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The second-ranked Southwest Minnesota State swept Augustana College Tuesday night in Sioux Falls, S.D., but the win was far from easy. Locked into tight battles in the first and third sets, the Mustangs found a way to win both as they took the match 27-25, 25-16, 31-29 for the program's 800th all-time victory.
Senior middle blocker Mary Groth led the Mustangs (12-1 overall) with 13 kills in what was considered a non-conference match between two familiar Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference foes.
The Vikings (9-5) were held to a .098 hitting percentage for the match.
Augustana took the initiative in the first set and jumped out to a 15-10 lead before the Mustangs started to reel in the Vikings. SMSU had to fight off a pair of set points and eventually won the set on back-to-back kills by Groth.
SMSU head coach Terry Culhane said his team had been in that position several times this season.
"You don't want to get behind, but our kids have done a nice job of not giving up," he said. "They battle through to the end, and fortunately to this point, they've won those types of games."
SMSU cruised in the second set, during which the Mustangs held Augustana to a -.022 attack percentage. But coming out of the break between the second and third sets, the Vikings found renewed energy and the Mustangs found themselves in a battle yet again.
SMSU jumped out to a quick 5-1 lead before Augustana rallied to eventually tie the set at 15. The two teams traded blows from there, and Augustana grabbed a 29-28 lead after an attack error by Groth. But SMSU didn't give in and won the next three points, the first one a kill by Brooke Burmeister, the second on an attack error by the Vikings and the third on Groth's 13th kill of the match.
"We got out to our early lead in Game 3 and then I thought (Augustana) started to play much better," Culhane said. "We made some errors to add to the problem, and the next thing you know we were battling like crazy to try to win.
"With a score like that, obviously there were a lot of big points. Both teams made key plays with the pressure on and we were able to get that two-point difference yet again."
SMSU freshman Abbey Thissen had 11 kills for the Mustangs, and Burmeister finished with nine kills and a team-high 14 digs. Freshman Emilee Gutzmer finished the night with 40 set assists.
Former Marshall High School teammates Rachel Westby and Kayla Wallerich played on opposite sides of the net Tuesday and each of them had strong defensive efforts. Westby finished with 13 digs for the Mustangs, while Wallerich had 11 digs for the Vikings.
SMSU resumes action later in the week when the Mustangs travel to Northern State (S.D.) Friday and head to Minnesota State-Moorhead on Saturday.
Ace Serves: SMSU-McKell Anderson, Devin Diedrich, Brooke Burmeister, Emilee Gutzmer, Rachel Westby; AC-Julia Witt.
Kills: SMSU-Mary Groth 13, Abbey Thissen 11, Burmeister 9, Anderson 7, Diedrich 5; AC-Holly Hafemeyer 18, Taylor Hrdlichka 8, Jordan Spatenka 6, Courtney Ysker 5.
Digs: SMSU-Bermeister 14, Westby 13, Ellen Degler 12, Gutzmer 9, Anderson 8; AC-Witt 13, Kayla Wallerich 11, Ysker 9.
Set Assists: SMSU-Gutzmer 40; AC-Marissa Johnson 20, Katie Niesen 14.
Blocks (solo-assists): Groth 1-5, Diedrich 0-4; AC-Hafemeyer 1-4, Brooke Lewko 0-4.


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As people already pointed out, mounting the antenna on an insulated mast will make no difference unless the coax is run out the back of the antenna in some way. I have a moonbounce array for 2 mtrs consisting of 6 yagis with horizontal and vertical elements mounted on a metal H-frame. Deterioration in the vertical polarization (elements in the same plane as the H-frame) is about -1db in comparison to the horizontal plane. Vertical pattern is quite ok so you can use the antenna this way for sure but it is like giving up a bit of boomlength that you bought in the first place. In my case I wanted to make up for the -20db lost from Faraday rotation if polarity is shifted 90 deg so I am a happy little vegemite despite the fact I loose 1 db when I use the vertical elements. A much better approach in your case is to have two antennas bayed with elements vertical on a horizontal metal mast. They can be considerably shorter as the stacking gain will put you back in the same region as the single 8 el M2. Back supporting the 8 el will put a lot of stress on the mount so it is not a good idea. Anyhow, you can put it up on a metal mast and use it, but there will not be all the db's you paid for in the antenna. I will not be a disaster though so my suggestion is to try it. 73/Peter SM2CEW www.qsl.net/sm2cew At 05:24 2001-06-12 , Steve wrote: >I recently bought an M2 eight element fm 2 meter beam to install at the top >of my mast on my tower. Where do I purchase an insulated mast section for >the 2 meter beam that I can connect to my 2 inch steel mast at the top of >the tower? I don't remember reading in the m2 literature that I needed an >insulated mast though. But, I don't want to affect the pattern. >Steve K7AWB > > > >List Sponsor: Are you thinking about installing a tower this summer? Call us >for information on our fabulous Trylon Titan self-supporting towers - up to >96-feet for less than $2000! at 888-833-3104  >www.ChampionRadio.com > >----- >FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk >Submissions: email@example.com >Administrative requests: email@example.com >Problems: firstname.lastname@example.com > List Sponsor: Are you thinking about installing a tower this summer? Call us for information on our fabulous Trylon Titan self-supporting towers - up to 96-feet for less than $2000! at 888-833-3104  www.ChampionRadio.com ----- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: email@example.com Administrative requests: email@example.com Problems: email@example.com
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text: I know it's not my usual 'murcan made purchase, but it does fit the "no longer made" criteria I try to pursue for my collection. It came with the box, tools and manual, but is has enough "character" to qualify for some range time, instead of being solely a safe queen. Maybe I'll get the opportunity to "squeeze" off a few next weekend. MM


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RangedWolves - Bring out your hunting dogs!
Version: v1.0.2 - CB 1988 (1.1-R6)
Inactive until further notice!
Until setting targets for Wolves is fixed in CraftBukkit, I will not be releasing any updates. I will continue to add in any suggestions you may have, if I so choose, but I don't want to release something that doesn't work to the public. The builds I have now (1.0.2, 1.1, 1.2-Dev) don't even work for me, so they won't work for you.
This plugin allows for having your pet wolves attack your ranged target. In other words: if you attack a creature or player with any sort of projectile (arrow/snowball/etc), your wolves will attack that target!
