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Well a first for us is that we are cutting soybeans before we shell any corn. Corn was still running in the high 20's for moisture but the beans were dry. So we went to the bean field.
I shot about 2 hours of video with the GoPro on a small tripod in the cab before I decided it was not the thing to use. It kept falling over with every bump I hit. I moved on to a Ram Mount ball where I could tie it down good and tight. Anyway I managed to get three plus minutes of video to show how things were going on Saturday to make this video.
I will shoot some more and make another bean video and most likely a few corn videos as I work on perfecting my technique.
BTW the beans were good, averaging almost 50 bu/ac across 70 acres. The more dust that rolled out of the combine the higher the yield was….. seeing upwards of 70 in the real dusty places. No dust, no beans or low bean yields in the 30's.
The first weekend of shotgun deer season has come and gone with little fanfare it would seem. There was very little shooting going on Friday and just a little more on Saturday and none at all on Sunday. It will be interesting to hear or see what the final tally is for the first season.
Part 2 starts on Nov 28th and last until Sunday.
There are still several farmers trying to finish up soybean harvest in the area and that might have had some effect on the first season. I know talking to one hunter that harvest was taking place not far from his deer stand and he said the deer were all stirred up as a result.
Well harvest 2012 is all but in the bag so to speak. I have about 3 acres of beans that are still too green to cut and a frost will help them along. I will get them when I get them at this point. With only about 10 acres of subsoiling left to do and the tillage will be put to bed for 2012 as well.
It rained last night and that brought our rain total for 2012 up to 28 inches here at the farm. We are still about 20 inches behind for the year with the year running out……..
Trying to sell seed and finish pulling soil samples, but it's hard to get guys to meet this fall as most everyone wants to get done and not talk about another year right now.
The first deer season for shotgun is this coming weekend. I think I will go hunt just to have something to do that doesn't require thought and is pretty relaxing.
Promise to start posting more as I am getting back in the mood for the blog after a hard and stressful year.
Well corn harvest is over and if my fuzzy math is correct my whole farm average is right at 18 bushel/ac or so. The two farms that I had hope to make a yield did but not near what was estimated.
Aflatoxin was mostly a non issue minus the best 12 acres where one load tested over 30. It seems like the lower the yield the lower the aflatoxin and as the yield went up so did the aflatoxin. I am still hearing some wild numbers on aflatoxin from some guys and some even have put some high numbers in a bin, why I don't know, but they are trying to find a place to go with it I guess. Maybe they didn't have insurance or think that they can move it later a lot easier. I don't what any of it around to mess with so all mine is at the elevator.
The mood in the country is somewhat gray as everyone is mentally tired and ready for this stuff to be over. Nerves are on edge in some places with low yields and the other stresses of a bad year. Heard a story of a guy determined to get a semi load of corn the other day and he shelled all day even into the night and quit at 4am when he ran out of corn on that farm and still had not filled the semi.
Even bean harvest is going to be a bear with all the butter beans and green pods that a lot of fields have. A lot of guys need a good break away from it all but it seems like it is piling on in some places. Rain totals ranged from a few tenths to over 7 inches and those that got the big rains are even more grumpy as it has made a bad situation worse.
Wheat has already been planted and I think that is a big mistake with all the residual N that is out in these corn fields. I even saw a field of volunteer corn that was waist high mid week. It had grabbed the N left in the anhydrous track and was dark green. Not good with warm temperatures and excessive amounts of N in the soil for young wheat.
We are in the discovery period for the fall harvest price option on crop insurance and everyone is hoping for a rally in prices. One thing for sure we will be above the spring price unless there is a drastic sell off this month.
Picture from July 24, 2012 of the same corn field and same place. Further showing deterioration of the crop. Temps today have been over 100 deg and humidity is once again very low.
There has been some corn shelled east of here with moisture reported to be in the mid to high 20's. No yield report so I suspect its pretty low. Also the number of corn fields having been bush hogged or tilled has dramatically increased as well as a few soybeans fields are being destroyed.
Here is a video interview I did with Josh Flint of Farm Progress on Thursday on the drought here in Southern Illinois.
In the last 72 hours we have had two pop up thunderstorms, one with nickel to quarter sized hail and high winds, that dumped in a short amount of time, a total of 1.7 inches or rain.
It is too late for the corn crop sans one 40 acre field that I planted late on May the 5th that is just now trying to tassel, but it should be more than enough moisture to get the beans I planted 10 days ago to germinate and come up.
But there is no moisture below the seed once it does come up………and we have all of July and August, typically our dry and hot period of the year, to go.
Holding out hope that we have a bean crop of some type………….
I planted my first soybeans of 2012 yesterday and into last night. Got 80 acres planted, no tilled into corn stalks. We got 0.25 inch of rain on Monday and that softened up the very hard soil surface enough to get the drill in the ground.
There was some moisture down about 2 inches deep. I hope its enough and it holds long enough to get the beans up.
I was very glad to have auto-steer last night, as without it I doubt that I could have got done. I was very hard to see even in the light.
Saturday we loaded up in the truck and struck out for Bloomington, IL to pick up an item I had purchased. We drove up I -57 through Effingham, Mattoon, Champaign then took I-74 over to Bloomington. Our return trip was down I-55 to Lincoln, Springfield, Litchfield to Rt-4 at Lebanon then I-64 back to Mt Vernon and home.
All I can say is wow, this crop is in serious trouble. Outside of a few pockets of good looking corn, one near Effingham, Bloomington and Lincoln, the whole route looked drought stressed. Very drought stressed and in some places stands showed the effect of dry soils at planting, especially on the soybeans.
Plus there were areas that looked N deficient as well as areas that were fired.
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being "good" (not even close to normal or excellent) and 1 being "near dead" I would give my my corn crop a rating of 3. Overall I give the crop we saw from the windshield a 4 with some three pockets of 7 and an equal number rated at a 2 with one area of 1.
Most of the crop is a 4 or a 5, meaning its in the poorer end of "fair" looking.
All of the corn we saw was twisted up. It was just greener in some places than others………..
Got done harvesting wheat yesterday. Yields were exceptional in one field and average in another. In a normal year it would have been reversed but the good wheat ground ran out of water with the drought this year and the low or flat ground put on a show.
I have yet to plant a soybean…………….no moisture.
Well after two attempts in the middle of a drought, we got "rained out" of cutting wheat. We got a "shower" of 0.07 that made the wheat jump up two points in moisture and made it cut tough. So everything is back in the barn waiting on the next rain event and what we will do…………..
A quick review of the rain totals collected by my weather stations show that in the month of April I have had 2.04 inches of rain here at HQ. For May as of this morning, with a "significant rain event almost a guarantee" (statement by local weather guesser), we have had 0.21 inch of rain. YTD its 9.67.
The big April rain total came mostly out of three big rains on the 4th, 13 and 16th. Each rain was a total of 0.5 inch.
It will take a significant rain event to get the moisture to meet.
On news of my soybean crop, which is not planted, as in zero or none, I am still waiting for my seed production beans to get from South America to here. Like it matters now, no moisture is no reason to plant. I just about broke the blade on my pocket knife trying to dig for moisture yesterday. Plus the weeds are about to take the field for the third time. I am running out of options on what to spray to control the weeds……….
I got done sidedressing the last two fields of corn with anhydrous today. That means other than one last shot of post chemicals tomorrow, the corn crop is now on its own.
Now my focus shifts to wheat cutting which will happen next week………
And then I hope by the 8 of June (first it was the 1st of May then May 15 and then June 1) my parent seed will be here and I can start planting some soybeans.
In the meantime, we are bone dry, low humidity, windy and getting hot. More like August weather than May. The last real rain I had was about April 13.
Ready for a few days off……..
Well I have 45 acres or so of anhydrous left to sidedress when the corn gets a little bigger. Other than that it is sit back and wait on my seed beans. Yep sitting and waiting on my parent seed. Seems they are having a time clearing customs.
Wheat harvest is approaching fast. I think it will cut about the first of June. This will be the earliest wheat harvest I can ever imagine. I need to start getting bins ready while it is still cool.
Well, after sitting and waiting on the big rains to come, we only got a lot of thunder and 0.17 inch or rain.
So I planted corn yesterday afternoon. We got our Pioneer PK plot done and only like 11 acres of corn at this point.
Then its time for beans…………
I guess we can let the cat out of the bag now and make the first of two major announcments that I alluded to earlier in January of some changes here on the farm.
