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Muskegon County 60th District Court Magistrate John Wiewiora late Tuesday afternoon, April 29, signed an arrest warrant charging Lawson with murder and being a second-time habitual offender. Bond was denied. Arraignment is expected Wednesday, April 30.
Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson announced the charge Tuesday afternoon.
Hilson commended the work of Muskegon Heights Police Department and its detectives, as well as members of a multi-agency major case task force assigned to the case.
The prosecutor also thanked members of the community for providing information, in some cases anonymously. "It was truly a cooperative effort, and it really did help make this investigation go quicker and smoother," Hilson said.
The investigation is continuing, Hilson said. More charges against other suspects are possible.
A 19-year-old man named as a suspect earlier Tuesday, Ryheim Rashawn Beasley, has not been charged with murder. He was arraigned Monday, April 28, on a charge of lying to police investigating a violent felony, punishable by up to four years in prison.
Hilson said late Tuesday a final decision hasn't been made on whether to charge Beasley with murder.
Hilson said Lawson and Beasley are believed to have been in a sport utility vehicle from which shots were fired that killed Gresham around 5:30 p.m. April 23 on Rotterdam Avenue just east of Fifth Street.
"As of right now, both subjects haven't really indicated a motive," Hilson said. He declined to comment on whether either suspect is talking to authorities about the shooting.
The prosecutor said he couldn't speculate on whether Gresham was the intended target.
"It's just a tragedy all the way around," Hilson said.
Hilson said the SUV from which the shots were fired is in the hands of police. The gun used has not been found, he said.
Lawson and Beasley were both arrested Thursday, April 24, within hours of the shooting.
A charge of open murder can result in a conviction of either first-degree or second-degree murder.
Lawson's second-offense habitual offender charge is based on a 2013 conviction of third-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer, according to the arrest warrant.
Gresham was a junior at Muskegon Heights Public School Academy and a starting center on the Tigers' varsity basketball team that advanced to the Class C state semifinals this season.
Gresham died shortly after arrival at Mercy Health Muskegon Hackley Campus.
Witnesses said multiple shots were fired from a moving vehicle, striking the youth. A group of people appeared to be fighting in the street before the vehicle drove by, witnesses said.
John S. Hausman covers courts, prisons, the environment and local government for MLive Muskegon Chronicle. Email him at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter.

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September 29, 2009 - Karin Elton
Jane Bockstruck of New Hampshire parachuted out of an airplane this week to celebrate her 92nd birthday.
I'm awestruck by Bockstruck.
I can't fathom an old person doing that. It was pretty cool of the first George Bush to do it on his 75th, 80th and 85th birthdays, but those weren't the WWII vet's first times, plus he wasn't 92! That's suppose to be an old and rickety age, isn't it?
Also, Bockstruck has been married seven times — another amazing feat. To take that leap the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh time. Wow!
I'm dumbstruck, Bockstruck!
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Fifteen sectional level swimmers of Scarlet-Elite of Summit competed at Connecticut Senior Open Championships at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. recently. Scarlet-Elite swimmers placed third overall, as boys tailed 475 points while the girls scored 460 points. Thirteen out of 15 swimmers earned finals and this rate is impressive.
Ryan Sebastian, 16, placed second in his high point race with 133, just three points behind the 17-year-old winner of Connecticut. Sebastian finished no lower than third. He won in the 200 IM (1.53.11), after placing second in the 100 yard breaststroke (58.38), in the 400 IM (3.59.86) and in the 200 yard butterfly (1.52.24), and third in the 100 yard butterfly (50.84), in the 200 yard breaststroke (2.06.33) and in the 200 yard backstroke (1.53.57).
Sarah Slepian, 15, tied for fourth place in the high pint race, scoring 85 points. With her 10.39.66 in the 100 yard freestyle, Slepian became the first Scarlet-Elite swimmer in history to earn qualifying time in all 12 Sectional events.
Slepian won in the 200 yard breaststroke (2.20.19).
Chris Balbo, 14, rocked his distance free events. Balbo placed 3rd in the 1650 yard freestyle (16.08.46) Balbo started 17.56 seconds drop in the 100 yard freestyle to place fourth (9.37.45) and a pair of sixth in the 500 yard freestyle (4.43.75) and 400 IM (4.09.71) and 13th in the 200 yard butterfly.
Isabelle Malinowski, 14, a freshman of New Providence High School made three finals in her first travel meet. Malinwoski, got 18th place finish in the 200 IM (2.15.27), 20th in the 100 yard breaststroke (1.10.16) and 21st in the 400 IM (4.45.30). These results are impressive as 14 years old.
Alicia Iizuka, 14, an eighth grader of Chatham Middle School, scored 26 points in the breaststroke alone. Iizuka dropped four seconds in the 200 yard breaststroke and got fifth place with dazzling time of 2.23.49 and 10th in the 100 yard breaststroke (1.06.62).
Bobby Spichiger, 15, sliced 15.85 seconds of 1000 yard freestyle best in touching at 9.48.91, which was good enough for the sixth place. Spichiger also clipped 3.5 seconds off in the 1650 yard freestyle and got sixth (16.32.58) and a pair of 10th in the 400 IM (4.10.77) and in the 200 yard backstroke (1.56.54).
Chris Vukas, 16, hacked 5.78 seconds off his previous best to place 12th in the 1000 yard freestyle (10.02.28). Vukas also got a 16th place finish in the 200 yard freestyle (1.47.93).
Jess Gorham, 16, scored 72 points. Gorham placed fourth in the 50 yard freestyle (24.38), a pair of seventh in the 100 freestyle (53.39) and 200 yard backstroke (59.04). Gorham also placed 10th in the 200 yard backstrokes (2.08.07) and a pair of 12th in the 200 yard freestyle (1.55.04) and in the 100 yard butterfly (59.90).
Anthony Rizzo, 15, contributed 37 points. Rizzo placed sixth in the 200 IM (1.57.78), 11th in the 100 yard freestyle (10.00.33) and a pair of 12th in the 400 IM (4.14.30) and in the 200 yard butterfly (1.58.26).
Caroline Watt, 16, sparkled in the distance events. With a drop of 4.65 seconds, Watt placed 10th in the 1650 yard freestyle (17.48.10). Watt followed to get a pair of 12th in the 400 IM (4.41.70) and 500 yard freestyle (5.10.06).
Krishana Duvvuri, 18, dropped .56 off his 50 yard freestyle and placed 11th (22.34). Duvvuri also earned 15th finish in the 100 yard breaststroke (1.01.85) and 16th in the 100 yard freestyle (49.60).
Katie McGrath, 16, placed 15th in the 100 yard backstroke (1.00.66) which is good enough for scoring four points to Scarlet-Elite.
Alex Zhang, 15, earned a final swim with his eighth place finish in the 100 yard backstroke (54.49).
All the Scarlet –Elite Swimmers who participated in the 2013 SCYConnecticut Senior Open are: Chris Balbo, 14, Krishna Duvvuri, 18, Emily Gorham, 14, Jess Gorham, 16, Isabelle Malinowski, 14, Alicia Iizuka, 14, Kaite McGrath, 16, Emily Peter, 13, Anthony Rizzo, 15, Ryan Sebastian, 16, Sarah Slepian, 15, Bobby Spichger, 15, Chris Vukas, 16, Caroline Watt, 16, and Alex Zhang, 15.


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Jennifer Jones needs the help of the Morristown community. She and several members of her committees have spent months planning a Community Creche event for Friday, Nov. 30, from 4-8 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 1, from 1-8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 2 from 3-7 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building at 283 James St. Their goal? To help the Morristown community begin the Christmas season by displaying 100 creches, or nativity scenes, together in one large multi-purpose room. And she is about 20 nativity displays short.
"We were narrowing in on our goal of 100 creches a few weeks ago until Hurricane Sandy disrupted our efforts. The help I need is very simple. I need residents to let us borrow their nativity scenes for a few days before they begin their Christmas decorating."
Jones, who has already secured a delicate Lladro creche from Spain and another from Uganda, emphasizes a creche need not be hand carved, designer-made, or exotic to be included. "Each creche, now matter how simple, is unique and adds to our exhibit. And when that many creches are brought all together in a single setting, there is a magnificence that acknowledges the spiritual nature of Christmas."
The process of offering a creche is fairly simple. Those interested need only register their nativity scene at Community Creche website communitycreche.org
In order to secure the safety of the creches, Jones requests that anyone lending a creche to the group be responsible for transporting it to the church building on Wednesday, Nov. 27 and later retrieving it from the building on Monday, Dec. 2. Designers will stage the creches in displays in the large multi-purpose room of the Church of Jesus Christ.
Anyone who lends a family heirloom need not be concerned about its safety, Jones adds. To ensure the security of the displays, the exhibits will be roped off and guarded by docents during viewing hours. After hours, the exhibit room will be locked and volunteers will spend each night of the exhibit in the building to assure that no one tampers with the displays.
In addition to the display of creches, there will be several musical performances, by instrumental groups and church, community and barbershop choirs. Music director Scott Stornetta notes that there are still a few openings available for musical groups that wish to perform. He also adds that the group is hoping to make the Creche event an annual affair and encourages performing groups who are unable to perform this year to consider joining this community event next year.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, some might have considered cancelling the event. But the tragedy has made the group more determined to make the event one that can inspire those discouraged by recent weeks. As Stornetta notes, "In times of difficulty, we need warmth. The warmth of the Christmas spirit can help comfort the Morristown community as it recovers from several raw days of struggle."


