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By RON ROP AND BRIAN MCVICAR |THE MUSKEGON CHRONICLE
NORTON SHORES -- Plans are in the works to construct a 2,500-seat ice arena at Norton Pines Athletic Club.
But the proposal must first win approval from Norton Shores city officials. While no plans have yet been submitted, the mayor said the development could help the community.
Bill and Sandy Vitale of New Jersey, owners of the West Michigan Blizzard hockey team, plan to finance the project, but it would become part of the Norton Pines complex at 1350 Judson.
"We're excited about it," said Sean Sobczak, who owns the athletic club along with his brother, Adam, and Mark McCurry.
"We think it's something really, really neat. I think the area needed a little more ice."
The multipurpose building would be home to the Blizzard, but also be available to high school hockey teams, youth hockey, figure skating, concerts and trade shows. Norton Pines members would also have use of the facility, and those who use the ice would have access to the club.
The Blizzard is a professional team in the All American Hockey League.
Former Muskegon Fury forward and current Blizzard head coach Sergei Kharin would be the facility's general manager. He said the cost of the project would be close to $2 million.
"We're awaiting word on how many seats we can put in," Sandy Vitale said. The number of seats is dependent on how much parking space is available. Besides the athletic club, there is also Shoreline Soccer, an indoor soccer facility across the street, and Extra Innings, a baseball training facility just north of Norton Pines.
Norton Pines is a full-service athletic club with tennis courts, a pool, basketball gym, weight room, and child and adult climbing walls, among other amenities.
An existing indoor tennis facility at the southwest corner of the Norton Pines complex would be taken out to make room for the ice rink. Norton Pines has five other indoor tennis courts and three outdoor courts.
"We closed that building down in October," said Sean Sobczak, who said there is a land lease agreement with the Vitales. "We have five courts inside and three outside courts. That will serve our needs. We're not taking away anything, but enhancing the experience for everyone."
The new building would be attached to the athletic club. A storage garage near the pool would be moved and a parking lot for about 200 cars would be constructed. Parking is also available on the north side of the outdoor tennis courts. Kharin said that if additional parking is needed, there is vacant land on the south side of Judson Road that is for sale.
Before the proposed arena becomes a reality, it must first be approved by the Norton Shores City Council. City Manager Mark Meyers said the city's planning commission has scheduled a public hearing on the development for July 13, when it is expected to review site plans.
From there, the planning commission could either strike down or forward the developer's request for a special use permit to the city council for final approval, Meyers said.
West Michigan Blizzard excited about keeping professional hockey in Muskegon in new facility
Nelund said the increased traffic a 2,500-seat facility could bring to Judson Road -- the only street with access to Norton Pines -- doesn't immediately appear to be an issue, although he added he has yet to review site plans.
"We'll have to see how that all plays out," he said, adding Norton Pines is located in an industrial, not residential, part of Judson Road. "The devil will be in the details."
The Vitales say they hope for completion of the arena in early October. The start of the All American Hockey League season is set for the weekend of Oct. 29.
"We have to do what economically makes sense," Sandy Vitale said. "We can have concerts and offer different events throughout the year. And if everything falls into place, we will have skating on Oct. 7."
The rink would include eight or nine rows of arena seats on all four sides, Kharin said. On the second floor would be private boxes along with a restaurant and bar, he said.
The building would be similar to the building that houses five indoor tennis courts at Norton Pines. The ice surface would be a standard 85 feet by 200 feet, and the entire building would be 190 feet by 270 feet.
The Vitales, who live in Laurel Springs, N.J., first got involved in Blizzard hockey after purchasing a failed AAHL franchise out of Detroit. The Blizzard played the second half of its season at L.C. Walker Arena in the four-team AAHL.
"We've had offers to move (out of the Muskegon area), but when we came here, it just felt like home," Sandy Vitale said. "We want to keep it in Muskegon. We have loyal fans."
The Vitales are hoping a new arena would aid in the rebuilding of the youth hockey program in the area.
Kharin said he will be in contact with several high school hockey teams about making "The Iceberg Arena" their home.
The new arena would give the area four sheets of ice. There are currently two ice sheets at Lakeshore Sports Centre in Fruitport Township and one at L.C. Walker Arena in downtown Muskegon. Kharin doesn't see that as too much.
"It will be more spread out, but we are working with Norton Pines, and this is ice also for Norton Pines people," Kharin said. "I don't think there will be a problem. There will be competition, but this is a business and it will give people more choices of which way they want to go."
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SPRINGFIELD - In March Holyoke police asked for the public's help in locating Michael Santiago, calling him a "violent suspect" in the shooting of a 16-year-old male who suffered a head wound during an alleged home invasion.
Santiago was subsequently arrested and his lawyer was before a Hampden Superior Court judge Tuesday asking for a reduction in his bail amount - currently set at $50,000 cash or $500,00 surety.
Judge Mary Lou Rup decided the bail amount was proper given his record and the nature of the crime.
Defense lawyer Erin Boylan had argued the bail should be set at $5,000, saying her client's family could raise that amount.
She said only one witness identified Santiago, 23, as a participant in the home invasion and said that witness has "an ongoing animus against my client" and other credibility problems.
After the March 23 shooting the victim was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for treatment of the gunshot wound to the temple.
The shooting was reported about 2:12 a.m. at 569 South Canal St.
Santiago faces charges of home invasion, armed assault with intent to murder, armed assault in a dwelling, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and two illegal firearms charges.
Assistant District Attorney Eduard Velazquez told Rup three to four armed men kicked in the door of a woman who believed the street gang La Familia was responsible for the death of a loved one.
He said Santiago is believed to be a member of that street gang. The woman saw Santiago with a large gun but couldn't see the other men, Velazquez said.
Santiago is accused of firing three shots into her bedroom where she had a young child, he said. Her cousin got the shot to the upper temple while in the apartment.

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Two of the four people in a Chevrolet Malibu that collided with a minivan were listed in critical condition, Saginaw County Sheriff's Department Lt. Randy Pfau said, noting a sergeant from the department was at the hospital on Tuesday about 10 p.m. and checked on the victims' conditions again this morning, reporting no change.
The two other young people who were riding in the Malibu and two passengers in the minivan are listed in stable condition, Pfau said.
Richland Township and Jonesfiled-Lakefield Township firefighters were both dispatched to the crash and worked quickly and professionally to extricate the crash victims, Pfau said.
"They did an excellent job in a very timely and professional manner," Pfau said. "They got there to find all the subjects pinned in the vehicles and worked very quickly to get the cars opened up."
Pfau said the professional work of the firefighters increased the victims' chances of survival.
The crash investigation will take at least four days to complete, Pfau said.


text: Does anybody know of a company that makes a Tactical stock for the Remington 770? I bought the gun new for $354.00 on a bet that I could work my Gunsmith VooDoo on it and make it out shoot my buddies $1,500 Remington 700 Tactical bells and whistles rifle. Well I did and I even surprised myself with a .63 MOA three shot group. They are both .308 and we even traded rifles and his groups improved with my rifle over his own. I do gun work on the side it's not my career just a hobby. I have to say that I love the way the rifle shoots and I don't feel it can be improved anymore than it is at this time but I hate the stock and plastic trigger guard. It shoulders well and from the group size it fits me well and the Deer I killed with it didn't mind but I think it's ugly as sin. My beef is purely cosmetic. If anyone knows where I can get a polymer stock for it I would appreciate it. Please don't ask what all was done to it as I would have to take a whole day to go through the extensive list and yes it would take equal to or more than $1,500 if you had to pay a gunsmith to do all the modifications so it's not worth the trouble to get one to shoot this well. I have looked to all my sources and I can't find any company that makes hardly any parts much less a stock for it. I did alot of fabrication for this project.


