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My Turn: Randall pitching trio shows off stuff in summer league
Randall pitchers Chance Douglass, Brandon Knapp and Kyle Thompson recently completed a very productive summer playing baseball for the Dallas Baseball Academy of Texas, which has sponsored a highly successful select team in the Metroplex for the last four years.
Everyday Ethics: Friend more unethical to maneuver reader into dilemma
Q: An old friend has fallen on hard times. She, her husband and three young children are on food stamps and a state-financed health plan.
School requires belief in Christianity
Dennis Rawls believes teachers at his school, Bible Heritage Christian School, should believe in Christianity.
Opinion: What if no one attend unity meeting?
A new church unity movement will be born at a conference in Memphis Jan. 18-21, with an emphasis against discrimination on "such things as race, age, gender, forms of disability, sexual orientation and class."
Commission chambers quiet during comment session
The Amarillo City Commission chamber remained quiet Tuesday when the mayor asked for comments about the proposed tax rate and budget.
Bank donates $5,000 for CISD DARE program
Bank of America donated $5,000 to the Canyon Independent School District Education Foundation for continuation of the DARE program.
Brief: Dillas game postponed
Although the Amarillo Dillas' Tuesday home game against Rio Grande Valley was postponed because of rain, the Dillas were busy attempting to bolster their playoff roster.
Dillas split twin bill with WhiteWings
One day away from the end of their 96-game season, a win by the Amarillo Dillas might not seem like a big deal.
Brief: Hands put in odd places
LONDON (AP) - Hoping to make a night at the movies a little more memorable, the managers of a London theater have placed casts of celebrities' hands in some unusual places.
Brief: Musiq Soulchild awarded
NEW YORK (AP) - Musiq Soulchild led the list of winners with four awards followed by R. Kelly with three in Billboard magazine's first R&B/Hip-Hop Awards.
'Jeepers' not silly in a good way
There's an increasingly popular Web site that encourages readers to vote when their favorite TV shows "jump the shark," the defining moment when they go from good to inescapably bad in a single moment.
Satisfactory summer
LOS ANGELES - Pretty much everyone in Hollywood foresaw a summer of record revenue. A relentless stream of blockbusters such as "Pearl Harbor," "Planet of the Apes," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and "Jurassic Park III" were expected to shatter the summer 1999 record of just under $3 billion.
Good Time Guide
Harrington String Quartet 20th anniversary concert 7 p.m. Fri. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2415 Soncy Road. Free.
Brief: Symposium conducted
Amarillo-area cowboy poets and musicians will attend the National Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock today through Saturday.
Foxx prepares to lead 2001 MTV video awards
Jamie Foxx might have been kidding when talking about what he has in store for the opening of "The 2001 MTV Video Music Awards Show" (8 p.m. today), but he sounded pretty serious.
Special highlights war in Congo
NEW YORK - Ted Koppel begins a five-part "Nightline" series on the war in Congo with an extraordinary apology from both his program and his profession.
Panhandle People: Randall grad named teacher of year
Syd "Purdy" Morales recently was named Teacher of the Year for the Frenship School District. She was first selected Teacher of the Year at Frenship Junior High School and then selected Teacher of the Year for the district.
Khiva Oriental Band to sell chilies Friday
The Khiva Oriental Band will sell fresh, green chilies from Hatch, N.M., from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the south end of the Sam's Club parking lot.
Bob Givens memorial Lean Ground Beef Contest set Sept. 19 at fair
The Bob Givens Memorial Lean Ground Beef contest will be the featured event of the Sept. 19 Beef Education Day, sponsored by the Potter County Beef Education Task Force, at the Tri-State Fair.
Brief: Vegan Variety
Vegans dine with considerably more restrictions than other vegetarians because they omit any animal-derivative food;
Brief: Want Coverage?
If your organization or nonprofit agency is planning an upcoming fund-raiser, and you would like advance coverage and/or coverage of the event itself, call the Globe-News Features Department at 345-3353 to make arrangements.
Brief: Smoothie Sips
Dean's Foods is introducing Yo-Burst, a low-fat yogurt and fruit smoothie.
It's a natural: fall country decorating
Autumn is the perfect time for renewing your home, because it's so easy to do it in a natural way. Take a walk in your yard and gather the materials to get started.
For Your Information
The Panhandle Council for the Deaf will begin level I and level II American Sign Language classes for beginners at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Paramount Baptist Deaf Church, 3817 Holiday St.
Golf tournament slated for CASA
Former Dallas Cowboys and other football greats will come to Amarillo for Monday's Sept West Texas Swing Celebrity Golf Tournament at Comanche Trail.
Jeanne Phillips officially shares byline with her mom, Dear Abby
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-The face is so familiar but the hairstyle is wrong; the color, too. No 1957 Gidget flip and it's way, way blond.
Guy turns veggies into works of art
Vegetable and fruit sculptor James Parker would like to add "garnish" to the shopping lists of everyone who entertains. After a dozen years as an employee in catering and hotel kitchens, Parker has started a business called Veggy Art to do just that.
Make your own vegetable garnishes
Tools needed for zucchini garnish
To quote or not to quote: That is the question
To quote or not to quote.
Area trio kicks off season
Tom Petty may have been right on the mark years ago when he penned "the waiting is the hardest part."
Simply Successful
"This is Ric Smith," the voice on the other end of the telephone said with a distinct sense of urgency.
Fitness: Improve workout by breathing properly
In the 1988 Belgian film "Le Maitre de Musique,'' a retired classical singer finds his protege musically gifted but lacking in vocal power.
Annie joins faculty at River Road Independent School District
Annie has joined the faculty at River Road Independent School District.
Burglary Alert
Burglaries for Aug. 24 were on the 5000 block of Plains Boulevard; the 1300 block of Southeast 14th Avenue; the 1400 block of North Grant Street; the 1800 block of East Amarillo Boulevard; the 4300 block of South Lipscomb Street; the 600 block of North Taylor Street; the 1100 block of North Cleveland Street; the 500 block of West Studebaker Avenue; the 200 block of North Grant Street; and the 2800 block of Southwest 28th Avenue.
YMCA Notes
The Amarillo YMCA offers after school child care for kindergarten through middle school-aged students at both the Downtown YMCA, 816 S. Van Buren St., and the North YMCA Program Center, 1330 N.W. 18th Ave.
Practically Parenting: Treasure the small irritations
I'm not sure who, exactly, but someone around here thinks I'm star material. Super special. Fantastic.
State winners
The Amarillo Braves 14-and-under softball team placed first at the State Tournament in Lubbock from July 4-6.
Battling Braves
The Amarillo Braves, a 12-and-under softball team, recently finished first in the USSSA Amarillo Youth Softball Association season and won the Kids Inc. summer league.
Contact us for story ideas
Don't be too dazed by school days to remember to call or e-mail Friends & Neighbors staffers with tips about story ideas and photo opportunities.
First day back
First day of school at South Lawn Elementary School went smoothly, with everyone doing first-day-of-school-type things, counselor Reva Roselius said.
