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WACO (November 14, 2012) -- Baylor softball head coach Glenn Moore announced the signing of five student-athletes to National Letters of Intent Wednesday. The class is made up entirely of high school athletes from the state of Texas.
"The strength of this class is summed up in one word, passion," Moore said. "These student-athletes have a passion to play and more specifically to represent Baylor University doing so. We have a good, versatile group joining Baylor Softball today and they come with high expectations."
Riley Browder, IF/OF, Coldspring, Texas (Coldspring Oakhurst HS)
Browder is a three-year letterwinner out of Coldspring Oakhurst High School where she was a first team all-district 22-3A selection and Team MVP in 2012. Browder, whose brother Kolt is a senior pitcher on the Baylor baseball team, was a second-team all-district pick as a freshman and a member of Firecrackers-May Gold club team.
"Riley brings much needed depth to our middle Infield and also plays the outfield," Moore said. "She is a scrappy athlete, mechanically sound and a hard worker. Riley is a coach's dream and will contribute wherever she is needed. "
Lindsey Cargill, IF, Robinson, Texas (Robinson HS)
Cargill is a local product from Robinson High School where she is a three-year lettwrwinner. She earned 2012 TGCA all-state recognition and 19-3A district first-team after hitting .530 with seven home runs. A three-time Super Centex honoree, twice being named to the first-team, Cargill helped guide the Rockets to the state semifinals in 2010 and was named to the state all-tournament team. She burst onto the scene as a freshman, hitting .569 with 20 RBI and 25 steals and being named District Newcomer of the Year. In 2011, Cargill was named District MVP. She plays club for Buzz Fastpitch-Waller Gold.
"Lindsey will make an immediate impact on the Big 12," Moore said. "She is a fast power slapper and a combination of Brette Reagan and Harmony Schwethelm. She will be a fan favorite when you see her passion to play. Lindsey is a very intense middle infielder who can play a great outfield as well."
Christy Lisenby, OF, Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound HS)
Lisenby is a three-year letterwinner from Flower Mound High School. She is a two-time all-district selection and was named catcher of the year this past spring. Lisenby hit .408 in the regular season and was among the 5A area leaders with six home runs, 33 RBIs and 29 stolen bases in 2012. She plays club for Texas Glory-Shelton.
"Although we recruited her for outfield play, Christy has developed into a very good catcher," Moore said. "Personally, I believe she can play anywhere outside the circle and at a very high level. She has a good bat and will hit for average to all fields and can run. Look for her to move around a bit early as she can handle that responsibility well."
Samantha Montes, RHP/IF, Burleson, Texas (Burleson HS)
Montes is a three-year letterwinner at Burleson High School where she has helped guide the Elks to three-straight district titles. A two-time all-county MVP, Montes was named 2011 Under Armour Sophomore All-American after going 32-5 with a 1.71 ERA and adding eight home runs and 42 RBI with a .411 batting average. She earned TGCA 4A all-state honors and in 2011 and the first of her two Dallas Morning News all-area selections. Through her first three seasons, Montes has compiled a 101-12 record and 768 strikeouts. She plays club for Texas Glory-Shelton.
"Sam has been considered one of the biggest offensive threats in Texas for the past three years," Moore said. "She can bring it in the circle as well with one of the best drops in the country. She also plays a strong corner and has been a three, four or five-hole hitter for the Texas Glory-Shelton."
Sarah Beth Toben, RHP/OF, Waco, Texas (Reicher HS)
Toben is a three-year letterwinner at Reicher High School where she helped guide the Lady Cougars to the 2010 3A TAPPS state championship with a 10-strikeout performance and a return to the state semifinals in 2012. A member of TAPPS 3A first-team all-state in 2010 and 4A all-state in 2012, Toben earned first-team 2-4A all-district honors in 2012 and was District MVP in 2011. She plays club for Cen-Tex Buzz-Waller.
""Sarah Beth is very athletic and versatile," Moore said. "She has a high ceiling as a pitcher and already swings the bat really well. She will be in the mix of several good corner players coming in over the next couple of years and will certainly challenge for pitching time in the circle. She is one of two signee's form the Cen-Tex Buzz- Waller and her father is Brad Toben, the Dean of our prestigious Baylor Law School."


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Martha SparksSociety Editor
October 21, 2012
The Logan County Commission met Wednesday afternoon quickly moving through items on the agenda to get to the good part of the meeting, the distribution of Community Participation grants by District 7 W.Va. Senators Ron Stollings and Art Kirkendoll.
The first order of business was the approval of exonerations then Commission President Danny Godby turned the floor over to Stollings.
In preparation of distributing the grants, Stollings reported that Logan County had the highest amount of population in District 7.
"Obviously those certificates are a little thicker than the other counties," Stollings said.
Stollings then turned the floor over to Kirkendoll who explained a little about the grants that were going to be distributed.
"We had $143,000 apiece of what they called discretionary money," Kirkendoll said. "We put that together and we had almost $300,000. We've made a huge difference in all the counties by taking things back to the seniors, the kids, programs, education and the libraries."
Those receiving grants included:
• City of Logan Police Department received $10,000 for rescue and safety equipment and to purchase a rescue vehicle for the Hatfield McCoy Trail system to assist in rescue and emergencies.
• City of Logan Fire Department received $2,500 to upgrade supplies and equipment and $4,000 for equipment and supplies.
• Pride in Logan County Inc. received $10,000 for electrical upgrades to repair and replace kitchen equipment, $5,000 for Appalachian Outreach equipment service for harboring disaster victims and another $10,000 for kitchen upgrades.
• Town of Chapmanville received $3,000 for upgrades to sewer system and sidewalks, $3,000 for storm water drainage, $5,000 for Phase II one-mile walking track along the Guyan River and $5,000 to replace three water tanks and $30,000 to construct The Guyan Walking Trail.
• City of Man received $7,000 for community parks and improvements and the Buffalo Creek Memorial Library received $3,500.
• Logan County Board of Education received $3,150 for Man Little League bleachers.
• Logan County Commission received $2,500 and $5,000 for park upgrades, $1,500 for a snow plow and $10,000 to demolish abandoned structures along the Hatfield McCoy Trail connectors.
• Chapmanville Regional High School Softball Complex received one $12,500 grant for paving and upgrades and another $12,500 grant for CRHS Softball Complex upgrades. The grants were accepted by CRHS Softball Coach Ronnie Ooten.
• Logan County Board of Education received $5,000 for Logan High School cheerleading, $1,000 for Man High School baseball equipment, $5,000 for Logan High School Cheer Cat summer fitness and $10,000 for Chapmanville Regional High School baseball field capital improvements.
• 4H Safety Program received a grant for $3,000.
• Cal Ripken Baseball League received two grants of $1,000 each for upgrades in safety, lighting and equipment.
• Logan Buddy League received $1,000.
• Logan Area Public Library received $3,500.
• City of Logan Fire Department received $4,000 for equipment and supplied.
• Chapmanville Public Library received $3,500.
