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The cause of death was complications from Alzheimer's disease, according to a family friend.
Friends and colleagues of the former councilwoman yesterday described her as warm and generous, and a tireless public servant.
Flood's tenure on the council "was all about making the city a better place to live in, and she served the people of Jersey City in the manner in which she lived, with love and compassion and dedication," said the Rev. Edward Allen, a Flood family friend.
Flood resigned as councilwoman at large in February 2011, citing her failing health. In her final months on the council, she was often absent, sometimes appearing at council meetings just to vote.
She was elected to that post in 2005, and had previously served a three-year council term starting in 1990, when she was appointed to replace Maureen Collier.
"Willie Flood was a great family person a mother and wife, but she was also a tireless public servant," said Mayor Jerramiah Healy. "She was always unfailingly gracious to all who she encountered and was very much giving of her time."
Flood grew up in Mobile, Ala., the second of 13 children. Her uncle's friendship with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led to her family participating in the famed Montgomery bus boycotts of the 1950s.
After she moved to Jersey City in 1962, Flood became a teacher at School 22, where she met her husband Phillip, the current chair of the Jersey City Incinerator Authority, who survives her.
The couple had three children: John, Phillip and Todd. Todd died in 1992.
Flood's political career included a stint on the Board of Education, a failed attempt to succeed the late Glenn D. Cunningham as mayor in 2004 and one five-year term as Hudson County register.
In 2004, Flood spoke to The Jersey Journal about her unassuming manner.
"Sometimes people think that just because I speak softly that maybe I'm not as forceful, but (the students) could tell you that I talk softly but carried a big stick," she said.
One of Flood's final public appearances came when she attended the swearing-in of her successor, former councilwoman Kalimah Ahmad. Flood was presented with a bouquet of flowers to thank her for her service.
"She was full of life and energy and she was so thankful for the love that was shown to her," Deputy Mayor Kabili Tayari said.
A viewing will be held on Friday from noon to 5 p.m. at Cotton-Parker Funeral Home, 37 Clinton Ave., and again from 6 to 9 p.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 400 Arlington Ave., both in Jersey City.
Her funeral service is scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, followed by burial at Bayview Cemetery on Garfield Avenue.
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NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and WVUE-TV jointly filed suit Tuesday against the Criminal District Court because of the court's refusal to turn over records relating to life-insurance policies purchased with the court's judicial expense fund. The suit was filed in Civil District Court by lawyer Lori Mince. The case has been assigned to Judge Ethel Julien.
The use of the judicial expense fund by the criminal court judges for supplemental insurance came under fire in a 2012 legislative audit that found the judges "unlawfully" spent more than $600,000 on "excessive and unnecessary" insurance coverage in addition to their state-funded health plans. The supplemental items they purchased, according to the audit, included "whole life insurance plans with cash surrender values."
The suit filed Tuesday asserts that Lee Zurik, a reporter for WVUE, filed a public-records request on Dec. 10 seeking documents related to 85 life insurance policies purchased with money from the court fund. Zurik's request also sought documents showing the source of $71,983 that was refunded to the fund in late 2011 or early 2012.
On Jan. 2, the suit says, John Simerman, a reporter for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune requested similar records, including an accounting of which judges or judges' relatives received "whole life" insurance policies through the fund, and records showing which if any of the policies were cashed out.
Robert Kazik, the court's judicial administrator, rejected both requests, saying the documents sought were not public records under the law. Kazik's denial letter characterized the documents as medical records and said they were therefore exempt from public-records laws.
The news organzations' lawsuit says previous jurisprudence has established that expenditures by judicial expense funds are subject to public records laws, Mince wrote.
Moreover, the documents requested are life insurance policies purchased with public money, not medical records, the suit asserts.
When Mince wrote to the court's lawyer, Normand Pizza, to protest the court's failure to provide the records, Pizza wrote back that state public records laws do not apply to the judiciary.
The lawsuit asserts that there is "no legal basis for the notion that the Louisiana Public Records Act does not apply to the judiciary." It demands that the court produce the requested records and asks that the court be forced to pay attorneys' fees and other costs incurred by the news organizations.

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Author and blogger (and fellow Atlantan) Wendy Parker wrote a blog post chronicling her recent experience reading an Outside magazine article about women's cycling. To sum it up, she writes: "[the article is] less about the sport and more a curation of wailing about why it doesn't get the media attention its supporters believe it deserves," as the article bemoans female cyclists posing suggestively in magazines.
As usual, Parker nails this faux controversy by speaking in a voice from this decade rather than the ol' fashioned prim and proper period in which many writers who cry "SEXISM" seem to exist.
Her post also wiggled loose from my brain a memory of a letter I wrote to ESPN in October 2000. After an exchange on Twitter in which Wendy expressed an interest in reading that letter, I have selfishly decided to post it here, edited slightly for clarity, context, and to correct the embarrassing number of typos. I've also linked to the photos I reference. God bless the Internet.
You've seen the pictures: Jenny Thompson in Sports Illustrated, Dara Torres in Maxim, Brandi Chastain in Gear. You've heard the comments: Women's Sports Foundation Executive Director Donna Lopiano calls it "pornography"; Thompson calls her photo "an expression and a celebration of strength and the beauty of muscles." And the debate continues on: are female athletes who pose in a provocative manner doing a disservice to all female athletes, or are they promoting a new kind of woman, turning the tables on the heroin chic of the '90s and presenting a stronger, healthier image?
Then you've got the people involved sparring: Torres saying on Dan Patrick's ESPN program Outtakes, "Hey, at least I wasn't, like, almost, like, completely naked holding my breasts." (A little hypocritical coming from the woman who posed for the SI swimsuit issue climbing out of a pool in a white bathing suit. One can learn a lot more about Torres' breasts than about Thompson's based on their photos [note: I couldn't find a link to this pic, which makes me question this reference]). And SI for Women's Sandra Bailey on Geraldo Live (paraphrased): "… a difference, frankly, between [Thompson's photo] and posing in Maxim in a see-through blouse."
Aren't we getting a little nit-picky here? And aren't we missing the point?
Let's face it, any athlete, male or female, who poses in a sexy photo isn't saying "Hey, come watch me compete." Of course they are obviously proud of their bodies – and they have every right to be. But Jenny Thompson's photo isn't asking people to come on down to the Olympic trials. These athletes are telling the reader: "Look, I've got a kick-ass body and if that makes you watch me compete, great. If not, that's O.K. too." The medium (SI, Maxim, Women's Sport & Fitness) is really irrelevant.