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FREMONT — The silvery bracelet in Kelly Fox's Fremont home was a sentimental keepsake when she tucked it away in 1973.
Thirty-five years later, it's a piece of American history -- one that Fox hopes will fetch a handsome price.
Especially if John McCain -- whose name is engraved on the bracelet honoring Americans captured by enemy forces during the Vietnam War -- becomes president.
"When I realized it was his, I couldn't believe it," said Fox, referring to the bracelet she wore as a young girl and plans to put up for auction on eBay. "I can't say it's made it more special to me, but it did make it more historical because he's a senator."
McCain's five-year imprisonment during the war has become well known among the American public, especially since he first ran for president in 2000.
Fox's POW bracelet is one of nearly 5 million sold by Voices In Vital America, a now-defunct student organization that aimed to raise awareness and support for American POWs.
The bracelets, which went on sale for $2.50 in 1970, were a hit at Fox's school.
"All the kids wanted them," said Fox, who rediscovered the bracelet in 2002 while rummaging through an old jewelry box. "A lot of kids were wearing them to be 'in,' and to get 'in' you had to be wearing one."
Though the bracelets seemed as much about popularity as supporting POWs, the message eventually seeped in, Fox said.
"We would pray for them and talk about them," said Fox, who grew up in Muskegon before moving to Fremont. "I wore it until (McCain) came home."
When she found the bracelet, Fox wrote McCain a letter.
"He wrote me back saying that because of the support of people like myself he made it through," she said.
However, Fox isn't the only one with the Arizona senator's bracelet. The student group that sold the bracelets says it didn't keep sales records, and returning POWs have reported receiving letters from people who wore their bracelet.
A McCain POW bracelet being auctioned on eBay, an Internet-based auction Web site, had attracted a high bid of $151.50 as of this morning. There was still about a half-day to go in the online auction.
"The bracelet itself doesn't hold much significance for me anymore," Fox said. "If it can bless someone else, then that would be better than it just sitting in my home."


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The Clear Lake City Council heard one of several budget requests from city entities in workshop session Monday night. The Veterans Memorial Golf Club Foundation has asked the Council to consider funding about $18,500 in capital improvements at the golf course.
Materials for a new tin roof on a cart shed, renovations to the bathrooms in the clubhouse and a new brick exterior stone facade for the clubhouse have been identified as three projects for fiscal year 2012-13. The foundation said it has commitments to provide all of the necessary labor for the projects.
Foundation Board member Shane Cooney told the Council a weather-tight tin roof is proposed to replace the existing roof on the cart shed located east of the clubhouse. Without the improvement the structure, which pre-dates the clubhouse, would likely need to be demolished, he said. Materials for the work are estimated at $6,800.
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"You ain't heard nothin' yet."
That's the phrase that launched the sound motion picture industry in 1927 — the first one uttered by Al Jolson in the Jazz Singer, the first "talkie."
SN's magazine launch 60 years ago didn't include quite so catchy a phrase. Nevertheless, if we could do it again, we might use, "You ain't seen nothin' yet," because that has proven true over the years. It underscores how SN kept enhancing its offerings to meet the changing needs of readers. Content evolved with more depth and insights; the original newsprint gave way to magazine stock, which was eventually joined by web and mobile offerings. The goal always remained the same: to bring the most important information to readers, regardless of format.
So it's fitting that for our 60th anniversary we've just relaunched the website. As you can see at supermarketnews.com, the user experience is greatly enhanced, thanks to all the hard work by our editorial and new media teams. Here are a few highlights:
Many important things aren't changing. You'll still see all the content you've come to expect from us. "Latest News" still appears in the upper right on the homepage. Viewpoints is still prominent in the right rail, now part of "Blogs & Opinions." All our industry resources, including retailer rankings, are easy to access.
SN isn't alone in being 60 years older — the supermarket industry is too. In SN's founding year, 1952, supermarkets were viewed as "…young, dynamic, fluid, looking towards tomorrow...," according to remarks at the time by an executive of SN's parent company.
Maybe that isn't exactly the description we'd use today, but supermarkets proved over the years they could evolve for different generations. That's something SN and supermarkets have in common.
You ain't seen nothin' yet.


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So after 10 months of living Primal, I finally thought it was time to start a journal here. I had started out keeping a diary for myself, but that trailed off, it was more important to live Primal then to record. As a way of introduction to me, here is the first entry I wrote to myself on day 1 of going Primal. My internet handle is TorMag, but my name is Tim .. BTW, I started out 365, today I am 287. My Goal is to get to 15% body fat.
Monday August 29 2011
I am dying. Yeah I know that we all are, but I am dying faster than most, slower than others. I have the four deadly horsemen that plague a vast majority of Americans today. I am a Type II Diabetic, with high cholesterol, high blood sugar and I have sleep apnea. Around 15 months ago, I went to a new doctor, when my blood sugars had reached the high 300's, I have been diabetic for over 10 years and have been on medicine for it the whole time. My doc told me I was going to be dead in 10 years and the last five would be miserable. That means I will be dead by the time I am 57 and my daughter will be 23 years old. I don't want to be dead by then just because I could not make some life changes. In the last 15 months I have been flirting with getting better, I have tried and stall at doing P90X. I have tried eating Paleo based off of Dr. Corbains book. I am better, my starting weight was around 365 and today I am at 337, but that is just a minor step. I need to get much better.
After stumbling around with the whole Paleo thing, I found Mark Sessions Daily Apple site, Mark is less radical as Dr. Corbain and calls his methodology "Primal or the Primal Blueprint". On Mark's site, he has a forum for all of his follower's and one section of the forum is success stories. There are almost 300 pages of people showing how well they have done following the Primal Blueprint and how it has changed their lives for the better. I ran across the story of Feanor78. When I saw his before picture, I thought I was looking at a picture of me.... His body shape and features are pretty much dead on with me. Could be my little brother. Feanor78 has gone from 336 lbs to 255 in 15 months. Ironically, that is the same time period that I have been since the Dr. told me I was going to die. I shared a couple of email with Feanor78 and his story has motivated me to go Primal. I have purchased a copy of Mark's book and have been absorbing it.... My Primal Journey begins today.


