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PARKERSBURG - In an effort to raise awareness about organ donation and compel more people to be organ donors, Camden Clark Medical Center held Blue and Green Day Friday.
Nurses participated in the national Donate Life America campaign by wearing blue and green scrubs as a showing of support and offer of hope to those waiting for a transplant. They manned informational booths in the south tower of the Memorial Campus and at St. Joseph's Campus.
Registered nurses Amanda Duffield and Teresa Adams spoke to hospital staff, patients and visitors about the benefits of being an organ donor, in the south tower next to the cafeteria.
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Nurses Amanda Duffield and Teresa Adams with Camden Clark Medical Center pose at the Blue and Green Day informational table just outside of the memorial campus cafeteria in the south tower on Friday to promote organ donation as part of National Donate Life Month. (Photo by Jolene Craig)
"We are thanking everybody who is an organ donor and bringing awareness to the benefits of organ donation to those who are not," said Duffield. "Being in the health care field, we get to see the positives organ donation can bring to individuals and families on a daily basis."
CCMC has participated in the national campaign for several years by working with Lifeline of Ohio Organ Procurement as a way to help spread the word of the need for organ donors, said Kathy Warhola with Lifeline of Ohio.
More than 117,000 Americans are waiting for organ and/or tissue transplants, including hundreds of West Virginians. More than 18 people die every day waiting for a healthy organ.
"West Virginia hospitals have been challenged to promote organ donation and they have stepped up and accepted that challenge with gusto," Warhola said. "Camden Clark has always done great things with us and if just one person decides to be an organ donor after this campaign, it was all worth it."
The Blue and Green Day campaign has been around for more than 30 years and is done in conjunction with April being National Donate Life Month, Warhola said.
"The goal of this event and National Donate Life Month is to bring the drastic need for registered organ, eye and tissue donors to the forefront of the country's awareness," she said.
Duffield said not only was the Blue and Green Day event meant to spread awareness but to also dispel myths and misconceptions about being an organ donor.
"There are a lot of misconceptions out there and we want to educate people about what being an organ donor really means," she said.
One of those myths is that if you are an organ donor and in an accident, emergency medical technicians and doctors at the treating hospital will not give the same standard of care because they would rather organs and tissues be donated as soon as possible.
"That just is not true," Duffield said. "We are here to help everyone and we treat everyone the same; if you're an organ donor and in an accident, we do everything possible to save your life, but if we can't we want you to be able to help others."
One organ and tissue donor has the ability to save and enhance the lives of more than 50 people after death, with the donation of organs, including heart, intestines, kidneys, liver, lungs and pancreas as well as tissues that include bones, corneas, heart valves, skin, tendons and veins.
"It is really amazing what one person can do for so many others by just being an organ donor," Duffield said.


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October 28, 2005
As the temperature dip into the 30's this week, many are turning on their heaters for the first time in months. News 12 is on your side to explain why procrastination could end up costing you more in the future.
Fallen leaves are one of the first signs of the cooler weather to come, and for Bobby Gattman, that means the busy season has arrived.
"Every year the first time it gets cold, we get a lot of heat calls," said Bobby Gattman, Plunkett Heating and Air.
All of them almost identical to the next.
"A lot of switches, controls used for heating system aren't used for ½ a year when you go to crank them up, there's a lot that stick or just have gone bad over the summer," Gattman said.
Many of the problems are caused by not having their heaters checked before kicking them on this week. Unfortunately, Helga was one of them.
"He said it was some kind of switch," said Helga Temples, Augusta homeowner.
Some of the most common problems servicemen see on calls are right around the unit where the valves and pipes are located so always make sure the area is tidy and free of debris.
"It keeps the unit open so it can breathe and function properly," Gattman said.
And some of the age-old tips like this…
"If you don't change the filter and it gets very dirty it restricts air flow," Gattman said.
…Will always be the best, while others like investing in a space heater to keep costs down, may need to be reconsidered.
"When gas goes up, electric goes up right along with it so it's hard to say if it'd save you any money," Gattman said.
So maybe next year you won't end up paying the price like Helga did.

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Morning Links: Goldman Sped Up Stock Awards Ahead of Cliff
Goldman Sachs handed insiders $65 million in restricted stock hours before higher tax rates took effect — WSJ
Is Treasurys selloff just beginning? Citigroup reverses course on bullish recommendation two months ago — Morning MarketBeat
So, who won the fiscal cliff fight? – Andrew Samwick
Just how special is January for stocks? — Mark Hulbert
The year in VIX and volatility (2012) — VIX and More
It was a blue Christmas for retailers — Ahead of the Tape
The ceiling could quickly drop on "fiscal cliff" celebration – Heard on the Street
What's inside America's banks? — The Atlantic
America's bubble dependent economy — Barry Ritholtz
M.B.A. pop quiz: Are you employable? — Melissa Korn
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Are the Dodgers the New Yankees?
There's plenty of time for things to change, for a contract or three to be shed off in trades as surprising as the ones that took them out west. But as things stand 15 days before Christmas, the 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers are set to have the largest opening-day payroll in Major League Baseball history, eclipsing (by some reckonings) the 2008 New York Yankees. On Saturday night, the Dodgers handed out $147 million to Zack Greinke, making him the highest-paid righthander in league history; a day later, they gave $36 million to Korean starter Hyun-jin Ryu on top of a $25.7 million posting fee. They'll join a loaded roster that includes Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez and Clayton Kershaw, among many others that the new management team has brought to town after taking over the once-fading franchise. At this point, it barely rates mentioning that anything less than a World Series win would be complete, abject failure–to which doubters keen for blood would point out that those 2008 Yankees spent their overflowing cash on televisions nice enough to watch the playoffs from home.
