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After two solid weeks of hunting, eating and whittling down the honey-do list at home, an exhausted Michigan legislature returns to town with a "state-to-do" list that is lengthy and likely undoable.
Undoable because the leftovers are complex, the votes aren't there, the legislative leaders are at odds, and they will likely spend only six days in town and then take the rest of the year to work back in the district.
• No-fault car insurance. The governor reports "some progress" being made on that front, but he is not likely to go as far as some House Republicans want him to go. And Democrats in both chambers are loathe to provide any votes for a "system that is not broken."
Prognosis: Maybe some anti-fraud stuff gets adopted but looks like the insurance lobby gets stiffed for Christmas.
• Funding Medicaid Expansion. House Republicans contend that the Medicaid expansion is fully funded but lawmakers do have to approve $70 million for the program because they delayed implementation until next spring.
Prognosis: This get's done. Maybe.
• Transportation funding. No rush to judgment here. This puppy has languished for over two years and while they might toss a couple hundred million at it, just to say they did something, there is no way the governor gets his $1.2 million he said was needed to do the job.
Prognosis: Local governments may be given the option to raise taxes locally and use that money to fix their roads. Beautiful example of the legislature not wanting to do it, so dump it on the locals.
And then depending on what mood they are in, and they should be festive because there will be many parties, there are a host of cats and dogs, pet projects and other items that could get through.
Michigan Right to Life wants to force women to purchase abortion insurance as a separate rider on their health care policy. Since they have more than enough RTW supporters, this should fly through with ease. Democrats will take the chance to trot out the "war on women" line again when they do.
The house might take up some Medical Marijuana changes, take a swipe at some education reform questions and campaign finance reform, which cleared the senate before they left.
By the way while the R's call it finance reform, the GOP Secretary of State and lots of Democrats are calling it legislation to allow fat-cat GOP donors to make bigger contributions without having to tell anyone who they are. However SOS Ruth Johnson would not use that exact verbiage.
So off we go with the assurance that if nothing gets done now, there is always next year.
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June 2010
Os/Nationals lineup
Corey Patterson LF
Miguel Tejada 3B
Nick Markakis RF
Ty Wigginton 1B
Luke Scott DH
Adam Jones CF
Matt Wieters C
Scott Moore 2B
Julio Lugo SS
Jeremy Guthrie RHP
Nyjer Morgan CF
Cristian Guzman 2B
Ryan Zimmerman 3B
Adam Dunn DH
Josh Willingham LF
Roger Bernandina RF
Mike Morse 1B
Alberto Gonzalez SS
Wil Nieves C
Luis Atilano RHP
Bergesen's day
Brad Bergesen had a rough outing in his first start back since being optioned to Triple-A Norfolk for the second time this season. When asked after the Orioles 6-5 win if Bergesen would get to make his next start interim manager Juan Samuel said, at this point, yes.
"He only gave us 4 innings," Samuel said. "He needs to throw his bullpen. As it is now, yes, he is going to get his next start. You hope he can relax and give us some innings next time."
After throwing 36 pitches through the first two frames, Bergesen tossed 29 in the third, allowing four runs and putting the Orioles in an early hole for the second time in less than 24 hours.
He issued a leadoff walk to No. 9 batter Ian Desmond, and plunked Cristian Guzman one out later. Ryan Zimmerman's ball found a hole on the left side of the infield, with Cesar Izturis making a great back-handed stop but couldn't throw to third in time. Izturis' play was one of several just-misses for the Orioles, who weren't charged with any errors but had several chances to get out of the inning.
Bergesen allowed another run in the fourth inning and hasn't allowed less than four earned runs in a start since he held Kansas City to three runs over 6 2/3 on May 17.
"We still didn't see a whole lot of sink, and we know he needs that," Samuel said. "He needs to sink the ball. We saw some earlier in the game, but as the game went on his pitches started staying up. He needs to get his sinker back. That's how he's going to have success."
Bergesen said he felt like he had a decent sinker for most of the game, but had a few mistakes that proved costly.
"I felt like I had all my pitches, I felt like my arm angle was good," Bergesen said. "But really that leadoff walk in the third inning and then that pitch to Dunn were really my two big mistakes."
"He didn't have it all the time [on Saturday], but he showed signs of the old Bergy sinker," catcher Matt Wieters said. "Especially when we'd go away from left-handers. We've got to get back to where we can throw it into right-handers as well. It will come."
Bergesen is 3-4 with a 6.83 ERA in 13 games and has had two separate stints in Triple-A Norfolk to work on reestablishing his sinker. While Samuel said Bergesen is in line to make his next start, it's something to keep an eye on. He is next scheduled to pitch against Boston at Fenway Park, and if he's not right that could be an ugly game, damaging to the Orioles and to Bergesen's confidence.
Old Orioles on this year's squad
As you might have read, the Orioles had a nice on-field celebration for the 1970 World Series Champion Orioles team earlier Saturday afternoon. At the press conference, several old Orioles chimed in on the current state of the O's…
Paul Blair: "I just kind of think that we don't have the kind of leadership and coaches that we need here to make this a better organization, an organization like we had when we were all playing. There's no structure here, there's no leadership. Until we get that, we will continue to struggle the way we're struggling."
Frank Robinson: "I am not going to sit here and try to tell you what's wrong with this organization or this team right now. But it saddens me to see the course that this organization has taken for quite a number of years, 13 or 14 years. It bothers me and I don't feel good about it, because I always take a lot of pride in wearing this uniform, and I always will. Hopefully we can get going sometime and that's it. I know they've been saying that for a lot of years, I know they're trying, but they just haven't had the right mix."
Davey Johnson: "I love Baltimore. All my kids were born here. I had great years playing here. I really enjoyed managing here. We had some fun, we came up short. All of us hate to see Baltimore fall on hard times. They've got a nucleus of some pretty good young players. I keep looking for them to bounce back and start doing the things that they're capable of doing. As far as commenting on what's going on, I'm working down the Beltway for the Nationals. As far as Baltimore, I hope they straighten out it and start winning."
Frank Robinson, on enduring the 1988 O's season (101 losses) and what advice he gives to Juan Samuel, his players, and the next manager:
"Be positive. Look down the players in the lineup and see who you can be successful with that night. Manage the game as you see it and don't try to worry about the games that have gone by. Think about the games to be, and do what you can do to win those ball games. And be positive. Try to take as much out of swapping lineups and players as you possibly can.
I became a comedian of sorts during the course of our '88 season, because we had to laugh, we had to joke, we had to talk to reporters every day and keep them away from the players and keep them from focusing on the players on the field.
You've just got to stay positive, that's all there is to it. You can't get down, because the players feed off of you. And you can't fool them. They can look at you and see if you're down or if you have confidence in them or whatever. That's what you have to do. That's the biggest job you have to do in that situation."
Britton on the mark
In his first start since being selected to represent the Orioles in this year's Futures Game, Zach Britton continued to dominate for Double-A Bowie. Britton threw one of the best games of his career Friday night, giving up one run off four hits over a career-high eight innings.
He struck out nine batters with just one walk, as his ERA dropped to 2.48, third-best in the Eastern League.
My associate, Noah Rosenstein, did a nice job writing a feature on Britton a few days before his selection. You can read that story here.
Is Lou Montanez a Major Leaguer?
If you read yesterday's story about Lou Montanez going on the 15-day disabled list, you
know that Montanez called this season the worst year of his career.
So it got reporters thinking about his career and whether Montanez is actually a legitimate Major League player.
"I've got no doubt in my mind that Louie could play in the Major Leagues," interim manager Juan Samuel said. "He's a guy that has a lot of confidence, you need that. And he knows he is good because he tells you he is good. We have seen him, what he could do. I think Lou is a good outfielder. I think Lou can run. I think he is a good hitter."
Even though Montanez was only batting .140 ?
"It is kind of hard when you sit on the bench for two and three weeks to go out there an face major league hitters," Samuel said. "We know that. Lou thinks of himself as an everyday player. Lou is not a role player."
"Those guys are (usually) veteran players that know the situation that they are going to be in. It's hard for a young guy to sit three or four weeks and all of a sudden turn it on. Those guys need to play."
Montanez will be out at least two weeks, and said the first week will be about resting and the second will be getting his legs. He's never had an oblique problem before and didn't anticipate it being a lingering injury.
Orioles/Nationals lineups and pregame tidbits
*Interim manager Juan Samuel said Brian Roberts started light baseball actives a few days ago in Sarasota, Fla. Roberts is really far away. At this point, I wouldn't anticipate him coming back until August at the earliest. I know there has been no talk of shutting him down and getting surgery, but I wouldn't be surprised if that ends up happening.
*As expected Brad Bergesen was recalled for today's start, with Lou Montanez being placed on the DL with a left oblique strain. That's retroactive to June 21.
*Felix Pie was the DH at Frederick last night, and will play a few more games there before going to Double-A Bowie. Pie also played long toss and Samuel said that how he progresses in his throwing will be key. If you remember, Pie injury (an upper back strain) was frequently aggravated by throwing, and he's been taking swings for weeks now.
