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After his adventures in Slovenia and traveling over 1800 kilometers/1100 miles, Champ arrived safely in Ireland. He wasn't too tired to hand deliver a special note from the Križ family, where they declared he had a fabulous time!
Champ landed in the welcoming arms of the Dempsey family, Mum and Dad – Lorraine and Carl – almost 9-year-old twin girls Rianna and Sadhbh and 5-year-old daughter Freya as well as their animal family of 4 rescue dogs and cats! They live in a spectacular mountainous area just one hour south of the capital city, Dublin. Ireland, "the land of a thousand welcomes," is a small island off the coast of Europe with beautiful landscapes, castles, ancient monuments and towns. Visitors like Champ are always made to feel welcome and just like Champ, the Irish people are well known for travelling to different countries!
Rianna barely survived her birth and suffered brain damage as a result of not enough oxygen.
Her parents were given no hope for her to live and in a heart wrenching decision, took her off of her ventilator. Having said their goodbyes, they requested that Rianna be placed with her twin. It wasn't long before Rianna's breathing matched that of Sadhbh. "We even saw her moving her fingers on Sadhbh's skin. Something powerful had happened and we have never looked back," say their parents. Rianna also has a heart murmur that resulted in an additional diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot; a complex cardiac defect.
Rianna had open-heart surgery when she was nine months old and within a few days, she giggled and rolled on to her tummy for the first time. Rianna has had a lot of intervention over the years due to her diagnoses of spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy with mild dystonia, epilepsy, microcephaly and global developmental delay.
Like many kids with special needs, she has surpassed everyone's expectations. Rianna uses a walker and wheelchair and has difficulties with mobility and speech. Because she has some sensory issues due to needing more input to feel things, she has a lot of bruises and scrapes, often not even realizing that she's been hurt.
All of the interventions, appointments and therapies haven't stopped Rianna. She loves life and doesn't live in the shadow of her twin sister Sadhbh, who is developing typically. However, this year has been particularly challenging for Rianna and her family. Rianna was plagued with uncontrollable daily seizures that robbed her of all of her energy and ability to thrive. During this same time, after waiting for a year and trying medications, Rianna was called for surgery on her salivary ducts to reduce her drooling. While she was in the hospital recovering, the team was able to finally manage the seizures.
Luckily for Champ and the Dempsey family, his arrival coincided with Rianna finally feeling better. Her life has returned to her normal busy schedule of appointments so Champ has been a visitor on many road trips. He's been to the largest children's hospital in Ireland, to the ENT Surgeon and to Rianna's disability service, Enable Ireland, for a special clinic with Australian occupational therapists to fit her for a special Lycra suit. A very international day for a very international traveler! Besides being a great friend, Champ also helps with the anxiety that comes with interventions and change of routine for kids with special needs.
Champ enjoyed lots of other activities during his visit. He ran in the largest women's marathon in Dublin (to raise money for Special Needs Parents Association) where Rianna handed out t-shirts. He visited Rianna's new school with her to meet staff and students. And went to a Build-A-Bear Workshop! The staff was especially excited to meet Champ because the Bear Builder Associates knew about his travels. He got the star treatment and came away with a new t-shirt and stamped passport. The staff gave Rianna a goody bag including a little bear signed by Champ's friends at the store.
And at the end of each busy day during his visit, Champ snuggled in with the girls and a purple dinosaur and pink bear. The truly remarkable thing about Champ is that his snuggles are international and can be understood in any language. No translation necessary. That really makes him lucky.


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The more impatient households are to consume, the greater the impact of government spending cuts on economic growth, according to a paper published by the Bank of England Friday.
Co-authored by Monetary Policy Committee member David Miles, the paper argues that differences in "time preference" — or the degree to which households wish to buy goods and services now rather than in the future — play a big part in determining national attitudes towards the pace of budget cuts.
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"Our findings may help to explain some of the differences in view over the optimal path for fiscal consolidation in Europe today, between the Germanic and Northern European countries — whose representatives appear to favour a faster fiscal retrenchment — and those in the South — who would like their required fiscal adjustment to occur less rapidly," they wrote.
The size of the fiscal multiplier — which measures the impact that government spending cuts have on economic output — has been the focus of intense debate in the years since the financial crisis and the economic slowdown that followed sent government debts soaring across much of the developed world.
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Mr. Miles and Mr. Marcheggiano take a different approach, and their conclusions also offer a explanation as to why fiscal consolidation may have inflicted more damage on southern Europe than policy makers anticipated.
"The countries in Europe where fiscal deficits and debt levels are highest are largely in the south, where average rates of time preference seem to be greatest and where fiscal multipliers – and so the cost of reducing deficits rapidly – would tend to be larger," they write.
They make no comment on fiscal multipliers in the U.K., which is itself pursuing a program of fiscal consolidation. Since the government embarked on that program in mid-2010, the economy has grown by just 0.5%, and remains smaller than its 2008 peak.
But according to data the authors use to determine whether consumers are patient or impatient, the UK sits between northern European nations such as Germany and southern European nations such as Spain.


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MARTINEZ -- In a courtroom packed with family members from opposite sides of a tragedy, a Walnut Creek man was sentenced Wednesday to two years in jail for killing a Danville mother and daughter in an auto collision.
John Peder Harris, 33, was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the Nov. 7, 2011, deaths of 51-year-old Elham "Ellie" Pirdavari and her 72-year-old mother, Mahindokht Dowlati.
The women were killed when Harris, a chess coach, sped through a red light at the intersection of Brookside Drive and Sycamore Valley Road in Danville and broadsided the women's SUV. He was traveling 62 mph in a 45 mph zone.
Many people in the courtroom cried as the victims' family played a video of portions of the funeral for the mother and daughter, described as leaders in their households and "examples of love and compassion" in the community.
"We have been robbed of a lifetime of milestones and memories," said Shadeh Ghezavat, Pirdavari's daughter and Dowlati's granddaughter. "Now we are left to live this nightmare, to bear this pain every day of our lives. We are all struggling."
Harris thanked the family for playing the video and said he hopes that one day they will forgive him and that he will forgive himself.
"Feelings of sorrow and remorse burst forth whenever I think of my actions on Nov. 7, 2011," Harris said, wiping his tears. "I'm deeply sorry for the pain and loss that I have caused."
Harris was offered a plea deal because the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office thought it would be difficult to prove its theory that Harris knew that he shouldn't be driving because of his seizure disorder and that he was having a seizure when he ran a red light, deputy district attorney Alison Chandler told a judge.