In other commission news:
• October was proclaimed Domestic Violence Month in Logan County
• Approval of Christina Ingels as victims advocate representative to Southwestern Regional Day Report Center Community Corrections Board
• Approval of the Kiwanis Club of Logan for $1,400 to help prepare a community luncheon to follow the Veteran's Day ceremony set for Sat., Nov. 10 on Midelburg Island
• Accepted the resignation of Joshua Butcher as part-time assistant prosecutor and the hiring of David A. Wandling as part-time assistant prosecutor at the same salary of $35,000 yearly
• Approval of a contract for a paper shredder with Packard Business Systems for the home confinement office
• Approved a maintenance agreement with W/Cott Systems
• Approved reports from the Logan County Dog Pound and Home Confinement


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The Jewish Community Center invites you to the
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David LaBelle is a photographer, editor, teacher, and author. He has worked for 20 newspapers and magazines, including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where he was assistant managing editor for photography. LaBelle directs the photojournalism program at Kent State University and has taught at Western Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky. In 1991, the National Press Photographers Association honored LaBelle with the Robin F. Garland Award for photojournalism education. LaBelle has written four books, including "The Great Picture Hunt." Israel's diverse people and cultures fascinate LaBelle. He created a traveling exhibit of images from the country after a 2012 trip with students from Kent State University.
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Zugspitze Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2003
|Started in Garmisch on Sep 13th in the rain to Knorr hut. Next day there was fine weather with some snow on the route.
|Posted Apr 27, 2011 8:09 am
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2009
|nice climb
|Posted Apr 27, 2011 8:07 am
|Through the Höllental
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2007
|There was no snow on the glacier. That was just what I had hoped for, because now I could easily avoid the crevasses. On my way to the glacier, I saw some people returning, looking unhappy - I believe they had wanted to cross the glacier without crampons, but that was virtually impossible. There even were big signs at the Höllentalanger Hütte saying that you would need them.
The climb was beautiful, but the summit experience is something else. I didn't stay long, and continued to the Knorr Hütte.
|Posted Mar 16, 2011 9:37 am
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2010
|Walked all the way from the car parking at Kreuzeckbahn lift station (at 750 m above see level) via Höllental-klamm and the glacier. Reached the summit in 8 hours 45 minutes. Liked every single minute of the trip.
|Posted Mar 10, 2011 6:53 am
|Hoellental route
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2010
|Long trip - 8 h from Grainau. But an interesting journey through different terrain: path in the forest, magnificent canyon, moraines, a small glacier and via ferrata.
|Posted Feb 8, 2011 1:04 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 13, 1992
|Good Time.
|Posted Jun 29, 2010 2:57 am
|Route climbed: Ehrwalder Alm - summit
|It was the most beautiful mountain route I've ever done (and I've done quite a few). The regular huts on the way up mean you don't need to carry a lot of food (although water and sun cream are essential!), and once over the top of the Ehrwalder Alm and round the back of the Zugspitze, the scenery was absolutley breathtaking. As a route, this isn't very hard, and even the last scramble can be avoided by taking the cable car (which I didn't do). Full route available at http://www.nsales.co.uk/hiking/hiking.htm
|Posted Apr 12, 2010 10:21 pm
|Top of Germany
Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009
|Clasic way via ferrata from Ga-Pa (across the iceberg) to summit.
Nice but crowded way (summit totaly overcrowded by tourists)
Next day we went to Octoberfest in Munich as an reward:-)
|Posted Dec 27, 2009 10:40 am
|Highest point in Germany
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2009
|Nothing like a Lowenbrau on the summit of the highest point in Germany...
|Posted Oct 14, 2009 11:21 pm
|Lukas Kunze
Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2009
|Started at 7am at Hammersbach. raced up to the glacier in order to save some time since us was told that the upper via ferrata is full of snow and ice. We overtook several people who started way before us. The sun did a great job on the ice and we didn' t have to wait at any time :) Phantastic views from the route and on the top. Great trip but the crowd on the summit is quite a contrast...
|Posted Oct 4, 2009 2:01 am
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009
|Started at Hammersbach in the morning after sleeping in the car and did it as a one-day tour.
Tooooo many people on this day and a crowded route made me wait several times.
|Posted Aug 26, 2009 4:30 pm
|From Hammersbach
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009
|via Höllental
|Posted Aug 15, 2009 4:36 pm
|Took the ski lift, but I was the only from our group to ski down it without wiping out!
Date Climbed: Mar 15, 1989
|Yeh, yeh, not really a traditional summit, but i did get up there and enjoyed some of the best skiing of my life.... so far...
|Posted Jan 12, 2009 10:15 pm
|Katy Y
Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2008
|wow! looked kinda like Oregon... September a great time to be there; not completely mobbed.
|Posted Sep 29, 2008 8:19 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2008
|Wonderful approach through the Höllental, stayed in the hut, then climbed with some new-found friends the next day to the summit (my first Klettersteig too!). Descended to an Austrian hut via another Klettersteig, and then out to the Eibsee the next day. Wonderful tour!!
|Posted Jul 9, 2008 4:45 am
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2008
|Nice tour by hollental!
|Posted Jun 30, 2008 8:40 am
|Via Hoellental! Nice!
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007
|I was there alone but on the route were so many people that i didn't feel lonely :-)
|Posted May 26, 2008 2:11 am
|Crowded on Top
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2007
|Great climb and beautiful views, but was turned off by the little city built on top and all the people.
|Posted Jan 12, 2008 11:57 am
|Peter K
|Route Climbed: Jubiläumsgrat
Date Climbed: Dec 19, 2007
|We made a "regular" winter climb of the Jubiläumsgrat: took the gondola from Eibsee to the Zugspitze and continued down via the ridge to Alpspitze and Osterfelderkopf.
Quiet, on a wednesday morning during winter...
Though gotta come back for a "fair means" ascent. :)
|Posted Dec 26, 2007 7:16 pm
|Repeated ascents
Date Climbed: Feb 22, 1981
|via different routes.
1981 Jubiläum ridge in winter with a friend in the following way:
Ropeway to Kreuzeckhaus. Next morning Alpspitze via Schöngänge and SE ridge, over to Jubiläum ridge to bivy hut. Clouds fell in that evening, but the morning brought the sun's splendor back again, with -16°C inside and -18°C outside the hut. Continued to Zugspitze bypassing several steep ridge sections using snow gullys on the S side of the ridge. Arrived at summit just 20 minutes before the last ropeway went down.
Fascinating alpinistic experience.
Via Reintal May 1984 and Sept 2004, both times in clouds above Knorrhütte.
From Ehrwald via Gatterl in June 2007 - very nice hiking tour.
Via Höllental in Aug 2011 - very impressive indeed!
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RadioShack offering $50 off iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S
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For readers I'd suggest trying gazelle.com for simple ease of use (not top, top dollar) or eBay which will get you the most money for your used phone. Many times it's a lot more than you would expect. Gazelle will give you a quote right on their website without having to type in your personal information.
Anyone know if Radio Shack's $10-off-per-$50-spent deal is applicable to the phone purchase in addition to the other $50 off? That would make a full upgrade to a 16GB iPhone 5 $199-$50-$40 = $109.
Also, @mdub311, how is Best Buy's deal better? From what I can tell, they're offering the same price on the phone ($149) but buy-back amount is less.
What is bestbuy's deal?
I ordered my iphone about six weeks ago and got it about 3 weeks ago. I called Apple and told them the deal best buy and radio shack were offering and they sent me a free case and screen protector (of my choice). They offered my $50 worth of any accessories other than lightning ones. I was really nice and asked please and customer service was very friendly.
If they do the $50 off for Verizon customers then I'm in. Best Buy only had their offer available for AT&T according to the email I received
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Authorities are investigating an early morning house fire that killed three people in Aiken, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
The names of the three victims have not been released, according to Capt. Eric Abdullah, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. He said the victims, who appear to be all adults, were found inside the home after the fire was extinguished.
