, the No. 1 ranked player from Canada at the time.
"I was really nervous for that first match," recalled Zaccaria. "But once we started, I settled down and played really well."
He went on to defeat McAlphin (6-2, 6-1) in straight sets, embarking on an impressive career over the next four years. The Mocs narrowly missed the upset against Florida in a 5-4 loss, but posted a 22-4 record for the season. Zaccaria won his first SoCon title at No. 3 that season, leading the Mocs to the SoCon team championship for the fourth year in a row.
As a sophomore in 1982, the UTC was again the top team in the league with an 18-7 record. The Mocs narrowly defeated Furman for another SoCon title, and Zaccaria won the first of three-straight doubles trophies with teammate Billy Dean.
Chattanooga was 20-4 in 1983 with Zaccaria won another SoCon doubles championship alongside teammate and now fellow Hall of Famer Orlando Lourenco. Zaccaria posted a 21-3 record in singles during the regular season, playing mostly the No. 2 position.
As a senior in 1984, Zaccaria split time at the top two spots with Lourneco, while the pair teamed up in doubles. Zaccaria went 36-1 in the regular season and tournaments, with his only loss coming in a three-set (6-7, 7-5, 6-0) defeat to South Alabama's James Potion on March 15. Despite that loss, Zaccaria guided the Mocs to an undefeated 21-0 season and another SoCon title.
At the SoCon Championships, Zaccaria won the No. 1 singles draw. He and Lourenco won the No. 2 doubles crown and Zaccaria was named the men's player of the year. The Mocs had a number of big wins that year, including Georgia Tech, West Virginia, Pittsburgh and two over Vanderbilt.
"Those were some great teams we had back then and we had a great time playing together," stated Zaccaria. "Coach Bartlett meant a lot of all of us and I look forward seeing him and some of my old teammates this weekend."
Zaccaria will join Coach Bartlett and former teammates Lourenco, Jarck and Tuckniss in the UTC Athletics Hall of Fame when he is inducted on Friday night. He will become the eighth member of the men's tennis program to be enshrined by the athletics department at UTC.
"To get into the Hall of Fame is a great honor," stated Zaccaria. "I was very surprised when I got the word that I was going to be inducted. To be recognized 30 years after playing is a great feeling and I look forward to the weekend in Chattanooga."


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Your little one will soon learn their first numbers, shapes and colors with this bright board book. There are 100 color pictures which they will love to look at, and 100 simple first words to learn, too. The pages are made from tough board for hours of fun reading, and the cover is softly padded for little hands to hold.
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President Barack Obama rarely misses an opportunity to insert himself into an issue. Last Friday, he appeared in the White House pressroom to comment on the George Zimmerman verdict. The president said he could have been Trayvon Martin. Not likely, given his private schooling and the way he was fast-tracked to success.
The president said the history of African-Americans partially explains the way many black people view the case. He spoke of blacks hearing car doors lock as they cross the street and of white women who clutch their purses tightly when a black person enters an elevator.
Then he touched on the real problem: "Now, this isn't to say that the African American community is naive about the fact that African-American young men are disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system, that they are disproportionately both victims and perpetrators of violence. It's not to make excuses for that fact, although black folks do interpret the reasons for that in a historical context. We understand that some of the violence that takes place in poor black neighborhoods around the country is born out of a very violent past in this country, and that the poverty and dysfunction that we see in those communities can be traced to a very difficult history."
OK, but what about poor people in the same neighborhoods who don't engage in violent behavior? What values are they being taught? Don't they have the same history, but make different choices?
It is not news that much poverty in the African-American community stems from broken or never-started families; or that too many black men leave black women to raise children on their own; or that the way "gangsta culture" is portrayed in the media does not produce an image that is endearing to white employers; or that public schools in minority neighborhoods are failing to build the foundations necessary for a successful life; or that the abortion rate among black women is four times higher than non-Hispanic whites among 15-19 year-olds, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Abortion, which the president has done nothing to curtail, also devalues African-American lives.
The politics of race plays a role. When black people kill each other, or murder a white person, the president usually feels no need to comment (the recent murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton being a rare exception); Al Sharpton doesn't march, Jesse Jackson doesn't call for boycotts, or label Florida an "apartheid state," as he did following the Zimmerman verdict. Are black lives only worth mentioning when they are extinguished by non-blacks?
There are black people who are disgusted by the behavior, clothing, attitude and language of some young black men. On the Washington Post's website last week, beneath a transcript of the president's remarks last Friday, a reader posting under the name "Chaquita1" offered a personal story about recently being on a train and watching an African-American woman give the evil eye to a pair of young African-American males in "gangsta wear" making a commotion. They became belligerent, talking about "the fat lady glaring at them."
