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Following a week that saw evening temperatures dropping into the 20's, the weather appears to have rebounded quite nicely for the upcoming weekend.
While paddlers competing in the annual 'Round the Mountain canoe race faced driving rain, high winds, big waves and 55-degree water temperatures, I expect to find more comfortable conditions on the area lakes and ponds in the coming week.
Although cooler temperatures and a recent frost may have eliminated the first wave of blackflies, travelers can expect to find a new batch of the notorious, biting bandits in the air as temperatures push into the 80-degree range.
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A youthful Joe Hackett (left) and his angling mentor, Bill Strong, pose with a nice stringer of brook trout taken on Lows Lake in the late 1970's.
Last week's rains raised water levels on most area rivers and streams and at the same time, kept the water temperatures in the 40's.
Ken Kalil at Jones Outfitters reports that fly hatches have been rather slow to pop, except in some of the lower sections of the AuSable.
The Saranac River and it's North Branch remain swollen. Since they both drain from the lakes, it will take a bit longer for them to flush than the AuSable, which flows with a much steeper gradient out of the High Peaks.
Thirty years in the woods
For over 30 years, I have earned a living as a professional guide. I have been most fortunate to have turned an avocation into a vocation.
And despite long hours of bug bitten days, carrying boats across muddy carries so a guest can cast flies to finicky fish; I'm still unwilling to trade in my leaky waders for a business suit.
I didn't stumble into the profession, as many have. I pursued it by gearing my education and work experience towards a goal.
With a few strokes of luck and connections with the right properties, I was able to develop a following of loyal "sports" who appreciated the opportunity to cast a delicate fly to rising trout while enjoying the solitude of a remote Adirondack stillwater.
Raised in Elizabethtown, I grew up surrounded by mountains - in a pleasant little valley laced with rivers, streams and brooks. In the summer, entertainment was delivered at the end of a fishing rod, while a worn out Sting Ray bike served as transportation. It was a time when worms were dug, not purchased.
I learned to navigate by hiking the nearby hills and mountains and picked up paddling when a good friend got a canoe as a gift.
But the greatest influence on my eventual career choice came from a diverse collection of local characters. Looking back, these folks were mentors and I was a sponge, soaking up their every word.
My first impression of the "Big Woods" came from an old, French Canadian trapper named Ennis Fessette. Ennis, who lived in an old, run down shack on the outskirts of town, would marvel the kids with tales of hunting and trapping in the Cold River valley with the old hermit, Noah Rondeau.
He showed us how to make bows and arrows, which we used to hunt frogs. I remember once frying up a meal that consisted of frog legs, brook trout and crawfish.
Geoffrey Carleton was another local character of renown. He lived high on the side of Cobble Hill and was highly regarded as a birder. In fact, he wrote the book, Birds of Essex County.
He was affectionately known as "Sneakers," due to a pair of size 14, Converse Chuckie T's that always adorned his feet, regardless of a suit and tie.
Geoff attempted to teach me to be a birder while taking me on hikes in the nearby High Peaks. It wasn't to be, although I did learn to identify most of the common birds of prey. I regret such youthful oversights.
His wife would always pack us peanut butter sandwiches, featuring homemade bread spread with a concoction of peanut chunks mixed in hard slabs of butter. It took a full gulp of water to wash that mix down the tube.
Though I learned a lot from my friend's fathers, it was Harold Strong that showed me how to fish brook trout on the ponds. We called him Ol' Bill and he was a fine fisherman and an outstanding carpenter. Bill was responsible for turning many local kids, and a few lucky adults, into brook trout fanatics.
Most local communities used to have a similar collection of sorts. I often wonder if they still exist in our small towns. It was a different generation in a different time. There were no parental fears of ulterior motives. Child abduction was an aberration.
Today's youth could certainly benefit from such opportunities. Historically, rural communities have had little to offer in the way of structured entertainment for area youth. They don't have the movie theaters, the malls, civic centers or recreation departments common to the larger towns.
Small towns must make due with the resources available, which are primarily their local woods and waters, the natural resources. These are attractions that bring travelers to the park from all over the world. These are the region's most valuable commodities in terms of entertainment. Sadly, in many cases, visitors are more likely to take advantage of these treasures than the local population.
If our children lack the tools, skills and knowledge to fully enjoy their surroundings, they are at a severe disadvantage. While they may be resource-rich, when it comes to enjoying the region's greatest assets, our youth are underprivileged and penniless.
Utilization of the local woods and waters is integral to the the health and welfare of our children. Efforts must be made to instill our kids with the "life skills" to effectively enjoy the environment in a positive way.
If kids don't possess the skills to ski or skate, fish and hike, paddle or peddle, there are very few recreational options. Without the availability of readily accessible positive recreational pursuits, kids are much more likely to become involved in easily accessible negative recreational options.


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First Fridays are returning to downtown Beaverton starting May 2. The Beaverton Downtown Association holds the monthly events during the summer and early fall, and they include live entertainment, promotions and extended hours at local businesses and booths from the Beaverton Farmers Market.
This year, First Fridays are themed. The May 2 event, which starts at 5 p.m., features an international theme.
According to a press release, musical entertainment includes Afro-Hebrew ensemble Klezmocracy, which will perform near Beaverton Kia on SW Broadway Street; and Ghana native Mathias Galley, who will perform an African dance routine in the Natural Grocers parking lot at Broadway and Lombard.
More than 40 local businesses will stay open until 8 p.m. on Friday, with some offering special promotions and discounts. (For a map of participating businesses, follow this link and scroll to the bottom of the page.)
Meanwhile, at Natural Grocers, chef Wambui Machua, who owns and operates Spice of Africa, will show participants how to put together a healthy African dish.
For more information about First Friday, visit the Beaverton Downtown Association's website.


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Fort Wayne, Ind (21Alive) - Not only INDOT and City Crews, but also commercial plow trucks are out and about.
Many of them push snow from business parking lots, and the same caution needs to be taken just as if you see a plow on the road.
When the snow continues to come down, they make several passes through areas where they are working.
They warn Drivers not to count on the plows looking out for you, because they've got other things commanding their attention.
"The people that I watch out for are the guys plowing cause we're trying to watch what we're doing and they like to jump ahead of us or follow us into piles actually," says Mark Whitney, who runs a commercial snow plow, "stay back at least three car lengths and that gives a little margin of error for everybody."
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In the face of a public outcry, President Obama opened the door in an interview broadcast Wednesday to resuming White House tours -- after they were suspended in a decision purportedly meant to save the Secret Service money while it deals with sequester cuts.