I had been looking for this feature for a while and hadn't come across it, so I took it upon myself to build my java skills and make it happen!
Mob Arena is NOT required, however it is an awesome plugin.
If you do have Mob Arena, this is built against v0.94.4.64! This is a Dev build of MobArena, found here. I'd highly recommend giving it a try, and reading the changelog for it.
Many thanks to @garbagemule for helping me throughout the ordeal, and teaching me stuff about Java I didn't realize/learn yet in school. And also for making Mob Arena :)
- Makes wolves attack your ranged Targets
- Configurable for each World and (if applicable) each Arena
- Checks for World PvP (and MobArena PvP)
- 3 simple commands
- "/rw reload" - reloads the configuration file
- "/rw reloadMA" reruns the Mob Arena setup code and auto reloads
- Ops only (and console)
- "/rw retro" - searches for nearby wolves not already associated with their owner
- Anyone can use this
- Hopefully not required
- "/rw reload" - reloads the configuration file
- Very few permission nodes required, see here
- Source Code - Github (also included in the jar file)
- Github (supposedly wget friendly)
- DropBox
Things to know about the config.yml
Permission nodes: see here
NOTE! If not running any sort of permissions plugin, this should run as it always has, everyone can use it, and Ops get access to the reload commands
- Any ideas will be considered (But not necessarily implemented)
- Edit the way the config works. See this comment for how it will end up working.
- Ensure wolves stay associated with their owner after server shut down/restart
- Unless there's an easy way to get Wolves by their Unique IDs that I'm completely overlooking, this isn't happening any time soon.
Known Issues:
- While testing on 1.2.X builds, I've noticed wolves don't actually go attack your target, even after playing with my code.
- Server restarts still don't retain the relationships, although relogging and reloading does retain them.
Submitting a bug report:
- Please provide as much information as you can so I can make bug fixes as quickly as possible
- Please include:
- CraftBukkit Build
- MobArena Version number (if applicable)
- StackTrace from your server.log file (if applicable)
- Reproduction steps to help me track down and squash these nasty bugs!
- The more detailed these are, the better!
Version 1.0.2 - 3/11/12
- Fixed checking Max Wolf cap for offline players, they were able to get as many wolves as they could before, now they're capped.
- Unfortunately, even if the player has permission to bypass the cap, I can't check an offline player's permissions.
- Cleaned up the onEntityDamage listener some.
- Fixed "/rw retro" command, it now takes into account if a nearby wolf's owner is offline or not, and the command now obeys the Max Wolf cap
- Added checks to the "/rw reloadMA" command to make sure MobArena is on the server and enabled before running the reloads
- Cleaned up "/rw reloadMA" command too
- Added a return to onEntityTame to make sure I don't add untamed wolves to a player's list and falsely inform the player they tamed a wolf
- Removed more references to my WIP targetting for now.
bitfed Jan 25, 2013 at 16:26 UTC - 1 like
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Great, thank you so much!
I've been growing irritated that this developer doesn't feel like working on it, yet was still sitting on the project.
I notice now yours hasn't been updated in a while? Sigh. :(
Guess we all have to wait for someone to make a RangedWolves Reloaded.
BlahBerrys Nov 05, 2012 at 00:46 UTC - 1 like
I've continued this mod, it is now located at: http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/rangedwolves/
micrlink Aug 25, 2012 at 20:21 UTC - 0 likes
Hello, i know this is inactive, but i was wondering how you got the wolf to attack the player/ how you set the target. I am making a plugin like this with irongolems and all commands and that is all i need
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bacon_avenger Aug 24, 2012 at 22:16 UTC - 0 likes
Getting this to work again would be great! I know of an admin who would add this in a heartbeat for the ultra hard core matches he hosts. :)
defsin32 Aug 14, 2012 at 00:46 UTC - 0 likes
I get the same error. I have the Mob Arena plugin and decided to put in some Wolves for a class but it won't work properly because i get the error.
spydercanopus Jul 30, 2012 at 05:09 UTC - 0 likes
This plugin made mob arena so much better. Hope they fix whatever it is in 1.3
- Date created
- Aug 31, 2011
- Categories
- Last update
- Mar 11, 2012
- Development stage
- Abandoned
- License
- All Rights Reserved
- Downloads
- 10,339
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- R: Ranged Wolves 1.0.2 for CB 1.1-R6 Mar 11, 2012
- R: Ranged Wolves 1.0.1 for CB 1.1-R6 Mar 06, 2012
- R: Ranged Wolves 1.0 for CB 1.1-R6 Mar 06, 2012
- R: Ranged Wolves 0.8.8 - OldMA for CB 1.0.1-R1 Jan 19, 2012
- R: Ranged Wolves 0.8.8 for CB 1.0.1-R1 Jan 19, 2012


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Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Joe attended the Eastman School of Music as a jazz-performance major in drumset. His musical experiences in Rochester included lessons from Rich Thompson, Steve Gadd, Jack DeJohnette, Ron Carter (bass), Clay Jenkins (trumpet) and his father, John Bagale. When Joe was 17 years old he received the "Outstanding Rhythm Section Award" in the "Essentially Ellington Competition" presented by Wynton Marsalis. While focusing on drumset, Joe was also developing outstanding skills on the piano, guitar, and bass, while developing his vocal and compositional ability. Leaving Eastman early, Joe moved to San Francisco in search of his calling, where he now plays drums with the Matt Berkeley Trio, plays Bass and sings for Disappear Incompletely, is a featured vocalist for Brass, Bows, and Beats and leads the Joe Bagale Band."
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Maybe there are some bruised feelings these days between Joe Torre and Brian Cashman.
Now that the former Yankees manager has turned author, that is.
Perhaps Torre is just the slightest bit "disappointed" in his former general manager, as he says in "The Yankee Years," -- the book that was officially rolled out this week to much fanfare.
Maybe Torre's crossed Cashman off his Christmas card list, along with A-Rod and Carl Pavano and any number of others in and around the Yankees during the time in question.
But there's one baseball guy in this town who wishes Cashman nothing but the best.
That would be Frank Menechino.
The new hitting instructor of the the Yankee's Double-A affiliate Trenton Thunder.
