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FREMONT -- A Fremont furniture store established by Terry VanKoevering more than 50 years ago soon will close its doors.
Owners of Terry's Furniture and Carpets, 5983 South Warner, say tough economic times led to the decision.
"I see an awful lot of Talsma and Art Van furniture trucks in town," said Ric Zahrt, president of Terry's Furniture and Carpets. "I'm an avid supporter in the community, and it hurts when your business is suffering and you see these big stores from out of town."
Ric Zahrt, Greg Zahrt, and Scott Derks bought the furniture business in 1989 from VanKoevering. Since that time, the store has gone through many changes. Derks retired in 2008 and now manages The Lasting Effect, a bath glazing and painting company. With the store closing, Greg Zahrt plans to spend time with his grandsons, and Ric Zahrt will continue with his own business: "Ric's Flooring and Finishes."
"With the ease of Internet shopping and the draw of the big-city stores, it's easy to forget that for every $10 spent locally, $7 stays in our community to foster new businesses, pay taxes, fund schools, etc.," Ric Zahrt said. "When that same $10 is spent out of town, our community may realize $1 in return."
A storewide closing sale will begin March 4 and go until all inventory is sold. Prices will be reduced on upholstery, recliners, mattress sets, bedroom and dining room furniture, curios, lamps, pictures, and accessories. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Thursday, and Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.
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Officer Patrick Harden saw a yellow Jeep Wrangler driven by Sara Griffin, 43, of Pompton Plains, driving north on Newark Pompton Turnpike, run off the road and strike a utility pole, a lamp post and a stop sign at about 4:44 p.m. Monday, McIntosh said.
Harden smelled alcohol on Griffin's breath, McIntosh said. Griffin wasn't hurt and admitted to drinking earlier in the day, McIntosh said.
After Griffin failed sobriety tests, she was arrested and taken to the Riverdale Police Department, where she failed a breath test, the sergeant said.
Griffin was charged with driving while intoxicated, without insurance, failing to provide an insurance card, having unclear license plates, having an obstructed view and using a cell phone while driving.
The pole, which was next to the police department, needed to be replaced and the work caused minor delays on the road, McIntosh said.
Griffin was released to a family member pending a March court date, the sergeant said.
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RE: Quiver update: Retros vs Huckers for B&F
I'm a Hucker convert. I have the 6.6, 5.6, & 4.8 and am looking at the 4.2 and 3.7 I'm loving the 4.8 & 5.6 the most. I'm still figuring out the 6.6. I haven't had many 6.6 days yet. Also, I only have one board that I seem to use the 6.6. I have an 8.0 Retro above my 6.6 Hucker and use it all the time. I need to use the 6.6 more to tell you what I like or dislike about it. The others (including the 8.0 Retro) are great sails. I have a cambered 9.8 V8 as my largest sail. I'm on the fence whether I'll replace it with a Retro when it finally runs out of steam.
For starters, I'd get the 5.6 & 4.8 Huckers. They have a great range and handle being overpowered much better than the sails I used before. Then, You need to decide what to do above that. You could continue with the Retros ... get a 6.5, 7.5, 8.5 etc. You'll be happy with them for sure. I'm not trying to steer you away from the 6.6 Hucker, but I'm just not sure enough about it to recommend it. Roger may have more time on the sail to talk to it.
I'm 65kg and 178cm tall, so I'm on the small side of things. I love the Huckers because I can take the sail out where I'm on a smaller sail than fellow sailors but see the same or better performance. I can also take out the same size sail in overpowered conditions and have a bigger sail than my fellow sailors. The 5.6 Hucker, in one local club race, gave me the win (I won only because of how a tie is broken). The other guy was on a Retro and weighed in at 40 pounds more than me. I was able to hold down my 5.6 Hucker while he was on a 6.0 Retro. Usually this guy is consistently faster than me, but not this day.
Based on your last post, I am giving you a different option. Bare in mind that the 5-sail option you list should give you more high-wind potential than the 4-sail option because the Hucker has more high-wind range built into it.
Oh, and don't worry about the B&J nature of the sails. They are very easy to control and keep on the water. But when you are ready to jump, you'll love that aspect too.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - On Tuesday, Alger Middle School students can open up savings accounts and begin making deposits in the cafeteria, the site of a new PNC in-school bank, operated by kids.
On Friday, Jennifer Galardi, PNC's Kentwood branch manager overseeing the program, had her eight young tellers and marketers engage in a dry run. They reviewed procedures, passed out applications and answered questions of interested students.
Seventh-grader Brianna Jean, 11, sporting a PNC hat, and fellow bank teller Cierra Barrera, 12, sat confident in their training at a table in the cafeteria in front of a PNC Bank banner. They told students about the minimum 50-cent deposit required, decided by the students, and the prizes they could get as incentives for saving.
"I think it's going to teach kids how banking works and how to save," said Brianna, who said she liked helping people and was looking forward to being a teller. "My mom thought this would be a great opportunity for me."
Galardi said students have to deposit the exact amount because the banker won't be dispensing cash, rather taking down deposit information and writing receipts. She said the bank is open on Tuesdays from 10:50 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., both lunch hours, and she will take all deposits back to the bank with her.
"Our overall goal is for them to understand banking and the importance of saving," said Galardi. "We hope to open it up to the parents this school year, those who don't have account or need to reestablish a delinquent account."
The in-school bank is PNC's first in West Michigan and second in the state. Galardi said they have a program in its third year at Lapeer's Roosevelt-McGrath Elementary. She said students are not paid.
"I think this is going to be a really fun experience for me," said seventh-grader Cierra. "I think it will help students learn how to save for things they need and want."
Galardi said PNC teamed up with the Heart of Michigan of United Way after learning they wanted to start a financial literacy program in a school and worked with Grand Rapids schools to bring the project to Alger, 921 Alger St. SE. She said parents have to fill out an application for students to participate and withdrawals can only be made at a bank.
"We want to equip young people early and often with good practices in their early lives that empower them," said Principal Rodney Brown, who said the middle school years is when they are forming opinions and practices.
"Financial literacy is important and ties into the curriculum across content, including math and English. We try to make learning relevant through our partnerships."
Brenda Brame, who works for United Way as program manager for the Kent County Tax Credit Coalition, said she thinks the students involved will become more aware of their spending. She said the Alger families will benefit from the financial literacy workshops.
The school has approximately 400 students.
"When children learn the value of money, they make good decisions, wise choices," said Brame. "That's what we are trying to teach them."
Tersee Nande, Alger's community school coordinator, said the eight students - five tellers and three marketers - were selected for their advanced math skills, good behavior, and good communication skills. He said he thinks the bank will have a positive impact on all the students involved.
"I think it's going to open doors for Alger as a community school and even more so, a community center," said Nande, who said the bank is another resource to support students and families.
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I don't get why this wasn't done earlier but what's done is done. Going forward though in the playoffs I think Bledsoe+CP3 should start in the backcourt. I think they will demolish the Grizzlies who can't stop that duo one bit.
We lose ballhandling/playmaking for the second unit. I don't want Jamal or Willie running point. It's not about who starts, it's about who finishes. Vinny seems to be getting things right, so if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I agree Vinny deserves props. I guess it's better late than never haha. Although I think Billups should take backup PG spot playoff time with Bledsoe starting.
I like willy starting!