The decision, announced this month, was decried by Republican lawmakers as over-the-top and unnecessary. School groups and others who had planned to visit the White House got disappointing news when the tours ceased this past Saturday -- a group of sixth-graders in Iowa even took to Facebook to vent their frustrations in a widely viewed web video.
Obama, speaking with ABC News, tried to distance himself from the decision, pinning it on the Secret Service -- though other accounts have indicated both the Secret Service and White House had a role in the move.
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The Trail Blazers had a healthy dose (lengthwise) of practice on Monday, running about 30 minutes longer than most days, but certainly were not the healthiest group.
As Jason Quick has in his Blazers notebook, neither Joel Przybilla (back spasms) or Greg Oden (adductor bruise) took part in practice and both are listed as day to day. Jerryd Bayless also sat out with a sprained ankle and Nate McMillan said Rudy Fernandez (back spasms) is "getting better."
LaMarcus Aldridge, however, did participate in the entire practice Monday. Aldridge said his knee, which kept him out of Sunday's game, felt better Monday.
"We had a pretty physical practice. I felt good," said Aldridge.
Aldridge also said he will play Tuesday night against the Jazz. For more Aldridge news, check Quick's notebook.
• Overall the team seemed pretty pleased with the effort and result in Sunday night's win over division rival Denver. Last week McMillan talked about needing to see improvement from his team, game-to-game and practice-to-practice. After a pair of gritty games from Portland, McMillan says he's seen that improvement (watch below).
|McMillan, Roy see preseason improvement
With the regular season just a week away, two questions that remain revolve around the starting five and how deep McMillan's rotation will go. As he has said all training camp, McMillan stuck to his guns that the players will determine who plays.
"I'm not committed to any number. I want to try and use a [set] number of players but to play 10 guys ... we can if they allow me to. What I mean by that, you gotta be out there and be productive. We won't be doing it just to be an experiment."
While the Blazers coach has been pretty clear he'd like to keep his playing rotation around 10 or less, McMillan was pretty noncommittal when answering questions about what his starting five will be come October 27th.
"We got time ... I think the guys pretty much know," McMillan responded with a smile to the four-thousandth question about the starting five.
• Greg Oden, one of the potential members of that starting five, enjoyed another notable preseason game (16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks), albeit in limited action (16 minutes) due to foul trouble. And both McMillan and Brandon Roy have been encouraged with Oden's preseason performance (watch below).
|Roy, McMillan on Oden
While Oden has been impressive this preseason, McMillan acknowledged this showing has to be more than just a flash in the pan.
"What we want him to do is take what he has brought into camp and continue to work. We've seen some good things, but the regular season is a different beast," said McMillan.


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Ben is getting old enough that he is aware of his surroundings. He knows the people around him, he is aware of the things around him and is increasingly interacting with his surroundings.
That means it is the perfect time to take Ben somewhere that my dad took me when I was a child. That place is Koziar's Christmas Village
I took Ben there last year. He was only 2 months old and it didn't end well. He had just has his first round of vaccinations and he was grumpy indeed. I tried to start the Christmas Tradition too soon. But now it is good I think.
For those of you who don't know, Koziar's is a great inexpensive place to take your kids and the whole family. It's in Bernville, PA. About an hours drive from Harrisburg.
An entire farm is decorated and laid out in different lands such as Christmas in the jungle, and Christmas under the sea. There are nice shops, and a place to sit on Santa's lap.
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Going to a sporting event can hurt your wallet more than getting tossed aside by a linebacker in pursuit of the quarterback.
But just how much will you pay when you see your favorite team play?
The BCS era came to an end with one of the best games in history as No. 1 Florida State rallied for the game-winning touchdown with just 13 seconds left to secure a 34-31 win over No. 2 Auburn in the BCS National Championship Game.
While the BCS games this week featured some big shootouts and bigger upsets, the non-BCS games were equally exciting.
Both the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers triumphed in inclement weather conditions on Sunday to advance to the next round of the NFL playoffs. Here's a recap of the day's games:
Heisman winner Jameis Winston goes for Florida State's third national championship against Auburn's team of destiny.
The New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts each won their wild card round playoff game in dramatic fashion on Saturday. Here's a recap of the action from both games:
Trevor Knight wasn't the Heisman finalist on the field. But he certainly played like one, throwing for 348 yards and four touchdowns as No. 11 Oklahoma upset the two-time defending champion Crimson Tide, 45-31.
The NFL playoffs start this weekend with four games over two days. Here are three things to watch out for in each game:
Tajh Boyd and Braxton Miller square off in this matchup of two of the nation's top offenses.
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Although Alabama won't be playing for a third consecutive national championship, the Crimson Tide can still go out with a big win as two of college football's most storied programs face off in New Orleans.


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Whatever goodies that glorious white box dispensed, I decided that the facilities, and indeed the experience of using the girls restroom were irrefutably better than could be had in the boys. Some time later, I pieced together enough information to conclude that the box held a supply of tampons or menstrual pads, which had something to do with women and their periods. As to how often girls used these soft cotton marvels of technological innovation was a complete mystery, and I knew even less about how they used them.
That fleeting glance of the white box that day stirred my curiosity, but somehow I intuitively understood that to broach the topic of women's menstruation was to risk embarrassment, so I never brought it up. I eventually learned the basic mechanics of an average menstrual cycle, but it wasn't until after high school that I developed some very close relationships with women, and through our conversations, I was finally able to name this bizarre mystique surrounding the topic of menstruation.
I've always been a curious guy, so it's fitting that I became a sociologist. I've been thinking about just how pervasive this fear of menstruation is in American society, and I'm wondering why it exists at all. One could look at Hollywood movies as a rough gauge of the ubiquity of the fear. The kinds of stories we transform into blockbuster movies, and even the jokes we tell in those movies, say a lot about our society. Take, for instance, the popular 2007 film, Superbad, starring Jonah Hill as Seth. In one memorable scene, Seth finds himself dancing close to a woman at a party and accidentally winds up with her menstrual blood on his pant leg. A group of boys at the party spot the blood, deduce the source, and one by one, they buckle in laughter. Seth is humiliated by what is supposed to be an awkward adolescent moment, but he's also gagging uncontrollably from his own disgust.
In contrast, consider the well known menstrual imagery that runs throughout the 1976 horror film Carrie, which is based on a popular Stephen King novel of the same name. Those who have seen the film will likely remember that Carrie, who is a sheltered high school outcast, gets her first period while taking a shower after gym class. Her peers seize the moment as an opportunity to shame and ridicule her, and yet it is Carrie who lands in the principal's office. While the principal awkwardly contemplates how to manage the situation, students point and laugh at Carrie as they walk past the office.
