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As a FATHER and custodian of my children, I sought legal assistance from David for a highly-contested, post-judgment, INTERNATIONAL move-away case. Not only did he ensure a win, but following his advice led to the opposing side settling hours before the final court appearance.
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David Rickett is the man! I'd been shopping looking to find a divorce for less money and wasn't having much luck. But when my wife came home to show me the deal she found with Mr. Rickett really shocked me. I was in my kitchen with our youngest child when Mr Ricketts process server entered my home unanounced. Serving me emergency savings. We're over $60,000. Bucks with advice minus a home that would been payed off in 4 years. Minus my carrier, pension Medical with his GREAT REPRESENTATION and DIRECTION. I thought I was the only one looking out for my wife's best intrests. " So Far I've Agreed To Everything David Rickett Request's. He continues to show his intentions and actions are to his benefit Not to any benefit of the clients. What a baron my wife found with The ReapRickett Lawfirm
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Mr. Rickett handled a divorce for me in 2010. At the time and to this day I have a mental illness severe enough to have been approved for permanent disability within 3 weeks of my application!! Mr.Rickett was aware of this. I had no business going in there by myself. Half the information I didn't understand, half I forgot pretty quickly. I always thought a lawyer was supposed to act in your best interest. He most certainly did not!! What I am most upset and angry about is the fact that Mr. Rickett approved and let me sign the final documents wherein I gave up my rights to my ex-husbands deferred compensation plan. This is earned income! We were married for 36 years and he put money into this account for almost the entire length of our marriage. Yet, I signed it away - I didn't realize what I was doing and now it appears I am screwed. I'm sure my ex jumped for joy over how stupid I was! He is close to retirement now. Alimony did not take into account the taxes I would have to pay. Again, I hadn't realized this would happen much less how much I would have to pay. I let the tax thing go because I felt I couldn't take care of myself. I now have installment agreements for 2011 and 2012. With the penalties added on every month I don't think I will live long enough to pay this off. Out of the $3200.00 monthly alimony, $700.00 goes toward the current years tax and THEN almost $300.00 is subtracted to pay my installment agreements. That's $1000.00 less that what I agreed to, with Mr. Rickett's advice and approval. To be honest I also receive disability in the amount of $800.00. Some people say that is a fair amount to live on. Yes, I get by but I can't afford to buy anything extra, like new clothes, gifts for other people, etc. My car is 14 years old and on its last leg. I have had to pay for new tires, mechanic charges when things have to be fixed, and overall maintenance. Yesterday, I literally watched what looked like the car's entire oil supply stream out onto the ground. I worry how much it will cost to fix this? There were also two errors in the final divorce paperwork. Mr. Rickett and his staff do not care about you at all. Mr. Rickett does the least work as he can get away with. I am going to register my complaints to the California Bar Association. I'm pretty sure nothing will come of it but I want this perfidy on record. Shame on his law firm for keeping him on staff. Do you really think his record is overall "good". No. And his employers know it!! This is a strong word but I hate this man.
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Every time I needed something, David was there. He was great in mediation and was very calming when I went off! I would recommend him to friends and family and he really seemd to care about me and my family and not money!
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I had a required mediation with this attorney to try and solve a marital dissolution that had been dragging on for 2 years. He didn't listen, was poorly prepared and was worse than I thought possible.
I was advised by his office to prepare a brief to describe the case and submit it 24 hours in advance for his review. I also advised his office that I should not be in the same room as my ex and her attorney as they were a possible threat to me.
When I arrived for mediation, he insisted on us being all in the same room to start, which was the opposite of what I was told would happen. Then, David said he hadn't read the brief I furnished. He knew nothing about the case and picked a non issue to start with. I proposed a global settlement that was based solely on no spousal support going forward and our each paying our own attorney fees - since their harassment cost me my job. This was all to be non-modifiable. That was the basis for everything.
So, I agree to everything they want only to learn that David has forgotten to tell them about the no spousal support and her paying her own fees clause! He kept saying, "It's 99% of the way there."
Then, hours later, after I have caved to everything they want, he mentions that he hasn't addressed the no spousal support and no attorney fees.
I had lost my job.
I tell him that was the basis for the entire deal, I had told him it multiple time so he goes in a tells them and they walk out of mediation.
David did not listen nor prepare and his mediation style was terrible and ineffective.
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Posted on 01/05/2002 12:26:27 PM PST by t-shirt
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I too, think they should not have waited so long to go in, but to blame the deaths on the police is ludicrous and shows a complete lack of understanding of the concept of RELEVANCE. 2 kids are at fault, the rest were reacting in the heat of battle.
If those officers had rushed in, instigating a heavy gun battle with collateral injuries(not saying that would have been the result, but it was a significant risk), you would probably be the first and the loudest shouting how "as long as you live, you will never forget the images of those stormtroopers hastily charging the building, killing children, a graphic picture of excessive force and poor judgement."
Do you remember the shootout the LA Cops had with the body-armored bank-robbers?
The cops were outgunned, because 9mm and shotguns weren't stopping the perps, because their BODY ARMOR PROTECTED THEM!
Why do we have SWAT teams dressed like Ninjas, wearing body armor if they are AFRAID OF GETTING THE ARMOR SCRATCHED!
There was NOTHING Klebold or Harris HAD that would have penetrated the armor, but the SWAT Cops COWERED OUTSIDE!
Oh, let's not forget the Cop who is being stonewalled for...he fired off 51 FRICKIN' rounds from a full auto HK-94...that's 1 1/2 CLIPS...ON FULL AUTO!
Now an innocent kid is dead, and you want to join in the LEO Hallelujiah Chorus?
Same request to you as I made to Dane (SO MANY TIMES!!!), if you are an LEO, name and badge #, and where you work...I need to avoid you folks...you forget just WHO THE BAD GUYS ARE!
If it was an insult... thanks. I HAVE been bad today and if I don't deserve it here... I DID elsewhere. It it was a referral to the whole waco, gun grabbing career of Clintong and his crowd... I would agree. See, either way.. you are right as long as you keep your responses short and cryptic.
PS are you Quidam?
