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POSTED: 2:41 p.m. HST, Jun 6, 2011
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A memorial fund has been established to help to pay for funeral expenses for the Palolo mother of 10 who was fatally shot in an apparent random shooting in Kaimuki Friday.
The family of the late Tammy Nguyen is asking for help through donations to the memorial fund, a family spokesman said.
Donations may be made to the "Tammy Nguyen Memorial Fund" at any Bank of Hawaii branch; or by mail to the Bank of Hawaii, Tammy Nguyen Memorial Fund, 2233 Ahe Street 32-B, Honolulu 96816.
The family also said today that funeral services will be private.

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Weekend iPad 2 sales may hit close to 1 million
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Some Best Buy stores ran dry in 10 minutes
The iPad 2's launch weekend sales could peak "closer to 1 million," suggests Wedbush Securities analyst Scott Sutherland. Most analysts have been conservative by comparison, arguing that sales will slot somewhere in excess of 500,000. Reuters notes however that on Friday, Best Buy said that some of its outlets ran out of tablets and accessories in as little as 10 minutes.
Still more sellouts are claimed by Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White. "Our field checks over the weekend indicate that the iPad 2 sold out at every Apple and non-Apple store we contacted," he says. "In fact, all the stores had worked through iPad 2 inventory by Saturday afternoon, and there were no new iPad 2 deliveries on Sunday."
Some Apple Stores may get new stock today, and open early on Tuesday to make it accessible. Apple has yet to reveal how many iPad 2s have been sold since Friday, except to say that demand was "amazing." If the total does hit 1 million, it will mark a dramatically faster pace than that of the iPad 1, which cracked the million-unit threshold in 28 days.


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Not too Swift - 1/21 - MLK Day 5K
Patti678 - 1/26 - PolarBear 5K
Docket_Rocket - 01/27 ING Miami Marathon
PressingOn - 02/16 - Woolley Trail Run Marathon
Docket_Rocket - 02/17 - A1A Marathon
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Runnrchic - 02/24 - New Orleans Marathon - Goal: break 4:34
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Hey yall,
I'm back! For real this time. I finally got a job, so now I have something to live for, just kidding, but not really... Anyways, I haven't completely gotten over losing my job (I was planning on being there til retirement), and wasn't able to find anything even remotely close to what I was doing, but when I allowed myself to have an open mind, I found something, and hey, I have nothing to lose, so I'm excited. I think once I get started with this job, I will forget about the old one. When you get to rock bottom there is nowhere to move but up! The same goes for running since I'll be basically starting from square one again. It's amazing how as soon as I got that job I couldn't wait to go running again; I'm just really happy to be back to working. So it's time to start building back a brand new career, my endurance, and my self esteem. I can't even believe how much having a career and being so fit in running actually meant to me until I lost it all and spiraled downward into something that was tough to climb out of. It seems like it would be no big deal to get it all back, but I obviously took it all for granted. So anyways, my job starts Monday and so will my running. I ran the 5k at Disney with my mom last weekend (last year i did goofy) and that's essentially the only running I've done for several months. It's been 8 months since I've actually trained for anything. Since I have to work on Saturdays now, most races are out, but there's one I ran last year that's on a Sunday, so I'm going for that one again, a HM. Last year I ran a 2:05 so maybe this year i can run a 2:15 or so. In 2014 I'd like to run a marathon and break my PR of 4:34 from last year. I'm setting some goals and going into a very unplanned part of life, but I'm moving forward and very happy to be back! Hey to SIAR, Marco, PO, CC, Jodi, Damaris, and everybody from RWOL!
omg we get signatures here! I missed those.
Good morning. I'm still a bit groggy but have a 12 mile medium run on the schedule. I'd run into work but from doing a coat count realized there's not one waiting for me at work. With a wintery mix in the forecast, I've decided not to risk hypothermia on my evening commute. (Marco and Just B.S., please stop laughing at me). Seriously, though, a couple years ago we had what we call "commute-ageddon" where people got stuck in rush hour traffic for hours after only some rainy snow fell. We can't handle snow here. Although, I suppose I could run home if it comes to that.
Runnrchic jk, Welcome back. I'm one of the new people. (Well, I've been on RA for about 4 or 5 years now.) It sounds like you're had a tough year. I'm glad things are turning around for you, though.
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Runnrchich: I am so happy to hear about the new job! Congratulations!!! Things are definitely looking up, no doubt about it! I'm happy to hear you are getting your running groove back as well. Yay! Would you mind adding my races to the roll call? I'm running the Green Bay marathon on 5/20, the Lakefront marathon on 10/6 and Route 66 marathon on 11/24. Thanks!
Julia: I hope the 12 miler goes well today! You must live somewhere really warm if crummy weather is that crippling. I hope you all don't get hit too hard!
I have 8 recovery paced miles on tap for tonight. Have a great day!!!!
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Morning everyone!
runnerchic: that's awesome about your job! Glad you are back.
Julia: hope you have a good 12. Hope the weather doesn't get too bad--we still have rain here,but it's supposed to end today.
runmom: welcome! Hope you have a nice 8 tonight.
Well, the group run last night (in the rain again) was fun--I ended up running faster than planned--in fact it turned out to be essentially a long tempo for me. So I will scrap the intervals I'd had on the schedule today, and do a shorter MPish run for my first run. Then another group run at the other running store (the one closest to me) later. Knee felt fine during the run, but a little strange after. Planning to keep the miles in the 40s this week, so hopefully the weird tweaks will subside a bit. I'll also try to keep the pace fairly easy the next few days to be ready for the 5K on Monday.
I'll respond in a bit to posts from yesterday too, gotta do some things first.
PRs: 5K: 22:09, 10K:44:55, 15K: 1:10:35, HM: 1:42:49, M: 3:32:09
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Good morning all. I have a SRD today but I might get in a few miles after work if we get home early enough. DW and I commute together a couple days a week and she has a couple late meetings today.
runnrchich - Welcome back! I'm glad your job situation has finally turned around. I know you've been bummed about that for quite a while now. Things are looking up! Enjoy easing back into running. :-)
Julia - I hope the 12 went well. The weather this morning looks great for a run. I remember the storm you're talking about. The guy on channel 4 called it "Carmageddon" which always makes me laugh. People were actually abandoning their cars in the middle if the beltway!
runmomto3boys - Welcome to the group! Another speedy runner in this group to make me feel slow. Enjoy your recovery run later.
I didn't get to reply to many posts yesterday because I was busy taking my oven apart last night. I've never tackled oven repair before and it took up most of the evening. I managed to get it fixed and it was a good excuse to have pizza and beer for dinner so I'm pleased.
Backtracking to yesterday's posts.
NTS - I hope your tweaky knee issue turned out ok. It's smart of you to cut back some as a precaution.
RVD - I'm glad your Wednesday was better than your Tuesday! I hope you were able to get your progression run in this morning.
Beth - No. We've had next to nothing with snow here and when we do it usually melts within a few days. I hope the 7 went well. You have quite the talent for scrap booking! My DW is currently going through about 20 years worth of pictures and trying to get them all sorted out. It's a massive project that sends me running every time she hints that I might like to join in. If I remember, I'll take a picture or two of some of the hills in my neighborhood.
Pressing - Glad your son is better and you could escape the house.
SIAR - I love the easy runs too. I think sometimes we need to remember that at least part of the reason we run is because it's fun. :-)
Marco - I'm glad you were able to get in your 10. Is the job getting any easier?
