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HAZARD – Officials with Perry County Schools received state funding allocations earlier this month, and those numbers are not painting a very rosy financial picture for the district.
"There is nothing pretty about our budget," Jody Maggard, the district's finance officer, told the school board during a meeting in Hazard Thursday as he presented the district's draft budget for the next fiscal year.
Maggard was referring to a reduction of just over $700,000 in funds known as SEEK, the state's basic funding formula for education which takes into account student enrollment, among other things, when determining allocations.
In Perry County a loss of enrollment which drastically affects average daily attendance, especially in students with special needs, is adding to the SEEK reduction officials are seeing in the county, Maggard explained.
"This is not good news," he continued. "I wish like anything I could come back and say I'm not concerned with the draft budget and I think we're going to be fine. I cannot say that."
As a result of the loss, Maggard said site-based allocations will necessarily reduce as well, because with fewer students the district won't be able to justify the same number of employees.
"If you've got 25 less students in your building, that is going to affect staffing," he said.
Another factor contributing to this reduction, Maggard added, is a projected increase in property taxes. He noted in December when he first cautioned the board about potential reductions that higher property taxes will also lead to a cut in the amount of money allocated for the district.
He added on Thursday that this draft budget also makes assumptions, such as the amount of taxes collected, that could ultimately affect the district's finances further.
"This is making the assumption we're going to collect all of the revenue we budgeted," he said. "That may or may not be the case. As industries leave, that's less utility tax, less property tax."
The district will also incur an added expense of roughly $125,000 in step increases for some employees, both certified and classified. Step increases are automatic pay raises based upon the amount of time an employee has maintained employment within the district. The board does not vote on these increases, as they are set within the salary schedule.
The remaining district employees, Maggard noted, will not receive a pay raise.
"Times are really, really difficult in education," he said. "This will make the fifth year that our staff has went without any type of raise. And they know that; they know that all too well."
There was one somewhat bright spot, however, as Maggard noted that in 2014 the district will no longer be in debt for Perry Central High School and the building will be paid for. The district's bonding potential is about $22 million at present, and he explained that paying down that debt could free space for school construction in the future.
The board unanimously approved the district's draft budget, which will allow Maggard to begin the budgeting process for the next fiscal year.
In other business, the board approved pay applications for ongoing work at East Perry Elementary and the adjacent athletics complex in the amount of $539,683 and $125,297 respectively.
Melinda Joseph-Dezarn, with the architecture firm Ross-Tarrant, updated the board on ongoing construction, noting that the project is continuing at a good pace. Drywall is going up in the school building, and electricity and water service has been connected. Additionally, the city of Hazard is expected to begin installing sewer lines to the school soon, which is estimated to take approximately six weeks to complete once work begins.
Joseph-Dezarn also spoke briefly about furniture and fixtures for the school, which her firm will not handle, but Maggard explained that furnishing the building will represent a major cost into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. He requested approval from the board to begin the process of bidding furniture for the school, which is scheduled to open later this year.
"We want to get the ball rolling on that early so we're not sitting up there two weeks from school starting and kind of in panic mode about where's the furniture," Maggard said.
The board gave unanimous approval to begin the bidding process.
The board also heard a brief presentation from Mike Oder with the Kentucky School Board Association.
For a cost of $8,500, the KSBA offers a service to help school districts locate candidates in a superintendent search, including advertising, receiving applications, and helping to form a screening committee.
Former Superintendent John Paul Amis retired in November, and while Interim Superintendent Jonathan Jett has served in that capacity since, the board has yet to formally begin the search for a permanent replacement.
Oder said if the board decides to contract with KSBA, the process would take approximately three months to find candidates whom the board could consider. And though KSBA helps with the process, Oder added that the association does not choose the superintendent or even make a recommendation, but rather to help the board along during the search.
"If you were just looking for a superintendent, if you'd give me about 15 or 20 minutes I could have you one," he said. "But you're looking for the right superintendent for the students of Perry County. And so, that's what we try to help you find."
The board also voted to keep John C. Combs as its chairman, a position he has held since 2007. Charlene Miller will also remain as vice-chair, and Debbie McIntosh as legislative liaison.

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About 30 community members and hospital employees gathered at the hospital Thursday afternoon to celebrate the hospital's newest team member: a robotic arm that goes by the name RIO.
Short for Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System, RIO will be controlled by surgeons and will allow them to perform tricky procedures, like partial knee replacements, that mere human hands can't do with equal consistency. Plus, said Andy Bush, an orthopedic surgeon on staff at CCH who is now the only one who would use the new machine, surgeons have trouble with partial knee replacements because they can't see everything and often have to rely on feel alone, which is imperfect.
"With the robotic arm, I can only go as far as the robot lets me go," he said. "If I push too hard, it tells me. And if I push way too hard, it shuts down."
Only eight hospitals in all of North Carolina have this technology, and CCH is the first one in the Sandhills region to get one, according to hospital officials. In addition to partial knee surgeries — which are less invasive than traditional knee replacements and are meant for people with early or mid-stage osteoarthritis — the hospital also plans to use the technology for hip replacement surgeries.
Paul Kostansek, a representative from MAKO Surgical Corp., which manufactures the arm, compared the technology to a GPS system because surgeons like Bush will be able to map out a surgical plan and boundaries that, thanks to antennas and 3D-imaging, the robot will force the surgeon to stay inside. Unlike a GPS, he said, there's no route correction because the robot won't let the surgeon "drive" his tools off course in the first place — whether because of an accident or inexperience.
"If you cough, or breathe heavy, it's not going to let you push," he said.
Several of those in attendance Thursday took turns clearing out a practice knee joint. And just as promised, the drill bit bounced back whenever it hit one of the invisible barriers enforced by the computer system, which showed a green area on the screen that turned white once everything the surgeon had pre-programmed into the image had been turned to dust.
Although amateurs could carry out the actual drilling, Bush — who performs about 70 knee and hip replacements a year — said he's not worried about the machines taking his job just yet because a surgeon is still required to decide which areas to make off limits and which tools to use at which times, plus all the work before and after the surgery itself that a robot can't do. RIO will simply allow him to add partial knee replacements to his repertoires and to be literally more precise in his work than is humanly possible.
