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Is it traffic or is it the heat? Or maybe both?Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at 4:49 PM
Is it traffic or is it the heat? Or maybe both?
It may just be the heat .. . .or maybe not.
It may just be the period I am at in my life .... or maybe not
It may just be the type of profession I am in ....or maybe not.
Whatever it is, it just seems that the traffic and the traffic lights are just sometimes slowing to a crawl.
Take one day last week... as I headed across our fine city to eat lunch... 1 caught the light red at Church and West Court Street .. . .finally it turned green... only to allow me to catch the light red at Court and Mill Avenue .... which in turn allowed me to also catch a red light at East Court and Main and yes .... another red light at Sampson and East Court ... .1 thought to myself that my lunch hour would be over before I got to my eating destination.
Later that day as I was delivering ad proofs, I caught a red light at the highway 5 ibypass and Indian Trace followed by another at the bypass and Flowering Dogwood and finally a red light at Upper Finley and the bypass... 1 guess we need all these lights... 1 guess-- and I assume they are all calculated to make sure the traffic flow does not bottle neck...
I just think that there is more traffic on our local roads than ever before... 1 think everyone is talking on a cell phone and I think our traffic lights are not going to let anyone get too far ahead of the pack...
Is all of this a step for progress??
I can remember vacations from years gone by when you would venture out on highway 98 in Panama City, Florida to go eat at one of Florida's favorite or best restaurants .. . .Five miles might take an hour ... you could see the sign of your eatery of choice in the distance... you just couldn't get there...
We certainly haven't gotten to that point yet and probably never will...
As I said, maybe it is just the heat of the summer ....
Am I alone here?? or do you find yourself thinking the same thing as you try to
negotiate in and around our city??
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I have noticed the same thing, I come thru town often, the lights need to be timed in such a way that you can clear a few and not be caught by each one.
-- Posted by neildoolin on Mon, Sep 3, 2007, at 4:39 AM
Its dyersburg, it takes less than 15 minutes to get almost anywhere in the city. And more traffic on our streets,in my mind means more people in town. That equals more money to our horrible city economy. Which comes from having the same mayor for 30 years.
-- Posted by tennessee9 on Mon, Sep 3, 2007, at 9:39 PM
No, Dawson. You are not alone. I had the same problem with the red lights when crossing town to dine at the Pig-N-Out. Every downtown light caught me as if they were timed to do so. I suspected a conspiracy orchestrated by city hall. My alderman, Freeman Dudley, thinks I voted against him. .
Looping downtown on the south bypass (Cedar Street) lessens the problem to one light at Main if you take Harton instead of Sampson back up the hill to East Court. And to avoid that Main/Cedar light, you can turn off of Cedar and cut down the alley by the fire department, ease across Mill and Main and then take the alley behind Dixie Liquor back down to Cedar.
By the way, taking this scenic route does not guarantee someone will not beat you to the drive-thru window.
-- Posted by gb on Wed, Sep 5, 2007, at 2:18 PM
When it comes to traffic, Dyersburg has it made!! I commute from Murfreesboro to Nashville everyday for work. Now thats traffic.
I miss living in a place where I can get anywhere in the county in 20 minutes. Enjoy it!
-- Posted by JD68 on Fri, Sep 7, 2007, at 10:54 AM
Hey Dawson. Be glad that we don't live in Memphis or Jackson. I think tennessee 9 is correct when saying you can go from county line to county line in 15 minutes. When I have to go to the office in Memphis it sometimes takes that long to go a mile. If our "traffic problem" is so bad just leave 5 minutes earlier and you will be okay. I don't think our city officals are conspiring against us for not voting for them; get real gb.
-- Posted by Tennessee8 on Sat, Sep 8, 2007, at 9:54 AM
You are probably right, 8. Suspecting a conspiracy might have been going a bit too far on my part, even in jest, but I am told traffic is a primary cause of paranoia and I feel better blaming someone for my impairment. ;-)
-- Posted by gb on Sun, Sep 9, 2007, at 6:45 AM
It is a step for progress. Dyersburg is a dying city. Our tax base is dwindling and the average age of our citizens is rapidly climbing. I hope our new leadership will stop censoring the new industry coming into our county and think like leaders and not church elders. I can decide what I want to do and where I want to go without someone telling me what is right for me. I can only hope that when I 69 comes through that our town will grow. How sad is it we have a mall half empty and every fast food restaurant to name yet no nice restaurants. If anyone from Lupo's reads this, "train your staff". Been there 3 times and my bill has been wrong every time! Add a drop ceiling with arbor and some lights,(to stop the noise), make a few courtyards in your restaurant to eliminate the mess hall feeling, and establish a dress code. Nothing worse that spending 60$ for dinner for two sitting next to a bubba in a t-shirt and shorts with flip flops and a baseball cap with the sun blaring though the windows. Change your protocol or you will become another statistic.
-- Posted by you have to know it on Mon, Sep 10, 2007, at 5:20 PM
Hey Tn Mom. If you don't like mess hall feeling while you eat out; stay at home and eat in. Like any new restaurant it takes time to work out all the flaws. I am glad we finally got a nice restaurant in town and yes I said NICE. Their food is great and the atmosphere is as good as any place in town. You need to quit trashing them and give them a little time.
-- Posted by Tennessee8 on Wed, Sep 12, 2007, at 2:40 PM
Tn.Mom, I have been to Lupo's every week since they opened and have had none of the problems you say you had. The food is excellenct and the service has been wonderful. The atmosphere is like many Italian resturants and personally my family likes it. Please for the sake of this city and the people who happen to think it is wonderful, please don't trash the best thing to happen to this city in recent years. No business can please everyone that walks through the door. If you don't like it just don't go. But please for the sake of the city and the people who own it,give them a chance to get things worked out.
-- Posted by firstname.lastname@example.com on Wed, Sep 12, 2007, at 7:38 PM
The time to get things worked out is before you open. I have worked in restaurants. You don't work out the kinks in your opening weeks, you work them out prior. First opinions matter, and unfortunately, most of us in Dyersburg have gotten used to second best and have come to accept it. Every business owner has the responsibility to please from day number one. No responsible business owner opens a business to sub service standards and makes an excuse for poor performance because they are new. This is poor management 101.
-- Posted by you have to know it on Wed, Sep 12, 2007, at 7:54 PM
Tn Mom. You are stupid. You cannot have the kinks worked out before you open. I have been in foodservice sales almost 10 years and you always have kinks in service no matter what you do to prevent it. The thing that has slowed the service is the very large number of customers that have hit them in the beginning. What ever restaurants you worked in must have had no business.
-- Posted by Tennessee8 on Wed, Sep 12, 2007, at 9:23 PM
I'm wondering, and the question begs to be asked, why would anyone go out to eat at a place THREE times if they had such a bad experience the first AND second time?
Usually people who do that only do it so they'll have something to complain about.
Another thing that bothers me is the fact that "Bubba", in all his t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops glory, was paying just as much for his food as anyone else in there, but it was, obviously, "beneath" someone to sit next time him because of what he was wearing?
Can you say rude?
Also, there is NO possible way to get ALL the kinks worked out BEFORE you open, and anyone that thinks you can has never opened their own business...or even worked in a restaurant.