Harris is prone to seizures because of multiple concussions suffered while playing football at Campolindo High School in Moraga and in college, Dan O'Malley, Harris' attorney, said, and he recalled experiencing precursor symptoms of a seizure that day.
Danville police Chief Steve Simpkins was among the nearly 60 people who attended the sentencing.
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Under the plea deal, Harris is required to spend at least one year in custody at the County Jail in Martinez. He was free on a $100,000 bond before he was handcuffed and taken into the custody of the Sheriff's Office on Wednesday.
The family of the victims left the hearing and went straight to Oakmont Memorial Park in Lafayette, where mother and daughter are buried side by side.
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Thursday, 9th July, 2009, 07:46 PM #1
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PROPOSAL: Dragon Magazine 368
More specifically from DM 368, I am proposing the following:
WEAPON: The Whip
Superior one-handed melee weapon
Cost: 1gp
Damage: 1d4
Proficient: +3
Range: -
Weight: 2 lb
Although an impractical weapon in most hands, a well-placed whip strike can put one's opponent at a serious disadvantage.
Reach (With a reach weapon, you can attack enemies that are 2 squares away from you as well as adjacent enemies, with no attack penalty. You can still make opportunity attacks only against adjacent enemies. Likewise, you can flank only an adjacent enemy.).
Off-Hand (An off-hand weapon is light enough that you can hold it and attack effectively with it while holding a weapon in your main hand. You can't attack with both weapons in the same turn, unless you have a power that lets you do so, but you can attack with erither weapon.).
Flail (Weapons in the flail group have a flexible material, usually a length of chain, between a solid handle and the damage-dealing end of the weapon.).
FEAT: Whip Training [Multiclass Whip]
Tier: Heroic
Prerequisites: Dex 13, any martial class
You gain proficiency with the whip. When you hit a target with your whip, that target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls against a target of your choice until the end of your next turn.
I apologize if this has already been proposed, but i searched the forum and saw no proposals for either the whip or for DM 368. Feel free to place a dunce cap on my head if this has already been proposed.
FEAT: Whip Novice [Multiclass]
Tier: Heroic
Prerequisites: Whip Training, 4th level
You can swap one 3rd-level or higher encounter attack power you know for the whip snare attack power
Whip Snare Feat Power
With a deft flick of the wrist, you coil your whip around your foe's limb, giving you some control of where that enemy goes-down or toward you.
Encounter * Weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One Creature
Attack: Dexterity vs Reflex
Requirement: You must be wileding a whip.
Hit: 2[W] + Dexterity modifier damage, and you can knock the target prone or pull the target 1 square.
At 11th level, increase to 3[W] damage.
At 21st level, increase to 4[W] damage.
FEAT: Whip Expert [Multiclass]
Tier: Whip raining, 8th level
You can swap one 6th-level or higher utility power you know for the whip crack utility power.
Whip Crack Feat Power
You snap you whip, warning your enemy not to move carelessly.
Encounter * Weapon
Minor Action Personal
Requirement: You must be wielding a whip.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, when an enemy within your reach takes an action that provokes opportunity attacks from adjacent enemies, it provokes an opportunity attack from you.
FEAT: Whip Specialist [Multiclass]
Tier: Heroic
Prerequisites: Whip Training, 10th level
You can swap one 9th-level or higher daily attack power you know for the entangling whip attack power.
Entangling Whip Feat Power
Your whip is like an extension of you, coiling around your enemy so you can drat that foe wherever you like.
Daily * Weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One Creature
Attack: Dexterity vs. Reflex
Requirement: You must be wielding a whip.
Hit: 2[W] + Dexterity modifier damage, the target is grabbed (until escape) and knocked prone. The target takes a -5 penalty to escape the grab, and while you have the target grabbed you can pull it 1 square as a minor action. While grabbing the target, you cannot make attacks with the whip. You can sustain the grab as long as the target is within 2 squares of you.
At 15th level, increase to 3[W] damage.
At 25th level, increase to 4[W] damage.
Miss: The target is grabbed (until escape) and knocked prone. While you have the target grabbed you can pull it 1 square as a minor action. While grabbing the target, you cannot make attacks with the whip. You can sustain the grab as long as the target is within 2 squares of you.
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Thursday, 9th July, 2009, 08:22 PM #2
Thursday, 9th July, 2009, 08:35 PM #3
We might as well consider the entire article while we're at it.
For reference, the issue is here (requires DDI) and the whip is in the article "We Who Are About To Die..."
As for the rest of the issue, it contains:
Backdrop: Greywall (setting material only, no player options or items)
Playtest: Barbarian (obsoleted by PHB2)
Campaign Items (advice only, no player options or items)
Items of Legend (new paragon and epic level artifacts)
Fight! (rules for gladiator combat, new monsters, traps and skill challenges - no need to vote on this IMHO, DM's can just put them in adventure proposals if they want to use them)
We Who Are About To Die... (player options and magic items for Gladiators)
Domains of Dread: Sunderheart (setting and monsters only, nothing that needs voting on)
Refuge in the Mournland: Stillwater Station (setting only, nothing to vote on)
Design & Development: Death & Dying (regular column, nothing to vote on)
Confessions of a Full-Time Wizard: Game Shame (regular column, nothing to vote on)
RPGA Report (regular column, nothing to vote on)
Ampersand: What Happens in Vegas... (editorial, has previews from Manual of the Planes which are obsoleted since we have the full thing)
Only the bolded articles have things to vote on.
Leaving aside the artifacts, here's what the Gladiator article contains:
12 Heroic Tier feats, including a new Channel Divinity feat. Haven't read them all, but Staff Fighting is notable because it turns a quarterstaff into a double weapon, which might interact with our house rule.
4 Paragon Tier feats
2 Epic Tier feats
24 "Arena Fighting" feats (Heroic tier power modification feats for martial characters)
Arena Champion paragon path
5 magic armours
4 magic weapons
3 new superior weapons (bola, net and whip)
3 sets of multiclass "Weapon Mastery" feats & powers, for each of the new weapons
Since the OP asked for the whip specifically, we should focus on that first.
Thursday, 9th July, 2009, 08:57 PM #4
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Thanks JNC, you rock! I kind of wanted to post what you did... but i was being lazy and only really cared about the whip. You rock!
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How on earth do you spell the whip crack noise? Oh screw it.
*whip crack noises*
Wait, no, ok, here's my next character. A ranger who uses a whip and a rapier and dresses predominantly in black. Oh, and he'll be a longtooth shifter, only more fox-ish than wolfish.*
Clearly, I have nothing meaningful to add to this discussion.