But does it and should it matter? No. The concern should be with the fact that society perceives such photographs as tasteless and even harmful. There are those who say that the aforementioned athletes present a better role model for young women than anorexic-looking models, and this is probably true. But damning one athlete for posing for one magazine instead of another is ridiculous. Provocative is provocative, and is appearing in SI really that different from appearing in the Speedo catalog? Honestly, have you seen the pictures in there? It's all the same thing: sex sells – magazines, bathing suits, investment services. Why aren't athletes allowed to do what models have been doing for years?
Put it this way: let's say that a model – Cindy Crawford, for example – decides she wants to take up triathlon. She hires coaches and trains like crazy and gets really good at it. Perhaps she wins the Ironman. People will look at her and say "Wow, there's a really beautiful woman and hey, she's also a terrific athlete." But put Torres, Thompson, Chastain, Amy Acuff, etc. in pretty (and/or sparse) clothing and on the cover of a magazine and no one says, "Wow, there's a world-class athlete and hey, she's also a beautiful woman." No, instead, everyone freaks out. God forbid an athlete show off her body.
When female athletes sell sex, it can be a step backward for all women in sports. But this is not a new phenomenon, and it is not the root of the problem. That lies in society's perception that being a beautiful athletic woman is an oxymoron. That is not the athletes' fault, nor should they be bound by such arcane limitations.
A bigger concern should be the reactions of some of these athletes. For example: Chastain claiming that she didn't know what kind of magazine Gear was; Torres on Outtakes saying she only did the shoot because her 28-year old [male] agent wanted her to so he could go to the shoot; and Thompson recounting on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno that she thought the photos were to be used for an SI swimsuit issue and that the photographer '"tricked" her by using the topless/fists shot to accompany the article. This use of ignorance as an excuse can be much more damaging than a picture of a beautiful woman in a swimsuit (or out of one). All brawn and no brains, ladies, is that it? Come on, if you're going to be a role model, be an intellectual one as well as a physical one.
But the view that athletes shouldn't be sexy is changing. The more women athletes who show off the bodies they are proud of, the fewer shock waves it will send. Desensitizing? Perhaps more like equality. No one seems to mind Michael Jordan or Evander Holyfield making ads in their undies.
We do place our elite athletes on a higher plane. We give them the responsibility of representing us on the world's stage, and I am extremely proud and pleased to have the likes of Torres, Thompson and Chastain represent me as a woman, an athlete and an American. They are the people I hope to emulate when I spend five days a week in the gym. Can I not also aspire to be like them when I put on a blouse or a bikini? Why must we limit our athletes to being just athletes? Frankly the picture of 18-yr. old Kirsten Dunst on the cover of Maxim in men's underwear and a denim jacket that is a little too small is much more disturbing. But if Dunst can do it without igniting a firestorm of criticism, then the athletes who choose to model and pose should be afforded the same opportunity without being burned at the stake.
Well, it's nice to see I've always been excessively wordy.
As I recall, the impetus for this letter wasn't the photographs themselves but rather the athletes' reaction to those who denounced the photos. Quoting myself, "All brawn and no brains, ladies, is that it?" The athletes not taking ownership of their decisions really bothered me. Do it or don't do it, but don't blame other people if you're unhappy with the reaction to your photos.
I also remember doing a lot of thinking before writing this, as my initial reaction was something like "STOP POSING NEKKID, Y'ALL!" But as I gave the issue more consideration, I came to understand that, hell, if I had a body like Dara Torres, I'd be showing it off (and capitalizing on it) as much as I could too, and there's not one thing wrong with that.
I could say it's distressing to see, based on the article Wendy originally wrote about, that opinions haven't changed and faux fury over perceived sexism is still alive and well, but honestly it doesn't surprise me at all. There's not been much progress in that department (if not outright regression).
But as Parker so astutely noted, the attitudes of the female athletes involved have changed. I haven't read any excuses about the most recent examples of athletes posing in the buff (although the pool of people I would hear about is limited, I admit). The younger generation appears unfettered by the concerns of their predecessors. Hope Solo seems perfectly happy in the ESPN the Mag Body Issue to water your lawn naked, while Alex Morgan's all "Yep, those're my nipples" in Sports Illustrated.
So what can we glean from all this? Perhaps while the mindsets of the female athletes who pose provocatively have changed, those who seek to protect these women from having to submit to these horrible prurient photo shoots instead place them squarely in the sexist box they so loudly decry.
You can buy a copy of Wendy Parker's book, "Beyond Title IX" here.


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Christianity was introduced into Urgel at a very early period. St. Justus , Bishop of Urgel, attended the Second Council of Toledo in 527. He also attended the First Council of Lérida, 546, and wrote on the Canticle of Canticles a work dedicated to Sergius, Archbishop of Tarragona. St. Isidore mentions him and his three brothers in his "Varones ilustres". Simplicius, Bishop of Urgel, figures in the Third Council of Toledo and the names of his successors, in later councils of Tarragona, and the Second Council of Barcelona. Lubericus, at the time of the Mohammedan invasion, attended the Sixteenth Council of Toledo. The line of bishops continued uninterruptedly during the period of the Mohammedan dominion. The city, however, was totally destroyed, a district called Vicus Urgelli alone surviving. Reconquered and taken possession of by the French the see was governed by Felix who with Elipandus of Toledo propagated Adoptionism, a heresy in which it appears he died, notwithstanding the fact that he had several times abjured it. Learned and except for his heretical tendencies, virtuous, he died in exile in León, 804, and for this reason the people of Urgel in ancient times venerated him as one of their seven holy bishops. About 885 Bishop Ingobert was expelled from his see by the intruder Selva, who, under the protection of the Count of Urgel, was consecrated in Gascony. This usurper also unlawfully placed Hermemiro over the See of Gerona. In 892 a synod was held in the Church of Santa María in Urgel; the two usurpers were deposed, their vestments rent, their crosiers broken over their heads, and they were deprived of their sacerdotal faculties. Bishop Saint Amengol died on 3 Nov., 1035. Another saint and Bishop of Urgel was Odo, son of Count de Pallas (1095-1122). Arnaldus of Perexens retired to the monastery of Bellpuig in 1194. His successor Bernardo de Castelló attended the Third Council of the Lateran, and in 1198 retired to the monastery of Aspir in the Diocese of Elne. In the last century José Caixal, who distinguished himself at the Vatican Council and was so cordially detested by the Liberals, was Bishop of Urgel (1853-79). When Seo de Urgel was captured by Martínez Campos during the civil war the bishop was taken prisoner, exiled and died at Rome.