The risks that come with the new deals are readily apparent. After coming to better grips with his social anxiety disorder, Greinke morphed into one of the league's best pitchers and the 2009 Cy Young champion. But since then, he hasn't put up an ERA better than 3.48 over an entire season, though advanced sabermetrics suggest a more favorable story. Still, $147 million is quite a lot of money to hand out for anything less than a sure thing, especially when considering the treasure the Dodgers will have to expend to retain Kershaw in a few years. Regarding the Ryu contract, the risks of handing out a lot of money to an unproven foreign pitcher have been well chronicled, with a Matsuzaka or Igawa a counterpoint to every Darvish. It was considered a mild disappointment when the Dodgers finished eight games behind the San Francisco Giants in the NL West right after the unprecedented trade that added a quarter of a billion dollars in salary commitments. More cash adds more pressure, even with Los Angeles a less intense sports locale than Boston or New York. "They can afford all this, and the inevitable luxury tax, too," Ken Rosenthal writes for Fox Sports. "Problem is, they still have to [jell], still have to play, still have to win. Headline-grabbing acquisitions are nice. But so far, all the Dodgers have proven is that they can buy all the expensive toys."
Some might call that take a cynical one. But there's something a little bleak about competing with a team so willing to open up the checkbook with little remorse for the consequences, as long as it can be justified on the path to a World Series. "This is the most expensive team in sports history: bigger than any Yankees outfit, higher-spending than the Barcelona football club – with more than twice their own opening-day payroll from 2012," writes Yahoo's Jeff Passan. "The Dodgers' money tree keeps birthing millions, and they keep giving it away, and there's not a thing anyone in baseball can do about it. The Death Star has no limits. It's scary to think, but this is just the beginning."
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Lionel Messi's latest, possibly greatest accomplishment comes with a tiny, Ruthian caveat for the not so easily impressed. In breaking Gerd Muller's 40-year old record for most goals scored in a calendar year, Messi needed 67 games compared to Muller's 60. That said: The schedule of play is much more challenging in the modern game, as are the standards for competitiveness. It's one of the few niggling issues one could hope to raise with Messi's otherwise sterling resume. Eighty-six goals, no matter how many games it took to score them, is impressive; to come in barely 11 months is a feat that should see the Barcelona forward cruise toward his fourth player of the year award. "So what if you don't believe in such records, which have a magical though artificial feel? (I, for one, find the accolade a touch forced, but it is these numerical touchstones upon which trivia is founded,)" writes ESPN's James Tyler. "Some players never manage 86 goals in a career, let alone in 11 months and 9 days, and in a team sport through which carefully calibrated formations and reductive tactics can overcome any solo brilliance, the manner in which Messi has gripped the sport can't be understated."
With the new record come the typical debates about Messi's place in history. The prevailing knock is that until Messi leads Argentina to a World Cup win, he'll be forever and firmly relegated to runner-up for maybe the only time in his life. "The latest record is a mark of Messi's consistency and excellence, but it is also the product of a regular place on a great team that plays a lot of games," Andrew Das writes in the New York Times. "The 86 goals also happen to be 85 more than Messi has scored in his World Cup career, and for that reason the true worshipers at the churches of Pelé and [Diego] Maradona will always rate Messi below their idols in the debate about the game's greatest player." Perhaps it's not fair to judge a player by the quality of his teammates. But one can recall the carping about LeBron James's claim to being the best player in the NBA before he'd won a championship–an honor far easier to obtain than a World Cup, of course. The pressure is all the more amped up for 2014.
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Over the next few days, theories will be posited and cracks will be offered as to how Manny Pacquaio, the formerly invincible-seeming boxer-turned-politician, could've been knocked out so quickly in his Saturday bout against Juan Manuel Marquez. Perhaps his recent turn toward religion robbed him of a previous killer edge; perhaps a slightly bizarre pre-fight visit from former presidential candidate Mitt Romney acted as some unknowing metaphysical hex against his ability to overcome the odds. Perhaps, some will say, Pacquiao's entire career to date had been a little overrated, with his previous decisions against Marquez owed to pomp and circumstance rather than clear-cut capability. It's a haphazard line of guesswork, but a genuinely intriguing one given his reputation prior to 2012, when he might've been called the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. Now, with both the Marquez knockout and the surprising Timothy Bradley loss marring his record this year, the chances of Pacquiao adding to his rep seem just as likely as the chances of that long-awaited fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. ever materializing.
Not so fast, says Inside HBO Boxing's Eric Raskin, who writes a detailed timeline of Pacquiao's career to date and reminds those evacuating the bandwagon what he'd done to deserve his name. "Powerful images elicit powerful responses. And within the context of sports, the image of Manny Pacquiao leaving a full-body sweat stain on the canvas, eyes shut and body shut down, is as powerful as it gets," he writes. "An image that indelible creates a lasting memory. The challenge is to not let it color other memories, memories it has no business intruding upon." Similarly, Time's Gary Andrew Poole offers a dramatic take on the fight as it happened, and muses on where Manny will go from here. "Pacquiao seems to be writing a different — more complex — storyline to his life, and it hasn't been easy for his countrymen to digest," he writes. "And the latest loss may shake the faith of his many non-Filipino fans who have made him a global brand — but one based on winning and invincibility." Difficult to digest, yes, but potentially just as compelling as what came before.