*whip crack noises*
*This is a Zorro reference, in case you were curious. Hopefully somebody got that.
Saturday, 18th July, 2009, 01:39 AM #6
Ok, still haven't had time to look at all of these in depth, but just for the whip:
Only one-handed reach weapon, huh? You said it's powerful, but do you think it's overpowered? At 1d4 my first thought was the low damage trades for the range, but with the number of 2[W] powers available, I dunno - 2d4 is fine damage for a one-handed range weapon. And, as KenHood pointed out in another thread, "as much damage as a dagger" is pretty ridiculous for a whip. Would it be better to make this do 1 or 1d2 damage?
Whip Crack is weird:
"Until the start of your next turn, when an enemy within your reach takes an action that provokes opportunity attacks from adjacent enemies, it provokes an opportunity attack from you."
Why not just say, "Until the start of your next turn, you have threatening reach?" Or does this mean that it has to actually provoke an attack from an adjacent enemy, and then you get an OA too?
Whip Specialist seems pretty powerful to me. Knock prone and grab on a miss? I'd be inclined to drop miss to just "knock prone" (maybe "half damage and knock prone", if that's too weak).
Saturday, 18th July, 2009, 02:08 AM #7
Whip Specialist seems pretty powerful to me. Knock prone and grab on a miss? I'd be inclined to drop miss to just "knock prone" (maybe "half damage and knock prone", if that's too weak).[/quote]There are 9th level attacks that do 1/2 damage and slow, immobilize or daze [Form of the Storm Eagle, Knockout, Agonizing Shot, Not Worth My Time]. This grabs and knocks prone but deals no damage. Seems fair to me.
Saturday, 18th July, 2009, 03:57 AM #8
It does 2[W] damage, doesn't it? And do those powers do their full effects (or close to) on a miss?
Saturday, 18th July, 2009, 04:25 AM #9
Yep, I think all the powers I listed are 2[W].
And all the effects are reduced, like from save ends to end of next turn. The only thing is there ISN'T a reduced form of prone or grabbed. You either are or you aren't and there isn't a time limit to it. I assume that's why it goes from 2[W] to no damage; they couldn't reduce the effect so they negated the damage. There is also the fact that you can't use your whip until the grab is finished so you are 'disarming' yourself to keep the grab.
I think it balances nicely as is. Only having knock prone on a miss would make to so it's an inferior attack. 1/2 damage and prone could work I guess but is still makes it a fairly weak attack. Most dailies do MUCH more on hits. Not worth my time does 2[W] + Dexterity modifier damage, push 1 and immobilized (save ends). Miss = Half damage, no push, and the target is immobilized until the end of its next turn. It has a save effect. Prone lasts until the targets turn and unless you are spec'd for grabs, it's likely that the target is out of that round too.
Tuesday, 21st July, 2009, 07:17 PM #10
Ok, I had time on the train the other day to look at all of these. Here are my thoughts:
Staff Fighting - I'm ok with this because it doesn't give the Quarterstaff any extra keywords beyond Off-Hand/Defensive (unlike Spiked Chain, which I now think was a mistake)
Called Shot - Better than most bonus critical damage (5 vs. 1d6), and could be made to apply to almost every attack! Compare Devastating Critical, also Paragon: 5.5 additional damage, on average, when you get a critical (which you can't choose), vs. 5 additional damage whenever you're the closest to the enemy, which is something you can set up yourself. I think there should be a penalty too. (Maybe, "Do +5 damage instead of the standard Called Shot bonus"?)
Two-Weapon Ambush - This is ok since it can only be used with 1H weapons, and none of these have 2dX damage codes, but we need to be careful about adding new 1H weapons after we adopt this.
Crushing Grab - Does this let you crush people with a whip or net? (Probably. That's pretty cool! I just want to be clear, I don't think that's too much for an Epic feat.)
Arena Specialist: Circling Strike - Lets you shift in, attack, and shift out as an at-will: usually the game's been pretty careful with this (see Palindrome's fight with the elven archers.) I prefer the Battle-Scarred Veteran: Nimble Strike form, which only gives you the second shift on a hit.
Binding Style: Dual Strike - This doesn't work with the new form of Dual Strike, since it needs both attacks to hit the same target. (I checked, we don't already have any power swap feats affected by this.)
Catspaw Style: Predator Strike - Knock prone with an at-will? Predator Strike already has an extra damage bonus, and it's easier to get CA with a beast. I think this is a bit much.
Daring Performer: Brash Assault - Seems powerful, but not at least not RRoT level powerful.
Exotic Fighting Style: Brash Assault - I don't like the way this just negates the drawback of this power.
Exotic Fighting Style: Sure Strike - Sure Strike's balance is that you get a hard-to-come-by attack bonus, but no bonus damage. I don't like the way this changes that equation.
Exotic Fighting Style: Twin Strike - We don't allow many double weapons. Maybe make it "at least one superior weapon" or "two superior weapons" to make this useful?
Grudge Style: Sure Strike - See Exotic Fighting Style
Hunting Spider Style: Dual Strike - I think this still works with the new Dual Strike. Need to specify whether just one or both targets can't see you.
Hunting Spider Style: Predator Strike - How come this specifies "flanking" but Catspaw just says "CA"? I don't think it's unbalanced, just odd.
Starlight Duelist: Dual Strike - I think this still works with the new Dual Strike, just need to change the wording to "one of the targets".
Swift Blade Style: Dual Strike - Definitely works with new Dual Strike, since it doesn't specify anything about a target.
Flensing Weapon: "Considered bloodied (save ends)" is an interesting mechanic. Can anybody think of anything unbalanced about it?
Whip: I think the whip with Whip Training is overpowered with multi-weapon attacks: since the -2 stacks, you can use a whip in either hand to do 1d4 damage AND -2 to attack rolls twice, *at range*. I would add "once per turn". I think 1 damage on the whip is too low, but 1d4 is too much - I might make it 1d2 or 1d3, but there's no precedent for that.
Net: 1d6 damage just seems ridiculous for a net. I'd make this 1d4.


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This guest post is by Denise Bianchi. Denise is an Autism Speaks staffer who has two children, one with autism. She and her family live in Staten Island, N.Y.
As we sing our song, "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine," Andrew yells and cries out "hamster!"
