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The Three Stooges (2012)
The Three Stooges SynopsisWhile trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry, and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.
The Three Stooges Release Date
In Theaters April 13, 2012
The Three Stooges Credits
Starring: Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso
Written by: Mike Cerrone, Bobby Farrelly, and Peter Farrelly
Directed by: Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
Produced by: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Bradley Thomas, and Charles B. Wessler
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
External Info: The Three Stooges Official Website
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|Running Time: 140 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $97,030,725.00
|Genre: Adaptation, Crime, Drama, Period
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Summary:No one could stop John Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone-from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang-later including Baby Face Nelson and Alvin Karpis-thrilled many, J. Edgar Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Melvin Purvis, the dashing "Clark Gable of the FBI.'' However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis' men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as ag... Full Summary >>
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Jeanne Kelley has a big bowl of salad for dinner every night.
She lives across from a giant supermarket in Eagle Rock, a hill-studded neighborhood northeast of Los Angeles. But instead of driving to the store, she walks three minutes down the hill to a community garden called Rockdale, where she picks arugula, lettuce, snow peas, spinach, tomatoes or kale—whatever is in season and ready to harvest.
Kelley, a cookbook author and food stylist, owns a few feet of beds in Rockdale. The community garden forms a long stretch of 50 plots on what used to be light-rail tracks. One sunny Tuesday afternoon, Kelley walked me through the shady garden, snapping emerald snow peas from their stem.
"Just taste how sweet they are," she said, crunching into the plump pods on the spot. "There are so many great, simple meals I can eat just by coming here. Healthier, too."
Dressed in black skinny jeans and ankle cowboy boots, Kelley doesn't exactly embody the image of a farmer, but she's got all the workings of a farm in her backyard: thriving beds of produce, an open-air chicken coop, numerous fruit trees, and even a bee hive (recently ensconced in her neighbor's tree).
Kelley is just one of the many city-dwellers serious about urban farming, a fast-flourishing phenomenon from Los Angeles to Detroit to New York City.
Urban farming is a garden hobby turned serious passion, a conscious get-close-to-nature movement, a self-sustaining business, or all of the above, depending on who you talk to. At a time when books and documentaries are exposing the unhealthy practices of large-scale corporate agriculture, more people are picking up spades and rakes to regain control over what they put into their mouths.
Just in Los Angeles alone, more than 70 community gardens are spudding and feeding about 3,900 local families. These spaces stretch from mountain-hedged Altadena all the way to beachside Santa Monica. And that count doesn't including rooftop gardens serving restaurants, residential backyards, and container bins in dense apartment complexes.
Los Angeles comes from a long history of agriculture. Its mild Mediterranean climate attracted many homesteaders and farmers. Until the 1950s, Los Angeles County grew enough fruits and produce to feed its entire population. The recent boom in urban farming is in a way bringing Angelenos back to their roots, said certified University of California Master Gardener Judith Gerber: "It's almost like we're going back to the turn of the 20th century."
Gerber, who also authors an urban farm blog called LA Farm Girl, said when she first started writing about local and sustainable farming in 2000, "nobody else was doing it." But a decade later, a wealth of information about DIY farming has exploded in print and through social media.
"People are craving this, and it hasn't slowed down," she said.
While some urban farmers grow things in their backyard for pleasure, others grow primarily for food production.
Parents, concerned kids will think broccoli comes from a truck or the supermarket, want to educate them on what they eat. Most of these adults remember a childhood filled with produce stands and fruit trees, and want their kids to experience that close-to-nature upbringing as well.
But financial motivation is still the top reason people gave me for urban farming. After the recession, many families sought ways to cut costs by growing their own food. Urban farming rarely produces enough to earn a living, but some people have developed creative, lucrative ways to form small businesses, community spaces, and social projects.
Farmscape, the largest urban farming business in Los Angeles, helps design, install, and maintain urban farms in backyards, community gardens, schools, corporate buildings, and restaurants. One of the company's more daring ventures included building a 200-square-foot organic garden to grow seasonal fruits and produce on the rooftop of a downtown restaurant, The Jonathan Club.
Some blocks away, another rooftop garden sprouts on top of an apartment building in downtown's Skid Row, an area with the nation's highest density of homeless people. The apartment, Charles Cobb Apartment, provides housing for the homeless, and now it also provides edibles such as herbs, green beans, tomatoes and chard.
Urban farming includes educational efforts as well. The Carver Garden in South Central serves as both food producer and classroom for the George Washington Carver Elementary School. Teachers incorporate gardening into the school curriculum, and its fruits end up in school lunches.
Despite the boom, some worry about the lack of dedicated and educated farmers. Los Angeles provides plenty of open space, but not enough farmers to consistently tend to plots with enough know-how to cultivate them successfully. Even in Rockdale, while some beds thrive with neat rows of beets and arugula, others remain derelict and mottled with weeds.
Kelley stopped by one garden bed, in which a tight, creamy bud of cauliflower peeked out among vast leaves. "Sometimes I wonder if I should just help them out," she said, bending over the cauliflower head and gathering the leaves around it into a loose bunch. "If you don't tie the leaves together around the head, that's what happens," she explained, pointing to another cauliflower nearby that had sprouted wild and loose. When too much sunlight hits the young head, it loses its sweet tenderness and becomes ricey and inedible.
It's just one example that shows urban farming takes a bit more than raw passion. That's where educators like Gerber step in.
Since 2009, Gerber has offered gardening lectures for seniors at the Torrance Memorial Medical Center in the South Bay region of Los Angeles. Last year, she resurrected an abandoned community garden to add a hands-on component. Unlike the senior gardening classes, workdays at her learning garden are open for people of all ages.
Right now, winter batches of bok choy, cabbage, broccoli, peas and beets sprout in the garden. In time, Gerber hopes to expand the program to provide enough food for the hospital's cafeteria. She also hopes to create a gardening space for physical therapy and healing.