"Sometimes we're good, but sometimes we're not so good," he said, referring to surgeons in general. "And you guys know that when you get out (of the hospital). But this takes out a lot of that potential for error."
He said he's generally suspicious of new technology, but that the tools of orthopedic surgery haven't changed in about 50 or 60 years and could use some innovation. Plus, he said, these machines have been around for six years, in which time surgeons have performed about 20,000 surgeries and only reported about 1 percent of patients who had to return to the hospital.
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JOHNSTON — During his time at Strom Thurmond High School, safety Demetrius Leysath has garnered a reputation as a ferocious hitter. On Wednesday, he confirmed plans to further that reputation at Lenoir-Ryhne University.
Rebels head coach Lee Sawyer said Leysath first caught his attention as a threat on the defensive side of the ball when Leysath was in middle school.
"His eighth-grade year, I went to watch one of our middle schools play Saluda. ... I saw this safety just nail the running back short of the first down," Sawyer said, noting the tackle came at a crucial point of the game. "He kind of jumped out and grabbed me way back then."
Since, the 5-foot-10, 170-pound defensive back has had the same impact opposing offensive players. This season, the All-Aiken Standard second-team selection accounted for 69 tackles to go with a team-best five forced fumbles and 15 passes broken up.
Leysath, who owns a 4.11 GPA in the classroom, said he'll be pursuing a sports management degree at the school in Hickory, N.C., and that he chose Lenoir-Rhyne over North Greenville for several reasons.
"I think they have great academics, they have a good football program and I think it'll be a perfect fit for me," he said. "I just like the overall community of it; I think it's a family-oriented program."
Leysath will join a squad coming off a successful season. The Bears finished No. 20 with a 9-3 record overall and 6-1 mark in conference as South Atlantic Conference champions. They advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament.
In Leysath – known as "Sandman" for his ability to deliver jarring hits – Sawyer said the Bears and head coach Mike Houston are getting a player with a "physical ability to make contact" that has been evident for some time now.
"For me, in my opininion, kind of like he was for us – an extra linebacker in the secondary," Sawyer said, adding that Leysath is "as physical a player as we've ever had here since I've been here."
Leysath said that he's learned several lessons on and off the field as a Rebel. He noted that he's looking forward to developing many of those same aspects of his life at the college level.
"Basically, becoming a better man, athlete, student, and learning how things work in life and how to deal with them in life as I get older," he said. "And I think Strom Thurmond football, not only has it helped me in football, but it helped me becoming a better man in life."
Jeremy Timmerman has a journalism degree from Mercer University and has been at the Aiken Standard since June 2010.
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Sweet Revival Antiques
Located in Kings, Illinois this coffee/antique shop, located in a historic church, is open every week Wednesday through Saturday and hours are Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday 8-2 and Friday 8-6. We have packaged gourmet coffees, sweets, and antiques all in a beautiful, historic building.
Pec Thing Antique & Flea Market
The 35th Semi-Annual "Pec Thing" Antique & Flea Market Spring show has over 500 vendors selling everything from antiques and collectibles to crafts and home good items. Vendors occupy over 100,000 square feet inside and over 40-acres outside. Parking is free. Concessions will be available. No pets are allowed.
Levin's Shoes and Dry Goods
Family owned since 1922. Shoes and clothing for the whole family. Name brand as well as some unusual items.
Harmony Water Garden
This aquatic nursery has hundreds of water lilies, marsh plants, fish and related products. In business for a decade. Pond maintenance services available, call for an appointment.
Bunker Hill Dog Training and Specialty Store
This specialty store offers dog and cat food, toys, collars, leads, carriers, coats, mugs, picture frames, shampoos, and training and grooming equipment. Also specialty breed purses, wallets, sweatshirts, and more. Grooming and training are also available.
CITY:German Valley
Boberosa Barnworks
The quaint shop opened in the fall of 2001, selling pumpkins and barn wood crafts. Antiques and crafts, from furniture and home decor to primitives, tools and vintage farm equipment -- there's a wide assortment to choose from.
Angela's Attic Antiques & Collectibles
Angela's Attic is located in a 35,000 square foot historic factory that has been converted into five large buildings of antiques and collectibles, including one-of-a-kind antiques from Victorian to modern era, furniture, toys, jewelry, textiles, collectibles, ephemera, glassware and more.
CITY:South Beloit
Conover Bakery
The very best breads, bagels, donuts, muffins, cinnamon rolls, scones, coffee cakes and cookies baked fresh each day. Soups and sandwiches also available.
The Picket Fence
The Picket Fence offers a variety of gifts including candles, home accessories, and cards.
Laughing Cat Antiques Shop
The Laughing Cat Antiques Shop is the purrfect place to find that vintage treasure, your own personal key to the past! We have 17 dealers here to make sure you have plenty to choose from. you will find vintage Indian jewelry as well as rhinestone and sterling. Come in, walk down memory lane, and see our eclectic mix of antiques, rare antique post office items, depression glass, antique dolls, advertising signs, and Victorian children's items. We also have a primitives room for you, featuring the most fantastic American primitives...a must see!
Main Street Antique Mall
Warm and friendly antique mall with 20 dealers in a "shoppe" environment offering quality antiques and collectibles in quaint, historic downtown Rockton. Area's largest selection of vintage jewelry.
New York Bagel & Coffee Exchange
A unique coffee and gift shop with baskets, gourmet foods and many varieties of gifts for all. Also a wide variety of sandwiches, soups, and desserts.
Mystical Mountain Jewelry & More
Located in Conover Square Mall, 2nd floor. Carrying finished gemstone jewelry making supplies & gifts. Also offer beaded jewelry repair, custom jewelry creation, and jewelry-making classes.
Cook's Collection
A gourmet accessory shop full of gadgets and unusual gifts to improve everyone's kitchen. Specializing in Yankee Candles, Boyds Bears, baskets, Pat Richter creations, Salmon Falls pottery and homemade fudge.
Conover Square Mall
Old piano factory converted into small shopping mall.
Bank Block Antiques and More
Antiques, collectibles, furniture, floral arrangements, jewelry, glassware, made-to-order furniture and shelves, in-home help with decorating and more.
Dry Gultch Ranch
Located across from the Conover Square Shopping Village. Offering a full line of antique furniture, collectibles, estate jewelry, gifts, porcelain dolls, vintage clothing & hats, dishes, glassware & framed art - a little bit of everything!