The bishops of Urgel have from very ancient times been sovereign princes of the Andorra valleys. When Charlemagne liberated the City of Urgel from the Saracen yoke he conferred on its bishop Posidonius I the right to one tenth of the tithes of the valleys. When the territory was reconquered and colonized by Louis the Pious he conferred the sovereignty on the Count of Urgel. These counts and the bishop contended for the rights over the Andorran valleys until 26 Oct., 1040, when on the occasion of the dedication of the cathedral of Urgel the Countess Constancia accompanied by her son Armengol, a minor, ceded to Bishop Eribaldus her right of sovereignty over Andorra. The contentions, however, were renewed between Count Armengol and Bishop Bernardo de Castelló. The latter had recourse to Raimundo Roger I, Count of Foix, promising to share with him the government of Andorra. Relying on this agreement Roger Bernardo III, Count of Foix, in 1264, invaded the estates of the Bishop of Urgel. This war was ended by arbitration. Jatvert, Bishop of Valencia, acting with the other arbitrators, drew up an agreement known as the "Pariatges", which was accepted by the Count de Foix on 7 Sept., 1278, and later confirmed by Martin IV. This convention still forms the Constitution of Andorra, a neutral territory, known as a republic. According to it the valleys recognized as their lawful sovereigns the Count de Foix and the Bishop of Urgel, each of whom appointed a veguer (vicar), who jointly administered the government. The rights of the counts of Foix passed to the Bourbons, kings of France, and subsequently to the French Government; the bishops of Urgel still retain a nominal suzerainty and the title of "principes soberanos" of Andorra.
The ancient cathedral of Andorra was destroyed; the present cathedral dates from the time of Bishop Eribaldus and was consecrated in 1040, although the building was continued until late into the thirteenth century. It is an example of the Romanesque of the second period resembling the transition period architecture of France. Adjoining the church is a twelfth-century cloister, restored in the sixteenth century. The cathedral possesses a rich collection of ancient jewelled altar-vessels and ornaments. The archives contain a famous collection of very ancient documents, some of which date from the time of the Frankish kings. Inside the cathedral is the parish of St. Odo, and outside are the churches of San Miguel and San Augustín. To the east of the city are situated the citadel, the castle, and the tower of Solsona, which figured prominently in the late civil wars. The first seminary was erected by a Bull of Clement VIII, 13 August, 1592; the new seminary was built by Bishop Caixal and is one of the finest buildings in the city. The episcopal palace is also striking. There are two hospitals, military and civil, the latter being installed in the former Convent of the Augustinians. There is a convent of sisters devoted to Christian education, a foundling and an orphan asylum. The cathedral was declared a minor basilica on 9 Dec., 1905. The diminutive republic (6000) is governed by a popularly elected council of ex-members and a syndic or president, elected by the council for life. Its inhabitants are mostly shepherds, and speak Catalan.
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So wait, you spared, you answered his email, and you can't call him for friend activities? I think you should reload the game and wait that he will call you, or replaying "The Hollad Play". -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 03:54, September 8, 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, so you went further into the story? Well, I was thinking on loading once again the mission "The Holland Play" (if you have a saved file of the game, set before completing the mission), though it would delete your currently progressing game. My only other solution is to message Rockstar Games via their social club. -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 04:47, September 8, 2012 (UTC)
Oh, sorry for not replaying sooner, AssassinHood, I was busy.
Well, If the game asks your load it to obtaine trophies - do it - turn off the game and then turn it on again. -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 14:43, September 12, 2012 (UTC)
- On which platform areyou playing? It refuse to load old saves trophies? -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 14:48, September 12, 2012 (UTC)
- Wow. I have a PS3 too, and I don't recall having such problem you have. I don't really know what to say, other than that you can send a message to R* (through their social club) regarding your problem, because I never dealt a situation like that before. -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 14:55, September 12, 2012 (UTC)


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Brandon Inge now plays for the Oakland Athletics. From a baseball perspective, it's probably best that he left the Detroit Tigers. Fans who hope for a World Series title this year have little tolerance for a backup infielder whose best days are behind him.
Still, we hope Tigers fans can appreciate Inge, and players like him, not necessarily for their value on the field, but their good deeds off it.
The family of late Jackson resident Steve Lobdell might speak for Inge's character.
In 2006, Inge wore a wristband in honor of Lobdell, who he met at Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor that summer. Lobdell died of Hodgkin's disease at age 20 that September, and Inge wore the wristband, a gift from the hospital patient he met, for the rest of the season.
"Anyone who has the courage to battle something like that, I feel like I should pay my respect to," the player said that fall.
Inge touched many fans with that and other acts of goodwill. He donated money to Mott, as well as his time, and was an ambassador to Tigers fans who could be seen at various public events.
Give Inge the ribbing he deserves for his performance. He makes millions of dollars; some grief is a small price to pay for a life of luxury.
Still, during a week in which a former Detroit teammate was suspended for his behavior, it's worth acknowledging an athlete who embraced being a role model. Brandon Inge was a Tiger who roared.
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Two years after FEMA quit paying to demolish New Orleans homes and businesses damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the agency has agreed to restart the program, with more than 900 properties already on the teardown list.
Aides to Mayor Mitch Landrieu said this week that they've convinced the Federal Emergency Management Agency that the additional dilapidated properties should be razed at the agency's expense because they are located near the more than 1,600 buildings that FEMA paid to tear down between December 2007 and March 2009.
"They're often right next door to a FEMA demolition property," mayoral spokesman Ryan Berni said.
A FEMA spokeswoman confirmed that the agency has agreed to finance the demolition of at least 910 properties that were deemed eligible for the program years ago.
"They remain eligible as a result of a recent reassessment performed by FEMA" that found the properties unoccupied and posing health and safety hazards, spokeswoman Paddy Buratto said in an email message.
City officials also plan to seek FEMA reimbursement for some of the 806 properties that the city has demolished using federal block grants, said Jeff Hebert, Landrieu's blight czar.
"If those are covered, the city gets those dollars back to apply to other projects," Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kopplin said. "We are going to get as aggressive as we can be."
Demolitions are among several issues -- from the repair of water pipes to the remittance of hazard mitigation payments -- that Landrieu has raised in recent months with FEMA, arguing that the federal agency has not yet fulfilled its legal obligation to restore the city's assets to their pre-disaster condition. Tearing down nuisance buildings also supports the mayor's goal of ridding the city of 10,000 blighted properties by 2014.
Immediately after Katrina, FEMA directed the Army Corps of Engineers to demolish about 4,650 properties in New Orleans, many at the request of owners. City Hall took over the effort in late 2007 and ordered contractors to raze another 1,662 properties, with FEMA picking up the $30 million tab.
When the program ended in March 2009, the city still had about 3,000 properties on its demolition list, Hebert said, adding that the reason for the stoppage remains a mystery to him.
