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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Thursday that he would not renew the Drakes Bay Oyster Co.'s operating permit, which will expire at Point Reyes National Seashore on Friday as Drakes Estero returns to wilderness.
The move will bring a close to a yearslong environmental battle over the site.
Salazar visited the oyster farm last week and said he did not make the decision lightly.
"I've taken this matter very seriously," Salazar said in a written statement Thursday. "We've undertaken a robust public process to review the matter from all sides, and I have personally visited the park to meet with the company and members of the community.
"I believe it is the right decision for Point Reyes National Seashore and for future generations who will enjoy this treasured landscape."
Oyster farm owner Kevin Lunny, whose family also operates one of the cattle ranches, said he was disappointed by the decision and was still trying to figure out his next move. He had been asking for a 10-year extension of his lease.
"This is going to be devastating to our families, our community and our county," Lunny said. "This is wrong beyond words in our opinion."
He said Salazar called to tell him about the decision.
Lunny bought the oyster company in 2004, knowing the lease expired in 2012. But his lawyers felt an extension could be negotiated, so he decided to take on the fight.
The 40-year lease, originally to Johnson's Oyster Co. in 1972, was made with the understanding that the 2,000-acre estuary would be returned to wildnerness. It expires Friday.
Point Reyes National Seashore was added to the national parks system by Congress in 1962, and protects more than 80 miles of California coastline.
The oyster company will have 90 days to remove its personal property from the lands and waters. Salazar has asked the National Park Service to help the 30 employees who might be affected by the decision, including assisting with relocation, employment opportunities and training.
The oyster farm has outspoken supporters, Sen. Dianne Feinstein among them.
"I am extremely disappointed that Secretary Salazar chose not to renew the operating permit for the Drakes Bay Oyster Co.," Feinstein said. "The National Park Service's review process has been flawed from the beginning with false and misleading science, which was also used in the environmental impact statement."
Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune lauded the decision.
"We're thrilled that after three decades this amazing piece of Point Reyes National Seashore will finally receive the protections it deserves," he said. "Once the oyster factory operations are removed, as originally promised ... this estuary will quickly regain its wilderness characteristics and become a safe haven for marine mammals, birds and other sea life."
Salazar's decision ensures that, in keeping with the historic use of the land, existing sustainable ranching operations within the Point Reyes seashore national park will continue, Salazar said. There are 15 such ranches operating in the area.
Salazar directed the National Park Service to pursue extending the terms of agriculture permits from 10 years to 20 years to provide greater certainty and clarity for the ranches operating within the national park's pastoral zone and to support the continued presence of sustainable ranching and dairy operations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Amanda Bynes is still alive.
The former actress and all-around bad driver emerged on Instagram last weekend, wearing a red turban, showcasing wicked-looking fingernails, and saying she's been away for several weeks because her phone was stolen and her fans should follow her there.
Then, of course, the weirdness began.
According to TMZ, Bynes then posted the same picture of herself (wearing a turban and sunglasses) three different times with three different captions, specifically "Bout to get my nails done," "What up doe" and "Love my turban."
No word on whether she was doing all this while driving.
She also shot a picture of her crotch area in skinny jeans with the line "Losing weight is hard."
Oh. OK.
After a bizarre year of DUIs, hit-and-run accidents, locking herself in store dressing rooms, smoking pot in public, and various other random acts of nuttiness, Bynes still faces a DUI charge, two charges of hit and run, and two charges of driving on a suspended license. She is due back in court on November 29.
CHARLIE SHEEN APPARENTLY PASSING OUT MONEY: Charlie Sheen gave Lindsay Lohan $100,000.
No, it wouldn't be the first time Charlie Sheen has given a woman money. And, no, we can't be entirely sure how she earned it or plans to pay it back.
No, our minds are not in the gutter. Not totally.
The IRS filed a lien against the actress for failing to pay nearly $100,000 for the 2009 tax year. As is usually the case with Lohan's problems, this one wasn't her fault. The actress claimed her accountants were to blame. About a month later, the IRS filed another lien against Lohan for just under $150,000 for the 2010 tax year. The two tax bills reportedly remain unpaid for most of the year.
According to TMZ, Sheen has ridden his white ... whatever ... in to save the day. Sheen gave $100,000, a bit less than half of the $234,000 she still needed to pay the IRS, according to Forbes. The two reportedly became friendly in recent months working together on the Shakespearean classic "Scary Movie 5."
Lohan initially declined her new pal's help, according to TMZ. Then she realized that not even Sheen could waste all that money he made being the highest-paid actor on television and supposedly took him up on the offer.
Lohan should be able to take care of the rest of her bill soon, provided she only gets in one or two car accidents this year. Forbes reported she's on track to make about $2 million this year.
'TWO AND A HALF MEN' STAR CALLS SHOW 'FILTH': Speaking of Charlie Sheen, he must be laughing hysterically somewhere right now.
Angus T. Jones is pleading with his fans to stop watching "Two and a Half Men," saying it's nothing but "filth" that contradicts his deep Christian values.
Of course he's still cashing the checks. After all, this is still America.
Jones -- the "half" part of the show who makes $350,000 an episode playing Jake -- is featured in a new video for the Forerunner Christian Church, in which he talked about his commitment to his faith and said, "If you watch 'Two and a Half Men,' please stop watching 'Two and a Half Men.' I'm on 'Two and a Half Men' and I don't want to be on it."
Better save that money, kid. I somehow have a feeling you may get your wish.
"Please stop watching it and filling your head with filth," he said. "People say 'it's just entertainment.' Do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you you'll have a decision to make when it comes to television and especially with what you watch on television. It's bad news."
Tell me about it. Lindsay Lohan had a charmed life until she started doing TV movies.
Jones also suggests that Satan is somehow involved with "Two and a Half Men." Which is odd, since Charlie Sheen already left the show.
"If I am doing any harm, I don't want to be here," Jones said. "I don't want to be contributing to the enemy's plan. You cannot be a true God-fearing person and be on a television show like that. I know I can't. I'm not OK with what I'm learning, what the Bible says and being on that television show."
Somehow I don't think he's going to have to worry about being on any television show ever again.
Jones said he turned to religion after realizing his life was on a "downward trend," which included drug use and speeding tickets. He also said he smoked weed and took acid in high school.
HALLE BERRY'S EX COULD BE IN TROUBLE: Halle Berry's ex probably isn't very thankful for what happened on Thanksgiving.
Following a Thanksgiving day brawl at Berry's home between her ex boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and her current man Olivier Martinez, the Los Angeles County Department of Family and Children Services will formally reopen an abuse investigation involving Berry and Gabriel's 4-year-old daughter, Nahla, according to RadarOnline.
Aubry and Martinez, both ended up in the hospital after they got in a fight on Nov. 22. Aubry was photographed Monday with a black eye. Martinez had a swollen hand. You do the math.
Aubry was arrested and is now facing battery and misdemeanor charges. Because Nahla was present during the fight, police formally contacted DCFS after Aubry was arrested, a source told the website.
According to TMZ, Berry got an temporary restraining order against Aubry, which she's trying to turn into a permanent order.
This guy may have won the lottery in the looks department, but was obviously out sick the day they were handing out smarts.
"Nahla wasn't actually involved in the melee, and by all accounts, Halle whisked her out of the driveway as soon as the fight between Olivier and Gabe started. However, DCFS was contacted because there has been a history of allegations of physical abuse. Social workers will be interviewing Halle, Gabriel and Olivier about what happened on Thanksgiving. DCFS must ensure that Nahla's environment is safe," the source told RadarOnline.
