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Election of Gaffney High student body president heads to court
Published: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 6:06 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 6:06 p.m.
The parents of a Gaffney High School senior filed a legal complaint against the Cherokee County School District earlier this month after school and district officials declared their daughter ineligible to serve as the school's student body president, even after she was announced as the winner.
The complaint, filed in Cherokee County on Aug. 6, argues that Darby Auton should serve as the school's student body president for the 2013-14 school year and asks the court to overturn the school district's decision to disqualify her. Darby's parents, Scott Auton and Lindley Auton (a former member of the Cherokee County school board), are named as plaintiffs.
The Autons' attorney, Doug Brannon, is scheduled to go before a judge in Spartanburg on Aug. 30 and ask for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction preventing the district from beginning the school year "with any other student other than Plaintiff Darby Auton as student body president."
Brannon said Wednesday that he couldn't comment further on the matter.
According to court documents, Darby Auton signed up for the student body election in April, attended mandatory meetings, made a campaign speech as a candidate and, after the election on May 16, was declared the winner. Shortly after the announcement, Auton was informed by school officials that she did not qualify to serve as student body president.
"At no point during the election process was the Plaintiff Darby Auton told that she did not qualify to serve as student body president," the complaint reads in part. "Plaintiff Darby Auton attended all mandatory meetings and abided by all election rules."
The complaint goes on to read that the Autons appealed the decision of the school's principal and district superintendent and "have now exhausted all administrative avenues."
Andrea White, an attorney for the school district, explained that school bylaws require candidates to have served on the student council for at least two years — a qualification she said Auton did not meet. White said it was "unfortunate" Auton's qualifications weren't called into question by school leaders prior to the election, but argued that participation in extracurricular activities, like student council, is a privilege, not a right.
The runner-up and only other candidate on the ballot, senior Leighlan Fowler, was ultimately announced as the winner and is currently serving as student body president for the school. The school year started for students in Cherokee County on Tuesday.
"It's our position that this is not the kind of matter that the court should intervene in," White said. "I believe the court is likely to rule this is a matter that's decided by the district."
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Originally posted by TheAntiChristOfRunning:
I highly doubt you all will be able to even run 100 miles, never mind the western states 100. All the power to you, but from what I have heard about that race you will need to do a little more then training inorder to finish it
Doubt, Hope's worst enemy, and Faith's easiest victory.
Oh, and that "little more" is GUTS!
Count me in!!!
How long is it 70-100 miles? Is that all?(not sarcastically seriously) No more? In 13 yrs I'll be 29(YIKES that's old!). Sure, 13 yrs...that's about how long it will take me to train for it I guess.
Why cry if you can laugh.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Originally posted by ominousguy:
those who want to run:
the kenyan
xc runner 05
chasing the horison
those who might:
i'll think about it and get back to you on it someday...if i do, go ahead and add my name to the list even though i might die as soon as i hit the 100 mile mark if i am not lying dead along the trail before then. !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|border=0!
and put on my headstone,"Here lies Tasha who died doing the Western States 100". !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/tongue.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/tongue.gif|border=0!
to report me at a meet: just call 1-800 I BEAT YOU.
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Sign me up. Although I hope to do a few 100 milers before then. Anybody down for the Badwater as well (135 mile race with over 13,000 feet elevation gain)? That's my goal.
13 years from now........I'll be 27..........I guess you can count me in.
Does anyone have any tips on how to train for it?
Originally posted by cycroner:
100 miles without time limit is so easy. im only 13 years old but i think the amount i walked and ran is more than 100 miles already !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!
30 hour cut-off and the whole qualification thing...
Originally posted by ominousguy:
*time to organize this.
event details:
- dist./type: 100 mile trail ultramarathon
- projected date: June 27, 2015
- location: Squaw Valley, CA
- entry type: qualification and lottery. go here[/URL" target="_blank"> for qualifying details.
- additional req.: 8 hrs volunteer trail work/road race
this IS NOT an easy jaunt in the woods. this year, there were about 120 well-trained, seasoned runners who were unable to finish of 372 starters.
those who want to run:
the kenyan
xc runner 05
chasing the horison
those who might:
Hmm, Smoothness will think about it. i heard 30 hour cutoff. that's what...18 minute miles? hmm, Smoothness will think this over.
Originally posted by sponGIMP:
oh its not easy jaunt huh, well no kiddin...what have u run it reciently...this type of running is nothing like xc running, this is endurance running...i do know that it is not easy but it can be done, i am now training for my first ultra and i am 19 so i have PLENTY of time to work up to the western states along with the others here...i think we ALL know what is needed here...thanks for the advice though
nudging into view.. just under 12 1/2 years left.
lol you guys are crazy! good luck though! i think i'll be sticking with training for my events this year in track. mile and two mile, and when i get older, maybe just maybe i'll do marathons. (yeah im wimpy) but have fun...
I have to wait until I do a marathon first, but I think with proper training I can do it.
Maby by next year I will do a marathon, cough cough bandit bandit Boston Marathon. !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!
Originally posted by Cully:
Maby by next year I will do a marathon, cough cough bandit bandit Boston Marathon. !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!
hey join the club! the annual boston (half)marathon bandit run is a tradition for me and a couple teammates. (once you get to Wellesley you'll see why we stopped halfway there )
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Autism in the News- Wednesday, 05.26.10
Researcher Links Autism, Testosterone (Canada)
Higher testosterone levels in unborn babies can lead to permanent changes in the brain that contribute to the development of autistic traits, new research suggests. Read more.
Making Life of the Handicapped Comfortable (Russia)
Russia plans to introduce integrated nurseries, schools and other establishments where ordinary children will study together with children with mental retardation. The healthy children in these facilities start understanding that the "handicapped" does not mean "bad". At the same time, the handicapped have an opportunity to communicate in full. Such an integrated community teaches both humanism and tolerance. Read more.
Clegg Backtracks on McKinnon Extradition Claims (TechEye)
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has started to do a U Turn on plans to save Gary McKinnon from extradition. For a few brief minutes it looked like the new government was going to stand up to the United States and not extradite Gary McKinnon. Read more.
Star-Studded Award Show To Benefit Autism Speaks Tonight (Look to the Stars)
Journalist Tom Brokaw will be a presenter at tonight's Amerian Image Awards in New York, an event that will raise funds for Autism Speaks. Read more.
Mom Unhappy with Autism Therapy (Canada)
A mother of three young children says her family is one of many that has been let down by Newfoundland's health care system. Read more.
Parent Power Forces Concession on Plans to Move Respite Care (ThisisExeter)
Parents will be given more time to be consulted on plans to move respite care for disabled children out of the city. Health bosses have stressed they are listening to worried city parents over the proposals for youngsters with autism and learning difficulties who receive care at Meadowpark Centre in Shillingford Abbot, near Alphington, being transferred to units more than 20 miles away. Read more.
