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Editor's Summary
Given the risk and cost of proposed but unproven technologies, a method to project likely outcomes offers great value. Visioning studies deliver that opportunity by enabling potential users and other stakeholders the chance to explore new technologies. Goals include validating benefits, exposing unanticipated consequences, discovering hurdles to deployment and revealing considerations for funding. A visioning study was used to investigate 3D telepresence technology in emergency health care, enabling paramedics to work on a simulated trauma victim along with a remote physician. In another phase of the study, three groups of stakeholders viewed a brief video on the proposed technology and were interviewed to understand their thoughts on advantages, obstacles and potential fit. Through the visioning study, researchers were able to explore implementation of the technology and experience its potential benefits and challenges in a realistic test mode. Knowledge gained through visioning can lead to better-informed decisions and more effective use of limited resources.
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Visioning Studies in Emergency Health Care to Support R&D of New Technologies
by Diane H. Sonnenwald
Significant resources are spent each year globally to support research and development efforts, and an ultimate goal of this research is to create new technologies that will improve lives and/or reduce costs. Funding agencies, foundations, citizen groups and businesses are often looking for evidence that the proposed technology will indeed accomplish one or both of those goals. Providing such evidence is especially important when the proposed new technology will require large amounts of intellectual and financial resources to be developed and deployed and/or is targeted for deployment in life and death situations, such as those that emerge in emergency health care.
But how can we know if a new technology will fulfill its promise without spending resources to create a working prototype and then to evaluate the prototype in meaningful ways? In some instances creating a prototype will require multiple years of effort and a fairly large amount of resources, especially if the prototype requires advances in multiple technological domains such as telecommunications, computer vision and computer graphics.
Furthermore, we know that investigating and understanding the perspectives of users and other stakeholders can lead to the discovery of new features that will enhance the adoption and use of a technology. The earlier these features are discovered and incorporated into the R&D process, the lower the costs of development overall because the cost to introduce and/or modify features usually increases as the R&D cycle progresses.
Thus the challenge is to investigate the potential of a new technology as early in its research and development cycle as possible to validate its proposed benefits; discover unintended consequences and unintended benefits; identify deployment challenges and solutions; provide insights regarding technology features and help inform funding decisions. To address this challenge we have been developing a new research approach called visioning studies.
A visioning study is conducted in collaboration with computer science and engineering researchers and stakeholders in relevant domains. It can consist of two complementary components. One component investigates task performance, comparing current task performance with future task performance as envisioned with the proposed technology. To do this task component an experiment incorporating simulation, observation, questionnaires and interviews is conducted.
The other component explores implications of the proposed technology in the larger domain context. It employs qualitative methods and includes showing each participant a video depicting the technology vision followed by open-ended interview questions seeking participants perspectives on issues that influence adoption and use of technology such as relative advantages, compatibility and complexity of the technology, the impact of social influence on adoption of the technology and best practices with respect to deployment processes [1] [2].
We conducted a visioning study to investigate the potential of 3D telepresence technology in emergency health care [3] [4] [5] [6]. An experiment investigating task performance and a qualitative study exploring implications of the technology for the emergency health care were conducted.
Trauma, i.e., serious physical injury, is a significant health problem, frequently referred to as the hidden epidemic of modern society because it is responsible for more productive years lost than heart disease, cancer and stroke combined [7] [8]. Today paramedics in the field collaborate with remote physicians in complex emergency situations via cellphone or radio. Results of medical tests, such as electrocardiograms (ECGs), may also be transmitted from the paramedics equipment to a remote physician. Future technology, such as 3D telepresence technology, could potentially be utilized for collaboration between paramedics in the field and physicians located elsewhere. Ideally, 3D telepresence could improve patient care through earlier diagnosis and treatment in complex trauma cases [9]. Research on 3D telepresence technology could lead to a system that presents physicians a seamless 3D view of a remote trauma scene, with the view dynamically changing as the physician walks around or changes position with respect to the 3D view. There would be no need for navigation tools that require user input or manipulation such as zooming or changing the angles of the cameras. A digital laser pointer could be developed that would be controlled by the physician and projected at the remote scene, enabling the physician to virtually point at objects in the remote scene. To understand the potential of 3D telepresence technology in emergency health care we conducted a visioning study.
We first conducted a post-test-between-subjects experiment to investigate task performance [5] [6]. In the experiment we compared current, near-term and future task performance. This was achieved simulating a complex emergency medical situation in which study participants, i.e., practicing paramedics, had to diagnose and treat a trauma victim. The trauma victim was in fact a METI human patient simulator, that is, a sophisticated computerized mannequin. Each study participant was asked to diagnose and treat the victim under one of three conditions: working alone (as currently typically occurs), collaborating with a remote physician using state-of-the-art videoconferencing (a near-term vision for paramedic-physician collaboration) and collaborating with a physician using a 3D proxy or surrogate (the long-term vision).
The 3D proxy was simple in its design, yet true to the vision of 3D telepresence technology. In the 3D proxy condition the physician was physically present in the same room as the mannequin and paramedic. The physician was allowed to freely move around in the room. However, the physician could not touch anything in the room and could only point to medical equipment and the victim using a laser pointer. This mirrors the 3D telepresence technology vision.
Results indicated that paramedics who participated in the 3D proxy condition performed fewer harmful interventions, reported higher levels of self-efficacy, found the information provided by the remote physician more useful and of higher quality and showed less variation in task performance times irrespective of years of professional experience in the 3D proxy condition compared to paramedics who collaborated with the remote physician using state-of-the-art 2D teleconferencing. These results are promising; however, technology adoption and use is significantly influenced by the interplay of multiple sociotechnical factors in addition to task performance outcomes [1] [2].
Therefore we conducted a second component of the visioning study that explored factors that may facilitate and/or impede adoption and use of 3D telepresence technology in emergency health care. We first created a 5-minute video illustrating the concept of 3D telepresence technology and its possible use in emergency healthcare situations. In the video we also invited the viewers to share their perspectives on the vision with us. We showed the video in interview sessions conducted with three types of individuals: individuals who might use the technology to provide emergency health care, including emergency room (ER) physicians, nurses, interns at large and small medical centers and paramedics; individuals who make decisions regarding technology purchases and adoption and who manage potential users of the technology, including ER and emergency services administrators; and individuals who would potentially support the technology, such as IT operations personnel. We asked these individuals to discuss what they perceived as the relative advantages (if any) of the technology, its potential fit with their current ways of working, features the technology should or should not have, best practices with respect to deploying the technology and so forth.
