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I'm sure there are few home owners in New Jersey that don't perk up a bit at a mention of a cap on property tax increases. But if the problem is that New Jerseyans pay too much in taxes, don't look for such a plan to help anything. In fact, it might just make things worse.
In the rush to "do something," it looks like the Governor has forgotten how budgets are written. Budget committees do not first assess a tax and then decide how to spend it. They determine how much it will cost to run things and assess enough tax to cover it. Limiting tax rates without addressing spending will only ensure that our schools go unfunded - until some lawsuit forces us to create an entirely new system of taxation to meet the demands on the budget.
Don't believe me? History quiz time: What was the reason for enacting the income tax in New Jersey? Answer: The
Abbott decisions Robinson v. Cahill decision found that reliance on property taxes for education funding resulted in educational inequalities and inadequacies and the Supreme Court ordered the legislature to do something about that. The legislature's decision was to create a state income tax, whose revenues would be dedicated to a special Property Tax Relief Fund.
This was a bad idea from the start. The way to fix a bad tax system is not to impose another bad tax system on top of it. A once-per-year distribution of kibble is not exactly repayment for staggering under the burden of over-taxation all year. More to the point, it does nothing to either hold down overall spending, nor make it easier to bear. As we all know, neither property nor income taxes have been reduced over time under this dual system.
But the system isn't designed to do so. And neither is a property tax cap. A property tax cap only limits the amount of tax a municipality can assess, without taking into account any of the reasons why taxes are rising. In New Jersey, municipalities collect taxes for both school districts and county governments - so either of those entities could max out the tax limit for any given year and not give municipalities any way to deal with rising costs. Worse, both the school and the county might exceed the cap limit, meaning that the municipality would have to make draconian cuts just to reduce overall spending to a legal level.
Imposing a spending cap on all levels of government would accomplish the goal, plus it avoids a lot of the pitfalls the tax cap offers. A broad 1% spending increase (adjusted for inflation) would allow governments to meet expanding needs, but it would force them to prioritize in a way that a tax cap does not. Spending paid for out of non-tax sources could be exempted, so that our municipalities might still benefit from federal grants and other sources of non-property-tax funds. A special circuit-breaker clause could be built in for the case of emergencies or natural disasters.
I know it's a small change - focusing on spending rather than taxes. But if I've learned anything from my study of public policy, it is that the best way to address a problem is directly. The last thing New Jerseyans need is another tax fix that pushes the problem into the realm of new and undefined taxes.


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I feel like C's at a stage where I'm buying a bunch of stuff for him again. Today, I had to buy a snowsuit (which I got a great deal on – thanks TJ Maxx!) and several 9- and 12-month pajamas (it's only a matter of time before he's too tall for those 6-month ones!), ordered a food processor/steamer on Amazon for making his baby food, and purchased a Halloween costume. Okay, so I didn't NEED to purchase a Halloween costume for him, but he's going to be so cute in that bumble bee outfit! 🙂
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Some cool, autumn-like weather has finally arrived and it is making me SO excited for fall! It's my favorite season and I think I'm extra excited for it this year because I spent the entirety of Fall 2010 hovering over a bucket with pregnancy-induced dry heaves. Here's what will be different about this year:

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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Richmond Coffee Party Kickoff a Success!
Twenty-eight Virginians met this afternoon in Richmond, Virginia at a local coffee shop named "Savor" to discuss politics in a civil manner and look for a way forward in solving their country's problems.
The mood was generally upbeat, but participants expressed concern about the negative tone politics have taken in recent years, and in particular during the health care reform debate.
Participants in the meeting signed a civility pledge and read the preamble to the U.S . Constitution together, before breaking up into discussion groups to discuss ways of moving forward.
The Coffee Party is planning additional events in the near future and is looking to expand its message of civil discourse and progress towards real solutions.
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- James Young said...
They might want to try reading the rest of it sometime.
'Course, then (if they understood it), they'd abandon this fraudulent excuse for more far Left policies, and join the Tea Party.
- 12:26 AM, March 14, 2010
- J.C. Wilmore said...
James, you're alive?
I'd expected to hear that you'd been killed in a suicide attack on a state treasury. Haven't you been screaming: "to arms, to arms!"
Really, why don't you get on with it? Or did you get your refund check in the mail today?
- 1:18 AM, March 14, 2010
- Donald Douglas said...
American Power tracked-back with, 'March 13th Coffee Party Fail!'.
- 1:56 PM, March 14, 2010
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13 Year Old Blogger Takes New York Fashion Week By StormSunny Chanel
I love mini fashionistas. They possess the youthful exuberance to wear anything and everything without fear of it being work worthy' or if it's sending the right message'. There is a freedom that they possess, these original dressers, that is inspiring. And one 8th grade fashion plate and style blogger has caught the attention of top notch designers. This young girl, from a Chicago suburb, has become a muse for the designers of high end apparel house Rodarte and is doing New York's Fashion Week…front row and center.
The sisters behind the brand have invited Tavi Gevinson and her dad to sit front row at their show. Kate Mulleavy- one of the designers stated that, "Tavi makes you think about things differently, makes you see things differently." And Tavis did what any fashion loving teen would do, she skipped school for the week to go see their show as well as a handful of others.
Tavi describes herself on her blog as a "Tiny 13 year old dork that sits inside all day wearing awkward jackets and pretty hats. Scatters black petals on Rei Kawakubo's doorsteps and serenades her in rap. Rather cynical and cute as a drained rat. In a sewer. Farting. And spitting out guts."
She is the daughter of an artist mom and schoolteacher dad. She launched her blog Style Rookie (Tavi—thenewgirlintown) in March 2008. Her blog is filled with self portraits of her getups that she took using a tripod and a self timer. The Mulleavy's found her blog and struck up a friendship with Tavi, sending her a pair of hand knit gloves and talking and texting frequently. From the looks of her blog she also was able to get into the Rag and Bone, Alexander Wang and Katie Grand party and was seated front row at Marc Jacobs! With profiles on Women's Wear Daily, the Wall Street Journal and Vogue UKs Blog, I think she's graduated from Style Rookie and has joined the ranks of a style maven.


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Lachrymose, definitelyDoug French
Men aren't supposed to cry, we're told. We suppress our emotions, or ignore them entirely. Rub dirt on it and walk it off.
To some extent, I admit I live up to that threadbare stereotype. I don't think I cry all that often. Whenever I do, it's usually to shed tears of joy, like when my sons were born. And there are several reaffirming movie lines that still never fail to hit me right in the tear ducts, such as:
- "Hey Dad? You wanna have a catch?"
- "To my big brother George: the richest man in town!"
- "This grumpy old race car once told me something: 'It's just an empty cup.'"
Then there are those times when a huge crying jag will sneak up and just overtake me. Like last weekend.