Willie's been awesome no doubt, so this isn't me complaining about him at all. I just think at the very least Bledsoe+CP3 should play the 1st and 4th quarter together. Green can have 2nd and 3rd quarters.
The answer is and will always be...no.
The kid brings energy. we all saw it last night. we saw it again today. when this team needs a burst he brings it.
Plain and simple, ebled is back and should be coming off bench
Let ebled be part of the bench he is a game changer
Big question what happens when Billups comes back does Willie go back into the basement?
No but he should play more in the 4th and more in certain matchups. He has been very good for us against the Grizzlies and the Spurs. Willie have been playing great for us and spreads the floor better.
Bill ups cannot a d should not start. He should play a role coarable to hill . Willie has earned it,I wouldn't even mind retaining his services
Maybe next season he'll get the chance to start....at the sg spot.
You guys bring up great points. Maybe starting isn't the issue as much as it's him not getting enough minutes next to Paul at SG. Willie can start, Bledsoe should get some SG minutes in 4th quarters. As for the question about Billups.. he should be used 10-15 minutes a game off the bench max every night. With the way Bledsoe and Green are playing now it's totally out of line and unfair to keep pulling their minutes for a guy who plays 1-2 games then gets injured again.
keep willie, or Bled can start at the sg spot and let Billups be the PG for the second unit. Feel bad for Willie though, dude deserves to play.
Billups needs to play garbage time or bench warming time
Remember what happened when CP went down? Our starters weren't bad but our 2nd unit was garbage without Bledsoe. If it ain't broke...
I think its best if Willie still starts. I like Bledsoe's energy and spark off the bench. But Bledsoe and CP3 play together more often throughout the game and especially in the 4th.
Do we still need Billups I mean how many games did he play this season, Green is doing well, I don't think he is still here next season. I Bledsoe will start. Wayns look good in his few games.
Willie is playing great! What a good guy and teammate. Chauncey needs to be like a coach. We don't need him if he is a shell of himself
Hey guys to let you know, it's doesn't matter who's start, it's how you finish. I'm done.
To answer the question- no- IMO. Synergy of the second unit is excellent, so you just don't want to mess with that. Willie has also been doing very well starting for Chauncey, so I'd leave that alone too for now.
Even when Chauncey gets back, it can be argued that he can play point for the second unit. But we've seen it for enough games to notice that it's not nearly as effective as it would seem on paper. For some reason, too many turnovers result. And let's say you have Jamal and Willie in the second unit- who is going to play point? Jamal can create for others, but it's not his forte. I've seen him throw the ball away too many times when being the PG. He is just so much better on the move and going 1-on-1.
And part of having a successful team is putting your players in the best position to succeed. So far, so good for Vinny.
i love billups and its hard for me to say this but billups inability to stay healthy has been devastating to chemistry. Green is nowhere near the talent billups is but has been very healthy and able to stay on the team. I have to go with green over billups...cant bank on a guy who misses so many games. Love you chauncey but do the right thing. Take a coaching position and let green handle it from here on out
Our 2-spot is a problem. Start Crawford and there's not enough firepower in the second unit. Bring him off the bench and Willie Green just isn't suited to face most starting 5's. Start Bledsoe and the main bench catalyst is gone. We saw what happened when Bledsoe started at point. Someone must have told him to calm down and spread his energy out, and that took him away from his regular lethal game.
Chauncey with the second unit was a disaster. He doesn't have the fire in his belly. I don't think he'll come off the bench just because he's Chauncey. He's a guy who can win a game at crunch. we haven't factored Hill into the equation. If plays like he played tonight he's valuable.
Unfortunately Bledsoe isn't allowed to shoot enough, I don't know why.
Chauncey--PO experience, good PG clutch shooter no defense slow Not a SG
Jamal instant offense so so defense Depending, may lose minutes to Billups if Jamal is cold. He's streakey sometimes
Willie Three point shots. Solid player We have our starting SG next yr
Barnes is Barnes Will get minutes
Hill great defender. Plays like a PG shooting??
EB Defense energy Three point shooter? Not ready to start. Willie and CB more in control. Will he ever be able to start as a PG soon? Don't know
Bottom line Billups will have to accept fewer minutes
I don't want Billups to play at all really, unless we are depleted or guys are ice cold
You're asking for trouble in the first quarter if Bledsoe is the starting 2 guard. He has no outside shooting (yet), so the defense can just happily double team Blake every time. At least Willie can knock down shots.
We should see more minutes for Bledsoe in the closing minutes of the 4th, though.
The way this team is currently built you can't start Bledsoe. However next season you bring in a quality backup PG and you can start Bledsoe.
billups would make a pretty good back up pg :p
Don't mess with success
This is my take on the situation. Whatever powers that be decided the starting lineup is
PG: Chris Paul
SG: Chauncey Billups
C: Deandre Jordan
PF :Blake Griffin
SF: Caron Butler
That lineup (with the exception of Green coming in for Billups because of injury). Has been a static lineup. In my opinion we have the deepest team in the league, and we should start players depending on matchups. I think whoever we play we hold a certain advantage of diversity. For example, Bledsoe plays better defense than Chris Paul and is more athletic. If we played a team like the spurs why not insert Bledsoe to purposely speed up the tempo and tire out tony parker. Then Put PAul in to have a well rested advantage over Parker. Or for example, if we need better ball movement remove Deandre and insert Lamar, who is a much better passer. The possibilities are endless with this team , and i do wish we would use this diversity more to our advantage.
Calderon is an unrestricted free agent, among others.
I like Bledsoe, and sometimes he and Paul sharing the backcourt is the best combination at the time. Memphis and their great rebounding is a classic example. It's great to have another rebounder in the guard position against those guys as we know our bigs have their hands full.
However, I think it's important to have a deep threat starting at SG. And the way Willie has been playing lately is ideal. Now that Caron is injured (and hasn't been shooting well last couple of games), it's all the more critical we have perimeter shooter in the starting lineup. I understand Bledsoe has hit from deep, but do we really trust his jumper? I'm not sure I do....not yet, anyway.
On the SG news, Billups is expected to start tomorrow against Portland. I feel bad for Willie Green. He was playing well.
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Willie needs to play, if Vinny benches him it is bad coaching. Willie is our. Est shooter, who gives the best shooters dnp
Agree. Willie deserves minutes. He earned them.
Billups has been a problem. It's bullshit that Vinny is so submissive to the seniority on the team and not who's EARNED minutes. Never did I think I'd be defending Green but Billups needs to come off the bench, not start. Green has outplayed him.
Besides what you said, VDN probably thinks Billups will play better under pressure in the playoffs.
Willie deserves to play! Free Willie!
Agreed, Chauncey needs to take the rest of the year off
Billups coming back at this point is a detriment. The team is doing fine, and especially Willie. We just cant have this in and out o the lineup from billups. Everytme he's out the entire machine gets changed
^When Billups comes back, if he and the team does not play well, I will be so mad, since Willie has been doing so well. We'll see what happens.
He has been good from the 3 point range. If theres two players I want to retain from this years squad it certainly is Barnes and Green. Barnes at 2-3 mill per year and willie green at the vets minimum should do well. I would even be inclined to say offer Green up to 1.5 mill per year since he has been so dependable
Willie's become Foye 2.0 for us all the sudden in the last month. Where he's our best 3 point shooter easily and just does a lot of little things to help us win games. Not to mention he's been the ULTIMATE professional and teammate just like Foye was. It's unfair to keep jerking him in and out of the lineup. If you really feel sorry for him like you say Chauncey then volunteer to come off the damn bench yourself.