-- Posted by Mamaof2 on Thu, Sep 13, 2007, at 6:15 PM
Its amazing that a new food establishment can bring up so much attention. If the people in dyersburg would put more interest into the dying city, the meth problem, divorce rate, horribly uneducated children and old city corruption. Maybe, just maybe, dyersburg would be a city worth living in. Hopefully the new mayor and his buddies wont go around buying up all the land, then not allow any new businesses or interstates anywhere close to the city unless its built through their land. Why doesnt anyone at the paper put up a blog where we can talk about the stuff that really matters.
-- Posted by tennessee9 on Thu, Sep 13, 2007, at 8:00 PM
First of all I am angered and embarrassed that it would be "beneath" someone from DYERSBURG to be seated next to me because of my wardrobe. I am considered one of the "BUBBA'S" that was mentioned earlier in a comment. As a matter of fact, this county is made up of about 75% "BUBBA'S"!! I for one am not out to "impress" anyone with the way i dress. If that's the case, i want everybody to start wearing overalls!! That is what I wear most of the time because they are comfortable, or a Dale Earnhardt Tee because thats what I am interested in. I have never looked at another human being and thought "Lord i don't want to set next to them because they have on ties and slacks and loafers or nice dresses or pantsuits". My mama always told me that I was not better than anybody, but I am AS good as ANYONE! Thats why this county has lost alot of it's growth over the years, is because too many high-ups want to "IMPRESS" whoever! I agree with tennessee9 that we should start focusing on the real issues this county faces, like cleaning up the drugs and putting our children's education at the forefront. If i got disgruntled every time my order got screwed up, i wouldn't eat out ever. They all make mistakes. Why? The reason would astound you. It's that they're human like you and me. :) As Paul Harvey says "GOOD DAY"
-- Posted by racingfan3 on Fri, Sep 14, 2007, at 11:27 PM
This has developed into an interesting thread with so many interesting topics. I'll comment on a few.
Dyersburg, a dying city? We won't starve to death from a lack of restaurants. We got three new ones on the bypass last month.
This county made up of 75% Bubbas? The other 25% Bubbaettes, I hope.
The average age of our citizens rapidly climbing? Is that because us old folks are living too long or because you younger folks are just not very productive?
Wait until I-69 comes through town? Oh boy! Another road to Mexico.
Is all of this a step for progress? Si y adios!
-- Posted by gb on Sun, Sep 16, 2007, at 9:35 PM
I was down at city hall yesterday, they had rearranged it a few months ago. Its located between sporting goods and electronics.
-- Posted by tennessee9 on Mon, Sep 17, 2007, at 6:49 PM
What an idea! Former mayors and department heads as greeters? It might work. ;-)
-- Posted by gb on Tue, Sep 18, 2007, at 5:20 AM
Lupos folks: Tell your servers the L is silent in salmon. Three strikes and you are out. Bill was wrong again and food was served with the wrong side dish again at lunch. Waitress actually said when questioned as to what salad dressings were avaialble that, " she only knew two off the top of her head". You have got to be kidding me. I give you 6 months.
-- Posted by you have to know it on Fri, Sep 21, 2007, at 8:05 PM
Wow....and my family is considering moving to Dyersburg...is there really a bad drug problem? Of course, coming from south Florida, it's probably a lot worse here....the area isn't open to new business? My husband was hoping to continue his business there...bad education? Well we have that problem and that's why I homeschool....but, damn, I'm having second thoughts...PLEASE, post what's great about Dyersburg!
-- Posted by Princessa on Sun, Sep 23, 2007, at 4:48 PM
Its not a bad town for kids to grow up in. Theres nothing for them after that. The county school system is one of the best in the state. Def have them go to the county schools.
-- Posted by tennessee9 on Sun, Sep 23, 2007, at 10:05 PM
Whatever 9. The county schools may have a slight advantage but when you get to 9-12 the city is the way to go. DCHS is a joke and you know it 9.
-- Posted by Tennessee8 on Sun, Sep 23, 2007, at 10:59 PM
In Dyersburg, it is SAL-mon, SAL-mon, not SAA-mon........... go Trojans!!!!!!!!!
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Mon, Sep 24, 2007, at 7:14 AM
"Wow....and my family is considering moving to Dyersburg...is there really a bad drug problem? Of course, coming from south Florida, it's probably a lot worse here....the area isn't open to new business? My husband was hoping to continue his business there...bad education? Well we have that problem and that's why I homeschool....but, damn, I'm having second thoughts...PLEASE, post what's great about Dyersburg!"
There are many things great about Dyersburg and your family coming would make it even greater! Welcome!
-- Posted by gb on Mon, Sep 24, 2007, at 9:36 AM
Princessa, city schools are great and my children love it here. The city lacks culture and fine dining, but coming from your area of the country, we just were spoiled. Jackson is only 45 minutes away, a short drive anywhere if you are from south Florida. I will say however, that I have made the best friends I have ever had in my life here. Post when you get here and I will hook up with you.
-- Posted by you have to know it on Tue, Sep 25, 2007, at 6:31 PM
And to Tennessee 8... Did you read Country Kitchen is closing? Want to know why? I waited one hour for my first lunch there and got it comped. Waited 30 minutes for my second and almost left. (my last visit) Come on Abe, hire some competent managers. Your idea about a cross between Alexanders and Applebees sounds great. Cater to the business class, train your staff, establish a dress code and you will make it happen. Think like you are in a big city. We need to stop settling for second best! Create a great restaurant and they will come!
-- Posted by you have to know it on Tue, Sep 25, 2007, at 6:37 PM
Tn Mom and Tennessee8, are y'all married? You sound like me and my wife. She wants to go the Ribeye. I want to to go to Catfish. We end up going to Pig-N-Out and catching every red light in town. Have we discussed that downtown traffic problem?
-- Posted by gb on Wed, Sep 26, 2007, at 12:13 PM
Is this guy ever going to write another blog?
-- Posted by tennessee9 on Wed, Sep 26, 2007, at 4:12 PM
Ha Ha, gb. Great end to a fantastic blog. Next?
-- Posted by you have to know it on Wed, Sep 26, 2007, at 9:34 PM
Fifty years ago the only restaurants were The Hut on Lake Road, Tom's Cafe on the Square, and The Blue Goose on Harrell, and Elmer Russell's Snack Shack on Harrell......... We've come a long way...........
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Fri, Sep 28, 2007, at 7:34 AM
Yes, and don't forget our quaint little cafes and poolrooms. Downtown we had the Silver Castles, out east was the Hamburger Haven and on the south side was Grogan's DQ, our first fast-food. As I recall, on the northern perimeter of the cruising scene was the Shake Shop. A nickel Dr Pepper and two straws! ;-)
-- Posted by gb on Sat, Sep 29, 2007, at 4:15 AM
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COLUMBIA — Steve Spurrier was a few minutes into his postgame lament about lapses in a 41-30 loss at Georgia last week when he pointed to tenacity and leadership lost to the NFL.
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Steve Lewis/Durango Herald
Time to dance, Demons.
Moments after tallying the kill that would send the squad to state, the Durango High School volleyball team lined up and wobbled along with fans to the song �Wobble� by rapper V.I.C., doing the signature dance in all its hip-shaking glory.
After all, the Demons just made the big dance. They�ll be wobbling all the way to Denver � for the third consecutive year.