As everyone in the world but me knew, packing up my truck for the big move took a lot more time than I anticipated. This meant I had to leave a lot later than I planned. Since most of the drive would therefore be at night, I decided the best way to keep alert was to crank nothing but '80s music. These were the songs that I identified with most, the ones I knew by heart. Comfort food for the ears, and all that. And best of all, since I was alone in that cab, I could do whatever I wanted–sing along at the top of my lungs, play one song over and over, drive-dance like nobody was watching–without wondering if my seatmate was contemplating saving his soul by throwing himself out onto the highway.
Right about when I crossed into Pennsylvania, I slid an '80s compilation CD into the player and rocked out to several classics. Owner Of A Lonely Heart. Arthur's Theme. Everybody Wants To Rule The World (twice). I was revved up and going strong.
And then came The Living Years.
In a decade championed for its cheesy music, this song reigns as the gold standard–the donkey milk, if you will–with its trifecta du fromage: mawkish sentiment, swelling crescendos, a choir of little kids. I recognized the opening guitar riffs immediately, and when Paul Carrack launched the lyric I belted it out right along with him. (Every generation … blames the one beforrrrrre….)
And then I just lost it. Tears began gushing down my face, and my nose became enough of a streaming snotfountain that I considered pulling over into a rest stop until I could get it together.
I hadn't been feeling sad about anything. I'd made my peace with the move and was actually excited to set up my new house. And it wasn't the song itself; my dad is alive and well(ish), and we get along great. (He's even told me he loves me a couple of times.) Instead, my body finally decided to acknowledge the stresses of the past few months and cast them out in a torrent. And after it was over, I felt fantastic. Cleansed. And exhausted enough to pull over for the night at the next exit.
Crying is good, and I'm happy to say that I think my sons know this. It's hard to tell, of course, since the nine-year-old tends to think that every setback signals the end of the world, and the six-year-old has developed a hair-triggered umbrageometer. But if I were to try to pinpoint the things I definitely want my sons to take into manhood, one of them would definitely be not to underestimate the value of a bone-deep bawlfest to purge whatever's bouncing around in your belfry. It's natural. It's healthful. You don't have to do it publicly if you don't want to. And if your girlfriend thinks any less of you because of it, she's not worth another second of your time.
Just don't overdo it, OK? If you can find a frequency somewhere between 1) John Boehner and 2) a fence post, you'll be fine.


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KALAMAZOO -- Juan Nunez was able to shake any rust he may have accumulated from more than a week standing on the sidelines at the right time on Saturday at Waldo Stadium.
In doing so, he shook Western Michigan University out of a 29-minute rut and spurred a 27-17 victory over Toledo.
The sophomore, who missed last week's game against Illinois because of a concussion suffered a week earlier against Eastern Michigan, pulled in a 36-yard pass down the sideline from Broncos quarterback Tim Hiller with six seconds left in the first half. A frantic ball spike ensued, followed by a 1-yard touchdown pass to linebacker Austin Pritchard.
From there, a senior day disaster was averted with relative ease -- with WMU outscoring the Rockets 24-3 over the next 20 minutes.
"That was very important," said Nunez, who finished with five catches for 87 yards. "I just saw Tim check the ball to me and I just went out and executed as best I can, saw the ball in the air and just went up and got it."
The touchdown accompanied a 29-yard John Potter field goal in a half that saw all four of WMU's punts and one turnover. But it did give the Broncos a 10-7 edge and the lead for the rest of the game.
"We practice (time management) a ton," WMU coach Bill Cubit said of game-changing drive. "Again, you have to have a smart quarterback and that's what Tim is. I thought the time management really, this whole year, has been really, really good. I thought that one was outstanding."
In the final home tilt of the season, which honored the team's 25 seniors, the Broncos jockeyed their way to a ninth victory, a feat accomplished only three times in program history and not since 2000. Western Michigan also finishes perfect at home and keeps its slim hopes alive of a Mid-American Conference championship.
"(Winning at home) was a big, major point for us at the beginning of the season," Cubit said. "We wanted to make sure to take care of our house. Even though one of our home games was at Ford Field, (we're) 6-0, that's what you want to do."
Nunez struck again early in the third quarter by reeling in an 11-yard pass in the front right corner of the end zone for the second of three touchdowns heaved by Hiller, who finished 22-for-36 but tossed his first interception since Oct. 11 against Buffalo.
Potter added another 25-yard field goal to capitalize on a Toledo lost fumble forced by E.J. Biggers and give WMU its largest lead of the game at 20-7 late in the third.
Biggers finished with a career-high 10 tackles, 1.5 for loss.
Fifth-year senior Jamarko Simmons left his football home in style with eight catches for 96 yards, bringing his season's yardage to 1,100.
While Simmons wound down his career, true freshman running back Aaron Winchester jump-started his in a big way.
Winchester, filling in for injured junior Brandon West, had 28 carries for 111 yards in his first career start, trumping his season totals. He amassed 202 all-purpose yards.
"I know in the first half we didn't run it as well, but I think as the game went on he felt more comfortable," Cubit said. "He started understanding where the holes are and really then his (48-yard) kickoff return got us started in the second half."
The Rockets temporarily took advantage of a sluggish WMU start when quarterback Aaron Opelt connected with Stephen Williams for a 27-yard touchdown late in the first quarter. Opelt was 18-for-31 for 213 yards. He found Nick Moore 10 times for 97 yards.
On the ground, Morgan Williams and DaJuane Collins split carries with 16 each, Williams finishing with 83 yards.
Toledo wasn't quick to summon punter Bill Claus on the field as the Rockets tried to convert on five fourth-down plays. They were successful in four of those.
"We're doing whatever we can to get the ball down the field and put more points on the board," said Toledo coach Tom Amstutz, who will step down at the end of the season. "We took some risks to do that, to get the ball down there, to see if we could get more scores in a tight contest."
Senior defensive back Desman Stephen filled in for injured Londen Fryar and finished as second-leading tackler with seven after the Rockets singled him out early in their passing game.
The Broncos have 10 days to heal before a showdown at No. 14 Ball State. They were missing a slew of key players on both sides of the ball.
"We have a little bit of extra time to prepare for them," Hiller said. "It's a big game. It's exciting to go up there."
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Devastation Over Diapers: Poor Parents Trying To Make Ends MeetMonica Bielanko
I always dread the grocery trips that require purchasing diapers. For a about a year there I was buying for two. At around $25 for a big box that was at least $50 on diapers for the week. $60 if restocking wipes too.
Throw a formula swilling baby into that mix and you can spend as much per week on keeping kids in diapers and formula as you do feeding the rest of the family combined.
Bottom line: diapers are expensive. As Today.com reports, may parents are skipping changes and leaving their babies wet so they can have enough diapers to make it through the week. Jessica Aragon, 33, used to be one of those moms.
"For other needs, like food, you could go to a food bank," Aragon tells NBC. "But there was no help for things like diapers. I had to borrow money and sell everything I had — the DVD player, the TV to get money for diapers."