How did it happen that the Graniteville resident and one-time Island high school star is now working for the organization he always dreamed about playing for during his years as a big-league infielder?
"Cash hooked me up," the 38-year-old Menechino said the other day from the Yankees spring training complex in Tampa.
How so?
Seems Cashman and Menechino had a chat back in August of 2006. It was during the time when the Islander's playing career was winding down. Age and a chronically bad back had caught up with Menechino when the Yankees signed him to their Triple-A Columbus roster.
"Brian and I had a discussion," Menechino said. "I told him that my goal was to stay in the game, and he said to me, 'When the time comes, we want to get you into our system.'"
How does Menechino feel about the opportunity?
"I couldn't be happier," he said. "I'm here with my Yankees instruction book, learning the way the organization teaches and what they expect.
"The players will be coming down in the next couple of weeks, and I'm pumped up."
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He saw the winning in New York. And the excitement.
He was with the A's in 2001, when they took a 2-0 lead in the five-game ALDS while playing on the road at a Yankee Stadium still traumatized over 9/11.
When the series went back to Oakland for Game 3, Derek Jeter flipped the ball to Jorge Posada to get Jeremy Giambi at the plate in the seventh inning of what was going to be a 1-0 win for the Yankees, maybe the signature defensive play of Jeter's Hall of Fame career.
The Yankees came back from the 0-2 deficit on the A's that year, and it's hard to imagine anyone being more upset about it than Menechino was at the time.
That next winter, he had difficulty even talking about the series.
In the years after that there were rumors more than once that Menechino was going to find his way into pinstripes.
For whatever reasons, it never happened.
Until now, that is.
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Menechino is a real baseball story.
He was the undersized kid out of Susan Wagner High School, who scrambled his way into a Florida community college program 20 years ago, and wound up becoming a star second-baseman at the University of Alabama.
From there he would become an afterthought 43rd round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox in 1993, who kept on scraping and battling all the way to his breakthrough in Oakland as a 28-year-old Major League rookie.
He lasted seven big-league seasons, mostly on grit and guile.
Along the way, Menechino earned the respect of players with five times the amount of talent but not half the toughness. And it wasn't just the players. Managers and coaches and front office types all noticed the kid who fielded batted golf balls coming to him at laser speed to improve his reflexes. (And was turned black-and-blue from the waist up in the process.)
And if he never cashed a big check or received a long-term contract, well, you'll still be able to find his stats in the Baseball Encyclopedia 100 years from now, alphabetically listed in the same section as Mays and Musial.
"I'm a lifer," Menechino was saying from Tampa. "It's what I always wanted to be. If you're doing something you love as much as I love baseball, it's like you never have a job."


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December 8, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Commissioners' Conference Room
Commissioner Bobby Green, Sr., presided with Commissioners Bill Dwyer, Don Hampton and Anna Morrison present. Peter Sorenson was present via telephone. County Administrator Bill Van Vactor, County Counsel Teresa Wilson and Recording Secretary Melissa Zimmer were also present.
Hampton will leave at 11:00 a.m.
Terry Sue Wright, Veterinarian Practitioner, spoke on behalf of the Lane County Veterinarian Medical Association about the rabies vaccination certificate. She said the LCVMA is in support of measures to increase pet licensure but they have concerns about the practical implication of the measure. She said veterinarians are concerned about confidentiality of the pet records and the client's personal information. She said there could be situations in which an outside non-governmental party could have free access to the information. She said that was due to the Oregon Public Information Law. She said the OVMA is considering legislative action to allow protection of veterinary records similar to that of medical records. She noted that pet limit laws have not been addressed as suggested prior to enactment of vaccination reporting. She thinks the measure should be uniform for all of Lane County including incorporated cities and unincorporated Lane County. She hoped the Board would reconsider implementing this measure until the points are clarified.
Van Vactor indicated that state law doesn't apply inside the incorporated limits because of the police power. He said if the ordinance is enacted, they would write every city council to ask them to pass a resolution. He thought that would be well received by the cities in Lane County.
Wright was concerned if the vet didn't report properly that they would get punished.
Wilson indicated that it is the location of the veterinary office, not the client who is responsible for the reporting.
Lisa Arkin 1192 Lawrence St., thanked the Board for going through the process of the West Cascade Energy Siting. She asked the Board to contact the West Cascade Energy Siting Council. She commented that the Board of Commissioners is afforded more input. She urged the Board to go ahead in the future to interpret the land use criteria to benefit the people of the County.
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Van Vactor reported they had a successful Performance Counts conference last Thursday at Lane Community College. He noted that the Management Team would be taking the information and bringing it to the Leadership Team meeting in January.
a. DISCUSSION/In the Matter of Recommending Applicable Substantive County Land Use Criteria to the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council for the Proposed West Cascade Energy Facility near Coburg (NBA & PM 10/27/04 & 11/22/04).
Kent Howe, Land Management, attached a letter to the Energy Facility Siting Council staff and has identified the applicable criteria they know to date. He presented the letter for direction on whether to send it by December 15 to the Energy Facility Siting Council.
Stephen Vorhes, Assistant County Counsel, indicated the Energy Facility Siting Council's first task is to find compliance with local criteria. He said if it doesn't meet all of those criteria, they look at the overall statewide goals and statewide planning program to make a determination. He said it starts with the local criteria. He said they need to apply the criteria that was recommended to them but how they make the determination of compliance with the criteria is part of the next step.
Morrison asked what would happen if the state determined this application was complete.
Howe responded that the state also thinks the application is incomplete. He stated once they deem it complete they will provide Lane County with any additional information that came in where they determine it was complete. He noted that Lane County would have another opportunity to add what criteria might be triggered as a result of the additional information that made the application complete.
Vorhes indicated they might have an opportunity to identify additional criteria to allow the additional time. He added the applicant could choose to submit all of these applications in advance of going through the FSEP process. He said it wasn't clear that they have to do that. He added when FSEP issues the site certificate and identifies these as permits that Lane County must issue, one of the things FSEP could do is direct them to apply them to Lane County.
Dwyer thought the letter was a good starting point. He said the criteria is appropriate because they are all site specific. He commented that it keeps Lane County in the loop.
MOTION: to move to send the letter.