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I have an appointment!
If there is a government shut down....will the DMV be open?
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I'm not an American and even I know the difference between the federal and stage governments, OP.
Are you sure you should be driving?
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The states run their own Motor Vehicle Departments. The shutdown would affect only federal departments. So unless you live in D.C. you needn't worry. And even then it may be open. Call in the morning.
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To the pompous a-hole with the snotty remark, maybe you should go back to your country where everyone is so smart and learn some manners.
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MMMMMm-hmmmmmmm. You best take a number and sit down.
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[quote]I'm not an American and even I know the difference between the federal and stage governments, OP.
Apparently not.
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Sparky @ R6, I'm sorry I fucked your dad and all. You don't have to take it out on the whole internet.
BTW, if you still speak to him tell him I said, "Good Pig." OK?
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R3, one of the joys of the Internet is that it's quite possible that R1 is still at home in his or her own country while posting on this board (and studying the difference between state and stage governments).
Incidentally, R1 never claimed that everyone in his home country was smart. He merely implied that OP is stupid.
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The federal government includes people like Obama, Pelosi, Boehner, McConnell and Reid.
The stage government used to be headed by Isabelle Stevenson.
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Appointment? I thought it was first come first served?
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Oh dear. OP could really use a civics lesson.
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I don't know about other states, but I was at the DMV in Palm Desert recently and had an appointment. It was a new facility and very nice. The lady at the front desk acted almost like a concierge. I half expected to be served champagne and hor's dourves.
I got right in, took the test and was out in about 30 minutes.
I can't really remember my DMV experiences in other states I've lived in but Illinois was like Midnight Express.
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DMV is state run you stupid douche.
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At first I thought OP was being a wise ass, but then I remembered what I heard at work yesterday.
Frau in my department was going frantic that she wouldn't get her child support payments. I told her that in Ohio it's run by the county and she would be fine.
I later heard her telling another coworker that she had doubts about what I said.
Amazing how stupid people can be.
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It's a legitimate question.
The shutdown can cause Federal employees to be furloughed and also halt distribution of Federal funds.
Depending on funding sources and the length of the shutdown state services could be impacted.
Of course, what I don't understand is why someone who clearly has internet access would just go to the DMVs web page to find out.
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Boy All of you are inappropriate assholes who need to get a life the Guy/girl asked a simple fucking question
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Or can't any of you dumb asses see that and yes some of you were mature enough to see this so grow up I'm more mature and I'm 16 God the world is fold with idiots like most of you are!!!!!
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The resident DL racist is back. r20, please lynch yourself.
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R20 = cunty cunt freeper
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This person asked a question to find out an answer. Intelligence is not about what you know, but a willingness to learn.
OP displayed that by asking a question. If you have to make fun of someone for asking an honest question, so that they can gain insight, what does that say about you?
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According to the Pew Research Center, second-generation immigrants are "catching up" to the native-born population when it comes to committing crimes.
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Despite the GOPs last-ditch effort to defund it, the Affordable Care Act launched Tuesday, inciting excitement and confusion among Latinos trying to sign-up for coverage.
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Dolores Huerta, who has dedicated more than 40 years of her life to defending the human rights of Hispanic workers , still believes that Latinos in the United States have a "long road" to travel to reach equality in government, politics, and everyday life.
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We may take the Internet for granted, but Web access has been a luxury in Cuba. Although home Web services will remain largely restricted, Cubans will soon be able to use the Internet at more than 100 public computer labs across the island. On Tuesday, Cuban authorities confirmed that the new measure would begin on June 4th.
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As the Supreme Court reviews arguments today related to California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, the Latino public opinion on the issue is divided.
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I'm trying to figure out how to explain the impact of sequestration to my Latina readers. These are the automatic cuts divided evenly between defense and domestic spending, totally $1.2 trillion dollars over ten years that kicked in last week when Congress and The White House couldn't come to an agreement on the federal budget deficit.
Who cares!
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It's not everyday that you meet a 24-year-old who works as a National Affairs Correspondent. Then again, Cristina Costantini isn't your typical 24-year-old.
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E.J. Guerra (Rowan Univ.), D.B. Haarsma, R.B. Partridge (Haverford College)
Extragalactic radio sources with spectral peaks above 4.8 GHz are difficult to detect on the basis of available surveys since the highest radio frequency survey of any substantial solid angle is the Green Bank 6 cm (GB6) survey. Until surveys at higher frequencies are performed, selecting sources with inverted spectra between 1.4 GHz and 4.8 GHz (increasing flux with increasing frequency) is the most promising method of detecting Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum (GPS) sources with peak frequencies above 4.8 GHz. Many models of radio source evolution predict the existence of such GPS sources as the precursors of other classes of radio sources. The radio spectra and other properties of these ``extreme'' GPS sources may be used to constrain such models.
Extreme GPS sources can be a significant foreground for cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy experiments (such as the MAP and Planck Surveyor satellites) because a steeply rising spectrum can mimic the Rayleigh-Jeans portion of the CMB spectrum. Extrapolating radio source counts from lower frequencies is risky, since available surveys are at frequencies approximately 20 to 100 times lower than those used in CMB anisotropy experiments. The source counts and spectral indices of discrete radio sources between 20 GHz and 100 GHz are open and important questions for CMB anisotropy experiments, and necessary ingredients for foreground subtraction if results from these experiments are to be used to accurately determine cosmological parameters.
A sample was carefully selected from the cross-correlation of the VLA FIRST (February 1998 release) and GB6 surveys. For our purposes, a source is defined as inverted when \alpha1.4-4.8>0.4, where S \propto \nu\alpha. Data cuts have been enforced to minimize the effects of confused or extended sources and insure reliable spectral indices. The remaining sample contains 308 inverted-spectrum radio sources.
Observations at 21 GHz are scheduled in November 1998 at the 140-foot telescope, and preliminary results will be presented. Also, plans to use the VLA at multiple wavebands and an ongoing project to identify optical counterparts will both be discussed.
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By Michelle Krupa
Staff writer
After starting last year's hurricane season with only about three-quarters of its capacity, the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board's huge drainage pumps have been rehabilitated to pre-Katrina strength, according to officials with the water board and the Army Corps of Engineers.
Though the S&WB's huge pumps can suck about 50,000 cubic feet of water per second off the city's streets, the system generally operates at no more than 90 percent of capacity, officials said. That's because a handful of the system's 115 major pumps typically are out of service at any one time for routine repairs or to keep power in reserve for emergency backup.
"We are at full capacity in terms of pre-Katrina," said Daniel Bradley, a supervisory general engineer working on the corps' mission to rehabilitate water board pump stations ruined in the 2005 flood.
Though some items remain on the corps' to-do list, including minor electrical, structural and building repairs at all 23 major pump stations, the critical work of winding new copper wire into pump motors -- a complex operation that can take more than a month per pump -- was completed in March
Another important repair job, replacing the bearings that keep pump motors turning, is expected to be done by July.
"We're doing the work as quickly as possible in the order that makes sense," said Daniel Bolinger, a senior program manager with the corps' Hurricane Protection Office.
Just to be sure
Bradley said corps vendors were assigned to rewind the copper wire or replace bearings in motors that provide 72 percent of the city's overall drainage capacity. Many of the motors had marinated in brackish water and though none was inoperable, the corps and the water board wanted the work done to boost reliability.
"It was an unknown: How much (more life) do they have? They could have 10 years, they could have 10 days," Bradley said.
Bolinger added that the work was done in stages to keep as many pumps as possible available for service.
"It took so long because we wanted to maximize system capacity while we were doing these repairs," he said.
Overall, the corps has awarded $24.5 million in contracts for those projects and others, including patching roofs at seven pump stations and repairing equipment at the Jefferson Highway power plant, where the S&WB produces uncommon 25-cycle, or 25-Hertz, electricity, the type needed to power the oldest -- and strongest -- drainage pumps.
Five of the repair contracts are 100 percent complete, and five more are under way, corps and water board records show. Yet to be awarded are four contracts to rebuild the small Elaine Pump Station in eastern New Orleans; clear debris from some drainage basins; and complete minor electrical, mechanical and building repairs.
Bradley said the corps is negotiating the price for those jobs, which he expects to be between $5 million and $10 million total.
All work is scheduled to be done by late December, records show.
Pumping up drainage
Marcia St. Martin, the S&WB's executive director, said she is pleased with the work so far, though it could have been finished sooner.
"I'm satisfied that the corps is working diligently, but I think the pace could be a little faster," she said, citing the corps' lethargic procurement process as the root of the problem.
Congress gave the corps $1 billion under its third emergency supplemental spending allocation to repair infrastructure damaged by Katrina, including rebuilding the pumps that keep New Orleans dry. The S&WB jobs originally were slated to be completed by September.
Beyond the repair work, the corps got $250 million more in the fourth supplemental spending package to storm-proof pump stations across the region. Bradley said the corps is investigating how best to protect critical pump equipment from flooding; the project could include providing backup generators or raising equipment above sea level, he said.
"We still don't know what the storm-proofing is going to look like," St. Martin said.
St. Martin said that as the corps work has progressed, S&WB crews have restored full pump capacity at all 12 of the agency's underpass stations. Those pumps switch on automatically when water begins filling dips in roads beneath railroad bridges in Mid-City, Lakeview and Gentilly.
As hurricane season approaches, St. Martin implored residents to keep their neighborhood catch basins clear of construction debris and yard waste. "If you can't get the rainwater through the catch basin to get to the canals," St. Martin said, "we can't pump it out."
A little short-staffed
Beyond infrastructure, St. Martin said, the water board is ready for hurricane season, though staffing levels remain below normal. The water board has 47 vacancies in its drainage and power plant operations, both of which are critical to pumping water out of New Orleans during a storm.
"We had people who were very tired," she said, noting that about 200 S&WB employees and their families still are living in travel trailers at agency sites across the city. "Katrina has been very stressful."
Though she did not know precisely how many employees are needed to operate drainage and power systems during a hurricane, St. Martin said that if the S&WB has not hired enough new operators to run critical equipment when a storm enters the Gulf of Mexico, "senior-level employees and engineers will run the Sewerage & Water Board pumps."
Following a plan instituted last year, the water board is prepared to supply all essential employees with backpacks stocked with soap, a toothbrush and toothpaste, towels, bathing kits, first-aid kits, life vests, flashlights and batteries, a CB radio and a flare gun. They also will have a three-week supply of food and water.
Each pump station also will have enough cots, pillows, sheets and blankets for every employee who works there during hurricanes, St. Martin said, and at least one boat will be dispatched to each station before a hurricane.
The plan aims to avoid the crisis that arose during Katrina, when the flood stranded many pump operators in their stations, forcing them to climb into station rafters to escape the rising water and to commandeer private boats to get to high ground.
St. Martin said the water board has worked to eliminate that dire contingency. But she emphasized that the agency has no plan to evacuate pump operators from their stations.
"The Sewerage & Water Board will be on duty," St. Martin said. "We've always been on duty and will continue to be on duty during every event."
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Oconomowoc students trick-or-treat so kids can eat
Oconomowoc Area School District - If it's October and kids are at your door with a bag in hand, chances are it's trick-or-treat time. But for a band of high school theater students, it wasn't a sugar rush they were after, but a community outreach project to help people in need.
Oconomowoc High School's chapter of the International Thespian Society (ITS) participates in an annual food drive called "Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat," which collects nonperishable food items and donates them to community food pantries.
The recent efforts of the students culminated in the collection of 1,588 pounds of food for the Oconomowoc Food Pantry.
OHS Chapter President Morgan Finley organized the event that sent the 15 club members door-to-door with fliers explaining their drive.
"Almost every house we went to made a donation to our cause, grabbing all kinds of things from their pantries to help," Finley said.
The OHS senior expanded the initiative by partnering with Greenland School and offering a pizza party to the classroom that donated the most items to the cause.
"We explained to the kids that while they are out trick-or-treating for candy, some kids are needing food to eat. They were so compassionate. It was wonderful to see such young kids care about kids in their community. Some kids even wanted to give their trick-or-treat candy; it was so cute," she added.
Greta Dowd's second-grade class won the contest with 800 pounds of food donated on behalf of the theater group's project.
The collection efforts came on the heels of the school's upcoming musical "Oklahoma!" adding to the students' already crowded schedules.
"The kids worked very hard, even though they could not have been busier," said Shelly Finley, parent of Morgan.
"We then loaded up six vehicles with all of this food. When we dropped off the food at the Oconomowoc Food Pantry, the two men there told us that they very rarely see teenagers doing things like this for the community. They also said that their pantry was really low on food and that November is their busiest month of the year. They said that this 1,588 pounds of food could not have come at a better time," she added.
International Thespian Society
OHS teacher and drama director Tom Klubertanz is proud of the students' efforts.
"Kids have to fulfill a certain number of requirements (to belong to the International Thespian Society): take theater classes, be involved in a certain number of productions and have completed volunteer hours," as well as academic requirements, he said.
"Once you're a member, you're a member for life. The society recently inducted its two millionth member," Klubertanz added.
The group has been at the high school since Klubertanz began teaching there eight years ago.
"The goal is to produce a place for kids that are interested in drama. You don't have to belong in it to be in plays," he clarified.
"Every year they have to organize one fellowship outing, going into the community and doing some sort of service. We've done two this term already. We went to Wilkinson Woods and did a murder mystery dinner that they wrote and created themselves. We acted out the play while they ate dinner. That was really great.
"This Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat is a thespian program that the International Charter's annual service project and the food collected gets turned over to the food bank in that community," Klubertanz added.
Emily Menting, an OHS junior who was inducted into ITS at the end of last year, said she enjoyed going door-to-door canvassing for food.
"It was such a great experience. It was very well-received, and so many people were interested in helping. It was such a great project idea. I loved it," she said.
Menting speaks highly of the theater organization.
"ITS is a place where you get together with other actors and technicians, were I, personally, feel at home.
"Everyone is so friendly and comfortable with themselves. It allows us to come together and work together to help the community and improve ourselves as people," Menting added.
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Marta Parilli asked the board to postpone its decision to give her time to talk with representatives of Oshtemo United Methodist Church, which opposes the granting of the license.
Oshtemo Township Attorney Jim Porter said state law allows the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to grant a liquor license to an establishment within 500 feet of a church, unless the church objects. Porter said there is a provision to allow the license even with the objection, but he has been told the state will not take advantage of it.
The church, located at 6574 Stadium Drive, is on the north side of Stadium Drive just west of 9th Street, directly across Stadium Drive from Marta's Fine Foods.
"If you approve the license, it goes to the state," Porter told the board Tuesday. "My understanding is that if the church opposes it, the state will not grant it. That doesn't necessarily affect your decision tonight, but it might affect the long-term outcome."
A letter from the board of Oshtemo United Methodist Church said the church believes liquor is a drug that leads to addiction and that the church works to support healthy minds and bodies and hosts Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
The township also received a letter from Drs. Richard and Patricia Williams of Health Psychology on 9th Street expressing total support for Marta's Fine Foods receiving a license.
During the township's public hearing on the liquor license, Parilli asked the board to postpone its vote to give her time to try to discuss with the church what kind of restaurant she has and explain that people come to Marta's Fine Foods to eat and would like to have a glass or wine or a beer with their meal.
"We're not a bar," Parilli said.
The only other public comment came from Oshtemo United Methodist Church board member Janet Snyder.
"Postponing this will not change it," Snyder said. "We had a meeting with the full board and a unanimous vote that we request that the license not happen."
Regardless, Oshtemo Township Trustee Dusty Farmer moved to table the item until May 14 in accordance with Parilli's request, and the motion passed 6-1, with Trustee Dave Bushouse opposing.
Marta's Fine Foods opened at 6541 Stadium Drive in May 2012 and offers a variety of imported meats as well as cheeses, soups, sandwiches, desserts and more.
Current hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Parilli said she hopes to extend the weekday hours to 9 p.m. and Saturday hours to 7 p.m.
Change in office hours
Also Tuesday, the Oshtemo Township Board of Trustees agreed to a temporary change in office hours.
Starting May 1, the office will close at 1 p.m. on Fridays. Currently, the office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Supervisor Libby Heiny-Cogswell said the temporary hours are planned from May 1 to September, with a board review in August to discuss how it is working. She also said there will be afternoon hours some Fridays, such as before elections and tax bills.


