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DES MOINES—Central College distance runners took down another school record Thursday night at the Drake Relays. The squad of Drew Jackson (sophomore, Johnston), Kyle Nuehring (freshman, Waukee), Cole Decker (freshman, Des Moines, Dowling Catholic HS) and Eli Horton (sophomore, Southeast Polk HS) finished sixth in the seldom-run 4x1600-meter relay with a mark of 17 minutes, 17.17 seconds.
The foursome cracked one of the oldest marks in the Dutch record books. The previous standard of 17:23.9 was set in 1981 by the team of Pete Anderson, Marley Wubbena, Mark Muyskens, and Paul Sparks. Central competed in a field loaded with Division I competition and was the first Division III finisher.
"It was a lot of fun to run that event and set a new record," said coach Joe Dunham.
Earlier in the day, Eric Larson (sophomore, Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS) followed a strong day-one performance with a lifetime best in the decathlon, scoring 6,717 points to take eighth overall and first among Division III competitors. Larson recorded marks of 15.4 in the 110-meter hurdles, 115 feet, nine inches in the discus throw, 12-5.5 in the pole vault, 138-7 in the javelin throw, and 4:40.87 in the 1,500 meters. He is currently ranked first on the Division III performance list.
"Eric had a great day and was really able to stay focused, especially during some difficulties at the early heights in the pole vault," said Dunham. "It was fun for him to set a personal best at this meet."
The Dutch alumni also had strong showing in the final decathlon standings. Peter Wagner and Kurtis Brondyke scored 6,899 and 6,869 points respectively to take fourth and fifth, while Ethan Miller finished a disappointing 11th after failing to record a mark in the discus.
Mel McDermott (senior, Britt, West Hancock HS) rounded out the evening with a 32-place finish in the 10,000-meters in a time of 37:52.96.
"Mel was able to run a season's best," said Dunham. "It wasn't exactly where she wanted to finish but it certainly wasn't for lack of effort. We were proud of her race."
The Dutch will resume competition Friday morning with a pair of 4x100-meter relays slated to begin at 8:58 a.m. Central will send the remainder of the squad to the Simpson Kip Janvrin Open in Indianola. Events are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
Central College Drake Relays schedule of events
Friday, April 26
8:58 a.m. – women's 4x100-meter relay prelims
9:17 a.m. – men's 4x100-meter relay prelims
10 a.m. – women's distance medley relay
12:51 p.m. – women's 4x200-meter relay
1:03 p.m. – men's 4x200-meter relay
1:57 p.m. – women's 4x400-meter relay prelims
2:25 p.m. – men's 4x400-meter relay prelims
Saturday, April 27
8:30 a.m. – men's shuttle hurdle relay
8:40 a.m. – women's sprint medley relay
9 a.m. – men's sprint medley relay
11:07 a.m. – men's distance medley relay
3:20 p.m. – women's 4x100-meter relay finals
3:25 p.m. – men's 4x100-meter relay finals
4:02 p.m. – women's 4x400-meter relay finals
4:12 p.m. – men's 4x400-meter relay finals


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Last year of MEAP testing shows continued improvement in fourth grade reading scores
Fourth graders improved their reading test scores for the fourth year in a row according to the Michigan Department of Education's release of the Fall 2013 MEAP scores. The scores show the reading levels of students at the end of third grade and are broken down by school districts.
In 2013, 70 percent of fourth graders were proficient in reading, while in 2012, 68.1 percent were proficient. This has been a steady increase since 2010, when 63.5 percent were proficient.
In addition to the four-year trend of increases in fourth grade reading scores, writing scores were up for grades four and seven and math scores remained stable for grades six and seven at a steady increase over the past four years.
Social studies scores, however, reflected a four-year downward trend in grades six and nine.
For students in the Educational Achievement Authority (EAA), scores were still near the bottom.
This will be the last year for the MEAP test in grades three through nine. A new assessment will be used in the spring of 2015, but the Legislature has not yet decided what assessment will be used. MDE has recommended the Smarter Balanced tests.
So far, the MEAP has been the only statewide measure to assess student growth and is need of replacement. It was a one-time, high stakes-test that fell short of assessing what is actually being taught. Its focus was on information retention rather than real learning. Now, that the state has adopted the Common Core State Standards, it's necessary to use an assessment which aligns with them.

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Information About the National Clean Plant Network (NCPN)
The National Clean Plant Network (NCPN) produces and distributes asexually propagated plant material free of targeted plant pathogens and pests to ensure the global competitiveness of specialty crop producers and protect the environment.
The Farm Bill - H.R. 6124 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - became law in June 2008. Section 10202 directs the USDA Secretary of Agriculture to establish the "National Clean Plant Network" (NCPN), a program under which a partnership of clean plant centers is organized for diagnostic and pathogen elimination services to produce clean propagative plant material and maintain blocks of pathogen-tested plant materials in sites located throughout the United States. Clean plant material may then be made available to States for certified clean plant programs and to private nurseries and producers. In carrying out the NCPN, USDA shall consult with State departments of agriculture, land grant universities, and non-land-grant colleges of agriculture. Additionally, to the extent practicable, and with appropriate State and industry input, NCPN shall use existing Federal or State facilities to serve as clean plant centers. The program was reauthorized under the Agriculture Act of 2014 (commonly called the Farm Bill of 2014). Section 10007 of the Farm Bill of 2014 combined the National Clean Plant Network (NCPN), formally Section 10202, with the Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention program, formally Section 10201, and provided additional funding for these two programs. The Farm Bill made the NCPN a permanent program with dedicated funding.
In FY 2009, NCPN initiated its Cooperative Agreement program by supporting 5 clean plant centers covering fruit trees and grapes. The program was expanded in FY 2010 to cover a greater number of clean plant centers and expanded to include citrus, berries, and hops. The program repeated again in FY 2011 and 2012. Due to the lack of a Farm Bill in FY 2013, the program was unable to offer funding support through an FY 2013 Cooperative Agreements program. The program was reauthorized under the Agriculture Act of 2014 (also known as the Farm Bill 2014) and has re-issued its NCPN Cooperative Agreement Request for Applications (RFA) again in 2014, 2015, and 2016, expanding the program further to include support for sweet potatoes and roses.
As a concept, the Network began in November 2006 when representatives from the nursery industry, the grower community, the National Plant Board (NPB), other state regulatory agencies, the land-grant university system, and USDA formed a steering committee to review existing "clean plant programs", prioritize a list of specialty crops for funding, and propose an NCPN implementation process.
