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On January 22, 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its infamous Roe v. Wade decision that effectively granted women the right to "terminate" a pregnancy, thus condemning, at last count, over 50 million pre-born babies to death. One year later, on January 22, 1974, pioneering pro-life leader Nellie Gray launched the first March for Life rally that brought 20,000 pro-life activists together on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to pray, protest, and plan for the overturning of the horrific High Court mandate.
On January 25, 40 years after the Roe v. Wade decision, and four days after the inauguration of the nation's most pro-abortion president, this year's observance will convene in communities across the nation as hundreds of thousands of Americans repent for the national sin of abortion and pray for its cessation.
The keynote event, of course, will be the Washington, D.C., March for Life, where rally organizers expect a record crowd that may even eclipse the numbers attending Obama's inauguration. While the president's 2009 inauguration drew some 1.8 million attendees, that number is expected to dip to 600,000 this year. By contrast, there are signs that the numbers for this years Walk for Life rally will far outreach the 400,000 that attended in 2011.
Organizers told the Washington Examiner that one indication that the crowd will dwarf's Obama's event is the number of rooms booked for the pro-life rally. Hotels pre-booked for the March for Life participants "sold out a month ago," reported the Examiner, "while many Washington hotels report lukewarm interest for rooms during the Inauguration. In 2009, hotels sold out months in advance as an excited nation readied to welcome the first black president."
Jeanne Monahan, who took over as the director of the March for Life effort after founder Gray's death last year at 88, told the Washington Post that there is an emphasis on reaching a new generation of Americans, many of whom who are more pro-life in their attitudes than their parents. "We're winning with young people and we're winning with the American public,"
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Not long ago, when the Los Angeles Clippers needed to lose a game, they had to distribute playing time to all comers, giving 24 minutes to Zeke Rebraca, 18 to Bonny N'Dong, and 16 to Vin Baker. Pundits would criticize the Clips for, in some sense, compromising the integrity of competition. Losing on purpose? Athletic blasphemy.
These days? No orchestration necessary. Any five guys will do. Despite the Clippers' acknowledgement that they didn't give Atlanta sufficient respect and, therefore, got ambushed in their loss to the Hawks in Atlanta on January 6, they allowed a 15-point lead to evaporate Wednesday night:
When the Hawks inbound the ball with 26 seconds remaining, it goes into Marvin Williams at the top of the arc, being guarded by Shaun Livingston. Though Quentin Ross is on the floor, his assignment is the inbounder, Josh Childress, not Joe Johnson - the Hawks' All-Star and prolific scorer. Johnson belongs to Cat Mobley, who chases him around a pathetic Josh Smith screen to the top of the arc, where Johnson holds the ball. At :21 + change, Johnson begins his drive down the gut of the lane, getting a huge first step on Mobley. Livingston leaves Williams, but doesn't really do much to contest the shot. You know when you're at a reception and the appetizer guy floats by and you sort of make a half-hearted attempt to grab a mini-bruschetta, but don't commit to going all-out because you'd look like a pig? That's what Shaun looks like on the play: Johnson = Appetizer Waiter. Johnson drives all the way to the hoop and lifts a little floater for an easy basket. Reviewing this play doesn't offer any clarification. Mobley gets beat by a much quicker guy and the heralded defensive stopper is out on the wing guarding the Hawks' least potent scorer. When the ball goes through the hoop, Ross isn't anywhere near the play - through no fault of his own. Dunleavy decided that, with a full shot clock remaining, the inbounder warranted the best defender. Shaun was slow collapsing, and there was no shot blocker in the game because Kaman had five fouls.
The Clips have it down two with :19 left in the game. Maggette inbounds the ball to Shaun, who swing it to Thomas inside the arc on the right wing. Cassell sets a down-screen in the heart of the lane on Zaza P., which Kaman scoots around. He gets the ball about 8 feet out, then puts up a right-handed hook which hits the front of the rim at :12.0. But Kaman follows the miss over to the right baseline and grabs the ball with :11.0 left. At that moment, Shaun is wide open at the left elbow - open for a clean pass from Kaman. Cassell is also running toward Kaman, presumably to reset the play. But Kaman decides to launch a fallaway baseline jumper over his right shoulder and Josh Childress. It hits air, and Johnson collects it.
Simply put, Chris - who had a banner game up to that moment - spazzes out.
After Johnson hits a pair of free throws and TT hits a three, and Johnson hits another pair, the Clips have one last shot, down 96-93 with :4.3.
The Clips need three. Livingston gets the ball into Maggette, who has just curled around a good Kaman screen. Maggette gets the ball way out on the left wing. Zaza recovers, then quickly closes on Corey. Corey leans into Zaza, hoping to draw a foul that never gets called. The ball leaves his hands at :3.3 and it never has a chance.
The Hawks close with a 32-14 run in the fourth quarter. The Clippers' defense and work on the glass in the period are lazy. They give up eight points on layups and another six on tip shots in the final quarter, never mind the free throws that result from easy FG attempts.


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Thousand Islands Privateers coach Paul Kelly didnt mince words after what has become almost commonplace recently for the team yet another loss.
The Privateers struggles continued as the Danbury Whalers rallied with three unanswered goals to prevail 4-3 on Friday night at Watertown Municipal Arena to deal Thousand Islands its fifth consecutive loss in the Federal Hockey League.
The Whalers (16-15) also handed the Privateers (15-19), who have been hit by a wave of recent player moves, their ninth loss in their past 10 games.