School Lunch Menus
THURSDAY: Breakfast: Cheese toast, dry cereal, low-fat milk, assorted fruits or juice, buttered toast with jelly; Lunch: Cheeseburger or hamburger or bean and cheese tostada, fruit juice, steamed broccoli, baked beans, potato chips, assorted fresh fruit and low-fat milk.
Registration under way
The Randall Youth Wrestling Club has scheduled membership registration for the 2001-02 season.
League for 5th-, 6th-graders scheduled
The High Plains Volleyball Association has scheduled a fall competitive league for fifth- and sixth-grade players.
On the Menu: Bake with whole weat
According to a nationwide study, 91 percent of Americans say they want to add more whole grain to their diets, but 70 percent admit they are confused about which foods are actually made of whole grains.
More Than Brick and Mortar: WT students go abroad to teach equestrian clinics
Languages spoken around the world are very intriguing, to say the least. Some are similar, although most are quite different.
BISD Sports Calendar
Boys Ranch at Bushland, 5 p.m.
Marine Corps Pfc. Juan M. Gonzales completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, according to a Fleet Hometown News Center press release.
Camp Alphie gives kids chance to be kids
"Dear God. Thank you for this nice new day. I laugh and run and eat and play.''
At the Buzzer: YMCA team makes a leap to nationals
A local volleyball team assembled to play in the YMCA league placed fifth recently in the Junior Olympics National Tournament. Yes, you read that right. And that's quite a leap.
Storefront: Path to success winds through stomach
Greg Norton's path to success wound right through his stomach. Caught in the grip of a serious jones for New York style pizza and Tex-Mex food, Norton really had no choice.
Benefit Sports
The Second Annual Walk to Cure Diabetes, sponsored by the Panhandle Branch of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, is scheduled to begin with registration at 9 a.m. on Sept. 15 at Thompson Park. The walk will begin at 10 a.m.
RRISD Sports Calendar
River Road at Perryton, 5 p.m.
Under Construction
The following information about construction on city streets and state highways and work on utility projects is provided to Friends & Neighbors readers based on information from city and state officials.
Rolling Hills students get an early start
Never mind an apple for the teacher.
Hitler works on his image
In 1936, one man pursued a vision that would make him a lasting image of bigotry and tyranny, and one woman mulled a dream that would make her image both fleeting and indelible in world history.
Punt, Pass and Kick Competition slated
The 2001 local NFL/Gatorade Punt, Pass and Kick Competition is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Sept. 29 at Dick Bivins Stadium.
Time Passages: It's all in the marketing
The wrong soap, toothpaste or whiskey apparently could ruin your chances for happiness in September 1936.
Women eligible for flag football
For the first time, both men and women will be eligible to play flag football in city of Amarillo Parks and Recreation leagues.
Time to Play
Amarillo High opened the junior varsity football season with a bang on Thursday, as the Sandies got past Palo Duro 26-6 at Dick Bivins Stadium.
'Please Touch' cooking class
Students at Amarillo Montessori Academy's "Please Touch'' cooking class did just that recently as they whipped up batches of icy frozen treats.
Amarillo hockey signups set for Saturday, Sunday
Registration for the fall 2001 Amarillo Hockey Association roller hockey leagues is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Paino teacher for 54 years keeps on teaching
All of Betty Hood's most valuable players sit on the bench.
Diane's School of Modeling models win honors
Five models from Diane's School of Modeling won honors at the annual East Coast International Modeling and Talent Association "New York, New York'' Event.
League champs
The Amarillo Braves, a 10-and-under softball team, won league titles in both the Amarillo Youth Softball Association and Kids Inc. summer league.
AISD Sports Calendar
Muleshoe vs. Caprock at Dick Bivins Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Wiener Dog RACES
Trial races whittled a field of 61 down to eight dogged competitors.
CISD Sports Calendar
Randall at Lubbock High, 7:30 p.m.
Around AC: 'Media Mania' to have tailored workshops
Area news professionals and student journalists will have training tailored for each group at the fifth annual "Media Mania'' journalism workshop Thursday at Amarillo College.
Bonham defeats Crockett
Bonham opened its eighth-grade volleyball season with a win over defending champ Crockett, 15-3, 17-15, on Thursday at Amarillo High School.
Cornerstone Outreach Center needs volunteers to help in the clothing room and in the food pantry. For more information, call the United Way Volunteer Action Center at 373-2662.
Kids Inc. registration is available online
Registration for five different Kids Inc. fall sports is available online at the organization's Web site, www.kidsinc.org. The deadline to submit interest forms is Friday.
The Harrington Cancer Center needs volunteers to help in all areas. Volunteers with good secretarial and communication skills are a plus.
HPISD Sports Calendar
Highland Park at Shamrock, 7:30 p.m.
The Area Agency on Aging of the Panhandle needs advocates for nursing home residents, staff and visitors.
Hilltop Calendar
THURSDAY: Dominoes, cards and pool, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; lunch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; sewing, 2 p.m.
ASCA Calendar
THURSDAY: Dominoes, 8 a.m., Central Center; 42 Club, 1 p.m., Central Center; and table tennis, 7 p.m., Central Center.
Marine Corps Pfc. Michael C. Mezger completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, according to a press release.
ASCA Menu
Thursday: Lemon pepper catfish, hush puppies, zucchini and tomatoes, potato bar, assorted salads and desserts.
Making it Happen: Chamber cookoff set for Sept. 13
There's not much that can bring people together more than a barbecue. Good food and good company go hand in hand. And your Amarillo Chamber of Commerce has just the menu for both - our Good Times Celebration and Bar-B-Que Cookoff.
To quote or not to quote: That is the question
To quote or not to quote.
My Turn: Randall pitching trio shows off stuff in summer league
Randall pitchers Chance Douglass, Brandon Knapp and Kyle Thompson recently completed a very productive summer playing baseball for the Dallas Baseball Academy of Texas, which has sponsored a highly successful select team in the Metroplex for the last four years.
Area trio kicks off season
Tom Petty may have been right on the mark years ago when he penned "the waiting is the hardest part."
Simply Successful
"This is Ric Smith," the voice on the other end of the telephone said with a distinct sense of urgency.
Brief: Wireless seminar planned
Cellular One will sponsor a luncheon and seminar on wireless technology from noon to 1:30 p.m. today at Cellular One, 7203 W. Interstate 40, Suite M. Eric Spellmann of Spellmann and Associates will conduct the seminar.
Highland Park Independent School District: 5 p.m., High School Commons.
Portales approves deal to buy land, water rights
PORTALES, N.M. - The Portales City Council voted 7-1 on Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that authorizes the $4.25 million purchase of a combined 6,662 acres of land for future water wells.
New Clovis police chief sworn in
CLOVIS, N.M. - A 24-year veteran of the Clovis Police Department took the oath of office Tuesday afternoon to become chief of police.
Potter Sheriff investigating abandoned car
John Alexander may have gone to Shreveport, La., to gamble, but his car ended up in the rolling Canadian River breaks north of Amarillo with blood in it but few clues where the driver was. Posted @7:15 p.m.
Channing school principal Robert McLain was misidentified in a Monday article in the Amarillo Globe-News.