Jack - I hope the rainy 10 went ok. Thanks for the info about the Reston Marathon. I think I'll stick with Shamrock.
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Good morning,
A little over 5 done with the main objective being not to break a hip. Nice and warm....33....but ice everywhere except on the snowmobile trails which I ran a bit on. Pace was 10:30 something! Not a quality run. Looking for those -5 temps tomorrow. Off from work as we are going to Bangor for the dentist which will hopefully be the last time for a good while.
Scott--yes, I had some projects that got put on the back burner for awhile. I only stayed 30 mins late yesterday instead of 1-2 hours.
runnrchic--It is great to see you back. We missed you. Best of luck in starting the new job and ramping up the miles.
Julia--have a good 12 and an easy day at work
nts--hope the knee behaves...are you going all out on the 5K?....as if there was any other way
runmom--cutback day today? Only 8? You have been racking up the miles lately
Rained out again today, so back to the treadmill for 6. I did just a little small progression thing on the treadmill to help break the boredom. I did the 2wu+8PR+2cd, but just did a quarter mile instead of a mile for each progression bit.
I'm sure I'll be able to get my run in tomorrow. It is just going to be cold (for us) -- in the 20s with a several degree wind chill subtracted from that. Sigh.....
Repeating the following because I don't know if people actually go back into the older daily to see a response to a comment.
Quote from JenRosie on 1/16/2013 at 7:18 PM:
RVD I see you are doing Wobegon this year. That's my PR course from last year. Lots of people from my running group go and I'm a little bummed I'm not going this year. Tiny race but fabulously well done.
RVD I see you are doing Wobegon this year. That's my PR course from last year. Lots of people from my running group go and I'm a little bummed I'm not going this year. Tiny race but fabulously well done.
JenRosie: My PR is also in Lake Wobegon. I've done it twice but had to miss it last year due to a strained calf muscle. I'd like to PR again this year. Too bad you can't make it. Yeah, it is very well organized. They think it is odd that I travel all the way from Atlanta to run their small local race.
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Mornring! I did 4 recovery miles this morning. Dinner and drinks with a fellow forumite tonight. Looking forward to that.
runnrchic is back! Glad to see you around these parts.
Have a nice day all!
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My medium run went well. The weather was nice - 45ish degrees. Hard to believe it's going to snow but I'm now reading we'll only get an inch. Once again, I ran a little faster than maybe I should have but, I'll find out on Saturday. I have my next MP long run then.
Go figure
Jack...From last night....I'm not a big McMillan user either. I used to take my paces from Daniel's Vdot numbers, although I always wished I could do the official Vdot testing as opposed to just coming up with an estimation from race times. That's great that you have a coach to work with and bounce ideas off of. The owner of our local runner store is a good resource for me, but he focuses so much on trail racing that his advice is a little skewed. It makes sense that easy pace will change with age, and also be impacted by training and fitness. I'd say running by feel and staying healthy is far more important than running your fastest "easy" pace.
Runnrchic...Hi! So nice to see you again, and glad to hear that things are going much better for you. I'm sorry you went through some rough times, but hopefully those are all behind you. It's kinda interesting that now that things are better you're ready for running. I was kinda the opposite in that starting to run was the one thing that really helped me through a pretty bad patch. Either way, we're both running now That was nice that you could still share Disney with your mom, even though you weren't doing Goofy like in the past. I seem to remember you trying to get your family more involved with being fit, so I'm guessing that has worked a bit. It seems like a lot of races are actually moving to Sunday now, so maybe your choices won't be as limited as you think. Good luck with the new job, and enjoy the running.
Julia...I was bad and sleepy today too, meaning that I still haven't run. I'll just take an early lunch and get it done. I hope your 12 went well before work. I had to laugh at you doing a coat count! "Car-mageddon" does sound pretty rough. I hope that you don't end up having to deal with anything that severe. I remember that happened in Chicago a while back too, but it was far more blizzardy than what it sounds like you're getting.
RMT3b...3 marathons this year huh? I've heard a lot of people say they've run a PR when they've done 2 races about as far apart as your October and November ones, so maybe it'll work that way for you too. Enjoy the recovery miles, and good luck keeping them at recovery pace.
NotSwift...I forget where I was having the discussion, but it's interesting with group runs how some people run with faster folks to do tempos, and then others run with slower folks to keep the run easy. Either way, it seems to work out pretty well. I'm glad you enjoyed the rainy miles. Dropping your mileage a bit sounds smart, almost like a mini-taper for your 5k.
Scott...That's nice that you can share the commute sometimes. Sharing the 20yr picture project does sound like a little much though haha. Enjoy the rest, or couple miles if you get them.
Marco...Phew, good thing your hips survived. I might have just bagged that one all together. Good luck with the dental trip.
RVD...Bummer about the rain. At least you were able to get something decent in on the mill. I'm going to be fighting a cold spell in a couple days here myself, so I second not looking forward to the weather!
Docket...Good job with the 4 miles. I think I saw elsewhere that the Cirque show was good last night? Have fun with drinks later.
PRs: Marathon (2:49xx; '13) Half (1:24:13; '15) 10k (37:25; '14) 5mi (29:23; '13) 5k (17:27; '14)
So I took the plunge last night and hired a Professional Coach. She's gotten many of her ppl to BQ and is currently training others to BQ. I'm pretty excited and nervous. I've been in control of my training for 5yrs now. I think I've done pretty good but I also feel I can do so much better. Everyone raves about her. She's very outgoing and has followed my running almost from my first day at the shop. We have a meeting tonight and will go over goals and training. I have complete and total access to her anytime I need/want it. So....here I go
Coach told me to take the rest of the week off. I'm suppose to do elliptical today but I havent' signed up with the gym yet. tomorrow will be spinning and saturday 6 easy miles with sunday off.
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Hey all! 20 miles today. I'm not in the mood. Still feeling a little funny after my cold so I hope the run doesn't wear me down too much. I'll do it though. Later I've got to get the kids packed to go to grandpa and grandma's house for the weekend, take them to swim lessons and then drive them to their grandparent's house. Tomorrow morning I head to the gym for my swim and then I'm outta here for my weekend away. No internet service so you probably won't hear from me. Well, I may check back in tonight to tell you if I survived the 20 miles or not, but after that, not again until next week.
Julia - Great idea on the prizes for yourself. I'm not sure I could be that disciplined. I would cheat a lot. I'd probably make up new goals half way through a race or workout so I could get my gear. Funny about thinking Marco and Beth would laugh at you. I picture them rolling their eyes. Lol!
Beth - Ah, you're too sweet. I'll let you know. I think I'm okay and it'll probably be good for me to let my creative juices flow a little more.
SIAR - You are a good son even thinking of looking in a scrapbook place for your mom.
Jack - Hope you had a good 10. I assume it was in the dark. As for your fitness, I bet it's still there. I think sometimes, after being sick, the body can take a little while to respond. It will though.
Runnrchic - I almost missed your post this morning! Good to see you posting here again. Congrats again on the new job. As for the running, it'll come back for you.
Runmom - Enjoy your 8 today!
Swift - I think that's a good plan to let yesterday's unplanned tempo replace your intervals today. Keep that knee healthy!
Scott and Julia - We had an event like you describe in my area. I don't remember how much snow fell (it was more than a snowy/rain mix) but yeah, cars were abandoned and traffic was not moving. My husband had to stay at his sister's because he couldn't get through the traffic to our home.