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LONDON -- After closing down by more than 1% yesterday, the futures markets are pricing in an opening rise for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI ) this morning, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes also expected to open higher on renewed hopes of further stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
Economic data due out today includes the Federal Budget for May and the latest Import Price Index, which is expected to show an extension of last month's fall.
In Europe, Spanish and Italian government bond yields continued to rise this morning, with the yield on 10-year Spanish bonds reaching 6.6% at one point. U.K. manufacturing fell by 1% in April compared to last year, and Greece sold 1.6 billion euros of six-month bonds at a yield of 4.73%. All the major European markets managed to rise slightly during the morning, with the FTSE 100 (INDEX: ^FTSE ) up by 0.4% at 7 a.m. EDT, and the DAX, CAC 40, and IBEX 35 all advancing by similar amounts.
In European company news, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) rose slightly in London trading on news that it is to purchase eczema drug Toctino from Basilea Pharmaceutica for an initial cash payment of 146 million pounds. Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE: LYG ) fell in early trading but recovered, following news that it has sold its remittance business in Japan to Shinsei Bank as part of an expected plan to exit the Japanese market.
The world's largest cement maker, Lafarge SA, was up by more than 1% after it reported planned cost savings of $1.6 billion over the next three years. Following yesterday's 8% fall in Garmin shares, TomTom NV surged by 12% this morning after news that Apple had agreed to use its digital maps.
In U.S. company news, Berkshire Hathaway hit the headlines on news that its private jet-hire subsidiary, NetJets, has placed a $9.6 billion order for up to 425 new jets from Bombardier and Textron Inc (NYSE: TXT ) , which owns the Cessna brand. Aviation experts say the orders are likely to have been heavily discounted below the headline price of $9.6 billion and that the order had been well-timed to capitalize on the industry's desire to rebuild its order books.
The deal is a typical example of Warren Buffett's confident judgement in uncertain market conditions -- something that was also in evidence when the billionaire investor recently doubled his stake in one of the U.K.'s biggest blue-chip brands, which also has a presence in the U.S. market. If you would like to know what persuaded Buffett to buy and how much he paid, you can find this information in this special free report.
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Fort Wayne, IN (Indiana's NewsCenter)-- The Waynedale Marathon has a loyal customer base, which makes what happened Tuesday afternoon even more surprising. An elderly woman pulled up to a gas pump just before 1:30 and asked a young man to go inside and pay for her, since she didn't walk well. Instead he and his friend decided to take her 50 dollar bill and run.
While the driver got away with the woman's money, what they didn't realize was that there were 15 security cameras in place and they caught every move.
Quite frankly, what happened next is hard to believe, the young man starts as if he's taking the money inside to pay, but then appears to be clearly crafting a plan to steal the money He hides behind the green pick-up truck and within seconds he and his friend take off.
Brett Bair operates the Waynedale Marathon and couldn't believe what he saw on the security tapes.
"we want to help people and make sure they feel comfortable and the fact that she trusted someone to take her $50 and go inside and pay for her and then to have them steal it, I'm floored by that", said Bair.
While the man concealed his identity by raising his hood, he perhaps forgot that just minutes before he paid for his own gas and the security cameras clearly captured his face. Not only is the face very recognizable, but so is the green pick-up truck his friend was driving... It appears to be a Dodge with tinted windows and a marking on the side.
The woman told Bair the money was all she had in her pocket and she was saddened by the theft, the Marathon often pumps gas for people that need assistance and he can't believe someone blew a golden opportunity to help someone in need.
"good deeds are there to be taken and if you don't take advantage of a good deed this is what might happen. I hope something happens for this young man, I just don't like that he took advantage of a 70-year-old woman", said Bair.
It turns out Bair was the good samaritan, giving the woman $25 out of his own pocket. Along with the video, some witnesses also saw the incident take place and helped the woman. This isn't the first time, owner Chuck Bair has turned over security video to protect his customers. Two years ago we aired video of a man stealing a food bank collection jar from one of Bair's stations. He was identified shortly after the story aired.
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Apparently, when produce is out of season in your area you can now pull it from your storage cabinets. All it takes is two whole days of intense labor to build one (seems like a lot of work!).
Eben Fodor, engineer and author of, The Solar Food Dryer: How to Make and Use Your Own Low-Cost, High Performance, Sun-Powered Food Dehydrator, and insisted that anyone can build a solar-powered food dehydrator. Who's up for the challenge?
I know several people who dry their own fruit, but that definitely doesn't last as long and it often tastes a lot like cardboard. Plus, the sun tends to soak up all the nutrients, which defeats the whole purpose.
Some foods will hold better than others when placed in the food dehydrator. They suggest starting with tomatoes. If you're really daring, go for the strawberries or apple slices – they hold flavor the best.


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By Alex Kotopoulis-Oracle on Sep 29, 2011
If you are visiting Oracle OpenWorld next week, you will have ample opportunity to see the latest Oracle Data Integrator live in action and work with it yourself. We will have the following hands-on labs in the Marriott Marquis - Salon 1/2:
Introduction to Oracle Data Integrator (Monday 2-3pm)
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ARLINGTON — The Arlington Arts Council is presenting the 10th annual "Art at the Barn" in Oso from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30.
The Old Time Fiddlers will perform from 3-5 p.m. on June 29, after Mike Nordine plays guitar and sings old tunes that same Saturday, while Paul Nyenhuis will play his Native American flutes on June 30.
More than 20 members of the Arlington Arts Council, as well as their friends and associates, will present paintings, photographs and an assortment of other artworks on display under the apple trees of the Yantis family farmyard, 12 miles east of Arlington, at 20412 State Route 532 NE.
Larry Estep and Kristine Hebert will contribute oil paintings, while Vicki Johnson and Katherine Critchfield will contribute pastels. Photography will come courtesy of Sarah Arney, Berta Baker, Fran Kaufman and Mike Kinney.
Monica Yantis will be showcasing her oil painting, watercolor and pencil art, while Robert Ruth shows off his pen-and-ink art and photography, and Rod Sylvester offers oil paintings, photography and mixed media artwork.
Karen Lyons has created silk painting, Robin Miller has refurbished furniture, Kathleen Farkasosky has molded pottery, and Jim and Mary Jean Williams have crafted stained glass and dolls for this event.
In addition, Nyna Crary will be displaying her jewelry, Lee Beitz will be presenting fused glass artwork, Erika Bruss will have wire sculptures on site, and Phil Cortese will come armed with prints and photography.
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Glen Campbell walked onstage at the Grammys earlier this month looking confident, but not exactly like the Glen Campbell I had seen performing before. Something about his stance — the way he held his shoulders — seemed familiar to me. And then the camera panned toward his eyes: That was it. A sparkle was gone. Something was flatter, more far away. Distant.
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The Baton Rouge area added a lot of jobs last year, and they were good jobs, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber's CEO Adam Knapp said Monday. BRAC was involved in projects that added 1,128 jobs to the region, and the average wage of those jobs was $69,237 – nearly twice as much as the region's average pay, which BRAC pegs at $38,170.
Baton Rouge's economy has the "wind in its sails" as it heads into 2013, but there are still a number of challenges that could hold business back, Knapp said. He gave an update on his organization's track record in 2012 and its goals moving into 2013, at a Louisiana Press Club lunch on Monday.
BRAC recently surveyed local business leaders about the top obstacles they'll face in 2013. About 41 percent said transportation and traffic issues are a major challenge, and 38 percent said the lack of good public school options and the cost of private school tuition was a problem for business. Workforce issues, such as attracting skilled employees, were a challenge for 36 percent of the people in the survey.
Still, Knapp said "it's an exciting time for the Baton Rouge area. We're very optimistic."
He touted the area's 4.5 percent unemployment rate as of the end of November, compared with a national average of 7.8 percent. The Baton Rouge area also added about 3,000 jobs year-over-year as of November, he said.
The specific projects where BRAC was involved added 1,128 new jobs, $78.1 million in new payroll wages, and $3.5 billion in new capital investment in 2012, Knapp said.
The factors driving that job growth include low natural gas prices, which give the area a boost in attracting business, and the continuing growth of companies working in digital media, Knapp said.
In 2013, BRAC's goals include adding $48 million to the region's payroll and attracting 1,000 new jobs.
BRAC's strategies to do that include strategically targeting promising industries for the region, like chemicals and new energy production, as well as software design. BRAC is also working to recruit foreign companies to invest in Baton Rouge.


