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KLEM Local Schedule (week of July 7)
MONDAY RESULTS - July 7
(high school baseball)
(#3-1A)Gehlen Catholic 8, Akron-Westfield 0
Le Mars 7, Western Christian 0
(LE MARS) -- Brady Heying and Solomon Freking combined on a three-hit shutout to pitch No. 3 (1A) Gehlen Catholic to an 8-0 win over Akron-Westfield in War Eagle Conference baseball action at the Riverview Complex Monday night. Heying pitched the first six innings and recorded six strike outs. Freking worked the seventh and struck out the side. Seniors Mitchell Flack and Austin Herbst combined for five hits and four RBI's on 'Seniors Night' for Gehlen. Flack had three hits and two RBI's and Herbst had two hits and two RBI's. The Jays and Westerners play again next Tuesday in the 1A District quarterfinals at the Rivereview Complex. Gehlen improves to 23-and-2 for the season and 14-and-1 in the W-E-C. Akron-Westfield slips to 11-and-15 for the season and 8-and-10 in conference play. Caleb Colt took the loss for A-W, working 5 2/3 innings and giving up eleven hits. Dylan Irizarry had two of the Westerners three hits.
(HULL) -- Le Mars' Colan Borchers turned in one of his most dominant pitching performances of his senior season Monday night in Hull, striking out a career-high 17 batters while walking one and allowing just one hit in a 7-0 win over Western Christian in a Lakes Conference baseball match-up in Hull. Brant Vant Hul had the lone hit for the Wolfpack. The Bulldogs scored four runs over the final two innings to break up a 3-0 pitcher's duel. Dayton Rand and Colan Borchers led a six-hit Le Mars attack with two hits each. The Bulldogs improve to 12-and-12 for the season and 10-and-3 in Lakes Conference play.
(high school softball)
(#10-3A)Sergeant Bluff-Luton 17, Le Mars 2, four innings
(LE MARS) -- Miles Ludwig allowed just two hits and No. 10 (3A) Sergeant Bluff-Luton backed her with a 15-hit attack as the Warriors beat Le Mars for the third time this summer, 17-2, Monday night at the Bulldog Complex. Holly Schneider slugged a two-run homer in the first inning for Le Mars to stake the Lady Bulldogs to an early lead before S-B-L got going offensively. The game ended in four innings on the 'Mercy Rule'. Grace Milbrodt had a pinch single in the fourth inning for the only other Le Mars hits. The Lady Bulldogs fall to 18-and-16 for the season and play host to Storm Lake Thursday night in the 4A Regional quarterfinals. The game will double as a Lakes Conference make-up game between the two schools.
(region 1)
Clay Central-Everly 3, West Sioux 1
Harris-Lake Park 9, Trinity Christian 3
Laurens-Marathon 4, Storm Lake St. Mary's 3
West Bend-Mallard 15, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 3, five innings
(region 8)
Glidden-Ralston 8, Boyer Valley 3
Woodbine 3, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
Kingsley-Pierson 9, River Valley 0
West Harrison 5, Whiting 4
(little league - DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENTS)
MAJOR BOYS 10-YEAR OLDS at Kirk Hansen Park
Westside 7, Le Mars All-Stars (2-2) 2
MAJOR BOYS 11-YEAR OLDS at Sergeant Bluff Recreation Complex
Le Mars All-Stars (2-1) 16, Westside 8
MAJOR BOYS 12-YEAR OLDS at Pulaski Park
Westside 7, Le Mars All-Stars (0-4) 1
(major league baseball)
Baltimore 8, Washington 2, 11 innings
Oakland 5, San Francisco 0
N.Y. Yankees 5, Cleveland 3
Chicago White Sox 4, Boston 0
Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 0
Houston 12, Texas 7
L.A. Angels 5, Toronto 2
Seattle 2, Minnesota 0
N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3, 11 innings
Cincinnati 9, Chicago Cubs 3
Philadelphia 3, Milwaukee 2
St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 0
San Diego 6, Colorado 1
Arizona 9, Miami 1
TUESDAY RESULTS - July 8
(high school baseball)
Glenwood 11, Le Mars 4
(#5-1A)Gehlen Catholic 12, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 0, six innings
(LE MARS) -- Glenwood drilled Le Mars 11-4 Tuesday night in a non-conference baseball match-up at the Bulldog Complex. Sophomore Cameron Leff had a rough outing, giving up seven hits and nine runs in 4 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out ten. Riley Magnussen finished the game in relief for Le Mars. Wyatt Schultz went the distance for the Rams, despite giving up ten hits. The Bulldogs were victimized by their defense once again, committing five errors. Mitch Timp led the offense with three hits and one RBI. He also scored three runs. Dayton Rand had a pair of doubles. Le Mars falls to 12-and-13 for the season.
(HARTLEY) -- Jarod Steffes tossed a three-hit shutout with one walk and five strike outs as No. 5 (1A) Gehlen Catholic rolled past Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 12-0 in six innings Tuesday night in War Eagle Conference baseball action in Hartley. That sets up a showdown with No. 4 (1A) Remsen St. Mary's Wednesday night in Remsen for the War Eagle Conference title. Both have one loss in league play. The Jays improved their season record to 24-and-2 and their W-E-C mark to 15-and-1 with the victory Tuesday in Hartley. Gehlen had 15 hits Tuesday night with Lucas Hunt leading the offensive onslaught with three. He scored twice and drove in a pair of runs. Blake Wiltgen had two RBI's, Ryan Stoll drove in two runs on a pair of hits, and Ty Kurth and Brady Heying had two hits and a RBI each.
(high school softball)
(region 1)
Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union 4, Unity Christian 1
Sioux Central 9, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 7
George-Little Rock 5, Okoboji 0
Sibley-Ocheyedan 4, West Lyon 2
(region 2)
Belmond-Klemme 14, West Hancock 4, five innings
Lake Mills 6, West Fork 5
Emmetsburg 13, Pocahontas Area 7
Eagle Grove 14, Clarion-Goldfield 3, five innings
(region 8)
Underwood 16, Council Bluffs St. Albert 6, six innings
Treynor 10, Riverside 0, five innings
Missouri Valley 9, Tri-Center 6
Ridge View 11, West Monona 1, five innings
(region 1)
#4-Sioux Center 5, M-O-C/Floyd Valley 2
Cherokee 5, OA-BCIG 4
#10-Sergeant Bluff-Luton 14, Kuemper Catholic 4, five innings
Greene County 10, East Sac County 0, six innings
(region 2)
#7-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 1, Estherville/Lincoln Central 0
Spirit Lake 9, Sheldon 8
Osage 7, Forest City 1
Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 9, Clear Lake 6
(little league - DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENTS)
MAJOR BOYS 10-YEAR OLDS at Kirk Hansen Park
Morningside American 12, Le Mars All-Stars (2-3) 6
MAJOR BOYS 11-YEAR OLDS at Sergeant Bluff Recreation Complex
Mornigside American 21, Le Mars All-Stars (2-2) 10
MAJOR BOYS 12-YEAR OLDS at Pulaski Park
Morningside American 17, Le Mars All-Stars (0-5) 7
(American Association baseball)
Sioux City Explorers 2, Winnipeg Goldeyes 1
(major league baseball)
Baltimore at Washington, ppd., rain
Detroit 14, L.A. Dodgers 5
Oakland 6, San Francisco 1
Cleveland 5, N.Y. Yankees 3
Chicago White Sox 8, Boston 3
Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 3
Houston 8, Texas 3
Toronto 4, L.A. Angels 0
Minnesota 2, Seattle 0
Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 1st game
N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 3
Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 5, 2nd game
Philadelphia 9, Milwaukee 7
St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4
Colorado 2, San Diego 1
Miami 2, Arizona 1
WEDNESDAY RESULTS - July 9
(high school baseball)
(#4-1A)Remsen St. Mary's 5, (#5-1A)Gehlen Catholic 4
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 16, Le Mars 3, five innings
(REMSEN) -- No. 4 (1A) Remsen St. Mary's beat No. 5 (1A) Gehlen Catholic for the second time in nine days Wednesday night in Remsen, winning their War Eagle Conference baseball match-up, 5-4. The two victories over the Jays gives the Hawks the War Eagle Conference title for 2014. St. Mary's jumped on Gehlen starter Mitchell Flack for five runs in the first three innings to take a 5-1 lead. The Jays closed to within 5-3 with two runs in the fourth and scored once in the seventh and had runners on first and second when winning pitcher Elliott Conover halted the rally with a popup to pick up a complete game victory. Conover scattered nine hits, walked two and struck out six. Matt Wesselmann and Brad Roling led the Hawks at the plate with two hits each. Ryan Stoll and Solomon Freking had two hits each for Gehlen Catholic. The Jays stranded ten base runners in the game. Remsen St. Mary's improves to 25-and-4 for the season and 18-and-1 in the W-E-C. The Hawks wrap up the regular season Thursday at home against West Sioux. Gehlen Catholic slips to 24-and-3 for the season and 15-and-2 in the War Eagle Conference. The Jays close out the regular season Thursday at Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union.
(SERGEANT BLUFF) -- Thomas Wisecup starred on the mound and at the plate to lead Sergeant Bluff-Luton to a 16-3, five inning non-conference baseball win over Le Mars Wednesday night in Sergeant Bluff. Wisecup threw a four inning four-hitter with five strike outs. At the plate, Wisecup drove in six runs with a pair of RBI singles and a grand slam homer. Caleb Cline had two of the Bulldogs four hits. Le Mars falls to 12-and-14 for the season and host No. 6 (3A) Harlan in a varsity doubleheader Friday. S-B-L improves to 16-and-10. The two play in the same 3A District Tournament next Friday in Sergeant Bluff.