Scott - Well, if you don't get home early enough to run it's not sweat (literally, ha!) since it's a SRD.
Marco - Glad you did not break a hip!
RVD - Sorry about the rain forcing you onto the tm. Good job making it at least somewhat entertaining.
Damaris - How was the show last night?
SIAR - Get your run done today!
CC - I think you're going to love having a coach. It is hard to give up control at first but it gets easier.
Not too Swift: That sounds like a fantastic group run yesterday. I think it's a good idea to lighten the load this week so your knee stuff resolves. Nip it in the bud!
Scott: Awww, thanks for the welcome and don't feel that way!! I hope you enjoy the downtime today!
Marco: I'm glad you made it through the 5 miler in tact. It sounds like one slippery run! Brrr...it's going to get chilly tomorrow!
RV: I hope the 6 TM miles went well!
Docket: Ohhh, fun! Who are you meeting up with? Nice work with the 4 miles.
SIAR: The late November marathon is mainly to meet up w/a bunch of forum people - so for fun, although I'd take one more PR too. The Route 66 course is hilly, though, apparently.
Julia: Fantastic job on the MLR. You are one fast girl - I saw that you are targeting 3:15 in yesterday's dailies - OMG!!! It will be nice to watch you train/learn from you as I head into my training this cycle.
Competitive: Good for you for making that decision! I hope your coach can help take your running to that next level!
Pressing on: I hope your 20 miler goes well. That is one long run for a Thursday! Good luck!


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This super tasty soup has become a classic in our house, it was always requested on sick days home from school. I always find sweetcorn lends a warm and comforting taste to soups and its bright colour puts a smile on my face. Try not to skimp on ingredients for this one, it tastes best when you use the best ingredients – homemade stock and fresh ginger are a must!
Serves 4
Leftovers of half a roast chicken, shredded
1 litre/2 pints of homemade chicken stock
2 x 400g tins sweetcorn
1 tablespoon of sunflower oil
1 large thumb-sized piece of ginger, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tablespoon of soy sauce
1 tablespoon of rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
2 eggs lightly beaten
4 spring onions, finely sliced, diagonally
In a large pot with a little oil, fry the garlic and ginger for about 3 minutes, add the corn and cook for a further 3 minutes.
Add a little bit of the chicken stock and, with a hand blender, blitz the mixture until it becomes smooth. Add the rest of the chicken stock, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar and sesame oil. Bring to the boil, and simmer for 10 minutes.
Beat the eggs in a pyrex jug, which will make it easy for you to trickle them into the soup. Reduce the heat and while the soup is still simmering, stir it continuously in a figure of eight motion and gently trickle in the beaten egg a little bit at a time to form thin strands. Add the chicken shreds and stir through. Serve with a generous garnish of spring onions.


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PWizard is 100% correct when he says we should take our angst and anger to the developers and not the CH crew.
I for one have the lifetime membership and it has, in my opinion, more than paid for itself many times over.
Chris and the crew are running a business and not a charity. I for one will always be a lifetime member and/or whatever form that level takes in the future.
Keep up the great work.
The other change has been with Steam et al who no longer make it easy to opt out of updates, even for SP gamers.I 'm as ****ed as anyone at the insane number of patches that Van Helsing churns out even now, so a while ago I moved the game outta the steam directory and grabbed a yarr exe - maybe that is the cure for SP gamers.I don't quite understand the logic of the CH move. If I for example had bought a life membership back when I first signed up I'd be close to a coupla hunnerd dollars richer n CH that much poorer.I don't usually buy life memberships probably just because I'm a pedant (how long is 'life' what does it mean - my life, the life of the game, the life of CH or the life of Caliber?).
its understandable that there has to be limitations in place to promote more people into getting lifetime considering games from 2-3 years ago or more required less updates than current gen games.
I can't imagine how many trainers for Total War: Rome 2 will require since Shogun 2 had a massive amount of patches i can imagine the same for Rome 2.


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While adding nickel to the electrode of a lithium-ion battery can improve its energy storage capacity, it blocks the flow of lithium-ion, decreasing its rate of discharge.
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory took a closer look at battery materials at the nano scale and found that nickel forms a physical barrier that impedes the movement of lithium ions.
The researchers, led by materials scientist Chongmin Wang, created high-resolution 3-D images of electrode materials made from lithium-nickel-manganese oxide-layered nanoparticles.
They found that nickel formed clumps at certain spots in the nanoparticles, blocking the channels through which lithium ions normally travel during a battery's charge and discharge cycle.
"We were surprised to see the nickel selectively segregate like it did. When the moving lithium ions hit the segregated nickel rich layer, they essentially encounter a barrier that appears to slow them down," said Mr. Wang.
The 3-D images showed that in the electrode layers, the manganese and oxygen atoms form rows like a field of cornstalks. The lithium ions and nickel move in the channels between these stalks during the charge and recharge cycle. Unfortunately, with each cycle, nickel gradually accumulates in these channels, forming a block that impedes the movement of lithium.
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SOUTHAVEN — Jeremy Greenslade's video journalism course is fast on its way to becoming DeSoto Central High School's most popular class with 250 students applying for a class with space for 40 students — 20 each semester, each school year.
Despite stereotypes that say popular classes are easy, Greenslade notes his is not an easy class. He also admits that some applicants are persuaded by the chance of being on-air talent, seen by the entire student body.
"It's not a class for those who want to play and have fun in front of a camera," Greenslade said. "We do a bit of all the work that would go into a 30-minute news program on television except ours is edited down to between seven and 10 minutes," he said.
Greenslade, who hand-picks those who attend the class, said he looks for students who are hardworking, driven, focused and intend to pursue careers in broadcasting.
For those wanting to work in front of the camera, he also looks for good speech patterns and pronunciation, as well as the ability to engage interview subjects and viewers, and good social skills.
"In broadcasting you can't have people that are reserved," he said. "I want to work with students that are really going to make a career out of this."
Ninety percent of the planning, writing news, editing, securing interviews and story-boarding is done within the 1 hour and 45-minute daily period the class meets.
"I don't want to give them too much to do outside of the class because they are already loaded down with so much homework," Greenslade said.
As part of their show's content, the students also use class time to shoot a mini-drama/reality weekly segment which highlights campus happenings with teachable moments. Faculty and other students are often guest stars.
Greenslade, who took over and retooled the program this year, got his first taste of broadcasting at Horn Lake High School as an Eagle TV student.
He went on to earn a bachelor's degree in broadcasting from the University of Memphis in 2005. Shortly after, he decided he wanted to teach the subject. He also teaches speech debate and coaches soccer.
"I'm young enough that my knowledge is current," he said. "Still, with the technological advancements these kids have, they are far beyond where I was as a teen."
Greenslade describes the DeSoto Central High studio as a smaller version of one found at a local TV news station.
They have much of the same camera equipment and use Macintosh computers for editing and graphics.
"What I want them to take away from this course is a knowledge of the process, how to work the technical equipment, to become better public speakers and to have an understanding of the history of broadcasting so they are equipped to pursue it as a career," Greenslade said.
As for the future of the program, Greenslade is highly interested in getting JAG TV shown outside the school community, perhaps on local television or through some other medium.


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Cards come out on top again
Eudora scores pair of top-three finishes
The Eudora Cardinals track and field team is off and running.
Eudora completed its annual trip Friday to the Baldwin Invitational. And for the second time in two meets the Cards earned a pair of top-three finishes.