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Most everything we do cuts into their territory.
We make roads, houses, cities and factories. We plant grass athletic fields, homeowner lawns, double flower sterile plants, and we plant large agricultural fields of corn and beans all of which are in essence deserts for them. We use insecticides targeted for other critters and sometimes damage them in the process. We even mulch our gardens making it difficult for them to find ground-based nesting sites.
I can hear them singing the Jim Croce song "Car Wash Blues" and changing some of the lyrics. "I got them steadily depressing low down mind messing 'I can't find no pollen' blues," says Karl Foord of the U of M Extension service regarding pollinating insects.
Most animals and birds depend on flowering plants for food or shelter. Most plants depend on pollinators to complete their reproduction cycles.
This makes pollinators key players in the ecosystem. It should be emphasized that the flowering plant pollinator relationship is one of long standing. Insects were around long before flowering plants. The oldest insect fossils date back to the Carboniferous (360-300 million years ago) and exhibit wings and other advanced features which suggests millions of years of evolution before the Carboniferous.
There is still discussion about the timing of the origin of flowering plants. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from gymnosperms in the early Triassic (245-202 million years ago), and fossils of flowering plants are dated to the early Cretaceous (145-65 million years ago). Flowering plants diversified during this time and became the dominant plant form in the late Cretaceous (100-65 million years ago).
Suffice it to say that flowering plants and insects have been interacting intimately for at least 100 million years and have become quite co-dependent. So pollination is central to the life cycle of flowering plants, and more than 80 percent of plant species rely on animal pollinators, and 99 percent of those pollinators are insects.
Pollinators are needed for the successful production of as much as 25 percent of everything we eat and drink, and we are rapidly depleting their habitats. Granted much of this pollination is done by the non-native honeybee.
We need these native pollinators if for no other reason than to help pollinate some of our important crop species as the honeybees face challenges.
We are finding that bumble bees are much better pollinators of tomatoes in greenhouse and high tunnel settings than honeybees.
All things considered I would like to join the ranks of the native pollinator friendly assembly, but what is one to do? Before becoming an advocate I would like to explore what I could do on my own without having to persuade some government entity that they should create pollinator plant refuges on the highway right of ways.
This requires some consideration. The native pollinators are adapted to native plants but will glean pollen and nectar from cultivated species. All of our cultivated plants were adapted from wild ancestors. This leads me to consider two steps. First, take an inventory of the plants, those closely adjoined to our property, and access how pollinator friendly my homestead might be. Second, consider the array of pollinator-friendly species and see what might fit within the existing landscape. I will address each in turn.
As far as the home inventory is concerned, I love dwarf evergreens so nothing there for the pollinators, comments Foord. But he has apples, strawberries, and willows as well as significant patches of sedum and thyme. There is a buffer area on his property that is undeveloped and features phlox in the spring and goldenrod in the fall. An adjoining school grassy area is mowed but does not control any weeds so the dandelions do quite well. I have some other plants but I will need to consider when they flower and how many there are to determine their impact.
As to plants attractive to native pollinators, I looked at lists of the plants and found I had my work cut out for me. When do they flower and for how long? What are their growing requirements and will they be bullies or gentlepersons in their interaction with the other plants in the landscape.
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The Boston Celtics are in full-fledged rebuilding mode. And as with any teardown project, no player is safe from the trading block.
Since the Celtics currently have around $68 million in guaranteed salary (not including first-round pick Kelly Olynyk, according to Hoopsworld.com), Danny Ainge will likely seek to shed salary to try and get under the roughly projected $70 to $71 million luxury tax. For a team trying to be bad, the last thing the Celtics need is to pay repeat offender penalties.
For now, salary trumps talent in what Boston is seeking in a trade. With that prevailing caveat in mind, here are the six Celtics most likely to get traded before the start of the season, as well as what the Celtics could potentially get in return.
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1. Southern
Southern lost Zeb Collins, Josh Ghigliotty, Steve Hodgson and Steve Johns, four of the teams top wrestlers to graduation in 2012. Leading the way this season will be Matt Wilhelm, Zach Wilhelm, Jake Campana and Christopher Serpico, all of whom won twenty or more matches last season. Matt Wilhelm, 21-10 at 106 pounds, was a district champion before losses to Joe Ghione of Brick Memorial and Dominic Francosi of Middletown South knocked the Wilhelm out of the Region 6 tournament. Zach Wilhelm, 25-10 at 120 pounds last season, will be Southern's feature lower weight. The junior was a district champion but fell short of the state tournament. Campana and Serpico will be tough middleweight for Southern after winning a combined forty-seven matches in 2012. With talented big men Connor Case and Jesse Bauta, Southern should have another successful season in 2013.
2. Shawnee
Returning state qualifiers Austin Watterau and Brennan Humphrey, along with standout Connor Muli, will take on leadership roles for Shawnee in 2013. Watterar, who is projected at 170 pounds, dropped a 7-3 decision to Wayne Stinson of Northern Burlington in the semi-finals of the 160-pound bracket of Region 7. In Atlantic City, Watterau's tournament was cut short by Clearview's Connor Donahue, who defeated the senior 7-3 in the opening round. Humphrey's road was similar, earning a third place in the region and losing the first round of states. Humphrey, now a junior, is projected at 145 pounds. Muli, 31-10, fell short of the sate tournament, taking fourth in loaded region after taking the District 27 title at 120 pounds.
3. Cherokee
Highlighting Cherokee's talented lineup is 120-pounder Alex Baider and 138-pounder Joseph Lemerise. Baider was 39-11 as a sophomore last season and was a Region 7 finalist before losing in the state tournament to eventual place-winners Christian Innarella and Kyle Brady. Baider is not expected to be ranked in the top eight at the beginning of the season, but has the potential to make a run at a medal in Atlantic City. Lemerise compiled a 41-6 record as a junior and made it to the Region 7 finals where he dropped a sudden-death loss to Trenton Central's Maaziah Bathea. Jimmy Gladschmidt and Zachary Cannon had stellar seasons in 2012 for Cherokee as well. Goldschmidt was 33-14 at 106 pounds and is expected to wrestle the same weight or move up to 113 pounds while Cannon, Cherokees premier upper weight, was 27-7 last season and will likely see an improved record in 2013
4. Eastern
The majority of Eastern's talent resides at the bottom of their lineup. Collin Mitchell, a returning state place winner, will lead an Eastern team that recorded wins over Lenape, Delran and Holy Cross in 2012. Mitchell was 38-10, a Region 7 champion, and eighth in the state at 120 pounds, earning wins over Collin Farley and Billy Ward in the state tournament. Adding depth to Eastern's lower weights is Ferdinand Mase and Jake Forsman. Mase was 27-7 a year ago at 106 pounds and is expected to return at the same weight or move up to 113 while Forsman was 25-8 last season and is projected at 120 pounds. The top of Eastern's lineup may be their Achilles heel with three forfeits and two wrestlers who won a combined seven matches in 2012.
5. Egg Harbor
Egg Harbor was pounded by graduation, but returns a competitive group of lower weights. Brandon Bower, Shawn Bryant and James Ingersol all has successful, winning seasons and will lead an Egg Harbor team that recorded wins over Buena, Cherokee, St. Augustine and Eastern last season. Bower, the lightest of Egg Harbor's standouts, is expected to wrestle 132 pounds. Bower was 19-11 last season and will enjoy the luxury or having Emmanuel Castillo and Christian Williams behind him on the depth chart. 138-pounder Shawn Bryant was 28-13 and will be succeeded in the lineup by James Ingersol at 152 pounds. Ingersol's 21-19 record makes him one of four returning wrestlers to win at least twenty matches. Up top, Nigel Toussaint was 28-13 and has the potential to make a run at a state medal at either 220 pounds of heavyweight.
6. Clearview
Potential state place-winners John VanBrill, Ed Lenkowski and Connor Donahue will return following stellar seasons in 2012. VanBrill, who is expected to wrestle 132 pounds this season, was 31-3, a region champion, and top twelve in the state at 126 pounds last season. Van Brill will be in the position to fight for a medal in a loaded 132-pound weight class. Sophomore Ed Lenkowski had a stellar freshman season, entering the state tournament with just one loss. Lenkowski ended his run in AC with a 2-2 record and fell to Delbarton's Jorge Lopez just one match shy of a medal. Fellow state qualifier, Connor Donahue, was a Region 8 finalist and took a 29-2 record into the state tournament before losses to James Dugan and Brandon Simon sent Donahue home without a medal. Forfeits at the 106-pound, 152-pound and 195-pound weight classes will hurt Clearview, but bonus points from their studs will make up for it.
7. Vineland
Vineland's lower weights will be their strong point in 2013, led by Joshua Pineda and Zachary Nealis. Pineda, who is projected at 113-pounds, was 24-10 and a District 21 finalist before going 0-1 at the Region 8 tournament. The sophomore will be complimented by Zachary Nealis, also was a district finalist. Nealis, 25-10 last season, is expected to wrestle 120 pounds in 2013. Up top, Tiawahn Cosby returns Vineland's best record of thirty-two wins and only ten losses. Cosby rode a third place finish in the district all the way back to the consolation semi-finals of the Region 8 tournament before falling to Stephen Andrescavage of Hammon. Fellow upper weight, Steffen Rodriguez, was a district champion at 170 pounds last season and is expected to move up to 182 pounds for 2013.
8. Pennsauken
Pennsauken escaped 2012 losing just two winning wrestlers to graduation. This season's team will feature four wrestlers to achieve the twenty-win mark, including Jacob Henderson. Henderson was 25-10 a year ago and is expected to wrestle 120 pounds this season after a third place finish in District 28 at 120 pounds last year. Fellow lower weight, John Henderson, accumulated twenty-two wins at 106 pounds en-route to earning a second place in the district tournament. Henderson is expected to return at 106 pounds or move up to 113 pounds this season. Up top, Peter Ibraham will be Pennsauken's feature upper weight following a 21-12 season in 2012.
9. Washington Township
Mike VanHorn and Dylan LaPalomento will be the one-two punch Washington Township needs after graduating five varsity wrestlers. VanHorn, 24-13 last season, was in the District 30 finals and won a match in the Region 8 tournament before being eliminated. The sophomore is expected to wrestle 113 pounds this season after competing at 106 pounds a year ago. LaPalomento, whose thirty-three wins were a team best in 2012, will likely wrestle 120 pounds after a successful season at 113 pounds last year. The senior entered the Region 8 tournament as a district champion with just one loss, and fell just one win shy of a state tournament birth finishing in fourth place. Winning wrestler Dakota Connors will anchor the upper weights at 220 pounds after a 19-12 record last season.
10. Williamstown
Returning region qualifiers Ross Micka, Anthony Racabaldo and Khalil McCoullough-Bey will lead a Williamstown team that only graduated one winning wrestler. Micha, 20-10, is expected to return at 106 pounds, where he wrestled a season ago, or move up to 113 pounds. Racabaldo, Williamstown's win leader in 2012, is expected to wrestle 120 pounds following a second place finish in District 30 as a freshman. Khalil McCullough-Bey will be Willamstown's feature upper weight after winning a district championship at 195 pounds last season. McCullough-Bey is expected to move up to 220 pounds for the 2012-13 season. Seasoned varsity wrestlers Joe Rizzi, Zackary Krulikowski, Kyle Grim and Wesley Roberto will all play crucial roles in the teams' success.
11. Lenape
Four forfeits may be too much for Austin Wright and Alex Felderstein to make up for. Wright, 33-1 a year ago, is projected at 132 pounds and led Lenape in wins last season. The 132-pounder made it to Atlantic City, earning a third place finish in Region 7 at 126 pounds before falling to Franklin's Jake Balestrieri in the opening round of last year's state tournament. Felderstein will be Lenape's feature upper weight after a 25-11 record a season ago and returns the second highest win total of any Lenape wrestlers. Middleweight Connor Gardner earned twenty wins and a winning record last season and is expected to have another strong season in 2013.
12. Millville
Millville returns several varsity wrestlers from last year's team that recorded fifteen wins. Leading the way is Ed Shockley, Millville's win leader from a season ago. Shockley racked up thirty-one wins and earned third place at 152 pounds in District 31 before losing to Billy Williams of Woodstown in the opening round of the Region 8 tournament. Shockley, now a junior, is expected to move up to 160 pounds this season. Assisting Shockley at the top of the lineup is 220-pounder Obie Kali, who is one of four Millville wrestlers to return twenty or more wins. Down low, Zach Goranson and Chad Kahn will help Millville rack up bonus points. The two combined for forty-four wins in 2012 and are expected to fulfill the 113-pound and 120-pound weight classes.
13. Toms River East
Two-time state place-winner Richie Lewis highlights Toms River East's lineup and will be one of the top wrestlers at his weight in the state in 2013. Lewis earned district and region titles en-route to a 41-5 record and fifth place finish in the state at 132 pounds last year. 195-pounder, Armando Leonor, was 23-11 and third place in District 24 at 182 pounds. Leonor is expected to move up to 195 pounds this season. Fellow winning wrestler Michael Veneziano was 17-7 last season and is expected to make an impact at 132 pounds. Toms River East's lineup will surely miss graduates Donald Jacob, Jacob Maher and Fernando Perez, who graduated in 2012.
14. Toms River North
Kyle Lake will lead Toms River North following a 23-9 season in 2013. Lake, who returns more wins than any other Toms River North wrestler, was third in District 24 and did not qualify for the state tournament last season. Lake is projected at 160 pounds, where he wrestled last season, or one weight class higher at 170 pounds. 126-pounders Nicholas Tardibuono and Ryan Davis join Lake following winning records a year ago. The two are expected to wrestle 126-pounds and 132-pounds interchangeably. 152-pounder Dylan Dasilva is the fourth returning Toms River North wrestler with a winning record after recording thirteen wins compared to eight losses. After Toms River North graduated just one winning wrestler, it is likely they will improve on their losing team record.
15. Cherry Hill East
Cherry Hill East will have to regroup after graduating several talented wrestlers. Twenty-match winners Carmen Ditore, Marc Rothman and Kevin Swenson have all graduated leaving 195-pounder Daishi Goto as the only returning wrestler to hit the twenty-win mark. Goto went 0-1 at 182 pounds in Region 7 last season and will seek further advancement in 2013 as he is projected to move up to 195 pounds. 126-pounder Dan Bendik is one of three winning wrestlers to return for Cherry Hill East, returning with a 13-11 record. Fellow lower weight, Patrick Swenson, joins Goto and Bendik as a winning wrestler following a 16-13 campaign last season. Cherry Hill East is projected to have a full lineup this season, which will help them keep competitive matches close.
16. Atlantic City
Atlantic City lost two wrestlers to graduation in 2012 and will field an experienced lineup in 2013. Leading the way is 170-pounder Cesar Balmaceda, whose twenty-two wins led the team in 2012. Balmaceda is the only returning upper weight with a winning record, but the presence of Juan Alvelo, Erik Juarez and Hamid Hussain up top will allow A.C. the flexibility to bump wrestlers around. The lower weights will be Atlantic City's strength as they return four lower weights with a .500 record or better. 126-pounder Elijah Johnson was 14-10 and will be assisted by 145-pounder Giancarlo Martinez, 152-pounder Joseph Cutugno and 113-pounder Sam Cohen. Atlantic City will likely improve on last years team that recorded wins over Gloucester City, Lindenwold and St. Joseph of Hammonton.
17. Absegami
Absegami graduated Alex Gong, 39-10, Mike Jiampetti, 36-11, Nathaniel Ross, 35-10 and Mike Ottaviano, 31-12, in 2012, leaving the team with one returning wrestler with a winning record. John Wilette's twenty-eight are the most of any returning Absegami wrestler by far. Wilette is projected at either 138 or 145 pounds this season and will need bonus points in dual meets to keep matches close. Up top, David Blake and William Sanz recorded thirteen wins each and will wrestle the 182-pound and 195-pound weight classes. Blacke and Sanz are two of three returning Absegami wrestlers to win at least ten matches last season. Absegami will have some holes to fill with the 132-pound, 160-pound and 285-pound weight classes still undetermined.