Sorenson MOVED, Dwyer SECONDED.
b. REPORT BACK/Periodic Review of Goal 5 Riparian Inventory Inside Eugene Urban Growth Area (Site No. E76).
Kent Howe, Land Management, reported the Board directed he and Steve Vorhes to go to Site E76, the site where Debra Jeffries property is located and review the criteria that the Board of Commissioners and the Eugene City Council adopted and applied to the site and determine whether or not it is appropriate to be included in the inventory. He added they went out with Neil Bjorkland, City of Eugene, and they met with Debra Jeffries on site. He said they toured the entire site E-76.
Howe noted the historic photos convinced the city staff that the entire site was originally part of a natural riparian system that had been altered in various ways, but still meets the Goal 5 Rule and the significant criteria. He noted the city and county staff looked at the aerial photos and the map and E-76 is a remnant of a natural water system in the area. He noted there had been significant manmade changes to the system, but it didn't eliminate the basis for consideration of the site under the Goal 5 Rule or the significance criteria adopted by the Board. He commented that this was originally put on the inventory in 2000, but there had been significant development that was continuing. He said those are relevant under the ESEE Goal 5 analysis of what is going to happen to the inventory site. He asked if it warranted protection under the Goal 5 Rule because it is intact and a significant site or it has been impacted with development to the point that it isn't a significant site and it comes off the inventory. He noted that is the next part of the analysis being done by the city.
Howe noted that he and Vorhes objectively tried not to get into the emotional issues and reviewed the criteria. He thought if they go to the criteria that the Board adopted (Exhibit A), they just had to meet one of those in Tier 1. They thought it looked like three were met. He noted under Tier 2, those required that they be consistent and they thought those were met as well. He said from a standpoint of inventory he asked if it was a riparian Goal 5 resource feature, (the site as a whole) and they thought it did. He stated the subsequent analysis under the Goal 5 Rule ESEE analysis would be looking at the development that has occurred to that inventory site and determine whether it still warrants to be designated into the inventory. He said the Board of Commissioners would have the opportunity to determine whether or not the site or portions of it warrant protection and should remain on the inventory or be removed.
Debbie Jeffries, didn't agree with Howe and Vorhes' conclusions. Her understanding was there were two standards that were needed, the Goal 5 Rule and they looked at the significance criteria test that the city used and that the County adopted. She didn't understand that if it applies to the Goal 5 Rule and the Board agrees it applies, why there is no acknowledgment that it is a significant alteration. She added if it is a manmade significant change then it should not be included. She asked how E-76 meets three of the criteria, because the land is developed and it couldn't meet the criteria. She said it was her understanding that the area is not in the 100-year flood plain. She said that she had not seen an inventory of plant material in the area. She didn't think it met any of the three criteria. She noted there had been dirt that had been moved and she thought it was significant. She thought the area should have been removed based on the city's criteria. She said she was disappointed She indicated she is meeting before LCDC on Friday. She said she would be back with an ESEE analysis if this weren't pulled off. She noted the issue of historical data was not part of the inventory. She added the history information didn't appear until Emily Jerome in the city wrote a comment from the petition that she wrote following the original agreement.
Green asked what would happen if the Board removed this and they go before LCDC and they sustain it as a bad error.
Jeffries commented that DLCD staff was inclined to allow local government to make their own criteria and their own decisions. She said their involvement within a local government choice is minimal.
Dwyer noted the evaluation is the result of a Transitional Agreement they have with the City of Eugene that gives them the jurisdiction over this UGB. He said no matter what Lane County does, the city's assertion would still be there. He added the other problem is under the terms of the Transitional Agreement, he wasn't sure they could say anything different. With regard to the ESEE analysis, he said the purpose of that is that when those sites are identified it gives another way to show that the criteria shouldn't be there. He noted the ESEE analysis has to come into play. He said if her claim had merit with regard to the ESEE analysis, she would prevail at that level.
Hampton asked if it was her intention to have the pond area removed or the entire E-76 area.
Jeffries thought the entire area should be removed. She said it used to be part of the McKenzie Irrigation District. Her interest is to have the pond removed. She said the problem she has with the process is she thinks she is following the rules. She was provided with a state administrative rule that she was told that everyone follows. She was provided with criteria and was told those are the standards that would be used. She said everyone wants to state that it has significantly changed but no one wants to say that is undeveloped. She said it couldn't be both. She stated the County still represents her, as she is still a County resident. She said the County adopts ordinances that could be separate from the City of Eugene.
Morrison stated the inventory that was given was not accurate and they will see more of these types of problems. She didn't think the process of going through an ESEE analysis was fair to the people. She said this property should never have been included in the inventory.
Dwyer suggested that they need to clarify how development is defined.
Vorhes noted there were parts of the E-76 site that have been developed with houses and other things that might affect the riparian habitat in that area. He noted there were other areas that were still not developed and the debate is that it started out as a natural feature and the degree of manmade change is where the difference lies. He said the instruction received from DLCD was if there was a breaking point and if something was entirely manmade, they were taken out of the inventory, but if it was an original feature that had been altered in some fashion by man to use for irrigation or other purposes, that wasn't enough to take it out of an inventory. He noted the whole area had been to DLCD to appeal and was upheld when the city took action on the inventory.
Jeffries said the County was maintaining that the pond was created when the McKenzie River supply dried up. She noted it was a natural creation. She added it went from a 20-foot creek to a 300-foot wide, 15-foot hole. She added there is no water.
Dwyer asked what would happen if they took the pond out.
Vorhes responded from a process standpoint, they could get to that point and if that is the inventory that is adopted, he said it might end the inquiry. He said what the Board had in front of them when they took action was the inventory by an ordinance. He said if there is an interest, he recommended discussing how they move forward to get it back to the Board to consider at the inventory stage.
Dwyer was concerned about the process and treating everyone fairly.
Vorhes indicated if there was an interest in revisiting this at the inventory stage, he recommended coming back to discuss the sites or all of the sites in the urban growth area.
Hampton didn't view the pond being any more special than any of the development that had occurred on the east side of the road. He asked why they wanted to protect something that was not natural.
Howe noted the site is the entire feature, not just the pond or portions of the site. He indicated there was development that had occurred in the site. He stated that development is impacting the integrity of the feature. He added all of that would be reviewed under the ESEE analysis to determine whether or not portions of the feature should remain on the inventory or the whole part should come out of the inventory.