Psychologist says former Victor autistic student OK to stand trial (Rochester, N.Y.)
A court-appointed psychologist told Victor Town Justice Edward M. Lyng Jr. Monday that Jarred Crawford is competent to face charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Read more.
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There is no better evidence of the need for better autism safety education than the last story in today's news about the teen who had a melt down at his high school, spent a night in jail, was arraigned, and now faces trial.
For all of you with younger children on the spectrum, this may very well be your child in a few years. Believe it or not, this outcome is better than many I come across with similar story lines. Some of these incidents prove fatal to the person with autism.
The "fight or flight" response is very common in autism spectrum disorders and can easily be triggered by stress (in this case it was a school fire alarm going off all day). De-escalation techiniques can help diffuse a situation like this one…but these techniques don't help if they aren't learned or used by people in positions of responsibility. Go to http://www.autismsafetyproject.org for more information.


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AVON, Colorado - Shawn Sanders, founder of the "Little Chefs of Vail" cooking program for kids, was killed Saturday in a one-car accident.
Avon Police Chief Bob Ticer said Sanders, 35, was last seen just before noon Oct. 27. She was found about mid-day Oct. 28. Ticer said Sanders was headed eastbound on Wildwood Road. Investigators say her car went off the road into a deep ravine.
Sanders was wearing a seatbelt, but was ejected from her vehicle, which rolled several times before stopping at the bottom of the ravine. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Right Mr McDermott, let's see what you are made of! Please start by seeing off Sheffield Wednesday, you did a great job at Reading, and in my opinion made a mistake when they sacked you. Good Luck, you don't have a lot to work with in the present team, but I have everything crossed!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Steady guy who just seems to get on with it. Doesn't seek media attention as Warnock always does. So he could be a good choice---after saying that, hope he knows what he's let himself into. Anyway, it's good luck from me.
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I obviously wasn't there, but it sounds like hoofball has been banished, and we were passing the ball around. If anyone went let's hear the verdict.
I have an open mind on the new manager as I always do in these situations. My biggest concern is the calibre of players that BM will be able to attract. De Matteo would have been my choice, but if this guy can get us playing proper football I'll be reasonably happy. MOT into another new chapter!
After salvation et rid of the old slow players, GFH why oh why Brown another contract?
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Warnock, in his The Independent column today, congratulated McDermott on his appointment as the new Leeds manager; adding that McDermott has inherited a great team - can you believe it!
For the first half against the Wendies Leeds played like a Warnock side; the second half was pure McDermott. Leeds can only get better now - they couldn't get much worse! - and there is a slight scent of glory returning to our club. However, the stench of Bates', and Warnock's, dealings at Leeds lingers.


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CUPERTINO -- Ro Khanna has knocked on 2,200 doors in his quest to unseat veteran Democratic Congressman Mike Honda and there's a good chance Khanna's campaign knows more about the voters who answer than they know about the candidate.
The former Obama administration official is bringing one of the president's most successful Silicon Valley-style campaign strategies home in what could be the first House campaign in the country using "big data" to target exactly whose doors are worth knocking on.
The results of the campaign's confidential analysis is on Khanna's smartphone, which recently lead him to the Cupertino doorstep of 76-year-old retiree Lee Crothers in Cupertino. After a brief handshake and some small talk, Khanna, 37, turned away and tapped on his phone, recording Crothers' reaction for instant upload to his campaign headquarters.
Call it what you want: "big data" analysis, "predictive modeling," "nanotargeting" or -- as some critics dub it -- "stalking." Whatever the name, it means gobbling up all the digital bread crumbs voters leave behind -- not just the party registrations and voting histories of old, but things like the Web pages they browse, the things they buy, the cars they drive and all they share about themselves on social media. The goal: to predict which voters are most likely to be swayed.
In an interview later, Crothers, a Democrat, joked that he hopes campaign operatives aren't digging through his garbage cans -- though that's practically what they're doing in the digital world.
"I was glad that he came out to see me -- I liked the cut of his jib when he did that," Crothers said, adding he's not put off by having his data mined for political ends.
"I'm not creeped out by it," Crothers said.
Michael Cornfield, a campaign-strategy expert at George Washington University, said the 72-year-old Honda's battle to be re-elected in San Jose's 17th Congressional District "may be a vanguard race" because it will test whether the tools used by President Obama to technologically pummel GOP challenger Mitt Romney in 2012 can be used to the same advantage in races involving far fewer voters.
"There are questions about how well all of this statistical modeling works on a local level," Cornfield said, "but if it's going to scale down anywhere, it's going to scale down in Silicon Valley."
Valley voters are among the nation's most tech-savvy, engaging in online activity more than most. And the more voters do online, the more campaigns can learn about them.
Jeremy Bird, Obama's national field director in 2012 and now Khanna's general campaign consultant, also hopes to prove that neighbor-to-neighbor field tactics that helped Obama win eight of nine battleground states will work on a local level.
Obama's campaign coupled its data analysis with a decentralized field campaign in which neighborhood team leaders recruited local volunteers who knew what issues resounded with local voters -- and sometimes even spoke their native languages. That was "the genius of Barack Obama," giving volunteers personal ownership of the campaign, Khanna said.
"You can't win a campaign on Facebook. You can't win a campaign on Twitter," Khanna said. "At the end of the day, the best way to get a vote is to shake someone's hand and have a conversation."
Though it surely helps to know exactly which hands to shake -- a targeting mission made more crucial by the entry of three Republican candidates into the race, diluting the "anybody-but-Honda" vote.
Honda campaign manager Doug Greven said his canvassing will start "very soon" and will also be based on data analytics, though he wouldn't give details.
"There's no serious campaign that is just going to talk to every voter with the same message," he said.
Mark Beatty, Obama's deputy battleground-states director in 2012 who now works with Bird at their Washington-and-Chicago-based 270 Strategies consulting firm, wouldn't specify what data they're mining for Khanna to put the pins on his smartphone app.
"I don't want to go too deep into our campaign strategy, " he said.
But data-crunching in 2012 found that high-voter-turnout Democrats are likelier to drive Subarus or Saabs, drink sauvignon blanc or gin, and eat at Red Lobster or Boston Market, while high-turnout Republicans are likelier to favor Volvos or Chryslers, cabernet sauvignon or Scotch, Outback Steakhouse or the Olive Garden.
Khanna doesn't know stuff like that, or even more personal stuff like Web browsing habits, when he meets the voters this data has predicted are swingable. All he has on his smartphone app is their name, age, gender, party, address and phone number.
Khanna's big bankroll -- his campaign had three times as much money as Honda's as of Dec. 31 -- will help pay for the highly trained personnel needed to analyze such data and turn it into campaign strategy, said Andrew Rasiej, whose Personal Democracy Media tracks the intersection of technology and politics.