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Ross Marcus, Northampton County's director of human services, is a finalist for a job in Luzerne County and could leave the administration, Northampton County Executive John Stoffa said.
Stoffa acknowledged rumors that Marcus, who has held the position since Stoffa took office in 2006, is in contention for a similar job in Luzerne County.
Luzerne County media have reported a Northampton County official is being considered for the job, which was created after the county government there was redesigned in the wake of the "Cash for Kids" judicial scandal.
Marcus, the former Allentown community development director, acknowledged the rumors about his possible departure but declined additional comment. Calls to Luzerne County Manager Robert Lawton were not returned.
Marcus' job is one of several cabinet positions appointed by the county executive's office pending approval from Northampton County Council. Stoffa is not seeking re-election next year.
If Marcus would remain with the county, Stoffa's successor would have the option of keeping Marcus or replacing him in 2014. Stoffa praised the job Marcus has done but said Marcus, who has children in college, needs something with more job security.
"I do think he's being considered for a position elsewhere, but I'm sorry to see him go," Stoffa said. "I have the greatest admiration for him. I would give him an A-plus recommendation."
Stoffa has previously praised Director of Corrections Arnie Matos for his willingness to continue in his role even as Stoffa's administration winds down. Matos accepted the job following the retirement of Robert Meyers on July 6 even though there are no guarantees he'll have a job under the next county executive.