Not only is this a shed we are building, but it will also be a warehouse for Pioneer Seed. Robertson Farms is now officially a Pioneer seed dealer. We will be servicing farmers mostly in the western part of Franklin Co. It is a natural fit for us. We have enjoyed a long and productive relationship with Pioneer as a seed customer and seed grower, mainly because I have felt that their agronomy and sales staff have always had my success at heart when offering me products and services. So when the opportunity presented itself last fall we began the process to become dealers for Pioneer. We have a lot to learn but are eager and ready for the challenge!
The end of day 5 on the new shed…………….now we are ready for metal! The nice sunny days have allowed for quick progress, but the bottom has fallen out of the ground around the site. We had to pull their forklifts and tellehandler out today. The telehandler was setting on the frame with the last truss suspended in the air………fun!
Meanwhile, while the last truss was going up, we spotted smoke accross the field and found that our neighbors old barn was on fire. By the time we got over there the major part of the black smoke was gone but the flames were still going as high as the silo tops!
The old barn has been a land mark on Rt 14 east of Benton and the silos are also the site where the original farm owner killed himself back in the 40's or 50's…………more on that later………


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Second-seeded St. Peter's Prep leads third-seeded Bayonne, 33-25, at halftime of the first of tonight's two Hudson County Boys Basketball Tournament semifinals on the campus of Saint Peter's College in Jersey City.
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Slidell High School's Quincy Howard stands 6 feet 4, though just a freshman. Her mother, Tina, was a great basketball player as was her male cousin Cedric Cooper.
She's a natural for the game, right?
"I tried to talk her into coming out for basketball," said Slidell basketball Coach Josh St. Cyr. "No pressure. Just playing on the freshman team. I thought I had her talked into it, but she's playing VIA-volleyball."
Howard, who plays volleyball for Slidell's Nancy Plaisance, is typical of those students in this area who have choices about what sport they play and are specializing in one, which Plaisance says is different than in times past.
Arguable it might be helping the youth in the area on an individual basis, but coaches say it is harming the quality and depth of girls basketball, especially since the teams in this area must compete with teams from the northern part of the state that don't have volleyball and soccer.
The numbers speak plainly:
Since 1981, north Louisiana teams have won the biggest classification in girls basketball 22 of 28 times (10 by Southwood since 1995). The metro area has won two (Bonnabel, 1982, Ehret, 2001). In fact, since the Sweet 16 started in 1963, those are the only two metro area schools in the state's largest classification to win state girls basketball championships.
In this decade, the metro area has had only four state champions total: Curtis in 2008 (2A), Cabrini in 2004 (4A), Ehret in 2001 (5A) and Ridgewood in 2000 (2A in the last of the Ridgewood dynasty). Of the 252 teams to compete in the girls Sweet 16 (now known as Ladies Top 28) in this decade, only 27 have come from the metro area, the state's largest population area. That's 11 percent.
In the past three seasons alone, of the 15 teams that won basketball championships in classes 5A-1A, nine of those schools didn't make the state volleyball tournament that same year or didn't play at all. In the metro area, only Curtis won a state championship in basketball in 15 chances. On the other hand, the metro area won seven of the 15 volleyball championships and made the final in another three. In soccer in the same years, the metro area won five of nine championships awarded and were in the final in another two.
Ask any basketball coach and you get a number of replies about why teams in the area aren't winning basketball championships. But in those answers almost every time is volleyball and basketball. It can be no coincidence, they said, that only five schools above a line of demarcation drawn through Alexandria play volleyball.
Clearly those sports are taking players who 20 years ago would have played basketball if they played sports at all. In 2007 the National Federal of State High School Associations, which governs high school athletics in this country, reported more than 35,000 new soccer players, the greatest addition of any sport. Of that, girls soccer added 16,077.
In Louisiana, there were 2,024 volleyball players in the 2007-2008 school year in 184 schools. There were 376 schools playing basketball, with 3,384 players. There were 137 schools playing soccer, with 1,507 players. Basketball remained the most popular girls program with 449,450 players. But volleyball has risen to third, passing softball. Soccer is fifth.
The reasons that this area hasn't won at the highest levels in basketball include, according to local coaches:
* Too many schools in too small an area. "The biggest problem is they (up north) are 30 miles apart," said Ron Heuer, coach of Ehret. "We have us, Higgins and West Jeff a few miles apart from each other. If you looked at just two schools on the West Bank and put them together, how powerful would we be?"
* Fewer students at private schools for various reasons. "We've been asking that question for a while, as coaches," said Chapelle's Christy Thieler, who coached for years at Dominican and who took Chapelle to the 5A final last season. "You have to look at different aspects of the private, public problems. Our numbers are down, which doesn't explain years ago, but helps to explain now what is happening. We don't have as many students as we did."
* Spreading of the talent pool: "In the 90s, if they went to a private school, and wanted to play basketball, they went to Ridgewood, or maybe Mount Carmel or Domincan," said Chuck Dorvin, who while coaching at Ridgewood took teams to the Sweet 16 for 11 straight seasons and who won seven titles. "With the emergence of Chapelle and others, that splits the talent pool even farther. There are more choices and kids are taking them." Charlie Domino, who heads up a very successful AAU program in the late spring and summer, says that the southern part of the state dominates in AAU basketball. "One thing I see is there are a lot of good programs and they are kind of spread out," he said of high school basketball. "Look at the community-based programs up north. There are a lot of good teams (around here) that might not be quite good enough to win the state."
* Coaching. "For years we've been dependent on football," said Ursuline's Joey Favalore. "Some schools hire assistants in football and give them the girls basketball coaching position to help them make a few more bucks."
* The possibility of recruiting. "It's a touchy subject about recruiting, but obviously it exists," Thieler said. "Teams don't dominate 10 or 12 years without something going on. There is a competition going on to get all the best kids." St. Cyr said of Southwood, which has won 10 titles since 1995, "Now, all credit should go to Coach (Steve) McDowell for what he's done. But every top notch athlete in that area wanted to go to Southwood. Others coaches in the area were bitter about it." Said Heuer: "I go to the Final Four every year and year after year I'm watching Southwood and they have senior, senior, senior, junior, junior and then they come back the next year. Many coaches in the state wonder how they do that, how can they lose all those quality kids and come back with more quality kids year after year." Danny Tullis, whose
Fontainebleau team went to the Division I volleyball championship last season said, "If we dominate AAU basket and we're losing in high school, it has something to do with their eligibility rules, not volleyball. The fact is they're somehow getting the five best players in the area into their school. That's how you win."
* But overwhelmingly, there is volleyball
"Today you have volleyball kids who are staying with volleyball only and soccer is becoming the same way. We're not sharing kids any more," said Thieler.
But Tullis counters: "We get one or two kids and all of a sudden 'volleyball is pulling away from basketball.' I hate that."
It's not just that there is no volleyball up north, though clearly that is an advantage.
Said Tullis: "The volleyball in those areas is inept or doesn't exist at all, so they sub one (basketball) for the other. But you can't blame this area for being good."
But coaches lament the fact that those sports are getting athletes they would have gotten in the past is a problem as well.
Here's how volleyball, which competes from August-November in high school, hurts basketball.
* Kids are choosing a game that requires less running and is less physical.
Before her junior season (2006-2007), Tullis noticed Uzunma Udeh watching his team practice.
Now, Udeh had never played volleyball before but she was already known as a great track athlete and could jump out of the gym. She would become the No. 11th ranked triple jumper in the nation her senior year. "She was standing there watching us and I walked up to her and she said, 'I love volleyball,' though she had never played. I asked her about basketball and she said she was pitiful." Tullis worked with her and she became more than decent in volleyball."
"Some of these programs make the kids commit (to one sport)," said Favalore. "Volleyball has made quite an inroads. You see a lot of good (basketball) prospects out for volleyball who don't come out for basketball."
"We're the only sport that basically goes through every holiday known to man," said Mount Carmel Coach Mary Ann Marino. "We get two days off for Thanksgiving, maybe, and a couple days off around Christmas."
And then there's the contact.
"Kathryn Stock, the Gatorade Player of the Year in volleyball, plays basketball, too," said Tullis. "She broke her nose recently. It's very rare that you have a broken nose happen in volleyball. Truth is it's more fun to attack a volleyball than it is to get elbowed in the face."
* Club volleyball basically extends the volleyball season to year-round play. For example, Northlake Christian has won two straight volleyball state championships.