The performance established that last week's breakout performance in Wellsville was no fluke. This team is ahead of schedule and ahead of most of its competition.
Eudora's girls brought home their first plaque of the season, finishing second overall with 79 points.
Host Baldwin cruised to the team title with an extraordinary 183 points. Anderson County followed the Cards in third with 70.
The Cardinal boys took third with an impressive 70 points. But they would have liked at least one more. Perry-Lecompton edged Eudora by a single point (71) for second place. Anderson County finished in first with 89.5.
The team's expectations are rising while records are falling. Carrie Lister broke a 12-year-old shot put record with a throw of 35 feet, seven and three-quarter inches. And Megan Ballock, Cara Seats, Regan Sisson and Brittney Graff ran the 3,200-meter relay in 10 minutes, 27.33 seconds, breaking an 18-year-old record.
Although not a record, Lister also grabbed gold in the discus with a distance of 114 feet, four inches. She added a fourth-place performance in the javelin (111-2).
"We had a lot of people score points, and we showed a lot of improvement from Tuesday," said head coach Phil Katzenmeier. "We threatened several school records along with the ones we've already broken."
Anna Fernandez fell just a few inches short of pole vault gold. Her 8-6 effort earned her the silver.
Melissa Fernandez posted a 7-6 vault.
Erin Kracl took third in the high jump with a leap of 4-8. She finished seventh in the long jump covering a distance of 13-8 3/4.
Julie White posted a long jump of 13-4 1/4 and a triple jump of 30-7.
Bryan Schiller was the highest placing field athlete for the boys. His 12-foot pole vault earned him a second-place finish.
Nolan Smith vaulted 10 feet, earning fifth place. Jacob Gillihan managed to clear eight feet in his attempts.
Brandan Helm had a good day with third-place finishes in the shot put (46-11) and the discus (139-2).
Chris Durkin added an 84-2 effort in the discus.
Brenden Jackson made great strides in the javelin, finishing third at 155-4.
Brendan Jackson made great strides in the javelin, finishing third at 155-4. Durkin posted a 135-6 and Gillihan a 101-5.
Nolan Smith was Eudora's best in the high jump reaching 5-4. Josh Lauer followed closely at 5-2.
Joey Donahue placed fourth in the long jump with his 18 8- 3/4 leap. Michael Woodward reached 18 feet in the same event.
And Steven Foster hit 35-5 in the triple jump.
Ballock and Donahue joined Lister as Cardinals carrying home individual meet championships -- Ballock in the 400 (60.96) and Donahue in the 100 (11.53).
Ballock and Donahue also added silvers in the 200, Ballock with a time of 27.55 and Donahue with a 23.93.
Graff took silver in the 3,200 with her 12:21.99 effort.
Sisson, Seats, Graff and Ballock finished fifth running a 4:36.10 in the 1,600-meter relay. Seats individually ran a 6:12.69 in the 1,600.
Mark Lister, Schiller and Lauer helped Donahue earn yet another silver in the 400-meter relay, posting 45.93.
Eudora's 1,600-meter relay team ran a 3:51.27, finishing in seventh. The team comprised of Gillihan, Smith, Jackson and Lauer.
The 3,200-meter relay team took fourth. Foster, Jeff Jones, Gillihan and Tighe VanAnne achieved the feat with a time of 9:15.61.
VanAnne had better success individually in the 3,200 finishing second with a time of 10:17.38.
Jackson ran the 400 in a 59.02 and Jones ran the 800 in 2:20.15.
"There have been some outstanding performances in this first week of competition," Katzenmeier said. "We're really excited about the weeks to come."
"I want to thank all of the students from EHS for making the trip to support the team. It was great seeing everyone there."
Eudora's next test comes Thursday at 4 p.m. at Basehor-Linwood.
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Cris and JoAnn Cherry are living the dream. Their Villa Creek Restaurant is a haven for local winemakers, and their wines have been extremely well-received by those in the know.
The quality of light is extraordinary. Rolling hills glow a burnished gold; venerable oaks spread havens of shade; the clear air smells of equal parts soil and sunlight. Hawks and crows share the sky's dry heat, whirling high above, cawing far below. Behind well-kept fences are llamas and cows, horses and ostriches, chickens and goats. Sleepy cats loll while panting dogs lie nearby, both too relaxed to bother with one another.
Paso Robles would be bucolic enough, but when you factor in the grapes, it's close to a pure slice of paradise. Though months remain until harvest, already, neat rows of vines curl their tendrils and latch on, preparing to support the weight of heavy clusters of fruit when the time is ripe. That time is harvest, when everything jumps into high gear, when summer's sleepy heat yields to fall's purpose, when the days can't quite last long enough, but somehow they do, and plump, sticky, sun-warmed clusters are transformed into wine.
From the outside, this Central California idyll offers up concrete examples of just what a life worth envying looks like. While it's true that hard work, sacrifice and long hours play a part — even a big part — there's no denying that this particular glimpse of heaven is as sweet as it gets, at least for those willing to do what needs to be done to make it happen. And, perhaps not surprisingly, this is where a disparate group of USD graduates have wound up, in search of their own particular version of la dolce vita. Or is that la dolce vino?
Sometimes the stuff that makes your dreams come true starts with something as simple as the lack of a decent place to eat. Cris and JoAnn Cherry knew they didn't want to settle down in a city. The couple — who met as freshmen on their first day of class, dated for a week, went their separate ways, then reconnected nine years later — both grew up in small, rural towns. After they got married in the tiny beach town of Cayucos, the Cherrys set their sights on California's central coast. It wasn't long before they zeroed in on Paso Robles — or "Paso," as the locals refer to it. "This was a sleepy little cowboy town then," recalls JoAnn '88. "We loved the area, and would come up here to check out the few wineries that were here then."
Self-described "foodies" — Cris came of age working at his father's well-regarded Vista, Calif., restaurant, La Paloma — the pair quickly realized that there simply wasn't a local place to eat that offered up what they were used to; fresh, flavorful food with a decent wine selection. So when they heard of a downtown property for sale ("an old former dive bar," Cris '89 describes it), the decision of where to land was made: they'd buy it, and transform it.
It was a stellar move; over the last decade, their Villa Creek restaurant has built a loyal clientele, at least partly made up of the area's now-plentiful local vintners, who drop by nearly every night of the week. On a midsummer weekday evening, floor-to-ceiling doors open to a crowded sidewalk patio overlooking the quaint Paso Robles town square, and the terrace out back is filled with wine-quaffing diners.
"On any given night, there will be five different winemakers in the restaurant," remarks Cris, who's snagged the seat nearest to the kitchen.
A born restaurateur, he's got a perpetually upward-tilted mouth and the demeanor of one who delights in working the front of the house. Joann, who has a background in design, is a calmer presence; her contribution is not just in the distinctive look of the place — flavored with regional touches like Oaxacan wall-weavings — but in working with her husband to manage the kitchen and its attendant details.
Those details have grown exponentially, and now include not just the well-reviewed menu (a recent Los Angeles Times article called their food "precocious and explosive"), but a commitment to making the most of locally grown bounty, including not just wines, but goat cheese, heirloom tomatoes and olive oils. Villa Creek's social scene has turned the restaurant into what one aficionado admiringly calls "the epicenter of the Rhône movement in Paso Robles."