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The formation of cataclysmic variables (CVs) with brown dwarf (BD) secondaries is investigated using a population synthesis technique. Results from the latest, detailed models for BDs have been incorporated into the population synthesis code. The orbital period distribution of CVs that form with BD secondaries is calculated. For our models, we find that CVs with BD secondaries form with orbital periods in the range 46 min to 2.5 hrs. The dependence of the formation rate of CVs with BD secondaries as a function of the common envelope efficiency parameter, \alphaCE, is also investigated for three different assumed mass ratio distributions in ZAMS binaries. We find that even for the most unfavorable ZAMS mass ratio distribution, the common envelope process must be extremely inefficient (\alphaCE < 0.1) in order for CVs with BD secondaries not to be formed. These results are examined in the context of V485 Cen, a CV with an orbital period of 59 minutes, and 1RXS J232953.9+062814, a CV with an orbital period of 64 minutes. In addition, these results are discussed with regard to non-standard prescriptions for \alphaCE and with regard to the so-called ''brown dwarf desert.''
This work was funded in part by NASA grant NAG 5-8481 and NSF grant AST-0098742 to Arizona State University and Marquette University.
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The humid tropical group of climates found at low latitudes is largely controlled by equatorial and tropical air masses. Every month of the year has an average temperature above 64F (18C), and there is no winter season. In these tropical systems, the primary periodic energy flux is diurnal: temperature variation from day to night is greater than from season to season. Average annual rainfall is heavy and exceeds annual evaporation, but varies in amount and in seasonal and areal distribution.
Two types of climates are differentiated on the basis of seasonal distribution of precipitation. The tropical wet (or rainforest) climate has ample rainfall through 10 or more months of the year. The tropical wet-and-dry (or savanna) climate has a dry season more than 2 months long.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The school district has put budget cuts for schools across the city "on hold" for a month after a furor erupted over how much some schools would be cut.
City Council members told the district late last week that residents are both puzzled and angry at the news last month that the district would cut $22 million from the budgets of individual schools, less than two years after voters passed the largest school tax increase in recent memory.
Several schools would have cuts of more than $1,500 per student under the original proposal, with East Technical High School topping the list with cuts of over $2,000 per student.
Councilman Martin Keane said at a district-council briefing session Friday that his residents on the far West Side reacted with "shock and awe" after the cuts became public through a Cleveland Teachers Union protest at the February school board meeting.
New Council President Kevin Kelley said the typical response of people has been: "I just passed this levy and spent all this money, and now you're telling me I'm getting less?"
Eric Gordon, the district's chief executive officer, told council members that some of the cuts to individual schools are too heavy and he has put the cuts on hold. The district, he said, will spend the next month working on a budget plan that will give less dramatic hits to schools.
"It is not right and it cannot move forward in its current state," he told council members.
Cleveland Teachers Union President David Quolke said he was glad that Gordon heard the concerns and is reconsidering the cuts.
"Clearly, the proposed cuts would have taken a devastating toll on the services for our kids and it is good that CEO Gordon and the board heard that message," Quolke said. "It is critical that the community see's how their levy dollars are invested and we need to get as much of those resources into the schools so all kids in Cleveland schools can succeed."
Gordon said declining enrollment and attempts to be more efficient are driving the cuts. The district expected to lose another 1,500 students next year, continuing a long-running enrollment decline. And he stressed to council that the district must still cut school budgets as their enrollment falls.
The district is also starting a new "Student-Based Budgeting" plan in which individual schools receive money based on a formula that gives schools more money per-student based on the needs of students at the school.
Gordon made no promises about how the school budgets will change, but said he will re-evaluate the formula to see whether the dollars the district gives for particular needs makes sense.
The factors that add money to each school are:
• Kindergarten through third grade receive extra to help students meet standards under the Third Grade Guarantee.
• Special education at different levels of disabilities.
• The number of English Language Learners – students that mainly speak a foreign language.
• Schools serving students scoring below Proficient in reading.
• Schools serving students scoring Advanced or Accelerated in reading.
• High "mobility" of students – students that are transient and schools whose student populations change a lot.
• Schools with poor attendance to try to improve it.
• High schools, so they can to offer more course choices and programs to students
The Plain Dealer has requested the formula to see the weight each need is given, but has not received it yet. We'll share details when they are available.
Gordon said the district will constantly re-evaluate enrollment expectations, and will see if reduced expenses this year leave room to give schools more next year.
Gordon's delay on the cuts gave council members at the briefing cautious relief. Councilman Mike Polensek said his residents in Collinwood had been upset at what a cut of more than $1,500 per students would mean. Polensek said teachers told him the school could lose 14 teachers and two administrators if the cuts went through.
"At that point," Polensek said, "we don't have Collinwood High School."
Gordon responded: "We agree, and that's why we put it on hold."


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Newly elected Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie is aiming to silence the "birthers" who believe President Obama was not born in the United States.
Since his initial campaign run in 2008, birthers have demanded that the state of Hawaii release Obama's original birth certificate — a request that violates state laws. But now Abercrombie says he's hoping to release more information surrounding Obama's birth.
The governor says he's looking into the matter not for the president but for "the people of Hawaii who love him, people who loved his mom and dad." Abercrombie, 72, said he was friends with Obama's parents.
In 2008, the Obama campaign presented an official state document &mdash "certification of live birth" — to prove citizenship. Under Hawaii law, an original long-form birth certificate is not public record.
Two local Hawaiian newspapers also printed Obama's birth announcement after his Aug. 1, 1961 arrival, but rumors and conspiracy theories still surround his citizenship.
For More: New Hawaii governor to take on birthers (CBS News)
In Other News:
• The shooting death of a Texas police officer late Tuesday adds to a grim toll: a law enforcement officer was killed every 53 hours in the United States this year, according to a new report. (CNN)
• Investigators are looking into why a Maine ski lift broke Tuesday morning, sending five chairs of people plummeting more than 20 feet to the snow-packed ground below.
• The New Mexico governor on his way out the door has a few days left to decide whether to pardon Billy the Kid. (PopFi)


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The Learning Circle YMCA in Summit celebrated Earth Day with a host of activities that encouraged students to care for the earth.
Through environmentally friendly art projects, the children were inspired to use their creativity and imagination while they learned about the importance of being socially responsible.
Using recycled materials, the children made a variety of masterpieces including robots, castles, bird nests and decorative planters.
In addition to the artwork, the children also read books about caring for the earth and recycling, they helped to tidy up around the building, and plant in the Learning Circle YMCA garden with the help of their teachers.