In January, Aubry was investigated for criminal child endangerment and battery allegations, after the nanny he employed to care for Nahla claimed that he pushed her into a door while she held his daughter in her arms. The case was later dropped upon the recommendation of DCFS, which ultimately found no evidence that Nahla was in any danger.
Berry and Aubry have battled for months over custody of the little girl. The actress' request to be allowed to move to France with her daughter was recently rejected by a judge.
CHRIS BROWN HAS NASTY EXCHANGE WITH COMEDIAN: Chris Brown quit, then rejoined, Twitter, after having a nasty exchange Sunday night with comedian Jenny Johnson.
The vitriolic spat started when Johnson responded to Brown's tweet of "I look old as (expletive)! I'm only 23..." by tweeting "Being a worthless piece of (expletive) can really age a person."
It pretty much went downhill from there.
"I have zero respect for a person who seems unapologetic for the terrible crime he committed and shows no signs of changing," Johnson later added. She also shared a link to an MTV story that detailed Brown's February 2009 assault on ex-girlfriend Rihanna, with whom he has since reconciled. (In fact, Rihanna, herself an avid tweeter, posted a shirtless photo of Brown, apparently in her bed, the night before, according to The Huffington Post.)
Brown didn't have much to say about the conversation until a few hours after it seemingly ended, when he tweeted "Just ask Rihanna if she mad?" and followed up with a line about how society was immature. He then deleted his Twitter account altogether, though he rejoined Monday afternoon.
Right ... dumb society, all expecting men not to beat women bloody for looking at their phones without permission. That's just so immature and stuff.
This isn't the first time Brown, who was listed as having 11.5 million followers on the social media network, has done away with his Twitter account. The singer quit Twitter in 2009 and again in November 2011, after ranting about -- you guessed it -- the Rihanna incident.
"I don't say (expletive) to anybody and everyone feels its cool to attack me. GROWN ADULTS!!!! that (expletive) happened three years ago!" he wrote at the time.
ROBERT PATTINSON AND KRISTEN STEWART SPEND THANKSGIVING TOGETHER: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson spent Thanksgiving together with Pattinson's family in London, according to TMZ.
Why yes, this is terribly important knowledge.
The fact that the pair spent the holiday together with Pattinson's family seems to verify that, yes, they really are a couple again, not something put back together by a movie studio to boost ticket sales for the recently released "Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" (the film garnered $64 million in its opening weekend, so somebody did something right).
It also would seem to indicate that Stewart has achieved forgiveness from Pattinson and his family, after last summer's scandal that erupted after it became public knowledge that Stewart cheated on Pattinson with her "Snow White and the Huntsman" direct Rupert Sanders.
I don't know about you, but I feel a lot better now, should that whole Mayan calendar, end-of-the-world thing happen.
The pair was photographed Friday at New York's JFK airport, back in the U.S. after their trip.
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Tuesday is Nov. 27, the 332nd day of 2012. There are 34 days left in the year.
1839: The American Statistical Association was founded in Boston.
1901: The U.S. Army War College was established in Washington, D.C.
1910: New York's Pennsylvania Station officially opened.
1911: The stage comedy "The Playboy of the Western World" by J.M. Synge received a hostile reception in New York because of its portrayal of Irish characters.
1942: During World War II, the Vichy French navy at Toulon scuttled its ships and submarines to keep them out of the hands of German troops.
1962: The first Boeing 727 was rolled out at the company's Renton Plant.
1970: Pope Paul VI, visiting the Philippines, was slightly wounded at the Manila airport by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest.
1973: The Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who'd resigned.
1978: San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White.
1983: A Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashed near Madrid's Barajas airport, killing 181 people.
1989: A bomb blamed on drug traffickers destroyed a Colombian Avianca Boeing 727, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground.
2002: U.N. specialists began a new round of weapons inspections in Iraq. President George W. Bush appointed former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to lead an investigation into why the government had failed to foil the September 11 attacks. (The following month, Kissinger stepped down, citing controversy over potential conflicts of interest with his business clients.)
2007: A Somali immigrant was sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting to blow up an Ohio shopping mall. Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died after being shot in his Florida home by an intruder.
2011: In an unprecedented move, the Arab League approved economic sanctions against Syria, to pressure Damascus to end its deadly suppression of an 8-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad.
Director Kathryn Bigelow (Film: "The Hurt Locker") (61), TV host Bill Nye ("Bill Nye, the Science Guy") (57), Caroline Kennedy (55), Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri (Film: "Thelma and Louise") (55), rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) (53), former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (52), drummer Charlie Benante (Anthrax) (50), drummer Mike Bordin (Faith No More) (50), actress Robin Givens (48), actor Jaleel White (36), actor Arjay Smith (TV: "Perception") (29), actress Alison Pill (27).
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Plenty of road crews and emergency responders were on the beat Friday morning in southern Ontario County where flooded roads closed schools, flooded basements and left some people unable to get to work, or in the case of one Naples man — his property.
I wouldn't drive through that, said Cliff Randall, as he stood on Parish Flats road, where water gushed across the roadway. Randall, who lives in the village of Naples, wanted to get to a house he owns on Route 245 but could not drive there due to flooding on both roads leading to the house. Route 245 was flooded near the entrance to Naples Community Park, which was under water, as was Route 21 in Woodville near the state boat launch.
State roads in the Naples area remained open Friday morning, with some drivers braving the drive while others turned around. As one member of a road crew responded when asked if Route 21 was closed just north of Naples: "Oh, no. Just hit it fast!"
Wayne Moyer who lives on Route 245 drove across flooded Parish Flats shortly before town crews closed the road late Friday morning. He wouldn't do it again, he said. Moyer said he felt the water lift his vehicle right off the road.
"This is the worst I've ever seen," said Matt Martin, who owns Pro Towing and Recovery in Naples, as he stopped along Route 245 where Naples Creek splashed up against the Route 245 bridge barely below the roadway.
Retired businessman Ray Huntone of Naples said he hadn't seen this much water around Naples since the flood of 1972.
"I'm sure if they don't shut (the road) down, I'll be fishing people out," Martin said.
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By Kevin Grandia • Friday, July 30, 2010 - 10:34
Author Marty Essen has started a new online project asking Americans to show their patriotism and Turn Off Fox News.
Whether it is the outright strange conspiracy theories of Fox host Glenn Beck or the subtler no-spin zone spindoctoring of Bill O'Reilly, Fox News has played host to many of the people we talk about here on DeSmogBlog everyday.
Essen writes,
"Unfortunately, unlike professional wrestling, where the predetermined conclusion is relatively harmless, Fox's predetermined conclusions undermine elections, belittle the environment, embolden the paranoid, enrich the rich, and in general, divide our county."
Well said. Help spread the message and help turn off Fox News!
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try a story on this kev.
mascereye replied on Permalink
hey, looks like paul krugman may read your site. he too has found that rather than allow comments to his posts it is easier to ban them. sounds like essen is in favor of gagging anyone that disagrees. wonder if your hero john podesta feels the same way? eh, free speech is overrated anyway.


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Courses, Research Interests, Publications
Dr. Fisher teaches classes addressing assessment, law, ethics, human diversity, and professional roles in the Masters of Arts and Doctor of Psychology Educational (School) Psychology Programs. Additionally, he supervises practicum and intern students, as well as Psy. D. dissertations/projects. He continues to develop curriculum for neuropsychology and school-based mental health certificates.
School-based mental health services; childhood mood, anxiety and behavior disorders; and child maltreatment issues.
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Master of Arts - Psychology, United States International University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, San Diego State University
Master of Arts - Counseling, San Diego State University
PsyD - Clinical Psychology, United States International University, 1998, 1998
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There are more than 800,000 apps on Apple's App Store — and you'll need to spend every waking moment cutting through all of them to find the hidden gems.