"Technology is just a tool and there are many factors that affect a candidate's electability. Donald Trump could have all the data analytics he wants; he's not going to win an election," Rasiej said. "But all things being equal, the candidate with a smart data-analytics strategy and technologists working in his campaign will have an advantage."
Obama's campaign crunched data from tens of millions of battleground-state voters while the 17th District has only about 293,000, with still fewer considered likely voters.
"The larger the population you're looking at, the easier it is to do these techniques well," said David Nickerson, "director of experiments" in the analytics department of Obama's 2012 campaign and now a University of Notre Dame political science professor. "It works just like a survey -- if you survey 50 people, it's not as precise as if you survey 500."
Yet with "more knowledge out there and more data floating around" than in 2012, Nickerson believes many more House races will adopt these methods.
That bothers artist Kathleen Mitchell, 65, one of Crothers' Cupertino neighbors. The Democrat wasn't home when Khanna knocked, so he left a note on her door and his volunteers came another day. Until a reporter contacted her, she didn't realize she was among the campaign's data-targeted voters.
While she's "not going to lose sleep over it," it's food for thought, she said.
"There's this whole privacy-intrusion that's going on many levels, not just this one, and that concerns me," Mitchell said, noting she was among millions of victims in last year's credit-card data breach at Target stores.
"But on the other hand, I'm sure this kind of thing has been going on for a long time -- it just seems it's better organized now."
Josh Richman covers politics. Contact him at 510-208-6428. Follow him at Twitter.com/josh_richman. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.


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September 19, 2006
People who live in District 3 for the Richmond County Board of Education have been without representation since May when board member John Seitz resigned.
But today, District 3 voters are at the polls to pick their new board member.
News 12 caught up with the candidates as they make their final trip on this campaign trail.
Poll workers spent the day waiting on voters. Of the 11,600 registered voters in District 3, only about 600 were expected to vote in 7 precincts.
"I think it shows a lack of interest," said voter Wanda Roper. "I think voting is a privilege."
"The Board of Education needs some help," said voter Harold Shapiro.
For most of the day the voting machines were empty, leaving the voters that did come out shaking their heads.
"I think probably some of the reason we have a problem is that we have 5% turnout expected," Roper said. "That's pitiful, really."
Richmond County Board of Education District 3 has been without representation since former board member John Seitz resigned in May.
Candidate Alex Howard spent the day making himself visible. He says he is ready to give District 3 some representation.
"I think the winner of this election should focus on two things: number one, finding a new superintendent, and number two, getting SPLOST approved," he told News 12.
Lauretta Gordon is also running for the District 3 seat. She says having five grandchildren inspired her to run.
"We need all the funding we can get in our school system as far as building, so they can come out of the portables," she said.
And while voter turnout is low, the two have a common goal: finding a superintendent and passing the penny sales tax.
Polls close at 7 o'clock tonight. You can catch the election results on News 12.


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The Eagle County Commissioners approved plans to make more gravel parking at the fairgrounds on Monday.
Eagle County Public Works Director Tom Johnson said a triangular grass island near the arena will be cut away in strips 20 feet deep on each side to make room for additional gravel parking.
"As it is, every year at the fair and rodeo, groups just pull right up on the grass," Johnson said. "This way, we'll just have them park on the gravel instead of tearing up the lawn and damaging the irrigation system."
Split-rail fencing and signs will be put up around the perimeter of the parking areas to deter any more parking on the grass. Johnson aims to have the work done before this year's fair and rodeo gets under way in late July.


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Welcome to the website of the Kunsthaus extension, where you can keep track of the project as it progresses.
Construction of the passage under Heimplatz begins in May
Construction work on the underground passage begins in May. From 2020, it will enable both art and visitors to move between the existing Kunsthaus building and the extension. Apart from a few weekend closures Heimplatz will remain open to traffic, which will be routed around the construction site as necessary. Work is scheduled for completion in late 2017 / early 2018. Trees will then be planted to replace two that are being removed in March 2016 to allow construction of the passage to proceed.
Construction of the Kunsthaus Zürich extension begins
Work to prepare the construction site for the extension on Heimplatz begins on 3 August, marking the start of the implementation phase in the project designed by David Chipperfield and his team of architects. If construction proceeds according to schedule, the extension will open in 2020.
The gymnasia and huts currently on the site of the extension will be freed of contaminants (including asbestos) to ensure that there is no danger to people or the environment during subsequent demolition. At the same time, the trees that will be retained for the art garden will be protected, while the remainder are cleared. As is normal during construction, a hoarding will then be erected to screen the entire site. Excavation will commence once the preparatory work is complete.
Building permit takes legal effect. Construction to begin in autumn 2015, opening in 2020.
A legal dispute has blocked progress on the Kunsthaus extension for two years. The Lucerne-based Archicultura Foundation lodged an objection to the decision of 31 May 2013 granting the building permit. In its judgment of 19 December 2014, the construction appeals court dismissed this objection. The Archicultura Foundation has decided not to appeal against this judgment, and as a result the building permit now takes legal effect.


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There is just one thing I really would like to have fixed in X2... I hate it that I can't use X2 without Unlocker cause X2 always keeps something running in the background which locks previously opend folders. So VERY often I have to start Unlocker to kill thay process in order to delete or rename the folder.
How is X2.1 in this aspect? Any better? Is it fixed?
That would be a good reason to upgrade.
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Blue Badge
The Blue Badge scheme provides a range of parking concessions for people with severe mobility problems who have difficulty using public transport. The badge enables holders to park close to where they need to go. The scheme operates throughout the UK, and is administered by Birmingham City Council who deal with applications and issue badges in Birmingham.
To Apply for a Blue Badge online visit www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge, or ring 0121 738 2656
It is taking 4-6 weeks to process applications, so it is important that you complete the forms correctly, and send in the correct documents.
Please note that depending on the criteria under which you are applying, you may be asked to undergo an independent mobility assessment. You should apply in good time before your old badge expires to allow sufficient time for us to deal with your application and to order a new badge from the Blue Badge Improvement Service.
Once applications are assessed and approved, badges are issued by the Blue Badge Improvement Scheme (BBIS) and posted directly to you. Once approved, you should receive your Blue Badge within 5-7 working days.
If you have had a blue badge application turned down you can make an appeal within 10 days of receiving your decision.
If you would like to make an online appeal please complete the form by clicking on the link above, alternatively you can write in to Blue Badge Appeals Team, Occupational Therapy Services, Po Box 15538, Birmingham, B2 2PR.
If you have submitted an appeal and wish to check the progress please call 0121 303 1760, please note your appeal can take up to 14 days to be dealt with.
If you think that someone is abusing or misusing a Blue Badge, for example by using a badge that doesn't belong to them, let the Highways Enforcement Team know by completing the form above.