Results of this component are presented in two recent articles [3] [4]. Overall the study participants reported the technology could lead to improved patient outcomes and major changes in how paramedics perform their work and how they interact with physicians. The technology would make paramedics work visible in ways not previously possible. This could lead to increased prestige for the paramedic profession, increased learning, higher levels of trust and additional permissions to perform procedures in emergency situations. However study participants also reported the technology would require additional training, changes to existing financial models used in emergency health care and increased access to physicians. Legal issues and privacy concerns were also raised, as well as ideas regarding technical features.
The visioning study illuminated potential benefits from 3D telepresence technology in emergency health care, as well as technical features and organizational and social changes that appear to be necessary to facilitate the adoption and use of 3D telepresence technology in emergency health care. It uncovered potential synergies and conflicts with current social structures, facilitating the identification of enhancements to social structures and/or practices to derive additional benefits from the technology. This knowledge has influenced technical decisions and should, ideally, increase the technologys rate of adoption and reduce its unintended negative consequences.
My sincere thanks to the study participants; Greg Welch and Henry Fuchs, who lead the research and development of the 3D telepresence technology, for supporting this research; Jim Mahaney for technical support; Greg Welch and Andrew Dally for their work on the visioning video; James E. Manning and Bruce Cairns for providing expertise in emergency health care and participating in this research, including providing assistance in gaining access to study participants; and to Hanna Söderholm for her work in the project. This research was supported by the National Library of Medicine Contract N01-LM-3-3514, 3D: Telepresence for Medical Consultation: Extending Medical Expertise Throughout, Between and Beyond Hospitals.
Resources Mentioned in the Article
[1] Rogers, E. (2003). Diffusion of Innovations. NY: The Free Press.
[2] Venkatesh, V. & Bala, H. (2008). Technology acceptance model 3 and a research agenda on interventions. Decision Sciences, 39(2), 273-315.
[3] Sonnenwald, D.H., Söderholm, H.M., Welch, G., Cairns, B. & Manning, J.E. (2013). Illuminating collaboration in emergency health care situations: Paramedic-physician collaboration & 3D telepresence technology. Manuscript submitted for publication.
[4] Söderholm, H.M. & Sonnenwald. D.H. (2010). Visioning future emergency healthcare collaboration: Perspectives from large and small medical centers. Journal of the American Society for Information and Technology, 61(9), 1808-1823.
[5] Sonnenwald, D.H., Söderholm, H.M., Cairns, B., Manning, J.E., Welch, G. & Fuchs, H. (2008). Exploring the potential of video technologies for collaboration in emergency medical care: Part I. Information sharing. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(14), 2320-2334.
[6] Söderholm, H.M., Sonnenwald, D.H., Cairns, B., Manning, J.E., Welch, G. & Fuchs, H. (2008). Exploring the potential of video technologies for collaboration in emergency medical care: Part II. Task performance. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(14), 2335-2349.
[7] Meyer, A. (1998). Death and disability from injury: A global challenge. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 44(1), 1-12.
[8] Coates, T.J. & Goode, A. (2001). Towards improving prehospital trauma care. Lancet, 357(9274), 2070.
[9] Welch, G., Sonnenwald, D.H., Fuchs, H., Cairns, B., Mayer-Patel, K., Yang, R., et al. (2011). Remote 3D Medical Consultation. In S. Coquillart, G. Brunnett, & G. Welch (Eds.). Virtual Realities (pp. 139-160). Vienna: Springer Verlag
Diane H. Sonnenwald is professor, chair of information and library studies at UCD in Dublin, Ireland, and an adjunct professor in computer science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor Sonnenwald conducts research on collaboration and collaboration technology in a variety of contexts, including emergency healthcare, police work, industry and academia. She can be reached at diane.sonnenwald<at>ucd.ie.
Articles in this Issue
Introduction to Health Informatics
Informatics and the Future of Nursing: Harnessing the Power of Standardized Nursing Technology
Public Health Informatics: An Invitation to the Field
Empowerment or Anxiety? Research on Deployment of Online Medical E-health Services in Sweden
Turning Healthcare Challenges into Big Data Opportunities: A Use-Case Review Across the Pharmaceutical Development Lifecycle
Visioning Studies in Emergency Health Care to Support R&D of New Technologies
Transforming Our Conversation of Information Architecture with Structure
Using a Taxonomy for Your Database or Website: A Look Behind the Scenes


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2010: Did not see varsity action during his initial season with the Bulldogs.
Personal: Exploratory Business major...born 12/5/91...son of Don Stewart and Kelley Tubbs.
High School: Two-way starter as a defensive back and running back at Clayton High School...All-State defensive back as a senior...team captain, Most Valuable Offensive Back and Most Valuable Defensive Back in 2009...Most Valuable Linebacker as a junior...rushed for 1,030 yards and 12 touchdowns and racked up 139 tackles in final two seasons...sprinter on high school track squad...High School Coach: Sam Horell.


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Trucks, Turkeys, And Four Days Of Fun AtWritten by on March 1, 2005 The 31st Annual Daytona Turkey Run
There are many great outdoor events and we're privileged to bring you some of the best in America. These vintage vehicle shows grow bigger and better every year-drawing more vehicles and providing greater fun to increasing numbers of attendees and participants. One of the best late-season rod runs in the Southeast is the legendary Daytona Turkey Run. The event started innocently when members of the Daytona Beach Street Rods were refused entry to an antique auto parade. The following Thanksgiving weekend, they hosted the first official Turkey Rod Run. It grew every year until finally the club changed the show's name, recognizing the universal appeal of the event. Now 31 years later, the Daytona Turkey Run routinely fills the Daytona International Speedway to capacity (5,050 vehicles this year) and attracts more than 80,000 auto enthusiasts to the Thursday through Sunday event.
Like most successful ventures, the reason for the club's success is simple. Give folks more fun than they expect and they'll come back next year with their friends! This family reunion atmosphere is one of many reasons for spending the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in Daytona Beach. While most come to admire the huge assembly of cars and trucks, many come to shop. Even with the construction that limited space inside the Speedway, 2,000 vendors spaces occupied meant the selection of automotive equipment was amazing. Need a portable lift to raise your truck inside your garage or a "rotisserie" so you can flip it over and work on the bottom? No problem! There were several versions of both on sale. From performance parts and custom accessories to replacement fiberglass cabs complete with doors, you could find it all. Parts-hauling golf carts carried your treasures back to the parking lot while food vendors replenished your energy throughout the day. Time to trade the old truck? The car corral, with a thousand vehicles on display, made one-stop shopping easy. Buyers and sellers always do a brisk business at the show.
