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C&K Market, parent company of Ray's Food Place, said today it will cease offering plastic bags at the checkout stands of its 65 grocery and 15 pharmacies starting Monday, Jan. 14.
The Brookings-based chain, which moved some of its front-office operations to Medford last month, said the move was part of the company's renewed commitment leading the way in "responsible, sustainable practices regarding plastic bag waste."
C&K stores will offer customers free paper bags or 99-cent reusable bags. They can also earn a 5-cent refund by bringing their own bags.
To help customers warm up to the change, Ray's Food Place locations will have a gift card drawing. Customers can win a $25 Ray's gift card by bringing reusable bags, including paper bags. Cashiers will distribute raffle tickets, based on bag use. Each store will award a $25 gift card winner at the end of each week through Valentines Day.
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11 Makeup Mistakes You Don't Realize You're Making
How do we know? Because we were making them too -- until we got this advice
That's a lesson we learned the hard way when we talked to New York City makeup artist Susmta Patel. When she told us about 11 super-common makeup mistakes she sees almost daily, we were stunned. And more than a little embarrassed. Because all of us at some point or another had committed these blunders (and most of us thought we looked pretty good at the time to boot).
Click here to see 11 bad makeup mistakes you're probably making.
However, once we recovered from our shock and humiliation, we were glad she shared. We'd rather know (and fix!) our makeup mistakes than strut around looking like clowns. And now that we know, we can share these mistakes with you, so you never walk out of the house with bad makeup (again). Plus, in the spirit of sisterhood and community, we've each 'fessed up to the makeup mistakes we've committed. Join in and share which ones you're guilty of -- no judgment. After all, your confessions will make us feel a bit better about our own misguidedness.
SEE NEXT PAGE: Mistake No. 1: Wearing the wrong foundation shade
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I used to always wear black eyeliner all day, everyday. But lately I've been using brown eyeliner and I completely agree.
by jessielynn17 Monday, May 6, 2013 at 12:49AM Report as inappropriate
I agree with most of the tips. I do a smoky eye often, and really like black eyeliner in my water line once and a while.
by Dee Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 05:11PM Report as inappropriate
oh boy i agree with some of these tips.
by Yecenia Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 05:11PM Report as inappropriate
Lol, as I read this I am wearing a smoky eye consisting mainly of blue eye shadow. For my foundation, I did a light contour for my cheekbones. I pencil in my eyebrows because the are already full with only a few minor imperfections. And to top it off, I'm wearing black eyeliner! (It's daytime) However, I am complemented often on my makeup. So I agree with some of these, but others, not at all.
by kerry1920 Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 12:18PM Report as inappropriate
Some of these tips I agree with and some I don't.
by cyndi_albritton_hall Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 05:15PM Report as inappropriate
I use black eyeliner in the day time and it works for me.
by rna Friday, March 29, 2013 at 07:54AM Report as inappropriate
yes we all have different opinions.. from "make-up should be whatever you prefer" to "maybe I do use to much bronzer" but this article is for woman who are trying to achieve the most natural (I barely try at all and still look flawless look) these are clearly tips to not looking like fake barbie dolls. Now if you like your your eyes to look like Rocky got mad at them, and your eyebrows to look like you get them waxed weekly and let your daughter play artist.. by all means do your thing... Me on the other hand would love to learn how to look like im wearing absolutley NOTHING... (:
by ElizabethCoral Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 06:09PM Report as inappropriate
I love blue eye makeup as well...may not b for every1 but i love colored mascara ...Chanel's mascara in purple is super cute at tips of lashes too
by farrah11 Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 09:01PM Report as inappropriate
i love some of the tips but wow i disagree with #3 i love blue eyeshadow in my eyes #8 i use pencil for my eyebrows with a little bit of brown eyeshadow #9 wearing black eyeliner i love black eyeliner i can wear it all day..great article but i debate for #3 #8 #9
by Ross1113 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 05:39PM Report as inappropriate
hit and miss for me, i love some of these tips while some are up for debate, i use pencil for my brows and it works better than shadows/brow powders.
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Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fairest" #12, the final chapter of Lauren Beukes and Inaki Miranda's "Fables" spinoff storyline. Rapunzel learns the ramifications of bloody vengeance February 6.
A new image released by Vertigo and illustrated by Peter Gross and Mark Buckingham teases the upcoming crossover with Bill WIllingham's "Fables" in the pages of Mike Carey and Gross' "The Unwritten."
Creator Bill Willingham talks about the landmark 125th issue of his hit Vertigo featuring the start of a new arc, Snow White's secret origin and teases the possible death Bigby Wolf.
Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fairest" #11 by Lauren Beukes and Inaki Miranda, featuring cover art by Adam Hughes. Rapunzel's adventure in Japan continues January 9.
Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fables" #124 by Bill Willingham and Shawn McManus. The finale of Bufkin the flying monkey's adventures in Oz arrives December 19.
With Vertigo Executive Editor Karen Berger departing her position and the cancellation of "Hellblazer," CBR looks at the history of the acclaimed DC Comics' imprint and presents our picks for its top ten series.
Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fairest" #10 by Lauren Beukes and Inaki Miranda, featuring cover art by Adam Hughes. The "Fables" spinoff series starring Rapunzel in Japan continues December 5.
Vertigo has released a preview of Bill Willingham's "Fables" #123, featuring guest artwork by Gene Ha. "The Destiny Game" conclusion starring Bigby Wolf goes on sale November 21.
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Writer/Creator Bill Willingham, writer Matthew Sturges, Vertigo Editor Shelley Bond and many other creators in the "Fables" universe gather at NYCC to celebrate a decade of the beloved Vertigo series.
With the sixth collection hitting stores in October, CBR spoke with Mike Carey and Peter Gross about the growth of "The Unwritten" and Tom Taylor, plus a quick tease of the upcoming arc featuring the cast of "Fables."
At New York Comic Con, editor Karen Berger led the Vertigo Panel where Scott Snyder, Bill Willingham and others discuss an "unwritten"/"Fables" crossover and announce new Vertigo miniseries from Snyder and Jeff Lemire.
Creator Bill Willingham discusses the grim tale he and Mark Buckingham just completed in "Fables" and also revealed the title and storyline of the next major arc of the multiple Eisner Award-winning series.
Vertigo has released a preview of "Fairest" #8 written by Lauren Beukes with art by Inaki Miranda, which kicks off a new storyline for the "Fables" spinoff. Rapunzel's new adventure begins October 3.
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Greg McElhatton gives "Fairest" #7 by Matthew Sturges and Shawn McManus 4 stars saying the issue "has a strong twist at the end that has lasting ramifications for a 'Fables' character."
"The Dark Knight Rises" drives August bookstore sales! John Wagner talks Judge Dredd! Nick Spencer talks "Morning Glories"! Bill Willingham on Fabletown & Beyond! A look back at Mandrake the Magician! Plus more!
Award-winning author and South African native, Lauren Beukes spoke with CBR News about her Rapunzel story for Vertigo's "Fairest" and the many Japanese influences of her tale.
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Writer Bill Willingham and a host of "Fables" creators officially announced a "Fables" convention, teased the franchise's future, and reminisced about favorite moments from the last decade.
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Jorge Solis gives "Fables" #117 4 stars calling the issue by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham "a superbly engaging fantasy adventure" that is "absolutely difficult to put down."
Remembering "Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice Sendak. IDW President Ted Adams talks digital sales, more! Alex Ross honored by American Academy of Art! Bill Willingham talks "Fables"! Plus more!
Vertigo's C2E2 panel was packed with a who's who of its top talent, with Scott Snyder to Bill Willingham and more discussing upcoming twists and turns, plus the announcement of new ongoing series, "Collider."
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DC Comics' visit to Emerald City Comicon found Bill Willingham, Chris Burnham, and Dustin Nguyen dishing about Grant Morrison density, the consequences of speed... and the importance of dental hygiene.
Greg McElhatton gives "Fables" #115 by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham 4 stars, saying, "If this current storyline is any indication, we're in for a strong ride."