Columbine High School was a result of punk kids. The police did what they could and in the process mistakes occurred. The police are not directly responsible and to the best of knowledge, they made no cover-ups about the situation.
If you want to talk about cover-ups, see Waco, TX or Branch Davidians or perhaps "government conspiracy about how to roast 87 people and laugh about it to the American People."
If any innocent students were shot by LEO's it is totally relevant. Heat of battle or not, LEO's should be accountable for everyone & everything they shoot. That's what the mental evaluations and training are partly about. I don't want a world where LEO's can shoot innocents and we all say, 'Oh well, it was in the middle of a shoot out so it's excuseable.' LEO work is tough but lowering our expectations is not the right answer.
I believe you are correct.And only a few shots would have been fired from those Model 10s.(I carried one on duty years ago, it's not how many bullets but where you place them!)
If the cops there, or anywhere, wont deal with this type of killing spree quickly, then my kid should be able to carry a concealed weapon to protect herself.Or better yet,I get some kind of tax credit that allows me to send her to private school,and we opt out of "public"education altogether.
BTW it is beyond my imagination that a cop ran when somebody was shooting kids. I swear if it was me I would have fought until I was out of bullets and blood........
Even worse was watching the cowards in their flack jackets, with m16s at the ready, boldly approaching the school, shielded by a fire truck.
The poor fireman was in plain view behind that huge windshield, he had no flack jacket.
If only I had a nickle for every time I heard Janet Reno, Hillary Clinton and Bill say that.......
But this thread is all about an entirely different problem. This was not political greed or government cover-up. This was albout the tragic deaths of youths that may have been caught up in the line of fire-power.
It is ashame you don't understand my point. Then, again, I always become choaked up with Columbine, CO threads and for my human misgivings, I apoligize.
To sanction disregard for the Constitution in the name of protecting society from law breakers is to make the government itself lawless and to subvert those values upon which our ultimate freedom and liberty depend. -- Judge (U.S.A.) Brennan
There was some kind of conspiracy at Columbine.
1. There was some amount of foreknowledge of these perps and their plans--the perps should have been closely watched. This in a town with a low crime rate, and not the overwhelming caseload that urban cops contend with that tends to let this kind of info go unnoticed.
2. Why did the cops not storm the building? Did no one think of putting on a custodian's uniform to get in and look like they belonged there to get intel? There was credible inside intel due to the large amount of cell phone calls by the students to the outside. One TV reporter was reporting live that they had heard from a student inside that they were hiding in a certain part of the library from the perps, and I yelled at the TV "Don't give away that info-someone on the outside might be feeding info to the perps!" There was massive armed firepower outside--doing nothing!
3. What ever happened to the tanks and tanks of propane gas found in the building and how did they get there? Two kids did that by their lonesome?
4. It was too neat that the two perps "offed" each other simultaneously in a Hollywood movie ending. In real life, one person always chickens out or misses or gets wounded. That never sounded right to begin with. It sounded like someone else took them out. Dead men tell no tales.
5. A man bled to death for almost three hours due to inaction and cowardice on the SWAT teams outside. That was inexcusable.The timeline is clear that the are he was in was secure enough to get him and his class out, but that didn't happen.
6. Clinton and Reno jumped on this tragedy likes flies on crap to extract anti gun laws--it was too close in MO to the Oklahoma City bombing--the tale of the tragedy was spun very quickly so that no one could react.
7. The Sheriff has not said a word to the investigating commission. That stinks more than anything. 13 innocents dead and he clams up. Yeah, right!
Columbine's full story has not been told.
How do you know this?
Prosecutor rejects calls for grand jury over allegations police shot Columbine student By Steven K. Paulson, Associated Press, 1/3/2002 16:50
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) Federal and county prosecutors Thursday refused to convene a grand jury to look into allegations that a police officer accidentally killed a student during the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
Gov. Bill Owens said he would not ask for an investigation, and U.S. Attorney John Suthers said no federal crimes have been alleged.
''You have to believe there was criminal conduct to convene a grand jury. We have no reason to believe there was anything criminal that took place during the investigation,'' said Pam Russell, spokeswoman for Jefferson County District Attorney Dave Thomas. The parents of some of the slain
This needs to be looked at. A new policy may come out of this like....Dont shoot kids running out of a building, when you dont know what the hell is going on.
Pretty British of you, in fact.
Since the ultimate blame belongs to Klebold and Harris, the Leos's are not responsable and should not be held accountable for a brave teacher bleeding to death?
Remembering also the teacher who bled to death more than 2 hours after the initial attack ... (Sniff).
Save your breath; Dane posts the exact same comment to every thread concerning Columbine. In his world, evidently, the police are never to be held responsible for mistakes. I would agree that there are certainly cases where the cops deserve the benefit of the doubt, and more. Columbine, however, is layer upon layer of law enforcement ineptitude. Sorta makes you wonder what motivates *anyone* to run interference for that particular SWAT team.
Isn't there a Bush swoonfest thread going on somewhere? Go find it and stop interrupting while the grownups are talking.
I am usually disgusted when I read what some flunky says to try to cover up the venality of the position being taken by politicians, mainly because their statements are so mindlessly stupid.
It's apparent that all you know about this came from ABC news or some similar source. Maybe you'd benefit from further reading.
Correct and this is a perfect example of why it should be since this looks like the LEO's are more interested in CYA than truth.
I'm not a cop basher by ANY means. And you are right that the two shooters caused the whole scenario. I'd not let them slide a bit. But if a cop has lied and it can be proven, that's a step against corruption and tyranny that should be taken. I can't believe this would EVEN be argued with. I've known and dealt with good cops. But then unfortunately I've also had to deal with 1 or 2 bad cops. And I assure you, I think there's nothing worse than a bad cop. Period. But also lets not forget the dead and their families.
I suggest that you go after current government policy that destroys our precious rights and freedoms. Go after BIG_POLITICAL_MACHINES that say they support the Constitution and then they turn-around and tear it up because, "it's the will of the people."
Others have made good points as well.
It was clearly evident that Sheriff Stone was acting on orders from "above" and that the SWAT teams were being ordered to not go into the school. Further, it is clear that the teacher was allowed to bleed to death - on purpose - even though the students with him had been rescued and pleaded with the officials to get the teacher out...but their pleas were not heeded.