NBC reports that Aragon is far from alone. A study in the journal of Pediatrics shows 30% of the women interviewed for the report said they'd experienced a time when they could not afford to buy the diapers their kids needed. 8% say they would leave wet diapers on a child or partially clean and reuse the diaper to "stretch" their supply.
In fact, for low-income parents and single moms, just behind worry over paying the rent or mortgage is stress about how to pay for diapers.
Megan Smith, the study's lead author was surprised at just how many moms worry about affording diapers. As NBC reports, "Smith started out looking into stressors that impact the mental health of moms and especially the factors that affected their ability to bond with their kids. The more moms she talked to the more she realized that a big stressor for some of them was the inability to pay for diapers."
"Some were taking off their kids' diapers and scraping off the contents and then putting them back on the child," Smith says. "While that has an incredible impact on the health of the child in terms of urinary tract infections and rashes, it also impacts the self-esteem of the mom."
The problem for moms trying to make ends meet: there are few federal dollars to pay for diapers. In fact, the problem is so severe a study commissioned by Huggies in 2101 found that one in three of the 1,513 U.S. mothers surveyed had cut back on essentials such as food, child care or utilities to afford diapers for their children. Researchers say that for a single mother working full time making the minimum wage, diapers would eat up more than 6 percent of the mom's gross income.
The study makes one thing clear according to Joanne Goldblum, study co-author and the National Diaper Bank Network executive director; there is a gaping hole in the governmental safety net that includes programs like WIC nor SNAP that do not cover the cost of diapers. Diaper banks are doing their best to help, but it's not enough, says Goldblum. "If you can't provide for your kids in a basic way, how can you feel good as a mom?" she asks. "Everybody wants to the best for their children. I think that concept gets lost because people for some reason feel such anger towards mothers who are poor."
Have you ever worried about how you're going to pay for your next package of diapers? Click here for the National Diaper Bank Network to locate a bank near you.
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It is a very important week in University Park, as Penn State prepares to welcome more than 2,000 athletes and 750-plus coaches for the Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games.
The organizational committee is already on campus putting the finishing touches on plans for the nine sport venues, opening and closing ceremonies, meals, evening activities, and more.
As impressive as the throng of athletes and coaches may be, the number of volunteers needed to put on the state-wide games is even more amazing. Senior Competition Director, Jennifer Tresp says it takes an unpaid "staff" of 1600 PER DAY.
"Without the volunteers there would be no way to make these games happen, she said. "They are absolutely priceless."
The list of volunteer jobs includes scorekeepers, timers, lunch line workers, security, Olympic Village booth staff, public address announcers, award presenters, and certified officials. For opening ceremonies alone, one hundred volunteers from Sheetz and Frito Lay help organize the procession of athletes into their seats at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Volunteers are working this week to assemble credentials, prepare for registration, and place directional signs all over campus. The committee even needs bed makers: volunteers who prepare the 3,000 dorm room beds needed for the delegations of athletes.
Among the volunteers are Penn State student-athletes. Nittany Lion football players escort the county contingents into opening ceremonies; the gymnastics teams will staff their event venue throughout the three-day competition; several teams of athletes will be on hand in full force to participate in Friday evening's Sports Fest.
Law enforcement officers have their own special volunteer role this year. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Games' accreditation, police officers will take part in the "Be a Fan" Torch Run, which will begin in Pittsburgh, pass through Altoona, and end at University Park, spreading the Special Olympics message of sportsmanship and camaraderie.
Another special element to this summer's activities will be the inclusion of 14 Team USA athletes who will travel to Greece in a few weeks to take part in the Special Olympics World Games. Among them, Blair County's Krista Genter, a 2011 Special Olympics Hall of Fame inductee, who will compete against athletes from around the globe in tennis.
Perhaps the most important volunteer is the Sheetz Corporation, the primary sponsor and most ardent supporter of Special Olympics Pennsylvania. Sheetz provides precious financial support and much-needed manpower.
While the volunteers are un-paid, they are not without reward.
"I think they do it for the same reason the athletes love to come here: the friendships they create, and the feeling of pride and success among the athletes," Tresp said. "They are so excited about the achievements and sportsmanship of the athlete that it keeps them coming back year after year."
Tresp says that by focusing on abilities rather than disabilities, volunteers allow the athletes they serve to shine. They are repaid ten-fold in proud smiles, bear hugs and high-fives.
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Nomads regain title
Preston Nomads clinched the Sussex Premier league title by winning at Hastings on Saturday with Horsham, surprisingly beaten at Brighton and Hove, finishing second.
The relegation battle went right to the wire with Eastbourne and Bexhill going down and Worthing surviving with just two points more than Eastbourne.
Had Worthing made 13 runs less against Chichester they would have been relegated and Eastbourne suffered when they had five League points deducted three weeks ago for a disciplinary issue.
Hastings decided to bat fist against Preston Nomads at Horntye Park and were sent tumbling to 147 all out of which Toby Finzell made 43 and Harry Finch 33 as Kashif Ibrahim took 3-22.
Nomads, in turn, found runs hard to come by but eventually won by three wickets at 148 for seven of which Hugh Richard made 34.
The leg spin of Josh Poysden was rewarded with figures of 5-56.
Brighton and Hove were put in by Horsham at the Nevill Recreation Gorund and dismissed for 143 of which Chris Atherton made 36 as Rob Woolley took 3-28 and the League's leading wicket-taker Michael Munday grabbed 4-30.
But Horsham tumbled to just 90 all out as Matt Wood took 5-36 and Patrick Spencer 5-30. Top scorer was 16 year-old Ben Shoare who made 27.
Eastbourne hit form for their last match with a 92 run victory at home to Roffey but it was too late to save them from the drop.
Batting first Eastbourne made 256 for nine declared with skipper Mark Tomsett run out by his partner Callum Jackson for exactly 100. Jackson made amends with 82 himself as George Fleming took 3-31.
The visitors were then dismissed for just 104 with Matt Davies their top scorer, he made 32.
For Eastbourne pace bowlers Stuart Pulford (3-34) and David Twine (4-40) proved their worth in the absence of former Test players Ed Giddins and Mohammad Akram.
Bexhill finished bottom following a 51 run defeat at East Grinstead who they bowled out for 155 as Ian Ellis took 2-28, Shawn Johnson 2-22 and Josh Beaslee 3-25.
For Grinstead Danny Irvine made top score of 40 and skipper Phil Norman made 28 not out.
But the match winner was Sussex youngster Lewis Hatchett who took 6-46 to send Bexhill reeling to 104 all out of which skipper Malcolm Johnson made 30.
Worthing went down by eight wickets at Chichester but scrambled enough points, just, to avoid relegation.
They were dismissed for 162 with 41 from Michael Gould as Steve Sedgeley took 4-19.
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HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. - An Indiana mom said it felt like a punch in the gut when she found out her deceased son was left out of his school's yearbook.
The school year is all but wrapped up at Fall Creek Intermediate School, but 2014 has been really tough for Rebecca Planck.