Writer Scott Snyder and Vertigo Senior Editor Will Dennis lead the WonderCon panel debuting the latest titles and news coming out of Vertigo Comics.
After the launch of Vertigo's newest series "Fairest," artist Phil Jimenez unveils his process for his cover to the "Fables" spinoff, from the beauty of Briar Rose to the cold cruelness of the Snow Queen.
Telltale Games co-founder and CEO Dan Connors reveals details the company's big push for games based on Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead" and Bill Willingham's "Fables" for 2012.
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Wonder Woman takes on the god of the sea, Spider-Man mirrors the Man Without Fear, a tortoise bears the weight of the world, a cat jumps over a candlestick and a student at Morning Glory Academy unexpectedly reappears.
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"Fables" creator Bill Willingham goes on the record exclusively with CBR News to dispel continuing rumors and beliefs that ABC's "Once Upon A Time" is in any way a theft of his Vertigo title.
"Dark Knight Rises" marketing rumor surfaces online! Alan Silvestri confirmed to score "The Avengers!" "Akira" will "not be a reality" for Ezra Miller. Also, "AKA Jessica Jones" details and more.
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About the Book
In a world of contracting markets and diminished consumer demand, The Cambridge Group founder Rick Kash and Nielsen Company CEO David Calhoun show companies how to find new customers and bigger profits. How Companies Win makes The Cambridge Group's proprietary demand model—a strategy which multi-million dollar corporations pay premium rates to access—available to the general public for the first time. Taking the reigns from Larry Bossidy's Execution, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne's Blue Ocean Strategy, and Kash's own The New Law of Demand and Supply, this is a must-have for succeeding in business in the twenty-first century.
For the past twenty years, the growth formula for business has been to increase revenues by expanding product offerings and streamlining supply. But with the recent global recession, the world economy has changed forever. Now the old tools—most notably supply-chain management—are no longer enough. In a new digital age characterized by over-supply and too many product types in almost every market, the new challenge is to locate and capture the elusive pools of high-profit demand.
Rick Kash and David Calhoun have the answer: a revolutionary, demand-driven model that has already proved successful for some of the world's most admired companies, including Best Buy, Anheuser-Busch, Hershey's, and Allstate. At the heart of this powerful new business model is an achievable vision for a new kind of winning company, one that uses sophisticated new tools and techniques to discover, characterize, and then serve these pools of high-profit demand—and in the process gain pricing power in that market. Kash and Calhoun show how to use everything from social networks to more revealing and effective consumer-research techniques and then introduce the demand chain, the logical new partner to your supply chain. The authors' principles, case histories, and insights will help your business run faster, cut costs, and become better able to deliver high-quality products and services, even in the tightest economic climate.
How Companies Win is a compelling call to action to engage every level within a company, small or large, local or global.
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"Recommended reading for executives facing the need to grow revenues in a sluggish economy.... Kash and Calhoun provide executives with the ideas they need to answer the question, where do we go from here." — —Mark McDonald, Gartner
"A persuasive case that winning in today's market requires an understanding that supply-driven business models of the past will not keep pace with fundamental changes in our global economy and its digitally enabled consumer." — —Jack Welch, bestselling author of Winning
"The rise of social networks has amplified the individual's voice and this has sparked a revolution in demand. How Companies Win offers real-world solutions that you can implement right now to take advantage of these changes." — —Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook
"With all of the options shoppers have today, it's critically important to understand demand. It's how you satisfy your customers better than your competitors. It's the way companies will win." — —Brian Cornell, President & CEO, Sam's Clubs
"How Companies Win shows how to successfully manage in the future. Its fresh look at data and the case histories will stimulate the imagination of every business leader." — —Mary Dillon, President & CEO, US Cellular
"The authors' discussion of Precision as the 5th P adds a powerful new tool for marketers. It aligns exactly with our strategy of precision marketing." — —Joseph Tripodi, Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer, Coca-Cola Corporation
"Calhoun and Kash have taken on the biggest business question of all: what it will take for companies to win in this new era of growing oversupply and heightened global competition. The conclusions they reach are eye-opening. " — —Henry R. Kravis, Cofounder, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
"How Companies Win is a book about learning to understand demand. If you are relying on your customers to tell you what they want it's too late." — LeadershipNow.com
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- Imprint: Harper Business
- On Sale: 10/12/2010
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- Pages: 272
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- Los Gatos football: New coach, veteran talent this fall
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- Mitty football: Defense is the key for Monarchs in the tough WCAL race
- Valley Christian football: Led by its star tailback, the sky is the limit
- Prospect football: Last year's Plan B becomes this year's Plan A
- Bellarmine football: New group of Bells ready to make a run at another WCAL title
- Westmont football: Goal is the same as always for Warriors--compete for league title
- Santa Clara Valley is--and has always been--a hotbed for QBs
- St. Francis football: Familiar name back as Calcagno steps in as head coach
- Harker football: Veteran receivers, a young QB keys to the season
- Saratoga football: Division's 'big 4'? Lugo thinks it's the 'big 5'
- Monta Vista football: Matadors may be small in numbers and size, but big on talent
- King's Academy football: Talented junior class the key for Knights' in their bid to rebound
- High school football preview: Players to watch
Butch Cattolico retired from Los Gatos High School at the end of the last school year as one of the winningest football coaches in Central Coast Section history.
He finished his 26-year career as a head coach with an impressive 264-62-5 record that included 16 league championships and 12 CCS titles, and he ended up second on the all-time CCS win list behind Saratoga's Benny Pierce, who remains the section leader with 270 victories.
But Cattolico retired from more than just his coaching position; he retired as a teacher, too. And while he was an outstanding football coach, he was equally as dedicated in the classroom, where he taught math for 41 years.
So the success of his football players was definitely important to Cattolico, but the success of his student-athletes was equally as important. And that's certainly evident by taking one look at the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete list.
Over his 26-year coaching career, 24 Los Gatos football players have been among the Santa Clara County winners in the Northern California Chapter of the NFF.
In all, 28 Cats have won the award since its inception in 1962, when Michael Hibler of St. Francis and John Longinotti of Willow Glen were the inaugural winners.
The list of scholar-athletes includes four players who went on to star in the National Football League--Jim Plunkett (1965, James Lick), Loren Toews (1968, Del Mar), Carl Ekern (1971, Fremont) and Trent Edwards (2001, Los Gatos)--and another who would become an NFL coach--Marty Mornhinweg (1979, Oak Grove). It even includes Cattolico's son, Joe (1991, Leigh).
The tradition continued for Los Gatos in 2012 when the Cats' Kyle Kevorkian joined the list along with Chibode Awuzie of Oak Grove and Tomson Mathai of Evergreen Valley.
Mathai was the first Cougar to ever win the honor, adding Evergreen Valley to the list of 37 schools that have had football players win the award over the last 51 years.