*Ty Wigginton (back tightness) is out of the lineup but said he would be available to pinch hit if necessary. Samuel and Wigginton both said they are erring on the side of being cautious. Still this is an interesting situation to note if he doesn't play tomorrow.
*Hitting coach Terry Crowley is back after tending to a personal matter and missing Friday night's game.And no, he said he got no good-natured ribbing over the Orioles scoring seven unanswered runs without him in last night's win.
Corey Patterson LF
Miguel Tejada 3B
Nick Markakis RF
Luke Scott DH
Adam Jones CF
Matt Wieters C
Scott Moore 1B
Julio Lugo 2B
Cesar Izturis SS
Brad Bergesen RHP
Nyker Morgan CF
Cristian Guzman DH
Ryan Zimmerman 3B
Adam Dunn 1B
Josh Willingham LF
Ivan Rodriguez C
Roger Bernandino RF
Adam Kennedy 2B
Ian Desmond SS
Livan Hernandez RHP
Edwin Jackson's no hitter
A note on Edwin Jackson's no hitter against his former team, the Rays, which I watched from the press box tonight….
Jackson threw 149 pitches and walked eight, but held on for the no-no. It couldn't happen to a better guy. When I was an associate reporter with the Rays in '08 I remember Jackson would always be in the parking lot signing autographs for fans every morning of Spring Training. He wouldn't leave until he had signed them all. He did that same thing throughout the year, and was just always a pleasant guy to have around. He never got to high or too low and was just genuinely happy to be in the big leagues and to have fans.
As a quote, he's not the greatest, which is hardly a reporter's dream. But as a guy, he's awesome. One of those pitchers who strolled in on afternoons he pitched and sat and chatted with you. He once told me he doesn't like to get all weird and silent on days he starts, preferring to put on his headphone and get in the zone about an hour before first pitch.
I also remember his mother yelling at him to throw strikes from the stands. Hey, some lessons you never quite learn.
Anyways, just good to see him do well in Arizona. I know he's still close with the Rays, especially B.J. Upton, who struck out in the ninth.
More on Atkins
I know Garrett Atkins has been the subject of fans' ire all season, and he's made it no secret lately that he knows his time is coming to an end. But I will say this about him: he's been professional about it.
Atkins was at his locker today and conducted essentially the same interview four times, answering the same questions patiently and without any excuses. And it wasn't exactly a pleasant topic given that it was about his poor performance and pending release.
"I know [interim manager Juan Samuel] feels bad, there's only so many spots to go around in the lineup," said Atkins who started for just the fifth time in 2 games on Friday.
"Guys that have been in my position have done a good job. So, you can't really complain about not playing when guys are playing good."
Atkins is very quiet, but in my opinion, he might be one of the smartest guys in that locker room. He knows the writing's on the wall and his time in Baltimore is over when Felix Pie comes back, or even sooner.
"They might have given up on me, but I don't think [being released is] going to happen this weekend," he said.
A lot of guys would sulk, yell or refuse to talk about the rumors until they were true. So while Atkins deserves to be booed for his performance on the field, in my opinion he deserves a small amount of respect for taking the high road.
He did admit that being released and picked up by another team wouldn't be a bad thing, and would be a "welcome opportunity."
But how much can you fault a guy for wanting out given that he sits on the bench with little shot of playing, (because he's been awful) while the Orioles are marred in a historically bad run?
Orioles/Nats game 1 lineups and tidbits
By now you know, the Garrett Atkins Era is still in full swing in Baltimore. Although, he told me a change would be a "welcome opportunity." I saw Atkins talking to Pat Burrell when the team was in San Francisco, and he admitted that being released isn't always a bad thing. Pat the Bat has found his stroke away from the AL East. What cruel irony that would be for Orioles fans if Atkins were to hit elsewhere.
Instead of Atkins, Lou Montanez will hit the DL, in a move expected to come down postgame.
*As was reported earlier in the week, Michael Gonzalez will go on a rehab assignment this upcoming week. He came through from today's game with no reported problems and is on track to possibly join the team on July 2's roadtrip.
*Felix Pie should be on that trip as well, if there are no setbacks. He played in Frederick yesterday and went 2-for-5 and is expected to get some more time tonight.
*Koji Uehara is coming back, either Sunday or Tuesday.
Corey Patterson LF
Miguel Tejada 3B
Nick Markakis RF
Luke Scott DH
Adam Jones CF
Matt Wieters C
Garrett Atkins 1B
Julio Lugo 2B
Cesar Izturis SS
Jake Arrieta RHP
Nyjer Morgan CF
Cristian Guzman 2B
Ryan Zimmerman 3B
Adam Dunn 1B
Josh Willingham DH
Ivan Rodriguez C
Mike Morse RF
Brendan Harris LF
Ian Desmond SS
J.D. Martin RHP
Koji in limbo
The Orioles won't activate Koji Uehara until at least Sunday. According to interim manager Juan Samuel Uehara wouldn't have been available to throw on Saturday, since he pitched in a simulated game on Thursday. (Does that send off any red flags to anyone else?)
Anyways, Koji could be activated Sunday or the O's could wait until Tuesday, depending of the shape that their 'pen is in. Monday is an off day.

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My church is having a homecoming service very soon, and I have the need to pipe video only (already wired for audio) into an overflow room that has a ceiling mounted projector. Distance from camera to overflow room is ~150 ft as the crow flies. I do not have a reasonable way to hard wire video to this location, however, I do have both wired and wireless networking available for a means to transport the video data. Could you guys please suggest a suitable solution that could get my video signal from camera to projector via a network (either wired or wireless)?
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Composite video? I saw a wireless composite video receiver/transmitter in a home theater that actually worked pretty well, but the distance was maybe 20'. It's really a crapshoot to get a video signal 150' wirelessly. eBay should have wireless video receiver/transmitters for cheap. Give that a shot. I personally never use wireless save for wireless mics in a commercial application, but I understand it's probably a pain to do so.
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In an era when tweets and text messages strip the language down to its bare essentials, it's probably not surprising that spelling skills seem to be atrophying away.
Restaurant menus aren't exempt from this decline in proper spelling; even professionally prepared menus containing egregious errors are appearing on restaurant tabletops.
Grubhub, Inc., a web and media company that provides online food ordering services through its grubhub.com web site, recently put together a list of most commonly spelled menu terms.
Most commonly misspelled was "fettuccine," with that pasta name registering a 70 percent error rate.
"Caesar" (as in the salad) was misspelled almost 40 percent of the time, and even a simple word like "dessert" was wrong one time out of ten (people leave out the second "s").
The mistaken use of the apostrophe in plural nouns is another spelling blunder that's epidemic in the restaurant world ("pie made with fresh apple's").
Some might argue that spelling's only a technical detail that we need not sweat, but those who understand consumer psychology recognize that details matter.
Just like spiffy landscaping and spotlessly clean restrooms, a carefully proofread, free-of-spelling-blunders menu subconsciously reassures customers that a restaurant knows how to take care of all the little details.
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The city of Bainbridge Island will now be offering residents the option of paying bills online.
The service went live on the city's website this week.
Residents can pay their utility bill, renew their business license or buy a new business license through the city's "Pay Online" addition to the website.
To access the feature, visit ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us, go to the "Departments" drop-down tab, then scroll over "Finance." "Pay Online" is listed as the last link.
The city of Bainbridge Island has partnered with the third-party vendor PayGov.us to offer residents the option of paying city fees using credit or debit cards.
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Germany battered Brazil 7-1 in their own backyard to win a place in the 2014 World Cup final.
Amazingly for these footballing heavyweights with eight World Cup wins between them, the semi-final clash in Belo Horizonte was only the second occasion the two nations have met at the showcase tournament.
Brazil won the first-ever meeting, 2-0 in the 2002 World Cup final, which featured a certain 24-year-old named Miroslav Klose, and the famous three Rs of Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho.
Here we recall the stars making the headlines on that momentous day in Yokohama and reveal where they are now.
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As March rolls around the calendar year, the month holds a much cherished tradition in the hearts of our students and community. In celebration of the feast day of St. Joseph on March 19, a special parent of a Saint Paul's School student puts on a St. Joseph altar annually. But the school started the altar a few days early and celebrated March 10.
Saint Joseph is the "patron and protector of the Institute of the Christian Brothers," and therefore holds a special place in the hearts of the community.
This altar, flowing with flowers, grains, fruits, vegetables, seafood, and sweets, pays homage to Saint Joseph in a unique way. The legend goes that during the Middle Ages a drought struck the island of Sicily. Famine and many other hardships railed the land. Fish died, rivers dried, and crops disappeared as the Sicilians desperately needed rain. The faithful people prayed to Saint Joseph that he would intercede to God for them, and the Sicilians promised that they would forever honor Saint Joseph if their petitions were granted. After days of deep prayer, God answered their cries for help. Rains began to fall, crops flourished, and fish filled the waters where there had been none. In his honor, they began to construct an altar every year in Saint Joseph's honor on his feast day. The Sicilians built the altar in three levels, representing the Holy Trinity.