Although teaching won't make her rich, Gerber recalls swelling with pride when one of her students finally looked a stranger in the eye and called herself a gardener.
"I know it sounds really hokey, but it feels like you've changed somebody's life when you hear things like that," she said. "There's no amount of money that will give you that sort of gratification."


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NEW YORK—On Sept. 23 Naghmeh Abedini of Boise, Idaho, was in New York. She was there to press the United Nations General Assembly to seek the release of her husband, Pastor Saeed Abedini, who has languished as a prisoner of conscience in Iran's Evin Prison for the last year. Right before checking into her hotel in New York she learned that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in town for the General Assembly, would also be staying there.
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While her husband has faced interrogations and beatings, Naghmeh has the trial of being the one who is left behind. She has two children, ages 7 and 5, to care for while constantly trying to stir up the sleepy U.S. government to help one of its own citizens unjustly imprisoned. She travels regularly, about two-thirds of the month, and her mother has given up her job to care for the children. The children travel with Naghmeh when they can. She missed 7-year-old Rebekka's kindergarten graduation this year because she was at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
"I've had to tell myself this is a season of life," she said. "If I look at the eight years, I'm heartbroken."
Saeed used to have to beg Naghmeh to come on trips with him, because she had such anxiety about flying. Now she has to fly all the time, and each flight is still hard for her. "I walk into the airport and I think, here I am traveling and I hate traveling—and Saeed is in a prison and he loves traveling," she said. She also hated public speaking but has now spoken before the United Nations, a congressional committee, churches, universities, and cable TV audiences. In May she pulled her Farsi out of the mothballs to do a live prime time interview for Voice of America in Iran, to an audience estimated in the millions. Because the interview was live, she was able to share the gospel on air without it being edited out.
"His imprisonment caused millions of Muslims to hear about Christ," she said.
Naghmeh and Saeed Abedini are both Iranian-American. Naghmeh was born in the United States, while Saeed grew up in Iran as a Muslim, before his conversion to Christianity at age 20. Saeed became a leader in the underground house church movement in Iran and was arrested many times, but always released. He and Naghmeh met in Iran, married, and moved to the United States in 2005. The Iranians had barred him from church activities, so he became an U.S. citizen and a pastor in Boise, Idaho. The Abedinis traveled back to Iran from time to time to see Saeed's family. In the past few years they have been involved in starting an orphanage near Saeed's hometown, and all four of the Abedinis traveled to Iran to work on it together in 2011. In June 2012, Saeed went back to Iran by himself to continue work on the orphanage for a few months, a trip that Iran approved.
Despite the government approval, in September 2012 the Iranian police arrested Saeed, citing his earlier church work and saying he was a threat to national security. The police interrogated him and placed him in solitary confinement in the awful Evin Prison for four months. In January the government sentenced him to eight years in prison, forbidding him to speak to his wife and children for the duration of the sentence. In August, an Iranian court rejected his appeal for release or a reduced sentence. During his time in Evin Prison he has been beaten, suffered internal bleeding, and been denied medical attention. Naghmeh said one interrogator told her husband that he would make sure Saeed was hanged, and the police executed two fellow prisoners in front of him to intimidate him.
Two days after Naghmeh's encounter with Rouhani, CNN's Christiane Amanpour interviewed the Iranian president and asked him about releasing Saeed and another American, Amir Hekmati, who is imprisoned on charges of spying on Iran for the CIA. Rouhani demurred by saying he couldn't interfere in the judicial process, but in the same breath indicated openness to a prisoner swap.
"This is a sort of mutual request. The U.S. government … must assist those Iranians, those people who are of Iranian citizenship who are in prison here, as we should assist those people who have American citizenships that are incarcerated in Iran," Rouhani said, according to CNN's translation.
The reputedly moderate Rouhani came into office this summer with promises of greater societal freedoms, but crackdowns against Christians have continued under his leadership. One example: eight Christians were convicted of threatening national security after police raided their prayer meeting. Naghmeh says Rouhani still has an opportunity to prove he is a moderate, but she's not buying the story that Iran has turned a new leaf.
"The Iranian government has played this game many times—to have people calm down and the media back off," she said. "The Christian convictions have increased. They continue to see Christianity as a threat."
Until recently, Naghmeh has found meager support for Saeed's release from her own government. Making a deal is complicated while the United States has no diplomatic relations with Iran, but the U.S. government has been successful in advocacy efforts with past prisoners who weren't Americans—like Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, released about the same time Saeed was arrested. Secretary of State John Kerry did finally call for Saeed's release in March, but the administration didn't comment for months. The State Department in September did issue a general call for Iran to release all "prisoners of conscience."
Tiffany Barrans, the international legal director at the American Center for Law and Justice, has worked with Naghmeh to secure the release of her husband. Of all the international cases Barrans has worked on with the U.S. government, "this is the least I've ever seen them do," she said. U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom Suzan Johnson Cook has advocated for Saeed behind the scenes, but Cook's office has little clout in the State Department, Barrans said. When Barrans meets with diplomats and their staff from other countries, they ask her, "Why haven't we heard from the U.S. government on this?"
Then on Sept. 27 President Barack Obama made the first phone call from a U.S. president to an Iranian leader since 1979. In their 15-minute conversation, Obama and Rouhani focused on a resolution for Iran's nuclear program. Obama also asked for the release of Saeed and Hekmati. A White House official recounted the call. Naghmeh said it was the most encouraging news since Saeed's imprisonment.
On the first day of school this year Naghmeh tried to be upbeat, but she saw her daughter, Rebekka, 7, looking longingly at the dads bringing their children to school. The irony is not lost on Naghmeh that her children don't have a father right now because he was working on an orphanage. Rebekka has lost all her teeth since her dad went to prison. Saeed has missed two of her birthdays, but he managed to get a letter to her on her 7th birthday this year.
"I was trying so hard to protect myself for you little ones. But the Iranian police lied to me that they would not arrest me. Please don't let your little shoulders bear so much burden," he wrote. "In this new year of your life I want you to stand strong as you have stood the previous year and be patient and endure."