1962--Michael Hibler (St. Francis), John Francis Longinotti (Willow Glen)
1963--Terrence Shea (Bellarmine), Marty Brill (Palo Alto)
1964--Carlos Zarogoza (Westmont), John De La Forest (Bellarmine)
1965--Steve Suzuki (Mountain View), Jim Plunkett (James Lick)
1966--Don Baumhefner (Los Altos), Jim Chasey (Leigh), Jeff Peters (Los Altos)
1967--Vincent Mok (Homestead), Chuck Hawthorne (Campbell)
1968--Robert Jones (Samuel Ayer), Loren Toews (Del Mar), Jim Campbell (Lincoln)
1970--Robert Franz (Leigh), James Ainlay (Saratoga)
1971--Steve Davis (Campbell), Carl Ekern (Fremont)
1972--James Gibson (Willow Glen), James Chamberlain (Monta Vista)
1973--Bruce Edwards (Cubberley), Kim Johansen (Monta Vista)
1974--Mike McKenna (Saratoga), Keith Burcham (Fremont)
1975--Robert Norris Williams (Santa Teresa), Chris Jon Johansen (Monta Vista)
1976--Matt S. Pear (Los Altos), Dave McKenna (Cubberley)
1977--Barry Haycock (Oak Grove), Kevin Wheeler (Samuel Ayer)
1978--Dennis Engel (Santa Clara), Michael A. Blazing (Los Altos)
1979--John Einhorn (Archbishop Mitty), Marty Mornhinweg (Oak Grove)
1980--Paul Ferreira (Saratoga), Tom Havens (Los Gatos)
1981--Andrew J. Matthews (Los Gatos), Matt Loera (Live Oak)
1982--Jim Porter (Oak Grove), Tom Smith (Monta Vista)
1983--Eric Volta (Santa Clara), Andrew Scarborough (Cupertino)
1984--Paul Sorensen (St. Francis), Todd Mayo (Los Gatos)
1985--John Cundy (Los Gatos), Steve Dietz (Mountain View)
1986--Paul Yang (Mountain View), Brian Theodore (Fremont)
1987--James Linford (Santa Teresa), Adam Schwenker (Pioneer)
1988--Timothy Wilson (Oak Grove), Ernest Morrell (Piedmont Hills)
1989--David J. Popejoy (Bellarmine), William Berk (Los Gatos), Philip E. Wagner (Cupertino)
1990--Sean George (Branham), Sam Partovi (Los Gatos), Greg Siwek (Monta Vista)
1991--James Stobaugh (St. Francis), Eugene Sy (Archbishop Mitty), Joe Cattolico (Leigh)
1992--Beau Fernald (Westmont), Eddie Huynh (Bellarmine), Andrea Bellanca (Lincoln)
1993--Michael Grieb (Oak Grove), Merwin Tatel (Oak Grove), Matthew T. Daily (Los Gatos)
1994--Dagkhoa Nguyen (Archbishop Mitty), Jeremy Barth (Los Gatos), Ryan Hinn (Gilroy)
1995--Daniel McGilvray (Los Gatos), Chuks Amajor Jr. (Oak Grove), Steve Chu (Piedmont Hills)
1996--Ross Parker (Willow Glen), Rubin Carter (Oak Grove Hills)
1997--Steven Hege (Bellarmine), Fred Luminoso (Los Gatos), Thomas Oristian (Archbishop Mitty)
1998--Michael Mayon (St. Francis), Kyle Pilgeram (Bellarmine), Ryan Sorahan (Los Gatos)
1999--David Cao (Andrew Hill), Chase Lyman (St. Francis), Ben Winkelman (Los Gatos)
2000--Troy Bienemann (St. Francis), Brian Edwards (Los Gatos), Derek Marquardt (Leigh)
2001--Trent Edwards (Los Gatos), Daniel Holtzman (Los Gatos), Matthew Turnbull (Mountain View)
2002--Douglas Dionne (Willow Glen), Derek Tam (Los Gatos), Carter Wallace (Los Gatos)
2003--Daniel Croom (Mountain View), Daniel Demarco (Oak Grove), Matthew Martini (Los Gatos)
2004--Alexander Adams (Mountain View), Eric Chen (Los Gatos), Collin McCarthy (Pioneer)
2005--Mark Boskovich (St. Francis), Richard Scudellari Jr. (St. Francis), Vikram Shivaji (Los Gatos)
2006--Joseph Donofrio (Los Gatos), Aris Harutyunyan (Cupertino)
2007--Shane Cooney (Mountain View), Daniel Ochoa (Oak Grove), Karl Winkelman (Los Gatos)
2008--Brian Comstock (Los Gatos), Joshua Kingrey (Piedmont Hills), Michael Santini (Leland)
2009--Andrew Berg (Los Gatos), Erick Eastland (Los Gatos), Anthony Pohahau (Wilcox)
2010--Casey Mintz (Prospect), Matthew Potter (Willow Glen), Brandon Tirado (Santa Teresa)
2011--Vittorio Prati (Palo Alto), Daniel Truckai (Lynbrook), Garret Zeiter (Los Gatos)
2012--Chibode Awuzie (Oak Grove), Kyle Kevorkian (Los Gatos), Tomson Mathai (Evergreen Valley)


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VAIL, Colorado - Red tape is tangling efforts for replacement Forest Service air tankers, Sen. Mark Udall said."The tankers are tied up in red tape and may not be ready for this summer's fire season," Udall told a group of local firefighters and police.The Forest Service's entire fleet now is comprised of 10 Korean War era tankers, Udall said.As a backup measure, Udall said he has asked the U.S. Air Force to outfit seven C-130 transport planes as makeshift air tankers before this summer's fire season.Udall was in the West Vail fire station Vail Sunday morning to listen to concerns from local firefighters and police about this summer's fire season."This year could be the perfect storm with drought and budget challenges," said Ross Wilmore, a Forest Service fire management officer with the Eagle Ranger District. "You can't just throw money at the problem. You also have to throw brains at the problem. A lot of smart people are thinking about what we may face."Colorado's February snowpack remains at 72 percent of normal and 90 percent of last year's readings, said the Natural Resources Conservation Service.But last year the reservoirs and rivers were full. This year they're not, said Scott Fitzsimmons, White River National Forest supervisor."Last year's drought followed three to four years of good water weather. Now we're enduring two dry years in a row," Fitzsimmons said. "Even though it's snowing outside, it's never too early to talk about preparedness."Help yourselfMother Nature helps. Human behavior helps too. "Are we prepared? Yes. But that doesn't guarantee anything," Fitzsimmons said.The forest's life cycles have been going around for 10,000 years."That's not going to change," Fitzsimmons said.People who live near forests need to take some responsibility for their own safety."The best tools a homeowner can use is a weed eater and a rake," Udall said.Fitzsimmons said he's living it first-hand. His said his family just bought a house and when they wanted to create a more fire-safe zone around it they ran into opposition from their homeowners association.Firefighters in the room didn't have much sympathy for decorative shrubbery."When a fire is coming we're going to chop everything down. It's heartbreaking after a fire to go back and see how much might have been prevented," said John Patterson with the Greater Eagle Fire Protection District.We're in this togetherLast summer was devastating and 2013 is expected to be more of the same, Udall said."Lots of old timers said they'd never seen it that dry. We might have been lucky," Fitzsimmons said.We're not in this alone. Last summer, firefighters came from 48 states to help Colorado, Wilmore said.Local, state and federal governments spent $1.85 billion fighting wildfires last summer, Udall said.How much will be available this summer remains tied up in red tape, Udall said. That means local firefighters know what resources they'll have when the fire season starts, they said."This is one example of how our lack of action creates uncertainty," Udall said.This year's fire season is already here, said Homeland Security's Chuck Vale.A weekend blaze scorched 800 acres in southeast Colorado, he said.Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Junior Patrick Rodgers won the NCAA Eugene (Oregon) Regional on Saturday, and in doing so tied Tiger Woods' Stanford record with 11 career victories.
Rodgers also helped the Cardinal take the team title by a stroke over host Oregon. Stanford finished 54 holes at 13-over 853. Those five teams advanced to the NCAA championship, which is May 23-28 in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Rodgers closed with a 1-over 71 and finished at 6-under 204 at Eugene Country Club. The Ducks' Thomas Lin was second at even-par 210, followed by Stanford's Cameron Wilson (74) at 3-over 213.
San Jose State's Cody Blick, playing as an individual, closed with a 74 and tied for 39th place at 14-over 224.
Cal advanced to its fifth straight NCAA championship by tying for fourth place with USC at the Sugar Grove (Illinois) Regional. The Bears finished at 32-over 896 at the par-72 Rich Harvest Farms layout. Illinois was No. 1 at 16-over 880. Cal's Brandon Hagy closed with a 74 and placed fifth at 3-over 219. Illinois' Brian Campbell (72) was medalist at 5-under 211.