How can I possibly explain to my son why someone would break into his favorite place other than home and steal everything he could get his hands on? Andrew, like most of the students at Eden II, does not understand such cruelness. Andrew only knows how good he feels when he wakes up in the morning and I say, "Get up, it's school time!" He smiles, even though his eyes are still closed. He runs on the school bus, but not before he steps on the two lines on the sidewalk, smiles at the bus window and gives his daily numbers to the bus driver. Today's number was 760 and George says, "Thanks for the lotto numbers Andrew; you will make me rich one day!" He is a happy boy and Eden makes him feel happy, safe and secure. He receives so much love and respect while learning ABA, socialization and life skills. Everyday he tells me what each of his seven classmates ate for lunch and what color shirt they each wore. I wonder if he realizes his laptop he works so hard for is missing. Or that his favorite classroom toy is gone?
Eden is a second home; it might be years before he leaves, but that is okay. Eden services children until they are adults. It is incomparable to many schools. When I read the note from his backpack that the school was robbed, my heart sank. The thieves stole electronics, toys and the class hamster. It was as though someone came into my own home and took things we loved. How could anyone do such a thing? Didn't they read the sign on the lawn that reads "Eden II School for Children with Autism?" These poor children who may not understand why good people do bad things were left to question, why? Andrew is completely uncorrupted by society and would never do anything intentionally to hurt someone. He knows no war, he witnesses no crime. All he knows is love, and love is all that he gives unconditionally.
We may never understand why, but there is a happy ending to of this. People are good; people do care. A local boy donated his own pet hamster to the school; his parents should be so proud! Yesterday, the school was so grateful to Best Buy, who donated many electronics to replace those that were stolen, including Wii consoles and a camcorder. The parents, administrators and students are elated. Best Buy was so wonderful to do this. Immediately the parents of the school passed emails around … I love Best Buy! I will tell everyone to shop there!
You make me happy when skies are gray … Eden II's sunshine has not been taken away after all. Thanks to the generosity of Best Buy and many other good samaritans.
Today, Andrew is 11 years old and a good thing came out of a bad situation. It's a good birthday in spite of everything that happened to his school.
Autism teaches us many lessons. Not the least of which is an important reminder of the kindness, the essential goodness of people – especially when life suddenly throws you the unimaginable.
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March 27, 2010 at 10:34 am
What a sad story…but with a happy ending. People can be both so cruel and so caring. I'm glad that the first is in the minority. With the permission of autismspeaksblog and the author, Denise Bianchi, I would like to post a link to this story on my blog. As we parents of developmentally delayed children we need to hear about good endings every now and then. It lifts our spirits.
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March 30, 2010 at 2:55 am
Denise this was written so beautifully. Send Andrew my love and happy birthday wishes. ..I'm buying a huuuuuuge TV from best buy tomorrow. ; )


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The nationally-ranked Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's tennis team will open its 2012 home schedule in grand fashion on Sunday afternoon by playing host to No. 14 Texas at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. The match, scheduled for a 2 p.m. start, will be the first ever for the Islanders men's team at the state-of-the-art facility.
"The Islanders have waited a long time for this moment, and a lot of hard work by a lot of very good people went into making this such a special day," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. "We can't thank Thomas J. Henry enough, as well as our president, our current and former athletic directors and Dr. Trent Hill.
"A lot of people have poured their heart and soul into helping this team succeed."
The Islanders come into the match at 4-3 on the year after a pair of wins on Thursday at St. Mary's. The Longhorns are 5-2 on the season, having lost a 4-3 match against No. 11 Texas A&M in Houston the last time out.
The Islanders, a team that has been ranked in the NCAA Top 50 for four years in a row, has won the Southland Conference Championship four years in a row, and has advanced to the NCAA Championships in every year they have been eligible since 2007, will face perhaps its toughest test of the year on Sunday when the Longhorns come to town.
"I think our team has been known for the way they compete, and that's what we will focus on tomorrow," said Moore. "We always have the same goals; focus on the things we can control, stick together and out-compete everyone we play.
"We try to focus on those things rather than results, that's always been our formula."
Texas has been ranked in the NCAA Top 10 for five years in a row and currently sits at No. 14 in the NCAA rankings. The Longhorns have consistently been one of the last teams standing during that time, having made the NCAA semifinals or better in three of the last five years.
"This will be a great day for this University, this tennis team and the city of Corpus Christi," said Moore. "I believe that we have one of the best tennis facilities in the country, and to have our first men's home match be against the University of Texas speaks for itself.
"This is a team that has made the NCAA semis or better three of the last five years. They have been one of the elite teams in college tennis, if not the best, for a long time."
Admission to the match is free to the public, with fans encouraged to come out and cheer on the Islanders in the first home match of the year.
In case of inclement weather, the match will be moved indoors to the Corpus Christi Athletics Club on the corner Airline and Holly. Fans can check www.GoIslanders.com, as well as on Facebook (Islanders Tennis) and Twitter (@IslandersTennis) for the latest information on the match.


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One person was killed in a single-car crash in Union Township early Saturday, police said.
Chad Criscillis, 37, was driving a 2002 Ford Mustang east on Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Road east of Stubbs-Mill Road when the car drove off the right side of the road and struck a utility pole about 12:45 a.m. Saturday, Ohio State Highway Patrol investigators said.
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It's clear that syrah is becoming one of our area's most commonly cultivated grapes, but I don't hear much about petite sirah? Aren't those grapes similar? And if syrah grows well here, wouldn't petite sirah?
— Ted F., Medford
Consumers' confusion is understandable. But local winemakers know that syrah and petite sirah are separate varieties with their own characteristics.
The signature grape of France's northern Rhone Valley, hearty syrah also thrives in the Rogue Valley, where the climate often is likened to the Rhone's. Syrah produces wines that are big and powerful but hearty and smooth without the tannins and acids of some other red varietals, such as cabernet sauvignon. In the southern Rhone, syrah is blended with softer grenache and other grapes to make the popular Cotes-du-Rhone and Chateauneuf-du-Pape red wines.
Petite sirah is not syrah at all but a descendant of a minor Rhone grape called Durif. When syrah and petite sirah both became better known in the 1970s, many U.S. winemakers and consumers starting using the two names interchangeably.
As an individual grape, petite sirah hasn't enjoyed syrah's popularity. But some winemakers are capitalizing on its inky hue, powerful tannins and blackberry fruit. They also blend it in small quantities with zinfandel, pinot noir, merlot, malbec and other red grapes.
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One of the world's most controversial mines is back in the spotlight after hundreds protested against renewed efforts to mine India's Niyamgiri Hills.
Dongria Kondh and Niyamgiri supporters held their own 'public hearing' in Orissa state, where they restated their resolve not to allow mining on their sacred mountain.