The hardest time for Naghmeh is bedtime, because Saeed always put the children to bed. Before they would go to sleep he would sing and pray with them. Naghmeh said sometimes the singing and praying would go on and on, and she would interrupt to say the kids had to go to sleep. Now he's gone at bedtime, and she is depleted after doing everything for the kids from the moment they woke up. But Naghmeh has found them singing worship songs together or praying, entirely on their own initiative.
"Since I was pregnant with them we prayed for that," she said.
Fulfilling one of Saeed's wishes, Naghmeh speaks Farsi at home with her children. Five-year-old Jacob's middle name is Cyrus, for the ancient Persian king whose famous decree established religious freedom in the Middle East and allowed the Jewish exiles to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. The Abedinis chose the name hoping both of their children "would be a powerful tool for God for the Middle East."


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Man faces charges of child abuse, assault and battery
Published: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 1:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 1:52 p.m.
UMATILLA - A man who reportedly threw a knife and scissors at a woman and abused her 3-year-old son was arrested Tuesday by sheriff's deputies.
Marion County Sheriff's Office deputies Michael Mitchel and Danny Garrels went to the Nelson Fish Resort in Umatilla to investigate a physical disturbance. They found the woman and her boyfriend, John C. Mounsey, who had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, according to reports.
The woman said she and Mounsey lived together and that on Tuesday he consumed "a lot of alcohol" and was mad at her for no reason. She said he threw a kitchen knife and scissors at her, after which she took her 3-year-old and went to a neighbor's home.
The neighbor said the woman told him a similar story. He said he saw Mounsey screaming at the woman and saw Mounsey hit his own mobile home with an axe handle. The neighbor said the day before, he saw Mounsey throw a chair at the woman's son and that he had picked up the child by his feet and was screaming at the boy as he hung upside down.
Mounsey denied the accusations.
Deputies arrested Mounsey and charged with him with child abuse, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery.
- Austin L. Miller
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27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Civil War Roster
The following roster has been extracted from the publication "The Twenty-Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865), First Division 12th and 20th Corps." by "A member of Company C." The 27th saw its share of action, perhaps more, suffering casualties to over one seventh of its roster. It also suffered losses to disease, as all Civil War military organizations did.
The Regiment was recruited and organized in late summer of 1861 and numbered more than 1,000.
The purpose of this particular page is to assist those seeking to learn which organization their ancestors served in. We have included only that portion of the publication which pertains exclusively to the roster. For further reference, we suggest you locate the actual publication in your library or wherever else it may be located.


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Mission: The mission of the UWM Student Union is to be of service to all campus. The UWM Union serves as the center of campus life at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Union is sustained by student fees, dedicated to shared governance and fosters the development and provides resources for the social, personal and intellectual development of students. The Union supports the academic mission of the University through the provision of quality programs, services and experiences; and fosters the development of an inclusive community.
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Youtube star David Choi has joined forces with the AT&T "It Can Wait" campaign.
It is reported that 75% of teens believe texting while driving is normal among their friends. As expected, texting has quickly risen to be one of the major causes of car accidents and deaths. Because of this, the "It Can Wait" campaign aims to educate people, especially teens, on the dangers of texting and driving. Simply put– its not worth risking your life for a text. It can wait. The official website tells us more about their initiative:
Each pledge made to never text while driving is a symbol of commitment to be part of a movement that helps everyone make safe choices with their wireless devices on the road. Teens on average, text five times more a day than a typical adult. That's a lot of texting! And drivers that text while driving are much more likely to be in a crash*. So we are partnering with teens to get the word out about the serious effect texting and driving could have on their friends, their loved ones and their future.
"Chill Tonight" is David Choi's new song and music video dedicated to the campaign. The lyrics remind us that couples can be sweet and understanding without texting one another while driving.
Choi was also able to include other stars such as Big Phony, Kero One, Arden Cho to participate in this video by taking the pledge themselves. Check it out for yourself below:
And what could possibly be cuter than David Choi writing a song for a good cause? That would be his excitement to spread the word about it.


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Jackie Gross of Silt sent us some photos from her first turkey bow hunt and here's what she had to say about it:
I just thought I would share my first bow hunt gobbler. I can't wait to cook him this weekend!
Bow hunting turkey is one of my favorite hunts! Opening weekend, it was a spring cold, sleety storm that rolled through. T.J. and I were calling it for the day and as we stood up, "busted," two turkeys less than 15 yards away! We got turked by some turks!
We continued to hunt throughout the weekends, and after a 20-yard miss on Saturday I just thought I was doomed! I had to revert back to the basics, patience and remain calm is what some people say. I say adrenaline and uncontrollable excitement!
Sunday, I talked turkey to a gobbler at 87 yards, but he just wouldn't leave his hens and come in bow range. So back at it again on Wednesday, another hail storm is rolling in and the wind picks up. I see my two hens that were with my gobbler two days before. I begin to breathe slowly, knowing my adrenaline, shaky hands and chattering teeth are about to take over my body. I look out my blind and see him, 31 yards in bow range!
Successful hunt, with a broken arrow! So proud to have my first gobbler while bow hunting, 20 pounds and an eight-inch beard.


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Addiction, the most severe form of substance abuse, is a biopsychosocial disease. This means that it has biological origins, with psychological ramifications, and ultimately with social consequences. Addictions cannot be cured, and thus must be viewed as chronic disorders, but they can be effectively treated.
Investigators at the Center for Psychotherapy Research have been involved in three recent studies which evaluate treatments for substance abuse, and more studies are being planned. To learn more about the three studies, please click on the following links:
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (WXIA) -- Daniel Cleary, 46, who police said kidnapped his sons last December and was found with them in Austin, TX., received a bond of $40,000 in court Monday.
Cleary has been charged with two counts of interference with custody.
RELATED | Boys from Levi's Call found safe in Texas
Prosecutors said Cleary took his sons, Ben, 9, and Henry, 8, and disappeared days before Christmas.