Planck's 12-year-old son Jacob collapsed on the school bus in January.
"He puked up a lot of blood and said his head hurt really bad, and then he slumped back and was unresponsive," Planck said.
It turned out some abnormal blood vessels in Jacob's brain had ruptured and he died shortly after the incident.
Now, months later, his school's year book is out, but Jacob's picture is missing. There was not even a mention or memorial page for Jacob.
"He was a pretty special little boy and I feel like, how could you forget him? I mean I know he's one of like a thousand kids, but it's a big deal and I just want him to be remembered," Planck said.
On Thursday, the school district responded by issuing a statement saying in part:
"Because class lists were submitted to the yearbook company in April, Jacob's name and photo were inadvertently left out of the book. FCI is extremely sorry for the oversight. In no way does this diminish the special place that Jacob holds within the FCI family."
Planck said she accepts the apology and hopes that her mission was accomplished.
"You have to learn from these mistakes that hurt one family, so you don't repeat them," Planck said.
Planck said she recognizes the school has done numerous things to remember her son since his death.
School officials said they are creating a special tribute page for Jacob that students can insert into their yearbooks.


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PIAA CLASS AAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET (click for link to entire bracket)
SUSQUEHANNA TWP. (3-1, 23-7) vs. NEUMANN-GORETTI (12-1, 26-4) at Giant Center, Hershey, 8 p.m.
How they got here: Since the PIAA Class AAA tournament began, District 3 champ Susquehanna Twp. has rattled off victories over District 12 fourth seed Imhotep Charter (65-47), District 11 runner-up Pottsville (52-45), District 3 seventh seed Lancaster Mennonite (75-57) and District 7 champ Central Valley (42-31). … District 12-AAA champ Neumann-Goretti earned its place in the state final by defeating District 3 fifth seed Berks Catholic (62-46), District 2 third seed GAR Memorial (73-55), District 11 champ Allentown Central Catholic (60-50) and District 12 runner-up Philadelphia Electrical (65-53).
3 Nehemiah "Bud" Mack 6-0 so G, 17.8 ppg (58 treys)
4 Gabe Mack 5-10 sr G, 10.9 ppg (44 treys)
15 Joe Marshall 6-4 jr F, 9.2 ppg
22 Quintin Ward 6-6 jr F, 8.8 ppg
25 Roman Letterlough 6-5 jr F, 5.0 ppg or
5 Takhi Turner 6-1 sr G/F, 5.7 ppg (13 treys)
1 Jaquan Blair 6-3 jr F, 3.3 ppg
2 Jordan Millberry 5-8 sr G, 2.6 ppg
10 Lawrence Holley 6-3 sr F, 2.3 ppg
More on the Indians: Vince Rogers' Indians, in the state picture for the second year in a row, have reached the finals for the first time since 2008. … Susquehanna Twp. lost to Steel-High 65-52 in the '08 title game. … Turner's older brother, Tajh, was a backcourt starter on the '08 club. …
Ironically, 2008 was the last time Susquehanna Twp. won a District 3-AAA title before this season. … In his eight seasons as the Indians' chief, Rogers owns a 167-60 career record. … Third-ranked Susquehanna Twp. has won eight straight and 19 of its last 22. … Susquehanna Twp. defeated Greensburg Central Catholic (71-62) to win the 1980 Class AA title, then downed Lewistown (64-45) to win the 1997 Class AAA crown. … Bud Mack finished with 14 points (13 in the second half), Gabe Mack added 10 and Marshall collected 10 in the Indians' 42-31 victory over Central Valley in Tuesday's semis. Ward, who finished with six points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked three shots. … Susquehanna Twp. has led by one point at halftime in each of its last two victories, then rattled off the first nine points of the second half and opened things up. … Bud Mack (19.3), Gabe Mack (12.8) and Marshall (12.8) are averaging in double figures in state play. Other state scoring averages include Ward (8.0), Turner (2.3), Letterlough (1.5), Blair (1.3), Millberry (0.7) and Holley (0.0). … Ward is averaging 4.3 blocks per state game. … Ward also is averaging 10.0 rebounds per state outing. … Tagged MVP of the District 3-AAA tournament by PennLive, Bud Mack is drawing interest from D-I programs such as Drexel, Norfolk State, Radford, Temple, Holy Cross, Bucknell, Boston University and Rider. … Gabe Mack, meanwhile, has Mansfield, Bloomsburg, West Chester and Seton Hill interested. Mansfield, in fact, has offered. … Ward has received an offer from Seton Hill, but also has interest from Radford and Northeastern. … Marshall is getting looks from Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Radford, Mount St. Mary's, George Mason and Loyola (Md.). … Turner (IUP), Millberry (St. Francis) and Holley (Old Dominion) will play football at the next level. … Susquehanna Twp. is the last Mid-Penn Keystone Division team still playing. Three others — Bishop McDevitt, Hershey and Trinity — also qualified for states. … When Susquehanna has the ball, the Indians are effective in transition and half-court sets. … Will mix defenses frequently, using man and an assortment of zones.
2 Tony Toplyn 6-6 sr F
3 Troy Harper 6-1 sr G
5 Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble 6-0 jr G
12 Jamal Custis 6-6 sr F
20 Ja'Quan Newton 6-3 sr G
0 Vaughn Covington 5-11 so G
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More on the Saints: Up by eight with just over 90 seconds to play, Carl Arrigale's Saints clinched their trip to Hershey Tuesday night by knocking down all sorts of free throws to cinch their berth in the state title game. Neumann-Goretti, in fact, was 31-for-36 at the stripe. ... Newton
registered 21 points for the top-ranked Saints, while Harper (20) and Kimble (12) also reached double figures. Covington (6), Custis (4) and Toplyn (2) shared Neumann-Goretti's other 12 points. … Neumann-Goretti is making its sixth straight appearance in the PIAA Class AAA playoffs. The Saints claimed consecutive AAA titles in 2010 (Chartiers Valley, 65-63), 2011 (Montour, 55-45) and 2012 (Montour, 48-45). Arrigale's club lost in the state quarters in 2009 and 2013. ... Newton's effort in Tuesday's semis made him the Philly Catholic League's all-time leading scorer with 1,939 career points. … Newton, who has scored 20 or more points in 11 of his last 15 outings, will play at Miami (Fla.). Hurricanes head coach Jim Larranaga was on hand for Newton's milestone moment. … Toplyn and Harper will play at Campbell, while Custis will play football at Syracuse. ... Neumann-Goretti has reeled off 16 consecutive victories and has won 22 of its last 24 games. … Only one of the Saints' four losses has come against Pennsylvania sides (Roman Catholic). … Neumann-Goretti scoring averages: Newton (21.2), Harper (12.2), Kimble (11.4), Custis (8.6), Covington (5.2), Toplyn (5.1) and Green (4.8). ... Kimble is a distant relative of former Loyola Marymount star Greg "Bo" Kimble.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel signaled Saturday it plans to scale back its military operation in the Gaza war and will not participate for now in any cease-fire negotiations in Cairo with Hamas.