It was their longtime interest in wine that led the couple to try their own hand at winemaking. In 2001, they started Villa Creek Cellars, intending to create a house wine for their restaurant. They worked with local vineyards to come up with the grapes that resulted in their own small family winery that specializes in blends that reflect the "richness and diversity of the area's unique microclimates." That raison d'etre has proved to be brilliant: they've had more than one of their vintages singled out by experts as among the best wines of their types.
Right off the bat, Wine Spectator awarded Cris' first wine, the 2001 Avenger Paso Robles, 93 points on their 100-point scale, "ranking it with the finest Rhône-style blends coming out of the appellation." And they've been consistently lauded in the years since: "Another exciting and terrific wine from Villa Creek," says one critic of their 2005 red blend, dubbed "Mas de Maha," described as a "deep purple wine (with) an intense and inviting bouquet. On the palate, this wine is smooth as silk."
To say that times have changed in Paso Robles over the past 10 years is an epic understatement: Though the first commercial vineyards weren't planted until the late 1970s, today the area is home to more than 170 wineries, with over 26,000 vineyard acres devoted to wine production. Where residents were once severely limited in options of where to sip and dine, there are, at last count, two dozen restaurants dotting downtown, along with 12 wine-tasting rooms.
The influx of young winemakers to Paso Robles includes scion Andrew Firestone '98, a relative newcomer to the region, who calls the area an "undiscovered gem."
Newcomer Andrew Firestone '98 calls Paso "an undiscovered gem."His family, of course, are no neophytes to the business; their 500-acre Firestone Vineyard was the first estate winery in Santa Barbara county. Now tapped to be the general manager of the dynasty's newest venture, Firestone Vineyard Paso Robles, the third-generation scion is an enthusiastic advocate of the area."This is a very unique region," he says, flashing a quick grin. He wears a pair of faded, perfectly broken-in jeans, along with a pair of black and white checked Vans. "Paso has all the necessary, important components you need to make good wine, like climate, soil and temperature." Firestone is at absolute ease behind the bar of his pristine tasting room, which has been open for just a few weeks. Unfailingly polite, he excuses himself for a moment to chat with a pair of older gents who've dropped by to sample the wares, returning to the conversation a few minutes later with an apologetic shrug.
"Here, you don't have to be a member of an exclusive club to enjoy a wine and find something you like," he continues. "There are wineries up north where you have to be a member to even taste the wines, but that's the antithesis of what Paso is all about. It's about enjoying what it is that you're doing, and hopefully bringing enjoyment to other people as well."
Firestone is happy to give a mini-lesson on wine tasting, starting with the basics. "Hold the glass by stem," he cautions. "That's for aesthetics.
You don't want fingerprints on the glass to muck it up, make it not as pretty." He explains how to examine the wine's color and clarity and how to aerate the wine by swirling it about in the glass: "You want to coat the whole inside of the glass, because you want to smell it."
He explains the importance of a wine's aroma (the nose), and isn't shy about instructing the best way to go about capturing it. "You want to get your nose right in there." His voice is a bit muffled, as his entire nose is, in fact, inside of the glass. "There might be other smells — maybe you're at a restaurant and they're cooking with garlic — and that can interfere.
"Then, when you taste the wine, let it go on every part of your mouth, over your teeth, almost like you're gargling. You want the wine to react to the taste buds, which are sweet and sour, salt and bitter. You want to let the wine rest all over your tongue, all the way to the back of your throat. Every wine will react differently, and not only will it taste differently, it will feel differently in your mouth."
While he clearly enjoys it, in truth, Firestone sees his role in the family business as more of a calling than vocation. While he worked in investment banking in San Francisco for several years after graduation, he doesn't miss that life at all. "I've struggled with the question, 'What is my contribution to society?'" he says, reflective. "I've decided that mine is to allow the meal to go a few minutes longer. Wine is a catalyst. When I was an investment banker, everything had to get done right away. Time was valuable. But now I'm starting to respect the fact that you don't rush away from the table when there's half a bottle of wine left."
While some of the winery's traffic may be made up of from celebrity seekers hoping to get an up-close-and-personal look at "The Bachelor" (a role he played on the reality-TV show's third season), Firestone is happy just to be there. His job duties keep him traveling quite a bit, but there's nothing he likes better than opining wine all the livelong day. "My time here at the facility is precious," he admits. "I enjoy it quite a bit. But when you're out selling wine, it's not like selling spark plugs or widgets. When I'm out around the country doing tastings, I see myself as an ambassador for the industry, for the region."
While that attitude is all well and good, there's definitely a fun aspect to the job. "It's cool that there's a contingent of young people in Paso," he says, flashing an infectious grin. "It reinjects enthusiasm for the wine business and is healthy for the industry. Wines aren't old and stuffy and high-priced. Wines are meant to be enjoyed at barbecues. And Paso is more fun than Napa."
For Firestone, who was born the year of his family's first harvest ("a '75 Cabernet"), he's perhaps happiest when multitasking. "Here, I'm a farmer, a chemist, a marketing person," he says. "Wine is about craft, and there's no magic formula. The fun part is learning more."
When Josh and Gibsey (Pence) Beckett met at USD, it was a "bolt from the blue." At least that's the way Gibsey remembers it. "Josh was a transfer student, and we immediately hit it off," she recalls. The golden-skinned blonde deftly manages a rambunctious toddler, a sedate dog, and a free-ranging interview with such effortless grace that it's easy to forget that she's eight months pregnant.
Back in the day, the couple — Josh is class of '98, Gibsey, class of '99 — would travel through Paso Robles on their way to a hideaway at nearby Lake Nacimento, and Gibsey, for one, was not impressed. "I thought it was an armpit," she says flatly, in regards to Paso.
It's relatively cool in the shade under a tree in front of the old schoolhouse. Inside, the Peachy Canyon tasting room is doing a brisk business. Owned by Josh's parents, Peachy Canyon is one of the larger wineries in the area, producing 85,000 cases a year. "Josh stayed in San Diego for about a year after graduating, then his dad asked him to come back to the winery," Gibsey recalls. "He'd sworn he'd never come back to wine, but he started shoveling grapes, and helping with the harvest, and his dad said, 'Just for a year, we need your help,' so he came back."
That year turned into nine years, though somewhere in there, the couple did a stint in Australia when Josh got a job working harvest at the Cape Mentelle Winery, a gig that culminated with a three-week surfing trip across the southern part of the continent, all the way from Sydney to Perth.
Peachy Canyon, one of the larger wineries in the area, is all about family. Here, Josh and Gibsey Becket stroll through the vineyards accompanied by daughter Sydney and dog Kiley.
When Gibsey turned up in the family way, the couple moved back to California in time to welcome daughter Sydney (get it?) to the family. "Over the years, Josh has done it all for Peachy Canyon; everything from schlepping grapes to sweeping floors to head winemaker," she says with pride. "It wasn't his degree; we both majored in English. He's learned it all through the trade, the college of hard knocks."While the work itself is hard, the scenery is sure easy on the eyes. The land around the tasting room is dotted with neat farms sporting exotic livestock like ostrich and llamas, along with the more prosaic horses, sheep and cows. Out back, there's a fairy-tale gazebo which was custom-made for Josh and Gibsey's wedding. Clearly a full-on family affair, Peachy Canyon also employs Josh's younger brother, Jake, who, says Gibsey, "went off to school, got a degree in anthropology, and ended up coming back to the winery to work for the past seven years."