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Jaguar Recalls Certain XF Sedans for Fuel Leaks
Jaguar Cars Ltd. is recalling certain XF sport sedans from the 2010 through 2012 model years to fix a problem in their fuel-tank assemblies that could lead to fuel leaks and increase the risk of fire.
The affected cars have flanges on their fuel tank outlets that may crack. If this happens fuel can leak onto the ground and possibly catch fire if an ignition source is nearby.
In a document filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Jaguar said the recall mainly includes vehicles built at its Castle Bromwich, England, assembly plant between April, 2009 and January, 2010. But a small number of later cars from the 2010 through 2012 model years were fitted with the faulty flanges as replacement parts.
The recall includes a total of 4,195 cars, all with 5.0-liter gasoline engines.
Jaguar said that if a crack develops, the car's amber "check engine" light will probably illuminate. The driver is also likely to notice the smell of fuel. Small accumulations of fuel may also be visible under the car after it has been parked for awhile.
Under the recall Jaguar will replace the flanges free of charge. The recall is expected to begin by Dec. 7. Owners may contact Jaguar at 800-452-4827.


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Grand Central: Emerging Slump Won't Stop Fed Taper, Yet
The Wall Street Journal's Daily Report on Global Central Banks for Monday, Jan. 27
Turmoil in emerging markets last week sparked speculation among investors that the Federal Reserve might not scale back its bond-buying program as expected. But the Fed looks likely to stay on course with its plan.
First, it is not at all clear that meltdowns in the Turkish lira or the Argentine peso or an economic slowdown in China are due to the Fed. Yes, by Friday the selling in emerging markets seemed to catch fire in a way that might be associated with the Fed. The idea is that the Fed's pullback from providing easy money threatens to reduce the hot money that has flowed into these markets. But there are also plenty of country-specific problems at play that Fed officials seem likely to look past, such as political uncertainty in Turkey and Argentina. Moreover, if the Fed were the driver of this selloff, why is it happening now, rather than in December when the Fed first announced its plan to wind down its bond-buying program?
Second, it's not clear this selloff overseas is a problem for the U.S. economy or financial system, which the Fed is mandated by Congress to consider. U.S. stocks have dropped for a couple of days, but from high levels. Moreover, interest rates are under control as the Fed pulls back. Yields on 10-year Treasury notes have been falling, reaching 2.72% on Friday after starting the year near 3%. When the Fed decided not to pull back on the bond program in September, yields on bonds were rising, sparking worries among Fed officials that the pullback could short-circuit the housing recovery.
Third, the Fed tries not to overreact to events. For example, a weak jobs report for December hasn't fundamentally altered the Fed's view that the U.S. recovery is strengthening. It's not clear that a market selloff which is only a few days old would change that.
In short, the Fed looks like it remains on track to pull back the bond buys another notch to $65 billion per month when officials meet Tuesday and Wednesday. They'll surely discuss the emerging market selloff, looking for signs of broader spillovers. But it's hard to see how China's homemade woes, or Turkey's or Argentina's, at this point will make it to the top of the agenda
- By Jon Hilsenrath
Emerging Markets Currencies Tumble Again. The South African rand, one of the main casualties of the market shakeout at the end of last week, slid again. So did the Turkish lira, which struck record lows. A mix of local emerging-market strains, nerves over the fallout from the U.S. Federal Reserve's plans to reel in monetary stimulus and patches of weak economic data from China have caused investors to pull back from riskier bets in recent trading days. On Friday, that morphed from localized selloffs to a broad flight to safety—a pattern that is persisting. http://on.wsj.com/LeaMjc
Asian Markets Selling Off. Japan was hit especially hard Monday, with the Nikkei slumping 2.5% to its lowest level in two months. The largest moves in 2013 though are in the widely-traded Hang Seng China Enterprises Index which tracks Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong, down 9.5% this year as fears rise over Beijing's slowing and debt-laden economy. http://on.wsj.com/1eYv1vl
Draghi Offers Cautiously Upbeat View of Euro Zone. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said Friday banks in the euro zone have taken significant steps to shore up their balance sheets, an indication that the central bank's ongoing check of banks' health is unlikely to be disruptive to financial markets and the economy. In remarks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, he said the euro-zone economy is on a path of gradual improvement. http://on.wsj.com/1hTnOhl Speaking on a panel Saturday, he said inflation across the currency bloc was and would remain low "for a very long time." http://on.wsj.com/1chonAJ
EU's Rehn Calls for ECB to Act on Inflation. European Union economics chief Olli Rehn on Friday called on the ECB to act on its 2% inflation target, warning that very low inflation in the euro area doesn't support the bloc's nascent economic recovery. "It's important that the ECB continues its supportive monetary policy and aims at its inflation target," Mr. Rehn said in an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. http://on.wsj.com/KTzk0x
More Inflation Needed in Europe. As Europe's economy recovers from its crisis, afflicted countries such as Spain and Italy are trying to pare their debts while also becoming more internationally competitive. The trouble is, it's hard to do both at once. And the euro zone's weak inflation is making it even harder. http://on.wsj.com/1eXvQo6
Tucker Worries About Macroprudential Abuses. Are emerging economies' attempts to control capital flows wise policy or "a misguided attempt to legitimize creeping capital controls under this season's fashionable 'macroprudential banner, while in fact avoiding…the need for more fundamental reforms?" Mr. Tucker . Is this just another way for countries to depress currencies to favor exports? His answer: It depends. http://on.wsj.com/1f68nzN
Michelle Smith Shapes the Fed's Public Image. A profile of the director of the Fed's office of board members. http://wapo.st/1enuQ9L
- The Bank of Israel policy rate decision at 1530 GMT.