The woman arose, Chaquita1 wrote, "and said ,'Trayvon Martin died for nothing. His death did not empower you, it should have been a wake-up call.' She then returned to her seat, looked straight at me and said, 'You have white trash. We have black trash.'"
Discussions like this should be included in any "conversation about race" the president says he wants, along with how such attitudes and behavior contribute to racial conflict.
Cal Thomas is a political commentator and columnist.
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The controversial Book of Ezekiel nearly didn't make it into the biblical canon, but it has had a lasting impact on both liturgical practice and mystical traditions.
By Dr. Solomon B. Freehof
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The author of this introduction to the Book of Ezekiel embraces the once prevalent perspective on the literary prophets, that they were negatively disposed toward the Temple and priestly ritual. In general, scholars today hold that the literary prophets' rhetoric critiquing sacrifice is intended not as opposition to Temple ritual per se, but to empty, or hypocritical, Temple practice, the result of sacrifice in the absence of social justice. In other respects, Dr. Freehof's article provides a useful and interesting introduction to Ezekiel. This article is excerpted from Book of Ezekiel: A Commentary, and is being used with the permission of UAHC Press.
Ezekiel Barely Makes the Bible
The Book of Ezekiel has always been a problem book. As early as the second century C.E., in the time of the Mishnah, there were doubts and concern about it. These doubts were strong enough, in those early days, to raise the question of whether Ezekiel should be one of the biblical books. The Talmud (Sabbath 13b) relates that Hananiah ben Hezekiah (one of the teachers of the Mishnah, who lived about the year 70) used up three hundred measures of oil (to study by) in order to harmonize the laws in Ezekiel with those given in the Torah. If not for this effort, some believed, the book would have been kept out of the Bible. The phrase used was: "The Book of Ezekiel would have been hidden away" (nignaz Sefer Yehezkel).
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The rabbis were greatly troubled by the fact that the Book of Ezekiel gives certain laws, chiefly as to the Temple procedures, which actually contradict the laws given in the Book of Leviticus. They had a further objection: The opening chapters (chapters 1-3) of the Book of Ezekiel present a detailed picture of God coming in a chariot, surrounded by retinues of angels, etc. This picture, called "the arrangement of the chariot" (ma'aseh merkavah), became the starting point of special mystical studies. Though deemed important by the rabbis, such studies were considered dangerous for the uninitiated, and therefore the rabbis said that these chapters should not be studied, except by the learned few (Mishnah Hagigah 2: 1). How, then, could they permit such a book to be part of the Bible, to be read by anyone?
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This is an answer to a question nobody asked. People in the camera community have been watching smartphones eat the lunch of the small matchbox consumer cams, so they think that connectivity is the answer. There's already a name for this kind of device... it's called your iPhone. If you are posting to Twitter or Facebook, the resolution doesn't matter and even in low light, the current generation of smartphones look okay when downsized to Facebook postings. If you are a Twitter user, which is more convenient, posting directly over your phone's cellular connection or waiting to find a wi-fi signal with your camera?
Nikon slaps Android on a camera and it doesn't stick. (Or, why there's no iCamera yet.)
Apple keeps improving the camera in the iPhone on a roughly yearly schedule, but given some comments from Steve Jobs on revolutionizing photography, there have been rumors of... something more. Nikon has just explored one avenue of more-ness, namely slapping Android on a point and shoot to see if it would stick. And it doesn't, at least according to Phil Nickinson of Android Central who took a look at the brand new Coolpix S800c:
The Nikon Coolpix S800c could have been so much more. Nikon could have taken the Android framework and made a compelling user interface that complements the fundamental usage case for the device -- it's a damn camera, after all.
Instead, we've got a traditional Android experience. And while we're all for seeing Android on anything and everything, it needs to be customized. Just as the Android phone UI didn't lend itself well to 7-inch tablets, neither does it really work for a camera. Oh, it's functional, but that doesn't make it good. For a mass-market consumer device, the UI needs to be simple, intuitive and, frankly, simply look better than what's on the S800c.
Truly great product people -- the ones who know what the market wants before the market itself, and how to make technology accessible to hundreds of millions of mainstream customers -- are incredibly, stupefyingly rare. They're snipers. Carefully lining up single shots and taking them, and then taking out a market with them. More common are the shotgunners who pack their shells with anything and everything they can find around them and then blast away hoping to hit the market before the poor, terrified market can jump to safety behind a dumpster.
The Coolpix S800c from Nikon seems decidedly the latter, and Phil absolutely nails why. Phones may have cameras but cameras are not phones nor should they be running phone software -- especially overly complex phone software. Nikon appears to have made a smartcamera just to make a smartcamera, and not crafted something to really change the camera space or improve the camera experience.