Brief: Firefighters raise money
CLOVIS, N.M. - Firefighters in Clovis and Portales contributed more than $18,000 this year from their "Fill The Boot" campaigns for the Amarillo, Texas, district fund-raising effort to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Potter County denies bond for Hale County escapee
Bond was denied Tuesday for Gary Frank Drinkard Jr., who turned himself in to Potter County a day after a Saturday escape from Hale County Jail in Plainview.
Guymon battles rise in scorpions
GUYMON, Okla. - It's not exactly a plague of biblical proportions, but Guymon officials are warning residents to be on the lookout for scorpions, which have been showing up in unusually high numbers the past few weeks.
Brief: Dog owner files appeal about mixed-breed pit bull
A dog owner filed an appeal in Amarillo Municipal Court on Tuesday seeking revocation of a decision about his mixed-breed pit bull.
HPISD OKs tax increase
Highland Park Independent School District board approved an 11-cent tax rate increase in a 4-3 vote Wednesday night.
Gramm to leave Senate seat
Texas Republican Phil Gramm said Tuesday he will leave the Senate at the end of his third term next year, closing out a career as an unflinching advocate of lower taxes and less government.
Man convicted again in death of his wife
A jury deliberated for more than four hours Wednesday and found Barak Lee Barnum guilty of murdering his wife.
Brief: Homeland will close one store in Amarillo
Homeland Holdings Inc., parent company of Homeland Stores, said Tuesday it will close eight stores, including one in Amarillo, as part of its financial reorganization.
Whodunit baffles police
John Alexander of Bedford may have gone to Shreveport, La., to gamble, but his car ended up in the rolling Canadian River breaks north of Amarillo with blood in it and few clues where the driver is.
Brief: Keynote speaker specializes in treatment of alcoholism
Dr. Nicholas Colangelo will be keynote speaker Friday at the second Regional Institute on Substance Abuse and Addiction.
Canyon High could become junior high
Keeping Canyon High School a top quality high school could have cost as much as a brand new building.
Moore County eyes tax to pay for mold removal
DUMAS - Moore County may levy a short-term property tax increase to pay for asbestos and mold removal from the now-closed Lew Haile Annex in Dumas.
Brief: Deputy chief is named
CLOVIS, N.M. - As his first official act, new Clovis Police Chief Bill Carey named Clovis Police Sgt. R.E. Bartosiewicz, a 32-year veteran on the force, to serve as his deputy chief.
Bulletin Board
Here's some information from our friends at www.overlawyered.com who keep us updated on the legal profession.
AC housing business proves popular
Amarillo College is in the housing business, and many units are available to the community as well as students.
Floors are sinking in dorms at Seward Community College
LIBERAL, Kan. - Students getting that sinking feeling in Seward County Community College dormitories have the floor beneath their feet to blame.
Golf course renovation planned
Instead of waiting two years, golfers must hang on for one before trying out the soon-to-be renovated public golf course.
Beef producers to name new CEO
Consolidated Beef Producers will name its new chief executive officer in the next few weeks, CBP chairman Paul Hitch said.
Students can earn credit for high school, college
High school students can get a jump start on college with the dual credit program at Amarillo College.
Randall takes ownership of jail, bill responsibility
Randall County sheriff's deputies began training in the new jail Tuesday, the same day county commissioners were informed by Sheriff Joel Richardson that ownership of the facility transferred Friday from the contractor to the county.
Hearing is set on water plan
WHITE DEER - The Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District will conduct a hearing today on Mesa Water Inc.'s applications to pump groundwater from Roberts County.
Randall Commission sets tax rate
It was a public tax-rate hearing without the public Tuesday as Randall County commissioners took final steps toward establishing next year's budget.
Amarillo man survives shooting
A 21-year-old man survived a shooting in which he was hit in the head by a gunshot early Thursday morning, according to an Amarillo Police Department report. Posted today @ 10:26 a.m.
Brief: Sonic robbery suspect in Potter County custody
A carhop at a Sonic Drive-In was robbed by a customer Monday afternoon, the Amarillo Police Department reported.
Cancer conference planned for Friday
Health-care professionals can learn more about the diagnosis, care and treatment of gynecological cancer and receive continuing education credit.
Governor touts higher education
Gov. Rick Perry touted the benefits of affordable higher education and the importance of recruiting and retaining quality teachers Tuesday during a ceremonial signing at Tascosa High School of the state-funded health insurance bill.
Grand jury indicts man
MULESHOE - A Bailey County grand jury Wednesday indicted a man accused of shooting his estranged wife in the legs with a shotgun while their son looked on.
Water proposal partners Texas, New Mexico
CLOVIS, N.M. - A West Texas man presented a concept Tuesday afternoon to organizers of a multimillion-dollar, taxpayer-funded, eastern New Mexico water pipeline project that would involve the possibility of Texas and New Mexico joining forces to share the costs of getting water to area communities.
WT is considering new master's degree
West Texas A&M University is offering a new master's degree in business administration with an emphasis in computer information systems this fall. Other new academic programs are expected to go through the review process soon.
WBU student achieves goal
PLAINVIEW - Within 24 hours of accomplishing her goal of graduating from college, Donetta Stewart died of leukemia Sunday.
Bulletin Board
Have a bad day sometimes? Things not go too well at work or at home?
Amarillo Globe-News: Headlines: 09/06/01
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Leona Brooks Hunter
FRITCH - Leona Brooks Hunter, 76, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, in Amarillo.
Services Pending
Melvin Black, 91, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001. Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 Bell St.
Willie Rea
MEMPHIS - Willie "Auntie Bill" Rea, 96, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Jimmy Elvert Tiner
DUMAS - Jimmy Elvert Tiner, 62, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, in Hardesty, Okla.
Myrle N. Mueller
LONGVIEW - Myrle N. Mueller, 80, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Douglas W. Jones
Douglas W. "Tiny" Jones, 61, of Amarillo, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001.
Claude Arthur Simmons
Claude Arthur Simmons, 86, of Amarillo, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, in Columbia, Tenn.
Grace Jarrett
FLOYDADA - Grace Jarrett, 83, of Canyon and formerly of Floydada, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Warren Jackson
Warren Jackson, 80, of Amarillo, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Grace V. Carrasco
CLOVIS, N.M. - Grace V. Carrasco, 86, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001.
Richard Niel Mellinger
Richard Niel Mellinger, 74, of Amarillo, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Jack D. Browning
CLOVIS, N.M. - Jack D. Browning, 62, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001.
Marjorie Ann Wieser
Marjorie Ann Wieser, 61, of Amarillo, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001.
James Noble
James "Jim" Noble, 57, of Amarillo, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001.
Eleana Young
PAMPA - Eleana Young, 37, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, in Alexandria, Va.
Louis R. Veale
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Louis R. Veale, 80, formerly of Amarillo, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001.
William Main
William Main, 78, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Marcell Fahle Harber
BORGER - Marcell Fahle Harber, 84, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001.
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PAMPA - Eleana Young, 37, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, in Alexandria, Va.
Michael Wayne Lively
STINNETT - Michael Wayne Lively, 52, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001.
William F. "Bill" Rutter
William F. "Bill" Rutter, 68, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001.
Naomi Ditmore
Naomi Ditmore, 83, formerly of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, in Lubbock.