Mike Reuvekamp's bases-loaded RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning gave Cal (22-26, 10-16) a 7-6 walk-off win over Arizona. Vince Bruno's two-out RBI single in the ninth tied it for Cal.
Kemarley Brown of Merritt College set a national junior college record with a 2014 world-leading time of 9.93 seconds in the 100 meters at the California state junior college championships in Walnut. He also won the 200 in a wind-aided 20.29.


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POSITION: Left Wing
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Ste-Justine, QC, CAN
DRAFTED: COL: 1998-12 overall
|QMJHL All-Rookie Team (1997) Played in NHL All-Star Game (2004) Signed as a free agent by Lugano (Swiss), October 7, 2004. Traded to Calgary by Colorado for Jordan Leopold and Calgary's 2nd round picks in 2006 (Codey Burki) and 2007 (Trevor Cann) NHL Drafts, June 24, 2006. Traded to Montreal by Calgary with Calgary's 5th round pick (Maxim Trunev) in 2008 NHL Draft for Montreal's 1st round pick (Greg Nemisz) in 2008 NHL Draft and Montreal's 2nd round pick (later traded to Colorado Colorado selected Stefan Elliott) in 2009 NHL Draft, June 20, 2008. Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, September 1, 2009. Signed as a free agent by Calgary, July 1, 2010. Traded to Colorado by Calgary with Cory Sarich for David Jones and Shane O'Brien, June 27, 2013. Missed majority of 2013-14 due to knee injury vs. Montreal, November 2, 2013. Traded to Arizona by Colorado with Connor Bleackley and Kyle Wood for Mikkel Boedker, February 29, 2016.
Helped the Avalanche win the 2001 Stanley Cup…Scored two goals, including the game winner, and had an assist in Game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Final against New Jersey at Pepsi Center…Has recorded 828 points (275g/553a) with a +155 plus/minus rating in 1,018 career NHL games…Colorado's first-round pick (12th overall) in the 1998 Entry Draft, Tanguay ranks seventh on the franchise's all-time scoring list with 466 points (163g/303a) in 546 games…He ranks eighth in team history in both goals (163) and assists (303)…Tanguay's 466 points are the fourth-most in Avalanche history (since 1995-96), trailing Joe Sakic (1015), Milan Hejduk (805) and Peter Forsberg (705)…Played in the 2004 NHL All-Star Game…Is the NHL's active leader in career shooting percentage (min 700 shots) at 18.9%…Has twice led the NHL in that category, 2005-06 (23.2%) and 2014-15 (21.2%)…Only three players from the 1998 draft class have more points than Tanguay's 828: Vincent Lecavalier (931), Brad Richards (904) and Pavel Datsyuk (869).
Finished third on the Avalanche in both goals (22) and points (55-tied) and shared the team lead with four game-winning goals…Appeared in 80 games, his most since 2009-10 with Tampa Bay (80)…Led the NHL in shooting percentage at 21.2%, the second time in his career that he's paced the league in that category (also 2005-06)…Reached the 20-goal mark for the seventh time in his career…Appeared in his 1,000th NHL game on March 4 vs. Pittsburgh, becoming the 299th player in NHL history to reach that milestone…Scored his seventh career short-handed goal on Oct. 28 vs. San Jose…Suffered a facial fracture on Nov. 20 vs. Washington, forcing him to miss two games from Nov. 22-25…Led the team with 10 points (4g/6a) in December…Appeared in his 500th game as a member of the Avalanche on Dec. 29 at St. Louis…Recorded his 800th NHL point on Jan. 8 vs. Ottawa…Tanguay became the fourth player from the 1998 draft class to reach 800 points, joining Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards and Pavel Datsyuk…Passed Valeri Kamensky (414) for ninth place on the franchise's all-time points list on Oct. 24 vs. Vancouver, passed Paul Stastny (458) for eighth on March 25 at Edmonton and passed Dale Hunter (464) for seventh place on April 4 at Los Angeles…Moved ahead of Hunter (142) for ninth place on the franchise goal-scoring list on Oct. 18 at Montreal and passed Stastny (160) for eighth place on March 23 at Calgary.
2013-14: Appeared in only 16 games due to injury…Recorded 11 points (4g/7a) with a +7 plus/minus rating in those 16 contests…Colorado was 15-1-0 with Tanguay in the lineup…Had three assists in the season opener on Oct. 2 vs. Anaheim…Was the first Avalanche player to register three points in a season opener since 2007-08, when Paul Stastny and Andrew Brunette both accomplished the feat…Scored two goals, including a short-handed tally, on Oct. 12 at Washington…Suffered a knee injury on Nov. 2 vs. Montreal, forcing him to miss 36 games from Nov. 6 to Jan. 21…Was placed on Injured Reserve, Nov. 18 (retroactive to Nov. 2) and activated on Jan. 24…Missed the final 29 games of the season (knee/hip)…Underwent season-ending hip surgery on Feb. 21…Placed on Injured Reserve, Feb. 24 (retroactive to Jan. 30).
2013-14 PLAYOFFS: Did not participate in the postseason due to injury.
2012-13: Finished tied for third on the Calgary Flames in scoring with 27 points (11g/16a) in 40 games…Was also third on the club in goals and tied for fifth in assists…Registered his 500th NHL assist on Feb. 2 vs. Chicago…Scored the overtime winner on Feb. 7 at Columbus, his fourth career OT goal…Appeared in his 900th career game on Feb. 26 at Minnesota…Left with a knee injury on April 12 vs. Phoenix, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season…Was tied for the team lead in points heading into that game.
2011-12: Tallied 49 points (13g/36a) in 64 games with the Calgary Flames…Registered his 700th career point with an assist on Nov. 21 at Columbus…Did not dress on Dec. 10 because of the flu…Was placed on IR with an upper body injury on Dec. 22, forcing him to miss 15 games…Scored on a penalty shot on Feb. 25 vs. Philadelphia…Sat out two games, April 5-7, with a wrist injury.
2010-11: Led the Flames with 47 assists…Also ranked first on the team in shooting percentage at 18.3%…Led the NHL with 10 shootout goals, going 10-for-16 (62.5%)…Shared the league lead with four shootout game-deciding goals…Played in his 800th career game on Feb. 27 vs. St. Louis.
2009-10: Appeared in 80 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning…Recorded his 600th NHL point on Dec. 21 at NY Islanders and skated in his 700th career game on Jan. 6 at Buffalo…Scored his 200th NHL goal on Jan. 16 at Florida.
2008-09: Was limited to 50 games with the Montreal Canadiens, missing 32 games due to injury…Led Montreal with a +13 plus/minus rating…Tied his career-high with five points (2g/3a) on March 24 vs. Atlanta.
2008-09 PLAYOFFS: Dressed in two of Montreal's four games in a first round series loss to Boston.
2007-08: Finished fourth on Calgary in goals (18) and assists (40), and was fifth in points (58)…Shared the team lead with two short-handed goals…Tallied his 500th NHL point with a goal on Nov. 10 vs. Edmonton…Had two assists in his 600th career game on March 16 at Chicago.
2007-08 PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all seven postseason games for Calgary, registering four assists.
2006-07: Set a career high with 81 points (22g/59a) in 81 games for the Calgary Flames…Ranked first on Calgary in assists and finished second in points…His 59 assists were also a personal best and tied him for ninth in the league…Shared the team lead in games played…Finished third in the NHL in shooting percentage (20.6%)…Dressed in his 500th NHL game on Feb. 2 vs. Columbus…Picked up his 300th career assist on Feb. 11 at Detroit.
2006-07 PLAYOFFS: Led the Flames in assists (3) and finished second in points (4-tied) while appearing in six postseason games.