They won the championship on Nov. 15. That same weekend basketball jamborees in 5A-1A were held. Two weeks after that, VIA had tryouts. None of Northlake Christian's volleyball players play basketball. All play VIA. Northlake Christian's girls basketball team is 12-7. Last season the basketball team did not qualify for the state playoffs.
* Volleyball makes the ones who play both sports start basketball late.
"If volleyball started a month earlier or ended a month earlier, players could do both," said Domino. "A lot of my friends up north don't have to worry about volleyball. I'm not saying volleyball is bad. It's just our kids start later because of it.''
Slidell's Hannah Gambrell plays both sports, and at 6 feet 1 is a meaningful player in both. St. Cyr said "As a sophomore, it took her a while to mentally make the transition. It helps she is a center. But I have to prepare the whole preseason without her. Southwood doesn't have to do that. And look at our volleyball team. We lacked anyone with pure athletic ability, like some we have on our basketball team. Or look at St. Scholastica. Their volleyball team has all those magnificent tall players and their basketball team has no one over 5-5. "
So what will make a difference?
Tony Labella, who is coaching softball at Belle Chasse this season, won a state title in basketball with Cabrini. He said it takes a lot of things going right. "One thing is things have to really fall into place to win a championship. The year we won it, we had two home games and in our case we peaked at the right time.''
Favalore said teams need to play a more exciting brand of basketball to attract kids who are deciding what sport they want to play. "If coaches would play a more exiting type of basketball, if we had 70-68 games instead of 30-28 games, maybe more kids would come out. Volleyball went to rally scoring and it got more exciting. We need a 30 second clock in girls basketball. If some of the coaches would join the 21st century it would help."
Thieler said she believes its possible for teams in the area to win titles. "You have some programs, East St. John, Bonnabel, Ehret that make their sprints when they have the players, but it's going to be tough. You have to have that one kid, that one player you can build the numbers around. It takes a number of kids who are willing to do the work, willing to do the running. You have to have a school with the total package of academics and other things that will draw those players to it.
Something as small as gym time might help, said St. Cyr. "I've tried to lobby for a PE class here where we would have basketball players in the gym by ourselves. That's what (Southwood) had. Here we have to share the gym with the volleyball players the whole preseason."
But in the end, it will take players playing and coaches coaching.
Said Heuer: "We can all cry on each other's shoulders or we can go play and see what happens. This is what I've got to go to war with.''


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Mount St. Mary's, Siena Vie for MAAC Crown
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Sophomore Brett Schmidt
tallied three goals and two assists while goalkeeper T.C. DiBartolo
made 20 saves to lead Mount St. Mary's to a come-from-behind 10-6
win over Manhattan in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Semifinals on
Friday afternoon at Tanney Stadium on the campus of Marist College.
With the win, the Mount advances to the MAAC title game for the
first time since 2006.
The Mount trailed 6-4 late in the third quarter before scoring the final six goals of the game to earn the victory. The game was a rematch of last year's MAAC Tournament semifinal that was won by Manhattan, 5-3.
The Mount (11-4) will face top-seeded Siena in the championship game. In the team's regular season meeting this season, Siena rallied with four goals over the final six minutes for an 8-7 win at the Mount.
Schmidt's five-point day led the Mount offense while Cody Lehrer and Bryant Schmidt added two goals each in the victory. Lehrer's two-goal game gives him 48 on the season, matching Josh Warfield (2001) for the second-best single-season mark in MSM history. Andrew Scalley added a goal and an assist for the Mount as well.
The Mount was outshot in the game, 42-32, while Manhattan held a 28-to-19 advantage in ground balls. Sal Spatarella and Chace Calkin each had two goals for Manhattan while goalkeeper Jon Fiorillo had nine saves.
Trailing 4-3 at the half, the Jaspers (7-9) came out on fire in the third quarter, scoring three goals in a span of 23 seconds to grab a 6-4 lead. Spatarella evened the score 3:49 into the second half when he tallied his second goal of the game and Calkins's second score just nine seconds later put the Jaspers on top, 5-4. Defender Kyle Ochwat made it a two-goal advantage when he converted a Justin Jensen pass with 10:48 left in the third.
Lehrer halted the streak when buried a shot from the left wing on a pass from Brett Schmidt. Bryant Schmidt's second goal of the game tied it at 6-6 with 2:12 left in the third quarter while Andrew Scalley put the Mount ahead, 7-6, when he came from behind the cage and beat the keeper with 26 seconds left in the quarter.
In the fourth, Brett Schmidt scored the next three goals to seal the victory. He scored on a move from behind the cage with 12:55 left before converted a Scalley pass with 7:22 on the clock for a 9-6 lead. Schmidt completed the natural hat trick with an unassisted goal with 4:39 left in the contest.
In the first half, Mark Stapor opened the scoring when he drove to the cage and beat Manhattan keeper Jon Fiorillo to the right with 9:34 left in the first quarter. Lehrer made it a two-goal advantage when he tallied his first goal of the day on an assist by Brett Schmidt.
Sophomore Jake Willertz pushed the margin to 3-0 with his 21st goal of the season with 10:25 left in the second quarter. Bryant Schmidt made it 4-0 when he drove to the goal and buried a shot with 4:00 remaining in the first half.
Manhattan's Calkin stemmed the Mount's momentum when he won the face-off, sprinted to the cage and beat DiBartolo 12 seconds after Schmidt's goal. Spatarella made it 4-2 with an unassisted goal with 41 seconds left in the half. After a 25-second skirmish on the face-off, Manhattan's Joe Variano was wide-open on a feed from Jensen to make the score 4-3 at the half.
The shots in the first half were even at 16-16 with DiBartolo making nine saves and Fiorillo five in the opening 30 minutes.
With the victory, the Mount tied the school record for wins in a season (11) that was set by the 1999 squad (11-6) and matched by the 2001 team.
Game Notes: This was the fifth meeting between the Mount and Manhattan in the MAAC Tournament...The Jaspers have won three of those matchups...This is the Mount's final season in the MAAC before joining the Northeast Conference next year...Mount St. Mary's has qualified for seven of the 11 MAAC Tournaments held and has an 8-5 record in those games...This will be the Mount's sixth MAAC Championships game.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Siena men's lacrosse
survived a sloppy MAAC Championship semifinal with timely goals and
defensive stops to defeat No. 4 seeded Marist 9-7 Friday evening at
Tenney Stadium in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Sophomore Bryan Neufeld led
all players with four goals, the biggest of which was the eventual
game winner, when he caught a pass on the crease, turned and scored
as he was clobbered. MAAC Defensive Player of the Year Brent Herbst
made 13 saves including four in the final period.
No. 1 seeded Siena (12-4) advances to its second MAAC Championship game in as many years and will face No. 2 seeded Mount St. Mary's on Sunday at noon. Mount advanced with a 10-6 win over Manhattan in the first semifinal.
"This certainly wasn't going to be a 10-goal game like it was last time," Head Coach Brian Brecht said. "I'm confident in our team. We're deep and we have a lot of guys who can make plays at any time. I don't think we were as crisp as we can be, but we made plays when we needed."
Marist (8-7) came out strong and scored twice in the first five minutes of the game. Siena settled down midway through the first quarter and rattled off three goals in three minutes. The first was a man-up goal by Brendan Murphy, his first of the season, and the next two came off the stick of Neufeld.
The Red Foxes hung around by controlling possession with a clear advantage at the faceoff X and Siena's sloppy play. Marist won 14-of-18 draws and the Saints complicated matters with 16 turnovers.
"They came out with a lot of passion and we had to weather the storm," Neufeld said.
Marist tied the game with 51 seconds left in the first half as Zindel hounded Herbst at the restraining line on a clearing attempt and knocked the ball loose. Zindel grabbed the ball and shot as Kyle Vercruysse scrambled to try and cover the empty net, but he only got a piece and it slipped by him.
Siena took a two-goal lead in the third quarter with goals by Neufeld and Loftus and Herbst made three saves to keep the Red Foxes off the scoreboard.
Herbst took a penalty to end the third quarter and was forced to
the sidelines for 30 seconds. Siena killed the penalty with Bill
Kelly in goal, but Marist kept possession on an errant shot and
Zindel eventually scored to make it a one-goal game for a sixth
Neufeld shined bright in the moment, scoring his fourth goal of the game with 8:58 remaining. He received a pass from Matt Leithead on the crease, spun and scored as he took a heavy hit from the defender. He left the game with an injury on that play but later returned.