The meeting coincided with a Supreme Court appeal in Delhi, which sought to overturn a 2010 ruling preventing UK mining company Vedanta from building an open-pit bauxite mine in the Niyamgiri Hills.
However, the appeal was adjourned on Monday and India's Supreme Court has yet to issue a new date for the hearing.
Shortly after the announcement, Indian activist Prafulla Samantara from the National Alliance of People's Movements, spoke to Survival.
He said, 'I hope India's Supreme Court endorses the government's ruling not to mine in Niyamgiri. This is in the interests of protecting natural resources and tribal peoples.'
Miles away in the Niyamgiri Hills, two years after the Dongria Kondh historically defeated Vedanta, protesters continue to make their position clear.
Dongria elder Dodhi Sikaka said, 'Those who are fighting for their rights are beaten up and put behind bars. Now all we Dongrias are together in resisting this. We are fighting for our own people, for our ancestral land, for Niyamgiri.'
Survival International's Director Stephen Corry said today, 'By once again postponing this decision, the Supreme Court judges have left a sword of Damocles hanging over the Dongrias' heads. But on Sunday the Dongria held their own day of judgment – a public hearing at which they vowed to protect their sacred mountain. Whatever the court may decide far away in Delhi, in the Niyamgiri Hills the Dongrias' decision is clear.'
Act now to help the Dongria Kondh
- Write a letter to India's Environment Minister supporting tribal rights.
- Donate to the Dongria Kondh campaign (and other Survival campaigns).
- Write to your MP or MEP (UK) or Senators and members of Congress (US).
- Write to your local Indian high commission or embassy.
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The Buffalo Bills still think Shawne Merriman can provide them some sort of meaningful pass rush, even if the veteran himself sounds unsure.
Merriman was re-signed by the Bills on Monday, providing depth along a defensive line that is currently without end Mark Anderson (knee) and tackle Spencer Johnson (ankle) because of injuries.
A week ago on Twitter, a fan tweeted to Merriman: "looks like bills shoulda kept yalights out," referring to the player by his nickname.
Merriman's response?
"No they shouldn't have i'm not a defensive end in this league," he wrote back.
The Bills apparently think otherwise.
"You can never have too many guys that we believe can rush the passer. With Mark being out – and not only Mark being out – but Spencer, who was kind of our swing guy being out, we'd rather not go into a game with just three defensive ends," coach Chan Gailey said in explaining the decision. "And we don't know how long Spencer is going to be, so we're going to sign Shawne back and hopefully he'll give us some pass rush off the edge."
The Bills said Merriman was not available for comment Monday. He was at One Bills Drive earlier in the day and sat in on the defensive line meeting, according to Chris Kelsay.
"It's good to have him back. It's always nice when you can bring a guy back that's acquainted and comfortable with the scheme and the system that we're in," Kelsay said. "He's a guy that's a veteran. He knows how to go about his business. He knows what's expected, so he's going to come right in and pick right up where he left off.
"We aren't doing anything different than what we were doing when he was here. There's a few different blitzes and stuff like that he'll have to learn, but for the most part he can just step right back out there."
Merriman played in five games with the Bills last season before a long-troublesome Achilles tendon injury landed him on injured reserve. He had surgery and came to training camp hoping to earn a job as a 4-3 defensive end under new coordinator Dave Wannstedt's scheme. That's a position he had never played before, having previously always been a 3-4 outside linebacker. Merriman, who was beaten out for a job by Kyle Moore, never seemed to have a problem in a reserve role, despite his big-name recognition.
"Shawne's a great dude. He's a guy that came right in and fit well. Great personality. We don't have a lot of egos on this team," Kelsay said. "To have him back, it'll add something to our defense."
In making room for Merriman, the Bills released defensive tackle Jay Ross and center David Snow. They were signed Saturday to the 53-man roster from the practice squad, replacing safety Delano Howell and running back Johnny White.
Howell was re-signed Monday to fill out the 53-man roster. The rookie was the only undrafted free agent to make the team out of training camp.
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My Mother, Father and Grandfather were all born on the same day: October 21st. My parents met at a discothèque on Long Island. About a week later my mom visited my dad whom was washing his car. He asked her, What is your Birthday? She said, October 21st. He said, Me too! And my Father! At first, she didnt believe him. Just as many of you wont believe me. But do you honestly believe that my Mother, Father and Grandfather all being born on the same day is just a mere coincidence? That the circumstances are just random and the dice fell that way? Mathematically the probabilities of such an event are astronomically incalculable.
Furthermore, 2 months into my freshman year another synchronistic event takes place. One of my best friends called me and asked if I could come see the rock band, Phish. It was on, his Birthday, on October 21st 1996 at Madison Square Garden. I remember the audience participated, chanting, Wilson, like the tennis company and clapping their hands to intricate Latin jazz instrumentals. Though they were already playing an important role in expanding consciousness, this was the first time Phish entered into my individual consciousness. So October 21st was also the birthday of Phish for me. The reason that Phish entered my world in such a synchronistic way connected to my parents I believe now to have great significance. Because of what would happen next. Something that I could never have imagined in my wildest dreams!
Madison Square Garden on New Years Eve 2002. Phish is about to take the stage after a hiatus. I just spent the night spun on 7th avenue family fluff. Im swigging whiskey and hot cider to keep me warm. Then while waiting for the box office to open, thin strands of a cobweb-like substance cover the outside wall and quickly disappear. I recently discovered that in UFO research this phenomenon is known as Angel Hair. According to Wikipedia: It is named for its similarity to fine hair, or spider webs it disintegrates or evaporates within a short time of forming. One theory is that it is ionized air sleeting off an electromagnetic field that surrounds a UFO. Someone should have told the aliens that the show was sold out.
Later that afternoon among the ticketless throngs I met a man whom claimed to be The Sloth a character from, Gamehendge, Phish's rock opera. In his hands was the legendary helping friendly book! Gamehendge is a mythological world of fairy tale. Its a parallel reality or possibly the story of Earths very distant past. Trey Anastasio wrote Gamehendge as his senior thesis. The story is that of a retired U.S. Colonel whom steps through a portal traveling through space and time. While in Gamehendge, Colonel Forbin discovers a race of lizard people, who have been enslaved by the evil King Wilson. He has stolen the helping friendly book from the lizards, which has all the knowledge inherent in the universe.