There are no excuses, Kelly said. Weve got to go with what weve got and right now were just not getting it done. Its not that were not good enough, we just keep shooting ourselves in the foot. I just keep repeating it and I feel like its going in one ear and out and the other. ... It seems like everyones got an excuse. But excuses dont get you wins.
Thousand Islands, which hasnt won in two weeks, also hasnt won at home in more than a month, losing five straight in Watertown.
Some guys just want to do their own thing, Kelly continued. And you know what happens when you do your own thing you lose by one game at home or we lose by two goals on the road. Its just so repetitive and were so inconsistent that Im just going to have to look at other guys.
Julian Fraser scored the game-winner after he assisted on the tying goal to spark the Whalers, who snapped a five-game road losing skid of their own.
This is a good road win for us, Danbury coach Phil Esposito said. Weve been playing better and weve had a lot of changes in the last couple weeks and we have some new guys. Were making that transition into the second half of the year.
Trailing 2-1 after 20 minutes, Danville seized the lead by scoring a pair of goals in the second period as defenseman Mark Vida took advantage of a screen from Fraser to beat goalie Matt Anthony 5 minutes, 47 seconds into the period.
Fraser scored the go-ahead goal for a 3-2 edge at 13:18 by throwing the puck at the net and past Anthony from in close on the right side.
Its tough, assistant captain Adam McAllister said. The work ethic is there, were working hard, but it seems like were making the same mental breakdowns at bad times.
The Privateers got within a goal while on a two-man advantage on defenseman Nikolas Temples blast from the right point with 16.7 seconds remaining in regulation, but would get no closer.
Were in a rough slide right now, Temple said. Were battling hard, havent been able to put it all together. Weve just got to keep working hard.
Thousand Islands has recently lost a host of players to call-ups including two of their top scorers with forward Brent Tamane the latest. He was loaned to the Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League on Friday.
Forward Justin MacDonald, who was Thousand Islands second-leading scorer was traded to Danville on Jan. 9 for two players, including Max Mobley, who was called up by the Fayetteville FireAntz of the SPHL on Wednesday.
Theyve all been tough, Kelly said of his teams current slide. Its always tough when you get guys called up and they go to different leagues weve lost seven key guys who have been with us for a while. ... But you cant blame that. Our season doesnt stop because of call-ups.
The Privateers last home win was a 9-3 decision over the New York Bluefins on Dec. 15.
Ive got guys who are calling me all the time wanting to play, Kelly concluded. Im not going to settle for this its too much somethings got to change.
Danbury opened the scoring as Matt Caranci deflected in a centering feed from Kamil Vavra 6:30 into the game.
Playing in only his seventh game with the Privateers, A.J. Tesoriero scored the tying goal with a drive from the right faceoff circle which clanged off the left goal post and into the net at 12:22.
McAllister put Thousand Islands up 2-1 by one-timing a feed from Corey Belisle past goalie Nick Neidert (28 saves) at 16:27.
The Privateers will host the Bluefins, formerly of Cape Cod, at 7 tonight.
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So it's Friday afternoon. Your energy is used up for the week and there's still a dinner to be made or bought or found. You find yourself idly scrolling through Facebook at 4 p.m. When you notice it — Baba Louie's is offering a special deal!
This happened to us last week and it's one of the reasons why it pays to "Like" your favorite restaurants on Facebook.
The Berkshires may not have a Groupon of its own yet but last week Baba Louie's offered a special as good as any you'll find on the major coupon sites. Come in, mention the key words from the Facebook post and you got 50 percent off your dinner tab. Not 50 percent off an entree — 50 percent off the whole bill.
I grabbed my partner in life and we left for Baba Louie's. Once there we sat at the bar and had the best gluten-free pizza I've ever tasted as well as a generous dish of linguine with chicken and artichokes and "Dawn's Delight," a small salad that was plenty for two and was so delicious I would happily eat it every Friday until the summer (at least).
"Dawn's Delight" is described as "Gorgonzola, pears, dried cranberries and toasted walnuts served on a bed of organic mixed greens with our balsamic vinaigrette." Yup, that's the stuff. The combination is completely delicious.
For a pizza we chose the unusual combo of shrimp, pineapple, and coconut on a gluten-free crust. It was a refreshing change from our usual traditional pizza and the crust was surprisingly good.
Baba Louie's uses local organic ingredients whenever possible and has plenty of vegetarian, even vegan, options for those who want them.
Our entire meal, a feast really, with wine, beer and a $10 tip, came to $45. Definitely more than cooking at home but a real bargain for a night out. (It's always nice, if you can manage it, to tip on the amount the meal would have been if you got it at the regular price since your server does the same amount of work and sometimes more.)
So if you're wondering what to do for dinner, go online, check out who says what on Facebook or Twitter — more and more restaurants are making use of social networking to announce specials that aren't available anywhere else, count yourself in and give yourself a treat. You'll be glad you did.
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Joey Logano won at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday to automatically advance to the third round of NASCAR's playoffs.
Kevin Harvick dominated a race he had to win to advance to the second round of NASCAR's playoffs, while six-time champion Jimmie Johnson was a stunning elimination from contention.
Matt Kenseth pushed Kevin Harvick down the stretch and took the lead for good when the defending series champion ran out of gas Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the second race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.
Denny Hamlin gave Joe Gibbs Racing a victory in the opening round of NASCAR's playoffs by rallying from a disastrous start at Chicagoland Speedway.
Cochran's Will Fordham won the Junior Enduro race Saturday at Cochran Motor Speedway.
Macon's Wiley McDaniel, Jr. won his first race of the season.