The fire was reported just after 2 a.m. at 2276 Edgefield Highway, Abdullah said. The person who made the 911 call is "possibly related" to the victims, but was not inside the home when the fire started.
The location of the bodies inside the home has not been released, Abdullah said. Investigators haven't determined if the victims tried to get out of the home.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
"Fire investigations take some time because we have to wait for the structure to cool down before we can conduct a thorough investigation," Abdullah said. "It's still early in the investigation to make any speculation or stab at what happened. A fire investigation is time-consuming."
Multiple fire departments responded to the blaze, including Eureka, Graniteville-Warrenville, Vaucluse, the Aiken Department of Public Safety, Couchton and Sage Mill.
The State Law Enforcement Division is assisting in the investigation.
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Close to Silicon Valley's high-tech corridor, this 7-story hotel is 2 miles from San Francisco International Airport and 10 miles from downtown San Francisco and AT&T Park.
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Guests of The Westin San Francisco Airport can work out in the well-equipped fitness center, enjoy the skylight-topped indoor lap pool and spa tub, or jog on bayside trails that begin outside the hotel.
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Guests of The Westin San Francisco Airport can use an indoor lap pool with spa tub or a sleek, modern fitness center with individual TVs on most of the equipment, including elliptical and stair machines and treadmills.
The hotel has a bistro-style bar and grill restaurant onsite.
A glass-walled 24-hour business center provides complimentary WiFi, computer stations, and fax and photocopy machines.
The hotel has 24-hour room service, 22,000 square feet of conference space across 29 rooms, technology support staff, and complimentary airport shuttle service.
- Number of floors - 7
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 22000
- Conference space size (meters) - 2044
- Number of meeting rooms - 29
- Indoor pool
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- Fitness facilities
- Coffee shop or café
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Multilingual staff
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- Gift shops or newsstand
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Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( 13.95 USD per night )
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Grill & Vine - This modern bistro-style bar and grill serves classic favorites with a contemporary twist.
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Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
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But he appears to be warming up with the weather as he regains his form after battling a sore shoulder during the fall.
Last Friday evening he held Warner Robins to one run on three hits and two walks, striking out five in five innings as Jones County won 9-3 in its first region game of the season.
Spivey also helped himself at the plate, collecting a single and double and driving in two runs in three at-bats.
"Brandon pitched well," coach Barry Veal said. "He had a sore shoulder back in the fall, so he hasn't been as sharp as last year. But he's getting his strength back, and as long as he can throw his curve like he did tonight, he'll have success.
"And he hit the ball. He was hitting nothing but line drives during batting practice before the game, and that paid off in his first two at-bats in the game."
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Georgetown City Councilwoman Carol Jayroe called for a do-over last week last week on proposals to design the reconstruction of the fire-devastated 700 block of Front Street, after the Charleston architectural firm selected to present a plan was late with its proposal.
A deadline is a deadline, Jayroe said at a Georgetown City Council workshop on Thursday. My recommendation is that we have a do-over and do it correctly,
The council, missing three of its members at the workshop, did not act on Jayroes request.
I have nothing to substantiate Councilwoman Jayroes complaint, said Councilman Rudolph Bradley, and suggested the council hear from the representatives of the LS3P design firm since they were already at the meeting.
Mayor Jack Scoville agreed, saying, The problems at the very worst were well-intentioned. He said some of the responses were late because of inclement weather, but everybody acted in good faith. Council members Peggy Wayne, Brendon Barber and Clarence Smalls were not at the workshop.
The LS3P design firm was selected from an initial field of nine firms after a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was issued by the city on Jan. 10, and were due by 4 p.m. on Jan. 14.
The RFQ said the objective of the project was to prepare preliminary schematics, conceptual designs and cost estimates for rebuilding the 700 block of Front Street destroyed by fire.
A project review committee reviewed nine design proposals submitted in response to the RFQ. The committee included Vida Miller, a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, who was hired last November by the city as a consultant to serve as a liaison with property owners, state regulatory agencies and city staff on the rebuilding. Her pay is $125 per hour and her services are expected to last for six months.
Others serving on the committee included Scoville, City Administrator Chris Carter and Front Street property owner Dwayne Christen, city employee Bonnie Infinger, Dan Newquist of the Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments and Georgetown County Economic Director, Brian Tucker.
According to Carter, the committee narrowed the responses down to three, and then selected LS3P as the best qualified firm.
Three representatives of LS3P and an engineer contracted by the firm were at the workshop to walk council members through a presentation that featured past projects of the firm in Charleston; a summary of permitting issues, and technical issues including how a new building could be protected from river flooding by flood panels; and possible coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on potentially extending the river walk adjacent to the site.
David Burt, an LS3P architect and project manager, said the city essentially would be giving property owners free design services.
Four of eight business owners who lost their businesses in the fire were at the workshop, and two of them questioned the role of the city in the design of a new building or buildings at the site.
Let the property owners have the final say on what our buildings look like, said Jeannette Ard, a former Georgetown councilwoman who owned a floral business at the waterfront property.
Councilman Ed Kimbrough acknowledged what ultimately happens at the site depends on what the property owners want. He said the city can be a partner and is educating itself through the proposed design work.
Property owners, he said, have to decide what makes economic sense, in terms of whether potential rents at the reconstructed building support the cost of reconstruction. Councilwoman Jayroe noted, At the end of the day, its private property.
The cost of the design work on the reconstruction project wont be established until the City Council decides to move forward with it and acts to authorize negotiations with a consultant, City Administrator Carter related after the workshop.
If the city moves forward to award a design contract for the Front Street reconstruction, he said, funding is likely to come from the federal Community Block Grant Program, which typically requires 25 percent matching funds from local government.
Burt said LS3P would meet with property owners individually and would hold public meetings to determine what business owners and Georgetown residents want in reconstructing the 18,000-square-foot site. We rebuild cities, he said, and we do that by building consensus.
In other matters, the city council:
received an update on the East Bay Park conceptual design and site layout by Public Services Director Jonathan Heald. Councilman Kimbrough said he was pleased to see the design included eight tennis courts. This looks great, he said. Georgetown High has no tennis courts to play on and this would be a great advantage for them.
heard Police Chief Paul Gardner walk them through a draft of proposed changes to the citys animal control ordinance. The proposed changes included a requirement that pet owners register their dogs and cats annually.
The proposed annual licensing fee for fertile dogs and cats would be $25, and the city license fee for sterilized dogs and cats would be $5 per year. After discussion, the council was in agreement that the changes should be brought forward at the next council meeting for action.
The council meets again at 4:30 p.m. on May 6 for a budget workshop, and at 5:30 p.m. on May 15 for a regular meeting.
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Bettina Fabos, Communication Studies; Kevin Finn, Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services; and Tammy Gregersen, Languages and Literatures, are 2012/2013 Fulbright recipients! Please, join Office of International Programs in congratulating them on this outstanding honor!
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UNI department: Communication Studies
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Country: Hungary
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Local music — at warp speedWritten by Jason Mack | | firstname.lastname@example.com
The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo (ACGT) is highlighting the local music scene July 22 with Downtown SoundTrek, an event featuring more than 30 bands at 13 venues in Downtown Toledo.
SoundTrek is a new take on the former Toledo Jazz Festival. The cost of admission provides access to all 13 locations and bus rides between venues. The shows are split between the Warehouse District and the Uptown District.