No. 8 seed Durango finished off No. 17 Pueblo West 3-1 after earlier dispatching No. 29 Delta 3-0 to win the CHSAA Class 4A Region 8 Volleyball Tournament, the program�s third consecutive regional title. The victory puts DHS in next weekend�s CHSAA Class 4A Girls Volleyball State Championships at the Denver Coliseum.
The final match wasn�t without drama, but McKenna Franzen�s 19th kill of the match brought a roaring crowd to a state of ecstasy and finished off a 25-13, 25-27, 25-17, 25-23 win. It provided a memory that brought tears to the senior�s eyes just moments later.
�It was amazing. Even talking about it now makes me so happy,� said a misty-eyed Franzen, daughter of Gary and Regina Franzen.
Her 19-kill, 16-dig effort helped pull DHS (17-8) to state yet again, but she wasn�t without plenty of dance partners. Jessie Brammer had 17 kills, and Kennedy Clark added 25 digs. Gaby Razma had 10 digs as DHS had four players with 10-plus digs in both matches, and Hannah Quick added 10 kills.
But setting the tone for the well-rounded effort was Natalie Bulen, the 5-8 senior engine that makes the Demons run. The setter had 51 assists, 11 digs and nine kills, most of the tip variety as she did everything possible to try and keep the Cyclones (18-7) out of their rhythm and throw off their towering blockers.
�Jump setting especially helps. That keeps the other side on their toes, and that causes some splits,� said Bulen, daughter of David and Janine Bulen.
�She�s really good at spreading the net,� Franzen said. �She�s probably the best setter this school has ever seen. Honestly. She�s amazing. I love hitting off of her.�
With the new format � 12 three-team regionals, winners advance to state � the room for error was next to zilch. But this squad dealt with the pressure and put forth the final notice that, even after losing key seniors Sloan Lovett, Tiffany Morlan, Claire Ochsner and Jessi Wymore to graduation last year, this team wasn�t taking any kind of step back. Instead, they�re waltzing back to Denver.
�These kids felt a lot of pressure this year, I think, to live up to the fact that Sloan and Claire had graduated. Last year�s group of seniors was a tough group,� DHS head coach Robin Oliger said. �From the very beginning, we talked about we didn�t want to be a one-and-done. Our goal still is to get to the state tournament and not be a one-and-done.�
Durango steamrolled through the first set with relative ease, but the Cyclones� offense and sizeable block got in gear in the second set as neither team proved able to build much of a cushion. Pueblo West made the decisive run, roaring from down three to a 24-23 lead on a block from Alegra Shippy and Mattison Dabovich. Tied at 25, DHS committed two attack errors to open the door for the Pueblo West victory.
Durango again found itself in the third set, with Bulen setting players from all sorts of angles. But the decisive set proved to be similar to the second in that no team could make a run of more than a couple of points in a set that saw the score tied on 16 different occasions. But this time, the Demons had the late burst, finally pulling ahead 24-22 before conceding a point. But Franzen wouldn�t be denied one last home-court kill.
�So when they hit the ball, it was right into these big trees� hands. So we told them to be patient so they could pick their shots and not have to go straight into the block,� Oliger said.
�It kept them out of transition, and our game from the get-go was to keep them, you know, in a position where they couldn�t run their offense.�
Durango wasted little time in the opener, rolling to a 25-20, 25-15, 25-14 win over Delta, which also lost 3-0 to Pueblo West. Franzen had 15 kills and 10 digs, while Brammer killed 11. Clark had 13 digs, while Bulen added 35 assists.
Now Durango can focus on winning its first state crown since 1997. But the first goal for the Demons is to shimmy their way out of pool play for the first time in this three-year run. After that, it�s anybody�s game.
�The senior girls are the ones that have to be the leaders and set the tone of the game, and I think we did,� Bulen said. �And we�re going to have to keep following with that tone throughout state.�


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Act of cowardice
I am struck by the cowardice of anyone who would use a bomb to make a political statement.
To murder and maim innocent people in order to bring attention to a cause is sick. I agree with the president that the Boston bombers are despicable and cowardly. Although, I guess the president also believes his close friend and admitted bomber, Bill Ayers, is the exception.
Mr. President, I say anyone who would use a deadly explosive as a political statement is a despicable coward.
Tom Lufkin
Williamsburg Court
Goose Creek
Retirement plans
If you had doubts when Obamacare was foisted on us you need to look closely at the recent proposal in Obama's 2014 budget, which further attacks our right to direct our own affairs.
The Wall Street Journal reports that he wants to cap the amount Americans can save in their retirement plans.
In its wisdom, the White House believes many Americans have saved too much in their tax-deferred plans which makes it possible for them to spend more than is "reasonable" during their retirement years.
Not long ago we were exhorted to save in order to responsibly manage our retirement. As an incentive the government allowed certain plans to accumulate on a tax-deferred basis.
No giveaway here, as full income taxes had to be paid before the money could be spent.
So the government not only wants to dictate how we take care of our health but how we manage our finances for our future.
Many of us, I am sure, will conclude that we are in the best position to judge what is a "reasonable" amount for our retirement, not the government.
It's time to talk to our representatives.
Robert P. Watson
Longitude Lane
Nature festival
The first community Bulls Bay Nature Festival — From the Forest to the Sea was held on March 23. Activities were planned to encourage the Bulls Bay communities to get outside and enjoy nature. Despite the cold, wet weather, over 200 people came out to celebrate our natural places and wildlife. There were nature tours and walks, red wolf, reptile and raptor programs, and children's archery, fishing, crabbing and cast net workshops.
Vera Manigault, Gullah-Geechee historian and artist, taught the fine art of sweet-grass basketry.
Dr. Patrick McMillan, director of Clemson University Museum of Natural Sciences and host of ETV's "Expeditions with Patrick McMillan," gave the keynote, an inspiring presentation on the forces of both nature and man that shape our landscapes.
Community artists and craftsmen and the Lincoln Middle/High School national art honor students displayed their intricate and beautiful works of art in an exposition. Lincoln Middle, St. James Santee and Cape Romain Environmental Education Charter School students in grades three through eight provided an amazing Wildlife Art Contest.
The two red wolves at the Sewee Center now have the names Haley and Sierra, thanks to the first and second grade students from CREECS and St. James Santee Elementary.
We are grateful to our local artists and musicians who shared their talents and provided entertainment throughout the day. In recognition, a 2014 wildlife calendar, comprised of the student's winning artwork, will be sold at the Sewee Visitor Center and community schools with proceeds to benefit the school's art programs.
We thank all of the organizations, churches, and businesses that helped make this festival successful.
Tricia Lynch
Visitor Services Manager
Cape Romain NWR
Highway 17 North
McGinley apology
Congratulations to Dr. Nancy McGinley for her recent acknowledgment of discrimination by the school district against many children during the Civil Rights movement.
I hope it doesn't take another decade or two for our schools in Charleston to recognize the discrimination against young people with intellectual disabilities.
It is time to acknowledge the school district's obligation to provide a high quality education to all of our students. Even those students who have some differences.
Donald Bailey
William Street
Mount Pleasant
Child-proof caps
Because of arthritis and osteoporosis, I no longer have the strength or small-motor dexterity in my hands or fingers required for childproof caps or other methods of dispensing medication. Because of this, my doctor wrote specific directions as to how to dispense my prescriptions — to wit: in a bottle with a non-child-proof cap.