The boys' mother, Theresa Nash, reported the boys missing after she said Cleary took the boys and left the state.
A nationwide Amber Alert had been issued for the boys after Cleary had been reported near Nashville, and was seen on surveillance video with the boys at a Walmart in that area.
Cleary and the boys were found days later at a motel in Austin, where authorities said they were able to take him into custody without incident.
Authorities said that while Cleary may be able to make bond, there will be restrictions on his movement. He will have to wear an ankle monitor and not be allowed to talk, phone or email his young sons for the foreseeable future.


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Royals in the Community: May 11-16
The Royals return home for a six-game homestand beginning Tuesday, May 11 that features a three-game series versus the Cleveland Indians (May 11-13) followed by a three-game weekend set against the Chicago White Sox (May 14-16). Below is a listing of the club's community efforts during the upcoming homestand.
Tuesday, May 11 – Cleveland Indians vs. Royals, 7:10 p.m.
Wednesday, May 12 – Cleveland Indians vs. Royals, 7:10 p.m.
Dream Factory – Throughout the season, the Royals grant the wishes of Dream Factory children. These youngsters, who face life-altering challenges, meet Royals players, watch batting practice from the dugout, and enjoy the game and refreshments. Their Royals experience appears on the KMBC-TV (Channel 9) 10 p.m. newscast.
Thursday, May 13 – Cleveland Indians vs. Royals, 1:10 p.m.
Friday, May 14 – Chicago White Sox vs. Royals, 7:10 p.m.
Royals Support Hy-Vee Food Drive – Select Royals will sign autographs for fans who donate $5 or five cans of food from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Independence Hy-Vee (4545 Noland Rd.) and Raytown Hy-Vee (9400 E. 350 Hwy.) locations in support of the Hy-Vee Food Drive to benefit the Bishop Sullivan Center food pantry. The event precedes the annual Royals Wives Food Drive, which is scheduled for June 4-6.
50/50 Friday – A new fundraiser from Royals Charities in which a lucky fan can win big! Volunteers will sell $1 raffle tickets throughout Kauffman Stadium from the time gates open until the end of the fifth inning. One winning ticket will be selected with the winner taking home half of the evening's net proceeds. The other half will be divided between Royals Charities and the Down Syndrome Guild of Greater Kansas City. For more information, visit www.royals.com/5050.
Girls Night Out presented by Celsius Tannery – Grab your girlfriends and come out to the first Girls Night Out event of 2010, which benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Kansas City. The first 10,000 females through the gates will receive a Royals t-shirt courtesy of Celsius Tannery. Details on ticket packages, which will include a $5 charity donation, are available at www.royals.com/girlsnightout.
Saturday, May 15 – Chicago White Sox vs. Royals, 6:10 p.m.
Operation Blessing – The Royals join forces with the Kansas City Chiefs, Hy-Vee and Operation Blessing International to feed more than 3,000 needy families in Kansas City. Under the motto "Two Teams: One Goal," the clubs join more than 200 community volunteers to distribute Operation Blessing's food and toys to those who need it most. The event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Hostess Brands lot, located at East 30th St. and Troost Ave. in Kansas City, Mo.
Sunday, May 16 – Chicago White Sox vs. Royals, 1:10 p.m.
YMCA Healthy Kids Day – YMCA of Greater Kansas City and Children's Mercy Family Health Partners team up with the Royals to offer kids and families the opportunity to play fun games together, learn cool exercises and get tips on choosing healthy foods, all while enjoying the fun of Kauffman Stadium. Special activities and information booths to promote a healthy, active lifestyle will be set up in the Outfield Experience beginning at 10 a.m. YMCA Healthy Kids Day is celebrated across the country and is the nation's largest health day for children and families. As part of the program, the Royals are offering special ticket discounts with a portion of each purchase going to the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. Visit www.royals.com/groups to purchase tickets.
Trevor's Troopers – Royals Director-Groundskeeping and Landscaping Trevor Vance will host select children who have a parent deployed through the United States military efforts overseas to join the Royals Grounds Crew as part of the Trevor's Troopers program. The honored kids will help prepare the field prior to the Royals game and will receive game tickets and Royals merchandise.


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NASCAR Crashes - When Things GoWritten by on September 1, 2004 Contributors: David Griffin How To Handle The Unplanned And Unwanted Racing Situation
It wasn't your fault. It might not have been anyone's fault. It might have been one of those mythical "racing deals," but there's little consolation when you're looking at a torn-up race car. The longest journey to a pit area is one on the back of a wrecker.
Accidents happen. They're part of the sport and everyone is going to face them at one time or another. The key to success lies in how a racer deals with them.
An accident is a moment in time with little preparation. No one wants to tear up a race car-his own or someone else's. If he does, he has a need to find another hobby.
Can We Fix It?
When an accident occurs early in a race, this is the first thought that goes through a driver's mind. Of course, the owner is seeing dollar signs in a lot of cases, but he's also thinking about getting the car back on track to make as much money (or gain as many points toward a championship) as possible. There are plenty of variables to consider in this case:
1. How many laps are remaining?
2. How bad is the damage?
3. Will the car be safe to race?For many, the third consideration should be the most important one, but that's not always the way it goes. It's the most important one for the track promoter or the series officials.
"If a car wants to come back into a race after an accident, one of our tech inspectors will look it over," says Rick Day, race director of the Stacker 2 Xtreme DirtCar Series. "We look at the driver protection area and make sure the driver is protected. We also have to make sure they don't have parts hanging on the car that could fly off and hurt someone. Our number one priority in the series is to make it safe for the fans and the competitors."
Day says the nature of racers will lead them to try to get back into the chase as quickly as possible. Sometimes that means they will blast out of the pits before the tech inspector has a chance to do his job. "If that happens, we'll stop them on the track or we'll send them back in," Day adds. "We can stop them on the frontstretch and look over the car, and if it's not right, they go back to the pits." In a nutshell, it saves wear and tear on everyone if the car is cleared to go before returning.