Marist would not go away and answered a minute later. Siena led 8-7 until the final minutes when Shaun Dunn whistled a rocket past Sam Altiero.
"It wasn't pretty but we got the win," Herbst said. "Throughout the season we've had a bunch of character-building games and this is just another to add to the list."
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Sheena Villa had just turned 25 when she lost her life to a drunk driver. That was six years ago. At an event Sunday, her life lived on through dance.
Watch Kristi Smith carefully -- the way she moves., the way she teaches others the fine art of ballet -- and you can see glimpses of her role model.
"Sheena and I grew up dancing together," said Smith. "And she ended up being like my big sister. I grew up; I looked up to her."
Villa's life ended in March 2006. The car she was riding in crashed at 28th and Parkway in Allentown. The driver's blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit.
In life, dance was Villa's passion.
"Sheena wanted to dance all the time: every minute of the day," siad Kathleen Treat, owner of Steps In Time Dance Studio, where Villa trained for many years.
Kimbery Shade, an instructor at the studio, added: "Every ounce of joy, any happiness, and pleasure that she had, she was able to express through dance."
Sunday, more than 60 young girls lived Villa's legacy through the day-long "Dancing for Sheena" event. At $40 per person, the raises money for a scholarship in her name. The event featured classes in a ballet, tap, hip-hop, and jazz dance.
"It brings all of the local dancers from the Lehigh Valley together," said Treat.
Now six years old, the scholarship provides $1,000 to one young, talented dancer.
"It's been growing so much," said Smith. "So many more kids are here this year."
And if you want to see where the money goes, just look at Kristi Smith, who is now living her friend's dream as a professional dancer.
"She really showed me how much she loved dance and how much I could love it as well," said Smith.
"Dancing For Sheena" Villa event remembers Allentown drunk driving victim
Sheena Villa had just turned 25 when she lost her life to a drunk driver. That was six years ago. At an event Sunday, her life lived on through dance.
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- Most of Southeast poised for good crop yields
- White mold outbreaks
- Record soybean crop
- Big double-crop planting
• Cotton acreage is down in 2012, but cotton production, based on yield per acre, should be up in most Southeast states.
• Soybean acreage will be up significantly and yields in all states other than Virginia are projected to increase from last year.
• Peanut production is up across the board in the Southeast and most states are reporting good to excellent crop production so far this year.
• Corn harvest in nearly done across much of the Southeast and early season drought may keep yields down some, but most growers report a good crop.
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The late bloom and pod set may well be an indicator of how many soybeans were planted behind wheat this year in South Carolina and may indicate more soybeans were planted this year than projected in pre-planting surveys.
Cotton growers also report more than 70 percent of the crop in good to excellent conditions in the last week of August. More than 90 percent of bolls were reported set and 10 percent of bolls open on this year's crop.
Growers are having similar problems with target spot as are growers in other areas of the Southeast. Scouting and proper treatment have proven to take of the problem, but growers are urged to scout their fields or have them professionally scouted to properly identify the disease and its threat to cotton yield and quality.
Though parts of Virginia escaped the wrath of the drought that plagued much of the country, the northern half of the state has areas in which the drought was worse than the 2010 drought, which significantly lowered row crop yields across the board.
Virginia's corn yields are expected to be 91 bushels per acre, down 27 bushels per acre from last year. Production is estimated at 31.9 million bushels, down 21 percent from 2011. Growers are expected to harvest about 350,000 acres, but yields will very likely be down.
Based on conditions as of Aug. 1, yields are expected to average 123.4 bushels per acre, down 23.8 bushels from 2011, which will be the lowest average yield since 1995.
Peanut producers expect to harvest 20,000 acres, a 4,000 acre increase from the previous year. Yield is forecast at 3,300 pounds per acre, down 500 pounds from last year. Resulting production will be 66.0 million pounds, up nine percent from 2011's production.
Soybean producers currently expect to harvest 540,000 acres with an average yield of 34 bushels per acre, down five bushels per acre from last year. Production is expected to total 18.4 million bushels, down 14 percent from last year.
Cotton yield is forecast to average 914 pounds per acre, up 238 pounds from last year's 676 pounds per acre. If realized, production would be 160,000 bales, down one percent from last year. Producers expect to harvest 84,000 acres in 2012, down 27 percent from last year.
Tobacco is one of the few row crops in the state expecting an increase in production over last year, though that's only for flue-cured tobacco. Flue tobacco producers currently expect yields to average 2,300 pounds, up 70 pounds from 2011.
Burley tobacco yields are expected to average 1,700 pounds, down 200 pounds from last year. Production is expected to total 4.6 million pounds, up 21 percent from 2011. Producers expect to harvest 2,700 acres, up 700 acres from the previous year.


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By NEAL PEIRCE
Copenhagen isn't just host to the global climate summit this month. The Danish capital offers proof positive of a way to reduce greenhouse gases: build a district heating system.
The setup in Copenhagen, created by a regional accord of five mayors in 1984, captures heated water from electricity production that would normally be pumped into the sea and channels it back into homes and businesses for heating through a 1,300-kilometer system of underground pipes.
The result: 97 percent of the region now gets clean and affordable heating with sharply reduced carbon emissions. The system has steadily switched from coal to natural gas and biofuels such as straw and wood pellets. Plus, it taps waste heat from incineration plants.
Copenhagen's individual homeowners save close to $2,000 in yearly utility costs. The system also reduces carbon emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons each year.
District heating qualifies as an "invented-in-America, exploited elsewhere" phenomenon. Birdsill Holly, a Lockport, N.Y., businessman and visionary, initiated the world's first district system, with steam pipes, in the 1870s. Systems proliferated around the U.S. to a peak of about 150 in 1909 -- but then tapered off as oil and gas for individual buildings became cheap and plentiful.
But some visionaries fought the trend. A prime example: George Latimer, mayor of St. Paul, Minn., from 1976-90, pushed his city to initiate a full-district heating system that now serves 185 downtown buildings. Shifting over time from coal to wood waste (and soon, solar), St. Paul's system is registering significant carbon reductions.
The "neighborhood energy" idea was pitched to the Portland Development Commission about 2 1/2 years ago as a more efficient way of delivering thermal energy to commercial businesses and homes in the area north of Lovejoy Street, between Interstate 405 and the Willamette River.
According to John Sorenson, N2e executive director, a feasibility study suggests the project could be done for $70million to $140million, but further study is needed to get a better estimate on the financing and who would run the project -- a private or public utility or the city.
Details: n2e.org
To heat its 6-million-square-foot development for athletes during the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, B.C., is going further down the conservation path by tapping the heat in raw sewage water (through a series of compressors and condensers). It's the first system of its kind in North America, emulating an example set by Oslo, Norway.
To meet ambitious carbon saving goals in Portland, the city and private developers are looking into a thermal plant to supply heat for the downtown area, using waste beer mash as its fuel.
In one form or another, 9 percent of the nation's total electric power capacity comes from combined heat and power facilities. Yet if we moved up to 20 percent by 2030, according to Department of Energy estimates, we could avoid 60 percent of the projected growth in the country's carbon dioxide emissions. In the process, we potentially could generate 1million new jobs and $234 billion in new investments.
So, what's missing in the United States -- why are our efforts in these directions so infrequent, so scattered? Why can't we generate several hundred Copenhagen-style regional energy accords?
Part of the problem, to be sure, is lack of imagination and our tone-deafness even when we hear of smart innovations elsewhere around the world.
Then there's a money barrier, too. New systems, with their extensive underground transmission pipes included, do not come cheap. It seems easier to just hook on with the local utility, even if the long-term savings of district heat and power -- in dollars and carbon reductions -- could be immense.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., suggests earmarking 2 percent of the revenues from auctioning emissions permits under the currently debated global warming legislation to support installation of efficient thermal systems. Cities, towns, schools, hospitals, universities, even such federal facilities as military bases, would be eligible.
Big government intervention? You could call it that. But as surely as the Erie Canal and first transcontinental railway, we need federal incentives to promote future prosperity, and in our time, climate safety.
The district systems with their underground pipes won't be as attractive for the kind of spread-out housing locations we Americans have built so heavily since the 1950s. For them, there's now a prospect of "mini-thermal stations" in homeowners' own basements.
How? Again, light from Europe. The German firm Lichtblick ("glimmer of hope") seems on the verge of an accord with Volkswagen, adopting the same type of natural gas-powered units used in VW Golf models. The engines' highly intelligent design, Business Week-Europe reports, could achieve an energy factor of 94 percent -- contrasted to 30 to 40 percent energy efficiency of a nuclear power plant, or 40 to 60 percent in modern gas-fired plants.