If you wish to speak to an Occupational Therapist (OT) about your Blue Badge Appeal please call 0121 303 1760.
- Eligibility Criteria
Who automatically qualifies for a Blue Badge?
Anyone over two years old automatically qualify for a Blue Badge if they live in Birmingham and meet one of the following conditions:
- They receive the higher-rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
- Receives 8 points or more under the 'moving around' activity of the mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- They are registered blind
- They are in receipt of War Pensioner's Mobility supplement.
- They have received a lump sum benefit from armed forces and reserved forces compensation scheme (within tariff levels 1-8). They must also have been certified as having a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.
Other people who may qualify for a Blue Badge (Discretionary applications)
If you do not automatically qualify, your eligibility will need to be assessed by the council. We will decide if you can have a Blue Badge. We might also ask you to be assessed by an independent mobility assessor, like an Occupational Therapist. Anyone over two years old may be eligible for a Blue Badge, if they either:
- Have a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking
- Drive a motor vehicle regularly and have a severe disability in both arms, making it very difficult or impossible to operate parking meters.
Requests are never made to the GP to confirm an applicant's medical condition.
- Children under three years old
Parents of a child who is younger than three years old may apply for a badge for their child, If a child has a specific medical condition which means the child must:
- Always be accompanied by medical equipment
- Be kept near a vehicle at all times, so that the child can, if needed, be treated in the vehicle or quickly driven to a place where they can be treated
- Organisations
An organisation can apply for a Blue Badge if it provides transport for people with disabilities who by themselves would qualify for a Blue Badge. It is unlikely that community transport operators, taxi or private hire operators would be eligible since they are not responsible for the care of disabled people. Such operators are, of course, able to use an individual's Blue Badge when carrying that person as a passenger.
- If you have been refused a Blue Badge
If you have been refused a badge, it may be because you did not provide adequate evidence of your eligibility.
If you disagree with the assessor's decision, you may appeal and ask if your application can be looked at again.
If you would like to appeal please complete the blue badge appeals form.
- The Appeal Process
If you have had a blue badge application turned down you can make an appeal within 10 working days of receiving your decision.
If you would like to make an online appeal please complete the form by clicking on the link above, alternatively you can write in to Blue Badge Appeals Team, Occupational Therapy Services, PoBox 15538, Birmingham, B2 2PR.
If you have submitted an appeal and wish to check the progress please call 0121 303 1760, please note your appeal can take up to 14 days to be dealt with.
If the decision remains not to award a Blue Badge, the OT Manager will write to you with a full explanation. The Manager's decision is final.
- The right to reapply
You can reapply if your circumstances change: this can include starting to receive the Higher rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance, or becoming registered blind.
Other reasons for not issuing a Blue Badge:
Under Department for Transport regulations, we may refuse to issue a Blue Badge if:
- You hold or have held a badge and misuse has led to at least three relevant convictions.
- You fail to provide us with adequate evidence of your eligibility, either as an individual or organisation.
- You fail to pay the fee.
- We believe you are not the applicant you are claiming to be
- We believe the applicant would permit use of the badge by another person to whom the badge was not issued.
- Contact Numbers
Birmingham City Council – Blue Badge
0121 738 2656
0121 214 7214
Parking Section
0121 464 7474
Highways Control Room
0121 303 6644
0300 790 6802
Occupational Therapy Team
0121 303 1760
- List of proofs required for Blue Badge
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Afternoon showers the last few days were a welcome sight for Summit County firefighters, but the accompanying lightning also brought the danger of new ignitions.
"It does help," Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue spokesman Steve Lipsher said of the recent rain. "Every drop helps, believe it or not."
The storms and afternoon cloud cover, a staple of summer weather in Colorado that has been notably absent this season, also drove up the relative humidity in Summit County, which can significantly impact how quickly a fire would spread.
Without rain, relative humidity consistently dropped into the single digits in the afternoons last week.
"That's Saharan," Lipsher said.
But thunderstorms and, more importantly, lightning have come along with the rain the last few days, and both can pose significant risks to a still dry and beetle-killed forest.
Lightning is an obvious problem: It started most of the wildfires now burning in Colorado.
But the thunderstorms themselves can also cause concerns. They frequently create downdrafts - columns of fast-moving air descending straight to the ground from the clouds. When the wind column hits the ground it splatters, sending air shooting in different directions, which can cause a fire to quickly change course.
"These can be really dangerous to firefighters," Lipsher said.
And still, there's the fact that though the rain was helpful, it wasn't enough.
Summit County's fire danger rating was lowered this week in the wake of the storms, but it is still at "very high," the second highest setting on the five-level scale.
'We have forests that are half dead with pine beetle," Lipsher said. "If you look at them wrong, they'll go up in flames. It's not that we're out of the woods, it's that the situation on the ground is slightly more favorable than it was even last week."
Dillon received approximately .26 inches of rain on Wednesday and .03 inches on Thursday, according to National Weather Service data.
But experts agree moisture can evaporate at a rate of a quarter to half an inch of rain per day.
There is a 20 percent chance of precipitation in the forecast every day through Tuesday, but meteorologists say the storms might be more isolated than the showers of the last few days.
The best chance for sustained moisture is the Southwest monsoon, which are approximately two weeks away, though it is unclear whether the wetter weather will ever make it to Summit County.
"We're not sure which way the plumes are going to go," National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Kalina said. "It could come across western Colorado, but if it stays to the south it won't bring a lot of rain."
The monsoon generally bring consistent rainfall to the southwestern U.S. including Arizona and New Mexico.
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The sound of snow geese migrating south is, for some, the quintessential sound of fall, but for many hunters light geese have become a spring-only target. You don't have to wait until March to target snow geese, and the following tips from a pair of snow goose gurus will show you how.
Shortly after snow geese leave their breeding grounds in the tundra, many of them head south for the grain fields of north-central Saskatchewan. And nearly every fall, Ben Burgess is in a decoy spread waiting for them to arrive. The South Dakota hunter and member of the Avery Pro-Staff also hunts snow geese as they travel north in the spring, but says that there are a pair of big differences between the two times of the year.
"When you've had a summer with a good hatch of birds, you're hunting a lot of geese that have never even seen a decoy spread before," says Burgess. "The education aspect that is definitely a factor in the spring doesn't come in to play so much in the fall."
The other main difference, Burgess says, is that snow geese in the fall are often in a roost-to-field pattern, much like Canada geese, and will feed in the same field morning and night for multiple days.
"Birds that are habituated to coming to a specific field seem to leave the roost in smaller bunches," says Burgess. "The flocks will string out over the morning flight, which makes for better opportunities for the hunters, and also removes the challenges of trying to decoy a giant flock of birds, which is something quite common in the spring."
