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Guest: A tax break to exercise
Published: Sunday, February 2, 2014 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 31, 2014 at 4:41 p.m.
We continue to be bombarded, and rightfully so, with messages about our country's expanding obesity levels. The strain and cost to our economy from medical conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, largely due to physical inactivity, is reaching epidemic level. It's also preventable.
Two in five Americans have said they would exercise if offered a financial incentive. Providing that financial incentive is the basis of the Personal Health Investment Today Act (HR 956) currently being proposed in Congress.
The PHIT Act aims to lower the financial burden of exercise and provide motivation to Americans by expanding the definition of reimbursable expenses within taxpayer health-savings and flexible-spending accounts.
If passed, the PHIT Act would allow a taxpayer to allocate up to $1,000 of pretax dollars for physical activity expenses such as gym memberships, club fees, personal trainer fees and select home-exercise equipment.
As the executive director for U.S. Masters Swimming, I'm a member of the Association of Chief Executives of Sport. ACES is a trade association comprising the 61 CEOs of the U.S. Olympic Committee and Pan American governing bodies. Collectively, more than 30 million American youth and adults are members of the organizations under the ACES umbrella -- organizations such as USA Triathlon, US Rowing, and USA Gymnastics.
At our winter ACES conference, held recently in Pensacola, I had the privilege of presenting and asking my fellow CEOs to support the PHIT Act by requesting that representatives in their districts co-sponsor the bill.
Republicans and Democrats may not agree on health-care or tax reform, but they do agree that Americans need to become more active, as evidenced by the bipartisan support: Currently, 16 Democrats and 14 Republicans have signed on to co-sponsor the PHIT Act, including Florida Republican Rep. Dennis Ross.
I'm encouraging residents of the Gulf Coast to exercise your rights as constituents, reach out to your representatives and encourage them to co-sponsor the PHIT Act.
Who wins? You do! As the beneficiary, you would be able to use your pretax dollars to pay for your fitness activities.
Rob Butcher is executive director of U.S. Masters Swimming, which has its headquarters in Sarasota.
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In Cal Ripken Minor last night at the Cal Ripken field, Huebert Fiberboard rallied from a 2-0 deficit after two innings by outscoring Boonville Daily News 10-2 for the rest of the game en route to a 10-4 victory.
Meanwhile, in the nightcap, Boonville Ready Mix led CARSTAR from start to finish to win by the mercy rule by a score of 16-0.
Boonville Daily News, dropping to 5-10 on the season, had the right idea against Huebert Fiberboard by pushing across one run in the first on one walk and a RBI-single by Alex Rhode.
Then, after holding Huebert Fiberboard scoreless in its half of the first, BDN came back and tacked on another run in the second on two walks and a wild pitch to make it 2-0.
Unfortunately for the BDN, they never led again after that as Huebert Fiberboard rallied back with three runs in the third on five walks and three again in the fourth on four walks, one error and a bunt single by Bryce Harris to go up by a score of 6-2.
But even then the Boonville Daily News made it close by plating two more runs across in the fifth on two walks and a single by Luke Kollmeyer to cut the lead to two at 6-4.
Huebert Fiberboard then made it official in the bottom-half of the fourth by sending four more runs across on three walks, one error and a two-RBI double by Reece Lang for the victory.
Lang also picked up the win on the mound for Huebert Fiberboard while Elijah Pinkett took the loss for BDN.
Lang started the game and pitched the first-three innings, giving up two runs on one hit and three walks while striking out six. Josh Chrisman then came in and pitched two innings in relief and allowed two runs on two hits and two walks. Then, to finish the game, Lane West pitched one inning and struck out two batters.
For BDN, Pinkett pitched 2 1/3 innings and gave up three runs on one hit and five walks while striking out four. Ellis Teter then came in and pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief and issued five runs on one hit and nine walks while striking out two. Then, to finish the game, Alex Rhode pitched one inng and yielded two runs on one hit while striking out one.
Reece Lang also had the only extra base hit in the ballgame for Huebert Fiberboard, who improved to 13-3, with a three-RBI double. Josh Chrisman had a RBI-single while Bryce Harris added one single.
For BDN, Alex Rhode went 1-for-3 with a RBI-single while Ellis Teter and Luke Kollmeyer added one single each.
In the nightcap, Boonville Ready Mix left little doubt against CARSTAR by pushing across four runs in the first on three walks, a RBI-single by Carson Campbell and a two-RBI single by Cole Meisenheimer.
Page 2 of 2 - But it gets better for BRM and worse for CARSTAR in the second inning. Already leading 4-0 after one, BRM came back and exploded for seven runs in second on four walks, one error and four hits, which included a single by Elijah Carter, a RBI-single by Bailey Quint, a RBI-double by Cole Meisenheimer and a single by Sam Esser.
Of course the runs didn't stop there for BRM. After adding yet another run in the third on a double by Quint, BRM came back and sent four more runs across in the fourth on two walks, a single by Dillon Alpers, a RBI-triple by Aaron Witting, a single by Carson Campbell and a two-RBI single by Sam Esser to win by the mercy rule.
Cole Meisenheimer tossed the first-two innings to pick up the win on the mound for Boonville Ready Mix while Colton Scott took the loss for CARSTAR.
In two innings, Meisenheimer struck out six batters and gave up just two hits. Aaron Witting then came in and pitched two innings in relief and walked two while striking out two.
For CARSTAR, who dropped to 9-7 on the season, Scott pitched 1 1/3 innings and surrendered nine runs on six hits and four walks while striking out two. Dawson Barnthouse then came in and pitched 1/3 inning and issued two runs on three walks. Then, to finish the game, Ethan Walker yielded five runs on five hits and two walks in 2 1/3 innings. Walker also struck out three batters.
Boonville Ready Mix, who improved to 14-2 on the season, also had the bats going last night with 11 hits.
Cole Meisenheimer went 2-for-3 with a single, double and three RBIs. Bailey Quint was 2-for-3 with a single, double and one RBI while Sam Esser added two singles and two RBIs, Carson Campbell with two singles and one RBI and Dillon Alpers and Elijah Carter each with one single and one RBI.
For CARSTAR, Nathaniel Krebs and Jake Vossler each had one single.
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With grace and vigor on the ice and a barrelful of fire for cold hands rinkside, Milford's fifth annual Winter Lights Festival concluded on Saturday at Ann Street Park in Milford as approximately 125 people watched a 45-minute brisk and spirited performance from local champion skater Jordan Hartey to music from the Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian," to Alizah Allen's "Birdland" to jazz from "The Threepenny Opera."
Hartey had just graduated from Delaware Valley High School a few months before the debut of the Winter Lights Festival five years ago. Now she has a master's degree in exercise physiology and will begin her doctorate in physical therapy this fall.
"What came across," said festival producer Michael Carson, "was that people were grateful for this event in the dead of winter when people are cabin-bound, which was our purpose."
Amateur skaters filled the rink when the performers left. Scott Sheldon, who helped set up and maintain the rink, told Carson the rink was busy with skaters throughout the following day on Sunday. With low temperatures ongoing, the rink may last a while for public usage this year.
After last year's disappointing meltdown of festival plans in mild weather, Carson reveled in this year's accomplishment.
"A home-schooling mom asked, 'What does this cost?' Nothing," Carson said "A boy on the ice after the show said it was 'astounding.' People came up to my wife after the show and gave her a pastry from the Patisserie, saying, 'Thank you for doing this.'"
Carson also said he understood how his audience might miss meaning in some pieces, as he learned in a question-and-answer session after last week's performance.
"Unlike theater, with many rehearsal opportunities at $25 an hour, trying to do something on a grand scale on ice is more difficult," he said. "With the pageantry piece, we had to change, but couldn't work out the kinks in time. The ice was frozen only the last five nights, so we had to hurry with preparation."
Carson sees the festival venture as exploring new artistic expression.
"People think, 'I can do this,' but it's not so easy," Carson said. "We're creating a new genre of ice dance with emotional stories and personal points of view. We gain insight by asking questions. What didn't you like? What was wrong?"
In the 2014 Winter Lights Festival, Carson said, the spirit world will be interacting "mischievously" with the human world to an original score dramatizing the Booker Prize-winning novel by Ben Okri, "The Famished Road." Carson got clues about how to show spirits' changeability in the story of Persephone two years ago, with her seasonal duality. However, the challenge will also be to somehow condense 1,300 words into 20 minutes.
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Summit County is home to 415 miles of trail origins alone, making organizations like Friends of the Dillon Ranger District instrumental in preserving recreation lands and open space.
This was the biggest season yet for the volunteer organization, which put together more than 70 projects in the county, adding up to just more than 8,000 volunteer hours contributed.