How can we afford to wait? These are the kinds of innovations, in a perilous 21st century, that Americans need to embrace -- now, not off sometime in the future.
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September 10, 2003
1:30 p.m.
Commissioners' Conference Room
Commissioner Peter Sorenson presided with Commissioners Bill Dwyer, and Bobby Green, Sr., present. Anna Morrison was excused. County Administrator Bill Van Vactor, County Counsel Teresa Wilson and Recording Secretary Melissa Zimmer were also present.
a. PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDER 03-9-10-15/In the Matter of Vacating a Portion of Maple Street, Located Between Block 8 and Block 9, in the Plat of Glenada, as Platted and Recorded in Volume W, Page 261, Lane County, Oregon, Deed Records (18-12-35-32) (NBA & PM 7/16/03).
Bill Robinson, Land Management, explained the issue is to decide whether to deny the vacation of a portion of Maple Street located between Block 8 and 9 in Glenada in Florence. He noted the Board approved ORDER 03-7-16-8 to set a Public Hearing to evaluate the merits of whether to vacate a portion of Maple Street. He said because the right-of-way provides legal access to the Siuslaw River, a Public Hearing is being held so that the general public is notified and could provide comment.
Robinson said the surveyor's office received a valid petition signed by Michael Carrier, Director of State Parks and Recreation and Arletta Ross, Trustee of the Ross Living Trust, requesting a vacation of a portion of Maple Street. He stated the petitioner is requesting this vacation in order to extend the width of the two adjoining properties.
Robinson noted the petitioners have stated that the establishment of a state park must provide public access to the river. He said it appears that the public does not access the river through the park, but uses Maple Street to park their vehicles and the footpath from the right-of-way to the river. He added there is a stream that drains into the river near the easterly right-of-way of Maple Street and if the right-of-way is vacated, the public might lose benefit of the stream. He stated that all required legal notices has been provided. He said the Board has the option to approve the vacation, deny the vacation or continue the matter. He said the Public Works Director recommended that the Board support Option 2, denying the vacation of a portion of Maple Street, as it does not appear to be in the public's interest to vacate the right-of-way.
Commissioner Sorenson opened up the Public Hearing.
Bob Ezell, 2855 Wingate, Eugene, stated he was opposed to the vacation because if the road were vacated, the public would lose half of the street for public parking. He noted the petition wrongly claims that the public does not use the road. He said as staff reported, there are wheel tracks and paths leading from Maple Street alongside the Siuslaw River. He said the petition seemed to assert that the state park dedicated to the public in 1998, Lane County no longer needed the road for public access to the beach. He noted the problem is the park is not developed for parking and there is no opportunity for the public to park. He didn't think it met the test that Oregon law requires for the vacation of public lands. He said the Board must find that it is in the public interest.
There being no one else signed up to speak, Commissioner Sorenson closed the Public Hearing.
MOTION: to move to deny the petition pursuant to the recommendation of the Director of Public Works for ORDER 03-9-10-15.
Dwyer MOVED, Green SECONDED.
Dwyer commented this was the place where many people access the park. He didn't think the County should vacate access to the river.
Sorenson did not think this was in the public's interest to vacate the road. He wanted to expand the shoulder of the road as opposed to widening the road. He suggested using road or recreation funds in working in partnership with the State Park and Recreation Department to make it possible for people to get to the Siuslaw River without doing damage to the environment.
b. PUBLIC HEARING & FINAL ORDER 03-9-10-16/In the Matter of Withdrawal of County Road Status (But Not the Public Road Status) From Duncan Slough Road (County Road Number 499), Located off Bernhardt Creek Road Near Karnowsky Creek, in Sections 15, 22 and 23, Township 18 South, Range 11 West of the Willamette Meridian (18-11-15, 22 & 23) (NBA & PM 7/16/03).
Robinson reported the issue is whether to withdraw County road status, but not public road status on Duncan Slough Road. He said a road action for vacation of a portion of Duncan Slough Road was before the Board on May 7, 2003. He said at that hearing the Board voted to deny vacation and directed staff to come back at a later date with an agenda item to withdraw County road status but not public road status of Duncan Slough Road.
Robinson noted that Duncan Slough Road runs southeasterly from Bernhardt Creek Road and Bernhardt Creek Road is a private road. He stated that the County does not currently maintain Duncan Slough Road and it is not connected to a legal County road. He said by reducing the status of the right-of-way it would relieve the County of the responsibility to maintain the road yet retain the status of the public road. He stated the recommendation of the Director of Public Works is that this status change be approved. He added that all legal notice had been provided by posting and publication in the Register Guard.
Green asked if there were any responses from the notices that were posted.
Robinson responded they had not received any responses.
Dwyer stated his concern is the way people access the public forests. He wanted this to be posted as a public road, not a County road. He wanted this but also wanted access for the public.
Sorenson asked how they could have the road be open for passage.
Marc Kardell, Assistant County Counsel, responded that this would become a local access road, of which they could expend money. He said the Board could spend money for the signage on a local access road, but it required specific findings.
Sorenson requested rolling this matter to have public works, the surveyor and legal counsel work on additional language that could be clear when a road moves from County road status to a public road status
Dwyer wanted something stated that it is a public road, not maintained by Lane County.
Kardell said if the desire from the Board that this be conditional on signage, he suggested rolling this matter to make sure they could make the findings that would allow them to spend money to put up a sign.
Sorenson requesting bringing this back on the Consent Calendar for October 15.
c. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING/Ordinance PA 1190/In the Matter of Adopting Amendments to the Junction City Comprehensive Plan to Expand the Urban Growth Boundary to Include the Subject Property (a Portion of Tax Lot 1300 and a Portion of the Juniper Connector) and Redesignate the Portion of the Tax Lot From "Agricultural" Land to "Commercial," and Adopting Savings and Severability Clauses (File PA 02-5778; Safeway) (NBA & PM 8/27/03).
Jerry Kendall, Land Management, explained the vacation of a portion of Highway 99 created an island of land that is already within the city limits. He noted that Safeway would like to use a portion of the road for commercial purposes. He added the Juniper Connector that ODOT installed has become a jurisdiction issue, linking the state highway with city maintained streets. He noted it would go into the urban growth boundary to give over to the city jurisdiction. He said that staff recommends approval of the action with three problems to clear up. He said when the Juniper Connector was installed without any land use clearance, it created an illegal lot that was part of a larger EFU zoned lot owned by a Mr. Fisher. He added that two of the standards for this action protect farmland. He said the applicants stated in their application that they talked to the property owner and he has no objection to the request. Kendall thought they could use a farm management agreement, whereby if the Board chooses to address those criteria standards, the applicant would record the agreement. He said the applicant would waive their common-law rights to file a nuisance lawsuit against standard farm practices as they may occur in the area. He said staff recommended going ahead with it.
Kendall said they wanted to consolidate all of the subject property into one legal lot through a lot line adjustment. He said the County was not interested in maintaining it for that purpose. He suggested coming back for a third reading after those three items are performed before they the Board takes final action. He noted this was approved by Junction City and there was no opposition with a unanimous vote from the Lane County Planning Commission
Commissioner Sorenson opened up the Public Hearing.
Sorenson stated that this decision is subject to plan amendment rezoning criteria cited in the agenda cover memorandum and attachments. He said that evidence and testimony must be directed toward the approval criteria and failure to raise an issue to enable a response may preclude an appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals. He noted that only those persons who qualify as a party may appeal the Board decision to LUBA. He asked if there were any ex parte contacts.
There were none.
Commissioner Sorenson opened up the Public Hearing.
Ken Diener, 536 S.E. 17th Avenue, Portland, stated he is the applicant agent representative for Safeway on this application. He noted this process has been taking place since 1998. He said the land involves 1.7 acres. He said it is a .3 acre piece of property for the County. He said this matter was approved by the city and planning commissioners. He said they were in front of the Planning Commission and there was no opposition. He added there had not been any opposition during the five-year process. He said that Safeway did not have a problem with the vacation. He added they are in the process of working on the lot line adjustment. With regard to the farm agreement, he said Safeway would rather not do it. He noted the farm agreement was written as a residential agreement.
Sorenson asked why Safeway had to expand the urban growth boundary.