The Gem Shop
Estate, pre-owned and new jewelry and watches. Custom jewelry, including the reproduction of antique jewelry. Repair service for antique jewelry.
Priscilla's Parlor
Priscilla's Parlor is now located inside Roadhouse Antiques in Creston in a quaint shop located on Hwy 38. We carry a mix of antiques, vintage, primitives, collectibles, shabby-chic and jewelry, just to name a few.
Shirts By Mom
Shirts By Mom specializes in custom made shirts and gifts. Sportswear with embroidered and heat transfer logos, business, sport and team logos. Also find a wide variety of gourmet foods, coffee and teas, plus gifts, pottery and gift baskets. Open: Monday thru Friday: 9 am - 5 pm; Saturday: 9 am - Noon.
CITY:Rock City
Nichol's Antiques
Glassware, pottery, kitchenware, books, tools, clocks, toys, art, lamps, coins, stamps, furniture, and collectibles.
Colonial Flowers & Gifts, Inc.
Unique store using antiques to enhance displays. Flowers and gifts.
Where the Dragon Fly
Located in Conover Square, our boutique offers a lighthearted shopping experience with jewelry, clothes and accessories which are vintage or vintage-inspired. The timeless array of Vintage clothing and accessories, with expansive variety of other wonderful gifts and accents make Where the Dragonfly a destination and an event that you must see. Your time in the fun little world of Where the Dragonfly is more than just an amusing shopping experience. It is inhibition-free, exploratory, and imaginative space for untamed personal taste and personalized customer service.
The Vintage Cupboard
Yesterday's Treasures Rediscovered! Transform your home environment with handcrafted candles, primitive furniture, and vintage goods from The Vintage Cupboard. Experience our unique collection of yesterday's America at the home of Vintage Cupboard Candles! Contact us to receive more information about our inventory or stop by to check it out for yourself. We're located in the historic Conover Square Mall and offer one-of-a-kind items you need to set your home apart. We offer an array of handmade candles and vintage goods that serve as excellent conversation pieces.
Nature's Garden
We've been told we're "Not just the usual" garden and gift shop. We focus on Garden and Yard Art that is both functional and fun. You never know what unique, new or crafted item you might find here!
Flower Bin Specialty Shoppe
Stop by and see their new location in Winter Plaza in Belvidere. Many wonderful gift items, fresh flowers, green plants, personalized service, and silk arrangements for home and office. Delivery all around the world -- AFS and Teleflora wire services.
Sandy's Candles and Gifts
The store features hand poured Soy & Palm Wax Candles by Sandy. There are many handcrafted items including: custom gift baskets, hanging flower baskets, Leaning Tree Cards, jewelry, candles, decor, home and garden items.
CITY:Mount Morris
All My Stitches Quilt Shop
Quilting fabric, books, patterns, notions, and classes. Come check us out!
Victoria's Crossing
Shop for antiques, home accessories and collectibles, from homespun country to Victorian elegance.
Then and Now Gift Shop
Unique and specialty items located in the Boone County Historical Society Museum.
The Wolf's Den
This awesome new store features Marshfield Furniture's Woodlands collection offering sofas, chairs in fabulous nature designs, leathers, authentic Pendleton wools, plaids and solids.
Funderburg Antiques
Large European and American furniture from 1840's to 1930's: armoires, sideboards, tables, bureaus, chairs. More than 1,000 stained and beveled glass windows, some matching. Owner makes several annual European buying trips.
Belvidere Rent All & Party Store
Get all your party supplies here! We rent just about everything, from blow-up obstacle courses, to tables and chairs, to wedding trellises. We also carry all sorts of tools and machinery to suit your needs.
Diamond G Ranch & Western Store
Large western store -- everything for the horse & rider. Also, indoor and outdoor arenas. Boarding available.
Megz Country Cheese
Cheese direct from local factories in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Enjoy over 55 varieties of cheese! Also a variety of deli meats, sausage, crackers, snacks and other goodies. Plus meat and cheese sandwiches, mustards, and honey from local bee keepers. Cedar Crest Ice Cream is available in sugar, waffle or cake cones, cup/bowl, shake, sundae or malt. Cheese can be shipped across the United States. At Christmas, they can prepare a beautiful cheese box or gift certificates for the holidays.Open: Sunday: 11 am to 5 pm; Monday thru Friday: 10 am to 6 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm (Hours may vary in winter.)
The Country Club
Here, at The Country Club, we produce handmade candles, soaps and bath products. Our wonderful soaps, lotions and bath bombs are carried in stores nationally and locally. Our hand-raised goats provide us with milk, which is used in many of our products. We have a full line of glycerin soap by the slice, and cold process soaps, as well as silky goat milk lotion in many fantastic fragrances. Our candles are well-known, and come in a huge variety of scents. We are really just a little shop full of unique soaps, candles and bath products.
Furniture from primitives to Victorian, advertising, signs, country accessories and more. Call ahead.
Village Green Home and Garden East
A fascinatingly large garden center with outdoor furniture supplying customers from all over the Midwest. The center also takes care of all holiday needs with trees, trims and gifts. There's a Village Green West, too.
The Golf Shack
All-encompassing golf retailer, with a 10,000 square foot retail showroom, heated outdoor driving range, teaching academy, cafe, bar and beer garden.
The Sweetery Co.
Over 150 varieties of novelty candy, nuts and chocolate covered nuts. Antique soda fountain, shake machine, and freezers in use to bring back the memories of the good old days. Music from the 1950s and 1960s. Come by and turn back the clock. Closed during winter months.
Belvidere Farmer's Market
Community Farmer's' Market. Due to their commitment to quality and freshness, not all products are available all year round. The farmers bring only their produce to market in their freshest state so not all selections are in stock every week. The Market does its best to ensure seasonal produce is abundantly available during harvest time. Open seasonally June through October.
Wenger's Springbrook Cheese
Visit this artisan cheesemaker with a small retail outlet featuring Muenster and Swiss cheese made on the premises; also featuring cheeses from other area cheesemakers. Open: Monday thru Friday: 8 am - 2 pm; Saturday: 8 am - Noon.
Arte Verde Garden Center and Landscape Co.