Extensive daytime events will tax your stamina, but the fun doesn't stop when the sun goes down. Games like the automotive Teeter Totter, Slow Drags, and Flame-Throwing contests entertained folks and added another dimension to the show. Always the center for the exciting Saturday-night giveaways, more than $25,000 worth of prizes was awarded throughout the four-day show. The one special giveaway and ultimate prize everyone was waiting for was the beautiful '69 Camaro with a 383-stroker motor and Turbo 400 trans. Donations for the annual giveaway car are used by the host club, the Daytona Beach Street Rods, as part of their three-decade commitment to supporting Volusia County charities. This year, Jack Bartlett of St. Mary's, Georgia, was the lucky winner.
If you'd like to view a huge collection of custom vehicles, shop for merchandise from thousands of merchants, and have more fun than expected, mark the 2005 Turkey Run dates on your calendar: November 24-27, 2005. If you find your-self in central Florida this Spring, put Florida's second-largest car show, the 14th Annual Spring Daytona Beach Car Show and Swap Meet, on your calendar also. The dates are March 18-20, 2005. Traditionally, more than 2,500 collector cars arrive at Daytona International Speedway for this three-day event. More information is available on both shows by visiting their comprehensive website, www.daytonabeachcarshows.com.
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Ed Poitras from Valdosta, GA, squeezed more horsepower into his '62 Corvair Green-Briar than the original engineers ever imagined. The mid-mounted 454ci Chevy V-8 spins the fat slicks better than the old flat-six!The '53 Ford pickup of David Buschman was loaded with extras like the blown dual-quad 400-cid motor under the hood, chromed Jaguar rearend, and four-wheel disc brakes. The chopped-top ride had a Plexiglas bed to show off the chassis mods and was for sale at $18,500.Jake MacDonald said it was time for a change and his sweet '40 Ford was up for sale. Equipped with all the proper go-fast goodies like a 350/350 powertrain, a Mustang front suspension, power windows, air conditioning, and more, the price was $23,500.Ron Rivette loaded his frame-off and restored '48 Studebaker with extras like a 350/350 powertrain, custom Street Seat interior, and Wild West-themed Chris-Cruz paint job. The chopped, lowered, and shaved truck was super clean visually.This waist-high '32 Ford pickup was chopped, channeled, sectioned, and fitted with a small-block Chevrolet fed by six Stromberg carburetors. The rear fenders were bobbed, and the front fenders and running boards were joined together. Gary Chopit is the proud owner and builder.Susie and Larry Farmer made the trip from Columbus, OH, to display their red-hot, '47 Chevy pickup. The aggressive-looking ride had a louvered tailgate with the Chevrolet emblem, chopped top, and competition-oriented, spun-aluminum moon disks.This year's giveaway car was a beautifully restored '69 Camaro equipped with a 383ci stroker motor and Turbo 400 trans. The lucky winner was Jack Bartlett from St. Mary's, GA.Cutting a distinctive profile with its extended cab, twin side-mount spares, fender skirts, and Cadillac taillights, "Stuby" is a '41 GMC COE owned by Phil Beyel. Parked in the car corral, it could be yours for $36,500.
Believing that it's more fun to have all your toys with you at the same time, Bob Rattiger of Palm Bay, FL, brought his '27 Chevy car hauler with his painted-to-match T-Bucket tagging along for the ride. What's wrong with having "two-much" fun?Rick Finzer is a charter member of the host club, Daytona Beach Street Rods, and the event coordinator for the Turkey Run. He has owned his '45 (yes, 1945!) Chevy for more than a quarter of a century, modifying it on a regular basis. The 6-inch stretched truck gives Rick a little extra room, and the 350/350 powertrain ensures it stays ahead of modern traffic.Author Joe Greeves' super stepside was surrounded with crowds throughout the show. Many were trying to determine the origin of his hybrid. Like El Caminos, the SS started life as a car ('89 Caprice four-door) and now has a utilitarian bed. Air suspension brings it down, and 20-/22-inch wheels get it rolling.The ultra-clean '47 Chevy panel belongs to Bob and Louann Myers from Gainesville, FL. After chopping the top, shaving off all the nonessentials, and outfitting it with a new modern powertrain, they finished the job with a beautiful Candy Apple Red paint job.Jeff Rice's bright yellow '37 Studebaker pickup truck is a rarity, made even better thanks to its authentic side-mount spares and vintage sunvisor, as well as the big, modern chromed V-8 under the flamed hood.We ran this shot so you could see how we did things back in the '50s. This flaming Ford has all the right stuff like spinner hubcaps and wide whites, fender skirts that hide the rear wheels, and ground-scraping road clearance. The name is Rebel Just Because. That fits it perfectly.One of the sweetest vintage pickup trucks we've seen in a while belongs to Bernie and Kathy Gerry from Limerick, MD. Their Dove Gray "Low-Tec" '47 Dodge has a modern V-8 under the hood with a sign that says driven 63,000 miles. Obviously, it is a big part of the family fun. Check the custom running boards, hidden trailer hitch, and widened fenders.This unusual intake is a Don Garlits air cleaner that simulates fuel injection but actually uses a 600-cfm Holley on the 302ci Z28 motor. Dennis Delphus combined his '48 Chevy truck with the Z28 motor to create his Z48.
Custom and about as classic as you can get, this '18 Model T C-Cab truck, with an oak bed and a supercharged 350 Chevy is owned by Pete O'Connor from Panama City, FL. The patriotic theme just adds to the fun.Ronald and Elana Denman of Jupiter, FL, knew how to get our attention. Their chopped '77 Chevy pickup truck was loaded with innovative modifications, and we would have photographed it even if they didn't have a copy of CUSTOM CLASSIC TRUCKS on the dashboard!Charlie Lewis from Lithia Springs, GA, owns this slick Ford. It is painted in an elegant champagne and dark brown and fitted with custom taillights, Colorado Custom rims, and a detailed interior. A custom grille, smoothed bumper, shaved door handles, and a rigid tonneau cover add to the look.Driving in from Tampa, FL, Mary Wade has owned and enjoyed her Studebaker pickup truck for the last 10 years. Fitted with a 350ci Chevy under the hood, this red and yellow road rocket, fitted with custom Cadillac tail lamps, goes as good as it looks.Showing that all the custom vehicles at the Turkey Run were not owned by folks drawing Social Security, Anthony De Michael from Lakeland, FL, displayed his custom '88 Chevrolet full-size (a graduation gift that he's been working on for the last several years). Owner of Mild 2 Wild Customs, Anthony cites the truck as the reason for his new career.Jerry and Caren Carpenter traveled from a Soddy Daisy, TN, to spend the Thanksgiving weekend in Daytona. Their handcrafted '30 Ford woody extended-cab pickup truck attracted a lot of attention throughout the weekend.Instead of pounding the dents out of that old steel cab, consider a new fiberglass replacement from BeBops Glass Works in Athens, TN. This '56 cab, complete with a 1-inch steel tube frame plus hinged, latched, and remote-operating doors would make Henry proud. The price? $5,600.