When my husband picked up my prescription, I discovered that they had given me my medication in what I call "bubble cards."
There were three cards each with 30 individual bubbles sealed in thick foil and a pill in each one. I can't physically push the bubbles through the foil.
The next morning, I phoned the toll-free number of Medicare. They told me that the pharmacy was supposed to dispense the medication as my doctor directed, and told me to take the packages back to the pharmacy to transfer the medication from the cards into a bottle, as my doctor ordered. If they would not, I was to call back and they would file a complaint against the pharmacy.
I went in on April 3 and did as Medicare instructed. The pharmacy technician flatly refused to do as my doctor directed, told me that my doctor doesn't have the right to dictate how the pharmacy orders its medication, and said they will not bottle my medicine instead of dispensing it in the cards because they "might drop a pill or put the medication in the wrong bottle, or mislabel the bottle."
So I had to inconvenience someone to open and transfer the pills from the cards into a bottle for me, so I can open my medication when I need to take it.
April 4 I called Medicare again and explained the response I received from the pharmacy technician. He, too, was amazed. He suggested I use a different pharmacy (which I've already decided to do), and Medicare is filing a complaint against the pharmacy.
I can't be the only Medicare patient dealing with this problem, and I suggest that people who are having difficulty having their prescriptions dispensed in an easy-open container, if that is needed, contact Medicare for their assistance.
Nan H. Hahn
Seiberling Road
North Charleston
Cadet standards
This past August my wife and I relocated from Annapolis, Md., to Daniel Island. Being a retired career Army officer of the Vietnam era who lived near the Naval Academy in Annapolis, we attended many Naval Academy functions, especially the traditional march on at every football game.
We again attended The Citadel football games and were anticipating the same kind of thrilling experience. To our surprise, the Corps as a unit marched onto the field very well and in step (well, most of the them), but I was very surprised at the number of marchers who were outside the acceptable weight standard. Their uniforms really were stretched to the limit.
In visits to The Citadel bookstore, I was even more surprised at their overall conditioning in their daily uniform. At the Naval Academy, when mids were walking downtown they were generally in step with proper "Gig lines" and shoes polished to an acceptable standard.
Where are The Citadel appearance standards? Certainly The Citadel can meet the dress code of appearance as do their counterparts at the other academies.
Come on, Citadel, stand up and be counted like your counterparts that have gone on and served in harm's way.
Warren Surette
River Landing Drive
Daniel Island


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Today marks the beginning of 2013, a new year with a clean slate with events yet to be written.
The day also marks the closing of the year past, 2012, a year that some thought would be humanity's last based on their readings of the Mayan calendar.
It wasn't.
Article Photos
Police investigate at the scene of a fatal crash involving two pickup trucks and multiple motorcycles March 18 on North Kihei Road near the intersection with Honoapiilani Highway.
The Maui News CHELSEA DUNCAN photo
A Maui Tow & Transport Co. truck removes a Suzuki Aerio sedan from a fatal accident scene along Kula Highway on March 25. The Suzuki sedan suffered major front-end damage in collision with a Dodge Neon. Five people were killed in the crash, the most fatalities in a single-vehicle crash in more than two decades.
The Maui News / MELISSA TANJI photo
Parishioners line up for a chance to pray in front of the relic of St. Marianne at St. Theresa Church in Kihei in October. Mother Marianne Cope, who cared for patients at the leprosy settlement at Kalaupapa from 1888 until her death in 1918, was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on Oct. 21.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Kaniela Ing celebrates with his supporters after the second printout showed him maintaining a comfortable lead over incumbent George Fontaine in the 11th District state House race on Nov. 6. Ing, a Democrat, captured the seat that covers South Maui from the Republican Fontaine.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui speaks at a memorial service for the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye on Saturday. Inouye's Dec. 17 death set in motion a series of events that led to Tsutsui, who was serving as a state senator from Maui, ascending to the lieutenant governorship on Thursday.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
While waiting to be wheeled into surgery at Maui Memorial Medical Center, Oregon resident Tom Kennedy describes being attacked by a shark as he snorkeled off Kihei on the morning of Nov. 30.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
The year brought joyous events such as the canonization of Mother Marianne Cope, who took the torch from St. Damien and cared for leprosy patients in Kalaupapa, to tragic events including the death of 4-year-old Zion McKeown, whose father and girlfriend are charged with second-degree murder in the child's death, and a fatal car crash in Kula that left five people dead - the most traffic fatalities in a single crash in more than two decades.
The sharks were busy, with three people injured in attacks in the fall.
There was an election for president and U.S. senator for Hawaii, which seemed to overshadow most of the local races. President Barack Obama overwhelmingly carried Hawaii and U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono defeated former governor and Maui County mayor, Linda Lingle. In the more high-profile county races, Democrat Kaniela Ing unseated Republican George Fontaine for the South Maui House seat and Kahului Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran held off a challenge in the primary from longtime Council Member Joe Pontanilla, who could not regain his seat due to term limits.
There were large community debates over the Maui Island Plan, which was passed and signed into law in December, and the construction of two shopping centers in Kihei, dubbed by opponents as "megamalls." The fate of the development is currently with the state Land Use Commission.
Other major events included the defunding by the county and the state attorney general's investigation of the Wailuku Main Street Association and the purchasing of most of Lanai by Larry Ellison, the third-richest American.
In the waning days of the year, the death of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye set off a chain of events that led to the state Senate president, Shan Tsutsui, of Maui, being named lieutenant governor, replacing Brian Schatz, who was selected to replace Inouye in Washington, D.C. Tsutsui's decision to leave the state Senate could set off a similar chain reaction at the local level as Democratic Party leaders come up with a list of replacements from which Gov. Neil Abercrombie will choose.
These are the top 10 stories as determined by the staff of The Maui News.
There were other strong candidates that didn't make the cut that could make the top 10 lists of others. They included the opening of the Costco gas station, the state Supreme Court's decision to send the Na Wai Eha
water decision back to the state Water Commission for revisions, the tsunami that wasn't in late October, and the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approval of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope atop Haleakala.
Deadly violence on Maui
In separate violent incidents in May, a 31-year-old man in a stolen rental car was fatally shot by a Kihei police officer and a 4-year-old boy died of traumatic injuries in a suspected child abuse case.
The police shooting occurred at about 11:20 a.m. May 22 in the parking lot of the Mana Kai Maui Resort. Police said driver Marshall "Mosi" Langford of Kahakuloa pointed what appeared to be a semiautomatic handgun at the officer while trying to flee in the stolen car.
Witnesses reported hearing three shots, and police said Langford died at the scene. The weapon he was holding turned out to be an airsoft pellet gun that replicated a semiautomatic pistol, police said, and a sawed-off shotgun was found within Langford's reach in the car.
Police also reported finding a glass smoking pipe like ones commonly used to smoke crystal methamphetamine in the blue 2010 Chevrolet Impala.
Family members disputed the police account of the shooting, saying Langford didn't have a gun and was reaching for a cellphone when he was shot.
On May 30, 4-year-old Zion McKeown died at Maui Memorial Medical Center, a few hours after the unresponsive child was brought to the emergency room by his father and his girlfriend.