USDA APHIS later sponsored a national workshop at Riverdale, Maryland in May 2007 to implement the Network and introduce the concept to a broader stakeholder base. The workshop attendees developed the NCPN mission and vision statements as well as the draft strategic plan.
Presently, NCPN is a collaborative effort among three USDA agencies; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for quarantine and regulatory programs, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for technology and germplasm issues, and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for outreach and partnership initiatives. The Network is administered nationally by an 8 member NCPN Governing Board (NCPN-GB).
Basic to the NCPN concept are stakeholder driven, specialty crop focused, clean plant governing bodies composed of interested state, university, association, and industry partners. In 2007-2010 stakeholders representing fruit trees (pome and stone fruits), grapes, berries (strawberries, blueberries/cranberries, and cane fruit), citrus, and hops formed governing bodies entrusted with prioritizing, harmonizing, and networking clean plant activities for their specialty crop groups. During 2014-2015 stakeholders representing sweetpotatoes and roses also formed governing bodies and joined the Network.
The NCPN held general meetings in Washington, DC in March 2009, Davis, CA in May 2010, and in Riverdale, MD in November 2011. Highlights of these meetings included establishing general NCPN clean plant program priorities, communicating clean plant program progress reports, the installation of the NCPN Governing Board, discussions on NCPN Farm Bill program funding strategies, talks on clean plant center long-term sustainability, a review and assessment of the programs direction and accomplishments as compared against its Strategic Plan and the establishment of a comprehensive NCPN education, extension, and outreach program. At the 2009 meeting, the NCPN Federal partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding which set the program's cornerstone.
The NCPN produces and distributes asexually propagated plant material free of targeted plant pathogens and pests to ensure the global competitiveness of specialty crop producers and protect the environment.
The NCPN's regional centers of excellence are recognized leaders in the introduction of the highest quality, regionally adapted, true-to-type propagative plant materials that are free of targeted plant pathogens and pests, thus promoting a vigorous commercial environment and the opportunity for international trade while protecting the environment of North America. Translational research, education and extension initiatives are fully funded to maintain the network's high quality collections and strengthen its services. Industry, research and regulatory communities collaborate to ensure an abundant supply of healthy specialty crops. The economic, environmental and social sustainability of specialty crop industries and the improved economies of the communities that depend on these industries are the ultimate impacts of the NCPN's robust service delivery.
The draft NCPN business plan outlines five strategies and associated goals that are central to program implementation and project funding:
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Angel Cabrera and Carl Pettersson were atop the leaderboard after Thursday's rain-suspended first round of the Houston Open.
Cabrera and Pettersson each shot a 7-under-par 65 and were among only 51 players to finish their rounds before thunderstorms caused play to be suspended at Humble, Texas.
First-round play will resume Friday morning at 8:30 ET.
Jeff Maggert and Ricky Barnes were among the early finishers and were one shot behind the clubhouse leaders with a 66.
Keegan Bradley was among those at 67 and Lee Westwood and Steve Stricker opened with a 68.
Defending champion Phil Mickelson was 1-under through three holes, as was Fred Couples.


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CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Greyhound guard Justin Redman-Trotter throws up an off-balance shot against the defense of Texas A&M-Commerce guard Derrick Darkis in the first half of Saturday's Lone Star Conference crossover game at Greyhound Arena.
By Dave Wagner: CNJ sports writer
PORTALES — Sooner or later, you had to figure the Texas A&M-Commerce men's basketball team was going to break through.
Losers of their first five games by a combined 24 points — including three decided on the final possession — the athletic Lions took advantage of a poor first half on offense by Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday and cruised to a 73-53 victory in a Lone Star Conference crossover game at Greyhound Arena.
Senior guard Kevin Widemond led four Commerce players in double figures with 21 points, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range. He scored 19 of his points after halftime.
The Lions shot 48 percent from the field, including 9-of-16 from 3-point range. They led from start to finish, and the margin was in double figures for the final 24 minutes.
"I think our guys felt like they had played good enough to win (before Saturday)," Commerce coach Sam Walker said. "I think we shot the ball well tonight."
Forward Scooby Johnson added 12 points and forwards Champ Sylvester and Lance Jackson scored 10 apiece for Commerce.
On the other hand, the Greyhounds (2-5) struggled mightily in the first half in digging themselves a hole they couldn't escape. They shot only 20 percent (6-of-30) from the field and trailed 31-17 at the break.
"The first half really set the table for an uphill climb," said ENMU coach Shawn Scanlan said, whose squad lost its fourth in a row. "The first 10 minutes, I thought we defended pretty well, but our offense didn't respond. You have to get some energy from your offense at some point."
Junior forward Travis Cooper finished with team highs of 13 points and eight rebounds for the Hounds, while junior guard Jamaal McCoy added 11 points and senior guard Justin Redman-Trotter finished with 10.
McCoy and Redman-Trotter were emblematic of the team, though, combining to go 6-for-20 from the field and 0-of-7 from the 3-point line.
The Hounds had eight players in uniform with junior forward Kenneth Ward sitting out with a hand injury sustained earlier in the week in practice.
"We've got some major work to do," Scanlan said. "Hopefully, everybody's up to the challenge.
"Until we start piecing some positive things together, it's going to be a long road."
Commerce struggled to score early, but consecutive 3-pointers by Leonard Bishop and Widemond opened a 19-7 lead with 7:40 left in the half.
The Hounds countered with treys from Chad Johnson and Kendall Clark, but the Lions scored the next eight points and held ENMU to one field goal over the final six minutes of the half.
"We had some guys hit some big 3s, and we hadn't been getting that," Walker said. "Widemond and Sylvester hit some big shots tonight.
"I didn't think we played exceptional defense. I thought it was a well-played game, but one team just hit more shots."
ENMU has three games remaining before the holidays, all on the road. They have crossovers on Thursday at Northeastern State and on Saturday at Central Oklahoma.
Their next home outing is on Jan. 3 against LSC North member East Central.


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Church bells ring in times of both sadness and joy.
Today they rang out at a Makiki church.
There were 50 chimes for 50 states after landmark rulings supporting gay marriage.
"John Dunne, an Anglican priest once said. 'Ask not for whom the bells toll.' So, the bells are a reminder that we are part of a larger community. Today we are ringing the bell 50 times because we are praying for our country and giving thanks for our democracy," said the Rev. Michael Arase-Barham of St. Clement's Church.
At the state Capitol on Wednesday, House lawmakers said they will begin polling their 51 members if they should go beyond civil unions and allow same-?sex marriage.
"The House leadership team does not want to dictate a result on this. We really want members to make their own decision on how to proceed with this," said House Majority Leader Scott Saiki.
To some it's an easy decision -- a question of fairness.