Willie Green is a super steal at the vet min. I have no clue why people want him gone. How many players shoot 43% from 3 for the vet min? Not to mention he does not complain about minutes, can cut and can play somewhat decent D.
Matt Barnes is an even bigger steal. I want to keep both of them even if we have to sign them to slightly larger contracts.
both have been great for what we pay them. Goosaditions
Who wanted Willie gone? I loved the signing since he shot 44% from 3PT range last season as a Hawk and would be making peanuts. There's no harm in cheap and useful players. Basically he was capable of doing most of what Foye does on the court except making much less.
The two advantages Chanucey does have that you don't want to overlook are 1) Chauncey draws fouls, he knows how to draw them and 2) Chauncey is one of the few players whose scoring efficiency stays the same in the post season as it does in the playoffs. Career .581 TS%, playoffs .580 TS%.
In 08-09, he led all players in post-season TS% at .664 TS%(over 16 games) after having a RS .592 TS%. He won't shoot a high FG% (because he takes a lot of three's), but he will take a and make a lot of three's and attempt and make a lot of FT's. In his 20 games this season, he's at .597 TS% and 3.8 FTA/36 mins. There is value to what he brings offensively in a slow paced playoff game, which is the shooting, yes, but also the ability to iso and just bully his way to the FT line.
This value will also be more present if teams decide to switch their SG or wing on to Paul and have their PG guard Chanucey. Chauncey is capable of posting up most of the league's PG's and getting FT's. Green while he's good can't take advantage of being guarded by a PG, and neither can Crawford really even though he's 6'5.
So while I agree about Bledsoe needing to be on the floor with Paul more, and Green needing to play more minutes, I also see why a coach or a team would feel that having a healthy and in rhythm Billups has value.
^Plenty of people as soon as he went on a slump. There are people on the draft thread that say dump him as well which makes 0 sense.
Chauncey: Draws fouls. Leader. Helps orchestrate the offense. Former Finals MVP. Takes some pressure of CP3.
Willie: More consistent shooter. Cuts to the basket. Younger legs. Stays healthy. Better defensively.
I don't know...seems like I'd rather have Willie starting...especially considering the record. But I totally understand starting Chauncey.
I like the lineup that we're playing with now, which is also pretty much the lineup we played with during our 17-game winning streak. That means Green and no Billups... Chauncey was a great leader and great player, but when he was back he showed he had very little left. He was a stand still shooter and not much more. Let's face it; Willie Green is the far superior player at this point in their careers.
I remember a game a couple months ago. It was tied with 11 seconds and Billups had the ball to close it out instead of Paul. I said to my son, "watch this, Billups doesn't have the athleticism anymore to create an advantage." He dribbled then tried to create a play and never got a shoulder by or created a makable shot. He's just too slow. Frankly, as compared to Green, Crawford and Bledsoe, who can all play his spot, he's a liability.
I hope Vinnie sees this and has the courage to keep Billups on the bench with Hill, ready for very limited duty.
As to Bledsoe starting; why? We've played our best with Bledsoe coming off the bench and Green starting. Bledsoe is a nice option to keep on the court in the fourth if defense is what's needed. I think Vinnie has used Bledsoe quite well and I have no complaints with VDN in this regard.
Hey Sam welcome back
Chauncey has played so little that he hasn't gotten his "Sea legs" under him. He probably will start but Darwin will set in real fast. He will succed or suck. If he can't do it he will probably voluntarily take a lesser role rather than stinking it up and f*cking us up. Hill sits on the bench. This is Chauncey's last year. Injury can be his fig leaf
You have to figure if this set up has been working, maybe this is what Vinny is planning on doing during the playoffs, and if Crawford gets hot, he will probably take Bledsoe or CP3's place out there for a big bunch of minutes.
I just really hope our big men can take the beating we are about to receive from Memphis and not get killed like last year. If we win this series, we need to hope that whoever we play next has a longer series than us. I'd like to get an extra day or two for our guys to relax before we have to take on an even tougher opponent.
Please just make it to the Conference Finals guys.
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Musican K'naan performs outside of the Bell Lightbox building during a block party marking the official opening of the building in Toronto Sunday. The Bell Lightbox building is the new home of the Toronto International Film Festival. — Photo by The C
Dozens of flag-waving hotel workers staged another one-day walkout on Sunday outside a downtown hotel at the hub of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Ontario Federation of Labour president Sid Ryan, who marched alongside workers on an "alternative red carpet" outside the Hyatt Regency, called on the hotel's owner to "share the wealth."
"I think what they're trying to do is lock in poverty level wages, or a recessionary level of wages in with these workers going forward," said Ryan.
Toronto's hotels have been booked up solid throughout the summer, noted Ryan.
The Hyatt Regency, like others, has emerged from the recession and is making modest improvements to its bottom line, he said.
"If you're making profits and you're doing it as a result of the sweat off the brow of these workers, the least you can do is share some of the wealth with these workers," said Ryan.
It was the fourth one-day strike by city hotel workers since Sept. 3 and the second to hit the Hyatt Regency.
The protest did not block guests from entering the hotel.
On Friday, actor and longtime labour activist Martin Sheen and his actor son, Emilio Estevez, showed their support for hotel workers by joining the picket line outside the Fairmont Royal York. That's something Ryan calls "fantastic."
On Saturday, workers at a Holiday Inn staged a one-day walkout.
Sunday's demonstration got a few curious glances from people attending the TIFF Bell Lightbox block party, which was held only steps away. The street party featured food, face-painting and music from artists such as K'naan, who was scheduled to perform later in the afternoon.
Talks broke down between management and the union representing 150 workers at the Hyatt Regency Sept. 3. No new talks are scheduled.
The workers are seeking a 10 per cent wage increase over three years while the employer is offering five per cent over five years. Pensions, shift hours and health benefits are other issues.
The Hyatt Regency, Holiday Inn and Fairmont Royal York are among the 13 owned or operated by Westmont Group that are bargaining with the union.
Workers at 10 hotels who are in a legal strike position will be taking part in more one-day walkouts in the next two weeks, said Unite Here Local 75 president Paul Clifford.


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Welcome to that crazy point in the American political cycle where chatter and buzz about potential presidential candidates swell and subside at a seemingly nonstop rate. Over the last few weeks, we've seen prominent GOP personalities of all stripes announce their addition to or subtraction from the 2012 conversation at a steady clip. Meanwhile, President Obama's reelection campaign is on. But even after his triumphant takedown of Osama bin Laden, there's no surefire guarantee of his 2012 success, and poll numbers reveal that the bump in his approval ratings following bin Laden's death is already waning.
In light of this looming political crossroads, we asked three Christian commentators to offer their thoughts on Barack Obama's presidency thus far, what he must do to be reelected, and how we can begin changing the polarized atmosphere in America today. Our panel of contributors includes R. Drew Smith on theologian Reinhold Niebuhr's influence on Obama's presidency; Larycia A. Hawkins on how Obama's reluctance to embrace his "blackness" hurts his presidency; and Andrew Wilkes on why it's imperative that all Americans take responsibility to "do good" in between elections.