Now - why would these non-actions be ordered "from above"?
One must always, always, always look at who benefitted from this "school shooting massacre". Whose agenda was enhanced?
If you said gun grabbing totalitarian wannabes who fear armed American citizens - you would be right.
That doesn't mean Harris and Klebold were not the guilty parties - of course they were. But again there were too many eyewitness reports of "other shooters" - people who, just like at OKC, and TWA800, were attempted to be talked out of seeing OTHERS than the OFFICIAL perpetrators by "investigators" - but who have never changed their stories or their minds.
The M.O. is so similar in all these "Clinton era events and 'investigations'" that I cannot understand why people miss the obvious.
It is clear that what happened at Columbine was a "controlled" event. That made the investigation become a "controlled" event also. In other words, at the best - higher up officials ordered LEO NOT to enter the school and the LEO's obeyed those orders. At the worst (and I have no problem thinking the worst about the Clinton Crime Machine) - some agents within the Clinton administration learned about Klebold and Harris, took them under their wing, nourished their plans and augmented them, probably promising them assisted escape after the deed was done but instead, gave them each a bullet in their temples, assisted as shooters and then participated in the lengthy coverup of the evidence - (why the bodies were not allowed to be moved for almost a day!!!)
Sheriff Stone knows exactly what happened and knows he would be lynched if he told the truth about what he knows. He enjoys breathing so he keeps the "STONE"wall going. People in the Clinton administration know the truth also. They know they would be lynched if the truth were known about their complicity in the Columbine massacre.
People in the Bush administration - those they have managed to get into positions with any authority - likely would not believe such horrors could be done. They only see "good government" at work and have no inkling of the depths of evil with which many in the previous administration operatives were filled.
The operatives are still in their old jobs likely - at the FBI - and at the CIA - a very chilling prospect. Mueller is not trustworthy because he was there under Clinton.
So, the beat goes on. The the injustice continues and will not be uncovered because the perpetrators enjoy breathing also.
But, again, there is a Judge who knows quite well exactly what happened. There is coming a day when every one of the perpetrators (not Klebold and Harris - they have already met their just end) will stand before God Almighty. No spin, no coverup, no lies will be tolerated there.
I would suggest any of these operatives who participated in this heinous crime should consider that coming forward with the truth today, confessing their deeds, and taking the just punishment for them in this life - meeting their Savior face to face NOW will make their eternal situation much more "comfortable". And, America CAN handle the truth......if only the "government" - the honest, good government people would give truth a chance!
Yep. Two nutty kids start shooting and the cops can kill anyone in sight, right?
Wasnt much was it? How HOURS after the H&K were dead and the shooting had stopped before they reached the teacher who bled to death from an injury that he could have lived through? "what they could"? I expect far more for my money.
Information about events was always tightly controlled during the Clinton years, precisely because of the media's ideological kinship with Clinton and thosed who backed his rise to power. I say those who backed his rise to power because ther is no way that two-bit huckster from Little Rock who was ruled by his bent little head could ever amount to much without a whole lot of packaging, spinning, and agitprop fed to the masses to sell his worthless hide as a "leader" of anything.
As a country, we were hosed by this hayseed and his Marxist wife, no doubt about it.
But the "controlled event", as you put it, aptly describes the lockdown on information that occurred after Columbine, as occurred after OKC in 1995. Notice too, that our watchdog media has never ever fed us alternate stories or investigations about these highly suspicious incidents. But now that we have a Republican President, voila, the "homeless problem" is front page news again. Where the heck were these homeless people from 1993-2001 during Clinton--you never heard of them, right?!
Thanks for the phrase "controlled events". Columbine, OKC, Waco, TWA 800 , Vince Foster, Ron Brown, in my mind were all "controlled events".
They can call us "conspiracy nuts" if they want too, but I've lived long enough to know that if it don't smell right, it ain't right, and a whole lot of closer inspection is needed. And Columbine never smelled right.
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Correct! Completely correct!
Militarized police are basically trained cowardice---it's the idea that the life of the agent, troop or officer is the most important, by far, over the lives of the citizen, victim or hostage.
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I really want to join in on the handmade mondays but i can't seem to find a link tool, all i can click on is who provides your links and they just get me to sign up to start my own link account. I'm probably missing something stupid here
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I would just like to say what a wonderful, resourceful site you have and outstanding products. I was very interested in handmade monday and as soon as I'm set up with my blog (I am in the process of setting up my own blog, purely as a 'sharing my makes' site)then I would like to participate. I am not planning to sell as I do craft for fun with my 9 year old daughther. So for the meantime your added to my favs and I will be checking back often and when I'm blogging I will join in on handmade monday. Many thanks for the opportunity to partrticpate, I look forward to contributing. *Pamela*
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In this post we highlight one of the many items in Special Collections on the history of lawyering in America, this time in nineteenth-century Ohio. In the 1980s, the UVA Law Library purchased at auction a lawyer's docket book with case entries from 1823 to 1886 and a tin law office sign, both attributed to Cadiz, Ohio lawyer Walter G. Shotwell. Docket entries in this book typically list the case name, case actions, and receipts of payments. All entries have been indexed and offer a detailed look into the practice of law in the nineteenth century. Cataloged as Walter Shotwell's ever since its acquisition, much of the docket book actually predates Shotwell's birth in 1856. Some recent digging revealed that the book likely belonged to Shotwell's father, Cadiz lawyer Stuart B. Shotwell, and to Cadiz lawyer Chauncey Dewey before that.