Besides being an Italian tradition, the altar is also a New Orleans tradition and has made its way into the city of Covington and, more specifically, and into Saint Paul's School.
About 16 years ago, Dr. Ann Kay Logarbo, mother of class of 2013 Patrick Logarbo, class of 2009 graduate Nick Logarbo, and class of 2008 graduate Brian Logarbo, prayed to Saint Joseph as vehemently as the Sicilians of the Middle ages when illness struck her elder brother. When things seemed grimmest, Ann Kay and her mother asked Saint Joseph to save her brother and, in return, she would build an altar in his honor. Within two months, the brother beat his sickness and turned around his life. Ever since then, the Saint Joseph altar has been at the school and this year marks its 15th year.
Large numbers of students and parent volunteers assisted Logarbo throughout the weekend with preparation of the food and altar itself. Students visited the altar during their religion classes with opportunities to feast on the many desserts and other items that had been placed on the altar in honor of St. Joseph. At lunchtime, Logarbo, along with a strong contingency of mothers from the St. Paul's Mothers Club, offered a meal to every member of the student body and faculty. Delicious catfish, spaghetti, salad, and various pastas comprised most of the menu.
Before any feasting began, however, the food was blessed. As tradition has it, if the food is not eaten, proper etiquette requires that a person bury it in the ground. Dr. Logarbo always makes sure to adhere to these particular qualifications when organizing this awesome spectacle. Specifically labeled trash cans are used to collect the uneaten food and prepare it for burial.STATE CHAMPS RECEIVE THEIR TROPHY


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One quick scan of the parking lot, and it's immediately clear which vehicle belongs to Woody Harrelson. Squatting magnificently amid a grid of clean, white cigarette-carton-shaped trailers — each likely sucking up more electricity than a decent-size car wash — is a '70s-era bus covered in swirling murals of moons, dolphins, unicorns, and other groovy staples of the airbrush medium, and looking like something Ken Kesey would have approved of. At one point, it was a smog-belching emissary of the Chicago Transit Authority, but the ever eco-minded Woody — it feels plain wrong to refer to him as anything else — has reinvented it as a solar-paneled, biodiesel-fueled, hemp-interior friend to Mother Earth. It has accompanied him on numerous film shoots over the past 11 years, and like his home in Maui, its main goal is to conserve energy.
Right now, that's Woody's goal, too.
"You don't mind if I lie down, do ya?" he asks, his ingratiating drawl — the verbal equivalent of a conspiratorial wink — making it impossible to say no. "Whoo, man, am I exhausted!"
He'd have to be. Last month saw the release of Rampart, a small gut-punch of a drama in which he gives a pressure-cooker performance as a terminally corrupt cop. Then came Game Change, HBO's political docudrama about the 2008 presidential campaign, followed by The Hunger Games, the hopeful franchise starter, which has him playing Haymitch Abernathy, the whiskey-pickled mentor to Katniss Everdeen. Now Woody's here in New Orleans making yet another film — Now You See Me, a heist flick about a troupe of bank-robbing illusionists, costarring Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Caine, Isla Fisher, and Mark Ruffalo — and he's currently taking a break in the middle of what's shaping up to be a long, tiring day of shooting. Once horizontal on the stack of blue cushions he'd been sitting on, the 50-year-old actor lets out a contented sigh. "Thanks, man, I needed that," he says. "My natural tendency is towards laziness and indolence. I'm really a slacker at heart."
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Barely more than 1,100 people applied by Friday's deadline to take advantage of BP grants intended for an estimated 27,000 people who worked in support of deepwater oil and gas rigs when the federal government imposed its drilling moratorium last year in the wake of the Gulf oil spill.
That marks little increase over the 900 applications that had been started going into the final week of the application period.
BP set up the $100 million rig worker fund, but there were far fewer applications than expected for a first round of grants last year for people who worked on the shuttered rigs.
More than $88 million was still left in the fund, even accounting for a $6.5 million administrative fee. So, BP decided to expand the fund to support the supply vessel crews, transportation workers, ancillary tool makers and others with direct connection to the 33 rigs affected by the moratorium.
Even if all 1,121 applications that were started by Friday's deadline are approved, and even if all get the maximum hardship grant of $30,000 from the fund administrator, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, there would still be about $55 million left in the fund.
Foundation spokesman Mukul Verma said it will take two more weeks for an insurance company that is processing the applications to determine how many were completed. And, he said, grants won't be determined and paid until June 15.
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Further appeals were still possible, reports said. The governmentŌĆÖs Fair Trade Commission issued the fines for price fixing against Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, Wei Chuan Foods Corporation and Kuang Chuan Dairy Corporation on October 19, 2011. The three companies hold a market share of 80 percent, reports said.
Concerted action in raising prices of similar products simultaneously is banned under the Fair Trade Act. The court supported the FTCŌĆÖs argument that the three companies had colluded in working out the increases.
Wei Chuan was fined NT$12 million (US$398,000), Uni-President NT$10 million (US$332,000) and Kuang Chuan NT$8 million (US$265,000).
The differences in fines were the result of the companiesŌĆÖ varying market shares and revenues but were also determined by the level of cooperation the investigation received, the FTC said.
The Cabinet-level body looked into the price rises at a time when a wide range of food products became more expensive, infuriating consumers angry about the governmentŌĆÖs apparent lack of response.
The investigation into the milk pricing practices started after coffee chains raised their prices in 2011 and blamed their higher costs on the more expensive dairy products supplied by the three large groups.
It was not immediately known whether the corporations would file appeals against the latest verdict.
Just a few months ago, the major dairy companies had to fight off magazine allegations that their products contained residues of a wide variety of chemical substances, from antibiotics to contraceptives. Tests by the Council of Agriculture rebutted the allegations.


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Denise Cherney Lynch is the owner and director of the Cherney Dance Studio which is located at 599 Chestnut Street, Union since 1958. Lynch is a lifelong resident of Union and a 1958 graduate of Union High School. Her students have included many children and grandchildren of former students. Graduates of the school have gone on to operate their own studios and professional careers including several Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. Lynch credits much of the success of the studio to its excellent staff who provide the best dance education possible.
Robyn Dominguez, assistant director and instructor, is a particular favorite among students and parents alike. She has been associated with the studio for over 30 years.
Two free offers are available to those both new and previously enrolled. Take one week of free trial classes, as many classes as you would like with no obligation. Plus, those who register by the end of the following week, receive a free pair of dance shoes.
The school's senior and junior dance teams received "High Gold Awards" for their jazz and tap routines at the Step Up 2 Dance Competition. Kathy Szoc received a Platinum Overall Award for her pointe solo. Dance students Kasey Walker, Nicole Mogenis, Kathy Szoc, Alison Urban, Alyssa DiPaola, Mia Camargo, Michelle Manochio and Miajah Small performed at Six Flags Great Adventure on May 5.
Beginner to advanced instruction is offered in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, gymnastics, pointe, tiny-tots, Kinder Kids and combination classes ages 3 to adult. Classes are held Monday through Saturday.
In person information and registration is available at the studio Monday through Friday 3:30-8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or call 908-688-4664 or visit cherneydancestudio.com.
Classes are held Monday through Saturday.


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Letters from Sept. 26, 2007
Port of Silverdale: Leave my tax dollars alone
Once again local government is running amuck. Now the Port of Silverdale wants to spend millions of your tax dollars to make Old Town Silverdale a better shopping experience. In a time when the county and schools are experiencing budget difficulties, they want to take millions of your tax dollars to aid and assist the wealthy business people who own land and businesses in the area that contains some of the most expensive real estate in Kitsap County. These businesses among others include lawyers offices, real estate offices and other professionals. Instead of making these businesses invest in their own interests, they have decided to enhance the character of Old Town, because they know best they are self-appointed experts in how your money should be spent. They want a garden paradise at your expense. Most people of this county do not shop in this area, cant afford to shop in this area and have no business interest in this area, but they want YOU to pay. They want more exclusive types of shops and restaurants, art shops, etc., most of which the average county resident cannot afford. While the common shopping district of Silverdale suffers from massive congestion from ill designed roads, poorly designed and timed signal lights, rampant construction in an area that has little left in space, these people want to take your money and use it for fluff. Our government has no legitimate purpose for this type of planning and it demonstrates clearly why we have a duty to limit their activities. The entire concept of the Port of Silverdale is weird. We have a recreational boat dock. Let them manage that and let them collect money from those who use it. Other than that, leave our tax dollars alone to be used for legitimate purposes. I am sick and tired of my tax load going up and up and up to support this kind of nonsense.
Letters on letters: Erroneous interpretations of history
Mike Vineyard, in his letter (CK Reporter, Sept. 22), has given several interesting but erroneous interpretations of history. I hope his errors are due to his lack of knowledge rather that an intentional desire to mislead us. I write to just a couple of the issues he raises.
Mr. Vineyard writes of the Civil War which came about because of the Republicans, who wanted to end slavery, and the Democrats who insisted on allowing slavery to continue.