"No one can pinpoint the exact reason. No one can tell me. It was Veronica White's show," he said, referring to former Mayor Ray Nagin's sanitation director. White left City Hall when Nagin completed his second term last May.
FEMA records also give no hint as to why Nagin aides let the program wane, Buratto said.
"The city never provided a reason for halting the demolitions," she said. "A request for an extension to complete the demolitions was never presented either."
A recent review found that more than two-thirds of the leftover addresses no longer require the wrecking ball, largely because owners have leveled or rehabilitated the buildings, Hebert said.
That leaves 874 residential properties and 36 commercial buildings that city officials say FEMA has agreed to pay to demolish.
"These are properties that neighbors and everybody else is saying have been walked away from," Hebert said.
All properties identified as demolition candidates will move through the city's code and health enforcement process, meaning owners must be notified of a blight citation and granted a hearing before an adjudication officer before the city can raze the nuisance property, Hebert said.
Those in older areas also must be reviewed by standing committees that decide whether to allow a demolition, based on a property's historic character or its contribution to the neighborhood fabric, he said.
About half of the 910 properties that the city intends to tear down have completed those processes, Hebert said, adding that demolitions are slated to begin in mid-April. FEMA also will cover the entire cost of salvaging historic architectural elements from the properties, he said.
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The Boston Red Sox got their power-hitting outfielder after all.
The Red Sox traded Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes and cash considerations to the Oakland Athletics Thursday morning for outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and a competitive balance pick. The deal was first reported by WEEI.com. The pick comes just after the second round of the 2015 first-year player draft.
In Cespedes, the Red Sox receive a 28-year-old outfielder who has hit 66 home runs over the last three seasons, his first three in the majors after signing out of Cuba. An American League All-Star this year, Cespedes is hitting .256 with 26 doubles, 17 home runs and a .303 on-base percentage. He signed a four-year, $36 million deal with the A's before the 2012 season and is eligible for free agency after the 2015 season.
All along, Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington has said he's trying to build the next good team for 2015. Cespedes fits that bill.
Not only does Cespedes have a power bat, he has a power arm. He has 12 outfield assists this season, tied with Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. for most among major league outfielders.
With Gomes now gone, Cespedes can settle into left field at Fenway Park while Bradley roams center and Shane Victorino plays right, giving the Red Sox a trio of outfielders who would make it risky for any runner to take an extra base. This also means Daniel Nava, the line-drive hitting left fielder who just started to get his bat going in July, may find playing time scarce.
Choosing not to go the prospect route, the Red Sox took a chunk of the risk out of the trade. In recent years, trading for stud pitchers at the deadline has often required a haul of prospects in return. Very few of those prospects have panned out. The Red Sox went the simple route, adding a proven player they know can help them in the near future.
Lester may have finished his nine-year run with the Red Sox in the prime of his career. The 30-year-old has a 2.52 ERA this season with a career-best 4.66 strikeout/walk rate.
Just because Lester is traded doesn't necessarily mean he won't re-sign with the Red Sox in the off-season. Lester said last weekend he would be open to such a scenario.
"Yeah why not?" he said. "I mean, (Boston) is what I know, this is what I love. Like I've said plenty of times, this is where I want to be. And if they trade me I completely understand. No hard feelings. I know what they have to do for their organization and if that involves me, so be it. If it doesn't I'll keep running out there every five days and pitching."
Considering the Oakland A's are a small-market team, it's unthinkable to imagine Lester re-signing with the Oakland. The A's appear more interested in upgrading their starting rotation to make a serious run at the playoffs this year. With Lester, Jeff Samardzija and Sonny Gray, the A's have to be considered the favorites in the American League, maybe even the favorites to win it all.
While Gomes was always appreciated for his efforts in the Red Sox's clubhouse, he hit .242 with a .736 OPS over two seasons with the Red Sox, playing mostly left field. The helmet-wearing, tobacco-chewing veteran will return to a team he was fond of with a chance to make another run. He was due to be a free agent at the end of the year.
To be sure, the Red Sox are not done making moves. John Lackey is expected to be traded before Thursday's 4 p.m. ET deadline while Andrew Miller, Koji Uehara, Stephen Drew and Mike Carp could be on the move as well.
As for next year, bet the Red Sox go after Lester or another starting pitcher. Clay Buchholz is good, but he won't be their No. 1 pitcher in 2015. This is only the first domino.
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EAGLE GROVE - New faces in the lineup propelled the Webster City boys' golf team to its best team score over the last four years on Friday at the Eagle Grove Golf Course.
The Eagles were right at home on their course and turned in a 155 to beat the Lynx, who carded a season's-best round of 174.
"I think we are making good progress now and I'm looking forward to more improvement," WCHS head coach Dave Brighton said. "I am very excited for the team."
The Lynx two rookies - John Ferrell and Logan Yates - took the lead for the team. Ferrell shot a 41, a stroke better than Yates (42).
Ferrell's round featured four pars, while Yates had three.
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Eagle Grove 155, Webster City 174
Eagle Grove (155) - Cody Helmick 43, Connor Tomke 38, Brenton Pohlman 37, Aaron Wagner 40, Jacob Grandgeorge 40, Brian Yackle 44.
Webster City (174) - Karter Lenning 47, Logan Yates 42, Doug Stoakes 44, Sam Mossman 53, John Ferrell 41, Brady Bergman 47.
Medalist - Pohlman (EG). Runner-up - Tomke (EG).
Webster City JV (214) - Jake Daniels 50, Jess Miller 58, Dylan Rose 52, Brandon Carlson 54, Joel Hanus 59, Buster Pitcox 65.
Doug Stoakes added a 44, and Brady Bergman and Karter Lenning shot identical rounds of 47.
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didn't have any stop lights.
Okay Bluffton, here is a little game, it's easy, just answer the following question, I'll answer first. I remember when Bluffton...
didn't have any stop lights.
And George Heyward was mayor....
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
When 278 was a two lane? Or no Walmart on HH. Or when Calhoun Street was an oyster shell road? The only grocery store was Scott's and everyone rushed in before 1 o'clock because that's when they closed on Sundays? How 'bout when no alcohol was sold on Sundays?
I would rather suffer than knowingly fail my God.
And Graham Bullock published our local paper the Bluffton Eccentric.
it took thirty minutes to get out of the post office...not because of slow service, but because you knew everyone there and all loooved to talk!!!
I would rather suffer than knowingly fail my God.
The very first Christmas parade...all five minutes of it? LOL
I would rather suffer than knowingly fail my God.
in order to place a phone call, only the last four digits were required?
I would rather suffer than knowingly fail my God.
I remember when Burnt Church Road was a dirt road with a big dip in it about half-way thru.