That's not to say that Burgess doesn't see big congregations of snows in the fall. At times, Burgess and his crew of hunting buddies will target a feed that has over 100,000 birds in a field, and because of the number of birds that the group might see in a morning, they will use a 700-800 full bodied snow goose decoys.
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When it comes to wine, China is falling off the wagon and taking private equity with it.
One mainland private equity firm, Hina Capital Partners, which manages both yuan and dollar-denominated private equity vehicles, is setting up a $100 million wine-related fund to invest in vineyards across the U.S.
The formation of the new fund was largely in response to the firm's high net-worth investors seeking to diversify their portfolios, said Managing Director Hanson Li. Wealthy Chinese citizens, who have become active buyers of property both at home and abroad are now looking to invest their dollars in different assets, especially as domestic house prices rise and the government aims to curb multiple purchases.
China's love affair with the grape has been burgeoning, even with Shanghai native and former Houston Rocket-player Yao Ming launching his own Californian winery that will specifically cater to the mainland market's taste, called Yao Family Wines.
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Belle Valley defendant sobs through sentencing
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CALDWELL — Unable to wipe away tears with his tightly bound hands, the murderer of a Caldwell woman hung his head and wept quietly Wednesday in the Noble County Common Pleas Courtroom where he was......
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Boo hoo, he got what he deserved!
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You want to talk about government waste we shouldn't be housing convicted killers for 20-30 years. Swift executions save taxpayer dollars.
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She was 46 and he was 34. Some relationships have signs that they won't work out from the start.
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After what the judge said about this"puke", he should be killed. shoot three times and then let him bleed to death!
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Doggoneit, your violent streak is very disturbing. Especially since I know who you are.
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Hey Tess, how's it going. Just let one of these "pukes" kill someone close to you. I bet you'll change your veiws. "EYE FOR AN EYE" sweetheart, that's what I'm all about! I know, why don't you pay for their incarceration? Put your money where your mouth is!
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Well, the comment I posted this morning was removed by the Times. Basically, what I said was "Life" is too good for him. Then I called him a name (and it wasn't that bad). Another word that comes to mind is "coward". To walk into someone's home...someone that didn't want to be in your life...and murder them in cold blood. No regard whatsoever for her life. He just could not deal with the fact that she was gone...well, did he ever take a good look at himself and wonder why? What a poor excuse for a "man". Makes me sick.
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And I really don't care what you think Tess, Stick to your Dog Park efforts. That's one thing and one thing only that you got right, even though it was really Louise that was the REAL PERSON" behind it!!!!! All about principles, that's what I stand for.
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Oh thank you rubes for re-establishing my belief in the ignorance of the Mid Ohio Valley!
Doggonit has a sadistic love of inflicting agony on others. You should write novels. An editor can help you with the English language.
Then you have Ohioankev, so eager to peddle flesh, he'd have made a good slave trader.
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Doggonit, you have no idea who I am. You seem to know quite a bit about the workings of the dog park and think I am somehow involved, but I'm not. You really don't know who I am and that's kind of funny. I'm often close to you when you rant and rave around the city buildings.
Truly, your attitude and violent tendencies need to be checked at the door. The door of a VA psychiatric hospital, that is. I only hope that the right people will see you for who you are before it's too late. You are a bomb waiting to explode.
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He should be crying from the ELECTRIC CHAIR.
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Doggonit is a public employee? Is he posting about shooting people from a public computer?
A well authored public information request could reveal him for who and what he is.
Then, perhaps, wiser minds than his could deal with him and give him plenty of time to post his intemperate rants from a private location.
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Gone, not sure if he's posting from his workplace or not. It's certainly during work hours though.
You're right that he should be exposed for his posts. Frightening and dangerous.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – In a game that featured 12 lead changes the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team (11-11, 4-7 SLC) was able to come away with a 60-56 victory against Incarnate Word (9-12, 2-7) in the McDermott Convocation Center.
Jasmine Shaw was on fire for the Islanders, recording her sixth game of the season with 20-plus points, as she was just one shy of her career high with 28 points. She went 11-18 from the field to go along with three triples.
Shola Adebayo also had a big game, accounting for 11 of the Islanders' 15 points off the bench.
A&M – Corpus Christi was right at its season mark in rebounds, pulling down 40 rebounds compared to the Cardinals' 28.
Once again the Islanders got off to a blazing start, as Shaw missed her first three-point attempt, but alertly collected her own rebound and put it home to put her team up two just seven seconds in. A Huff jumper extended the lead to 4-0 in under a minute of play.
The teams then traded buckets two times in a row to make it an 8-4 Islanders lead with 16:18 left to play in the half. However, a 6-0 run for UIW gave the home team its first lead six minutes into the game.
This was just one of nine lead changes on the half, with a trio of them coming in the next five minutes of play. With the score sitting at 17-16 in favor of the Islanders, Shaw knocked down her first three of the game to put the visitors up 20-16 with 9:06 to go in the first.
UIW came right back with a 5-0 run, though, with all of those points coming from Rose Whitehead, including just her second three of the season. This put the Cardinals up by one with 7:33 on the clock.
The teams traded buckets to account for two more lead changes before Shaw hit her second three of the night with 4:49 on the clock to already put her in double digits with 12 points and put her team up by two.
Coming right out of the timeout, the Cardinals kept the amount of lead changes on the rise, responding with a three of their own to put them back on top by one with just over two to go in the first.
UIW later extended its lead up to a first-half high of six points, but the Islanders scored four of the final five points in the last 1:16 of play to cut the deficit down to three heading into the half.
In the second half, Shaw got out to a fast start again with a layup eight seconds into the final 20 to pull the Islanders within one. Huff then made one of two from the line to knot the game at 32 with 18:38 to go.
After the teams traded buckets, the Cardinals strung off four points in a row to extend their lead out to six, which was their biggest of the game.
The Islanders pulled within five and then their three-point snipers took over, as Shaw and Brittany Mbamalu connected from long range on back-to-back possessions to put the Islanders back up 42-41 with 13:21 left in the game.
The lead didn't last long though, as UIW converted on its offensive possession to result in the 11th lead change of the game.
With the Cardinals still up one at 11:21, Mbamalu drilled her second three of the game to not only put her squad up two, but would also tie her for second in threes made in season by an Islander at 62.
After a Shaw layup put A&M – Corpus Christi up by four at 9:05, both teams struggled not making a field goal over the next four minutes.
It was Adebayo who finally put an end to the teams' cold streak with a steal and layup to put the Islanders up by five. The visitors then opened up their biggest lead of the game after Camesha Davis scooped up a missed lay in by Brandi Huff and put it home to put the Islanders up 53-46 with 3:51 to go.
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I hear people say "Success" as "sʌkˈses", but many dictionaries say "səkˈses", do you think ""sʌkˈses" is a correct pronunciation?