2005-06: Set a career high with 29 goals in 71 games for the Avalanche…Finished second on Colorado in scoring with 78 points…Was third on the team in goals and second in assists (49)…Led the NHL in shooting percentage (23.2%)…Had a team-high 22 multi-point games, including eight three-point efforts…Scored the first shootout goal in Avs history on Oct. 14 vs. Chicago…Moved past Mats Sundin (334) for ninth place on the franchise's all-time points list with an assist on Nov. 3 vs. Anaheim…Scored his first career penalty shot goal on Nov. 12 at Calgary…Skated in his 400th career game on his 26th birthday, Nov. 21 vs. Calgary…Finished with a team-high 19 points in January (10g/9a), tied for third-most in the NHL…Scored a goal in four straight games, Jan. 3-9, a new career best…Sat out the final game before the Olympic Break (Feb. 12 at Detroit) due to a hip injury…Suffered a knee injury on March 19 at San Jose, forcing him to miss 10 games from March 20 to April 9…Scored a pair of goals on April 15 at Vancouver, moving him into 10th place on the franchise goal-scoring list and also making him the ninth player in team history to record 400 career points.
2005-06 PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all nine postseason games for Colorado, ranking fourth on the team with six points (2g/4a)…Scored two goals, including the overtime winner, in Game 3 of the first round series against Dallas on April 26 at Pepsi Center.
2004-05: Played six games with Lugano in Switzerland, scoring three goals with three assists.
2003-04: Shared the team lead in assists (54) and ranked second in points (79) while appearing in 69 games for Colorado…Finished tied for ninth in league scoring and tied for fourth in assists…Was a team-best +30…Selected to play in his first NHL All-Star Game (in Minnesota)…Recorded a nine-game point streak from Oct. 16 to Nov. 2 (5g/11a), longest by an Avs player in 2003-04…Had a career-high four assists on Oct. 23 vs. Edmonton…Missed two games with a groin injury, Dec. 19-20, ending his games-played streak at 138…Scored the overtime winner on Jan. 11 at Chicago…Recorded his second career hat trick on Jan. 21 at Florida…Tied a career high with five points on March 3 vs. Vancouver, equaling the mark also set against the Canucks on Jan. 18, 2001…Missed the final 11 games of the season with a sprained knee suffered on March 12 at Phoenix.
2003-04 PLAYOFFS: Collected points in each of the first three games of the Western Conference Quarterfinal against Dallas…Notched the game-winning goal in Game 1 vs. Dallas…Missed Game 5 of the WCQF and Games 5 and 6 of the Western Conference Semifinal against San Jose with a leg injury.
2002-03: Appeared in all 82 games and finished third on the Avalanche in plus/minus (+34)…Recorded a career-high 16-game point streak from Feb. 11 to March 7 (10g/16a), the longest streak by an NHL player in 2002-03…Included in that stretch was an eight-game assist streak, Feb. 8-20, matching his career high…Registered his first career hat trick on March 22 vs. Chicago.
2002-03 PLAYOFFS: Had three points (1g/2a) in seven postseason contests…Scored the game-winning goal in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinal against Minnesota.
2001-02: Finished third on the Avalanche with 48 points (13g/35a) in 70 games…Picked up his 100th career assist on Dec. 23 vs. Minnesota.
2001-02 PLAYOFFS: Tied for third on the Avs in playoff scoring with 13 points (5g/8a) in 19 games…Assisted on Peter Forsberg's game-winning goal in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinal vs. San Jose…Missed the final two games of the Conference Final against Detroit due to a leg injury.
2000-01: Surpassed his rookie season totals in goals (27), assists (50) and points (77)…Finished sixth in the NHL in plus/minus rating (+35)…Tallied a career-best five points (2g/3a) on Jan. 18 vs. Vancouver…Posted a team-high 11-game point streak from Nov. 1-25 (6g/13a), tied for the fifth-longest streak in the NHL…Had a career-best eight-game assist streak from Nov. 1-16 (10a)…Logged his first career fighting major on Dec. 29 vs. Nashville (A. Boikov).
2000-01 PLAYOFFS: Helped the Avalanche capture the 2001 Stanley Cup championship…Established playoff career-bests in goals (6), assists (15) and points (21)…Ranked fifth among postseason scorers in points and his 15 assists trailed only Milan Hejduk's 16 in the NHL…Scored two goals, including the game winner, and had an assist in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against New Jersey on June 9 at Pepsi Center…Tallied points in each of the last four games of the Cup Final (4g/2a), which included goals in each of the last three contests.
1999-00: Finished second among NHL rookie scorers with 51 points in 76 games…Also ranked second among rookies in assists (34)…Led the Avalanche in shooting percentage (23.0%)…Opened the season with a five-game point streak (Oct. 5-11)…Had an assist in his NHL debut on Opening Night, Oct. 5 at Nashville…Scored his first NHL goal 22 seconds into the first period on Oct. 8 at Pittsburgh…His first five goals came on his first seven shots…Recorded a season-best six-game point streak from Dec. 1-12 (1g/5a)…Scored two goals on Oct. 28 at Philadelphia, his first career multiple-goal game…Returned March 29 vs. Edmonton after suffering a neck strain on March 14 vs. Anaheim (missed six games).
1999-00 PLAYOFFS: One of four Avalanche rookies who made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs…Appeared in all 17 postseason games…Tallied a goal and an assist in his NHL playoff debut, Game 1 of the first round series against Phoenix on April 13…Scored again in his second career postseason game on April 15 vs. Phoenix.
1998-99: Completed his third and final season with Halifax of the QMJHL…Set Halifax career records for points (214), goals (101) and assists (113)…Was chosen as one of the team captains at the 1999 QMJHL All-Star Game…Matched a team record with five points on Oct. 9 in an 11-3 victory over Bale-Comeau…Equaled another club record with four goals on Oct. 15 in a 6-1 victory over Drummondville…Missed 28 games with a concussion he suffered on Oct. 18…Joined Hershey (AHL) for five regular season games and five postseason games at the end of the season.
1997-98: Had 47 goals and 85 points in 51 games during his second season with Halifax.
1996-97: Named to the QMJHL All-Rookie Team and Canadian Hockey League All-Rookie Team in his first season with Halifax.
Represented Canada at the 1998 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Alex and his wife, Helene, have three children: Maya (7), Samuel (5) and Blake (3)…Began his NHL career wearing #40 but switched to #18 prior to the 2003-04 season…#18 was his number in juniors…Wore #13 with Montreal and Tampa Bay…Each year, in conjunction with the NHL/NHLPA's Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Month, Tanguay co-hosts a hockey clinic that benefits children who have or are impacted by cancer from Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation…As a member of the Flames, Tanguay partnered with the team to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society directed to stomach cancer research…Donated money to the organization for every assist he recorded during the 2010-11 season…Organizes his own charity golf tournament to benefit minor hockey in his hometown each summer…Was a Quebec Nordiques fan growing up…Lived with Patrick Roy during his rookie season of 1999-2000.


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OAKLAND -- Great Oakland Public Schools and its community partners released a report Wednesday detailing Oakland students' academic performance with the purpose of informing the community while also motivating them to be more engaged in helping students achieve more academically.
"Oakland Achieves: A Public Education Progress Report" focuses on eight indicators, including third-grade reading proficiency, eighth-grade algebra proficiency, college readiness, graduation rates and college enrollment.
Members of GO Public Schools spent eight months compiling data and interviewing experts in Oakland and throughout California to select the indicators for the report's findings. "Oakland Achieves" is expected to be an annual report.
"We want to increase the understanding that a thriving Oakland is thriving students," said Jonathan Klein, executive director of Great Oakland Public Schools. "We want to look at how to move toward an Oakland where leaders and the community share goals and strategies for student success."
The data shows how students perform overall and by race. Specific schools that have produced high student achievement are spotlighted in comparison to the broader Oakland averages. The report includes statistics and information explaining why these outcomes matter. Although the findings may show a low percentage of students meeting the indicators' standards, they show how students have progressed over time.
The number of Oakland public schools meeting the minimum on the California Academic Performance Index, for example, has increased from five schools in 1999 to 42 schools in 2012.
Councilwoman Libby Schaaf was excited to see this type of collective report because it gives the community an idea of what's been accomplished and what they still need to do.