This was on St Helena, but I assume BLuffton was the same. Our first telephone that we ever had was a 6 party line. Our number was 6-1-D. If the operator wanted your number, there was a pattern of long and short rings. Ours was two longs and three shorts. Another might have 3 longs and 3 shorts. Everybody's phone on our line heard the rings.
Sometimes someone might not be home and we would all wait for a repeat of the rings until the operator gave up. Sometimes, if the ring was for someone we knew, we might answer anyway and tell the operator they weren't at home and she would connect us to whoever was calling. Probably someone we knew, so we would tell them they weren't home and wondered if they wanted to leave a message. Usually did, but since they were already talking, there would be a "have you heard the latest".
Sometimes we would hear the ring and pickup and it would end up in a conference call.
If you wanted someone on your own line, you could ring them directly if you knew their ring pattern.
Sometimes two people might hog the line and make others impatient. You had to wait until they finished. Some people would do phone rage by ringing the ringer while they were talking.
Modern phones are so much better.
was a speed trap.
When the only thing at the corner of 278 and 46 was a produce stand.
And when The Cresent was a tomato field.
I remember stopping and going up the driveway to the house behind the field one day after the tomato field had been picked. There were tomatoes laying under the bushes and the last ones that were passed up hanging low on the bushes. I went to the door and asked the lady if I could pick a tomato or get one off the ground and she said, "No". I often think of her when I pass by there.
If you didn't stop at the Nickle pumper stop sign for a full 30 seconds then you would receive a ticket for rolling thru it and the policeman stood at your car window with his hand out expecting you to pay him on the spot.
when Burnt Church road was a dirt, very dark and narrow desolate road.
I remember State Road 462 (now 278) into Bluffton being a Dirt Road with a wooden Bridge over the Okatie river. There was no Broad River Bridge, neither was there a Hilton Head Island Bridge. Highway 170 was pave in Beaufort County but the pavement stopped at the Jasper county Line on 170 just North of the Endmark convenience store. The Palmetto State Bank was the first local bank when it opened in 1981 in a office trailer in their now parking lot. I remember all 12 grades at Bluffton High School being housed in one building, I also remember those times being the good old days. LOL. Oh how I miss them. I could write a book on this but you folks get the drift, LOL. (To set the record straight the one school was called Bluffton High School with all 12 grades in one building).
when Buckwalter was 2 lanes and the only places on the road was the school and Woodbridge.
PepperHall was all alone on 462. At least it was to my memory.
was at Bridge and Boundary St.
Christmas parties, between the law office and Pepper's Porch, the whole town would show up.
at All Joy
being at Bridge and Calhoun before relocating to Bridge and Boundary. I also remember if you misbehaved in school you would get your butt paddled, LOL. That was a lesson within itself and you did not forget in order to get a second one, LOL.
Does anybody else remember seeing the white dolphin in May River? Sometimes it was in Skull Creek or behind Daufuskie Island, but it just about always came to be fed. I think somebody from Florida came up and captured it.
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I thought it was in the Beaufort area, or close by. I guess I must be getting old and my memory is not working well, LOL.
It was also spotted in other waters including St Helena Sound, where it was finally captured by the Miami Seaquarium. SC legislature passed a law protecting it. Nearly caused a war between SC and Florida. It died in captivity a few years later.
It wasn't a true albino, but according to the Seaquarium, was light colored "from living in the murky waters of Beaufort, SC." So why aren't all of them white? Poor logic. It was a mutant. They tried to breed it but "it became depressed and lost its will to live."
Idiots, set it free and it may have survived.
When John(ny) Angel was Not a song!
When there were two "stores" on Calhoun St.: Messex & Robinowich mercantile.
Bluffton Fire dept was all volunteer dept.
Bluffton town limit was 1 square mile.
bluffton dock was not metal.
Fludd's Fruit Stand was the only stop between Beaufort and Hilton Head, unless you wanted to turn off and go visit "the artist's colony" as Bluffton was known.
Outhouses perched precariously over the creeks off the May River.
Shrimpers paid cash for their kid's tuition at May River Academy. "It warn't all shrimp," they would say with a sly grin. Two bales of marijuana washed up on the beach at Shipyard on Hilton Head.
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Sailing to Dafuskie on a dinghy & camping out out on the beach. No-one around except the natives (and they could care less if you were there:)
Having to leave Hilton Head an hour early for any appt. in Savannah... just in case the draw bridge was open.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
Fludds fruit stand was also Old McDonald Farm which was ran by the McDonald's in the early eighties!
when placing a call to HHI was long distance...as well as Hardeeville. Remember when Miss Margeret would cut hair in her bathroom or kitchen at her house (now the Heyward House)?
I would rather suffer than knowingly fail my God.
Ms. Anne's and Ms. Reddy's kindergarten class, how many of y'all went there?
I would rather suffer than knowingly fail my God.
The long ride to shop groceries at Bargain Corner in Savannah!
That was one loooong ride, ST!
I would rather suffer than knowingly fail my God.
I remember when 278 stopped at 170 and you had to go thru Hardeeville to get to Bluffton and HHI from I-95
Bluffton was
going to Savannah was a MAJOR trip! We'd all get excited because we're going to "the big city" LOL
I would rather suffer than knowingly fail my God.
a fruit and vegetable stand at the turn off to Hilton Head Island before they changed the highway to the design that is in place now. The road from Hilton Head Island made a stop at highway 462 at a T intersection, Left to Bluffton or right to Beaufort or Savannah.
Bluffton Ambulance was parked in the drive way of the Niver's on Calhoun street.
I could actually go outside in the summer. No one gated themselves in like animals. The school system was a bit better than number 49, and there were things for the kids to do. No one complained about the grass being to high in the median and there were no golf carts except on the golf course. A roof could be purple, yards could have as many flower pots as you wanted, dogs, cats, and oak trees were not more important than people. Yeah Yeah I know, go back up North, if you consider Va Beach North. 2 years left in this bug infested, bickering, whining, no lights on the road havin', @@@@ hole.
Sorry for raining on your Bluffton memory parade.
You just might go back to VA in 2 years and find that it's just not the same... sorta like we are all reminiscing about here.
Hopefully, your old town hasn't been invaded by a ton of Southerners who do nothing but complain about the newly overcrowded & underperforming school system, miserably cold weather, and crime in their unprotected homes.
Best of luck!
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
when our nearest neighbor was a mile or more away and we actually walked it w/out complaint of it being too hot, too far etc! All I gotta do now is just look out the window and see a ton of houses everywhere squished together like sardines.
I would rather suffer than knowingly fail my God.
Thank you everybody! That was fun! I too remember alot of the things that were mentioned. I did not grow up here, but Bluffton reminds me very much of the small town I grew up in. Sometimes, change is not for the better.