The Islamic militant group suggested it won't hold its fire in the case of a unilateral Israeli pullout, raising the prospect of renewed hostilities in the future.
Israel continued to pound Gaza with airstrikes Saturday, killing at least 72 Palestinians, many in the southern border town of Rafah where Israeli troops searched for a soldier who had been feared captured by militants. Israel today said the soldier was killed in battle Friday.
In a televised address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that the Israeli military will reassess its Gaza operation once troops complete the demolition of Hamas tunnels under the Gaza-Israel border. Once the tunnels are demolished, "the military will prepare for continuing action according to our security needs," he said, stressing all options remain on the table.
"We promised to return the quiet to Israel and that is what we will do. We will continue to act until that goal is reached, however long it will take and with as much force needed," Netanyahu said. "Hamas needs to understand that it will pay an intolerable price as far as it is concerned for continuing to fire."
Since the Gaza war began July 8, at least 1,712 Palestinians -- most of them civilians -- have been killed and more than 9,000 have been wounded, Palestinian health official Ashraf al-Kidra said. Israel has lost 63 soldiers and three civilians, its highest death toll since its 2006 clash with Lebanon's Hezbollah.
Hundreds of soldiers have been wounded.
Large swaths of Gaza have been destroyed and about 250,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. In Israel, much of the country has been exposed to Hamas rocket fire.
Earlier Saturday, Cabinet Minister Yuval Steinitz said Israel won't send a delegation to proposed truce talks in Cairo for now. Speaking to Israel's Channel 10 television station, he alleged that Hamas repeatedly violated previous cease-fire deals.
"That leads us to the conclusion that with this organization there is no point in speaking about an agreement or a cease-fire because we have tried it too many times," he said.
Already, there were signs of troop redeployments in Gaza.


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Did Hank Armstrong ever go up against a great boxer?
Judging from the tapes I've seen of him, its been all guys that came at him and stood with him.
Did he ever face any opponents that resembled a Floyd Mayweather or Juan Manuel Marquez counter punching moving specialist?
Someone considered a great contemporary in that style.
I've tried looking but haven't found anyone. Its very possible he was just matched properly by his promoter/managers to make him look better than he really was.
Prove me wrong.
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He wasn't matched carefully, you can't really win 3 lineal titles and draw for a fourth being matched well to make you look good. There's just too many good names and I can't recall anyone he ducked.
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I was watching films of him and it reminded me of Arum's path with Pacquiao.
Keep him away from guys that could box, move and counter and match him with guys that walk right into his fire.
This makes a huge difference in his legacy imo.
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As I said he was the lineal champion in three divions and defended the lineal WW title 21 times.
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Slick boxer ie; runners then, and counter/punchers were NOT crowd favorites!! When your dealing in live gates and ONLY live gates the type of fighter like Mayfeather wouldn't be used unless he came off the ropes and fought. You could box and use laterial movement ala Willie Pep but you needed to step to your opponent and exchange. Live boxing shows only had a live gate for proceeds so the boring crap you see from some guys today would afford them a very short career!
As for Armstrong if you paid him he'd fight anybody.......and anything! Ray
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All I'm hearing is excuses from apologists.
I want results. I thought you guys knew about boxing history. This is why I came here to ask this question.
I don't wanna hear excuses, rhetoric, innuendo or nostalgia.
I want to know when Armstrong fought anyone who wouldn't stand right in front of him and go toe to toe.
So far, my gut instinct is being proven 100%.
But I'm a patient man.
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Barney Ross. Ross was an excellent technician who moved, countered, gave angles and was defensively sound. The problem against Armstrong was Hank was non stop pressure from the opening bell never giving Ross any breathing room let alone a chance to breath at all. After the 3rd round Ross told his corner he had no more legs. After that he was cannon fodder for the perpetual motion that was Armstrong.
You can say it was Ross' last fight and he was finished after a long hard career, but that wouldn't be entirely accurate. Barney had said on many occasions that the first time he took a beating in the ring would be his last and retired at the tender age of 28. Less than a year earlier Ross was able to beat Ceferino Garcia who had two close bouts with Armstrong less than 2 years later.
I doubt you're going to find anyone to fit the Marquez/Mayweather description to a T, but fighters like Ross, Chalky Write and Lou Ambers were excellent technicians in their own right. What makes Armstrong so great though was his ability to force an opponent to fight his fight. Neither Floyd nor JMM have fought anyone like Armstrong either. If they had is there any guarantee they could adjust to his style? Not bend to his will?
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What the fck is this sh1t? Apparently TS has never heard of Barney Ross or Lou Ambers
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JMM did...
that fight he had with juan diaz... you are correct... it will be difficult to get cutesy and slick if you are dealing with a barelling, non stop punching machine like juan diaz. marquez had to "fight" him to get the W...
luckily for JMM though, diaz as good as he is... is no armstrong...
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From Media Matters, a bit of levity from our old pal Pat Robertson.
So remember kids, cemeteries don't pose a threat of spiritual attack, unless there are COVENS!
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From Media Matters, a bit of levity from our old pal Pat Robertson.
So remember kids, cemeteries don't pose a threat of spiritual attack, unless there are COVENS!
I've got more coming on the blog later today, so stay tuned…
This is headsmacking stupid. And people swallow it and call US kooks….
Those two are so clueless that you just have to laugh at them.. So thanks Pat for the laugh.
Hyphen, please!! I thought my local cemetery witch had been incarcerated.
Exactly, Cara! And they say WE are superstitious!
Oh yes because that's what we Witches do, we wait for the unsuspecting to move near cemeteries so we can conduct spiritual warfare and steal their souls…o_0…..The intentional lies the blindly misinformed are led to believe by their leaders would be hysterical if it weren't all so pathetically ignorant.
…and potentially dangerous, depending on where you live.
-sighs and marks a scroll- "And there goes yet another of my evil schemes…stupid villagers and their paranoia. Do you know how hard it is to find a good, large graveyard with the proper amount of loose souls!
Ah, but do the coven members sparkle? That's when you REALLY have to worry.
I thought it was vampires that sparkled.
Ideally, they should spark.
Only since 1922.
Coven referred to a group of vampires too. Did everyone forget Anne Rice with the advent of Twilight??
Nah, I've never read Anne Rice or the Twilight novels (or seen the movies) 😛
I tried to forget most things after Dracula and the Hammer Horror films 😛
Kids, necrophilia isn't sexy. It's just gross.
Necromancy on the other hand….
The Twilight films are worth it, but only if you download the RiffTrax commentary to play along with it. Otherwise, it's just kind of dull occasionally interrupted with kinda stupid.
Personally I prefer Laurell K Hamilton's name for a group of vampires. A Kiss of Vampires.
He is one of my favorite comedians.