Morrison commented that this property should have been removed but the city staff won't acknowledge that.
Vorhes recommended amending the ordinance to provide the opportunity to speak on the change to the ordinance.
Dwyer said whatever they do, it would not impact the city's ordinance. He said it doesn't impact the Transitional Agreement and he didn't know how useful it would be at DLCD or any other subsequent hearings.
Vorhes explained the process would lead to hearings in front of the Board on the issues of removal of land at that site. He said they could try to limit the focus on the particular site, but there would be the potential that anyone interested could ask for their property to be put on as well. He added it would give the city direction on what to do with the ESEE analysis but if they disagreed he didn't know if the city had a strong recommendation to the County on it and they might see it again. He said if they want to look at removing that the Board should give clear direction on the ESEE analysis.
Howe indicated the City of Eugene was performing the ESEE analysis.
Jeffries commented that an ESEE analysis does not remove anything from the inventory; it qualifies whether something is to be protected. She stated she wanted to be off of the inventory.
Vorhes stated his understanding of the ESEE analysis is that it could result in the removal of a site or portions of a site from the inventory. He added when they do an ESEE analysis, if it shows changes have occurred or a site no longer fits, it comes off. He said it is intended to come before the Board with a revised inventory to adopt as part of the Metro Plan. The intention is to remove those things that, as part of the ESEE analysis as shown or to narrow the focus on the site, indicate the quality of the sites and if they should be considered part of the inventory.
Jeffries understood the City of Eugene is doing a whole ESEE analysis without public input. She noted there was no information released as to their methodology and they were limited by money.
Green asked if there was a majority of the Board willing to withdraw the site in question from the inventory. He supported it.
Sorenson favored an hour briefing by the advocates trying to protect the process so they could give a briefing on why they had been struggling to get the compliance in place.
Dwyer was not in favor of changing the process. He thought the process would be closer to meeting Jeffries' goal the way it is than by changing and starting another process that would be subject to appeal and would be drawn out. He thought the process currently in effect would be the quickest way to resolve the problem.
Green noted there was not a majority of support for what Jeffries wanted to do.
Jeffries noted that Hampton was out to the property and agreed with her that this didn't belong on the inventory. She was disappointed that he reversed his decision.
Hampton stated he was supportive of removal of the pond. He thought when the ESEE analysis comes back that there might be more evidence on Jeffries' side to remove the pond than there is now.
A. Approval of Minutes: None.
B. Health and Human Services
1) ORDER 04-12-8-2/In the Matter of Delegating Authority to the County Administrator to Sign a Contract with White Bird Clinic in the Amount of $259,278 for Mental Health Crisis Services for the Period October 1, 2004 Through September 30, 2005.
C. Public Works
1) RESOLUTION AND ORDER 04-12-8-3/In the Matter of Setting a Public Hearing on the Proposed Surrender of a Portion of Lincoln Avenue (County Road Number 1131) and a Portion of South 10th Street (County Road Numbers 1163 and 1930) to the City of Cottage Grove.
MOTION: to approve the Consent Calendar.
Dwyer MOVED, Morrison SECONDED.
a. ORDER 04-12-8-4/In the Matter of Amending Chapter 4 of the Lane Manual to Update Investment Policies (LM 4.015 Through 4.020).
Mike Barnhart, Management Services, requested an amendment to the Lane County Investment Policy, located in Chapter 4 of the Lane Manual. He noted that currently their investment policies limit securities to a maturity of three years. He noted the purpose of that is too keep their portfolio liquid and to reduce their exposure to interest rate risk. He said the negative affect of the policy is that it limits the ability to invest in a longer-term maturity that might yield higher investment returns. He noted that ORS would allow them to extend the maturity for more than three years if the Board approves it for specific issues. He said the amendment they are proposing will remove the strict three year barrier and will provide them the opportunity to analyze their investment strategies.
MOTION: to approve ORDER 04-12-8-4.
Dwyer MOVED, Morrison SECONDED.
b. REPORT/GFOA Award. (PULLED)
a. DISCUSSION/Evaluation of County Administrator.
Green commented that this year he had received less written comments.
Hampton indicated the form was tedious and he would rather have topics instead of having someone comment with their own words.
Dwyer stated he doesn't do written evaluations. He commented that Van Vactor is open and accessible and applies himself. He said he understands the big picture and delegates responsibility. He commented that Lane County is lucky to have Van Vactor as their County Administrator.
Morrison commented that Van Vactor has the ability of making people feel comfortable in situations. She noted that Lane County is lucky to have Van Vactor and she feels fortunate to have him. Her concern is the succession planning. She said they have to start working on that. She thought it was a good year and she appreciated Van Vactor's work in implementing the Strategic Plan, keeping them focused on performance measures and giving direction.
Hampton appreciated the fact that Van Vactor will express his opinion about how things should go. He appreciated his guidance, and that is where institutional memory comes in to play. He said that Van Vactor balances all the needs of all the departments.
Sorenson stated his comments were put in an e-mail on November 22. He commented that Van Vactor is a caring person who tries to do the best for the people of Lane County. He agreed that they are going to have to work on a succession plan for that position.
Green agreed with what everyone had said. He indicated he increased Van Vactor's score this year as he has been pleased with Van Vactor's progress on the diversity issues. He enjoys working with him and stated that Van Vactor has a great sense of humor. He thought the Board should start thinking about who would be ready to take Van Vactor's job. He thought it should be a priority for the Board. He wanted to discuss this on a quarterly basis.
Van Vactor stated he enjoyed his job because Lane County is a wonderful place to work. He thanked all of his staff that helped him look good. He added it is the relationships with the people he has worked with over the years that make it a good place to work. He stated he had no plans to retire. He said his contract expires at the end of December. He said he would be "at will" with an obligation on his part to give the Board 90 days notice.
Wilson recalled the way the contract is written is that while the term of the contract ends for Van Vactor the end of December, the terms roll over on a month-to-month basis. She said looking ahead, if they were to grant a COLA to the organization at some point in the future and he would still be on a month-to-month contract, the terms and conditions would include his getting a raise.
Green indicated that based on the comments, the average rating was a nine which is exceptional on the scale.