With weather becoming too much of a variable to complete trail maintenance projects, FDRD's volunteer season wrapped up in October. During the active months of June, July and August, the organization broke records for volunteer hours donated by teaming with several local and regional volunteer and nonprofit programs.
"It's very rewarding, it's that instant gratification that it comes from," said Sarah Slaton, project coordinator for FDRD. "Now that the season is over, all of our volunteers that worked so hard throughout the summer and fall can go out and see the changes they helped orchestrate."
The uncovered grounds remained snow free the better part of October, presenting the opportunity to complete projects ranging from litter pick up, weed pulling, outreach, education, watershed monitoring to trail restoration.
FDRD collaborated with several organizations during the summer/fall 2012 season including the Keystone Science School, the Colorado State University extension office and Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, with approximately 750 volunteers - most volunteering locally while several traveled from the Front Range, according to Slaton.
The volunteer of the year was Eric Peterson for his diverse commitment to several of the season's projects. He was given special recognition for his service in a watershed monitoring program in the Greenland's Reserve Land Trust.
"He participated in some really difficult projects, he came to trail projects, youth projects - he helped in so many different ways," Slaton said.
The end of the season marked the release of an updated Dillon recreation guide, a trail photo guide offered by the U.S. Forest Service created by volunteers - this year, FDRD took the lead on updating the project.
"If someone has never been on a trail before, this guide is really helpful because they can see photographs of trailheads, junctions and alternative routes," Slaton said.
A restoration project on Georgia Pass topped the list of highlights, Slaton said.
"There's one kid that sticks out in my mind," Slaton said. "He came out to the youth coordinator and said super seriously 'best day ever.' All day he worked really hard and he was so excited, I think it's important to help install the value of our environment into the youth."
Standing out among the various projects organized by FDRD, the ranger patrol volunteers exceeded the goals set for the program last season.
The volunteers for this branch of FDRD programming are trained in early June for public outreach extending through October. They are a volunteer group of 40 men and women who go out and volunteer wearing the Forest Service uniform and talk with members of the public recreating in the county.
Year after year, several volunteer rangers return to participate in the program to share knowledge of the area and available trails, native plants and environmental etiquette. This season, the rangers set an unprecedented achievement through their volunteer efforts, according to Slaton.
During the June-through-October volunteer season, 187 hikes were completed by rangers totaling 1,012 miles patrolled. FDRD organizers set a goal of reaching 800 volunteer hours through the ranger program and the 40 volunteers well surpassed a goal they once thought was unachievable.
"I challenged my ranger patrollers to complete 800 hours and they didn't think they could do it," Slaton said. "But they ended up with 938 hours, it was amazing. It just shows the level of local commitment and how valuable our community considers our environment to be."


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Compared to some recent luxury home sales in the Bay Area, the $27 million asking price for a former Stanford University trustee's historic residence in Los Altos Hills would appear to be a bargain.
And it is, according to Sotheby's broker associate Arthur Sharif, particularly in light of a lengthy and astronomically expensive restoration effort. He pegs the actual value at about $50 million.
But the current owner, venture capitalist Kelly Porter, is looking to make a quick sale on the 11,000-square-foot Tudor built in 1914 for Percy T. Morgan, a San Francisco businessman-turned-Stanford University trustee.
"The owners want a quick sale," Sharif told The Daily News. "They just want to move on."
This isn't Porter's first try at selling the Morgan Estate, located at 12335 Stonebrook Court. He put the roughly 8-acre property on the market in 2008, amid a housing slump, for $45 million. But there were no takers, not even after the price was dropped to $38 million.
Things have improved since then and luxury homes in the Bay Area are selling at record prices.
For instance, private equity investor Tully M. Friedman sold his Woodside estate in January for $117.5 million. And in July 2011, Russian billionaire Yuri Milner purchased a compound in Los Altos Hills for $100 million.
Those homes may have sold for more than what Porter is asking but they aren't in the same league architecturally, said Sharif, who helped broker the Milner deal. Locally, only Filoli in Woodside and the Chateau Carolands in Hillsborough compare to the Morgan Estate, he added.
"It really does stand out from the rest of the crowd," said Sharif, noting that he isn't often impressed by grandeur given his line of work. "I would live in this house before I would live in that $100 million home."
Morgan and his wife Daisy initially lived in San Francisco, but soon after their marriage in 1894 they purchased 132 acres in Los Altos Hills as a country retreat, according to the Stanford Historical Society.
Architect John H. Powers modeled the mansion after Speke Hall, an Elizabethan manor house built in 1589 in Lancashire, England. The 2½-story home built for the Morgans, dubbed Lantarnam Hall at the time, features a ballroom, a small chapel, a library and two dozen other rooms.
Shortly after the home was completed in 1916, at a cost of $400,000, Percy was tapped to serve on the board of trustees at Stanford University.
The couple did not reside at Lantarnam Hall for very long. Percy shot himself to death in 1920 and Daisy quickly abandoned the estate. It was purchased in 1929 by restaurateurs Gerald and Gypsy Buys, who had hoped to turn it into a private club but saw their bid turned down by local officials.
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The property changed hands again in 1952 and served as the Ford Country Day School for more than three decades. It reverted to private ownership in 1988, according to the Stanford Historical Society.
Porter and his then-wife Christina purchased the property in 1999 and immediately set to work on a renovation project that took more than seven years and cost as much as $15 million, Sharif said. Equal attention was paid to the interior and the mansion is appointed much like it was in 1916.
In addition to being a steal at $27 million, the estate has low property taxes because of its status as a Mills Act home, Sharif said.
Whereas the owner of a comparable residence might pay upward of $270,000 a year, the owner of the Morgan Estate will pay just $27,000, provided the historical integrity of the home remains intact.
"But someone would have to be absolutely out of their minds to want to change it," said Sharif.
Bids on the Morgan Estate will be accepted starting Monday, Sharif said. To whet the appetites of prospective buyers, he is hosting a "Great Gatsby" -themed party today. He added that the estate is perfect for philanthropy-minded individuals.
"It's truly an entertainer's home," he said. "It's the epitome of what the 'Great Gatsby' is all about."
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As I headed over to my buddy Matt's house to pick him up for the show, I turned my head away from the country road stretched out before me and gazed across the green, rolling hills that made up the countryside. I remember thinking to myself, "what a beautiful day for a Phish show." Everybody loves seeing Phish outdoors, but having a beautiful summer day with no rain clouds in sight just makes it that much better. I got to Matt's house, which was where I was also supposed to meet up with my friends Dan, Dave, and Adam who were going to follow us down to Columbus caravan style. Once we were all situated we were off to Erie to pick up the final member of our crew, Alex who had just got back from some kind of Boy Scout camping trip or something. With Alex in the car, we merged onto I-90 headed westbound with the in-dash CD player cranking out Jerry Garcia licks and the three of us speculating as to what we were going to hear that night.
We made it around Cleveland and into the I-271 express lane towards Columbus with no problems. However, we had only made it to the first rest stop on 271 before nature called upon us to stop. I love rest stops on the way to Phish shows because you always run into at least one or two cars full of heady kids on their way to the same place you are. Surprisingly, this particular site was full of tourists and no fellow freaks. We all went in, and when I came out, much to my surprise, my buddy Richard and his van full of friends had pulled into the parking lot right next to my car. As we all conversed for a few minutes, the two cars in our caravan decided it was time to get back on the road. Matt, Alex, and I still had to check into our hotie before we could head to the lot. We said goodbye to Dick and Co. and told them we'd meet them at the show.
We were just outside of Columbus before I had to stop and fill up my tank with some rather expensive gas. Dan, Dave, and Adam left us at the station so they could get to the lot and get rid of the beer they were planning on selling. Less than thirty minutes later we were at our quaint little room at the Cross Country Inn, which was luckily only two exits from the venue which happens to be located right off I-71. We finished up a quick lunch and headed for the lot. Surprisingly, parking was no real issue at all. We didn't run into any cars being backed up until we got off the highway and got onto the road that lead through an industrial area and then eventually into the venue's parking area. All in all, at least from my observation, Polaris Amphitheater is in a really poor location. There aren't enough lanes flowing into the lot and the noise must be pretty loud for the office buildings and eateries located on the same road.
We got ourselves parked and out of the car. That beautiful summer day turned into a real scorcher as I could feel the sweat beading up on my brow after taking a few laps around the lot. The scene was really chill, which was surprising since the lot is somewhat small, and as cars filed in it got to be pretty crowded really quick. We made our way into the lawn at about 7pm, hoping to find some of the friends we knew were there. We found some nice spots at the bottom of the lawn right above the moat and took a seat. As people started to file in, anticipation grew deep inside me. I really had no idea what they were going to play; however, I had this sort of vibe that they weren't going to bust out any new covers like they had been doing (and would go on to do) this tour. I finally spotted Dave, Adam, and Dan in the crowd entering the venue. I called out their names and they came to join us.