I feel dirty saying this, but that's almost a reasonable response from Pat Robertson.
guh… Gotta shower now.
Its ridiculous – in all other areas of life if you are strongly against something and are for its opposite people expect you to be informed of both sides so they can take your opinion seriously – whether its politics, moral code, or why you like the book better than the movie – in all aspects of life one is expected to be well informed before you form an opinion – but apparently religion – the thing in which your 'eternal soul' supposedly faces doom or salvation through – its perfectly ok to be one sided? They say 'know thine enemy' if you're gonna hate us at least hate us for the right reasons and not the ghost stories that Hollywood has made of us! Sheesh
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MADISON - Some of Wisconsin's most famous wrestlers were on hand today, when the state Assembly voted unanimously to ask that the sport not be dropped from the Olympics. Lawmakers approved a resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee to keep a sport that's been a part of the modern Games since 1896. In February, the IOC's executive board recommended dropping wrestling from the 2020 Games. Andy Rein, who won an Olympic silver medal in 1984 and was later the wrestling coach at Wisconsin, supported the Assembly's move.
GREEN BAY -- Today (Tuesday) Shopko announced plans to open five new Shopko Hometown stores. The stores, located in Afton, Wyoming, St. Peter, Minnesota and Winneconne, Ellsworth and Tomahawk, Wisconsin, are expected to open in late fall 2013.
Looking for some wholesome, free, family entertainment this summer? Don't miss the famous Teddy Bear Band performing at the East End Park in Ellsworth on Tuesday, June 18. Bringing a bear is not required, but makes the event so much more fun! So...BYOTB, if possible! The Ellsworth Public Library is partnering with the Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce's Together Tuesdays event to bring family fun to town throughout the summer.
MAIDEN ROCK--The annual Maiden Rock Summerfest celebration will be held this Saturday, June 15, beginning at 11 a.m. in the Village Park. The party in the park will feature kids' games, a silent auction and prizes drawn all day (must be present to win). A spiffiest car in the park contest is planned (judging at 7 p.m., winner announced at 8 p.m.--$100 prize). The parade begins at 2 p.m. (line up starts at noon). There will be music by the "Instigators" from 3:30-5:30 p.m. "The Blue Steel Band" will play from 6 p.m.
I like music, and most songs, but I like to be able to understand the words. So many singers seem to think that the "louder the better," even on Idol, to the point of screeching. Uff da! I like Faith Hill, who is known as "The Queen of Christian Rock." I like the way she isn't shy about sharing her faith, and sings a lot of inspirational songs.
"We want to make things better," one of the Finance Committee members recently told his colleagues. This Medicaid plan, he said, "Protects taxpayers, strengthens the safety net and lowers total cost to taxpayers." What actually happened would cost the state a hundred million more dollars than full Medicaid expansion, drop coverage for 84,000 people and leave almost half a billion of federal dollars on the table in this coming budget. Only half of those who lost Medicaid will likely ever sign up for private insurance.
The work on the Wisconsin budget bill (Assembly Bill 40) by the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) is now complete and the bill moves on to the full Assembly for our consideration. As you may know, I am not a member of the powerful JFC, so my one and only opportunity to vote on the budget bill will be when it comes to the full Assembly for a vote. The legislation is thousands of pages in length, it is all-inclusive, and each member can only cast one vote.
Citizens now have another option for sharing ideas and voicing their opinions on Red Wing issues. The city recently launched imagineredwing.com, a site that includes forums, polls and other ways for participants to get involved in discussions. "We want you to think of this site as a digital town square," Council President Lisa Bayley says in an introductory video on the website. Planning Director Brian Peterson said the city had been looking ways to get citizens more involved that didn't necessarily mean coming to public meetings. "It's not to take the place of other ways of involving citi
Just more than six months after it originally planned, the Red Wing School District officially opened its employer-sponsored clinic Monday.
Dan Bender is Red Wing's new mayor. Bender garnered 945 votes of the 2,455 cast in Tuesday's special election, according to unofficial results. "I thought that we had done a good job," Bender said. "When I was out campaigning it was pretty well received. But you never know." Bender, a former City Council member, said he thinks his experience in government along with his message that he will "consider all sides of issues, try to put good thought into things" and promote Red Wing was what voters liked. Second in vote totals was John Sachen with 640 votes.


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Michel Rolland, possibly the most influential winemaker in the field, takes the lowly Merlot grape to heights rarely seen in the US with his annual production of Pedestal. Choosing from the best grapes grown in Washington State, he crafts a multi-dimensional, multi-layered, ageable wine reminiscent of Pomerol (where he lives) but containing characteristics unique to the Pacific Northwest.
Rolland is not a technician – he is, first and foremost, an observer. In uncanny fashion, Rolland understands the location and situation unique to wine from a particular area - and therefore the nuances that separate an uneventful wine from something quite exciting. It is this ability to understand the wine that makes him the oenologist extraordinaire that he is, and a legend in his time.
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In the case of Pedestal, he brings out flavors and scents that make the wine quintessentially Washington State, to a level of depth and complexity too often missed. It's ironic that a Frenchman comes to Washington and produces a wine that offers such a profound presentation of Washington Merlot at its best.
The 2003 vintage of this wine received 94 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points from Wine Spectator, 95 points from Connoisseurs Guide, and 93 points from Wine Enthusiast. Read 2003 reviews below.
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The Pedestal Merlot '04 is an impressive wine from the beginning, from its ornate label to the deep color of the wine. Stunning, classic Washington Merlot aromas of plums, cassis, and tobacco leaf explode from the glass, nicely framed by a toasty blue-fruit-vanilla-bean perfume.
This is an opulent, expansive Merlot with flavors of ripe plums, sweet blueberry, dark cherries, and cassis, giving way to leather, minerals and more fruit layers on the finish. Lively acidity and super-fine tannins provide a structure that will reward years in the cellar. With time in the glass, the Pedestal's depth evolves as darker fruit and barrel spices show.
This is a highly-collectible, Aston Martin of a Merlot--beautifully-styled, rare, powerful, crafted impeccably. -marcus
Nose- Intense scent of black fruit, sweet & rich tobacco leaf, spicy cedar incense, and toast.
Flavors- Tremendously complex layering makes this everything most new world Merlot is not- this is not a simple wine by any measure. Layers of different berry, cherry, and currant fruit flavors mingle with toasted espresso bean, bittersweet cocoa, exotic cedar incense and spice, and vanilla bean. The flavors are complemented by a lush, velvety mouthfeel, an uplifting, refreshing acidity that accentuates the complexity of the wine, and beautifully integrated tannins, balanced and unobtrusive, but present and indicating that this will be along-lived wine.
Such a rich, lush wine can be out of balance, but not this one. The big, uplifting acidity matches the silky tannins and huge flavors, reiterating the complexity and suitability for aging. The wine has a remarkable complexity of layers and range of flavors.