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The intent to sue comes after Cindy Schwalb's daughter's sweatpants were pulled down by a boy in gym class at Hasbrouck Heights Middle School last year. At a school forum on bullying in September, Schwalb lashed out at the school for not taking pantsing seriously.
She pleaded not guilty to a disorderly conduct charge.
The mother said she'll wait until the charges are settled before deciding whether to move ahead with the lawsuit.
School officials said the boy in the pantsing case was given three days detention and was banned from a school trip.


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I saw this play as a staged reading during the "Many Voices" competition at Chicago Dramatists (which it won). The staged reading was snappier and more moving than the full production at Victory Gardens (in my opinion). It's a rich, interesting story--specific to Cambodians in California but universal to the immigrant experience. The current production doesn't move quickly enough to maximize the clever and amusing dialogue. Nor does it emphasize the rap tempo of what is basically a ghetto environment. The actors--all of whom seem talented--are under-utilized. The character of Ra is portrayed as too angry and uncompromising to be likable, which was not the case in the Chicago Dramatists' reading. This play has great potential, but this production needs to be tweaked.
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An very engaging,very well acted comic drama centering on first generation Cambodian immigrant brother and sister in Long Beach,CA and two of their friends,with contrasting backgrounds.
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weak script, felt Jenny Chin really didn't get into the heart and soul of her character, her brother's portrayal of the character wasn't consistent....I really wouldn't recommend this play when there are so many other good options right now.
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By Michael Golamco
Directed by Andrea J. Dymond
Vuthy Vichea is a 16-year-old Cambodian American. He loves hip-hop and Dungeons and Dragons. He is a weird kid in a place where weirdness can be fatal: Long Beach, California. And since his best friend moved and his mother died, the only person he can talk to is a human skull he keeps hidden in a cookie jar.
Sharp, funny, and packing an emotional wallop, Year Zero is a witty family drama that is a perfect fit for Victory Gardens' first world premiere in their new Studio Theater.
Since becoming a finalist last spring in Victory Gardens' Ignition Festival, playwright Michael Golamco has been selected to become a member of New Dramatists, and has been awarded a playwriting commission by South Coast Rep. Year Zero also won the Grand Prize of Chicago Dramatists' Many Voices Project in 2008. His earlier play Cowboy Versus Samurai was produced eight times after its New York premiere, including in Canada and Hong Kong, and was published in the Smith and Kraus anthology New Playwrights: Best Plays of 2006.


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"...winning the Osher Reentry Scholarship will allow me to focus on my academic objectives without risk of a discontinuation in my education due to increasing costs. This scholarship program is an inspiration for those of us who seek another chance to succeed in our academic and career goals, and I am truly thankful for having been chosen."