"Clearly you have seen heterosexual couples who receive federal benefits and save thousands of dollars. So the question is, are we going to afford same sex couples that same opportunity?" said Rep. Chris Lee.
Judiciary Chairman Karl Rhoads thinks with the Supreme Court ruling, the stakes are higher this time.
Click here to see which Republicans support same-sex marriage.
"People who were on the fence before, this will push them over on the same-sex side with the understanding that civil unions aren't good enough," said Rep. Rhoads.
"The expectation is that equality is coming. It is not a matter of if, but when. The bills that were introduced last session could be reviewed again, if lawmakers want to make this next step," said Jacce Mikulanec of Equality Today.
Hawaii Family Forum, on the other hand, urged lawmakers not to decide this on their own. Instead it says put it on the ballot and let voters choose.
"Hawaii had the conversation in the 1990s. We amended our constitution defining marriage between one man and one woman. So I think the Legislature really needs to go back to the constitutional process if they want to change the marriage laws," said Jim Hochberg.
House lawmakers began polling their members Wednesday, and said they may have the results in a couple of weeks.


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WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwired) -- 08/11/14 -- Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement in response to today's sworn declarations from IRS officials Aaron G. Signor, John H. Minsek, Stephen L. Manning, Timothy P. Camus, and Thomas J. Kane, which were provided to the federal district court on order from Judge Emmet G. Sullivan regarding the "lost" emails of Lois Lerner and other IRS officials. The conveniently missing emails have been the subject of longstanding Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. IRS (No. 1:13-cv-01559)):
"These sworn declarations delivered to the court today were to discuss what happened to Lois Lerner's 'lost' emails and any other computer records reportedly lost by the IRS. This latest IRS filing seems to treat as a joke Judge Sullivan's order requiring the IRS to produce details about Lois Lerner's "lost" emails and any efforts to retrieve and produce them to Judicial Watch as required under law. Frankly, it seems the cover-up continues."
Judge Sullivan authorized Judicial Watch to submit a request for limited discovery into the missing IRS records after September 10.
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The Majority Leader Has Lost. Long Live The Majority Leader
By Charles Mahtesian • Jun 12, 2014
Originally published on June 12, 2014 7:43 pm
Shortly after Rep. Eric Cantor's surprise defeat in the Republican primary, Cantor announced his plans to step down soon from his position as House majority leader. This will leave a void in the GOP leadership, an open spot that's sure to attract plenty of interest.


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If you love bacon, and are willing to trade gas, food and lodging for it, then Josh Sankey's cross-country trip bartering bricks of Oscar Meyer's Butcher Thick Cut Bacon may just be your dream come true.
Sankey wrote on his website BaconBarter.com that he is driving from New York to Los Angeles with no cash on hand and no credit cards, and is using a refrigerated trailer full of 3,000 pounds of bacon provided by Oscar Meyer to barter for everything he'll need to make the trip.
According to Sankey, "It's all to find out if America loves this bacon as much as money!"
The bartering spree -- which is sponsored by Oscar Meyer -- does have some minimum bacon exchange rates. For instance, offering a place for Sankey to sleep will get you about 15 bricks, while Civil War memorabilia may only get you three bricks of bacon.
Sankey is using his website, Facebook and Twitter to solicit bartering ideas as he drives through 12 states to meet the challenge. As of Thursday he's made it to Louisville, Ky., and has traded numerous bricks for items and services such as a fortune teller reading, a first aid kit and sunglasses. One of his hosts even got a bacon tattoo in exchange for a fridge full of smoked pork belly.
A camera crew is traveling with Sankey chronicling his adventure as he spreads the joy of bacon from coast to coast until he is scheduled to reach his final destination of Los Angeles on Sept. 23.


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Findings collected by the Mars rover Spirit gets scientists excited for what other secrets the Red Planet may hide
Scientists have conducted a lot of research to discover signs of water and possible life on Mars. A recent discovery by a NASA rover has created excitement in the scientific community: the Mars rover Spirit collected soil samples that makes scientists strongly believe Mars was once wet.
The rover found some Martian soil with high levels of silica, which needs water to crystalize. Basic chemical analysis on the soil revealed the soil composition contained up to 90 percent silica. This soil, located in Gusev Crater, is the strongest evidence that water, at some point in the planet's history, existed.
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. The most likely theory is that soil mixed with acid vapors, created by volcanic activity, along with a strong presence of water. Another popular idea is that the silica was created from water from a hot spring.
Spirit's discovery "reinforces the fact that significant amounts of water were present in Mars' past, which continues to spur the hope that we can show that Mars was once habitable and possibly supported life," said Doug McCuistion, NASA Mars exploration program director.
Oddly enough, the silica discovery happened due to a Spirit mechanical problem. The bright patches of silica-rich soil were discovered when one of the rover's wheels dragged through the topsoil, revealing the bright colored silica-soil underneath.
Scientists are anxious to continue their research to discover what else is on the Red Planet. Research indicates ice under the Martian surface
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A Buckhannon man who threatened to "shoot all of the state police" after being arrested on a variety of traffic-related charges Tuesday now finds himself being held at the Central Regional Jail in lieu of a $70,000 bond.
Michael Anthony Hager, 48, of Route 1, Box 150, is facing a felony charge of terroristic threats, along with misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, battery on a police officer, assault on a police officer, destruction of property, hit and run with property damage and attempting to commit a misdemeanor. He was arraigned before Lewis County Magistrate Rob Clem.
The authorities began searching for a gray Nissan Frontier truck shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a call about a hit-and-run incident in the parking lot of the Plantation Inn in Jane Lew. The truck was located a few minutes later, stuck in a cow pasture and spinning its wheels in an attempt to get out of the field, according to the criminal complaint in Lewis County Magistrate Court. The truck had apparently ran off the right side of the road and struck a barbed wire fence before traveling into the field.
State trooper M.E. Clay ordered the driver to exit the vehicle, and the driver, whom the trooper identified as Hager, was observed having glassy and bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and having trouble balancing. Hager was given a series of field sobriety tests, the complaint stated, none of which Hager allegedly said he could perform.
Hager was taken to Weston for further testing, which he refused. Hager is alleged to have made the statement that he was going to physically assault the trooper and he was going to shoot him and "all of the West Virginia State Police." Hager is alleged to have grabbed the trooper's left arm in an attempt to pull him down, according to the complaint.
While in the State Police vehicle, the complaint states that Hager continued to make threats against the State Police, along with laying down in the back seat and kicking the rear passenger window, "nearly breaking it."