Hopefully Nikon will try again, and do it better. And maybe Canon will license Android or something else and take their shot too. But they'll need to drop their shotguns and pick up fully scoped rifles to do it. Revolution rides on a single, perfectly timed bullet. Not on the back of buckshot.
If Apple is still working on photography beyond the iPhone, it won't be with iOS slapped on a point-and-shoot.
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Nikon slaps Android on a camera and it doesn't stick. (Or, why there's no iCamera yet.)
I think the concept has promise, but i needs better execution. Starters, if Android it should be running ICS if not Jelly Bean as its base, and it needs to be customised for the purpose, including using better than the stock camera and gallery apps (I don't know if it does or not). Keep the GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi, drop the cellular hardware and software.
Rene has nailed it, the idea is to use the difference (Android in this case) to improve what you are doing. What Nikon has done is simply build a P&S running Android because they could. They didn't try to improve their basic P&S camer at all. They need to figure out what about Android (or any "connected" OS) can make a better camera and exploit that. The answer is obvious, but they have missed it. Better luck with the next version.


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PRESTONSBURG — Libby Hall, of McDowell, was named a winner of the 2013 Floyd County Community Hero.
Libby Hall was selected as this year's Floyd County Community Hero after being nominated for her work helping people to overcome substance abuse addictions.
Hall says she wasn't even aware that her name had been submitted, and that it came as a complete surprise to her that she had even been nominated.
"I don't feel like I deserve it," Hall said. "I'm not an expert in addiction, I've dealt with it for about 4-to-5 years. I know the good bad and the ugly. I see people trying to do the work, and I try to help them. A lot of times, it's just loving them unconditionally. A lot of times, that's all they need is just someone to support them."
Hall is a retired teacher from the Floyd County School system. Following her retirement, Hall says she became interested in working with substance abuse and sought out training. Hall has operated the faith-based 12-step program "Celebrate Recovery" held at the McDowell First Baptist Church for nearly five years.
Hall says they have also recently formed a support group for the families of people suffering from drug addiction.
Heather Eldridge, one of the people who nominated Hall, says her community hero is "full of joy" and "never gives up on anyone."
Hall says she just tries to help those who are trying to help themselves. "I take them to court, talk to judges. If they are doing the work I'll write a letter of recommendation to judges.." She says she also helps people work through difficult legal waters of social services and with finding employment and understands that relapse often accompanies the burdens of the court system, social services, and lack of employment.
"It's very rewarding, its very challenging. Its very frustrating. So many things go into recovery," says Hall. She says she was intrigued by the work because both her children, and her daughter-in-law are all social workers.
This year's Floyd County Community Hero contest was sponsored by Riverview Health Care Center. Submissions to the contest were taken from April 26 to May 17.
Missy Allen, administrator for Riverview, says the competition "gives us an opportunity to recognize folks in our community who are doing awesome things and helps to recognize folks who the community may not be aware."
"I've known Libby for many years, both in the church, and in the community. I was excited to death that she was the winner."
Meetings of the Celebrate Recovery group are held every Sunday and Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m., at the McDowell First Baptist Church. The Family support group meeting is held Monday nights at 7 p.m.


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MADISON – Mingo County native Jason Smith will be fighting for the light-heavyweight championship of West Virginia this Saturday, March 9 at the Madison Civic Center.
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Smith, who now lives in Logan, fights under the nickname "Coalfield Cobra" and will take on Morgantown's Eric Watkins for the title.
"I've been boxing since I was 16," Smith, a former Mingo County deputy sheriff, said. "I started in the Golden Gloves and then entered the Toughman competition."
"I have always loved boxing," said Smith. While attending Mingo Christian High School, Smith was a standout basketball player.
Smith, who now works in the coal mines, first turned pro in 2005. Working the "hoot owl" shift underground in the mines, it is hard for him to find time to train. But he works it out and keeps up his rigorous training schedule.
"I had my own business for a while," Smith, who is now 34 years old, said.
"I want to win this title," he said. "Then I may have the opportunity to get some big money fights."
Smith and his wife Missy have a 9-year old daughter, Allison.
Smith was part of a boxing card held at the Williamson Fieldhouse last year. "I hope to fight in Williamson again," he added.
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With massive automatic federal spending cuts and tax hikes looming that could push the fragile U.S. economy over a �fiscal cliff� if Congress fails to take action in the coming weeks, Frederick County political and business leaders fear the worst but are hoping for the best.
They worry that the impact will harm the economic recovery in the county, but agree that such a situation is extremely difficult if not impossible to anticipate.
But as Congress and President Barack Obama try to negotiate a way to avoid the tax increases and budget cuts called �sequestration� that are due to take effect in January, county leaders remain optimistic that a deal will be reached.