Corina G. Rodriguez
FARMERS VALLEY - Corina G. Rodriguez, 64, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001.
Roland Lesley Reynolds
TUCUMCARI, N.M. - Roland Lesley Reynolds, 91, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001.
Robert Leo Woods III
Robert Leo Woods III, 16, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, in Amarillo.
Ray McCarter
Ray McCarter, 65, of Amarillo, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Marian Bryan
GUYMON, Okla. - Marian Bryan, 84, a former Guymon resident, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001.
Ruby Marie Jensen
Ruby Marie Jensen, 86, of Amarillo, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Barbara Jean Neely
FRIONA - Barbara Jean Neely, 67, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001.
Ralph Pasley
SHAMROCK - Ralph Pasley, 77, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001.
Deidra Jade Smith
LUBBOCK - Deidra "DJ" Jade Smith, 9, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Ruth Zoa VanVliet
Ruth Zoa Dancker VanVliet, 85, of Amarillo, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001.
Andrew Brett Castillo and Anthony Lee Castillo
SILVERTON - Andrew Brett Castillo and Anthony Lee Castillo, infant sons of Samantha Garza and Gabriel Castillo of Silverton, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001.
Services Pending
Melvin Black, 91, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001. Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 Bell St.
Shirley H. Pitts
Shirley H. Pitts, 79, of Amarillo, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Anna Maria Martinez
HEREFORD - Anna Maria Martinez, 61, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Carl "Bud" Turley
DUMAS - Carl "Bud" Turley, 59, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001.
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MEMPHIS - Willie "Auntie Bill" Rea, 96, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001.
Catherine Lyle
DUMAS - Catherine Lyle, 87, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, in Ingram.
Larry Clark
LUBBOCK - Larry Clark, 64, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001.
Editorial: Bush administration wants to alter worker compensation plan
Wayne Hill worked for nine years hauling uranium from the mines to the mills in New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. He has pictures of himself covered in uranium dust.
Editorial: Idea of free press takes some hits
Nothing is more important to a democratic society than a free press. Not truthful politicians. Not honorable judges. Not a moral president. Nothing.
Amarillo Voices: Nothing more stimulating than confrontation
At the age of 13, I came to the realization that many of today's norms are merely basic myths.
Henry: No joy in Mudville: Responsibility strikes out
The response of Felipe de Jesus Almonte when asked by reporters what his baseball star son, Danny, had been doing since arriving in the United States from the Dominican Republic more than a year ago provided the ultimate parental scouting report.
Editorial: Dimmitt's symbol of public safety
Some in Dimmitt are calling it "a symbolic gesture."
Editorial: Best stance for Bush: Don't call us; we'll call you
President Bush has earned a reputation as one who listens to all points of view and opinions before rendering a decision.
Letters To The Editor: God will forgive; nature won't
It is gratifying to find support for the right to life and respect for life in recent letters to the editor.
Green announces retirement effective at end of season
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Darrell Green launched his farewell tour with candor, grace and a plea for fans to support the charity that has become a huge part of his life for 13 years.
NL Roundup: Oswalt breaks record
CINCINNATI (AP) - Roy Oswalt has something to go with his Olympic gold medal - a Houston Astros record for rookie wins.
Brief: Elliott has options - playing or broadcasting
NEW YORK (AP) - Sean Elliott, who returned to the NBA after a kidney transplant, signed a two-year contract Tuesday to be a TV analyst for the San Antonio Spurs.
Venus, Capriati will meet in semifinals
NEW YORK (AP) - Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati set up a U.S. Open semifinal showdown with victories that were neither nuanced nor particularly pretty.
Leaf falls in Dallas
IRVING (AP) - Quarterback Ryan Leaf cleared waivers Tuesday and is weighing several offers, with the Dallas Cowboys at or near the top of his list.
College Picks: Irish get another shot at Nebraska
Last time Notre Dame saw Eric Crouch, the Nebraska quarterback was rolling left and running 7 yards for the game-winning touchdown in overtime.
Brief: Harvick among four penalized Busch drivers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Four Busch Series drivers, including points leader Kevin Harvick, were penalized Tuesday by NASCAR for their actions at Darlington Raceway.
NL Roundup: Astros power to win over Reds
CINCINNATI (AP) - Vinny Castilla homered, doubled twice and drove in six runs as the Houston Astros shook up their struggling lineup and beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-3 Wednesday night.
Al Roundup: Blue Jays bury Yankees, 14-0
TORONTO (AP) - Chris Carpenter pitched his second shutout of the season, and rookie Felipe Lopez homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs as Toronto Blue Jays ended New York's five-game winning streak with a 14-0 rout Tuesday night.
Brief: QB Leaf fails physical
IRVING (AP) - Ryan Leaf never saw the welcome the Dallas Cowboys had planned for him. He failed a physical because of a wrist problem and remains one of the NFL's many unemployed veteran quarterbacks.
Negotiations going nowhere between NFL, officials
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL and its locked-out officials got nowhere in negotiations Tuesday, despite facing a midweek deadline to reach a deal or go into the regular season with the replacements who worked last week's exhibition games.
Brief: NFL ups offer to officials
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL Referees Union has a day to consider a new offer by the league before replacements are assigned to work the opening week of the regular season.
Wood likely will start Friday vs. Altanta
MIAMI (AP) - Kerry Wood threw about two dozen pitches off the mound Tuesday, and Chicago Cubs manager Don Baylor deemed the right-hander ready for his first start in more than a month.
AL Roundup: Clemens AL's first 19-game winner
TORONTO (AP) - Roger Clemens set a Yankees record with his 15th straight victory, leading New York over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 Wednesday night.
Brief: Almonte's dad charged with falsifying records
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Danny Almonte's father was charged Tuesday with falsifying a birth certificate to make his son appear to be 12 when he actually was 14 - and thus too old for Little League.
Aggies looking to improve against Wyoming tonight
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Both Wyoming and Texas A&M are still trying to gauge themselves.
Brief: Rockets' Taylor suffers Achilles' injury
HOUSTON (AP) - Maurice Taylor, the Houston Rockets forward who recently signed a six-year, $48 million contract, injured his right Achilles' tendon injury while working out in Michigan and could miss the entire season.
My Turn: T-L would benefit from shortened season
The Texas-Louisiana League, or whatever it will be called next year, would do well to go back to its roots, and that's shorten the season. Start the season on Memorial Day weekend and have the playoffs conclude on Labor Day - like it used to be.
Is Benson the next Ricky?
AUSTIN (AP) - The comparisons to Ricky Williams are coming early and often. Cedric Benson wears the same dreadlocks, flashes a similar soft smile and runs like a freight train.
Hingis, Serena advance
NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams kept building a lead, and Lindsay Davenport kept coming back.
Rodriguez out for the season due to knee injury
ARLINGTON (AP) - For the second straight year, the Texas Rangers will be forced to finish the season without catcher Ivan Rodriguez.
Tech searching for backup RBs
Lubbock - In a perfect world, Ricky Williams would produce his first 100-yard rushing performance in three years Saturday night, catch a half dozen or so passes and not come out of the game until it was call-off-the-dogs time.
Pistol Pete perseveres against Agassi
NEW YORK (AP) - Full house. Marquee matchup. U.S. Open.