Come see the area's largest selection of top-quality plants, including annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, vegetable plants, and shrubs. Farm animals and exotic birds. Unique plants not found in other garden centers. A name that stands for quality!
CITY:Poplar Grove
Hub City Antique Mall
Hub City Mall features antiques, used furniture, and much more. We offer beautiful antiques that you will love and our friendly staff will gladly assist you with all your antique shopping questions and needs.
Silo Antiques & Art Gallery
Geneva line of antiques and collectibles, lots of furniture, art glass, and china.
Book Stall of Rockford
Book Stall has 12,000 books on history, local history, military, cooking, art, antiques, poetry, fiction, technology, natural history, along with first editions, hard-to-find and antiquarian books. Find larger holdings in military, technology and religion. Book Stall also has a large booth in the East State Antique Mall.
Rags to Vintage
We sell garden decor, primitives, antiques, collectibles, glassware, furniture, children's primitive furniture, tools, books, and we have a gentlemen's room where we specialize in fishing, pipes, hunting, bar decor, and way more.
CITY:Poplar Grove
Kegel Harley-Davidson
Celebrating 100 years in 2012 - Visit the World's Oldest Family Owned Harley-Davidson dealership. An award winning facility, with an expanded showroom that features Harley-Davidson motorcycles, H-D Authorized Rentals, Harley-Davidson Riding Academy, full service department, fashion and riding gear, collectibles, parts and accessories, and much more.
Slip and Slurry Pottery
Full working pottery studio and store for 24 years, stoneware and porcelain.
Exclusively Yours Leiza-George
A shopping experience like no other, this store has floor-to-ceiling gifts from around the would. Its specialties include handmade oak and Amish furniture, jewelry, linens, cards, Christmas items and more.
Enders Flowers at Edgebrook Shopping Center
Fresh and exotic flowers plus garden gifts.
Edwards Apple Orchard West
Edwards West is a popular destination for families to enjoy the sights, tastes, and activities of an apple orchard and farm market. For a fun family outing, enjoy the experience of picking your own apples, pumpkins and raspberries. Visit the play area featuring the wooden bus and train, the corn cribs, the wagon slide and our animals in the "Petting Farm." Stroll through the over 100 year old dairy barn with displays of bright colored apples, freshly squeezed cider, fresh apple cider donuts, and wonderful gift items that are on display.
Gensler Gardens
Gensler Gardens is a family owned operation specilizing in greenhouses and locally grown vegetables.
CITY:Loves Park
Wind Ridge Herb Farm
Wind Ridge Herb Farm in Caledonia, IL grows over 400 varieties of culinary and medicinal herbs without the use of chemical fertilizers. The herbs produced by Wind Ridge Herb Farm are Certified Naturally Grown. They carry only natural products with no artificial dyes, preservatives, or additives; personally harvesting, inspecting, drying, and packaging the herbs in order to guarantee quality and freshness. The garden is available for meetings, tours, groups and catered lunches. Lunches are provided for groups of 8 or more, and include a garden tour.
23 Clark Street & Soap Shoppe
Full line of cross-stitch supplies with hand-dyed threads. Also available are "affordable luxury soaps," lotions and beauty accessories made in Oregon, Illinois. In addition, Longaberger baskets, antiques and more are sold. Located in Conover Square Mall.
Village Green Home & Garden West
A fascinatingly large garden center with outdoor furniture supplying customers from all over the Midwest. The center also takes care of holiday needs with trees, trims and gifts. Home center, same location, 815.637.8840. There's a Village Green East, too.
Fran's Fantastic Antiques, Collectibles
Shop this unique inventory for antiques and collectibles including antique toys,tools, furniture, linens, rugs, jewelry, books, "ETC". Stop and shop country. You will not believe the variety that we offer. Open: May thru November: Friday thru Sunday: 10:30 am - 5:30 pm. Or by Appointment
Krafty Korner - Located inside R & D Do It Best Hardware
Unique gift items including, paintings from Spain, tractor collectables, yard art, candles, glass work, specialty items, and hard-to-find gift ideas.
Eagles Nest Gifts and Gallery
Beautifully crafted silver jewelry, Minnetonka moccasins, log furniture, and an outstanding art gallery filled with sculptures and pottery can be found at the Eagles Nest.
Susie's Garden Patch
Find u-pick asparagus, strawberries, tomatoes and pumpkins. Roadside produce includes sweet corn, muskmelons, peppers and pumpkins. Susie's hosts a Strawberry Festival every June.
CITY:Garden Prairie
CherryVale Mall
Enclosed 2-level regional shopping mall with many external businesses on same property. Many public activities including craft and car shows, community and holiday events. Food court, children's play area, early morning walking. CherryVale Mall is also one of just a few locations with new Tesla Supercharging Stations. These stations are for the all electric-powered Tesla cars to use to charge up the vehicle.
CITY:Cherry Valley
Rock Run Peddler
A quaint red cottage with a unique gathering of primitives, folk art, florals, and garden decor. Also seasonal garden to enjoy. Open: Thursday thru Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm. Or by appointment.
CITY:Rock City
Ghost Town Antiques
Country furniture, copper, brass, country accessories, woodenware, smalls, iron and tin. Appointment necessary.
Jeff Adams "Images In Bronze"
Fine art gallery / sculptor, Jeff Adams studio. Tour full-service casting facility. Saturday by appointment.
CITY:Mount Morris
Granny's Berries
Stop by and pick your own blueberries and red raspberries.
McEachran Homestead
The McEachran Homestead is offically recognized by the State of Illinois as a sesquicentennial farm. In addition to preserves and fresh produce, the farm sells its own line of grape and fruit wines.
Edgebrook Farmers Market
Sample the area's best seasonal Farmer's Market. Local farmers display their highest quality vegetables, fruits, flowers and plants as well as fresh baked breads, artisan cheeses, maple syrup, honey, locally raised free-range meats, farm fresh eggs, jams and jellies, brick oven pizzas and more! Open weekly on Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (May 6-October 28) and Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (June 4-August 27) at Edgebrook shopping center.
Antiques at Hillwood Farms
Country and early New England furniture and accessories.
New Mill Antiques
Two buildings of furniture, glassware, kitchenware and old toys. Located in the town of New Milford.
J.R. Kortman Center for Design
Upscale shop and gallery, in downtown Rockford.