- ECB governing council member Jenns Weidmann speaks at 1800 GMT/1300 EST.
- Turkey's central bank holds a special meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee and announces its decision at 2400 local time (2200 GMT). http://on.wsj.com/1aCcarC
- The Fed's policy committee concludes a two-day meeting and is on track to reduce its bond purchases by an additional $10 billion to $65 billion per month. The decision will be released at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).
- The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's policy announcement at 2000 (GMT).
- Reserve Bank of South Africa's rate decision at 1300 GMT/0800 EST
- Malaysia's central bank policy meeting 5 a.m. EST (1000 GMT).
- BOE Governor Mark Carney speaks and holds a news conference, starting at 8:15 a.m. EST (1315 GMT
- Mexico central bank's interest rates decision set for 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT)
- Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher speaks at 1815 GMT
- Ben Bernanke's last day as Fed Chairman
Forward guidance is Mark Carney's self-inflicted headache at the BOE, argues Market Watch's William Watts. http://on.mktw.net/1eYCusL
Robert Samuelson's Verdict on Bernanke: Facing turmoil and danger, he helped stabilize the economy and reassure the public. His hallmarks have been competence, candor, decency and dignity. He was the right man at a fateful juncture. http://wapo.st/1eqOJgf
Former Fed economists Brian Sack and Joseph Gagnon call for scrapping the fed funds rate target. Here's the paper http://t.co/R7pj3Ggkbb and here's our explanation: http://on.wsj.com/KWCReP
Breaking up is hard to do: Bundesbank official argues breaking up large global financial institutions would not necessarily restore financial stability. http://www.bis.org/review/r140121a.htm
Don't Call it Contagion – But Here's the Global Currency Selloff in Five Charts http://on.wsj.com/KWaAEY
- The Bank of Russia shifted the ruble's trading band higher Monday for the ninth time so far in 2014.
- Japan's trade deficit hit a record high in 2013 http://on.wsj.com/1hDWDWV
- German business sentiment improves http://on.wsj.com/1giWtaX
- Italy's parliament gave a green light to a new law on that revalues the capital of the Bank of Italy, which is mostly owned by Italian commercial banks, and sets a 3% limit on stakes that individual investors can own in the central bank. http://on.wsj.com/1bmV37C
- The rebounding U.S. housing market faces headwinds. Mortgage rates are expected to continue to rise, low inventories may continue to restrain growth, as could new mortgage rules for lenders and borrowers. http://on.mktw.net/KVY6x5
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McCartney Closes Candlestick Park Out in Style
The last time Paul McCartney played at San Francisco's Candlestick Park, he was still a Beatle, top ticket prices were $6.50 and the band played a brief, half-hour set which would turn out to be their last commercial performance.
Nearly a half century after that 1966 concert, McCartney on Thursday night took the stage again in Candlestick to a sold-out crowd of 49,000 with tickets asking as much as $11,000, and rocked out the park for nearly three hours. He was there to entertain, but also to say goodbye – the performance marked the last public event at Candlestick, which is now set to be demolished soon.
"It's sad to see the old place closing, but we're going to close it down in style," Sir Paul told an adoring crowd.
The thrill of seeing the 72-year-old rock legend helped ease the sorrow many showgoers from around the Bay Area have had over the impending demise of the 'Stick, which had hosted nostalgia tours the past several months. It's being replaced by housing and other development, after the San Francisco 49ers moved to a new stadium this year down the peninsula in suburban Santa Clara.
"I think it's sad," Kathleen Bender, wearing tie-dye and an assortment of Beatles memorabilia, said on her way into the stadium. Bender, 70 and from Hayward, Calif., said she has been to many events at Candlestick, including when the San Francisco Giants baseball team played there and a 1987 appearance by Pope John Paul. She also saw the Beatles twice, at other Bay Area venues, but didn't scream like so many other female fans then.
"I didn't scream because I wanted to hear the music," she said.
Marianne Stickel didn't plan on doing any screaming for Sir Paul, either, even though back in the day she and a sister had their bedroom in Berkeley, Calif. decorated like a Beatles shrine. "It's a celebration because I'm still here, he's still here and he is still playing bad-ass rock with a great band," the 61-year-old now living in Rodeo, Calif., said before the concert.
The chronic traffic problems of getting to Candlestick kept thousands of concertgoers from arriving on time, but McCartney himself didn't disappoint. Taking the stage with a long red jacket and his trademark guitar, the former Beatle ripped into "Eight Days A Week," and by the fifth number was so warmed up he shed the coat to great cheers, despite Candlestick's famous fog.