She's found herself involved as well. After teaching for a year, she managed the winery's tasting room before the couple took off for Australia. "While we were there, we'd learned the ways of the world during harvest," she recalls. "It's this intense, 24-hour-a-day, three month period, and at the winery where Josh worked, they had a chef who cooked for all the workers. It was a great idea. Before, at Peachy Canyon, the workers would bring their own lunch, but they'd come home at midnight and have to be back 6 am; there was no time to go grocery shopping."
So Gibsey stepped in and convinced her father-in-law that it would be more productive to provide the workers with beer ("essential") and food during harvest. "I cooked two meals a day for 10 to 15 people," she recalls. "Lunch and dinner, and I'd stock the kitchen with snacks on a daily basis. The crew would sometimes go 'til midnight." From enchiladas to tri-tip, Gibsey says she'd "throw the baby on her back" and get cooking. Before long, she began planning and executing events like an annual pumpkin carving day and the winery's involvement with the Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival, which takes place every March.
"Peach Canyon has made their name through their production of Zin," says Gibsey. "We carry seven to nine varieties, and its really coming into its own."
Although she's not entirely enamored by the Paso wine scene — confessing that the busy social life is difficult to keep up with when you've got young children — she does enjoy meeting other young couples in the community.
"It's unlike Napa," she says, keeping an eye on Sydney, who's running through the sprinkler, shrieking with laughter. "Here, there's a lot of sharing of equipment. We try each other's wines, let each other know what we think. There's a group of us who get together quite a bit, barbecue, play Bunco."
Having recently moved to nearby Morro Bay — perhaps to get a little distance from the family business — Gibsey says the family's routine is like "regressing to a San Diego lifestyle. We live on the beach, ride our beach cruisers, then come here to visit. When your family is so involved with the business, it can be challenging. You really have to evaluate your life."
Years ago, Maureen Trevisan was known to drink wine out of a box. Now, she and her husband, Matt — nicknamed "the professor" — make highly rated wines at their Linne Calodo winery.
Like any industry, there are terms in winemaking that are unique to the trade. There is "mogging" (sorting out Material Other than Grape). There is the "thief" (a device used to remove enough wine to taste from a barrel). There is the "bung" (the name for the cork on the side of the barrel; clever sorts may be able to divine what the name for the cavity is called). To neophytes, all this jargon may seem mysterious, but for vintners Maureen and Matt Trevisan, the esoteric language of wine has long since become as familiar as those of their three children.Their family-owned and operated winery, Linne Calodo, is named after the limestone soils that their vines grow in. The couple have built the well-respected facility from the ground up; an accomplishment both are rightly proud of.
"Together, the two of us have done everything," says Maureen, a petite brunette who attended USD from 1984 to 1987. "When I met Matt, I could see right away that he was passionate about wine and winemaking. He always knew he wanted his own winery. I said, 'I'll get a book and see what you need to do to open your own business.'" So the two got to work, and in 2002, they built the air-controlled building that houses huge barrels stacked six-high alongside a bare-bones tasting area.
"When I think about it, it's kind of amazing that I ended up here," she laughs. "When I went to USD, we would drink wine out of a box. I enjoy wine a lot more now. Just within the last few years, I've been tasting and doing it on my own, doing staff tastings, where we pair wines with cheeses." An art history major in college, she also studied business and worked for a financial planner before being introduced to her future husband by her friends, JoAnn and Cris Cherry.
"Matt's seen as sort of a mad scientist of a winemaker," says Maureen. "He was so far ahead of me regarding wine when we met that it was intimidating."
"I originally wanted to build airplanes," says Matt, who speaks in rapid machine-gun bursts, befitting his high-octane personality. "Then I was going to make pharmaceuticals, then I decided to do winemaking." After graduating from University of San Diego High School — then just across the street from USD — he wound up at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he majored in biochemistry. "Winemaking puts you in a position where you're taking a naturally growing product and transforming it. I get to be outside, work on the vineyards, be inside, work on wines, talk to distributors and visitors from all over the country and the world, work with graphic designers, do lots of different things that you'd never get to do in a different job. It's a lifestyle choice," he says with satisfaction.
The wines of Linne Calodo are all blends, and the reviews have been seriously off the hook. The winery's classy Web site explains that their wines are "driven by four factors: vineyard location, uncompromising viticultural practices, minimalist winemaking, and the desire to learn from experience. The vineyards are farmed sustainably and the crop loads reflect the natural balance of the vine. We believe in harvesting at the peak of ripeness to produce wines that are rich and concentrated."
"We've evolved a little bit at a time," explains Maureen. "Our vineyards are sustainable. We use minimal irrigation, mostly rainwater. We try to be mindful. Eventually, we could be off the grid entirely." While of course the life they've built is filled with hard work — today is septic tank cleaning day — when you look around, it's hard not to notice that the word "idyllic" could have been coined for this exact lifestyle.
"In college, I lived in Mission Beach," Maureen recalls. "Paso has some aspects of an old beach community. You go to the square, you run into people you know. It's a neighborly place. If you have a problem with your forklift, you call your winery neighbor and they'll help you out. It's a real feeling of cooperation, of being part of something new." Her intense eyes gleam and she flashes a rare, incandescent smile. "There aren't a lot of places left where you can have this experience. It's like a new frontier."
She's certainly chosen the right partner. "This is the life we've chosen," Matt says. "My kids eat warm tomatoes off the vine, they help with the crunch-down tool, they get their hands all red and juicy. It's all about camaraderie."
When Amber Kidd '97 and her husband, Joe, moved to Paso Robles, they didn't expect to be hanging out with other alums.
It's a story that sounds like an after-school special: Amber and Joe Kidd met when they were in the fifth grade, knew each other all through junior and senior high school, and — finally —started dating as seniors. "I decided it would be silly to leave Chico and go off to college without having kissed Joe Kidd," says Amber '97, who went by the name Shannon Childs at the time. They did the "long distance thing" while Amber was at USD; in spite of the separation, she looks back on her college years with great fondness."When I looked at the wetsuits hanging over the Maher balcony, and saw that view, I knew I'd picked the right college," she recalls. "To this day, my best friends in the world are from USD. In fact, I met my best friend the day my parents left me at college and I was standing there going,
'Oh, my God. What do I do now?'"
Meanwhile, Joe was studying viticulture; after graduation, the pair spent a few years in Atlanta before deciding to settle in Paso Robles.
Now a winemaker for Sterling Vintner's Collection, Joe waxes rhapsodic over his career choice. "There's so much involved in winemaking. It's agricultural, it's business, it's science. A perfect day starts in the vineyard in the morning, maybe driving the forklift, doing a tasting in the afternoon, having a winemaking dinner in the evening." He grins, aware of just how lucky he is to have found his life's work. "This is the best example I can think of where you're turning an agricultural commodity into the opposite. You're connected to the land, solidly rooted to agriculture in all its nuance."
And, of course, they're connected to other winemakers. Though none of them knew each other in college, Amber is friends with Josh and Gibsey Beckett and Maureen Trevisan; in fact, their kids are in a playgroup together. "There are 10 to 15 couples that we hang around with, and almost everybody, either one person or the other is in the wine industry," says Joe.
"We all used to meet on Friday and Saturday nights, have cocktails and dinner, and party like rock stars," interjects Amber. "Now we all have barbecues in our back yards, because the kids need to get to bed at 8 o'clock."
"But since everybody's in the wine industry, we'll have wine from all over the Central Coast," adds Joe. "We'll drink, and everybody talks about wine. Wine and food are like the glue. The best way to spend an evening is to have people over, cook dinner and drink wine."