�I think it�s guarded optimism,� said Ric Adams, president and chief executive officer of the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce. �I hate to think what would happen. I don�t even want to comment. It�s too scary.�
No one will be left unscathed if a deal is not reached. Middle-class workers will see their taxes go up and less money in their paychecks to balance their household budgets. Fort Detrick, the largest employer in the county, as well as small local businesses could suffer. And, local governments and the school system, which depend on federal dollars will also feel the bite.
�It�s a concern for everyone,� Adams said. �Hopefully, Congress can come to an agreement.�
Democratic U.S. Rep.-elect John Delaney of Potomac — who unseated 10-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R) of Buckeystown in the Nov. 6 election for the redrawn 6th Congressional District, which includes part of Frederick County — is urging lawmakers to reach a compromise.
�With sequestration looming the time is now for Congress to roll up its sleeves, work together, and get a deal done,� Delaney wrote in an email. �There will be grave consequences for the country, for the region, and for Fort Detrick, if we go off the fiscal cliff.�
The National Cancer Institute as a whole would be cut by more than $400 million. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D) of Baltimore and U.S. Rep Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (D-Dist.8) of Kensington, last month, toured the National Cancer Institute�s Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research to discuss the budget cuts and their potential effect on Maryland jobs.
The Fort Detrick Business and Development Office, which was established in 2005 to assist companies that have federal contracts with Fort Detrick, has helped some 2,500 companies since 2005.
An official with Fort Detrick said Monday that the U.S. Army base is waiting for an outcome before implementing any changes.
�The Army is not conducting detailed planning for sequestration, or assessing the potential impact of sequestration on specific installations,� Lanessa Hill, Fort Detrick�s public affairs officer, wrote in an email. �We remain focused on implementing the strategy-driven budget we have developed.�
Fort Detrick is the No. 1 employer in Frederick County, with 4,349 employees, according to the Frederick County Office of Economic Development.
�Sequestration� and �fiscal cliff� are the popular shorthand terms used to describe the risky situation the federal government is facing on Jan. 2, when the Budget Control Act of 2011 is scheduled to take effect.
Among the laws set to change at midnight on Dec. 31 is the end of the temporary payroll tax cuts — which will result in a 2 percent increase for American workers — as well as the George W. Bush-era tax cuts for businesses and families.
At the same time, $1 trillion of spending cuts agreed upon to help offset debt-ceiling increases of as much as $2.1 trillion will begin to take effect. That means that more than 1,000 government programs, including the defense budget and Medicare, are in line for deep spending cuts.
A bipartisan congressional �super committee� authorized to specify where the reductions would come from failed to reach an agreement last year, and across-the-board cuts will kick in if Congress does not change the plan.
Van Hollen was part of the congressional super committee that tried and failed to agree on a deficit-reduction, told The Gazette earlier this month that he was �focused 100 percent� on making sure the cuts didn�t kick in.
�It would not be good for the country, and certainly would not be good for Maryland,� said Van Hollen, whose newly drawn district also includes northern Frederick County.
Van Hollen vowed to put forward a proposal to reduce spending by eliminating certain agricultural subsidies and tax breaks for big oil companies, as well as applying the so-called �Buffet rule.�
Named for investor Warren Buffet, the rule would put a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on anyone making more than $1 million a year.
In a report released by Obama�s top economic advisers on Monday, the most painful part of the fiscal cliff would be the end of the middle-class tax cuts, which could take $200 billion out of the economy next year.
�If Congress fails to act, every American family�s taxes will automatically go up, including the 98 percent of Americans who make less than $250,000 a year and the 97 percent of small businesses that earn less than $250,000 a year,� the 14-page report said. �A typical middle-class family of four would see its taxes rise by $2,200.�
Delaney pointed to the Simpson-Bowles commission, known formally as the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, a presidential committee created by Obama in 2010 to come up with ways to improve the nation�s fiscal outlook. The commission�s recommendations, which failed to get the supermajority votes in Congress to be enacted, included a series of spending cuts and increased tax revenues.
�The Simpson-Bowles proposal offers the framework for a balanced, measured approach and a way to move forward,� Delaney said. �In addition to Simpson-Bowles, there are a number of grand budget proposals that are also preferable to doing nothing. We need both sides to come to the table and compromise for the good of the nation.�
As Obama continues to build his case for extending the middle class tax cuts, and Republicans in Congress fight to keep the tax cuts for those families earning more than $250,000 a year, it�s business as usual in Frederick County — at least for now.
�Without knowing the specifics, it is hard to know how it will impact businesses,� said Helen Riddle, the director of the Frederick County Business Retention and Development Division. �Certainly, [we�re] concerned about those businesses that receive [Department of Defense] funds.�
There are 78 businesses in the county that receive federal contract dollars, according to GSAContractsWon.com, a website that provides information on companies across the country that receive federal dollars. From 2004 to 2011, $189 million in federal funds was awarded to 2,320 companies in Frederick County.