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When the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art closed its doors last spring for a three-year expansion project, some people wondered where its half-million annual visitors -- Bay Area residents and tourists alike -- would go for their fix of modernism.
The modern art collection wasn't entirely locked up. "SFMOMA On the Go" has kept some of it in the public eye: Matisse paintings and drawings are at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco; 72 works will be part of the mix in an Asian Art Museum extravaganza opening June 20; and more will join an Oakland Museum exhibit of California art Sept. 20.
It turns out that other museums' modern art collections are on the go as well, and two notable exhibits have landed in the Bay Area for summer-long runs.
On June 5, the San Jose Museum of Art opened the first, the Emily Fisher Landau Collection, which is pledged to New York's Whitney Museum. It includes 70-plus works by 38 artists, among them Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger and Willem de Kooning. It runs through Sept. 14.
The de Young Museum in San Francisco is not best known, traditionally, for modern art. But it's on the leading edge at the moment with big, bold paintings by Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg and others who transformed American art in the decades after World War II.
Their works are among the 43 paintings, two multimedia constructions and a metal sculpture in "Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection." It's a show of modest size but substantial impact, running through Oct. 12.
This is the second show to reach the de Young from the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., which has closed its East Building for remodeling and expansion and sent some of its artworks on tour. In San Francisco, "Modernism" shifts the modern-art center of gravity from the SFMOMA site south of Market Street to Golden Gate Park.
Most of the big names in American art during the second half of the 20th century are represented in the de Young's galleries, which provide plenty of breathing space for works that are sometimes 15 feet wide. But this isn't conceived as a blockbuster exhibit, nor is it a checklist of the 50 most famous modern paintings. Many works by the best-known artists are not what we've seen in textbooks and on calendars.
Although it's all destined for National Gallery stewardship eventually, this is a personal collection assembled by Baltimore-based real estate developer Robert Meyerhoff and his late wife, Jane, over a period of five decades.
If there was a guiding precept in their collecting, it was Jane Meyerhoff's analysis of the first painting they bought, Hans Hofmann's 1957 "Autumn Gold," which opens the current exhibit. "This painting taught us to see how the manipulation of color can energize a two-dimensional surface," she said.
The National Gallery curator, Harry Cooper, considers color to be "the keynote of the collection." The works selected for the de Young exhibit, painted from the 1940s through 2001, are mostly by American artists, mostly abstract and mostly notable for stunning color -- even when the colors are black and gray.
"What are we gonna paint?" asked artist Barnett Newman in the wake of World War II, and, as this exhibit's wall text also asks, how were they going to paint it? "Modernism" displays more than 40 years of experimentation, as artists sought answers to those questions.
There is a relatively muted painting just inside the exhibit entry, one of Josef Albers' experiments in color, "Study for Homage to the Square: Light Rising" (1950, altered in 1959). The yellow square inside the gray square inside the blue square seem dreamlike in comparison with the exhibit's bolder paintings, though there are two more placid works bookending the show in the last gallery.
German-born Hans Hofmann is as important as an art teacher (including a stint at UC Berkeley in 1930 and 1931) as he is an artist. Yet the dynamic, saturated colors of "Autumn Gold" (1957) and the "optical buzz," as curator Cooper notes, immediately convey the emotional expression of abstract expressionism.
In contrast, Mark Rothko's untitled, 8-foot-tall acrylic painting from 1969 could be described as a black square over a gray square. But there is a hypnotic interplay in this work, made a year before his death. (A caption notes Rothko achieved this radiance in part by making his own paints, mixing powdered pigments with glue, eggs and oil and using big, floppy brushes to achieve the translucent effect.)
Rothko almost serves as an introduction to the separate, subdued gallery, which contains the 15 abstract paintings that make up Newman's "The Stations of the Cross: Lema Sabachthani" (1958-1966). It's one of the few times these non-representational works, with their vertical variations of line and limited color, have been shown in the artist's desired format.
The exhibition's more familiar works include Philip Guston's "Courtroom" (1970), with its pointing, gloved hand and hooded figure; and Roy Lichtenstein's expansive "Painting with Statue of Liberty" (1983), the precise, graphic image of the statue's head side-by-side with abstract brushstrokes.
Color seems to explode from other paintings: James Rosenquist's "Spectator -- Speed of Light" (2001) and Ad Reinhardt's almost blinding red, gray, yellow and white paintings, untitled, from 1950.
There are three stunning works from Frank Stella (1969, 1971 and 1984), including one listing the "ingredients": oil, urethane enamel, fluorescent alkyd paint, acrylic and printing ink on canvas, etched magnesium, aluminum and fiberglass. If that's not experimentation, I don't know what is.
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FREMONT -- Actors at the Made Up Theatre say their improvised sketches have less in common with comedians than they do with construction workers.
That's because the actors don't tell jokes; rather, they build a story, piece-by-piece, by bouncing ideas off each other in front of an audience, said Ben Stephens, a founding member of the Fremont troupe.
"Improv is all about listening to your scene partner, accepting their idea and then adding on to it," said Stephens, 30. "You never know what's going to happen next."
That unpredictability is part of improv's allure, said Bobby August, one of the theater's players.
"It's a high-wire act," August said. "It's one of the most challenging things. It's a humbling and risky art form."
The four Fremont actors who founded the small theater -- August, Stephens, Sean Taylor and Dustin Seidler -- have devoted their professional lives to improv. (They've since added a fifth member: Karin Plow.) Each was bitten by the performing bug at different moments in their lives, and they forged a bond while performing with a group called ComedySportz San Jose.
Most of them were living together in Fremont three years ago when they made a decision more risky than anything they've tried onstage -- they started Made Up Theatre, a 45-seat performance space in the city's industrial Grimmer neighborhood.
"Fremont isn't a huge city like Chicago or New York City, but we just had an idea that people would be supportive and enjoy it," said August, 33. "We're bringing a big-city-type theater to a smaller city."
The actors have traveled to Chicago to study with Second City, the legendary sketch comedy and improvisation group that has produced stars such as John Belushi, Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert.
When the Made Up Theatre performers are not honing their comedic chops, the troupe is back in Fremont, where they teach improv classes to aspiring actors and hold team-building exercises for companies. But the weekly shows are their bread and butter. On the first and third Saturdays of each month, they perform short-form improv, in which the actors take suggestions from the audience and then act them out. "It's kind of like the show, 'Who's Line is It Anyway,'" Stephens said. "It tends to be more playful."
On the second and fourth Saturday of each month, the actors offer long-form improv, where they perform a 30-minute story made up completely on the spot.
The troupe's annual special New Year's Eve show, at 8 p.m. Monday, will be a hybrid of those two styles, Stephens said.
The performers said they are "super proud" of the theater's longevity. Their first show was held January 2010. Their 100th performance is scheduled Jan. 5. "The love of the art form is what keeps us going," August said. "We'd do it for free if we had to. We all just love to perform."