(high school softball)
(LE MARS) -- Gehlen Catholic scored eight runs in the fourth inning to erase a 7-2 deficit and broke the game open with six more runs in the sixth to win their 1A Regional opener, 16-8 over Harris-Lake Park Wednesday night at the Riverview Complex. Jill Kessenich keyed the eight-run fourth with a two run single to give Gehlen an 8-7 lead and Allie Hansen capped the inning with a two-run single to put the Lady Jays in front 10-7 heading into the fifth. The Wolves closed to within 10-8 with a run in the fifth but a grandslam by Bailey Wiltgen capped a six-run sixth inning that put the game out of reach. Emily Pratt had three hits before leaving the game with an injured knee. Her status for the remainder of the postseason is in doubt. Jill Kessenich also had three hits as Gehlen finished with 18 hits and took advantage of four Harris-Lake Park errors. Meghen Heying had a rough start, giving up seven runs on 13 hits in the first five innings. But she finished strong, retiring eight of the final nine batters she faced, to get the win in the pitcher's circle. Senior Macy Gunderson took the loss but had a pretty good night at the plate for the Wolves with four hits and three RBI's. Gehlen takes a 17-and-15 record to Akron Friday to play top-rated Akron-Westfield (33-and-0) in the 1A semifinals at 7 p.m. Wednesday's game also served as War Eagle Conference counting game. Gehlen finished fourth in the W-E-C at 12-and-8 while H-L-P finished 8-and-12 in league play and 13-and-19 for the season.
(region 1)
#1-Akron-Westfield 17, Clay Central-Everly 0, three innings
Gehlen Catholic 16, Harris-Lake Park 8
Newell-Fonda 9, Laurens-Marathon 0
Bishop Garrigan 8, West Bend-Mallard 3
(region 8)
Glidden-Ralston 4, #7-Charter Oak-Ute 0
Ar-We-Va 9, Woodbine 5
#13-Remsen St. Mary's 1, Kingsley-Pierson 0
Westwood 11, West Harrison 0
(region 1)
#3-Woodbury Central 12, Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union 0, four innings
Sioux Central 10, Hinton 2
South O'Brien 8, George-Little Rock 7
Western Christian 5, Sibley-Ocheyedan 2
(region 2)
Belmond-Klemme 2, #6-North Union 1
Saint Ansgar 8, Lake Mills 7
Emmetsburg 1, #11-Alta-Aurelia 0
Manson-NW Webster 6, Eagle Grove 2
(region 8)
Underwood 4, #10-Logan-Magnolia 2
Treynor 8, A-H-S-T 7
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 7, Missouri Valley 3
Lawton-Bronson 3, Ridge View 2
(little league - DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENTS)
MAJOR BOYS 11-YEAR OLDS at Sergeant Bluff Recreation Complex
Headid 6, Le Mars All-Stars (2-3) 5
MAJOR BOYS 12-YEAR OLDS at Pulaski Park
Headid 8, Le Mars All-Stars (0-6) 4
(American Association baseball)
Sioux City Explorers 9, Winnipeg Goldeyes 2
(major league baseball)
Detroit 4, L.A. Dodgers 1
Washington 6, Baltimore 2
San Francisco 5, Oakland 2
L.A. Angels 8, Toronto 7
N.Y. Yankees 5, Cleveland 4, 14 innings
Boston 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Kansas City 5, Tampa Bay 4
Houston 8, Texas 4
Minnesota 8, Seattle 1
Colorado 6, San Diego 3
Arizona 4, Miami 3, 10 innings
N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 1
Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 1
Philadelphia 4, Milwaukee 1
St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 2
THURSDAY RESULTS - July 10
(high school baseball)
(#5-1A)Gehlen Catholic 15, Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union 2, six innings
(MARCUS) -- Ryan Stoll drove in five runs and Blake Wiltgen tossed a five-inning four-hitter to guide No. 5 (1A) Gehlen Catholic to a 15-2 win over Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union in the regular season finale for the Jays Thursday night in Marcus. Solomon Freking and Lucas Hunt had three hits each for Gehlen Catholic. The Jays end the regular season at 25-and-3 and finish at 16-and-2 in the War Eagle Conference. Gehlen plays Akron-Westfield at the Riverview Complex next Tuesday in the 1A Districts.
(high school softball)
(LE MARS) -- Jenessa Milbrodt tossed a five-inning no-hitter and Kassidy Rieken came a triple short of hitting for the cycle, driving in five runs, as Le Mars advanced in the 4A Regional softball tournament with a 14-0 win over Storm Lake Thursday night at the Bulldog Complex. Milbrodt finished with four walks and ten strike outs to improve to 9-and-10 for the summer. Rieken had a two-run single to key a five-run second inning for Le Mars and belted a three-run homer in the fourth. She capped her 3-for-4 night at the plate with a fifth inning double to lead a 12-hit attack. Crystal Eppling swatted a two-run homer, her sixth of the season. Eppling also had a sacrifice fly in the first inning to finish with three RBI's. Milbrodt and Andrea Urban also added two hits each. Le Mars takes a 19-and-16 record into Saturday's semifinals against Bishop Heelan at the Bulldog Complex at 7 p.m. The game will be carried on KLEM starting at 6:50.
(region 1)
Le Mars 14, Storm Lake 0, five innings
Spencer 7, Algona 2
(region 1)
Sioux City North 2, Sioux City West 0
(little league - DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENTS)
MAJOR BOYS 10-YEAR OLDS at Kirk Hansen Park
Headid 14, Le Mars All-Stars (2-4) 3
MAJOR BOYS 11-YEAR OLDS at Sergeant Bluff Recreation Complex
Le Mars All-Stars (3-3) 14, Sergeant Bluff 0
MAJOR BOYS 12-YEAR OLDS at Pulaski Park
Sergeant Bluff 11, Le Mars All-Stars (0-7) 1
(American Association baseball)
Sioux City Explorers 2, Winnipeg Goldeyes 0
(major league baseball)
Oakland 6, San Francisco 1
Baltimore 4, Washington 3
Boston 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 10 innings
Cleveland 9, N.Y. Yankees 3
L.A. Angels 15, Texas 6
Detroit 16, Kansas City 4
Minnesota 4, Seattle 2
Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 4, 12 innings
Philadelphia 9, Milwaukee 1
Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 1
Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 1
L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1
FRIDAY RESULTS - July 11
(high school baseball)
(game one) (#6-3A)Harlan 6, Le Mars 2
(game two) (#6-3A)Harlan 11, Le Mars 10
(LE MARS) -- No. 6 (3A) Harlan claimed a doubleheader sweep over Le Mars Friday, winning the first game 6-2 and outlasting the Dogs in game two, 11-10 at the Bulldog Complex. A three-run fourth inning broke up a 2-2 tie in game one to send Harlan to a 6-2 win in the opener. Brett Croghan teamed up with Josh Cheek on a four-hitter for the Cyclones. Cheek earned a save with two innings of hitless shutout relief. Dayton Rand, who took the loss on the mound, had a RBI-double to lead Le Mars offensively. Game two was a wild see-saw battle that Harlan won with a run in the sixth to break a 10-all tie. Harlan scored five in the first before Le Mars countered with two in the second and five in the third to take a 7-5 lead. Harlan went back in front with three runs in the fifth but Le Mars tied it with two runs in their half of the fifth. The Bulldogs outhit Harlan 19-9 in game two. Matt Ellefson had four hits, including a double, and three RBI's to pace the Bulldogs offensively. Keaton Candor also drove in three runs with a pair of hits, including a double. The loss went to reliever Race Streker. He combined with starter Riley Magnussen to walk seven. Le Mars falls to 12-and-16 for the season.
(high school softball)
(AKRON) -- Senior Kayla Tindall belted two home runs and combined with Dana Hedlund on a three-hitter and eleven strike outs to lead top-rated Akron-Westfield to an 11-2 1A Regional tournament softball victory over Gehlen Catholic Friday night in Akron. The win puts the defending State champion Westerners in the Regional finals Monday night in Cherokee against Newell-Fonda. Tindall opened the game by clubbing the first pitch over the left field fence. Gehlen tied the game when their lead-off hitter, Jill Kessenich, hit her first career homer in the bottom of the first. Sarah Schroeder's RBI single in the second put Akron-Westfield back in front by a run. Tindall's second home run of game, a two-run shot to dead center, capped a five-run fourth inning that put A-W in front 7-1. Bethany Eastman had a two-run single just before Tindall's team-leading fifth home run of season. Schroeder added a two-run single in the sixth, giving her three RBI's for the game and the Westerners an 11-1 cushion. Gehlen averted a ten-run rule verdict in the bottom of the sixth, scoring a run on Bailey Wiltgen's RBI single to extend the game to a full seven innings. Kessenich opened the sixth for the Lady Jays with a bunt single, giving her two of Gehlen's three hits. Tindall finished with a two-hitter with two walks and eight strike outs in 5 innings. Hedlund gave up Wiltgen's single before retiring the final six batters of game. She struck out three. Akron-Westfield improved to 34-and-0 while Gehlen finishes the season at 17-and-16.
(region 1)
#1-Akron-Westfield (34-0) 11, Gehlen Catholic (17-16) 2
Newell-Fonda 13, Bishop Garrigan 7
(region 2)
Glidden-Ralston 7, Ar-We-Va 0
#13- Remsen St. Mary's (22-10) 4, Westwood 1
(region 1)
#3-Woodbury Central 15, Sioux Central 1, six innings
South O'Brien 7, Western Christian 6
(region 2)
Saint Ansgar 6, Belmond-Klemme 1
Manson-NW Webster 6, Emmetsburg 3
(region 8)
Treynor 10, #10-Logan-Magnolia 4
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 11, Lawton-Bronson 3
(region 1)
#4-Sioux Center 10, Cherokee 0, six innings
Green County 14, #10-Sergant Bluff-Luton 2, five innings
(region 2)
Spirit Lake 3, #7-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 2
Osage 7, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 1
(little league - DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENTS)
MAJOR BOYS 10-YEAR OLDS at Kirk Hansen Park
Le Mars All-Stars (3-4) 7, Sergeant Bluff 4
(American Association baseball)
Fargo-Moorehead Redhawks 5, Sioux City Explorers 0
(major league baseball)
Colorado 6, Minnesota 2
Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 4
Baltimore 3, N.Y. Yankees 2, 10 innings
Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 5
L.A. Angels 3, Texas 0
Boston 8, Houston 3
Detroit 2, Kansas City 1
Seattle 3, Oakland 2
Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta 4
Philadelphia 6, Washington 2
N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 1
Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5
St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 6
San Diego 6, L.A. Dodgers 3
San Francisco 5, Arizona 0
SATURDAY RESULTS - July 12
(high school baseball)
Le Mars 4, Storm Lake 1
(LE MARS) -- The Le Mars Bulldogs claimed their fourth straight Lakes Conference baseball title Saturday afternoon with a 4-1 victory over Storm Lake in a make-up conference game at the Bulldog Complex. Colan Borchers limited the Tornadoes to four hits and one walk with 15 strike outs to improve his pitching record to 5-and-2. Le Mars took a 2-0 lead in the third on a RBI double by Keaton Candor and a bases loaded walk to Colan Borchers. Storm Lake cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth on a RBI single by Chase Lange. Two errors, a walk and a sacrifice fly by Candor brought in two insurance runs in the sixth for the Bulldogs. Le Mars finishes the Lakes Conference season at 11-and-3, a game ahead of Spencer, and improves to 13-and-16 for the season. The Bulldogs play host to Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley Monday in a jv-varsity doubleheader starting at 11 a.m.