The issue of slavery was a dominant concern in United States politics, especially from 1830 to 1860. Representatives from the slave-holding states wanted to continue and expand slavery; representatives from the northern states tried to curtail the spread of slavery, a few even wanting to abolish it.
The main political parties then were the Democrats and the Whigs; there were Southern Democrats and Northern Democrats, Southern Whigs and Northern Whigs, each party being divided on the issue of the expansion of slavery.
In the mid-1850s, the Republican Party began, and since it sought to restrict the growth of slavery, it was strong only in the North. After the Civil War, the Whig Party disappeared, leaving the Republican Party and the Democratic Party as competitors even until this day. To imply the Democratic Party of today is like the Southern Democrats of the 1850s is totally erroneous.
Vineyard cites the Civil Rights Act of 1964, stating that it had more Republican support than Democratic support. If one looks at the voting totals of the Senate and the House of Representatives, his numbers are correct but misleading. If the votes from the southern states are removed from the totals, it is clear that it was the Democrats who gave it far more support than the Republicans, for example Dem 45-0, Rep 27-5. (Rather than give a detailed breakdown, I refer you to the Wikipedia article on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964).
The impetus to pass that legislation came from the Democratic president, Lyndon Johnson, who was warned that doing so would lead to southern Democrats leaving the party; in the next few years, most of those representatives from the South became Republicans, and they are so today.
I choose not to write concerning the parallel Vineyard makes between the Civil War and the Iraqi War. That stretch is beyond my comprehension.
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Conservatives don't like Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion on the health care act. The Supreme Court's job is to tell us the meaning of laws and the Constitution. Roberts is upholding the greatness of his job under pressure.
As we learned as children: Legislators make the laws. Justices give us justice. It is how a democracy works.
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Emergency response agencies in Jefferson Parish will be conducting a search and rescue exercise Sunday on the West Bank.
The command post for the exercise, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. weather permitting, will be at Fire Station 86, 1400 Berger Road, Marrero. Anyone wishing to view the exercise may do so there or at the Westwego Shrimp Dock, 500 block of Laroussini Street; and the Villa d'Ames Apartments, corner of 4th Street and Ames Boulevard, Marrero.
The parish, its emergency response agencies and municipalities will take part in the operation. The exercise will place commanders from fire, police and emergency medical services and emergency management agencies in one command post requiring response to a natural disaster that will involve numerous victims that need to be found and rescued.
The exercise also will test the effectiveness of the new regional public safety radio system to provide interagency communications to all emergency response personnel. The exercise will change throughout the event in an effort to challenge the different commanders to manage the event together instead of individually.


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Cedar Creek at Mainland, 4pm
Holy Spirit at St. Joseph (Hamm.), 4pm
Wallington at Becton, 4pm
Clifton at Bergen Tech, 4pm
Pompton Lakes at Elmwood Park, 4pm
Hawthorne Christian at Emerson Boro, 4pm
Eastern Christian at Garfield, 4pm
Mary Help of Christians at Lodi, 4pm
St. Mary (Ruth.) at Lodi Immaculate, 4pm
Dwight-Englewood at New Milford, 4pm
Wood-Ridge at North Arlington, 4pm
Midland Park at Park Ridge, 4pm
Paramus at Ridgewood, 4pm
Hawthorne at Rutherford, 4pm
Hasbrouck Heights at Saddle Brook, 4pm
Old Tappan at Demarest, 4:15pm
Teaneck at Dumont, 4:15pm
Passaic Valley at Fair Lawn, 4:15pm
Northern Highlands at Hackensack, 4:15pm
Bergenfield at Pascack Valley, 4:15pm
Indian Hills at Ramapo, 4:15pm
Tenafly at Teaneck, 4:15pm
Ridgefield at Leonia, 7pm
Medford Tech at Doane Academy, 3:45pm
New Egypt at Rancocas Valley, 3:45pm
Maple Shade at Riverside, 3:45pm
Villa Victoria at Life Center, 4pm
Florence at Bordentown, 6:30pm
Gateway at Winslow, 3pm
Haddon Township at Audubon, 3:45pm
Shawnee at Cherry Hill West, 3:45pm
Paul VI at Eastern, 3:45pm
Cherry Hill East at Timber Creek, 3:45pm
Gateway at Winslow, 3:45pm
Camden Charter at Haddonfield, 4pm
Atlantic Tech at Cape May Tech, 4pm
Buena at Ocean City, 4pm
Atlantic City at Wildwood, 4:30pm
Northern Burlington at Millville, 4:15pm
Newark Academy at Bloomfield, 4pm
Barringer at Bloomfield Tech, 4pm
Montclair Kimberley at Columbia, 4pm
Millburn at Glen Ridge, 4pm
Technology at Irvington, 4pm
Caldwell at Livingston, 4pm
West Essex at Mount St. Dominic, 4pm
Arts at Newark East Side, 4pm
Cedar Grove at Nutley, 4pm
Belleville at Verona, 4pm
Golda Och at Weequahic, 4pm
Montclair at West Orange, 4pm
Newark Central at Orange, 5pm
Lindenwold at Paulsboro, 3:45pm
Woodbury at West Deptford, 3:45pm
Penns Grove at Clayton, 4pm
Gloucester Tech at Delsea, 4pm
Burlington City at Glassboro, 4pm
Hudson Catholic at Marist, 4pm
Harrison at Secaucus, 4pm
Memorial at Dickinson, 4:15pm
Bound Brook at Bayonne, 4:30pm
Union City at North Bergen, 4:30pm
St. Dominic at Snyder, 4:30pm
St. Anthony at University Charter, 4:30pm
McNair at Lincoln, 5pm
Watchung Hills at Delaware Valley, 3:45pm
Roxbury at Voorhees, 4pm
New Hope-Solebury (PA) at South Hunterdon, 6:30pm
Robbinsville at Notre Dame, 3:45pm
Lawrence at Princeton, 4pm
Hopewell Valley at Steinert, 4pm
West Windsor South at Trenton, 4pm
Ewing at West Windsor North, 4pm
Hamilton at Nottingham, 7pm
J.P. Stevens at Woodbridge, 3:45
Monroe at Iselin Kennedy, 4
South Brunswick at Old Bridge, 4
Edison at Piscataway, 4
North Brunswick at Colonia, 4
Mother Seton at Dunellen, 4
South Amboy at East Brunswick Tech, 4
New Brunswick at Middlesex, 4
Carteret at South Plainfield, 4
East Brunswick at Sayreville, 4
Perth Amboy at Bishop Ahr, 4
Warren Hills at Metuchen, 4
Cardinal McCarrick at Spotswood (DH), 4
South River at Timothy Christian, 4
Perth Amboy Tech at Wardlaw-Hartridge, 4
Piscataway Tech at Highland Park, 4
Mater Dei at Henry Hudson, 3:45pm
Holmdel at Matawan, 3:45pm
Howell at Middletown South, 3:45pm
St. Rose at Ranney, 3:45pm
Monmouth at Raritan, 3:45pm
Hightstown at Allentown, 4pm
Keyport at Asbury Park, 4pm
Rumson at Manalapan, 4pm
Freehold Borough at Marlboro, 4pm
Shore at Red Bank, 4pm
Manasquan at Wall, 4pm
Morris Hills at Boonton, 4pm
Essex County Vocational at Dover, 4pm
Pope John at Montville, 4pm
Montville at Morris Catholic, 4pm
North Hunterdon at Morris Knolls, 4pm
Madison at Morristown, 4pm
Hanover Park at Mount Olive, 4pm
Lacordaire at St. Elizabeth, 4pm
Butler at Villa Walsh, 4pm
Dwight-Englewood at Morristown-Beard, 4:15pm
Parsippany Hills at Parsippany, 6:30pm
Toms River North at Brick, 3:45pm
Toms River South at Brick Memorial, 3:45pm
Point Pleasant Boro at Jackson Liberty, 3:45pm
Toms River East at Lacey, 3:45pm
Manchester Township at Msgr. Donovan, 3:45pm
Jackson at Southern, 3:45pm
Pinelands at Lakewood, 4pm
Wayne Valley at Lakeland, 4pm
Glen Rock at Manchester Regional, 4pm
Paterson Eastside at Passaic, 4pm
Paterson Kennedy at Passaic Tech, 4pm
Vernon at Paterson Charter, 4pm
West Milford at Wayne Hills, 4pm
Lakeland at Wayne Valley, 4:15pm
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 4pm
Belvidere at Manville, 3:45pm
Gill St. Bernard's at Ridge, 3:45pm
Gov. Livingston at Bridgewater-Raritan, 4pm
Belvidere at Manville, 4pm
Bernards at Pingry, 4pm
Vernon at Bernards, 4:15pm
Pennington at Rutgers Prep, 4:15pm
North Warren at Kittatinny, 3:30pm
Morris Knolls at High Point, 4pm
Jefferson at Hopatcong, 4pm
Blair at Wallkill Valley, 4pm
Somerset Tech at Benedictine, 4pm
Scotch Plains at Brearley, 4pm
Kearny at Elizabeth, 4pm
Ferris at Roselle Catholic, 4pm
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Watch AAAHH!!! Real Monsters
Ahh real monsters is the story of three monster who go around New York City scaring the local residents. The three monsters named(Ickis,Oblina and Krumm) all attend school where they learn techniques on fear. Most of their homework assignments and test revolve around them terrifying citizens of the city. The show was a huge success for Nickelodeon and ran for four seasons. Nickelodeon then began to air reruns of the show until 2006.