An autopsy showed that the Wailuku boy suffered blunt force trauma to his lower abdomen, with the injuries most likely the result of someone stomping on him while he was lying on the ground, investigators reported.
The boy was living with his father, Kyle McKeown, 32, and his girlfriend, Grace Lee-Nakamoto, 27. Both have been charged with second-degree murder in the child's death, with cases against them pending in 2nd Circuit Court.
The boy's grandmother, who lives on Oahu, said that she had called state Child Welfare Services about a year before Zion's death to report he should not be in his parents' care, according to news reports. She said Zion was returned to an allegedly abusive parent after the state took custody of him when he was severely injured at 6 months old.
- Lila Fujimoto, staff writer
Deaths on the highways
Although there were fewer fatal crashes on Maui County roads last year, the number of people who died increased, with a single crash in March claiming the lives of five passengers in a sedan.
That head-on collision, on March 25 on Kula Highway, was the worst fatality in the county since November 1990 when five people died in a collision on Mokulele Highway. The Kula crash followed one a week earlier on March 18 when two motorcyclists died in an eight-vehicle crash in Maalaea.
In all, 23 people died in 18 crashes in 2012. The number of traffic deaths was 15 percent higher than the 20 deaths in 19 crashes in 2011.
The traffic deaths last year included five motorcyclists, a dirt bike rider and a moped operator, and five pedestrians. Most of the others killed weren't wearing seat belts, police said. Speed and alcohol also were being investigated as factors in several of the crashes, police said.
- Lila Fujimoto, staff writer
Election 2012
It was supposed to be a competitive race for the U.S. Senate
seat vacated by retiring Sen. Daniel Akaka, but when voters spoke on Election Day it was a reaffirmation that Hawaii is the bluest of blue states.
Former Maui County mayor and Republican Gov. Linda Lingle breezed through her GOP primary contest while Congresswoman Mazie Hirono won a competitive Democratic primary against Ed Case and three other candidates.
It didn't take long for Hirono and Lingle to engage in an intense advertising battle for votes - Lingle maintained Hirono had been an ineffective lawmaker, missing twice as many votes as the average lawmaker and backing no legislation of her own. Hirono reminded voters of Lingle's term as governor, including her backing of the failed Superferry and of the loss of student classroom time in "Furlough Fridays." Hirono also repeatedly tied Lingle to the national Republican Party, while Lingle said she would be bipartisan and not a rubber stamp for the GOP.
The campaign turned out to be a costly affair. According to the Federal Election Commission, Hirono spent $5.5 million and Lingle nearly matched that with $5.4 million.
On Election Day, Hirono took 61.6 percent of the vote statewide to Lingle's 36.8 percent, and Lingle fared even worse percentage-wise in Maui County. Here, Hirono carried 67.8 percent to Lingle's 30.9 percent, with the Democrat winning all of the county's 35 precincts.
An energized Democratic base in Maui County doomed Republican candidates, including one-term South Maui state Rep. George Fontaine, who lost to 23-year-old political newcomer Kaniela Ing. The young Democrat took 60.9 percent of the vote on Election Day after walking door to door in the South Maui district.
The only semicompetitive race for a Maui County legislative seat came in the primary when Central Maui Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran defended his seat against fellow Democrat Joe Pontanilla, who made a bid for the seat after reaching term limits on the Maui County Council. Keith-Agaran retained his seat, taking 57 percent of the vote to Pontanilla's 39.5 percent.
In Maui County Council contests, all incumbents held on to their seats. Four councilors were unopposed - Bob Carroll of East Maui, Elle Cochran of West Maui, Riki Hokama of Lanai and Mike White of Makawao-Haiku-Paia. Incumbent Council Members Mike Victorino of Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu, Don Couch of South Maui and Gladys Baisa of Upcountry easily survived challenges.
Stacy Crivello of Molokai and Don Guzman of Kahului won seats vacated by Council Chairman Danny Mateo and Pontanilla because of term limits.
- Brian Perry, city editor
Kihei shopping centers challenged
The fate of Eclipse Development Group's proposed shopping centers - dubbed by some as the Kihei "megamalls" - remains uncertain as a legal challenge brought by opponents is still before the state Land Use Commission.
The case will determine whether the two centers, totaling 700,000 square feet of retail space, and 250 affordable housing units can proceed on an 88-acre lot that's subject to 20 conditions the LUC imposed in 1995 when granting a land reclassification from agricultural to urban.
At issue is whether any of those land-use conditions have been violated since the property changed hands and plans shifted from a proposed 123-lot light industrial subdivision under former landowner Kaonoulu Ranch. Also proposed for the site is an affordable housing project Honua'ula Partners wants to build there tied to its master-planned luxury golf community of the same name above Wailea.
A challenge from community groups South Maui Citizens for Responsible Growth and the Maui Tomorrow Foundation and Kihei resident Daniel Kanahele prompted the commission to revisit the site's approvals.
They contend that the developments now being proposed are substantially different, and argue that the developers have not formally petitioned the commission to proceed with their projects.
The commission back in August voted to hold a so-called "order to show cause" proceeding, signaling that a violation or violations may have occurred.
During several meetings on Maui, the landowners were required to "show cause" as to why the property should not revert to its former land-use classification or be changed to a more appropriate classification.
The LUC in November concluded the evidentiary portion of the proceedings. A Jan. 24 meeting date has been set to hear closing arguments from the parties and to allow the commissioners to deliberate.
- Nanea Kalani, staff writer
Lanai's new owner
The island of Lanai came under new ownership this summer when billionaire Larry Ellison bought most of the Pineapple Isle for an undisclosed price.
Ellison, whom Forbes pegs as the third-richest American, purchased more than 88,000 acres of land on Lanai, or about 98 percent of the island, home to about 3,000 residents.
The sale also included Lanai's two luxury resorts managed by Four Seasons, two championship golf courses, residential and commercial buildings, and other assets.
Since Ellison's purchase of most of Lanai, his company says that the island has already seen economic growth, with more than 100 new jobs created.
Ellison still has yet to reveal exactly what he plans to do with the island, but he said in an October interview with financial news station CNBC that he envisions turning Lanai into a "little laboratory" for experimenting with sustainability and eco-friendly enterprises.
He's since tapped Hawaii hotel executive and Lanai native Kurt Matsumoto to oversee all business operations on the island.
Former owner David Murdock, who had owned the island since 1985, retained the rights to develop a proposed wind farm on the remote northwestern part of the island - a controversial project that has divided the close-knit island community.
State regulators were quick to grant interim approval to transfer ownership of the island's water, sewer and transportation utilities to Ellison, allowing the overall sale to close. But, the Public Utilities Commission's review of the transfer is still ongoing.
- Nanea Kalani, staff writer
Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui
The death of longtime Hawaii U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye on Dec. 17 set in motion a series of events that led to Maui state Sen. Shan Tsutsui ascending to the lieutenant governorship on Dec. 27.
The 41-year-old state senator, who represented the 5th District that includes Wailuku and Kahului, had been chosen state Senate president for another year shortly after the November elections. He was the first state Senate president from Maui County.
When Gov. Neil Abercrombie selected Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to replace Inouye on Dec. 26, Tsutsui was first in the line of succession. He had the option of declining.
After a day of mulling it over and talking to the governor, Tsutsui decided to accept and become the state's lieutenant governor.