Finish- On the finish, hints of fresh saddle leather and minerals add to the fruit flavors. As the fruit diminishes, the sense of intense spice, sweet tobacco, and bittersweet chocolate become more pronounced.
Hype aside, this is one of the best wines ever made in Washington State. Michel Rolland marries his deep knowledge of Bordeaux with the flamboyant richness, intensity, and ripeness of the New World in this Petrus-like wine.
This wine is a complex, satisfying showstopper. -jean
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An American on the technical panel!! This is not the best news for tessa and scott.
The key guy is the specialist, in this case Dostatni, who has been a very easy, but somewhat erratic marker sometimes. The Asst. Specialist is Galit Chait (whom you might remember from a huge hoohah involving petitions by skaters, protesting her bronze medal win with partner Sergei Sakhonovsky at Worlds 2002.
Horen only votes if Chait & Dostatni disagree.
I'm thinking of last year's 4CC's when Gilles & Poirier got some huge tech gifts from the panel, for example. Dostatni was on that panel.
I don't remember if it was mentioned. It's good to hear that Paul is back on the ice and in competition shape. Were Ralph & Hill at the same competition? If so, what were their scores?
As to Galit Chait, she was on the 2011 GPF panel that gave level 4 to almost every team for almost everythin, and was particularly lenient on the Rhumba pattern dance.
Tessa & Scott got what is still their best ever FD score at this event.
I remember Dostatni being really harsh on Delobel/Schoenfelder.
Ralph/Hill were not there at all.
SD scores (Gilles/Poirier won with 59.25, to be exact):
FWIW - All ISU Tech Specialists were tested for competency last summer.
They are perhaps all competent, but that doesn't mean they are all eagle-eyed, finding every fault, or that they are all easy-peasy either.
Some will always be tougher than others.
Frida was killed to put a medal around G/G's neck.
I still remember Tarasova being quoted early september saying G/G had that medal locked. Good deal for everyone (Russian for gold, silver for USA and G/G on the third step) except D/L came with their best combination of programs ever... Too bad they couldn't in the end battle to kick out of the olys podium the worst team ever to step on it. Those Games were a tragedy for ice-dancing.


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In an overwhelmingly partisan vote, the National Defense Authorization Act passed in the U.S. House on Thursday by a 384-23 vote, authorizing more than $7 million in defense spending for the Santa Clarita Valley.
A majority of representatives who voted in favor of the bill were Republicans. The House bill, which had a counterpart in the Senate, aimed to address the readiness of and strain on America's military and directly impacts two defense companies in the Santa Clarita Valley.
With the bill's passage, approximately $4.8 million will be allotted for the development of a Common Ground Combat System electronic architecture prototype. Curtiss Wright-owned Vista Controls, a military and aerospace firm with operations in Santa Clarita, will receive the funding in order to develop a prototype that would allow the military to upgrade ground vehicles without redesigning them from scratch each time.
Also receiving funding is Valencia's Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company in Valencia, which is authorized to receive $2.5 million to oversee the development of the Micro Arm Fire Device for the Department of Defense Rocket Systems.
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Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company is authorized to develop a chip that is small enough to insert into current weapons systems without spending money on redesigns.
"While it's not a perfect bill, it does make important provisions for the men and women who serve in our Armed Services," U.S. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon said in a statement. "I am also pleased that two critical projects were funding for the Santa Clarita Valley area.
"The 25th Congressional district is home to some of the most advanced technological research, development, and evaluation for the Department of Defense and the funds secured in this bill ensure Santa Clarita Valley's role in that continues."
Introduced by California Republican Duncan Hunter and Missouri Democrat Ike Skelton, the House version of the proposed bill also aims to increase the United States' capabilities in Afghanistan, monitor the development of nuclear arms in Iran, improve interagency coordination and provide benefits to those who served at home and abroad.
House Resolution 5658 also authorizes funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and lays out the policy framework for the Pentagon for the coming year. Approximately $601.4 billion in funding is authorized by the bill for national defense programs in fiscal year 2009, including $531.4 billion directed toward Pentagon and Energy Department defense programs and $70 billion to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through the beginning months of 2009.
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Its been a lousy week weather wise so I asked Andrew and Steven where they wanted to visit before going back to school today and they both wanted to re-visit Eagle Heights in Eynsford, Kent (near Brands Hatch) as we had not been there for a couple of years. To be honest there is not a lot to see but if you like birds of prey and enjoy seeing them flown its worth every penny especially as they do a lot of work on breeding the birds especially those in danger. They also act as a rescue centre for Huskys and had over 20 there, along with Meercats, Cheetahs, a Camel and reptiles.
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Atire swing hangs from the limb of a jacaranda tree in the unkempt front yard of Louise and Clifford Ray's small frame house in Arcadia, Fla., east of Sarasota. On the other side of the screen door, which is unraveling near the handle, Louise, 29, sits in the un-airconditioned living room, talking on the phone. Her husband, Cliff, 29, is parked in front of the TV with their four children, watching cartoons. Every time he hears a car go by on New Jersey Street, Cliff lifts the curtain and looks out. His baseball cap is embellished with the Confederate flag and the words, "Dixie: The Closest Thing to Heaven."
An air of weariness hangs over the Ray household, and it isn't simply a product of the late summer heat. It is Friday afternoon, and the Ray children have just completed a very trying first week of school. The three boys, Ricky, 10, Robby, 9, and Randy, 8, are hemophiliacs who were discovered in 1986 to be carrying the AIDS virus. Last year they studied at home with tutors provided by the county. But Louise and Cliff decided the boys would be better off in school and in June filed suit to overturn a school board decision to bar the children from regular classes. Since a judge ruled in their favor on Aug. 5, the Rays, their sons and their daughter, Candy, 6, have become the targets of a nasty, often hysterical campaign that has torn up this tiny citrus community of fewer than 7,000 people.
On Friday, Aug. 21, an ad hoc group called Citizens Against AIDS in Schools had called a rally at the rodeo stables to announce a boycott of the Arcadia schools. The next morning, Aug. 22, the Ray family received four threatening phone calls, one caller warning the family that their house would be burned down. Monday, the first day of school, "was hectic," says Louise, "because there was so much media." Then on Tuesday, Aug. 25, there were bomb threats at the DeSoto County Board of Education. On Wednesday, Aug. 26, the threats were made directly to Memorial Elementary School, where the Ray children are enrolled. But Thursday and today, Aug. 28, have been calm. The boycott seems to be lifting. The Rays are beginning to believe that their struggle to give their children a semblance of a normal childhood is nearly over—that soon they will be able to resume a normal family routine.
"The phones start ringing at 6 and don't stop all day," says Louise, finally hanging up. "I'll be glad when we're old news," adds Cliff, "and nobody cares about us anymore."
On this night, however, the house is gutted by fire, and the Rays are back on the front page. Louise, Cliff and the kids are off visiting relatives when the fire breaks out, but Cliff's brother, Andy, is asleep in the house and must be treated for smoke inhalation. Calling the fire "suspicious," Sheriff Joe Varnadore says he is not ruling out anything: "We're looking at arson. We're looking at accidental."