"What stuck out to me is that there are still tremendous equity gaps," she said. "Latino and African-American students are not having the type of outcomes that we need to provide to them, particularly with graduation rates."
In 2011, the graduation rate for Hispanic/Latino and African-American students who entered ninth grade in 2007 was 52 and 55 percent, respectively, according to the report.
GO Public Schools, a nonprofit that has dedicated itself to Oakland education, hosted a report preview Friday to educational, business and community leaders in Oakland as an opportunity to discuss the report's findings and what can be done for the future.
Discussion points varied, but the overarching question was how can community members, leaders and educators start the conversation of what to do about these indicators?
"I think there should be some central support to get the community engaged in helping," said Sam Pasarow, principal of Edna Brewer Middle School.
Another attendant referred to the report pointing out that mostly charter schools had high A-G completion rates and graduation rates and wondered how regular public schools can have similar outcomes.
Others discussed how money is distributed, controlled and spent within the district and the schools.
As an Oakland Unified School District board member, Jody London was already familiar with student achievement levels in Oakland. Yet, she thought the report was a beneficial tool for the community.
"It's great to have the community thinking about how we can all take responsibility for better outcomes for children in our city," she said. "The thing that I hope people will take away from this is that these issues are really crucial, and they're bigger than the school district."
The "Oakland Achieves: A Public Education Progress Report" report can be viewed on the GO Public Schools website at www.gopublicschools.org.


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In an era that brings musical change, often times many artists can get lost in the explosion. As Latin music moved from the Charanga in the early 60s, and just before Salsa came into vogue, the Latin Boogaloo was the thing.
"El Watusi" by Ray Barretto became an instant crossover hit with its rhythmic strings and flute melody line. Cal Tjaders revamp of "Guarchi Guara" sold hundreds of thousands as "Soul Sauce." Mongo Santamarías version of the Herbie Hancock tune "Watermelon Man" was heard everywhere. As the soul of Black American music blended with distinct Latin rhythms, countless bands spawned throughout New York City. Joe Cubas Sextette scored big with "Bang Bang" and several other tunes. Artists like Johnny Colón and Ricardo Ray made classic recordings. But these are the names that normally come to mind when talking about this musical genre. Other acts like Joey Pastrana, Joe Bataan or the Lebron Brothers had made musical contributions worthy of more than mere mention. So lets re-visit the Lebrons.
The Lebron Brothers consisted of Angel, José, Carlos, Frankie, and Pablo. They provided the vocals and rhythm section of the band. Tenor and alto sax, two trumpets, and timbales rounded out the group. Having been together for some time, it wasnt until George Goldner of Cotique signed them and dubbed them the Lebron Brothers. Although Goldner was credited with producing their work under the auspices of Jerry Masucci, Johnny Colón has stated in recent interviews that it was actually he who supervised the recordings. This seems quite plausible as the feel of Salsa Y Control has a lot of the same characteristics of Colóns Boogaloo Blues. The harmonies are street tough and a drag-sway feeling permeates the production. This is what makes this genre distinct.
Beginning with the title song (a moving Són Montuno), Josés piano spurs the band with an insidious passion. Check out Angels tune "Bongo Loco," or the moody "Regressa A Mi" with a dripping nocturnal sax solo. But easily etched into lifes soundtrack is "Sabor Tipico." On a hot summer day, when you're walkin down the street, this is what should be playing from the windows, full blast.
Salsa Y Control should not be missed, but if you're looking for a good introduction to the band check out The Best of The Lebron Brothers. [Worth the price of the CD just for the great caricature cover art Ed.] This compilation features several tracks from and including Salsa Y Control as well as nine other red hot tunes that simmer, boil, and burn. "Vacilon" was the single that first turned me on to the band years ago. It sent me rummaging through record bins and flea markets looking for anything else by them. Ah, CD re-issues. They give us the opportunity to check out this tremendous music once again. As spectacular as the colors of twilight is the sound of pre-Salsa 60s Latin music. Just listen.


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Tombstone Talks, an annual event conducted in the cemetery with stops at various graves, will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at the McPherson Cemetery. It is usually a roaming lecture about the people who are interred there.
This year's talk is slightly different, as it focuses upon the grave markers of those who are interred in the cemetery, and what those markers have to say about the people and culture of their time.
Tombstone Talks, a lantern-light tour of the McPherson Cemetery, will put you in the mood for Halloween without the fright factor. Cookies and cider will energize you for the walk back in time, as you listen to the stories of unusual tombstones and unique situations involving the people who died.
Cost is $5 for nonmembers; free to members of the McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation, sponsor of the event. Annual Family Membership is $35. Call 620-241-8464 to reserve tickets or pay upon arrival.
Dress for the weather; wear walking shoes and be advised the cemetery will not be well-lit. Park at the Mausoleum, at the east end of the cemetery. The tour should take less than an hour.
Information was researched by the McPherson Museum. Income from the event helps fund the operations of the McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation.
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After the widespread snowfall and cold temperatures of early winter, conditions have moderated, particularly in the south. Precipitation totals for the winter (1 November 2012 - present) have been average to above average north of the Trans Canada Highway, including in the northern Prairie, Aspen Parkland, Boreal Transition Zone (BTZ) and Peace Parkland. In the southern Prairie, winter precipitation is average to below average. Temperatures have been above normal since January.
The first weekend of March, areas south and east of Red Deer were affected by a storm that increased snow cover in the southern Aspen Parkland and the Prairie. Prior to the storm, there was 0-5 cm of snow cover in the southern Prairie from TransCanada Highway to the US border and from Calgary east to the Cypress Hills.
Chinook conditions removed the majority of the early-winter snow cover. Last week, there were actually grass fires in some areas. Now, there is 5-15 cm of snow cover; however, with temperatures forecast to be 10-15 C by the end of this week, the snow will not last long. The southern mountain snowpack is average, and the water supply outlook for the southern rivers, which support the southern irrigation districts, is average.
There is approximately 30-45 cm of snow on the ground in the central and eastern Aspen Parkland, as well as in the northern Prairie and BTZ. In the Peace Parkland, the south has 10-15 cm of snow and the north has 30-40 cm on the ground. Greater amounts of snow are encountered in all areas where snow has drifted into roadside ditches, wetlands and bush areas.
Models from Alberta Agriculture indicate average to below-average soil moisture levels across the province. Thisis indicative of a generally dry fall season after a wet summer. At this point, runoff prospects for the southern Prairie are poor, with the exception of the Cypress Hills area where runoff prospects are fair to good. The recent storm is not anticipated to significantly change spring runoff potential in the southern Prairie. Runoff will likely be fair to good in the northern Prairie, as well as in the southern and western Aspen Parkland. In some areas of the eastern Parkland and northeast Prairie, along the Saskatchewan border, runoff prospects are very good. Good to very good runoff is anticipated in the northern Aspen Parkland and BTZ.
With the exception of the southern Prairie, runoff prospects are average to above average in the agricultural zone of Alberta. While the recent storm is not anticipated to significantly change spring runoff potential in the southern Prairie, going forward spring snow storms in often dramatically improve runoff conditions in southern Alberta. Some paired Canada geese have been observed in the southern Prairie. Typically Canada geese start to move into the Aspen Parkland the first week of March.
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BERKELEY -- Cal's emphasis on repairing the academic reputation of its football program became painfully real to Chris McCain one day last spring. That is when he had to phone his parents with some bad news.
"They took me off scholarship," he told them.
McCain, a junior defensive end from North Carolina, is back on the team. He gained reinstatement by meeting coach Sonny Dykes' requirement of a B-plus average in summer school. McCain didn't just meet that goal, he beat it.
"I got an A-minus," he said.
Dykes was hired in December to resurrect Cal's football fortunes, which had spiraled the past few years under coach Jeff Tedford. Besides finishing with a 3-9 record on the field last season, Tedford's program had the league's worst marks in the classroom.