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Excellent! Thanks for posting all the New Blue! Will see some of it in two hours…
The kids area looks really cute, we'll see how long it stays looking that good😉 See you in a few hours as well!
New Top Deck restrooms are worth its weight in gold . . . . . thanks for photos. Soooo excited to check out on Opening Day!!
Looks fantastic! Can't wait to see it!
Looks great! I think the team will thrive under the new owners. Looks like the fans will too!
soo cant wait to be there it looks so fabulous and really a new family oriented venue for Los Angeles GO DODGERS
Thanks for the updates in the pics. Hard to follow the team here in Colorado.
Looks great. Made my 1st Holy Communion there. Can hardly wait to go back.
Can't wait to see this on Tuesday.
Beautiful cant wait to visit the newly renovated LA Dodger Stadium.
can wait to see it in person
Fantastic job, congrats Jon!
Looks great Jon! Wish I could get back out there to see it for real. Maybe this summer at the Marshall Summer get together.😀
I love all the updates, thank you for sharing. Now lets get ready to play some ball.
Great photos Jon! Thank you for the "tour". Things have certainly changed since my days at the best job any electrician could have.
Stadium can't look any better! Great work. I really like it. One item missing however…a lot of teams have the team logo or name in d outfield above d scoreboard or on d side. Surprise that was not done! Great job anyway!
I give LA Dodger Stadium 3 out of 5 stars. Only two attendants worked the Loge entrance. You guys ran out of soap. Parking was horrible. All this on 3/29/13. I understand that it's spring training, but, no excuses for these things to occur. Wasn't even a sellout crowd.
Nice job on reworking Dodger Stadium. Hope to see you soon.
I give the changes 10 out of 10. Kinks will always surface and most of us expect they will soon be adjusted for. The game of baseball is one of adjustment so we should respect that. Parking was the best with attendants very attentive compared to previous years. The ticket staff were very cooperative and friendly. To be a Dodger fan is to be positive. The new owners have gone beyond the call of duty to give us an improved stadium and team. Thanks Jon for the great pics. Enjoy your work. Go Dodgers.


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ZooAmerica in Hershey will hold its annual free community weekend on Jan. 21-22.
The wildlife park, owned by Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, will be open from 10 a.m to 4:30 p.m. on both days with no admission charges.
During the free weekend, guests can visit animals from the zoo's five regions – Southern Swamps, The Great Southwest, Eastern Woodlands, Big Sky Country and Northlands – and experience up-close animal encounters with zoo naturalists.
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What goes into it depends on whom in Mobile's Greek community you ask
Some won't open the fridge to fix one unless there's a slab of feta cheese to sprinkle on top. And most agree that salad peppers -- Greek peppers to be precise -- add the perfect twang to crisp greens.
Then there's the iceberg lettuce camp, and the people who say it's not really authentic Greek salad without the salty punch of anchovies, and still others who swear that only spices imported from Greece save the savory salad from quietly masquerading as an imposter.
Claire Zitsos serves salad made Greek style every day in the family restaurant she's been running for almost three decades in the AmSouth Bank building downtown. She's very clear about what goes into the mix: "Every Greek salad has Greek peppers and feta cheese."
For the uninitiated, feta cheese is goat cheese, Zitsos will tell you quickly.
"We don't put anchovies on it. You just have to ask for them if you want them," she said. "I have so many regular customers that want anchovies and some that don't."
There is one place, though, where the rules for the salad are thrown out the window.
"If you get it at Mama's house it's a whole different story," she said, laughing. "Nobody could even tear the lettuce except for Mama. She just knows how to season it."
The salad created by her mother, Ariadne Zitsos, always comes in a giant bowl ? the bigger the better with lots of children and grandchildren to feed. Tomatoes are also involved. So is oregano and oil and vinegar tossed in with the lettuce. What makes it really special, they say, is the order in which salt and seasonings are added.
Across the Bay in Baldwin County, the Roussos family is moving their restaurant from Spanish Fort to a new location in Daphne. They've made their Greek salad the same way for decades, too. And a few times through the years they have divulged the ingredients to members of the media, though how much of what should be included is still open to interpretation.
Anyone who's ever ordered it from the menu at Roussos knows there's a surprise in the center of the lettuce-laden dish: a large dollop of Greek potato salad. The recipe for that salad came from the village in Greece where the restaurants founder, the late George J. Roussos, lived before moving to America. No one is quite sure of the exact name of the village, his children have said.
The original Roussos opened downtown in 1973, and the salad quickly became a customer favorite, likely because of the quality of ingredients used to create it. It includes authentic extra virgin olive oil and imported Greek oregano, along with goat cheese, olives, Greek peppers, tomatoes, anchovies and lettuce.
For those who want a more savory Greek salad, there's another served downtown that should make your heart and stomach sing. At the locally-owned 219 restaurant across from the Mobile Saenger Theatre, the salad comes without salad peppers.
Instead, Calamata olives, thin slices of purple onion and sometimes even bell peppers are tossed together with mixed greens. A traditional Greek oil and vinegar-based dressing, loaded with chunks of feta cheese, tops off the dish.
Veteran newsman Dave Helms brought the ingredients for this salad to my house once for a party. He proceeded to stand in the kitchen, crushing garlic and sprinkling salt in as he made it right before our eyes.
It was so tasty that someone who came back for seconds picked up the wooden bowl and scraped the remnants of the salad onto her plate -- it's just that good.
Dave Helms' Greek Salad (6-8 servings)
6 ounces olive oil
1 1/2 ounces white wine vinegar
1 squeeze of fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon of salt
1 clove garlic, smashed into salt at bottom of large bowl
1 pinch of Italian seasoning (or 1 teaspoon of oregano)
6-8 ounces feta or goat cheese
1 head of lettuce
Mild peppers to taste
About an hour before serving, crush the garlic into the salt. Combine the other ingredients. Before adding to the salad, of course, give the liquids a last shake.
Note: Helms said he likes to mix red leaf salad with something else in the salad family, sometimes green leaf, sometimes arugula, sometimes European blends. Sometimes he uses iceberg, but never for more than half of the salad mix.
He also throws in mild peppers, but those are optional, he said. Then you mix it all up, right before serving.
Greek Feta Cheese and Tomato Salad (4-6 servings)
4 tomatoes, diced
1 small onion, sliced into rings and separated
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh mint
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
4-6 ounces Feta cheese, diced or crumbled (allow one ounce per serving)
Combine all ingredients, cover and chill.
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Ecstasy, revenge and a murderer on the loose in a small town all drive a young man s obsession to find out the truth, whatever the cost...
Stuart's feckless life suddenly comes into sharp focus as he begins a sweeping, illicit love affair with Kathy. The lovers are reckless, indiscreet and hopelessly in love. But all the time Stuart is haunted by events from twelve years earlier. As a young boy, he had watched a dark love affair blossom between his uncle and Shirley, Kathy's mother-in-law. The scandalous affair somehow becomes the trigger for two apparently unconnected incidents. First Stuart hears the screams of a mechanic as a five ton bus comes crashing down on his head in what the coroner described as a dreadful accident. Within a couple of weeks, Stuart's best friend disappeared and from that moment on, he always believed that there was a connection between his friend vanishing and the mechanic's death.
Twelve years later and a chance encounter with the dead mechanic's wife, confirms his long held suspicions of a connection between these incidents. Just to complicate things further, Kathy is the sister of his missing friend and the wife of a man he's hated for most of his life. Unbeknown to Stuart, the cuckolded man not only knows a lot about the events from twelve years ago, he's well aware of his wife's amour as well. When the body of his friend is found, Stuart suddenly realises that their affair is about to end like a violent Greek tragedy.
Salt of Their Blood is an epic story by a new author about a tempestuous, dark and very modern love affair.
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Business group needs to push development
The decision by a number of Bay Street business owners to resurrect the Bay Street Merchants Association presumably bodes well for the future of downtown Port Orchard.
As has been well-chronicled in recent weeks, a number of exciting projects are on the drawing board for the citys stagnant commercial core, and it follows that a motivated, well-organized association of those whose livelihoods depend on having a vibrant Bay Street could play a huge role in making sure the good things happen.
Or not.
Depending on which faction within the group ultimately asserts control, its also possible the new Bay Street Merchants Association could be a force for maintaining downtowns deteriorating status quo.
To that end, its hard to get a read on the intentions of the fledgling groups newly appointed representative Don Atkinson.
ÂIf any of the proposed downtown developments reach fruition  and I believe they will, Atkinston said last week, it might be great for the city overall, but very disruptive for downtown merchants.Â
In the short term, perhaps, but hopefully Atkinson isnt suggesting that Bay Streets merchants and the residents of the community dont have the same goals and desires.
Its clearly in the best interests of both to encourage investment and quality development downtown, eventually resulting in a destination shopping experience for customers and clients from throughout the region.
Unfortunately, improvements on that scale come at a cost, and its unlikely the entire character of Port Orchard can be changed without someone or someones business being hurt or left out of the process.
Were hopeful the new merchants association will recognize this fact and take a long-term view. Rather than trying to preserve every single existing downtown business by avoiding any and all disruptions, the goal of the association should be to do whats best for the majority of current and future members.
In short, the new group can be either a catalyst for change or an obstacle in the road Port Orchard must take to secure its future.
Will that mean some struggling businesses that might otherwise have limped along a little longer might not survive the transformation?
Quite possibly. But sometimes a few branches need to be pruned in order to save the larger tree.
If that sounds insensitive, compare it to the alternative standing in the way of progress for the entire downtown business community, and by extension all of Port Orchard, in order to prolong the agony of a handful of businesses that very possibly wouldnt have made it anyhow.
If youve spent any time at all around Port Orchard, you know Bay Street has been a revolving door for years, with businesses opening with the best of intentions one day and closing the next. To be sure, some were undercapitalized, unprepared or simply had a bad idea to begin with, but the dramatic increase in foot traffic promised by a major overhaul of the downtown landscape certainly wouldnt have hurt.
The question at this point is whether Bay Street and its current crop of business leaders are finally going to let something be done about it or whether theyre going to consign another generation to a hit-or-miss future.
Bay Street stands at a fork in the road. One way leads to a glittering tomorrow, while the other leads down a dead-end street.
Heres hoping the merchants choose the right path.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post4301059192610464537..comments2016-10-14T00:10:04.179-07:00Comments on Three Miles at a Time (ME/CFS Warrior): Virtual Book Tour: Pris Campbell on Sea Trailsme/cfs warriorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-39376892789478609512009-12-04T10:28:42.145-08:002009-12-04T10:28:42.145-08:00Toni Thank you so much! I'm glad you like the ...Toni
Thank you so much! I'm glad you like the book (and it takes me time to read things, too). Thank your husband for reading it, too.Prishttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-86172672638409465912009-12-04T09:39:50.428-08:002009-12-04T09:39:50.428-08:00Pris's book came two days ago. I thought I'...Pris's book came two days ago. I thought I'd post my impressions here since it's through Terri's virtual tour that I learned about the book. I haven't read it all (reading is a slow slow process for me) but I've looked through it all and read about half of the text. This is a wonderful book! It's part memoir, part adventure, part instruction manual (on sailing -- that's the part my husband loves), and the icing on the cake are Pris's poems. Then, as an extra treat, there are pictures of her 1977 trip from Boston to Florida on a 22-foot sailboat (which my husband says is very small for such an adventure). You'll even see Pris at the helm!