Fortunately for you, we've spent the last month or so digging through some of the newest apps on the App Store, and found a few that are often overlooked.
Here are our monthly recommendations:
Bastion: Originally an indie title on other platforms, the post-apocalyptic adventure game "Bastion" ports quite well to the iPhone and other devices. It's a narrated beat-em-up style game in which the player controls "the Kid" as he fights enemies in a fantasy setting. $4.99 on App Store.
Sonic Dash: If you're a fan of the blue blur, "Sonic Dash" is probably the best translation of the game to the iPhone to date. Instead of having virtual buttons on the touch screen, you control the hedgehog by swiping. Bonus: the app is free to download. Free on App Store.
Nimble Quest: Remember "Snake"? This is like that, but souped-up with a bit more of an indie gaming skew. Your "snake" actually consists of a bunch of heroes that all have special abilities, and you have to defeat other snakes on the screen. You will still, unfortunately, die if you run into anything. Free on App Store.
Punch Quest: It's basically as simple as it sounds. You automatically run your way through a cavern/castle/something as you push your way through tons of enemies. The more enemies you beat up, the higher your score. Free on App Store.
Temple Run 2: A sequel to the wildly successful "Temple Run," this game adds a much more detailed environment and some new challenges like zip-lining and riding a mining cart.
System Util Dashboard: Want to keep in-depth track of what your phone is doing? This app will track your processor usage, how much space you have left on your device, and most importantly battery life and how much data you are using. Free on App Store.
Tinder: A spin on hot-or-not, Tinder just received a big cosmetic update and runs a little smoother. It connects to your Facebook account and lets you flip through other men or women based on what you're looking for. If both of you "like" each other, the app will open up a chat. Free on App Store.
Path: Path is a mobile social network that's designed to cap the number of friends you have. The app now sports a messenger built right in, which also has "stickers" like other popular messaging apps, such as Line. Free on App Store.
MyFitnessPal: MyFitnessPal has an online community that has built out a massive database of various food and meals and their nutritional information. You can use MyFitnessPal to accurately track your diet and your workout routines. Free on App Store.
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Marching band mistake causes seven tuba pileup at midfield
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DENVER -- Hector Sanchez was 22 years old when he was chosen to back up Buster Posey despite never playing a full season at any top minor league level.
The assignment was a boost to the Giants and put a ring on Sanchez's finger, but as he occasionally struggled defensively and hacked through at-bats the past two seasons, Sanchez looked the part of a talented youngster who could benefit from playing every day away from major league lights.
It's days like Wednesday that remind everyone why the Giants don't feel that's necessary.
Sanchez hit a grand slam in the 11th inning at Coors Field, providing the sixth and final Giants' home run in a much-needed 12-10 win over the Colorado Rockies.
The 24-year-old was 1 for his past 21 entering the game, the lone hit a walk-off RBI single in the 12th inning April 15.
"He seems to keep being the guy up in huge moments," Hunter Pence said. "And he's good -- he's really good in the big moments. I couldn't be happier for the kid."
Pence reached base five times and was one of many Giants who broke out as the lineup matched its run total from the previous seven games combined and avoided a series sweep.
Michael Morse set the tone with two homers in the first three innings, and along with Sanchez, he gave the Giants a pair of multi-homer hitters in a game for the first time since Pedro Feliz and Moises Alou each hit two in a 2005 game. Brandon Belt hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh and became the first Giant to hit seven homers in the team's first 22 games since Barry Bonds in 2007.
Even Matt Cain, who was charged with seven earned runs, drew a plateful of clubhouse praise for regrouping and getting through six innings after falling behind 5-1 in the first two.
"I couldn't be prouder of these guys," said manager Bruce Bochy, who was ejected for arguing a called third strike in the fourth inning. "They were down 5-1, looking at a sweep -- but I'm (proud) of how hard they fought. They really grinded hard."
Before the four-hour, 26-minute game, Bochy was asked if Sanchez could benefit from playing every day at Triple-A Fresno. He insisted the backup catcher would get plenty of time on the field, not just on Posey's days off but as a valued pinch-hitter. The time without his gear on is almost as valuable, Sanchez said.
"I have to be honest, it's tough sometimes, but this is my job," Sanchez said. "And I'm learning -- I learn every day up here. With Buster, I ask him questions all the time. He's my tutor."
Posey laughed when told he's the teacher, pointing out that he's only three years older than Sanchez. But the two have formed a bond, Posey said, and the former N.L. MVP is happy to help bring the developing switch-hitter along.
"His job is a tough job," Posey said. "Baseball is a game that you need to play a lot, but ever since he came up he's done a great job, especially as a pinch-hitter. He's gotten a lot of clutch hits."
Posey, mired in a 3 for 35 slump, got the day off, along with Angel Pagan (sore knee).
When Cain gave up seven hits in the first two innings, the team looked headed for a quiet flight home. But Morse brought some thunder back to the dugout, hitting homers that were estimated at 458 and 450 feet. According to ESPN Stats and Info, he's just the third player since 2006 to hit multiple 450-foot homers in one game. With Morse's three-run homer in the third, the Giants tied the game at 5 and reached their highest run total in 10 days
"Something was going to spark us, going to ignite us," said Morse, who already has matched last season's combined homer total (five) from nine Giants left fielders. "Today, I think, was that day."
The teams exchanged mini-rallies into the late innings, with the Giants immediately regurgitating the lead after Belt and Sanchez's homers in the seventh and eighth.
Pence hit a leadoff single in the 11th and Belt drew a walk to keep the defining rally going. After a sacrifice bunt, Joaquin Arias (inserted for a sick Pablo Sandoval) was intentionally walked. In the dugout, the Giants quietly smiled. They knew Sanchez's .161 average didn't tell the whole story, and the powerful catcher was a better matchup against Chad Bettis, who relies on his fastball.
Sanchez fouled off three of those fastballs with two strikes, and on the 10th pitch of the at-bat he smoked a 94 mph two-seamer over the center field wall.
"Everybody wants to be the hero," Sanchez said, smiling. "I just felt the ball fly. I hit it well."
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The call was issued on News 12. Republican challenger for sheriff of Richmond County called for debates with Democratic challenger Richard Roundtree.
Roundtree says there is nothing to debate, but his comments about the role of deputies are sure to raise eyebrows.
The woman who accused the Roundtree supporter of vote buying was arrested over the weekend.
Latasha Moore, 23, was accused of making harassing phone calls to the wife of Jerry Lee Jordan, the man who she says tried to buy her vote with a car during the Richmond County sheriff race.
Moore was a no-show in court and went to jail this weekend on charges of harassing phone calls, simple battery and criminal trespassing.
"So we're not getting caught up in the distractions. And as we said at the beginning ... I wasn't even going to comment on it, because we felt it had no credibility to it whatsoever," said Lt. Roundtree. "This validates that. I hope we can move on to moving the city forward."
The focus now turns to a call for debates issued by the Republican challenger Freddie Sanders right here on News 12.
"So if they want to get with me and debate me about all these issues, I want them out front to come on and let's do that," Sanders said. "Let's debate!"
Roundtree responded on our weekly radio segment on 96.3 KISS FM.
"I'm saying there is nothing to debate. My issues are my issues. They have been on my platform," he said. "They have not wavered at all."
Roundtree says he focused on things like education over incarceration.
"Our job is peacekeepers. We are not law enforcement officers. We're peacekeepers," he said. "Our job is to promote voluntary compliance."
"Are you saying that you are not going to be tough on crime?" we asked.