Finally, the house music stopped and the crowd roared to its feet. The familiar intro to "My Friend, My Friend" began and was received by hoots and hollers of approval. The band went on to deliver fine versions of "Ya Mar", "Roggae", and the first "Rift" in nearly 100 shows; however, the highlight of the first set was definitely a funked out version of "Cities". This got the crowd moving and singing together and really set the vibe for the rest of the night. The band brought the set to a close with "Water In The Sky" and "Stash". Overall the set had a real summertime feel to it, the kind of set that served as a nice backdrop for a bunch of barefoot kids to dance and frolic in the sunshine. The monstrous "Cities" and the long "Stash" stood out as first set highlights.
As night fell, I overheard many conversations held by fans that expected a really tight second set. As the lights in the pavilion went out I could feel myself biting my lower lip, waiting to the first notes of the second set. As the band literally launched into "Curtain", I could feel a tingle in my stomach and I knew right then and there that this set was going to be a good one. The tune was executed flawlessly and meandered its way into "Free". After some heavy improv, the band collectively brought the tune down to an end as Trey began to signify the segue into the first "If I Could" played since 1996. This version was exquisite and is a perfect example as to why it should be played more often. Trey played the lines on his guitar that had been played by the strings on the studio version and it gave me goose bumps.
"If I Could" wound its way into some blissful jamming that flowed effortlessly into "TMWSIY". This was my first time hearing this composition and the haunting note phrases along with Kuroda's light work had each little hair on my arms and the back of my neck standing on end. Then, at Fish's signal the band kicked into "Avenu Malkenu", the song of the night as far as the light show was concerned. A somewhat new tune called "Twist" found its way out of "Avenu Malkenu" and proved itself to be quite the jam vehicle, allowing the band to take it through many twists and turns before they arrived at the only cover of the night, Jimi Hendrix's "Izabella". Rock star Trey showed himself for a few minutes during this song before burying himself back into the deep and murky groove.
The set ended with a rollicking "Julius" and a solid "Cavern". As the band left the stage the crowd went nuts, wondering aloud how they'd be able to top that second set segue fest. The band once again took their place onstage for the encore. Kuroda bathed the stage in orange light as Trey began his palm-muted pick scratches that could only mean one thing: "PYITE"! Phish nailed this fun tune in such a way that they could have sent us all home smiling; however, not before hearing a beautifully executed "Slave" first. A wonderful encore pairing to cap off a wonderful show. We left the show with visions of serpent deflectors and ribbon reflectors dancing in our head, and finished out the night cramming six people into our hotel room, none of whom wanted to go to sleep, and couldn't wait until morning came and we could hit up the Bob Evans across the street.


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By Kyle Wintersteen, WF360 Atlantic Flyway Migration Editor
Late November's frigid cold seemed a distant memory over the weekend as record-breaking 70-degree temperatures swept the mid Atlantic states. In Delaware, the balmy weather had a significant impact on waterfowl behavior and hunting success.
"Freezing conditions tend to result in a dilemma for us," said Rob Hossler, wildlife program manager for the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife. "Around Thanksgiving, a lot of our freshwater ponds and impoundments froze early, which hurt inland hunters. But the cold also benefited a lot of people by concentrating ducks in our tidal areas. With the mild weather, the fresh water is opening back up, and birds are more scattered across the tidal areas."
Despite these changes, Delaware still has plenty of ducks for its third season, which is open through January 25. In fact, Hossler estimates that both mallards and black ducks are at or nearing peak numbers in the state.
"Hunters are also reporting a lot of gadwalls mixed in," Hossler added. "Blacks and mallards are really our bread-and-butter species this time of year, and we've gotten consistent pushes of them. Green-winged teal are often taken during this season too, but prior cold conditions have likely pushed many of them farther south. In years past, many hunters have complained that the birds still aren't here, but more people are probably fairly happy right now. If they aren't shooting ducks, they should at least be seeing them, which is enough for many hunters to have fun."
Assuming Delaware settles back into a typical winter weather pattern (as the extended forecast indicates), there's great potential for a strong finish to the season.
"I think we're in good shape, assuming we can hold onto the birds we have," Hossler said. "As the late-season weather turns colder, our tidal areas stay open, thanks to warmer air coming off Delaware Bay and the ocean. Traditionally, our best late-season waterfowling occurs from Smyrna south to Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Northern areas tend to ice up much faster."
This is not to suggest that good duck hunting can't be found on inland waters. Five seasons ago, I hunted a spring-fed pond in northern Delaware and bagged the fastest drake mallard and black duck limit I've ever shot.
So don't let one weekend of unseasonable warmth fool you. Based on bird reports, it's a great time to be a Delaware duck hunter. Once the weather and ducks resume normal flight patterns, the First State is set to prove yet again why it's one of the Atlantic Flyway's premier waterfowling destinations.
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A joint meeting of the Eagle Town Board and the Gypsum Town Council touched on issues they share - issues each town has that affects the other and issues they want to work on together.
Under the "shared issues" label, representatives from CenturyLink presented information regarding the company's plans to upgrade cable television services in the two communities. Both Eagle and Gypsum are due to renew their cable television franchise agreements and have held back on signing new deals until CenturyLink committed to system improvements. Tuesday night, CenturyLink representatives announced the towns will soon have access to a new service called "Prism."
"It is probably the highest tech TV you can receive today," said Penny Larson, CenturyLink vice president for Western Colorado.
She said Prism is an advanced TV service delivered over a fiber optic network and that the company has launched it in eight markets. "We will be providing a TV service that is comparable to something you could get in an urban market," said Larson.
Eagle Town Engineer Tom Gosiorowski presented Eagle's plan for construction of four roundabouts, a new pedestrian bridge over Interstate 70 and various other improvements. The $14 million construction plan is a joint effort of Eagle and the Colorado Department of Transportation and will begin this summer.
"Putting the funding together for this project has been a challenge," said Gosiorowski. He noted that Eagle is spending $3 million on actual construction and has invested roughly $1.5 million on planning and design. Gosiorowski said the town stockpiled proceeds from the former Costco revenue sharing agreement to help pay for the road project.
Gypsum officials ended the cost share agreement this year after Eagle voters passed the Eagle River Station project, noting that during the course of the five-year agreement, Eagle had received approximately $1.2 million from the cost share deal.
Noting that many Gypsum residents access Interstate 70 through Eagle, Gosiorowski noted that the construction schedule will impact travel times over the coming months. Additionally, the replacement of the Brush Creek bridge on U.S. Highway 6 west of town will impact Gypsum residents, he said.
But despite the inconveniences of construction, Gosiorowski said CDOT's decision to proceed with these large projects is good news for the entire region.
"It's good news for us to see some state money spent in this area over the next four years," he said.
Gypsum officials floated the idea of teaming with Eagle and Eagle County to work toward securing open space parcels adjacent to the Eagle River.
"There is some potential for us, as far as a recreational component, for working together," said Gypsum Town Council member Tom Edwards.
Members of both boards agreed to author a letter stating that commitment.


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SOMERSWORTH — A woman was transported to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Monday afternoon after striking a tree with her vehicle on Old Dover Road just south of the Blackwater Road intersection.
Police responded to the accident at about 1 p.m. to find a gray Ford Explorer that had crashed into a tree in the area of 224 Old Dover Road. The driver needed to be extricated from the vehicle, which sustained severe front end damage.
The woman's name is not being released at this time and the extent of her injuries was unknown on scene and by press time on Monday.
In addition to Somersworth Police, Somersworth Engine three responded along with two ambulances from American Medical Response and a City of Dover Ambulance.
An officer reported the woman was having difficulty breathing and speaking when crews arrived and it was difficult to obtain information about what had caused her to go off the roadway and into the ditch before hitting the tree.
The accident remains under investigation by the Somersworth Police Department.
Old Dover Road remained closed for about an hour from the Blackwater Road intersection to the Dover city line.
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Dec ember 12, 1986
Central Michigan Un i ve r sity Board of Trustees
Mt. Pl easant , Mic h i gan
Decembe r 12 , 1986
Members present: ijr . Raymond A. LaBounty. Cha ir ;
Mr . Mitchell D. KeheUan; ls . Rltchael E. ",.,re no; Jlr . WilHam C.
Odykirk; Mr~. Margaret Ann Riecker; Mr ~ . Alice Tomboulian;
Nr. Arthur E. Ellis , Prpsident .
Member absent: Or . Bernadine N. Denning .