(district 1 / substate 1)
Boyer Valley 18, Whiting 2
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
George-Little Rock 3, Trinity Christian 1
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
(at Orange City)
5:00-Cherokee vs. Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union - PPD.
7:00-Hinton vs. Unity Christian - PPD.
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
(at Estherville)
5:00-Sheldon vs. Okoboji - PPD.
7:00-Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn vs. Sibley-Ocheyedan - PPD.
(district 3 / sub-state 2)
(at Carroll)
Ridge View 9, IKM-Manning 8
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 1, OA-BCIG 0
(district 4 / sub-state 2)
(at Fort Dodge)
5:00-Sioux Central vs. Pocahontas Area - PPD.
7:00-South Central Calhoun vs. Manson-NW Webster - PPD.
(high school softball)
(LE MARS) -- Le Mars advanced to Tuesday's 4A Regional finals with a 9-6 semifinal win over Bishop Heelan Saturday night at the Bulldog Complex. The Lady Bulldogs broke a 6-all tie with three runs in the top of the seventh on a wild pitch and a two-run single by Kassidy Rieken. Le Mars built a 6-0 lead in the first two innings before the Crusaders stormed back with five runs in the third and another in the fifth to tie the game. Crystal Eppling put Le Mars in front 1-0 on a single in the first inning. Three more runs scored on Jessica Van Otterloo's bases-loaded squeeze bunt and a throwing error to first base for a 4-0 lead going into the second inning. Madison Heidebrink extended the lead to 6-0 with a two-run homer to dead center in the second. RBI hits by Lexi Stolen, Jenna Bork and Bailey Heaton brought home four runs for Heelan in the third and another run scored on the Lady Bulldogs lone error of the game. The Crusaders tied the game in the fifth on a RBI ground out by Jaylee Lester. Janessa Milbrodt walked the lead-off hitter in the bottom of the seventh before retiring Heelan's third, fourth and fifth place hitters to end the game. Milbrodt gave up six hits, walked four and struck out six to improve to 10-and-10 for the season. The loss was pinned on Emily Eaton, who relieved starter Lexi Ricke after Heidebrink's home run in the second inning. Eaton limited Le Mars to one hit and just two base runners until they broke through for the three-run seventh inning. Le Mars takes a 20-and-16 record to the Harlan and Hazel Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge Tuesday to play No. 2 Fort Dodge for a spot in the 4A State tournament. Bishop Heelan ends the season at 22-and-14.
(region 1)
Le Mars (19-16) 9, Bishop Heelan 6
#2-Fort Dodge 12, Spencer 0
(region 1)
Sioux City East 12, Sioux City North 2
#1-Johnston 7, Marshalltown 0
(little league)
LE MARS JUNIOR BOYS TOURNAMENT at the John Britton Complex
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(American Association baseball)
Fargo-Moorehead Redhawks 11, Sioux City Explorers 3
(major league baseball)
Minnesota 9, Colorado 3
Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 2
N.Y. Yankees 3, Baltimore 0
Houston 3, Boston 2
Tampa Bay 10, Toronto 3
Detroit 5, Kansas City 1
L.A. Angels 5, Texas 2
Seattle 6, Oakland 2
Arizona 2, San Francisco 0
Atlanta 11, Chicago Cubs 6
N.Y. Mets 5, Miami 4
St. Louis 10, Milwaukee 2
Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 5, 11 innings
Washington 5, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings
L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0
SUNDAY RESULTS - July 13
(little league)
LE MARS JUNIOR BOYS TOURNAMENT at the John Britton Complex
(game one) Le Mars All-Stars 6, Gehlen Catholic 3
(game two) Le Mars All-Stars 9, Gehlen Catholic 1
(American Association baseball)
Sioux City Explorers 9, Fargo-Moorehead Redhawks 6
(major league baseball)
Minnesota 13, Colorado 5
Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0
Boston 11, Houston 0
Kansas City 5, Detroit 2
L.A. Angels 10, Texas 7
Oakland 4, Seattle 1
Baltimore 3, N.Y. Yankees 1, 5 innings
N.Y. Mets 9, Miami 1
Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3
Washington 10, Philadelphia 3
Milwaukee 11, St. Louis 2
Atlanta 10, Chicago Cubs 7
San Francisco 8, Arizona 4
L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0
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Hello again. It is I, Derek, the lucky husband of Chef in Training, here again today to shed some male perspective and sift through the recipes to bring you my personal favorites of the past year.
I cant beleive it has been 4 months since my original Hubby Favorite post. I have been itching to do another one of these, especially since my wife has made so many more super awesome recepies.
Just a quick recap, as husband of Chef in Training, I get to try 90% of the recipes that Nikki posts on her blog every day. With the need to always bring you new recipes, I rarely get to eat the same meal twice. I have asked Nikki to stamp some of the best ones that I like as a "Hubby Favorite," so that on the blessed day when she says, "What do you want for dinner?" I have a quick reference to what makes my tummy filled with ultimate joy and splendor.

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Hands On: Russound AirGo Outdoor Airplay Speaker
Perfect for singing in the rain.
After a fairly lame winter here in Pennsylvania, it's finally spring, which means people are spending more time in their backyards, thinking about the warm deck parties they'll have later in the season and taking bets on which neighbor will be the first to pull the lawnmower out of the shed (it was the guy in back of me, by the way—twice before March was even over).
With backyard bearing down upon us, our thoughts (well, at least my thoughts) also turn to backyard music. Having a great indoor sound system and a nice music collection is pretty useless when you like to spend several months out of the year outside (we'll get to backyard theaters later with a review of the Epson MegaPlex).
Typically my outside tunes come either from a little boomboxy-style iPod speaker dock or a Tivoli PAL radio. I tend to use the radio more frequently because it's weather proof, which means it's always outside on my patio table. Unfortunately, it's just a radio so I'm stuck with the few stations I can pull in—and the outside the sound travels about 15 feet. Which all brings me to the Russound AirGo, an Airplay-ready weatherproof outdoor speaker.
So what do I mean by Airplay ready? There's no Airplay wireless compatibility built into it like the B&W Zeppelin Air (which is far from weatherproof, by the way), but it includes a cavity designed specifically for connecting and concealing an Apple Airport Express. All you do is open up the door in the back, connect the Airport Express (there's even a AC cable hidden back there specifically for the Airport), seal it back up, and you're ready to go.
After setting up the Airport on your network (or putting it in client mode for direct connection to your iPhone or iPad), the Russound AirGo is ready to play.
The device itself is a sturdy Humvee of a speaker. It weighs a little more than 16 pounds, includes a single woofer and two tweeters and is driven by a 40 watt amplifier. It looks, in shape and color, a little like an old CRT monitor sitting on a desktop computer. There's a sturdy handle that allows you to carry it around, but it needs to be plugged in at all times (no battery) so you can't move it far unless you use an extension cord. This also means it's not suited for beach parties. And you don't want to drop it in the pool when someone's swimming.
To play some music one sunny afternoon, I opened up iTunes on my phone, went to the Jenny and Johnny tracks and tapped "Committed." A small icon at the bottom directed me to select the iPhone or the AirGo as the destination for the music. After very brief pause, the music was coming from the AirGo. There's no volume control on the device itself, so you turn it up and down with your iDevice.
I have a fairly big yard and the AirGo was able to deliver loudly all across it—louder than my neighbors would probably appreciate unless they'd been invited to the party. Up close it was loud enough to overpower the riding mower next door. That's pretty impressive for a little speaker with a handle.
Sound quality was very good. This isn't something you'll depend on for critical listening, but it makes a wide sound field to cover a large outdoor space with sufficient detail for backyard grooving. As I mentioned earlier, it gets quite loud, and I was please how well it held up at high volumes, though I can't imagine using that loud very frequently. I don't think my neighbors like The Melvins, and my wife hates it when I embarrass her.
Aside from the ease of use and the good sounds, the AirGo gets points for being able to be left out in the rain. It would probably withstand snow fine too, but we didn't have much of that this year. Still, the system really can be a year-round outdoor music system if you're into that.
If you already have Airplay set up on other speakers or receivers in your house, the AirGo can be a nice addition to a simple DIY multiroom audio system. Note though, that an iDevice can only send out one Airplay stream at a time. To supply tunes for multiple Airplay devices you need to stream directly from a computer.
Another nice benefit of the system is that because the Airport Express inside the AirGo acts like a Wi-Fi repeater, it can improve your web surfing outside, so you can download better barbeque recipes for the cookout.
By the way, Russound lists the price as $399, but I found it on Amazon right now for $227.
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A version of this article was originally published in Morning News and Stuff, but to wrap up this year's overly long election coverage, we figured it would be a good idea to republish the results as a standalone article. You're welcome!
The election is finally over. All election results for Ohio can be viewed at the secretary of state's website.
All results for Hamilton County can be viewed at the Hamilton County Board of Elections website.
President Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney in what can only be called an electoral college landslide. He won every single "battleground state" on CNN's electoral map with the current exception of Florida, although the current lead and remaining demographics to be counted will likely tilt Florida to Obama. Despite the insistence of conservatives and mainstream media pundits, models like FiveThirtyEight that predicted a big Obama win were entirely accurate.
In the U.S. Senate race, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown also handily beat Republican challenger Josh Mandel. CityBeat covered the policy and campaign differences between the two candidates in coverage of the first, second and third debate and a cover story.