Edgebrook offers local specialty shopping with a unique blend of eclectic boutique shops, excellent restaurants and convenient service-oriented businesses, where there is truly something for everyone. Please visit edgebrookshops.com for a list of merchants and events happening. Owned and operated by Orput Companies, Inc.
Tom Guirl's Beaver Creek Pottery
Find skillfully handmade and kiln-fired pottery to decorate your home.
Winnebago County Fairgrounds
Home of Winnebago County Fair, considered one of the best county fairs in the Midwest, plus The Pec Thing, a huge semi-annual flea market and antiques fair with acres of vendors inside and out. Various racing organizations use the Fairgrounds track for racing events.
Sandy Hollow Antique & Flea Market
Rockford's only smoke-free, indoor-outdoor flea market; 60 indoor dealers, air-conditioned/heated. Snack bar featuring all fresh meat and hand-cut fries.
Hailey's Winery
Hailey's Winery specializes in handcrafted wines from grape varieties native to Illinois, as well as other varietals, and seasonal fruits. We are a fully functioning winery, with all wines produced and bottled on the premises. Wine tastings are available in our tasting room any time during our business hours, and we also have weekend music events. In addition to wine, we have homemade bread, cheeses, chocolates, and gift items.
Edwards Orchard
Open August through November, come visit our farm this fall to share in our rustic culture and enjoy a taste of the season. Many varieties of apples to taste. Also available, in season, are raspberries, pumpkins, home-made goodies, and our famous apple cider donuts. Take a horse drawn ride out to the orchard to pick your own apples too. Family tradition starts here! There's a petting zoo too.
CITY:Poplar Grove
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Apple reportedly in talks with cable companies regarding live TV for Apple set-top box
Aside from a full-on Apple television, one of the longest running rumors in Apple living-room land is a deal with cable companies and/or broadcast networks for the right to air traditional cable programming on an Apple TV or similar set-top box. However, television is notoriously myopic and future-averse, and Apple has previously sought to disrupt rather than engage their business. But that might be changing. Jessica E. Vascellaro And Shalini Ramachandran, writing for The Wall Street Journal, report that Apple might be trying a more pragmatic approach than before.
The talks illustrate that Apple is seeking a less radical path to expand in television than it has contemplated in the past, namely teaming up with existing service providers rather than licensing content to compete with them directly.
Steve Jobs once elaborated on the problems involved in going to market with a television or television box, namely the cable companies make even the cell phone companies look unified and sane by comparison. It's tough to see Apple compromising on either user experience or control to get a deal like that done either, but the Wall Street Journal has certainly proved credible in the past.
This could just be another in the long history of periodic feeling outs that Apple and Hollywood seem to feel compelled to engage in -- a tug at the thread Apple CEO Tim Cook still feels is there.
The WSJ also once again repeats the rumor that Apple has prototyped television sets, as mentioned above, and as iMore has also heard previously.
Where all of this is going, if any of it is going in the short term, is probably still too early to say, but for most consumers, including Apple consumers, it remains a problem that needs solving.
And the Apple TV remains a single-digit million-selling hobby, rather than the hundred million unit moving solution that typically attracts Apple this days.
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Apple reportedly in talks with cable companies regarding live TV for Apple set-top box
I'm not seeing any compelling reason for an Apple set top box versus the existing cable set top box/digital recorder that already offers HD content, on demand movie content, and premium channels. What content could an Apple set top box provide to cable customers that they can't already get? Netflix? Hulu? You can get that right now on your tablet, smartphone, or computer, without an Apple set top box. Other than getting Apple onto cable networks with hardware and software, what would it do that's compelling for the average non-Apple fan boy/girl?
This isn't the same. Smart phones at the time were only for the enterprise or hard core tech consumer. Apple simply made a smart phone for the masses. Everyone already has a TV and content to view on it. Just look at the current TV manufacturers. They got everyone to run out and buy flat screens and wonder why now their sales are flat. It's because once you run out and buy that $2000 TV you aren't likely to buy another for a long time; probably not until that one actually stops working in 5+ years. I know I am not going to be in the TV market for quite some time.
The "compelling reason" problem Apple faces here is not with users, but with providers. TiVO had the same problem a decade ago when they were trying to persuade cablecos to user their way-ahead-of-the-game software -- in most of the USA, cablecos are regional monopolies, and great software would net them zero new subscribers, so it made zero sense to pay extra for software.
With satellite, cord-cutters, and even the occasional area serviced by two cable companies, TV providers face more competition than they did 10 years ago, but even in those rare areas of overlap, it is unclear that STB software would be a differentiating factor for a significant number of customers. With Apple reportedly demanding a 30% cut on certain transactions, they would have to dangle some pretty significant carrots in front of a provider to get them to bite.
That's not to say Apple couldn't make something users would like -- just that selling the idea to a cableco is an entirely different story.
Apple's last resort is paying and buying up the competition, theyve got the power and theyve got the cash flow.
With internet streaming and more and more people leaning towards the next generation of watching movies and TV-series, the cable companies know that they need to do something drastic to keep the cash coming in. They also know that with Apple on their side they will get a boost to their sales. Just look at how happy Sprint is to be a part of iPhone family now ! ;)
I really would love to see Retina display flat screens one day I would buy an actual Apple TV for sure
Cable companies only have so much power. Look how far Dish and DTV have come and surpassed the cable companies. Something we never thought we would see, but they came in from nowhere and took the basic cable and all that to the next level and much better !
Apple will change it , mark my words. Im not a fanboy, I love my dishnetwork and I love competition, I just think that Apple has something special up their sleeves and they will reveal it by June 2013 and it will change the TV industry the same way iTunes changed Music and iPhone changed cellphone industries :)
Right...but satellite did it *by creating their own infrastructure* and bypassing cable companies altogether. If this article is accurate, Apple is instead looking to partner with cable companies, with all of the pluses and minuses that entails.
I'm not sure you're getting the picture here. Bypass them and get to what? What competition is Apple going to buy out here? The content producers have told Apple no. They like the cable revenue too much. The only way Apple will be able to offer content on an apple box or tv is through the cable providers. This is disrupting nothing.
The goal is still to sell hardware for apple at a decent margin. But partnering with cable isn't worthwhile. People hate cable companies. That hate could transfer to apple. Cable companies are slow to work with. Cable companies want to squeeze customers but so does Apple. There's not room for two.