Also attending: Mr. Russe ll L. He r ron , Secretary to thp Board
of Trustees; \lr . James L. HUl, Vice President f o r Student
Affairs; Dr. Janice M. Reynolds, Acting Provost; Mr . Jerry R.
Tubbs, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees and Vice P r esi~ent
for Business and Finance.
The meeting was called to ordpr hy C'hair I..aBounty at 10:41 a . m.
t t was moved by I)r . Gordon Lambie, seconded by ~lrs. Al ice
Tomboulian, and carried, that the minutes of the Nove~ber 7,
1986 meeting he approved as submitter! .
It was moved by Or. Gordon Lal!lbie, seconded by Plr •• t1ltam
Odykirk, and ca rried, that the minutes of the October 23 , 198R
~eeting be approved as sub~lted.
It was moved hy Mrs , Margaret Ann Riecker, seconded by
Mrs . Alice Tombou lian, and carried , that the following resolu_
tion granting emeritus rank to Way ne E. ~ oo r e . Pro f essor .
Geol ogy, be adopter! .
WHEREAS, Wayne ~(oore, a native son of Illinois who was
educated at Cornell University, came to Central
Michigan University in 1971 to teach geology and was
instrumental in establishing the Department of
Geology; and
Kmeri t us Ranlr. co nt inued
WHEREAS . He has been a mainstay of the Department of
Geology for fifteen and o ne-ha lf years, teaching a
variety of geology c lasses and serving as department
chairperson for nine years; and
WHEREAS, He has distinsuished himself as an a cademician
as well as a career advisor, and has always been
an agreeable, cooperative colleague; and
WHEREAS, He has maintained an active scholarly
interest in petroleu~ geology anrl organic geocheMistry
and remains active in several professional organizations;
Now be it therefo re
RESOLVED, That the Boa r d of Trustees, on behalf of the
Unive rsity community, expresses appreciation and
gratitude to Wayne E. ltoore for his contributions to
Central Michigan University and extends Professor
Eme r itus r a nk .
It was moved by Mrs . Margaret Ann Riecker, seconded by
Dr . Gordon Lambie, and carried , that the followlng resolution
granting emeritus rank to Richard A. Parf i tt. Assi s tant Pro f essor.
Physical EducatiOD and Sport , be adopted .
WHEREAS, Richard Pa r fttt in his underg raduate athletic
career at rentral Michigan University, achieved stardom
In both basketball and baseball; and
WHEREAS , Dick has been an exemplary teache r /coach for
Central Michigan University for 24 years; and
WHEREAS, On three occasions his basketball teams were
Mid-Amer ican Confe rence Champions and thus set new anrl
higher standardS of excellence fo r the basketball
program; and
WHEREAS, Seve r al of his players have had superlative
post-collegiate professional careers; and
WHEREAS , Hi s service to Cent ral ~Iichigan University
has been l ong and conspicuously loyal; Now be it
therefo re
Emert tus Rank continued
RESOLVED , That the Board of Trustees, on hehalf of the
University community, exp resses appr ec i ation and
g ratitude to Richard A. Pa r f itt for his cont ributi ons
to Central Uichtgan Unive r sity and e xtends Pr ofessor
Eme r i tus rank.
It was moved by AIr. Willi am Odykirk, seconded hy ~'r s . Margaret
Ann Riecker, a nd carr i ed , that the following resolution
granting emeritus rank to laldo Sauter, Professor, Physical
Educa tion and Spo rt , he adopted .
WtlEREAS , Waldo Saute r has for the past twenty-nine and
one-hal f years been a leader in Physical Education and
Spo rt at Central Iti c higan University; and
WHEREAS , He has been a dedicated professor and
advisor, posi tive ly influe nci ng the professional and
personal l ives of thousands o f stud e nts; and
WHEREAS , He served as Graduate Coordinato r for the
Department , motivating it to imp rove present programs
and und e rtake new o nes; and
WHEREAS , He o rgani zed the CMU chapter of Phi Epsilon
Kappa, the Phys i cal Educa tion pro fessional f raternity,
remained as its advisor tor 25 years, and served as an
officer at the national l e vel ; and
WH EREAS, He shared hi s athletic coaching ahility in
th ree s po rt s , including seven years as Head Baseball
Coach; and
WHEREAS , While coaching the varsity basehall team h'e
won three conf e rence c hampionships, had three teams
ranked in the top t e n nationally, won two state NAIA
titles, s aw th ree of hi s playe r s playing in the Major
Leagues, and compiled an overall record of 210 wins
a nd 91 l osses ; Now be it th e r e fore
RESOLVED, That the Board of Tru s tees , on hehalf of the
Unive r si ty community, expresses appreciation and
gratitude to Waldo Sauter for his contr ihutions to
Central Mich igan Univers ity and extends Professor
Emeri tus rank.
Klneri tus Rank continued
It was moved by Mrs. Alice Tomhoulian, seconded by Dr. Gordon
Lambie , and ca rried , that the tollowing reso lution granting
emeritus rank to lillia. L. Swart , Pr ofessor , MatheMatics, be
adopted .
WHF.RF.A ~ , BIll Swart ha s de voted nineteen years o f his
professional life to Central Michigan University and
its Department ot Mathe matics , serving thousands of
students through his teaching at both the undergraduate
and graduate levels; and
WHEREAS, lie has developed a special method for teaChing
a course in mathematics tor e lementary teachers
and has direc ted the activities of prospective
elementary t eachers through methods cour ses and
individualized instruction; and
WHEREAS, He has developed a special pr og ram for the
primary grades and implemented it in various elementary
schools; and
WHEREAS , He has served as the President of the
Michigan Council of Teachers o f Mathematics and has
coordinated legislative efforts on behalf of that
organization as well as the general educational
community ; and
WHEREAS, He has piloted a program to develop a
competency test f o r elementary and middle school
teachers ot mathematics tn Michigan and has been
instrumental in developing the minimal performance
objectives tor mathematics education in Michigan; and
WHEREAS, He has achieved local and national recognition
as a distinguished contributor to his discipline
of Mathematics education; Now be it therefore
RESOLVED, That the Boar d of Trustees, on behalf of the
University community, expresses appreciation and
gratitude to William L. Swart fo r his cont ributions to
Central Michigan University and extends Pr ofessor
Emeritus r ank .
Eme r itus Ra ok continued
It was moved by 1Is. Rachae l 'lorena, seconded hy Itr. Mitchell
Kehetian, and ca rried, that the fo llowing resolution granting
eme ritus rank to Lo rrai ne St a nsberry, Uni t Ma nager, Food
Se rv ices, be adopted.
WHEREAS, Lorraine StanSberry served a~ a loyal and
im portant member of the Pood Se r vices staff at Central
Michigan University for 18 yea r s before her retirement
in December 1986; and
WHP.REAS , She served on the Auxiliary Servic~s staff
and contributed to the continuing development and
administration ot an e/ficient , cost etfective Pood
Services o pera t ion at Cen tra 1 Mich igan Un i vers i ty; and
WII ERP.AS , She assisted and served numerous fac ul ty ,
staff and students through her knowledge, he lpf ulness
and friendly se r vice; and
WHEREAS, She maintained her professional competence
through participation in University, community and
professional associations through th~ years; Now he it
RESOLVEO, That. the Board of Trustees, on hehalf of the
University communi ty, expresses appreciation and
grati tude to Lorrai ne Stansberry for her contrib1ltions
to Central Michigan Uni versity and extends Emeritus
ACCRPTANCR OY GI FTS YOR RRNAINDRR OY 1986 : (Y ina nce eo-.lttee )
I t was moved by ~lr . Wi ll iam Odyki rk, seconded by I.lr . Mitchell
Kehetian . and carried, that the following resolution he
ad opted .
BE IT RESOLVED , That the President or his designee is
authorized on behalf of the Board of Trustees to
acce p t any gifts to the University du ring the
r ema inde r of the calenda r year 1986 .
1987 88 BUDGET REQUEST: (Yi nance Committee )
It was moved by Mr . William Odyktrk, seconded by Mrs . Margaret
Ann Riecker, and carried, that the tollowing resolution be
ad opted . Por: Kehetian , More no, Odykirk , Riecker, Tomboulian.
Against: LaBounty . Absent: Denning.
BE IT RESOLVED, That the State Rudget Request, 1987-88,
is approved, as s ubmitted by the Administration, for
transmission t o the Ui chigan Depa rtment of ManageMent
and Budget .
UNIVRRS ITY COMPUTING SYSTEM: (Yinance Ca-.tttee )
Com puter upgrade information was prese nted to the Pinance
Committee by Or . Janice Reynolds , Acting Provost, Or . Edward
Grant , Inte r im Vice Provost , and Mr . James De ning, Director/
Com pute r Services . The Board ot Tr us tees also received a
letter f r om members ot the Department ot Com puter Science
stating a computer prefer ence . No action was taken.