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MAYVILLE - A project that started out as an alternative to building a new town of Chautauqua Administration Building has turned into a benefit for all involved.
The project started in 2004 and the plan came from Sid Compton, former town of Chautauqua supervisor. Compton's idea was to turn the old Mayville School, which was sitting empty on top of the hill at 2 Academy St., into the town administration building and a new location for the county's Family Court facility. Also, Compton knew there would be space left to rent or lease to local businesses to generate additional revenue.
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The entrance to the town of Chautauqua administration offices, which is located in the old Mayville School.
P-J photos by Dennis Phillips
Sid Compton, former Chautauqua supervisor stands by the entrance to the Chautauqua Town Administration Building. Compton led the project to move town offices and County Family Court into the old Mayville School.
The front of the former Mayville Central School building on?Academy Street, Mayville, is pictured above. The building's conversion into the Chautauqua Town Administration?Building kept the former school's front facade.
P-J photo by Dennis Phillips
Compton's work for the town started before being elected supervisor. He led voters in a public referendum to turn down a plan to spend $2.4 million on a new town hall. After the public referendum, Compton was voted into office and started work on how to turn the old school into a useful building for the town, county and other groups.
''I knew there was a lot of potential here,'' Compton said to The Post-Journal in a recent interview. ''I knew it would work. I knew there were businesses looking for a place to rent.''
Compton was right. The building now is completely full of tenants and government entities. In 2006, the town moved its offices into the former Mayville Central School. Along with town offices, the building is home to the county Family Court, Mental Health and Tapestry and Emergency Services; Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation; Habitat for Humanity; CSEA union; Chautauqua Transportation Services; Mayville Tremaine Insurance; and Monroe Title and Young Title agencies.
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The project started in 2004 to renovate the old Mayville School
The project was completed in 2006
43-acres including the building, parking land and land around the building
118,000-square-foot building
Family Court facility 24,000 square feet
Nine months to renovate the building
Town paid $1.4 million for the old school
County put 3.5 million into building to renovate the Family Court facility
The town spent around $750,000 in renovations
State ordered county to expand court facilities or face a penalty of $12 million held back in revenue
Town expects to make about $113,000 in rent this year
First year started renting in 2008, made about $66,000
25 percent of the building is considered private property, which is taxable
Organizations Located At The Former Mayville School
Chautauqua Town offices, county Family Court, Mental Health and Tapestry and Emergency Services; Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation; Habitat for Humanity; CSEA union; Chautauqua Transportation Services; Mayville Tremaine Insurance; Monroe Title and Young Title agencies.
Donald Emhardt, Chautauqua supervisor, said the town will make about $113,000 in rent, which is increasing each year.
He said in 2008, the first year the town started generating money from leasing the building to tenants, the town made $66,000 in rent.
''It has been a steady increase each year since we started,'' he said.
The building, which is 75 percent government-occupied, also makes tax revenue from the 25 percent of the building, which is considered private property.
The building, which has a 10-year bond, will be paid off by 2014. According to The Post-Journal article from December 2004, the town purchased the building for $1.4 million and was projected to spend about $750,000 on renovations.
''Once it is paid for, it is free money from the leases and rent,'' Compton said. ''The town gets to use that money. The building will one day pay for itself.''
Emhardt, who was a town councilman when the project started in 2004 and was completed in 2006, said the building has developed the way Compton and everyone involved envisioned.
''It has turned out really well for us,'' he said. ''The building is completely filled. I have people that keep requesting space, which we have none. Everybody has worked well together. There have been little things that have happened, but, for the most part, it has been great.''
Emhardt said the structure of the building has held up, which was in question by county legislators when the project was first proposed.
''We've had to replace a couple roofs and have had minor maintenance issues, but that is all,''he said.
Compton said when the project was first being developed, he combed through every inch of the building to make sure it was structurally sound.
''There were going to be no surprises. I went everywhere in the building to make sure it was stable,'' he said. ''We stayed on budget and got a little more bang for our buck.''
The project was so important to be done right the first time, Compton spent most of his time at the school during the nine-month renovation process.
Compton said he appreciates all the hard work the contractors did, working to make sure the project was completed on budget.
''We had a hand in every decision to save money on the renovation process,'' he said. ''It was going to stay on budget. That was the No. 1 thing for me. Every day I was up here to make sure it was being done right.''
The building also has its own natural gas well that is used to heat the building during the winter. Compton said with the gas well, utility expenses are incredibly low for the building.
Another reason the project was important for the town and county residents was the Family Courts facility. At the time, the state was threatening the county with a $12 million penalty by withholding revenue if there was no plan approved for a new courts facility.
Before the Mayville school proposal, the county was making plans to expand the Mayville campus around the Gerace Building to add an additional building.
However, this idea was rejected since it would have reduced the amount of parking spaces available, which was already a problem.
When Compton first proposed the plan to county lawmakers, he said they didn't like the idea. Even though the town was going to give 25 percent of the building to the county for free, Compton said they still didn't like the idea. However, he said that changed after he wrote an article that was printed in The Post-Journal.
''Once the article ran in the paper, saying we were giving away a part of the building, a lot of county minds were changed about the potential of the building,'' he said. ''There was going to be no charge, how could they say 'no'?''
So, Compton and Mark Thomas, then the county executive, made the deal. The county received part of the building for its courts facilities if it pays for its renovations, which costs around $3.5 million. Compton said George Spanos, county Public Facilities director, played an important part in the county's renovations on the 24,000-square-foot Family Court facility.
''He was great to work with,'' Compton said.
Family Court Judge Judith Claire said even though her court is not located with the other courts in Mayville, that the new building has been wonderful.
''It has been a great collaboration of agencies and governmental bodies, with the whole building being full now,'' she said. ''We are able to do a quazillion more here than in the past.''
Judge Claire said the previous Family Court facility was a crowded courtroom that was not a safe environment for all involved. For example, she said domestic violence victims would have to stand near the person being accused of the crime. From a safer entrance to a room dedicated for children, the new facility provides more services to those attending court.
''You could see the fear on people's faces,'' she said. ''We have not experienced any of that in this building.''
Judge Claire said when she first heard the proposal to place Family Court in the old school, it was just one more proposal.
''You need to understand, this had been studied (new courts facility) for more than a dozen years. I think this was Proposal M, which made it well over a dozen (different proposals),'' she said. ''At that point, we were all feeling jaded. We weren't convinced that anything would be approved.''
Judge Claire said the more she heard about the proposal, the more logical it seemed.
''I thought it was intelligent and made sense,'' she said. ''I certainly wasn't opposed to it.''
Claire said Family Court being located at the old school is great because of other agencies in the building as well.
''There are a lot of agencies in the building we do a lot of work with, like Mental Health and Tapestry,'' she said. ''It is great to just run over to the other floor and conference if we need to. That helps us.''
Also, parking was always a problem at the previous court facility, but not any longer.
''Now they can just pull right in. There are always spots in the lot,'' she said. ''Before we would have people be an hour late because they couldn't find any place to park.''


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Shane Shallenberger concedes his Clovis High baseball team has its work cut out Saturday playing at top-ranked and unbeaten La Cueva in the regional round of the Class 5A baseball playoffs.
But, he added, it isn't that much different than playing anyone else at this point.
"They're definitely the team to beat," Shallenberger said of the Bears, who bring a 26-0 mark into Saturday's noon contest. "There's nobody in the state with a comparable record.
"When you make the playoffs, though, anybody's tough. It wouldn't matter if we were playing anybody else; there are no slouches. It'd be a tough game no matter how you look at it."
The Wildcats (17-9) have been playing well in their own right of late. They won eight of their final nine games in District 4-5A play to finish 9-3 and in a tie for the top spot with defending 5A champion Carlsbad.
Shallenberger said that, given that the Cats hadn't made the playoffs since the early 1960s, the overall and district win totals are likely school records.
"They have a solid ballclub and they're playing good baseball," fifth-year La Cueva coach Stan McKeever said. "We know we have our work cut out for us. They're certainly competitive."
The game could be a contrast in styles. While the Cats have relied on their speed and the ability to manufacture runs, La Cueva has pounded out an incredible 74 home runs — nearly three per game — with four players in double figures.
McKeever, whose team has finished third in 5A the past two seasons after semifinal round losses to Carlsbad, has virtually everyone back from last year's squad. He said this is just one of those years when the lineup has been potent from top to bottom.
"We have a talented bunch of kids," he said. "Usually I try to play more like (Clovis), but it's a unique team. We've gotten some leads on people and haven't had to go to the short game that much."
McKeever said there is some pressure in being undefeated, but not that much.
"I've felt all along that our kids were on a mission to win the state tournament," he said. "We know every game will be tough, but I don't think that's any different than in any other year."
The Cats have made major strides since an 0-4 spring break trip to Arizona in mid-March. They were competitive in losing two of three at Carlsbad at the start of district play, and have taken off since then.
"We should've won twice at Carlsbad; we should've beaten them the first game (a 13-10 loss)," senior right fielder Brett Thornsbury said. "But that gave us a big boost to be able to beat Carlsbad, especially at their place."
That series was enough to give the Cavemen the tiebreaker over Clovis for the 4-5A title, thus forcing the Cats to travel this week.
"It would've been nice to play at home, but you've got to do what you've got to do," Thornsbury said. "We've gotten better since the Arizona trip, and it's been a good season."
La Cueva's top three pitchers are a combined 17-0. The Bears will go with junior right-hander James Parr, who is 6-0 with a 1.71 earned run average, in Saturday's game.
"He's been our ace pitcher since he was a freshman," McKeever said. "I think he's about 21-1 over the last three years. He throws hard and spots his pitches well."
The Cats will counter with senior right-hander Darren Davis, who is 5-3 and carried a 5-0 lead into the sixth inning in three of his four district starts. Junior Jason Seefeld has picked up five saves.
Seefeld tied the school single-season record with seven home runs, and his .439 batting average is second on the team behind senior second baseman Matt Cordova's .461.


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Syracuse, NY - Syracuse police are balking at a call by state prosecutors to videotape suspect interrogations from beginning to end in serious felony cases.
Thursday, First Deputy Syracuse Police Chief David Barrette said the city police department was on board with the new program. While some detectives might not like it, Chief Frank Fowler was the boss and he was supporting the program, Barrette said.
But today, Barrette said that "upon further discussion," the city police preferred to stick to the current practice of making only short video recaps at the end of an interrogation instead of taping an interrogation or interview from start to finish.
Barrette called the move to full videotaping of suspects' interviews "controversial." He said he doubted the department would refuse to make a full videotape recording if asked, but said the issue required more discussion within the department before being accepted.
District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, who helped create the program announced Tuesday by the New York State District Attorneys Association, said he was concerned about the city police response.
He said he did not know of any other police organization in the state that had not embraced the new practice and the adoption of statewide protocols to ensure the integrity of the videotaping practice.
A program to provide grant money to help fund the program was specifically designed to get law enforcement agencies on board, Fitzpatrick said. He also said the city police department was the recipient of the largest portion of the grant money provided last year to upgrade local videotaping equipment and police taping facilities.
Fitzpatrick said that as of Jan. 1, his office intends to ask every police agency in the county to fully videotape a suspect's interrogation from beginning to end as the new protocols require.
"It's not a controversial issue," he said.
What will he do if city police refuse to follow the new practice?
Fitzpatrick said he had a number of options: He could refuse to prosecute a case where the police refused to follow the new guidelines; he could seek to have a judge give a jury instructions they could draw a negative inference from the police failure to do so or he could have prosecutors testify at suppression hearings that the police department is the only agency refusing to comply with the new guidelines.
"This is a very, very serious issue for me to hear," he said.
Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh Tuesday said his department suports the new full videotaping plan.
In early 2009, Fitzpatrick called for all local police agencies to sign onto a plan to standardize the practice of making video recaps of suspects' interrogations before expanding to full videotaping of suspects' interviews and confessions.
At that time, he said a $50,000 state grant had been made available to upgrade equipment at the Syracuse Police Department, the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office and at centralized police stations in the suburbs.
Barrette said the money was used to outfit two rooms in the investigation division with recording equipment. But authorities still would need more equipment for other offices in the detective bureau and in the youth division, he said.
Authorities said the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and the New York State Bar Association have already provided $1.6 million to fund equipment upgrades and improvements across the state. The DCJS announced an additional $400,000 in federal grant money Tuesday when it announced the new videotaping program.
The state prosecutors group was joined by officials from the New York State Sheriff's Association, the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police, the New York City Police Department and the New York State Police in announcing the new videotaping program at an Albany news conference.