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Fri., Nov. 6*
at Grand Rapids Griffins
Van Andel Arena
6 p.m.
*Comcast Network 100
All GAMES WILL BE TELECAST LIVE ON MY50 CHICAGO OR COMCAST CABLE
Log on to chicagowolves.com for broadcast schedule, or to watch or listen to the action live online
Starting Wednesday, the Wolves embark on a season-high six-game road trip. The team won't return to the Allstate Arena until Nov. 21, when they host Peoria. Chicago has posted a 0-4-0-0 record in four road contests this season potting just one marker in each of those games.
--- Chris Chelios: Potted the game-winning power-play marker against Rockford on Sunday - his first career AHL goal ... Paces Wolves defensemen and shares fifth on the team with five points (G, 4A) in five games played since signing with Chicago on Oct. 20 ... Paces the club and shares sixth in the league with a +7 plus/minus rating ... Appeared in 28 NHL games with the Detroit Red Wings last season, accruing 18 penalty minutes ... Also tallied an assist and two penalty minutes in two AHL games with the Grand Rapids Griffins last year
--- Brett Sterling: Collected six points (3G, 3A) during a three-game point streak from Oct. 10 to Oct. 28, which includes potting a goal in each contest ... Shares second on the Wolves with three goals and third with seven points in seven games this season ... Shared fourth on the Wolves with 16 goals and ranked fifth with 39 points in 52 games last season ... Also skated in six NHL games with Atlanta, netting one goal
--- Spencer Machacek: Has been held scoreless in his last two games after notching six points (2G, 4A) in his previous two outings ... Paces the Wolves with 10 points and shares first with seven assists in 11 games this season ... Ranked second on the team and shared 14th among league rookies with 48 points (23G, 25A) in a team-high 77 games last season ... Also made his NHL debut in two games with Atlanta last year
--- Jason Krog: Assisted on the game-winning goal yesterday after being reassigned by the Atlanta Thrashers earlier in the day ... Shares first on the Wolves with seven assists and ranks second with eight points in nine games this year ... Led the Manitoba Moose and ranked third in the American Hockey League with 86 points (30G, 56A) in 74 matchups last season ... Also appeared in four NHL tilts with the Vancouver Canucks, potting one goal
--- The Wolves have not allowed a power-play marker in six consecutive games (26 of 26), which ties a franchise record; the last time Chicago blanked an opponent on the man-advantage in six straight contests was Oct. 18 through Nov. 2, 2000; the team ranks eighth in the league with an 88.9 efficiency rating on the penalty kill (40 of 45).
--- The Wolves have notched a .643 winning percentage at the Allstate Arena this season (4-2-0-1), which includes collecting a point in each of their last four games.
--- Chicago has held its opponents to two or fewer goals in four of its last five games (3-1-0-1); the Wolves are allowing 2.82 goals-per-game, which ranks 15th in the AHL.
--- Right wing Anthony Stewart tallied his first goal as a member of the Wolves on Saturday; the 24-year-old forward became the 20th Chicago skater to register a point this season.
--- The Wolves have only allowed one third period goal in their last six games; Chicago is outscoring opponents 9-4 in the final frame this season.
--- Chris Chelios' game-winning power-play goal on Sunday was Chicago's first man-advantage marker in 22 chances; the Wolves rank 17th in the league with a 14.6 efficiency rating on the power-play this season (seven of 48).
STRIKES, SPARES and SKATES
--- The Wolves mascot, Skates, will be appearing at the DuPage County Sheriff's Benefit for Special Olympics Illinois at the Brunswick Zone in Glendale Heights, 558 North Ave., on Sat., Nov. 7 from 9 to 10 p.m. For more information, visit the Special Olympics Illinois' website at soill.org.
Sun., Nov. 1
(at) Chicago 3, Rockford 1
--- Chris Chelios broke a 1-1 tie with 4:07 remaining in the third period to propel the Wolves to a 3-1 win over the Rockford IceHogs at the Allstate Arena Sunday night
--- Right wing Joey Crabb and Arturs Kulda (EN) also scored for Chicago
--- Goaltender Drew MacIntyre posted 22 saves
Sat., Oct. 31
(at) Texas 4, Chicago 1
--- The Wolves allowed three goals in a 2:33 span in the first period and could never recover as they dropped a 4-1 decision to the Texas Stars at the Cedar Park Center Saturday night
--- Right wing Anthony Stewart potted Chicago's only goal
--- Goaltenders Manny Legace (14 of 18) and Peter Mannino (eight of eight) split time between the pipes in LEGACE's loss
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(at) Chicago 3, Rockford 2 (SO)
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iOS 4.2 is live :)
AirPlay, VoiceOver coming with Apple TV 4.2 update today
As we reported earlier, Apple has announced that sometime today we will finally see the much anticipated iOS 4.2 update for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad and what's more -- Apple TV should be getting 4.2 today as well.
What everyone is anticipating is the use of AirPlay, which was probably a big selling point for most buyers of the new Apple TV. Now any iOS 4.2 equipped device will be able to send videos, audio, and photos to their big TV screen.
VoiceOver is also making its way to Apple TV with this update and can be turned on in the accessibility menu. This new feature will read menu items to users and can also read information like episode/movie descriptions to users as well.
Keep an eye out for Apple TV 4.2 today while you are anxiously awaiting iOS 4.2 for your other devices. Let us know when you see it and how AirPlay and VoiceOver are working out for you in the comments section below. And if you need help or just want to chat, head on over to our Apple TV Forum!
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AirPlay, VoiceOver coming with Apple TV 4.2 update today
Fixed sorry! ;-)
Has anyone tried the VoiceOver feature? If anyone has the Second Gen Apple TV and would be willing to even do a YouTube vid of VoiceOver I'd love it. I'm totally blind and use VO on all the other devices and would like to see this thing in action. Currently own a first gen Apple TV and use the Remote app on my iPhone to control the Apple TV. Wondering if it'd be worth it to get the second Gen one.
Hi MV,
I am also a VoiceOver user.
See my post about my first impressions about the Apple TV 2nd generation on my blog at: http://outofthedarkness.vipbc.org/2010/11/23/apple-tv-a-look-at-where-we... .