Brief:Subpoenas issued in case of accused mother
HOUSTON (AP) - Family members and a doctor who has evaluated the Houston mother accused of drowning her five children in a bathtub in June have received subpoenas to testify in Andrea Yates competency hearing, scheduled for next week.
Grandmother of girl locked in closet wants mom locked away
DALLAS (AP) - The grandmother of a Hutchins girl who was rescued this summer after living in a lice-infested closet says the girl's mother - her daughter - should be "locked up for the rest of her life," court documents show.
Documents reveal details in family slayings
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The suspect in the slayings of his estranged wife and her two children reportedly has told police he used the same handgun to kill his father in Arlington last year that he used to his family in Mansfield last week.
Look at the Texas political landscape
Republican U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm's decision not to seek re-election changes the political landscape in Texas. Here is a look at what has happened:
Internet business target of federal raid
DALLAS (AP) - A North Texas Internet services company is the target of an investigation by a federal terrorism task force that has raided the business and searched for computerized information.
Report: Man accused of abducting, killing child is attacked in jail
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - A man on trial for the abduction and slaying of a 2-year-old girl was taken to a hospital Tuesday for treatment of injuries at the hand of another inmate, Hidalgo County Jail officials said.
Brief: Strong winds damage homes in Carrollton area
CARROLLTON (AP) - Strong winds damaged more than 10 homes and an area outside an elementary school in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton on Wednesday afternoon.
Judge refuses visitation rights for grandparents
DALLAS (AP) - The grandparents of a malnourished 10-year-old girl who was rescued in June after months of living in a lice-infested closet were told Tuesday they will not be allowed to visit the child's five brothers and sisters.
Girl dies in four-wheeler accident
LUBBOCK - Deidra Smith, 9, of Lubbock died Monday from injuries suffered in a weekend four-wheeler accident near Dickens that also injured an Amarillo resident. Posted today @ 10:26 p.m.
Bivins to co-chair education panel
AUSTIN - Economic and social changes in the state have pressed Texas leaders to re-evaluate public school finance, including its fairness question and heavy reliance on local property tax.
Smokers can still get in their puffs outside Red Raiders stadium gates
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Jones SBC Stadium, home to the Texas Tech Red Raiders, will be a smoke-free venue beginning with the team's season opener Saturday against New Mexico.
Brief: Toddler's mother charged with capital murder
IRVING (AP) - Charges have been upgraded to capital murder in the case of an Irving woman accused in the death of her 18-month-old son.
Sanchez kicks off campaign
LAREDO (AP) - A hometown crowd Tuesday chanted "Tony! Tony! Tony!" as South Texas millionaire A.R. "Tony" Sanchez Jr. kicked off his gubernatorial campaign.
2 officers fired for remaining silent on shipments
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Two police officers have been fired for failing to report being asked to guard drug shipments as part of the federal sting that resulted in the arrests of 10 officers earlier this year, officials said.
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DALLAS (AP) - Kay Bailey Hutchison has been a TV reporter, lawyer, state legislator, state treasurer and U.S. senator. Now, she has become a mother.
Intruder dies after fight with woman
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An intruder who struggled with a woman who threw him out of her house has died.
Brief: Marine experts say shark attacked at feeding time
AVON, N.C. (AP) - Experts say the reason for a fatal shark attack off a North Carolina beach is simple, if no less tragic: the victims were in the water at feeding time.
Fox seeks migration overhaul
WASHINGTON - Mexican President Vicente Fox, the first state visitor of the Bush presidency, challenged the United States on Wednesday to strike an agreement on immigration by year's end.
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NEW CASTLE, N.Y. (AP) - The parents of a high school football player were arrested for allegedly holding a team party with beer, marijuana and a stripper who let students as young as 15 lick whipped cream off her body.
Toledo more interested in jobs than promises
TOLEDO, Ohio - Even as President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox prepare to visit this industrial city known for strong unions, ethnic neighborhoods and fierce opposition to free trade, unemployment checks will be going out to workers laid off at the Jeep plant.
Brief: Briton is apprehended
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A British man accused of attacking his ex-wife and trying to abduct their young son was arrested Wednesday near the elementary school the boy attended, police said.
Florida town first in state to use touchscreen voting
CALLAHAN, Fla. (AP) - Voters in this small town on Tuesday became the first in Florida to use touchscreen voting machines, which many counties are considering as the state rids itself of the punch-card ballots that hung up the 2000 presidential election.
Bomb explodes outside school in Northern Ireland; two injured
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - A bomb exploded outside the entrance to a Roman Catholic primary school Wednesday as schoolgirls faced shouting, stone-throwing Protestant protesters for a third day.
Today in History
One hundred years ago, on Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley, a Republican, died eight days later; he was succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
Nutritional scientist dies at age 78
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Doris Calloway, an internationally recognized nutritional scientist and one of the first female provosts at the University of California, Berkeley, died Friday of Parkinson's disease. She was 78.
Rain dampens fire
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) - Desperately needed rain began falling Wednesday on a wildfire that burned into Glacier National Park, giving firefighters hope and breaking more than two weeks of hot, dry and windy weather that favored the fire.
Arson suspected in Bahamas fire
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - An arsonist is suspected of setting a fire that swept through downtown Nassau, destroying a popular market and charring the national museum, police said Wednesday.
Data shows fewer Oklahoma homes have Internet access
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma lags behind the rest of the nation in the number of households that have computers and the number of those computers that are tied to the Internet, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Wednesday.
Singer's bodyguard accused of extortion
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted LeAnn Rimes' former bodyguard and personal trainer on an extortion charge.
Brief: Honduras plans to open interests section in Cuba
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras will open an interests section in Cuba next week, an attempt to re-establish relations between the two countries that broke off 40 years ago, the foreign secretary said Tuesday.
Woman pilot to stop in Hobbs as she recreates Earhart route across America
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Playing the part of Amelia Earhart - right down to the same aircraft, jodhpurs, boots and antique goggles - a woman pilot departed from Westchester on Wednesday to replicate the celebrated aviator's record-breaking, 5,000-mile route flown 73 years ago.
Citibank ATMs crash nationwide; cause unkown
NEW YORK (AP) - Citibank's nationwide system of 2,000 automated teller machines crashed on Tuesday. The cause of the outage, which began at 5 p.m., is still being investigated.
Brief: Fliers with racial slur spark anger on campus
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Black student leaders at Penn State want an apology from a retired professor who distributed fliers with a racist epithet, which the professor says was just an attempt to show that students are treated poorly.
Gramm's departure will give Hutchison role of senior senator
WASHINGTON - For years, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has labored in the large shadow of colleague Phil Gramm.
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2001. There are 117 days left in the year.
Man throws cake in Swedish king's face
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - A young man threw a strawberry cake in the face of King Carl XVI Gustaf on Wednesday during a royal visit to the southwestern city of Varberg, police said.
Preliminary figures show ENMU enrollment rises
PORTALES, N.M. (AP) - First-time freshman enrollment at Eastern New Mexico University for the 2001-02 school year shows a 4.75 percent increase over a year ago, preliminary figures show.