Does anyone remember Snow's Sandwich shop?
I remember the ferry at Buckingham that carried our cars over to the Hilton Head side of the river. It docked where Outdoor Resorts, or whatever it is called now, is located. It took about 45 minutes to get there. I also remember having to ride a barge one time and we rode the mail boat one time when the ferry was down. My Grandmother and Granddaddy bought me the first coca cola that I can remember drinking, from a 5 cents drink machine that was housed in a small shack at Buckingham. Oh! What Fun!
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Allen has been a commercial photographer for 40 years, but only recently began push the envelop by taking new risks with his art and craft via his three dimensional collage pictures.
"We are constantly bombarded with images," Allen said, added he wanted to break what he calls, "the three second barrier," which is the average attention span and length of time someone will look at a picture. So he began looking for new ways to present the images.
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Richardson, a Republican from Central Point and candidate for governor, said he wants to counterbalance what he calls "propaganda" by Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber contained in a recent ad campaign for the state's health insurance exchange.
"To counteract his use of public money to promote a failed system and a failed website, we're asking citizens to share their stories," Richardson said.
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Typical electron velocity distribution functions observed at 1 AU from the Sun by the instrument 3DP aboard of WIND are used as boundary conditions to determine the electron velocity distribution function at 4 solar radii in the corona. The velocity distribution functions (VDF) at low altitude are obtained by solving the Fokker-Planck equation, using two different sets of boundary conditions. The first set typically corresponds to a VDF observed in a low speed solar wind flow (i.e., characterized by "core" and "halo" electrons); the second one corresponds to high speed solar wind (i.e. characterized by "core," "halo" and "strahl" populations). We use the observed electron VDFs as test particles which are submitted to external forces and Coulomb collisions with a background plasma. Closer to the Sun, the relative density of the core electrons is found to increase compared to the densities of the halo population. Nevertheless, we find that in order to match the observed distributions at 1 AU, suprathermal tails have to be present in the VDF of the test electron at low altitudes in the corona. Note that the present work has been submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research [6]. This is the reason why we present here only an extended summary.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The Huntsville Ballet Company is staging its "Unplugged," show on Oct. 26 and Oct. 27 at the Von Braun Center Playhouse. This is the second year the company has put on the show, which an up close and personal experience for the audience and dancers, said Monica Yother, the ballet's marketing director.
"It's a series we started last year, and we're planning on continuing," Yother said. "It includes modern, hip hop and really cutting-edge choreography each year."
For this year's show, the ballet company has brought in out-of-town as well as local choreographers for the show. All the dancers are company dancers for Huntsville Ballet.
The first segment of the show will feature some of the more modern elements, with the second part bringing in more traditional ballet, Yother said.
"We'll have guest musicians doing selections from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," she said. "It's more traditional, but it should be very exciting."
The third section of the program is called "Opera Fusion" in which professional singers from Arts Nova, including Christy Weber, Van Arc Wright and Gloria Ko, will perform works from "The Merry Widow," "Carmen" and "Madame Butterfly."
"We're calling it Opera Fusion because we want to introduce the younger audience to a fresh way of enjoying the arts," Yother said. "The whole idea of this production is nice; it's fresh and exciting.
Performances for "Unplugged" are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults and $22.50 for seniors and students for star seating in sections one; $22 for adults and $19.50 for seniors and students in the loge sections; and $20 for adults and $17.50 for students in seniors in the side sections. Visit communityballet.org for more information.


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Early bird The Magic Loungeabout 2012 tickets have go on sale today (Thursday 24 November).
Prices of the tickets are yet to be announced by organisers, but they did confirm that the event will return to Broughton Hall in North Yorkshire from 27-29 July.
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With the announcement, Simon Adamson, the festival's director, said: "It's great to be making our first full announcement as we look ahead to the summer. This year was a great success, so we are augmenting the festival across all areas whilst retaining the spirit and ethos of The Magic Loungeabout, which resonated so strongly with everyone.
"There was lots of brilliant feedback, which we have listened to and will be implementing. It's a really exciting time for everyone involved with the festival – I can't wait for us to be back!"
New additions include a brand new forest stage featuring pop up acoustic sessions and fringe theatre, twice as many pop and acoustic acts and three times as many speakers from anecdotal legends to inspiring heroes.
The award-winning Bearded Kitten will be providing extra entertainment, fun and games for kids and adults during the festival and there will also be visual arts.
The festival capacity will also increase by 1,000.
The Magic Lounegabout line-up in 2011 included The Human League, Badly Drawn Boy, New Young Pony Club, Ed Sheeran and many more last summer, along with guests speakers including Howard Marks and Simon Beaufoy.


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(This post is part of 8 Nights of Wolkin, my unnecessarily narcissistic semi-exploration of various incarnations of Jews and Judaism in comics, for better or for worse. It's my way of celebrating Chanukah. That's how I spell it. Do you have another way of spelling it? I don't care.)
So I may be short by a day or so on my 8 nights, but here's a little extra so fill in the blanks: I had a piece up today on ComicsAlliance with their first-ever Chanukah gift list! I think it's a pretty decent list of Jewish comics, if a little bit incomplete and it's extra special because of the stupid comments.
Moving on…
Tonight's installment pulls from everyone's favorite thing: the Marvel Holiday Special!!! We're not always lucky enough to get a Chanukah story in one of these, but 1993 was an exception, with a Peter David-penned tale of Leonard "Doc" "I'm the craziest psychologist alive" Samson visiting a classroom at a Yeshiva to tell the students the story of Chanukah.
Two quick things: interesting to see a co-ed classroom in a Yeshiva, which is traditionally an Orthodox learning institution. Boys and girls learning Jewish things together? That doesn't happen so much. Also weird that they don't know anything about Chanukah yet.
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LYNDHURST -- With children in the South Euclid-Lyndhurst schools, it has never been a difficult decision for Lyndhurst Ward 1 Councilman David Frey or South Euclid Councilman at-large David Miller to support a levy for the district.
But now, as co-chairmen of the Committee for Continued Excellence in SE-L Schools, Frey and Miller are even more invested in the campaign to pass Issue 115, the district's 5.9-mill operating levy on the Nov. 6 ballot.
"I witness first-hand many of the great things that go on in our schools," said Frey, who serves as Lyndhurst's vice mayor. "I have a daughter who is a senior at the high school who is very well prepared from both an academic and extracurricular perspective to get into any college that we have looked at."
Frey, who has three daughters in the SE-L school system, and Miller, who has a son at Brush High School, both spoke in support of the levy at the levy campaign kickoff Sept. 18 at the SE-L Board of Education building.