Diener responded the County wanted it and Junction City requested that the urban growth boundary become a clear line so it is a city maintained road. He commented the store would stay the same and a commercial pad would be created at the location.
Dwyer thought the agreement worked well. He said regarding the farm agreement that they could strike "for "residential purposes."
Sorenson suggested that Kendall review the language with legal counsel.
There being no one else signed up to speak, Commissioner Sorenson closed the Public Hearing.
Kendall indicated the road vacation process would take six months. He said they would have time
MOTION: to move a Second Reading and setting a Third Reading on Ordinance PA 1190 for January 14, 2004, indicating tentative approval, subject to the three conditions stated by Kendall.
Dwyer MOVED, Green SECONDED.
d. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING/Ordinance No. 6-03/In the Matter of Amending Chapter 5 of the Lane Code to Designate the Meter Response Setting for Sound Measurement (LC 5.610).
Kardell reported these were technical adjustments to the ordinance dealing with sound. He said a local expert suggested them. He said one dealt with how they designate the readings of DBA and how it should be consistent with the way professionals do it. He stated the other was various settings having a meter where sound is measured. He said the standard is to use the fast response meter setting.
Commissioner Sorenson opened up the Public Hearing. There being no one signed up to speak, he closed the Public Hearing.
MOTION: to adopt Ordinance No. 6-03.
Dwyer MOVED, Green SECONDED.
There being no further business Commissioner Sorenson adjourned the meeting at 3:55 p.m.
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According to Oldmans Township School District Interim Superintendent Dr. Stephen Berkowitz, the tennis court is suffering from deterioration that occurred throughout the years.
The tennis court is located directly behind the school, which is located on Freed Road, and sits diagonal from the school playground.
"It has deteriorated terribly over a period of time and nobody can play tennis or basketball," Berkowitz said.
Also, the blacktop suffers from cracks and broken concrete.
"We try to maintain, but it is in bad shape. Nobody likes cracks. It hasn't been used. It's just an area out there that hasn't been very useful."
Although there was not an exact date the tennis court was built, Berkowitz said it has been there for many years.
He added that the board of education surveyed the students and staff regarding the interest in rejuvenating the tennis court.
Berkowitz said the board had been discussing what to do with the damaged tennis court for a couple years.
"Without any question, they like the idea of a tennis/basketball court," he said.
In addition to adding basketball hoops and fixing the court, the board wants to have part of a solid wall to practice on or to play handball.
In addition to cracks and broken concrete, some of the fencing is bent in and broken, as well.
The board plans to repair the fencing. The tennis court would continue to stand alone, separate from the school playground.
According to Berkowitz, the board has been discussing options for the past couple years.
Additionally, the board received three bids for the project. Berkowitz said he is hopeful to move forward with bid options by the next board of education meeting on Tuesday.
According to the superintendent, the lowest bid came in at roughly $166,000, the second lowest was $194,000 and the last bid came in at $197,000.
"If everything is perfect in the bid plans, then the lowest will get the job," Berkowitz said.
He added that the school district is looking at the bid proposals and what each one says it will cover as part of the renovation.
"We want to make sure they are all meeting requirements. We would then award a bid and set up a schedule for a start date," Berkowitz said.
In addition to repairing the tennis courts, the school board is looking at bids for a lighting project in the school gym.
According to Berkowitz, the new lighting would be better and more energy efficient.
The gym is a multipurpose room and allows basketball, gymnastics and contains bleachers.
Although the board received two bids, other options regarding cost are being discussed.
Berkowitz said the ideal cost for the new lighting would be in the $30,000 range.
Once the board decides to move forward with the tennis court renovations, Berkowitz said the expected start date would be as soon as school is out for the summer.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Huntsville Utilities is spending more than $1 million upgrading a water tank on Monte Sano that was at the center of a fierce 1970s debate about preservation of the city's mountain slopes.
Faced with complaints that the metal tank would spoil views from the then-new Governors Drive scenic overlook, the city-owned utility agreed to lower the height by 16 feet and camouflage it with forest-green paint.
That was in 1976.
Today, utility leaders say the smallish tank just off Governors Drive near Unitarian Universalist Church of Huntsville can no longer satisfy the growing demand for water in the Monte Sano area.
"We've got to have the additional capacity up there to meet the needs," utility spokesman Bill Yell said Wednesday. "You have residences and businesses that have to have water."
Workers are in the process of enlarging the tank to the size proposed nearly four decades ago: 40 feet tall with a storage capacity of 1.5 million gallons. It is currently 24 feet tall and holds 900,000 gallons of water.
The Huntsville City Council approved the $1.15 million construction project in late October.
Yell said the taller tank will still be more than 10 feet below the existing tree line. An AL.com reporter was able to clearly see the tank Wednesday from the Monte Sano scenic overlook, which is on a bluff above the tank.
City Council President Mark Russell, who represents the Monte Sano area, said only one person - a resident of a neighborhood below the water tank - has voiced concerns to him about the construction. He said he put the person in touch with Jay Stowe, Huntsville Utilities' chief operating officer.
"I think the trees have grown up all around it," said Russell.
Updated at 4:20 p.m. with additional comments and information from Huntsville Utilities spokesman Bill Yell.


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Celebrity stolen sextapesSex tapes are everywhere. It seem most of the celebrities had a sex tape in circulation at one point or another. Of course they claim that all of these tapes were stolen. Whether that is true or not celebrities have become more famous for their sex tapes then movies or music.
Pamela Anderson has bad luck when it come to having private tapes stole. The sex tape of her honeymoon with Tommy Lee was taken out of their home and sold on the internet. She also had a sex tape made with her ex boyfriend Bret Michaels stole a couple years later. That was also for sale on the internet and DVD. Others had also had their private videos stole. Fred Durst lead singer of the band Limp Bizkt had his video stole when he was having repairs done to his computer. He blames the repairman for that incident. Paris Hilton made the headline with her sex tape and its weird lighting. The tape was eventually commercially released. Kim Kardashian's sex tape is said to have helped her become famous. She trained to legally stop the tape but that did not happen. Many say the tape is what made the family a household name.
Not only entertains has their tapes stole. Presidential candidate John Edwards had a sex tape stole that he made with hi mistress. It was found by an assistant who accident received the tape in a box of personal items. Amy Fisher also known as the Long Island Lolita had several sex tapes made with her husband. Those tapes were supposed to be private made it to the internet. Instead of becoming upset Amy started her own porn site.
It seems like celebrities have trouble keep their personal sex lives personal. They need to do a better job keeping they locked up and hidden. Or they can stop making them altogether and rent porn like normal people do. For these celebrities it seems like the sex tapes helped their careers, not hurt them. Take a lesson from famous people, when in doubt of your future and career options release a sex tape to get everyone's attention.
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A Carlisle man who was found guilty of possessing 4 grams of crack cocaine with the intent of selling it faces up to 5 years in state prison.
Raheem D. Gray, 24, was sentenced by Cumberland County Judge Edward E. Guido to 15 months to 5 years on one count of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
A jury found Gray guilty Jan. 30.
Carlisle police found Gray around 2 a.m. Aug. 4 on West High Street with crack, packaged in small baggies, as well as more than $400 in cash, and two empty bags, according to testimony at trial,
Gray testified that the drugs were for personal use.
He said he told police that he had just bought the crack at a nearby bar, and was on his way to a friend's house "to party" and "smoke and play a game."
However, Detective Jeffrey Mohn, of the Cumberland County Drug Task Force, testified that the method of packaging and the amount of cash on hand indicated the crack cocaine was not for personal use, and Gray was intending to sell it.
As part of his sentence, Gray also is to pay a $1,000 fine.


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In some books I've read on fatherhood it said that I will soon go through some changes. And going down the list: Check Check Check
I'm pretty sure it was the Expectant Father books or maybe some article I read in the waiting room of our OB/GYN, but becoming a father will make me go through some changes.
First I will start worry about my health and well being. I'm afraid I'm going to die and the baby will never know me. My own dad warned me about this. And now it has happened to me.
Forget watching My Life, that will freak me out. I bought several Life Insurance policies. An accidental death and a term life. Two weeks ago I had the exam for my term policy. I gave blood and urine, was weighed and measured by a nice visting nurse. Now I am just waiting to hear the word if I am accepted or not. I'm sure I will be. But that paranoid part of me I just mentioned is sure they will find somethign wrong with me.
I am also hanging out with my own father more. He recently bought a motorcycle, so I learned how to ride. We took the motorcycle safety course together and are doing more Masonic lodge stuff together.