Frederick County Board of Commissioners� President Blaine R. Young (R) said he is confident a deal will be reached.
�They will figure it out,� he said. �The question is, how they will work it out. We need comprehensive tax reform across the board. I think everybody would be willing to chip in if they knew the government would get their spending habits under control.�
While the county stands to lose some federal dollars, Frederick County Public Schools could face up to $1.3 million in potential federal aid cuts for the 2013-14 school year if the automatic cuts take effect, according to school officials.
The fiscal cliff could reduce federal funding to Maryland by more than $117 million in fiscal 2013, according to state estimates.
The White House report also warned that the holiday season is not the time to increase taxes on the middle class.
�The expiration of the middle-class tax cuts could lower consumer spending by $200 billion next year,� the report said.
Tom England, owner of Dancing Bear Toys and Gifts in Frederick, isn�t too worried.
England said he is choosing to concentrate on a profitable holiday season because the prospect of a fiscal cliff raises too many questions and unknowns.
�I really hope they prevent something like that from happening,� he said. �We just don�t know. ... We�re just focusing on the business.�
Staff Writer Daniel Leaderman contributed to this story.
This article was corrected to include the accurate figure for potential cuts to the National Cancer Institute. As a whole it would be cut by more than $400 million.


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CHARLESTON — Gary Allan Terry, 38, of Pecks Mill, faced Kanawha County Magistrate Julie Yeager as he was being charged with murder in the first degree in the death of his wife, Caren Blankenship.
The complaint says the Terry and his wife, Caren Blankenship, the victim, got into an argument at the Rodeway Inn at Chapmanville. During the course of the argument, the defendant pushed the victim causing her to hit her head resulting in a severe head trauma. This injury caused the victim to be transported to Logan Regional Medical Center, then on to Charleston Area Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Sunday.
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Things I would have changed:The Rail System is a joke. It is mounted on the front of the main frame which is molded plastic and flexes like it was made from rubber. The entire rail system is so unstable I don't know how anyone can get any repeatability. Just look thru the sight and push your finger ever so gently on the system and it moves all over the place. If I were a Gamo Engineer I would mount the system to the internal metal frame otherwise it is not worth having. The Red Dot scope is not a dot!..it is an array of dots and they don't even make a tight circle. Mine looks like crap. laser is pathetic, at 50 feet it lights up a 6 inch spot.Just being brutally honest.
What others should know:Don't waste your money. The gun might be good without all the crap accessories. Just buy a stripped down PT-85 i guess.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – After years of trying Jonathan Kotyk won his first WKA Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series final in May at New Castle Motorsports Park. At JET Karting at this past weekend's Top Kart USA Grand Nationals, Kotyk backed up his first-ever national win with four main event victories in the four classes he entered.
Kotyk, an OGP Tony Kart racer out of Oviedo, Fla., swept the Komet Pro main events and raced his Rotax-powered mount to a sweep of the TaG Senior features to net the impressive four-win weekend.
Kotyk became only the second driver in 2013 Man Cup competition to win four races in a weekend. Brandon Lemke accomplished the feat at New Castle in the Junior Sportsman category.
The Kotyk team, privateers racing out of a small trailer and not under a major team's tent, left South Bend with four prestigious Grand National Eagle trophies and $300 as the overall winner in Komet Pro, marking the second straight Man Cup national Kotyk has earned that award. Kotyk also now has a commanding lead in Komet Pro point standings and the inside shot on the $2,000 and new KPV engine kit year-end prize package.
"We knew the Rotax was good (at South Bend) last year so we figured we'd have a good package coming into the weekend," Kotyk said Sunday afternoon. "I thought Chelootz and Giessen might get together on that last lap, and I was just sitting there waiting for it. It worked out great; I have to thank my dad, OGP, Tony Kart and everyone who helps with this effort. We're really starting to hit on all cylinders."
Kotyk speaks of Sunday's TaG Senior main event, which was easily the most exciting of his wins. Mike Giessen, Mason Chelootz and Kotyk ran nose to tail throughout the 18-lapper. Chelootz and Kotyk looked low several times throughout the race, but it wasn't until turn nine on the final lap that an overtaking move occurred.
Chelootz shot to the inside of Giessen in turn nine, looking for the inside pass and the Grand National win. Chelootz's right-front made contact with Giessen's left-rear, setting both karts sideways and allowing Kotyk to sneak past on the inside and take the big win and a sweep of TaG Senior.
Lemke scored the hat trick and made it seven wins in the last two Man Cup outings to solidify himself as the hottest Sportsman racer in WKA.