In all, he belted out 40 songs, drawing heavily from his days with both the Beatles and his own band, Wings, as he has done throughout his "Out There" tour. As the show went on, McCartney made more and more references, both to San Francisco and Candlestick. At one point, he said, "This is the last big gig at Candlestick Park, so we're going to party it up."
He launched into a cover of the Jesse Fuller song, "San Francisco Bay Blues," and paused later to reminisce about his own history with the 'Stick. "The very last gig we did as the Beatles was in this place," McCartney said, looking around the rusting stadium which is still adorned with names of San Francisco sporting greats. Then he joked: "We got so pissed off we didn't do it again."
He went through the rest of the set, seeming to gain more energy with every song. One of the biggest crowd-pleasers was the Wings song "Live and Let Die," in which he sang and pounded a piano as towering fireworks exploded behind the giant stage. Finally, during his second encore, McCartney wrapped up the night with odes to the Candlestick past, including a rendition of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" which he noted also ended the Beatles' last concert there. As he sang, images of he and the Beatles at Candlestick played on a Jumbotron.
Streaming out of the stadium afterwards, fans both young and old said it was a fitting end to the park. "His music is timeless, really," said Emily Clark, a 22-year-old San Franciscan.
Set List: Aug. 14, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA
Eight Days a Week
Save Us
All My Loving
Listen to What the Man Said
Let Me Roll It
Paperback Writer
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
My Valentine
The Long and Winding Road
Maybe I'm Amazed
I've Just Seen a Face
San Francisco Bay Blues
We Can Work It Out
Another Day
And I Love Her
Here Today
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Lady Madonna
All Together Now
Lovely Rita
Everybody Out There
Eleanor Rigby
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Band on the Run
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Let It Be
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude
First Encore
Day Tripper
Hi, Hi, Hi
I Saw Her Standing There
Second Encore
Long Tall Sally
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
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Three books of abstracts of Wood County records have been at to the society's Genealogy Research Room at the Quitman Public Library.
Wood County Unclaimed Marriages 1890 to 1960s is a listing of marriage certificates at the Wood County Courthouse in Quitman which have never been picked up. The data of names and dates duplicates some in our bound books of county marriages also in the research room, but these are actual certificates housed at the courthouse in the basement (at the time of the research for the book published in 2008). The certificates are "gradually fading away due to age and climate conditions" according to Patsy Vinson, president of the Organization for the Preservation of Historical and Genealogical Records (OPHGR) which published all three of these new books.Proof of relationship to the persons on the certificate is required to pickup a copy at the courthouse.
Mechanic's Liens of Wood County, Texas Volume A names individuals and businesses involved in buying and selling of items such as building materials for houses and equipment and the terms of loans to secure the transactions. The book is indexed. The information was compiled by Laverne Howard Wyatt and pubished in 2009.
Misdemeanor Guilty Pleas of Wood County, Texas -1892-1946 Volumes 1 to 4 lists names of those who so plead, fines, jail times, and the nature of the criminal offense. Jail times ranged from none to minutes to multiple days. Some of the crimes included assaults, gaming, abusive language, killing quail out of season, and killing fish. The book is also indexed. The author is Patsy Vinson, and the book was published in 2008.
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Wearing a mask around its eyes, it walked a tightrope. No, not some costumed performer: a raccoon.
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Going from the tree in Mavis' yard to trees a football field or so away.
Now sure you can see plenty of trained animals walk a tightrope on YouTube, like Rodney the rat.
It took 9 months of training for Ozzydog to do this. And a circus can teach a goat to walk a rope with a monkey on its back. But a wild raccoon?
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"Getting a flu vaccination is the single most important thing you can do to protect yourself and your family," said Sedgwick County Health Department Director Claudia Blackburn. "Flu vaccinations are readily available throughout the community, and now is the time to get vaccinated."
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Wall says it should fit snugly and the chin strap should be centered. One Quitman player suffered an injury to his ear this month, because of an ill-fitting helmet.
Wall says even the fit of a mouth guard is important. It should go back all the way to the last molars.
"And there's some evidence that a properly-fitted mouth guard can actually prevent concussions," Wall said.
Hip and thigh pads primarily help prevent deep bruises, but the pads may need adjustment during practice and games.
Shoes should never be hand-me-downs, because they mold to the foot and each person's is unique.
"Your shoes should be wide enough, have enough room in the toe box and have about a thumb-width room between the longest toe and the end of the shoe to fit properly," said Wall.
A shoulder measurement should be done first to get the right fit for shoulder pads.
When dealing with injuries on the field, Wall says don't remove the helmet or pads. They work to stabilize the body while the injury is evaluated.


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Going in, I didn't have high hopes for "Zero Dark Thirty." My expectations for the movie were exceeded, but not by much.
To start with, anyone seeing this movie should take it with a grain of salt. Though it's based on the true story of the years-long intelligence operation that led to the killing of Osama Bin Laden, we really don't know how much of it is true, and shouldn't take it as fact.
The main character is a woman named Maya, who was recruited by the CIA out of high school and has only been working for them a few years. She ends up being transferred to the U.S. embassy in Pakistan, and after a drawn-out torture session with a detainee — a scene that has sparked much controversy for its depiction of beatings, starvation and waterboarding — receives intel that she believes has to do with the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden. For the next seven years, she spends all of her time and effort defying her superiors to work on these leads. She's played by Jessica Chastain, whom I loved in "The Help," but she fell flat for me in this movie.
