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Adult Readings: The Search For Meaning
Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain (two days)
J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country
Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Margaret Edson, Wit: A Play
2016 Junior Great Books Readings:
Younger Group, Grades 1-5: The Prince & the Pauper, Mark Twain; One Crazy Summer, Rita Williams-Garcia; Flora & Ulysses, Kate DiCamillo; Matilda, Roald Dahl
Middle Group, Grades 6-7 & Older Group, Grades 8-10: Jacob Have I Loved, Katherine Paterson; The Sand Reckoner, Gillian Bradshaw; Our Only May Amelia, Jennifer L. Holm; Crossing Stones, Helen Frost
Registration covers books and discussions, as well as swimming, tennis, films, group social activities, and a real Maine lobster bake. On-campus registration includes a single or double dormitory room (six nights: Sunday through Friday) and all meals. There is an option at an additional charge, for staying over Saturday night either before the week (July 16) or after (July 23). Either night provides an opportunity to attend the Atlantic Music Festival's outstanding free classical music concert. We also offer a Children's Program for ages three and above. Commuters participate in all activities, but live on their own, off-campus, and receive lunch each day and the Friday night lobster bake.
The cost for commuters (participants who live off-campus) is $320 and includes lunches and the lobster bake. Scholarships are available on a need basis. We are also offering a one time $50 discount to Colby alumni! Our registration deadline is June 20
Optional Bus Trip to Portland, Maine: Wednesday, July 20th, 11:45 a.m. - 7:45 p.m.
This charming city - the largest in Maine - will enchant you. Uptown, a few blocks from the waterfront, is Portland's secret treasure, the Arts District. With Congress Street as its spine, this once traditional shopping street is replete with museums, art galleries, antique shops, and artist studios. Nearby, the Old Port District is a Portland shopping mecca. One of a kind shops line the cobblestone streets of this historic waterfront district, so you can experience the charm of boutique shopping and enjoy restaurants serving Maine's famous lobster dishes, local specialties, and the latest nouveau cuisine. Since everything is in walking distance of the waterfront, and taxis are plentiful in Portland, you can easily get around.
The cost is $30, which includes a box lunch. Dinner is not included. The bus leaves Colby at 12:00 p.m. and leaves Portland at 7:45 p.m. Arriving inPortland before 1:30 p.m., we will first tour the perimeter of the city for great views of the bay. The bus will then drop passengers in the Old Port District at the corner of Exchange and Middle, the meeting place for the bus to return to Colby. The afternoon will be spent touring the town with discretionary shopping followed by early dinner at your own expense. Everyone will be given a map of Portland and a restaurant guide. Everyone will have the cell phone number of the Trip Leader, and the Trip Leader will have your cell phone number. Everyone should plan on meeting the bus at 7:45 p.m. The bus leaves on time; be late at your peril Please prepay for the bus trip with your registration deposit. Things to do in Portland: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g40827-Activities-Portland_ Maine.htmlOptional Saturday Nights to Attend the Atlantic Music Festival's Concert: Extra nights: Saturday, July 16th ($85, lodging, dinner, breakfast, and lunch) or July 23rd ($80, lodging, dinner and breakfast). Concerts are free. Please prepay for additional nights with your registration deposit.
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Oil Spill Resident Sunday June 13, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:17 PM
MATTHEW HINTON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Wearing a frayed hat that says "Grand Isle Forever" 30-year Grand Isle resident Perry Clement stands next to an upside down United States flag that he says is sign of distress because he has tar balls on his boat dock behind his home Sunday June 13, 2010. Clement said that though certified to deploy boom he wasn't allowed to by officials. Now that oil has arrived, booms have been deployed and clean up efforts have begun, but Clement feels it's a little late. Clement has a smaller flag that says "This [upside down flag] is not against the souls who died and fought for our country. It is a sign of distress."

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The tween and teen years are often fraught with confusion as children experience their first love and heartbreak, a changing body and the awkwardness that comes with it, and an urge to spend less time with their parents and more time with their friends.
Re-opening the lines of communication can be tough for parents trying to find the right words to relate to their children. How can they break this verbal barrier?
The answer, poet Elise Paschen says, is in the new poetry book she edited, "Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence and Everything Else" (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky).
"I think poetry is a wonderful way to connect with your teenager and tween," Ms. Paschen said. "I think every child or adult, no matter what [his or her] age, will find a poem in this book that will speak to him or her," she said.
The book contains more than 100 poems from historic poets like William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, John Keats and Emily Dickinson as well as contemporaries such as Molly Peacock, Parneshia Jones, Joy Harjo and Elizabeth Alexander.
It also features poets from diverse backgrounds, including Gwendolyn Brooks, an African-American, Kimiko Hahn, an Asian-American, and Mexican-American Luis J. Rodriguez.
Topics range from friendship and first kisses to loneliness and parent relationships to bar mitzvahs and baseball. The book also comes with a CD featuring some of the poets reading their work.
To compile the collection, editors sent letters to more than 200 poets across America asking them to submit poems they had written about this period in their lives as well as those they enjoyed reading in middle school.
"We sought out poems we felt spoke to the tween experience," said Ms. Paschen, a poet whose most recent work is "Bestiary" from Red Hen Press.
"We felt this was a powerful subject because that time in one's life — which we all can recall — was such an awkward period when your body is changing, your experiencing new emotions, you hate your parents, you love your parents."
Ms. Paschen, mother of 11-year-old Alexandra and 8-year-old Stephen, said she is starting to see this transformation in her daughter. "It's like being on a roller-coaster ride," she said. "You don't know what to expect. Sometimes it's tough to talk about certain subjects."
For them, poetry has served as a bridge, helping bring up topics they normally don't broach. Initially it took a while to get her children to listen to the poems. One day while driving she put on the CD and asked them to choose their favorite poem.
"Slowly each one became intrigued and invested," she said. "A few nights later, my daughter was having trouble going to bed and asked me to read her the poems."
Other ideas she has for opening the lines of communication include reading a poem together each day and spending 10 minutes discussing it.
Parents also can read a poem to their child and ask them to draw a picture of the images they see as they listen. Or, read a poem and then have them write their own poem relating to the experience.
There are several blank pages in the back of "Poetry Speaks Who I Am" that Ms. Paschen hopes will inspire young poets to begin their own writing journey.
The collection is part of a series of poetry anthologies started in 2001. The first, "Poetry Speaks," was aimed at adults followed by "Poetry Speaks to Children" in 2005. The new collection seemed to be the next natural step in the series, said Ms. Paschen.
"We wanted to create an anthology teens could relate to," she concluded. "We want them to read and find poems that can help them understand the changes going on in their own lives."


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M'diq Vacation Packages
M'diq is situated about 140 miles (225 kilometers) northeast of Rabat, the country's capital.
When it comes to getting the best from your time here, keep in mind that M'diq is merely the tip of the iceberg; Tangier-Tetouan is dotted with wonderful things to do and see. Go to Tetouan, and discover the Tetuan Palace and Plaza Primo. Tetouan is roughly 8 miles (13 kilometers) from M'diq is a good place to spend a little time. Also, you could try the Kissaria Market and Fnideq Mosque in Fnideq. It is 11 miles (18 kilometers) from M'diq.
Organize some transportation and head to Tangier, a shopping and transport center for the region, situated about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from M'diq. The place has a range of tourist attractions, for example Place du 9 Avril 1947, Petit Socco and Place de la Kasbah. Port of Tangier, American Legation and Stade de Marchan are good places to visit.
For a glimpse of local culture, head to Tangier-Tetouan 's craft workshops and art galleries. To really get an understanding of a region, it often pays to step back into earlier times. Tangier-Tetouan 's fascinating traditional villages are a marvellous place to start.
Make sure you throw in a pair of walking shoes so you can join one of the fascinating city walking tours.
Wherever you are coming from and however long you stay, special memories of M'diq will linger for a long, long time.


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John Waters' muse, trippy local indie rock, a jamband icon and an evening of mad scientists and monsters are among your musical choices for Friday, Feb. 7.
Trey Anastasio Band, House of Blues, 8 p.m.
The guitarist takes a break from work on a new album with Phish, the improvisational jam-rock band he cofounded, to travel with his solo project. His two-night stand at the House of Blues marks the first time the Trey Anastasio Band has played New Orleans since 2005, though he'll be back soon; Phish headlines the 2014 New Orleans Jazz Fest on April 26.
Krewe of Chewbacchus Comic Con after-party, with the Consortium of Genius, Howlin' Wolf, 9 p.m.
New Orleans' favorite (and only) theatrical mad-scientist rock band, the Consortium of Genius, plays an after-party for this weekend's Wizard World Comic-Con, hosted by New Orleans' favorite (and only) science fiction-themed parading organization.
Mink Stole, All Ways Lounge, 8 p.m.
The actress who director John Waters gave his meanest, screamiest roles to over the course of their 50-years-and-counting creative partnserhip presents a cabaret evening, the first of two nights at the All Ways, featuring songs from her new album "Do Re Mink," and stories from her decades working with Baltimore's legendary "Pope of Trash." The evening continues with a free party celebrating the All Ways' fifth anniversary, featuring (as advertised) Ratty Scurvics, Ooops the Clown, burlesque performer Bella Blue, Freaksheaux to Geaux, oysters, champagne, naked karaoke and spankings.