IndyCar driver Justin Wilson is in a coma and in critical condition after sustaining a head injury when he was hit by a large piece of debris that broke off a car in the crash-filled race at Pocono Raceway.
Matt Kenseth raced to his third NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of the season, winning in convincing fashion Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
Joey Logano had enough fuel this time.
Matt Kenseth stretched his fuel and zipped past the fading leaders in the final thrilling laps Sunday to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway.
Smallest champion in NASCAR history making Middle Georgia appearance.
Kyle Busch's incredible comeback rolled through Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Busch won the Brickyard 400 on Sunday to sweep the weekend at the historic track.
The five-time Brickyard winner has returned to the track with heavy damage.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Jack Ingram was in Byron to show off a 1980 Pontiac Grand Am he plans to auction on Saturday.
Kyle Busch won Sunday's road course race in Sonoma, California, but he still has a long way to go to become eligible for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
A.J. Allmendinger claimed his first pole in the Sprint Cup Series in three years after winning Saturday's qualifying for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway -- the first road-course race in NASCAR's top series this season.
Simon Pagenaud claimed the pole position while his teammate, Helio Castroneves, qualified second to give Team Penske a sweep of the front starting row for Saturday's 500-mile IndyCar Series race at Auto Club Speedway.
Allmendinger, who is in his second full season with JTG Daugherty Racing, has become one of the best road-course racers in NASCAR lately. One year ago at Sonoma, Allmendinger started second and led a race-high 35 laps before he was involved in an accident with Dale Earnhardt Jr. He ended up finishing two laps down in 37th.
Xfinity Series
Elliott finished 10th in the most recent Xfinity event at Chicagoland in September. The Sprint Cup Series competed there on the same weekend.
This year, Jones is running full-time in trucks, driving the No. 4 Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports. He is currently fourth in the series point standings, 33 points behind leader and two-time defending champion Matt Crafton. Jones has yet to win a truck race this season, but he has led the most laps in three of the previous five events. Last Saturday at Gateway Motorsports Park, he started on the pole and ran in front for 84 of the 160 laps but suffered an electrical issue in the late going, which led to a season-worst 23rd-place finish.
Will Power claimed his fifth pole of the season, while his teammates, Simon Pagenaud and Juan Pablo Montoya, qualified second and third, respectively, to give Team Penske the top-three starting spots for Sunday's IndyCar Series race on the streets of Toronto.
For the past two seasons, IndyCar held a doubleheader weekend in Toronto, but this year is only one race, scheduled for Sunday. Qualifying will take place here on Saturday.
Nemechek had been sharing seat time with his father, Joe Nemechek, a longtime NASCAR veteran, in the No. 8 NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet. John Hunter, a member of the "NASCAR Next" initiative, highlighting the sport's top up-and- coming drivers, has competed in two truck races this season. He finished 29th at Martinsville and 22nd at Dover.
Erik Jones, Denny Hamlin and Boris Said substituted for him in the No. 54 car while he was sidelined. There have been 11 Xfinity races since Daytona.
The Sprint Cup Series is running at Michigan International Speedway this weekend. After Michigan, the series will take a week off and then head to Sonoma, California (June 28), Daytona (July 5), Kentucky (July 11), New Hampshire (July 19), Indianapolis (July 26), Pocono (Aug. 2) and Watkins Glen (Aug. 9) before returning to Michigan (Aug. 16). Bristol (Aug. 22), Darlington (Sept. 6) and Richmond (Sept. 12) are the last three races on the regular season schedule.
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Kasey Kahne claimed his first pole in the Sprint Cup Series in nearly three years after edging Kevin Harvick in Friday's qualifying for the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Michael Waltrip Racing revealed on Tuesday that it has switched the crew chiefs and engineers for its No. 15 and No. 55 teams in the Sprint Cup Series.
Martin Truex Jr. has endured a lot personally and professionally within the past two years, but after winning Sunday's race at Pocono Raceway, so much is starting to go his way again.
Will Power will start on the pole for an IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway for the third year in a row after winning Friday's qualifying.
Kurt Busch claimed his third pole of the season after winning Friday's qualifying at Pocono Raceway, a session that featured five drivers failing to make a lap during the third and final round.
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Montoya competed in an IndyCar race at Texas for the first time in 2014, starting fourth and finishing third. His lone victory in the series last year occurred at Pocono, a 2.5-mile triangle-shaped track. Montoya is the only driver with multiple victories this season. He won the March 29 season-opener in St. Petersburg, Florida.
If Earnhardt wins Sunday's 400-mile race at Pocono, he will join Bobby Allison and Tim Richmond as those drivers with three straight victories here. Allison accomplished the feat from 1982-83, and Richmond did it from 1986-87.
After winning last Friday's race at Dover -- the sixth event on this year's series schedule -- Reddick moved to within 11 points of Crafton for the lead. It was the second career truck victory for Reddick, with his first occurring in the Feb. 20 season-opener at Daytona.
NASCAR rookie driver Ryan Blaney, who drives on the Truck, Xfinity and Sprint Cup series, recently sat down with The Sports Network and answered some questions about the ups and downs of a rookie and what he's learning.
Drag racing will follow.
Kyle Busch's comeback now includes a victory - a mere five races after he returned from serious injuries suffered the season-opening weekend.
NASCAR is backing South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's call to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds in the wake of a massacre at a Charleston church.
15-year-old Ridge McCoy took the checkered flag Saturday at Cochran Motor Speedway.
Kurt Busch has won his second NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season, a rain-shortened event at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday that was called 62 laps short of its scheduled distance.
"Junior Enduro" will include drivers who aren't "street legal."