Nichols to be tried in state court
OKLAHOMA CITY - Bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, already serving a federal life prison sentence, will be prosecuted on state murder charges that could bring the death penalty, District Attorney Wes Lane announced Wednesday.
Jurors asked to give blood while waiting
MINEOLA, N.Y. - When it comes to civic duty, potential jurors are being asked to give more than just their time. They're being asked to donate their blood, too.
Delegates struggle to compromise at racism conference
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Under threat of a devastating European walkout, the World Conference Against Racism held closed-door meetings Wednesday to try to find compromise language on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and reparations for slavery.
Brief: Prince Charles meets 40 women in bras
LONDON (AP) - Prince Charles greeted an unusual delegation on Tuesday - 40 women in bras bringing a $1.45 million donation to breast cancer charities.
Brief: Vermont governor says he will not seek re-election
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Gov. Howard Dean, a doctor who championed child health care and ushered in Vermont's pioneering law allowing same-sex unions, said Wednesday he will not seek re-election next year.
Mideast truce efforts pick up despite suicide bombing
JERUSALEM (AP) - Mideast truce efforts accelerated Tuesday despite a Palestinian suicide attack, and negotiators said they are preparing a detailed agenda for several rounds of high-level negotiations that could begin this week on the sidelines of an economic conference in Italy.
Administration no longer interested in breaking up Microsoft
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration, reversing the Clinton White House legal strategy against Microsoft, told the software manufacturer Thursday it no longer seeks to have the company broken up. Posted today @ 10:26 a.m.
Brief: Ortega promises return of U.S. properties
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Daniel Ortega, the former Nicaraguan president who is again running for the office, has promised to help resolve a dispute over U.S property confiscated by his socialist government in the 1980s.
Official: Government won't dip into fund
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has enough money to bolster defense and education without using Social Security funds, even though projected federal surpluses have shrunk in the last month, President Bush's budget chief told Congress on Wednesday.
Actress discusses years of mental illness
NEW YORK (AP) - Anne Heche says her father sexually abused her as a child, which caused her years of mental illness.
WIPP's first disposal room filled
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) - The first underground room used for nuclear waste storage at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant has been filled after more than two years, the U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday.
Rancher loses his challenge of beef checkoff
LINCOLN, Neb. - A Gordon rancher lost his challenge Tuesday of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to not hold a referendum over whether to continue beef promotions known for the slogan "Beef, It's What's for Dinner."
Prep Volleyball: Dumas' D shuts down Randall
With his team lacking any true height at the net, Jack Wilson has the Dumas Demonettes buying into one simple philosophy:
Area Volleyball Roundup
Palo Duro opened District 3-4A action on Tuesday with a 15-10, 15-4, 15-11 victory over Pampa at home.
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Brief: Lady Buff Stroud earns player-of-the-week honors
West Texas A&M junior Shannon Stroud was named the Division II national player of the week after earning most-valuable-player honors at the Colorado Premier Challenge volleyball tournament last weekend.
Buffs' defense shows signs of improvement
While West Texas A&M University's offense struggled to find consistency in its season opener last week against Midwestern State, its linebacking corps of Carlos Cox, Adam St. Clair and Chaun Thompson turned in a superb performance.
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A wonderful, magical synthesis of dance, music, costumes and stagecraft.
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First act started off slow. But I stayed with it --- and that proved a wise decison. The pas de deux in the second act (and actually another one in the third) were pure delight in every aspect. A lot of special affects are used --- most...continued
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The pluses, interesting and lavish production and score with live orchestra. The minuses, rather stilted dancing and generally overdone making it more than a bit laborious.
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The production built from the first act. I was interested in comparison to the Alice in Wonderland staged last year by the Washington Ballet.
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"A brilliantly theatrical, superbly designed extravaganza of color and costume, madcap action, and fluent dance" —_The New York Times _
The National Ballet of Canada returns to the Kennedy Center with an outrageous, eye-popping theatrical production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that is "certain to impress, delight, and amuse" (Toronto Sun). A co-production with London's Royal Ballet, the work was a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic when it premiered in 2011, enthralling and astounding audiences show after show with its mind-boggling stagecraft, startling choreography, and perfectly nuanced blend of classical dance and sheer entertainment.
Lewis Carroll's perpetually winsome, subversive, cunning, and hilarious children's classic is given a glorious ballet treatment by British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon that is the very measure of the original, set to an energetic, riveting, original score by Joby Talbot. Bolstered by striking sets and costumes by Bob Crowley, Wheeldon revisits and brings to the stage many of the tale's beloved characters in brilliant choreographic arrangements that will undoubtedly create fresh impressions of these familiar faces.
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Gannon University's Erie Chamber Orchestra performs its annual Martin Luther King Jr., tribute concert today, 7:30 p.m., at Central Career and Technical School, 3325 Cherry St. The Shiloh Baptist Choir and violinist Ade Williams will perform with the orchestra.
Cost: Free
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'Godspell' continues at Erie Playhouse
The Erie Playhouse Youtheatre will stage the musical "Godspell" today, 7 p.m., at the Erie Playhouse, 13 W. 10th St. The show also runs Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cost: $13.50
Info: Call 454-2852, Ext. 0, or visit www.erieplayhouse.org.
Time-travel comedy to screen at Mercyhurst
The sci-fi romance-comedy "Safety Not Guaranteed" will screen today, 2:15 and 7:15 p.m., at the Taylor Little Theatre, Mercyhurst University. The film tells the story of a man seeking a companion for time travel.
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Re: wifi connectivityNook_User Nov 11, 2013 5:54 PM (in response to jwc2)
Mine connected properly to my home wifi (after I typed in the password).
It also connects flawlessly to the free AT&T wifi network at my local B&N store.
Is your wifi at home password protected?
Re: wifi connectivityCrownedInStarlight Nov 12, 2013 12:14 PM (in response to jwc2)
If the advice by Nook_User doesn't work for you, then the problem may be deeper. Has the Nook connected to other wifi hotspots the same way? Has it ever connected to another wifi hotspot successfully? If it does work but just not at home, then we can figure out what's different about your home network that's preventing it from connecting.
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I have wifi service in my home. All of my devices make the connection, except my nook. The correct network is listed and showing as having a strong signal. I restarted modem and wifi and was able to connect once, but then it disconnected again. Does anybody have a solution?
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That's cool. Also I just wanna say that I'm pretty impressed by your music (just visited your NG page). Imo, sparkle house is the best one.
Love the new avatar. Did you make it yourself?
Speaking of which, did you also make that DJ Pon3 one of yours yourself?
You're hilarious.
Hey cod, want to make some... Cupcakes?
I hope you'll do one! Both of my favorite chillstep artists together would be... So awesome! :3
Just discussing a potential collaboration.
Cool, what did you talk about?
Heh yeah, sounds similar. Blackmill is a boy who should be 18 by now.. You could be him.
Yesterday I had my music on shuffle and Oh Yeah came on. I hadn't listened to it in a while so I didn't recognise it right away and thought, "that sounds awesome, but which song is it?" and a rush of happiness came over me when I saw the name. I exclaimed "oooh yeah."
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Also, Changeling Despair is amazing.