The Merlin pilot swept the Yamaha Sportsman main events and took one of two in Cadet Sportsman to pick up the three-win weekend. Lemke, out of Eagle, Wis., beat Zach Holden to the stripe in both Yamaha mains. He nearly swept Cadet; after winning Saturday's Cadet contest over Anthony Gangi Jr., Lemke crossed the stripe first in Cadet Sportsman 2 but the win was overturned as Lemke made contact with David Malukas in turn nine on the final lap. Officials penalized Lemke for the contact, giving Malukas his only triumph of the weekend.
Gangi crossed the stripe first in Saturday's Yamaha Sportsman main but was disqualified in post-race tech, giving the win to Lemke. The GT7 Motorsports Tony Kart racer rebounded Sunday to dominate Komet Sportsman 2, taking the win over Malukas.
Merlin racer Austin Schaff proved he's one of the best Sportsman racers in the country when the track is wet. In a rain-drenched Komet Sportsman 1 race late Saturday, Schaff dominated the likes of Lemke, Malukas, Gangi and Holden on his way to the win. Lemke took second with young Giovanni Bromante third.
Mike McAndrews made it five wins in six starts in Komet Junior in 2013 with another sweep of the division. McAndrwes won Saturday's contest in the rain when he was one of only two racers to go out on rain tires. The on-and-off rain showers had teams second-guessing and McAndrews and second-place finisher Julia Boos were the only two to stay on rains.
McAndrews returned Sunday to wheel his Birel to the Komet Junior 2 win over Grant Quinlan and point-leader Austin McCusker.
Quinlan gave Man Cup fans one of the most impressive races in recent memory when he started 20th in Sunday's Yamaha Junior main and passed 19 karts on his way to the win. Quinlan overtook Brandon Jarsocrak with about five laps left before pulling away for the big win. Jarsocrak was second and Matt Solarczyk third.
On Saturday, Emerson Reed scored his first Man Cup win of the season in Yamaha Junior 1. Reed wheeled his Top Kart to the victory over Jarsocrak and Solarczyk.
Sam Cate and Dakota Pesek split the Yamaha Senior mains. Cate dominated on his Tony Kart on Saturday, taking the win by a wide margin over Olivia Horn, who had the best Man Cup run of her career in the second-place effort.
Horn and Cate finished a disappointing sixth and seventh in Sunday's Yamaha Senior final, while Pesek made a late-race pass on Chase Jones to score the Grand National win. Jones looked to have the race in hand until Pesek closed late and overtook the fellow Top Kart driver with one lap remaining. Jones held on for second with Patrick Olsen third, making it an all-Top Kart top three.
Kyle Kalish dominated Saturday's Parilla Senior main event on his Merlin. Kalish finished well ahead of Jacob Knueven and Derek Dignan for the score, his first as a senior driver in WKA Man Cup competition.
Kalish had to return to his Illinois home Sunday morning, leaving the Parilla Senior 2 class wide open. Knueven stepped up to the plate, passing Garrett Johnston in the 18-lap final and racing his Arrow to the chassis make's only win of the weekend. Johnston was second and California's Austin Elliott third.
Scott Ferris continued his dominance of TaG Masters. Ferris won both days over Steve Schiewer. Brothers Scot and Kim Carapellatti were the only other entrants in the short four-kart Masters field.
Gage Rodgers and Mark J. Fineis gave Birel two more Man Cup wins in the Yamaha Rookie classes. Rodgers won Saturday's Rookie contest over Tony Kart racer Jeremy Fairbairn and Fineis.
Fineis, from Zionsville, Ind., led most of Sunday's Rookie final and held on late to best Rodgers and Aiden Harrington, who were both right behind Fineis at the finish. Rookie racing was clean and safe throughout the weekend.
Birel and Tony Kart each won six finals on the weekend to lead the chassis manufacturers. Merlin scored five wins – three from Lemke and one each from Kalish and Schaff – with Top Kart earning four wins. Knueven gave Arrow its lone win.
Updated Manufacturers Cup chassis points look like this.
1. Top Kart – 22 wins
2. Tony Kart – 18
3. Birel – 17
4. Merlin – 12
5. Arrow – 6
6. Haase – 6
7. iKart – 2
8. Exprit – 2
9. Kosmic – 1
Next up for the Man Cup is round five of the national series, August 16-18, 2013. The Checkered Motorsports / Zero Error Racing Nationals will run at Pittsburgh International Race Complex.
Pre-registration is now open for Pittsburgh Man Cup. Click here to view and print the entry form.


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HAMBURG, NY – The Hilbert College women's volleyball team beat SUNY Oswego 3-1 in a vibrant match on October 12. The Hawks (5-11, 1-4) won the first set 25-20 but the Lakers answered back, winning the second set 25-23. With some intense volleys back and forth early in the third set, the match was up in the air until Hilbert put the game away for good (25-18) The fourth set found Hilbert scoring several points and making runs from service aces (25-14).