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WELLSBURG - Championship teams are built on experience. It's the seniors who have played in the big games that know how to keep their composure when times get tough.
So when Madonna saw Paden City come from behind and take the second set to tie the Class 1A OVAC Volleyball Championship Game on Saturday, the Blue Dons didn't panic.
"I just told them play like they know how to play," first-year coach Jennifer Ewusiak said. "We are a good team. We just made some mistakes we shouldn't have."
Then, behind its four seniors and a couple of key blocks from Monica Bragg, Madonna came together to defeat the Wildcats, 25-17, in the third set to lay claim to the championship trophy.
"We're beyond excited," Ewusiak said. "We've been so much better this season than I thought we would."
On the other side of the court, Paden City coach Fred King didn't feel the sting of a loss, but pride for a young team.
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Class 1A
Madonna d. Beallsville 25-27, 25-22, 25-18
Paden City d. St. John 23-25, 25-14, 25-19
Madonna d. Paden City 25-21, 232-25, 25-17
Consolation Final
Beallsville d. St. John 27-25, 27-25
"For us to be here, I'm pretty happy," King said. "We probably shouldn't be here with a freshman-sophomore laden team.
"Madonna has got a very good volleyball team and for us to get one from them, I felt pretty good about that."
The Blue Dons were able to take the first set, 25-21, before going ahead 23-18 in the second, only to see Paden City comeback and win 25-23.
However, both squads had grown accustomed to close games as neither had an easy path to the championship game.
The No. 1-seeded Blue Dons were nearly upset by No. 4-seed Beallsville after falling in the first set 27-25, in the semifinals.
Madonna, however, was able to pull it together and get victories of 25-22 and 25-18 to punch their ticket to the finals.
"I didn't know what to expect from (Beallsville)," Ewusiak said. "I saw their record, but I've never seen them play or heard anything about them. I knew since they were in the top four they would be a good team, but I just didn't know what to expect from them."
On court No. 2, second-seeded Paden City had its hands full with No. 3 St. John, but was able to defeat the Irish, 23-25, 25-14, 25-19.
"We dove, we scrapped and we kept balls alive," King said. "Everyone did something great several times in the first match. In the second match, we got up against a better foe. A couple times we were lazy at the net and at crucial times when we could have gone up four or five, we went down two. Those are big plays. We didn't have control of the net, but overall I am very happy and very positive about our teams progress."
The opposite played out last season on the courts at Brooke as Paden City swept Madonna, 25-14, 25-18, on its way to the OVAC crown.
Madison Stephen had 11 points, five aces and four kills for the Wildcats. Anna Jones added five points and three kills and Laikyn Tubaugh totaled six points.
Leading the way for the Blue Dons was Nicolette Selletti with seven aces. Bragg added five kills and seven blocks.
Beallsville won the consultation round as the Blue Devils defeated St. John, 27-25, 27-25.


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Building a practical and productive future
Black History Month | Booker T. Washington taught his students at Tuskegee to love hard work for its own sake
"Building a practical and productive future" Continued...
Booker T. Washington wrote one of America's greatest autobiographies, a story of how he rose from slavery to leadership. Washington did not minimize the hardship along the way, but he, like Nelson Mandela after release from prison, put aside bitterness and worked for the progress that could come, if blacks and whites emphasized productive work and effective compassion.
Washington believed in economic empowerment that would leave ex-slaves no longer poor and lead to political empowerment. Here are excerpts from chapters eight and ten of Up from Slavery: An Autobiography, first published in 1901. They detail Washington's attitude toward African-Alabamans he met while starting his famous Tuskegee Institute, and the battles he waged to teach practical matters—the equivalent then of today's STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). He did not want students to concentrate on self-gratifying subjects that would leave them financially dependent on the pity of strangers. —Marvin Olasky
Teaching school in a stable and a hen-house
I confess that what I saw during my month of travel and investigation left me with a very heavy heart. The work to be done in order to lift these people up seemed almost beyond accomplishing. I was only one person, and it seemed to me that the little effort which I could put forth could go such a short distance toward bringing about results. I wondered if I could accomplish anything, and if it were worth while for me to try.
To take the children of such people as I had been among for a month, and each day give them a few hours of mere book education, I felt would be almost a waste of time. After consultation with the citizens of Tuskegee, I set July 4, 1881, as the day for the opening of the school in the little shanty and church which had been secured for its accommodation. …
On the morning that the school opened, thirty students reported for admission. I was the only teacher. … The greater part of the thirty were public-school teachers, and some of them were nearly forty years of age. With the teachers came some of their former pupils, and when they were examined it was amusing to note that in several cases the pupil entered a higher class than did his former teacher. It was also interesting to note how many big books some of them had studied, and how many high-sounding subjects some of them claimed to have mastered. The bigger the book and the longer the name of the subject, the prouder they felt of their accomplishment. Some had studied Latin, and one or two Greek. This they thought entitled them to special distinction.
In fact, one of the saddest things I saw during the month of travel which I have described was a young man, who had attended some high school, sitting down in a one-room cabin, with grease on his clothing, filth all around him, and weeds in the yard and garden, engaged in studying a French grammar.
The students who came first seemed to be fond of memorizing long and complicated "rules" in grammar and mathematics, but had little thought or knowledge of applying these rules to the everyday affairs of their life. One subject which they liked to talk about, and tell me that they had mastered, in arithmetic, was "banking and discount," but I soon found out that neither they nor almost any one in the neighbourhood in which they lived had ever had a bank account. In registering the names of the students, I found that almost every one of them had one or more middle initials. When I asked what the "J" stood for, in the name of John J. Jones, it was explained to me that this was a part of his "entitles." Most of the students wanted to get an education because they thought it would enable them to earn more money as school-teachers.