This is the book Sloth is holding. Written by the great and knowledgeable Icculus. Titled Well You Can Imagine by Sean O. Huigin. He found it in the children's section of a used bookstore in Canada. Yeah! My children are old enough to read Icculus! When you examine the book there are Phish lyrics and cartoon illustrations of Gamehendge characters like the mockingbird, the sloth and the lizards. The cover even dons the band members Trey and Page. But the author did not know Phish. The book was published in Canada the year Phish was formed. Sloth explained: Icculus means I is the accumulation of us. Somehow the author and illustrator created this book from the chaotic sea of our collective unconscious. The book truly came from, Gamehendge, a place that transcends space and time, as we know it.
I stood underneath the marquee watching waves of energy flow over the bricks and between the windows of the Hotel Pennsylvania. The building was alive! My thoughts stopped in sheer wonder. Then out of the top left corner of my vision I saw a single eye was watching me from above. Pop! Another revealed itself! Pop! Another! Until this pattern of eyes filled the sky. They were geometrically precise lines and overlapping circles. All shapes were in perfect union. I looked away and the psychedelic vision was gone. That night I was introduced to someone in the Phish community who told me to read Drunvalo Melchizedeks Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, a book on sacred geometry. Months later, the same geometric pattern I saw in the sky was exactly the same symbol on the cover of the book. What I saw was the unity consciousness grid, naturally making a higher level of consciousness accessible to humanity. Well you can imagine.
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Virginia and community leaders are gathering to dedicate a section of Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County in honor of a slain Virginia State Police trooper.
An unveiling and dedication ceremony is scheduled for Friday for the "Master Trooper Junius A. Walker Memorial Highway."
Sixty-three-year-old Walker was fatally shot on I-85 in Dinwiddie County during a traffic stop in March. Russell E. Brown of Chesterfield is charged with capital murder in Walker's death.
A section of I-85 southbound from the Route 703 overpass to the Brunswick County line is being named in the 35-year veteran's honor.
Signs will be placed along the interstate. And a smaller version of the highway signs will be placed at a nearby rest area as an accessible memorial for the public to safely pay their respects.


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The Little Caillou Fire Department's Cadet Program is asking the community to donate small electronic devices such as cartridges and cell phones to be recycled, as well as nonperishable food items.
The cadets will donate the food items to the Little Caillou Baptist Church food bank.
All items can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Little Caillou Fire Department's Administration Station, 5016 La. 56 in Chauvin. For information, call 594-7775.
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Martin Scorsese is making a documentary about former President Bill Clinton.
You know, Scorsese hasn't made a movie with Joe Pesci kicking someone in a long time. I'm not sure Joe Pesci ever kicked Bill Clinton, but they should see if they could work it in somewhere.
Scorsese is partnering with HBO, with the full cooperation of the 42nd president, the network announced Monday.
"I am pleased that legendary director Martin Scorsese and HBO have agreed to do this film," Clinton said. "I look forward to sharing my perspective on my years as president, and my work in the years since, with HBO's audience."
You know he hasn't been this stoked since he was carrying around the nuclear suitcase.
According to The Wrap, the documentary, to be produced by Steve Bing, is Scorsese's fourth collaboration with HBO, following the documentaries "Public Speaking," the Emmy-winning "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" and the hit series "Boardwalk Empire," on which he serves as an executive producer. He also won an Emmy for directing on the series.
"A towering figure who remains a major voice in world issues, President Clinton continues to shape the political dialogue both here and around the world," said Scorsese, who will produce and direct the documentary. "Through intimate conversations, I hope to provide greater insight into this transcendent figure."
The film will include the former president's work with the William J. Clinton Foundation, which promotes global health, stronger economies, healthier childhoods and protecting the environment.
MORGAN FREEMAN DENIES ANTI-MEDIA QUOTE about SHOOTINGS: Morgan Freeman didn't say it.
A quote attributed to Freeman criticizing the media for its coverage of Friday's mass shootings in Connecticut went viral on the Internet over the weekend.
"Morgan neither made statements nor posted those statements. We are trying to find out who did, but they did not originate from him," the actor's rep told E! News.
This is terrible. If you can't have faith in things randomly posted on the Internet, what's left?
The remark supposedly went like this: "You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why. It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single victim of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody."
The post continued to scold the media and said people should donate to mental health research "instead of pointing to gun control as the problem."
BROOKE MUELLER LEAVES REHAB: Charlie Sheen's ex-wife Brooke Mueller has left rehab after six days, according to TMZ.
Apparently the problem has been solved. And she should know -- she's been to rehab 19 times.
This time, Mueller was in for addiction to the a psychostimulant drug Adderall. Sources say the idea this time was to detox. She is receiving psychological outpatient treatment and says she feels much better, according to TMZ.
She also has regained possession of her twins, who initially stayed with Sheen's other ex-wife, Denise Richards. Then Mueller discovered the kids were slated to go to Sheen's office holiday party and angrily had her mother get them from Richards.
KATE MIDDLETON GETS OUT OF THE PALACE: Kate Middleton is back, doing ... things that duchess-people do.
After canceling her last four public appearances due to acute morning sickness -- for which she was hospitalized two weeks ago -- Middleton finally felt well enough to get out of the palace. The Duchess of Cambridge attended BBC's annual Sports Personality of the Year Awards Sunday night to present Bradley Wiggins and London 2012 chief Lord Coe with a SPOTY trophy and the Lifetime Achievement Award, respectively.
Middleton serves as an ambassador for Team GB and maintained a strong presence during the Olympics and Paralympics this year.
Kate is less than 12 weeks pregnant and looked pretty great in an emerald Alexander McQueen gown (I totally knew who the designer was as soon as I saw it). The 30-year-old paired her McQueen with Black Jimmy Choo heels, Kiki McDonough blue topaz earrings, an Asprey button pendant and her signature bangs.
Of course she did.
The duchess was embroiled in controversy last week when a hospital nurse committed suicide after being duped by a radio prank into taking a call seeking information on Kate's medical condition.
CHANNING TATUM HAS A CHILD ON THE WAY: Channing Tatum is going to be a dad.
The actor's wife of three years, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, is pregnant, their rep told Us Weekly. "Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Channing Tatum are pleased to announce that they are expecting the birth of their first child next year."
I hope it's next year. I'd be really suspicious if it was the year after.
"It was a total surprise," an insider told Us Weekly, of the pregnancy, adding that Tatum, 32, is taking a full year off to be with his expectant spouse and their baby-to-be, due sometime in 2013. The couple met on the set of "Step Up" in 2006 and married in 2009 in Malibu.
Great. Another homely, no-talent kid running around Southern California.