NATIONAL SNBRGY AIA.RD: (Yi nance eo..tttee)
tAr. Jerry Tubbs , Vice President tor Business and Pinanc~ ,
reported that Central Michigan University is the reci pient ot a
National Energy Award for i ts woodbur ning plant .
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY : (Yi na nee Co .. ittee)
The Board received a Report of Investment Activity tor October
1986 .
MOVING AYYlRMATIVB ACTION / RKIIODEl.ING RKGISTRA.R' S OYPl e s :
(Pi na nce Cn..ittee)
Dr . Mary Senter , Acting Vice Provost/Planni ng , Instructi on and
Resea r ch, prese nted pl ans tor moving the Aftirmative Action
Otfice to Warri ner a nd remodeling the Registar's Office. A
proposal for action will be presented at the next Board
meetinc ·
QUALITY OF ' ORILIF! REPORT : (Finance eom.lttee )
Mr. William Parsons, Coordinator /Professional Developnent,
Human Resources, presen ted a report on the quality of worklife
program at CMU .
ENROLLMENT POLICY: ( Flnance/Student Affairs COftIl'Gittees)
Pr esident Ellis reported on enrollment issues and planning .
STUDENT RHCREATION BUILDING: (Student Affairs Committee )
Or . Tom Jones prese nted a progress report on t he proposed
Student Recreation Building .
EDANA DuGUAY SCIIOLARSRIP fOR fRENCH STODY ABROAD : (Student
Affairs commIttee)
It was moved by Dr. Go rdon Lambie, seconded by Mrs . ~ argaret
Ann Riecker, and ea rried, that the follo_ing resolution be
adopted .
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Edana DuGuay Scholarship fo r
Prench Study Abroad is established and that the
following statement is approved for printing in the
Bul l etin .
&daDa DuGuay Scholarship for French Stud, Ab road
Provided through private gifts and established in 1986
by the Department of Fo reign Languages, Lite ratures
and CUltures in honor o f Dr. Edana DuGuay. forme r
Professor of French, to pr ovi de an annual schola r ship
to a Central Michigan Unive r sity student majoring in
French to r the purpose of study ing abroad. The award
will be given on a competitive basis to a junior or
se nior of high academie sta nding .
Applications are availabl e i n the oft ice of the
Department of Fore ign Languages, Liter atures a nd
Cul tures.
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EDlIN J. TOWLE PROPKSSORSH I P: (Acade_ic Affairs Committee)
It was ~ved by Mrs . Alice Tombouliftn, seconded by Mr. William
Odyki rk, and carried, that the Edwin J . Towle Professorship in
~anagement Information Systems be established.
WHEREAS, Cent ral Michigan University wishes to enhance
its academic quality by developing the key component
of the University'S resources--its faculty; and
WHEREAS, Edwin J . Towle shared with the University
community an interest in the advancement of the
institution; and
WHEREAS , The University wishes t o honor IIr . Towle for
his commitment and ge ne r os i ty; Now be it the r efore
RESOLVED, That The Rdwin J . Towle Professor ship in
Management Infornation Systems be establi shed .
Mrs . Alice Tomboulian, Chai r of the Academic Aftairs Conmittee,
reported that the committee r e viewed and recommends approval of
the sabbatical leave and tenure recommendations which are
included in personnel recomme ndations .
NEEDS ASSRSSMENT STODY RESULTS; (Assess and Develop Comaittee)
NR. Rachael Moreno , Chai r of the Assessment and Development
Committee, repo rted that members of the Insti tute for Social
Research , Unive rsity of Michigan, presented a preliminary
report which is the reSUlt of a survey of Unive r sity
constituents . Copies of the repor t are available in the Park
Library or at the Roard of Tr ustees Office .
It was moved by Mrs. Alice Tomhoulian . secon rled by Mr. William
Odykirk , and carried, that pe r so nnel r ecommendations as
submitted on pages 1-7 of the agenda be app r oved .
It ~as moved hy Mrs . Margaret Ann Riecker, seconded hy
Dr . Gordon La~bie, and carried , that gitts received during
October 1986 in the amount ot $195,766.97 be accepted with
appreciation .
It ~as moved by Dr. Gordon Lambie, seconded by Ms . Rachael
lloreno, and carried, that grants a~arded during October and
November 1986 i n the amount ot ~998,803 he accepted .
President Ellis repo rted that the lET an~ Science 11 huildings
are moving forward on tlmp.. The University has received a
positive response trom Middle Michigan Development Corporation
tollo~i ng the Board's special meeting to discuss Unive rsity
Park . The project is moving in a timely, order ly way . In
addition, we are worki ng on a cooperative program ~ith Native •
Americans .
ELECT ION Of OFf iCERS FOR 1987:
It was moved by Mr. Nitchell KeheUan , seconded by Is . Rllchael
Moreno, and carried una nimously, that the tollowing slate of
officers tor 1987 be adopted .
Chai r
Vice Chai r
Secreta ry
Dr . Gordon N. Lambie
Mr s . Margaret Ann Riecker
Hr. Russell L. H~rron
_Ir . Jerry R. Tubbs
The Board expressed its gratitude to Chair LaBounty fo r his
se r vice during the past t~o years .
No requests to address the Board .
2321 •
There will be an Open Forum at 1:30 p.m . in the President's
Conference Roo~ .
The open session recessed at 11:36 a . m.
The open sess i on reconvened at 11:49 a . m. in the Board ot
Trustees Room .
Discussion ot Trustee appointme nts to the Needs Assessment/
Screening Committee .
It ""as II'IOved by Ms. Rachael Mor eno, sf'co nded by '1r s . Margaret
An n Riecker, and ca rrien, that Trustee appointments to the
Needs Assessment/Screening Committee be announced later today
fo ll o~ ing acceptance by the candidates.
~The ope n seSSion adjourned at 12:00 p.~.
Develop eo..lt t ee)
(Assess a nd
Tr ustee appointments to the Needs Assessment/Screening Commjttee
are as follows:
LaurA GonzAles
Myron Henry
Michael Owe ns
Nary Senter
Secr etary to the Board ot Trustees
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VAIL, Colorado - Steve and Hillary McSpadden, listing brokers at the Landmark Residences, recently announced that the new residential development will continue its purchase incentive program for two- and four-bedroom units through the remainder of the ski season. Incentives include ski passes, designer furnishings and pre-paid homeowners' association dues.
"Considering the size of this boutique project, every sale is significant and exciting," Steve McSpadden said. "We have limited land in the Vail Valley and have limited brand-new inventory this close to the ski lifts."
Pricing was discounted by 20 percent in late 2011 to match market values. This reduction brought the two-level, four-bedroom penthouse from $6.125 million to $4.9 million and lowered entry-level pricing to $1.275 million.
"Our pricing is very competitive," Hillary McSpadden said. "The market improves steadily day by day, and levels of inventory have dropped to a five-year low. Considering discounts and incentives, there is an opportunity for buyers right now."
Developed by the Chicago-based Alter Group, construction at the Landmark Residences is complete, with seven new residences remaining. Listed by Slifer Smith and Frampton Real Estate, six of the seven remaining residences offer unobstructed views of Vail Mountain. The Landmark Residences are open every day from 2 to 5 p.m. until the close of ski season, with private tours by appointment. Additional information is available at www.landmarkresidences.com.


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The Alta Mira building is here to stay, at least for the time being.
The California Tahoe Conservancy's board authorized staff to pursue a $10,000 option on the building located near the eastern end of El Dorado Beach at 3339 Lake Tahoe Blvd. in May, but efforts to exercise that option have stalled, CTC land acquisition specialist Bruce Eisner said.
"It hasn't happened as quickly as we all anticipated, but once the option is in place, we'll continue with fundraising," Eisner said.
All six of the building's owners need to be in agreement to sell the property, but according to Eisner, one of the owners is requesting more information about the cost of land cleanup.
There was a heating oil spill in 1995 at the property, and, while the majority of the contaminants were cleaned up, some might still remain under the building, Eisner said. The owners would be responsible for the total cost of cleanup and demolition of the building before the Conservancy would take control of the .55 acre parcel.
"Our requirement is that any soil contamination be cleaned up before escrow closes. So I believe they're looking into what that might cost. The owners are doing their own due diligence," Eisner said.
If the owners come to an agreement regarding the option, the Conservancy would have the right to purchase the property for $2.5 million within 18 months. If the purchase is finalized, the building would be torn down to accommodate up to 190 feet of additional lakefront.