"No," Roundtree replied, "we've always said violent offenders belong in jail. We've been in law enforcement for almost 20 years now. Those are my issues. They are not debatable."
Roundtree says he is focused on talking directly to voters.
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Carolyn Johnson, a longtime anchor and reporter and with KGO-TV (ABC7), is leaving the station for a position in Southern California after being asked to take a pay cut.
Johnson will join KNBC, the NBC-owned station in Los Angeles, in July.
"I have very mixed feelings right now," Johnson said Thursday. "I never imagined leaving KGO. But as one door closes, another one opens. I have a very exciting opportunity in front of me."
Johnson's departure had been the subject of rumors for several days and was first reported by San Francisco media blogger Rich Lieberman, who wrote that she was asked by KGO management to take a 20 percent salary decrease as part of budgetary cutbacks. Instead, she surprised the station by deciding to bolt.
Johnson declined to address the contract talks, saying, "Essentially, this was a business decision for them and a business decision for me." Station sources, however, confirmed that Johnson was asked to renegotiate her contract, which still had two years to run.
"Let's put it this way: She was not looking to leave," one source said.
Her departure leaves a big void at KGO. Johnson was one of the station's top-tier anchors, working the weekday newscasts at 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
As of Thursday afternoon, KGO had not issued a press release about Johnson's exit. A station spokesperson said, via e-mail, that "We don't have a prepared comment on Carolyn leaving."
Johnson joined KGO as a production assistant while still enrolled at Stanford. Except for a three-year stint at KSBY in San Luis Obispo, her entire career has been spent at KGO, where she became an on-air reporter in 1998. In addition to her anchor duties, she was known for her award-winning health and science reporting. Her industry honors include a 2009 regional Emmy Award for best evening newscast.
The new post in Los Angeles represents a homecoming of sorts for Johnson, who was born in Newport Beach and still has family there.
"I love the fact that I'll be closer to my parents and that I'm embarking on a whole new adventure," she said. "The scary part is leaving my colleagues. We had such a great team, full of good, solid people. I know we'll stay in touch for the rest of our lives."
Dan Ashley, Johnson's longtime anchor partner on the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, expressed similar sentiments.
"I could not be happier for Carolyn that she has a great new opportunity. And I could not be sadder to see her go," he said. "She was a wonderful contributor to Bay Area media and a very dear friend. I'm so proud of her. ... On the air, we had great chemistry. I knew what she was going to say before she said it. I thought we would be working together for 20 years."
In her new role, Johnson will co-anchor KNBC's noon and 6 p.m. newscasts. Her contract at KGO runs through May 25, but it isn't known if she will remain on the station's air through that date.
There's no word on who might replace Johnson. The leading in-house candidate appears to be San Jose native Ama Daetz, who currently anchors the station's weekend newscasts.
Contact Chuck Barney at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.ChuckBarney, or Twitter.com/chuckbarney


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Thanks to your generous donations, we topped Lynn's goal of raising $1 million. In fact, the Foundation invested more than $1.3 million in: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York; the Carol S. Buck Breast Cancer Center in San Francisco; the Miracle Fund at University Hospitals in Cleveland; and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). We are proud of our contributions to these great institutions, and for the thousands of patients who have benefited from this work.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- All-America centerfielder Austin Cousino drilled a walk-off single with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, lifting No. 8 Kentucky to a 4-3 win in the rubber match over No. 14 Mississippi State, in the second game of the doubleheader, on Saturday evening at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Kentucky (18-5, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with the game locked at 3-3 since a Hunter Renfroe game-tying homer in the fifth inning. Freshman rightfielder Kyle Barrett doubled off the diving glove of MSU leftfielder Demarcus Henderson, with pinch hitter Jeff Boehm drawing an intentional walk. After a strikeout on a sacrifice bunt attempt, junior shortstop Matt Reida drew a 3-1 walk to load the bases with one out for Cousino.
"Just get the guy in," Cousino said about his mindset in the ninth inning. "I wasn't trying to do too much. I just really wiped away what happened early in the game. I knew that if I could get up, I could get him in."
The preseason SEC Player of the Year entered the at bat 1-for-his-last-16, just after a 7-for-13 outing during UK's SEC opening series win at Florida last weekend. The Dublin, Ohio, native smacked a hard-hit single off the first-base bag against Bulldog star closer Jonathan Holder – with the MSU infield playing in – allowing Barrett to motor home from third base and give UK a 4-3 win.
"Austin's a really good player, good players rise to the moment most of the time," UK head coach Gary Henderson said.
The UK pitching staff limited Mississippi State – the SEC's leading offensive club and NCAA's second-ranked team in hits – to four hits and three runs in the game.
Junior starter Corey Littrell worked seven innings, allowing only two hits and three runs – one earned – walking six and striking out four. Littrell battled through wildness, with his career-high six walks, but allowed only a single and a solo homer to the slugging Renfroe. It marked the 10th rubber match for Littrell in the last two years, with the lefty owning a 7-0 record and a 1.85 ERA in those 10 outings, all UK wins.
"He certainly wasn't as sharp, but we cost him some pitches there," Henderson said about Littrell. "His maturity continues to get better and better. I thought he competed really well."
"I was a little wild early and then the defense made errors, but the biggest thing for me was knowing that I've been in that situation before. I know I can find it at any moment," Littrell said. "We are extremely confident because we've been in this situation before. We know that we're not going to win every game. We're going to lose again because it's baseball, but we're confident and we know that if we play the way we know how, we'll come out successful."
Senior Walter Wijas (2-0) took over in the eighth inning, working the final two shutout innings for the win, allowing two singles and striking out three. In his four-year career, over 64 appearances, Wijas owns an 8-0 record.
The dynamic MSU pitching staff limited the Wildcats to just three hits in the game, as the two clubs combined for seven hits. Cousino, Barrett and Max Kuhn each got hits for UK, with J.T. Riddle and A.J. Reed drawing two walks each. Boehm, Reida and Zac Zellers each added walks, part of an eight-walk attack.
The win for the Wildcats was their first doubleheader chance of the year, as UK posted a 3-2 win in the early game and the 4-3 walk-off win in the nightcap. UK suffered the 8-4 loss in the series opener on Friday, as three errors in the sixth erased a UK lead. UK rode a dominating eight-inning start from senior Jerad Grundy in the Saturday opener, as he struck out 10 and allowed only a pair of runs.
"Grundy was outstanding," Henderson said. "I'm really, really happy for Jerad, happy for our club. That effort today was about as good as you see in college baseball."
Mississippi State (21-6, 2-4 SEC) starter Evan Mitchell did not record an out in the first inning, allowing three runs to score on three walks and a hit batter. Ross Mitchell then walked a hitter on five pitches to force Luis Pollorena out of the bullpen. The senior lefty worked 4.1 strong innings, allowing only a single and an intentional walk, striking out three. Myles Gentry got MSU out of a jam with a pair of outs in the fifth, with Chad Girodo shining in relief despite the hard-luck loss. Girodo (2-1) worked three innings, allowing one hit and one run, walking one and striking out one. Holder came on in the jam in the ninth, allowing the decisive hit from Cousino.
UK will return to action on Tuesday, hosting Marshall at 6:30 p.m. ET at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Kentucky opened the game with a quick three runs in the bottom half of the first inning. Mitchell began the game by hitting Cousino and followed with two walks to load the bases with no outs. Mitchell wasn't able to find the strike zone and walked Kuhn to bring home Cousino. The Bulldogs were forced to go to the bullpen and bring Ross Mitchell in to face Riddle. Ross Mitchell faced one batter, walking Riddle to allow Zellers to come across. Pollerena took the mound the Bulldogs already down 2-0 and the bases loaded with no outs. Barrett flew out in foul territory down the leftfield line, allowing Reed to tag from third and score, giving Kentucky a 3-0 lead through the first.