"We were looking for ideas and ways to expand our services to the performing arts community," said Ryan Bunch, performing and literary arts coordinator at the ACGT. "We wanted to present Toledo's music scene in a new way. Instead of reinventing the wheel, we took the model we had from the Jazz loop. We made it a tighter bus loop and more multigenre. It's representative of what's going on in venues Downtown."
According to Bunch, the main goal of SoundTrek is to showcase musicians in Toledo. There are only three bands performing from outside the Toledo area.
"These are Toledo musicians in venues that are working to present live music in the community," Bunch said. "It's about elevating and highlighting that. It's getting people to come down and see the wealth of venues, how close they are, how walkable they are and what a diverse range of music there is. It gives the community a chance to get a broad sampling of everything going on in one night."
One of the artists the community can see is Kyle White as the acoustic rocker kicks things off at PizzaPapalis at 519 Monroe St. White is releasing her second CD "On With the Show" on July 24.
"Toledo is full of extremely talented people," White said. "The music scene in Toledo would rival any big city. I was in a suburb of Chicago in April, and on a Tuesday night there wasn't anything going on anywhere. In Toledo, you can go out any night of the week to numerous places and find live music."
Old State Line guitarist Thomas Barden is excited about the promotion SoundTrek provides for local venues. His band is opening at the Glass City Cafe.
"It gets more people out in the neighborhood going to things," Barden said. "Glass City Cafe is great, but it's hard because people don't know about it. It's a great place. The management is wonderful. After Friday night, a lot more people will know about it."
While Bunch is excited about the music around Toledo today, he's also proud of the city's musical past.
"Toledo has a remarkably long and rich history in music," he said. "It's the birthplace of Art Tatum and John Hendricks. You have the kind of garage blues renaissance that started here and worked its way up to Detroit. There's a wide-reaching, broad range of music that's happened here. It's always been here. We haven't quite gotten our dues as the next hip explosion, but it's really rich. There's a lot of talent here. I'm constantly astounded by how many people are not just talented at what they do but can work across genres. The music community is really well connected and supportive."
With such a diverse history, Bunch wanted SoundTrek to represent as many genres as possible.
"If we were going to do this, it needed to be representative of the broad range of styles happening in the area," he said. "As time goes on and digital music becomes more prevalent, the idea of genres is melting away anyway. If you took a sampling from most peoples' iPods, there's a broad range of stuff on there."
Because of the wide array of musicians and venues in Toledo, the ACGT formed a committee to select the artists and where they would play.
"We were feeling our way through the dark to figure out how it was going to look and work," Bunch said. "The committee put their heads together and tried to come up with something that is broad in scope. Since we're working with a lot of established venues that present music, we wanted to make sure they were comfortable with the music they would be presenting. It was a collaboration between the committee and the venue owners to figure out how we could stretch the borders but not go too far with it. It's been really fun getting to know a handful of venues and working with them. They've all really picked up the ball and been excited about it."
One venue Bunch is particularly excited for is Bozarts Fine Art and Music Gallery.
"[Owner] Jerry Gray put together a killer lineup," Bunch said. "He was already putting together a show when we contacted him, so it worked out. He has The Staving Chain, which is kind of a traditional Delta blues group. They have Dooley Wilson, who for my money is the best guitar player in the tri-state area. He's a killer guitar player. Danny Kroha is playing with them, and he's kind of a Detroit music legend. That should be an awesome lineup."
The lineup also includes Boom Chick, a rock 'n' roll duo from Brooklyn with Moselle Spiller on drums and Frank Hoier on guitar and vocals.
"I'm super excited about the lineup we have," Gray said. "It's going to be mostly blues-oriented rock. Boom Chick contacted me online, and the date worked out. It's their first time in Toledo. They are excellent."
Bunch said the ACGT plans to use SoundTrek as an annual fundraising event. Proceeds will fund programs such as Artomatic 419!, the art walks and the gallery loops, all of which are presented free to the community. The event also serves as part of an effort to integrate the performing arts into the ACGT.
"The arts commission has always typically been visual arts heavy," Bunch said. "There used to be a specific performing arts council in Toledo until about 10 years ago. Since then, the slack has not been picked up. It's been interesting to go through and see what a really broad and diverse array of individuals and organizations there are that are working and haven't been brought together yet."
SoundTrek partnered with the first annual Toledo Music Expo, which is July 23 at the Erie Street Market. The event features live performances and provides networking opportunities for artists, venues and vendors.
"That was kind of a serendipitous aspect of the event," Bunch said. "When we were brainstorming, we thought it would be cool to have a little expo of people who weren't going to be on this loop. There are so many music related businesses and companies, so we thought we could have people come down and promote their business and show there is a wide network that reaches across the state. It seemed too daunting to take on for the first time. We just wanted to get the bus loop part right."
"No sooner did we scrap that idea, and put it on the back burner for future years, than we were contacted. They pitched us an idea similar to what we were thinking. It made a lot of sense to cross promote each other's events and show that over this one weekend there is a broad range of getting a sampling of the music scene. They very generously agreed to donate a portion of their proceeds back to the arts commission. We are incredibly grateful for it."
The Toledo Music Expo is donating a portion of profits to ACGT and is offering a $5 discount to those who attend SoundTrek.
SoundTrek runs from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wristbands for the event are $15 in advance and $20 on July 22, and admission to individual venues is available for $5. Visit www.ACGT.org for more information.
"If you're a music fan at all, I think it's a pretty easy sell," Bunch said. "If you have any interest in getting to know your city or getting to know like-minded people, it's all right here. You get to ride around on a bus Downtown and go bar hopping, which is not something you get to do every day."
Sound Trek Spotlight: Kyle White reaches for the stars
Kyle White put her autobiography to music with her second album "On With the Show," which she is debuting at a CD release party July 24.
The album is heavily influenced by White's family. It features a variety of instruments such as violin, trumpet, dobro and mandolin. White's father Don plays the banjo on three songs.
"He's been a huge influence on me musically," she said. "I've been surrounded by live music my entire life. My dad's friends are all musicians. My grandfather [Robert White] is on the wall at the SeaGate Centre for the Lake Erie West Hall of Fame. My dad is an exceptional banjo player and a great bass player, guitar player and singer. It was great to have him on the CD. It's something I'll always have."
The album was also heavily influenced by White's sister Tamara. White wrote the song "Forever Friend" for her sister when she was sick.
"The album would have been done a lot sooner, but all of 2009 my sister was really sick," White said. "We didn't know exactly what was going to happen. I was sad and just wanted to write a tribute to her. She had to have a bone marrow transplant. There's only a 20 percent chance a sibling will be a match, but luckily I was, so I was her donor. Out of the entire bone marrow floor at the Cleveland Clinic, only her and one other person made it. All of that was going on when I was planning on recording. I was driving to Cleveland every few days."
Tamara made a full recovery.
"You would never even know anything was wrong with her now," White said. "They said they've never seen anybody's stem cells graft as fast as mine. I blamed it on all the Guinness I drink because it's full of iron."
The title track, "On With the Show," was written as a not-so-subtle hint to her fiancé before they got engaged.
"We didn't get engaged until we were together for five years," White said. "I wrote that about a year and a half ago. It was kind of a message to him. It worked."
Every song on the album comes from experiences in White's life.
"I wrote a song about the river and sitting on my boat," she said. "There's a song called 'August in Ohio' about just hanging out on the front porch. I only write about my personal experiences. I've been writing for the past couple of years. I write sporadically. When a song comes to me, I just write it."