Earlier this year, Dewan, 32, talked to Us Weekly about their plans for a family.
"I would hope so" the dancer-turned-actress said. "I just don't know when. When it's meant to be, it will happen."
LINDSAY LOHAN THANKS CHARLIE SHEEN: Lindsay Lohan finally thanked Charlie Sheen for giving her $100,000 to help her pay her taxes.
No, that's not how she thanked him.
According to TMZ, weeks after receiving a check from Sheen, Lohan sent the "Anger Management" star flowers and an apology note.
The pair became buddies on the set of "Scary Movie 5," and Sheen subsequently learned of Lohan's massive IRS debt. She apparently told him that she'd been stiffed on pay for a recent project as well. ''She got shorted, and I found out, so I said: 'Here,'" Sheen told Entertainment Tonight. "I'm still waiting for a text to say 'Thank you.' Anything, you know?''
Meanwhile, as Lohan faces a new set of legal problems thanks to her decision to allegedly clock a psychic in the head at a nightclub last month, she's reportedly hopeful that court-mandated sessions with a therapist could do her some good, according to TMZ. In other words, she hopes it looks good to the judge.
Also, her probation was suspended last week after she was charged with lying to police about a car accident. She finds out in January if she has to go jail.
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Tuesday is Dec. 18, the 353rd day of 2012. There are 13 days left in the year.
1787: New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1865: The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, was declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward.
1892: Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" publicly premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia.
1912: the Piltdown Man made its public debut as fossil collector Charles Dawson reported to the Geological Society of London his discovery of supposedly fragmented early human remains at a gravel pit in Piltdown. (More than four decades later, the Piltdown Man was exposed as a hoax.)
1915: President Woodrow Wilson, widowed the year before, married Edith Bolling Galt at her Washington home.
1940: Adolf Hitler ordered secret preparations for Nazi Germany to invade the Soviet Union. (Operation Barbarossa was launched in June 1941.)
1944: In a pair of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation of Japanese-Americans, but also said undeniably loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry could not continue to be detained.
1958: The world's first communications satellite, SCORE (Signal Communication by Orbiting Relay Equipment), nicknamed "Chatterbox," was launched by the United States aboard an Atlas rocket.
1971: The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced in Chicago the founding of Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity).
1972: The United States began heavy bombing of North Vietnamese targets during the Vietnam War. (The bombardment ended 11 days later.)
1980: Former Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin died at age 76.
1992: Kim Young-sam was elected South Korea's first civilian president in three decades.
2002: Embattled Senate Republican leader Trent Lott sustained a double-barreled setback as Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee broke ranks to call for a change in party leadership and Secretary of State Colin Powell forcefully criticized Lott's controversial remarks on race. Robert Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television, was chosen as owner of the NBA's new Charlotte expansion franchise.
2007: The White House said President George W. Bush had approved "a significant reduction" in the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, cutting it to less than one-quarter its size at the end of the Cold War.
2011: The last convoy of heavily armored U.S. troops left Iraq, crossing into Kuwait in darkness in the final moments of a nine-year war. Vaclav Havel, 75, the dissident playwright who became Czechoslovakia's first democratically elected president, died in the northern Czech Republic. Medical student Sophie Clarke was crowned the winner of CBS' "Survivor: South Pacific."
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark (85), rock legend Keith Richards (69), producer-director Steven Spielberg (66), rock musician Elliot Easton (59), actor Ray Liotta (57), comedian Ron White (56), actor Brad Pitt (49), wrestler-turned-actor "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (48), actress Rachel Griffiths (44), rapper DMX (42), actress Katie Holmes (34), singer Christina Aguilera (32).
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An annual North Dakota gathering of veterans to share stories of World War II, the Korean War and other military experiences has stalled out.
Organizers of the Dakota Bull Session, which began more than 20 years ago, say there are no plans to meet this year in Devils Lake.
The event started as a reunion of U.S. Navy veterans in 1990. It has evolved over the years to include veterans from all service branches.
Last year's session drew 130 veterans.
Organizers say the number of younger participants has not kept pace with the loss of older veterans.
Eighty-seven-year-old Duane Carter, a World War II veteran, tells the Grand Forks Herald (http://bit.ly/XhGjlB) he's going to miss "visiting with the guys, and the stories."
Carter is hoping the event can be revived.
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STOCKTON - Police are searching for three men who committed armed robbery about 12:15 a.m. Friday at a business in the 800 block of East March Lane, authorities said.
One of the robbers ordered an employee to remove money from the safe while the other two ordered two customers to the ground and took their belongings, police said. The three men then fled in a gold, four-door 1990s Honda Accord with tinted windows, officers said.
All three men were armed with semiautomatic handguns and wore dark ski masks, dark clothing and Air Jordan tennis shoes, authorities said.
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Judy Draper felt a call from the Lord in 2004. She answered. And many others have answered the same call since.
Just last week, more than 330 "love bundles" and another 100 backpacks full of school supplies were on their way to children in Haiti.
Draper started a missions project 11 years ago. She began making AIDS kits for patients and expanded that to lap quilts for nursing home residents. Her friend Wanda Spires soon began helping, and she has since recruited members of her church, East Campbellsville Church of God.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers paid a visit to displaced Afghan boys and provided them with much needed school supplies, toys and treats during "operation backpack drop" on May 8.
The children, ages 5 to 18, are all considered orphans because their parents are either deceased or disabled thus leaving them in the care of relatives.
Five Taylor County children will perform with the Kentucky Baptist All State Children's Choirs next month.
Madison Lauer, Micah Lauer, Kristen Smith, Whitney Smith and Sydney Tucker of Campbellsville Baptist Church make up a portion of the "East Choir."
This year, 131 boys and girls from 39 churches are expected to participate in the All State Children's Choirs on May 1. Performances are free.
The East and West choirs are comprised of students in grades four through six who auditioned for the group.
Stories about dying, going to heaven (or hell) and selling books about it has become a veritable cottage industry these days.
Two pastors, Don Piper and Steve Sjogren, both wrote about visions of heaven in their death or near-death experiences. Piper's "90 Minutes in Heaven" in 2004 was followed by Sjogren's "The Day I Died" in 2006.
I was at one of my favorite restaurants when I noticed the man sitting at another table, eating with his wife and three young children. He was a big, raw-boned, burly guy who towered over me when I walked by him, both of us on our way to sit down. He plopped onto his chair, perhaps exhausted from work. I slid into the booth with my wife.
That's when I took a good look at him. Stern-faced and serious, he cast what seemed like an intimidating aura over his family as they ate together.