Rotary Downs, dba, 10 p.m.
The longstanding New Orleans indie-rock act gears up for the March release of its latest album, "Traces." The new project continues to tighten up the group's one-rambling sound, with a heavy dose of dark, glossy, keyboard-driven pop, but remains as psychedelic as ever.


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For those of you who are fresh from the Calvary Chapel meat grinder, I thought I'd give you a peak under the hood of how the Calvary Chapel System and Moses Model Culture of Little to No Accountability works.
I know that you "think" Chuck Smith and Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa have your back…that they care about you and that they have your best interest at heart. Surely they follow Scripture, I mean they "Teach the Bible Simply" and all. Surely if there's a problem with one of the "pastors" who flies their Dove Logo…a "pastor" who is "affiliated" with Chuck Smith and CCCM and 1,200 other Calvary Chapel pastors…surely there's recourse if your particular Calvary Chapel pastor doesn't play by the rules and hurts you.
Hate to break it to you (and some of you are finding out the hard way)…there is no Santa Claus. I know, take a deep breath, it'll pass. "Papa Chuck" could give a flying you-know-what. He's busy with Prophecy Conferences, the Farewell Praise Chuck Tour and gobbling up lucrative multi-million dollar Radio Stations (that his heirs solely control) to care too much about your pee-on (intentional misspelling) trifles. Brian Brodersen, the error apparent? Good luck. How about CCOFu and Roger Wing/David Rosales? (Calvary Chapel Office of F…you get the idea). They won't help you.
The "System" is set up the way it is…intentionally. It's there to protect Chuck's ass-ets. It is there to give an "appearance" of Accountability and an appearance of Spiritual Obedience…but it's a bait and switch. The Truth is, with Responsibility comes liability…and Papa Chuck don't play that game. It's unProphetable (but not Prophecy Conferences…those, now those are Prophetable! Books and Videos, very Prophetable! Radio Stations? Are you kidding me? SUPER PROPHETABLE!)
My situation in a very concise nut-shell: I and my brothers suffered intense physical abuse at the hands of Calvary Chapel Pastor
Bob Grenier…real bad. Hit, kicked, shoved, grabbed violently, full-force open handed hits to the face, struck with objects, bruises, blood, brother locked in a small closet, etc etc etc too many instances to count…over a period of many many years. It sucked, still does. My brother Paul, Bob's blood son (I'm a step-son) alleges both physical abuse and sexual abuse (Paul is homosexual). My mom was abused (my bro Geoff, also a step-son saw Bob smacking my mom around, Paul saw Bob on top of her, choking her, I witnessed too many instances to count of Bob intimidating her by breaking objects, screaming at her, taking her to the back bedroom, locking the door, yelling at her, noises, her in tears etc etc etc…and we all know that "Wives are to submit to their husbands" and not go against God Himself…or so Bob's manipulation and twisting of Scripture goes).
Stuff happened. I got older. More stuff happened, Bob was still being a prick to our family…I decided to stand up to him and confronted the abuses privately…in our family unit. Bob freaked. I thought the rules of the Bible taught "simply" applied. I tried Matthew 18. No go. I went to Bob's two main Elders. No go, "don't harm the church. leave it to the Lord, NOTHING can be done, it's in the past, go your way and pray about it, etc etc etc". Bought that line of bull, prayed for four years. My wife found a blog where others were speaking out about how Bob was spiritually abusing them and being his normal douche self. I read the stories, felt their pain…and felt God said to do something. I did.
I participated in the blog, shared some stuff…shared some more stuff. People came out of the woodwork sharing their stories…all still very much negatively affected by Calvary Chapel Pastor in good standing, Bob Grenier. No closure, no resolution, no Matthew 18 for any of them. No attempt at reconciliation by Bob or Calvary Chapel…just "get the heck out of here you evildoer and don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split ya!" Some "Be the Servant of All"…some "Seek Justice, do Mercy and walk humbly with your God"…some "Leave the 99 to save the 1″…some "we teach the Bible simply". Total bull.
After the blog blew up (exploded with participation) I contacted Bob's Board to confront the abuses (and now a bunch more I was freshly aware of…including financial, spiritual, bullying, etc etc etc from former staff, former assistant pastors, bookkeepers, long-time lay people, etc etc). I found out Bob had a "Local Board" and an "Out-of-town Celebrity CC Pastor Board".
The Celeb Board are Board Members none-the-less, but they sure got all wish-washy about how much they really did when push came to shove…talking to Gary Ruff, pastor of Calvary Chapel Foothills / Calvary Chapel Sun Valley was like talking to Bill Clinton and parsing the word "is".
I communicated with Bob's "Board" and Elders (and assistant pastors for that matter). I reported the abuses. i requested a hearing…our day in Spiritual Court per Matthew 18 and 1 Timothy 5:19-21. Certainly they'd want to know and act if the Bishop was not meeting the Qualifications taught "simply" in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1…especially when the Bishop is an Overseer and children are part of that oversight…right? Wrong.
Stone frickin' Wall. That's the Calvary Chapel "way".
I communicated the abuses to Roger Wing and CCOF as well. Nada.
I communicated the abuses to Chuck Smith and Brian Brodersen of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. Nada.
I communicated the abuses to Raul Ries Calvary Chapel Golden Springs, a Board Member of Bob Grenier's. Nada.
I communicated the abuses to David Rosales Calvary Chapel Chino Valley. Nada.
This was around a year-and-a-half ago.
I've been all over the internet blaring the horn. The story has been in the Fresno Bee, Visalia Times-Delta, The OC Weekly, the Daily Kos, on Phoenix Preacher dot net, all over Facebook…and many other places. You'd think someone would take notice within Calvary Chapel and follow Scripture and take some action. Nope.
Well, I recently (finally) heard back from David Rosales…he's such a man of God and so full of integrity…I read his blog, so I know that to be a fact…he says so himself, many times over. So, Rosales, this stalwart of the Christian Faith, FINALLY responds to a correspondence of mine….and his response? You decide:
Me (addressed to his highness the holy right reverend anointed fellow Chuck Smith Prophet David Rosales of the purely independent yet affiliated and using the same image and likeness and name Calvary Chapel Chino Valley who is also on Bob's Board as an Elder):
You need to take a stand and do something David, you are on Bob's Board and on CCOF, are you not?
Do you really believe that we're all lying? Paul, Geoff and Me? Do you think my Aunt and Uncle are lying, a mountain of Bob's former staff, associate pastors and long-time lay-people?
Gary Ruff saw Bob tuning Geoff up in the hotel hallway in the Philippines in 1985. Gary talked with Geoff at length about it and Geoff told Gary then about some of the abuse going on in the home. Are you calling Geoff a liar?
It makes me want to vomit to read your blog about "integrity" and holiness. You will not take a stand for what's right and you have the power to do so.
Here's Pastor David Rosales's response (followed quickly by my being blocked…the Cyber Stone Wall, nice!):
April 13 David Rosales:
I am amazed that you are doing this, so my answer will be brief. [About the only time you're brief…I've listened to you and read your stuff.]
No, I am not on Bob's board. [When did that happen? That's news to me and many others. You were the last time I talked to Gary Ruff and the last time another Calvary Chapel Pastor called to find out who was officially on the Board at Calvary Chapel Visalia].
As for what I believe, that is not any thing you need to be concerned with Alex. [Actually, it does concern me, since you are a fellow Calvary Chapel Bishop and Elder and charged with a Scriptural Responsibility here: 1 Timothy 5:19-21 …but, I know, that's just Scripture…and it's to be taught "simply"…but there's some LONG complicated parsing and explanation of why that isn't your responsibility.]
What you are doing is so wrong that I won't take the time to answer you any further, except to encourage you to seek help as soon as you can. I fear for your mental state, and pray you do not do any more damage to anyone else. [So, basically I'm mental and I'm the bad guy…even though your fellow Bishop Bob is the one who claims to "see demons in people" and beats his wife and kids and "his" sheep at church…and lies about it…is delusional…thinks he's a Prophet, etc etc…but I'm the crazy one, thanks. And, about the "wrong" part…"Tell it unto the Church…the Greek there is Ekklessia, look it up. It includes the local church and the Church Universal…no distinction. Read a book besides one of Chuck's, it'll help you.]
You don't know me, and I really don't know you but I can say that if this is typical of what you do, may the Lord help you to heal, you really are in need and obviously are deeply hurting. [I don't know you? You express your beliefs all the time in the OC Register, on your blog and from your Pulpit…en masse. I don't "know" anything about you? Gee, you must be lying then about the mountains and mountains of stuff you have been professing and publishing for many many years. I must have the wrong David Rosales, my bad. And, you know what would REALLY help me to heal? Hows about you and your CC Buddies follow Scripture and deal with this situation…that would be great, thanks.]
Now remember, David Rosales is also part of CCOF…that "appearance of Accountability" Office that bears the Calvary Chapel name…but is really there to provide cover for the offending pastors…not to help you.
There's your brief glimpse under the hood and behind the Calvary Chapel curtain (or should I say Stone Wall).
I am so blessed! Thank you Calvary Chapel and David Rosales!


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Steve Huffman, spokesman with the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department, said that the oil spill that occurred just after 3:30 p.m. today was smaller than first believed. About 5 gallons of oil was spilled on the roadway and covered with sand by emergency responders, Huffman said around 4:30 p.m. A hazardous materials team responded to the scene.