These two films are from entirely different genres and are separated by over 30 years; yet they rely on the same cultural taboos and anxieties surrounding menstruation (as do many, many other films I haven't mentioned). Both films have been commercially successful, suggesting they contain themes and characters that resonate with a broad swath of the American public. The menstrual scenes from Carrie are as unsettling as the scene from Superbad is hilarious because both films successfully capitalized on the collective sense of shame surrounding menstruation.
It's also important not to lose sight of the fact that this pervasive fear of menstruation also fuels a multi-billion dollar industry, which produces and markets hundreds of products designed to manage and even suppress menstruation (e.g., Lybrel and Seasonique), and it is this relationship between menstrual shame and corporate profit that needs to be exposed and disentangled.
In an interview about her recent book, New Blood: Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation, sociologist Chris Bobel nicely articulates the connection between menstrual anxiety and corporate profit:
The prohibition against talking about menstruation—shh…that's dirty; that's gross; pretend it's not going on; just clean it
up—breeds a climate where corporations, like femcare companies and pharmaceutical companies, like the makers of
Lybrel and Seasonique, can develop and market products of questionable safety. They can conveniently exploit women's
body shame and self-hatred. And we see this, by the way, when it comes to birthing, breastfeeding, birth control and health care in general. The medical industrial complex depends on our ignorance and discomfort with our bodies.
Bobel's analysis helps make sense of why I felt so certain at the ripe old age of 10 that I couldn't ask anyone about the tampon dispenser on the wall. By then, I had already internalized the patriarchal notion that women's menstruation is a potential source of shame, or at least that my interest in it would be shameful. Nearly three decades later, when discussing the topic with my students in the introduction to sociology class I teach, I invariably get asked why—given all we know about the natural, reproductive purpose of the menstrual cycle—do we persist in attaching shame and embarrassment to this experience? In order to understand why, I think we need to critically examine the way patriarchy is entangled with capitalism. As Bobel also notes, it is profitable to peddle the patriarchal idea that women's bodies are potentially dangerous well springs of shame. Femcare companies and the advertising firms they hire devote enormous resources toward replenishing this well of menstrual anxiety, thereby ensuring women continue to purchase a host of products all designed with the intent of managing their menstrual flow or even stopping it all together.
Unfortunately, quelling the persistence of these very problematic ideas about women and menstruation is a tall order. If my argument is that it is untenable for advertisers to effectively tell women they must use femcare products to avoid shame, then it is equally untenable for me—especially as a man—to tell women to do something else. Instead, I'll conclude with what feels to be an embarrassing compromise with a system I'd rather just discard. My hope is that both women and men can become critically-minded consumers of media and the representations it deploys about women and their bodies. The American public, and many other publics, currently confront a number of anxiety-inducing challenges, menstruation isn't one of them.
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'The Cove' Star Takes On Resorts World Sentosa
In a public session that took place in Singapore this Tuesday, dolphin activist Ric O'Barry became the modern David in a battle against the Goliath of resorts, Resorts World Sentosa.
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AsianScientist (Oct. 6, 2011) - In a public session that took place in Singapore this Tuesday, Ric O'Barry, dolphin activist and former trainer of Flipper the dolphin, became the modern David in an epic battle against the Goliath of resorts, Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa (RWS).
The event, which was sponsored by the Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel, drew a crowd of more than 500 from all walks of life, including children, students, and educators.
They had come to hear O'Barry, star of the Academy Award-winning covert documentary film The Cove, speak on his latest campaign: for RWS to return a family of 25 wild-caught dolphins, slated to be the stars of its Marine Life Park, to their Solomon Island home.
Organized by an all-Singaporean local organization, Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES), the public session was part of a five-year effort to release the dolphins from captivity. But after five years of 'positive negotiations' and no concrete results, ACRES launched a campaign in 2011 to address this issue more intensively, said its executive director Louis Ng.
Ric O'Barry with Louis Ng of ACRES.
Seated with a large MasterCard poster in front of him that bore his name, O'Barry said that he was planning to cut up the sign in front of the large audience, but fortunately, MasterCard called in the nick of time pledging to cut off all promotional relationships with the Marine Life Park.
O'Barry, a long-time opponent of the dolphin export trade, first updated the audience on The Cove, where he and his team tracked the dolphin hunting drive in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan using underwater microphones and high-definition cameras disguised as rocks.
"We still have a lot to do in The Cove. Today, they captured and killed 30 dolphins. It is important to keep it in the news," he said, adding that his work is never finished despite global awareness about the Taiji dolphin hunt.
O'Barry: These are dolphins with jobs.
On the discussion of dolphins bred in captivity versus those caught from the wild, O'Barry said that dolphinariums submit an annual marine mammal inventory report (MMIR) on each dolphin. Whether bred or caught, the reports revealed that dolphins developed similar diseases and stresses in captivity.
"These are dolphins with jobs, animals that need to do tricks for food," he said.
Taking legal action was an option, O'Barry said, as the organization he is with - the Earth Island Institute - was filing a lawsuit to halt the export of dolphins from Subic Bay in the Philippines to Singapore.
Ng also debunked a myth that RWS could not break their legal commitment to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), having signed a contract to import the dolphins.
"RWS says they cannot break their commitment on the dolphin contract. That is a lie. The contract is not set in stone, because RWS asked to be released from whale shark contract and they were approved (by MTI)," Ng said, referring to a proposed whale shark exhibit that was canceled in 2009.
Ornamental dolphins.
On the discussion of finances, the very day that O'Barry personally went to hand over a letter to the CEO of RWS (O'Barry was declined a meeting), the Resort spent a quarter of a million to place an ad celebrating World Animal Day, he said.
Left: full-page ad by RWS celebrating World Animal Day.
Right: O'Barry handing over a letter to RWS management.
Calling them "ornamental dolphins," O'Barry asked a rhetorical question, "For an organization that earned SGD$500 million (US$385 million) in pre-tax profits over the previous quarter (Q2 2011), why would they even need the dolphins?"
His suggestion: perhaps it was the prestige of having dolphin exhibits à la the Mirage in Las Vegas and the Atlantis in Dubai.
Ng also pointed out that RWS wanted to give a SGD$5,000 (US$3,850) donation to ACRES, but the amount was declined.
"They couldn't buy us over," Ng said, to rapturous approval from the 500-strong crowd.
Teaching a dolphin to catch a fish.
O'Barry tackled the theory that a dolphin could not be returned to a wild after living in captivity for a period of time. On more than one occasion, RWS had said that releasing a dolphin back into the wild was not an option, stating that it would be "gravely irresponsible to even consider that."
"They can teach the same dolphin to catch a ball, but we can't teach them to catch a fish again in the wild? I'm not buying that," O'Barry said, noting his past record of releasing captured dolphins.