Just about the time the docket book begins in 1823, newly-minted Ohio lawyer Chauncey Dewey (b. 1796) formed a partnership with Steubenville lawyer and future Ohio Senator Benjamin Tappan under the firm of Tappan & Dewey. We can't confirm that the docket book belonged to Dewey, but entries in this period make occasional reference to collaboration with Tappan on various cases. In 1836, this first section of docket entries stops. That same year, Dewey formed a new partnership in Cadiz with Edwin M. Stanton, future Secretary of War under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.[1]
When the Dewey-Stanton partnership dissolved in 1842, Dewey quickly formed a new partnership in Cadiz with Stuart B. Shotwell (b. 1819) under the firm Dewey & Shotwell, and in this year the docket book picks up again. Dewey retired from the practice in 1849 and became a leader in Cadiz's growing banking industry while Shotwell carried on the law business under his own name.[2] An advertisement Shotwell placed in the Cadiz Sentinel in November 1850 announced that he "continues to practice in Harrison and adjoining counties" in Ohio as an "attorney at law and solicitor in chancery." He handled legal matters ranging from land sales to money loaning to guardianships, many of which are reflected in the docket book he kept of his cases, now at the UVA Law Library.[3]
Shotwell's 1850 newspaper advertisement also announced that he had moved his office to Kilgore's Corner on Market Street in Cadiz. Here, Shotwell may have installed the tin sign that accompanies the docket book and reads "Shotwell's Law Office." Adding mystery to this artifact is a painted-over "Wm." that precedes "Shotwell's." We know little about the sign's history, but Stuart Shotwell's brother, William Shotwell, Jr., a lawyer in Butler County, Ohio, died in 1849, just as Stuart was setting up his new Cadiz law office.[4]
Shotwell remained in business as a Cadiz lawyer until the late 1880s, where the docket book ends. His son Walter G. Shotwell trained in his law office beginning in 1878 before Walter's admission to the Ohio bar. In 1880, Walter opened his own law office in Cadiz where this collection was likely once stored.[5]
The Shotwell collection is open for research at the UVA Law Library. Interested researchers can contact Special Collections at email@example.com. We would love to hear from anyone with additional knowledge of these materials.
For related archival collections see:
Shotwell Family Papers, Ohio Historical Society
Shotwell Family Papers, Harrison County Historical Society
Benjamin Tappan Papers, Library of Congress (also on microfilm)
- Randi Flaherty, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities
[1] Commemorative Biographical Record Harrison, Ohio (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1891), 42-47, 610.
[2] Id, 47, 758; Henry Howe wrote that Stuart B. Shotwell once studied under Edwin Stanton in Cadiz. See Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes, Volume 1 (Cincinnati: G. J. Krehbiel & Co., 1902), 894-896.
[3] The Cadiz sentinel. (Cadiz, Ohio), 27 Nov. 1850. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028793/1850-11-27/ed-1/seq-3/>
[4] Commemorative Biographical Record Harrison, Ohio, 758.
[5] Id.


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ART FAIRE: Fine art, cards, and hand woven Indian baskets will be shown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31, at the North Peninsula Unity Center.
ROCK FEST: A youth concert, Rock Fest, featuring The New Divide, Friday at the Lake, Quiet by Ten, Talk Jonny and others will be from noon to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, July 31, at Calvary Chapel Poulsbo, 23300 Stottlemeyer Road NE. Admission is $10 and $7 after 5 p.m.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: The Poulsbo Police Department is hosting National Night Out, an anti-crime event for Poulsbo residents from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 3 at the Waterfront Park/Anderson Parkway. This family event gives Poulsbo residents a chance to meet Poulsbo police officers and learn about safety, crime prevention and neighborhood watch programs. Refreshments will be provided, along with games and giveaways. There will be police cars and police boats on display. Live music, provided by Freckles Brown Band, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Info: (360) 779-3113.
CANDIDATE FORUM: The North Kitsap Republican Women will be hosting a candidate forum from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 6 at the Poulsbo Fire Station on State Route 305. Candidates who have agreed to participate include Pete DeBoer, running for State Rep. Leg District 23, Position 1 against Sherry Appleton; and James Olsen and Aaron Winter, both running for State Rep. Leg District 23, Position 2 against Christine Rolfes. The public is invited.
FOLK DANCE PROGRAM: Well-known Norwegian dance instructor Karin Brennesvik and her daughter Arnhild will perform intricate country dances from Telemark and Neumedal, Norway, at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9, at the Poulsbo Sons of Norway, 18891 Front St., Poulsbo. Tom Lovli and his son, Vette also are in the group. The program will be followed by a gammaldans. There will be two workshops at 3:30 p.m.: one for the halling and one for the Bygedans. Requested donation is $5. Admission for school-aged children is free. Info: (360) 779-5209.
POND AND WATER GARDEN TOUR: The Olympic Koi, Goldfish & Water Garden Club will host its 11th annual Pond and Water Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14. The ponds are located throughout Kitsap County at club members' homes. Tickets are $5 for adults (cash or check, only). Children younger than 18 are free when accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at Roadhouse Nursery, 12511 Central Valley Road NW, Poulsbo. Info: Roadhouse Nursery at (360) 779-9589, or Jerry Hames, club president, at (360) 871-0301.
WOMEN'S BOOK CLUB: A Women's Wealth Book Club will meet from 5-8 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the First Lutheran Church, 18920 4th Avenue NE, Poulsbo. The book club begins Sept. 9. Cost is $10 per month and includes dinner. WWBC's purpose is to bring high-achieving business women and independent professionals together in discussion, learning, and networking. Toiletries and accessories are collected for donations to local women's shelters at each meeting.
HANDS-ON GARDENING FOR KIDS: From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Monday through Aug. 16, crafts and hands-on gardening experiences are offered for parents and children at the Youth Garden at Frank Raab Park in Poulsbo. Donations are welcome.
WELLNESS SUPPORT GROUP: Peninsula Cancer Center, 19917 7th Ave., Poulsbo, is sponsoring a wellness support group from 4-5:30 p.m. the third Monday of the month. The topics of the group include stress reduction and relaxation. Info: (360) 697-8000.
FREE FITNESS CLASS: Kitsap Aikido is offering a free drop-in fitness class to the public from 6-6:45 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 650 NW Bovela Lane No. 5 in Poulsbo. The class emphasizes stretching, flexibility and core strength training. This is an informal class so shorts or sweats are acceptable. Info: (360) 598-1520 or visit www.kitsapaikido.org.