For the First U.S. Congressional District, Republican incumbent Steve Chabot beat Democratic challenger Jeff Sinnard.
The big takeaway from election night at a federal level: Billions of dollars spent on campaigns later, the U.S. House of Representatives remains in Republican hands, the U.S. Senate remains in Democratic hands and the White House remains in Democratic hands. In other words, billions of dollars were spent to change almost nothing.
At the state level, Issue 1, which called for a constitutional convention, lost. But Issue 2, which was an attempt at redistricting reform, lost as well. CityBeat covered the rise and details of Issue 2 in a story and commentary.
In the state's legislature races, incumbents swept. Republican Bill Seitz beat Democrat Richard Luken for the eighth district of the Ohio Senate. Republican Peter Stautberg beat Democrat Nathan Wissman for the 27th district of the Ohio House. Democrat Connie Pillich beat Republican Mike Wilson for the 28th district of the Ohio House. Republican Louis Blessing beat Democrat Hubert Brown for the 29th district of the Ohio House. Republican Lou Terhar beat Democrat Steven Newsome for the 30th district of the Ohio House. Democrat Denise Driehaus beat Republican Michael Gabbard for the 31st district of the Ohio House. Democrat Dale Mallory beat Republican Ron Mosby for the 32nd district of the Ohio House. Democrat Alicia Reece beat Republican Tom Bryan for the 33rd district of the Ohio House.
For the Ohio Supreme Court, Republican Terrence O'Donnell kept his seat against Mike Skindell. But Democrat William O'Neill beat Republican incumbent Robert Cupp, and Republican Sharon Kennedy beat Democratic incumbent Yvette Brown.
At the local level, Issue 4, which gives City Council four-year terms, was approved. Issue 42, which renewed a tax levy for Cincinnati Public Schools, passed. Issue 50, a tax levy for senior health services, was approved. Issue 51, a tax levy for mental health services, was approved.
In Hamilton County offices, things got a bit more blue overall. Republican incumbent Joe Deters beat Democrat Janaya Trotter for the prosecutor attorney's office. Democrat Pam Thomas beat Republican incumbent Tracy Winkler for the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. Democrat Jim Neil beat Republican Sean Donovan for the sheriff's office. Democratic incumbent Wayne Coates beat Republican Wayne Lippert for the county recorder's office. Republican incumbent Robert Goering barely beat Democrat Jeff Cramerding for the county treasurer's office. Democratic incumbent Lakshmi Sammarco beat Republican Pete Kambelos for the county coroner's office.
In the lower courts, Republican incumbent Pat Fischer beat Democrat Martha Good and Republican Pat DeWine beat Democrat Bruce Whitman
for the First District Court of Appeals. Democratic incumbent Nadine
Allen and Republican Leslie Ghiz beat Democrat Stephen Black and
Republican Heather Russel for the court of common pleas.
In other states, gay marriage and marijuana were legalized. Minnesota voted against a same-sex marriage ban. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin also became the first openly gay candidate to win election for the U.S. Senate. Overall, the night was a big win for progressives all around the country.
In the letter, the Democrats say they would find voter fraud to be a serious problem if it was happening, but they also note recent studies have found no evidence of widespread voter impersonation fraud. An Oct. 4 Government Accountability Office study could not document a single case of voter impersonation fraud. A similar study by News21, a Carnegie-Knight investigative reporting project, found a total of 10 cases of alleged in-person voter impersonation since 2000. That's less than one case a year.
Tim Burke, chairman of both the Hamilton County Board of Elections and the Hamilton County Democratic Party, says the faulty voter registration forms, which groups like TTV typically cite as examples of in-person voter fraud, never amount to real voter fraud.
"Those nonexistent voters never show up to vote," he says. "(The forms) were put together by people working on voter registration drives. Frankly, the intent wasn't to defraud the board of elections; the intent was to defraud their employer into making them think they're doing more work."
In other words, people aren't submitting faulty voter registration forms to skew elections; registration drive employees are submitting the forms to try to keep their jobs.
To combat the seemingly nonexistent problem of voter impersonation fraud, TTV is planning on recruiting one million poll watchers — people that will stand by polling places to ensure the voting process is legitimate. The Democrats insist some of the tactics promoted by the group are illegal. The letter claims it's illegal for anyone but election officials to inhibit the voting process in any way. Most notably, Ohio law prohibits "loiter[ing] in or about a registration or polling place during registration or the casting and counting of ballots so as to hinder, delay, or interfere with the conduct of the registration or election," according to the letter.
Burke says state law allows both Democrats and Republicans
to hire observers at polling booths. However, the observers can only
watch, and they can't challenge voters. Even if the appointed observers see suspicious
activity, they have to leave the voting area and report the activity
through other means.
The tactics adopted by TTV have an ugly history in the U.S. Utilizing poll watchers was one way Southern officials pushed away minority voters during the segregation era. By asking questions and being as obstructive as possible, the poll watchers of the segregation era intimidated black voters into not voting. In the post-segregation era, the tactics have continued targeting minority and low-income voters.
The Senate Democrats make note of the ugly history in their letter: "It has traditionally focused on the voter registration lists in minority and low-income precincts, utilizing 'caging' techniques to question registrations. It has included encouraging poll watchers to 'raise a challenge' when certain voters tried to vote by brandishing cameras at polling sites, asking humiliating questions of voters, and slowing down precinct lines with unnecessary challenges and intimidating tactics. These acts of intimidation undermine protection of the right to vote of all citizens."
TTV has already faced some failures in Hamilton County. Earlier this year, the group teamed up with the Ohio Voter Integrity Project (VIP), another Tea Party group, to file 380 challenges to the Hamilton County Board of Elections. Of the 380 challenges, only 35 remain. The vast majority were thrown out.
"For the most part, they tried to get a bunch of UC students challenged because they didn't have their dormitory rooms on their voter registration rolls," Burke says. "All of those were rejected. We did nothing with those."
But he said the group did bring up one legitimate
challenge. Some voters were still registered in a now-defunct trailer
park in Harrison, Ohio. Since the trailer park no longer exists,
Burke says no one should be voting from there. The board didn't purge
those voters from the roll, but the board unanimously agreed to ensure those voters are challenged and sent to the correct polling place if they show up to vote.
Still, TTV insists on hunting down all the phantom impersonators and fraudulent voters. In partnership with VIP, TTV is continuing its mission to stop all the voter impersonation that isn't actually happening.
VIP is brandishing the effort with a program of its own. That organization is now hosting special training programs for poll workers. The organization insists its programs are nonpartisan, but Democrats aren't buying it.
Burke says it's normal for Democrats and Republicans to hire poll workers, but if the Voter Integrity Project program puts the organization's anti-fraud politics into the training, it could go too far.
"The job of the poll worker is to assist voters in getting their ballots cast correctly," Burke says. "It's to be helpful. It's not to be belligerent. It's not to be making voters feel like they're doing something evil."
He added, "If poll workers are coming in and deciding that they're going to be aggressive police officers making everybody feel like they're engaged in voter fraud and therefore trying to intimidate voters, that's absolutely wrong."
As county and state officials move to investigate and potentially prosecute voter fraud cases, local groups are pushing back, warning that the investigations could cause a chilling effect among voters.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls became the latest to speak out in a letter to Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters and Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted.
"The current legal investigations perpetuate the idea that voter fraud is widespread, when it's not true," she wrote. "We need to work together to give citizens the confidence that the election process is fair and accessible to those who have followed the law and pre-determined process. When citizens are confused about the process of voting they are intimidated from exercising their full rights to vote, which erodes confidence in and the integrity of our democracy."
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (ACLU) and League of Women Voters of Ohio sent similar letters to Husted in the past few weeks, echoing fears that the investigations will intimidate voters into staying out of future elections.
The controversy surrounds 39 "double voter" cases recently sent to the county prosecutor by the Hamilton County Board of Elections. In most of the cases, the voters in question sent in an absentee ballot prior to Election Day then voted on Election Day through a provisional ballot, which are given to voters when there's questions about eligibility. Even though the voters technically voted twice, their votes were only counted once.
The letters from Qualls and the League of Women Voters claim the cases were sent to the county prosecutor based on a narrow interpretation of state law and other sections of election law back the voters' actions.
The letters reference Ohio Revised Code Section 3509.09(B)(2),
which says, "If a registered elector appears to vote in that precinct
and that elector has requested an absent voter's ballot for that
election and the director has received a sealed identification envelope
purporting to contain that elector's voted absent voter's ballots for
that election, the elector shall be permitted to cast a provisional
ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code in that precinct on the day of that election." The law goes on to clarify only one of the votes should be counted.
Husted broke a tie vote in the Hamilton County Board of Elections on May 31, siding with the Republicans on the board who wanted to send the case to the county prosecutor.
Alex Triantafilou, an elections board member and chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party, says Republicans just want an investigation.
"I think anytime a person casts two ballots we ought to ask why," Triantafilou says. "This is not to prejudge any of these cases as criminal charges. That's not been our intention. What we want is a qualified investigator to ask the question and then answer it."
Tim Burke, chairman of the local elections board and the Hamilton County Democratic Party, disagrees: "This is a damn shame. What's happening to those voters is absolutely wrong."
Burke claims the law was followed and no further investigation is necessary. He alleges Republicans are trying to suppress voters.
"I fear that what's going on is that elements of the Republican Party want to create the impression that there is massive voter fraud going on, and they want to scare the hell out of people to intimidate them and discourage them from voting in the future," Burke says. "I think part of what's going on here is an effort to identify voter fraud in order to justify more restrictions on voting rights."
Triantafilou argues Democrats, including Burke, are playing politics: "It's a continuation of the kind of fear that Democrats try to instill in the electorate, and it's a political weapon. We're not trying to do that. They alleged voter suppression in the last election cycle. That was nonsensical. The problem really is fraud."
It seems Ohio may soon get a controversial voter ID law. While speaking at a Tea Party event in Cincinnati on Monday, Secretary of State Jon Husted said the General Assembly is likely to take up a voter ID law after the November election.
"I was listening to a show one night where they talked about these onerous rules, these onerous photo ID rules and the onerous rules in Ohio on photo ID," he said. "Well, the photo ID law in Ohio is not onerous. As a matter of fact, I suspect the General Assembly will take up a more strict version of what we have after what we've been through with this election process."