You follow her trip through her journal entries and then, through her poetry, come out of the mundane world and into the creative one. The poems and the journal entries fit seamlessly together. Her poetry is sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes beautifully descriptive of a particular incident, sometimes so moving that that you'll get goosebumps (at least I did).

You'll feel like you're not only on a sail-boating adventure with her, but on life's adventure. What an inspiring book! Thanks Pris.Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-48564257226985389072009-12-02T03:32:24.228-08:002009-12-02T03:32:24.228-08:00Thanks, Sue. This is my first full length poetry b...Thanks, Sue. This is my first full length poetry book. I have one earlier shorter book and two chapbooks. I just write slowly. I wrote the poems in this book over the course of a year (as well as writing other poems for journals at the same time), and then took another year to add in the extras and hone the poems. We are tortoises now, but we get there:-)Prishttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-84424716948034902552009-12-01T15:48:48.648-08:002009-12-01T15:48:48.648-08:00Oh, my gosh, I didn't know that Pris had publi...Oh, my gosh, I didn't know that Pris had published a book - how wonderful! I'm not very into poetry, but this sounds really interesting. What a great experience, taking a sailing trip like that!

And I am enormously inspired by the accomplishment of writing a book when she was so severely ill! You're an inspiration to us all, Pris!!

SueSue Jacksonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-9987010838300437932009-12-01T02:37:36.953-08:002009-12-01T02:37:36.953-08:00Terri Thanks again. With these blogs I've had ...Terri
Thanks again. With these blogs I've had comments disappear, too. I check your blog regularly , though, and there I was!:-)

Cinderkeys, it's not easy to write with your brain swirling, but I'm also inspired by Laura Hildebrand, author of Sea Biscuit, who wrote with the room turning in circles and a small fridge in her room for times when she was too weak to get to the kitchen.Prishttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-51170534598664268142009-12-01T00:51:12.937-08:002009-12-01T00:51:12.937-08:00These are good questions. I've wondered how an...These are good questions. I've wondered how anyone can stay creative in the face of pain and fog. I'm happy that it's possible.cinderkeyshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-36856138748723861542009-11-30T19:24:26.422-08:002009-11-30T19:24:26.422-08:00RD- I hope it gets a good response also. This is ...RD-

I hope it gets a good response also. This is the sort of thing that inspires hope in people.

I'm honored to be part of the virtual book tour.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!cfswarriorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-80461482960298565452009-11-30T19:23:07.946-08:002009-11-30T19:23:07.946-08:00Hi Pris- I left a comment on your blog Saturday b...Hi Pris-

I left a comment on your blog Saturday but its quite possible that I did something wrong so the post didn't show up.

Thank you-yes I'm back to my baseline thank goodness. I appreciate your concern-it means a lot.cfswarriorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-39694086431293401742009-11-30T19:21:45.883-08:002009-11-30T19:21:45.883-08:00Hi Toni- I love the idea of a virtual book tour. ...Hi Toni-

I love the idea of a virtual book tour. The book looks wonderful (I haven't read it yet but purchased a couple copies).

I'm so glad that you bought a copy also!cfswarriorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-55110247742274002852009-11-30T19:20:37.418-08:002009-11-30T19:20:37.418-08:00Hi Renee- I find it inspiring also especially bec...Hi Renee-

I find it inspiring also especially because she overcame some intense symptoms and wrote the book anyway!cfswarriorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-18154359760731548672009-11-30T16:39:28.600-08:002009-11-30T16:39:28.600-08:00Terri, thanks for hosting "our" book. I ...Terri, thanks for hosting "our" book. I hope that we'll get a good response from your readers (I was pleased to see the comments from Renee and Toni - validates why I thought this would be a great place to showcase her poetry).RD Armstronghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-24212549173323145032009-11-30T15:22:50.757-08:002009-11-30T15:22:50.757-08:00Terri I didn't realize you'd posted it yet...Terri
I didn't realize you'd posted it yet. Thank you thank you! And I was glad to see your note that you're doing better.

And Toni, thanks for buying the book!Prishttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-27081094897470214072009-11-28T21:51:15.952-08:002009-11-28T21:51:15.952-08:00Terri - It's so wonderful of you to have poste...Terri - It's so wonderful of you to have posted this book tour for Pris. I celebrated by buying the book. I can't wait for it to arrive!Tonihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419356230410306146.post-56435218454597864412009-11-28T16:52:55.308-08:002009-11-28T16:52:55.308-08:00This is great, Terri. It has been very interestin...This is great, Terri. It has been very interesting to read about Pris and her book. It gives us all hope to achieve our own dreams.Reneehttp://email@example.com


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A. Pavey
Disability and Society, vol.21, May 2006, p. 217-229
Entrepreneurship and enterprise education are currently strongly promoted by the UK government. Article discusses how these concepts could be adapted to help disabled people and people with learning difficulties to develop independent and empowered lives. It points out that severely disabled people for whom work is not an option in fact provide employment for a large number of professionals working in needs assessment, support and care services to the point where a disability industry is emerging. In this way they contribute to the economy as service consumers.
L. Barton (editor)
Abingdon: Routledge, 2006
The book provides a route map to the development of thinking in disability studies over the last 18 years. It includes over 20 seminal articles from the journal Disability and Society, which are divided into threes sections which mirror the three central themes:
K. W. Hammell
Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2006
The book is an introduction to many theoretical perspectives on disability including historical, philosophical, feminist, etc, using their insights to unmask and contest the paradigms, practice and power of the rehabilitation professions. The book is focused on disability and rehabilitation, and explores their inter-relationships, the consequences of being classed as deviant from valued norms, and the role of rehabilitation in the perpetuation of injustice. Issues such as the nature of the body, the idea of independence, the rehabilitation process, evidence based practice and client-centred practice are also explored.