Ng added that the dolphins were caught as a family minus lactating mothers and calves, which would make it easier for the dolphins to be released as a pod.
Instead of having the dolphins stay in an exhibition tank and perform tricks, why not retire the dolphins into a sea pen, where they could experience the rhythm of the waves and the currents of the sea, O'Barry asked.
Capturing dolphins to educate about conservation.
RWS has previously said that the dolphins would provide a scientific and educational resource for marine scientists. It has also teamed up with the Sea Research Foundation to develop a marine environmental curriculum for students in Southeast Asia.
But dolphins are not happy living in a square box, O'Barry said, noting that the primary sense for dolphins is sonar. For a creature that depended on a multitude of sounds in a vast ocean, a concrete tank was pure sensory deprivation, he said.
"We are dealing with an optical illusion here – the dolphins are always smiling – but I can read their body language after 50 years of working with them. It is absolutely depressing and difficult to watch," O'Barry said.
O'Barry said that he had been fielded questions by journalists regarding the New York Aquarium on Long Island, who argued that if not for the dolphins there, inner city kids would never get the chance to experience seeing a dolphin.
"These kids are not going to see a snow leopard. Are we going to the Himalayas to drag a snow leopard into the room for them?" O'Barry said to laughter and claps from the crowd.
"We have to teach our kids to control their desires. We do not need animals in captivity to enjoy them."
Citing the example of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, O'Barry said an aquarium did not need to have live dolphins to be successful. Japan has 50 dolphinariums, he said, because "cute is big over there," but it was absurd that an aquarium needed to display dolphins to sensitize its population to protect them. For example, Taiji has a population of more than 3,000 people, he said, but only 48 people are involved in killing dolphins.
Organizational arrogance.
As the conference drew to a close, a member of the audience asked a pointed question: had O'Barry ever met an organization as stubborn as RWS?
O'Barry said that they all were stubborn, but he had found RWS to be one of the most arrogant. Pledging never to give up, he vowed to carry this story to all media channels available to him.
"The solution is simple: do not buy a ticket to a dolphin show. If you wear ivory, you are aiding the demand. It is a simple supply and demand," he said.
Related articles:
(June 18, 2011) Two Out Of 27 Dolphins Caught For Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa Die.
(July 1, 2011) S'poreans & Int'l Community Speak Up For The "Sentosa 25" Dolphins.
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Bouckville, NY -- CNY Fiber Artists & Producers is holding its first annual "Showcase - from Animals to Art" June 11 and 12 in Bouckville.
The event wll include fiber animals, fiber vendors and demonstrations with an emphasis on education. The children's tent will be full of activities designed to give children a taste for weaving and felting and some sense of different fibers and fiber processing.
There will be animal tours, shearing demonstrations and other informal demonstrations throughout the day. On Sunday, the Oneida County 4-H club will be holding a dog show.
There also will be a series of workshops for sheep and goat farmers and for those interested in fibers.
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11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday -- Rug Braiding with Heather Lathrop of Dreamweaver Creations. Cost $30. Students will learn the techniques of rug braiding from roving while working on a coaster-sized project. The same techniques would be used to make a full-sized shepherd's rug. The class is open to adults and teenagers, and no experience is required. Materials will be provided.
2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday -- Wet Felting with Denise Tarbox of Fat Yellow Dog Farm. Cost $75.
Students will make a nuno-felted scarf (wool felted through silk gauze). The class is open to adults and teenagers, and no felting experience is required. Students should call Denise at 607-642-5568 when they register so that she can dye the wool and silk according to their color preferences.
2 to 4 p.m. Saturday -- FAMACHA with Dr. Tatiana Stanton of Cornell University. Cost $25.
Internal parasites, especially gastro-intestinal worms, are the number one health problem affecting sheep and goats in much of the United States. Because worms have become resistant to many of the dewormers producers use, a more integrated approach to internal parasite control is necessary. This workshop is designed to help sheep and goat farmers develop integrated parasite management programs for their farms and flocks. Students will learn to use tools such as FAMACHA to monitor worm loads. The FAMACHA system measures levels of anemia in the animals so treatment decisions can be made according to the needs of individual animals in the herd. Adults and teenagers may register and need only to provide pen and paper. Students will receive a FAMACHA eye chart.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday -- Beginning Spinning with Amy Cook of Sweetland Hill Finnsheep. Cost $30. Teenagers and adults who are new to spinning are welcome to register for this class, in which they will learn how to prepare raw fiber for spinning and how to use a drop spindle and spinning wheel. Each student will receive a drop spindle to take home. Wool roving will also be provided.
2 to 4 p.m. Sunday -- Basketry with Bonnie Gale -- the Central New York Fruit Basket. $30. Please preregister. This fruit basket is easy to make for all ages. Using locally grown willow, participants will be given a cardboard template with holes through which the stakes are inserted and tied below. Weaving begins with the siding and then progresses on to the border. The card is removed and then the base is woven. Bring pruning shears and an apron. Other materials are included in the cost for the class.
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If Rockford District Judge Steven Servaas leaves office, it will not be because voters have decided it's time for him to depart.
Servaas, under fire from the state Judicial Tenure Commission, faces no opposition in this year's election. But fallout from that controversy is being felt by the other judge in the 63rd District.
Assistant Kent County Prosecutor Gregory T. Boer is running against Judge Sara Smolenski, who has held her position in the Grand Rapids Township court since 1991.
Boer, a 45-year-old Byron Township resident, claims Smolenski has become distracted by issues outside the courtroom and has developed an adversarial relationship with other judges.
Specifically, Boer is referring to the role Smolenski played providing information and testimony for the Tenure Commission that is being used to prosecute Servaas for alleged inappropriate comments and drawings, and for living outside the northern section of the 63rd District while serving as the Rockford-based judge.
Servaas says he supports Boer over his fellow district judge.
"I thought Sara and I were friends," Servaas said. "She basically stabbed me in the back."
Tuesday was the filing deadline for judicial races. See how other area contests shape up.
Boer has been with the prosecutor's office for 19 years and now is senior attorney there. He is a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School, Calvin College and the University of Iowa College of Law.
Smolenski is a graduate of Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School, Grand Rapids Community College and the University of Michigan. She now is the chief judge of the 63rd District Court.
Boer says he possesses the values reflective of those held in Kent County.
"I'm married and have a wife and kids in the district," he said.
Boer said the conflict that has arisen in part due to the Servaas issue has distracted Smolenski, and that he was encouraged to run by a number of people who deal with her court.
"A judge is there to solve problems rather than create problems," Boer said.
Smolenski, however, said she feels no need to address the issues Boer cites for his campaign and answers an emphatic "no" when asked if she is distracted by the Servaas matter.
"I'm not going to get into any tactics," she said. "I'm running on my record.