Huffman had said at the time of the report that the road will "probably be blocked" as crews attend to what is being described as a "large oil spill." The nature and origin of the spill remains unknown at this time.
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Happy NFL Kickoff Day! I get excited about NFL Kickoff every year — even though my own team doesn't play until Sunday. This year, my 2nd favorite team kicks off the season in just a bit — love me some Eli Manning!
If it weren't a school night, I'd have thrown a kickoff party with my football loving friends. I'm still determined to get together with my fantasy football group for a game sometime this season. We just love a good theme party!
Here are 14 recipes, decorations, and DIYs for your next football game:
Football Wreath 1 of 14I really want to make one of these — only mine will be in Colts blue and white, of course. It would be fun to hang on the front door for the entire football season!
Photo and tutorial via Tip Garden
Cheeseball 2 of 14A cheeseball is pretty much a staple for football season. Plus, it's fun to mold it in an actual football shape!
Photo and tutorial via Kraft Foods
Jersey Decor 3 of 14I wear a jersey every Sunday. And Friday (Blue Friday in Indy!). And, sometimes Thursday. Which is to say we own a lot, so I could probably spare a few for the chairs on Sunday.
Photo and tablescape via Celebrations at Home
Snackadium 4 of 14This stadium snack is the most elaborate football food I've ever seen, but it doesn't actually look that difficult. Chips, dips, beef jerky, hot dogs, and rice krispie treats — basically everything you need for a football party. Snackadium.com has even more ideas for your next party.
Photo and tutorial via Snackadium
Football Pizza 5 of 14Pizza is another favorite NFL party food. Make your own pizza football with these tips from Babble.com.
Photo and tutorial via Family Kitchen
Watermelon Helmet 6 of 14A watermelon basket is a simple, fun way to serve healthy snacks at any event. I am loving this football helmet — so creative!
Photo and tutorial via Watermelon.org
Quarterback Snacks 7 of 14Here are a few more ways to serve healthy snacks to fit the theme. A whole wheat football sandwich and an apple helmet, with an added Twizzler treat.
Photo and tutorial via Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons
NFL Coloring Pages 8 of 14My girls aren't so much into watching football, but they truly get that Mom and Dad are occupied for 3 hours every Sunday. These coloring pages would be a great way to entertain them while we cheer on our team!
Printables via Color Me Good
Football Juice Box 9 of 14This is such a simple, cute idea for jazzing up a healthy(ish) treat for the kids! Just wrap in brown paper and add a white paper stitch.
Photo and tutorial via And Everything Sweet
Football Placemats 10 of 14Deck out the food table with a DIY runner and placemats. All you'll need is paper and masking tape to create a field and footballs.
Photo and tutorial via Social Couture
Jersey Koozies 11 of 14Dress up beer, soda or water with these DIY jerseys. Foam, felt, and an afternoon at the sewing machine makes this cute favor!
Photo and tutorial via So You Think You're Crafty
Upcycled Utensil Holders 12 of 14Not only do these upcycled cans make a great football, but it gives me a fabulous idea for just about any party theme! I always seem to be hunting for something to hold the party supplies anyway.
Photo and tutorial via Rust & Sunshine
Hershey Cake 13 of 14If you follow me on Twitter, you know all about my undying love for Reese's. I also adore Rolos, Hugs and Kisses. The hubby is a huge fan of Twizzlers. For our Superbowl party a few years ago, I put it all together on this cake — the hubby even setup an offense and defense for me. Yeah, that happened.
Team Spirit 14 of 14Show your spirit with food and decor in your team's colors. It keeps your decor simple & inexpensive. Plus, check out these ideas for color-coding even your food for a home rivalry.
Photo and tutorial via Paisley Petal Events
Who are you rooting for this weekend?
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Most say yes: Build the middle school
By ELIZABETH CIEPIELA
Staff writer
Of the hundred-odd Federal Way voters who attended Mondays public forum on whether to build the 1999 voter-approved, $17 million bond-funded middle school, the majority had a resounding message: Yes.
And although their tones varied from outraged and shrill to pleading and soft most of the approximately 28 speakers argued that the School Board had an obligation to honor voters original wish to see the middle school built by September 2005.
Of the handful of speakers who said no to the middle school, most argued theres been insufficient research and urged the board to conduct more fact-finding. Some encouraged the board to postpone the selling of the bonds and possibly reconsider the final destination of the $17 million.
But the decision date of Feb. 10 is quickly approaching, right on the heels of a Feb. 3 ballot featuring two levies to fund education operations and technology.
While board member Charles Hoff said he supports building the middle school for the slated fall 2005 opening, he added the money would be best spent in creating a specialty school out of the middle school blueprints.
The creation of a K-8 program, a math and science specialty school, a music and arts school or another Public Academy are possibilities he suggested.
We have to get better at this (educating students) because the state and the feds said so, Hoff said.
He argued that the districts six middle schools are ineffective in preparing students to meet government standards, including the WASL.
Pam Glaser, whose 13-year-old attends Public Academy, argued that the projected housing and apartment units slated to be built in the city within the next few years point to the need for a new school.
But, she added, it doesnt have to be a traditional school, espousing Hoffs specialty schools argument.
While a few parents agreed with Hoff, others criticized him.
You dont know what youre talking about, Lakeland Elementary mother Jeanette Haffner told Hoff. K-8 is crazy. Teachers already have enough to deal with.
Tom OBrien beseeched the board not to build the school. He said the population projections in the districts research were incorrect.
If you dont need something, dont do it. Give the taxpayers their money back, he said.
Board member Earl VanDorien Jr. noted voters in 1999 said build it, so we need to build it.
He added that although Public Academy is an excellent college prep specialty school which his own son attends hell stand with the voters wish.
We need to keep our commitment to Federal Way voters, VanDorien said.
But to voter Dick Benata, the din and confusion of the clashing board voices was irrelevant. For him, only one persons opinion mattered: That of Federal Way Public Schools superintendent Tom Murphy.
The recommendation from me to the board has been to build this new middle school, Murphy said in response to Benatas question.
Murphy added that to date, the district had spent at least $1 million in the design of the middle school, intended to support smaller classes which in turn would foster higher academic performance in state and federal tests.
Benata said he heard the answer he wanted to hear. And to him, it was game over.
The issue is moot, Benata said, walking out of the auditorium at Saghalie Middle School after listening to Murphys statement.
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Ugh, such a boring 'comparison'. Homophobes seem incapable of thinking up new lines.
Yep, they just parrot cr*p as facts and don't think to engage their brain at all. Gullible and stupid.
I agree, highly irresponsible !!!
….what brain. These people dont have brains, just the cerebral cortex that keeps the body alive and functioning, much the same as an alligator, altho that is probably insulting to an alligator by comparing them. Imagine if this lot win the next election, which is a possibility given the rampant racism afoot in America at the moment
These dunces seem to get their script from an anti-gay "book" called "The Homosexual Agenda" that claims it is " Exposing the Principal Threat To Religious Freedom Today" by Sears and Osten.
By the same, Vicky is a fathersucker pig bastard.
please email her your comments:
What a stupid peson of the first order –
teh real problem is that tens of milions follow this kind of religious fundy. And its a great business. People like minsiter pat robinson, another extremist, fly around in pvt jets, own multiple expensive antique cars and multiple homes.\
they are also almost all republicans – the people who deregulated wall street and the banks,and brought the world to the edge of the second great repub depression.
If the world had any guts the good nations would break diplomatic relations with the USA, refuse to honor our passports, and rename my country the Hate States of America.
Which was btw one of the last countries in the west to outlaw slavery, while in the 1st half of the 1800s, GB was using its warships to stop the human traffic of africans kidnapped and brought to the USA etc to be sold into slavery.
The USA would be a far better country if we had failed in our revolution and were just anther part o f GB
these haters would have been crushed long ago by the redcoats
What one sows, so shall they reap! Their day will come!
Yes of course… I agree.. but where you when obama did the same exact thing?
Obama and the liberals have a special privilege in being exempt from the rules. That's because liberals don't care about gays, never had never will. What they care is about stealing from and bankrupting entire nations.
….talk about desperation. Obama did not do the same thing……your twisted mind did and how anyone with a brain could construe that from what you link to is just ….well plain crazy….but wait you are you are a member of the Tea party. Also i find it a bit rich that you say the liberals bankruptied the world. The Republicans under the stewardship of looney George "W" did. When ultra liberal Clinton handed over to the Bush admin , the USA was billions in the black and within six months was in debt to the tune of three trillion dollars! But then it suits your agenda to ignore that.
Boring! Why doesn't she just say I'm a Chrisitan fanatic/looney who doesn't like SS marriage…..point taken and disregarded to the rightful place of the rubbish bin!
Ever left a buncho of garbage in a trash can in the heat outside for a few days.
And seen all the maggots collect in the bottom – I think their eggs are somehow carried by flies.
We should rename maggots to republican maggots.
Yeah, the industrious flies run a sort of taxi cab service and are always flying around looking to pick up a fare, the wealthy fat maggots simply hail the fly taxi's down and they say, "take me to the nearest smelliest trash can, I'm starving"…(lol)
@Billy wingarden…..