The procedure used by Xtreme Series is similar to one employed by tracks and series throughout the country, regardless of the type of racing being done. If the car is perceived to be in violation of the rules with respect to safety, someone is going to point it out. It might be the gate guard at the track entrance or the backstretch flagman, but when it comes to safety, they all have equal enforcement powers.
Some series will help the competitors by pulling offending parts before sending cars to the pits. In an effort to reduce the perception of favoritism, many of the more professional sanctions have abandoned the process, allowing the teams to make the call if it's marginal. Officials can always banish the offender to the pit area if the problem is too significant to ignore.
Not as Bad as It Looks
Many drivers hope that officials are savvy enough to realize the intensity of damage at a glance. In some forms, such as dirt Late Models, damage can appear greater than it actually may be. The cars are designed to take some impact without adverse effect on the entire car. When suspension parts are hanging, it gets to be a different issue altogether. Simple body damage, provided no parts are left hanging precariously, is often ignored and not a detriment to further competition. If those parts could interfere with the tires or the steering, it's another matter and one that officials are watching for. If you leave the track on the wrecker, there's a good chance no one expects you to return.
It's About Time
Returning to a race after an accident is generally not a thought for many weekly racers in support divisions. Their feature events are usually short, and the chance of making significant progress is usually gone. The headlining divisions and traveling shows offer longer-distance races and therefore present more opportunity for a racer to rejoin after a crash. While the driver is often imploring the team to hurry up, there needs to be an honest assessment, not a long-shot delusion of success. Long-term effects should also be considered. Fluid leaks should generally signal the end of the attempt, especially since the officials are going to send you back anyway.
Most tracks and series want to give the competitors every opportunity to get the most of their racing experience, but they have to look at the big picture. If the car represents a threat to safety or another competitor, it will not be allowed on the track. There will be another race at another time, but, like it or not, the reality of the situation means it's not your day.
Control Yourself
Knowing it's not your day doesn't hold any consolation. If it's because of driver error and you were the driver, it's one thing. If it's because of driver error on behalf of another person, you're finding it a bit harder to swallow.
Most on-track incidents seldom evolve into something beyond an unfortunate circumstance. There are, however, times when one side feels wronged and seeks an explanation, a forum for his or her opinion or revenge. When this happens, the situation usually heats up.
Cooler heads may prevail, but not always. When the cooler heads lose out, the rule makers step in.
"We have this all spelled out in our rules," says Day. "We keep a close eye on it and make sure it doesn't get out of hand."
The rule book for the Stacker 2 Xtreme DirtCar Series is quite specific, and the penalty is not a slap on the wrist. Any physical confrontation on the racetrack or in the pits leads to the aggressor or aggressors being suspended for three races, plus a loss of $1,500, plus a loss of 300 points. That's a far cry from the 25-point "slap on the wrist" stuff you see in the majors. Maybe the purses and point payoffs aren't as high as the top series, but it's all relative. Three hundred points are much more difficult to make up than 25.
If there is a second offense, the driver is gone for the remainder of the championship season. If it's happening at this level of competition, it's getting attention in the trade papers and the Internet chat rooms. If the driver tries to go to another series (provided that is a geographic possibility), or even to his local track, his reputation will usually precede him. Word gets out quickly, and it could be a little tougher getting the job done.
Remember when we said most on-track incidents seldom evolve into something beyond an unfortunate situation? That is generally true on the touring series because of the emphasis on professionalism by everyone involved. "These drivers know they have to play together throughout the year," Day says. "We have the rule book in place to help with it if they can't get through it themselves. They're racing for a living in many cases and don't want to do anything to take away from their living. There's a lot more give and take and a lot more respect."
The tempers tend to escalate when the racer is faced with damage that exceeds the amount of money set aside to fix it. In racing, the ones who finish up front get the most money while the ones who need the money the most finish in the back with wrecked race cars. "Most of the Saturday night guys are racing from checkered flag to checkered flag," Day says. "The least little thing could be devastating to them. What might be something easily fixed for one team, could put another team out of action for the rest of the year."
Tracks have recognized the need to keep everything in perspective. They understand that some elements of the crowd will get excited by impending conflict on the track, but the goal of family entertainment runs strong for racing in the 21st Century. Racetracks exist to provide that entertainment, and racers have a responsibility to be consistent with the idea. Keeping cool in the face of adversity is a trait that can serve the racer well. In many ways, success is not determined by the number of wins and losses, but in the way the racer is represented. No successful team is successful long if it succumbs to the temptation of losing control.


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|Random drug test audit considered
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
Focusing on integrity of the selection process for the past year's random student drug testing, JR/SR High Principal Susan Ortner presented information on an audit process at the July 7 meeting of Holyoke Re-1J Board of Education.
Because this has been a very public policy, Supt. Bret Miles recommended the board consider the audit to show the procedure is meeting high standards. A decision will be on the Aug. 4 meeting agenda.
Ortner reported contacting three outside agencies about completing an audit for the random drug testing policy selection process that was initiated in 2008-09 for students in grades 7-12 participating in extra-curricular activities. Only one response was received—from Keith Research & Evaluation, LLC of Austin, Texas.
Ortner cited her visit with Patricia Keith, Ph.D., CEO of the company and said they're interested in performing an independent audit of the procedures used for selection of students for the random drug testing program this past school year.
The audit will involve Centennial Mental Health, as well as Principal Ortner, at a cost of $2,000. Supt. Miles said he feels the cost will fit in the budget, based on last year's program costs.
While the programs haven't been audited in Scottsbluff, Neb. nor one in New Jersey for which its principal is a key nationwide speaker, there is value in auditing Holyoke's procedure to protect its integrity.
Board member Laura Krogmeier said she feels it is worth the money to verify the legitimacy of the tests. Miles said the audit will verify if student numbers selected are reliable and viable and if they're an exact match as to those who were actually tested. "It lends credibility to our procedure," acknowledged Ortner.