Martin Truex Jr. led the most laps for the fourth straight race, only this time he was in front on the one that mattered most, breaking through Sunday at Pocono Raceway for his first Sprint Cup victory since 2013.
The regular season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has reached its midpoint, with 13 races completed and 13 to go before the championship Chase begins.
Poor weather conditions forced IndyCar Series officials to cancel qualifying for Sunday's second race in the weekend doubleheader at Detroit's Belle Isle Park.
Defending IndyCar Series champion Will Power won the pole position for the first race in the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit weekend doubleheader after setting a new track qualifying record on the Belle Isle Park street circuit.
Denny Hamlin will start on the pole for the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks after topping Martin Truex Jr. in Friday's qualifying at Dover International Speedway.
The series is running its sixth race of the season on Friday at Dover International Speedway. On the following day, Jones will celebrate his 19th birthday. He's scheduled to compete in the Xfinity race at this track on Saturday.
Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya arrived in Detroit on Thursday after his media tour in New York City on Tuesday and then Wednesday's appearance in Fort Worth, Texas, where the series will race on June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway.


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LOWVILLE A Watson man on Monday afternoon admitted to killing his son with a shotgun, accepting a plea deal just prior to the start of jury selection in his trial.
Lyle F. Davoy Sr., 56, of 9520 Stillwater Road, pleaded guilty in Lewis County Court to second-degree murder, while charges of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and first-degree criminal use of a firearm were withdrawn.
Sentencing was set for Dec. 6. He is expected to be sentenced to no more than 17� years to life in state prison, less than he probably would have faced had he been convicted by a jury, according to Lewis County District Attorney Leanne K. Moser.
I believe justice was served with the courts decision for sentencing, Ms. Moser said.
Davoy was accused of shooting Lyle F. Davoy Jr., 29, in the upper torso with a 20-gauge shotgun the night of May 13 outside a Stillwater Road residence, causing his sons death.
The defendant accepted responsibility for the death of his son, Ms. Moser said.
The plea should also help provide closure to the younger Mr. Davoys mother and other family members, she said.
While potential jury members came in Monday morning, attorneys were tending to legal issues and continuing discussions on a possible plea deal, and the deal was reached before jury selection actually commenced, the district attorney said.
Ms. Moser said a final-hour plea like Davoys is not unheard of, as defendants actually get a look at potential jury members and more completely see the evidence against them.
Often, that does lead to resolution on that day, she said.
The death was ruled a homicide by Dr. Samuel A. Livingstone, Lewis County coroners physician, following an autopsy conducted at Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville. Dr. Livingstone determined the cause of death was extensive bleeding stemming from a single gunshot wound.
Estranged from his father for most of his life, the younger Mr. Davoy was raised by his mother and stepfather in Virginia, family members have said. However, he relocated to Lewis County a couple of years ago, reconnected with his father and had been living in the Stillwater Road residence with him since December, they said.
Davoy is being represented by the countys public defender group, Lewis Defenders PLLC. He is being held without bail in Lewis County jail.
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|Tender and light, gluten-free pumpkin donuts, darling.
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You might think I'm on a pumpkin bender, glancing through recent recipes here on Gluten-Free Goddess®. And you'd be right. I do this. Every October. I go on one long, crazy, pumpkin love affair. I am head-over-heels nuts about it. Because pumpkin is magic. In fact, if pumpkin was in a fairy tale, it would be the Fairy Godmother- not the humble buggy. It makes gluten-free baking transform, you see, as if touched by a star-tipped sparkling wand.
That's why I knew I had to tackle pumpkin donuts. Because donuts can be tough to replicate gluten-free. But I knew pumpkin would bring me luck, and sprinkle good fortune on my baking endeavors today. So, yes. I am pumpkin crazy. Crazy in love.
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If pumpkin be the food of love, play on.
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Karina's Gluten-Free Pumpkin Donuts Recipe
Originally published October 2012.
Gluten-free donuts can be, shall we say... a wee bit on the heavy side. Without the stretch and lift of gluten, g-free donut dough can be stubborn, baking itself into a tough, dense, disappointing mouthful of dust. But not these, Sugar. These donuts are light. Tender. Delightful. Promise. Thanks to PJ Hamel at King Arthur Flour for the inspiration.
1 cup sorghum flour
1 cup potato starch (not potato flour)
1/2 cup hazelnut flour
1 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup cane sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
3 organic free-range eggs, beaten
1/2 cup organic expeller-pressed canola oil
1 14-oz can pumpkin
2 teaspoons bourbon vanilla extract
For sugar dusting:
Granulated cane sugar
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Lightly oil a 6-donut pan and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sorghum flour, potato starch, hazelnut flour, brown sugar, cane sugar, baking soda, xanthan gum, sea salt and spices.
Add in the eggs, oil, pumpkin, and vanilla; beat well for two minutes. The batter should be smooth and slightly sticky.
Spoon the batter into the donut molds, filling almost to the top- I'd say, roughly 5/8 full. Smooth the tops.
Bake in the center of the oven for 18 minutes, until firm but slightly springy to the touch.
When the donuts are cool enough to handle, loosen the sides and remove from the pan.
Place the donuts on a cooling rack.
|Warm pumpkin donuts unadorned, ready for sugaring.
Meanwhile ...
Pour about a half cup granulated cane sugar into a sandwich bag and sprinkle in some cinnamon, to taste. Shake to mix.
When the donuts are still a bit warm, sugar the donuts one at a time, by placing them in the bag and turning it to coat the donut on all sides.
Place the sugared donuts on a cooling rack.