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Skip to comments.Giving up hope on Lost Boy Scout
Posted on 06/30/2005 2:00:23 PM PDT by digitalman
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - He'd been so excited about the trip to Yellowstone National Park - camping under the stars, hiking in the mountains, hanging out with his buddies and fellow Boy Scouts.
What was supposed to have been a fun trip for 13-year-old Luke Sanburg has turned into a tragic ordeal for his family. Luke was feared drowned Monday, three days after falling into the brisk, fast-moving Yellowstone River and being swept toward a rapid. Yellowstone National Park officials said the focus of the scaled-back search effort had shifted from rescue to body recovery. "I think the family has come to that realization right now," incident commander Tim Reid said. A family spokeswoman tearfully spoke of Luke on Monday in the past tense, describing him as an outdoor enthusiast, a devoted brother, and a smart boy with sharp sense of humor. "He was fun to be around, he was as kind a young man and considerate as you'd ever want to meet," said JeNae Lay, an aunt. Early Friday evening, Luke and other boys from Troop 208 from Helena were pushing logs into the river when a log hit him and pushed him off into the 50-degree water, park officials said. Luke, who could swim, was only wearing shorts, tennis shoes and a cap. Shoes believed to be his were found over the weekend. Reid called the river conditions "unswimmable." Seven Scouts, including Luke, and three adults were on the trip. One of the boys and a group leader hiked six or so miles from the backcountry campsite in northern Yellowstone where the group was staying to call for help. Park officials said the emergency call was received about 9 p.m. Friday, about 3? hours after Luke was last seen. Hundreds of volunteers joined park officials in the search over the weekend, scouring a 14-mile stretch of the river. Kayakers were used as well, though Reid said the high water hampered their efforts. As water levels recede, he expects them to be used again, perhaps late this week. On Monday, some volunteers were stationed at bridges, such as one in Gardiner, a tiny park gateway town, watching the churning water below for any possible signs of the missing boy. The park also sent out two search teams, one for each side of the river, and a helicopter searched from the air. Park spokeswoman Cheryl Matthews said air and ground searches would continue, with decisions made on a day-to-day basis. As the holiday weekend approached, park officials were also contacting local outfitters and guides to ask them to report anything they might find related to the teen, she said. Lay said the family has been overwhelmed by the response to Luke's disappearance. Members of the family have been anchored at the local Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints and are drawing comfort from their faith, she said. Luke's parents have both participated in searching for their son, she said. "Luke was young man of incredible faith and spiritual maturity who loved and obeyed God as he'd been taught, and he'd been taught that by good parents," she said. Lay said the family has experienced a wide range of emotions during the past several days and is now trying to deal with the realization that Luke may be dead. "They've said frankly, sometimes drowning victims are never found," she said. "We'll deal with that one day at a time."
Poor kid.... God Rest His Soul
yes, it is unhappy event this is at least the second Mormon scout involved in a major accident/problem this year. The scout in Idaho, I an unsure if he was LDS.
hope the rules get tigher, and quickly
So sad. Prayers for the family. And let this serve as a reminder to always wear floatation devices around water. I was just reading about the Guadelupe River here in Texas and that is the number one point the article made. Even a good swimmer can get caught in an undertow.
I am so sorry for this family's loss but was there no supervision?
When I was a kid, we were backpacking 15 miles from no-where.. we got ourselves into a tight spot where we either had to backtrack for a quarter mile, or shimmy along the face of a cliff over a river.
Being kids, we chose to shimmy the cliff.
About halfway along the 3" crack that extended about 12 feet laterally along the wall, I leaned a bit too far back (remember, there is a pack on my back) and went straight down into the river.
Fortunately, my backpack and sleeping bag acted as a life-preserver and kept me floating as I back-stroked it to the shore and grabbed a tree branch hanging over the water.
There, but for the grace of God go I...
I don't believe there is adequate training for the scout leaders here in the Intermountain West.
That's exactly what I've been thinking all week. What were they doing "pushing logs into the river"?
I'm so sad for this boy and his family. Unfortunately, all these accidents in the last couple of weeks have involved violations of safety guidelines. None of them should have happened.
Prayers for the family and all involved..
Walking 6 miles away from where the boy fell in, isnt going to save him. Why didnt the leader jump in and get him out?
Why would you let your kids go on a trip with a scout leader who wont jump in to get your kid if he falls in?
How many parents here would not jump in to get their child out of the water?
I just have to ask what the Scout rules are in terms of safety on trips such as this? Maybe the ratio of kids to Scout leaders isn't up to par? It saddens me to read stories like this. Hopefully the Boy scouts can revise what is already on the books for guidelines and come up with more strict rules for outings and camping. God Bless this boy and his family. I had a friend of mine who drowned in a lake. His family waited a month for his body to be found. It was awful. Prayers for all involved.
Very say.
I have a 13 year old son.
There were three adults along. Maybe the one who walked to the phone couldn't swim.
Anyway, it seems improbable that any of the adults was near enough when the boy fell in for jumping in after him to do any good. If they had been, they'd have stopped the boys from pushing logs into the river ... it's pointless, dangerous, and violates the "leave no trace" rules.
I have taken my Troop out a number of times where there are, say, 3 leaders and 18 kids. It's easy in such a case for a few kids to get separated from the leaders' direct supervision for a few minutes, and that's all it takes.
We take Scouts up to Devil's Lake in Wisconsin for rock climbing. Once we climb up to the top of the bluffs, and before any activity starts, I usually give a speech along the lines of "This is a dangerous activity. When you are at the park district, all the sharp edges have been filed down and padded, the water fenced off, the glass picked up off the fields, and everything is done so that no matter how stupidly you act, you won't get hurt. Not here. This landscape is beautiful, but it will quite uncaringly kill you if you fool around for even a second. People die here every year, and it's always from doing something against the rules. I've explained the rules. You will follow them, to the letter, and you won't try to game them. Or you will be sent home, immediately, and I won't care how much your parents will complain to me."
It's usually quite effective.
I remember a time when we were in high school, probably about 15 or 16 yrs. old and we were at Grand Haven State Park on Lake Michigan on the pier during a storm, which is where anyone with a modicum of sense does not want to be, so of course, every kid is out there for the thrill. The waves were so strong and they'd come up over the pier, and you'd have to quickly grab onto a structure or you'd get washed into the lake or the channel. We did it a million times. Well, this time my friend couldn't hold on and she was washed into the channel, she should have drowned but by the grace of God, she surfaced and a huge swell pushed her almost to the edge of the pier. The other friend I was with and I reached out and literally lifted her out of the water. I thank God to this day (I'm 50 now) for His mercy that the two of of us didn't fall in while rescuing her and that she wasn't pulled under by the strong currents. It was truly a miracle.
It doesnt matter what the ratio is if the scout leader wont jump in and save the child. What if the kids to scout leaders ratio was 1-20? who cares if 20 leaders wont go in the water?
All I know is: that I am not going to let my grandkids go scouting with these scout leaders.
I was a scoutmaster for about 7 years. Based on that limited experience and the information from the MSM on this incident I would say that all were acting within guidelines. Some of the posters to this thread want us to spoon feed the kids their oatmeal every morning. The troop I was with had their own canoes and we used them extensively. I followed safety guidelines for water sports to the tee, but that is all I could do. I could not be in every location at all times, nor could the other dads I enlisted to help out.