Fannie Chapel CME Church hosted an ecumenical Ash Wednesday service on March 9 in which St. Thomas Episcopal and Bethel First Presbyterian churches participated.
The offering from the service was donated to Green River Ministries.
Freedom Baptist Church will celebrate its ninth anniversary with special activities on Sunday, Feb. 6.
Pastor Larry Frisby said the gift for a ninth wedding anniversary is pottery, and just as Jesus is a potter, the church has undergone a transformation.
"We're allowing the 'Potter' - Jesus - to remake us," Frisby said.
The church's transformation has many facets, he said, from its building to its ministry.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Campbellsville will have a free "Parish Mission For the Family" on Feb. 6-9 from 7 to 9 p.m. Fr. Matthew Habiger will be the presenter.
Topics for each night include:
Sunday: What the Catholic Church believes (The Creed).
Monday: What the Catholic Church celebrates (Sacraments).
Stoner Creek United Methodist Church youth group members rang the bell for the Salvation Army at Walmart on Dec. 21.
They also went grocery shopping at Kroger and delivered food to three families.
Later, they went Christmas caroling to shut-ins and at the nursing home.
Grace Missionary Baptist Church children performed a Christmas play in December.
Those who participated pictured above are Tesla Abell, Drew Abell, Lance Byrne, Christian Johnson, Malorie Byrne, Whitney Houchens, Tatum Paige Hamilton, Austin Gabehart, Tony Ballard, McKenna Gray and Connie Dennison.
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A Waterford woman was sentenced Wednesday to four months in the Washington County Jail for selling heroin to a friend who was acting as a confidential informant.
Toni A. Berry, 38, of 14735 Waterford Road, pleaded guilty in December to a fifth-degree felony count of drug trafficking.
Berry had acquired the drugs thinking she was helping a friend in trouble, said her attorney, Ray Smith.
"She thought he might be having withdrawal and found some drugs to help him. She thought she was helping a friend and little did she know he was a (confidential informant)," said Smith.
Washington County Prosecutor Jim Schneider, who prepared the case, said the possibility that the informant had feigned sickness was never mentioned to him during his preparation of the case.
Those actions could be construed as entrapment, which is a legal defense, but the defense never raised such an argument in the case, said Schneider.
Berry's fiance, Sam Wilcoxen, questioned the severity of the sentence given Berry's lack of criminal history and effort in overcoming her own drug addiction.
"It seems like a lot of people in and out of the court are repeat offenders and are given a slap on the wrist. My fiancee has a clean record and she had entered rehab on her own. Four months just seemed awfully stiff to me," he said.
Besides a few minor traffic violations, Berry has no prior criminal history.
The confidential informant in the case has a long history of charges but has avoided any criminal punishment for the most part, said Wilcoxen.
"They let the big fish go to catch a bunch of little fish," he said. "In my eyes, there needs to be some more accountability on getting the serious criminals off the street."
Berry was originally charged with two fourth-degree felony drug trafficking charges for selling the man heroin on July 16 and Aug. 28, 2012.
One charge was dismissed and the other was reduced to a fifth-degree felony by removing language that stipulated the transaction had taken place within 1,000 feet of Fort Frye High School, said Washington County Assistant Prosecutor Kevin Rings.
Neither Rings nor Smith made a sentencing recommendation. However, Smith noted that Berry has been having success with her treatments at a local Suboxone clinic. Smith said the jail allows inmates to continue Suboxone treatment in some "special circumstances."
"I would hope this would be a special case where they would allow Suboxone treatment while in jail," he said.
The treatment is for Berry's addition to prescription pain medications, said Wilcoxen. She has never used heroin, he said.
In addition to the Suboxone treatments and counseling at L&P Services, which Berry has been attending on her own, Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Ed Lane ordered a variety of other treatment and counseling programs for Berry.
While Lane ordered a 120-day jail sentence, it is possible Berry will spend very little time in the Washington County Jail before being transferred to a drug treatment program at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center, he said.
"If you do get accepted to that program, I'll let you out of the jail immediately so you can complete that program," he said.
The center offers a comprehensive approach for treating drug addicts, said Lane.
"What I like about programs like the EOCC...it's a broader approach. They don't only work on addiction. They work on other things," he said.
The program also includes mental health counseling and job training components, he said.
Lane also asked Berry if she had children. Berry answered that she had three, and Lane ordered her to take a parenting program offered locally through L&P Services.
"Your children are probably very much affected by your drug use," he said.
The program will help Berry understand how her drug addiction has affected her children and how to work toward reversing those consequences, he said.
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The postseason has begun for local softball teams. Three local squads picked up wins in the opening round of District Softball in their respective District's. Brookfield, Marceline, and Meadville all advanced to the Semifinal Round.
Brookfield 5 Milan 0
The Brookfield Lady Dogs, seeded second, took on Milan for the second time this week. The Lady Dogs run total wasn't what it was Monday, but still was enough to keep the season alive. Sammi Overton pitched a three-hit shutout en route to the Lady Dogs win.
Alesa Frey had a sacrifice and an RBI. Bailey Parks went 3-4 and reached on an error. Alexis Lindsay went 2-4 with a Fielder's Choice. Natalie Wheeler walked twice, was hit by a pitch, and had an RBI. Sammi Overton went 1-2 with a walk and two RBI's. Ashley Kearns had a sacrifice and was hit by a pitch. Jaclyn Weydert reached on an error twice and had a sacrifice. Paige Clawson went 1-2 with a sacrifice.
Marceline 6 Putnam County 3
The Lady Tigers took on Putnam County, a team that had defeated them twice in the regular season in close games. Marceline came back from an early deficit, though, and brought home a big win from the lower seed.
Morgan McCormick pitched all seven innings, striking out four, walking five, and allowing one earned run.
Morgan went 1-3 with a walk. Abby Gauthier went 3-4, reached on an error, and had an RBI. Sydnee Brooks went 2-4. Madison McCormick went 3-4 with three RBI's. Kate Peiffer went 1-4 with an RBI. Katie Cupp went 1-3.
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The Meadville Lady Eagles continued their strong showings over CLAA teams with a District Softball win over Hale.
Emilie Cowan went 2-3. Hannah Boyd went 2-4 with three RBI's. Raysha Tate went 3-4 with an RBI. Haley Fitzpatrick went 1-4 with an RBI. Halee Neal went 3-4. Shelby Shiflett reached on a Fielder's Choice and had an RBI. Tori Baker went 1-4. Sara VanDyke went 1-4.
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