"I've been on the bench for almost 18 years," Smolenski said. "I enjoy the job. I feel I'm doing a good job at it and I'm making a difference."
She is looking forward to a strong contest, but she said a judicial election has to rise to a different standard than other political contests.
"It's nonpartisan and you really can't take a stand on any issues," she said.
Rockford will not have a judges race, even though Servaas is facing possible removal from the bench by the Tenure Commission as his case works through the process. An opinion by the retired judge who heard the case last month is expected by May 16.
Rockford attorney and City Council member Neil Blakeslee said the judge's prosecution has only solidified his support in northern Kent County.
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My wife Sylvie and I began in 2004, alongside our activity in the building trade. We wanted to have a more stable, sedentary profession and snail breeding was the perfect answer. We became interested in snail caviar afterwards. A production had been attempted in the 1980s via pasteurization but it failed for lack of quality. The egg remained hard when bitten and the producer added an orgeat or almond flavour that killed the taste. For lack of sufficient documentation, I had to invent everything, from the production to the recipe. When pasteurized, the original taste of the snail's egg disappeared. So I came up with a recipe. My wife went to do a four month course in the Doubs department and got her farming diploma with a snail breeding specialization. I personally did a short apprenticeship at the same place. It's a full time job and very all-round, encompassing production, processing and marketing.
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To breed snails you have to invent everything! You have to be a good handyman because there is no specific equipment other than the electric fencing. Furthermore, no two snail farms are alike. We breed the famous Gros-gris snail (helix aspersa maxima), which comes from North Africa and is the same size as the Bourgogne snail. The Gros-gris is perfectly suited to breeding, unlike the Bourgogne, which is a solitary snail that does not survive breeding. In the beginning, we bought spats from breeder farms. The first year, we put them in pens in spring and after six months we keep some in a cold room, to repopulate the pens. The work is difficult because everything is manual: the daily feed, surveillance (predators, pest control), pen upkeep (no weedkillers), collection, slaughter (boiling the snails), shelling, dressing, grading, cooking in a court-bouillon, counting, packing in jars and commercialization. For the fresh product, you have to re-shell the snail then stuff it with butter...
How to do you make snail caviar ?
For the snail caviar, we made egg-laying non seasonal. Instead of laying eggs in spring, we trigger four production cycles a year, in a room with optimum light, temperature and hygrometry conditions. As a result, the production is evenly spread over the year. To keep the product's flavour and delicacy, I found a recipe that is as natural as possible, avoiding pasteurization. It allows us to keep the egg in a hot liquid (bouillon) and deepen its flavour. To preserve the eggs, I use brine with Guerande fine sea salt, rosemary essence, starch and a touch of citric acid. We get a shelf-life of three months by doing this. We are working on a shelf-life of six months. We are HACCP-certified in terms of health and hygiene, with ISO 22000 certification for our laboratory shortly. In addition, our process allows us to soften the egg without altering its flavour and texture. To explain its taste, you might compare it to a "stroll in the woods after the rain". We produce about 200 kg/year (from our 60,000 snails), given that a snail lays about a hundred eggs per year (or 4g). We plan to produce 600 kg next year.
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Snail caviar requires a huge amount of preparation work: cleaning the snails, removing excrement and dead snails, installing egg-laying traps, sorting eggs manually under a magnifying glass (1 hour per kilo), the processing stage, bottling, labelling, marketing, etc. The heavy manual work explains the retail price of €2,000/kg. It is a product with a limited shelf life that must be stored at 4C°. We are the only people in the world making this product by this method of production. I sell to an upmarket clientele – top restaurants, famous delicatessens in France and abroad - via wholesalers at Rungis. I sell the snail meat to consumers...
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About 90% of French consumption is imported. Almost all of these are hand-picked snails. They include the Bourgogne snail (helix pomatia) and the Turkish snail (helix lucorum). France is the leading country for snail breeding with 290 breeders. It is a limited market that could develop if breeders were willing to pool their resources. In the years ahead, the market should be better positioned in terms of price.
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Rungis is currently our largest outlet. We supply a wholesaler positioned in upmarket products, both for retail and export, which makes us known around the world. From our standpoint, it is a key market and we have been there since September 2007.
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Jacob Jay Vandergrift
JACOB JAY VANDERGRIFT. There is probably no
man whose name is so widely known and so intimately connected with the
great petroleum and natural gas industries of Pennsylvania and the
adjoining states as the subject of this sketch, who was not only one of
the earliest pioneers in the petroleum business, but has continued to
prosecute its various branches with uniform success to the present time.
No one has contributed more than he to the development of this great
industry, and he is to-day one of the most important characters in the oil
country. He has attained this eminence not by any caprice of fortune, but
by the force of his genius, energy, and perseverance, and above all, by
the sterling qualities of his character and his upright and honorable
dealings throughout a busy and active life.
Captain Vandergrift was born at Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, April 10, 1827, the second child and eldest son of William
K. and Sophia (Sarver) Vandergrift, the parents of both of whom were
natives of Pennsylvania. His early life was passed in that city, and there
he obtained his education at the public schools of the Second ward, of
which James B. D. Meeds was principal, and under the tuition of Squire
Thomas Steele. At the age of fifteen, choosing the path of life which
naturally opened before him, he entered the steamboat service, then the
principal means of intercommunication between Pittsburgh and the West. By
intelligent application and faithful attention to duty he rose in ten
years from the humble position of cabin boy to that of captain. During
this period he introduced the method of towing coal barges that has since
been employed in the river coal traffic, an innovation that attracted wide
attention at the time and gave a great impetus to mining operations in the
Pittsburgh coal field. When the civil war broke out he was still engaged
in business on the river, principally in the transportation of oil, and
was the owner of the steamboat Red Fox, which was chartered by the United
States government and lost on the Ohio river near Cairo. At this time he
was also concerned in oil ventures in West Virginia, but sustained severe
losses in the destruction of his property by the Confederate forces.
Through his connection with the transportation of oil from the Venango oil
field he became interested in various producing and other enterprises
which required frequent personal attention, and in 1863 he took up his
residence at Oil City.
In the special work of petroleum production he was
first associated with Daniel Bushnell, and was engaged for a brief period
in the formation of oil companies. He was an active member of the firm of
H. L. Taylor & Company, from which the Union Oil Company originated. As a
member of the firm of Vandergrift & Forman, Vandergrift, Pitcairn &
Company, and Vandergrift, Young & Company, his knowledge of the business,
united with his irrepressible energy, finally led to the organization of
the Forest Oil Company, of which he is president, and which has always
held a foremost place among the large and successful oil companies. He
also organized the United Oil and Gas Trust and the Washington Oil
Company, of which he is president, and has been an active promoter of the
Anchor Oil Company. The names of these companies and their success are an
unqualified tribute to the peculiar ability which Captain Vandergrift
contributed to their promotion and development.