I am also becoming more fascinated with my family history. While cleaning out a closet I came across a parchment from the Family Name Research Center. My aunt had given it to my dad and I way back in 1996 or so. It was sitting in it's tube for 11 years, and now it is nicely framed in our hallway.
I also mentioned that my aunt gave us a cradle that my grandfather made years ago. On the front is a small bronze plaque with the words "Bux Craft" on it. It was the name my grandfather gave to the items he made. And he made a lot of things, he was a master carpenter, and I wish I knew as much stuff as he forgot in his life.
So I am worried about my impending death, I am bonding with my dad, and I am obsessing about my family history and heirlooms. The only thing left is for me to start wearing a zippered sweater and smoking a pipe, and I'm on my way to fatherhood.


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Politics' dynamic duo is out at CNN, apparently because they weren't as readily available for guest spots as the cable news network would've liked.
I can see getting rid of James, but Mary…? Just kidding, just kidding.
From Politico:
The decision was CNN's, Carville said: "I was told that they wanted the contributors to be more available — essentially, closer to Washington. I'm not always available, I don't live there."
Carville and Matalin, his wife, live in New Orleans, La. Matalin did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Carville said both respected the network's decision and enjoyed their time as contributors there.
"I'm completely cool with it," he said.
I AM a big fan of Mary Matalin — not so much of Carville. But I do have a hearty respect for the two as a married couple. I've often wondered what it would be like to be a fly on the wall in their home, to see how they make their marriage work. Do they just agree to disagree? Fight like rabid monkeys? Threaten divorce at least once a day? I guess we'll never know, but whatever is their secret, it seems to be working just fine for them.
Other notable changes in the works: Red State's Erick Erickson will be moving from CNN to Fox News, and ABC's Chris Cuomo will be joining fellow network alum Jake Tapper who left ABC for CNN in December.


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The execution was witnessed by media representatives who are separated from witnesses for the victims or the condemned in rooms on opposite ends of the execution chamber behind reflective glass so they can't be seen.
Gardner walked willingly to his execution, a stark contrast to the fatal escape attempt he undertook 25 years ago that resulted in his death sentence.
Gardner was sentenced to death after being convicted of murder in 1985 for the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during a failed escape attempt. Gardner was at the Salt Lake City court facing a murder charge in the shooting death of a bartender, Melvyn Otterstrom when he took a gun smuggled into him and he shot Burdell in the face as the attorney hid behind a door in the chaotic courthouse.
The execution process was set in motion in March when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from Gardner's attorney to review the case. On April 23, state court Judge Robin Reese signed a warrant ordering the state to carry out the death sentence.
At that hearing, Gardner politely declared, "I would like the firing squad, please."
He told his lawyer he did it because he preferred to die that way. Gardner was allowed to choose between the firing squad and lethal injection because he was sentenced to death before Utah eliminated the firing squad as an option in 2004. State officials did not like the negative publicity fire squad executions generated.
Gardner, 49, chose his manner of death and then worked furiously with his lawyers to prevent it. They filed petitions with state and federal courts, asked a Utah parole board to commute his sentence to life in prison without parole, and finally unsuccessfully appealed to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gardner's attorneys argued the jury that sentenced him to death in 1985 heard no mitigating evidence that might have led them to instead impose a life sentence. Gardner's life was marked by early drug addiction, physical and sexual abuse and possible brain damage, court records show.
They also argued he could not get a "fair and impartial hearing" before Utah's Board of Pardons and Parole because lawyers that represent the board work for the Utah attorney general's office, which sought his death warrant and argued against the board commuting Gardner's death sentence
The firing squad has been Utah's most-used form of capital punishment. Of the 49 executions held in the state since the 1850s, 40 were by firing squad.
John Albert Taylor, who raped and strangled an 11-year-old girl, was the last person executed by firing squad on Jan. 26, 1996.
Historians say the method stems from 19th Century doctrine of the state's predominant religion. Early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believed in the concept of "blood atonement" — that only through spilling one's own blood could a condemned person adequately atone for their crimes and be redeemed in the next life. The church no longer preaches such teachings and offers no opinion on the use of the firing squad.
Gardner, who once described himself as a "nasty little bugger" with a mean streak, spent his last day sleeping, reading the novel "Divine Justice," watching the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy and meeting with his attorneys and a bishop with the Mormon church. A prison spokesman said officers described his mood as relaxed. He had eaten his last requested meal — steak, lobster tail, apple pie, vanilla ice cream and 7UP — two days earlier.
Members of his family gathered outside the prison, some wearing T-shirts displaying his prisoner number, 14873. None witnessed the execution, at Gardner's request.
"He didn't want nobody to see him get shot," Randy Gardner said. "I would have liked to be there for him. I love him to death. He's my little brother."
The American Civil Liberties Union decried Gardner's execution as an example of what it called the United States' "barbaric, arbitrary and bankrupting practice of capital punishment." And religious leaders called for an end to the death penalty at an interfaith vigil in Salt Lake City on Thursday evening.
"Murdering the murderer doesn't create justice or settle any score," said Rev. Tom Goldsmith of the First Unitarian Church.
Burdell's family opposes the death penalty and asked for Gardner's life to be spared.
But Otterstrom's family lobbied the parole board against Gardner's request for clemency and a reduced sentence.
George "Nick" Kirk, was a bailiff at the courthouse the day of Gardner's botched escape. Shot and wounded in the lower abdomen, Kirk suffered chronic health problems the rest of his life.
Kirk's daughter, Tami Stewart, said before the execution she believed Gardner's death would bring her family some closure.
"I think at that moment, he will feel that fear that his victims felt," she said.


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In a case that has been delayed since early January, Union City Mayor Brian Stack will appear today before the presiding judge of Bergen County Superior Court in connection with a simple assault complaint filed against him in December.
Ray Mitchell, of Secaucus, accused Stack of choking him at a Union City holiday party at Schuetzen Park in North Bergen on Dec. 14.
Stack has denied putting his hands on Mitchell. Attorney Dennis McAlevy, of Union City, who is representing Stack, said he expects today's appearance, which is to resolve any discovery issues and set a trial date, to last roughly five minutes.
The hearing will take at the Bergen County Superior Court, 10 Main St., Room 453, Hackensack, at 9 a.m.
The complaint was made in North Bergen Municipal Court in January and was moved to Hoboken and Bayonne before landing in Bergen County,
McAlevy said it's likely the case was moved out of Hudson County because Stack is also a state senator representing parts of Hudson County.


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2014 Is A Clean Slate For The Cowboys Defense
Is there an unforeseen force out there that can save the Dallas Cowboys defense from another awful season in 2014?
The Cowboys quest to achieve a new defensive identity and rotation has cost them an outdated coach, a franchise legend and a top playmaker. Subsequent logic says the defense will be even worse than last year's, but stats say that is nearly impossible probability-wise. Emerging from those changes and benchmarks, however, is one truth – 2014 is a perfect year for a clean-slate approach on defense.
I mean, who doesn't appreciate and get motivated by the prospect of a fresh start?
The biggest quality of this year's defense that plays into that notion is youth. Whether you believe injuries were a major or minor factor in the worst defensive season in franchise history, they obviously played some role. Using 20 defensive linemen over 16 games and seeing starting defensive backs and linebackers battle recurring injuries ensured, at the very least, that the chemistry would be limited all season. Execution is another story entirely, but the point is that last year's core rotation never had a big window in which to gel and improve that execution.
Ok, so being young doesn't necessarily equate to staying healthy. Any player can incur a mild to severe injury on any moment of any play. But it does generally correlate to faster recovery times. And more importantly, it enables a team in serious need of a makeover – like Dallas – to start right away. There's no prior scheme to unlearn for most of the Cowboy starters and backups – they've either been in the Dallas system or no NFL system at all. And if you believe that passing on a safety in the first round was a good call, then you have to be very happy with the positions the team addressed with its defensive picks. In other words, the preliminary work of the rebuilding process is all but finished
Training camp is going to be so vital this year. The progress of DE Demarcus Lawrence will and should be ruthlessly monitored – he needs to be ready to start come September. While LB Anthony Hitchens is reportedly transitioning to middle linebacker to compete with Justin Durant, he's certain to be a rotation player whose progression is equally newsworthy. Simulating real-time speed of play in camp is less justifiable after Sean Lee's injury, but it's crucial for the rookies' development.