Van Vactor recommended having Greta Utecht make a report on succession planning within the next 90 days.
b. Letter from Pauline Rughani
Green read the letter into the record from Pauline Rughani who resigned from the Planning Commission. He noted the Board went through a process and they reviewed the applications. He suggested talking with Kent Howe to appoint Mark Herbert for reappointment.
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION as per ORS 192.660
To take place after the meeting.
There being no further business, Commissioner Green recessed the meeting into Executive Session at 11:00 a.m.
Melissa Zimmer
Recording Secretary


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Random Question 8/6
When was the last time you said "OH Gross!" and why?
A few days ago when my dog caught a bird and ate it...yuck.
We were watching some reality show and they showed one of the contestants puking.
IDK, I can't even recall the last gross thing that I've seen. Obviously it has been awhile.
It was more "That is gross", and it was said to one of the kids last wk. Can't remember why I said it, though (which may be a good thing!).
A couple weeks ago when I was having a convo w/ my dad about eating liver. lol
Yesterday, when my 2 yr old was trying out the dog's food.
A couple of days ago when the cat threw up on the floor.


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May 30, 2012
FAYETTEVILLE, NC - The Fayetteville State Broncos softball team will host a youth softball camp for the week of June 25-29.
The camp, which will be run by Broncos head coach Miguel "Coach Who" Justiniano and his staff, will take place from 9 a.m.-noon each day. Several Broncos' student-athletes will also serve as camp instructors, providing campers will expert instruction straight from a highly regarded NCAA Division-II softball program.
The camp, which is open to 8-to-18-year-olds, costs $40 for returning campers and is $50 for first-time campers. The camp will be held at Fayetteville State's home site, Leonard R. Saunders Field at Seabrook Park, across from the University's campus. Instruction will include batting, fielding, pitching and the fundamentals of the game.
Campers, who will receive a free T-shirt, are requested to have their own gloves, and can bring other equipment, such as bats. Typical softball equipment will also be provided.
For more information about how to register for the camp, contact Coach Who at (910) 672-1510 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fayetteville State is one of the elite softball programs in the CIAA, having finished second or better in the league's Southern Division standings for five straight seasons.


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UT Press
[ Texas ]
Texas in 1837
An Anonymous, Contemporary Narrative
Edited by Andrew Forest Muir
The earliest known account of the first year of the Texas republic.
Written anonymously in 1838–39 by a "Citizen of Ohio," Texas in 1837 is the earliest known account of the first year of the Texas republic. Providing information nowhere else available, the still-unknown author describes a land rich in potential but at the time "a more suitable arena for those who have everything to make and nothing to lose than [for] the man of capital or family."
The author arrived at Galveston Island on March 22, 1837, before the city of Galveston was founded, and spent the next six months in the republic. His travels took him to Houston, then little more than a camp made up of brush shelters and jerry-built houses, and as far west as San Antonio. He observed and was generally unimpressed by governmental and social structures just beginning to take shape. He attended the first anniversary celebration of the Battle of San Jacinto and has left a memorable account of Texas' first Independence Day. His inquiring mind and objective, actue observations of early Texas provide us a way of returning to the past, revisiting landmarks that have vanished forever.
Introduction: Landscape with Figures
I. Arrival in Texas—Galveston Bay—Laffite the Pirate—Mexican Prisoners—Shells—City of Galveston—Storm
II. Start for Houston—The Country—Oysters—Fish—Redfish Bar—Towns—Alligators—New Washington—Colonel Morgan—Surrounding Country—Price of Lands—Floats—Santa Anna—Point Pleasant—Almonte—Aunt Peggy's Gap
III. Lynchburg—A Scene before the Battle—Buffalo Bayou—San Jacinto—Texian Camp—Field of Battle—Vinces Bayou—A Drunkard—Pokersville—Encampment—Events of the War—Harrisburg—Journey by Land—The Country
IV. City of Houston—Bayou—Adjacent Country—Price of Lots—Immigration—Improvements—Price of Labor—Lumber—Accommodations—Beds—The Danger of Elevation—Provisions—Currency—Banks
V. Occupation of the Citizens—Merchants—Price of Goods—Groceries—Dissipation—Gambling—Mechanics—Speculators—Soldiers' Discharges—Headrights—Riots and Affrays—First Sermon in Houston
VI. The Duello—Death of Laurens—Tragic Fate of His Murderer
VII. First Anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto—Celebration—The Liberty Pole—A Perilous Feat—The Oration—President Houston—The Ball—Indian Council and Dance, etc
VIII. Congress—Preparations—Message of the President—Taxation—Tariff—Opposition—Land Office—Members of Congress
IX. Bexar—Preparations for a Journey—The Mexican Gourd—Departure—The Prairie—Encampment—An Incident—Insects—Theft—Lose Our Way—Difficulties of Traveling—Hospitality—Robbery
X. Description of the Country—The Brazos River—A Scene upon the Prairie—A Herdsman—Texas Market—Laws—Incidents of the War—Escape of Our Horses—A Journey on Foot—A Texian—Progress of Settlement—A Night Adventure
XI. A Texas Farmer—Deer of Texas—Journey through the Country—An Incident—The San Bernard—Night Traveling—The Colorado
XII. Retrospect—Colorado—Columbus—Springs—Wells—Live Oak—Preparations for Our Journey—Plan of Travel—Mexicans—Superstition
XIII. Merchant of San Antonio—Country from Columbus to the La vaca—The Lavaca—A Prospect—Country to the Guadalupe—Gonzales—An Original—Bee Hunt—Philosophy—Fissures in the Earth—Sheep Country
XIV. San Antonio de Bexar—Dwelling Houses—Churches—San Antonio River—Fertility of the Valley—Products—Health of the Valley—Longevity of Its Population
XV. Character of the People of San Antonio—The Mexicans Generally—Habits and Customs—Amusements
XVI. The Alamo—The Siege—Colonel Crockett
XVII. Face of the Country from the Rio Grande to the Sabine
XVIII. Chief Towns of Texas—Vegetable Productions—Fruits—Flowers—Minerals—Wild Animals—Birds
XIX. Climate—Diseases—Medicines—Nights—Prevailing Winds—General Health of Texas
XX. A Replication to Doctor Channing's Letter to Mr. Clay
XXI. Army, Navy, and Treasury of Texas—Land Laws—Government Scrip—Pecuniary Resources
XXII. Moses Austin's Negotiations with the Mexican Government—The First Land Grant—Subsequent Grants—Land Claims, Titles, etc.