As the owners outline further details of the sale, Eisner said the Conservancy, which would contribute $2 million toward purchase of the building, has stopped actively fundraising. The Tahoe Fund, which could contribute the additional $500,000, has also stalled fundraising efforts, CEO Amy Berry said.
According to the fund's website, the acquisition would increase open space, improve public beach access, reduce runoff to the lake and allow for the extension of the existing bike path.
"Opening up more access to the lake is what we're trying to achieve," Berry said.
For some of the South Lake Tahoe businesses that rent spaces in the Alta Mira building, the uncertainty and possible sale has prompted thoughts of relocating to Nevada.
Tom Deputy opened his businesses, Reflection Eyewear, about 30 years ago in the South Shore property. He said he doesn't want to leave South Lake Tahoe, but if the sale goes through, he thinks he might relocate out of the basin.
"It's a possibility I might move to Nevada. I really don't want to, mainly because the town needs the services I provide. We were told if we were going to be forced out, we would be compensated. That's not the case now," Deputy said.
Jacque Proulx with JP and Company, Inc. said she has a business license that allows her to move to Nevada if she needs to. She moved to Alta Mira in 2006, and said she doesn't think the Conservancy is helping the town by purchasing the building.
"I'll do whatever I have to do to find a good office. I just think that the Conservancy isn't doing anyone any favors buying this building. You're spending $2.5 million for a postage-stamp piece of land? It doesn't seem sensible and you're running off small businesses," Proulx said.


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On May 31st, President Obama released a proclamation declaring June 2011 as National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. This was the President's third LGBT pride proclamation since he has been in office. According to the President, the month of June serves to recognize the importance of LGBT Americans and their contributions to society. In addition to this proclamation, President Obama has created the White House's first ever LGBT specific constituency webpage, designed to keep people updated on how the President and the Administration are "Winning the Future for LGBT Americans." The President noted that LGBT people have fought hard for equal recognition and rights, and hopes to aid in this continuing fight.
In his proclamation, Obama notes the steps he has made toward LGBT equality:
- Signed the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in December 2010;
- Nominated LGBT people for positions within the executive and judicial branches of government;
- Worked with the United Nations to make worldwide LGBT equality a reality, and to recognize the rights of LGBT people around the world and;
- Worked to eliminate violence and bullying against LGBT people through the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and;
The President's proclamation seems to go along with a national trend. The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) recently found that the United States is becoming more accepting of LGBT individuals and families, along with the majority of countries surveyed. The NORC survey showed that Americans have very strong opinions about LGBT people. The overall trend shows that acceptance of LGBT individuals and families is increasing in the United States, and this is especially true among young adults, less religious individuals, people living in large urban areas, and those with more education.
Overall, Obama's proclamation illustrates a growing acceptance of LGBT people and a greater recognition of including issues important to LGBT people in national policy. We applaud the President for his accomplishments over the past year and thank him for taking this very important and symbolic action. Over the next year, we encourage him to take an even greater role in moving equality forward by addressing unchecked LGBT bullying and harassment in schools, eliminating discriminatory barriers preventing foster youth from being placed in forever homes, and taking a strong and supportive stance on marriage equality.
Please be sure to thank the President for issuing this historic proclamation and encourage him to take the steps necessary to protect our families by calling (202) 456-1414, emailing, or writing to the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20500) today!


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The largest animation festival in North America is coming to Ottawa again in 2012. From Sept 19th through the 23rd, animators and artists will convene in the Nation's capital for a weeklong event of screening their works at ByTowne Cinema, National Gallery of Canada, Empire Theatres Rideau Centre and Arts Court Theatre. Ticket information is available here, or individual tickets for all venues are available at the door 30 minutes before show time or 15 minutes for Gala and Pass Holder Priority screenings. For those interested in schedules of the events or screenings, the Ottawa International Animation Festival official website is here, and they also have a link where you can buy passes to various panels, events and dining occasions. Right now, there are temporary talks scheduled throughout the week from Friday Sept 21st through the end of the weekend. Various speakers show multiple screenings of their work and will discuss a variety of topics. It's a great chance to meet your favorite animators or get to know some new ones.
For those looking for a place to stay, hotels will sell out pretty quickly. September is one of the busiest months of the year with multiple events taking place. Our inn is located within a fifteen minute walk to the Empire Theatres Rideau Centre and the Arts Court. Enjoy the festival from only a short distance away within the downtown core. You can take a break from the festival and still be within walking distance to enjoy Parliament Hill, the National Archives/Library, Museum of Civilization, the Canadian War Museum and multiple shopping, dining and entertainment spots.


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As The Elder Scrolls Online slowly reveals itself to the world at large, commenter Daemon_Gildas is less and less impressed, and he'll tell you all about it in today's Speak Up on Kotaku.
So, does anyone else find it *HILARIOUSLY* awful how, with every Elder Scroll Online update, it's looking less and less like an Elder Scrolls game, and is literally copying every single aspect of World of Warcraft it can?
I love WoW and all, but I've played other MMO's that I think were genuinely better games. If just seems laughably bad how, with ever few days that pass, the developers of ESO seem intent on making it sound as generic and "WoW-ish" as they possibly can.
News Flash: That didn't work for The Old Republic, and that game had MOTHERFUCKING WOOKIES.


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Eva R. Tate
Published: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 7:22 p.m.
LAKE JUNALUSKA — Eva Jane Rogers Tate, age 91, passed away on Monday, November 5, 2012, at Pardee Hospital.
A native of Haywood County and previous resident of Virginia, she had resided in Hendersonville for the past three years. She was the daughter of the late Marcus Boone and Ethel Maneese Medford Rogers and was also preceded in death by a sister, Adeline Belich and one brother, Davis B. Rogers. She was a school teacher in the Virginia Public School System and a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Harley Tate; a daughter, Judith Lynn Tate of Hendersonville; a sister, Betty Duckett of Asheville; two brothers, Russell and Edwin Rogers, both of the Crabtree community; and one granddaughter, Taylor Mancuso and her husband, Peter.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church with the Rev. Curran Welch, the Rev. Kitty Crane and the Rev. Greg Cope officiating. Burial will follow at Upper Crabtree Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon until 2 p.m. prior to services at the church.
Memorials may be made to the Upper Crabtree Cemetery Maintenance Fund, 537 Bald Creek Road, Clyde, NC 28721.
Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of Waynesville is in charge of arrangements.
Obituaries online at www.wellsfuneralhome.com.
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Building a Better Business Case
By Clint Chadwick-Oracle on Feb 11, 2013
Bertrand Godillot - Senior Director, Enterprise PLM Solutions EMEA
Hard Cost Benefits
How would you back up a recommendation to your board to implement a Product Lifecycle Management strategy? Soft benefits only go so far in convincing decision makers yet most executives shrink from providing hard cost benefits to them. Why?
In most cases they are doing this for the first time and are desperately looking for help! The problem begins when most solution providers position standardized spreadsheets as customer specific benefits calculators. While the usual suspect consulting firms sell their expertise, and six or so months later an RFI process is launched, few initiatives reach this stage with a realistic, approved business case.
The Cash Curve
Over the years, the "cash curve" has proven to be a successful framework. It helps drive business process discussions with representatives from sales and marketing, development, sourcing, quality, manufacturing engineering and operations. Similarly to some of the lean techniques, it helps visualizing dependencies between disciplines as well as some of the bottlenecks, issues, nightmares... In other words, areas of improvements -primarily from a process perspective, can be identified, shared and acknowledged across disciplines. This is clearly a major first step in the development of a proper business case.
Evaluating Benefits
Evaluating benefits is somewhat industry specific. A pharmaceutical or a medical device company is likely to be very sensitive to compliance and risk mitigation. Consumer packaged goods companies will be very focused on brand protection. Consumer electronics will pay a lot of attention to scrap, rework, and obsolete inventory. A common denominator for all seems to be the ideal balance between growth and margin.
Therefore, a PLM business case should always include three main sections:
• Increased Revenue
• Cost Reduction
• Industry Specific driver: Risk Mitigation, Brand Protection...
Unsurprisingly, there has been a lot of frustration on both sides in the past as very few executives would commit on the revenue dimension: in this just like in a number of other domains, compensation drives behaviour...
In future contributions, articles will drill down in each of the value area of the "cash curve" and share what should be considered as part of a Product Lifecycle Management business case. These will include pragmatic examples to make this as valuable as possible. Hopefully, this will help development and operations representatives in their business case development.


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AVENGERS About to Become Third-Ever $600 Million Movie
It did leave a couple of opening weekend records on the table. The previous record-holder — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 still holds the all-time record for single biggest day at $91m (its opening Friday) — a total that includes an all-time record $43.5 million in midnight showings, gargantuan compared to The Avengers relatively modest $18.7m midnight grosses.