While an enterprising and successful producer, it was
left to Captain Vandergrift to develop the solution of the problem of oil
transportation. At the inception of the oil business the methods employed
were exceedingly primitive, barrels and bulk boats constituting the only
means of shipment. The increasing production attracted railroads to the
oil region, each hoping to secure a portion of the traffic, and, impelled
by the same motive, Captain Vandergrift and others organized the Oil City
and Pithole Railroad Company, of which the history is given in the chapter
on Internal Improvements, in this work. In connection with George V.
Forman and others he equipped a line of cars, the Star Tank Line, for
transportation between Pithole City and Oil City, and constructed a pipe
line, the Star Pipe Line, from West Pithole to Pithole. This was the
first successful pipe line, and may be regarded as the real beginning of
that gigantic system of oil transportation now carried on under the name
of the National Transit Company. The development of the lower oil
country opened a new field for pipe line extension, and, with Captain
Vandergrift as the leading spirit, a number of lines were constructed in
Venango, Armstrong, Butler, and Clarion counties, which were finally
consolidated under the name of the United Pipe Lines of Vandergrift,
Forman & Company. To Captain Vandergrift s business integrity and wise
forethought are due not only the complete development of this mode of
transportation, but the open and honest methods by which it has been
conducted. Throughout its entire history he was president of the United
Pipe Lines, and later of the United Pipe Lines division of the National
Transit Company, which position he has but recently resigned.
The manufacturing industries incident to the oil
business have also received a due share of Captain Vandergrifts
attention. He was the projector of the Imperial refinery, the largest
enterprise of its kind ever attempted in the oil regions, as shown by its
modern and complete equipment, its improved machinery, and a daily
capacity of two thousand barrels. By its sale to the Standard Oil Company
he became a stockholder in the latter, in which he was until recently an
officer. His ability and experience have also contributed to the planting
and development of the Oil City Boiler Works, the Pennsylvania Tube Works,
and the Apollo Iron and Steel Company.
Any one thus interested in a special product and its industries must of
necessity be identified with its finance. Captain Vandergrift founded the
Oil City Trust Company, one of the most prosperous and successful banking
institutions of western Pennsylvania. He also founded the Keystone Bank of
Pittsburgh, having previously been a director in the Allegheny National
Bank of that city. He was active in the organization of the Seaboard Bank
of New York, of which he is at present a director, and held a similar
position in the official board of the Argyle Savings Bank at Petrolia
during its brief but successful history. At the formation of the Oil City
Oil Exchange he became a large stockholder, and in great measure through
his vigorous action the Pittsburgh Oil Exchange was established on a sound
financial basis.
Since his removal to Pittsburgh in 1881, Captain
Vandergrift has given a large share of his energies to the introduction of
natural gas as a fuel. The Penn Fuel Company, the Bridgewater Gas Company,
the Natural Gas Company of West Virginia, the Chartiers Natural Gas
Company, the United Oil and Gas Trust, the Toledo Natural Gas Company, and
the Fort Pitt Natural Gas Company were founded and incorporated under his
guidance and general direction, and these enterprises, representing
millions of capital, have performed an incalculable service in developing
the fuel that has proven a veritable philosophers stone for the iron
industries of western Pennsylvania.
To no single man identified with the production and
application of petroleum and natural gas is greater credit due than to
Captain Vandergrift. It has frequently been said of him that he was a
pioneer of these industries, but, after all, that is scant praise to one
who was indeed a pioneer with sufficient forethought to see the
possibilities of his venture and sufficient courage to stand by those
possibilities and follow his forethought to complete success. Captain
Vandergrift was a pioneer and deserves all the laurels of a pioneer, and
at the same time the story of his business life is but the history of the
petroleum and natural gas industries. From the days of springpoles and
bulk barges and pond freshets, through all the rapid changes of the most
remarkable industrial development the world has ever seen, until to day,
when thousands of derricks stand like ghosts in the moonlight, and
thousands of pipe lines cover the ground like spider-webs, Captain
Vandergrift has stood by and led the fortunes of the great oil industry.
Never a day has his hand been off the wheel, and never an atom of his
energy and ability has he begrudged to the favored and favoring pursuits
of his life.
Captain Vandergrift never forgets. The past scenes of his life are dear to
him still, and many a time he beguiles the hours for his friends, and is
himself beguiled from weariness, as he casts the lead of his memory into
the stream of his life and dwells with pleasure upon the old days on the
river when life flowed as quietly as the Ohio, or met the dangers
incident to a high flood of the Mississippi. He is never too busy to give
a warm welcome and a cheery hour to an old comrade who shared the joys and
trials of his boating days. Nor has he ever lost touch with men as men.
Never has he felt that spirit that kills in too many successful men
sympathy with the struggling or the unsuccessful. The trials and
misfortunes of his own life, as well as its triumphs and successes, have
been fountains of helpfulness, and many a cheering word and many a helpful
hand does he give to those with whom he shared the past vicissitudes, and
with whom he is ever ready to share the present blessings. With the
conviction firmly rooted in his heart that wealth is the gift of God for
high and noble use, he has never withheld his hand, and the public
enterprises of religion and philanthropy, as well as the private
necessities of poverty and misfortune, have always shared largely in his
most generous and most unostentatious giving. In his private and social
life, into the sacredness of which we may not intrude here, Captain
Vandergrift is of the most genial and happy disposition. as hundreds of
his friends can testify, and his home has always been a center of gladness
and a source of joy. To look at the man and take the measure of his
success reveals to us some of the characteristics and secrets of his life
and career. His entire business life has been marked by the strictest
integrity and honesty of both principle and practice. Doubtful plans and
purposes have had no place in his policy, but to the least details of
business his integrity and honesty have always descended. His instinctive
love of fair play has always made him mindful of the rights and privileges
of other men and has helped him, at the same time, to recognize and reward
talent in others, and this power to discover talent has not only
contributed to his own success, but has opened the way for very many
others. His friends are as dear to him as his own life, and many a man has
found an unexpected door opened before him, unlocked by the captains
cherished memory of some act of friendship in the past. Coupled with these
most noble traits of manhood he possesses a keen power of discernment and
a large experimental knowledge of human nature. In addition to these
qualities of heart and life, Captain Vandergrift has that mental grasp
which foresees the possibilities and contingencies of his chosen business,
takes in the details of every department of his work, and anticipates and
meets contingency and possibility with matured and practical plans. Most
of all, he has the courage of his convictions, and while he stands ever
ready to yield his own opinion to a clearer light, his courage has carried
him forward to that complete success which has thus far crowned his busy,
honorable life. It is not given to every man to follow his own chosen path
to wealth and prove himself even in that very path a public benefactor.