Notwithstanding what I have said about them in these respects, I have never seen a more earnest and willing company of young men and women than these students were. They were all willing to learn the right thing as soon as it was shown them what was right. I was determined to start them off on a solid and thorough foundation, so far as their books were concerned. I soon learned that most of them had the merest smattering of the high-sounding things that they had studied. While they could locate the Desert of Sahara or the capital of China on an artificial globe, I found out that the girls could not locate the proper places for the knives and forks on an actual dinner-table, or the places on which the bread and meat should be set.
I had to summon a good deal of courage to take a student who had been studying cube root and "banking and discount," and explain to him that the wisest thing for him to do first was thoroughly to master the multiplication table.
The number of pupils increased each week, until by the end of the first month there were nearly fifty. Many of them, however, said that, as they could remain only for two or three months, they wanted to enter a high class and get a diploma the first year if possible. …
The students were making progress in learning books and in developing their minds; but it became apparent at once that, if we were to make any permanent impression upon those who had come to us for training, we must do something besides teach them mere books. The students had come from homes where they had had no opportunities for lessons which would teach them how to care for their bodies. With few exceptions, the homes in Tuskegee in which the students boarded were but little improvement upon those from which they had come.
We wanted to teach the students how to bathe; how to care for their teeth and clothing. We wanted to teach them what to eat, and how to eat it properly, and how to care for their rooms. Aside from this, we wanted to give them such a practical knowledge of some one industry, together with the spirit of industry, thrift, and economy, that they would be sure of knowing how to make a living after they had left us. We wanted to teach them to study actual things instead of mere books alone.
We found that the most of our students came from the country districts, where agriculture in some form or other was the main dependence of the people. We learned that about eighty-five per cent of the coloured people in the Gulf states depended upon agriculture for their living. Since this was true, we wanted to be careful not to educate our students out of sympathy with agricultural life, so that they would be attracted from the country to the cities, and yield to the temptation of trying to live by their wits. We wanted to give them such an education as would fit a large proportion of them to be teachers, and at the same time cause them to return to the plantation districts and show the people there how to put new energy and new ideas into farming, as well as into the intellectual and moral and religious life of the people.
All these ideas and needs crowded themselves upon us with a seriousness that seemed well-nigh overwhelming. What were we to do? We had only the little old shanty and the abandoned church which the good coloured people of the town of Tuskegee had kindly loaned us for the accommodation of the classes. The number of students was increasing daily. The more we saw of them, and the more we travelled through the country districts, the more we saw that our efforts were reaching, to only a partial degree, the actual needs of the people whom we wanted to lift up through the medium of the students whom we should educate and send out as leaders.
The more we talked with the students, who were then coming to us from several parts of the state, the more we found that the chief ambition among a large proportion of them was to get an education so that they would not have to work any longer with their hands. …
Nearly all the work of getting the new location ready for school purposes was done by the students after school was over in the afternoon. As soon as we got the cabins in condition to be used, I determined to clear up some land so that we could plant a crop. When I explained my plan to the young men, I noticed that they did not seem to take to it very kindly. It was hard for them to see the connection between clearing land and an education. Besides, many of them had been school-teachers, and they questioned whether or not clearing land would be in keeping with their dignity. In order to relieve them from any embarrassment, each afternoon after school I took my axe and led the way to the woods. When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm. We kept at the work each afternoon, until we had cleared about twenty acres and had planted a crop.
A harder task than making bricks without straw
From the very beginning, at Tuskegee, I was determined to have the students do not only the agricultural and domestic work, but to have them erect their own buildings. My plan was to have them, while performing this service, taught the latest and best methods of labour, so that the school would not only get the benefit of their efforts, but the students themselves would be taught to see not only utility in labour, but beauty and dignity; would be taught, in fact, how to lift labour up from mere drudgery and toil, and would learn to love work for its own sake. My plan was not to teach them to work in the old way, but to show them how to make the forces of nature—air, water, steam, electricity, horse-power—assist them in their labour.
At first many advised against the experiment of having the buildings erected by the labour of the students, but I was determined to stick to it. I told those who doubted the wisdom of the plan that I knew that our first buildings would not be so comfortable or so complete in their finish as buildings erected by the experienced hands of outside workmen, but that in the teaching of civilization, self-help, and self-reliance, the erection of the buildings by the students themselves would more than compensate for any lack of comfort or fine finish.
I further told those who doubted the wisdom of this plan, that the majority of our students came to us in poverty, from the cabins of the cotton, sugar, and rice plantations of the South, and that while I knew it would please the students very much to place them at once in finely constructed buildings, I felt that it would be following out a more natural process of development to teach them how to construct their own buildings. Mistakes I knew would be made, but these mistakes would teach us valuable lessons for the future.
During the now nineteen years' existence of the Tuskegee school, the plan of having the buildings erected by student labour has been adhered to. In this time forty buildings, counting small and large, have been built, and all except four are almost wholly the product of student labour. As an additional result, hundreds of men are now scattered throughout the South who received their knowledge of mechanics while being taught how to erect these buildings. Skill and knowledge are now handed down from one set of students to another in this way, until at the present time a building of any description or size can be constructed wholly by our instructors and students, from the drawing of the plans to the putting in of the electric fixtures, without going off the grounds for a single workman.
Not a few times, when a new student has been led into the temptation of marring the looks of some building by leadpencil marks or by the cuts of a jack-knife, I have heard an old student remind him: "Don't do that. That is our building. I helped put it up."
In the early days of the school I think my most trying experience was in the matter of brickmaking. As soon as we got the farm work reasonably well started, we directed our next efforts toward the industry of making bricks. We needed these for use in connection with the erection of our own buildings; but there was also another reason for establishing this industry. There was no brickyard in the town, and in addition to our own needs there was a demand for bricks in the general market.
I had always sympathized with the "Children of Israel," in their task of "making bricks without straw," but ours was the task of making bricks with no money and no experience.
In the first place, the work was hard and dirty, and it was difficult to get the students to help. When it came to brickmaking, their distaste for manual labour in connection with book education became especially manifest. It was not a pleasant task for one to stand in the mud-pit for hours, with the mud up to his knees. More than one man became disgusted and left the school.
We tried several locations before we opened up a pit that furnished brick clay. I had always supposed that brickmaking was very simple, but I soon found out by bitter experience that it required special skill and knowledge, particularly in the burning of the bricks. After a good deal of effort we moulded about twenty-five thousand bricks, and put them into a kiln to be burned. This kiln turned out to be a failure, because it was not properly constructed or properly burned. We began at once, however, on a second kiln. This, for some reason, also proved a failure. The failure of this kiln made it still more difficult to get the students to take any part in the work. Several of the teachers, however, who had been trained in the industries at Hampton, volunteered their services, and in some way we succeeded in getting a third kiln ready for burning. The burning of a kiln required about a week. Toward the latter part of the week, when it seemed as if we were going to have a good many thousand bricks in a few hours, in the middle of the night the kiln fell. For the third time we had failed.