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.
WHAT: New Year's Eve Improv Comedy Show
WHERE: Made Up Theatre, 3392 Seldon Court, Fremont
WHEN: 8 p.m. Monday
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Wildfires and weather - we all talk about them, but what can we do about them? The federal government hopes to answer the wildfire question with a three-year strategy session that's wrapping up this month.
There's no guarantee the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy will save an acre of forest.
"We've never done this before, and we're still trying to work out the details," former forest supervisor Alan Quan said from his home in Prescott, Ariz. "We're looking at where are the values we're protecting? Where are the risks? What would make sense? What areas are best to manage to reduce fire risk to the community? What resources could provide protection?"


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Japanese Sink More Time Into Online
A new government survey confirms what many optometrists, employers and significant others have long known–more Japanese, regardless of age or gender, are spending more of their lives in the ultimate time sink, the Internet.
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The results of a nationwide survey by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, showed that the biggest change in the daily habits of the Japanese from five years before was the amount of time devoted to the Internet.
The survey, based on responses from 200,000 participants in October 2011 and conducted every half-decade, measures how much time the general public spends on a typical day on basic activities such as work, leisure and meals.
It found that people spent an average 41 minutes on the Internet on weekdays, a 50% jump from 2006 when the survey was previously conducted. The time spent online on weekends increased by a similar proportion.
People aged 25 to 34 spent the most time surfing the Web, about an hour and 17 minutes per day in 2011, compared with less than 40 minutes five years earlier.
It was one of the few habits that changed across the board, irrespective of age and gender–an expected development, given the rapid spread of Internet access and the hypnotic embrace of new smartphones and tablets.
Overall, men are more active online than women. About 28.3% of men surveyed said they used the Internet daily, carving out about three hours per day online. In comparison, 20.8% of women said they used the Internet daily, but devoted about an hour less than the men.
At the same time, Japanese people were spending less time glued to that other screen–TV. While the survey showed people more often watching TV while engaged in other tasks like eating or working, overall, they spent about 10 minutes less than in the previous poll.
The survey also showed that some things don't change. Women still take longer in the shower (by about five minutes). They also spend far more time doing daily household chores (two hours and 59 minutes, versus 37 minutes for men), and people generally prefer to eat out on Sunday nights.
One significant change in offline behavior concerned the attention parents give to children. The survey showed that fathers spent more time with children on weekends, but were increasingly scarce during the week. About 29.2% of children aged 10-14 said they ate dinner with fathers during the week, compared with 41.1% in 2006. The odds were better on Saturdays and Sundays, with 50.6% and 61.9% reporting they dined with dads in 2011 on each weekend day, respectively.


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What is type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes happens when your body can't use insulin the right way or when the pancreas can't make enough insulin.
Insulin is a hormone that helps the body's cells use sugar (glucose) for energy. It also helps the body store extra sugar in muscle, fat, and liver cells. Without insulin, this sugar can't get into your cells to do its work. It stays in your blood instead. Your blood sugar level then gets too high.
High blood sugar can harm many parts of the body, such as the eyes, heart, blood vessels, nerves, and kidneys. It can also increase your risk for other health problems (complications).
Type 2 diabetes is different from type 1 diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system destroys the cells that release insulin, so that over time the body can't produce insulin at all. In type 2 diabetes, the body still makes some insulin, but it can't use it the right way.
You can get type 2 diabetes if:
-Your body doesn't respond as it should to insulin. This makes it hard for your cells to get sugar from the blood for energy. This is called insulin resistance.
-Your pancreas doesn't make enough insulin.
If you are overweight, get little or no exercise, or have type 2 diabetes in your family, you are more likely to have problems with the way insulin works in your body. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed with a healthy lifestyle, including staying at a healthy weight, making healthy food choices, and getting regular exercise.
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Some people don't have symptoms, especially when diabetes is diagnosed early. This is because the blood sugar level may rise so slowly that a person may not know that anything is wrong.
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I bought the pro version hoping it would crash less frequent than 2.0.5,
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I am getting close to the point where I am ready to give up using qcad altogther, a pitty since I have grown quite fond of it.
I understand that programs are hardly ever bug-free, and I am ready to help to make this better, if I can.
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Anticipation continues to build around the Sparkle & Twang Exhibit: Marty Stuart's American Musical Odyssey.
"I think that we can easily expect 15,000 or more," said Lauderdale County tourism director, Suzy Johnson.
That's how many people are expected to visit the MSU Riley Center to see the country music memorabilia while it's on display July 10 to Sept. 18.
"We thought that this was a really important opportunity for us to help bring an exhibit here that showcases our musical heritage," said Penny Kemp, marketing director for the MSU Riley Center. "Obviously, we present a lot of shows in our theater that allow people to enjoy music of all genres. I think it is equally important to showcase our musical history as Mississippians and as Meridianites."
The Sparkle & Twang Exhibit will be in Meridian for a total of two months. That's two months that local businesses, including hotels and restaurants, may expect thousands of people to be in town to visit the exhibit.
The collection includes items like a sweater belonging to Elvis Presley, a Patsy Cline dress, unpublished photos of legends like Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, and handwritten lyrics.
"We're hoping that it will have a tremendous impact on our community," said Johnson. "And we are doing a number of activities that are in conjunction with the event. So, the goal is to bring them in to see the exhibit and get them to stay to see some of our other activities. And, of course, while they are here we want them to see some of our normal attractions as well."
And it's not just local community members the exhibit will likely attract. Kemp and other Riley Center officials are expecting people from all over.
"We're thrilled to host it here and have people not only from across the state, but across the region, come see the exhibit," Kemp said.


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Pending approval by the Granite Falls City Council and Park Board, it appears that a frisbee golf course will be available to residents and visitors very soon.
On Tuesday, it was announced that the cities of Granite Falls and Montevideo had received a $20,000 Blue?Cross/Blue Shield Connect for Health Challenge grant submitted on behalf of the two communities by Clean Up the River Environment (CURE), headquartered in Montevideo.
The grant involved a request for funds to install new frisbee golf courses and canoe/kayak accesses along riverside city parks within each of the two towns. The amount of money that will be designated for each project has yet to be set in stone, but is expected to go toward materials, signage and design expense that might be associated with the projects.
Locally, Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization member Steve Virnig has spearheaded the frisbee golf effort on behalf of the community organization, holding public meetings and bringing in Derek Tonn of Springfield company, Mapformation, LLC., to draw up the initial course design.
Virnig, who is the owner of F&M?Insurance, said that he has been a frisbee golf enthusiast ever since he was introduced to it while living in California at the age of 18. He noted that there are nearly 200 frisbee golf courses within the state of Minnesota, but that there is a dearth of the courses in western Minnesota. The course in Granite Falls would accompany others now being planned in Clarkfield, Montevideo and Appleton.