But such has been Captain Vandergrift s experience. While yet in the
vigor of life he gives his best energies and high talents to his business,
gladly shares the joys and profits of it with his friends and the needy,
and still sees the triumph of his lifes labor issue in the general good
of the community and contribute to the comfort of mankind. The story of
his life and labor is told wherever the flame of natural gas glows in the
white heat of a furnace, wherever the yellow gleam of a petroleum lamp
brightens and cheers a home.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1890, pages 838-842.
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Businesses hit hard by meth testing
While the health and environmental dangers posed by methamphetamine labs are well known, health experts are just starting to realize the mounting problems with heavy meth use contaminating homes and cars, possibly putting unsuspecting people at risk.
On North Whidbey, a few business people are learning the high cost of cleaning up after methamphetamine smoke.
The owner of a used car lot will likely have to pay for testing of dozens of vehicles. Those cars that test positive for meth will either have to be cleaned by a certified company or simply disposed of. Unfortunately, a high-tech gadget that may have saved the owner thousands of dollars in testing didn't work right.
Oak Harbor business people own a mobile home on North Whidbey that will be destroyed because of suspected meth contamination caused by renters. Across the road, a lot is empty after Wells Fargo foreclosed on the owner, then ended up having to completely demolish and haul away two meth-contaminated mobile homes.
"This has cost the corporation thousands and thousands of dollars," said Oak Harbor Realtor Pete Rivera, who is dealing with the property for the bank. "Wells Fargo is taking a bath on this one."
Marie Piper, an environmental health specialist with the Island County Health Department, is in charge of testing for the dangerous drug at suspected sites. She said enclosed spaces, such as cars and houses, can become contaminated from meth labs or meth smoking, or as is often the case, both. The substance is sticky and difficult to remove, which makes the clean-up process expensive.
While health experts agree that meth exposure is a health risk, Piper said there is no consensus on what level of contamination is safe. The state standard is 0.1 micrograms per 100 centimeters squared.
Piper temporarily shut down O&J Sales, a car lot on Goldie Road, early last month after tests showed extreme levels of meth contamination in the office building, as well as lower levels in several cars. The building tested at 5,200 times the standard.
Health officials tested the dealership after the manager, Nolan Brown, was arrested and charged with possession of meth.
Piper said she hoped to save the owner, Mark Brown, money in the expensive testing by bringing in CDEX Inc., an Arizona company that makes a meth-testing scanner device. But Piper said the scanner apparently didn't work properly. It showed meth was present in 14 of the cars on the site. To check the results, the health department also swabbed the cars and sent the samples to a lab for testing. The results showed that only five of the samples were positive.
"Now we don't know if the negatives were really negatives," Piper said, explaining that dozens of cars will have to be tested the expensive way. "The scanner would have saved the owner a lot of money."
Last month, Oak Harbor resident Mark Brown, who's not related to the sheriff, explained that he started the car business to help his troubled son. Nolan was doing a great job until meth got the best of him, Brown said.
Now the cost of cleaning and testing may spell the end of the lot.
"It may cost us the business," he said. "It's a tremendous cost."
In addition, Piper said she'll contact three people who brought in the cars they purchased at the lot for testing and tell them the results weren't reliable.
On Stellar Lane on North Whidbey, a meth-related neighborhood nightmare is almost over. The saga began last summer when Wells Fargo foreclosed on a woman's home. She, her ailing mother and her boyfriend moved to an adjacent wooded lot, where they lived in a tiny camping trailer.
After a few weeks, the family moved into a trailer home across the street. Earlier this year, they were evicted from the home.
Piper said she caught wind of the situation last year and required Wells Fargo to test the home for meth. The tests came back "hot," she said, so the bank was forced to do a costly clean up. Workers crushed all the structures on site and carted them away. Rivera said some of the dirt even had to be removed.
"It was thousands of dollars in just testing," he said. He admits to being frustrated with the continued testing, but he said the bank will do what it takes to make the Health Department happy.
For now, the lot is completely vacant and the adjacent woods have been cleaned out. But the property across the street is a different matter.
Piper said the owners of the single-wide trailer decided not to do the expensive testing, but the clean-up is being run as if it is a contaminated site. The home will be demolished.
Piper said the home was so stuffed with junk that it would have been difficult to find a surface to test.
Last week, crews started cleaning up the yard surrounding the mobile home. An excavator piled junk in giant piles and moved a number of broken cars hidden beneath the trash.
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- 1 tablespoon Honey-Raisin Syrup*
- 1/2 fluid ounce Rose's lime juice
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- 6 fresh mint leaves
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- 3 fluid ounce lemon-lime soda
- 6 California golden raisins, plumped in light rum
Combine syrup, lime juice, lime and mint leaves in mortar, and pound until light golden color. Turn into cocktail shaker; add rum and soda. Shake well; strain and serve over ice. Garnish with raisins speared on toothpick and serve.
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Robin Colarusso of Everett won the prize after initially failing to win instant prizes that include $1 million payments, 4,250 VIP ticket packages and team merchandise.
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JERSEY CITY -- From the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, the Manhattan skyline still looks as if it's missing its two front teeth on the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
The attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon killed almost 3,000 people, brought down a symbol of American economic prowess and tore a hole in the area's identity. Nearly a quarter of those who died were New Jersey residents. Their relatives and friends will gather today at memorial services across the Garden State.
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People were still arriving for work at the twin towers when the first jetliner struck about 8:46 a.m. Another passenger jet hit the second tower at 9:03 a.m. Both buildings would eventually collapse in a deadly shower of steel girders and concrete that killed more than 2,600 workers, visitors and rescuers.
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"I have no place else to go," Cardinali said. "We didn't receive any body or body parts. So, we don't have a cemetery to go to."
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Ramos broke away from Eugene's 13th birthday on Thursday night to say she still sees her husband's full-faced smile in the boy's face.
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For people around the world, the twin towers were a New York icon, but they were part of everyday life for residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The two 110-story twin towers, which were completed in 1971, were a dominant part of the Manhattan skyline. More than 200,000 people passed through the World Trade Center daily.
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CARROLL TOWNSHIP—Carroll Township supervisors this week approved a nearly $150,000 grant agreement that will pay for the majority of a new leaf waste chipping site.
The site will give residents a place to bring their leaves and branches, which have recently been named to the list of recyclable materials, thus making it illegal to burn them.
The total cost of the project is $162,277, of which the township will be responsible for paying $16,528. The 2014 township budget includes $17,000 for this cost.