The political impact of Inouye's death continues: A replacement will have to be named for Tsutsui.
- Lee Imada, managing editor
Maui Island Plan OK'd
Maui's love-hate affair with urban growth often plays out before the Maui County Council.
In the early 1990s, the big battle was over whether to include a statement prohibiting a longer Kahului Airport runway in the county General Plan. At first, it was put in. Later, it was taken out.
Now, in a decade leading up to revision in the General Plan, work was done by a citizen advisory committee, the Maui Planning Commission, the county Department of Planning and the County Council.
Since the runway debate, the focus has shifted elsewhere. Recent points of contention included the Olowalu Town project, where councilors decided to allow development mauka but not makai of Honoapiilani Highway. However, a last-minute amendment provided that future potential urban-growth areas makai of the highway may be undertaken with updates or amendments to the West Maui Community Plan.
An attempt by Council Member Don Couch to remove 390 acres from development surrounding the Makena Resort's golf course failed by a 6-3 vote, with Council Members Elle Cochran and Riki Hokama joining Couch in seeking the removal. Critics argued that the resort already has more than enough land to expand.
And, a much-debated proposal to provide a preservation area at West Maui's Lipoa Point failed because council members feared harming the appraised value of the agriculture land used as collateral by landowner Maui Land & Pineapple Co. for the company's employee pension fund.
In the end, a plan was crafted, and it passed Dec. 21 by a narrow 5-4 vote. Council members voting in favor of the Maui Island Plan were Couch, Gladys Baisa, Bob Carroll, Joe Pontanilla and Mike White. Council Members Cochran, Hokama, Mike Victorino and Danny Mateo voted no.
A week later, Mayor Alan Arakawa signed the Maui Island Plan into law, calling it a "framework" for future planning.
The planning revisions now shift to the county's community plan regions.
Community Plan Advisory Committees will draft plans for their areas and, depending on the area, those will be reviewed by the Maui, Molokai or Lanai planning commissions.
- Brian Perry, city editor
New St. Marianne
The tiny community of Kalaupapa on Molokai got its second saint in October as Pope Benedict XVI canonized Mother Marianne Cope, who more than 100 years ago arrived at the leprosy settlement to care for its patients.
On Oct. 21, patients from Kalaupapa as well as Maui and Hawaii residents gathered at St. Peter's Square in Rome to see the nun from the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities be elevated to sainthood.
In 2009, Kalaupapa patients and others went to Rome to witness the canonization of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who also worked tirelessly with leprosy patients at Kalaupapa.
Kalaupapa patient Pauline Chow and Sister Alicia Damien Lau of Manoa, Oahu, were part of a handful of people to receive Holy Communion directly from the pope during October's ceremony.
Around 225 Hawaii residents witnessed the canonization in person, including Maui's own the Rev. Gary Colton, a retired Maria Lanakila pastor, who said that the celebration "was wonderful beyond words."
In 1883, Cope answered the call from the Hawaiian monarchy to come to the islands to care for leprosy patients when others didn't. She and six other sisters from Syracuse, N.Y., arrived in the islands where Cope became an administrator at Honolulu's Kakaako Branch Hospital for leprosy patients, opened Kapiolani Home for the daughters of leprosy patients, and founded Maui's first general hospital, Malulani.
In 1888, she went to the Kalaupapa settlement where she and the other sisters ran various homes, including one founded by Damien. She died on Molokai in 1918 at the age of 80.
- Melissa Tanji, staff writer
Shark attacks
Maui saw a string of reported shark attacks in the fall, in which three people and a sea turtle were injured and a stand-up paddle board was damaged.
A state aquatic biologist based on Maui said after the second-to-last attack that there was no evidence the incidents were related. He added that the number of shark attacks in Hawaii seemed to be more numerous in the fall into winter period, although he didn't know the reason for the trend.
The last reported attack was Nov. 30, when 61-year-old Oregon visitor Tom Kennedy was bit while he and relatives were snorkeling in waters off of Halama Street in Kihei.
He suffered multiple lacerations to his lower left leg and thigh. Kennedy believed the shark that attacked him was a 10-foot tiger shark.
On Nov. 4, 30-year-old Marcelino "Marc" Riglos was attacked by what was believed to be a 12- to 15-foot tiger shark while he and a friend were spearfishing in waters off of the Waiehu Golf Course. Riglos suffered injuries to his right ankle and foot.
On Oct. 27, a 51-year-old California woman was attacked by a shark, estimated to be 10- to 12-feet long at Makena Landing. She suffered puncture wounds to her right inner thigh and lacerations to the front and back of her right hand from pushing the shark away. News reports identified the woman as Mariko Haugen.
On Oct. 22, a sea turtle was attacked by a shark, estimated to be 10- to 12-feet long at Kanaha Beach Park. The turtle suffered massive wounds to one of its flippers and had to be euthanized because of its injuries and other unrelated medical problems.
On Oct. 18, 55-year-old David Peterson of Pukalani had his stand-up paddle board bitten by a shark off "Kite Beach" or Kaa Point, near Kanaha Beach Park. He was uninjured.
On June 26, a 16-year-old California girl was attacked by a shark in shallow water at a Kahana Beach fronting the Hololani Resort in West Maui. News reports identified the girl as Sage St. Clair, who suffered a 4- to 5-inch gash to her left calf. Officials believed the injuries were caused by a small reef shark.
- Melissa Tanji, staff writer
Wailuku Main Street Association probed
Wailuku Main Street Association, a nonprofit organization that has been the recipient of more than $2.2 million in county funding in the last decade, is being investigated by the state attorney general's office, which later issued a scathing letter about the organization's practices.
In August, the state attorney general's Tax & Charities Division issued a letter that cited nepotism, lobbying in violation of the group's grant contract with the county, conflicts of interest, inaccuracies with its Internal Revenue Service Form 990, little evidence of program services and a "terribly confused" structure of governance among other issues.
It also called for the removal of then-Executive Director Jocelyn Perreira as well as other matters including conducting some review and revamping of board functions and bylaws.
A former attorney for the organization said that WMSA was forced to downsize and had to lay off its entire staff, including its executive director. A court filing said that the downsizing was primarily due to the state's investigation.
Board Chairman Tom Cannon has maintained that the organization's finances are audited yearly and that the money the group has is in the bank with every penny accounted for.
He said that Perreira had done nothing wrong and left the organization on good terms.
Cannon said that the public can read about the organization and its response to the investigation on its website at mauitowns.org and by clicking "Program Updates" or "Most Recent Updates."
In October, Maui County told WMSA that it was terminating its grant immediately, citing a lack of information from the organization after repeated requests were made.
In December, a 2nd Circuit judge granted the state's request to have WMSA comply with another subpoena from the attorney general's office to produce additional organization and financial documents as well as to take testimony from Cannon.
The documents were ordered to be handed over to the state attorney general by Thursday. Cannon also must give sworn testimony, tentatively set for Feb. 21 or another mutually agreed time, according to the court.
- Melissa Tanji, staff writer


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I got some promising books at the library like New Knits On The Block and Speed Knitting to give me some good ideas for a possible home-made Christmas this year. Even if I don't go 100% homemade, I am having fun toying with the idea. I am wondering how I can get everyone in blogland involved to compile the fabulous tips you all probably have. But right now, me so sleepy.