Barack Obama and the Niebuhr Presidency
By R. Drew Smith
Barack Obama has noted the influences on his thinking of prominent, twentieth-century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. More than one recent president has cited Niebuhr's influence, but Obama's presidency has more strongly embraced core tenets of Niebuhr's realism about the political importance of approximating rather than absolutizing our political ideals, and about the willingness to take required actions (even when inconsistent with our deeper purposes and preferences) in pursuit of those proximate objectives.
Niebuhr's analysis provides reinforcement to the adage "politics is the art of compromise." Most American presidents have been clear on this point — although there have been strong arguments for at least two recent exceptions. The presidencies of Jimmy Carter and of George W. Bush, who both cited Niebuhr as influential in their thinking, were much less given to a Niebuhrian approximation of good than Obama seems to be. Both Presidents Carter and Bush were sharply criticized for their uncompromising leadership styles. Ironically, President Obama has been equally criticized for his compromising style.
For Niebuhr, compromise was not something pursued for its intrinsic value (i.e., compromise for the sake of compromise), nor merely out of a desire to achieve or retain positions of leadership. Compromise was a means for achieving a common good. Similarly, Obama has understood that, in politics, you rarely get everything you want and, in order to set some of what you want, and to govern on behalf of all of the people, you may have to swallow some things you find unpleasant. This has been his approach in each of his major legislative initiatives and in the battles over the federal budget — with his end results being successfully formalized policies that in each instance have been decried on several fronts for their presumed deficiencies.
Here Obama is not being inconsistent with what he projected during his presidential campaign. He was elected in large part because he symbolized a change from politics-as-usual. He represented a bigness in his projection of ideals at the heart of the American political imagination — ideals related to being a nation fundamentally committed to rights, freedom, and opportunity for its citizens and for the world. Obama's health-reform bill, his economic stimulus program, his budgetary battles over key educational and social-service assistance he believes are definitive of American government, and his diplomatic or military pressures in support of political reforms in Egypt, Libya, and Ivory Coast are more suggestive than not of the idealism supported by voters in 2008.
Obama has certainly not been pitch-perfect in the compromises he has reached. The current budget's draconian cuts to safety-net programs such as Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) smack of a familiar calculation about the political expendability of the poor — or, in Obama's own words, "asking for sacrifice from those who can least afford it." Should programs effectively responding to persons most in need have been non-negotiable items in Obama's budget, and in his presidency? Asked another way, was acceptance of the funding cuts to a program like WIC in the interest of a proximate good, or was it an unwillingness to take required actions for achieving that proximate good?
American presidents possess significant leadership capital, and how they choose to expend that capital is what defines their presidencies. What defined Obama's candidacy was that it embodied something more in the eyes of voters than his personal quest for the office. The fact that he has been able to achieve constructive compromises within America's polarized, zero-sum political context is a feat for which he deserves applause — and one for which he was singularly well-suited. Nevertheless, his presidential term, and his prospects for reelection, will turn on how well he connects his political actions to a broader good and how well the American people understand those connections.
Dr. R. Drew Smith is Director of the Center for Church and the Black Experience at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Scholar-in-Residence at the Leadership Center at Morehouse College. He has edited numerous volumes on churches and public life, including Black Churches and Local Politics: Clergy Influence, Organizational Partnerships, and Civic Empowerment and New Day Begun: African American Churches and Civic Culture in Post-Civil Rights America. He is currently writing a book on black churches and contemporary public policy activism.
Can I Get a Black President?
By Larycia A. Hawkins
Perhaps Barack Obama's strategy of racial transcendence during the 2008 presidential campaign was understandable. As an outsider candidate with little name recognition at the provenance of his bid for the White House, Obama had to fashion a broad, patchwork base of the American public. So above the racial fray he went.
But as a former community organizer among black communities, surely he could code switch, that is, speak to the black community in familiar tones (when on the Southside, do as the Southsiders do), galvanizing black support by highlighting particular black concerns, right?
Wrong. Even when engaging the black community on issues of black concerns, candidate Obama spoke the racially patronizing language of personal responsibility. Translation: white middle-class values are the standard of societal respectability, and African Americans? They are a hot mess. During his June 2008 Father's Day speech at Apostolic Church of God on Chicago's Southside, Obama did not parlay the pulpit into an opportunity to cast a vision for how he planned to address black concerns, but he instead disregarded a black agenda in favor of castigating black behavior.
The primary glint of a black president has been Obama's cadence, which when in black communities does sound like that of a black preacher. So, black concerns he will not emphasize, but the black church he will use as a resource when it suits the moment.
President Obama is certainly cognizant of the fact that some policies are of heightened import to black communities. Indeed, in his famed race speech in March 2008, Obama recommended that black Americans, "…(bind) our particular grievances — for better health care, and better schools, and better jobs — to the larger aspirations of all Americans — the white woman struggling to break the glass ceiling, the white man who's been laid off, the immigrant trying to feed his family" (emphasis added).
The President's conflation of black grievances and broader American grievances–which he personifies as white–is in short, grievous. While joblessness is undoubtedly painful for all Americans, joblessness plagues the African American community with furious ferocity given that black unemployment is double white unemployment. While white women may still struggle to shatter the glass ceiling, black women must still struggle to get a foot past the interview door given the fact that their ethnic names render them less likely than white women to get an interview in the first place.
Can I get a black president who does not talk down to the black community, but who rather acknowledges the peculiar burden of race and the double burden of race and gender?
Can I get a black president who does not capitulate to the post-racial cacophony that renders race irrelevant to crafting policies about problems that differentially affect white and black and Latino Americans?
So what must President Obama do to be successful in 2012? Where race is concerned, nothing is ever simple, but an acknowledgement of the utility rather than the futility of a black agenda will improve the President's standing among black communities and with the Congressional Black Caucus. Yes You Can be a black President for black concerns, Mr. Obama.
Dr. Larycia A. Hawkins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Wheaton College. She is a co-editor of the book Religion and American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives. Her research includes projects exploring black theology and its relationship to political rhetoric and black political agendas, like those of the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP. Prior to academia, she worked in state government administering federal programs, including the Social Security Disability program and the Community Development Block Grant.
A Civic Altar Call
By Andrew Wilkes
The race for the 2012 presidential election is in full swing. President Obama recently commenced his campaign, released his first ad, and convened a $30,800-per-plate fundraiser in Harlem. On the Republican side, former Governors Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney have both established exploratory committees — which, in plain-folks' English, means they're running for President. As we move towards 2012, our attention will increasingly shift towards the drama of electoral politics.
But what if all of us — and not only politicians — are elected for public service? What if God created us in Christ for good works? St. Augustine envisioned sin as the state of being turned inward upon oneself. Given this portrayal, the implication is that election is not only about our hearts flowering open to God, but also about our hearts pivoting, in love, towards the neighbors, enemies, and strangers in our midst.
In a representative democracy, we often assume that our elected representatives will handle all of our public concerns. Everyday folks, we surmise, have to take the kids to school, perform well at work, and wake everyone up for Sunday service. We consider ourselves to be exemplary citizens, moreover, if we watch a presidential debate or two, read a candidate's policy platform, and set aside the time to vote. Both concerns are legitimate. Private matters should not be sacrificed on an altar of the common good. Informed electoral participation is indeed commendable.
A fuller sense of human flourishing before God, however, involves taking responsibility for our communities between election cycles. The work of democracy relies on a voting public, but also includes the tasks of board governance in nonprofits, broad parent engagement in local schools, and sustained involvement within — or perhaps the reform of — public institutions like libraries, hospitals, and prisons.