Parent opposed to testing
Parent Gerald Brown spoke to the school board at the beginning of its meeting last week, expressing his belief the district shouldn't be doing drug testing at all. "That's the parents' job, not the school's," he emphasized.
Additionally, Brown said he's not in total agreement with the district's bullying policy. By example, he noted if a child says he's being bullied, but nothing is done about it so he takes it into his own hands, he's punished.
New staff hired
After a seven-minute executive session for personnel matters relative to new staff, the Re-1J board hired a fifth grade teacher, custodian, three assistant cooks, ESL teacher aide and special ed teacher aide.
Kate Shoemaker of Grover was offered the fifth grade position for 2009-10. She earned her Bachelor of Interdiscipinary Liberal Arts degree with an emphasis in history from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley in May. She completed her student teaching and literacy practicum in fourth grade at Dos Rios Elementary in Evans. She's also served as a private sixth grade math tutor and second grade literacy tutor.
Prior to employment considerations, the board accepted the resignation of fourth grade teacher Joyce Barkey, who has taken a principal position in Otis for 2009-10.
Others approved for employment for the 2009-10 school year are Olga Baeza, JR/SR High custodian; Tricia Coyne, Manuela Favela and Mary Wilkinson, assistant cooks; Veronica Nuñez, JR/SR High ESL teacher aide; and Debra Drees, JR/SR High special ed teacher aide.
Summer school finished
Principal Ortner and Elementary Principal Jennifer Kral reported on the June summer school session. Kral said 25 students completed the elementary session. Ortner added 11 junior high students recovered 17 credits. Three JH students failed to achieve all they set out to do, so they will retake those courses. Eight high school students recovered 13 credits, completing all they set out to do, Ortner added.
Other business
In other business last week, the Re-1J board:
—approved the JR/SR High 2009-10 student athletic/activities handbook. The only major change was the addition of the random drug testing policy, which was just a supplement to last year's handbook.
—accepted two capital projects proposals. They include $7,384 for Jason Anderson of Imperial, Neb. to upgrade the fence at the district house; and $11,070 for Spelts Roofing of Haxtun to complete district roof repairs.


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During the 1832 cholera outbreak, some of the victims were buried in the yard until a riot broke out as people believed that the corpses were being buried alive (as well they may have been).
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News: Men's Basketball On 4-Game Win Streak
For the second time this season, the Pasadena City College men's basketball team has put together a 4-game winning streak. The Lancers opened the Imperial Valley College Holiday Classic with a 73-67 triumph over San Diego Miramar Friday.
With a 10-4 record, PCC is off to its best start to a season since 2003-04 when it was 10-3 on its way to a 22-win campaign and a trip to the second round of the regional playoffs. It's the finest opening act to a season in the tenure of Lancers head coach Michael Swanegan, who is directing PCC in his seventh season at the college.
Despite winning 20 games in 2008-2009 under Swanegan, PCC did not earn a postseason spot. Swanegan's 2011-12 team went 16-12, finished second place in the South Coast Conference North Division and also was denied a playoff berth. The Lancers have not been in the postseason since '03-04, the last season the team played under the retired George Terzian.
PCC trailed Miramar, 29-28, at halftime but scored 45 points in the second half to post the opening round win. Sophomore transfer forward Taj Spencer scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds while second-year point guard Jeffrey Dockett also poured in 21 points and added three assists. Sophomore guard Brandon Joseph contributed eight points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals in a strong all-around effort. Frosh center Faruk Oyalade totaled a team-high 11 rebounds.
The Lancers face host Imperial Valley, a 102-80 winner over Barstow, in the tourney championship semifinals Saturday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. If PCC defeats Imperial Valley, it would face the winner of Glendale (Arizona) v. Fullerton on Sunday, Dec. 29 in the championship final at 3 p.m. A loss would put the Lancers in the third place final at 1 p.m.
[File Photo--Brandon Joseph takes a jump shot in a recent home game.]
Release Date: 12/28/2013


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Mt. Everest is the ultimate grind for this Roseville climber
Rick Hitch doesn't have a fear of heights, but he isn't particularly fond of heights, either.
But when he was supposed to be focused on deer hunting, his attention was drawn to the top of a hill. When he and wife Loretta were camping with their family, Rick would take off and walk to the top of a hill.
He even offers that sometimes when he reaches a summit, "You're just glad it's over."
Yes, the chase – or in this case, the grind – sometimes is better than the catch for this Roseville mountain climber.
Hitch's Roseville Diamonds ball cap – the girls soccer team he coached for many years – has been atop his head of golden hair each time he has reached six of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks in each continent: in order, Kilimanjaro in Africa (August 2008, 19,340 feet), McKinley in Alaska (June 2009, 20,320), Aconcagua in Argentina (February 2010, 22,841), Elbrus in Russia (July 2010, 18,510), Kosciuszko in Australia (October 2010, 7,310) and Vinson in Antarctica (December 2010, 16,050).
The expedition for Hitch's quest of the Seventh Summit begins Tuesday, when he looks 29,035 feet into the sky – 5½ miles – at the summit that divides the borders of Nepal and Tibet: Mt. Everest.
Hitch says he wasn't an athlete in high school. He was slow and had no hand-eye coordination.
"I was one of those kids in junior high that couldn't break 7.0 in the 50," Hitch says. "Putting one foot in front of the other and walking seems to be something I can do. I'm good at grinding something out slowly, and that's climbing – not losing your focus."
A simple start, then a thirst for more
It started innocently enough, when a sister suggested they climb Mt. Shasta. They rented crampons, and an employee at a sporting-goods store taught them self-arrest (how to stop yourself if you slip on ice).
Hitch describes his picture on Shasta, wearing yellow rain pants, as "funny." But it didn't stop him from climbing Mt. Whitney. Later, the youngest of he and Loretta's three daughters was leaving for college. They were becoming empty-nesters, and Hitch wanted to climb an even taller mountain. In the United States, that was Mt. Rainier.