…….I think their eggs are somehow carried by flies…….what are you, five? The maggots are a stage in the developement of flies. Flies lay eggs on the rotting meat, the eggs develope into maggots then pupate and finallyhatch to become more flies and so on. So i suppose you were inadvertantly right when you opined that the flies "somehow carry the eggs" Maggots are what a caterpillar is to a moth or a butterfly ….just a stage in the life of a bluebottle or blo fly.
Because the hypocritical gay media has nothing else to write about… 95% of all the junk that is reported on these sites are things that have no particular relevance to the average reader, that is why most of these sites have dwindling visits. A lot of gay people are turned off by the same lame news.
No they are turned off by the sort of shyte you and your ilk post.Period.
Amen to that. Pepa, if you don't like what is on here, find other sites to visit. Yes, it is that easy.
Maybe she's a closet child molester?
Better ask pepa, he'd know.
Well, I'm not the one that wants to tell kids about sex. Nope. It is YOU.
And btw… Why didn't you blow up on Ian Bower like when you did to me about bringing up pedohilia? Besides according to the jockstrap anybody that brings up pedophilia is also a pedophile themselves (its like if you bring up terrorism you are therefore a terrorist. LOL). Under The Jockstrap Logic (TM) Ian Bower is unquestionably a pedophile and a child rapist.
No Pepa …. but if your own words are correct, you are the person who fails to report child abuse to the appropriate authorities – shame on you
maybe she was molested by the catholic church as a youth. Very often, molested kids grow up to be molesters or some other kind of monster themselves.
they are actually acting out their own suffering by tossing it on others.\
Oh btw- If you google "southern baptists and child molestation" pages and pages of results. the southern baptists and the evan christians are peas in a pod btw,
We've also had Jewish rabbi molestation. Its almost like to be a man of god, you have to molest kiddies
could it be the result of Goebbels dictum – if you tell a lie often enough (eg re religion) and outrageous enough, it will be seen aas the truth. the core of Christianity.
hmm, so secret that it has been on the web for severakl days before this article was posted:
Not that old chestnut again? I guess the term 'consenting adults' means nothing to her.
Why do we allow right wing evangelical wingnuts to let their mouth off the clutch without engaging brain first?
Because there are and were gay sex activists that want to lower the age of consent and want to have gay sex with children. They are the ones that give fuel to the fire to the right wing and give gays a bad rep.
What is a "Gay Sex Activist"?
Probably those who are sex-positive though I do not advocate sex with children. There is a puritanical streak in some parts of the community.
He can answer that JohnK … its a hilarious answer … apparently all of us on here are gay sex activists and paedophiles …
Clear sane considered views – obviously, not …
Hi Stu, thanks
I am looking forward to an amusing response from our new muppet puppet Pepa
Same old dis-proven tripe, even when they're told again and again and again the reality. Seriously, is being an idiot a mandatory requirement for Republican party candidates?
Now doubt we'll have pepa in here backing this cretin up, he's in love with the idea that all gay men are paedophiles…. and what a "mentally normal" thing to think too.
Report pepa whenever he makes his drive-by trollish comments but don't interact with him, that's what I am going to from now on.
I believe you are right, Pavlos, I might take a leaf out of your book on this pepa. Its just a shame he feels compelled to pollute every thread with 40 comments all consisting of paranoid delusions and deeply offensive and un-proven remarks about us all being paedophiles.
I agree, I will ignore too.
He'll probably enjoy agreeing with himself coz no-one else will.
I've been ignoring him and it's a lot less frustrating than trying to engage him in dialogue or get him to amend his mistaken idea about us. Let him make his pronouncements and be ignored. I don't expect he minds much anyway as he's not interested in anything outside of himself.
mmm… I haven't the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.
Your right of course Iris… As usual!! ;)
I agree too, but lets include "Rich" in this plan as well, unless of course, they're actually the same person, and even then we should treat him the same.
Indeed thought that 'Rich' (touch wood) seems to have gone!)
quite possibly pepa is just another name for the utter haters of the westboro baptist church. The people who in hte USA celebrate the deaths of our soldiers and the murder of gays.
the whole damned family is (fact) filled with endless molestation.
"mary waterton" was apparently another of the WBCs people. I outed her since I recongized some of their particular brand of hate.
havent heard from that excrement again.
Freedom of religion is the tragedy of the world.
Yet I been accused of being paranoid… LOL What a joke. You're kidding right?
Have you people ever read your garbage before you post?
Of course, that is the plan.
First you people hurl insults at me… then you want to disengage…
Does that mean you want us to give you a medal?
No medal from you thanks – its polluted and dirty
Bit like a certain poster on these threads, don't do evidence, don't do facts, don't do reality, don't actually know anybody from the LGBTQI community,
Just mere assumptions just to please their disturbed petty little minds.
I believe that I did post many references to what I been posting… maybe we should recap?
Gay Sex Activists protecting pedophiles:
Teaching children about gay sex:
Passing condoms out to small children:
The "Born this way" Theory debunked:
"There is no consensus among scientists about the exact reasons that an individual develops a heterosexual, bisexual, gay, or lesbian orientation."(American Psychological Association)
And need I post for the FOURTH time when Obama and Joe Biden Agreed with Sarah Palin: NO GAY MARRIAGE.
Yet of course you will not read nor watch my references, but just for the record I do provide evidence.
And need I post for the FOURTH time when Obama and Joe Biden Agreed with Sarah Palin: NO GAY MARRIAGE:
And BTW here are the many articles detailing the sick perverted behavior of so-called "child protection officers:"
But of course you people would rather attack me, I think you would ignore me… I doubt it.
I mean I haven't even commented here yet and already the gay supremacists are all up in arms about me.
Your priorty has always been to destroy me, not engage, or counter what I say, but to attack… of course you are going to try to ignore me…. you have no other choice… you cannot keep up.
Not only paranoia, but delusions of grandeur too? If I didn't know better, I'd guess you were a genuine psychopath Pepa.
I you dlislike LGBT people so much
Why do you spend all of your time on an LGBT website, posting comments seemingly, night and day!!!
I was just asking myself that, John K if Pepa dislikes us so much there are other sites out there. Simply let him continue to talk to himself and report the more gratuitous crap.
@Jeremy, Exactly
Although, It appears that Pepa is on one long, mastubatory rant.
Of course Pepa – all of these postings mean every child protection officer carries out the offences you accuse them of, and that all of the cases you refer to have been independently verified – oh sorry thats not true is it …
You dont work with the truth very well …
Its a bit like saying all Christians are devout – not true ….
My brain shut down as soon as I saw 'nambla' in one of the links posted by Pepa. How can you take someone seriously when they get their 'facts' from a website like that?!?
I entirely agree …
You can not take Pepa seriously in the slightest
How very……original. Ignorant woman.
Why do we have so many stories about nutty obscure Americans on PN these days? Don't we have enough nutters of our own to contend with?
I've noticed that.
It's quite annoying.
Seriously PN – this story really is not a story of interest to many people in the UK.
Perhaps some editing may be in order in terms of what stories you publish.
I'm interested in the fight for marriage equality in US and have been following the Prop 8 Trial throughout, what happens there ends up over here often enough to make it our business.
These are the same guys that have been largely responsible for the threatened holocaust conditions for gays in Uganda, if you personally aren't interested in gay fights for rights in other countries then fair enough, just go to another story.
Indeed Pavlos, these stories remind us surely that even in Western countries, progress still needs to be made.
I'm also interested how our community is being treated worldwide so these stories are welcome.
That's interesting, just the other day you were whining that there are too many Americans on here and that Americans shouldn't comment.
It is interesting to compare other nations and what happens and is useful to have a balance of nations experiences on here so that LGBT communities can learn from each other
Sure, those stories are fair enough, but ones like this are of limited interest our side of the pond and can be picked up on US websites. I'd like to see more investigative journalism on our own opponents, such as who funds them and how they get away with charitable status when they are political.
The thing is, here in America we are a republic. Or at least try to be. I don't know why the british would be interested since our mode of law is very very very different. The United Kingdom is still under feudalism.
Er wrong again Pepa
Marriage equality in the US is interestnig to an international audience.
As is the proposed genocide in Uganda.
The opinion of some unknown politician in Missouri really is of no major significance to anyone except those in Missouri
The trouble is that Pink News seems to be sourcing FAR too many of their stories from US news sites.
If Pink News needs to lift stories from other news sources that's fine.
However they should make more of an effort to make the stories appealing to their readership.
We will never hear from this woman again. She is not on anyone's radar here.
There is a direct route for rhetoric from these chrisatian fundamentalists to our own. It is wise to keep an eye on them as you can be sure whatever strategy they come up with will appear this side of the pond. Forewarned is forearmed. Just watch for the similarities when the equal marriage consultations start.
I get the feeling people like Vicky Hartzler are projecting their own actions and fantasies and instead of birching themselves in punishment blaming all others.
The other thing is that there is this anglo-merger of both the US and the UK, I been noticing. I mean many Americans were fixated with the sick ritual of the degenerate royal family's wedding. Many US politicians calling for UK style laws and soviet socialist medicine. And there are many other factors that play into this apparent takeover, mainly that of the merger of corporations and banks across the pond. This is repulsive to me. I don't want to live in a socialist/oppressive Naz1 style model of the UK. I believe in national sovereignty and real freedom.