Writing is still a relatively new experience for White. Her first album "Blue Holes in a Gray Sky" was released in 2009.
"I played covers for eight years before I ever wrote a song," White said. "Singing so many different kinds of music hones you in to what's going to come out of you."
White might have never started a career in music if she hadn't participated in a karaoke contest years ago.
"When I was 19, I worked at Primetime and they had karaoke on Sundays," White said. "I used to sing 'Me and Bobby McGee' and win the contest. The prize was $50 to the bar, so I would get pizza and pop for my friends. When the cover band Tito Slack was starting out, my friend said, 'My boyfriend has a band. Why don't you come sing with them in the basement?' I sang a couple of songs and I was in the band."
After joining the band, White decided to take up an instrument.
"I didn't just want to be a singer, so I started teaching myself guitar," she said. "I played for a couple years before I played guitar at a show."
White graduated from the University of Toledo with a degree in psychology. If she hadn't participated in the karaoke contest, she might have been a school psychologist today.
"I was going to go back and get my masters in school psychology," White said. "I decided to play music for a couple years and see how it goes. It never slowed down. I'm playing more and more. I'm lucky to be able to do something I love for a living."
Along with her solo career, White also plays in a cover band called Johnny Rocker and the Hitmen. The band's biggest claim to fame is playing at a John McCain rally.
"It's a complete 180 from my solo gigs," White said. "It's so much fun. We play '60s, '70s and '80s and we do costume changes for each era. Sometimes people don't even know it's me because I'm in a big blonde afro and a disco costume. They are really fun to play with."
She also plays covers in her solo act and is happy to take requests. She learns two or three covers every week and has built a catalog of between 200 and 300 songs.
"I've always had the kind of memory where if I took notes in school, I never had to look at them again," White said. "I just kind of remember things. I have a really good memory, especially for music."
White has been playing in Toledo for 14 years and plans on sticking around, but she does love to travel. She has been to all but four of the 50 states and has traveled across Europe several times. The last time she went to Europe, she caught a surprise performance.
"We were jamming with these people at a bar in Amsterdam and Sublime showed up," White said. "We didn't know it, but they were playing at a place right next door to our hotel. They showed up to this open jam with only about 30 or 40 people and played a half hour set. I was jamming with the house band right before Sublime took the stage, so that was pretty cool."
White's CD release party starts at 7 p.m. July 24 at Mulvaney's Bunker located at 4945 Dorr St. There is no cover, and the show features 17-year-old Claire Cooper as the opening act.
"I like giving younger people experience playing in front of people," White said. "She's a natural. It's crazy. She is never the least bit nervous."
White is also the opening act at PizzaPapalis on July 22 as part of Downtown SoundTrek. The event features more than 30 bands at 13 venues downtown from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wristbands for SoundTrek are $15 in advance and $20 on July 22, and admission to individual venues is available for $5. Visit www.ACGT.org for more information.
Sound Trek Spotlight: Veteran pilots band to new heights
Mild-mannered college dean by day, guitar hero by night, Thomas Barden plays with Old State Line alongside his wife and a few of their friends.
Barden, dean of the Honors College at the University of Toledo, has performed for more than 40 years after starting in music at 16 in Virginia.
"It was the folk revival," Barden said. "Everyone was playing. Peter, Paul & Mary and Bob Dylan were big. Their songs were simple. I got an old cheap guitar to start with and had a group in high school. When I got to college, there was an old-time music scene with fiddlers and all those old guys. It was great. I hung out in a coffeehouse instead of a fraternity. It was just the time it was."
He stuck with the guitar for years, but Barden's folk background eventually led him to pick up a mandolin.
"I avoided anything but guitar until I was around 50, thinking it might confuse me," he said. "One of the old guys at a jam in Toledo told me, 'it doesn't confuse you, it just helps you get better. The chords are upside down and backwards.' As soon as he told me that, I got one from Durdel's Music and just started trying it. He was right. It makes your guitar playing better."
Barden figured out the mandolin then took up another instrument called a dobro.
"The dobro was a Christmas gift from my wife and kids," Barden said. "They said, 'Okay, you're so smart, figure this one out.' That one is open tuned with a slide. It is tough. I only do a few tunes with it, only three or four, but it's such a great country sound."
After years of watching her husband play, Rayna Zacharias said she decided to learn to play bass guitar.
"She was looking for a way to relax," Barden said. "She's been around the band for as long as we've been married. She figures it's easier to be in it than to be a roadie. She's really good, that's the thing. We weren't sure. That was going to be a little tense in the family if she was crappy. We won't have to have that conversation."
Zacharias has brought new ideas to the band from her lessons at Durdel's Music.
"We're partners in everything else, and being music partners is great, too," Barden said. "She has such a great teacher now in Jason Gahler. She brings home stuff that's a real stretch, and I get to practice with her before we take it to the band."
Old State Line also features Cindy Lipman on fiddle and vocals, Larry Meyer on drums and Ramsey Abu-Absi on guitar, mandolin and vocals.
"I'm married to the bass player and I've been playing with the fiddler for decades," Barden said. "Everybody knew everybody anyhow. It was just an occasion for this jam to go public. Me, Cindy and my wife just did jams on Sunday afternoons. We talked to Larry about trying to drum, then Ramsey came in. He's an incredible guitar player and a really good mandolin player, too. We just would do afternoon jams in our house, and it got so good we had to take it out."
Before forming Old State Line, Barden and Lipman played together in other groups, such as Midnight on the Water and Ten Mile Creek.
"She started playing because she found her grandfather's fiddle," Barden said. "I was a guitar player so I backed her up while she got started with it. We've been in band after band for 20 years. Ten Mile Creek was more blue-grassy than we are now, because there was no drummer. What's nice about Old State Line is we have Larry Meyer who is a drummer. It takes us into more of a rockabilly and Johnny Cash area than we were with Ten Mile Creek. It's really fun."
Old State Line is without Lipman for the summer while she vacations in Maine, so Abu-Absi's co-worker Ted Whalen is sitting in with the band.
"He's a really good fiddler, but he also plays the harmonica," Barden said. "We'll probably move more into the Bob Dylan direction since we have a harmonica player. We added more Dylan to the set list because we can hear Ted play that harmonica. It's such a Bob sound."
The band plays mostly old fiddle tunes and folk songs, and Barden described their sound as Americana.
"Our style can be really wide-ranging," Barden said. "Kansas City is a style my wife's bass instructor taught her. She came home playing the licks to 'Sunshine of Your Love,' so we threw that in, too. Right now it's anything we can do that sounds decent."
Old State Line is the opening act at Glass City Café or July 22 as part of Downtown SoundTrek. The event features more than 30 bands at 13 venues Downtown from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wristbands for SoundTrek are $15 in advance and $20 on July 22, and admission to individual venues is available for $5. Visit www.ACGT.org for more information.