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Directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Lyle Talbot – Inspector Warren
Bela Lugosi – The Scientist
Edward D. Wood, Jr. – Glen/Glenda
Timothy Farrell – Dr. Alton
In November of 1943, A young marine went charging up the smoldering beach of Tarawa Atoll, rushing eagerly into the breech of furious hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. As the forces met, a Japanese soldier slammed his rifle butt into the marine's mouth, knocking out all of his front teeth. This particular young marine was known for his physical toughness, however, and had a potent reputation as a fierce combat soldier. He spit clots of blood and teeth into the sand then rammed his bayonet home with all his strength. The Japanese soldier fell into the sand, clutching himself. The Marine was in a blood rage, however, and stood over the opponent, thrusting his bayonet down over and over before reason returned.Our young, toothless warrior handily survived the four day battle, which proved to be some of the war's bloodiest fighting in the Pacific Theater. Indeed – so unhampered was he by the red bra and panties he wore under his Marine uniform throughout, he emerged with medals.
The Marine, of course, was Edward D. Wood Jr., who, judging by his hearty plunge into the hottest points of battle, never feared death. He would tell his curious collection of friends years later that it was not getting killed at Tarawa that frightened him – it was getting seriously injured. If that happened, Marine doctors or nurses might discover he was a transvestite, which would be difficult to explain to his fellow brothers in arms. Dying would have been much easier.
Throughout his life, Wood's clumsy and touching moments of confession or revelation would always go decidedly poorly. His first wife, Norma McCarty, kicked him out of the house on their wedding night. Wood, undressing for a presumed consummation, was still wearing the ladies' panties he had worn for the ceremony. McCarty declined further participation and the marriage was annulled the following day. In 1959, Wood regular Lyle Talbott was elected to take a very drunken Wood home after the wrap party for the infamous Plan 9 From Outer Space. Wood was several gimlets past speech and was unable to give Talbott a home address. Finally deciding not to leave Wood on the sidewalks of Hollywood, he drove him to his own home, which he shared with his wife and kids. At his wife's courteous insistence, Talbot (somewhat reluctantly) plunked the large, besotted director in the main bedroom for the evening. The following morning, as Talbot, wife, and kids were having breakfast, Wood came clunking out of the couple's bedroom wearing some of the wife's clothing (a couple sizes too small at that). Talbot reacted with sheer horror. He demanded Wood remove his wife's things and all but physically threw him from the house, screaming at him the whole time. The two never spoke or saw one another again.
After the historic Battle of Tarawa, Wood went on to serve with an intelligence unit in the South Pacific until he got a leg torn up by machine gun fire. He was Honorably Discharged from the Marines in 1944, having earned the Silver and Bronze Stars, Two Purple Hearts, and a Sharpshooter's Medal for his zealous service.
After the war, Wood drifted a bit, as ex-soldiers often do. He gave college a brief, half-hearted whirl, then went to work in a traveling carnival, biting the heads off chickens as the geek - sometimes appearing as the Half-Man, Half Woman; in other words, perfect employment for an eager young man that drank far too much vodka and liked the sheer quality of a well-made negligee. Being a carny didn't fully satisfy, however, and he eventually fell in with the fringe element of Hollywood, working at odd jobs along the tattered and soiled edges of the movie industry. Around this time, Wood became increasingly determined to make his own movies. This had been a long-held dream, lurking right behind the blood-soaked sands of Tarawa and the crunch of chicken heads. Once ensconced in the seedy apartments of Hollywood, Wood was able to engage his greatest gift: an optimism that was superhuman in its power; and an ability to move forward under circumstances that would crush a normal soul. Throughout his life, the utter and complete defeats, indeed, the profound humiliations, that would have beaten the dreams from an average man served only to give Wood strength and increased energy.
Over the next few years Wood did find work with a camera, but the results were little more than home movies. Still, his jaw-dropping zest never failed to leave an impression. Then, in 1952, Wood saw an honest-to-God window of opportunity that made him quiver with excitement: That year Christine Jorgenson's successful sex reassignment operation became a media event, making headlines throughout the world. Sensing the moment, Wood sprinted into the offices of low-rent Z-movie producer George Weiss and made his case. Wood explained that he was uniquely positioned to tell Jorgenson's story and wanted to turn the shy, dental student's unusual story into a movie. Weiss, after hearing Wood's reasoning, agreed to fund a modest effort. Wood approached Jorgenson who, without a great deal of consideration, took a pass on the project. Undaunted (ever undaunted) and with Weiss's money in his pocket, Wood quickly decided to write an autobiographical script and film his own story instead.
Glen or Glenda is the story of Glen, a young transvestite, and his tortures trying to fit into a society eager to shun him for his devotion to women's clothing. At times Glen or Glenda feels like a quasi-documentary (albeit a cracked and angry one), and at other times a twisted adventure into the world of the profoundly lost and lonely. It is stuffed full of the usual Wood stock footage (nearly always jarring in its placement). It boasts a lugubrious and melodramatic performance from Bela Lugosi as "The Scientist" in which the ill and drug-addicted legend sits in a padded chair and mouths sentence after sentence of bleak, disjointed rambling that, oddly, hold the ear as if one were hypnotized. But most importantly, it stars the man himself, Edward D. Wood Jr. in a kind of duel role: As Glen, struggling to make his fiancée, Barbara (Delores Fuller), understand his "condition;" and then also as Glenda, tromping through the seedier locals and storefronts of Los Angeles, wearing an ill-fitted blond wig, a boxy skirt and high heels, and trademark angora sweater and hat.
The film is most assuredly inept, but that misses the point by a mile. An authority as beloved as Leonard Maltin has called it "probably the worst film ever made." These sort of insights are rather like describing Hurricane Katrina as the worst day on record for kite flying – undoubtedly true but failing entirely to capture a thing's power and significance.
Glen or Glenda is the most courageous and self-revealing movies ever offered up by an American film maker. The sheer balls it must have taken to make this film, to step so far outside of the conventions of a society, probably isn't possible anymore. Films today, as all know, are made to shock – the intention is to make you vomit or find revulsion in the main characters. Film makers since the 1970s have worked so desperately hard at this, there is simply no amount of blood or gore which retains the power to furrow the brow; no amount of deviance that seems breath taking, disgusting, or even vaguely enticing or tempting. Nothing can surprise or repulse, because nothing is taken that seriously. We have seen so far behind the curtain that we've forgotten there is a curtain. When Wood made this film in 1953, such was not the case. Films then were taken more at their word and Wood made this film straight-up.