The failure of this last kiln left me without a single dollar with which to make another experiment. Most of the teachers advised the abandoning of the effort to make bricks. In the midst of my troubles I thought of a watch which had come into my possession years before. I took this watch to the city of Montgomery, which was not far distant, and placed it in a pawn-shop. I secured cash upon it to the amount of fifteen dollars, with which to renew the brickmaking experiment. I returned to Tuskegee, and, with the help of the fifteen dollars, rallied our rather demoralized and discouraged forces and began a fourth attempt to make bricks. This time, I am glad to say, we were successful. Before I got hold of any money, the time-limit on my watch had expired, and I have never seen it since; but I have never regretted the loss of it.
Brickmaking has now become such an important industry at the school that last season our students manufactured twelve hundred thousand of first-class bricks, of a quality suitable to be sold in any market. Aside from this, scores of young men have mastered the brickmaking trade—both the making of bricks by hand and by machinery—and are now engaged in this industry in many parts of the South.
The making of these bricks taught me an important lesson in regard to the relations of the two races in the South. Many white people who had had no contact with the school, and perhaps no sympathy with it, came to us to buy bricks because they found out that ours were good bricks. They discovered that we were supplying a real want in the community. The making of these bricks caused many of the white residents of the neighbourhood to begin to feel that the education of the Negro was not making him worthless, but that in educating our students we were adding something to the wealth and comfort of the community. As the people of the neighbourhood came to us to buy bricks, we got acquainted with them; they traded with us and we with them. Our business interests became intermingled. We had something which they wanted; they had something which we wanted. This, in a large measure, helped to lay the foundation for the pleasant relations that have continued to exist between us and the white people in that section, and which now extend throughout the South.
Wherever one of our brickmakers has gone in the South, we find that he has something to contribute to the well-being of the community into which he has gone; something that has made the community feel that, in a degree, it is indebted to him, and perhaps, to a certain extent, dependent upon him. In this way pleasant relations between the races have been stimulated.
My experience is that there is something in human nature which always makes an individual recognize and reward merit, no matter under what colour of skin merit is found. I have found, too, that it is the visible, the tangible, that goes a long ways in softening prejudices. The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
The same principle of industrial education has been carried out in the building of our own wagons, carts, and buggies, from the first. We now own and use on our farm and about the school dozens of these vehicles, and every one of them has been built by the hands of the students. Aside from this, we help supply the local market with these vehicles. The supplying of them to the people in the community has had the same effect as the supplying of bricks, and the man who learns at Tuskegee to build and repair wagons and carts is regarded as a benefactor by both races in the community where he goes. The people with whom he lives and works are going to think twice before they part with such a man.
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race. One man may go into a community prepared to supply the people there with an analysis of Greek sentences. The community may not at that time be prepared for, or feel the need of, Greek analysis, but it may feel its need of bricks and houses and wagons. If the man can supply the need for those, then, it will lead eventually to a demand for the first product, and with the demand will come the ability to appreciate it and to profit by it.
About the time that we succeeded in burning our first kiln of bricks we began facing in an emphasized form the objection of the students to being taught to work. By this time it had gotten to be pretty well advertised throughout the state that every student who came to Tuskegee, no matter what his financial ability might be, must learn some industry. Quite a number of letters came from parents protesting against their children engaging in labour while they were in the school. Other parents came to the school to protest in person. Most of the new students brought a written or a verbal request from their parents to the effect that they wanted their children taught nothing but books. The more books, the larger they were, and the longer the titles printed upon them, the better pleased the students and their parents seemed to be.
I gave little heed to these protests, except that I lost no opportunity to go into as many parts of the state as I could, for the purpose of speaking to the parents, and showing them the value of industrial education. Besides, I talked to the students constantly on the subject. Notwithstanding the unpopularity of industrial work, the school continued to increase in numbers to such an extent that by the middle of the second year there was an attendance of about one hundred and fifty, representing almost all parts of the state of Alabama, and including a few from other states.


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While the installer checks for prerequisites, it tries to figure out the installed version using the rpm -q command. On a dual-arch box (mine is a FC4 x86_64), this command can return more than one single line; this leads to errors within the install script.
To avoid these errors, I changed line 885 in util/utilfunc.sh to eliminate dupliates using "sort" (see below).
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (WUSA9) -- Fairfax County police say a 20-year-old man has died after a crash on November 3.
Ibarra de la Cruz, whose motorcycle was hit during the crash, was transported to Inova Fairfax. He succumbed to his injuries on Friday.
The crash happened on Sunday, November 3 around 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Leesburg Pike and Patterson Road.
Police say 34-year-old Santos A. Perez of Falls Church was driving east on Leesburg Pike and started making a left turn into the shopping center at Patterson Road. A 34-year-old female and a 4-year-old female were also in the car.
Israel Ibarra de la Cruz was traveling west on Leesburg Pike on a motorcycle when Perez turned in front of him, causing the crash, officials said.
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Makors Finale (green silks) holds off Winning Machine by a neck, April 28, 2013$50,000 GOVERNOR'S HANDICAPFEATURES WINNING MACHINE, MAKORS FINALE
AUBURN, Wash. (May 12, 2013) – The road to the Longacres Mile officially begins with the $50,000 Governor's Handicap on Sunday, May 19. The first of four open stakes for 3-year-olds and up, the 6 ½-furlong Governor's is the lone sprint in the series and drew an outstanding list of 12 nominations.
Last year's Top Older Horse and Top 3-Year-Old, Winning Machine and Makors Finale staged a dramatic sneak preview last month with Makors Finale holding off Winning Machine by a neck in 1:02.71 for 5 ½ furlongs.
The defending Governor's champion, Winning Machine is coming off his best season in which the Kentucky-bred won two stakes, finished second in two others and came within a head of winning the Longacres Mile. Makors Finale, meanwhile, dominated the sophomore ranks with four stakes wins and was named the WTBOA Washington Horse of the Year for 2012.
The third, fourth and fifth-place finishers from the April 28 allowance race—Hoist, Edge Forward and D'honorable One—also are nominated to the Governors, along with 2012 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic winner Kooky Saluki and 2012 Top Claimer Rocky's Quest.