Later on, an audience member commented on the issue by pointing out Ohioans can currently identify themselves with 12 different types of ID. In response, Husted clarified his position: "We need to streamline that because it's really hard for a poll worker to know exactly what they're supposed to be checking. And I'm quite confident the legislature is going to take that issue up."
Under current Ohio law, voters can go to the polls with state ID cards, driver's licenses, military IDs, utility bills, paychecks, bank statements and other forms of ID. Republicans have sometimes criticized the many options, particularly for not being state-issued and not requiring a photo.
Other states have taken up voter ID laws. Pennsylvania's controversial law requires voters to have state-issued photo ID. A Pennsylvania court recently upheld the law, but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the decision today and asked the lower court to reconsider. The ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court gives lower courts room to strike down the law.
Democrats criticize ID laws for suppressing voters. A study from researchers at the University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis found nearly 700,000 young, minority voters will be unable to cast a ballot due to voter ID laws. Both young and minority voters tend to side with Democrats.
Republicans say the laws are necessary to protect elections from voter fraud. However, studies suggest in-person voter fraud is not a serious, widespread issue. A News21 report, a Carnegie-Knight investigative reporting project that looked at national public records, found 10 cases of alleged in-person voter fraud since 2000. That's less than one case a year nationwide.
The audio clips from the event, which was provided by the Ohio Democratic Party, can be heard here and here.
Husted's office could not be immediately reached for comment. This story will be updated if a comment becomes available.
UPDATE (4:25 P.M.): Matt McClellan, spokesperson for Husted, called CityBeat after this story was published.
"The Tea Party has generally been critical of the secretary's position on voter ID," he said, referring to Husted's past opposition of strict voter ID laws. "The comments he made at the event last night were environmental in general about what the secretary thought had been happening at the statehouse. His position, in general, is unchanged."
When pressed about what Husted meant when he advocated for "streamlining" laws, McClellan said Husted supported "simplification" of the current system. McClellan could not offer more details on what that means, and he said specifics would be up to the legislature to decide.
Chris Redfern, Ohio Democratic Party chairman, responded to Husted's suggestions in a statement: "As if Secretary of State Husted has not done enough to undermine access to Ohio's polls, now he's planning a secret post-Election Day assault on what forms of identification voters can present to cast a ballot. It's no surprise that after slashing voting access across the state, using his office for partisan advantage, and lying about Issue 2, now Husted is making plans to create obstacles for African Americans and seniors to vote."
An amendment snuck into the budget bill passed by the Republican-controlled Ohio House on April 18 would force public universities to decide between charging lucrative out-of-state tuition rates or providing out-of-state students with documents required for voting in Ohio, raising concerns from Democrats that Republicans are attempting to limit voting opportunities in the state once again.
The measure would force public universities to classify students living on campus as in-state if they receive utility bills or official letters that can be used for identification when voting in Ohio.
Out-of-state tuition rates are typically higher than in-state tuition rates, which means universities would be giving up potentially millions in revenue to provide out-of-state students with the proper documents.
For universities, the measure adds a financial incentive to hold on to the documents. For out-of-state students, that could mean a more difficult time getting the documents to vote in Ohio elections.
Students can vote in Ohio if they have lived in the state for at least 30 days, but voting requires proper identification and proof of residency. Utility bills and official letters qualify, but student identification cards do not.
Republicans have been quick to defend the measure, while Democrats have been quick to oppose it. For both sides, there's a clear political motivation: In the 2012 elections, 63 percent of Ohio voters aged 18 to 29 supported Democratic President Barack Obama, while only 35 percent supported Republican Mitt Romney, according to exit poll data.
Ohio House Speaker William Batchelder justified the measure to the Toledo Blade: "The real issue for local areas in particular [is], what happens when somebody from New York City registers to vote. How do they vote on a school levy? How do they vote on a sheriff's race? To me, there is a significant question, particularly the levies, as to what having people who don't have to pay for them would do in terms of voting on those things."
The comments prompted a response from Ohio Democrats, particularly attorney general candidate David Pepper, a Greater Cincinnati native.
"It's startling to see one of Ohio's leaders voicing such a blatantly unconstitutional justification for this cynical law," Pepper said in a statement. "The Constitution guarantees an individual's right to vote, regardless of what views they espouse ('how ... they vote'), whether they own property, or where they hail from originally. The Speaker's comments would quickly become Exhibit A in a successful Constitutional challenge of this scheme to keep Ohio's college students from voting."
Pepper's statement went on to cite three U.S. Supreme Court cases to support his argument: Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 from 1969, Carrington v. Rash from 1965 and Dunn v. Blumstein from 1972.
In Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15, the court argued any laws that discriminate against certain types of voters must endure strict judicial scrutiny because "any unjustified discrimination in determining who may participate in political affairs or in the selection of public officials undermines the legitimacy of representative government." The ruling struck down a New York statute that said those participating in school board elections must be property owners, the spouses of property owners, lessors or a parent or guardian of a child in the school district.
Pepper's statement claims the ruling invalidates Batchelder's argument: "The Court rejected the state's argument (identical to the Speaker's) that only those two groups had a primary interest in such elections."
In Carrington v. Rash, the Supreme Court ruled states may not limit voting based on how someone may vote: "'Fencing out' from the franchise a sector of the population because of the way they may vote is constitutionally impermissible. '[T]he exercise of rights so vital to the maintenance of democratic institutions' ... cannot constitutionally be obliterated because of a fear of the political views of a particular group of bona fide residents."
Similarly, Dunn v. Blumstein struck down Tennessee's one-year residency requirements for voting in a ruling that said residents recently coming from other states can't be barred from voting: "[T]he fact that newly arrived [Tennesseeans] may have a more national outlook than long-time residents, or even may retain a viewpoint characteristic of the region from which they have come, is a constitutionally impermissible reason for depriving them of their chance to influence the electoral vote of their new home State."
The Ohio House's budget bill amendment is only one of many
attempts from Ohio Republicans to limit voting opportunities in the
state since 2011.
In 2011, the Republican-controlled legislature and
Gov. John Kasich approved two laws that reduced early voting hours.
Democrats and third-party groups threatened to bring the legislation to
referendum, but the Republican-controlled legislature and Kasich
repealed most of the measures and restored expanded early voting in Ohio
before the referendum came to a vote. A federal court also
restored early voting for all Ohioans for the three days prior to Election Day, which the previous repeals had only brought back for military voters.
In 2012, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, invoked uniform early voting hours, effectively eliminating most weekend voting, and made last-minute changes that placed the burden of proper identification on voters instead of poll workers, which Democrats argued made verifying provisional ballots more difficult.
When asked to justify some of the measures, Doug Preisse, close adviser to Kasich and chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party, wrote in an email to The Columbus Dispatch, "I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine."
The race-based reasoning prompted a harsh response from Democrats, who claimed Republicans were trying to suppress minority voters who tend to vote for Democrats.
Beyond voting rights, the Ohio House budget bill defunds Planned Parenthood and forgoes the Medicaid expansion ("The Chastity Bunch," issue of April 24).
The budget bill still has to be approved by the Ohio Senate and Kasich to become law.
Just two days before the general election, President Barack Obama made his case to 13,500 people packed into the University of Cincinnati's Fifth Third Arena and 2,000 in an overflow room.
Obama cast the race in comparisons to the previous two presidents, comparing his policies with those of Bill Clinton and equating Republican challenger Mitt Romney's plans with those of George W. Bush.
"So stay with me then," Obama said. "We've got ideas that work, and we've got ideas that don't work, so the choice should be pretty clear."
With less than 48 hours before polls open on Election Day, a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll had Obama and his Republican challenger locked in a statistical dead heat. However the same poll showed Obama with a slight edge in Ohio, up 48 percent to Romney's 44 percent.
Obama touted his first-term accomplishments, including ending the war in Iraq; ending Don't Ask Don't Tell, the policy preventing homosexuals from serving openly in the military; and overhauling the country's health care system.
"It's not just about policy, it's about trust. Who do you trust?" the president asked, flanked by a sea of supporters waving blue "Forward" signs.
"Look, Ohio, you know me by now. You may not agree with every decision I've made, Michelle doesn't always agree with me. You may be frustrated with the pace of change … but I say what I mean and I mean what I say."
Nonpartisan political fact-checker PolitiFact on Nov. 3 took a look at Obama's record on keeping his campaign promises from 2008. The group rated 38 percent as Kept, 16 percent Compromised and 17 percent Broken.
Twice during his speech the president was interrupted by audience members shouting from the stands.
The first was a man on the balcony level of the arena interrupted, shouting anti-abortion slogans and waving a sign showing mutilated fetuses before being dragged out by about five law enforcement officers. Both were drowned out by supporters.
Music legend Stevie Wonder opened the rally for Obama, playing a number of his hits, opening up "Superstition" with a refrain of "on the right track, can't go back."
Wonder discussed abortion policy between songs and urged Ohioans who had not already voted to do so either early on Monday or Election Day.
So far, 28 percent of Ohio voters have already cast their ballots. CNN reports that those votes favor Obama 63/35, according to public polling.
Meanwhile on Sunday, Romney campaigned before an estimated crowd of 25,000 in Pennsylvania, according to the Secret Service.
Political rallies always draw a number of the loyal opposition, and this late-evening appearance was no different. Only five people protested near the line to the arena, but what they lacked in number they attempted to make up for in message.
One large sign read "Obama: 666" and another "Obama is the Beast," alluding to a character in the Christian Biblical book of Revelation.
A man who only identified himself as Brooks carried a large anti-abortion sign that showed pieces of a dismembered fetus.
"I'm here to stand up for the innocent blood that has been shed in this land to the tune of 56 million," Brooks said. He said he was opposed to the politics of both major party presidential candidates.
"I pray for Barack Obama because his beliefs are of the Antichrist, just like Romney," Brooks said.
Brooks said his message for those in line was for them to vote for Jesus — not on the ballot, but through their actions and through candidates that espoused Christian beliefs.
"Obama is not going to change things, Romney is not going to change things," Brooks said. "In the last days there are many Christs, but not the Christ of the Bible. The Christ of the Bible is not for killing children, is not for homosexual marriage."