This is not a thread to debate the merits or demerits of the US/UK socio economic or political systems
This is about the rampant homophobia of a tea party republican (like yourself) who is degenerate, ignorant and irresponsible …
Your views on other issues are irrelevant to this thread
Clearly because the nuttiest of 'em at the moment are in the US.
don't mind all the Islamic nations that EXECUTE gays
What an ignorant stupid comment.
(Oops its not PC to call out Islamofascists' homophobia only christians and americans).
Absolutely the most crazed are in the US
America is a very young nation. The woman is part of a movement that thinks slavery was a footnote and that the native american's are an allegory.
The story matters because we are a nation under the realm of a queen that is the ghost head of a religion. Her silence is deafening.
The Europeans are a more sneaky and covert. We are part of older nations.
They are a very young nation – still juvenile in many ways – think they know better – they will learn …
They said the same about interracial marriages too. Stupid, ignorant and irrelevant scare-mongering. I don't feel angry with people like this – I just feel very sad at their ignorance.
if you go check out Prop.8 TrialTracker you'll see that see is repeating almost word for word the blurb from the anti-gay Alliance Defence Fund advertss, they have some of them posted up at the momen, it's all there.
(Scroll down a little and you'll see them, "How does same sex marriage affect you" and "Why defend marriage"}
P.S. you'll see pepa's favourite terminology too "radical homosexual activist's" etc. so we know who he is allied to.
Thanks for that, Pavlos. I'm struggling to think of anything polite to say about that idiotic advert. What I notice is how they try to twist pro-equal marriage information to perpetuate the importance of their 'fight'. People have pointed out that letting couples of the same sex marry won't affect anyone else – so ADF have an ad that encourages people to take it for granted that gay marriages will affect everybody – and with silly 'evidence' too.
I sometimes wish someone would (jokingly, of course) start a similar campaign about the 'dangers' of straight marriage – after all, one man and one woman could just as easily lead to polygamy, incest, blah blah. But it'd be such a pointless, stupid thing to do that no-one would bother.
What ARE these total losers distracting themselves from in their OWN lives by constantly persecuting others?
The fact is that the majority of gays DO NOT want to be married to each other.
I think gay marriage is a good thing. It brings stability, maturity, responsibility, and good health. But the majority don't want it. That's where I come from… Just being realistic.
"What ARE these total losers distracting themselves from in their OWN lives by constantly persecuting others?"
Isn't that funny? I speak my mind and I get persecuted by those who preach on not persecuting people. Its all much of a dog's dinner.
Provide the evidence for your assertion
Why doesn't shejust say 'I'm a christian therefore I hate people and want to harm and hurt and divide people as that is what my religion teaches.'
That would require honesty and integrity which are clearly not christian fundamentalist values.
What? Do you want her to hate you now?
Again, some of you wonder I don't find gay sex activists genuine at all. They want the homophobes to really hate us.
Is this level of homophobia not enough for you? lol
What on earth are you going on about, it appears you are becoming more convoluted and obtuse by the hour.
I would personally describe his diatribes as demented
I would have to agree, diatribes from a very peculair tribe of demented fermentatons.
So to speak
There seem to be at least two types of christianity: those who go to church and practise hatred of those who are different; and those who do not go to church, do not claim to be christian, but who hold what would be called christian values. Christian values being to care, to help, to save. In other words, be human.
This woman is an ignorant, sad individual, who even more sadly has been given a voice. A voice to spread hatred, fear, and rank stupidity amongst those who are too dim to use the half braincell they were born with to think logically.
What is doubly sad is that she is too stupid to realise that spouting this crap shows her up, publicly, for the fool that she is.
Too many terrible things are done in the name of religion. "I can say and do whatever I like because I belong to a church". No wonder people are leaving the church in droves.
As for Jock Strap, and Pepa: Give some others some airspace. Please!
@jo marsh…
……As for Jock Strap, and Pepa: Give some others some airspace. Please! There is space for everyone some of these threads have been known to go to over 600 comments and as far as i know can be infinate. However if you feel constrained by the volume of any one posters comments that is your problem and your capacity to respond. However i would ignore pepa/rich if i were you……. he is an American trolll affiliated to the vile Tea Party and even viler (if thats possible) Republican party.
Pepa is a joke. S/he mouths all the talking points of the religious wrong. S/he also uses terms like "radical homosexual activists", etc that are not used by any GLBT people I know. When something is particularly glaring I report it. The Xtians can go somewhere else. IF I want to hear their crap there are more than enough churches around.
I now I shall compare her to an idiot repubulican religious nutcase.
Oh wait, she is one!
And there is a gay tea party group too!
Like gay tories
Yer Pepa's a member ….. cos right wing paranoia unless the Tea Parties involved
I thought you peeps were going to ignore me.
Look who is calling names now. On another thread you were claiming that you were the victim of all these LGBT people?
Its all just a game to you isnt it
….now he thinks talking ABOUT him is talking to him….lol…….. desperate or what?
Not news – Teabagging christofascist lunatic indulges in hateful behaviour with little logic or cogent thought. If these scum actually get a foothold in the US, then the UK and the EU should turn our backs.
What a disgusting woman…
What a disgusting excuse for a human being… another one.
As usual they're use the same crap for their arguement against marriage Equality which have absolutely no logic.
This is still about 2 adult being in love.
May I suggest that the rest of their arguments is where These vile people minds are at.
It's as if they don't trust themselves.
Same rhetoric, same sh!t, same religious excuses.
We get it these kinds of religious people will never allow humanity to progress.
Thank Lordy, they are starting to become a minority in most decent societies.
Why would she bring up incest, pedos and polygamy? I don't understand how you jump from gay marriage to those things? She must just have them on her mind. Maybe she is a closet pedo who was incestually abused as a child that wants to get live in a polygamous marriage. Slck bltch.
Clearly because this is where HER mind is at.
Then she has the gall to call this community perverts.
Nothing but a hypocrite.
Take away there right and see them squeal.
Truth is they do not stand for humanity, quite the reserve.
Sick bitch, yes, that probably sums iher up eddy two.
This beast reminds me of Iris Robinson, I wouldn't be surprised if she is shagging the local butcher and his son considering her probably loveless marriage, consisting as it must of one man and one dog …and you know there's a name for that type of relationship.
Because they all read from the same pre-prepared script, on the basis if you repeat a big lie often enough, people will believe it. Also it shifts attention from a not-so-threatening scenario (gay marriage) to one that people find more readily disgusting (paedophilia, bestiality etc.) , it's setting up a straw man that is easier to knock down, because they have no genuine rational argument.
There's a funny explanation of straw men on the Internet here:
Wingnuts always go on about 'protecting marriage' by banning gay marriage. But surely the best way to 'protect marriage' would be to ban heterosexual divorce and heterosexual adultery (why you'd even get Biblical endorsement of this).
But then again the right wing are very good at turning a bling eye to the 'immorality' of the majority and condemming what they perceive as the 'immorality' of a minority like the gay community.
Yes ms whatsherface of the tea party!
We should legalize gay marriage and legally recognize polyamorous/group relationships! however, even us queers know that someone has to be at a certain age of maturity to be able to fully consent to a relationship like one that could lead to marriage, so the 50 year old and 12 year old is off the table..DUH!
we have morals too ya know, only they revolve around consent and honesty not biggoty and fear
Thank you! Well said! I get so sick of this comparing us with pedophiles. GLBT and pedophilia are not even in the same league. Dumb bible bangers.
we expect that educared person first to understand…but on this case lady who like here..should keep to the closet for a good purpose…..
Vicky Hartzler "We're saying marriage is between a man and a woman."
And we are saying that is nothing more than a bumper sticker slogan, it is not a reason to exclude same sex couples from marriage.
We are saying marriage can be contracted by two persons of the opposite sex and by two persons of the same sex.
And as it's the case that in at least 10 countries, and also in certain jurisdictions of US and Mexico, same sex marriages are now legally performed, I'm pleased to tell you Vicky Hartzler that your bumper sticker slogan is already as obsolete as it is untrue.
"Ms Hartzler, a member of the Tea Party"
No need to sat any more than she is a tea bagger loony fruitcake. The Americans really need potential congressmen/women to undergo a mental competence test before they get elected.
Amen. Most if not all the Rethuglican contenders for office should be committed for life. Absolutely insane people. I suspect a large portion of those who vote for them should probably be as well.
Anyone who sufferes from dogma compliance syndrome must be removed from any place of power.
Dogma compliance syndrome, I like that.
Is dogma compliance syndrome a diagnosis nowadays? it should be if not.
Unfortunately in the 50s and 60s in the USA most state hospitals for the insane were closed and the inmates toosed ont he streets.
where true to catholic dogma, they multiplied and multiplied.
We should require these people to ake a real birth control pill. gonads And ovaries dissollve.
Yes, in UK it was termed "care in the community" in other words pathologically insane people were now released from secure institutions and onto the streets.
Check out her book:
She received 'God's call' to politics it seems. Coveniently, God seems to have all the same prejudices as her so that's a big thumbs up from the Big Man then *rolls eyes*
Sad. Not sad because she's religious, but sad because I'd guess there's very little hope of her seeing sense.
I'd just say there's very little hope and leave at that.
These people don't want or do positive.
Maybe we need a elite squad of queer hitmen/women to take out all these crazies before they get into power?
Iris, thanks for the link, I was about to say is this women a "Fundamentalist Christian" by chance!
It's amazing how smothly she seems to avoid dealing with all the incest and polygamy recorded in the Old Testament, isn't it?