I don't feel the movie deserves the hype it's gotten. I give it two stars.
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Eagle County School District officials announced Eagle Valley High School would get an $18.7 million renovation in 2009. Big ticket items included in the remodel were a student commons/cafeteria, a new gymnasium, a new technology wing and a renovation of the school auditorium.
The upcoming Eagle Town Board election featured a full slate of candidates. Ed Woodland, a current town board member, and Eagle County Commissioner Arn Menconi were both running for mayor while there were eight candidates for the three town board seats - Kraige Kinney, Glenn Harakal, Donald Horst, Chris Boyd, Liz Spetnagel, Roxie Deane, David Johnson and Yuri Kostick.
The Eagle Valley Enterprise won the 2007 Editorial Sweepstakes award at the Colorado Press Association convention in Denver.
Week of March 6, 2003
Eagle County Schools' plan to standardize school start times and begin the elementary school day at 7:45 a.m. drew strong opposition from a number of local parents.
Frederick Gannet was sworn in as an Eagle County Court Judge, marking his second stint in the position. Gannet had left the bench in 1994 for private practice.
Dr. Greg Adair opened a dental practice in Eagle.
Local Luke Bray, 21, was a budding inventor. He developed a pump to increase an overused aluminum bat's air pressure. Bray, an avid baseball player, said the invention idea came to him when he was looking for a way to juice up the power in one of his aging bats.
Week of March 4, 1993
A 32-year-old Red Cliff man, Marshall Trom, was killed after he fell while ice climbing in Glenwood Canyon.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejected a proposal by the proposed Adam's Rib Recreation Area to build a central ski village in the 46-acre Vassar Meadow wetlands.
Both the unemployment rate and food stamp requests were on the rise in Eagle County.
Eagle Town Board members met with Eagle County officials to express concerns about noise impacts from commercial airplanes flying over town. The town representatives asked for a noise abatement program.
The Gypsum Town Council recruited City Market to build a supermarket in the community.
Week of March 3, 1983
Eagle County's first year of sales tax collection brought in $1.8 million in revenue.
The Eagle Business and Professional Women received their first-year charter from the state organization. Founders of the group included Jean O'Dell, Rayl Levy, Cheryl Bailey, Johnnette Phillips and Ella Bindley.
The Eagle Junior All-Stars team won the league tournament. Coach Rod Schlegel took team members Jimmy Epperson, Dale Starr, Tim Myers, Justin Felhaur, Joe Zupancic, Doug Mayhew and Paul Hoza to victory.
Week of March 8, 1973
The Eagle Town Board members were interviewing candidates for the community's first-ever town manager.
Gypsum town officials accepted a federal loan and grant to pay for improvements to the community's water system. Gypsum officials were also concerned that Vail area residents were dumping loads in the town's landfill, which was nearing capacity.
Holy Cross Electric Association lineman Mac Macdonell was honored for 25 years of service with the company.
Debby Mayne, Leslie Swanson, Tammy Gates and Connie Vekre won prizes for the most practice time at a piano recital hosted by music teacher Jean Price.
Week of March 7, 1963
Father Thomas Stone was named chairman of the Eagle County Red Cross.
An open house at Koonce Chevrolet drew a large crowd to downtown Eagle.
Local rancher Bob Burford was elected chairman of the Eagle County Republicans. Nina Roach was vice chairman and Marilla McCain was secretary.
EVHS student Ron Dodo had the winning essay in the Soil Conservation District writing contest. He earned a free trip to conservation camp.
The Eagle Dandylions Club donated $1,500 for a remodel at the town community house. The money was earmarked for a new ceiling, walls and floor coverings.
Donald Davenport, Arnold Clements, George Jackson, Russell Confer, Steven Bobson, Carl Porter, Kevin Alberson, Mike Collett, Larry Walker, John Woods, Jack Reagen and Lee Robinson all earned Boy Scout badges.
Week of March 5, 1953
The tin warehouse at the corner of Third and Howard streets in Eagle was torn down. The structure, which was used as a grainery, had been built around the turn of the century by brothers Tom and Harvey Dice. However, mice disturbed the brothers' plans for the building and eventually it was used by J.S. Huges, an early day merchant, to store salt and farm machinery. At one point Eagle County purchased the building for its mechanical shop. The Eagle Masonic Lodge purchased the land were the building was located and planned to build a temple on the site.
The Castle Peak Dairy in Eagle installed ice cream manufacturing equipment.
The Eagle County commissioners approved a $25 per month pay raise for deputy officials, bringing their total monthly salary up to $225.
Week of March 5, 1943
Members of the Eagle County Red Cross Board toured hospital facilities at Camp Hale.
Three Red Cliff brothers - Jack, George and Robert Elliott - were all serving in the Army. Jack was among the troops who first arrived in Hawaii following the Pearl Harbor attack.
Joanne Whittaker had perfect attendance at Brush Creek School until a bout of measles hit the family.
At a Brush Creek School gathering, Jane Dice sang "Moonlight Becomes You" and Bobby Tresize sang "You are My Sunshine."
Week of March 3, 1933
District Court Judge Hume White sentenced a man found guilty of a robbery at Pando to five years in prison. Gene K. Luby was the district attorney who prosecuted the case.