UPDATE: Secretary of State Jon Husted said he will make a decision about what to do with the court's ruling after the weekend. It is possible Husted could decide to keep all polling booths closed on the three days. While the court ruling makes it so boards of election can't allow only military voters to vote on the weekend and Monday before Election Day, it does give boards of election the choice to close down on the three days. Husted could decide to open or close all boards of election on the days with uniform policy like he's done in the past. Such policy could eliminate those three voting days for everyone, including military voters.
The Republican-controlled state government appealed the original ruling after a federal judge ruled in favor of President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democrats and expanded in-person early voting to include the three extra days. The appeals court's ruling upholds the previous decision.
In the past few months, Republicans have insisted early voting should not be expanded further due to racial politics and cost concerns. That prompted Obama and the Democrats to take the state government to court, much to the dismay of local Republicans that voiced concerns about the lawsuit making voting lines too long for military voters.
With this appeal, Republicans are now running out of options for blocking expanded in-person early voting. Previously, Husted sent directives to county boards of election to not listen to the initial ruling, but Husted quickly backed down when the federal judge involved in the ruling called him to court.
On National Coming Out Day, Cincinnati's only openly gay city councilman told CityBeat that equality for America's Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered people would take a hit under a President Mitt Romney.
"On day one (of his presidency) he (Romney) could hurt gay families by reinstating Don't Ask, Don't Tell and hurt security for our country," Seelbach said. "We need as many people serving as possible."
Councilman Chris Seelbach spoke to CityBeat as he waited to vote early outside of the Hamilton County Board of Elections.
Proponents of the measure that prevented openly gay service members from serving in the military have said repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell would damage the country's combat-readiness.
A study published by the Williams Institute at University of California Los Angeles Law School in September found that there has been no overall negative impact on military readiness, unit cohesion, recruitment, retention or morale.
Seelbach said there would be a stark contrast for LGBT people under President Barack Obama and his GOP rival. He pointed to the Obama administration's refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court; his vocal approval of same-sex marriage; anti-discrimination measures signed by the president that, among other things, give same-sex partners the right to visit their loved ones in the hospital and make medical decisions.
He said the next president would also likely have the opportunity to appoint new justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court will likely decide the fate of California's Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage.
"If you care about equality, you've got to vote," Seelbach said. "The easiest way to vote is to vote early."
The Obama campaign in Ohio plans to release a new online ad touting the president's accomplishments for LGBT people.
The ad, made available to CityBeat, features Zach Wahls, a gay-rights activist born to a lesbian couple via artificial insemination. Wahls is known for his testimony before the Iowa House Judiciary Committee against a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in that state.
In the ad, Wahls touts the president's accomplishments and exhorts Ohioans to reelect Obama.
"We want to make sure that we're all doing everything we can this fall to get out, register voters, canvass, knock on doors, get our family members and friends out to the polls so that we can re-elect the best president this country has ever seen on LGBT rights," Wahls said.
For a full hour Thursday night, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh Mandel continued their feisty fight for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat. For the most part, the debate centered on the candidates' records and personal attacks, with policy specifics spewing out in between.
Apparently, the barrage of attacks is not what the candidates had in mind before the debate started. Throughout the debate, both candidates asked for substance, not attacks. At one point, Brown said, "I appreciate this clash of ideas. That's what this debate should be about." At another point, Mandel said, "We need less attacking, and we need more policy ideas to put people back to work."
These comments came well into the debate. By that time, Mandel had criticized Brown for "Washington speak" so many times that an exasperated Brown quipped, "I don't get this. Every answer is about Washington speak."
Brown also launched his own attacks, which focused on Mandel's dishonesty on the campaign trail, which previously earned Mandel a "Pants on Fire" crown from Cleveland's The Plain Dealer, and Mandel, who is also Ohio's treasurer, missing state treasurer meetings to run for political office.
But Ohioans have seen enough of the attacks in the hundreds of campaign ads that have bombarded the state in the past year. Voters probably want to hear more about how each candidate will affect them, and the candidates gave enough details to get some idea of where each of them will go.
On economic issues, Brown established the key difference between the two candidates' economic policies: Mandel, like most of his Republican colleagues, believes in the trickle-down theory. The economic theory says when the rich grow, they can create jobs by hiring more employees and expanding businesses. In other words, proponents of the theory believe the success of the rich "trickles down" to the middle class and poor through more job opportunities. Belief in this theory is also why most Republicans call the wealthy "job creators." Under the trickle-down theory, the wealthy are deregulated and get tax cuts so it's easier for them to create jobs.
On the other hand, Brown says he supports a middle-out approach, which focuses on policies that target the middle class. That is how sustainable employment and growth are attained, according to Brown. Under the middle-out approach, tax cuts and spending policies target the middle class, and the wealthy own a higher tax burden to support government programs.
Some economists, like left-leaning Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, say the trickle-down theory should have been put to rest with the financial crisis of 2008. After all, deregulation is now credited with being the primary cause of 2008's economic crisis. In that context, more deregulation seems like a bad idea.
Still, Brown's contrast to Mandel holds true. Brown has
repeatedly called for higher taxes on the rich. In the debate, he touted his
support for the auto bailout and once again mocked Mandel's promise to not
raise any taxes. These are policies that do end up benefiting the middle class
more than the wealthy. The auto bailout in particular has been credited with
saving thousands of middle-class jobs.
On the other side, Mandel told debate watchers to go to his website and then offered some quick talking points: simplify the tax code, end Wall Street bailouts and use Ohio's natural gas and oil resources "in a responsible way." How Mandel wants to simplify the tax code is the issue. On his website, Mandel says he supports "a flatter, fairer income tax with only one or two brackets, eliminating almost all of the credits, exemptions and loopholes." A study by five leading economists suggests a flat tax model would greatly benefit the wealthy and actually hurt the well-being of the middle class and poor. That matches with the trickle-down economic theory.
Another suggestion on Mandel's website says, "Help job creators. Reduce capital gains and corporate taxes, and allow for a small business income deduction." The small business portion would help some in the middle class, but an analysis from The Washington Post found 80 percent of capital gains incomes benefit 5 percent of Americans and half of all capital gains have gone to the top 0.1 percent of Americans. So a capital gains tax cut would, again, match the trickle-down economic theory.
What all this means is on economic issues the choice of candidates depends mostly on what economic theory a voter believes. Brown believes in focusing economic policies that target the middle class, while Mandel mostly supports policies that generally support what he calls "job creators" — or the wealthy.
On partisanship, both sides once again threw out different ideas. Although he was asked for three ideas, Brown only gave one: fix the filibuster. The filibuster is a U.S. Senate procedure that allows 41 out of 100 senators to indefinitely halt any laws. The only way to break the filibuster is by having a supermajority of 60 senators — a rarity in American politics. Brown said if this rule was removed, a lot more could get done in Congress.
Mandel had different ideas for stopping partisan gridlock in Washington, D.C. He touted his support for No Budget, No Pay, which would require members of Congress to pass a budget in order to get paid. He also expressed his support for term limits, saying lifelong politicians only add to the partisanship in Congress. Then, in a strange twist, Mandel's last suggestion was to stop bailouts, which has nothing to do with partisanship or gridlock in Congress.
Then came Obamacare. Brown said he was "proud" of his vote and continued supporting the law, citing the millions of Americans it will insure. Meanwhile, Mandel responded to the Obamacare question by saying, "The federal government takeover of health care is not the answer."
The fact of the matter is Obamacare is not a "government
takeover of health care." Far from it. The plan doesn't even have a public
option that would allow Americans to buy into a public, nonprofit insurance
pool — an idea that actually has majority support in the U.S. Instead,
Obamacare is a series of complicated reforms to the health insurance industry.
There are way too many reforms to list, but the most basic
effect of Obamacare is that more people will be insured. That's right, in the
supposed "government takeover of health care," insurance companies actually gain
more customers. That's the whole point of the individual mandate and the many
subsidies in Obamacare that try to make insurance affordable for all Americans.
Mandel made another misleading claim when he said Obamacare "stole" from Medicare, with the implication that the cuts hurt seniors utilizing the program. It is true Obamacare cuts Medicare spending, but the cuts target waste and payments to hospitals and insurers. It does not directly cut benefits.
The one area with little disagreement also happened to be the one area with the most misleading: China. It's not a new trend for politicians to attack China. The Asian country has become the scapegoat for all economic problems in the U.S. But in this election cycle, politicians have brandished a new line to attack China: currency manipulation. This, as Ohioans have likely heard dozens of times, is why jobs are leaving Ohio and why the amount of manufacturing jobs has dropped in the U.S. In fact, if politicians are taken at their word, it's probably the entire reason the U.S. economy is in a bad spot.
In the Brown-Mandel debate, Brown repeatedly pointed to his currency manipulation bill, which he claims would put an end to Chinese currency manipulation. Mandel also made references to getting tough on China's currency manipulation.
One problem: China is no longer manipulating its currency. There is no doubt China greatly massaged its currency in the past to gain an unfair advantage, but those days are over, says Joseph Gagnon, an economist focused on trade and currency manipulation. Gagnon argues the problem with currency manipulation is no longer a problem with China; it's a problem with Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia. If the U.S. wants to crack down on currency manipulation, those countries should be the targets, not China, he argues.
In other words, if currency manipulation is a problem, Mandel was right when he said that countries other than China need to be targeted. To Brown's credit, his currency manipulation bill targets any country engaging in currency manipulation, not just China. The problem seems to be the misleading campaign rhetoric, not proposed policy.
The debate went on to cover many more issues. Just like the first debate, Brown typically took the liberal position and Mandel typically took the conservative position on social issues like gay rights and abortion. Both touted vague support for small businesses. Each candidate claimed to support military bases in Ohio, although Mandel specified he wants bases in Europe closed down to save money. As far as debates go, the contrast could not be any clearer, and the candidates disagreed on nearly every issue.
The final debate between the two U.S. Senate candidates will take place in Cincinnati on Oct. 25.
An error in how voters update their address online caused
updated registration records to be delivered late to Ohio's election
officials. With about a week left in Ohio's voting process, the late delivery might have caused the Hamilton County Board of
Elections to mistakenly reject some eligible voters because officials did not
have the voters' current addresses.