XXIII. The Constitution and Laws—Administration of Justice
XXIV. Inducements to Immigration—Mechanical Employments—Lawyers—Relations with Mexico—Texian Indians
XXV. Advice to Emigrants, as Regards Provision, Health, Location, etc.—Conclusion
A distinguished and meticulous scholar and editor, Andrew Forest Muir was the author of many works on Texas.
"...an unparalleled description of the Texas republic in its infancy, often with keen insight and humor."
—John H. Jenkins, Basic Texas Books


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UPDATE, 7:10 p.m.: Wild voting! We checked the poll at 4 p.m., and just seven votes separated the two leaders. Now, the Otsego at Plainwell game leads by almost 1,000.
There are just hours left and more than 1,600 votes cast, as of mid-day, with the Ann Arbor region's Ypsilanti at Ypsilanti Lincoln boys game holding a small lead over the Kalamazoo region's Otsego at Plainwell boys game (45 percent to 40 percent).
However, strange things have happened on the final day of voting in the statewide MLive basketball Game of the Week and even the third-place Lansing region's Williamstown at Lansing Catholic boys game could rally.
The regional winners were decided on Tuesday night but the statewide poll is still open for your vote.
The stakes are big.
The statewide MLive Game of the Week poll victory means a live blog and other coverage so the winner will get maximum exposure on our high school home page throughout the night.
So, are you a girls basketball fan; a boys fan, from Muskegon to Detroit? If you want your team to be in the ultimate MLive.com spotlight, it's time to do a little "fan" work – go to our poll and cast your vote.
The polls close at 9 p.m. Thursday.
Thanks for all of the voting.


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ONTWA TOWNSHIP – Three people were arrested after a search of a home on the 70000 block of Lakeview Drive revealed evidence of meth manufacturing, marijuana and a firearm, police said.
Police arrested one female and two male adults at the residence, according to a Cass County Sheriff's Office news release.
Police located used one-pot meth labs, meth, marijuana, a firearm and components used to make meth inside the home. Detectives believe methamphetamine was being sold at the residence, according to the release.
The three subjects were arrested on multiple drug-related charges and taken to the Cass County Jail.
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© Amy MacKenzie - The News
The second level of this garage was on fire Chirstmas afternoon. Stellarton Fire Department was able to prevent the fire from spreading.
STELLARTON - Stellarton Fire Department quickly knocked out a fire that could have been worse on Christmas afternoon. The fire was contained to the upper floor of a two-story garage at 117 Poplar Street.
Deputy Chief Michael O'Sullivan said the department received the call around 4:20 p.m. and smoke was coming from the second floor of the garage upon arrival.
O'Sullivan said the fire was a large one, but the firefighters knocked it down pretty quickly and prevented the fire from spreading.
"The fire was mainly on the second floor, which has extensive damage," O'Sullivan said. "It appears to have been accidental."
He said that no one was injured in the fire.


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WASHINGTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an agreement with disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff that could eventually force him to pay a civil fine and return money raised from investors.
The partial judgment, which renders permanent a preliminary injunction that froze Madoff's assets after his arrest in December, must be approved by the judge overseeing the case in federal court in New York City's borough of Manhattan.
Related story: SEC enforcement chief Linda Thomsen resigns
The civil proceeding is separate from the criminal case against the prominent Wall Street figure, who is accused of bilking $50 billion from investors in what may be the largest pyramid scheme in history. Madoff was arrested on Dec. 11 after allegedly confessing to his sons that he had stolen from investors for years.
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke the bail of Madoff, who has been confined to his Manhattan penthouse under house arrest. Madoff, who has not been indicted, is widely expected to eventually enter into a criminal deal with prosecutors in which he would plead guilty in exchange for some form of leniency.
The SEC said Madoff agreed to the partial judgment without admitting or denying the allegations in its civil complaint filed on Dec. 11. However, the agreement says Madoff cannot contest the "facts" of the complaint for the purposes of determining his obligation to pay civil fines and restitution -- which will be specified later.
The SEC says the basic facts of the complaint are that Madoff committed a $50 billion fraud and told his sons his investment business was a sham. Madoff told them he had "absolutely nothing," that "it's all just one big lie," and was "basically, a giant Ponzi scheme," according to the complaint. A Ponzi, or pyramid, scheme promises unusually high returns and pays early investors with money from later investors.
Madoff's defense attorney, Ira Sorkin, didn't immediately return a telephone call seeking comment today.
The fallout from the Madoff affair has been massive and has rocked a Wall Street already churning from the financial crisis. Thousands of victims who lost money investing with Madoff have been identified -- including ordinary people and Hollywood celebrities -- as well as big hedge funds, international banks and charities in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Full list of alleged Madoff victims from New Jersey
The scandal also has brought disgrace to the SEC, which repeatedly ignored credible allegations about Madoff's operations brought to it over the course of decade.
Today, the SEC announced that the agency's top cop is leaving the government. The announcement comes less than a week after Linda Thomsen received an angry dressing-down before Congress over the agency's failure to detect a massive alleged fraud scheme.
Congress and the agency's inspector general are investigating what caused the regulatory failure over Madoff and why SEC inspections of his business failed to detect the improprieties.


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Striking workers at St. John's International Airport held a lunchtime demonstration Thursday around the main terminal building.The members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada/Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (PSAC/UCTE) received support from Lana Payne, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour, and Chris Aylward, national vice-president of PSAC, who visited them on the picket line. — Photo by Keith Gosse/The Telegram
The Newfoundland and Lab-rador Federation of Labour (NLFL) has voted to cancel its fall policy convention that had been scheduled in St. John's next month.
The move is to show solidarity with striking St. John's International Airport Authority workers, members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada/Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (PSAC/UCTE), who have been on strike since Sept. 11.
The workers have been without a collective agreement since 2009 and without a pay increase since 2008.
The federation says the employer is also demanding "some pretty egregious concessions, including a contracting out provision that will see the union and good airport jobs diminished over time."