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Statisticians can't seem to spot him. Injuries have limited his potential. His team had floundered without him.
Until this season, Mana Rosa's Oregon State football career simply hadn't been what he had in mind. Now, that is all changing.
When he picked the Beavers over Hawaii, Washington and three others as the 2008 Maui Interscholastic League Defensive Player of the Year out of Baldwin High School, Rosa appeared ready to make some noise quickly in the Pac-12. He was a three-star recruit, ranked as the nation's No. 58 prospect at defensive end by scout.com.
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Oregon State's Mana Rosa helps bring down UCLA's Jonathan Franklin during the Beavers' 27-20 victory over the Bruins last week
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'We just have to keep moving forward. We can't just assume that it is going to come easy.' – Mana Rosa
Mana Rosa slaps hands with Oregon State fans after the Beavers upset then-No. 19 UCLA on Saturday at the Rose Bowl.
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After redshirting as a freshman in 2009, he missed the 2010 season with a shoulder injury. Last year he played in seven games while battling a leg injury, but had just three tackles as he bounced between defensive end and tackle spots.
"It feels awesome, finally got to get out on the field healthy, 100 percent," Rosa said via telephone after Oregon State (2-0) practiced on Monday. "I'm just working hard, trying to help my team out. I'm just trying to go forward from there and keep winning."
As Rosa's health sputtered, so did the Beavers. They were 8-5 his redshirt season, then went 5-7 before a 3-9 mark last year.
This year's team has vaulted into The Associated Press rankings at No. 18 after wins over No. 13 Wisconsin in Corvallis, Ore., and No. 19 UCLA at the Rose Bowl. Oregon State will play at Arizona (3-1) this week.
Rosa has added more than 30 pounds since high school, now checking in at 6-foot-3 and 276 pounds, and has settled into a tackle spot in the Beavers' 4-3 defense.
"We're pretty excited, we worked pretty hard in the offseason," Rosa said. "Everyone came in, extra work, did a lot of extra things so when we get on the field we can just play. We're really happy about the wins, but we just have to keep moving forward. We can't just assume that it is going to come easy."
Rosa was not listed on the participation chart for the game against the Badgers, but did play, and was not credited with a tackle in the victory over the Bruins - though he helped bring down Jonathan Franklin, the nation's leading rusher entering the game, he was not awarded a stop.
The Beavers held Franklin to 45 yards on 12 carries, and Rosa doesn't mind being the invisible man.
"Everyone on the defense as a whole is just playing great," Rosa said. "Everyone has their own assignments and they're doing them 100 percent to the best of their abilities. That is just a great part of being with this team, everyone has a role and they play that role really well.
"Hopefully, we can just keep that up and this season turns out to be a great one."
Rosa is one of eight players who cycle onto the line.
"He's been a big-time contributor up front, obviously he has been in the starting rotation," said defensive line coach Joe Seumalo, a 1984 Radford graduate who went on to play at UH. "We have 12 people, but we actually have eight starters for us on our defensive line. Mana has had a huge impact, especially being healthy. He has been really good for us. He has got a huge upside."
Rosa is one of five players from the Aloha State on the Beavers' roster - one of the others is defensive end Devon Kell, who has one tackle in two games.
"There's always a special place for them," Seumalo said. "I see myself in them, they see themselves in me, so the expectations and the standards are always high for the island kids and they know it. At the same time, they respond well."
The Beavers had their season opener against Nicholls State postponed by Hurricane Isaac, and then had a bye week after the win over Wisconsin, leaving them as one of the few teams in the nation with only two games played.
"Not getting to play that game was kind of a bummer, but the team just looked at it as extra practice for Wisconsin, getting ready for them, and I guess it showed and it helped out," Rosa said. "It was a good thing and a bad thing at the same time, but overall I think it was better for the team."
The meeting with Nicholls State has been tentatively rescheduled for Dec. 1, but that won't happen if the Beavers are in the Pac-12 title game on Nov. 30.
"It is a long season and if we can get eight guys to roll in and play at a high level, there's a good chance we will play for a long time - all the way into December and January," Seumalo said. "That is our expectation and we are going to continue to move forward that way."
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Across North America the question of who is liable for winter weather accidents is being challenged in courts. In Ontario, Canada an appeals court ruling upheld a $4.5 million judgment against roadway maintenance agencies for an "under-maintained" highway. Meanwhile, in the United States, where most of the winter maintenance regulations are set by local authorities, the trend is more and more towards anti-icing which attempts to prevent ice from ever forming. However, what happens if your winter maintenance plan states you are going to anti-ice and slippery roads cause crashes?
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MARTINSBURG - A new law making the failure to wear a seatbelt a primary offense in West Virginia officially went into effect Tuesday, and law enforcement officials throughout the Eastern Panhandle say they are ready to begin enforcing the new provision.
Failing to wear a safety belt while driving was already against the law in West Virginia, but until Tuesday it remained only a secondary offense that meant a motorist couldn't be stopped by police for not wearing a seatbelt unless they committed another traffic offense.
The law also requires that all front seat passengers wear a seatbelt, as well as any back seat passengers under the age of 18. The new law doesn't change the state's existing child restraint law. The current requirement under the child restraint law mandates that children under the age of eight years old must be in an approved booster or child safety restraint device. If the child is under eight years of age but is at least 4 feet 9 inches tall, a safety belt is sufficient.
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In this photo, Martinsburg City Police officers set up a "Click-It Or Ticket" Check Point on Baltimore Street to remind drivers and occupants to wear their seatbelts. Several vehicles were pulled off the road for failure to comply.
Rural mail carriers appointed or contracted by the U.S. Postal Service who are actually making mail deliveries are exempt, as are passengers or drivers with physical disabilities provided that they receive a medical exemption from a physician. Any person who violates the new law faces a $25 fine, but no other fees may be assessed and no points can be added to a person's license for committing a violation. The new law comes on the heels of other recently enacted legislation making the hand-held use of a cellphone and texting a primary offense.
"We're actually having a staff meeting tomorrow talking about some of the new laws that have gone into effect and sort our implementation of it, but our intent is try to use sort of a soft glove," said Jefferson County Sheriff Pete Dougherty. "We want to make people do what they need to do -that's our responsibility - but we are trying to do it in a somewhat humane way. We're not going to sort of sit at stop signs and check every person coming through."
Dougherty said people who are stopped are probably going to receive a citation if they are not wearing a seatbelt.
"We'll enforce the law as best we can with the situation and circumstances we come across," Dougherty said.
West Virginia State Police Sgt. J.D. Burkhart, commander of the Martinsburg state police detachment, said troopers aren't likely to become any stricter on the offense other than it's an offense that officers can now use to stop individuals even if they haven't committed another traffic offense.
"As far as whether we issue a warning or a regular citation, it's still the officer's discretion. I believe the fine is a $25 fine and no court costs are associated with it. We're not really going to take an aggressive enforcement action with it, but we are going to enforce the law, and it does make it easier for us to stop somebody for a seatbelt violation," said Burkhart. "We're not just going to necessarily go out and stop people just because, but during the course of their duties if they do make a stop for it, that's going to be in their discretion."
Berkeley County Sheriff Kenneth "Kenny" Lemaster Jr. said motorists will likely be charged after anything accident-related and deputies will simply enforce the new law.