Along these lines lies the thing of beauty about Glen or Glenda: it was not made to titillate or shock. Quite the reverse, Glen's struggle with normal society – marriage, love, 9-5 employment, and men's attire – is meant to persuade one to an understanding perspective. It is Glen's (Wood's) struggle for "normalcy" which make this film so shocking. To watch Wood as Glen, sitting in his shabby, atomic age dump, dressed in his cheap men's suit while he desperately makes idle chit-chat with his fiancée, is to watch a moment of terrible pain and tension - like waiting for the circus geek to bound at the bars of his cage, chicken blood dripping from his mouth and his eyes showing all white. This thin veneer of poverty-strapped normalcy barely concealing a torrent of strange makes Glen or Glenda one of the most unique and flat bizarre films ever made; and if there has ever been a film by an American that remained so completely true to a film-makers vision, I haven't seen it or been told about it. Certainly, no concessions are obvious here to satisfy convention, to say the least.
It is extremely doubtful, despite his confessional sales pitch to producer Weiss, if Wood could have gotten this film off the ground without the participation of Bela Lugosi, whose powerful aura could still conjure attention. Wood plays to his strength from the opening credits – placing Lugosi's name before, above, and in the same font-size as the title itself. The film even opens with the stark, still-handsome face of the great Dracula (the actor, though ill and drug-addicted by 1952-3, was teetering on the brink of the startling desiccation that would ravage his appearance. By the filming of Bride of the Monster in 1955, the decline was obvious), sitting in a moth-eaten chair in the middle of a small, narrow, moth-eaten set. Skulls and old books adorn the bookcase behind Lugosi, a skeleton and a mummy stand in the corners. The heavy drone of organs give way to a lonely howl of night wind. Lugosi is reading from a tome as large as his torso. He closes the book, looks directly at the camera and, without bothering to introduce himself, begins lecturing:
"Man's constant groping of things unknown, drawing from the endless reaches of time, brings to light many startling things. Startling? Because they seem new. Sudden! But most are not new. The signs of the ages. . ."
Lugosi's "Scientist" will be one of the major threads of the movie, speaking to the camera from his chair, working in an extremely threadbare laboratory (right next to his chair), and sometimes speaking to us as a voice-over. Lugosi wraps up his opening monologue buy ushering us into a scene of a transvestite suicide. "A life has ended" says Lugosi, his face superimposed momentarily over the shot of a dingy motel room and a young transvestite laying out primly on a single bed, his makeup and hair done perfectly. Lugosi's face fades, and we begin another thread of Glen or Glenda:
The police and photographers enter the small, dimsal apartment, snapping shots of the dead man, displaying a somber respect for the dead. Inspector Warren (Lyle Talbott) stands over the body, considering the suicide note which describes a sad life of police arrests and public scorn due to a love of wearing women's clothing in public. "let my body rest in death forever," says a thin, reedy voiceover, "in the things I cannot wear in life."
Inspector Warren, deciding he needs top-flight, professional insight into the case, visits the office of Dr. Alton, Physiologist (Timothy Farrell). The men shake hands and extend pleasantries, then Inspector Warren flops his hat on the doctor's desk, lights up a cigar, and gets down to cases: In an effort to improve his police work, the inspector seeks insight into various unconventional sexual practices; and Dr. Alton, being a certified expert of the human condition, will offer his insights into such topics as sex transference, hermaphrodites, homosexuality, and transvestitism. The long, long discussion the two men will have will constitute the second narrative thread of the movie, with the psychologist's voice-over providing exposition for the rest of the film (as well as an authoritative, documentary flavor). The doctor will describe several cases of varying degrees while discussing matters with the inspector, one of them being the "successful" case of a transvestite named Glen.
This scene is notable for two reasons: first, it is the most lavish and realistic interior set Edward Wood ever managed to provide: The bookcases are filled with real books, the desk and chairs actually look expensive, and the appointments, wall hangings, and details are all well done and give an air of understated sophistication (the large ashtray, into which our inspector taps his cigar ash, has an appropriate Mid-Century Modern look – meaning it looks like a space ship that is about to lift off the desk and fly to mars). Considering the pathetically meager budget of $26,000, I can only assume that Wood knew a sympathetic, actual professional psychologist that allowed him to shoot for an afternoon in his office.
Secondly, the scene is rich in Wood dialogue; that is, sentences that clunk and clatter around a bit before coming to a period; with a sentence structure that always sounds jarringly unnatural. The inspector and the doctor don't seem to actually talk in the scene so much as give speeches to one another. There are moments in the scene when actor Lyle Talbott (one of Wood's most experienced regulars) can actually be seen gathering his strength before launching into yet another awkward Wood discourse.
The third thread of the movie is the Case of Glen/Glenda (Ed Wood); a young transvestite who is under the doctor's care (the film also briefly touches on the case of Alan/Anne, a more "serious case" involving a sex change, but this story smacks a bit of the aborted Jorgensen bio-pic). Glen is tormented by the thought of losing his fiancée, Barbara, whom he has not told abut his transvestitism (in an interesting side note, real-life Wood girlfriend, Delores Fuller, played Barbara without knowing about her boyfriend's real-life transvestitism. Wood would simply give her scenes to play - and most play as simple "troubled young love" scenes - not telling her the overall story of the film. Looking back on it, Fuller still has an edge of bitterness over the film. "He put our life right up there," she says in The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr., a documentary about the film maker, "I wanted to crawl into a hole.").
The heart of the film, then, is the angst Glen feels about confronting Barbara with his "condition." He truly loves Barbara, and is terrified of losing her; yet is equally unhappy about the prospect of having to give up women's clothing for the sake of her love. He becomes the Hamlet of the transvestite, B-movie world, crushed between two impossible choices.
The doctor's off-screen voice guides the action along with his semi-professional patter (actor Timothy Farrell, as Dr. Alton, has a voice about as comforting as a hammer drill, and his "sympathetic" observations seem more like intimidations rather than guidance. Wood found a much more suitable use for Farrell's voice and manner a few years later in Jail Bait, where he plays the cop-killing bank robber, Vic Brady). Lugosi's Scientist plunges the film back now and then into the bizarro zone with his omniscient threats, fake lightning, ominous observations; and snippets of nursery rhymes read as the possible tortures of the damned (just imagine Lugosi's thick, Hungarian accent, telling all to beware of puppy dog tails, garden snails, and big green dragons, to feel the shivering oddity of the moment).