Federation president Lana Payne said, after thoughtful consideration, the NLFL executive council came to the decision that "this was the right thing to do."
Payne said this is only the second time in the Federation's 75-year history that it has cancelled its annual convention.
She said it would have been difficult for some of the convention's scheduled guest speakers to travel to Gander and then on to St. John's and back again to respect the picket line at the St. John's airport.
"We did not feel it was appropriate to expect our guest speakers to make such a sacrifice," said Payne, "and, in addition, we understand that some of them (at this late date) would not have had the time in their busy schedules to add a day or two to their travel."
Gander also has limited flights, many of which are also routed through St. John's airport, Payne added. "Of course, there was also the issue of additional travel and expense for our Labrador delegates."
Payne said she expected the 300‐delegate and guest policy convention scheduled for Oct. 28-30 would have resulted in somewhere of the range of $300,000 in economic activity for the city.
She has informed St. John's Mayor Dennis O'Keefe of the cancelled convention.


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Sam Gustin says: It's not the first time this ridiculous assertion has been made.
Robert McDowell, a Republican member of the F.C.C., has warned that if the "Fairness Doctrine" is revived, bloggers may be forced "to give equal time or equal space on their website to opposing views rather than letting the marketplace of ideas" determine their content.
McDowell suggested that such an outcome may result from the application of network neutrality principles to internet networks. We've heard this before.
In fact, network neutrality opponents have been linking the two concepts for some time now in an effort to play off conservatives' hatred of the Fairness Doctrine, a long-ago-abandoned F.C.C. rule which required radio broadcasters to give equal time to opposing viewpoints. Some Congressional Democrats have made no secret of their desire to resurrect the doctrine, which was effectively ended by the Reagan Administration.
This prospect strikes fear into the hearts of many conservatives, who worry that if the doctrine is revived, their dominance of talk-radio opinion may be undermined.
McDowell made his comments in the context of a discussion of the F.C.C.'s recent ruling that Comcast violated federal policy by blocking peer-to-peer traffic on its network. McDowell was one of two commissioners who voted not to punish Comcast.
In an interview with the conservative Business and Media Institute -- following a speech at the Heritage Institute -- McDowell claimed that the controversy over the Fairness Doctrine could "be intertwined into the net neutrality debate."
In fact, the only people who are "intertwining" network neutrality -- the idea that all web applications should be treated equally be network operators, with no particular application being favored or impeded -- and the Fairness Doctrine, are network neutrality opponents such as McDowell.
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By Rob Tucker
Special to the OBSERVER
QUEENSBURY - Unfortunately for the Pine Valley faithful on hand, there was to be no upset this time around.
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Pine Valley's Alex Bentham drills a triple in the third inning of a NYSPHSAA Class D semifinal softball contest.
The Lady Panthers saw their splendid run come to an end on Saturday at the hands of Fort Ann, 5-2 in the New York?State Public High?School?Athletic Association Class D softball semifinals.Fort Ann, which heading into the tournament was ranked No. 2 in the state by the New York Sportswriters Association, went on to win the title by an identical score over Afton, of Section 4, late Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Panthers committed three errors in the loss - accounting for two of the five runs - but its real difficulties came at the plate against Fort Ann starter Molly Bailey, and the defense behind her.
"They're defense really (hurt us)," Pine Valley assistant coach Mark Mansfield said. "Their shortstop, their second baseman and their whole infield is just it just didn't make a mistake. We hit the ball hard, and they made the plays perfectly. (Fort Ann) didn't help us at all."
While the defense committed just one error, Bailey, who at one point retired 13 of 15 Pine Valley hitters she faced, scattered two runs on five hits and one walk with two strikeouts to earn the victory.
"I think we played all right," Pine Valley coach Danielle Arnone said. "We had a couple of errors, but we were really just hoping those bats were going to get going a little more than they did."
The Lady Panthers did manage three extra-base hits, including Alex Bentham's third-inning triple to right field in which she came all the way around to score when Fort Ann's second baseman misfired on the throw to third. But of those extra-base hits, only one came with runners already on base.
Fort Ann, meanwhile, got off to a quick 2-0 start in the first inning as leadoff-batter Kara White walked, moved to second on a sacrifice and then scored on Kayla Bancroft's triple into the right-centerfield gap.
Bancroft, a power-hitting shortstop with a solid glove, would score later that inning on a Pine Valley fielding error.
The Lady Panthers, as per usual, showed fight, and bounced back in the bottom half of the frame with a run of their own. Ashley Carpenter singled through the gap between short and third base and then, immediately following, Nichole Rinehart ripped a double into left field.
But Bailey, who carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning during Fort Ann's regional contest, buckled down from there - with the help of some solid defense behind her - and escaped the frame with a 2-1 lead.
Pine Valley starter Jessica Wilcox, so crucial to the Lady Panthers' run this season, made easy work of the Lady Cardinals in the second, but stumbled in the third as two errors and a single allowed the eventual winners to push their advantage to three, 4-1.
Pine Valley scored once more (on the aforementioned Bentham triple/error), but wouldn't threaten again as Fort Ann never trailed in the contest.
Despite the disappointing outcome, however, it was an outstanding season for a squad that, by most accounts given its 4-8 league mark heading into the sectional playoffs, wasn't supposed to get this far.
According to Arnone, however, the Lady Panthers, who finished 9-9 overall, showed the power of positive thinking in reaching their first state tournament since the 2005 season.
"From the beginning, Mark and I have said to the girls that they were championship material," said Arnone, who with this loss brought her first season at the helm of the Lady Panthers to a close. "I know our season and our record didn't show it, but deep down we felt it and we've been preaching that all season long."
And with a solid core returning - only three of the 12 Lady Panthers on this year's roster are seniors - it won't be surprising to see them making their way to the Capital region yet again next time around, especially with young standout Wilcox in the circle.
Despite the loss, Wilcox performed admirably, spinning a two-hitter with six strikeouts and three earned runs. She walked five.
"She's learned a lot (this season)," Arnone said. "She's done a phenomenal job for us and we couldn't have got here without her. She was definitely a little spark for the team that was needed and I look forward to seeing what she's going to do (in the future).
"Really everybody has pulled (their weight) this year," she finished. "People have made plays from all positions, so it's been a great team."