In the top of the third, Henderson reached first on a fielder's choice and eventually advanced to third on a throwing error following Adam Frazier's single up the middle. With runners on first and third, Bradford grounded out to first base but Henderson scored and Frazier advanced to second. Kentucky chose to intentionally walk Renfroe, putting runners on first and second with two outs. Littrell forced a ground ball to shortstop but a throwing error kept the inning alive and the bases loaded with two outs. Littrell stalled and walked Detz, scoring Frazier and keeping the bases loaded. A line out to right center would end the inning but the Bulldogs had tightened the game to 3-2.
With one out, Renfroe drilled a home run over the deck in right center to tie the rubber match at 3-3 through five.
Tied entering the bottom of the ninth, Barrett led off Kentucky with a double into left center. The Bulldogs brought closer Holder in to attempt to send the game into extra innings. Holder intentionally walked pinch-hitter Boehm to allow a force out. Following a strikeout, Reida worked the count and drew a walk to load the bases for the top of the order. With the infield in to attempt to nab the winning run at the plate, Cousino delivered for the Wildcats, singling down the rightfield line to score Barrett and give Kentucky a 4-3 win.


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Shanghai, Beijing & the Great Wall
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Beijing & Shanghai Express
|Depart USA
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|Shanghai & Beijing
|Return to USA
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|Shanghai, Beijing,Tiananmen Square, Badaling Great Wall
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If you thought that China, one of the world's most attractive and popular destinations, was too expensive to visit this year, think again! Check out our new tour to China including Beijing and Shanghai, with direct air service from either Los Angeles or Houston.
Discover a wonderful mélange of impressive modern achievements within a rich and ancient culture, whose recorded history dates back 5,000 years. Start in Shanghai, often called the "Paris of the East". Spend a couple of days exploring this exciting city, or choose optional tour to Suzhou, the "city of gardens". Then fly to Beijing, fabulous capital city of China, and visit the Great Wall. There is also an optional post-tour extension to glittering, cosmopolitan Hong Kong. Reserve your spot today, because at prices this low, our Beijing & Shanghai Express departures will sell out quickly!
Dates, Prices & Options
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You must check-in no later than 9 PM of the night before your scheduled departure.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Depart USA. Depart just after midnight aboard your Air China flight to Shanghai, via Beijing. You must check-in no later than 9pm on the night prior to your scheduled departure.
Day 2: Shanghai. Arrive today in Shanghai, China's most modern city, often called the "Paris of the East." After passport control and customs, meet your guide and board your coach. En route to your hotel, enjoy a panoramic tour to Tian Zi Fang, a residential area in the French Concession made popular by small craft stores, coffee shops, trendy art studios and narrow alleys. Later, check in at your centrally located hotel. Accommodations: Broadway Mansion Hotel Shanghai.
Optional Excursion: This evening, take advantage of an optional dinner followed by an exciting acrobatics show. This optional excursion can only be purchased locally ($35 per person, includes dinner).
Day 3: Shanghai. Enjoy a full day at leisure in Shanghai to explore on your own. Breakfast provided.
Optional Excursion: Suzhou is China's well-known "city of gardens" where the art of gardening has evolved over more than 1,500 years. There were once over 200 gardens in the city, and an impressive 69 of them are still well-preserved today. You'll visit the Master of Nets Garden (1140 AD), which has been duplicated at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Enjoy a Rickshaw Tour among the local streets and river banks. After a boat ride through Suzhou's lovely Grand Canal and a visit to the local market, stop for lunch at a local market and experience the sights and sounds of China first-hand. Round out your day discovering how silk is produced at the Silk Reeling Factory ($85 per person, includes lunch).
Day 4: Shanghai. Spend a final day of leisure in Shanghai. Breakfast provided.
Optional Excursion: Begin at the Shanghai Museum of ancient Chinese art, which possesses a collection of 120,000 precious works. Its rich and high-quality collection of ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy is known throughout the world. View the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, a unique architectural addition to the Shanghai cityscape and one of the largest radio and TV towers in the world. Continue with a stroll along the waterfront along the Bund River. Other stops on this optional tour include the lively Xintiandi Bar Street and the picturesque French Concession. This optional excursion can only be purchased locally ($60 per person, includes lunch).
Day 5: Shanghai & Beijing. After breakfast this morning, transfer to the airport for your flight to exciting Beijing, the historical and cultural capital city of China. Upon arrival, drive into the city for a panoramic tour of Beijing, including a stop at the historic Tiananmen Square. Accommodations: Beijing International Hotel. Breakfast provided.
Optional Excursion: Tonight, enjoy an optional Peking Duck dinner followed by the Legend of Kung Fu show, a special Shaolin Kung Fu stage performance that blends music, martial arts, and a moving story. This optional excursion can only be purchased locally ($53 per person).
Day 6: Great Wall of China. Depart after breakfast on a full day included excursion to the only man-made structure visible from the moon, the Great Wall of China. En route, view the Olympic venues, the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube, and enjoy a visit to a jade factory with a presentation and some time for shopping. The Great Wall follows a ridge of barren hills and stretches at least 3,750 miles (6,000 km). Construction of the Great Wall, which spanned more than two thousand years, began between the 7th and 6th century BC and continued through the Ming Dynasty. The wall was originally built of stone, wood, grass and earth, but during the Ming Dynasty, bricks were produced in kilns set up along the wall. The bricks were transported by men carrying them on their backs or by donkeys, mules and even goats, which had bricks tied to their heads before being driven up a mountain. Breakfast & lunch provided.
Optional Excursion: After a long day exploring the Great Wall, relax tonight with a traditional Chinese foot massage. Let a massage therapist soak and kneed your worries away. Conclude the evening with a set menu dinner. This optional excursion can only be purchased locally ($45 per person, dinner included).
Day 7: Beijing. Enjoy a full day at leisure to explore on your own. Your hotel is centrally located in the heart of Beijing, close to major attractions, restaurants and shopping. Breakfast provided.
Optional Excursion: Enjoy some time at the Forbidden City, located at the exact center of the ancient city of Beijing, where it served as the imperial palace during the mid-Ming and Qing Dynasties. Known as the Palace Museum today, its extensive grounds cover 720,000 square meters, 800 buildings and more than 8,000 rooms. The Forbidden City is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world and was declared a World Heritage site in 1987.
Continue to the Gaobeidian Village, a picturesque community where you will visit a local market in the village. Later, if it is not during a holiday season, visit a typical Chinese school or kindergarten to see for yourself how children are taught in China. The highlight of this very special tour is an opportunity to join a village family in preparing and sharing a traditional Chinese dinner. This optional excursion can only be purchased locally ($65 per person, includes lunch & dinner).
Day 8: Beijing. Enjoy a full day at leisure to explore on your own. Breakfast provided.
Optional Excursion: This full day tour starts with a 30 minute Chinese Tai Chi Boxing lecture in English, followed by time to practice the skills acquired during the lecture. Next, enjoy some time at the Summer Palace, the quintessential Chinese garden, and a UNESCO World Heritage site ranked among the most noted classical gardens of the world. Proceed to the Temple of Heaven, the most holy of Beijing's Imperial temples, where Chinese Emperors came to worship heaven and pray for a good harvest, since a bad harvest could be interpreted as the Emperor's fall from heavenly favor and threaten the stability of his reign. The 6-meter-high walls surrounding the temple take a square shape to the south and a semi-circular one to the north. The main buildings in the temple are circularly shaped. This architecturally unique pattern represents an ancient belief that heaven was round while earth was square. The whole complex, gorgeously painted and set off by thousands of pine and cypress trees, expresses a harmonious atmosphere as if heaven and earth are integrated into one. Continue to the Panda Zoo, dedicated to the preservation of this endangered (and adorable) species of bear, of which only about 2000 remain in the wild. This optional excursion can only be purchased locally ($70 per person, includes lunch).