Somehow, despite the deadly earnest, black-eyed sympathy of Dr. Alton and the contemptuous rantings of Lugosi's Scientist, Glen and Barbara manage to work things out and lead a conventional life. The doctor helps Glen to understand that all his problems stem from a drunken, abusive father and a mother who never wanted a boy in the first place (Woods own mother dressed him in girl's clothes well into his adolescence). We are treated to a Woodsian fantasy ending where Glen is cured completely. As violins play, we see Glen coming home, dressed in business suit and tie, to a beautifully furnished home and loving wife. The fact that Ed Wood remained a committed cross-dresser, finishing his years as a penniless alcoholic in a shabby one-bedroom on Laurel Canyon, serves to give these final scenes of affluent, domestic bliss a particular melancholy.
And so lets get to the Good Stuff:
Good Stuff Pt. I: Bela Lugosi as God
Lugosi plays a part named only "Scientist" in this film, yet he is obviously God, or at least the god of Ed Wood's imagination. The god of Glen Or Glenda is a scientist experimenting with mankind, having nothing but a snide hatred for the pathetic scurrying of his creations; an omniscient being without love for mankind yet somehow bound to the disappointments of this creation.
"People," says Lugosi as God, his voice dripping contempt, his image superimposed above a bustling, city street, "all going . . .somewhere. All with their own thoughts. Their own ideas. All with their own personalities." He pauses, looking down over the stock footage of foot traffic – men, women, children - is mouth an inky well of rotten teeth – God as corrupt and ruined Dracula -- ready to eat mankind bones and all. He folds his hands, his eyes become narrow. "One is wrong because he does right. One is right, because he does wrong." His face darkens, and then the Scientist commands: "Pull the string! Dance to that which one is created for!" The words sear from Lugosi, and his need to watch mankind flit about, debase itself in pointless and endless humiliations, is clear. This scientist, his sanctum littered with their bones and symbols of death, loves to watch men and women prance about like temporal puppets for his dark entertainment.
No one could have played this God of Grim Life & Death but Lugosi, who by 1953, had a heart full of pain killers, rotten love, and cynicism regarding the nobility of his fellow mortals. Listen to Lugosi's voice in these scenes. Tell me you don't hear God Dracula in some final afterlife of the dead, reigning over the world of forgotten nightmares – able to see but forever unseen. There are fools, or merely the profoundly disappointed, that say Lugosi was ill-used by Wood. Bullshit. These are some of the actors truest and most heartfelt moments, and Lugosi is his perfect self under Wood's loving direction.
Good Stuff Pt. II: The Nightmare of Convention
As Glen is racked with torment over his love for Barbara, he has a dream. Within this dream, Wood expresses a sheer terror of conventional society; a pure sweat-dripping horror, that few directors in film have ever set down so clearly. In particular focus are the forces that shape children as nursery rhymes are chanted by little girl voices, shrill and rich with the echo as if sung in a vast crypt. "Snips and Snails. Puppy dog tails. Ha Ha Ha. Everything Nice. Everything Nice."
Scenes and brief images come in a well-edited montage: Wood imagines himself getting married, in suit and tie, and his best man is Satan, grinning beside the preacher (the preacher, in fact, shakes hands with The Unclean One as he approaches the alter). The temptations of the flesh float against a background of black - scenes of bondage, torture, rape and carnal ecstasy - all repersenting the soiled undergarments beneath the finery of everyday society (noticeably, in these scenes, Satan is not present; only writhing young woman and men with whips and rope. Lugosi God looks on these scenes of debauche with a sneer of disgust.).
Wood dreams himself in a conventional room, except that all is slightly ajar. Wall lamps and pictures hang crookedly, all the potted plants are dead, furniture is tipped over. Stone faced members of polite society begin to pop into the room, teachers, childhood friends, etc.; all with large, unblinking eyes. They surround Wood like ghouls, pointing their fingers at him one by one, as the girl's voice chants, "I'm a girl, you're not. I'm a girl. You're a puppy dog tail!" Satan joins them, reaching for his soul (significantly, the actor playing Satan, Captain DeZita, also plays Wood's drunken, abusive father). All converge on him, turning into the dragon that eats little boys. The entire dream plays out like one of Kerouac's amphetamine-induces riffs.
Gradually this pile of demons and monsters, all next door neighbors and classmates, are pushed off the huddled Wood by an unseen force, all gradually wander off-camera. Satan vanishes in a poof. Wood – Glenda – stands up, tall and triumphant in angora hat and sweater, towering in the room in his heels. He strides across the room like a queen as violins soar. He has decided to tell Barbara the truth about himself, unwilling to live a lie.
The Glen of the film narative is "cured," but Wood let's us in on the truth of the matter with this nightmare sequence; and his dream self is true, brave, and walks in victory after despatching his nightmares of convention.
Good Stuff Pt. III: Edward D. Wood, Jr. and the Shinning Faith of Dreams.
At some point in Ed Wood's life, he decided he wanted to make movies and work in the movie industry; and from that point forward until the day his heart stopped, he did just that. He never stopped trying, he never looked back, and he never quit. Remember, this is a man who spit teeth into the sands of war and kept moving forward. Wood didn't know how to quit. He just kept working and moving forward, even when (especially when) all the forces of the movie industry beat the living shit out of him and left him for dead. They could never break him, never crack his staggering optimism. He didn't die of a broken heart; it simply burned out within his chest, ruined by alcohol and struggle.
Any attempt to turn Wood into a great film-maker is a mistake. His films are, at the least, never boring, but any effort to construct a misunderstood genius from his work is to deprive Wood of his true legacy. Alex Gordon, producer of Wood's Bride of the Monster and a friend, once said, "Eddie couldn't direct traffic." This is a little severe, but true. Wood had mastery of none of a film-maker's traditional tools. Yet his significance as an artist is profound and lasting.
In an age when film makers like Richard Cunha, Roger Corman, Bert Gordon, and Herb Cohen made great monster movies, always with an eye toward ticket sales and profits; Wood hoped for a deeper note. He made films about the degeneration of society (Jail Bait), mankind's need and proclivity for self-destruction (Plan 9), and the persecution of society's misfits and the oppression of convention (Glen or Glenda). It is the nobility of the effort, the reaching so far beyond the limits of grasp, that make Wood so special. He wanted to be remembered, and he died trying.
I host a movie series at a public library. Recently, as I was about to introduce a film, a young man approached me. He had a thin, reedy mustache, extremely pale skin, and a bit of a stammer. He asked me if I planned to show any Ed Wood films in the future. I said that yes, I did; and that I was a fan of the director and his work.
The hope in the young man's eyes as he asked about Wood, and the smile I received after I declared myself a fan, is a legacy very few film-makers ever recieve. - Radiation Cinema


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No. 2: Give your bras a rest
Everyone needs a day off, even your bras. They work overtime to keep you looking your best, so every couple of days, give one bra a break and wear a different one.