ALZHEIMER'S CAREGIVERS' SUPPORT GROUP: Alzheimer's Association caregiver support groups provide a consistent and caring place for people to learn, share and gain emotional support from others who are also on a unique journey of providing care to a person with dementia. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia will be from 7-8:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the Harrison Medical Center Annex, 750 Lebo Blvd., Bremerton. Info: Cheryl Denton at (206) 842-0113.
OPEN AIR MARKET: A Sunday afternoon barbecue, craft fair and flea market will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every week through the summer at 16298 State Route 305, Poulsbo, between Poulsbo and Agate Pass Bridge. The flea market features Native American items, collectibles, cookbooks, yard art and more. Info: Corinne at (360) 697-1933.
CLOTHING AND SHOES NEEDED: The YWCA WRAPS Clothing Closet is in need of gently used/new clothing, shoes and personal care items for women, men and children. Clothing can be donated from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday at the YWCA Community Center, 905 Pacific Ave., Bremerton. Info: Call (360) 479-0522 or go to www.ywcakitsap.org.
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: The Nature Conservancy is looking for volunteer stewards to help monitor Foulweather Bluff preserve, a nature preserve in northern Kitsap County near Hansville. Shifts are two hours, twice per month. Info: Barbara French at firstname.lastname@example.com or (206) 343-4345 ext 361.
FREE CLOTHING BANK: St. Charles Anglican Church offers a free clothing bank from 3-6 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month and 9-11 a.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month at 20295 Little Valley Road, Poulsbo, Info: (360) 297-0078.
COMMUNITY MEALS: The North Kitsap Faith Communities Food Coalition offers free meals to help the homeless and build community connections—
• 5-7 p.m., last Monday of every month, Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1700 NE Lincoln Road, Poulsbo, (360) 779-4746.
• 5-7 p.m., the first and last Wednesday of the month, Suquamish UCC, 18732 Division Ave. NE, Suquamish, (360) 598-4434.
• 4-6 p.m., first and fourth Tuesday, North Kitsap Baptist Church, 20516 Little Valley Road, Poulsbo, (360) 779-4689.
• 5-6 p.m., every Thursday, First Lutheran Church, 18920 4th Ave., Poulsbo, (360) 779-2622.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The Chuckwagon Senior Nutrition Program has immediate openings for volunteers to serve meals on Fridays at the NK Senior Center in Poulsbo. The time commitment is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: Craig at (360) 377-8511.
TOPS: Do you have some weight to lose? Join TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly, at 9 a.m. Thursdays at Finn Hill Lutheran Church. Info: (360) 271-8775.
VETERANS SERVICES AVAILABLE: Veteran Service Officers from American Legion Post 245 are available at the Poulsbo City Hall, every Thursday, except holidays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to assist any veteran with their applications for VA benefits, Kitsap County Veterans Assistance Fund screening and veteran's widows benefits. Info: (360) 779-5456.
A HOLY JOURNEY: "Living with Illness, loss and death" will be held the first Tuesday of each month. (First session at 5 p.m., following sessions from 7-9 p.m.) Explore and transform the difficulties and disappointments that come with disease and loss with retired hospice nurse Cathy Cuenin. Program held at Suquamish UCC, 18732 Division St. $10 donation and pre-registration requested. Info: www.soundspirit.org or (360) 598-4434.
OPTIMIST CLUB: The North Kitsap Optimist Club meets at 5:50 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at the Poulsbo Inn and Suites. Info: Constance Gooding at (360) 779-6478 or email@example.com.
JEWEL BOX NEEDS YOU: The Jewel Box Theatre in Poulsbo is seeking front of house and behind the scenes volunteers. Info: (360) 779-9688 or email@example.com.
WOMEN'S BOOK DISCUSSION: A women's book discussion group focusing on Norwegian authors meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month. Info: Torbjorg at (360) 779-9826.
POULSBO KIWANIS: Poulsbo Kiwanis meet at 7 a.m. Fridays at the Loft in downtown Poulsbo. Info: John Teising, president, (360) 731-0791 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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ALA-TEEN POULSBO GROUP: An effort is being made to form a group in the Poulsbo area. Info: Keshna at (360) 473-7549 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
NK FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: The NK Friends of the Library meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Monday of the month in the Community Room of the Library. Info: Carol Jones at (360) 779-3809.
LYME DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP: A support group for people with Lyme disease meets from 3-5 p.m. the first Saturday of every month on Bainbridge Island. Contact for meeting location and info: Barb at (206) 842-5491.
KAFFE STUA: The Poulsbo Sons of Norway offers a Kaffe Stua luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays. It's open to members and the public and features open-faced sandwiches, soup, pickled herring, Scandinavian desserts, coffee and more. Cost is $9 per person.
MCS SUPPORT GROUP: The Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Support Group meets from 1-3 p.m. the second Saturday of each month in the West Reading Room at the Poulsbo Library. Info: (360) 697-6168.
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ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: The Alzheimer's Association provides free information and a support group from 12:30-2:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Group Health Cooperative, 10452 Silverdale Way, Silverdale. The groups are for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with Alzheimer's or dementia. Info: Cyd Wadlow at (360) 613-3537.
GNW TOASTMASTERS: The Great Nor'Westerns Toastmasters Club meets at noon the first and third Thursdays of each month at the Design Center on State Route 305 in Poulsbo. Info: (360) 620-8037.
SCIENCE CENTER: The Poulsbo Marine Science Center on Front Street is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Thursday through Sunday.
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After you have mastered Lesson One, featuring the "Flat Spin" and "Wedding Ring", you are ready to move on to the more glamorous vertical loops, the "Butterfly" and "Texas Skip", both demonstrated here in this comprehensive video!


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Israeli Offshore Radio
Israeli offshore radio. Read up on the unique situation of pirate radio in Israel, following in the footsteps of Radio Caroline. Until only a few years ago, they were still broadcasting from aboard a ship, the King David, but now last offshore radio ship has been broken up, there are only land-based pirates.
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Midnight voicejail: "It's partially about a bunch of 20-somethings, stuck in the pre-web very work-oriented suburbia world of Silicon Valley during the 80's and 90's. They took over various voicemail systems and used them as their main social and creative outlet. They came to be known as 'voicejailers'." Their radio shows are pretty amazing. Do people out there still do stuff like this, or are "flash mobs" as good as the internet era gets?