Optional: Peking Opera and Mongolian Hot Pot Dinner with Chinese liquor ($53 per person, includes dinner).
Day 9: Beijing/USA. Bid farewell to Beijing and to China today as you transfer to the airport for your flight back to the USA. Your exciting journey comes to an end as you arrive in the USA. If your schedule permits, take advantage of an optional extension to Hong Kong! Breakfast provided.
Hong Kong Extension
Take advantage of your already-included international airfare by joining our post-tour extension to Hong Kong. You'll return to the U.S. 3 days later than return dates shown on the Dates & Prices tab.
Day 9: Beijing & Hong Kong. Bid farewell to Beijing as you transfer to the airport for your flight to cosmopolitan Hong Kong. A former British colony perched on the edge of mainland China, Hong Kong is a fascinating city of contrast—a place where East meets West; where the modern blends with the traditional; where shiny skyscrapers stand next to narrow alleys crammed with traditional vendors' stalls; where new technology flourishes alongside ancient Chinese customs. With its glorious harbor, excellent shopping, renowned restaurants, and some of the best nighttime skylines in the world, Hong Kong has it all. You'll be transferred to your luxurious hotel located in the bustling heart of Kowloon, near the scenic harbor and the "Golden Mile," Hong Kong's famous shopping district. Accommodation: Park Hotel Hong Kong. Breakfast provided.
Day 10: Hong Kong. Your morning tour of Hong Kong Island features a ride to the top of Victoria Peak for a magnificent city and harbor view. Descend and continue to Repulse Bay and Aberdeen fishing village, a community of some 600 colorful floating homes. Conclude your tour with some time for shopping. The afternoon is yours at leisure for independent sightseeing in the city.
Tonight, we recommend an optional dinner cruise aboard the Hong Kong Bauhinia, where you'll enjoy a fabulous buffet dinner, live music, and stunning nighttime views of the glistening harbor. Breakfast provided.
Day 11: Hong Kong. Enjoy a full day at leisure to take in the sights and sounds of Hong Kong on your own or shop to your heart's content.
Or, take advantage of a unique optional excursion to the former Portuguese colony of Macau, situated on a corner of the Pearl River Delta. Although it was officially returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1999, Macau maintains a distinctly Mediterranean flavor. You'll see in the European-style architecture, pastel-colored buildings, open air plazas, and abundance of Portuguese wine. Breakfast provided.
Day 12: Hong Kong/USA. Your final day in Hong Kong is at leisure for shopping, strolling or taking photos. Later, transfer to the airport to board your return flight to the U.S. via Beijing. Your memorable journey to China comes to an end as you arrive in the USA later today.
Optional Excursions in China
To take full advantage of your visit to China, we offer a variety of optional excursions available for purchase locally. These are not "seat in coach" excursions that pick up passengers in various hotels—all our optional excursions are operated for Friendly Planet groups only. See our detailed itinerary above for full descriptions of each excursion.
Optional Excursions Available Locally:
- Day 2: Shanghai Acrobatic Show with Dinner ($35 per person)
- Day 3: Suzhou Day Tour with Lunch ($85 per person)
- Day 4: Shanghai City Tour with Lunch ($60 per person)
- Day 5: Kung Fu and Peking Duck Dinner ($53 per person)
- Day 6: Beijing Foot Massage and Set Menu Dinner ($45 per person)
- Day 7: Beijing Forbidden City and Gaobeidian Village with Lunch & Dinner ($65 per person)
- Day 8: Tai Chi Boxing Lecture, Temple of Heaven, and Panda Zoo with Lunch ($70 per person)
- Day 8: Peking Opera and Mongolian Hot Pot Dinner ($53 per person)
This trip was 100 times above my expectations. I cannot say enough great things about our tour guide Sam, and the local guides were also wonderful. I was blown away with how nice the hotels were. We saw some amazing sites, the camera never stopped! The guide in Chengdu took us when the pandas were active and made sure to time our visit with the red pandas during feeding time, and we avoided large crowds. Sam took us out of his way when we all wanted to go to a tea house. I even enjoyed the optional excursions in Shanghai, which I wasn't sure would be of much interest to me. Top show of the trip; Tang Dynasty show! Don't think twice about going, just go!
Courtney Preston, Elmira, NY
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MARTINEZ -- The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors chose Concord over Richmond for a new state health benefit exchange call center and its 204 jobs at the end of a heated, 4½-hour public hearing Friday night.
Supervisors Federal Glover, of Pittsburg; Mary Nejedly Piepho, of Discovery Bay; and Karen Mitchoff, of Pleasant Hill, endorsed the Concord building at 2500 Bates Ave., a former Comcast call center owned by the Garaventa family.
Supervisor John Gioia, of Richmond, pushed hard but unsuccessfully for his hometown, while Supervisor Candace Andersen, of Danville, expressed serious concerns about the financial risk to the county for a call center in any location.
The fate of the seemingly doomed call center has hung in the balance for weeks as the county wrangled with the four public employee labor unions that will represent the new workers, finally reaching a settlement this week.
Conquering that hurdle left the county to sign a contract with the state and choose a location.
Both tasks have proved equally difficult. Covered California, the health benefit exchange, demanded the county make a decision on the center by Friday or it would take the jobs elsewhere.
As the public meeting stretched into the evening, both landowners wheeled and dealed -- Richmond businessman Richard Poe even sent a lower bid via telephone from Hawaii, where he is on vacation -- as mayors and council members from each region fiercely lobbied for their communities.
The state wants the cheapest option, but the bottom-line cost flip-flopped depending on whether the state would insist on $1 million worth of new furniture or accept existing cubicles in the Concord building.
"Do you want to gamble with $1 million, because that's what you are doing," Gioia asked his colleagues. "Where in the budget will you find $1 million if the state says it won't accept the existing cubicles?"
Poe got on the wrong side of the supervisors, too, after he switched buildings in his bid. He apparently offered 1450 Marina Way to another tenant after the supervisors voted Tuesday to abandon the call center, and when it was revived, he substituted his building next door.
Each side offered free rent. One of Concord's options totaled 21 months' worth.
But both communities clearly wanted the jobs.
"You are doing this because of the jobs," said Pittsburg Mayor Nancy Parent. "If you include Bay Point, Pittsburg, Antioch and the rest of East County, they are struggling, and there are more of them than there are in West County. If you add Concord, there are even more. If you want to put the center where there are more people to help you, Concord is closer."
Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin reminded the supervisors of the city's promised $1 million loan to the business owner, plus training.
"We are extremely committed to having this call center, and we urge you to choose Richmond," McLaughlin said.
Earlier, during the public hearing, supervisors heard their top staffers express serious concerns about putting the county's general fund at risk if Covered California were to exercise the 30-day cancellation clause or evoke other terms that raise concerns.
The state refused to budget on the clauses, the staff said.
"There is a significant risk to the county general fund under these conditions," said Contra Costa Employment and Human Services Director Kathy Gallagher. County Assistant Administrator Terry Speiker concurred.