Repeat the process for the remaining batter.
Makes 15 donuts.
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This is the donut pan I use.
This gluten-free donut recipe has no rice flour, or soy flour, and no dairy.
If you need to switch out the hazelnut flour, almond flour will work, and chestnut flour is worth a try. If you need to avoid all nuts and tree-related sources, you'll need to experiment.
This gluten-free flour blend produces a donut that is light, tender and springy. If you change out the flours, your results may vary.
These donuts have sugar. Sugar brings out the pumpkin flavor. If you need to limit your sugar intake, these donuts are probably not for you. You might like these Crispy Kale Chips.
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HEUVELTON The Heuvelton Labor Day Committee is disbanding after 16 years because of an aging membership and the increasing cost of funding the Labor Day celebrations.
Mayor Barbara A. Lashua said she is attempting to find another organization that will continue the Labor Day Committees legacy.
Were proud of what we did, said Shirley A. Todd, a member of the committee.
The committee has spent the past 16 years organizing Labor Day celebrations in Heuvelton, including a fireworks display and parade.
We just kept it going year to year, Mrs. Todd said, adding that the events also included an annual walk/run, games by the Heuvelton boat launch, an auction, dancing and lots of eating.
Mrs. Todd said an estimated 5,000 people came out for the 2012 events.
We had one of the best fireworks displays in all of St. Lawrence County, she said. It was probably 25 minutes long.
But the event costs $8,000 to $10,000 to pull off, Mrs. Todd said, and its a tall order for the three-member committee and its volunteers to raise that much money.
She said its becoming increasingly difficult to find locations that will host fundraisers, and with the price of gas increasing, traveling to far-flung locations was eating into the final tally.
We put a lot of thought into it, Mrs. Todd said of the decision to disband. Were happy we kept it going that long.
In particular, Mrs. Todd said, she is happy the young people grew up with it.
Its time to let somebody else take it over, she said, though so far no one has stepped forward to continue the tradition.
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In response to BabeParilli's comment:
I also believe it is evident that a real GM should be brought in and BB should just be HC. I have to believe a real GM would have nixed the spygate behavior at least when the memo came out.
RESPONSE: Hindsight is always 20/20. No one could have foreseen that ignoring an NFL memo on positioning of cameras from the commissioner would lead to $750,000 in fines, and the forfeiture of a first round draft choice.
Sorry TP, but only a fool would keep doing something after the league sends out a memo specifically stating to knock that off, especially when it could be construed as cheating.
I don't need any hindsight at all. I would say before spygate occurred as I say right now. Cease any activities that are even borderline rules violations (even if every other team in the game is doing them). To do otherwise is simply stupid.


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Robert Ross heard the low-flying plane heading his direction as he stood on the signal bridge of USS Vega on a late-summer day in 1966. Bathed in Southeast Asian sunshine, he was listening to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons when he looked up just in time to get a face full of spray."The officer on deck was panicking," Ross recalls. "They hollered, 'Everybody inside! Agent Orange!' But it was too late."Forty-three years later, time is running out for Ross and tens of thousands of other sailors suffering from various cancers, Parkinson's disease, diabetes and heart conditions caused by Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War. For nearly a decade, VA, acting on a Bush administration directive and a punitive court decision, has severed their benefits or denied their claims. Under these new VA rules, so-called "Blue Water" and "Blue Sky" veterans are deemed not to have suffered any ill effects from the millions of gallons of toxic defoliant spread across the jungles during the war, regardless of any contact they may have had with it. The government's rationale: they did not set foot on land or couldn't meet VA's stringent requirements for proof that they were exposed."VA acts as if there is an invisible shield at the shoreline," says David Greenberg, a Navy veteran. "In reality, Agent Orange blew out over the ocean. It also fell into the rivers and streams that fed out into the ocean. (And) because Navy ships distilled Agent Orange-tainted seawater for cooking, drinking and showering, it's incomprehensible for VA to deny we were exposed."Denise Ross, whose husband is fighting for benefits, calls VA's treatment of Agent Orange veterans disgraceful. "They have lost everything. They have no way to support themselves. They are dying at an incredible rate. And VA treats them as if they are lying." Their last hope: legislation backed by The American Legion and other veterans groups that would restore the Agent Orange benefits Congress first authorized in 1991 for everyone who served in the Vietnam War – on land, in the air or at sea. Operation Ranch Hand. The U.S. military sprayed 20 million gallons of the deadly dioxin-based herbicide in Vietnam and Laos to strip the dense jungle that gave the enemy cover, to destroy their crops, and to clear ground for U.S. fire bases.Operation Ranch Hand ran from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. VA still required proof of exposure, beginning in the 1970s when veterans first raised concerns about their own strange illnesses and birth defects among their children, says Bart Stichman, joint executive director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program, which has represented Agent Orange victims since the 1970s. VA conceded that chloracne, skin lesions caused by chemical exposure, was connected to Agent Orange exposure in 1978. And in 1984, Congress ordered VA to assemble a committee of scientists to study whether the list of illnesses presumed to be caused by Agent Orange should be expanded. A responded by handpicking scientists, some of whom had worked for chemical companies that manufactured Agent Orange, Stichman says. In essence, "they denied everybody," Stichman says.By then, there were 800 studies on dioxin, the key toxin in Agent Orange. VA's committee "reviewed a couple dozen studies" in 10 months, Stichman says. His group sued, and a federal court in California ordered VA to start over.Meanwhile, Dow, Monsanto and other Agent Orange manufacturers settled a class-action lawsuit with veterans. The $180 million settlement didn't go far but was important in making the case for health problems the herbicide inflicted.Congressional Reprieve. By 1990, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that the 3 million veterans who served in Vietnam suffered a 50-percent-higher rate of non‑Hodgkin's lymphoma than veterans who didn't serve in Southeast Asia. VA then added that lone cancer to a short list of Agent Orange illnesses