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Pity Jess Walter's publicist. No matter the accolades Walter receives, he changes the game, hitting reset with every book. His mystery, "Citizen Vince," won an Edgar award. An atmospheric post-9/11 book, "The Zero," was a finalist for a National Book Award.
His latest work, "Beautiful Ruins", calls out to fans of Bruce Wagner and Hollywood-insider drama, but deserves a much larger audience. The novel has the grandeur of one of the movies at its center -- the epic Richard Burton-Elizabeth Taylor disaster, "Cleopatra." What begins in 1962 on the Italian coastline moves swiftly between the past and contemporary Hollywood studio lots where tour guides "tell apocryphal stories of bygone magic." The central narrative follows an Italian innkeeper searching for the actress he met on the coast 40 years earlier, but Walter incorporates story lines that seem to jump all over the place until he masterfully ties them together by the end.
Earlier, I would have linked Walter's work by the attention he gives to flawed men. That stands for "Beautiful Ruins," but the novel's grandeur works harder to capture the way life, as one character believes, "is a blatant act of imagination."
The Watch
Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Hogarth, 281 pp., $15
Roy-Bhattacharya's third novel relocates the events of Sophocles' "Antigone" to Kandahar during the present war in Afghanistan.
After a Taliban attack on a remote American outpost results in a firefight and heavy losses, American soldiers find themselves in a discomforting standoff with Nizam, a legless Pashtun girl who requests the right to bury her slain brother, a suspected Taliban commander. The stress of the dispute and casualties from the battle raise questions in the soldiers' minds regarding their purpose in the war.
On NPR, Jaya Aninda Chatterjee said that Roy-Bhattacharya's novel bears an original narrative style that separates it from its source material: "Unlike 'Antigone,' a linear tale, 'The Watch' keeps coming back to the moment when the soldiers first saw Nizam, cross-cutting between her story and theirs. The soldiers, interpreter and medic each have their own chapter; in many, the characters drift between dreams and reality, between delirium and consciousness."
As a result of this narrative technique, "readers will feel as disoriented as the characters themselves, and will be sensitive to the displacement these men feel as they look inward and weigh their loyalty and duty to the military against their sympathy for Nizam."
Chatterjee also noted that while "The Watch" has the "the same emotional containment that moves viewers of 'Antigone,' " the setting of "this brave, visceral" novel "breathes new life into the tale" as it "breaks new ground and does what previous versions of 'Antigone' never have: It makes each character deeply humane, challenging the reader to sympathize with every one of them."
Publishers Weekly also admired "The Watch," giving it a starred review for the way it offers a "powerful, modern take on the Afghanistan armed conflict" that "resonates with the echoes of Joseph Heller, Tim O'Brien, and Robert Stone."
Diana L. Eck
Three Rivers, 559 pp., $16
Eck, who has lived off and on in India for years, sees this work as a product of her evolution in the way she thinks about the country.
Calling the book "A Sacred Geography," Eck explains that 25 years ago, she would have said that she considered the city of Banaras (also known as Varanasi) to be the most important sacred city of India, comparable "in sanctity and preeminence to Mecca, Jerusalem, and Rome."
She gradually began to understand, however, that "Banaras does not stand alone as the great center of pilgrimage for Hindus, but is part of an extensive network of pilgrimage places stretching throughout the length and breadth of India."
She continues, "In this wider network of pilgrimage, nothing, not even the great city of Banaras, stands alone, but rather everything is part of a living, storied, and intricately connected landscape."
As Eck takes readers through the "pilgrim's India," she explains that examining the country in this way provides "an important perspective for understanding India, not simply in the past, but in the present."
The Economist said that Eck establishes a solid case for Hinduism's role as a unifying force in her "sprawling and convincing" book, the sum of "a lifetime's work." The magazine's reviewer enjoyed the way Eck "makes her argument subtly but persuasively, with numerous, exhaustive and sometimes exhausting examples. In a book that is equal parts travelogue, guidebook and history, she takes the reader across India, telling stories and explaining connections."
The magazine's reviewer acknowledged that "Eck's book is not an easy read," but went on to say that "it is a rewarding one. She makes a compelling case for India as an integrated, if fractious, land of culturally heterogeneous Hindus. Indeed, this spiritual relationship with the land has seeped into the other national religions--Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and others have their own pilgrimage sites dotted throughout the landscape -- which both enriches and complicates the soil on which today's state is built."
In The Washington Post, Chandrahas Choudhury also noted the cumulative nature of Eck's work in seeing "A Sacred Geography" as "the synthesis of three decades of work on the myths, rituals, cosmology and everyday life of Hinduism."
Choudhury observed, "Eck's book is so dense with detail that one might think of its 500 pages as a distillation of a world." But, he went on to say, "The appeal of the book lies in the fact that its emphasis is not political, but aggregative and connective, making a forest out of a mass of trees. Eck offers an exceptionally rich account of how, throughout India, the cosmic is mapped onto the local in a tradition formed, revised and renewed over the centuries by thousands of discrete phenomena and often anonymous actors."
The Kissing List
Stephanie Reents
Hogarth, 223 pp., $14
Before reading a page of Stephanie Reents' debut fiction collection, take the Lena Dunham test. With her movie "Tiny Furniture" and HBO series "Girls," Dunham's work demarcates a generational divide. Her 20-something characters are the sort who tell their parents, "I am busy, trying to become who I am."
Reents' fiction fits snugly in Dunham's world. Reents' characters understand that they are a bit "like kids playing dress-up, kids wobbling around in their parents' shoes and holding up their parents' pants."
For readers who see "Girls" as a realistic portrait of a post-college life, Reents' 12 loosely connected stories are a witty, moving reflection of a lack of direction or meaningful work. If you find the amplified navel-gazing preposterous, "The Kissing List" will overwhelm your patience for characters stuck in a perpetual adolescence.
Reading these stories, I was torn. Sometimes, Reents is spot on, as in "Temporary," where she captures the way Vita appreciates the anonymity of dull temp work: "It's like being in the witness protection program. Every week, and sometimes every day, brings a new placement where no one knows her, where no one knows that she graduated summa and won a slew of awards from the history department, and no one is disappointed in her decision not to go to graduate school."
Those moments help the book rise above protagonists like Frances, who has "considered becoming a lesbian, at least for political reasons." Or Anna, who recounts a date where "we returned home, and we exchanged our best pictures and wrote poems about them."
The best parts, however, far outweigh the laughable ones. An arc of four stories -- "The Kissing List," "Roommates," "Games" and "Awesome" -- echoes Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar," a connection Reents reinforces in naming her main character Sylvie. The men here are as self-satisfied and manipulative as the ones in Plath's novel, but Sylvie, unlike her Plath counterpart, learns when to walk away.
The collection's strongest story, "None of the Above," is also its biggest surprise. It begins with a gimmick: A writer of multiple-choice questions for standardized tests composes questions about her personal life. Reents expertly turns it into a meditation on the narrator's grief over her brother, a casualty of the war in Iraq. She cuts herself off from a friend, telling us, "I can manage multiple-choice questions, but not essays, and everything she asks requires an answer too long and complex for my state of mind."
Reents wants us to take her characters seriously, even as she enjoys playing up their insecurities and post-grad naivete. It left me frustrated with their narcissism, but, more often, reacting with empathy.
In The San Francisco Chronicle, Carmela Ciuraru said, "Overall, these stories skim the surface," forming "a fine if uneven debut."
Nonetheless, Ciuraru pointed out that "cleverness is the defining virtue of this collection," and she admired Reents' work for being "filled with funny observations and sharp insights."
"At its best," Ciuraru concluded, "'The Kissing List'" reveals how terribly difficult it is to be a smart young woman in her 20s." While "some of these stories veer toward the predictable," others "prove poignant in their depictions of struggle and disappointment."
Heaven on Earth
Sadakat Kadri
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 372 pp., $16
Kadri, an English barrister, follows his history of Western law, "The Trial: A History, from Socrates to O.J. Simpson," with this history, subtitled "A Journey Through Shari'a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia to the Streets of the Modern Muslim World."
Kadri's account of Islamic ideas of justice begins with the idea that "when the Qur'an was first enunciated by the Prophet Muhammad during the 620s, the term 'shari'a' conveyed the idea of a direct path to water – a route of considerable importance to a desert people – and at a time when no one systematically differentiated between the world that was and the world that ought to be, Islam's straight and narrow described as much as it prescribed."
While current Western perceptions may view shari'a law as a crude process that often results in brutal punishment, Kadri conveys the broad comprehensiveness and philosophy behind Islamic jurisprudence.
As he explains, "No aspect of creation fell outside its scope, and jurists pronounced on questions ranging from the lawfulness of logic to the legal meaning of the moon." While "some would always focus on big issues such as criminal justice and jihad, others explored far more specialized aspects of the cosmic order – the calculation of inheritance shares, say, or the jurisprudence of ablutions – and no problem was ever too personal to escape their collective gaze."
In The Guardian, a U.K. paper, Nicholas Lezard deemed Kadri's history "an extremely valuable book" for the way it dispels "any misgivings you might have had about [Islam's] contemporary relevance."
As Lezard succinctly noted, "Knowing this stuff is important, and Kadri takes us through it wonderfully well." He praised Kadri not just for having "a great grasp of the facts," but also for presenting his information with "a good, dry sense of humour."
Lezard also noted that some critics have compared the second half of the book (focused on shari'a law in the present) unfavorably to the first (focused on the past), but in his view, such complaints pop up not because of flaws in the book's latter half, but "because the first half is so readable and fascinating."
As Lezard goes on to say, "It's a minefield, shari'a law, then, and when you're in a minefield, you need a guide. This is as good as we have right now."
Point Your Face at This
Demetri Martin
Grand Central, 288 pp., $12.99
Stand-up comedian Martin's last book, "This Is a Book," was a hodge-podge of literary ridiculousness comprised of short sketches, drawings and a story. Here, he sticks to line drawings, a staple of his comedy shows, and excels at visual jokes that blend together wry one-liners in the vein of Mitch Hedberg and Steven Wright with the strange juxtapositions of Gary Larson's "Far Side."
Martin plays with the absurd, as when a trench-coat flasher's victims leave him a tip after a visual assault, or when a zoo-caged cheetah suspects that a woman's purse is made of his friend, Steve.
Some of his cleverest and funniest moments, though, involve Venn diagrams, charts and line graphs offering comparisons that would never find homes in math textbooks – a timeline of mustaches and their popularity at different times of being taken at face value, as ironic statements and as marks of old age in women; a representation of the niche Tic Tacs fill as both candy and maracas; a list of activities that are "more fun if being done because you planned to rather than all of a sudden because of a mistake," such as running through sprinklers, rolling down a hill, sleeping outside, eating snails, sky diving and having sex.
Writing for The Denver Post, John Wenzel found that while Martin's drawings may have a "cocktail napkin-quality, they "are, miraculously, as funny and idea-rich as his critically acclaimed stand-up act."
In The Washington Post, John Wilwol also enjoyed Martin's "brilliant, zany new collection of drawings" for the way the doodles and diagrams "comment on big ideas, like love and death, and smaller annoyances, like waiting in line."
Finding Martin to be "a spare, wry cartoonist," Wilwol said that some of Martin's cartoons "are delightfully inane, others are hysterical, and a few will stay with you long after you" finish the book.Vikas Turakhia teaches English at Orange High School in Pepper Pike.