"I always say a bra needs a day of rest," Nethero told Oprah.com.
Nethero says that you shouldn't wear the same bra two days in a row because the bra needs time to go back to its original form, and you risk wearing out the band if you wear a bra too often. A bra needs to "find its memory," as Nethero says.
And while many women hand wash their delicates to ensure they last longer, Nethero told Women's Health magazine that's not always necessary. For most bras, the gentle cycle and a bleach-free detergent will do the trick.
Why is it important to make sure your bra is in tip-top shape? Because the better it works, the better you look ...
No. 1: Good fit means you look good
Finding the right-sized bra doesn't just mean that you will be more comfortable, it also means you will look good.
The right-fitting bra can make you look taller, it will lift your breasts to reveal more of your waist, and it can even make you look slimmer.
Bare Necessities recommends wearing a T-shirt when you try on bras to help determine how you look in the undergarment.
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So, Citi Field, Huh?
My own two cents? Sure, why not. Citi Field it is. It could have been a LOT worse. Imagine:
Bitty Field: No room for you!
Ditty Field: The players break into song!
Fitty Field: Shortstop? Fitty Cent, of course.
Gritty Field: Dirty, dirty, dirty.
Hitty Field: But only if the hits are ours.
Kitty Field: Ok, that one I'd be all for.
Knitty Field: Your seat is made of yarn!
Pity Field: Mets don't need no pity. We're set to dominate.
Pretty Field: Something tells me fans aren't dying to say, "I'm off to Pretty!"
Quitty Field: Not our team, not ever!
Shi*ty Field: Unacceptable! Our field must be the best evah.
Titty Field: Well, you boys would love that now wouldn't you. Zoe says? Dream on!
Witty Field: I'll take our boys cracking jokes any day. But maybe that's best left to the bloggers?
Zitty Field: Not with my great skin care advice, folks!
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I like Kitty Field. Jasper would have loved that. What about Hello Kitty Field?
Walter Mitty Field
Serendipity Field
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Field
Itty Bitty Field (sell Teeny Weeny Orange and Blue Polka Dot Bikinis)
Ways and Means Committee Field
that's all I got. fun post. cool ballpark.
Indeed "Citi" is the best one out of the list.


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Hello to Ola Messer at Golden Living at Tupelo and to Virginia Busby at Health and Rehab in New Albany. Hopefully things are going better with you.
The newspaper brought news this Wednesday that Mrs. Barbara Ford had died. I said another correspondent; that makes three this year. The other two were Johnnie Bell and Haskell Rhea.
We send best wishes to Margaret McGraw. I heard by phone this Wednesday morning that she is having a lot of medical problems. Hope you feel better soon.
We extend our sympathy to the family of Lorette Beard who will be buried Thursday morning. Lorette was the sister of the late Ruth Crumpton of our community.
I spent most of Tuesday at North Mississippi Medical Center. My brother John Chunn had knee replacement surgery on both knees. The surgery went fine but he said this morning that his knees were very sore. He will be up and around in a few day.
Palestine Baptist Church is sponsoring a benefit for Paul Roberts who is recuperating from cancer of the throat Saturday, November 7th.
He has no insurance and is in need of help.
Saturday was a big day for the families of Authur and Cordellia Carter Chunn. We met at East Heights Baptist church for a family reunion. Those attending were: Jimmy and Judy Swann, Paxton and Tanner, Mike and Sue Chunn, Lauren an Emry Ashley, C.C. Chunn, Ray Smith, Kenneth and Janice Roach, Tony and Patsy Mauney, Ennis and Linda Ketchum, Tommy and Sara Ruth Morton, Loretta Easley, David Easley, Sarah and Jamie. My brother John and his wife Mary missed t he reunion because of his knee surgery.
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This is the most powerful factor of yours that is both capable of making his interest reside in you and assure with a long life of your relationship. Being understanding is strength of any relation, more than that it makes your partner believe in you. This means in any time of problem or in happiness he is sure to share things with you. He will lay his interest in you in both the times of happiness and sadness too.
Never forget to spend a quality not quantity time together
No matter how much hectic your day has been, always try to ask about what all you have been through that day. Engage a meal together, if not that, then a sweet dish can also work. If you do not get enough time during the weekdays, then you can arrange a surprise or any other arrangement during weekends. Prefer going out rather than sitting at the home and ordering pizza because a change in atmosphere will let him gather more interest in you which is likely not to happen in the ordinary home surroundings.
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Sometimes a relation gets into the phase of doubt or incompatibility; however, you must not over react in that case. Have trust and faith in your partners love this will make him have interest in you in the times of problems too. This will make him initiate an effort to sort out things, if you show over possessiveness and negativity, you partner will fell reluctant in having discussions eventually making him loose interest in solving or fixing things out.
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"I think that Leah is doing well. My understanding, based on conversations yesterday, is that she should be back with her mom some time today. All reports are that she's doing a nice job with her," Portwood attorney Robert Schembs told CBS' The Early Show this morning, adding that Portwood is "completely able" to take care of her daughter.
Per standard procedure, a protective order had been in place barring the troubled reality star from contact with her baby once felony counts were filed and she was arrested. The order prevented her from having contact with Leah or the target of her ire, estranged baby daddy Gary Shirley.'Teen Mom' Amber released from jail
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Activision, I am disappointed! I just finished listening to Activision's first-quarter financial call and the company did not announced a release date for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Instead, Activision head Bobby Kotick said the next Call of Duty initiative will be announced in "weeks" and will be accompanied by the biggest marketing campaign in the company's history. It will also be integrated with Project Beachhead, Activision's slightly mysterious digital content platform for Call of Duty.
I've also seen the huge "3" that is apparently featured in the next issue of UK's Official PlayStation Magazine (that's it, to the right), and read the rumors of a November 8 release date too. Putting all this together, I'm ready to make some predictions.
- Prediction 1: Modern Warfare 3 will be released in November for the 360, PS3 and PC. November 8, to be precise. I'm not going far out on a limb here: That's the second Tuesday in the month, and analogous to the release date of past Modern Warfare games. Every fall since 2003, a Call of Duty game has been released and it seems to be working out okay for Activision. Lately, Activision has been alternating between releasing a "numbered" game and a non-numbered game, this would be the year for a numbered game.
- Prediction 2: This release date information will be confirmed at E3 this year, between June 7 and 9. Kotick's statement about revealing more details in weeks leads me to believe this. It's not too out-there to speculate that Activision would make an announcement at the largest gaming show of the year.