July 22 Sound Trek schedule:
1. Bretz Bar 2012 Adams St.
(419) 243-1900 www.myspace.com/bretzthebar
DJs and Drag Show featuring:
11 p.m.: Charlie Slick (electro-pop/dance from Ann Arbor)
12 a.m.: Feleciana Thuderpussy (drag show)
All night: DJ Rob Sample (DJ/dance)
2. Ottawa Tavern 1817 Adams St.
(419) 725-5483 www.otavern.com
7 p.m.: Balloon Messenger (indie)
8 p.m.: Microdot (shoegaze)
9 p.m.: Great Uncle (rock/pop)
10 p.m.: Great Lakes Crew (hip-hop)
11 p.m.: GoLab (electro-pop/rock)
12 a.m.: Matt Truman Ego Trip (glam rock)
1 a.m.: Frank & Jesse (rock n' roll)
3. Truth Art Gallery 1811 Adams St.
(419) 460-1343 www.thetruthtoledo.com/gallery
8 – 11 p.m.: 4 Deep (jazz/blues/soul)
4. The Attic on Adams 1701 Adams St.
(419) 243-5350 www.theatticonadams.com
7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.: Leyla & Raq the Casbah
10 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.: Big Blues Bob (Chicago-style blues)
Plus live magic and more!
5. Manhattan's 1516 Adams St.
(419) 243-6675 www.manhattanstoledo.com
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. :DFR (funk/R&B)
10 p.m. – 1 a.m.: Tom Turner & Slow Burn (blues/rock)
6. Toledo School for the Arts 333 14th St.
(419) 246-8732 www.ts4arts.com
Enter on 15th St., across from Manhattan's
7 – 9 p.m.: Glass City Steel (steel drum ensemble)
9 – 11 p.m.: Benny and the Bricks (rock)
11 p.m. – 1 a.m.: The Groove Associates (groovy)
7. Wesley's Bar 1201 Adams St.
(419) 255-3333 www.wesleysbar.com
7:30 p.m.: Lance Hulsey (of Kentucky Chrome) (rockabilly)
8:30 – 10 p.m. – Mighthaveben (The Band) (jazz/folk/funk)
10:30 p.m. – 2:30 a.m.: Old School Fridays featuring DJs Todd Perrine, N.Matimoe and Folk (DJs/old school funk, soul, & hip-hop)
8. Toledo City Paper Offices 1120 Adams St.
(419) 244-9859 www.toledocitypaper.com
7 p.m.: Raine Wilder (hip-hop)
7:55 p.m.: Ben Barefoot and the Handshakes (indie rock)
8:50 p.m.: Decent Folk (folk/indie)
9:45 p.m.: Stonehouse (jam rock)
10:40 p.m.: Shit Dang Monstertrucks! (alt-country)
11:30 p.m.: Thirty Three & 1/3 (blues/indie rock)
12:20 a.m.: Gold (funk/rock)
9. Glass City Café 1107 Jackson St.
(419) 241-4519 www.glasscitycafe.com
7:30 – 10 p.m.: Old State Line (Americana)
10 p.m. – 12 a.m. Black Swamp String Band (bluegrass)
10. The Blarney Bullpen/Toledo Free Press Star 601 Monroe St.
(419) 418-2339 www.theblarneyirishpub.com
Enter on Huron Street.
7:30 p.m. – 12 a.m.: Hepcat Revival (swing/jazz)
11. Table Forty4 610 Monroe St.
(419) 725-0044 www.tableforty4.com
7 – 9:30 p.m.: Bobby May & John Barile (rock/blues)
10 p.m. – 1 a.m.: The Chris Shutters Band (rock/blues)
12. PizzaPapalis 519 Monroe St.
(419) 244-7722 www.pizzapapalis.com
7:15 p.m.: Kyle White (acoustic/folk)
8:15 p.m.: The Faux Paus (indie rock)
9:45 p.m.: Chavar Dontae (electronic/soul/rock)
11:30 p.m.: The Quickness (rock/blues/jazz)
13. Bozarts Fine Art & Music Gallery
151 N. St. Clair St. (419) 464-5785
7:30 p.m.: The 'Leles (ukulele/folk)
8:30 p.m.: Thirty Three & 1/3 (blues rock/indie)
9:30 p.m.: Danny Kroha (formerly of The Gories) (acoustic blues from Detroit)
10:30 p.m.: The Staving Chain (featuring
Dooley Wilson) (traditional Delta-style slide blues)
12 a.m. – Boom Chick (blues-surf-rock from Brooklyn)
Partner Event: The First Toledo Music Expo!
The following day, Saturday, July 23, J&L Entertainment Services will host Toledo's first Toledo Music Expo. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefit the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo. Save $5 at the door with your SoundTrek wristband. The First Toledo Music Expo will take place at the Erie Street Market in Downtown Toledo. This event is for local musicians, singers, songwriters, engineers, recording studios, videographers, and more. For more information visit them on the web at ToledoMusicExpo.com.
Tags: 4 Deep, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Balloon Messenger, Ben Barefoot and the Handshakes, Benny and the Bricks, Black Swamp String Band, Blarney Bullpen, Blues Bob, Bobby May & John Barile, Boom Chick, Bozarts Fine Art & Music Gallery, Bretz Bar, Charlie Slick, Chavar Dontae, Danny Kroha, Decent Folk, DFR, DJ Rob Sample, Downtown Toledo, Erie Street Market, Feleciana Thuderpussy, Folk, Frank & Jesse, Glass City Cafe, Glass City Steel, GoLab, Gold, Great Lakes Crew, Great Uncle, Hepcat Revival, Kyle White, Lance Hulsey, Leyla & Raq the Casbah, Manhattan's, Matt Truman Ego Trip, Microdot, Mighthaveben, N.Matimoe, Old School Fridays, Old State Line, Ottawa Tavern, PizzaPapalis, Quickness, Raine Wilder, Ryan Bunch, Shit Dang Monstertrucks!, Sound Trek, Stonehouse, Table Forty4, The Attic on Adams, The Chris Shutters Band, The Faux Paus, The Gories, The Groove Associates, The Staving Chain, The 'Leles, Thirty Three &1/3, Todd Perrine, Toledo Free Press, Toledo Music Expo, Toledo School for the Arts, Tom Turner & Slowburn, Truth Art Gallery, Wesley's Bar


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As winter overstays its welcome and spring sighs impatiently, local farmers markets are getting ready for another season of home-grown commerce.
The Ashe County Farmers' Market, 108 Backstreet West Jefferson, will open 8 a.m. Saturday April 13.
"We've got about 50 vendors signed up right now," said Market Manager John Smyre. "That will grow as the year progresses."
The market offers fresh, seasonal locally-grown produce, a wide variety of nursery items, flowers and plants, locally-raised meats, artisan cheeses, homemade breads and pastries, honey, molasses, jams and jellies, as well as fine locally-made arts and crafts.
Throughout the year, visitors will find local musicians playing at the market, as well as local chefs cooking up tasty tidbits of locally grown food.
Special events this year include the Annual Fishing Expo May 18, Fiber Day — dedicated to sheep shearing and wool spinning — June 15, the 2013 Berry Pie/Berry Cobbler Contest July 20 and Tomato/Salsa Contest Aug. 17.
"We'd love to get more of our local farmers out," Smyre said. "That's what we're all about: local produce and local products."
To that end, the market may test-fly an introductory invitation for new vendors this year, he said. This might be "a special day for local farmers to come and see what it's all about, or maybe just a Saturday fee."
This year, the Ashe Farmers Market is accepting EBT cards and WIC vouchers, he said.
The Ashe County Farmers' Market will be open 8-1 p.m. Saturdays through October 26. For more information, visit www.ashefarmersmarket.com.
The Lansing Farmers' Market will be open 1-6 p.m. Thursdays beginning May 16.