Junior Rachel Kwiatkowski had a strong defensive outing, leading the Hawks with 24 digs, while adding six kills (.333%) on offense. Sophomore Shannon Memminger had a stellar performance, tallying 28 assists and three kills on offense and having 11 digs on defense. Junior Chelsea Reischuck had a banner night offensively as well, connecting 10 kills for Hilbert on 39 attacks. Freshman Kayla Lewis also chipped in with eight kills and 21 digs for the night for the Hawks.
The Hawks will be on the road October 15, where they will travel to Grove City for a tri-match against Thomas More University, and Grove City College. Hilbert will be home again on October 18, when they will host AMCC opponent Pitt-Bradford at 7pm.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
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"That was a nice sound at the end of that game. There's nothing better than winning on the road and hearing that silence. The reason we got a chance to win that games was because of the great start we got out to. We made a huge effort. We wanted to throw the first punch, and I wasn't talking to our team. I was talking to Drazen, Gee, Rico, Casey and Z because they are the ones playing in the first four minutes. It was up to them to get us out to a good start, and we did a great job defensively. We got some easy baskets, too. I don't know if the stats are right, but if we were 3-for-8 from the three-point line, then that's a great stat. Eight-for-10 from the three-point line should be right up our alley."
On hanging onto the lead
"We were up 16-2, and from that moment on it was hard trying hold on. We finished the half well, but we went from a 19-point lead to a 14-point lead when I think we could have given ourselves a little cushion. But for us to be mentally tough enough to step to the foul line and make free throws made me proud. I was really proud of Gee. He stepped up when he had to make big free-throws. We never got rattled. That was a rattled game because they came back and cut it to two points, and they were pressuring, but we never got rattled. It was crazy but we never lost our composure."
Thoughts on the number of fouls in the game
"It was a very physical game and all of our big guys had four fouls a piece. There wasn't great flow because there were so many fouls, but what do you do? You can get flustered and frustrated, but we didn't and we held our composure. Rico has done a really nice job of getting to the foul line and he feels comfortable there. I felt very comfortable with Eric Robertson at the foul line, too. We did a better job of screening bodies tonight and a better job of executing. And then we made some great plays. Gee took a charge and that was a huge play, and the play that he made to Casey Jones was great coaching. That was a busted play and he just made something out of it, and he finished like a man. It reminded me of a left-handed dunk that Z had in here once. We're happy right now and we're going to be happy for the rest of the night, but then we are going to start focusing on Appalachian State."


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5 July 2012
New research carried out by the University of Cambridge for Stonewall's School Report 2012 has found that 55 per cent of lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils in Britain's secondary schools experience homophobic bullying. The research, based on a national survey of 1,614 young people, also found that nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of gay young people have attempted to take their own life, and more than half (56 per cent) deliberately harm themselves.
The School Report 2012 reveals that 99 per cent of gay young people hear homophobic language – like 'that's so gay' and 'you're so gay'. However, a quarter of gay young people – rising to over a third in faith schools – report that teachers never challenge homophobic language. In schools where teaching staff never challenge homophobic remarks, the rate of homophobic bullying is far higher than in schools where such language is always challenged (71 per cent compared to 43 per cent).
Stonewall Chief Executive Ben Summerskill said: 'It's unacceptable that over half of gay young people face a daily nightmare of homophobic bullying, and deeply worrying that many schools and teachers still fail to challenge it effectively. Thankfully Stonewall's years of work with thousands of schools and local authorities has reduced the overall level of homophobic bullying significantly. But we won't rest until every single gay young person in this country can walk through their school gates every morning without fear of being bullied just because of the way they were born.'
Schools Minister Nick Gibb said: 'Homophobic bullying, of any kind and of any child, is completely unacceptable. No child should have to suffer fear, victimisation or disruption as a result of bullying, either on or off school premises. Tackling poor behaviour and bullying are top priorities for the Coalition Government. Working with Stonewall and other groups, we are supporting schools to take a zero tolerance approach to all forms of bullying. We are also clear that homophobic language should become as unacceptable as racial slurs.'
Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg, speaking at Stonewall's Education for All Conference in London today, paid tribute to Stonewall for making a 'vital contribution' to discussions about homophobic bullying. 'Every school and college must be a safe environment for everyone learning and working there,' he said. 'Stonewall's School Report sets out challenges for schools, the Department for Education and Ofsted. It also makes recommendations for local authorities and academy chains - it's vital that these are adopted.'