Ickis is a small red-furred rabbit looking creature. Since, he appears to be a small stuff children's toy, Ickis tends to scare smaller children during his exploits. Oblina is a black and white, upside down candy cane looking monster. Her method of scaring usually involves her pulling her internal organs out through her mouth or she will swell up to enormous size causing massive fear within the person. Krumm is a humanoid creature who must hold his eyes in the palms of his hands. He commonly loose them and must hunt for them throughout the show. His technique of terror is usually his powerful stench from his underarms, that he regularly boasts about.
Ahhh Real Monster's was created by the same animators as the creators of the Rugrats and Duckman. Gabor Csupó was approached by Nickelodeon to create a follow up series to the Rugrats, he decided to write about monsters because his children were in love with them. The Pilot episode of the show was awarded the first prize for animation by both the Houston and Ottawa Film Festival.
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Watch Full Episodes of AAAHH!!! Real Monsters
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AAAHH!!! Real Monsters Full Episode Guide
- Episode 13 - Laugh, Krumm, Laugh / Rookie Monsters
The Academy is gearing up for the Scaring Olympics. The Gromble wants desperately to win the competition and is pushing his students to do their best./Ickis, Krumm and Oblina get trapped in a garbage compactor and the only thing they can do is bicker.
- Episode 12 - Showdown / Internal Affairs
Simon the Monster Hunter hires three of the greatest hunters in the world to help him capture Ickis and prove to the world that monsters do exist./A hungry parasite named Sal invades Oblina's stomach, causing her to eat everything in sight.
- Episode 11 - Clockwise / Gromble Soup
Ickis is perpetually late for class, so The Gromble hangs a big clock around his neck to remind him to be on time. When Ickis rewinds the hands on the clock, he discovers that he can turn back time./The Gromble is sick and Simpah, the horrible Cafeteria Monster, has been put in charge of the students.
- Episode 10 - Spy vs. Monster / Misery Date
- Episode 9 - Side by Side / Hooked on Phobics
- Episode 8 - The Great Escape / Beast With Four Ey...
- Episode 7 - Super Ickis / The Substitute
- Episode 6 - Nuclear and Present Danger / Loch Nes...
- Episode 5 - Oblina Without a Cause / Slick Ick
- Episode 4 - Watch the Watch / She Likes Me?
- Episode 3 - Walk Like a Man / A Friend in Need
- Episode 2 - The Lips Have It / Escape Claws
- Episode 1 - Battle of the Century / A Perfect Wor...
- Episode 13 - The Master Monster/Slumber Scare
- Episode 12 - Wake Me When It's Over/Things That Go...
- Episode 11 - Monster Blues / I Heard The Snorch Ca...
- Episode 10 - Amulet of Enfarg/Bad Hair Day
- Episode 9 - Fistful of Toenails / Blind Love, Mon...
- Episode 8 - You Only Scare Twice/Less Talk, More ...
- Episode 7 - Krumm Gets Ahead / It's Only A Movie
- Episode 6 - Eye Full of Wander / Lifestyles of th...
- Episode 5 - Out of the Past / Ship of Fools
- Episode 4 - Baby, It's You/Monsters Are Fun
- Episode 3 - Ickis and The Red Zimbo / Oblina and ...
- Episode 2 - Who'll Stop the Brain? / Cement Heads
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Detroit Red Wings forward Daniel Alfredsson scored for the second straight game Saturday as Sweden finished unbeaten in the preliminary round of the Winter Olympics hockey tournament with a 5-3 victory over Latvia in Sochi, Russia.
Alfredsson scored on a power play with 3:46 left in the second period to give Sweden a 3-2 lead it never relinquished. He one-timed a pass from the left faceoff circle with nine seconds left in Sweden's power play.
Four of Sweden's goals came on the power play. They came on four consecutive power-play shots.
Also scoring for the Swedes (3-0) were Patrik Berglund, Erik Karlsson, Jimmie Ericsson and Alexander Edler.
Latvia took a 2-1 less than two minutes into the second period on a goal by Janis Sprukts before Karlsson and Alfredsson scored to put the Swedes ahead for good.
Alfredsson also scored Friday in Sweden's 1-0 victory over Switzerland.
Red Wings' defenseman Niklas Kronwall was promoted to Sweden's team captain after Detroit teammate Henrik Zetterberg was forced to pull out of the Olympics because of a herniated disc.
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I've been reading lots of noise about Penn State having to score 1000 points to win tonight but I just don't see it.
Penn State is consistently holding teams to well below their season average and they have played much better offenses than Northwestern.
Let's look at the facts:
- Alabama averaging just under 42 points a game outside of their visit to Happy Valley where they were held to 27 by PSU.
- Temple averaging 35 points outside of PSU held to 10 by PSU.
- Purdue is averaging over 30 points a game outside of PSU. Held to 18.
- And how about Iowa? Outside of the PSU game they are averaging just a shade under 40 points a game. How many did they score against PSU? 3!
Tonight's opponent, Northwestern is averaging 28 points a game and was held to 14 by Army and 24 by the Wolverines vaunted defense.
Of course stats mean little once the gun sounds. This is a night away game against a team with their backs against the wall.
Regardless, it is time that the Penn State defense gets the respect it deserves. They are doing this with a sometimes anemic offense which makes it even more remarkable.
As others have pointed out, teams with great offenses and terrible defenses are residing in the Top 10. Penn State, because of their awesome defense, deserves to be recognized.


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How to Measure Helmet Size
Whether you're bicycling, playing softball, riding a motorcycle or gearing up for your first football game, wearing a helmet can help protect you from traumatic brain injuries. But your helmet is only effective protection if it fits you correctly. The most common way of determining helmet size is measuring your head circumference, but nothing replaces a good old-fashioned fitting session done on your own or with a store clerk's help.
1Wrap the flexible measuring tape around your head, just above your eyebrows.
- Make sure the measuring tape lays flat against your head but doesn't pinch. It should also be level all the way around.
- Doing this on your own is a major challenge. Consider asking a friend to help, or using a mirror to help you level the tape.
2Read the measurement off the tape. This is your head circumference.
- If you're measuring your head circumference on your own, cross the ends of the tape on the front of your head to make reading the measurement easier.
3Select a helmet designed to fit your head circumference.
- Most helmet manufacturers for all sports list the head circumference prominently on the helmet packaging. Occasionally, you may see a size designation--small, medium or large--that correlates with a helmet sizing chart that lists head circumference measurements.
- Most helmets are designed to fit a range of head circumference measurements.
4Try the helmet on to make sure it fits correctly.
- Finding a good helmet fit depends on not just the helmet size but also its shape, and whether it fits with the shape of your head. Try several helmets on to make sure you're getting the best fit.
- No matter what sort of helmet you're fitting for, a few basic rules apply. The helmet should cover both your forehead and the back of your head. If you put it on and shake your head front and back or side to side, the helmet shouldn't wobble in either direction. And if somebody puts their hand on top of the helmet and twists it, your head should go with the helmet. If the helmet twists freely on your head, it's too loose.
- With some helmets, you can insert additional padding to get a more secure fit.
5Adjust the helmet's chin strap before you leave the store. It should fit snugly but not pinch, and shouldn't restrict your ability to breathe, swallow or speak.
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What do I measure my head in? Inches or centimeters?wikiHow ContributorIt depends -- you might want to measure in both only cause some helmets have the tag that says 14 inches in size or 54 centimeters. Measure in what you usually use, then convert it to the other measurement and take both along with you for certainty of size.
- Each type of helmet is designed to withstand the specific types and forces of impact unique to that sport. So, for example, don't wear a bicycle helmet for climbing or a batting helmet on your motorcycle; your life and health is worth investing in the appropriate type of helmet for any sports you pursue.
- Most helmets are unisex. But a few, like softball batting helmets, may offer a girls' or women's version with a hole in the back to accommodate a ponytail.
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Hi! My name is Josh Hodges and I am an Ambassador at Cogswell College. I am a Senior in Digital Art & Animation Program – majoring in Entertainment Design (wanting to be a character and creature concept artist).
My favorite and most challenging class this semester is Project X. It sparks my creativity and pushes me beyond my limits and minimal sleep requirements. I love it though, it's what I want to do for the rest of my career in the industry.
I DJ many events at Cogswell and love them all. The event I am looking forward to is a "work in progress." It's going to be a really relaxed – chill out night – I visualize low lights, couches, maybe some mixed drinks (virgin of course) and some really chill lounge/club/low-fi music.


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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) -- Occupy Fort Wayne -- the Summit City version of the Occupy Wall Street protests -- is gearing up for Saturday's planned protest.
Members of the Mayor's Office, Fort Wayne Parks Department and the Fort Wayne Police Department met at Lakeside Park Thursday evening with members of Occupy Fort Wayne to discuss Saturday's planned occupation of the downtown area.