Presidential elections are critical inflection points within our society. What happens in November every four years impacts the national budget, the operation of federal agencies, and the resources of state, county, and local governments. Their importance, though, does not depreciate our sacred summons to "do good to all as we have opportunity" (Gal. 6:10). God is issuing a civic altar call to those with ears to hear. Our communities, our congregations, and our precious children await our response.
Andrew Wilkes is a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs, as well as a contributing writer for Sojourners Magazine, and a Huffington Post blogger. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and Hampton University, he has worked as a Freedom Schools teaching intern for the Children's Defense Fund, a policy and organizing fellow for Sojourners, and a policy intern during the first administration of Newark Mayor Cory Booker. You can follow him on Twitter: @andrewjwilkes.
Miss Hawkins, I certainly can understand the tempatation to wade into the "…he's black so he should help us because we are black and so needy…" mindset. However this reminds me of overhearing a barber talking to his customer about Jesus one day. The barber asked his patron, "Do you say that Jesus is Black?" The patron responded, "It doesn't matter what color Jesus is even if he had a color; and he doesn't…it doesn't matter" The barber said, "See now that's where you're wrong,Jesus is Black, the bible says he is in Revelations and our little black boys and girls need to know that." The patron said, "Well what about all the rest of the children…and its The Revelation." The barber said, "I ain't worried about the rest of the children, why should I be?"
Miss Hawkins I understand that it seems like it's been forever that we've been treated unfairly at just about every level and that was when the playing field was stacked highly against us. Now we need to start taking care of ourselves, for example by starting businesses so that when our children graduate from college they won't have to go to where the field although somewhat more level, is still lopsided. Why must we always be the ones who have nothing and expect to be given a hand. That's our responsibility, not the Presidents or others. His job is to manage and guide a whole melting pot of people; and to use the power that was given him by all people: rich, poor, middle class, black, white, hispanic, asian, etc., etc., etc., to serve to the agenda of needy blacks, to the neglect of needy people, would only hasten to divide the country to the point of no return.
For all practical purposes our President has to operate as he does. He's not talking down to us when he says in essence be responsible, (even people who can't help but be on welfare know how to do this) but some people just won't be no matter at what level they are on and we should not have to support irresponsibility, and surely we should not look to a man to bail us out.
But if we look to the One who can effectively change us from the inside out as the only One who can make any field level, then we're just spinning our wheels.
Correction to the last sentence. It should read "But if we refuse to look to the One who can effectively change us from the inside out, as the only One Who can make any field level, then we're just spinning our wheels."


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There is a new leader on top of the National League East after a week-long game of leap frog between the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves. As for the rest of the division, despite a lot of mid-week movement, when the music stopped, all teams were in the same spot as they had been the week prior.
Here is how the division looked one week ago…
Atlanta (36-32)
Washington (35-33 1 GB)
Miami (35-33 1 GB)
New York (31-38 5.5 GB)
Philadelphia (29-38 6.5 GB)
Here is how the division looks as of Monday June 23rd…
Washington (39-35)
Atlanta (38-37 1.5 GB)
Miami (37-38 2.5 GB)
New York (35-41 5 GB)
Philadelphia (34-40 5 GB)
The Nationals have overtaken the Braves for the lead in the division despite splitting a four-game series this past weekend. The Nats used a two-game sweep of the Astros to propel themselves into first place. Tanner Roark picked up two wins this past week, throwing 10.1 innings and allowing just two runs. He is now 7-4 on the season. Closer Rafael Soriano saved all four of the victories. In all, he threw five shutout innings, allowing just a hit and a walk, while striking out six. Denard Span batted an even .400 on the week while Jayson Werth hit an ice-cold .087. Bryce Harper is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment this week with A-Potomac. He would be on schedule to return to the big league club on July 2nd after missing the majority of the season following thumb surgery. The Nationals are off on Monday before travelling for three each with the Brewers and the Cubs.
The Braves slipped into second place following a 2-5 week. The club was swept in three games by the Phillies before splitting the series with the Nationals. Evan Gattis saw his 20-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-3 on Sunday. Gattis hit .269 for the week and is batting .375 for the month of June. Freddie Freeman paced the club with a .394 average for the week. Infielder Tommy LaStella managed just three hits in 30 at-bats for an even .100 average. Gavin Floyd was the lone starter to pick up a win this week, doing so with a victory over the Nats on Thursday. He was removed from the game and placed on the disabled list on Friday with a fractured elbow. Aaron Harang got off to a 3-1 start with a 0.70 ERA but is now 5-6 following a loss to the Phillies. His ERA sits at 3.83 after allowing eight earned runs in five innings. The Braves are in Houston for three with the Astros and head to Philadelphia for four with the Phillies including a double-header on Saturday.
The Miami Marlins also went 2-5 on the week managing just one win each in three games with the Cubs and four games with the Mets. Adeiny Hechavarria missed the last two games with an elbow injury and is considered day-to-day. He did manage a .381 average in five games. Giancarlo Stanton batted .308 on the week and hit two home runs, both against the Cubs. Garret Jones had just one hit, a home run, for the week to the tune of a .045 average. Henderson Alvarez improved to 4-3 on the season after picking up a win against New York. He threw 6.1 innings of shut out ball and racked up five strikeouts. The Marlins play four in Philadelphia before returning home for three with the Oakland A's.
Despite passing the Mets early in the week, the Philadelphia Phillies ended the week where they began, in last place of the division, even if only by percentage points. The Phillies enjoyed a 5-2 week that saw a sweep of the Braves before splitting a four-game set with the Cardinals. Ryan Howard was hot, hitting .345 with three bombs. Jimmy Rollins was not, hitting just .192 on the week. He has struggled mightily since passing Mike Schmidt for the franchise record for hits. A.J. Burnett tossed a complete game in a 5-1 win in St. Louis. He scattered seven hits and allowed just the one run. The Phillies are home for four with the Marlins and four more with the Braves. The Braves series includes a double-header on Saturday.
After dropping the first two games in St Louis, the Mets have won four of five, including taking three of four in Miami which had been a house of horrors as of late. Even losing three games, the team ERA was 2.48 on the week with Zach Wheeler picking up his first career complete-game shutout and Jacob deGrom his first career victory. The offense still had its moments of ineptitude but erupted for 11 runs in Sunday's finale. After an off-day on Monday, the Mets welcome in old friend Scott Kazmir and the Oakland A's for two games before heading to Pittsburgh for four with Ike Davis and the Pirates. With just five weeks until the Trade Deadline, the next few series will go along way in determining how many of the current players join the ranks of "former Mets."


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Piloting the parties. Captains and chefs were to the order of the evening when the Crescent River Port Pilots' Association celebrated a centennial and the Louisiana Restaurant Association cooked up its gala Chairman's Reception & Grand Awards Banquet. Both occurred within paces of the other, but on different nights.
The beautiful pen-and-ink-sketch invitation issued by the pilots' association featured 1976 artwork of the Crescent Pilots' station at Pilot Town by Michael Estarlich, a crescent river port pilot from 1961-1988. Recipients were beckoned to join in a celebration of "People, Music, River Culture and Dinner." Dress was business attire.
Before folks ascended the elevators to the Plimsoll Club of the World Trade Center, they stopped in the lobby to peruse the exhibit, organized by the Crescent Port Pilot's Foundation and chairwoman Sallie Arnoult, to commemorate the association's past century. It's titled "New Orleans to Pilot Town, Steady Hands at the Helm for 100 Years."