Today's report updates Stonewall's School Report 2007, which found that nearly two thirds of young people were being homophobically bullied. Homophobic language remains as prevalent today as it was in 2007, although twice as many young people today report their schools say homophobic bullying is wrong (50 per cent, up from 25 per cent in 2007).
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2011-12 HIGHLIGHTS | Stats
- Appeared in 12 games
- Registered 6 points along with 7 rebounds
- Recorded a career-high in points (4) and minutes played (8) in win against Manhattan (12/09/11)
Before UNH: Spoto graduated from Pittsfield-Sutherland High School in 2011. She was named to the All-Greater Rochester First-Team in 2010-2011, the second team in 2009-2010 and was selected to the first-team all county three times and named to the third team all-state in 2010-2011. As a senior, Spoto was also voted Team MVP as well as the Section 5 Co-Player of the Year. Spoto participated in the Ronald McDonald all-star game and played on the Section 5 all-tournament team. In addition to basketball, Spoto played three years of lacrosse, helping her team become sectional and state champions in 2010-2011 as well as sectional champions in 2009-2010. In lacrosse, she was named first-team all county and became an Academic All-American in 2009-2010.


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Cyndi Lauper
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of her iconic debut album, "She's So Unusual," Cyndi Lauper still just wants to have fun. The album, which spawned four Top 5 hits on the Billboard 100 ("Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop" and "All Through the Night"), will be performed in its entirety as part of the show. Fresh off a win for Best Score at the Tony Awards (Lauper made history by becoming the first woman to win best score), she continues to add to her tally of more than 50 awards. Joining Lauper on her She's So Unusual Tour is Hunter Valentine, an alt-rock girl band.
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
Where: North Charleston Performing Arts Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive
Price: $37.50-$65
For more info: www.NorthCharlestonColiseumPAC.com or www.CyndiLauper.com
Party at the Point
Charleston resident and "American Idol" finalist Elise Testone will take the stage at this week's Party at the Point. Dubbed Charleston's "premier happy hour concert series," the event will feature a full cash bar and drink specials, including $2 draft beers while it lasts. Originally planned as the finale (a rescheduled event on July 5 will feature Stop Light Observations with Fowler's Mustache), Vanity Salon Style Bus, a mobile beauty salon, will be set up offering hair styling, make-up, body art and more.
When: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina, 20 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant
Price: $15
For more info: www.CharlestonPartyAtThePoint.com
Festival in the Park
Put on in coordination between the town of Moncks Corner and the Berkeley County Family YMCA, the 31st annual Festival in the Park will feature food, artists, crafters, music and other entertainment, and jump castles. The event will close at dusk with a fireworks display.
When: 2 p.m. Saturday
Where: Old Santee Canal Park, 900 Stony Landing Road, Moncks Corner
Price: $1; kids ages 10 and under get in free
For more info: 761-9622
Red, White and Blue on the Green
Summerville DREAM (Downtown Restoration, Enhancement and Management) is getting a jump start on celebrating Independence Day. With live music, games, crafts, jump castles and food vendors, there will be something for everyone at this family-friendly event. Returning this year will be the Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty Costume Contest and the nonmotorized parade. Bring your decorated bike, trike, stroller, wagon and pet to parade around the square; prizes will be given for most patriotic, best pet and best overall. New this year will be a classic car show on Doty Avenue.
When: 5-8 p.m. Sunday
Where: Hutchinson Square, downtown Summerville
Price: Free
For more info: www.summervilledream.org or 821-7260
Pre-Independence Day Fireworks Shows
Since the RiverDogs will be on the road July 4, they're celebrating early with not one, but two nights of postgame fireworks. Tuesday's game will feature healthy menu items and lifestyle tips in coordination with MUSC Wellness. Tuesday also marks Two-for-$20 Date Night, where a pair can get two tickets, two slices of pizza, two sodas and one popcorn for $20. Wednesday will serve as the true Independence Day celebration, with seniors (65 and older) getting a free hot dog, soda and bag of chips before 7 p.m. A fireworks show will close each game.
When: 7:05 p.m. Tuesday and 6:35 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park, 360 Fishburne St.
Price: $8-$20
For more info: 577-DOGS (3647) or www.riverdogs.com
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Catch an early Fourth of July fireworks display at Riley Park after Tuesday's and Wednesday's RiverDogs games.×
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Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour. A U.S. Air Force major's experimental aircraft is forced down over the Bering Sea by Russians. He escapes from the Soviet prison camp where he is held and then must cross the Siberian wilderness.
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When Your World Falls Apart: Seeing Past the Pain of the Present by David Jeremiah. When Your World Falls Apart recounts Dr. Jeremiah's battle against cancer as well as the real-life stories of others who have struggled with tragedy. Highlighting ten Psalms of encouragement, each message is a beacon of light in those moments when life seems hopeless.