"When you're 18 and you have something free and it's fun, your there," he said.
Prelim-inary designs would place the 9-hole course in Rice Park adjacent to the Minnesota River. Virnig said that it has been laid out in a fashion that takes into account safety, placing course holes out of the path of the existing park.
According to Granite Falls Community Ed. Director and Park Board Chair Tim Knapper, the park board had looked at establishing a frisbee golf course in the past but found itself to be prohibited by funding and space. The latest design differs in that it would involve extending current Rice Park space through the removal of some ground cover within park boundaries.
"Everybody is in favor of seeing it somewhere in town and if it works in Rice Park that would be awesome," said Knapper, speaking on behalf the board. "I've been very impressed with the work of Steve."
Taking up the torch for improvements to the portage just upstream of the Granite Falls Dam has been Chamber of Commerce Director Nicole Zempel. Zempel says that ever since the city installed a new flood wall and erosion inhibiting rip rap the portage has become arduous and unfriendly.
Page 2 of 2 - "People have slipped and cut themselves on the large rip rap rocks, additionally, there is a hill to scale followed by a flood wall," said Zempel. " I've also received phone calls and emails at the Chamber of visitors who paddle the Minnesota River and feel that the portage is not only not user friendly, but not safe. This is something we need to fix and make much more user friendly and safe if we are to continue promoting our wonderful river recreational opportunity along our stretch of the Minnesota River."
According to information from Blue Cross Shield a total of 386 grant entries were submitted from across Minnesota, with only 22 being selected to receive the total $510,000 issued for grants.
Virnig said that he expects quality frisbee golf course materials to cost $5,200.
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Seven Vie For Seat On Council Seven Arlee District tribal members will be vying for the Council seat left vacant by the death of Hugh "Jumbo" Grenier in an upcoming special election. Filing with Tribal Secretary Fred Houle, for the June 24 race were: Evelyn Grenier, the widow of the deceased Councilman; Joe Wheeler, a former gamewarden who is currently fighting the state for the right to sell untaxed cigarettes on the reservation; Antoine Charlo, a grandson of Chief Charlo and regarded as the traditional Chief of the Salish tribe; John E. Maltare, an Arlee businessman and a former member of the committee for Optional Withdrawal; Edward A. Fyant, a former Councilman from Arlee; Victor Matt and Isaac Richard Pierre. Former Councilman E. T. "Budd" Moran had also filed for the spot but was found ineligible by the 'council Elections Committee this week due to a residency requirement. The candidates are residents of the Arlee district, which was represented by Grenier. However, all tribal members are eligible to vote for a successor. (Continued To Page 2) Published By The Confederated SaUsh and Kootenai Tribes, Dixon, Montana 59831 CHAR-KOOSTA Moon of The Camas — 17 Volume 2, Number 3 PRICE 10c Smokeshops Before High Court County Appeals Smokes to Montana Supreme Court Pierre Downed In District Court Tribe Sets Budget At $2.4 Million Missoula—Joe Wheeler's Evero Hill smokeshop is still in the untaxed cigarette business but all his troubles with Missoula County and the State are far from over. The county filed a writ of Supervisory Control with the State Supreme Court this week seeking to overturn the Missoula County Justice Court decision early last month. County Arrorney Robert Deschamps told Char-Koosta the "highly unusual" plaintiffs appeal was filed because of what he considered errors in the administration of the case by Justice of the Peace J. G. Lamoreaux. Deschamps said that the nature of this case, where the defendant had more or less admitted that he had committed an infraction of Montana State Dixon: The Tribal Operating Budget for the upcoming year will be $3,440,932.00. The figure, approved by the Tribal Council last Friday, represents a small increase over last years budget. The increase, according to Tribal Treasurer, Mrs Ruby Christopher, is due mostly to increase in the cost of living expenses. The largest cut of the pie will go into Capital Programs, which include per-capita dividends as well as land aquisitions, the revolving credit program, a water survey and industrial development studies. The Capital Programs will cost $2,702,516.00. Resources Management, which includes the tribe's share of the Bureau of Indian Affairs reservation Forestry Department, realty and general maintenance, has been allocated $121,233.00. There is a $230,040.00 price tag on Community Services which provides for commodities, sanitation, law and order, education and health. Tribal Operation, which encompasses the Tribal Council, the Tribal Office and salaries, was set at $328,821.00. The balance will be taken up in Other Programs, which furnishes money for major repairs and forestry development. Missoula—The Missoula District law under the grounds that he Court has upheld a repossession was immune from state order in the controversial case jurisdiction, gave the State between the Ronan State Bank Supreme Court the authority to and tribal member Richard decide the guilt or innocence of Issac Pierre. The Tribe intends Wheeler on the merrits of the to appeal the decision, case. Descharnps said that if Judge E. Gardner Brownlee Wheeler looses before the handed down the decision last Supreme Court, the next legal Wednesday. In the 23 page step for the tribe would be the U. document, Judge Brownlee S. Supreme Court threw out Pierre's argument Wheeler's sister, Mrs. Dorothy that the case could not be tried in Clinkenbeard, is operating the a state court and found in favor Pablo branch of the enterprise, of the bank on the basis that but not without friction with the Indians, as citizens of the state, Lake County Attorney's office, are subject to state laws. (Continued To Page 2) (Continued To Page t) Tribe Stakes Claim To Reservation Waters Dixon—The tribal council, (allotment ) is the only federal wishing to head off any authorization for appropriating possibility of outside claims to tribal waters, reservation waters, passed a The resolution claims resolution May 26 firmly staking ownership to all waters not claim to all tribal waters. appropriated by the 1904 act and The resolution cites a number establishes ownership of water of laws and acts which sub- currently being used for sale, stantiate their calim, among rent, distribution, recreation, them are: and fish and wildlife purposes. —The Hellgate treaty, The resolution added that —The Winters vs. United States waters appropriated by the (1908), which set aside waters Federal government by the act arising from or flowing through of 1904 have not been included in the reservation for exclusive a judgement agreement and the Tribal use. Tribe has yet to be compensated —The Act of April 23, 1904 for them. Arlee Pow-Wow, Rodeo Slated For July Fourth Arlee—The annual Ariee Pow Wow has been slated for the Fourth of July weekend and this year, for the first time, an all Indian rodeo has been added to the siate. The festivities, which start June 30 and will continue until July 6. feature the Indian Dance (Continued To Page 2)
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Firefighters of Hannibal Rural Fire Protection District responded at 5:13 p.m. to a report of a grass fire at 53335 Trabue Lane in New London.
Firefighters arrived to find that the owner, Dixie Roberts had been burning a pond bank. Roberts stated that the wind spread the fire beyond her control. Firefighters extinguished the fire that had spread to about one acre in size. Firefighters were on the scene for 30 minutes.
There were no injuries reported.
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