"I understand that our district does not have a great reputation, but I think that is really a misperception by people who just do not know," Frey said. "My wife and I are actively involved parents and get to meet a lot of very talented kids and a lot of inspired teachers who push our kids to excel."
Miller, president of South Euclid City Council, talked about the importance of having strong schools and what that means for the SE-L community.
"When our schools are strong, everybody benefits from it, whether they have kids in our district or not," he said.
"I believe in public education. It gives all our kids an opportunity to learn, explore and be the best they can be."
Levy's passage would prevent more cuts
If the continuing operating levy passes, it is expected to generate about $4.5 million per year for the district starting in January. It would cost the owner of a home valued at $100,000 about $180 more per year in property taxes.
Funding generated by this issue would be used to maintain current educational programming, district Treasurer Paul Pestello has said. The money would be anticipated to last for the next three years, he said.
If the levy fails, the district would need to reduce about $2.65 million from its budget for the 2013-14 school year to avoid a projected deficit of about $5.3 million for 2014-15, Pestello has said.
"Now we are faced with serious cuts in funding because the state decided to balance its budget at the expense of the schools and the municipalities," Frey said. "We could argue that the funding model for our schools is wrong.
"But until someone at the state level helps to fix it, we are at the mercy of our residents to see the value in our public education system and the value it brings to our communities and continue to be generous enough to help fund it."
Miller agreed "we can't rely on the same old arguments.
"The state legislators, the governor and the folks in Washington have not acted (to fix the way schools are funded)," he said. "So why punish the children for their inaction?
"Like everything else, our economic times are difficult. We're asking people to make some hard decisions about this levy. Our kids are worth that hard choice."
Miller: Students need tools to compete
Miller served as chairman of the levy committee in 2008, when voters in the district approved a 5.4-mill operating levy. He said it's important for the district's students to have the tools necessary to compete on an international level.
"Our kids need every opportunity to be able to explore and compete, not only in the classroom, but in extracurricular activities as well," he said. "This levy will give them the tools."
This is Frey's first time as a committee chair or co-chair.
"The last levy that passed in 2008 was only supposed to last two years, but our current school board, with help from the administration, was able to extend that levy for four years due to reductions in operating expenses," Frey said.
"We have several new members sitting on our school board who have been good stewards of our money and a new superintendent who is ready to help move this district forward. We need to give them the resources required to continue making progress and help our kids compete."
Miller also pointed to the leadership of Linda N. Reid, who took over as the district's superintendent in July, and her "commitment to excellence."
"We do have high achievement standards in our district," Reid said. "We have three elementary schools rated Excellent (on the state report card).
"We have high-quality education, and people want to see that continue to happen."
Reliance on taxpayers
Since revenue from the state for schools has declined over the past few years, about 87 percent of the district's funding has to come from local taxpayers, Reid said.
"Voting for Issue 115 will cost the owner of a home valued at $100,000 only about $3.50 a week," she said.
Frey said the levy committee has launched a website, supportselschools.com, which has information about the issue. Subcommittees have been formed to make phone calls, distribute literature and yard signs and provide outreach to the community, he said.
Literature is being dropped off throughout the district this week, and committee members will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 29 at Brush High School to pick up and distribute more literature.
Reid said a pep rally is planned for Oct. 26 at Brush before the Arcs' final home football game against Garfield Heights.
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I am totally immersed in summer and have a fun little pedi to share with you today. I saw this on one of the teens at church and about died it was so cute. I had a 14 year old niece coming out to visit and knew this would be such a fun project for us. Introducing...
Don't they just scream summer?!
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1. Paint pink/red base coat. Allow to dry.
2. Tape off the tips with the french manicure stickers.
3. Paint tips green.
4. Remove tape strips. Either take them off when the paint is really fresh or after it has dried for a long time, otherwise it will make the edges furry.
5. Use a toothpick to add a black dot in the middle of your nail. Use the opposite tip to drag the dot to a point making a teardrop shape. Repeat putting three "seeds" on each toenail. I did not do seeds on my pinky toenails because they are tiny.
6. Cover with a clear coat to add shine and protection.
Put on some sandals and enjoy your cute watermelon toenails!
I have a lot more fun tutorials. Stop in any time! Thanks Tam for letting me visit!
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Island County sheriff will get money for new crime scene gear
Island County Sheriff Mike Hawley hopes to do some serious shopping in 2006 to upgrade his office's crime scene investigation capabilities.
And with President Bush's OK, Hawley will have $150,000 to buy new technology and forensic tools.
Thanks to the efforts of U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., a spending bill that will help fund law enforcement tools in Island, Whatcom and Skagit counties is just a president's signature away from passage.
"This is phenomenal. We didn't think we had a chance," sheriff's spokeswoman Jan Smith said.
If the president does sign the bill, Hawley says he will be quick to get his orders in for the new police gear.
On Hawley's list is new radio equipment, which will allow deputies to receive fire, medical, health department and law enforcement radio traffic.
Like some of the tricks of the trade the investigators have at their fingertips on the television show, "CSI," Hawley hopes to buy an automated fingerprint identification system. Known as AFIS, it helps a deputy "lift" fingerprints from a crime scene, and can scan and match those prints to known criminals.
In addition, Hawley will be able to purchase thermal image cameras, a forensic video enhancement system and other needed crime scene technology.
"There is a long, long list of equipment that this funding will purchase to help deputies better protect lives and property," Smith said.
Larsen was able to secure funding for Snohomish, Whatcom and Island counties, as well as the Washington State Meth Initiative.
"We need to give our local law enforcement every possible tool to keep us safe," Larsen said.
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Millions of new internet addresses are put up for sale today, giving the public the chance to insert their entry into the world's largest phone book.
The new ".tel" domain names go up for grabs this afternoon. Unlike other website addresses, however, they are not meant to act as catchy names for websites but rather to become people's individual entries in a universal virtual directory.
Companies and individuals are being encouraged to list their phone numbers, websites, postal addresses, e-mail addresses and even their Facebook details in their .tel entry.
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It will just be a small flame, Aaron Gaertner, executive chef at Shari's Gourmet Dining assured me as he poured brandy over strawberries and set the whole thing on fire.
Would my cousin lie to me? Well, yes and no. I'm calling it a medium flame that made me jump.
But it was all worth it when I tasted his take on Bananas Foster presenting Strawberries Foster as the end to a delicious meal that began with a little something for my amusement.
Aaron says he wanted to go with strawberries because we're coming into spring.
Those strawberries were served over ice cream that is homemade at this eatery located on the corner of Beaver and 11 Mile Roads in the community of Willard.
This is only the tip of the ice berg at this gourmet restaurant that started life on Valentine's Day 1990 as Shari's at the Willard Hilton.