The occupation, originally planned for One Summit Square, will have to be moved according to FWPD because it is private property. They will however be able to organize there before moving.
After organizing at One Summit Square, Occupy Fort Wayne preliminarily plans to march to the Allen County Court House to gather and speak there. Finally, they have been advised that they will be able to occupy the west end of Headwaters Park for the rest of Saturday, through the night and into Sunday. Fort Wayne Deputy Chief of Police Marty Bender says the west end of Headwaters Park makes the most logistical sense because of its location and availability of restroom facilities.
Occupiers at Thursday night's meeting say that their movement is more than a six, 12 or 24 hour protest. They say they plan to occupy the spaces available to them until they see the change they are demanding. Bender says occupiers will be asked to leave the west end of Headwaters Park by 11 p.m. Sunday when the park closes. Bender says occupiers who refuse to leave will first be warned, then issued citations and will possibly be arrested if they refuse to vacate Headwaters Park.
Occupiers say they represent the 99 percent of Americans unaffiliated with corporations. They say they are fighting corporate greed, corporate welfare and a corrupt system of money in politics and government. They say the 99 percent refers to everyone from teachers and taxi cab drivers to construction workers.
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HANSVILLE It looks like the speed limit on Hood Canal Drive, between Cliffside and the hairpin turn, will neither remain at 25 mph nor increase to 35 mph. Instead, it be halfway at 30 mph.
After about two months of reviewing old ordinances and considering petitions from neighbors for either travel speed, Kitsap County Public Works has proposed an ordinance that would establish a limit of 30 mph on Hood Canal Drive between the Cliffside neighborhood and sharp curve in the roadway.
Residents will have a chance to tell the county commissioners how they feel about this idea Monday, when the board holds a hearing during its 10 a.m. June 13 meeting in Port Orchard.
Since April, residents on Hood Canal Drive have been questioning the legality of the posted speed limit, which has been 25 mph for at least 10 years. After enduring weeks of scathing e-mails, North Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen this week sent a letter to more than 200 people who concerned about the issue including those who signed the petitions in favor of the 35 mph or a 25 mph proposal and explained Public Works recommendation.
The department considered several factors in decision, including the petitions that were signed by residents supporting either speed limit, as well as feedback from community meetings in 2003 on road improvements of Hood Canal Drive; the fact that Kitsap County Sheriffs Office deputies cant regulate the speed there on a constant basis; and the results of a speed study that was conducted in May 2004.
Public Works staff also recommended that another set of series of speed studies be undertaken next year to determine whether the proposed speed limit change and new improvements to the road will have had any effect on travel speeds.
I think its a fair recommendation but the real key is that they need to be considerate of their neighbors, Endresen said, noting that roads are for traffic but they are also where people live and walk.
Hood Canal Drive resident Al Carey, who has been spearheading the 35 mph speed limit effort the past few months after finding out that the posted 25 mph was illegal, said hes OK with the proposed recommendation.
I can live with that, he said.
Careys biggest concern was that after he discovered that the road should have been 35 mph the entire time, the county didnt change or take down the signs.
Im just disappointed with the time it took them and the responses it had, he said. I think they should have just taken the signs down and replaced them with 35 mph.
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The column that feels your pain.
Good afternoon!
They said Route 55 was a skating rink and Delsea Drive wasn't much better Wednesday evening.
Santa arrives in grand style at Cumberland Mall on Friday.
Join the celebration with holiday music, face painting and balloon sculptors.
Children will delight in the antics of Jingles the Elf, The Magical Reindeer, Rolly Polly Snowman, Toy Soldier and The Little Drummer Boy.
Free Spinning Snow Wands for the children while supplies last.
Santa makes his arrival at 7 p.m. and then will settle into his seasonal home in Center Court.
Millville Woman's Club update:
The club's November Chinese-American Luncheon, which was scheduled for today, has been canceled due to bad weather.
Many thanks for all who had made a reservation and planned to attend.
Please be safe if you have to be out and about.
— Millville Woman's Club
"I took Bob Campbell 100 more stickers.
"They had one left.
"Hopefully, more people will use them.
"More have been ordered.
"We need more businesses to put them in.
"I talked with two ladies down there packaging up toiletries and left a donation to get more.
"These people need all the help we can give them.
"Some have lost everything.
"Others were a little luckier, but need help.
"Pick up a sticker and make a donation. You will feel better and be a better person for it.''
"Thank you.''
— Shep
Prisoners were helping with sandbag placement at Watson's Dike in Greenwich Monday and Tuesday.
Does that mean that SLAP is still alive?
Is Salem County the only county in the state with no animal shelter?
"Hi, Jack,
"The BEN column was part of our discussion in the Bridgeton History Group today.
"If they cut your column down to that one column every day, the owners of the paper are going to have a bunch of unhappy campers.
"I believe the BEN column is something that The News is known for, and if they cut it down to the one column, people won't be able to have their voice, opinions, stories and information put out there anymore.
"This is one of the main things The News was known for, giving the people a canvas to do those things.
"I hope this is just a trail for them to see what people think, because, for me, I like putting my pictures in your column for people to enjoy, and to write about history.
"Part of what I do is read old Evening News papers to gather my information for my articles, and research local people and places.
"If they don't put this kind of stuff in the paper, people in the future won't be able to do this kind of research.
"This is just my opinion on the history side of it, but the paper might want to ask the people that read their paper what they think.
"We need the BEN Column back the way is was, full of the stories and information that the people want to read.''
— Bob Crowe
You know Anthony Wright for being on the Penns Grove Board of Education.
We know him for being a great women's softball coach.
And making Kitty Matthews a star.
When is Cumberland County going to honor David Levitsky?
We think about this every time a day involving veterans comes around.
Veterans Day.
Memorial Day.
How many veterans did he take to lunch after a local parade because (1), he could and (2), he felt they deserved it.
There is still a Cohanzick Zoo today because of David Levitsky's support.
If you have a story that involves this man, please send it to us.
We already know about him paying the freight for shipping the white tigers here.
Bob Rose could fill a book about this man.
Is Pennsville's Timmy Haslett getting any playing time at Rowan?
"After reading Shep's latest, I sure am glad I set the record straight about not being the chief.
"Don't worry, Chief, my grandpa always said empty barrels make the most noise.
"If you are from Greenwich, at least we could round up a few Quakers to throw up some peaceful obstructions to keep to the peace.
"Of course, you'd be obliged to give up your name so the Historical Society can record it for posterity.
"We take our written records seriously in Greenwich.
"Let's hope we digitize this stuff before the next bad storm.
"My Kind Of Town: Where mending fences and working together provides the best means to solving community-wide problems.''
— Matt Blake
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Parents at Leeds' Brodetsky Primary have got into a twist over yo-yos after the school allowed an outside company to promote them to pupils.
Brodetsky has received complaints over a motivational assembly programme, "The NED Show", run by American-based company All for Kidz and featuring yo-yo tricks.
There is no charge for the show but participating schools are asked to sell its stunt yo-yos, costing £5-£10, for five days afterwards.
Headmaster Jeremy Dunford said the assembly last Friday had been successful in promoting self-esteem and new learning skills.
But as a yo-yo craze swept the school, some parents raised concerns about commercialism and the pressure they were coming under from their children to buy the products.
"Yo-yo zones" have been set up "so that no one is caught in the firing line whilst tricks are being practised", Mr Dunford explained. "At one point in the infant playground we had more children in the yo-yo zone than on the main playground."
One teacher was heard asking plaintively: "Has anyone got anything other than a yo-yo to show us today?"
In a letter, Mr Dunford assured parents that children could bring in their own yo-yos and that there was no requirement to buy a NED-branded one. However, other parents then urged the school to continue selling them for the five-day period.
"Clearly my biggest controversy since joining the school [in January] is a yo-yo based one," he reflected.
In a statement, All For Kidz vice-president for sales Scott Hopper said the company aimed to help parents instil in their children "values that will benefit them for a lifetime.
"We do so at nearly 6,000 schools annually without receiving any outside public funding, covering all of the expenses ourselves and receiving no financial guarantee from the schools we visit."


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A route of ethnographic and natural interest, touring several water mills and elements of natural, architectural and historical interest.
The route begins in the hamlet of A Baiuca (parish of Senra) and ends in the hamlet of Gadamil (parish of Vilarromarís).
Length: 8.121 km
Estimated time: 3 hours without stopping; 5 hours and 20 minutes with 10-minute stops.
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Debbie Harry
Biography: Born July 1, 1945 in Miami, Florida.
Band: Harry was leader singer of Blondie, a punk and new wave band formed in 1974.
Genre: Punk, new wave, pop, jazz.
Best album:
Parallel Lines (1978).
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I feel really privileged that my life has been about music and I don't want to stop doing that. As difficult as it is, it's delightful.
Biography: Born August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan.
Band: Solo artist working with a variety of line-ups. Madonna is the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time.
Genre: Pop, rock, dance music.
Best album:
Erotica (1992).