Cal's score in the Academic Progress Rate, an NCAA statistic that predicts graduation rates, was 935 over a four-year span ending with the 2011-12 school year. Only four programs in the major conferences -- Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, ACC and SEC -- had a worse score than Cal. A score under 930 can result in sanctions including a reduction in practice time and postseason eligibility.
For a school just named the top public university in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for a 16th consecutive year, the APR news was hugely embarrassing to officials at Berkeley.
"For us not to perform academically, it's something quite frankly that's not acceptable to me, to this university or to those in this community," Cal athletic director Sandy Barbour said.
The poor APR rating was only one measure of the football program's failing in the classroom. The team had a grade-point average of 2.44 in the spring of 2012 -- barely a C -- and quarterback Zach Maynard didn't start the season opener last fall because of academic shortcomings.
Along with the program's sagging fortunes on the field, it snowballed into the firing of Tedford, whose early teams excelled in those respects.
Dykes, whose team is 1-2 and has a bye this week, understands his mandate. Succeeding in the classroom, he said, is "the most important thing" for a Cal student-athlete.
"They're here to get a degree," he said. "It's something I take seriously."
Dykes said players must be accountable, and his leverage, as McCain learned, is their scholarship.
"Miss a football practice or miss a tutoring assignment, it's no different," he said. "They understand there's 100,000 guys who want their scholarship."
McCain got the message.
"They mean what they say," said McCain, an All-Pac-12 honorable mention in 2012.
As last season unraveled for the Bears and McCain's grades slipped, he said he lost the sense that football and academics were given equal importance.
"It was on me," he said of his failings, "but with Tedford we didn't have any structure. I just felt like it was all about football."
Tedford disputed that claim.
"We spent a lot of time on academics and structure," he said Tuesday. "Most people adhere to structure, and some take more work than others to adhere to the structure."
For all of his emphasis on academics, Dykes said he wasn't the greatest example of a student-athlete, though he did earn a degree in history at Texas Tech.
"Sonny the coach probably would have hated Sonny the student," Dykes said. "I was lazy at times. I probably would have liked somebody to motivate me a little more."
That is now part of Dykes' job description, and a big reason why Barbour hired him away from Louisiana Tech.
"He had inherited a less-than-ideal academic situation and started to turn it around," Barbour said of Dykes' time at Louisiana Tech. "Sonny was remarkably consistent in every response about academics, and everybody I talked to said he's a perfect fit for Berkeley."
Already there is measurable change since Dykes' arrival in December. Cal's team GPA in the spring was 2.74 -- the highest in five years and above the program's historical average. The number for the first session of summer school improved to 2.85 -- the highest in 10 years.
Besides demanding accountability from the players, the athletic department has made structural changes to the academic support system.
Tedford last year was allowed to bring in two learning specialists to provide support to athletes beyond what undergraduate tutors offer. Dykes has been given 31/2.
One of them, Christine Ho, describes her duties as "academic skills boot camp."
Ho, who focuses on time management and organization, especially with freshmen and athletes who are struggling in the classroom, said the learning specialists have become part of the team.
"Coach Dykes tells the players, 'If you have a problem with the learning specialist, you have a problem with me,' " she said. "It's almost like raising a kid together."
Here are Cal's annual Academic Progress Rating scores for football and where the Bears ranked within the Pac-10/Pac-12:
2011-12: 935, 12th in Pac-12
2010-11: 936, ninth in Pac-10
2009-10: 949, sixth in Pac-10
2008-09: 969, second in Pac-10
2007-08: 970, second in Pac-10
2006-07: 967, second in Pac-10
2005-06: 965, second in Pac-10
2004-05: 945, x-second in Pac-10
x -- No numbers were available for Arizona or Arizona State on NCAA database for 2004-05.
Note: All figures are based on a four-year average. Figures released in June and are through summer of 2012.
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Here are the best and the worst APR football scores based on the most recent statistics among the 62 schools from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC:
1. Tennessee 924
2. Oklahoma State 926
3. Iowa State 928
4. North Carolina 934
Cal 935
The Top 5
1. Northwestern 996
2. Duke 989
3 tie. Clemson 985
3 tie. Wisconsin 985
5. Georgia Tech 983
Note: All figures are based on a four-year average. Figures released in June and are through summer of 2012.
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ALAMEDA -- Raiders coach Dennis Allen said Monday that quarterback Terrelle Pryor's right knee injury is more severe than he realized. Even so, that wasn't the determining factor in the Raiders' loss to the New York Giants.
"When you watch the game, I didn't look at it and think that that was really the limitation that held us back there," Allen said Monday in his weekly day-after-game news conference.
Just the same, Allen added, he intends to meet with Pryor so that he can get a full grasp of where Pryor stands in terms of health.
Pryor completed 11 of 26 passes for 122 yards, with one interception, in a 24-20 loss Sunday. He also ran only five times for 19 yards and fumbled once.
Afterward, Pryor said that he played with a sprained medial collateral ligament that he suffered against the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 3. The knee worsened as the week progressed.
"It was obvious that there wasn't that explosiveness that we had seen out of him prior to the injury," Allen said. "I'll sit down and visit with Terrelle a little bit more and find out exactly where he is physically.
"It wasn't something that we thought was going to be a big factor going into the game. But, obviously, it was a factor."
Running back Rashad Jennings said he was "too dialed in" on his own job to notice whether Pryor's movement and play were restricted.
Allen said he admires Pryor for wanting to play at less than 100 percent, as he does with all his players.
At the same time, he added, there's a fine line between playing through pain and knowing when to ask out.
"You got to be effective," Allen said. "If you're injured and can't help the football team, then it's best that we have somebody else in there."
Pryor did what Jennings and most other NFL players do, Jennings said, by playing hurt.
"Most players that I've ever met who have played this game, you have to take them off the field," Jennings said. "They're not just going to walk off. I don't question anything."
Allen said he didn't consider removing Pryor from the game Sunday, either because of Pryor's limited effectiveness or inconsistent play. Pryor remains the unquestioned starter as long as he's healthy enough.
Pryor's status for this Sunday's game against the Houston Texans is in question until he tests it out at practice this week. His first shot at that comes Wednesday.
Undrafted free agent Matt McGloin is the only other quarterback on Oakland's 53-man roster. Fourth-round draft pick Tyler Wilson is on the practice squad.
Most glaring, he got beat soundly on the play in which Pryor fumbled. Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka blew past Watson and knocked the ball out of Pryor's hand on a key play late in the game.
"He struggled a little bit in this game," Allen said.
In fairness, most players struggle against a Giants defensive line that features the likes of Justin Tuck, Jason Pierre-Paul and Kiwanuka.
"There were some good things he did in the game and obviously some times that he struggled a little bit," Allen said. "Hopefully we'll learn from that and continue to get better at that."
Allen said Jennings has played well enough to warrant increased playing time, even if McFadden is healthy enough to play. He stopped shy of saying Jennings will start.
"It's a production business," Allen said, "and when he's had the opportunity to go in there, he has produced. When you do that, you get more opportunities."
Jennings seemed unfazed by the ringing endorsement from his coach. His focus remains on finding even more ways to help the Raiders win games.
"We deserve more victories than we've been giving ourselves," Jennings said. "There's no moral victories. We're going to continue to grow as a team, no question. But we got to grow up now and learn how to close out games."
Allen said his team's latest loss doesn't change his opinion of what his players are capable of doing the final seven games.
"I like that locker room in there," Allen said. "Those guys are going to continue to fight. They're going to continue to compete. We're going to get this thing turned around."
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The Mankato MoonDogs Baseball Club, a member of the Northwoods League, is proud to announce the commitment of pitchers Mike Nowak and Jesse Harbin, as well as outfielder Zach Zehner for the 2013 MoonDogs season.
Nowak, a towering six-foot-four-inch, 195-pound left-hander accumulated a 7-4 record with a 3.88 ERA on the mound with Shasta Community College (Redding, Calif.) this spring. Nowak, whose play earned him All-Conference honors his freshman year, currently leads the Knights' roster, and the Golden Valley Conference with two shutouts. Shasta Head Coach Brad Rupert boasts that Nowak "will eventually go down as one of the best pitchers in the history of Shasta College Baseball."