Following a raid by Colorado Fish and Game and Eagle County Sheriff Murray Wilson, a Wolcott man was charged with illegal possession of beaver furs.
T.E. Lewis and sons, Harry and John, were in Eagle to look over the arrangement of a new mercantile store. The IGA Store was operating with a new, self-service concept that the owners predicted would give customers better service at greatly reduced prices.


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- Era: WWII
- Number of Pages: 416
- Subject: History
- Date Available: October 2009
Hell To Pay is a comprehensive and compelling examination of the myriad complex issues that comprised the strategic plans for the American invasion of Japan. U.S. planning for the invasion and military occupation of Imperial Japan was begun in 1943, two years before the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In its final form, Operation Downfall called for a massive Allied invasion—on a scale dwarfing "D-Day"—to be carried out in two stages. In the first stage, Operation Olympic, the U.S. Sixth Army would lead the southern-most assault on the Home Island of Kyushu preceded by the dropping of as many as nine atom bombs behind the landing beaches. Sixth Army would secure airfields and anchorages needed to launch the second stage, Operation Coronet, 500 miles to the north in 1946. The decisive Coronet invasion of the industrial heartland of Japan through the Tokyo Plain would be led by the Eighth Army, as well as the First Army, which had previously pummeled its way across France and Germany to defeat the Nazis.
These facts are well known and have been recounted—with varying degrees of accuracy—in a variety of books and articles. A common theme in these works is their reliance on a relatively few declassified high-level planning documents. An attempt to fully understand how both the U.S. and Japan planned to conduct the massive battles subsequent to the initial landings was not dealt with in these books beyond the skeletal U.S. outlines formulated nine months before the initial land battles were to commence, and more than a year before the anticipated climactic series of battles near Tokyo. On the Japanese side, plans for Operation Ketsu-go, the "decisive battle" in the Home Islands, have been unexamined below the strategic level and seldom consisted of more than a list of the units involved and a rehash of U.S. intelligence estimates of Kamikaze aircraft available for the defense of Kyushu.
Hell to Pay examines the invasion of Japan in light of the large body of Japanese and American operational and tactical planning documents unearthed by the author in both familiar and obscure archives, as well as postwar interrogations and reports that senior Japanese commanders and their staffs were ordered to produce for General MacArthur's headquarters. Hell to Pay clarifies the political and military ramifications of the enormous casualties and loss of material projected by both sides in the climatic struggle to bring the Pacific War to a conclusion through a brutal series of battles on Japanese soil. This groundbreaking history counters the revisionist interpretations questioning the rationale for the use of the atom bomb and shows that President Truman's decision was based on very real estimates of the truly horrific cost of a conventional invasion of Japan.
D. M. Giangreco served for more than twenty years as an editor for Military Review, published by the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He has written and lectured widely on national security matters, and is an award-winning author of numerous articles and eleven books, including Dear Harry...Truman's Mailroom, 1945-1973.
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"This book is an important addition to World War II history."— Air Power History
"Hell to Pay presents a detailed and well-supported argument based on the author's methodical analysis of vast evidence, in which he dissected from both sides' perspectives the available intelligence and detailed planning leading up to the invasion of the Japanese home islands. Not only has the author crafted a compelling narrative, but he has also decisively put to rest any question of the justification of President Truman's decision to use atom bombs to end the war with Japan. Hell to Pay is far more than a compelling history of the planning for the invasion of Japan in the final stages of World War II. It represents historical scholarship and engaging writing of the highest caliber and decisively corrects revisionist distortions of one of the war's most controversial decisions. This is a major achievement for the author and a must-read for historians of World War II."— Army History Magazine, Winter 2013
"Hell to Pay is far more than a compelling history of the planning for the invasion of Japan in the final stages of World War II. It represents historical scholarship and engaging writing of the highest caliber and decisively corrects revisionist distortions of one of the war's most controversial decisions. This is a major achievement for the author and a must-read for historians of World War II."— Army History Magazine, Winter 2013
". . . .This book breaks new ground and is an important addition to previous works about war in the Pacific Theatre. It is thoroughly recommended."— WARSHIP 2011's "Naval Books of the Year"
"A former editor at Military Review provides us with one of the first books to detail the planned U.S. invasion of the Japanese home islands in October 1945 and the Japanese preparations for that invasion. Drawing on solid research in both countries, Giangreco lays out the U.S. planning and the whole scenario of what would have happened: millions of casualties, prolongation of the Pacific war, possibly past 1947,and manpower shortages and war weariness in the United States, with Japanese militarists—and their no-surrender policy—in control in Japan. The two-pronged invasion would have begun on the island of Kyushu, preceded by no fewer than nine atom-bomb drops behind the landing beaches. Illustrative of just how much the war with Japan was a close-run thing, this is essential reading."—Library Journal (Starred Review)
"Giangreco . . . synthesizes years of research in a definitive analysis of America's motives for using atomic bombs against Japan in 1945."—Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)
"I know of no other book that examines the actual scenarios for the invasion of Japan more fully than this. It strikes me as an important piece of military history. Of course, some will continue to argue that "Japan was ready to surrender"--without ever adequately explaining why, if that was the case, Japan did not surrender before Hiroshima and Nagasaki."—Alonzo L. Hamby, History News Network
"Author Giangreco describes in horrific details the American planning for the invasion of Japan, which would have been the largest amphibious assault in history. He convincingly shows that both sides were rushing headlong toward a disastrous confrontation in the Home Islands' and that it was prevented only by the sudden conclusion of the war in August 1945. His account, based on exhaustive research and informed by special insight into military operations, will refute revisionist theses, especially the contention that Truman's and Stimson's projection of American casualties was a postwar invention."—Sadao Asada, author of From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: American Strategic Theory and the Rise of the Imperial Japanese Navy
"A magnificent achievement. Giangreco provides a comprehensive analysis of preparations by both sides for the anticipated invasion of Japan. He demolishes two of the revisionists' most precious myths: that Japan was trying to surrender during the summer of 1945 and that casualty estimates later cited by American officials were wildly exaggerated in order to cover up the real reason for using atomic bombs. This book is indispensable for anyone interested in the subject."—Robert James Maddox, author of Hiroshima in History: The Myths of Revisionism.