it would cover.Realizing VA would never go far enough, Congress passed the Agent Orange Act of 1991. The legislation made it clear that anyone who served in the war – whether on land or in Vietnam's territorial waters – was presumed to have been exposed and should receive VA benefits for illnesses caused by it. It also called for the National Academy of Sciences to determine which diseases were connected to Agent Orange. Over the next decade, soft-tissue sarcoma, lung, trachea and larynx cancer, multiple myleoma, Type 2 diabetes and other diseases were added to the list of Agent Orange conditions VA would cover. Meanwhile, the Royal Australian Navy discovered that running dioxin-tainted seawater through its ships' distilling machines – identical to equipment the U.S. Navy used to supply cooking, drinking and bathing water to ships in Vietnam – magnified the dioxin's strength, Stichman says. A study by the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National Academies of Science, later confirmed that. The fortunes of Blue Water veterans changed after George W. Bush became president. In 2002, VA quietly rewrote its rules to require that all veterans prove they had physically set foot in Vietnam – known as "boots on ground" – to qualify for Agent Orange benefits. "They didn't go through formal rule-making," Stichman says. VA started denying new claims and cutting off Blue Water veterans who previously had been receiving benefits. This occurred even though a greater percentage of Vietnam War sailors developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma than those who served with ground forces. "So a guy who gets benefits from 1996 to 2002 for trachea cancer found his benefits severed," Stichman explains. The sole exception was veterans with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Haas' Legal Voyage. Jonathan L. Haas thought he had legal grounds to challenge VA's sudden exclusion of some 500,000 Vietnam War sailors who became known as the Blue Water veterans. He remembered clouds of Agent Orange drifting from the shore and engulfing his ammunition tender, the Mount Katmai. Forty years later, he filed an Agent Orange claim for diabetes and kidney problems.Haas fought all the way to the Supreme Court, with the help of the National Veterans Legal Services Program and a friend-of-the-court brief from The American Legion. He lost. And when the high court refused to hear Haas v. Nicholson in early 2009, it effectively affirmed VA's right to rewrite the rules and prevent Blue Water veterans from receiving Agent Orange benefits.The Bush administration also pushed for legislation prohibiting Blue Water veterans from qualifying for presumptive Agent Orange exposure. The effort failed. But the Haas decision prevented tens of thousands of sick and disabled Blue Water veterans from getting VA benefits, including Thomas J. Laliberte, a naval photographer who serviced aerial reconnaissance cameras on the A‑5 Vigilantes that flew from USS Constellation in the Gulf of Tonkin. The airplanes flew in areas recently sprayed with Agent Orange and periodically landed in Vietnam, accumulating dioxin residue, Laliberte says. He routinely worked on the airplane cameras and camera pods after these missions.A computer programmer, truck driver and pressman since leaving the service, Laliberte says he was never sick until he was overcome with fatigue in August 2006. He couldn't keep up at work and was laid off from his printing-plant job. Two weeks later, Laliberte was hospitalized with multiple myeloma. His kidney failure was so profound that he was "within days of dying," Laliberte says.His wife divorced him five months later. Laliberte was left only with Social Security disability benefits and temporarily moved in with a friend. VA has denied his Agent Orange-exposure claim, and he's still living in his friend's spare room. "I feel abandoned," Laliberte says, his voice hoarse from the steroids he takes to calm the side effects of chemotherapy. "I know I was there. I know I was exposed. And I feel that way not only for myself, but for the thousands of veterans who need help but can't get the health care they need."Three years ago, Laliberte joined the newly formed Veterans Association of Sailors of the Vietnam War and now serves as its president. Together with The American Legion and other veteran groups, the VASVW is pushing legislation to restore veterans' Agent Orange benefits.Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, stressed urgency before hearings he called in May. "Congress' original intent was to provide these veterans with benefits based on their exposure to Agent Orange and other deadly herbicides ... regardless of arbitrary geographic line-drawing," he wrote in a letter to his colleagues.VA declined to address specific issues raised by veterans in this article. But in a statement prepared for The American Legion Magazine, VA noted it has proposed adding hairy cell leukemia, Parkinson's disease and ischemic heart disease to the list of illnesses presumed to be connected to Agent Orange exposure, and "is committed to pursuing all medical research efforts that improve our understanding of diseases that could be presumptively service-connected."Ross' Dying Wish. Nevada veteran Robert Ross wonders if he'll outlive the VA appeals process. He developed blistering sores on his back in the 1970s and diabetes in 1995. He suffered heart failure in 2001, but is not a transplant candidate because of kidney problems. He had thyroid cancer, suffers from neuropathy, and fights an indigestion problem. Two years ago, doctors likened his life expectancy to that of a terminal-cancer patient.Ross filed a claim with the Reno, Nev., VA in 2008. He was denied as a result of the Haas ruling. He cannot prove he took the face full of spray that late-summer day in 1966. He cannot prove he was close enough to the shore to see people's faces. He cannot prove his ship was tied to a dock on several trips into Da Nang Harbor to re-supply U.S. ships."People are under the impression that these men have access to proof of where they were all of the time, of incidents that occurred while they were on ship, and every location of their ship," Denise Ross says. "It was wartime. A lot of that information wasn't put in the ship's log or written down."Ross filed a notice of disagreement with the Reno VA in April 2009. "We provided them the doctor's letter that said my husband has a year to live," Denise says. "I begged them. I said, 'My husband is dying. Can't you just deny his claim so we can file an appeal?' We're concerned about our son, who has asthma and other medical issues."That denial finally came this spring, a year after the Rosses' urgent plea. They will appeal this summer. The case will drag on perhaps another year – a year Ross might not have. The Rosses, like Laliberte, are putting their hope in the legislation."Every senator and member of Congress has the responsibility to step in immediately," Denise says. "They can't put a stop to the suffering. But they can restore the benefits that have been denied these men. I want it made right not just for my husband, but for everyone." Ken Olsen is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to The American Legion Magazine.