Quote on her creative process:
I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy' or 'What do you think of this?' If anything, it helps you understand what you believe in and what you're passionate about and what is sh-t.
Lauryn Hill
Biography: Born May 25, 1975 in East Orange, New Jersey.
Band: Built her reputation with the Fugees, which also featured Wycleaf Jean and Pras Michel. Launched a solo career in 1998.
Genre: Hip-hop, R&B, soul, reggae.
Best album:
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998).
Quote about art as addiction:
I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction -- but, you know, the healthy kind.
Nina Persson
Biography: Born September 6, 1974 in Sweden.
Band: Persson is the lead singer of Swedish band Cardigans, formed in October 1992. She also sings with pop duo A Camp.
Genre: Commercial and indie pop.
Best Cardigans album: Gran Turismo (1998).
Quote about love songs and duets:
I love the idea of duets, but too many are simple love songs. I don't understand that -- you know the singers aren't going to f-ck, so it feels fake and cheesy.
Oumou Sangare
Biography: Born February 25, 1968 in Bamako, Mali.
Band: Sangare is a solo artist known as
The Songbird of Wassoulou. She is one of the best-selling African and World Music artists.
Genre: A mix of traditional and modern Malian music. World music.
Best album:
Worotan (1996).
Quote about women's rights:
We can't force people to do things they don't want to. Everyone is free to do what they want to in life, but we can try to speak, to council.
Alison Mosshart
Biography: Born November 23, 1978 in Vero Beach, Florida.
Band: Mosshart is the lead vocalist for the alternative rock bands The Kills, formed in 2000, and The Dead Weather, formed in 2009..
Genre: Alternative rock.
Best album:
Sea of Cowards (2010).
Quote about life and performing:
Performing is one thing, and day-to-day stuff -- like the way you talk to people -- is totally different. If I acted like I did onstage in normal life, everyone would probably hate me.
Biography: Born January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Band: Achieved international success in the 1980s with a band named Sade in which she was the vocalist. She is the most successful solo female artist Britain has ever produced, with album sales of more than 50 million.
Best album:
Diamond Life (1984).
Genre: Smooth jazz., soul, soft rock.
Quote about fame:
People always used to say, 'What's it like to see your face on the cover of a magazine?' But it doesn't mean anything to me at all. I don't really see it. I'm not trying to promote an image.
Vanessa Paradis
Biography: Born December 22, 1972 in France.
Band: Paradis is a solo artist, model, and actress. She is the longtime partner of Johnny Depp.
Genre: Rock, pop.
Best album:
Quote about life's opportinities:
I love what I do. What's difficult is when it is all at once. But in this work, opportunities come your way, and you never know if they'll come again. It's all about making compromises.
Candia Ridley
Inkubus Sukkubus, a British goth and pagan band formed in 1989. Ridley is the vocalist.
Best album:
Belladonna & Aconite (1993).
Genre: Goth and pagan rock.
Quote about writing lyrics:
I tend to listen to the music to get a feel of it emotionally, before writing the lyrics and vocal lines. I find that pictures and stories come to me after a few listens.
Biography: Born April 8, 1975 in the Netherlands.
Band: Solo artist who has released 10 albums since 1997.
Genre: Pop, rock, soul.
Best album:
Together Alone (1997).
Quote her personality:
Two or three songs into my act and after a sip of whisky, I explode on stage.
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Heartsmith's Picture Lockets
When a man or woman is far away from loved ones, fighting the battle of God and Country, few things matter more than the symbols of home and hearth. Yet, for the fighting man and woman, personal mementos must be kept at a minimum. Soldiers must be fleet of foot and able to relocate in the blink of an eye.
Picture lockets, easily hung on a necklace or even on one's dog-tag chain, make the perfect venue for keeping one's loved ones close to the heart. Suspended around the neck, soldiers can easily show their comrades-in-arms the reason they're fighting. In the dark of night, far from home, the image of a loving spouse, one's children, or even a snapshot a beloved pet can give the tired spirit strength to endure times of trial.
In addition to the more familiar ornate lockets, at Heartsmith, we carry a wide selection of picture lockets perfect for the fighting man or woman. Fashioned out of sterling silver, these memento-holders are affordable, beautiful, and perfect for either men or women. The Juno Shield locket is fashioned in the shape of medieval armor; the Belle locket is a shining disc, similar in appearance to a small pocket watch case, and the Daryl Book design is a beautifully polished octagonal locket. All three of these picture lockets, located in the Sterling Silver pages of our online catalog, run less than fifty dollars.
Heartsmith is proud to be the leading resource for picture locket jewelry for soldiers and their families since 1999. We are proud of our wide selection of picture lockets perfect for both men and women. Thank you for your interest in picture lockets and for visiting us today at Heartsmith.
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US Hispanics are Leading the Way in Mobile Technology
It has been said on many occasions that mobile technology is the way of the future when it comes to communication and access to the internet. We all have come a long way, in such a short period of time, in our access to the world wide web. From dial-up to broadband, and now to mobile, it seems that we can not wait to check our email or to see who has posted what on Facebook. We want access, and we want it now.
In the United States, no group has embraced mobile technology more than Hispanics. According to story posted on cnn.com last week, it was noted that Hispanics own a larger percentage of mobile phones than the white population. In today's mobile market, you can buy a smartphone for under $50, therefore increasing the ability for more people to access the internet quickly and effectively.
Mintel, a company focused on consumer, product and market research has found that 25 percent of Hispanics use mobile technology as their main source for internet access. This number is sure to increase in the coming years, and advertisers are taking notice, as I am already seeing a lot more ads than just a few months ago.
This trend does nothing but strengthen Hispanics´place in the mobile marketplace. Advertisers need to increase their marketing efforts towards Hispanics online, and I am sure that they will see a return on their investment.
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When one thinks of a home-field advantage, the sport of golf usually isn't the first to come to mind. But St. Peter's acknowledged the importance of knowing its home course of Silver Lake in its dramatic 3-2 CHSAA quarterfinal playoff win Monday over visiting Archbishop Stepinac.
"Definitely the course knowledge played to our advantage," said Eagles coach Mike Sanborn, who will have the benefit of hosting again on Wednesday for a 3:30 p.m. semifinal against Iona Prep (which ousted Monsignor Farrell on Monday).
The second-seeded Eagles (13-0) were happy to have the help as the seventh-seeded Crusaders (8-5 league, 12-5 overall) posed a formidable challenge. While fourth-flighter Nick Diamantis and fifth-flighter Brent Fredericksen (who shot an even-par 35) secured early wins for St. Peter's, its top three golfers were pushed to the limit. In fact, the trio was simultaneously 1-down
The Crusaders' Eric Terminello (1-under 34) closed out his first-flight match against Chris Coughlin on the eighth hole. At the same time on the eighth, Eagles' No. 2 Chris Gallo -- already 1-down against Terminello's younger brother Paul Terminello -- sank a 12-foot putt off the back fringe to keep his match alive.
"It was a good make," said the sophomore Gallo (even-par 35), who had responded with a birdie on No. 7 after watching Paul Terminello post a birdie in front of him. "There was pressure because I knew what was going on (in the other matches), and I had just watched Chris lose his match."
Gallo produced a beautiful bump-and-run pitch on his third shot at No. 9 and finished it with a par putt to go all square. That turned the attention to the group that followed, where SP third-flighter Mike Lieberman had rallied from 2-down through five against Tom O'Meara to take a 1-up lead headed into the ninth.
"I wasn't worried (about the early deficit) said Lieberman. "I play this course almost every day. I know certain greens that you don't want to go long or short on. Knowing the course was a huge factor. If not for the home course, I would've had trouble winning."
O'Meara, however, showed some intestinal fortitude of his own by draining a seven-foot putt to tie up the match. That meant that both the second- and third-flighters had to go back to hole No. 1 for a playoff, with the Eagles only needing to win one of the two matches for the victory.
As it turned out, Lieberman's loss on the ninth was a blessing in disguise, as O'Meara had the honor on the first extra hole and sailed his tee shot into the right rough behind the trees while the other three golfers were in the fairway. O'Meara made a great save shot to get back into the fairway, but was playing from behind the rest of the hole.
While Gallo eventually lost, Lieberman secured the triumph by tapping in a three-footer for a par 4.
"Even though it's match play, I still play the course and not the person," Lieberman said. "Even though he hit in the rough, I was still hitting my driver either way."
"I think (O'Meara errant tee shot) did take some pressure off Mike, though," Sanborn stated. "As I've said all season, we don't have a 1 or a 5; all of our guys are interchangeable. That's a positive. It doesn't put pressure on any one kid. We have confidence we can win any spot."
Eric Terminello (AS) def. Chris Coughlin, 2 and 1; Paul Terminello (AS) def. Chris Gallo, 1 up (one extra hole); Mike Lieberman (SP) def. Tom O'Meara, 1 up (one extra hole); Nick Diamantis (SP) def. Brandon Cooney, 2 and 1; Brent Fredericksen (SP) def. Rob Sanders, 4 and 3.


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ALEXANDRIA TWP. — The township has a new municipal clerk, and effective Feb. 1 it has a new attorney.