"God seems to have all the same prejudices as her "
Yeah, funny that, Iris, isn't it? They all that that slogan in common:- "god thinks as hatefully as I do"
God's call? The arrogance and the ego of these people, that god speaks directly do them (ditto Palin, ditto O'Donnell). Funny thing is that when people in the UK hear voices, we send them to a doctor. When people in the US hear voices, they get elected to power.
I am truly disappointed in the American people that they are so ignorant and backward that they would elect such narrow minded, unenlightened, bigoted people like this woman into office. It certainly doesn't say much for the American education system. I think Thomas Jefferson must be rolling over in his grave!
We can't be complacent about these sort of things, because if we're not careful, we'll end up with the same nutters doing just that in the UK. Its bad enough we have a rabidly homophobic Daily Mail spawning and supporting homophobes of the Melanie Phillips ilk. Then we have the other nutters like Stephen Green and of course, the state cult's Rowan Williams and Murphy-O'Connor, and the religious clerics in the House of Lords, as if that isn't bad enough. We have to be vigilant that we don't allow this sort of thing to take root in our own country.
It always amazes me that scumbags like this piece of evil don't go after the very people she claims support polygamy, e.g. STRAIGHTS. None of these demagogues attack straight adulterers, philanderers and other hetero bed hoppers, all of whom are the real threat to marriage both religious and civil. Its been going on since the dawn of civilisation and now its the fault of same-sex marriage (SSM)? What an idiot.
BTW, when I looked at it, most of the people commenting on The Daily Mail Online on (anti) gay things seemed to be from the Bible States in the USA, which is a bit odd.
But I think we should make an effort not to let them wind us up, they are most defeated by implacable cool reason, and no one looks good when they get angry. That's also how trolls get their rocks off, looking for an angry exaggerated response.
I had noticed that whenever I've followed a usual Daily Mail anti Gay – er – I would call it news but when the Daily Mail reports it there is usually so much removed, lets call the mewtings.
Anyway with the Anti Gay Daily Mail Mewtings the comment are usually a large number of USA Bigots spouting vile uneducated remarks.
The daily mail has 1000X times the readership than PN.
So by calling them names is well… pathetic.
So why have you decided to post day and night on PN rather than the Daily Mail?
Go and join the Daily Mail chat board then …
Jen, they are that stupid that they elected 87 people, right wing nutters called Tea Partyers who are the very people controlling the conservative republican party and control of one of the two Houses. They could well gain control of the Senate in 2012, since Obama's ratings are now dropping rapidly. They gave the shop away for refusing to draw a line in the sand. The Tea Partyers want a theocracy and none of them believe there is a separation of church and state. They are mostly being funded by the infamous Koch brothers, multi billionaires devoted to right wing advancement and high on their list is the total disenfranchisement of gay people. They are the latter day neo-fascists seeking the final solution for LGBT people in America and there are enough dumb Americans who subscribe to it and give them the power they crave. No, it doesn't speak very well of the American education system
These people frighten me. There are ministers actively calling for the execution of GLBT people
These people want us dead and if they get significant power in this country I have no doubt they will be trying to impliment a "Final Solution. I want to go to Canada but my husband doesn't see what these people are working towards. They are hateful and they are dangerous to GLBT people.
Most Pedos can already marry – they are Hetrosexual – Stupid ignorant American Bitch!!!
But one that is in an obscure US legislature that is not worth giving much attention, let alone getting angry over her childish views.
i always like the one where they say "why not let them marry their pets" – my cat has so many good qualities and my ex so many bad ones ….
Like if we allow freedom of religion it's the slippery slope to child sacrifice or temple prostitution.
The bible condones slavery.
Burn all bibles I say.
Yes, the religious want to kill or enslave our children! Same logic.
The bible also permits us to bring our children to the top of mountains to chop their heads off, and wait for god to tell us he was just kidding….
Brilliant! I already stoned two for being disobedient!
Yeah book burning, brilliant suggestion. Isn't that what the people who claim the bible condones slavery do. Oh no thats crosses isn't it, or maybe its books as well.
They are reciting lines from their other dunces Bible, a book called "The Homosexual Agenda" " Exposing the Principal Threat To Religious Freedom Today"… allegedly.
I like real, hardcore fundamentalist Christians. She isn't one of them. She is a modern christians who picks and chooses, its a bore. They don't adhere to their teachings. They
divorce and live in idolatry and believe in this idea that as americans they have some special privilege on this earth.
Missouri is the "Show Me" state. It's looking like it's showing me just how STUPID some of their elected officials really are. My only hope is that her constituants distance themselves from her.
Would love to of been there and counter her.
If 3 people feel they can love each other equally let them. If family members love each other than let them. As for older and younger, they keep quoting ages… It's not the age gives legislate against it's them saying the person isn't mature enough to comprehend a relationship and act on feeling and romance etc.
Personally none of it's for me but, I'm sure 3 people can love each other, and I'm sure a younger person say 12 can comprehend and love and older person it's happened throughout history and still in remote or more liberal corners of the world today I'd imagine.
Perhaps we are all too scared to grow up.
But when you draw lines and absolutes she is right where do you stop? I should ask her what faith or national heritage she is reply sorry you can't be married. Example We can't allow Jewish people to marry we have to draw a line or next you'll be wanting black people marrying white people or foreigners, Not in USA buddy!
I hate auto spell it messes my writing up.
I just want to make clear I don't support pedophilia or anything like that, and when someone is being taken advantage of it's sick and wrong I just think, a) her examples are sick and wrong and no excuse to deny us equality b) we as a global society need to mature on this subject and realise we can't always use a blanket age on people some will be ready for relationships before others. We should care and guide those that need it, not punish and restrain , while those who ardent mentally and emotionally capable should be protected and educated.
At the end of the day all the things she is comparing us to happen without us and if 2 people willingly get married despite age with full understanding is it still peadophilia ? At moment yes but that's because what the law and society has it engrained into them.
In 50 years ? Who knows.
Again idont support abuse but feel we can't just blanket every issue the same as that's the law.
Marriage is a legal contract intended to last for life, so it requires an adult level of competence and understanding. Maybe the age should be increased to 18 in the UK to reflect this?
That's stupid because thats saying anyone under 18 doesent have the emotional or mental capacity for a lon loving relationship. I think law as is, states married at 16 with permission, gypsy community does this it's their way, 18 without consent as your recognised as legal adult.
18 adult thing I get as your out of education and in the big bad world.
Marriage is so old. I hate how religion try's to claim it. It was around when kings blessed unions, fathers send daughters to wealthy families to increase their standing etc.
The state legal contract binding two people together. The union of two mates together is a true beginning of the species moment. It's what we do. It's why I like swans. .^^ they mate for life.
I truly do think the USA is focked if this lot get power. I've said it before the brealup of the USA is only a matter of a few years away and when that happens we can all k!ss our ass's goodbye cause they will start lobbing nukes at each other. The whole melting pot experiment has failed aand they are already killing each other at an alarming rate and for the pettiest of excuses. The religious crowd are also playing on the ignorance that is rife amongst lower middle class Americans or blue collar as they say over there.
Would you adam and eve it?
I just had, for the third time this year, the bloody Christians and their @*$%ing Watch Tower!!!
When did you last see a Gay/Lesbian couple at ya door talking about being Gay/Lesbian and dishing out copies of Gay Times?
Oo-er I didn't type theiring I put four symbols then ing so I'll correct the politest way I can (and you can blame PinkNews software for this!)
"… bloody Christian and their 'Fracking' Watch Tower!!!"
I had no choice but to spell it a different way. This thing doesn't like symbols apparently.
Once was leaving hospital from seeing grandmother and two guys on bikes were all like cone to the church hear the words of God. I'm like really not my thing mate.
And another nut, was years ago now was walking by local local morrisons and this old woman comes out of nowhere at me going all like REPENT YOUR SINS !!!!!!
I so almost instinctively punched. Mad old bat scared crap out of me. Only 4 things scare me.
Being alone, zombies, death, religious people.
Invite them in and give them a long speech.
I once held up two JWs on the doorstep for over 30 minutes. Obviously they must have been green. Eventually my knees got tired and I shooed them on their way.
My friends always invite them in, make it clear they are a gay couple and usually the JW's get uncomfortable and want to leave as soon as possible.
We never get them around our way.
I do occasionally get the street preachers approaching me, and I'm too polite to tell them to shove off because I have shoes to buy, and the easiest way to get rid of them is to tell them you beloieve and to have a nice day. It's a bit creepy when they can tell from a distance that you're christian, but they'll still let you go and be cheerful and lovely to you.
I would happily shove opps sorry send them your way Galadriel1010!!
I hope I havn tome across and some sort of molester supporter …. I just want more maturity and thought in how we treat things and not panick and instant demonisation.
I swear sometimes republicans wish they had a time machine so they could go and opress people in past. Stop the freein of the slaves etc, get more ideas for better concentration camps. The ones they have are getting pretty full I'd imagine with all them people held without legal aid or a trial.
Ok that was a bit bitchy sorry but like others jaw said It seems like every day there's a childish republican hating on gay people and everyone for no reason.
Get me down :(
I want my bf he makes it better ^^
Actually you are coming across as a troll.
Which is a very troll thing to say…. I don't mean to blow your perception of the Internet but not everyone is a troll. So you can breath.
I was just concerned I was coming over wrong.