News reports note a coincidence as well: It was just this afternoon that Danny Tew, 35, president of the citizens' group, held a press conference and for the first time singled out the Ray family by name. Within three hours their house is a smouldering ruin, and the embattled family, which has lived in Arcadia for 16 years, vows never to return. If the citizens' group did not actually set the fire that sent the Rays' life up in smoke, it certainly fanned the embers of hate in the people who did.
From Danny Tew's point of view, the press conference was a great success. Several of the national media were in attendance as he announced the end of the school boycott, which he said had succeeded in "gaining national attention and community support." He told reporters his group would now move on to its next project: a petition campaign to get the Florida legislature to pass a law requiring mandatory testing of students for the AIDS antibody and public access to the test results. Then, steamed up by the media attention, the beauty supply salesman seized the moment to challenge the U.S. Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, to a debate. "We're saying the Surgeon General is wrong about AIDS," he declares.
But today, the day after the fire, Danny is irked to discover that newspapers have given his press conference short shrift. "They jumped right over the news conference and went straight to the fire," he grouses. "But we're not slowing down, we're not deviating from what we're doing."
Tew, for one, shows no remorse and takes no responsibility for what happened to the Rays. The family brought their troubles down on themselves, he maintains, by telling the school board about their sons' plight and then by filing suit and courting the public spotlight. "Big attention like this brings out the worst in people," says Danny, who just moments earlier was upset because the media had shifted their focus from him to the fire.
Another member of Danny's group speaks up for starting a clothing drive for the Rays. "It will boost our credibility and our image," he explains.
Curiously, almost none of the group's most active members have children attending school with the Ray children. Danny Tew's three kids, roughly the same age as the Rays', live in a different district. Bob Werner, a disabled ex-prison guard who serves as the group's "information officer," has older sons. And Melody Patton, vice-president of the organization, lives four miles south of Arcadia in a town called Nocatee, where her two daughters go to school.
Nevertheless, these people have been meeting almost nightly in the back of the Total Elegance beauty parlor, which is owned and operated by Danny's wife, Janet, 34. It is here, in a messy storeroom, amid mismatched tables and chairs, that the concerned citizens have given themselves a crash course on AIDS, reading news stories, letters to the editor, pamphlets and just about anything that comes to hand about the disease.
Unfortunately, the group's growing notoriety makes it a magnet for zealots and cranks. Tonight, for example, two salesmen from nearby Fort Myers lounge in the hairdressers' chairs waiting to pitch their industrial-strength "skin shield" to worried parents, who can lather it on their school-bound kids. "We are now the focal point for people with information about AIDS they want to get out," says Tew.
And misinformation. Like many instant experts, the Arcadia group nurses conspiracy theories and tends to favor information at odds with the prevailing scientific and medical wisdom. The group has convinced itself, for example, that a national cabal is withholding the truth about AIDS from the public. Danny Tew, hoping his efforts might lead to the "birth of something nationwide," says it's time for an organization on "this side of the fence." Asked who is on the other side, he mentions the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control, the American Medical Association and the ACLU, as well as gay-rights activists. All these groups are in collusion, he suspects, to underplay the link between homosexuality and this latter-day plague. "Newsweek's cover story [which pictured the faces of one year's casualties] made it look like there were all these grandmothers and women with AIDS," says Melody Patton, "but you opened it and you could tell they were all queers."
Mostly, though, the citizens' group questions the CDC's, the AMA's and everybody else's line on casual contact. Melody is convinced that anyone coming in contact with the Ray boys is at risk. "In ten years, when the kids come down with it," she says, "they won't be able to sue the Rays, because they won't be able to prove where they got the AIDS."
Danny, clearly uninformed, is convinced that AIDS can be transmitted by head lice and pubic lice. "There is a disease called equine infectious anemia or Coggins Disease," he says. "When horses get it, you shoot 'um. Horses can't cross state lines without certificates that they don't have Coggins. Coggins and AIDS are the same virus," he says, quoting from one of the many crackpot pamphlets that have been pouring into the beauty parlor. "That's a scary idea, one that would panic the public. But which is worse, panic or annihilation?"
Tew pauses. Then, miming the voice of reason, he says, "All we want is someone to come forward and show us we're not right."
"This town is suffering a crisis of faith and a crisis of confidence," says the Rev. Ted Land, 40, of the First Presbyterian Church on West Hickory Street in downtown Arcadia. "The disease known as AIDS taps a great reservoir of fear. Many of the people in our community have responded out of fear, out of a fear for the safety of their own children. If the Rays are being publicly denounced, it is because the parents feel their own children are being endangered."
Land, who is wearing a sport coat and tie this hot summer day, insists that Arcadia—which elected one of Florida's first black mayors—is "a very caring community." He points out that the town has set up a number of projects to help the migrant workers who come to pick the citrus fruit. But when asked whether his church will offer any special assistance to the Rays, he says, "We will provide them with the same kind of financial and material aid we would give any family that's been burned out. They are just another family in this community that's lost their home to fire. Home fires are common in a rural area like this."
As for the future, Land says, "The most dangerous thing facing us now is unreasoning fear. Many involved in this are well-read. They have read material from the AMA and the judge's decision. They know the facts. They know the AIDS virus can live for seven days outside the body...."
Here, alas, the minister is quoting one of the many discredited tidbits from Danny Tew's arsenal; in fact, even under the most optimal conditions, the virus lives no more than seven hours, and often more like 15 seconds. That Land repeats such a "fact," culled by the concerned citizens from spurious sources, indicates the extent to which the group has influenced the mental life of the community.
It's late Saturday afternoon. On New Jersey Street the charred frame of the Rays' home is surrounded by a yellow tape that says, "Fire Scene Do Not Cross," and the untidy front yard is now piled with mounds of debris. Motorists drive past slowly and gawk.
Meanwhile, over at RB's Foodway, Danny Tew's petition drive is doing a land-office business, with Dawn Scarberry, 16, a student at the high school, collecting 106 signatures between the hours of 1:30 and 4:15 p.m. Dawn does not mention the fire. But to the people who stop by the table she purveys her belief that you can get AIDS "from drinking after someone and from sweat if you've been sweating and rub against someone."
Even the Ray boys know that's not true. "Kids can touch us and stuff," one of them plaintively explained to a reporter before the family went into seclusion the weekend of the fire. Now, as rumor and misinformation continue to flow unabated in Arcadia, one can only imagine what emotional scars will be left on these four children who have seen their entire lives swept away by unreasoning fear and paranoia. "The first thing Randy asked me [after the fire] is 'Where's Mr. Monkey?' says Cliff Ray, referring to his son's favorite toy. "I said, 'Mr. Monkey is gone.' " But who can tell him why?
Anatomy of a Hate Campaign
updated 09/14/1987 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 09/14/1987 AT 01:00 AM EDT
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