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More information on Deputy Sheriff Amos Wofford:
1. A killing occurred at Winnsboro Saturday evening in which Dick Milam was shot and killed his son W A Milam seriously wounded and both John and Amos Wofford fatally
shot and dying later. — The Jefferson Jimplecute, February 08, 1907
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2. Deputy Sheriff Amos R. Wofford
Wood County Sheriff's Department
End of Watch: Monday, February 4, 1907
Biographical Info
Age: 35
Tour of Duty: 10 years
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, February 4, 1907
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Both shot and killed
Deputy Wofford and his brother, Constable John Wofford of the Wood County Constable's Office – Precinct 3, were shot and killed while they attempted to arrest a father and son for liquor violations. One of the suspects produced a handgun and opened fire, fatally wounding both lawmen. Both suspects were also shot and killed by return fire in the incident.
Deputy Wofford had been with the agency for ten years and was survived by his wife and three children.
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Constable John S. Wofford
Wood County Constable's Office – Precin…, TX
EOW: Monday, February 4, 1907
Cause of Death: Gunfire
(Source: The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.
3. Union Springs Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas:
Wofford, Amos R., 9/5/1871 – 2/4/1907, husband of Emma Hyde Wofford
Wofford, Emma Hyde, 5/5/1869 – 10/7/1899, 1st wife of Amos R. Wofford
Wofford, Sallie Dea Trammel, 5/29/1879 – 12/30/1928, 2nd wife of Amos R.
Wofford & after his death 2nd w/o William A. Funderburk
Wofford, Clara, 1902 – 1903, daughter of Amos and Sallie Wofford
(Source: Union Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, Cemeteries of Texas, Submitted by Sheila Funderburk, http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Hopkins/cemetery/union.htm
Also see Dorothy Harbin's comment on the original query post for Wofford on March 19.
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The robber, holding a handgun, was described as an Asian man in his 20s, 5 feet 11 with an average build, last seen wearing a teal-and-purple baseball hat, black T-shirt, blue jeans and a black backpack, according to a report.
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As high school football begins, amid the West Nile virus outbreak, local schools are looking to protect players and fans. Go the any given football game, look up at the lights, and you'll understand why health officials are concerned about the West Nile virus there.
You're likely to see all manner of insects when you go to a game, including mosquitoes. In Quitman, they've already seen one human case of the West Nile. That's why as they prepare for their season opener next week, the football team is as concerned about mosquitoes as it is the game plan.
The school district has bought mosquito spray with DEET in it that is sprayed on players before they practice, and will also be used when they play.
Head football coach, James Holloman, said the team will be ready for the home opener on Sept. 6. He says maintenance is going to great lengths to get rid of standing water around the field and school.
Health officials like Dr. Margaret Morrison of the Mississippi Department of Health District Office said that spraying around the fields before the game is also a good idea, but ultimately, fans must take care of themselves.
Health officials believe the outbreak will end within the next six weeks to two months, but until then, they remind you to take all precautions when you're outside, for a football game, or anything else.
Lauderdale County has received one of two mosquito-spraying machines that the board of supervisors agreed to buy earlier this week. Lema Director Clarence Butler said spraying will begin tonight at 7p.m., and continue daily, except Sundays.
"We're spraying around all the schools, daycare centers and then we'll kind of drop back maybe and do some other areas," said Butler. "Starting at the outer limits of the city limits and start going out. But we're going to cover every part of the county as much as possible."
Butler said the county ordered a prepared solution for a quick start, but may mix its own in the future, to save money.
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"Here are some of the finest and most beautiful ranches in Eagle County, and as one comes through the valley, past the waving acres of grass and grain, he is lost in amazement at the beauty of this spot, tucked away between the everlasting hills. Brush Creek Valley has a limitless water supply, excellent ditches, rich land, good fences, residences, barns and granaries."
William McCabe
"The Empire of Eagle, A Descriptive History of a Great County"
Published September 1899
Those honeyed words printed in an 1899 promotional pamphlet were likely more poetic than accurate.
Still, the people drawn to these mountains at the turn of the last century recognized the value of the Brush Creek Valley. Many pioneers were initially lured to the area by the potential riches in the Fulford mining district. They stayed here because they recognized the value of a different sort in the high altitude meadows, rich soils and mountain streams.
Those early settlers cleared fields, dug irrigation ditches and built homestead cabins. They established an agricultural district that remained a driving economic force in the county for most of a century.
The wide valley on lower Brush Creek and high mountain meadows above the forks of the stream produced enough crops for a rancher to make a living. Key crops included Timothy hay, alfalfa, wheat, oats, potatoes and head lettuce. Ranchers could raise two crops of hay in a season. Irrigation was the key. The Brush Creek valley is laced with historic ditches.
These days, recreation has replaced ranching in the Brush Creek Valley. What was once a series of mountain ranches is now Sylvan Lake State Park. Camper tents and recreational vehicles set up in what was once a prize hay meadow. Spandex-clad bikers ride roads first established by ranchers. Hikers explore the remains of old homesteads. Lower on the creek, golfers hit balls on what was once Webb Frost's cattle ranch.
Those original homesteaders would likely be amazed to see how their ranches are used a century later.
George Wilkinson, John W. Love and Webb Frost are credited with being the first to bring domestic cattle into the Brush Creek valley from South Park in November of 1880. The cattle arrived at the start of a harsh snowstorm.
Reports of that first cattle venture vary. Some sources suggest that only 30 of 400 animals survived until spring. Other sources report that although the cattle scattered for miles from the mouth of Brush Creek to Dotsero, all but one were recovered when the cowboys gathered the animals in the spring. Regardless, cattle ranching was here to stay.
Wilkinson and Love eventually established large ranches on lower Brush Creek. Frost, credited with being "the real cowboy" of the trio, was a restless rancher. He homesteaded several parcels on East and West Brush Creeks, selling out and moving to a more remote location each time neighbors settled in. A rickety log wall below the switchbacks on East Brush Creek is the last remaining remnant of a parcel Frost homesteaded in 1913.
Frost couldn't quit this country. In 1918, at the age of 62, he decided to seek new ground. He sold all of his property holdings, loaded his personal belongings into a wagon and headed west. He had barely crossed the Utah desert when his longing for the Brush Creek country drew him back. He purchased an unimproved ranch on lower Brush Creek and began establishing a new ranch. Some blame hard physical work for his sudden death in 1920. The tributary creek that runs through the property still bears his name.
Anthony Sneve, who homesteaded 160 acres in an open meadow (now Sylvan Lake) at the head of West Brush Creek in 1911 was undoubtedly Brush Creek's most quirky rancher.
A former freight agent for the Colorado Midland Railroad, Sneve was well educated. He received the Wall Street Journal by mail. He was rumored to have served as an ambassador to China before becoming a cattle rancher. A fastidious fellow, Sneve dressed well when he came to town.
Records indicate Sneve ran anywhere from 400-700 cattle on his ranch. He held grazing permits on Upper Brush Creek, Gypsum Creek and Crooked Creek Pass, and grew hay on his ranch.
He was always proper. Years later, his former ranch hands would remember with some amusement Sneve chiding them gently as they herded the animals, "Don't shout, boys - the woods are full of cattle."
The trait Sneve is most remembered for was his dislike of females - any kind of female. The speculation was that he was bitter after being jilted at the alter. Reportedly no female animal - cow, horse, cat or livestock was ever housed at Sneve's ranch. He made a point of hiring male cooks to prepare meals for the haying crews.
He was fiercely protective of his property, sometimes using a shotgun to chase away fishermen who were after the trout in West Brush Creek. The Denver Times newspaper printed an article in the early 1900s about Sneve's success in the cattle business. That story also reported that a pajama-clad Sneve once scattered a pack of wolves and coyotes by throwing open his cabin door and letting loose some wild howls of his own.