And before you call someone a troll please look at most of your own posts. Not exactly full of thought provoking or material to discuss.
She'll have a vile skeleton in her closet.Her type always do.
It's just a matter of time…
INDEED! and that skeleton develops into the great book of runes and riddles — Chock a Block with swinish shenanigans
I continue to be amazed at the ignorance of some supposedly well educated people in the 21st century.
@Art Pearson…
……education isn't a high priority in Missouri. Those that do go to school usually leave by age 15. Missouri is one of those states where you don't want to get a breakdown on a dark night. You just might never be seen again, specially if they think you might be a yankee. You just look in the mirror if you want to see a pic of your grandfather and uncle and several other close relatives. Inbreeding and incest is not something they fret about
This is a state where they believe that 17 billion people perished in "Noahs Flood" and where they think the Flintstones is history, I kid you not.
the bitch
More proof than religion makes you stupid
the woman is to be ignored now and after she loses her political job. Let us move on and not waste time with silly empty headed females.
Hartzler just gave credence to a remark Judge Judy made years ago: to paraphase: Looks fade but stupid is forever!!
Another hypocrite from the GOP! How soon before she is caught out ?
Nothing wrong with her that a damn good rogering wouldn't cure; her and the pope.
A reet good tuppin' lass, that'd sort thee aht…!
I really worry about the USA.
Calm down, dear!!
Using all caps is like shouting at us, it's not necessary here, turn your Caps Lock off Carrie.
…..sadly, while Carries heart is in the right place, I think her brain is a stranger to education and the English language, so the concept of Caps Lock may be somewhat of a mystery. This proves my point about education in Missouri and in the US in general.
Cool your jets now….
It's the same old bigoted clap trap they always drag out-faulty logic is still nothing but faulty logic and bigotry hidden in religious dogam is still bigotry. These people need to be reminded Civil marriage and Secular society are out of their control, no matter how much they wish to control everyone. Fundamentalism in any religion is pure EVIL. It has nothing to do with the religion and everything to do with controlling people against their will! Christofascist evil bigots should all go to hell….now, please….
Evangelical christians – the people here in America who gave us slavery, the kkk, and segregation.
Republicans – full of these people, who really are little different then hitler, except in the level of violence. these people (i use the terms loosely) came to the republican party when Pres Johnson in 1964 passed the civil rights act for black folks.
And he said "I;ve given the south to the republicans for a hundred years.
he was correct. the only think he missed was that they would also find another group to hate.
I'm all for a devils Island. America – the home of the free who use hatred to drive 3000 kids a year to suicide in the name of their god.
What sort of moral reasoning is this? The examples this womens used just aren't morally comparable, what is she talking about? How is allowing more adults to get married…ADULTS… in a consensual relationship going to lead to people being allowed to marry children? A three year old driving a car?!! How does that connect with a consensual partnership between adults? This womens logic is all over the place. My guide to critical thinking and fallacious arguements doesn't seem to mention appeal to b..ll…ks but I think perhaps its inclusion should be considered.
Hopefully Gay marriage leads to polygamists being 'allowed' to get married.
Gay polygamists;bring it on!
Erm… do what?
Whole lot of crazy goin on there burningworm!
No-ones after Gay marriage.
Just Equal marriage.
Seriously though.
Why equal marriage among pairs. Why not four or 13. What is so special about two? A biological recreation. Male-Female/Adam-Eve/Mother-Father/Husband-Wife/
Male-Male/Eve-Eve/Wife-Wife/… Why two.
We should be moving beyond a biological dictum.
Because thats the way it goes.
There are countries that allow polygamists and that might be fine for them but usually they are countries where men see women as just possessions and nothing else.
In most commited relationships it is two people.
The law states two people.
Not forgetting a lot of those countries, love doesn't coming into it because the marriages are arranged.
Even when there is love there is still the main love, usually the first.
Why does accepting the LGBTQI community as human beings Equally suddenly open up the floodgates to the obsessive?
This is about the way things go in nature. We usually fall in love with one other and vise versa.
The natural order of things should be that two people should be able to marry, regardless of sex.
It should be natural law.
This country doesn't usually see a relationship as a possession.
It means something to be together.
It should be celebrated.
What your on about is a completely different cattle of fish.
You believe in the illusion of inclusion. Its tax, its finance. Be honest.
The marriage of two, or the way it has always been is a religious notion. You as a male assume that men will take many wives. Women many take many wives and husbands. There is no head. There is prism. Its a means to challenge this accepted natural order.
Equal is not enough. There is no equality here. We like every other disinfranchised group must either bend our backs or lift them up. We are the worlds teachers, you can't live on the edge of a city for centuries and then bend your back and swallow all that is being presented. Lift up your back, or straighten it up.
Your clearly on a different path.
The rest of us just want Equality, the right to choose marriage if we wish it to the 1 person we love and wish to settle with.
We just want to be Equal, nothing more and no more anything less.
not wrestling with an established ideal that is far from being ideal.
She seems to miss the point that simply adding an extra group to whom can get married isn't abolishing all limits. Skewed view as usual with the homophobes/christians/both. What a moron
If I were in that room, I would definitely walk out for being too educated to listen to rubbish!!! So what if a man and two women want to marry? Isn't she aware that polygamous relationships were plenty in the Old Testament? In fact Abraham and his wife Sarah were half brother and sister. At the end of the day, they are adults and they make that choice. BUT to compare gay marriage to a man marrying a 12 years old is STUPID. A 12 years old is still under her parents' care, and is not physically or mentally prepared for marriage. So this woman is an insult to intelligence. In Arab countries that allow an adult to marry a minor, kids are prepared for such life. I don't see HOW gay marriage will encourage pedophilia. In the past during Pederasty, little boys were prepared for that lifestyle, as such it wasn't pedophilia. This woman is a disgrace, but then again she is a Republican.
Too bad this forum doesn't allow me to type in Cyrillic alphabet. That way I could curse this suka of a congresswoman properly. And people like her have access to nuclear weapons?
lol but you could always phoneticise.
like HELLO polygamy was only outlawed in 1862 in the US,so it was not always just "one man and one woman" stupid dumb bitch.Allow a 50 yr uncle to marry a 12 yr old neice WTF? WHAT PART OF TWO CONSENTING ADULTS DO YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND?
For you are not heterosexual pedophile? Like you, for it alone can suffer so bad.
Your fictional as other less sophisticated orientation are exactly the same. These views containing circles is constantly spinning, you do not have anything else you would add for the better? So stop copying others, my tired eyes.
Stupid right wing religious nut
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AMHERST — Moments after the final buzzer went off, a Mullins Center employee walked onto the floor and removed the National Invitational Tournament decal from Jack Leaman court at the University of Massachusetts.
He tore it into pieces, then carried off the crumpled remnants. He was not careful, and he didn't need to be.
There will be no more basketball at Mullins Center in the 2012-13 season, and no more at UMass period for two seniors.
UMass (21-12) fell to Stony Brook (25-7) 71-58 in the first round of the NIT, ending hopes of a repeat trip to Madison Square Garden early for the Minutemen in front of 2,137 at the Mullins Center.
Chaz Williams, who found a dominant form in last year's NIT, left the game midway through the second half with a sprained right shoulder, and did not return.
UMass appeared apathetic in its second consecutive NIT appearance, which translated partially into sloppy ballhandling. The Minutemen committed 19 turnovers that led to 23 Seawolves points.
"They executed their game plan, they played very well, they seemed more energized and quicker to the ball," UMass coach Derek Kellogg said. "I thought we played better and harder against teams in Brooklyn than we did tonight. It was a quick turnaround, a lot of emotions flowing around for a couple of days and you had a hungry team that played well. That usually bodes for not being very successful."
That, in concert with a 6-for-26 effort from beyond the arc, doomed the Minutemen.
"I think we took a lot more tough, bad shots tonight than we had taken in a while," Kellogg said. "There was a run there it felt like we took 19 straight threes with guys kind of hanging on us."
Forcing the Minutemen to hit from outside was part of the game plan, according to Stony Brook coach Steve Pikiell.
Stony Brook's Anthony Jackson was hot from the outset – scoring nine points in the game's first 3 minutes, 10 seconds, spearheading the Seawolves with 20 points on 8 for 10 shooting.
Dave Coley added 20 of his own, and Jameel Warney had 16 for Stony Brook, which advances to face Iowa in the second round of the NIT.
UMass appeared in good shape early on, taking a 25-21 lead when Freddie Riley finished a fast-break layup with 7:04 to play in the first half, but didn't score again until the second half. Stony Brook ripped off a 17-0 run to finish the half with a 38-25 lead, leaving UMass trailing by double digits at the break for just the third time in 33 games.
It looked as if the Minutemen were ready to mount a charge out of the locker room, using an 8-2 run to cut the lead to seven just 1:14 into the second half, but Stony Brook absorbed the blow, quickly reestablishing a double-digit lead.
"I thought we came out in the second half strong at the beginning," Riley said. "We just didn't get enough stops on the defensive end to give us a chance to make the game close at the end."
Then, UMass took a blow of its own. Five minutes into the second half, Williams got his right arm caught as he tried to fight through a Stony Brook screen. He went to the bench, then down the tunnel leading to the UMass locker room with an ice pack affixed to the ailing shoulder.
He didn't return, and neither did UMass' chances to win the game.