And what better place to do it than in Paso Robles? "It's sure cheaper than Napa," says Joe. "In Napa, grapes cost more, land costs more, so the wines cost from $20-60 a bottle. I'm into vintages that people can afford; say $12-14 per bottle. But what's really nice about the Central Coast, is that in Napa, they've already determined what grows where. In Paso Robles, it's much more wide open."
"If you're looking for city life, it's not here," says Amber. "But where else can you find a town of 30,000 with six restaurants you really want to eat at, and six other ones that are really good? Wine tourism, wine festivals, no traffic, and we're 30 minutes from the beach."
Not to mention the occasional winemaker's dinner. "That's where you talk to the chef who pairs wines with various courses," Joe explains.
"When you pair it right, it's like a beautiful marriage," Amber interjects.
The road to the Cherry's estate is utterly devoid of traffic on a weekday morning. Twisty roads are lined with oaks dripping moss; one side is all grape vines, the other creamy rolling hills. Their house is surrounded by a deck, which is flanked by neatly tended vegetable gardens. Out back, a pair of miniature goats may one day be called upon to produce cheese, but for now, their sole responsibility is cuteness.
The Cherrys have already been for a run, despite the 90+ degree weather, and the fact that the evening before, they'd hosted dinner at the restaurant for a group that included Mat and Maureen Trevisan, Andrew Firestone, and Amber Kidd. "Hey, you've got to pay the piper if you're going to do all this eating and drinking," Cris says cheerfully. "That's just the way it is."
It's hot even in the shade, but it's pleasant enough under the overhang of the Cherry's new 3,000 square foot wine production facility, which is just down the road from their house. "I love being out here where there's no people," JoAnn says. "We moved here for the lifestyle, not the money, although I think it's inevitable that it will come."
While the plan is that one day their 70-acre estate will house their own vineyards, until then, Villa Creek Cellars buys its grapes from local growers, and closely supervises the growth of its own particular vines. The couple is fully invested in making this venture at least as successful as their restaurant.
"The cool thing about all these wineries is that they're run by young people," says Cris. "There's a lot of concrete at these places, and you'll see people building skateboard runs. Outside the door there'll be a row of skateboards leaning against the wall and you'll see workers with tattoos skateboarding along with a case of wine in their arms."
"I know I couldn't work a desk job," interjects JoAnn. "I tried it. I used to work in advertising, but this is more the life for me."
"We do enjoy living up here," agrees Cris. "What we're looking to do with this property is to have our goats and our veggies, start making goat cheese, and the long-term plan is to grow grapes, olives, stone fruits, raise pigs and lamb that will be butchered and served at the restaurant. We hope to plant our vines in 2009."
While it all sounds like a lot of work, it also sounds a lot like heaven. "Hey, I've screwed off more than just about anybody, and when our friends come up here, they look around and say, 'You guys are living the dream.'" He sighs, then nods.
"And you know what? They're right."


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MY TURN | Residents can help improve Bainbridge Island policing
The LEAP (Loaned Executive Management Assistance Program) report about the Bainbridge Island Police Department was made public in early March. This document, prepared by a team within the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, is the fifth outside examination of the BIPD and/or BIPD's leaders within the last eighteen months. It's also the most comprehensive. The public has caught partial views of the department through reports on its complaint procedures, background check procedures, investigations of allegations against Chief Jon Fehlman and Commander Sue Schulz. The LEAP report is an across-the-board analysis of department management and operations. What does it tell us that we didn't know already?
In some ways, not much. Many of the problems identified by LEMAP have already been identified in previous reports, the officers guild's no confidence statement, or in the Ostling v. Bainbridge Island lawsuit. BIPD has inconsistent training requirements, inconsistent complaint and internal investigation procedures, a lack of clear rules in some areas, a disconnect between rules and practice in others, low morale, and internal strife. There are new details to be sure, but the overall message is depressingly familiar. The source of these problems, at least in recent years, is not news either. BIPD's current culture is product of former Chief Fehlman who, according to the report, "rearranged and revoked numerous areas of responsibility which ultimately created confusion, cynicism, apathy and inconsistency within the agency."
There is something important that the LEMAP report can teach us, though, if we think about what it implies about our local governing system. It is clear from this report that we have a police department that, for years, has been largely self-policing. The checks built into our political system to ensure responsibility at the BIPD have not been effective. A few examples:
Legal oversight. The city attorney's job is to keep the city out of legal trouble. Despite the presence of full time council, and an insurance company dispensing guidance about risk management, the department engages in activity that puts the city at legal risk. We know, from the LEMAP report, that officers engage in closely scrutinized areas (like use of force) without clear rules in place, and/or follow procedures out of sync with current best practices. Amazingly, officer training still appears to be inconsistent even after the city was hit with a $1 million judgment for failure to train.
Fiduciary Responsibility. We have a City Council that has fiduciary responsibility for all aspects of the city's operations. But it has failed to use this responsibility to monitor police spending. We know, from LEMAP, that the BIPD, in recent years, "operated in a fiscal silo" and "would routinely accelerate the burn rate of line item in surplus at the end of each year." The Department is "plagued" with high amounts of overtime, seemingly without repercussion. The take home car policy is "very generous" and lacks meaningful limitations. A Lexipol system, purchased in 2010, has not yet been utilized.
Managerial oversight. Under a council/manager form of government, the city manager is responsible for employee levels, performance, and oversight. We learn from LEMAP that evaluations of officers are not consistent, shifts are understaffed, and the relationship of lieutenants to patrol officers is problematic. While our current city manager, Doug Schulze, shows encouraging signs of vigilance, oversight in principle does not mean oversight in practice.
So what to do? Hiring a terrific new chief would be great, but it will not be sufficient. The LEMAP report proves — if additional proof is needed — that police departments cannot police themselves and our current system of outside checks is not working.
The solution: an independent civilian authority to monitor the police department, at least in some of its operations. This authority may take the form of an ombudsman, as it does in Spokane. It may take the form of a citizen's group, as it does in Seattle. It may take the form of a panel, as it does in many cities, to review and monitor citizen complaints. Whatever form civilian oversight takes, it needs a few basic features: independence from the police department. Independence from city government. The ability to accept and track complaints. The authority to make and publicize findings that are both complimentary and critical of the department, along with policy recommendations.
We are, as the LEMAP report says, in a period of "extreme transition."
We would be wise to take advantage of the situation by putting safeguards in place.
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The Nogal Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association filed for an emergency $10,000 grant from the State Board of Finance to help pay for additional audits required by the state.
Association President Richard Rotert received assurances from Lincoln County commissioners at their meeting late last month that a letter of support for the grant will be drafted and sent to the state board by County Manager Nita Taylor.
Rotert said he asked Stephanie Schardin Clarke, finance board director, to place the item on the agency's May 20 agenda.
The association serves 65 residents, about 36 individual customer accounts, and regionally stores water for federal, state and county fire fighting agencies, Rotert said.
"When I discussed this last time with you, there were two bills in the state Legislature's 30-day session," he told commissioners. "Both of the bills that would have helped small associations such as ours with these unfunded mandate audits, died in finance committee." He hopes they will be revived for the longer 2015 legislative session, Rotert said.
"Until then, we need help," he said. "We would be functioning in the red, if it were not for a $3,000 donation (from an association member). We have petitioned the state for a $10,000 grant, not a loan. We're already paying on three loans and in 2013, incurred another colonias grant/loan. We can handle the loans. What really sunk us is the elevation of audit tier."