Amy Searcy, director of elections at the board, says it's unclear how many registered voters were affected, but 2,129 updated registration records were sent from Ohio Secretary of State John Husted's office. She says the number could end up varying since some of the records are duplicates.
Across the state, an unknown number of ballots were
mistakenly rejected as 33,000 registration records were sent late on
Monday and Tuesday. Cleveland's The Plain Dealer reported 71 voters were mistakenly rejected in Cuyahoga County.
Matt McClellan, Husted's spokesperson, said Husted's offices were previously unaware of the data, which is why it wasn't requested before the glitch was detected by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV).
The glitch caused the BMV to not properly send online address changes to Husted's office, says Joe Andrews, communications director at the Ohio Department of Public Safety, which oversees the BMV. He added, "As soon as we discovered it, we fixed it. And I think that, in cooperation with the secretary of state's office, the problem has been remedied."
In a directive detailing the delay, Husted touted the benefits of the catch.
"While the timing is unfortunate, we are extremely pleased that the data from this new system can be sent electronically and will require minimal data entry," he wrote. "Additionally, the new system has the potential to help reduce provisional ballots significantly."
Outdated registration records are one of the major reasons voters cast provisional ballots, which are ballots given to voters whose eligibility is unclear. In 2008, nearly 205,000 provisional ballots were cast and about 40,000 — about 20 percent — were rejected for varying reasons. Recently, a federal judge blocked an Ohio law that led to 14,000 of those rejections. Husted followed up that ruling with an appeal and a request for an emergency stay.
Tim Burke, chairman of the county Board of Elections and county Democratic Party, expressed mixed feelings about the caught error.
"Obviously, you hate like hell to have the secretary of state's office, which had promised to have a very efficient election, popping something like that on us seven days out," he says. "Having said that, I'm glad at least once they recognized that these names are out there they moved to get them to us so that we can do our best to ensure that these folks are not disenfranchised because of some administrative glitch."
He says the board will contact any mistakenly rejected voters.


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Release Date: April 12, 2002
Running Time: 91 mins.
MPAA Rating: R
Box Office: $28,658.00
Genre: Drama, Romance
It's January, the start of a new semester at exclusive Colby University nestled in the Carolina countryside. Near the campus, four young women prepare themselves for the final semester of their senior year. In her dingy apartment where she lives with her mother, poor Alicia organizes her school supplies. On the other side of town, in an exclusive row house, three beautiful and privileged young coeds start their day: Hadley, luxuriates in a bubble bath; her bulemic roommate Julianne wolfs down a huge bowl of cereal; and Sydney slowly wakes up next to her boyfriend, Josh, and some poor townie who is shocked to discover how she spent the night. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to ...


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Marching Band Showcase Thurs.
Holyoke High School marching band will hold its 2012 Marching Band Showcase Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. in the HHS auditorium. For questions, contact Miko Martinez at 854-2284, ext. 271.
Holly Daze Sat.
Holly Daze, one of the area's largest craft and gift shows, sponsored by Jolly Dozen FCE Club, is scheduled Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Booths will be set up at HHS in the old gym and commons areas.
Entries sought for Fair theme
A Fair theme contest is now under way for the 2013 Phillips County Fair July 24-28. The person with the winning theme will receive armbands for the Fair. Submit entries by Nov. 15 to Phillips County Fair Board, P.O. Box 484, Holyoke, CO 80734 or leave ideas at the Extension office.
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Cpl. Dennis Cox, a New York City native and scout sniper with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regional Command (Southwest), uses his rifle scope to scan distant buildings during an interdiction operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2013. Cox has been in the Marine Corps for 5 years and is completing his third deployment.
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On Wednesday, the Baseball Writers' Association of America distributed ballots for the Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2013. In order to be elected to the Hall, a player must get at least 75 percent of the vote.�
Big Names, Biggest Honor | Baseball Hall of FameThe 2007 MLB season marked the final campaign for some of the biggest names of the last two decades. Today, many of those players have ta...
In 2012, the lone Hall of Fame inductee was Barry Larkin, who earned 86 percent of the writers' vote.�
This year, there are 28�eligible�first-year candidates, who have played for 10 years or more, with the final game played in the 2007 season. Here are the players, chosen in order of the likelihood of their induction.
The locks
Mike PiazzaGet complete career stats for designated hitter Mike Piazza on ESPN.com
The big question is not whether or not Mike Piazza is inducted to the Hall of Fame, but what hat he should wear. �Piazza was named the rookie of the year in 1993. He holds a lifetime .308 average, with nine consecutive seasons batting over .300. Piazza holds the record for most home runs hit as a catcher. For New Yorkers, none of his 427 home runs will be more important than the one hit on Sept. 21, 2001. In the eighth inning of the first sporting event in New York City after the September 11th attacks, Piazza hit a two-run home run to give the Mets a 3-2 lead against the Atlanta Braves, which would hold up.�
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Quick, name the first-time candidate who had over 3,000 hits in his career.
Craig BiggioGet complete career stats for second baseman Craig Biggio on ESPN.com
Craig Biggio's 3,060 hits puts him�21st on the all-time list. He's the only player to have�3,000 hits, 600 doubles, 250 home runs and 400 stolen bases in his career.�
Biggio anchored the top of the Houston Astros lineup during Houston's best stretch in team history. In the middle of the 1990s, the Astros, led by Biggio, began their dominance of the NL Central.�
He was a grinder, averaging 142 games per season during his 20-year career. During that span, he also earned four Gold�Gloves and two Silver Slugger awards. In 2005, his Astros made the World Series for the first time in Houston's history. His number is retired by the Astros.
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Piazza and Biggio are both locks for the Hall.
The possible
Curt SchillingGet complete career stats for starting pitcher Curt Schilling on ESPN.com
Curt Schilling didn't reach one of the big milestones;�while he surpassed 3,000 strikeouts,�his 216 wins are nowhere close to the 300 wins that would make a pitcher a Hall of Fame lock. However, what Schilling does have is an 11-2 record in the postseason, and three World Series rings in four appearances. He was the co-MVP of the 2001 World Series. And, if he is elected to the Hall, he'll most likely be right next to his famous bloody sock. �
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The "not gonna happens"
Apologies to: Kenny Lofton, David Wells, Julio Franco, Shawn Green, Steve Finley, Roberto Hernandez, Jeff Cirillo, Jose Valentin, Reggie Sanders, Jeff Conine, Jose Mesa, Royce Clayton, Bob Wickman, Ryan Klesko, Aaron Sele, Woody Williams, Rondell White, Mike Lieberthal, Tony Batista, Mike Stanton, Sandy Alomar Jr., Damian Miller and Todd Walker. None of you are going to make the Hall of Fame.�
The asterisks
There are three first-time eligibles who have come to be more associated with�alleged steroid use than their actual stats on the field. And like Mark McGwire, who has been on the ballot for six years and in 2012 garnered only 20 percent of the vote, they will have a tough time getting in.�
Barry Bonds is�the man who hit more home runs than any other player in major�league�baseball history.�But Bonds, the�baseball player, may be less likely to be remembered by today's media than Barry Bonds, the accused steroid user. Or Barry Bonds, the defendant in a perjury case resulting from his testimony in the case of a drug company accused of supplying steroids to Major League Baseball players, including Bonds himself. �
Prior to 2001, Barry Bonds had a name for himself. He was a perpetual 30-30 machine. And then, in 2001, something happened. The man who hit between 30 and 40 home runs a season had already hit 40 in the middle of July. He kept hitting more and more home runs. In September, he hit home run number 71,�giving him a number that surpassed McGwire's 70 home runs in a season -- a record held for only three years.�
Sammy Sosa is one of eight players who have hit more than 600 home runs. In 1998, he hit 66 home runs (four behind McGwire's then-record season, but still more than the 61 home runs that set the standard for 37 years). He was the all-time home run leader for the Chicago Cubs. But Sosa will be tainted for his alleged 2003 failed drug test, which was uncovered in 2009.
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Roger Clemens, who earned 354 wins, pitched 118 complete games and struck out 4,672 major league batters, is eligible for the first time but most likely will not be going to Cooperstown this year. He, just like Bonds, was at the pinnacle of his career. But then, he, too was linked to perjury.�
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Two trials later, Clemens was not found guilty of committing perjury in his testimony to Congress. But in the court of public opinion, Clemens, as well as Bonds, have been tainted. It's doubtful that Clemens, Bonds or Sosa will be speaking at the Hall of Fame ceremony this summer.


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Students and faculty travel to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, during July to serve single moms and care for their children at Casa de los Angeles daycare.
The service trip to Mexico is becoming an annual tradition. For six years, North Central students and staff have traveled to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, to serve at a daycare at Casa de los Angeles (home of the angels). For seven students and Professor of Computer Science Stephen Renk, the experience was hard but rewarding work.


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Used at top spas worldwide, the June Jacobs Spa collection follows the philosophy of improving the health of the skin through both nature and science and can help you obtain spa-quality results without leaving home. A leading skin care expert with more than 30 years of experience in the spa industry developed the entire June Jacobs Spa range. The collection contains a full set of solutions for the complexion, body and hair with formulas that can address everything from chapped lips to foot calluses to skin congestion. Treat yourself to the ultimate in pampering by building your at-home spa with June Jacobs Spa products.
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Stop 3 of Circle Track Tour 2011 - The AMSOIL Great American CT TourWritten by on October 18, 2011 Onward to Pennsylvania and Up the East Coast
We have completed our Tour visit to Ohio and are now off to our RV Campground at Bear Run in western Pennsylvania located just a few miles north of Pittsburgh. From this base camp, we will visit Motordrome Speedway, an asphalt track I've wanted to see for some time now, and Lernerville Speedway, a dirt track where a special event brings many dozen Dirt Late Models for a total car count of 84, including a few Modifieds.
Each track we visit on this tour has a personality, some projecting a positive view and some a negative toward their future. When we see a track that is kept up nicely, well organized, and where the track crew is just plain proud to be there, we get the idea the track is healthy and will be around for a long time to come.
When we see a ratty crew, old, peeling paint, lack of organization, and little respect for the owners and promoters from the racers, we feel a sense of loss because those tracks won't be around for long. Both of the tracks we'll highlight in this issue bore resemblance to the former and we'll tell you why they have a good future ahead of them.