"Truman unleashed the atomic bomb to avoid the appalling casualties of invading Japan. Revisionists condemn the morality of the war-ending 'miracle of deliverance' by belittling the butcher's bill. Tapping little-known American and Japanese records of 1945 D. M. Giangreco lays bare the gruesome bloodbath had Operation Downfall been launched. Case closed."—Edward S. Miller, author of War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945
"D. M. Giangreco brilliantly examines not only the military planning of the United States for the anticipated invasions of Operation Downfall but also the unrelenting defensive preparations of Japan in its Ketsu-Go campaign. This important book is filled with crucial insights and fascinating details about the strategy and tactics of each side as they moved towards a bloody and costly culmination of their fierce conflict. It constitutes essential reading for all those who truly want to comprehend Japan's defeat and the end of the Pacific War."—Wilson D. Miscamble, author of From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam, Hiroshima and the Cold War
"Hell to Pay is a comprehensive, revealing, extensively researched description of American plans and preparations for the invasion of Japan, with important new information and analyses. Especially valuable are its detailed explanations of force requirements, manpower and redeployment problems, and Japanese defensive measures."—Stanley L. Falk, former Chief Historian, U.S. Air Force
"The complex conditions perceived by both Japanese and American decision makers, and the difficult assessments made at the time, require, in Hell to Pay, the portrayal of vast arrays of numbers. In few books about any subject other than astrophysics are figures more provocative, and more persuasive. Giangreco turns number-crunching into high drama."—Stanley Weintraub, author of 15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall: Three Generals Who Saved the American Century
"In Hell to Pay, Giangreco challenges some historians who have suggested that Japan was preparing to surrender and that casualty estimates for the planned invasion of Japan later were exaggerated. According to Giangreco, the numbers were frightful enough in 1945. Estimates in circulation that July, he writes, suggested that any invasion would kill between 5 million and 10 million Japanese, and perhaps cost the United States between 1.7 million and 4 million casualties, including between 400,000 to 800,000 killed. Truman's decision was made in real time, Giangreco writes, using the most reliable estimates then available. Those numbers, Giangreco maintains, also were the result of cumulative research of many parties over a long period and not the result of any casual tweaking. The fact remains, he writes, "albeit uncomfortable or inconvenient for some, that President Harry S. Truman's much-derided accounts of massive casualties projected for the two-phase invasion of Japan is richly supported by U.S. Army, White House, Selective Service and War Department documents produced prior to the use of nuclear weapons against Japan, and stretching all the way back through the last nine months of the Roosevelt administration."— Brian Burnes, Kansas City Star
"Japanese were well prepared. They knew where we were coming, at Kyushu starting November 1, 1945, and then right at Tokyo in the Spring 1946. Stunning. The two atomic bombs were mercy in comparison to the projected casualties on both sides. Truman chose the atomic bombs to save American lives. In so doing, he also saved Japanese lives, up to 8 million. . . . I will never again be dubious about the decision to use the atomic bombs. In a world of ghastly choices, he chose the nightmare over the Apocalypse."— John Batchelor, WABC, on November 14, 2009
"In 1945, Harry S. Truman authorized the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was a gamble, intended to shock Japan into surrender. A cottage industry has since arisen to explain why the bombs were unnecessary. Japan would have surrendered anyway, it is claimed, or a demonstration of the bomb off Tokyo harbor would have worked just as well. These claims are often based on cursory examination of the situation. No rigorous study of the strategic situation was attempted in the immediate aftermath of war's end. Many misconceptions arose about Japan's inability to continue fighting resulted. Those misconceptions should be dispelled by this book. . . . Disparaging the use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is easy before reading Hell to Pay." It is more difficult after doing so."— Mark Lardas, Galveston County Daily News


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I wrote a note on my receipt (thank goodness I keep records!) asking if anyone had seen my open paper pack of quick-cooking oatmeal. A Post-it addendum apologized if I'd been unknowingly taking from someone else's supplies and asks that I be informed so that I can check with the supermarket or just absorb the loss and buy another pack. A third Post-it note added that if people had been mistaking my oatmeal for the intact one-minute oatmeal buried behind the brown sugar on someone else's shelf, then no problem, but please stop moving my oatmeal.
Life is too complicated for 8:00 in the morning.
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Next time: put them all in the fruits compartment instead of leaving them out (remember, indoor heating makes it _warmer_ than home!), and check them every day.
If I find a proper mango here, I'm going to splurge on getting it.
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