At times Sneve's ranch prospered, particularly during World War I when cattle prices were high. However, he suffered significant financial loss during the Depression year. When his health began failing in 1935, he sold the ranch and moved to Denver.
Sneve apparently died alone in 1947. His cremated remains were never claimed.
The log remains of some outbuildings are all that is left of the Cy Dice ranch, located on West Brush Creek immediately below Sylvan Lake and at the mouth of Borah Gulch.
The property's ownership records are checkered, reflecting the pattern of frequent turnovers that was common with the early settlers of the valley. Among those who at one time claimed the land were Mont Fulford, Webb Frost and Ernie Nogal.
It was probably sometime in the 1920s when Eagle businessman Harvey Dice acquired the property.
Dice was a savvy businessman and also a gambler. His successes at those endeavors permitted him to invest in numerous properties, including the West Brush Creek parcel.
A nephew, Cyrus Dice, and his wife, Anna, moved into the upper place to operate the cattle ranch. Like most Brush Creek ranchers, Cy and Anna Dice raised cattle, hay and grains. They eventually inherited the property when Harvey died in 1938.
Eventually, the Dice property became part of the larger Norman Brothers holdings. The property was ranched until the mid-1970s.
Agricultural production on Brush Creek was impressive for many decades. Ranching was hard, uncertain work and properties changed hands frequently. During times of war (World Wars I and II), ranchers tended to be prosperous as demand for their products rose. The more successful ranchers would acquire adjacent holdings, transforming a series of smaller ranches into larger commercial operations. Advances in farming techniques and machinery made ranches more efficient.
By the mid-1940s the importance of agriculture as an economic force in the valley was dwindling. Many of the young men who would have worked on ranches and farms left to fight the war. Not all were eager to go back to ranch work when the war ended. The Dec. 31, 1948 issue of the Enterprise acknowledged that the local agricultural community was now sharing its "top industry" status with other businesses, including lumber production and mining.
After World War II, the economic trends changed. New transportation, shipping and production methods made it hard for small-scale Brush Creek ranchers to compete with large corporate operations. The returning soldiers had new interests other than ranching, and the labor pool became depleted. By the 1960s the trend was clear: ranching in the Brush Creek Valley was being replaced by recreation and real estate.
Actually working ranches in the valley are now more of a novelty than a way of life. But the role that ranching played in shaping this community will never diminish.
(Information for this story came from the historical archives at the Eagle Public Library.)


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Sunday's letters: Nominating conventions
Published: Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 5:17 p.m.
On Monday, the Republican Party will hold reorganizing meetings to elect precinct officers, vote on resolutions and sign up for conventions.
At my precinct, we will consider a resolution to nominate U.S. senators and other statewide officials by convention in 2014. No one is talking about eliminating primaries. It's a one-time effort to send a message to state representatives that we want a genuine two-party system in this state. The resolution won't call for district and county nominating conventions.
The SCGOP has had a plank in its platform calling for registration by party for years, during which time the party has controlled the Governor's Office and both houses of the General Assembly. Unfortunately, key committee chairs in Columbia refuse to advance bills permitting registration by party.
Are conventions worse than primaries? Not according to our Founders, who considered themselves to be creating a republic and wanted, as often as reasonably possible, to decide important matters in assemblies of representatives rather than by direct election because such assemblies foster deliberation before taking action.
Political scientists call this "the deliberate sense of the community" and consider it a healthy approach to decision-making. Examples include legislative bodies, the Electoral College, conventions and the Supreme Court. Rather than being a radical innovation, a nominating convention is a moderating, quintessentially small "r" republican idea. It may also lead to restoring two-party government in South Carolina.
Oligarchs don't favor two-party systems; they prefer to avoid that kind of check and balance on the ruling party. We the people, however, should prefer a two-party system. I do.
Those interested in how we choose Republican candidates in South Carolina should be part of the process by going to their usual voting precincts at 7 p.m. Monday, and bring a check for $40 and a resolution, if you wish.
Christina Jeffrey
Elect a true conservative
A recent letter about Sen. Lindsey Graham's reaction to Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster was right on the money. Let me say from the start, I am not a Republican or a Democrat but rather an independent American voter.
I have followed Sen. Graham's voting record for several years, and he votes the way he wants to vote, not reflective of the wishes of the voters of South Carolina. I would agree that he is a true RINO.
The time has long passed for both political parties to do what is best for America, not what they want, and a political party should never come before our country.
Next year, we have a chance to rid our beloved state of Graham as our senator, and the Republican Party of South Carolina needs to take a hard look at him. Folks, just look at his vote to give Egypt all that money.
Let's take back that Senate seat and put a true conservative in it. We don't have a lot of time left.
David Luttrell
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Neuro wrote: i found love potion 5 special edition at FYE it was 17.99(was very surprised to see it) i actually didnt have the loot to snag it but im going back today for it
and something non related- they had pharoah monchs internal affairs cd for 29.99? i already have the cd but whoa, must be hard to find now huh?
Neuro wrote: i snagged that LP5 Deluxe today at that fye
i had moved it the last time i was there and so when i came back i forgot where i put the shit, i even asked the kid that was working there if someone bought it, nope, it was there,just misplaced,so i did the search scan through the whole rap/hip-hop section, didnt see it anywhere , and you know theres usually that shelf on top displaying a row of "new" or best sellers? well i began to search through all of those, luckly that didnt take too long cause i picked up eminems recovery and what do you know, LP5 was right behind it, i did not put it there, so someone put that shit behind eminems recovery album
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B. someone was going to buy both eminem and lp5 and decided not to, thus leaving them out on the top shelf
how else would it get there?
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adic wrote: Got my order in... I really dig all the love potions...
I thought I read somewhere this is the last... If so, that's disappointing... These albums are my favorite Mac...
Mac Lethal wrote: Album caliber songs happen once every 50 songs I make. I make 5-6 songs a week. Most of them sound like No Limit Records album openers.
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STOCKTON - A man was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries Thursday following an afternoon shootout in central Stockton, authorities said.
The shooting occurred about 4:50 p.m. in the 1000 block of East Lindsay Street, just west of North Union Street and east of the railroad tracks. The victim, a man in his 20s, sustained multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the chest, police said. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Witnesses said they heard several gunshots. A man who was working at a business on East Lindsay Street said gunfire is not uncommon in the area.
"Unfortunately, we hear lots of gunshots around here," Ken Mero said. "So it's not surprising, but it's not usually this close."
A woman who spoke on condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety said the victim exchanged gunfire with his assailants, firing shots at a newer-model, charcoal gray truck as it left the area.
"I saw him shooting at the truck, and then I heard him say, 'They shot me,' " the woman said. "He was yelling for help."
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ABC has renewed superhero drama "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and added another Marvel series to its lineup for next season.
The new offering from Marvel is "Agent Carter," a spin-off inspired by "Captain Ameria." It stars Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, a secret agent and girlfriend of Steve Rogers. It takes place in 1946, a year after the events of "Captain America: The First Avenger."
The moves come as ABC and other networks prepare for next week's "upfront" sessions, during which broadcasters unveil their new fall rosters to advertisers. ABC also has handed out renewal notices to "Scandal," "Grey's Anatomy," "Modern Family," "The Middle," "Resurrection," "The Goldbergs" and "Once Upon a Time." More ABC renewals may be coming before next week.
The renewal for Joss Whedon's "S.H.I.E.L.D." was widely expected, even though the show has generated only modest ratings and failed to live up to the massive hype that ushered it into the season.
ABC has also reportedly canceled the sitcoms "Trophy Wife" and "Mixology."
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