My husband Michael Lowinski was on the USS America starting in 1972. He then went to the USS Independence for a few months in 1975. In 1999 he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and passed in 2001. I truly believe that he was exposed during his time on the America. I was denied a claim and I am reopening his claim. Any information that the America was in Viet Nam waters would be appreciated.
I was on the America CVA-66. We left Norfolk on June 5, 1972 and spent 10 months away from home. We returned from Vietnam on March 24, 1973. During this time, we spent 242 days at sea, 151 of them on Yankee Station. Our Air Wing Eight flew 11,765 combat missions dropping 16,800 tons of ordnance.
My husband was also on the USS America around that time. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2005. We filed a claim, which was denied and then he appealed. This was 6-7 months ago and we have heard nothing. My husband's memory is affected by the disease, but he says that the America was in Viet Nam in the Tonkin Gulf.
WESTPAC deployment USS Constellation (CVA-64) January 1973 - October 1973 assigned to RVAH-12, off the coast of Vietnam.
My husband served on the USS Vega from 67-70. He did 2 tours to the same area in the article. In the past 12 years, he has had renal cell carcinoma, numerous strokes, a heart attack and now has a mass on his pancreas that the VA surgeon will be taking out in a few weeks. There is no strong history of cancer in his family, but because he was in the Navy, the doctors have already ruled out the possibility of exposure to any deadly chemicals from his tours. We are going to take this article with us, as well as do more research before the surgery. Because it isn't 'service' related, the costs are more than if he went to a civilian hospital! Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks
I am a 1965-66 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veteran. IN 1966 I sufered 5-4 Ischemic strokes and one Ischemic Heart attack in 2008. IN 2010 I was sent to the Minneapolis VA Hospital for a benefits exam. The Doctor said I was service connected. The Va said, the Doctor can't say so. Since 1997. I have had claims in, all denied. Politicians cant do diddly.
Is there any way that the American Legion can start a confidential web page for our blue water veterans to log onto with their name or a code number showing their ship, when they served, and their Agent Orange related disabilities?
I think those opposed need to see the figures from the veterans not from the VA!
I am a veteran's service rep with several BW claims denied and appealed.
I am sorry to notify you that another of our Sailors, Mr. Tom Laliberty, has lost his battle with cancer.
Tom was kind enough to share his story, even some of it's sad details, of the problems that our Blue Water Navy Veterans having served in the Republic of Vietnam continue to face on a daily basis. Tom was President of The Veterans Association of Sailors of the Vietnam War and contiuned his participation even from his hospital bed.
He was our friend and touched our hearts forever.
His story was shared in the article by Ken Olsen, "Blue Water Battle". Thank you Ken, you allowed us to share a moment in history with an honorable man.
The world lost a friend today. Tom passed on, still being denied benefits for his illness and disability caused by Agent Orange.
The USS Neches (AO-47) dropped anchor and unrepped the USS Krishna (ARL-38) in An Thoi on SEPTEMBER 28,1967. [Deck Logs are key and I deeply regret my error.]
USS Neches (AO-47) dropped anchor and unrepped the USS Krishna (ARL-38) in An Thoi in October, 1968. Why didn't the VA list the Neches as a ship exposed to Agent Orange????????
My husband served in Vietnam on the USS America in 1972,1973. In 2006 he was diagnosed with Diabetes II, had 6 bypass surgery, had 2 strokes, has neurothrophy all over, seizures, skin problems, high blood pressure, eye hemorrage, We applied for compensation and was denied today due to he did not step on land. What do I do now? I am the only income, my husband cannot get SS, SSI or food stamps and my salary is not doing it. Any suggestions. J & B Gossett
I'm a lawyer and veteran who had been trying to help some blue water sailors who face the same problem. I don't charge for my services because I don't want to see deserving veterans denied. If you want me to look at your veteran's case, I will do so without charge and provided the case is not too complicated. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
I have been denied compensation by the VA for prostate I believe from Agent orange I am preparing my Rebuttal ,and would like for you review my Doc.
A Board of Veterans' Appeals ("BVA") ruling dated November 2, 2009 and captioned Docket No. 04-00-250 states in part: "The evidence of record clearly shows that Da Nang Harbor is well sheltered and surrounded on three sides by the shoreline of Vietnam. The harbor is nearly totally surrounded by land and that the entire harbor is located within the territorial boundaries of Vietnam. As such, given the location of the harbor as being surrounded by the land on three sides and the evidence that the harbor is within the territory of Vietnam..the Board finds that Da Nang Harbor is an inland waterway for the purposes of the regulation." BUT!...the ruling also states that the veteran "set foot on land" and this appears to remain a major hurdle in such matters, especially for those of us who cannot prove we went ashore.