"Nowak has opening rotation potential," said MoonDogs Field Manager Mike Orchard. "We are really excited to see what he can do for us this summer."
Zehner brings to Mankato an imposing six-foot-four-inch, 210 pound frame. He entered his sophomore year at Santa Barbara Community College as a preseason All-American. Through 32 games played this spring Zehner has not disappointed, batting .318 with two home runs and 37 RBIs, both tops on the Vaqueros. The San Diego native finished his freshman year with a .312 batting average and three home runs.
"Zach brings a real athletic body to the team," said Orchard. "He's a guy who can play all three outfield positions, run, hit- he can really be a force for us."
Harbin, a right-hander measuring in at five-foot-ten-inches and 175 pounds, is having a successful freshman campaign at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. In 14 appearances and 22.2 innings pitched, Harbin has compiled a 2.78 ERA for the Trojans, while striking out 24 batters in the process.
"With Jesse you get a guy who can pitch his way out of a jam," Orchard said. "He can throw a lot of strikes as well as force a lot of ground balls which lead to outs."
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Fletcher celebrates the opening of its new town hall
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After years of facing environmental and financial obstacles, Fletcher officially opened its new town hall on Old Cane Creek Road to the public during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday afternoon.
The 25,000-square-foot building houses the town's police department on the first floor, along with meeting rooms. The second floor is home to the town's administration and council meeting room, with the planning and zoning departments on the top level, along with the parks and recreation department.
The $9.5 million project was funded and supported by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, SunTrust Bank, Fletcher Town Council and mayor and the town's residents.
USDA Rural Development provided $6.5 million in low-interest community facility loans combined with $3.2 million in other funding.
Town Manager Mark Biberdorf said the town's council and mayor had to make the hard decision to raise taxes in 2010 in preparation for being able to construct the town hall and begin building the Heart of Fletcher project.
The town hall sits on 49 acres of land owned by the town, which Biberdorf said will be used for the further development of the Heart of Fletcher.
Mayor Bill Moore said the building wasn't made for today or tomorrow, but for 10 to 20 years down the road. As business and development continue to come down Highway 25, the town will be able to be a part of it and grow with it.
"Really and truly now, this is a proud historic day for the town of Fletcher," Moore said. "A lot of work went into this; to be honest with you, I thought we were going to lose this at one time."
Moore said construction would not have been possible without the USDA's help.
State Director of USDA's Rural Development Randall Gore said the turnout, which was in the hundreds, for the event on a sunny summer afternoon spoke volumes about the citizens' dedication to their town.
With the environmental obstacles that presented themselves during the last eight years of planning and construction, Gore also said it took a lot of work to make the town hall happen, but he believes rural residents deserve the same benefits of parks and municipal facilities as those living in bigger cities.
"There were times we all thought we should turn our back and say that this is just not doable, but Mark (Biberdorf) would not allow us," Gore said.
Kate Ohara, senior planner at the Land of Sky Regional Council, said she could remember coming out to the old Brownfield logging site and not being able to imagine what it would be today. She said that from the time Biberdorf first came to office as town manager, he was already looking into funding for the facility.
"It's wonderful to see this come to fruition," Ohara said. "This was their vision from the very beginning. The town should be very proud, and I know Mark worked hours and hours and hours."
Ohara said Biberdorf told her he was hired to get the Heart of Fletcher project going, and he did.
"This building here today is for the people who live in Fletcher and pay their taxes," Moore said. "This is your building. Anytime you want to come sit down in my office, I'll sit there with you."
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When Gladys Falk of Hendersonville graduated from City College of New York in 1967, she was, at age 39, reportedly the oldest recipient of a bachelor's degree in the school's history. Ms. Falk, who died in March, would become a social worker, caring for the elderly and the most desperate at New York's Bellevue Hospital while at the same time continuing her love of writing. In 1991, her book, "Another Celebrated Dancing Bear" (Scribner's, Purple House Press), was chosen one of the year's 10 best children's books by The New York Times and won international acclaim. It has become a staple of the home-schooler's Five in a Row reading list. Ms. Falk and her husband, Herb, an academic public relations administrator, retired to their "dream home" at North Topsail Beach in 1996, only to be made homeless that same year by consecutive hurricanes Bertha and Fran. "What we need is some altitude," she told Herb, recalling the good times spent as a young woman at Hendersonville's Huckleberry Mountain writer's colony. The colony is long gone, but settling in Hendersonville they found a thriving, comfortable and welcoming community, where Ms. Falk soon began volunteering for such groups as Bounty for Bethlehem and the Literacy Council. She organized public poetry readings in English and Spanish and was a violinist with Hendersonville's Community Orchestra. On June 7, a memorial service for Ms. Falk will be held at 11 a.m. in Shuler Funeral Home in Hendersonville. Family and friends from both coasts and from throughout the community are joining to celebrate the life of an extraordinary woman. "They say an ill wind blows no good," her husband notes. "But those winds brought us to Hendersonville. They were just fine."
QUIPS TERRY ROBINSON of Hendersonville: "My friend recently said to me, 'My grandson just turned 5.' At first, my thought was, 'Oh, he's just finishing his fourth year and starting on his fifth.' But in reality, when the child turns 5, he's just finished his fifth year and beginning his sixth year. When I say I'll be 73 in June, I will have finished my 73rd year and begun my 74th. Therefore, we're all older than we think! Isn't that fun?"
'HAVE A GOOD DAY': A Florida senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he pushed it to 80 mph. "Amazing," he thought as he flew down Interstate 95, pushing the pedal even more. Looking in his rearview mirror, he saw a Florida state trooper with blue lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this!" He pulled over. Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette. He looked at his watch, then said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a new reason for speeding — a reason I've never before heard — I'll let you go." The old gentleman paused and then said, "Three years ago, my wife ran off with a Florida trooper. I thought you were bringing her back." "Have a good day, sir," replied the trooper.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: The annual spring plant sale at Bullington Gardens will take place Friday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The sale will feature a wide variety of native and non-native perennials, annuals, herbs, vegetable starts and small trees and shrubs. Proceeds will benefit the educational programs at Bullington Gardens, which is a horticultural learning center with public gardens and programs for adults and schoolchildren. Bullington Gardens is at 95 Upper Red Oak Trail in Hendersonville. From Highway 64, turn north onto Howard Gap Road. Proceed one mile, and turn right on Zeb Corn Road. Go two-thirds of a mile and turn right on Upper Red Oak Trail. For more information, call 698-6104 or go to bullingtongardens.org.
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The Ridgecrest Salvation Army is seeking sponsors to help send local children to summer camp.
Two camps are scheduled. The first is June 10-15, and the second is July 22-27 at Camp Redwood Glen. The camps are open to all children ages 8-12.
Envoy Donna Griffin said camp costs $255 per child, which includes transportation.
"We try to go by getting them sponsors, or parents can pay their way or even a partial payment," she said. "We rent commercial busses, and it takes 45 children per busload."
She said the first camp still has 25 open slots out of 45.
"There are children who never get out of Ridgecrest, and sometimes this is a lifetime experience," said Griffin. "The only they have that they remember as children is somebody did something special for them, so we want to make a lifetime memory."
She said camp activities include swimming, hiking, environmental activities, sports such as soccer and baseball, crafts, chapel and campfires.
"They're all with counselors, and they've all had background checks for camp safety," she said.
Griffin said there is a $20 application fee per child, but it can be waived.
Sponsors can be individuals, businesses or memorial. Monetary sponsorship donations may be sent to the Salvation Army Camp Fund, P.O. Box 189, Ridgecrest, CA 93556. Sponsorship donations may also be made with Visa credit or debit card by calling 760-375-7219. All donations can also be brought to the Salvation Army office at 151 N. Downs St.
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