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Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian's Twitter Account Hacked
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Prez Barack Obama Reveals Daughter Sasha Tweets, Internet Frantically Searches For Her
It was during his speech that Obama incidentally revealed that his 15-year old daughter Sasha Obama tweets. And soon after, internet lost it.Mugdha Kapoor Safaya, July 7, 2016, 4:20 pm explore: Buzz
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APJ Abdul Kalam's Twitter account to be kept active
Kalam's colleague and close aide Srijan Pal Singh would now act as the administrator of his Twitter account and will keep sharing inspirational quotes from an innumerable number of speeches made by Kalam and his books like 'Wings of Fire', 'India 2020' and 'Ignited Minds'.July 28, 2015, 2:12 pm explore: Tech
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Recap: 'The X Factor' Season 2 Premiere
On one hand, I suppose Wednesday (September 12) night represents the second season premiere of "The X Factor," but you can almost sense FOX hoping that viewers totally ignore last fall's introduction to Melanie Amaro and all of her vanquished foes. Sure, that was "The X Factor," but this is *really* "The X Factor," the way Simon Cowell intended.
So pull up a seat and follow along as we spend the next two hours seeing how Demi Lovato and Britney Spears stack up as judges and how "The X Factor" functions without a host.
8:00 p.m. ET. ZOMG! One Direction introing! Somewhere, Maude Apatow is very happy. And I'm very ashamed for referencing Maude Apatow.
8:02 p.m. Lots of clips. Demi Lovato says she young, but she knows what her generation is listening to. And... BRITNEY! She swears she's really excited and she thinks she has a lot to offer.
8:04 p.m. Awww yeah. People gonna go nutty this season. Take that, "The Voice" [now airing over on NBC].
8:04 p.m. We have no host, so the into is done almost verite style, via news footage and FOX affiliate audio. How innovative. The Maysles Brothers Present "The X Factor," everybody. People keep talking, but who are they talking to? It's not a host. It's... Us! Contestants are very excited to meet Britney and the other judges. "It's really intimidating," Britney tells... her manager. Odd. Still beats Steve Jones, right?
8:07 p.m. The first meeting between Demi and Britney doesn't involve any face clawing, but it does involve Britney strategically drinking a Pepsi. The two younger judges admit that they're excited and that they don't know where they're sitting.
8:08 p.m. Slight mockery aside, the documentary-style format here really does feel different. It's obviously too early to say "better" or "worse."
8:09 p.m. Meet Paige Thomas, a 21-year-old who's looking forward to meeting Britney because they're both hot moms. Kaci Newton, a blonde-with-a-twang notices Paige and mocks the run in her pantyhose with her sister. Kaci and Paige agree to share a mirror. Paige's daughter Jade is adorable, but she also gets a greasy mark on Kaci's pants. Uh-oh. Verite-generated controversy! It looks like without hosts, the backstage area is much less cluttered.
8:12 p.m. Our first contestant is Paige, who gives off a strong Rihanna vibe with her fetish stockings and hot-pink top with epaulets. Paige is overcome with emotion, which makes Britney get overcome. Singing "I'm Going Down," Paige is pretty gifted. I don't quite need all of the vibrato she's using, but the dueling cutaways to cute Jade and increasingly insecure Kaci are priceless. Yeah, there's a lot of bleating to Paige's vocals, but she certainly looks the part of an R&B star. The crowd is pleased. Kaci is wary. "You are so bright and beautiful on-stage," Britney raves, calling Paige "flawless." "Girl, you a star," L.A. Reid says, comparing Paige to... Rihanna. Well, duh. "I think you're gorgeous and I think that you're totally a superstar," Demi Lovato says. Simon likes that Paige takes her parenting responsibilities seriously and calls this one of his favorite-ever auditions. "You are 'Commercial' with a capital-C," Simon says. Four "Yes" votes, duh.
8:18 p.m. Awww... Britney waving at Jade. Kindred spirits. And Kaci is freaking out. "You look better than she does," Kaci's sister tells her.
8:22 p.m. "I stand out. I think I stand out," Kaci says, looking at the competition. She and her sister cackle cattily.
8:23 p.m. Before we get to Kaci and her standing out, we're gonna spend time with 50-year-old Shawn Armenta. He's been doing vocal training and dance training in preparation and he's doing an original called "Candy Girl," which he explains is about the girls you meet at local bars. Let it be said: Shawn Armenta isn't very good at the singing or the dancing, but if Flo-Rida got his hands on "Candy Girl" it could be a hit. "You're like a mouse trying to be an elephant," Simon says. Shawn thinks this is ageism from Simon. "Too many people copy me," Shawn says. Demi tries telling him that not everybody is meant to live out their dreams. "That's why you use auto-tune and I don't," Shawn shoots back. Ouch. "I feel uncomfortable with you up there staring at me," Britney says. Shawn is sent packing, unconvinced that he's been properly judged.
8:27 p.m. Montage of Britney Spears being allegedly clever. Lots of criticism from Britney. None of it is all that clever, but we're supposed to be impressed. Simon is. "And everybody thinks I'm the mean one," he says. On the soundtrack, "It's Britney, bitch," plays. I get it!
8:32 p.m. More on Britney's vaunted honesty and meanness and whatnot. I mean, she's making people cry.
8:32 p.m. Bieber-lookalike Reed Deming is a vest-wearing 13-year-old who does, in fact, answer to "Hey, Justin." I like that the show doesn't have a host, but it does have a totally random blonde hottie in a blue dress to interview Reed backstage. Casually. Like it was unplanned. Before Reed, we see Britney reduce Ma'Cayla Miller to tears. Can Reed actually sing? Or is he all vest, no voice? His voice cracks as he gets centerstage and Demi Lovato tells him how cute he is. Reed tackles Bruno Mars and he is... Disturbing. This isn't a good song for a 13-year-old to be singing. "Excuse me. We want to hear a different song," Simon says, properly stopping him. He's prepared with a slightly more stripped down song and he still sounds terrified. It's not that he isn't a talented kid, but he's got an uncomfortable mix of nerves and songs that mean nothing to him. The judges look much more impressed by this one. "Meh," says I. "You've got steel in your eyes, young man," Simon says, but he wants better vocals. "I think you're so adorable and your stage presence just shines," Demi gushes. L.A. compares Reed to Justin Bieber. "I don't want to fall into the Bieber stereotype. I've gotta be me," Reed says. "I think you are completely and utterly adorable," Britney says, substantively. Four "Yes" votes for Reed and his vest.