My prayers are for the family and the mourning they are experiencing.
You must have never seen a raging mountain river, no adult could have saved him.
A scout leader who cant swim, should not be watching the boys who are near the water - same thing goes with lifeguards on our beaches - if they cant swim, they shouldnt be in charge of people near the water.
Yes, I have, and if it were my child, I would go and get him.
From your answer, does that mean that if your child fell in, you would do nothing?
Many years ago I took my scout troop to a local pool one night for a swim test. I required the boys to swim nonstop, fully clothed for 100 yards before they could even get into a canoe on a lake for a ride. I got them at the deep end of the pool and told them to jump in and swim two full laps. One boy who was new jumped in and went straight to the bottom. He couldn't swim a stroke, but was ashamed to admit so to me or his peers. We fished him out and I assigned one of my Eagle Scouts to teach him to swim. Within a month he was going off the low board and scaring his mom as she thought he was going to drown. He is now a successful businessman and is taking his kids canoeing.
The basic rules are posted in a document called "Guide to Safe Scouting", and it's posted on www.scouting.org. If you print it out, it's about 70 pages. There are also specific guides for aquatic activities, rock climbing, etc., and unit leaders involved in them must read them and take training courses in order to lead such activities.
But no training, experience, equipment, low Scout/Scouter ratio; in fact, no rules can overcome willful stupidity. Rules exist. But they have to be followed, and determined kids will generally succeed in violating the rules no matter how many leaders you have along.
I know that sounds harsh. I'd guess that the leaders told the kids, "Stay away from the river," and they didn't listen. And messing about with logs at the river bank, as was posted above, violates a few different principles of Scouting.
There's a reason why "A Scout is Obedient" is the 7th point of the Scout Law. I have to remind kids of that from time to time. Parents, too ....
It doesn't have to be a raging mountain river. Ever see the Ohio or Mississippi in flood stage? You could not pay me to get out there in a small boat, yet idiots do it every year and the Coast Guard or some other rescue unit gets to pull the bodies out.
I am glad that you fished him out. (seems the responsbile thing to do for a scout leader)
Happy to hear that you approve.
Since reading your replies to this thread I must ask: How many kids do you have and how old are they?
We camped in the Rockies next to rivers so fast I couldnt run on the banks fast enough to head them off, so the only thing to do would be to jump in and swim with the current in order to catch them if they fell in( but I would have done it instead of just watching them drift away)
I don't know whether any of the adults couldn't swim. Nor do we know from the news how long the group tried to rescue the boy before they sent someone for help, nor where the adults were at the time of the accident.
2. We know they did not try very hard to rescue the kid. If the river was not that bad where they were, they would have not have lost the boy. If the river was really really bad, they would have lost a scout leader as well.
The adults were supposed to be "with the boys"- that is the whole point of having scout leaders. If the adults were not around, they should not have taken the kids from the safety of their homes.
Would you let your young child be taken away to a raging river by someone who cannot swim, who will not be nearby nor will be watching him, and who will not jump in afer your child if he should fall in?
You'd only be happy if an adult died, too. I don't quite get that.
Recently here in NY a group of Scouts were on a whale watching trip. They were jumping up and down with every wave. They were told numerous times to stop jumping. Over and over again. The importuning was ignored by the boys.
One boy jumped one time too many and fell overboard and was lost at sea.
Every day we lose kids to accidents that could not be avoided, then we have those who die due to their own obstinance.
You said:
"Walking 6 miles away from where the boy fell in, isnt going to save him. Why didnt the leader jump in and get him out?
Why would you let your kids go on a trip with a scout leader who wont jump in to get your kid if he falls in?
How many parents here would not jump in to get their child out of the water?"
You both would die and what pretail would happen to your other children? I am the type of parent my child would have been with me and not allowed to be near the river.
kind of like the other boy in Utah who was lost for so many days when the boys left his ... meaning they took off on him.. don't seem like a safe group of people to send kids off too. mean kids I would say
The boy in Idaho fell, when there were not support ropes, another LDS troop covered up child sexual assult for, gosh... 15 years and 26 (at least) kids assulted.
I followed the story in Utah carefully. What seems to have happened is this:
The Troop was at the climbing tower, just before dinner. Usually at Scout camps like this, from 9:00 AM to Noon and from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM there are merit badge classes in the various program areas. From 4:00 to 5:00 there is "Free" time. The waterfront is opened up to Free Swim and Free Boating, the rifle range is opened up to Free Shooting, and the climbing tower is opened up to Free Climbing. The areas are still fully staffed; it's just that Scouts can go to whatever program area they want (instead of having to keep to a class schedule) and use the facility on a first-come/first-served basis. Everyone waits their turn. And since the Scouts can all scatter to different program areas, you often don't have an adult at each program area for each Troop.
Apparently, members of the Troop, likely mixed in with Scouts from other Troops, were at the tower (probably at Free Climbing) when the dinner bell rang. There was a steak dinner that night. When you've eaten camp food all week, a steak dinner gets you pretty excited. So all the Scouts there shucked off their harnesses and took off for dinner.
I teach climbing in the BSA. Climbing harnesses are deliberately designed to hold onto you real tight, and if you're not experienced (as this Scout wasn't), they are hard to get off quickly. Apparently this kid took a minute to get his harness off, and by the time he did everyone had taken off. So the Scout tried to find his own way, and got lost.
I do wonder where the staff was. They wouldn't have left the area until after the last Scout did. I figure that the young man left the program area going in the right direction, at which point the staff set their hands to picking up all the harnesses, stowing the ropes, etc., not thinking the Scout would take a bad turn once he left the area. You have to stow all that gear and lock it up so that no one will either steal it (it's expensive) or try to use it without supervision. The Scout came to the first turn and went the wrong way, and got lost. And then dodged rescuers for 3 days because Mommy and Daddy had put the fear of God into him about strangers.
Anyway; the Scouts who ran off broke about 4 of the 12 Scout Laws and also broke the Buddy System rule. "Every man for himself" is not Scout Spirit. That's the way most kids think, though. In fact, it's the way that most kids are brought up. We try to teach them different in Scouting, but it's hard to overcome what they're being taught the rest of the time.
When my Troop is at Summer Camp, I don't expect that all the kids will be under our Troop adults' supervision at all times. Keeping up with a bunch of 12-year olds is a tall order under normal conditions, never mind when you're living outdoors all week and the kids are normally scattered over 100's of acres. Under such conditions, it's not possible for 3 or 4 adults to keep all of 20 or 30 Scouts under their direct supervision at all times. But we do drill into the kids that it's an unusual environment and that the Buddy System will be strictly enforced. And then we DO enforce it. And we also speak to the older Scouts about keeping an eye on the younger ones.
I heard about that NY trip. Awful.
I have two occasions called parents in and told them, "Your son is continually disobedient. It makes him a danger to himself and to others. Either you have to start coming to all Troop events and directly supervise your son - and that means be with your son all the time, not hang out with the other adults - or your son has to leave the Troop."
Good for you. Your attitude may save a life.
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