There is also a short Youtube demo that was posted by Mac World. I mention it in my article.


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Lucas: College is the vehicle — or chauffeurWritten by Will Lucas | | firstname.lastname@example.com
"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."
— William Gibson
A friend of mine recently had some vacation time to spend. Knowing it was coming up, it didn't cross my mind to ask how he was getting to his chosen destination. I only cared where he was going. Was he going somewhere with a beach? Maybe he was going to tour Washington, D.C.'s museums, or maybe go someplace where they speak the Romance languages. The means of transportation were mildly above insignificant.
Until about six or seven years ago, a college degree was your near-guaranteed ticket to the life you always wanted. By collecting abbreviations after your name, the value you could provide and the reward you got in return, only increased. If you had a bachelors degree and didn't have a job, you probably didn't want one. If you had a master's degree and weren't working, you were probably weighing several lucrative offers. If you had a Ph.D. and didn't make $150,000 or weren't the president of a college, you just couldn't be trusted. College, at least for the past 100 years or so, was your ticket. It held a promise: Going to school resulted in getting a good job by default. Until it didn't.
In this world, high school students get asked by each passing adult if they're going to college and which school they've chosen. I find these inquiries quite odd. Like my friend who was set for a vacation, his mode of transportation really didn't matter to me. I wanted to live vicariously through his enjoyment of the resort he'd attend. I wanted him to have a fantastic time and do what he'd greatly looked forward to for quite a while. He'd worked hard, and I wanted him to enjoy the fruits of his labor. This is why I look sideways when I hear this question asked, because it positions the transportation as the destination. College has, at least historically, been the car — or maybe the chauffeur. Going to university was what delivered you to the doorstep of your utopia. It isn't in and of itself your destiny. However, when we ask this question we imply that college is the end zone when it's only supposed to advance our ability to get there. We cause students to believe that a post-secondary degree is the only way. When traveling, I can take a car, a plane or a train. Might even walk. Getting to my dream has options also. College, while a major option, is still just that. One option.
There is a major democratization under way in our world that has already shaken our educational system to its core. While we're bracing for a huge shift in education, we've yet to realize that it's already happened. The effects of this shift are just coming to the surface.
College enrollment peaked in 2008 just after the financial crisis landed a swift roundhouse kick to the jaw of the world's economy. Community colleges and technical schools spilled over with anxiety-laden 19- and 22-year-olds wandering in delirium from whatever the heck happened to their hopes and dreams, now lying shattered in a sea of debt crises, broken housing markets and plummeting job potential. That trend of fresh meat in the lecture hall has only reversed, however, and by current estimates, may never again be matched. Between 2000-10, the cost of college increased between 4 to 9 percent annually. During this same period, Internet penetration in North America increased 153 percent. There's no doubt that the Internet loves to revolutionize industries and turn traditions on their heads mercilessly. It's revolutionize alongside or get steamrolled. Information inherently wants to be free. Data wants to be known. Historically, sharing knowledge meant putting a message in a bottle. Today, it means broadcasting to the entire planet with just a few keystrokes, and for free. How do universities respond? There are plenty of theories, and I even have my own. How has the Internet responded? It's responded with Coursera, Khan Academy, iTunesU, OpenCourseWare, Udemy, SkillShare and Udacity. These are all domains where anyone resting inside the troposphere can learn any skill from the world's best teachers, as well as professors from MIT, Harvard, Stanford or my local college's teaching roster, for free or maybe a crisp $20.
Newsweek stopped printing paper copies last year and found an amazing cover story worthy to grace one of its final hard copies. The title, "Is College A Lousy Investment?" They're not the only one publishing stories with these provocative headlines. Forbes, TIME and USA Today have all done major stories on this same topic in the past year. So, is college still worth it? Yes. But the way we're doing it won't work, and obviously hasn't worked in quite some time. Nobody with a lick of common sense is debating the value of knowledge, only the return on investment in college sheepskin. For the degree to maintain any value moving forward, major changes in how we structure these programs are necessary. Forty percent of students picking schools purely based on the football team or the super-scientific "girls' hotness factor" ain't gonna cut it. Neither of which is worth racking up $10,000-$25,000 a year in debt.
The best thing we can do for our young people is inspire a joy of learning. Not institutional learning or segmented learning. But learning and curiosity as a permanent state. I'll write more on this particular thought later, but we have to stop pursuing educational experiences based on future job prospects. The future belongs to people who can make a way where there traditionally hasn't been one.
College will always be with us, just as it should be. But we're being forced to rethink what it means and how we do it. It's important that we're clear that college is an enabler. A key. An automobile. To position it as the destination is to stunt true development and creativity. Instead of asking, with odd suspense, if little Billy is going to college, ask him what he plans to do with his life, then ask him how he's going to get there. To respond, he'll at least be forced to think — and that's more than asking what school he's going to could ever hope to do.
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Yes I can confirm the above data :)
The folks over at OkCupid have performed a little study where they analyze photography from a numerical angle. The finding we found most interesting is that iPhone users have more sex than other smartphone users.
The above chart compares the number of sexual partners of 30 year olds who use an iPhone, Blackberry, or Android phone. They also broke down the data of the number of sexual partners by age. The iPhone wins on that chart too.
The mathematical part of me has to ask, are iPhone users attracting more partners because they use an iPhone, or is that that these people prefer iPhones (perhaps because of all those dating apps)? In the chance that it's the former, any Android users ready to make the switch?
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iPhone owners get the most sex
Android = Nerds who prioritize hacking > poon.
Blackberry = Business men who cheat on their wives and black teenagers who are too poor to get an iPhone but still get pussy.
iPhone = Chill apps bros whose only mission is to get laid.
Omar's IPhone is the cause for many pipe laying sessions. Indeed.
I have to echo KPa. This just shows us that iPhone users are bigger cheaters. Is the # of sexual partners for the lifetime, or only this year? An avg of 12 partners in a single year means we all are a bunch of players...
If it's lifetime, an average of 6 is not too bad.
I wish i fell into the category of more sex+iphone.
..according to the following study below, the figures giving in this article are completely wrong:
These figures make complete sense for a couple reasons at least. I can see iPhones being popular among cool artistic people living in the city. I know we get laid. Android being popular on Verizon in the rural areas among spec centric folks is not ideal conditions for frequent layage.