8:39 p.m. More eye-daggers from Kaci. She hates everybody.
8:43 p.m. "By the way, Niles says 'Hi,'" Demi tells Simon. Simon tries warning Demi to stay away from him, but she swears she isn't going to date anybody for a year. Then he pesters her to try to get her to admit that she's kissed Niles from One Direction. Nope. That conversation wasn't at all weird.
8:45 p.m. "I want to be a legend," says Kaci, already comparing herself to Michael Jackson and Celine Dion. Before she takes the stage, Demi and Britney are giggling about their shared love of tattoos and they agree to get ink after the show one day. OK. Kaci Newton time. Simon says Kaci reminds him of Britney. Kaci insists that she takes modern songs and tries to make them her own, starting with Katy Perry tonight. Oh, this is sad. Kaci's... not good. Did we really build the first 45 minutes of this episode to humiliate this sad girl? Kaci starts off bad and gets worse and worse and worse. "This is going to sound odd, but it sounded like you were dying," Simon says. "I don't want to hear that," Kaci says, still unclear and insisting that nerves got the best of her. She launches into an equally bad version of "Mercy." The judges all vote "No," with Simon twisting the knife by calling Kaci annoying.
8:53 p.m. Interesting. Auditions in San Francisco are introduced by a couple drag queens? Well... OK. We basically saw four auditions from Austin.
8:54 p.m. We start with an "island warrior princess" singer, whose name is flashed on-screen much too fast. I caught Mark Avey, a crotch-thrusting "raving lunatic." Then there's a scary drunk guy who looks like a plumber. San Francisco is a problem.
8:56 p.m. Some kid with floppy hair is taken aback by all of the beautiful women at the audition. He's objectifying women left and right until he gets to... Quantrele Da'an Smith. He's in a wedding dress, because he's getting married to "X Factor." His day job is decorating wedding cakes. [On a side note, "Braining Glasses Britney" is my favorite flavor of Britney. She looks intellectual, y'all.] Not surprisingly, Quantrele is singing a little Lady Gaga. Also not surprisingly, as bad a Quantrele is, his badness is exactly the sort of badness that a crowd of San Francisco auditioners is gonna lap up. The judges start out skeptical, but eventually the come to support that, say what you will, Quantrele gets the spirit of the song. "You were off-key a little bit, but for the most part you were really entertaining," Britney says. Demi loves her lipstick. "If you imagine Madonna, Bobby Brown and Dracula had a child, it would be you... But in a weird way, I quite liked it," Simon says. L.A. Reid says "No." Demi and Britney say "No." "Some days I have to embrace the madness," Simon says, voting "Yes" and high-fiving Demi and Britney.
9:01 p.m. No host also seems to mean no bumpers in and out of commercials. So while "The Voice" takes 30 seconds before each ad break showing you exactly what you're going to see in five minutes, this version of "X Factor" is creating... I don't want to quite say "suspense," but it's doing something different. I'm kinda appreciating it.
9:05 p.m. Oh right. Groups. Emblem3 is our first group of the season. They're three bothers, two biological and one adopted? We also meet Vincent Thomas, an Efron-esque actor from Los Angeles, who was previously a member of a European-based boy band. The men of Emblem3 look like they want to kill Vincent as he attempts to pass his wisdom along to them. "You've just gotta let it all out there," Vincent tells them. Thanks, Vincent! The men of Emblem3 "want to be real always" and they insist they're not a boy band.
9:08 p.m. Vincent Thomas is the first to audition. He's got a thin, nasally voice and great hair. "It's sad, so sad" he sings, mangling Elton John. Simon suggests that in a boy band, Vincent should be the one who doesn't sing. The men of Emblem3 are all, "OH SNAP!" in the wings. "That was super-lame one of them says."
9:10 p.m. After that fake boy band reject, it's time to get to Emblem3. They're doing an original song, called "Sunset Boulevard." I don't quite get what the group ethos is, but they're actually pretty good in a sorta Wholesome Sublime kinda way? The audience loves them. There isn't much to the song, but there wasn't that much more to "Young Homie" and Chris Rene rode that one a long way. Doing a bad original is an awful idea on shows like this, but doing a surprisingly un-awful original is a good play. "I don't like you, I love you," L.A. Reid says. Britney calls them "funky" and "smooth." "I think you guys are so cute," Demi says. "We think you're cute," one of the guys says and Simon has to step in. "I loved everything about this audition," Simon says. And Simon takes extra time to mock Vincent Thomas. "I predict big things for you going forward," Simon adds, before the four "Yes" votes come in.
9:15 p.m. I take it back. There's a "Coming up on 'X Factor'" package, albeit without any voiceover.
9:19 p.m. Britney and Demi chat in the Green Room about how hard it is to say "No."
9:20 p.m. Gravel-voiced Don Philip is a vocal coach from the Bronx. Hmmm... 10 years ago he did a duet with Britney Spears, but he wasn't ready for the "fame." He's been concentrating on writing and producing since then. This is his last chance. Oy. Is Britney going to recognize him? Or is this going to be a Christina Aguilera/Tony Lucca situation? "Oh my gosh," Britney says. She does, indeed, know that she's supposed to know him. "Oh my God," Britney says. "I used to record with him a long, long time ago," she says. Asked what's happened to him in the past 10 years, Don goes red and cries and says that he didn't think he was worthy but, "This time I want my shot." I'm disturbed by what we're not saying about what happened to Don 10 years ago. Weird. Don's singing voice sounds absolutely nothing like his speaking voice. That doesn't mean it's good. He slurs and whispers all of his words and it's a little concerning to watch him. I need more details on what happened to him and what's wrong with him. "The problem you have, Don, you don't have a good singing vote," Simon says. Don asks Britney for her opinion. Britney says that his voice isn't up to the standards of what they want. She's actually really supportive and honest in her answer. The judges all vote "No" and this is actually worse than Christina/Tony Lucca, because Britney had to break this guy's heart. "I saw her face and I feel like I hurt her," Don says backstage, doubled over. "I never meant to hurt Britney," he says. Simon tries to reassure Britney that she did the right thing.