Michele Bobrowski has succeeded Cathy Reese, who has taken a job as municipal clerk of Long Hill Township in Morris County. A Holland Township resident, Bobrowski started working part-time for the township in 2006 as the technical assistant in the Building Department. She later added the duties of deputy clerk, earning state municipal clerk certification last year. Bobrowski said her new salary hasn't been finalized yet.
A former township resident herself, she said, "I love the township and I love the residents." Mayor Gabe Plumer said that hiring her was an "easy decision."
The township has not yet chosen her successor as deputy clerk and Building Department administrator.
Valerie Kimson has retired as township attorney, said Plumer. Her successor, Sharon Dragan, is the new township attorney effective Feb. 1. Her salary has been set at $6,000 a month, but her role will not entail tax appeals or litigation.
She is a partner in Ballard & Dragan, a Raritan Township law firm. Dragan is also the township attorney for Readington.
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Beyonce headed back to No. 1 next week
Beyonce returns to dominance on the Billboard 200 next week as "Beyonce" is poised to thaw "Frozen" out of the top spot.
It will mark "Beyonce's" fourth non-consecutive week at No. 1, as the soundtrack to the Disney animated features slides to No. 2.
With the holidays over and no new releases from major artists, no title will top the 100,000 mark, with "Beyonce" slated to sell around 85,000 units and "Frozen" reaching for 75,000, according to Hits Daily Double.
The one debut in the Top 10 in the slow release week will belong to rapper Kid Ink with his major label bow, "My Own Lane," at No. 3 (50,000).
The rest of the Top 10 belongs to major acts who have been lodged in the Top 10: At No. 4 will be Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" (40,000), Lorde's "Pure Heroine" at No. 5 (35,000); One Direction's "Midnight Memories" at No. 6 (26,000), Katy Perry's "Prism" at No. 7 (22,000), Miley Cyrus' "Bangerz" at No. 8 (21,000) and Drake's "Nothing Was The Same" and Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" in a dead heat for No. 9, with each moving up to 19,000 copies.


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Now Teachers Encourage Computer Games in Class
Games like "Angry Birds" and "Guild Wars 2" are used to teach physics, writing and more.
At a private school in Houston, eighth-graders slingshot angry red birds across a video screen for a lesson on Newton's law of motion. High-school students in Los Angeles create the "Zombie Apocalypse" computer game to master character development. And elementary students in Hampstead, N.C., build a virtual city to understand spatial reasoning.
These seemingly playful adventures represent a new frontier in education: videogames as teaching tools. Though it's still a budding movement, scores of teachers...


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Huntsville, AL--Wildcat 3D graphics technology will let Intergraph bring SGI InfiniteReality(TM)-class performance to the Windows NT desktop at one-tenth the price, according to the company. Intergraph claims the technology delivers 3D graphics performance that is scalable from 5 to 10 times that of current 3D graphics technology.
"Wildcat's massive texture memory capacity, SuperScene anti-aliasing, programmable geometry acceleration, and multi-display support further establish the Intel/Windows NT platform as a powerful option for visual simulation, mechanical CAD, 3D animation, and any other 3D-intensive or real-time application," says Peter Ffoulkes, an industry analyst with Dataquest.
The first, entry-level product based on the Wildcat 3D graphics technology, Intense 3D Wildcat(TM) 4100, achieves a CDRS Viewperf score of 200. This score surpasses the performance of all UNIX- and Windows NT-based 3D graphics offerings, says Intergraph. The card also delivers 6 million triangles/second.
The speedy technology is based on Intergraph's ParaScale(TM) architecture, which allows the power of multiple 3D pipelines to be combined to drive a single display. This means that the task of drawing an image is split between pipelines, with each pipeline processing only a portion of the application's data.
A pipeline consists of a geometry accelerator and a rasterization engine with its own frame-buffer and texture memory. Using multiple pipelines results in linearly scaled performance increases; that is, two pipelines provide twice the performance and four pipelines provide four times the performance of a single pipeline. The Intense 3D Wildcat graphics driver and hardware handle this capability and make it totally transparent to the application and the user. Thus, developers don't have to modify their applications to take advantage of multiple graphics pipelines.
The 4100 will be available in December for $2,995. It will be offered in Intergraph's TDZ 2000 ViZual workstations as well as to Intergraph's OEM work-station customers.


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One of my more humorous encounters with police (I did tell you of discussing philosophy with a Pennsylvania state trooper who, searching my backpack when I was a 16-year-old hitchhiker , discovered a volume of "The Collected Works of Bertrand Russell"?) was a late night run through Wiscasset, past midnight, heading with a friend to his house near Round Pond. I was probably doing 80 – hey, no one else (besides the unseen trooper) was on the road – but I was nailed dead to rights. I found my registration right away and handed it over but, fumbling through my wallet I couldn't immediately find my driver's license but did come across my Greenwich Clam Warden id, so I gave him that to entertain him while I continued the search for my license. I did find it, eventually, but by then the cop had examined the Clam Warden card and he handed it back to me and said, "okay, you can go, but slow down, would you?".
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Re: JSN dist. part does not qualitify for the 15% tax rate> Does anyone know if this part of the dist> is rerturn of capt. and they issue a K1 or is a capt gain dist.
No K1 or capital gain distribution. The portion which is not earned income is considered ROC...which is the vast majority of each dividend due to their option strategy...and it is NOT taxable, because the IRS does consider it a return of your capital. Check your 1099-Div. Only the portion which is considered earned income (interest & holdings dividends) is taxable. That's one of the beauties of ROC, though it does reduce your cost basis.
If it reduces the the cost basis one ends up paying capital gains when one sells it,Not bad of a deal. Better than ordinary income.


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Robbery detectives are investigating an early morning armed robbery at an adult video store in Northeast Portland.
East Precinct officers were called to the Blue Spot Adult Video store, in the 3200-block of Northeast 82nd Avenue shortly after 5:10 a.m.
Employees told police a man entered the store, armed with a handgun, and demanded money. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash, and grabbing "one of the store's products," the suspect ran out of the store, said Sgt. Pete Simpson, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman.
Several officers checked the area but did not locate anyone matching the suspect's description, who was reported as standing 5 feet tall with short dark hair and dressed in all dark clothing.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call robbery detectives at (503) 823-0405.
-- Kimberly A.C. Wilson


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Volunteers pitch in to finish Mville house after contractor disappears
MARYSVILLE Its about the happiest ending possible for the nightmare a Marysville family has lived through this past year.
Last December a contractor disappeared in the middle of a remodeling project for the Zeigler family house. Several of the teens living in the home have severe health problems and the additional rooms and added story were to provide more space for the extended family.
But after pouring a foundation and tearing off the walls and part of the roof, the contractor left the $105,000 job halfway through, taking off with about $20,000 of the familys money.
Now volunteers are using materials donated by BMC West to complete a scaled-back design, and last weekend a crew got the roof trusses installed on the family abode. In addition to the generous donation from the Everett lumber supplier, the Zeiglers also got a boost from the Marysville United Methodist Church, who gave a $1,500 offering to the family.
Numerous other contractors have signed on to finish the work, spearheaded by Pat McDonnell of the Ask Mac construction management firm. He persuaded several other firms to pitch in, including Scaup General Contractors of Mountlake Terrace.
Carpenter Tyler Uptain was working on the site near Marysville-Pilchuck High School last weekend for the company. He said he was happy to help.
Well be here all weekend, Uptain said. They got screwed.
Michelle Zeigler said the entire family was extremely grateful for the support from so many people. Last spring the entire family was chosen to be the Strawberry Festival Presidents Marshals to highlight their plight. The year before their teenage daughter Alyssa was the Presidents Marshal to recognize her battle with a rare form of intestinal cancer. Her younger brother also has Gardners Syndrome and both are in remission but have to take a huge amount of costly medicines every day. In addition, father Mike had to take time off from his job at Boeing due to chronic back problems.
The last thing the Zeiglers needed was to have their house torn apart.
Unfortunately it happens all the time, according to Pat McDonnell, owner of the www.askmac.net Web site and construction management firm. He said he hears of debacles like the Zeiglers happening at least three times a week, and it makes him upset. Many times he has wanted to help one of the victims but didnt have the money or resources to do so.
Now he works to put contractors, suppliers and customers together, so it didnt take much effort to get BMC West to donate the materials or to find firms like Scaup and other volunteers to put things right.
It was kind of a goal of mine to do something like this, McDonnell said.
It should take another month to get the home finished, according to McDonnell, who pointed out that the contractors are spending their weekends working while maintaining their own businesses during the week. In addition the Zeiglers have some friends and volunteers from their church who are pitching in. But without the plywood, lumber and sheetrock from BMC it would all be moot.
They stepped right up, without a question they wanted to help out, McDonnell said. It was extremely cool of them.
We are extremely grateful to everybody, Michelle Zeigler said. This is so nice of them.
As for the contractor who skipped out on the job, Mike Zeigler said he is apparently working in the Yakima area and the less they hear from him, the better.
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