Secretary/Treasurer Faye Romberger said the site, which will be located behind the township building at 555 Chestnut Grove Road, will be a blacktopped area surrounded by chain link fence, and the equipment to be purchased will be a chipper and skid loader.
She said the site will not require extra manpower to guard or maintain, and that the grant includes key cards that will be given to residents for 24/7 access.
Supervisor Mark McCurdy said chippers can be destroyed quickly if just one small piece of metal or other material is dropped into it, and said he was concerned about whether or not the township would be policing the site.
Romberger said once DEP receives the signed agreement, a timeline for receiving the money will be set.
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New Orleans City Council Clerk Peggy Lewis is the new president of the Louisiana Municipal Clerks Association.
Lewis took on a leadership role with the LMCA in 2006 when she was elected to the executive board. In subsequent years, she served as public relations officer, secretary-treasurer, and most recently in 2011, as vice president. In October 2008, Lewis was certified as a master municipal clerk, the highest certification that can be earned by a municipal clerk.
An affiliate of the Louisiana Municipal Association, the LMCA promotes the importance of municipal government and its operations with a particular emphasis on services and facilities administered by the clerk.
Lewis has held the clerk's job in New Orleans since August 2002, when she replaced Emma Williams, who retired after holding the post for 16 years.
As clerk, Lewis' primary function is to oversee the office that handles the council's paperwork. But she also acts as a de facto traffic cop during meetings, reminding the council president when members need to suspend rules or when they have forgotten to do something.
She receives considerable face time during cable television broadcasts of meetings, reading each agenda item aloud before the council votes on it.
Crutchfield who has a business management degree from Loyola University, had been Williams' top assistant since 1997. She previously worked in the chief administrative office for 10 years.
Lewis was sworn in recently during the LMCA's 52nd annual spring conference in New Orleans.
Council President Clarkson, who attended the ceremony, said, "The New Orleans City Council is privileged to have Peggy Lewis serve as its clerk. Peggy and her staff are an integral part of the operations of the legislative branch of government.
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"Eddis Singleton doesn't know how good he is," they say.
They are talking about his swimming ability. Of everything else, they could say the same thing.
Singleton is beginning to understand, at least in the pool, how good he can become if he continues to swim. That "if" is a big one, as demonstrated by the unique path he carved from East Cleveland and Shaw High School to the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials this week in Omaha, Neb.
Singleton, 26, will compete in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle Friday at the trials. The event is swimming's version of the 100-meter dash in track. It's all about speed, and Singleton always has had plenty of that. What he will do with it remains to be seen.
Seeded 44th at the trials, Singleton is a long, long shot to make the Olympic team. This time. Four years from now, for the London Olympics? That would be interesting, but no less so than what has led him to Omaha.
Want to talk about long shots? How about these odds? It isn't just that Singleton emerged from a ramshackle swim team at Shaw High, which he joined after losing a friend's dare on a race in the pool during gym class. Or that he navigated safely out of a neighborhood between Euclid and Shaw avenues rife with crime and drugs.
Singleton is in a position that nearly everyone else has trained for years to reach. He has been at it full-go for about six months after taking three years off.
Three years!
A year ago, Singleton was coaching a summer swim team in Beachwood. He hadn't swum competitively since graduating from Mount Union in 2004. He was a six-time, NCAA Division III All-American, and actually qualified for the 2004 trials, but decided not to go. It was time to get on with his life. The reason he chose Mount Union instead of taking a swimming scholarship from Cleveland State was he never wanted swimming to be his job.
Singleton walked away from Mount Union with a degree in computer information systems and joined the working world. He has no regrets.
"I made sure I got my degree," he said. "Leaving swimming was my own decision. I've been happy with my progress and my accomplishments on my own since then."
The move didn't surprise his former Shaw High math teacher, Susan Way, who mentored Singleton in high school and has remained close.
"He's fairly wise about things, and he really thinks things through," she said.
After substitute teaching for a year at Shaw, he joined Westlake-based Travel Centers of America, which owns and operates truck stops, as a customer support rep. He kept a toe in the pool, giving lessons and coaching. Others raced. He watched.
"I had no time to swim other than when I was giving lessons," he said.
Almost on a whim, he entered a meet in Mayfield last July called the Parkview Sizzler. He won the 50 meters in 22.34 seconds in a short-course (25-meter) pool, a stunning time that would have ranked seventh in the world.
University Swim Club coach Charlie Lownes, who knew Singleton, immediately cornered him poolside, still dripping wet.
"If you don't get back in the pool and start training again, you're going to kick yourself 10 years from now," Lownes told Singleton.
Singleton knew Lownes was right and, more importantly, the time was right.
He got back in the pool.
Less than a year later, he is at the Olympic Trials.
"It was destined for Eddis to call things his way," said his former college coach, Kathie Lavery. "He had to do it on his terms."
Two things didn't change while Singleton's swimming career was in dry dock: He still is big and strong (6-5, 190 pounds) and is blessed with sprinter's speed.
"It's the speed," he said. "You really can't train for it. Either you have it or you don't. It's more of a natural-type thing."
Lownes opened the University School pool to Singleton, who practiced two or three days a week while Lownes and Lavery burned up phone lines trying to hook Singleton up with an agent, sponsor or national coach. Lavery helped him meet former Auburn coach David Marsh, who coaches an elite team in Charlotte, N.C., that includes Olympic gold medalist Mark Gangloff of Stow and 100-meter freestyle ace Cullen Jones, the country's top African-American swimmer and an inspiration to Singleton, who is black.
Marsh invited Singleton to join his team, and Singleton moved to Charlotte in January. Travel Centers agreed to let Singleton work from Charlotte with a laptop, which he does during 12-hour shifts from his apartment or from Marsh's office.
Singleton is the only swimmer in Marsh's stable with a full-time job. Most of the others have sponsors.
"He works ridiculous hours, and he's still at practice and still very happy and outgoing," Jones said. "If it was me, I'd be very, very tired. We're all very proud of what he can do and what he has done."
Gangloff, who competed against Singleton in high school, said Singleton brings an important perspective to the pool.
"He's a little different because he has gone out in the real world and has done a real job," Gangloff said. "It's just the way he acts and his tremendous work ethic."
Marsh said Singleton is just beginning to scratch his potential, in part because he is training in a long-course (50-meter) pool for the first time.
"It's like a movie," Marsh said. "He's working full time and jumps in the water and throws down that time. He has tremendous athletic talent. He's as good as there is, if not better. The challenge now is to make him an aquatic athlete."
Singleton is undecided about what will happen next. Much depends on how he does at the trials, which could lead to other sources of income and a chance to stay in Charlotte.
It's a moment for which some swimmers spend a lifetime preparing. Singleton's life prepared him for this moment.


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