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"I think these consumers are tired of PotteryBarn.com," said Marigny Goodyear, founder of B-Native.com, an online art market celebrating New Orleans. "They're looking for products that have a unique style and show some local color."
B-Native.com began, like so many local projects, in the months after Hurricane Katrina when most of the city was living somewhere else. Goodyear, a former yoga instructor and a stockbroker at the time, had been transferred to Birmingham, Ala., after the storm. In Alabama, she daydreamed about home and worried about the New Orleans craftspeople and artists who depend on tourists to survive.
"I started thinking about ways to bring the art to the people," Goodyear said, "because the people weren't coming into town." She teamed up with childhood friend Blake Haney, a Web designer and founder of the Dirty Coast T-shirt company, and in December 2006 launched B-Native.com.
At first, the site featured five local artists. Now B-Native.com sells the work of nearly 40 designers, artists and authors, ranging from Alexa Pulitzer's whimsical stationary and Retrospective Studio's clock inspired by the Rock 'n' Bowl sign to books by Chris Wiltz and Joshua Clark.
The Web site has become a tool for local artists to spread the New Orleans spirit across the country.
Spreading that spirit, this month, B-Native.com is hosting Shop-n-Sip events. Every Thursday in March from 5 to 7 p.m., B-Native.com brings local art, books, clothes and jewelry to Bar UnCommon (817 Common St., 504.525.1111).
This week's highlights will include Fomich's jewelry, water meter rugs by Nola H20, children's apparel by Two Sprouts and fashion and accessories by Ann Marie Popko.


text: ok guys a question for some of you....I have been mowing for years with a cub cadet lawn mower riding tractor 42in, and last year I purchased a commerical cub cadet zero turn 48in to help mow more lawns. The grass in some of my residental yards have been burnt looking and in some places it seems to be just dirt. My question is, I haven't noticed this in the past as much as this past year and I was wondering if this was something to do with my zero turn or just because it was a little drier this year. I don't know if it is because more blades turning and the heat off the zero turn is killing it off or what? Any help would be great on this issue. Also is it maybe that i need to mow a 1/4 inch higher or what in the summer. It only seems like it is on the ends of the lawn where I am turning. Thanks


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SARANAC LAKE - The village Board of Trustees will take another look at the possibility of locating a skateboard park behind the village offices.
The move comes after the Saranac Lake SkatePark Committee ruled out putting the 10,000-square-foot skateboard park on town-of-Harrietstown-owned property next to the Saranac Lake Civic Center.
"There was an overwhelming consensus that regardless of interventions to improve access and safety, that the civic center was not an acceptable site for our children to use as a skateboard park," committee President Peggy Wiltberger wrote in a Dec. 7 letter to the village.
Wiltberger said the civic center site has "little visibility, a lack of passive supervision and a potential for danger in surrounding vacant and hidden lands" and would be an "unwise use" of the $100,000 to $200,000 the group is trying to raise for the project.
Instead, the committee asked the village to take another look at two locations that had already been considered: behind the village offices and the village park at the corner of Broadway and Ampersand Avenue.
Wiltberger's letter identifies the site behind the village offices, which is already used by skateboarders, as the committee's favorite "because of its central, busy location, its proximity to schools and its access to local businesses."
To ensure the skatepark would be there forever, the committee asked the board last year to designate the site they'd need as a permanent village park. But the board declined, saying such a move could complicate the potential sale of the village offices and surrounding property.
Committee members attended last week's village board meeting and urged the board to reconsider.
Natalie Leduc said the site behind the village offices would be perfect.
"I just can't believe it's such a runaround," she said. "I know you're debating about space, but it just seems to me that right back there is where it ought to be."
If the village property is ever sold, Leduc suggested the village attach a condition to the sale requiring the buyer to keep the skatepark or replace it in another location.
"The village already has land back there that's a permanent park," Wiltberger added. "You dedicated land back there for the River Walk as a park in perpetuity. Add on 10,000 square feet more for the skateboard park."
Mayor Tom Michael suggested the committee work with Community Development Director Jeremy Evans or village Manager Marty Murphy to come up with a possible layout for the skateboard park that would have "a minimal amount of intrusion" onto the village's property.
"Come back to the board, and show how you can compact it within the confines of where it is now," Michael said. "The board will then take a look at leaving it where it is, giving it a skateboard park identity in perpetuity, and we'll work from there."
But before the village goes too far, Trustee Jeff Branch requested the soil be tested for potential contamination. Branch said he was told that electrical transformers were disposed on the property when it was used by the Paul Smith's Electric Light and Power and Railroad Company.
"If we're going to go ahead with that, for the sake of safety, I don't want them back there digging up contaminated soil," he said. "I want to make that contingent on anything going forward."
Michael asked Evans to research possible grant funding for investigation and clean up of so-called "brownfield" sites. The village may have to dig up the property this spring or summer to repair a broken sewer line that crosses it, he added.
"If we suspect there's a problem out there, we shouldn't stick our heads in the sand," Michael said. "We should know what we have to deal with."
Wiltberger said the committee's fundraising efforts are essentially on hold until a site for the skateboard park is designated. About $27,000 has been raised so far.
"When you apply for funding, they want to know if it's going to be a park in perpetuity," she said. "They want to fund a project they know is going to succeed."
The village had also considered locating the skateboard park in the William Morris Play Park, but that option was ruled out amid opposition from representatives of the Adirondack Carousel, which has already secured a commitment from the village to locate in the park.
The Ampersand-Broadway Park was taken off the list of possible sites because of opposition from the park's neighbors.
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Republic hit South Manchester for six
By Danny Caro, August 30, 2012
Republic of Flixton 6 South Manchester Sports 2nd 0
A hat-trick from ROB JACOBS helped title hopefuls Republic of Flixton get their campaign off to a dream start as they hit South Manchester for six.
A late venue change saw the match moved from Republic's new ground to Frederick Road due to an unplayable pitch, but it mattered little as they blew South away with further strikes from Jacob Kleinman, James Rosenberg and Adam Tauber putting the icing on the cake.
Elsewhere, the MJSL Shield was cancelled as Haroldeans were unable to field more than seven players against Manchester 3rds.
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Top aides to Mayor Mitch Landreiu on Thursday met with the Louis Armstrong International Airport board of directors to talk about how to expand and beautify the airport. More terminals could bring better airfare deals, which could put New Orleans in a better economic position, both parties agree.
But the airport also needs a remodel. For frequent travelers, it's no secret that New Orleans does not have the nicest airport. The issue of a better facility has been tossed around for years, with many ideas rejected.
What would you do to make the airport better? What is something you've seen in other airports that was useful to you while traveling, or that made your long hours more comfortable? Did the destination airport set the mood for your trip, or does that even matter?
For example, once you're past the security gates at MSY, there isn't a place to grab a beer. That's just tragic.
Let us know what you think in the comments below.