My god.
I refuse it. If I were you, I'll prefer some nice videos on my iphone. Thanks to iFunia video converter , helps me enjoy my videos on my iphone and ipad.
In the other side, some iphone users may be excited, iPhone is more than just a phone. It combines three devices in one: a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device. All that and more makes it the best phone you'll ever use.
Tebow is vary small. In the head.
Umm, number of parterns =/= frequency???
What can I say? We iPhone users just like to have fun without all the hassles so common in other (phone) relationships.
BTW, I should mention that when I deathgrip my partner, she becomes less receptive to me too. We need to prove that this rumor is NOT just limited to the iPhone. It's pervasive. Tube of toothpaste. Birds. Most sandwiches.. I could start a video series! 'Jason Squeezes Random Crap- real hard'
So what your saying is that iPhone users are also more likely to be carrying STDs? Yikes...
"The mathematical part of me has to ask, are iPhone users attracting more partners because they use an iPhone..."
Correlation... people who buy iPhones are probably more likely to have money and other status symbols (nice cars, etc). I'd say that whole package is attracting dates, not the phone.
Do I really have to be the one that points out that this is based on user input alone? So, the more accurate headline is "iPhone owners claim to have had the most sex". Is that really a surprise to anyone?
This study should be used by steve jobs in the next keynote.
lol. iphone users are noobs and sluts.
A geek would by
A geek would by an adriod, a business man a BB and a cool guy an IPhone, easy to understand the reason of these results.... foxes
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Sheila Newman takes life day by day.
For the past 13 years she has been battling kidney disease that has led her through one transplant and countless sessions of dialysis. Today she sits anxiously in waiting for a second opportunity for a kidney that could make her life normal once more.
Newman has Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosi,s or FSGS as it is more commonly known, and it has systematically attacked her kidneys to the point where they no longer function.
"I am on hemo dialysis right now," Newman said. "I go three days a week, four hours a day. Dialysis takes a toll on your body after a while. I've been on dialysis now going on four years."
While the dialysis is essential to keeping Newman alive, it is also causing a slew of other medical problems for her such as dangerously low blood pressure and an excessive buildup of fluids. This added strain on her heart puts her at higher risk for a heart attack, thereby risking her potential as a transplant recipient.
"If anything goes wrong with while you're on the transplant list they'll take you off," Newman said. "If you have a heart attack you can't be on the transplant list."
Aside from trying to manage health issues that are out of her control, Newman must also keep a strict eye on her water intake each day. She can only consume approximately 16 ounces of fluid a day in order to prevent a large amount of fluid buildup between dialysis treatments.
"If I eat soup it's considered a fluid, if I eat a fruit with a lot of juice in it that's considered part of my fluids, and if I fix oatmeal I have to include the amount of water I add to it," Newman said. "The weekend is the hardest because you have dialysis on Friday, and you really have to watch what you eat and drink over the weekend because you won't have dialysis again until Monday."
Newman said that her time spent in dialysis is difficult physically and emotionally. She says many of the other patients are afflicted with diseases that automatically prevent them from receiving a transplant, and she has seen many of her friends there pass away from their disease.
"I was sitting next to a man while we were receiving dialysis the other day, and I told him I would be so glad when I got a kidney. He told me he didn't have that option because he can't be on the transplant list," Newman said, fighting back tears. "I have seen so many die since I've been there. You get to know them, and they become like family. The longer you stay on dialysis the less chance you have of receiving a kidney."
Seeing his sister's struggle, Charles Soots decided to take action when he and other members of their immediate family didn't turn out to be a perfect match.
"I went through the process myself, and a sibling is supposed to be one of the best donors there is," Soots said. "We went through the whole process, and I took several tests. We got down to the very last test, and they saw a little something with one of my kidneys that possibly could be something down the road."
He said he was very disappointed when he discovered that wasn't an option.
He said that the doctors have to be completely sure that there are no recognizable risks immediately or any foreseeable risks in the future for the potential donor. They said it is also important to note that donors will not have to spend a penny of their own money for the surgery.
Newman's situation does require a perfect match with type 0 blood. It is also important that she receive the organ from a live donor rather than a deceased one because it allows the organ a longer life.
Next, Soots decided to take to the highway and purchase billboards along U.S. Highway 421. The billboards feature a photo of Newman and read "Sheila Newman, do you know her? She needs a kidney! Can you help?" with a contact number for anyone interested in donating.
"We do business with Lamar at Farm Bureau, and they've always done good business," Soots said. "I thought what better way than to advertise. There are thousands of cars that go up and down that highway every day, so I wanted to put up something simple to let people know that there is somebody who needs help and somebody wants to live."
Soots said that since posting the billboards they have received hundreds of calls from people across the country who wanted to help. Anyone who is interested can send an application with some basic questions and a pre-stamped addressed envelope and they mail it to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center where the transplant teams reviews their paperwork and calls to set up further testing.
Soots is convinced that this method of finding a donor will pay off for the family because he believes it is in people's nature to want to help a fellow human being.
"I know there's a donor out there, and it could be within 5 miles of her home or it could be within 500 miles. I don't know where that person is, but I know they're there," Soots said. "I think, for the most part, people in the United States want to help each other. It's just making sure they know who needs help."
In the meantime, Newman said she is keeping a strong faith and keeping herself healthy. She said that she knows that God is going to take care of her needs and that the phone call will come with the perfect match that she's been waiting for. If not, then she can look forward to heaven.
"I know the Lord is going to send me that kidney," Newman said. "I have a very supportive family, and I have the Lord to talk to. Without that I couldn't have made it because I get so down and out sometimes. I look around, and I see somebody that's in worse shape than I am and they have no hope. I know I have hope. If I don't get a kidney down here when I go to heaven I will never be sick again."
If you would like to see if you're a match for Newman you may contact the family at 336-413-1290 or visit A Kidney For Sheila on Facebook.
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Yes he basically said in an interview about a year ago that if they pay him really big money, then he will fight for real. Otherwise, he will continue to drop fights.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
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Least-Favourite Fighters: Story, Sylvia, Browne & Lentz
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sapp never could take a shot like someone of his size should be able to. but damnit he used to at least try. i always thought that 6 intense months of training judo would have made a killer out of him.
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