Now named Shari's Gourmet Dining, the restaurant is more than a place to find good food.
Timmi Baird, front manager and Shari's daughter says it's a step up from your normal dining experience.
"From start to finish, it's like a personal show," she said. "The minute you get there we greet you at the door, take your hat and coat and seat you at a candlelit table."
And, if it's a special day like a birthday or anniversary, the staff acknowledges that as well.
The evening begins with an amuse - a little something for your amusement, which is different each evening. Timmi says the edamame tofu croquette, has become a favorite. It's definitely mine.
This is followed by the appetizer, salad and homemade bread. A sorbes cleanse before the pallet followed by the entree, prepared by Aaron.
"His mind, body and spirit goes into his creativeness," says Timmi of Aaron. "You would think that after 15 years, he would run out of ideas. But everyday he's like a spitfire of information."
That creativeness has spawned various dishes, including many vegetarian selections n the menu.
"Shari and I are vegetarians," Aaron said. "There are not many places you can go and get a new vegetarian menu every night."
However, for a segment of "That Show," Aaron served up a peppered crusted skirt steak with a wild mushroom pan sauce.
What impressed me the most is fact Aaron made all the food on a single burner fueled by propane and it was all delicious. Can you image how good the food tastes when it's prepared in the kitchen.
While the food is the star of the show, the 12 employees are a big part of that personal experience as well.
Everyone of the staff has experience in both the front and back of the house. For example, Amanda Horstman, assistant front manager, started out helping the kitchen.
"Mandy has knowledge of everything," Aaron said. "A customer can ask her about anything and she knows all the answers."
While this is the place to go for gourmet dining in the area, that wasn't always so.
Being in the center of a typical farming community, the building has a colorful history.
Throughout the years the building has been home to a blacksmith shop, a brothel, hotel, bar and a place to get great fish fries. The jail cells in the basement are now the wine cellars.
The restaurant is open from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. A party - that holds up to 40 people - can be reserved for special occasions, and the staff caters as well.
Aaron and Shari also donate their talents to non-profit fundraisers, such as the American Red Cross Wild Game Dinner, around the area.
I also have to note, I had a misconception about this restaurant. I thought it was expensive, but it's not. Entree prices are a moderate $23 to $30 for a steak dinner.
Dress is casual.
Reservations are needed, especially on weekends by calling (989) 662-6621.
To watch Aaron in action, check out an upcoming "That Show" over Charter MainStreet, on channel 5, or at On Demand anytime.


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The contemporary painter Gerhard Richter (born in 1932) has been heralded both as modernity's last painter and as painting's modern saviour, seen to represent both the end of painting and its resurrection. Richter works in a dizzying variety of styles, from abstraction to a German cool pop that combines painterly technique and appropriation; his work includes photo paintings, large abstract canvases, and stained glass windows. This collection features writing by prominent critics, including Hal Foster, Gertrud Koch, and Thomas Crow; essays by Rachel Haidu and Johannes Meinhardt that are published here for the first time; and an essay and two interviews with the artist by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Richter's "longtime sparring partner" (as the curator Robert Storr has called him).
These writings examine Richter's work as a whole, from October 18, 1977, his dreamlike series of paintings depicting the dead Baader-Meinhof gang, to his abstract trio Abstract Paintings; from his unsettling portrait of "Uncle Rudi" in Nazi garb to his late series of portraits of his wife and young child.
This addition to the October Files series will be an essential handbook to one of the most enigmatic figures in contemporary art.


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Sleepy French hamlet seen at threat from Apocalypse sects
The tiny southern French hamlet of Bugarach has drawn scrutiny from a government sect watchdog over droves of visitors who believe it is the only place in the world that will survive a 2012 Apocalypse. A report by the watchdog, Miviludes, published Wednesday said the picturesque village near Carcassonne should be monitored in the run-up to December 21, 2012, when many believe the world will end according to an ancient Mayan prophecy.
Canada's anti-polygamy laws go on trial in Vancouver
A Canadian court opened hearings on Monday into whether anti-polygamy laws violate constitutional protections of religious freedom. The court is wrestling with civil liberties and moral questions surrounding a breakaway sect of the Mormon church that has practiced plural marriages at its compound in rural British Columbia since the late 1940s.
Dead Sea scrolls going digital on Internet
(Photo: Sections of the Dead Sea scrolls at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 14, 2008/Baz Ratner)
Scholars and anyone with an Internet connection will be able to take a new look into the Biblical past through an online archive of high-resolution images of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls.
Bus tours journey into U.S. polygamist town run by breakaway Mormon group
A peek inside a polygamist community and their isolated way of life is now just a bus ride away for sightseers from around the world.
Pakistani law fuels hatred of Ahmadis, prompts attacks: UN experts
Official discrimination in Pakistan against the Ahmadi Muslim sect fuels hatred of the community and prompts violent attacks against them, according to three U.N. human rights investigators.
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OLD BRIDGE — An Eskimo village with 11 tiny igloos glows warmly in Reneé Frino's living room.
Dozens of horses dot the snow-covered countryside.
Miniature ice skaters twirl on a mirror lake atop a slowly spinning record player.
These are all part of an expansive winter scenery created by her mother, Charlotte Frino. Now composed of more than 2,000 figurines, it is a sight to behold.
Frino said she's keeping alive the legacy her mother started in 1947. This year she expanded the scenery of Barclay collectible toys for the first time since her mother died in 2007.
"It definitely grew," said Sandra Fields, her next-door neighbor. Frino's television and loveseat are pushed aside to make room for the wall-to-wall holiday display. "I thought last year was tremendous," Fields said.
Born in Newark, Charlotte Frino was a World War II factory worker and telegraph typist turned full-time housewife who never attended art school, her daughter said.
"She was very artistic," said Frino, 58. "You didn't have things, so you made it."
Starting in the 1940s, her mother bought the Barclay figurines from five and 10 cent stores in Newark and first created a scene of Santa's workshop.
Each year the display grew. One year, Frino recalled, her mother's inventiveness almost got her in trouble
"She glued the whole thing to the living room floor," she said. "I thought Daddy was going to go through the roof."
Margaret Lardiere, 62, said her mother immersed herself in the yearly project which took Frino, her younger sister, six weeks to assemble this year.
"If she was too busy with the scenery, she didn't cook," said Lardiere, of Nutley.
Fields said Frino's effort to keep her mother's memory alive spreads happiness to the visitors who are awed by the 30 penguins, seven nutcrackers, eight churches, four snow-covered bridges and dozens of sledders each placed with care.
"Everything is so teeny and tiny, and there's so much detail," Fields said.
"She wants to share her joy with everyone who sees it."