"You could see where we struggled with some fundamentals of basketball without him in the game as our primary ballhandler," Kellogg said.
Riley led UMass with 16 points, breaking the 1,000-point barrier in his final career game on a 3-pointer in the second half. With 1,006 career points, he finishes 45th all-time in scoring.
But Riley couldn't explain the Minutemen's poor execution, which eventually soured the memory of his career milestone and final game.
"We had a lot of energy in the locker room, I really don't know what happened once we got on the court," Riley said. "Our energy just wasn't where it needed to be and Stony Brook just took it to us."


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Christen said the basements at McNair, and Schools 5, 12, 34 and 39 flooded over the weekend, with some of the boilers sustaining damage. She added that work crews have spent this week performing the necessary cleanups.
"Out of the 40 buildings that we have, we were pretty lucky that we only had problems at five of them," Christen said. "The teachers are back Tuesday and the schools open Wednesday. We'll be ready to go."


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Thousands send messages to P.E.I. sprinter after relay team disqualified at Olympics
Jared Connaughton is expected to arrive at the Charlottetown Airport tonight at 7:39.
Canada's Jared Connaughton waits for the results in the 4x100-metre relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Canada was disqualified.
New Haven's Jared Connaughton stood up and took responsibility for his team being disqualified Saturday at the Summer Olympics.
And then the country stood squarely behind him — showing the 27-year-old sprinter the support of a nation.
"Reading the thousands of supportive messages and tweets from you all means the world to me," Connaughton said Sunday on Twitter. "It's been awful, but your support has been great!"
Connaughton ran the third leg of the 4x100-metre relay in Saturday's final. His left foot stepped on the border of his lane as he entered a turn prior to handing off the baton to Justyn Warner for the anchor leg.
The Canadian team, which included Gavin Smellie and Oluseyi Smith, crossed the finish line in 38.07 seconds and appeared to win a bronze medal.
The jubilation quickly turned to disappointment when it was announced the team was disqualified for Connaughton's infraction.
The sprinter, the only one on the team from the Beijing Games four years earlier, took full responsibility in a post-race TV interview.
"I'm so sorry everyone. My heart is broken. I let my team down. I'm sorry," Connaughton said on Twitter afterwards. "This has been the most emotional night of my life. I'm proud to have had the chance to compete with a great team. I'm honored!"
Connaughton told Vancouver Sun columnist Cam Cole it is a "stupid rule."
"It used to be three consecutive steps (on the line), now it's one. Again, the one false start rule is stupid, the one step on the line is stupid. So many officials in this sport set the athletes up to fail. It's a game of inches, and it's so unforgiving," he said.
"It's tough on Jared, because he's worked harder than anyone on that team to put us here," head coach Alex Gardiner told Cole.
"He was very apologetic, but he doesn't need to be."
When Canada lost the bronze, the fourth-place Trinidad and Tobago team with bronze medals.
Here are some of the comments posted online after the 4x100-metre relay final:
Via Twitter:
"My brother Jared Connaughton has a heart the size of Canada! Champion of class and Canadian pride! I love you." — Ellen Connaughton
"So proud of our 4x100m men's relay team!! Not only proud of their speed, but so proud of @jncoolc's character & integrity." — Heather Moyse, Summerside native and Olympic bobsledder
"When Jared Connaughton comes home I'm buying that man a beer. Took a ton of guts to go on national TV and take responsibility." — Jim Laing, Sportsnet
"Connaughton: "It was my fault." Takes a big man to say it. Champ in my book." — Eric Francis, Calgary Sun columnist
Jared Connaughton deserves medal for the way he accepted blame for a lane violation that DQ'd Canada. Not easy to do. But he did it. — Terry Bell, Vancouver Province
"It's easy to celebrate a great victory, much more difficult to take ownership of a stinging defeat. Great job, Jared Connaughton." — Bob MacKenzie, TSN
"Jared Cannaughton showing the world what a true Island man is made of, pure class!" — PEI Encyclopedia
"Jared! You ran like the wind! You all did! A privilege to be there! Head high! Best wishes!" — Scott Russell, CBC
From our website:
"You are a young man of world class. To accept full responsibility for this unfortunate turn of events in such a gracious way certainly speaks volumes about you as a person. Disappointing for you and your mates, but life goes on, and tomorrow will be another day. You are indeed held very, very high in my books." — Proud islander
"Before the race and after we were taught just what Islanders are made of. Proud to be one of them and Jared re-enforced it for every Islander. You are our Hero and thanks for what you did as a true honest Islander. Thanks for the whole team as you all are winners in our hearts. You are indeed Sons of Canada." — Betty Begg
"Jared, hold your head up high - you are a true class act! You and your teammates ran like the wind today, and deserved that medal (rule or no rule). Your foot was on the line, but not in the other lane - I think they need to rewrite the rule. You did nothing to hang your head about. P.E.I. and all of Canada are SO very proud of you!" — Another Proud Islander


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EUGENE - Sure, sure, Jesuit's boys grabbed the biggest headlines at the Class 6A state track meet on Saturday.
But the Metro League is far more than just Jesuit boys track and the rest of the league's top athletes showed it on Saturday, the second day of the state meet, at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus.
Girls Meet
Indeed, Jesuit's girls took third in their half of the 6A meet and Sunset's girls were fifth to highlight the overall strength of the Metro League at state.
The Crusaders' efforts were highlighted by six top-five finishes at state, foremost among them a third in the 800 meters by freshman Chloe Jensen at 2:16.01, and a third from junior JoJo Ananouko in the javelin at 132 feet, 7 inches.
"I'm very happy with it. It was a real challenge, but I enjoyed it," Jensen said of her 800. "I had some nerves - a little bit, yeah – while I was warming up, but once you get out on the track, it's just running and it's fun. Once you step on the track, they go away."
The Crusaders also notched four fourth-place finishes, with Chloe Smith fourth in the 400 at 58.94 (with teammate McCall Phillips sixth at 59.22), Dylan Hite fourth in Friday's 3,000 at 10:16.84, Kathrina Slater fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 10-6, and the 4 x 400 team of Zoe Fanning, Claire Corbitt, Phillips and Jensen fourth at 3:59.94. Abby Wachter added a fifth in the 300 intermediate hurdles with a time of 45.26.
"It was not a great race. It just did not happen," Smith said after her 400. "In the 400, you just have to attack it or miss. Sometimes you're like 'Wow, this is amazing,' and sometimes it's like 'Wow, you kind of sucked.'"
For Sunset, senior Taylor Coon closed out her high school track career with another couple great performances, but without another state championship. Coon, the 2013 state champ in the 200, ran two more great races in her individual events, but finished second in one event by .06 and third in the other by .05.
In the 100, Coon ran a personal best time of 12.09, but finished just third thanks to a 12.04 from event winner Becca Houk of Oregon City and a 12.08 from runner-up Anna Dean of Hillsboro.
There was more frustration – and more Houk – ahead for Coon in the 200, where she ran another PR of 24.80 but had to settle for second thanks to Houk's winning mark of 24.74.
Teammate Savannah Sharp – the 2013 state champ in the discus - suffered a similar fate, throwing just 116-10 to finish seventh in the event. She did score well in the shot put, however, throwing 38-5.25 to take third.
Other Sunset scorers included: Charlotte Corless, third in the 3,000 at 10:15.93; Nicole Griffiths, fourth in the 1,500 at 4:40.58; and Audrey Huelskamp, sixth in the 3,000 at 10:17.96.
Westview's efforts were highlighted by Hannah Garrity's runner-up finish in the high jump at 5-4, and by Reed Richardson's fourth in the triple jump at 37-3.25.
For Garrity, her success was bittersweet – it fell short of a state title (event winner Halley Folsom of North Medford cleared 5-5), and she may have reinjured the knee that wiped out her entire junior season.
"I feel OK. I wish I could've gotten first, but second is good," she said. And "I'm glad I got to come back for my senior year."
Southridge's best finisher was senior Natalie Leckey, who took fifth in the 100 high hurdles at 15.17. Beaverton's best was Erin Gregoire, who placed seventh in the 1,500 at 4:44.48.
Boys Meet
Westview's Ian Myers made the state meet his best meet, throwing 187-1 – a PR of more than 6 feet – to place third in the javelin.
"I'm really excited about it. I was going for 190, but 187, you can't go wrong with that," he said. "I'm going to train hard this off-season and really go for it and hope that I can come back here next year and get that top spot."
Beaverton's Jadden Lake-King was the other big scorer among the Metro League's non-Jesuit boys, taking third in Saturday's high jump at 6-6 after finishing fourth in Friday's long jump at 21-3.75.
Top finishers from elsewhere in the league were: Sunset's AJ Smith, fifth in the 300 intermediate hurdles at 39.44; Aloha's Jake Gould, sixth in the long jump at 20-9.5; and Southridge's Riley Temple, sixth in the pole vault at 13-6.
-- Miles Vance | @MilesVance1


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Mothers are there to help us grow, support us and be our rock when we're in need. This special helps us honor and celebrate mothers with heartwarming patient stories from Seattle Children's.
Cyberbullying is bullying that happens using electronic technology. It can include mean or embarrassing photos, videos or comments posted on social media or sent by text. Sometimes teens don't want to admit to experiencing cyberbullying because they think that bullying only happens to younger kids. Ask your child to tell you about their...