My name is Gary W. Halsey Sr., I am related to Admiral William "Bull" Halsey. I served 3 tours over in Vietnam, and I am here to tell you that I have claims filed, and if denied, I will take them to my representative in my states local government, (Jan Brewer) and also to my rep in Congress. I have them claims filed for PTSD, severe heart problems, (double by-pass), also a diabetic, and asbestosis, not to mention problems with my feet. They sometimes swell up so big, that I can't wear a pair of shoes. I am hear to tell you that when I read this article, and the following comments that follow, plus when I read the articles and issues in VNVETS website, I am really concerned about how I will leave this world, and what will become of my wonderful wife of 28 years? It is a sad state of affairs when one who serves their country, and is put in harms way, that our government will not even acknowledge the blue water Navy! I am ashamed of my government.
I represent a veteran who was in Da Nang harbor. I would appreciate your cite to the treaty. And any information that you can give about the expert who discussed the currents from the Mekong Delta.
Thank you Matthew Hill
I tied down planes and often hit projections below the a4 skyhawks and usually had no shirt on when untying them. I was on the USS Hancock CVA19 . I developed prostate cancer sept 06. Had radical prostetectomy nov 06. A neighbor flew through vietnam in 70 on the way to thailand. He was allowed to step off the plane while they were refueling to have a cigarette. He was on the ground for 20 minutes. He was also diagnosed with prostate cancer. He has been recieving va care and disability since. His operation was free. Mine cost 22 thosand dollars. He never served in vietnam . I worked on the flight deck for 9 months 18 hours a day 7 days a week.I get NO benefits......
Mike Brown, Not sure if you are the same one I worked with on the flight Deck of the USS Hancock 68-69 ? Are originally from Alabama ? I was a Blue Shirt tying down aircraft. I had to have a 5 way heart bypass with no family background of heart Disease. I flew off in the Cod but cannot prove
boots on ground so denied Agent Orange. 707-753-1850
An expert oceanographer who has studied the Mekong River and Delta has opined in my client's case that Mekong River water, ladened with Agent Orange, composes a significant part of the coastal current that hugs the coast of Viet Nam. This current extends well out to sea such that deep draft vessels plying coastal waters would be sailing in more "brown water" than "blue". He explains that attempting to draw a line at the inland water boundary is impossible and arbitrary. In fact, when seasonal winds in Vietnam shift to the southeast from the northwest, coastal inland waters may be more blue water than brown.
There's a lot of noise out there about supporting our troops, which usually means "support whatever war we're currently engaged in." If we really want to support the troops, we ought to be helping folks like the ones in this article. Well done, Mr. Olsen. Thank you for sharing these important truths about a broken system.
I hate to say it this way, but I'm glade to hear that there are other's that are having problems with the VA. I wonder why sometimes I stayed in the Naval Reserves for 25 years. VA is tell me that since there is nothing in my medical record no claim. I have ringing in both ears. I am a vet of two wars.
I would like to express thanks to Jeff Stoffer, the editor of The American Legion Magazine for having the courage to publish this article and allowing Ken Olsen the resources to investigate and write this story.
Thank you and please continue your support for these forgotten Blue Water Navy Veterans.
Great job!
Robert and Denise Ross
Mr. & Mrs. Ross, I'm a lawyer representing a client who has encountered a situation similar to yours. In doing some research, I discovered that Da Nang harbor is considered an "inland water" under an international convention dating from the 1950s to which the US and many other nations are signatories. I don't see how VA can claim that Da Nang Harbor is not an inland water whether ships entering the harbor docked or not. I'll be happy to give your or your advocate the citation to this treaty. Best of luck.
Mr. O'Toole:
I would very much appreciate receiving the citation you mentioned describing Da Nang harbor as an "inland water." I am a former Naval Reservist who served in a fuel and ammunition supply ship in the coastal waters of Quang Tri province, South Vietnam, in 1972-73.
Like your client and many others concerned, we also had occasion to enter Da Nang harbor and frequently operated in close proximity to shore (where the water was either brown, green, gray, blue or a multitude of shades in between depending on light, season, currents, etc.). Thus, the realization that in the opinion(s) of counsel of the VA I did not in fact "serve in Vietnam" came as something of a surprise. (Particularly so since my DD-214 expressly states "Served in Vietnam" in the "Remarks" box.)
I am not sick (yet?) but it is an everpresent source of concern and my heart goes out to my fellow veterans who are.
Tim S. Smith
Hello Terry
I'm one of those being denied benefits.
I would appreciate hearing about your progress in your suit against the V A.
I believe that unless congress gets it,s ass in gear , we will all die before they come to our aid!
I anchored several times in Da Nang ,and once had to clear out under heavy fire. Not to mention several Wes Pak tours off the coast, close enough to see the Cong running around!
As you and I both know ,the orange stopped on the waterline!
Good luck in your endeavors.
I was aboard the Vega at the same time as Mr. Ross and absolutely remember being in DaNang for resupply purposes. At one time we also had a beach party on the beach at DaNang. In 2004 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer which I understand was on the VA list of diseases caused by Agent Orange. This particular cancer is no longer on the VA list. Seems the VA is not an advocate for veterans rather a pawn for whatever regime is in office. I had prostatectomy on 2005 and am now cancer free but still should be eligible for VA benefits. I am not holding my breath though knowing what Mr Ross and his family have and are now going through.
We pray this time Congress will pass HR-2254 and S-1939. My claim was filed in June of 2003 and as of today, I still don't have any Service Connected Disability. I have been given "Last Rites" three times so far, my health is very poor as I have 3 of the conditions caused by Agent Orange. Please ask everyone you know to push their Congressman and Senators to pass this bill now!