The party's present -- and presence -- was palpable. Among the many attendees were Captain of the Port Lincoln Stroh of the U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans with wife Tracey, District Attorney for Plaquemines Parish Darryl Bubrig, University of New Orleans Chancellor Dr. Timothy P. Ryan, UNO's Dr. Susan E. Krantz, Tim Osborn of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Capt. Steven Barnum of the National Ocean Services of NOAA (Silver Springs, Md.), David Fennelly of Associated Terminals, Judge Joel Chaisson (port director, Port of South Louisiana), and Lt. Col. Jerry Sneed, director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, and the representative of Mayor Ray Nagin. Along with Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson, he made presentations during the evening's formalities.
Captains Mike Lorino and William "Bud" Watson, with wives Peggy and Rhonda, respectively came from the Associated Branch Pilots and New Orleans-Baton Rouge Pilots. As for the Crescent Pilots (some of whom are retired), their ranks were numerous and included -- with their wives -- Captains Gene and Glenda Bach, Kevin and Sally Blondiau, Charles and Sherry Crawford, Tom and Carolee Rappold, Michael and Susan Bopp, Douglas and Paulette Grubbs, Allen J. "A.J." and Shirley Gibbs, Kevin and Arthemise McNeely, and Paul W. and Patsy Frolich. Capt. Gibbs answers to president of the CRPPA, whose directive is the navigating of vessels from Pilot Town to the Port of New Orleans.
The bash unfolded in all the major rooms of the Plimsoll Club, where stunning floral arrangements by Perfect Presentations embellished the premises, and Joe Simon and Charlene Neville entertained in turn in the Galvez and Versailles rooms. Luring the likes of Capt. Adolph M. Ajubita, Lynn and Lars Pedersen, and Dell Dempsey to the buffet tables was the extensive array of taste treats, including (but of course) a focus on seafood.
The culinary momentum continues with a Sunday-night salute to the Louisiana Restaurant Association, which had as its venue the Blaine Kern Ballroom of the Marriott New Orleans Convention Center. It was filled with more than 300 restaurant industry professionals, who supped on duck and andouille gumbo, salad, braised beef short ribs, and sweet potato pecan pie with Chantilly cream. Red and white selections were the vinous accompaniment.
Delighting the eye in the ballroom was the backdrop of a Crescent City-night skyline and table centerpieces of lush red roses and miniature white orchids, while the ear was treated to the spirited sounds of the Bucktown Allstars.
Top laurels of the evening targeted Greg Reggio, a partner of Taste Buds Restaurant Group and an LRA member for 17 years, as the Chapter President of the Year, and acclaimed chef John Besh of August, the Besh Steak House, Luke and La Provence restaurants as Restaurateur of the Year. Additional awards garnered applause from palate peers.
More brass included LRA president/CEO Jim Funk with Janice, LRA chairman/emcee Jerry Kolniak with Susan, Jennifer Besh with John, Octavio Mantilla, John and Katy Eastman, Harry and Kim Rosenberg, state Sen. Edwin Murray, Tommy and Leanne Cvitanovich, Gary Taylor, Dawn Davis, Brian Girardot, Tony Abadie, Helen LeBourgeois, Melvin Rodrigue, Glen Armantrout, Dr. Yvette Green, Wendy Waren, Roger McConnell, Kerry Boutte, Bill Roberts, and John Couvillon.
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By Mrs. Michelle Kennedy (Drum)June 12, 2014
FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- When Allen Janssen was growing up, he had a very different expectation of what his future would hold. Boys who grew up in orphanages in the Republic of Korea in the 1960s and 1970s -- if they were not adopted as babies -- would most likely stay there until they turned 18. Then they were shipped to Seoul to start on-the-job training, and they were on their own.
A twist of fate ensured Janssen would never have to find out what it would be like to grow up alone. When he was 10 years old, an American family from Nebraska made the decision to adopt him and change his life.
Ray and Irene Janssen showed the young boy from South Korea what an all-American family was all about. However, adjusting to his new life was far from easy. Janssen's determination and hard work helped him learn English, make friends and get involved with sports.
Janssen held onto those values and decided he wanted to become a Nebraska state patrolman, but in order to join, it was mandatory for recruits to have at least two years of military service. He joined the Army as an infantryman on Jan. 16, 1981, and 32 years later, he retired as a sergeant major at Fort Drum.
Humble beginnings
Janssen was born in South Korea in 1961. He lived with his biological mother on and off for about five years, but he said he spent most of his time at the orphanage.
"Some days, I would spend with her, and then I would go back (to the orphanage)," Janssen said. "After I was about 5, I never saw her again."
At the time, South Korea was a Third World country. Life for children in an orphanage there was challenging, he said.
"I remember everything," Janssen said. "You never went to bed with a full stomach -- you just didn't. There wasn't enough food."
Children were split into groups of 20 to live together in a building on the campus. Each group had a chaperone.
"It seems like we always had a bad one," Janssen said. "They would physically abuse us. There was always mass punishment. I remember one time we got spanked bad -- (the chaperone) had us line up against the wall. She came by and hit our calves -- that's where it hurt the most -- with a board that had nails in it. I remember everybody bleeding."
Janssen said he remembers life being like "survival of the fittest." The children would fight for food and steal it while others were trying to eat.
"It was a challenge, but it is what it is," Janssen said. "Back then, I didn't know better."
The orphanage had a sponsorship program in which people could donate money to the facility. Ray and Irene Janssen originally were Allen Janssen's sponsors.
"Eventually, they give the sponsor the option of adopting the kid," he said. "My parents wanted to adopt, which is amazing. They had five of their own children who were all out of the house by the time they adopted me. They wanted to give a kid a chance."
Janssen still looks at the couple's decision as "mindboggling."
"Normally, a kid my age doesn't get adopted. People wanted babies," he explained. "When I flew over to the U.S., the (second) oldest child was 3 months old.
"I was very fortunate that my parents adopted me," Janssen continued. "I saw it every day. A kid turns 18, they take them to Seoul, and they're placed in different areas (for on-the-job training), but they were adults and they were on their own."
Culture shock
Janssen was in a new country with new people and very different surroundings.
He remembers on his first day home, his mom made him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"I had never had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich," Janssen said. "It was out of this world."
Because he was so used to eating fast, he quickly consumed the sandwich. Allen Janssen didn't know English, and Irene Janssen didn't know Korean, so she confused this behavior with starvation. Irene Janssen made the boy a second sandwich.
"I downed that one and she made me another sandwich," Janssen said. "She made me six (sandwiches) total."
Shortly after, Ray Janssen took him outside to see the farm.
"It was a hot day, and man, I got sick!" Janssen said, with a laugh. "I couldn't smell peanut butter for the next 17 years; I was 27 the next time I tried it.
"I had never had anything like it, and I could have all I could eat," he added. "I never knew I could have that."
Janssen began going to the nearby country school. He started in kindergarten and took two grades each year until he caught up with his classmates.
"I had some great, amazing teachers," Janssen said. "One in particular became my 'third mother.' She spent hours and hours with me working to teach me English. She'd take me home over the weekend and teach me English. I loved it. She was a great lady."
Even with all the assistance, learning a new language was frustrating for him.
"I couldn't speak to my peers," he said. "I remember one day I was so mad that I couldn't speak English.