9:30 p.m. I'm trying to think if I appreciate "X Factor" more or less for that Don Philip segment. Because that was sure depressing. But it was also honest. Except for all of the ways in which it wasn't honest. If you Google "Don Philip," you'll read the stuff "X Factor" didn't show.
9:30 p.m. Off to Providence, Rhode Island. Jennel Garcia, an 18-year-old student, isn't sure if she wants to meet Britney or Demi more. She comes from a small town, her dad designs race cars and she's astoundingly bubbly. And then she starts performing and she's a wee lioness. She's probably the best singer we've seen tonight and she's a natural performer, even if she's a pole away from doing something a bit disturbing up there. She's just an example of an performer you can easily imagine a career arc for. And we haven't had that kind of singer tonight since Paige at the top of the show, probably. "I am so feeling you," L.A. Reid says. "I was not expecting that. That was absolutely incredible," says Britney. Demi wrote down "hot" in her notes. "You are on the money," Simon says, comparing her to a young Pat Benatar. All "Yes" votes. "I didn't expect them to like me that much," Jennel says.
9:42 p.m. Montage of bad people. Simon tells one 14-year-old contestant to buy a puppy so that it can be a happy day for himself.
9:43 p.m. On a potentially better note, let's meet 19-year-old Jillian Jensen. She's also from Rochester, MA. She's a "kinda" a Demi Lovato fan. They both have "Stay Strong" tattoos. And they were also both bullied in middle school and high school. Sniffle. [Wasn't Jennel also from Rochester? I hope she wasn't mean to Jillian.] As Jillian shares her experiences with the people who were mean to her, the editors cut to Queen B-style "pretty girls" at the auditions putting on their makeup, which is a bit disingenuous and cruel to those girls, given that *they* haven't met Jillian or bullied her. I'm not sure why it was acceptable to use them as proxies for mean girls. "We're both up here, the bullies who bullied us are at home watching TV," Demi says. Sniffle. We wouldn't be doing this if Jillian weren't good. "You can feel that pain," Demi whispers as Jillian sings, all emotion. People in the crowd are waving their hands in heart-signs. Sniffle. Close-up on Demi. Close-up on Jillian's proud and overwhelmed mother. Close-up on a tear falling down Demi's cheek. Manipulative? Yup. Effective? Yup. Standing ovation from the crowd. Standing ovation in the contestants' room. Sniffle. Demi goes up on stage and gives Jillian a hug. Sniffle. L.A. says he's never heard anybody pour their pain and experiences into a song like that. "I really don't think you should be crying right now. You're so amazing," Britney says, calling her voice "raspy" and "sexy." Simon calls it "incredible" and you can tell that he's trying to keep his composure. "I cannot believe how amazing that just was," Demi says. "Yes" votes all around.
9:53 p.m. Yup. That segment pretty much validated the selection of Demi Lovato as "X Factor" judge 100 percent.
9:55 p.m. Between segments, Simon tells Diminutive FOX Reality Guru Mike Darnell that he lost it. "Oh, you have a heart," Demi tells him.
9:55 p.m. Wow. I wouldn't have guessed they'd be able to milk that segment to end the show.
So? What do you think of the new "X Factor"? Did you like Britney and Demi? Did you like the absence of host? Did you like any of the singers?


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Newt Gingrich is following in Joe Biden's footsteps and appearing NBC's "Parks and Rec." But his appearance was an accident, Celebuzz reports. The series creator said Gingrich ran into the show during filming and did a cameo.
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Harley Lawrence. File
Suspicions have swirled around Berwick and rippled across the county, province and even the country since that chilly Wednesday morning six months ago when news of Harley Lawrence's death broke.
According to the RCMP, the 62-year-old man who lived on the small town's streets was murdered that October morning. There was a sense of relief in the town April 25 as news spread that two men had been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Lawrence's death.
But there's another sense: one of horror that two local men stand accused of intentionally killing a vulnerable person on a downtown sidewalk. Despite the rumours of wrong doing, there was a temptation for some to think his death a tragic accident; holding on to a hope that no one could commit such a despicable, deliberate crime.
There will be other feelings as the case proceeds through the court system: perhaps satisfaction, perhaps anger, perhaps frustration and most certainly sadness.
For whatever Harley's life and death meant to Berwick and to those of who remembered him and marked his passing by attending a vigil, a funeral or donating to the costs of his burial and headstone, it certainly meant more to his family who mourn his loss.
"I know lots of people feel invested (in this case)," Open Arms pastor John Andrew said April 25, but "the family carries a weight that is much larger."
He said the charges brought "a strange kind of peace."
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Should the police allegations be proven in court, it will be a hard thing to heal from and no victory of justice will return Harley to his family.
Yet, the family, police, town officials and pastor spoke of healing, of justice and of patience as the charges were announced.
Patience will be certainly necessary. Seeking answers through court proceedings is usually a slow, plodding quest. It may be years before more is known about how – and why – Lawrence died.
Let us hope that answers are forthcoming and, as Andrew said, that this alleged violence is "an anomaly" and not a reflection of the community.
After the press conference late last week, Mayor Don Clarke said he thought something positive had come from what has been a painful chapter in Berwick's history. Community meetings have been held, involving residents ranging from schoolchildren to seniors, and Clarke said the process has been "cathartic" for many.
Catharsis is not, however, something a person struggling with poverty, homelessness or mental illness can hold on to.
One thing that is tangible is a renewed support for Open Arms in Berwick. Andrew said he hopes the organization will be able to offer its services to those in need from a permanent location by this fall.
The case of Harley Lawrence will be a difficult one to watch, but knowing there are those who give their time to offer assistance and kindness to even those who rebuff a helping hand is some comfort when facing the specter of extreme cruelty.