But it's in fact these records that The Avengers didn't break that suggest some staggering possibilities for its future earnings, including a possible domestic gross of over $600m, or better.
2011's final Harry Potter installment's midnight and Friday records were of course aided by the fact it was a July opening, when kids and teens did not have school to attend the next day. But Harry Potter 8 wound up grossing "only" $169.2m for its first weekend as a whole, or in other words, it showed unusually heavy front-end demand, even by genre standards.
That The Avengers is already showing early signs of box office "legs", particularly during its record-setting Sunday, is what should be sending Disney bean counters into a frenzy right about now.
Comic book movies and summer tent pole films (The Avengers is both) almost always show very high upfront demand, but within that framework there are still differences and this is where the ranges of possibilities become impressive.
The Avengers has a couple of factors working in its favor for having a better-than-average box office shelf life. For one, critical and fan buzz is through the roof — with its current RottenTomotoes.com critics approval rate standing at 93%, along with receiving a rare A+ CinemaScore, an exit poll of actual moviegoers. This suggests positive word of mouth (not to mention social media buzz) that could help carry the film over standard genre demographic lines as well as robust repeat business.
Secondly, news of its record-setting weekend and impressive foreign receipts will feed into greater public awareness of the film heading into this coming weekend.
What kind of numbers could The Avengers eventually produce?
Using Boxofficemojo.com's "Showdowns" feature could provide some guidelines. Of the five previous films in the Marvel Avengers series, the highest opening weekend percentage of box office total (meaning how much of its total gross did it make in its opening weekend) was the relatively poorly received The Incredible Hulk's 41.1%. Plug that percentage into The Avengers opening figures and that would put it on pace to make a minimum $504m in North America alone at the end of its run.
But 41.1% is a relatively weak number. Last year's Thor and Captain America — both fairly well-received and also 3D like The Avengers – scored almost identical figures of about 36.5% of their total grosses in their opening weekends. If The Avengers performed similarly, it would eventually accumulate $568m domestically, which would surpass The Dark Knight's $533m from 2008.
But could Marvel and Disney's latest perform similarly to 2008's Iron Man or The Dark Knight, both movies with the type of critical and fan buzz The Avengers is basking in? Plug those percentages in and the numbers become gigantic.
The Dark Knight did 29.7% of its total business its opening weekend and Iron Man 31%. Roughly split the difference, plug 30.5% into The Avengers totals and you get a monumental $680m.
And we haven't even talked international figures yet, where The Avengers's estimated $447.4m foreign gross is only a little over $20m shy of The Dark Knight's $468.6m, a figure it will zoom by this week.
Where do the final tallies stop? $1 billion worldwide is practically inevitable. A crash into the all-time worldwide Top 4 is possibly within reach, with #5's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's and #4's Transformers: Dark of the Moon nearly identical $1.12 billion totals likely to be moved a notch down the list.
The first sign of legs to watch will be this weekend, where The Avengers will attempt to be the only film in history to notch $100m in its second weekend of domestic release.
But it'll need to perform slightly better than the 52.5% The Dark Knight dropped in its second weekend. Anything closer to the 48.1% drop by Iron Man or Thor's 47.2% drop and The Avengers will make unexpected box office history… again.
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Sorry it has been a while since I posted anything. I am still in mourning from Mr. Walsh leaving.....
Play Blue Valley (Shorter set up in morning) then off to Cliff Drive in the afternoon in a medium set up.
With daylight savings leaving us, you will get an extra hour this weekend, come on down if you want to.
Primus is playing on Friday night, the Hockey team opens up on Saturday, and if you are really itching the "glow league" at Waterworks tonight has an ace fund of $1200 or so.
Also Saturday's are the Down Under league as well. Then this Saturday there is a little event in Parkville (9-hole course) that we are putting in 9 temp baskets to encourage more placements there. Food is being catered in it should be a fun day.


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With the number of West Nile cases approaching 2,000 in the U.S. The Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says it will be another few years before a vaccine can be developed.
The issue was the subject of a congressional hearing Tuesday in Washington.
"If you infect the hamster with either yellow fever or St. Louis encephalitis and they recover from it and then you challenge them with West Nile virus, they're protected against West Nile virus," said Anthony Fauci, of the National Institutes of Health. "Which means the underlying immunity that you might even get from the yellow fever vaccination perhaps might give some degree of protection. Which again is fortifying evidence why we're on the right track."
According to testimony offered to a senate subcommittee Tuesday morning, a vaccine for West Nile virus is likely three or four years away.
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- School leaders called a meeting Wednesday to talk about a health scare.
A high school student may have tuberculosis but it's too soon to say. Still, some parents wish the school had done more to spread the word.
It all started late last week when Butler High School officials found out about a suspected case of tuberculosis.
News 12 first told you about some parents saying they weren't notified.
Meanwhile, school leaders say they are happy with their response.
There was a very low turnout at the Wednesday meeting, with less than a dozen parents showing up at the school. Some argue that's because no one knew about it, others say it's being blown out of proportion.
The rumor mill usually churns at a high school, but it's been on overdrive at Butler.
"The word TB can be frightening to many people," Registered Nurse Kim Taylor Brown told the group of parents.
Just the mention of a suspected case is causing an outbreak of concern.
Vanessa Fostor's daughter is a senior at the school.
"Proactive steps need to be taken and parents need to be informed," she said.
William Hammac's daughter is an 11th grade student.
"Why are we just hearing about this?" he asked.
It's exactly what parents were asking Health Department officials and school leaders at a meeting in the school's cafeteria.
Dr. Carol Rountree with the Richmond County School System told News 12, "The entire process takes six to eight weeks, we moved within the very first week that we realized that we had a suspect case."
Rountree says they are being extremely proactive, considering there is no confirmed case.
"I do know that her process was to put it in the book bag to come home and to mail," said Brown, who is also the district TB coordinator.
The school mailed about 200 letters as high priority to those who may have had contact with the suspected student.
But every student got a letter to take home to their parents.
"I think the ball got dropped somewhat with Richmond County," Hammac said.
Some parents say everyone should have been contacted directly.
"Would've been more informative and there would have been a lot more parents here," Hammac said.
Hammac says it explains why only about 10 parents showed up with a student body of more than 900.
News 12's Sheli Muniz asked, "Despite any arguments any parent would make, we're happy with response here?"
Rountree responded, "We are because it let us know there was not a lot of great deal of anxiety because we didn't have overwhelming number of parents seeking more information."
News 12 has received a number of calls from concerned parents about the school bus. A couple of schools ride buses with Butler students like C.T. Walker.
The nurse tells News 12 a bus is not considered a confined space where one would transmit the disease. She says there is air circulating on a bus.
Meanwhile, the school will be offering testing to those 200 students next Tuesday.
Again, there is no confirmed case at this time. It will take about six to eight weeks for final results.


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This is a thread about something I wonder about.
Do you use different weight putters for different situations or subscribe to the "exact everything" theroy when selecting your putter?
Myself, I tend to use the same putter for everything, but have found moderate success when I switch to slightly lighter putter for uphill putts and tight-quarter situations, like deep shule. When I say light, I mean only a couple of grams, and I think its more of a head game than anything.
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In addition to the solenoid (115V), this kit also comes with a door strike and an ice door assembly. Please be advised the spring and roll pin are not included with this kit.
This part works with the following brands: Whirlpool, Admiral, Estate, Inglis, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Roper, Maytag, Crosley, Jenn-Air, Hardwick, Magic Chef, Amana, Caloric & Glenwood.
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I could see that a tab was broken from the round chute that opens for ice dispensing and closes to seal off freezer ice chute when not in use. With the tab broken, the round door would not shut to seal the freezer chute and dispensing water would spatter everywhere. I looked for just the round door part, but is only sold in the "Ice dispenser solenoid and door kit" I only had to use the round chute/flap from the kit. The instructions were easy to follow and I had the fridge back working in about 10 minutes. It took me longer to find the right star headed screwdriver that I needed to remove the Maytag star screws (5) total. Because I didn't have to replace the solenoid or the spring mechanism, this was especially easy, and now I have those parts on hand if one day I need them!!
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We just followed the instruction sheet that was included in the parts package. (instruction sheet has pictures) I just removed the 2 screws from the front and then disconnedted the element. unscrewed a couple more screws put on the new parts and reconnected the element put back the screws and it was done! I'm a single womand so me and my 23 yr old daughter did this project together. I ordered the parts early in the day and got them the next day. I only paid for 2-3 day shipping. I have ordered parts from Sears. They never have them in stock! The last order cost me $19.95 to ship. I waited more than 2 week for them to arrive. With Partselect the job was finished in 3 days!!