Sharon Speedway was on our list for this time of the year, but if you'll remember, strong storms passed across the deep and Midwest in the first half of April and that put a damper on many scheduled races across the region, including the one we were to attend at Sharon.
One night at our campground at Bear Run, winds came through topping 80 mph at around 3 a.m. I thought we were in a tornado, but upon inspection the next morning, there were no trees down or other damage. Other areas of our country weren't so lucky.
Our schedule was very tight and so we had to move on. Here's our report for our next two stops on the 2011 AMSOIL Great American CT Tour.
Motordrome Speedway
As far as asphalt tracks go in Pennsylvania, this is the survivor being one of two primary tracks in the western part of the state. Sadly, Jennerstown Speedway has shut down. Stan Laskey is the promoter here at Motordrome after running the program at Jennerstown for years. The track is located approximately 30 miles to the southeast from downtown Pittsburgh.
Stan's approach to running a racetrack is to please the fans, provide a fair and well-policed program for the racers, and to run a clean facility. He gets an A on all counts as far as I'm concerned. This Friday night venue provides complete homestyle meals at very reasonable prices for those families where Dad comes straight from work to gather the wife and kids and then shuffle them off to the track.
This is a relatively new track having been established in 1972, run as a dirt track, and then in 1990 converted by new investors to an asphalt track. It soon combined with the many other tracks around the country to become a NASCAR weekly series track. In 1996 there were 200 NASCAR Weekly Racing Series tracks registered. Today, it's called the Whelen All-American Series.
Being part of this series means the teams running locally could compete on a national level for regional and national titles based on a point system that includes the number of competitors, race finishes, and the number of races started.
Upon turning into the track I noticed a very well kept permanent brick speedway sign with flagpoles flying flagmen's race flags. This was a clue to how well kept the track would be.
Motordrome runs the NASCAR Late Models along with the asphalt IMCA-type Modifieds, stock divisions, and four-cylinders. Each provided great competition throughout the night with side-by-side racing in all divisions. The track is a banked, fast half-mile with multiple vantage points including front and rear stretch grandstands, truck/car parking around Turns 3 and 4, and plenty of race team parking in the infield.
The program ran smoothly, was over by 10 p.m., and there were no wrecks or contact-caused spinouts the entire night, throughout all of the races and divisions. There was one bumping incident in the Modified race, but that was between cousins racing each other and that is to be expected among family. One of them won the race and the other was there in Victory Lane to congratulate him.
This speaks volumes to me about how to police your racing. If you don't tolerate rough driving, then it won't happen. In every case where we've seen cars wrecking other cars, continual contact, and what can only be described as unsportsmanlike conduct, and the track management looks the other way, car counts are down.
This type of governance will kill your racing program because what you'll have left are the aggressive drivers and there will be few of those. If you either remove or rehabilitate the bad drivers, your program will grow.
On the way out at the end of the evening, there is a sign that reads, "Thank you for being our guest tonight. Please come back soon." That's a nice touch and makes those who support this track feel wanted and appreciated. They not only come back, but often bring their friends with them.
Lernerville Speedway
This dirt track, located in Sarver, Pennsylvania, was opened in 1967, somewhat earlier than planned, due to an ordinance change that was scheduled to begin in 1968 that would have prevented the construction of the track. Don Martin joined three other investors to build this track and would eventually become sole owner for many years. In 2005, the track was sold to World Racing Group (owners of the World of Outlaws and DirtCar sanctions).
The size of the track has changed over the years from the initial ¼-mile, to 3⁄8-, and now to nearly a full half-mile. Other parts of the facility have undergone growth changes as well and the seating is now nearly 12,000, quite large for a short track.
Rain was a factor throughout the first half of our 2011 Tour and this track got a soaking in the days leading up to the race. I visited the front office upon arrival to witness one of the office ladies answering every call that came in to assure the callers there would be a race this night.
The reason that is significant is because I have seen tracks where when you call, you always get a recorded message and never talk to anyone. It's very impersonal and if I were trying to decide whether to risk the trip to the track to gamble on if it was really going to run, I'd probably decide to stay home.
When the racers and fans get to speak with a person, they most always come. If the entry fee were $15, every call answered is like taking in that amount of money. The lady insisted that every call be answered. That is good business.
The track is a larger 3⁄8-mile in appearance and has no outer wall or guard rails. The only wall is along the front stretch, and over the course of the evening's racing, many cars were saved from destruction by this design.
This is exactly what I suggested for West Virginia Motor Speedway in its redesign. It's not only cheaper to construct, but very helpful for the racers. There is a runoff area past the top of the banking where a car can drive back onto the track to continue racing. This reduces the number of cautions and saves lots of equipment allowing the teams to exist in a tough economy.
This weekend the MidWest All Star Series (43 cars) was sanctioning the races and the feature was a $5,000-to-win event. Also running were the DIRTcar Pro Late Models (26 cars) and the UMP Modifieds (13 cars). And they were to compete on a very wet track that eventually dried enough to race on, only to see it rut up with very large holes making it hard on the suspensions.
The later races were more of an endurance test as the track became rougher. Modifieds were launching off the holes with all four tires showing daylight under them at times. The smart drivers memorized the locations of the holes and avoided them at all cost. The others either fell behind or broke and went to the pits.
Dirt racing is just this, adapting to the conditions and making the best of it. The drivers who can are the ones we see in Victory Lane. Acute observers of dirt racing know this and it becomes part of the attraction we have for this type of competition. After all, anyone can run on a smooth, flat racing surface.
If our visit to these tracks tells us anything, it's that a clean, well run facility attracts both fans and racers. And, if you enforce no-contact rules, there will be little or no contact. That, in and of itself, breeds respect among the racers.
I want to congratulate these tracks for their efforts at paying attention to the needs of the fans and racers so that there will be a good chance for success for the owners and a continuation of racing.
It's our hope that promoters and track owners read our comments, take them to heart, and apply the methods used by other successful tracks into their programs. Together we can improve the numbers of short track racers and help our racetracks survive.
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Tech was thorough, even for the four-cylinders. Safety doesn't stop at the Late Model level. The more stock you run, the more you need to pay attention to the safety issues in your race car. I was very impressed with the tech officials here at Motordrome.Leaving Motordrome, there are several signs that offer thanks to the fans and racers. This reminds all that the track owners and promoters value their participation and recognize that the health and future of racing depends on them. It's a nice touch.This is a different looking Modified. Notice the large, well constructed rear bumper. It wasn't needed as we saw no contact and there were no spins or crashes coming from contact the entire night in all of the divisions. I don't think I've ever seen that before, have you?The Lernerville Speedway was unique in that it didn't have walls or guard rails around the turns and back stretch and instead had sloped run-off areas. This allows the drivers to make a mistake, recover and rejoin the race without a caution or damage to the car, most of the time. I wish this design could be copied at more tracks around the country. It sure worked well here. I observed quite a few cars that over-cooked it going into Turn 1, running high and going off the top of Turn 2 only to return moments later losing just a few positions.Inspection was quick and orderly at Lernerville. A long line of cars moved through the tech line in short order. In dirt racing, there are few tech items and that makes it fun and less stressful. Innovation is allowed, something we can't say for many of the sanctions in short track racing. We need only look at the success we see in dirt racing to know what others should be doing. A total of 84 cars showed up to race on this night.The pits were filled with Super Late Models and Modifieds. Both the MidWest All Star series and DIRTcar Pro Late Models came to race, pushing the total number of competitors way high at 84.Upon arrival we were met with very muddy conditions. A lot of packing went into getting the track ready. The scoreboard sign was very nice and appreciated. I saw one track on this tour that didn't even have a scoring sign. That is very rare and a shame.


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Is there a way to allow Zimbra users (i.e. who have accounts in the Zimbra mail servers), to browse the LDAP tree?
I can browse the LDAP tree using zimbra admin e.g.:
ldapsearch -D "uid=zimbra,cn=admins,cn=zimbra" -w ##### -x -H ldap://zimbraserver:389 "uid=test"
I can also enable anonymous browsing by enabling anonymous (running as zimbra: libexec/zmldapanon -e)
But I've tried "ldapsearch -D "uid=test,dc=people,dc=mydomain,dc=com" -w ##### -x -H ldap://zimbraserver:389 "uid=test" (mydomain.com is sanitised and not my real base DN of course)
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
So it looks like normal Zimbra users are unable to connect to the Zimbra LDAP tree? I just feel that having anonymous bind is not a good idea.


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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Jacobsburg resident James Chaplin, charged with committing numerous sex crimes, took his own life Tuesday while lodged in the Belmont County Jail.
Charges against Chaplin were slated to be presented to a grand jury Wednesday, and Belmont County Sheriff Fred Thompson said those counts involved as many as 25 local victims. Chaplin, 52, was being held in lieu of $1 million bond on two counts of rape, one count of gross sexual imposition and two counts of corrupting another with drugs.
Chaplin hanged himself with a sheet in his cell, Thompson said. He was still alive, however, when jailers discovered his suicide attempt. Thompson said the staff worked to revive him while waiting for Cumberland Trail Fire Department personnel to arrive.
"The jailers on duty worked on him with chest compressions until Cumberland Trail came in and took over resuscitation efforts," Thompson said. "He was transported to East Ohio Regional Hospital, and there he was placed on a ventilator."
Chaplin was later transferred to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he died.
Detective Andrea Gatti was investigating Chaplin's case. Thompson said Chaplin was arrested Nov. 6, and the more Gatti talked with people, the more victims were identified.
According to Thompson, Gatti had determined that 25 local male juveniles had been victimized by Chaplin. She also had discovered that Chaplin had other victims in neighboring counties and states, and even some outside the United States. Thompson said those incidents occurred while Chaplin was in the military, with some dating back to the 1970s.
He noted that Gatti estimated that Chaplin had 40-50 total victims.
Thompson also said Gatti does not intend to let the case conclude with Chaplin's death.
"She is going to continue to talk with victims and make sure the sheriff's office is there to offer them any type of support and get them going in the right direction for counseling," Thompson said.
Chaplin's death marked the second suicide by hanging at the jail in Thompson's eight years as sheriff. Thompson said there have been other attempts by inmates, but jailers have managed to intervene.