"I still remember this day like it was yesterday," Janssen added. "I went home and I was crying. I made a promise to myself -- I would never speak Korean until I could speak English. Believe it or not, within 30 days or so, I forgot Korean."
After about a year, Janssen began understanding and communicating with his peers. When he was growing up, Janssen's parents would take him to reunions for children who were adopted from Korea. When they would try speaking Korean to him, he wouldn't understand.
Taking an oath
When it came time for Janssen to make a decision about what he wanted to do after high school, he decided he wanted to join the Nebraska State Patrol.
"(At the time, Nebraska required) a minimum of two years of military service, so I decided to join (the Army) for three years so I could do my commitment, get out and join the State Patrol Academy," Janssen said. "Once I got in, I really liked it. I was in Germany, and I didn't want to leave, so I stuck with it."
Over the next 32 years, Janssen served overseas in Germany and during Operations Desert Shield / Desert Storm, Able Sentry, Joint Guardian, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn. For the last nine years of his Army career, Janssen was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (LI) at Fort Drum. He served as operations senior enlisted adviser for 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, from 2004 to 2007.
Janssen said one of the best parts of his career was deploying with Soldiers.
"I've done multiple deployments, but as an infantry guy, that's what you come in to do -- go to combat," he said. "I was so proud to go to combat with these guys because we had some awesome Soldiers. When I was with the 2-87th (Infantry) Catamounts, we had an awesome battalion. It was an honor and pleasure to deploy with them, but we didn't bring everybody back."
After redeploying from Afghanistan, Janssen served as the division's operations senior enlisted adviser until he retired in 2013.
"The highlight of my career was when my son, Danny, without any coercion, joined the Army. It was awesome."
Capt. Daniel Janssen currently serves as the aide to Maj. Gen. Harry E. Miller, former acting senior commander of the 10th Mountain Division (LI) and current commander of the 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard. Janssen said that while he was growing up, his father never shared much about his military career, which created an "Army mystique."
"I had always admired my father's service and dedication to the Army," Daniel Janssen said. "My father shielded my mother and me from the typical Army lifestyle of having to pick up and move every other year.
"He provided a high level of stability, which allowed me to grow up in one town while my father had numerous permanent changes of station and spent a large portion of his career as a geographical bachelor," he added.
The mystery of military service and the attacks on 9/11 ultimately led Daniel Janssen to make the decision to follow his father's footsteps.
"My father never pressured me to join the military," he said. "He knows that you can't be a good Soldier and effective leader if you are being forced into service."
The day after he commissioned his son, Janssen was on a plane to Iraq to deploy with the 10th Mountain Division headquarters.
"I was very lucky and grateful to have my father attend and render the traditional first salute, a great Army tradition," Daniel Janssen said. "Every now and then, I run into folks who see the name on my uniform and ask if I'm related to Al Janssen. I have met some of his former Soldier, peers and superiors.
"The stories and accounts that inevitably ensue are usually colorful and have a common denominator -- they're the fond memories of a top-shelf noncommissioned officer who loved what he did 24/7 and was one of the best at it without ever taking himself too seriously. That's a pretty cool legacy to have," he added.
Continuing service
Before retiring last year, he was offered a position in Washington, D.C., but he decided to hang up his uniform and stay in the North Country.
"The people keep you around," Janssen noted. "I think there are some great Americans in this division and in the community. The local community embraces us. They have really come around and put their arms around Fort Drum. I really love the surrounding community."
Like many service members preparing to leave the military, Janssen was not sure what he would do after retirement. Although he did not have to work, Janssen said he could not imagine spending the rest of his life away from Soldiers.
While he was going through the Army Career and Alumni Program, Janssen learned that the facility manager position at Magrath Sports Complex was open. After learning about the application process, he submitted his resume and was hired.
"I was at the right place at the right time," he said. "The job appealed to me because of the Soldiers. I would be around Soldiers day in and day out, and I've always loved sports. What a great combination! It was right up my alley."
Janssen said he spent much of his career -- especially at G-3 -- planning events. He has been able to use that knowledge to assist with planning several post athletic events, including the popular Mountain Mudder challenge.
"I do it for the Soldiers," he said. "They deserve that."
Daniel Janssen said he is happy that his father can continue doing what he loves.
"He loves the Army and the American Soldier," he said. "Now that he's out of uniform, I'm glad he gets to continue to do what he does best -- serve the Soldiers and Family Members of the great Army community."
Janssen recently attended the Inclusive Recreation for Wounded Warriors workshop at Pennsylvania State University. The weeklong course taught recreation managers the tools to better integrate wounded warriors into their existing programs.
"The big thing is adapting the programs for wounded warriors," Janssen said. "We can change the conditions (of activities) to allow them to participate. Not to degrade them -- you still want them to be challenged. We won't make it so easy that they get embarrassed or have no enjoyment. Nine times out of 10, they are looking for a challenge. That's why they came in the Army."
Janssen said the key is focusing on ensuring wounded warriors are not set up to fail, while also giving them an opportunity to succeed.
"It was a great course," he said. "I learned a lot about how to make our facilities more accessible -- not only for wounded warriors, but for people with other disabilities, so they get equal benefits out of our facility."
Janssen said he is thriving in his new role in the community, surrounding himself with Soldiers, Family Members and Civilians who work at Fort Drum.
"I really enjoy it up here," he said. "This is a great community, and I'm really happy to be a part of it. Being a Soldier for 32 years, that's the biggest thing you'd miss -- being around Soldiers and taking care of Soldiers. You miss that sense of the military community. I think I made the right choice."


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The Fair Grounds is set to open on Thursday and the fields are shaping up. The marquee race, the Thanksgiving Handicap, will be a rematch between Gantry and Cash Refund, who went 1-2 in the race last year. Stakes winner Delauney will also be one of the favorites in the race.
Here's what people are saying:
The Daily Racing Form:
- Applauding, trained by New Orleans native Al Stall Jr., will make her return to the races at Churchill Downs Wednesday.
- Gantry and Cash Refund will meet again in the Thanksgiving Handicap when the Fair Grounds opens Thursday.
The Blood Horse
- Hawthorne Race Course is dealing with an EHV-1 outbreak, which has killed several horses and prevented a large number of horses from shipping to the Fair Grounds.
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- Joe Talamo's agent Jay "Scotty" McClellan just celebrated his 40th year in the business.
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Dr. Alexey Root informed Denton High School chess club students that this coming Thursday, February 27, there will be a visit to the University of North Texas chess club. Then two of the students who played in the Texas Scholastic Championship showed their games to their fellow club members.
Dr. Alexey Root taught Battleship Chess from Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators to all three St. Vincent's School chess groups, as each group visited her at different times. The advanced students additionally guessed what moves were played in a classmate's tournament game.
Dr. Alexey Root taught the beginners how the Q, R, and B moved. Then the beginners tried this exercise from Read, Write, Checkmate: Enrich Literacy with Chess Activities.
Have pairs of students get out a board, a white queen, a black rook, and a black bishop. Each piece should be placed on its starting square. Start the white queen on d1, the black rook on h8 or a8, and the black bishop on f8 or c8. White moves first. . . . After trying this from both sides, ask students whether it was easier to play white or to play black.
Then we discussed the values of the Q, R, and B chessmen. The intermediate group also tried this exercise and additionally discussed the values of the K, N, and P.
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Three of the five players who participated in the Texas Scholastic February 8-9 showed chess games from that tournament to one or two other students. The Denton High School students analyzed the games together and with the help of Dr, Alexey Root.