"It's a great mountain for anybody that wants to experience big-mountain climbing," Hitch said of the 14,000-foot trek. "You do anything you'll do on any mountain."
Next came Mexico's Ixtaccihautl and Orizaba – about 18,000 feet – early in 2008. Ixtaccihautl offered horrible weather, including 40-mph wind.
"That comes into play later," Hitch says. "Because the more experience you get in bad weather, the more comfortable you feel in bad weather.
"Mountain climbing, it's not a fun sport. It's a rough sport. You're always sick; you have headaches. It's just a nasty sport. It's just about grinding. And that's what I am, a grinder."
Hitch heard about Kilimanjaro: 19,340 feet. Porters build the camp for the group of climbers, who use silverware and eat off China plates. It stimulates the local economy.
The five-star treatment ends on the mountain. A teenage girl on Hitch's team, who he described as a "great athlete," had never been to altitude and fainted in his arms. She later collapsed, stopped breathing and required a shot of the steroid dexamethasone.
"19,000 is hard," Hitch says. "You go through a lot of stuff at 19 – not processing food, not wanting to eat, headaches."
Bring on McKinley
"Everest and McKinley are two different beasts," Hitch says. "Some say McKinley is tougher, but I will know the answer to that in a couple of months. McKinley, we were on the ice for 17 days."
McKinley is an Alpine-style climb, and every item is on the climber's back. The kitchen is an eight-foot-diameter hole dug about six feet into the ice. Everest has Sherpas, an ethnic group that lives in the high mountain region of the eastern Himalayas, to haul gear.
"The only thing we really carry on our backs, so I'm told, is everything you'll need that day. You'll have a big jacket, clothes for rain gear, food and water, medical stuff; that will kind of be it," Hitch says. "Everything else will be at the camps."
The summit on McKinley – at 20,320 feet – was different than the others, Hitch says.
"On McKinley, we fought through a lot of weather. But as we summated, it was like on 'The Simpsons,' where the sun goes, 'Ahhhhh,'" Hitch sings. "McKinley has a great summit because about 10 feet below the real peak is a flat area where you can stand and take off your gear and you walk up and get your pictures taken. Others are a point where you're like, 'Everybody be careful here.'
"To stand on the top of McKinley just was amazing. But as I think back to some of my peaks, what I was really happy about is, it's done and I get to go down and go home."
Qualified for Everest
Hitch climbed Kilimanjaro 10 months before he took on McKinley, and heard along the way, "'Oh, I'd never climb Everest or McKinley.' But then you go to the next mountain. People there are, 'I'd never do Everest. Maybe I'd do McKinley.'
"As you're on these other mountains, people are getting more experienced, you all of a sudden find yourself in a place where, 'Maybe I could do it,'" Hitch says. "If you were strong on McKinley, most people would say you've proved yourself in a tough element. You need to try Aconcagua, which is 23,000, and if you do good, you're qualified for Everest.
"You keep going until you find out, you keep going higher and higher each trip, you keep doing OK, you eventually get to a spot where you go, 'Maybe it is possible.'"
Hitch has reached that place. He knows altitude is the difference with Everest, that he'll require oxygen at 23,000 feet, that the mortality rate is much higher. He knows crampons "barely catch" on Lhotse Face, which is almost like blue ice; that Hillary Step is 40 feet of rock and ice; that the altitude of Everest plays games with the mind and brings on cerebral edema, sleep apnea and paranoia.
Everest is technical, it's mental, and it's no one-day picnic. It's considerable time at base camp – 17,500 feet. It's preparation and becoming acclimated. It's four separate climbs: to Camp 1 and down, to Camp 2 and down, and so on. It's three trips up Lhotse Face.
It's a grind.
Hitch recalls a team member at McKinley who got off the plane and pitched the tent. There was a heart attack on the mountain, and a couple of people had died. The team member watched another team come down looking haggard. He waited for the next plane to come in and left the team.
Hitch knows of another climber who three times has reached the first rest area – called the Balcony – above high camp on Everest, at 26,000 feet. The man has never made it past the Balcony. One time, it was physical; the other two were mental.
"One of the hard parts about Everest is you have weeks to think about it," Hitch says. "And then, it's always easier if you don't know what a section is like and you get into it, and it's really hard, and you're going, 'Man, I don't know if I can do this,' and you just push and you get past it. With Everest, like the Lhotse Face, we're going to go up it one, two, we go up it three times. You're going to be sitting in camp going, 'Man, I don't know if I can make it up the Lhotse Face again.' So that wears on you."
It's more than Everest
The Hitches were in Australia in October for Rick's climb up Kosciuszko when their lives changed "forever." Their middle daughter, Cory, passed away. She was 25.
"It was horrible," Rick says.
On the long flight home, Rick thought about Cory and climbing, the risks, how he learned on McKinley he really wasn't invincible.
"My kids now have lost a sister; my wife lost a daughter," he says. "I don't have the right to risk that person."
The Hitches landed in the United States, and Rick immediately canceled his future climbs. But Hitch is goal-oriented, and these were goals he had in place for a while; he's a grinder. He called his guides again and asked for time to think.
Hitch talked to Loretta and his other two daughters – Toni, 28, and Ali, 21, whom he coached on the Diamonds.
"I came to the notion where I'm not afraid of putting my life at risk, but what I'm putting at risk is my kids' father's life, and my wife's husband's life, and do you really have a right to do that?" he says. "But after I canceled it, I just couldn't get over it. This is a goal I've worked hard for."
Hitch climbed Vinson in December, and here he is, looking up 29,035 feet at the highest point on Earth. He looks at mountains differently now.
"They have become mountains that, if I summit Everest, will I be happy? Sure, I'll be," Hitch says. "But what would be worse is if I didn't try, and I don't know if I could live with not trying because I've earned the right to try. I'm going to Everest because I've earned it. I've earned my chance at the tallest mountain in the world."