"Again, it's one of those things that we'll probably slowly integrate. It depends on what the person is caught for, and I'm sure some of the officers may use some restraint," said Lemaster. "There's no real plan, it's just another law for us to enforce and be implemented."
Morgan County Sheriff Vince Shambaugh said he has been trying to educate the public in Morgan County through public service announcements about the new law, as well as the new law banning hand-held cellphone usage while driving, before the laws actually took effect.
"It's a win-win situation. Seatbelts save lives and anything that makes a safer environment for Morgan County drivers, we're all for. I'm not by any means a ticket-monger; we don't want to see people paying exorbitant fines for violations and we're not making money by going and writing tickets. We just want to see people abide by the law and everybody be happy," Shambaugh said.
- Staff writer Edward Marshall can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 182.


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What are your Opinons on Drqagon Ball Z Kai on the NIck Channel?
Too me its the same things as dbz jus all the useless scenes cut out really not worth watchin
it was a waste of my time watching this it also anger me to hear gohan's voice
I do not like the one on nick because it was not as good as the orginal DBZ
it pisses me off that on Nick it is taking so long just to get to my favorite saga the android, and cell sagas! though I do like the fact that it mainly just does what is in the manga rather than add in filler episodes to make the series longer like most other animes such as Naruto, Bleach etc~All shall wither and die before my eyes~(-Otaku Graduate-)
taken out all the good stuff....but then again what do you expect from a pg station.....
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It just dont cut it understand the plot story... i really dont get how they change things around in the real verison =/ .I used to love DBZ as a kid, but why they have to change it....
NO its not the original just a re-vamped version with diffrent voice overs.


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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Despite the Moultrie News being unable to initially confirm the arrival of Nordstrom Rack in Mount Pleasant, the newspaper has learned first hand that the store will open at Bowman Place in the fall of 2015.
In early June rumors swirled about the store's possible opening, but Naomi Tobis of Nordstrom Corporate Affairs told the Moultrie News that they were looking at potential locations for additional Rack stores in South Carolina but had no deal to share at this time.
This morning she informed the Moultrie News that the approximately 34,500-square-foot store is officially scheduled to open at Bowman Place which is owned and managed by Charleston based Grove Property Fund LLC.
The new Rack store will be a part of a total renovation of the former Kmart center and will be located just off Johnnie Dodds Boulevard and I-526.
After 35 years, Kmart closed its doors earlier this year.
Design plans submitted to the Town of Mount Pleasant reveal a new facade and a restructuring of the shopping center's five parcels.
Because the developer is not making more than 50-percent improvement, the project will not go through traditional planning boards and commissions.
In addition, the plan calls for extensive landscaping improvements and lighting.
"We have been looking for more opportunities to serve customers in South Carolina and we're excited to bring a Nordstrom Rack closer to home for customers in Mount Pleasant," said Geevy Thomas, president of Nordstrom Rack. "Bowman Place is an excellent location and we look forward to opening our doors next fall."
When it opens, it will be the third Rack store in South Carolina. The company is opening their first Rack location at Magnolia Park in Greenville Oct. 3 and will open a second location in Columbia at Harbison Court on Oct. 24.
"With Nordstrom's long track record as one of the nation's top fashion retailers we believe there is no better choice than Nordstrom Rack to co-anchor our new Bowman Place development," said Donna Patterson, regional property manager for Grove Property Fund LLC.
Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, Inc., offering customers a wide selection of on-trend apparel, accessories and shoes at an everyday savings of 30-70 percent off regular prices. The Rack carries merchandise from Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com and specially-purchased items from many of the top brands sold at Nordstrom. The Rack is designed to provide the ultimate treasure hunt to style-savvy customers.
The site design renderings do not include an indication of tenants of the other three parcels.
Daniel Island-based Grove Property Fund LLC, owners of the 131,000-square-foot shopping center, plan to partially demolish and redesign the center with updated storefronts and landscaping, according to the submitted documents.
About Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is a leading fashion specialty retailer based in the U.S. Founded in 1901 as a shoe store in Seattle, today Nordstrom operates 270 stores in 36 states, including 116 full-line stores, 151 Nordstrom Racks, two Jeffrey boutiques, and one clearance store. Nordstrom also serves customers through Nordstrom.com, the newly developed e-commerce site Nordstromrack.com, and its online private sale site, HauteLook. Nordstrom, Inc.'s common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol JWN.
About Bowman Place
Bowman Place is located on Bowman Road and adjacent to Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, just off I-526 in Mount Pleasant. The redevelopment, underway at the highly visible former Kmart site, was designed by renowned local architects Stubbs Muldrow Herin Architects. Once complete, Bowman Place will consist of over 125,000-square feet of retail and restaurant
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COVINGTON - The bridge carrying West Hill Road over the Tioga River in Covington, Tioga County, has been closed as a safety precaution.
The bridge was reduced to one lane in late October after state Department of Transportation bridge inspectors found "scouring" under one of the piers, but the undermining is worsening.
Brian Miller, assistant bridge engineer for PennDOT, said the bridge was undermined by debris that got caught up on the pier nose from the terrain.
"When we took that off, we noticed there was scouring under it," he said.
Scouring is erosion of the footing of the foundation of the pier that occurs when water washes away the soil bed under it, he explained.
The scouring was not associated with Hurricane Sandy, he added.
A detour is in place around the bridge, located between the intersections of Canada and Williamson roads.
A signed detour, using Canada and Williamson roads, which both are south of the bridge, will take travelers around the bridge, which will be closed until the end of this year or the beginning of next year, according to Miller.
"We are looking at getting emergency funds and if that goes through we will let it sometime in December, so it will be a few weeks of work to get it done," Miller said.


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quote: One of those "innocent" people set off a bomb in Yemen at a public cafe. Over 20 men, women, and children lost their lives. As well as many more injured.And you speak about the untimely deaths of the detainees and us becoming the monsters?
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NFTA police officers, with weapons drawn Wednesday, took a .22-caliber handgun with its serial number scratched off from a 16-year-old on a public bus.
Charged with felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon was Romalis D. Porter, of Montclair Avenue. He told police he found the gun in bushes at Herkimer and Breckinridge streets two days earlier, according to a police report.
"Why are you carrying it then?" one of the officers asked.
"I'm just trying to handle myself," the teen responded, according to a report.
Acting on a tip, Transit Police Officers Vincent Mancino and Joseph Ippolito boarded the bus when it was at Military Road and Hertel Avenue about 3:30 p.m. and approached two male teenagers sitting together. They roughly fit the description provided by the person who called in the tip, police said.
Mancino said in a police statement that he found the handgun, loaded with three rounds, when he patted down Porter.


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An electronic or mechanical device that people buy as a toy rather than as a practical tool.
Why not take a photo of your butt and send it to her on that new gadget of yours?
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An extremely sexy petite girl...smaller version of a ''Machine''
Oh dude i was outside that all girls school the other day and there were some wicked little gadgets about.
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a machine that does several works , at least more than one
like a machine that moves on the ground , flys & moves on the sea or so
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I have a kind of Gadget car it moves on the ground , in the sea and it even can Fly , that's a complete gadget .
like Inspector gadget , his does several thins
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short form of inspector gadget, used for someone who is extremely lanky.
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Someone who is extremely shady
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