Why Not Be Perfect, fresh off honors as Top Turf Horse at Turf Paradise, moves back to dirt for the Governor's, while a string of Vancouver-based runners—Devil in Disguise, Herbie D and Hoist—also are nominated to the race. Devil in Disguise, runner-up in the George Royal last month at Hastings Racecourse, and Hoist, third in last year's B.C. Derby, are both owned by North American Thoroughbred Racing Company and trained by Mike Puhich. Those are the same connections that sent out Taylor Said to win the 2012 Longacres Mile.
The venerable Governor's—2013 marks the 74th running—has produced a long list of champions over the years, most recently Winning Machine, Noosa Beach (2011), Atta Boy Roy (2009), Wasserman (2008), Starbird Road (2006) and No Giveaway (2005).
After the Governor's, the older horse division continues with the $50,000 Budweiser Handicap, one mile, June 16; $50,000 Mt. Rainier Handicap, 1 1/16 mile, July 8, and $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3), August 18. Governor's Handicap—74th Running, 6 ½ Furlongs, Sunday, May 19 Horse...............Owner.......................TrainerAssessment (KY-9)....Tice Ranch Stables LLC....Howard BelvoirD'honorable One (FLA-4)....Nelson Family Racing....Blaine WrightDevil in Disguise (KY-4)....North American T'bred Racing Company....Mike PuhichEdge Forward (KY-4)....Ivor & Jack Jones....Doris HarwoodHerbie D (BC-5)....George Robbins....Robert GilkerHoist (KY-4)....North American T'bred Racing Company....Mike PuhichKooky Saluki (WA-5)....MOH Stables, Inc.....Jim PenneyMakors Finale (WA-4)....Karl Krieg....Tom WenzelRocky's Quest (KY-5)....John & Janene Maryanski....Blaine WrightStryker Phd (WA-4)....Jim & Mona Hour....Margo LloydWhy Not Be Perfect (KY-6)....J. C. Racing Stable....Jeff MetzWinning Machine (KY-7)....Fleur De Lis Stables....Frank Lucarelli


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Vanity Fair Magazine did a poll of men, asking them which TV character they would MOST want to marry. Topping the list with a big 23% of the vote..........Penny from The Big Bang Theory.
In second place with 11% was Gloria from Modern Family ( I actually thought she'd be number 1).
Liz Lemon from 30 Rock and Alicia from The Good Wife tied with 8%.
Olivia from Scandal got 4% and Megan from Mad Men was at the bottom with just 3% of the vote.
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I seem to be having some weird DNS issues with the server. I do not have the ZCS server running as a dns server - only as a client. All requests are sent out to my main DNS server. Somehow, it has it in the cache somewhere that sbcglobal.net is at sbcglobal.net.mydomain.com.. I cannot seem to clear this entry wherever it may be at. I have changed the DNS server to 3 different servers and I get the same response. If I ping that name from another server, it resolves fine on the same DNS servers. So I can conclude that the ZCS server is resolving locally for this site and looking at the DNS servers for the others. Weird..So.. How do I clear the local DNS cache on a Zimbra server? Is there a local DNS cache that could be corrupted on the ZCS server?
A LOT of my outgoing mail is being deferred. The common error is connection timed out. Can this be related to a DNS issue? I have sent mail to the major providers (AOL,MSN,YAHOO) and about 60% of them time out. I have checked DNS resolution from the terminal and I am resolving the names and MX servers correctly. Do I need to enable some DNS checking on the server? What could be causing these messages to time out?
When I check the deferred window, all my mail seems to be coming from localhost.localdomain. I have the host file set correctly as per the instructions. (127.0.0.1 localhost / 192.168.1.203 zcs zcs."mydomain".com - replace "my domain" with my actual domain). Is this normal or should it say that mail orginates from zcs."my domain".com?
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16kg ride report.....did a little run in the rain today and tried to hit known rough spots and a couple of bumpy railroad crossings.....absolute perfection. Handling is unchanged compared to 18kg, but the stiffness in the ride is gone. My back is a lot happier and seat feels comfy once again on the softest setting. The 18kg was way too stiff even with a pillion rider. With all due respect to Bare and Will, I would probably recommend no more than 18kg for heavier folks and 16kg as a "standard" for everyone else.
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The Dartmouth College Department of Athletics and Recreation hosted its annual Celebration of Athletic Excellence on Monday evening inside Leede Arena, honoring the achievements of teams and individuals for the 2015-16 academic year.
Dartmouth women's basketball forward Lakin Roland capped off an incredible career in Hanover by leading her team to its best finish since 2009. Now Roland is preparing for a career in basketball and was recently invited to attend the 2016 WNBA Professional Combine in her home state.
Ten Dartmouth student-athletes were honored with Academic All-Ivy recognition for the 2015-16 winter season, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.
Looking back on the 2015-16 season, the Dartmouth women's basketball team has a lot to be proud of.
Two members of the Dartmouth women's basketball team earned All-Ivy Honors. Senior Lakin Roland was named to the First Team, while sophomore Kate Letkewicz received honorable mention.
The Ivy League is set to add another milestone, adding men's and women's basketball tournaments to its slate of conference championships beginning with the 2016-17 academic year.
Dartmouth women's basketball head coach Belle Koclanes has announced the dates for the Big Green's annual Pine Hoops Academy.
Head coach Belle Koclanes announced the winners of the 2015-16 Dartmouth women's basketball postseason awards during the team's annual banquet at the Hanover Inn.
The Dartmouth women's basketball team fell at Princeton 68-42 in the final game of the 2015-16 season on Saturday night.
After a hard fought first quarter the Dartmouth women's basketball team fell at Penn, 65-50 at The Palestra on Friday night.
The Dartmouth women's basketball team has a chance to play the spoiler role this weekend when the Big Green travel to league-leading Penn and Princeton for the final two games of the season.
Dartmouth women's basketball senior forward Lakin Roland has been chosen for Women's Basketball Coaches Association's "So You Want To Be A Coach" program.


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|Nursing home, fires and State football top local news in 2012
|Written by Wauneta Breeze
|Thursday, 10 January 2013 18:07
By Sheri Hink
The Wauneta Breeze
Wauneta and the surrounding area had a lot to celebrate during 2012. First, the Village of Wauneta successfully purchased the local nursing home in July.
Second, area citizens benefited from skilled, and perhaps overworked, volunteer firemen who kept them safe from the many fires that sprung up due to the hot, dry conditions.