That said, Hitch notes that getting to the top isn't mandatory.
"Getting back down is mandatory," he says.
Much will happen while Hitch is on Everest. He and Loretta will celebrate their wedding anniversary, Rick will celebrate his 55th birthday, and grandson Orion, holding down the fort at home with other family members, will celebrate his first birthday. Ali will graduate from UC San Diego five days after Rick gets home.
Physically, he's ready. He did three hours – half weights, half cardio – at a gym three days a week. He went to Sugar Bowl one day a week to climb and, hauling an 80-pound pack, wore out the steps at the football stadium at Woodcreek, where all three daughters attended high school.
"What he's good at is self-discipline and training," Loretta says. "He's been training for a year six days a week."
Hitch, his team of eight and several other teams will take their shot at Everest, but he doesn't want this to be about him. He wants it to be about his brother Ray Hitch, who died of cancer, and Cory. Rick is asking for donations to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in the name of Cory Hitch; and the American Cancer Society, in the name of Ray Hitch.
Says Rick, "Make my climb worth something more than just my own self-interest."
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To honor his climb of Mt. Everest, Rick Hitch is asking people to make donations to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in the name of Cory Hitch, his daughter; or the American Cancer Society in the name of Ray Hitch, his brother.
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To watch a video going through the icefall on Mt. Everest, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=moBJMGNSql4.


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As far as stickers go, I have RMEF, FNAWS, OHA
I am not really one for a debate. My solitary hunting and time in the woods is extended into my everyday life, and my "friends" can be counted on one hand. That is why I get so much enjoyment from this forum.
I just live in my own skin, but I do get extremely opinionated when cornered. I wish hunters would refrain from putting stuff on their pickup windows like "if it flys it dies". This just makes us look like simple minded thugs.
As far as stickers go, I have RMEF, FNAWS, OHA
I liked my friends to be non hunters. That way they didn't ask to come hunting with me.
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Im not much of an "advertiser" either, as far as wearing camo everyday or putting any stickers on my vehicles, but I am open for discussion if it comes up and am more than willing to stand my ground and defend my hunting beliefs and the 2nd. I'm not willing to "budge" or do much compromising with the antis, I feel they are like a leech that cannot be satisfied until they can not only destroy the hunting industry but also the people that believe in it. I think it is very important that we stand together and do not make any division amongst the hunting crowd. With that being said, each hunter needs to understand we are a representative of what we stand for, therefore being ethical and law-abiding in our pursuits.
I'm not afraid to advertise the fact that I am a hunter and shooter. I wear hats and T shirts almost everyday that show this. I have decals on my truck too... RMEF, Ducks Unlimited, NRA, etc. Almost all my friends are either hunters or shooters so I really don't have much problem there. I'm not doing things an a daily basis that require me to be around lots of people I don't know, except for shopping and I try not to have an "in your face" attitude about this .....and politics too.
I live in a pretty conservative area of the state and lots of this area's economy is dependant on hunters and fisherman. Lots of signs and banners show up at businesses during hunting season that say "Hunters Welcome". There were huge banners across the main steet in town about our recent local Gun Show. Nice to live in an area like this. Can't imagine this going on in LA or New York
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I wear a RMEF hat 100% of the time, and nobody has ever commented on it. My town is pretty hunter friendly though.
BLM timbers to define parking areas were shot off at ground level, and even trees were shot all to hell.
Now I know that there were plenty of hunters to blame for that mess, but non-hunting pleasure shooters are to blame as well, but the neighboring rancher with the BLM grazing lease blamed HUNTERS. I'm pretty sure BLM will shut the place down fairly soon, what with all the environmental damage done...we are "Our own Worst Enemies".
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The Locator: A Father's Amends, A Daughter's Last Hope
September 17, 2009 08:42 AM by Christine McDow
We were so excited this last week as it led up to the premiere of the third season of The Locator. Troy Dunn seems to be a miracle worker who is always finding family members for the most touching reunions, and so far we have been shown mostly successes.
This week there was a special one hour episode of The Locator where Troy attempted to reunite two fathers with their two daughters.  That is about where all the similarities stopped however.
In the first story, the daughter who was named Cindy was battling terminal cancer and only wanted to see her father again and tell him that she loved him. Her mom had divorced him while pregnant with her and moved away with another man. When Cindy was about 12 years old her aunt found her father and for a few months they built a relationship on the weekends, then her mother packed her up and disappeared once again. Now a mother of four, Cindy wants desperately to see her father one more time before she dies and she wants to introduce him to her family. Douglas, her father, tells Troy that he did try to find his daughter again, even contacting a relative that refused to tell him where she was. He is very happy and excited about seeing his daughter and his heartbroken to learn that she is dying. Troy reunites the family and you can see that the love Douglas has for is daughter is real and that he has every intention of remaining in her life.
In the second story Troy Dunn is contacted by a father named Robert and his daughter Joyce. The Locator is asked by them to help find his daughter, Rebekah. Troy finds her easily enough, but it is clear that she is a very hurt and very angry young woman. Robert was a drug addict that would not clean up for his daughter which led to Rebekah's mom moving her away when she was three years old. Rebekah blames her father for it and for just about everything else that has gone wrong in her life it seems. Rebekah agrees to go with Troy Dunn and is very happy to find that her grandmother, who her mom only said nice things about, is at the reunion as well. The moments with Joyce and Rebekah are touching, and then walks in her father who smartly doesn't try to grab and hug her. Rebekah lets him know how she feels, no hold bar, and he walks outside by himself to give her time, while her grandmother tries to convince Rebekah to give him a chance.
In the end we learn that Cindy is still alive, and that her father visits her often, even going to her doctors appointments with her. He has really shown that he is stepping up to do all he can now, to make up for the years he missed. Rebekah and her grandmother talk daily. We are told that her father co-signed on her college housing, but we are not told why or if they are forming any relationship.
Once again The Locator managed to leave good feelings of communication, reunion and relationships. We can not wait until this Saturday when it airs again.
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