The market will set up at a new, more convenient location for its second year, said Ann Rose of Rose Mountain Farm. The vacant lot between Southern Style Hair Salon and the parking lot adjacent to the Lansing Volunteer Fire Department will allow visitors faster, easier access.
"We have more vendors this year," said Rose, "and we have tents and tables available to vendors for a minimal fee."
"Our fee is $25 for the season and $5 for each market day," she said. "The application can be downloaded from the Lansing Website, www.explorelansingnc.com."
"We are open to crafts this year," she said. "They must be handmade by Ashe County residents and up to the same standards used by the Ashe County Farmers' Market."
This year the Lansing Farmers Market will be managed by Bob Kilcullen of Bob's Goodies. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call (336)384-1603


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Science Matters
About EPA Water
When you get dirty, you use water to clean up, right? But what about the water: Who cleans your bath water after it swirls and gurgles down the drain? (Bye-bye dirt!) And how do people know what to do to make water safe and clean before it flows from our drains or driveways and into nearby rivers, lakes, or the ocean?
If you've ever been curious about any of that, then you think like a water scientist or engineer.
Those are the same kinds of questions that researchers working at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have been working to answer ever since the Clean Water Act—the county's primary water protection law—was passed in 1972.
What EPA researchers learn helps the Agency and others know how much pollution needs to be kept out of rivers, streams, and other waterways to keep them clean and healthy. They also study drinking and waste water systems to help keep water supplies and the environment clean.
Going for the Green
One example of EPA water research is the work they do exploring new ways to reduce runoff. Runoff is the rainwater and melting snow and ice that cascades down our driveways, streets, roofs, and other surfaces that don't absorb water.
The problem is that as runoff flows, it picks up substances like spilled motor oil, excess lawn fertilizer, road salt, and improperly stored or discarded pesticides and other harmful chemicals. When that dirty runoff flows together into a nearby river, lake, or estuary it can be bad news.
During big storms or when lots of snow and ice melt, so much water can flow into the local sewer system that the pipes that lead toward a water treatment facility can't handle it all. When that happens, a mix of runoff and sewage can end up spilling over into local waterways.
To help solve this problem, EPA researchers are working on ways to reduce runoff through what is known as green infrastructure.
The researchers are measuring how adding green solutions to the landscape can help reduce runoff and the amount of polluted water entering nearby streams and local sewer systems. They are working on things like rain gardens, rain barrels, and permeable pavement (parking lots and sidewalks that have air pockets in the them like a sponge to let water soak in).
Word Search
Throughout this article, there are a number of words colored in blue. Each of those words is hidden in the word search below. See if you can find them all!
Learn More!
Check out the EPA Water Kids' web site


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Everyone heads to Wyndemere for the engagement party, Emma has a fight with Spencer and Liz finds some shocking evidence.
Ric drops by Liz's place to pick her up. He turns on the smarm and hands her a rose. They chat about Cameron and his love for Emma. When Ric picks up an origami valentine, he notices something is written on it. Cam runs in and grabs it. Ric suggests they bring him to the party to see Emma. Liz agrees after some begging. Ric tells her that people can change their minds about going after a Cassadine.
Alexis and her daughters are at her house and all dressed up for the party. Julian arrives. Sam looks distraught. Her mom puffs up her cleavage. There's an awkward moment. TJ and Silas arrive. Julian suggests that he and TJ put aside their differences.
Dante and Lulu are at the harbour waiting for the boat. She spots a shooting star and makes a wish. Olivia and Sonny arrive. Dante's surprised that they are going to the party. Sonny blames Spencer. Luke and Tracy are next to appear. They share their engagement news. Later, Alexis, Julian and the others arrive. As they head for the boat, Ric, Cam and Liz rush up to join them.
At Wyndemere, Spencer answers the door in his smoking jacket and tells Emma she looks 'scrumptious'. He offers her some pigs in blankets. Looking worried, she explains that she has a confession to make. Upstairs, Britt sits in her room and mulls over everything that's happened. She gets changed for the party. Nikolas walks in and drops his jaw at her outfit. They eventually get downstairs in time to greet Luke and Tracy. Luke can't remember meeting Britt before. He stares and hands out compliments. Tracy glares at him. Britt goes on to greet the other guests. Dante and his parents go off to see Ben but Lulu decides not to. As Olivia babbles to Ben, she notices how much the baby looks like Lulu. "C'mon, stop!" says Dante, asking them to cool it on talking like that because it will upset his wife. Back downstairs, Britt and Nik continue welcoming guests. Things are chilly between Julian and the prince. Cam, Liz and Ric are next. When Cam finds the other kids, he finds Emma crying after Spencer has yelled at her for breaking the egg he gave her. Cameron hands her a valentine. She likes it so Spencer has a fit and stomps on the card. Emma doesn't like Spencer anymore and walks off with the other boy. Back down the hall, Ric tells Liz they could be good together again. Sonny interrupts. Things are cold between the half-brothers. Liz slips off to look for her son. She finds the valentine and opens it up. It's Britt's confession. Meanwhile, Brad and Lucas stroll around the mansion. Things get awkward when Lucas starts babbling about Lulu's eggs. Brad is about to say something when Obrecht rears her head. Lucas runs away and the doctor accuses Brad of nearly blabbing. She reminds him that could land him in jail. Meanwhile, Lulu runs into Lucas and they chat about Ben. She's not thrilled when he tells her he's dating Brad. Obrecht slips away to corner her daughter. She warns her about Brad. Britt treks over to see Brad. She suggests he take his own advice: write a confession and burn it. Across the room, Ric tries talking to Sam but Silas shuts that down. Sam tells her boyfriend that she slept with Ric when he was her stepfather. Silas gulps. Off in a corner, Luke and Nikolas chat. The prince thanks him for coming and Luke wishes him well. Nikolas starts coughing when Luke tells him that Britt is "one hot piece of ass."
Tomorrow's Port Charles spoilers for General Hospital:
Liz learns the secret about Ben.
Obrecht is furious with Brad.
Sonny and Alexis team up.
Luke gets vulgar about Britt.
Sonny consoles Spencer.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
When it comes to technology, somewhere along the line I veered off the learning curve and wandered down the cobblestone road to Oldmansville.
I have become my old man.
My method of troubleshooting is to repeatedly jab at the ENTER key. I figure 20 times should do it. Im certain on the 21st time the computer will understand my desired task, close this pop-up ad and return to my desired screen.
But then I get the spinning mutli-colored pinwheel that says, We are trying to ascertain the nature of your request and will do exactly as you instructed us to do ... 21 times.
I watch the little spinning pinwheel so long that I self-hypnotize to where everytime my phone whistles I start singing bad 80s love ballads.
We are well into the Digital Age, but Im a product of the Industrial Age.
When something broke we fixed it with a hammer about 20 times, certain that on the 21st the hammer-whack would jar loose whatever had gotten stuck, and whatever was broken wasnt anymore.
When I talked on the phone it was tethered to the wall and I talked on a party line.
And no, that is not a 1-900 number.
My TV came on a cart with wheels, rabbit ears and tin foil. My remote control was my baby brother, who stood next to the TV and changed the channel whenever I asked. We only had three channels so it wasnt like I was asking him to calculate Newtonian physics.
Today, my email account didnt work so I called the Help Desk. To fix the problem, they told me to right click on the apple, scroll down to where it said PROPERTIES, left click on that, find the file that said DIAGNOSTICS and double center click while holding down the ALTERNATE key.