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GRAND HAVEN -- Registration is now open for "Anyone Can Draw," a workshop instructed by local artist Patty Warner on Feb. 28 from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the Loutit District Library (LDL).
Class is limited to 12 students and will be held in LDL's Program Room A. There is $10 material fee due at the time of registration. To register, visit the Library's Public Computing attendant on the lower level.
Warner 's program will teach methods of measuring and ways of getting an image on paper.
Patty Warner is an artist and private art teacher living in Grand Haven. She draws and paints in a variety of mediums, specializing in portraiture.
Loutit District Library is located at 407 Columbus Avenue in Grand Haven, Michigan. The library serves 35,510 residents of the City of Grand Haven, the City of Ferrysburg, Grand Haven Charter Township, Robinson Township and that part of Port Sheldon Township in the Grand Haven Area Public School district. For more information, visit the LDL website at www.loutitlibrary.org.


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TIME: 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Devlin Fieldhouse, New Orleans
RECORDS: Tulane 4-3 overall, 0-0 in Conference USA; Loyola 6-5 overall, 2-2 in Southern States Athletic Conference
*Sunday's game counts in the win-loss column for Tulane, but it's an exhibition for Loyola.
Coaches: TULANE — Lisa Stockton (463-223 overall, 24th season; 400-196 at Tulane, 20th season); LOYOLA — Kellie Kennedy (sixth season at Loyola and ninth overall; finished 11-16 in 2012-13 and got her 100th win at Loyola Nov. 23 vs. Southern Poly).
Last meeting: Tulane won 81-41 on Jan. 7, 2013, setting school's all-time single-game steals record with 24.
The series: Tulane leads the series 3-0.
What's next: Tulane plays Virginia on Dec. 20 at 4 p.m. in Fort Myers, Fla. Loyola travels to another city foe Dec. 14 at SUNO at 2 p.m.
Notes: After beating its first four opponents by an average of 23.2 points a game, Tulane has dropped three in a row - at North Carolina State, vs. Ole Miss and at Auburn - by an average of 15.7 points ... Loyola has lost two in a row to city foes Xavier and SUNO.
Tulane junior guard Jamie Kaplan leads Tulane in scoring (12.3 ppg) and assists (6.0), and freshman guard Leslie Vorpahl averages 10.3 ppg and is tied for the team lead in steals (1.1 per game). Blagg made her season debut at North Carolina State after missing the first four games due to injury, scoring 10 points; her first start was at Auburn (3 points and 3 turnovers).
Loyola junior guard Janeicia Neely paces the Wolfpack in scoring with 15.3 ppg, and senior forward Jasmine Brewer leads the team in rebounds (7.7 rpg). Coach Kellie Kennedy was a Tulane assistant coach under Lisa Stockton from 1996-2006.
(Name, position, height, class, point average)
Leslie Vorpahl G 5-6 Fr. 11.7
Jamie Kaplan G 5-8 Jr. 11.3
Adesuwa Ebomwonyi F 5-10 Jr. 9.2
Tiffany Dale F 6-1 Jr. 8.7
Chinwe Duru C 6-2 So. 9.0
Jasmine Brewer F 5-9 Sr. 13.3
Callie McNally F 6-2 Jr. 5.8
Meghan Temple F 6-1 Fr. 6.6
Janeicia Neely G 5-5 Jr. 15.7
Megan Whittaker G 5-8 Jr. 9.6


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Festive season failed to pick up car sales and meet expectations which have resulted in piling stocks. To ensure clearance of these stocks, auto companies in India such as Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motors, Honda, General Motors and Volkswagen are threatening price hikes from 2013 in a hope that it will draw customers back to showrooms this month, which in turn will lead to liquidity of stocks.
Citing rising pressure on margins, currency fluctuations and higher input costs these auto companies are talking of price hikes, however on the other side of the coin are offering attractive discounts on all models specially where their slower moving petrol variants are concerned.
Maruti Suzuki is offering discounts between Rs.20,000 to Rs.25,000 on Estilo, Ritz, WagonR and SX4 while Hyundai Motors is also offering discounts to the tune of Rs.50,000 some of their petrol models while the same is true with other auto companies who are offering discounts to entice customers who otherwise shy away from making new car purchases especially at the end of the year.
Auto companies generally increase prices during January while offering attractive discounts at the end of the year. General Motors, which faced slowdown in sales stated that they would be increasing prices from January across their range from 1-3% while Volkswagen Group is also considering price hikes though they have not specified to what extent. However, these can only be looked at as threats to get rid of stocks which have been piling up at company showrooms due to higher interest rates and economic slowdown which has kept buyers away during the past year.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.-- Many talented Staten Islanders, including singers, dancers, pianists and a couple of bands, performed in front a big crowd in the Staten Island's Got Talent competition Saturday night at the historic St. George Theatre.
Teenager Sami Jo, a singer/songwriter, won the grand prize when she belted out an original tune called "Blues Is My Middle Name." She took home $750 for the win.
Frank Morris, a 17-year-old beat-boxer, got a rousing ovation for his performance, and took second with $300.
Thirteen-year-old Angela Gianina sang solo and covered "Human" by Christina Perri, and finished third. Gianina got $200 and also performed with her band.
"I think it was a good turnout," said Vanessa Morro, event director of the Educational Performance Tours, which put on the event. "I think the beat-boxer was pretty creative."
The competition featured 20 acts and was emceed by Miss New York Kira Kazantsev.
Proceeds from the event benefited the Grace Foundation of New York and St. George Theatre Restoration, Inc.


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MONTARGIS, France (AP) -- Britain's Mark Cavendish broke down in tears after winning the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday for his first victory in this year's race.
The Briton, who won six stages last year and four in 2008, broke through in the 2010 edition on the mostly flat 116.3-mile trek from Epernay to Montargis. The main contenders for the overall title cruised home afterward in the pack, with the whole field clocking 4 hours, 30 minutes, 50 seconds.
The 25-year-old Cavendish thrust his arms skyward and hugged teammates in the winner's circle after beating Gerald Ciolek of Germany and Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Cavendish had faded in a sprint finish in Wednesday's stage won by Italy's Alessandro Petacchi, and bared his frustration by hurling his bike after the fourth stage.
"It's incredible, it's been a long time," said Cavendish of his stage win. "Yesterday wasn't that great for us. I let the guys down."
Fabian Cancellara retained the leader's yellow jersey, and the overall standings didn't change. Defending champion Alberto Contador of Spain was 19th in the stage, and seven-time tour winner Lance Armstrong 30th.
Breaking down during a TV interview, after holding his face in his hands, HTC Columbia rider Cavendish admitted the "pressure was immense," said he had "been through a helluva lot" and denied that he had thrown his bike down a day earlier.
"I just want to thank all the people who supported me," he added.
Among the top contenders behind Cancellara, Cadel Evans of Australia holds third place, 39 seconds back, and last year's runner-up Andy Schleck of Luxembourg is sixth, 1:09 back. Contador is ninth, 1:40 back, and United States rider Armstrong is 2:30 back in 18th.
The Tour ends July 25 in Paris.


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Guest blog by Environmental Visual Communication student Sally McIntyre
When most people think about the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), they think of dinosaurs or mummies. However, it is the invertebrates that live on the ocean floor and crawl through the soil that make up the most diverse collection at the ROM. So who holds the daunting position of keeper of this vast museum collection? Meet Dr. Sebastian Kvist: Leech Hunter.
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Supervised by Dr. Asato Ikeda
A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints, exhibited at the ROM from May until November, 2016 offers but a glimpse into the lives of Wakashu, or "young companions" living in Edo period Japan (1603-1868). The exhibition not only features a plethora of great woodblock prints, but exacerbates the viewer's imaginary journey into this time through the use of film, screens, and sartorial artefacts such as armour, kimono and hair ornaments.
With his talk at the upcoming 11th annual Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture, part of the ROM Speaks series, constitutional lawyer and civil liberties advocate Jameel Jaffer will focus on the phenomenon of official secrecy. Zeroing in on the legal, political, and social repercussions of allowing democratic governments to withhold information about national security policy from the public. The ROM's Ann Webb recently talked with Jaffer about the interssection of art and secrecy.