Still, at that level and at the positions of edge rusher and inside linebacker, you'd think their game is based as much on pure reaction as anything else. To beat the speed, they have to know the speed. Youth can help with that as well.
The Cowboys were at least smart enough to hand Rod Marinelli the job four months before the draft. Hopefully, they were also wise enough to listen ardently to his input. But who knows?
Let's not forget that the NFC East surprises us every year, that Marinelli is one of the best around, that history favors the likelihood of a better season and that the offense looks nasty. A new-chapter mentality within a young, eager group of players and veteran coordinator could translate into a surprise performance that contributes to, say, a 9-7 record.
Don't bet on it if you're a fan. But don't write it off, either.


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• Who: No. 5 Michigan (26-6) vs. No. 4 Wisconsin (21-10)>
• What: Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals
• Tipoff: 2:30 p.m., United Center; Chicago
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• Radio: Michigan Radio Network
• Line: Michigan -3
The last time these two teams played, Michigan got its heart ripped out of its chest and thrown out the window.
All courtesy of Wisconsin guard Ben Brust.
Brust hit the near halfcourt buzzer-beater in regulation against Michigan last month, and then he delivered the ultimate dagger in overtime.
But that's not all he did.
Brust was 4 of 7 from 3-point range (his only four makes of the day), which is huge, considering Wisconsin won by 3. He's basically the Badgers' only serious long-range threat, and if Michigan can manage to take him out of the game, it has a shot here.
If not, Brust will stand around and knockdown triples all afternoon -- and Michigan will likely be headed home from Chicago.
Do you give Jordan Morgan another shot in the starting lineup? Or do you pull the trigger and go with Mitch McGary or Jon Horford?
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Northern Peninsula and Southern Labrador presents needs at pre-budget consultation
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Municipal Affairs minister Steve Kent addresses area mayors and attendees of the 2014 pre-budget consultation in St. Anthony on Feb. 24
The 2014 Northern Peninsula pre-budget consultation was, on all accounts, a success compared to last year.
While not one participant registered for the 2013 session, six speakers from across the Peninsula, and one from Southern Labrador, gathered at the Haven Inn on Monday to give their thoughts on how provincial government can best place northern funds for the upcoming budget.
Because Municipal Affairs minister Steve Kent oversaw the meeting, a number of individual community points were raised, but at times multiple speakers spoke with the same voice – better roads and a fixed link across the straits to name a few.
The following are a few of the issues area mayors spoke to:
Terry Ryan, Port Saunders Mayor
Mayor Ryan advocated the need for better roads for the entire Northern Peninsula, not just his area.
He also said its time for the provincial government to seriously look at moving a fixed link forward.
"The ferry conditions this past winter have been deplorable," he said. "The ferry has been off my harbour for days on end waiting to get into Corner Brook, and that's not good in anybody's book."
Keith Billard, Flower's Cove Mayor
Mayor Billard had a number of issues to speak to.
He thinks provincial government should introduce a better rate for borrowing for municipalities.
"There should be a full review for small towns like us," he said. "What we are paying should be a blended rate, cost of borrowing plus a little more for government to do so. That way the savings is passed onto the town instead of having to struggle through 20 years of paying back interest charges."
Billard took particular issue with LSDs and unincorporated communities receiving services, such as pavement and snow clearing, for free.
"I've often asked myself how much is it costing government to do this type of work?" he said. "The argument is it's part of the general tax, if that's the case, than maybe incorporated towns should get some of that help."
Adding, receiving services for free there is no incentive for un-incorporated communities to regionalize.
"They ought to be charged something for the service. If you want savings, that's the way to go and it will help people see the need for regionalization."
Gerry Gros, Anchor Point Mayor
Mayor Gros said municipalities have limited revenue resources. He suggests provincial government turning over one per cent of the Newfoundland and Labrador personal income tax.
"It can yield a 20 per cent increase in revenue for municipalities," he said.
Gros is also requesting provincial government lobby federal government to reinstate the Northern Residents Tax Reduction.
He said the Northern Peninsula has the highest fuel cost in the province, limited transportation and a lack of major competition when it comes to goods, and the tax reduction can help offset those costs.
"I know it impacts on provincial revenue, but that's what you have to do," he said.
Gros also reiterated Billard's need to introduce service fees to unincorporated towns, and sided with Ryan on the need to move the fixed link forward.
Ernest Simms, St. Anthony Mayor
Mayor Simms opened with the need to push a fixed link forward as well.
He said there has been a lot of funding go to St. Anthony, but continued investment in capital works is a must to maintain services.
Noting roads as a major concern, Simms said the town is moving forward with new pavement and would like to see provincial government make a commitment to have it's portion of the road within the town paved.
"The cost to do so isn't extravagant, and we would like to see it take place," he said.
The town is also looking at hydrant restoration and a new fire station for its regional department.
As a province, he said, the fishery needs stronger investment and processing is a must.
"Seal processing licenses as it stands right now needs to be open to more than one company," he said. "We have a local person here buying seal right now but has no processing licenses. He's tried but hasn't been able to obtain one. We'd like to see that change so we can take advantage of some of the different pilot projects."
Simms also advocated enhanced service for the hospital.
"The bleeding must stop," he said. "The injury was caused by government, and therefore they should be somewhat responsible for fixing it."
Rudy Porter, Englee Mayor
Mayor Porter spoke to the town's ongoing infrastructure needs and the limited revenue resources to put such infrastructure in place.
He advocated the need for provincial government to provide necessary funding through a percentage of the province's personal income tax, as stated by Billard, that Conche is still without pavement, Main Brook needs a wharf, and Holson needs investment to get back on track.
But the biggest concern brought forward by Porter was the property of the town's former fish plant.
Provincial government paid for the removal of the dilapidated plant and gave the former plant owner until 2021 to repay the cost.
Until then, he said, the prime piece of tied up property is hindering needed development within the town.
"We believe the least the province can do is to help us gain clear title to the property so it can be developed for economy," Porter said.
Dale Colbourne, St. Lunaire-Griquet Mayor
Mayor Colbourne said the town has two fire halls and needs funding to make one main hall for the Department – one new and one old.
The old one is falling apart but is needed to store machinery, as the new building doesn't have the doors to house the fire truck, response truck and town-owned ambulance service.
"It's costing the town approximately $17,000 per year to maintain both buildings," Colbourne said. "This is a major thing for our fire department, they are going around fundraising just to keep the lights on and the buildings heated."
She would like to see the funding come through so doors can be purchased and installed to house the vehicles in the new building.
Furthermore, Colbourne said a four kilometer section of road is deplorable and more than 40,000 tourists have to drive over it every year.
Christopher Mitchelmore, Straits-White Bay North MHA
Liberal MHA Mitchelmore brought several concerns to the table, many of which were touched on by the mayors, but offered new insights as well.
One of a number of health care issues was the need to provide more dialysis in the area.
"There should also be a review about the possibility of satellite dialysis at the Strait of Belle Isle Health Centre and the White Bay Central Health Centre, because we have people traveling in severe weather conditions to receive treatment and it has resulted in multiple accidents."
Under education he said the St. Lunaire-Griquet public library should be reopened and extending the hours of operation at the St. Anthony library.
He also said road improvements, cellphone service enhancement and the ferry service needs to be upgraded.
Lisa Dempster, Cartwright-L'Anses au Clair MHA
Liberal MHA Dempster started by stating her disappointment that no pre-budget meeting was taking place in Southern Labrador.
When it comes to roadwork, Dempster said repaving of Southern Labrador is essential, along with the blacktop surfacing from Red Bay to Cartwright. Until such a time, she said continued gravel resurfacing needs to take place.
"Calcium to keep dust down is needed as well," Dempster said. "Minister McGrath said it was cut for environmental purposes. Which is more important the environmental repercussions or the impact that the dust we are living in is having on the lungs and respiratory system."
When it came to accessing Labrador via water, she said schedule change is a must.
She was please to hear the Northern Peninsula talking about a fixed link, and she also advocated the need to build services offered at the St. Anthony Hospital.
"We have a historical connection with St. Anthony and I believe it's imperative that we not see St. Anthony go down to a cottage hospital."
Steve Kent, Municipal Affairs minister
Minister Kent said a number of issues hit home for his department, and hopes some of them can be addressed through the fiscal framework that is occurring.
"We are looking at all of those issues and more, everything is truly on the table," he said. "I was very interested to hear the discussion around a fixed link, I think it's an interesting concept that warrants further discussion…and I encourage you to continue talking about it."