I instead sat there staring into my phone looking like a monkey doing a math problem trying to determine my right from my left while holding a Sweet Delicious apple in my hand.
There are certain things out there Im no longer smart enough to operate.
One of them is my cell phone.
First, who can type on these things? The keyboard is the size of a Barbie doll accessory and because of my hotdog fingers and sausage thumbs I text in my own language, and since Im not smart enough to pick the right text window I send intimate personal texts to everybody but the intended party.
I text, Hey baby, if I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?
My moms best friend texts me back and suddenly Im in therapy for the next six months.
I am the William Tell of texting. I shoot an arrow into the air and where it lands I do not care.
I think thats William Tell. Im not sure of anything anymore.
I tried to upload a photo last week, but instead sent Chapter 27 of a novel Im writing ... a very steamy chapter and now I cant walk into the office and look anybody in the eye.
I sat through an instructional seminar and at the end, they asked if we had any questions.
I raised my hand and said, Explain everything you said after, Hi, my name is Dave.
Technology has stuffed a peanut-butter sandwich into the VCR of my brain.
And I bet most people under the age of 25 never heard of a VCR.
Ill just sit here and wait for my kids to cast me adrift on the next ice flow.
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Hi there,
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to ask this or not and I apologize in advance if I'm not! I need some help finding a peri in my area. I'm actually willing to drive an hour or so if necessary. Somebody had a link to a list but there was only one on it in my area and she was the one who was called in to my delivery. I'd like to find someone else. I know we're definitely not allowed to name names on this forum but I've looked online several times and can't find anything so I thought I'd ask people who have experience with this. Can anyone help me with this via email??
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Local music scene reacts to Winehouse deathWritten by Brigitta Burks | News Editor | firstname.lastname@example.com
Many Toledo musicians expressed the same emotion regarding Amy Winehouse's July 23 death — a lack of surprise.
The British singer, 27, was found dead in her London apartment on July 23. A cause of death has not yet been determined.
"I wasn't too surprised," said Amjad Doumani, owner of B-Bop Records, who found out on Facebook. "But it's always sad when someone so young dies."
The petite songstress with the big voice famously sang about her troubles with love, alcohol and drugs on her 2006 album "Back to Black." The album won five Grammys and featured the hit single "Rehab" about Winehouse's refusal to seek help. Pat O'Connor, owner of Culture Clash Records and a self-described former addict, said that song stuck out to him because "it's so anti what I think."
Aaron Brown, a Toledo-based DJ who also learned about Winehouse's death on Facebook, said, "I was surprised that many of my friends A. cared, B. were surprised." He added that although Winehouse had a good voice, "past that she was just a famous junkie."
Other area musicians also said they noticed the irony of the song's shocking lyrics.
"Based on her escalating self-destructive behavior, her death came as no surprise. 'Rehab' foretold it," said Doreen Robideaux, lead singer of the Frostbite Band.
"It ('Rehab') was kind of funny and maybe a little tongue-in-cheek and a little rebellious," said Ryan Bunch, performing and literary arts coordinator for the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo. Still, he added of her attitude, "Ironically and ultimately, that's what killed her."
Danni Stinson, poet, spoken-word artist and entrepreneur, said the song "Tears Dry on Their Own" inspired her and helped her through bad relationships.
"She was actually one of my favorite artists," Stinson said. "I was hoping she'd get back on track."
However, Stinson said when she saw footage of Winehouse's last public performance in Belgrade, Serbia, she knew the opposite was true.
"I remember thinking to myself, 'this poor baby'," said Kim Buehler, singer for 6th Edition and jazz educator, of Winehouse's onstage slurring. Winehouse canceled the rest of her European tour after being booed off the stage.
Chavar Dontae, a local musician who just signed with Submerge in Detroit, said he learned of Winehouse's death on Twitter.
"I hope people don't make her whole legacy the problems she had," Dontae said. Winehouse's honesty in her song lyrics inspired Dontae. "I believed what she said and that's the way I look at songwriting."
Others also noted Winehouse's upfront approach to her music.
"Amy was a natural talent, and what I mean by that was that she did not have to contrive a sound or an image. She was who she was," said Megan Yasu Davis, an area musician.
O'Connor said he doubts Winehouse's problems will cause anyone to give up drugs.
"Not one drug addict thinks, 'That's going to happen to me'," he said.
Calvin Cordy, guitarist for Prayers for Rain, also said he didn't think Winehouse's death would motivate anyone to give up drugs or alcohol.
"It's just the same as Courtney Love — predictable," he said.
Still, many like Stinson found Winehouse's sudden death "heartbreaking" if not surprising. Like Dontae, Stinson said she found inspiration in Winehouse's lyrics and would write with Winehouse's music playing.
Buehler, who felt sick after reading about Winehouse's death, said that although many people wish they possessed talent like Winehouse's, people with "creative talent are often tortured by it."
Winehouse among music talents gone too soon
By Jake Coyle
Associated Press Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Amy Winehouse released only two albums in her life, one of which sold more than a million copies, won five Grammys and sparked a retro soul movement that hasn't yet stopped.
The small output, in inverse relation to her outsized talent, made her death July 23 in London all the more tragic. Fans will only be able to imagine the unrecorded singles, the never-to-be concerts and the comeback album that didn't come.
It's a sadly familiar script in pop music, the history of which is checkered with greats and would-be greats snuffed out too early in life.
Almost as soon as news of Winehouse's death broke and spread across social media, fans were inducting her into the unfortunate pantheon of music talents gone too soon. Many noted that Winehouse, 27, shared the same age at death as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison.
"You would think that Amy Winehouse would clean up her act given that," Danni Stinson, poet, spoken-word artist and entrepreneur, said.
"Americans talk about Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin in this kind of romantic way," said Ryan Bunch, performing and literary arts coordinator for the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo. "I would hope that it's at least a wake-up call for kids that it's really not that glamorous."
The British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, though, realized that a meaningful commonality was being mistaken for coincidence.
"It's not age that Hendrix, Jones, Joplin, Morrison, Cobain & Amy have in common,'' wrote Bragg on Twitter. "It's drug abuse, sadly.''
Those names were touted on the Web as the 27 Club, a ghoulish glamourizing of rock star death that makes it sound as though even in death VIPs remain behind a seductive velvet rope.
It's a term, sometimes called the Forever 27 Club, that has spawned a Wikipedia entry, an independent 2008 movie ("The 27 Club"), numerous websites and at least one book ("The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll'').
The causes of death vary. Jones, the Rolling Stones guitarist, was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool in 1969 and was ruled dead "by misadventure.'' Hendrix, having mixed sleeping pills and wine, died in 1970 in a London hotel room. Joplin, also in 1970, died in her Porsche in Los Angeles, with heroin suspected as the culprit. Morrison died of heart failure in 1971 in the bathtub of his Paris apartment. Cobain killed himself in 1994.
Some have claimed Cobain was aware of the so-called 27 Club. After his death, his mother, Wendy O'Connor, was understandably fed up with the concept, saying: "I told him not to join that stupid club.''
Early death typically mythologizes pop stars, inflating their reputation. Pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman, in his book "Killing Yourself to Live,'' wondered why "the greatest career move any musician can make is to stop breathing.''
The posthumous releases from Winehouse will surely follow, and her legacy will grow. But hopefully mythologizing will be resisted.
Winehouse's death, an unfortunate but unsurprising end to a long, public decline, might be best remembered not just as another tragic loss but as a modern portrait of how untrue those rock myths really are.
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