Third, the Wauneta-Palisade Bronco football team qualified for and won state in football. An impressive feat as this was their first year as a six-man team.
Fourth, changes in Wauneta's business community were big stories during 2012. Rogan and Ashley Einspahr purchased one of Wauneta's landmark businesses, the Wauneta Roller Mills, from the founding Maxfield family. A new nonprofit organization, Mercy Meals of Southwest Nebraska, opened its doors in Wauneta.
Fifth, 2012 saw changes and continuation in local leadership within the Village Board, School Board and County Commissioners.
Nursing home: cause to celebrate
During 2012, the pages of the Wauneta Breeze were filled with news regarding the ongoing effort of the Village of Wauneta to purchase Heritage of Wauneta from Vetter Health Services.
In July, the news changed from reporting progress of how to make the purchase happen, to celebrating the completed purchase and renaming of the facility to Sunrise Heights of Wauneta.
The undertaking succeeded, thanks to tremendous effort by the village, dedicated volunteers and the community at large.
VHS originally announced their intent to cease operations at Heritage of Wauneta by mid 2012 in July 2011.
The community resolved not to let their nursing home close and a campaign to save the nursing home unfolded.
The campaign proved successful, thanks to the overwhelming support of Waunetans and Waunetans-at-heart, both near and afar. On July 1, 2012, the Village's purchase of the nursing home was complete.
The funding which made the village's purchase of the home came from three distinct sources.
First, local and local-at-heart individual and corporate donors contributed over $240,000. Second, the Village of Wauneta put up $150,000 to help fund the project. Third, the Village undertook $500,000 in revenue bonds.
These three sources of income provided the capital needed to both purchase the facility and provide initial operating expenses.
Since the purchase, nursing home staff and Village Board members have continued to report what appears to be a seamless transition from private to village ownership for the residents and staff at the nursing home.
Hot, dry weather created a busy fire season
The second most seen topic in 2012 news was coverage of the many fires that sprang up in the area during the hot, dry year. It seemed that Wauneta's volunteer firemen were out fighting a fire more often than not at times.
The WVFD was busy fighting fires at home as well as responding to calls for mutual aid from neighboring fire districts.
In June then Fire Chief, Donny Allen, sent out a call for the public to use extreme caution. He urged people to take care and practice caution when considering if they were going to use fireworks over the Fourth of July holiday, in their farming and ranching operations and day-to-day activities.
The Wauneta area was in and out of red flag warnings, issued by the National Weather Service, which indicated the area was at extreme risk of fire due to weather conditions that posed the possibility of explosive fire growth.
The Wauneta Volunteer Firemen went out on a total of 22 fire calls, five mutual aid assists and four rescue calls during 2012, making the year a busy one for these volunteers.
Wauneta's volunteer fire department members deserve thanks from the entire community for their dedication and quick response to the community's emergency needs.
Dream football season for Wauneta-Palisade Broncos
The Wauneta-Palisade Broncos' 2012 football season was one that many only dream about.
Entering its first year in six-man football with a 14-game losing streak, the Broncos dominated throughout the season and into the playoffs.
Behind coaches Randy Geier and Joseph Frecks, the team finished the fall undefeated, capping the season with a 26-16 win over Sioux County in the State Championship game.
"We were very fortunate to work with such outstanding student/athletes this season," said coaches Geier and Frecks.
Traveling to Minatare, Hyannis, Arthur County (Tryon), Elba/North Loup-Scotia and Kearney, coaches and players were grateful to the fans who made the long trips around the state to support the team.
New ownership and new business
In addition to the change of ownership of the nursing home, Wauneta's business community saw other big changes in 2012.
First, one of Wauneta's landmark businesses, the Wauneta Roller Mills, changed hands in early January 2012. Rogan and Ashley Einspahr purchased the business from the Maxfield family.
The mill had been in the Maxfield family since it was built by Bert and Edna Maxfield in 1925.
Now the historic Roller Mills will enjoy a new era of family ownership with the Einspahrs.
Wauneta is now home to a new nonprofit business. Mercy Meals volunteers package nutritious meals which are sent throughout the world to feed hungry children and families.
The organization is run by a volunteer board of directors from throughout Chase County and uses volunteers from throughout the region to package for hungry people throughout the world.
Local leadership
There are both new and familiar faces on the Wauneta Village Board, Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools Board and the Chase County Commissioners.
Lloyd Sinner was reelected to the Village Board in 2012 and remains as the Village Board Chair for the upcoming year.
Village Board member Lynn Brunkhorst chose to retire from the board and Rick Einspahr was elected as a write-in candidate to take his spot.
The Wauneta-Palisade Schools board also saw changes in the 2012 election.
Existing board members Jon Anderjaska and John Jutten were reelected to the board, Jutten as a write-in candidate.
Jason Hicks of Palisade was also elected to the board as a write-in candidate. Hicks will fill the position that was opened when Stuart Bartels decided to retire from the board.
The race for the District 1 seat for Chase County Commissioner was wrapped up during the May primary when four republicans vied for the spot.
Those who sought the seat included Theodore "Ted" Brewer, William "Bill" Greeley, Gary Grimes and Charles "Chuck" Vette.
The primary decided the race and Chuck Vette was voted to remain on the County Commissioners for another term.


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Williams and Ree, the comedy team that met while
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Since their days at BH, when they both claim to be
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Canadian rockers Theory of a Deadman have axed a set at the Bay City River Roar event in Michigan later this month due to illness.
The band was set to perform at the annual car show on June 27 but have now pulled out after frontman Tyler Connolly was put on vocal rest.
A statement from the organizers of the event reads, "Due to a medical diagnosis, Theory of a Deadman lead singer Tyler Connolly has been ordered on a long term vocal rest. Because of the diagnosis, Theory of a Deadman will be canceling a number of appearances including the 2014 Bay City River Roar."
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Living with Schizophrenia, A Father and Son's Story
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With remarkable frankness, Patrick writes of Henry's transformation from art student to mental patient and of the agonizing and difficult task of helping his son get well. Any hope of recovery lies in medication, yet Henry, who does not believe he is ill, secretly stops taking it and frequently runs away. Hopeful periods of stability are followed by frightening disappearances, then relapses that bleed into one another, until at last there is the promise of real improvement. In Henry's own raw, beautiful chapters, he describes his psychosis from the inside. He vividly relates what it is like to hear trees and bushes speaking to him, voices compelling him to wander the countryside or live in the streets, the loneliness of life within hospital walls, harrowing "polka dot days" that incapacitate him, and finally, his steps towards recovery.
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