Dr. Alexey Root and chess sponsor Fred Mueller took five Denton High School players to the Texas Scholastic Championship in Houston Feb. 8-9. Results are posted here.
And for the chess-player the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named "combination."
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Syracuse, NY -- A recent court filing suggests developer Robert Congel and Citigroup are discussing a settlement of their dispute over funding for Congel's stalled expansion of the Carousel Center mall.
The discussions, if they have reached the point of serious negotiations, hint that the bitter year-long dispute that has bounced through three courts may not eventually be resolved by a judge.
It would also explain why for several months neither side has pressed its case in the courts, even though the developer's $540 million Destiny USA mall project is stuck in mid-expansion and Citigroup has tens of millions of dollars at stake.
A hint at their end game comes in the latest court documents.
Congel's attorneys went to a lot of trouble to obtain a court order in January consolidating three lawsuits between him and the bank into one case — and requiring that it be handled in a court in Syracuse, not the bank's home, New York City.
Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. fought the action, but Judge John Cherundolo of state Supreme Court in Onondaga County granted the developer's request Jan. 26.
To make the order official, Destiny has to file it in the court clerk's office. And it had 60 days to do so. That never happened.
Late last month, attorneys for Congel and Citigroup, in a jointly signed motion, asked Cherundolo to suspend the 60-day deadline. Cherundolo did so.
Congel retains the right to file the order whenever he wants, but for the moment the court case is on hold by mutual agreement.
The attorneys asked that the motion be sealed, an attempt to keep it from the public. They did not give a reason. Cherundolo signed an order lifting the deadline, but he did not order it sealed.
Neither side will say why they asked the court to stay the deadline. Citigroup spokesman Steven Greenberg and Destiny executive David Aitken declined to comment Tuesday.
Neither side is saying anything to Syracuse city officials, either, even though the city is an integral partner in the project through a 30-year property tax exemption the city granted the mall.
Lindsay McCluskey, spokeswoman for Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, said the city has not been told of any negotiations and has had no recent contacts with the developer.
On Tuesday, a chainlink fence sealed off access to the addition. Signs on the fence warned: "Protected Site. Keep Out."
The court's stay effectively puts a hold on further proceedings before Cherundolo in the three lawsuits, an indication the two sides may be exploring grounds for a settlement.
After months of intensive court action that also saw both sides taking public potshots at each other, Citigroup and Congel's team have toned down the rhetoric since January.
If they are bargaining, it would not be the first time.
In May, Citigroup refused to lend Destiny USA Holdings LLC the last $68.4 million of a $155 million construction loan, saying it was worried about cost overruns, construction delays and a total lack of signed tenants for the 1.3-million-square-foot shopping mall addition. Congel sued the bank the following month, alleging that it breached its loan agreement because of the bank's own money troubles.
Cherundolo urged both sides to settle the case so he would not have to make a ruling. But after weeks of talks went nowhere, Cherundolo issued a decision in July ordering the bank to resume the lending.
Citigroup lost one appeal of Cherundolo's ruling and is attempting to have a second appeal heard by the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals.
Congel and his partners have also sued Citigroup in an attempt to get out of personal guarantees they signed in connection with the construction loan. Those guarantees make the partners personally responsible to repay the lender.
The two sides also are dueling over the overdue $410 million mortgages Citigroup holds on the original portion of the Carousel Center. They were due to be repaid in full Jan. 11. Citigroup has refused to grant Congel the one-year extension to which he claims he is entitled.
Congel started construction of the mall addition in 2007. The building's shell was completed last year before construction stopped in June.
The big, three-story structure has sat vacant ever since, its entrances covered with plywood. But Congel appears to be ramping up efforts to pitch the expansion to retailers. A new marketing brochure touts the addition as being "90 percent complete" and includes renderings showing the now-bland exterior brightened up with colorful lights and store names.
The brochure also proclaims an "opening spring 2011." Many previous opening dates announced for the addition have come and gone — with no opening.
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Tracy Chapman's gorgeous, albeit down-right depressing, Reaganomics-era ballad "Fast Car" has been enjoying a huge pop cultural resurgence in the UK in recent weeks thanks to another "Don't judge a book by it's cover"-type Britain's Got Talent performance-turned-viral sensation helping turn the original into a chart smash all over again.
Looking to jump on the bandwagon in celebration of the song's sudden re-popularity, London-born rap star Lethal Bizzle brought his own hip hop twist to the tune in this moving Live Lounge performance, using "Fast Car"'s lonesome guitar plucks and the momentary slice of hope nestled in its chorus as support for his own rags-to-riches narrative.
Tracking his life from humble childhood beginnings through his eventual pop success as an adult, Bizzle is basically laying the groundwork for a future biopic here, but the cheap emotional tactics he dishes out (Mom was so broke she could only afford the fake Adidas "with the four stripes"; after striking platinum, he cops her a Benz) are quite effective, leading us to believe that this could have easily been a crossover hit in its own right.
Our only complaint: Bizzle's inability to inject some kind of "Sometimes I Rhyme Slow" reference anywhere in the mix.


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BATON ROUGE -- The search for a new commissioner of higher education was thrown into turmoil today after a legislative committee rejected a proposed pay package for a retired educator who had been recruited to serve as interim commissioner until a permanent chief can be found.
The Legislature's joint budget committee rejected a $25,000 a month salary proposed for Tom Layzell, arguing that the expense was too great at a time when state government is under historic financial pressure and colleges are being forced to lay off employees.
"The public does not want to see these high salaries," said Rep. M.J. "Mert" Smiley, R-St. Amant, who joined a majority of House and Senate members on the committee in voting against the salary package, which also included a $600 monthly car allowance and a $1,500 housing allowance.
Layzell's supporters said the move will hamstring the Board of Regents in the short term as it tries to implement new policies approved by the Legislature, including the LaGRAD Act that gives colleges new tuition-raising authority in exchange for improved performance.
But the bigger problem could come when the state conducts a national search for a permanent commissioner, as it could deter top-tier applicants from seeking the job.
"I think it's a huge black eye for the state," said Barry Erwin, president of the non-partisan Council for a Better Louisiana. "We sent a message to the rest of the country that if you're a really good, high quality higher education leader you need not apply."
The Board of Regents had tapped Layzell, of Springfield, Ill., to serve as the state's top higher education policymaker for six months starting Aug. 1. The job became open after Sally Clausen, who had served in the job since 2008, resigned under fire effective July 1.
Layzell's pay package had been negotiated by the Regents, whose leaders said it was in line with what the job pays in other Southern states that have a similar job description.
But under a new state law that passed on the final day of the 2010 legislative session, commissioners' salaries must be approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, whose members have been sharply critical of college leaders for failing to communicate.
Annualized over a full year, Layzell's salary and benefits would have been nearly $200,000 less than the $527,000 annual pay package that Clausen received, an amount that included a $377,000 annual salary plus retirement, housing and car allowances.
Prior to his brief stop in Louisiana, Layzell had a 42-year career in higher education that included stints as a top policymaker in Mississippi, Illinois and Kentucky.
While Smiley urged Layzell to stay on as interim commissioner at a lower salary level, it's unclear what will happen next. Layzell said he planned to talk with members of the Regents, and said he wasn't especially surprised by the outcome.
"I knew that clearly this was a possibility," Layzell said.


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