- Prediction 3: You will have to pay for some aspects of multiplayer in Modern Warfare 3. According to Activision, Project Beachhead will be integrated into the next CoD game, which is presumed to be Modern Warfare 3. In the past, Activision has said that Project Beachhead will provide "premium, value added" content that is exclusive. According to industry analyst Michael Pachter and I, this means you'll be paying a fee to play Modern Warfare 3. How much you'll pay, and what you'll get for your subscription remains to be seen, but if I had to guess, I'd say some small fee (like $5 a month) will give you a lot of content -- maps, weapons, customization options and more. This will make it seem like a bargain and people will be happy to pay for it.
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Posted on February 17, 2011
Earning a bachelor's degree is a high point in the lives of many Grand Valley graduates. For Jim Albright and his family, it was a milestone that once seemed impossible.
Albright, 21, suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a disorder that involves rapidly worsening muscle weakness. The average life expectancy of people with DMD often ranges to the mid-20s.
President Thomas J. Haas and Provost Gayle R. Davis presented Albright with a bachelor's degree in computer science during a private ceremony on February 17 in Seidman House on the Allendale Campus. Albright, a senior, was scheduled to participate in April's commencement ceremony but his mother said they did not want to wait that long.
"We live with the unknown every day," said Deb Albright.
Albright has beaten the odds of DMD throughout his life. Diagnosed with the disorder at age 4, he was using a wheelchair by 7. While many boys with DMD do not finish high school, Albright graduated from Hudsonville High School when he was 16. He was homeschooled by his mother, who used the curriculums of both Freedom Baptist and Hudsonville schools.
"He was working year-round to get through because one of his friends with Duchenne's died at 14," Deb Albright said. "So many of these boys never finish high school." The genetic disorder affects mostly boys.
Albright started taking classes at Grand Valley in January 2007. For almost every course Jim took, Deb was by his side, taking notes and assisting him with his wheelchair and in the restroom.
As he and his mother learned to navigate campus, finding the unisex restrooms and wheelchair ramps, Albright became a stronger and stronger advocate for people with disabilities. He is currently working on a mobile application for smartphones that shows the locations of unisex restrooms, wheelchair ramps and handicapped parking spaces on campus. Through Grand Valley's Mobile Applications and Services Lab, led by associate professor Jonathan Engelsma, a group of students is helping Albright develop it. The students are Jason Berg, Harry Mosher, Mark Sauter, Sam Wiersema, Kyle DeGroff and Tim Wolfe.
"It could be used at other universities, amusement parks, airports," Albright said.
He also worked with Facilities Services and building contractors to increase the number of unisex restrooms in Mackinac Hall, when that building was undergoing renovation.
"When I started here I didn't think I would make it this far," he said. "Now a lot of stress is lifted and I can get out in the real world and show people with disabilities that they can contribute to society." Albright's goals are not complete. He said he would like to begin working toward a master's degree.


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Student honored for colossal cabbage
ELKINS – A local student has been awarded a $1,000 savings bond toward her education by the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program.
Anna Belan, a third-grader at Midland Elementary School, was selected randomly after growing a huge cabbage this fall while participating in the program.
Anna's teacher, Debbie Saseen, said she is thrilled that her student was selected to win.
"My classroom has participated in the program for a number of years," Saseen said.
"Cabbage plants are shipped to the school each year through the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program. Everyone in the class gets a cabbage plant to take home and care for."
Saseen said the program is valuable because it is hands-on and gets families working together.
"Students learn about science as they care for the plant," Saseen said. "The kids get so excited and they really enjoy it. Students have even brought in food to share that they have cooked with the cabbages they grew."
Anna's mother, Amanda Belan, said Anna took her cabbage plant to Coalton and planted it in her grandparent's garden. Grandparents Corina and John Belan have a garden in Elkins and Coalton, and they helped Anna with her gardening.
"I never dreamed Anna would be selected for the prize," Corina Belan said. "The plant started out pretty shaggy, but we covered it with a flower pot after planting it and it grew and grew. It did better than any of our other cabbage plants."
Corina Belan said Anna gave her part of the humongous cabbage.
"We made coleslaw with half and used the other half to make fried cabbage and leeks," Corina Belan said. "It was very tasty."
Amanda Belan said Anna was thrilled with the win.
"We found out she was selected during the recent snow days," Amanda Belan said. "She was so excited and so surprised with her win. She often goes on Saturdays with her grandmother to the Elkins Farmers Market to help her sell her items."
When Anna grows up, she wants to be a professional soccer player, or a photographer. She plans to add the $1,000 savings bond to her savings fund for her education.
The Belans raise a small garden at their home which includes tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Anna said her favorite vegetable is the cucumber.
In 2013, more than 1.5 million third-graders in 48 states received gardening experience growing the cabbage. In West Virginia, more than 3,800 students participated in the program, including students at Valley Head Elementary, Pickens School, Philippi Elementary, Moorefield Intermediate, Homestead Elementary, Third Ward Elementary, North Elementary, Midland Elementary, George Ward Elementary, Jennings Randolph Elementary, Tennerton Elementary, Beverly Elementary, Belington Elementary, Harman School and Coalton Elementary.
Registration for the 2014 National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program is available at www.bonnieplants.com.


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Dorothy Mae (Baldish) Shilling, 69, of Penn Run, PA., passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Indiana Regional Medical Center.
She was the daughter of Michael and Jessie (Jenkins) Baldish, born on January 30, 1943 in Johnstown, PA.
Dorothy loved to garden. She also loved to go hunting, fishing and camping with her family. Dorothy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She is survived by her husband, Matthew A. Shilling Jr. of Penn Run; two children, James Shilling and wife Cathy of Strongstown, PA; Patricia Sepsic and friend Mark Chauncy of Las Vegas, NV; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Ando of Nanty Glo; Ethel Jamison of Indiana; one brother, Robert Baldish of Nanty Glo.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, one grandson, Matthew James Shilling.
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I have no problem with the statue itself, but the location is not really appropriate, nor is the amount of importance being lent to it.
As a fun distraction at Leon's, Kopp's, etc..., sure. I would even go to check that out occasionally.
Funny how the Blue Shirt didn't survice, but this looks like it will.


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A sure sign of spring in the Upper Delaware region, particularly near waterways and boggy wetlands, is the green rising of skunk cabbage plants. So named for the repugnant odor of decaying flesh that the plant emits when bruised, this hardy perennial is also commonly referred to as polecat weed and hermit of the bog.
Skunk cabbage is an especially tenacious plant due to its contractile root system, which results in greater downward growth as roots contract and deepen, pulling the stem of the plant into the soil. The feature makes older plants nearly impossible to remove and helps to stabilize riverbanks.
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