Jenn-air jcd-2389gtw refridgerator/freezer side by side ice door would not open to dispense ice from the ice dispensor I did an online order for the repair kit #ps2003478 (115v) ice dispenser solenoid and door kit to fix the problem with the ice door not opening. As I had deduced, the "solenoid" had gone bad, and the kit held most all the items required to make the repair. The only additional item the kit needs to have is the "fountain door return spring". Be careful not to loose the spring when disassembling the unit. You might want to order an additional spring just in case you loose or break the original. The instruction sheet was pretty thorough, except for being small and the pictures hard to see. My refrigerator/freezer has decorative panels that had to be removed before I was actually able to get the escutcheon off of the unit, and this configuration wasn't addressed in the instructions. After figuring out that I had to remove all the trim from the door of the freezer before I could start the repair, the job wasn't that difficult, but you have to have patience and take your time to make sure you don't damage the electrical components of the ice dispenser. Make sure you note the position and location of the fountain door return spring before you remove the ice door!! This is important so that you can get the correct "tension" when reinstalling the mechanism. If there isn't enough tension on the spring, the door will not seal properly, and the dispenser will freeze up. Also, when it comes time to disconnect the "electrical edge connector" from the control panel, be sure to make note of it's position. It isn't difficult to pull off, but could be easily broken if you are not careful. The rest of the repair and installation is straight forward and simple. Just take your time and it goes back together pretty easily. Tools you will need are; needle nose pliers, phillips screwdriver with a small and medium bit, and a "torx" tool set to remove the torx screws from the escutcheon and fountain bracket.
I removed the two screws that hold the element in place. I then unscrewed the four remaining screws with a star screwdriver and pulled the element out and disconnected the wire. I removed the part containing the solenoid, spring loaded holder and the plastic closer. I did not need to replace the solenoid or the spring loading device only the round circular piece that opens and closes the ice door. I just snapped it into the spring loaded part and replaced everything as I had removed it. It was very simple. Your need the star screwdriver though for removing the screws.
I am going to be completely honest here. This problem had persisted for months. I finally decided that I would buy all the associated parts and repair the unit hoping to cover the problem. Much to my surprise, after carrying out the repair, using the instructions provided by PartSelect, I still had the problem. I decided to remove and LUBRICATE the button which depresses the Limit Switch when you push a glass against the rubber membrane. Low and behold the problem was solved. The frig is nine years old, so I feel I may have prevented other problems in the future by replacing the three parts. It was a follow the directions sort of repair. I was very pleased with PartSelect response to my order (received it next day) with standard shipping.
This repair was relatively easy due to the instructions provided and took about 15 minutes. Originally, I had bought a door flap thinking that was the problem (a small plastic piece on the flap had broken off) but after replacing that the assembly still would not allow ice flow. I then purchased the kit including solenoid and the repair worked. I had a bad solenoid all along. My suggestion is to replace the entire kit rather than one part as it is likely all parts need replacement.
I called PartSelect and was greeted by a real live person instead of a recording. The lady was very helpful and kind. We decided on the part that I needed, and it arrived to my home in less time than she said it should. I completed the repair with the instructions provided in just a short time. My experience with PartSelect was positive, and it reminded me of the way businesses used to be. I highly recommend them.
first unplug the refrigerator (power) remove the dispenser platform (removable) remove two torx screws, slide the cover up unplug the wire from the cover by sliding the ribbon tape up from the circuit board, remove the three torx screws slide the plastic from the hose (water dispenser hose) unplug the electrical (2) remove the two torx screw from the magnetic relay reassemble the door about 15 minute if you know what you are doing
Removed damaged fountain bracket by removing the torx screw using torx head screw driver. Install new control board and new solenoid onto the new fountain bracket using existing screws. Reinstall fountain bracket to the freezer door.
Removed about 6 screws. Replaced the solenoid and door kit. Replaced the screws. These parts were easy to replace. They were also super easy to identify and order from the site. I received them two days after I placed my order. Thanks partselect.com!
I ordered the ice dispenser and selenoid door kit, it was easy to repair because I only needed the door. As per the instructions I removed about seven screws and disconnected the power source to the dispenser unit, pulled the unit outand replaced the door in the two slots. Plugged the power source back into the slot, put the screws back in, now it works like new.Thank you PartSelect, I received the part in just a couple of days. I recommend your service to everyone. I saved myself a lot of money and will order again on any neededparts in the future.
removed outside water spill tray and removed exterior cover & interior cover exposing the door arm and solenoid. replaced with new parts including spring. Elontronics have a plug which is easy to disconnecct. & reconnectold solenoid head would not have fit new door armand vice versa. I strongly suggest using the kit.A Torx type screw driver is required for all screwson the Jenn-Air
Removed the drip tray and cover panel. Then removed shoot housing, replaced broken door and reassembled in reverse order. Easy as pie.
I first read about others with the same problem on your web sight and figured if they could do it so could I. Anyway the directions are a little hard to read but it was very informative and straight forward. I took the advice of one of the do it your-selfers when it came down to removing the spring. Be careful not to loose it. Everything was there that I needed and went on without a hitch. Now it was time to see if my repairs were done correctly. Pow! Everything worked. This is a great web-sight to buy parts if you are a do it your selfer. Easy to follow instructions.
Un plugged refrigerator, removed 2 screws holding the front control cover in place. Removed 3 screws that held the despenser assey in place and removed the power cable. Inspected the burnt and melted assey and got on line with parts select and chose the parts I needed and ordered them. They had it all and shipped it that day. I was back in business in about 3 days. Thanks again. You have saved me on this appliance several times.
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Noted Astrophysicist Felipe Menanteau will present a public lecture entitled
A Digital Color Image of the Universe
Observations in the past decade have established a standard model of cosmology with only five basic parameters. While remarkably simple, the new standard cosmological model is also rather bizarre. It implies that protons, neutrons and electrons comprise less than 5% of the energy density of the Universe. The remainder is the form of exotic Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Two large optical astronomical surveys, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and the The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) are poised to answer one the most fundamental question about origins: the reason of cosmic acceleration and the nature of Dark Energy. In this lecture I describe how DES (2013-2018) and LSST (2020-2030) will produce a multi-color image of the southern sky to use galaxies and clusters of galaxies to trace the growth of structure up to a time when the Universe was half it current age of 13.8 billion years.


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Boehner: GOP Has No Plans to Impeach President Obama
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Tuesday he has had enough of the impeachment talk, insisting that House Republicans have no current or future plans to impeach President Barack Obama.
Mr. Boehner and his staff have been dismissing the idea they plan to seek impeachment for weeks, and on Tuesday offered his most emphatic response yet to suggestions that a GOP lawsuit against Mr. Obama could be a prelude to a bigger political fight.
"We have no plans to impeach the president. We have no future plans. It's all a scam started by Democrats at the White House," Mr. Boehner said following House Republican's weekly conference meeting.
He was reacting to comments made by senior Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer, who said friday the White House all but expects an impeachment fight from Republicans. By pursuing a lawsuit against the president, it "opens the door to the possibility of considering impeachment at some point in the future," Mr. Pfeiffer told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast.
Mr. Boehner said Democrats are just trying to make political hay by discussing House Republicans' nonexistent plans to impeach the president.
"This whole talk about impeachment is coming from the President's own staff and coming from Democrats on Capitol Hill because they are trying to rally their people to give money and show up in this year's election," Mr. Boehner said.
House Democrats' campaign arm has made the issue a focus of its attention, including a Tuesday news release with the headline: "House Republicans Refuse To Rule Out Impeachment."
And the focus may be working: Rep. Steve Israel (D., N.Y.), who heads the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, tweeted Tuesday morning that the campaign group brought in more than $1 million on Monday in their largest online fundraising day this cycle.
House Republicans do plan to push ahead with their effort to sue the president this week, with a vote expected on Thursday. The measure is likely to one of, if not the, last thing the chamber votes on ahead of a five-week recess.


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North Dakota farmers and agricultural officials say ideal growing conditions this summer and fall have led to a bumper canola harvest in the area.
Ron Beneda, extension agent in Cavalier County, tells The Forum newspaper that nature could not have written a better script for growing canola this year. North Dakota is the nation's dominant canola producer, and Cavalier County is a key canola-growing area sometimes known as the canola capital of North Dakota.
Cool temperatures in July helped canola, a cool-season grass. The lack of a September freeze also allowed late-planted canola to mature properly.
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Scott and Jennifer Smith of McPheron are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Clara Eowyn Smith, on July 19, 2013 at McPherson Memorial Hospital.
Maternal grandparent is Dillard Webster of Canton.
Paternal grandparents are Tom and Debbie Smith of McPherson.
She is welcomed home by Alyssa Cheesman, age 9, and Blake Smith, age 2.
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