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Marcia Olander, BA University of Colorado; MA and PhD University of Kansas. Dr. Olander grew up in Latin America (Colombia), the Far East (Malaysia and Singapore) and the United States; her career has been shaped by her consequent love of travel and, especially, Hispanic culture and language. While completing her BA in Spanish, she studied for a year in the Universidad de Costa Rica and after completing her master's thesis (Latin American Studies) on the fishing industry, she lived for a year and a half in the port of Golfito, Costa Rica where she helped found a fish smoking cooperative with a group of local women. Dr. Olander's doctoral research led her to Managua, Nicaragua where she would live for five years after accepting a position with the United Nations Development Programme. Since returning to the U.S., she has taught Spanish, history and Latin American studies in a variety of institutions, including Rutgers in New Jersey. She began teaching Spanish in Princeton in 2009 and, since then has taught a range of introductory classes: 101, 102, 103, 105, 107, 108 and 213.


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I was walking into the theater when I turned to a friend accompanying me and asked, "Is this the fourth film in the series?" and he said, "Have there been four or five? I'm not sure." When conversations like this occur in regard to films, somebody needs to be flogged. In a universe with a kind and loving God, there never should have been more than one.
Once again, Christopher Lambert stars as Connor MacLeod, a man who has lived for centuries because he's immortal. I don't know what Christopher Lambert did during the second and third film, but he apparently spent at least some time at the Arnold Schwarzenegger school for American accents. I thought this guy grew up in Paris. He sounds like one of those losers who's forgotten his passport and is trying to convince an airport official to let him on the plane.
This time MacLeod has a buddy named Duncan (Adrian Paul), and they have a common enemy named Jacob Kell (Bruce Payne) who's becoming really powerful. See, apparently Kell has killed six hundred or so other immortals while Duncan and Connor, regrettably, have only killed a few hundred each. You add up the headcount, and that's how powerful you are. It's like collecting Pokémon cards or something.
First-time director Douglas Aarniokoski (who could do himself a favor by changing his last name to Aaron -- and changing his career to car salesman) has more flashbacks than Tim Leary at a Grateful Dead concert. The dialogue is pathetic. At first, I thought the sword sequences were in slow-motion, but then I realized these guys just suck. The only person who can fight worth a damn is killed off. The final scenes of this movie involve Paul going through the Quickening, which is when lightning hits you and you absorb the energy of your vanquished enemy. I don't know what spirit Paul thinks he's channeling, but apparently that person was constipated. The rest of you should have no trouble passing this movie.
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Waugh: 40th wedding anniversary
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Johnny T. and Sandra K. (Moffit) Waugh of St. Clairsville will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary today, March 11. They were united in marriage on March 11, 1972, at Thoburn United Methodist Church.
John is the son of the Deloris Waugh and the late Ernest G. Waugh of Wheeling. He is employed by RG Steel LLC. Sandy is the daughter of the late Charles O. and Alice M. Moffit. She is employed at Roe Dental Lab.
They are the parents of Nicki Phillips (Rick) of Mount Sterling, Ohio; Angela Thomas (Frank) of St. Clairsville; and Amanda Barcroft (Dave) of Cadiz. They have four grandchildren: C.J. Hupp, Rebekah Sadlowski, Noah Thomas and the late Aidan Phillips.
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To hear Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris tell it, coming up with four interceptions against the Cardinals on Sunday was no accident.
The Buccaneers' plan was to "sit in some zone coverages," Morris said. "We weren't trying to play man-to-man coverages and lock them down and let the ball hit you in the back. We were more interested in trying to cash in and get our interceptions, get our opportunities, and then we had to score with them."
Cornerback Aqib Talib had two interceptions. He returned the first 45 yards for a touchdown, and the second one ended a drive that could have at least tied the score with fewer than two minutes remaining.
Talib nearly had another interception on the first possession and told teammate Ronde Barber the Buccaneers were in for a big day.
"When we saw (quarterback) Max Hall in the first drive, I just said, 'We're going to get him three times, and I'm going to get two of them, Ronde.' Really, just joking, but it happened so I can't complain."
Cardinals running back Tim Hightower, demoted because of a fumbling problem, handled the ball only twice Sunday. He didn't gain a yard on his only carry and caught one pass for 1 yard.
Yet Hightower was in the game on the last two series because starter Beanie Wells (back) and LaRod Stephens-Howling (ribs) were out. Wells said he was available and added that the Cardinals were running their two-minute offense, which calls for Hightower.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt said the absences of Wells and Stephens-Howling affected his play-calling late, but it wasn't the reason he called for a pass on first down at the Buccaneers 20 with 2:15 left.
"We'd been moving the ball pretty effectively at that point," he said. "We were trying to get a play off before the two-minute warning."
Receiver Steve Breaston had a career day after missing the previous three games following knee surgery.
Breaston caught eight passes for 147 yards, a career high.
"It all gets washed out in the loss," Breaston said. "You just have to win the game. That is all I really cared about."
Rookie linebacker O'Brien Schofield, activated off the non-football injury list Saturday, played in his first NFL game and made contributions on special teams nine months after undergoing major knee surgery.
"The game speed is definitely a lot different than practice," said Schofield, a fourth-round pick from Wisconsin. "On my first play, I kind of got a little beat on kickoff return and after that, I'm like, 'OK, I'm ready to go.' I got my speed up, and I think I did some good things out there."
Schofield's recovery from a torn anterior-cruciate ligament is ahead of schedule.
"Yeah, I've only had five practices, and I'm here playing a game," he said. "But I've worked very hard to make this opportunity available to me, and I know how hard these nine months have been, so I'm not really surprised."
After rushing for 48 yards in the first half, it appeared Wells would crack the 100-yard mark in his first NFL start. But he carried only two more times for 2 more yards, finishing with 50 on 16 attempts.
"It was a good opportunity, but I definitely have some things to work on out there," Wells said. "We do a better job as a whole offense. For me, I didn't miss very many holes, but I think I need to run a little bit lower."
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You thought Sam Martin and Joseph Fauria were an odd couple?
How about Sam Martin and David Arquette?
The Detroit Lions rookie punter was captured by TMZ cameras strolling down a Los Angeles street with, of all people, Arquette, a Hollywood star best known for his role in the "Scream" series.
And Arquette didn't disappoint, proclaiming to the camera that the Lions would win the Super Bowl.
"Next year, they are going to win," he said. "I will bet TMZ $500 right now."
Arquette added that Martin would make the winning kick, and Martin quickly corrected him.
"(I'll hit) the winning punt," Martin said.
The connection between Martin and Arquette is unknown, though it's possible they were introduced by Fauria. The Lions tight end is good friends with Martin, and has a relationship with Arquette.
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EAST RUTHERFORD -- The Giants went back out west for their second fifth-round pick. After selecting San Diego State safety Nat Berhe earlier in the round, they chose USC linebacker/defensive end Devon Kennard with the 152nd-overall pick.
Kennard has a long history of injuries and position changes. He's also known to be a smart, good citizen.
Here's the full scouting report:
Name: Devon Kennard
Position: OLB/DE
College: USC
Height/Weight: 6-3, 249 pounds
Stats: Played 13 games as a true freshman in 2009 under Pete Carroll, starting four at strongside linebacker. Had 34 tackles. Played primarily at middle linebacker as a sophomore and finished with 72 tackles and two sacks. Moved to defensive end in 2011 and had two sacks. Missed the '12 season with a torn pectoral muscle before collecting 60 tackles and nine sacks as an outside linebacker his senior year in USC's 3-4 scheme.
Projected Fit: Kennard could be either a defensive end or strongside linebacker in the Giants' 4-3 defense. The Giants talked to him about playing their SAM linebacker spot.
Strengths: Solid tackle with a good build and sufficient strength. Was the Co-Lifter of the Year at USC. Strong character (team captain) and bloodlines (father Derek was an 11-year NFL offensive lineman).
Weaknesses: Doesn't have great athleticism and explosion. Didn't perform especially well at the NFL Combine. Needs to develop more pass rush moves.
Character Issues: None.
Experts' Breakdown:
Scout (via Nolan Nawrocki's draft preview): "He's a tweener. He was a part-time starter most of his career. He does not play fast."