Before the association received grants and loans from state to replace the entire water system that had degraded, the group was current with internal audits required by Tier 1 accountability, Rotert wrote Clarke. "Our revenues did not exceed $10,000," he wrote. But because of the infused state dollars for the approved water projects, the association was compelled to file external and more complex audits to comply with its elevation to a Tier 5 level, he said.
Despite the expense, the association remains compliant with its audits, Rotert wrote.
"My repeated requests to pay for the audits from the grant/loan funds causing those audits have been denied," he wrote. "These unfunded mandates and associated elevation in tier levels have bankrupted our association, As of this writing, audits have depleted our bank account of over $7,000, and another audit will be required after July. That additional charge will bring our expenditures for audits to $10,000."
In his years of working with state agencies on behalf of the community, he has been cautioned to maintain an emergency fund for unanticipated catastrophes, Rotert wrote.
"Being such a small association, we have only one private bank account, the balance in which is our 'emergency fund.' The drawdowns from our account for audits have eliminated what 'emergency fund' we had," he wrote. "The Nogal association is one lightning strike away from needing to purchase and replace our water pump and/or the telemetry unit atop our water storage tank."
Without the donation mentioned, the association would have no money available for day-to-day operations, let alone emergencies, he wrote.
"Lacking funds to pay for utilities required to run our treatment plant, for our insurance, for repayment of loans incurred for the water project, or for the salary of our water operator, the Nogal association would fail to function, causing disruption of service to our membership, de facto, no water."
The association is supported by monthly water rates and an additional $20 per month assessment recently imposed, Rotert told commissioners. Commissioner Mark Doth asked if Rotert thought association members would approve a designated property tax to help cover expenses.
Rotert wasn't sure the association would have that authority and pointed out members already pay about twice the monthly average for the water they use. They pay a flat $35 for 3,000 gallons and then $5.50 per thousand gallons, plus the $20 assessment, he said. Most members use the minimum.
County Attorney Alan Morel said the association is not a sanitary district, it is a mutual domestic water association. Rotert said land owners apply to become members of the association, it is not mandated. The association serves the fire house and the church where they meet in the settlement.
Commissioner Kathryn Minter said she was trying to compare the cost of the water in relationship to those who drill a well and install a pump, something that can run about $10,000.
"To this point, we have expended $800,000 in two state trust loan/grants and $100,000 in state capital outlay (money)," Rotert said. "We recently received a $1.2 million colonias grant/loan that will complete the second phase of the two-phase water system project." Two percent of that award is a loan that must be repaid, he said.
One year, the association was forced to have two audits performed, because agency officials recommended the association alter its fiscal year to coincide with the state.
"That's what has undone us, the external audits and the raising of the tier level, with the audits becoming more complicated," Rotert said.
Commission Chairman Jackie Powell said association members were "lucky" to have a president like Rotert, who works hard to try to come up with solutions.


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Perth – South Africa ruined Ricky Ponting's farewell with an emphatic 309-run victory over Australia in the third Test on Monday to clinch the three-match series 1-0 and cement their position at the top of the ICC Test rankings.
Australia, 40/0 overnight, were bowled out for 322 in their second innings and never looked getting anywhere near the victory target of 632 which would have allowed them to leapfrog the Proteas to return to the summit of the game.
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Association officials predicted that spending would remain uneven through the second half of 2013.
"Hesitancy by private owners to commit to new construction, along with continuing shrinkage in public budgets, will keep the recovery weaker than it otherwise would be," said Ken Simonson, AGC chief economist. "On the plus side, both new residential spending and improvements to existing homes will keep some contractors busy. Residential spending appears poised for double-digit growth all year long."


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Everything you need to know to prepare for Loveland High School football team's trip to the Division II state championship game (thanks to Heather Higdon):
Early release
Friday, Dec. 6, all Loveland City School District students will have an early release. The dismissal times are as follows:
? 12:15 p.m. - Loveland High School, Loveland Middle School, Loveland Intermediate School
? 1:30 p.m. - Loveland Elementary School, Loveland Primary School
? Noon - Loveland Early Childhood Center (Any parent wanting to pick up their LECC student needs to do so by 11:40 a.m.)
There will be no afternoon kindergarten
About the game
? When: 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, (gates open at 5:30 p.m.)
? Where: Canton Fawcett Stadium, 1835 Harrison Ave. NW, Canton, 44708
? Opponent - Loveland vs. Cleveland Glenville. Loveland will be the visiting team.
? Game tickets - $8 pre-sale, $10 at the gate, for all ages. (Please remember no passes are accepted. The game ticket you buy for our game is only good for the Division II game. If you want to attend any other division game, separate tickets must be purchased.)
? Game ticket sales - Advance tickets may be purchased in Loveland High School Athletic Office on the following dates and times:
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Ellen DeGeneres took top honors at Daytime Emmy on Friday, June 15. She even beat out the ladies of The View who were favored to take home an award this year due to the addtion of Rosie O'Donnell. "I really am shocked," DeGeneres — who won for both best talk show and best talk-show host — said on stage. "I thought Rosie brought a lot of new viewers to daytime television and it was interesting."
Bob Barker — who was celebrating his retirement — also had a big night, picking up two Emmys for The Price Is Right.
On the soap side, As the World Turns scored seven wins but it was The Young and the Restless and Guiding Light that shared the outstanding drama series title. One highlight of the night was General Hospital star Genie Francis' win for best supporting actress. "I have waited 31 years for this moment," Francis, who plays Laura Spencer, said.
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Alberto Sordi, left, and Norma Bengell deftly mix comedy with drama.
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Mafioso is a magnificent film recently restored and released by Rialto Pictures. At left is Norma Bengell, who plays the wife of inadvertent mobster Alberto Sordi, gesturing. / Rialto Pictures
For the second week in a row, a classic film of yesteryear arrives in a restored edition. Mafioso, though, is not nearly as well-known as the Jean Renoir masterpiece, The Rules of the Game.
But that's just another reason to be glad it's finally getting attention in the United States. (Created in 1962, it had a brief run in '64, and then faded into near oblivion. I suspect few American filmgoers ever heard of it.)
Trust me, if you're curious to see the roots of Mafia-related cinema (or even if you simply enjoy a well-made, well-acted film), don't miss Mafioso, a fresh, and still engaging comedy-drama.
Directed by Alberto Lattuada, a filmmaker best known for his collaboration with the young Federico Fellini, Mafioso tells of Antonio (Alberto Sordi), a modestly successful foreman on an auto assembly line in Milan. He takes his blonde wife and their two blonde daughters from northern Italy to his native Sicily to meet his relatives. However, once there, Antonio becomes inadvertently entangled with the local Mafia chieftain, and is soon shipped off to New York on an assassination assignment. He doesn't really understand what's going on, and part of the humor and the tension comes from his gradual, shocking realization.
Sordi, the film's star, was the hottest Italian actor of the pre-Mastoianni era, a deft performer who could always find the balance between comedy and drama, creating laughs and pathos in equal measure. And that challenge was never greater than in this once-lost, now-found gem.


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UL quarterback Terrance Broadway is focusing on making the Cajuns' passing game better this fall.
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For some offenses as experienced as UL's, the spring - and summer too, for that matter - is all about refinement.
As Ragin' Cajuns quarterback Terrance Broadway sees it, though, it's actually more about improvement for at least one facet of said offense.
That would be the air attack. ...