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A spokeswoman in the state auditor's office declined to comment further on the audit and directed questions about it to other state offices. In all, it appears more than $52 million in excess funds has accumulated in the Medicaid Hospital Provider Fee program over a three-year period.
A consultant is being paid up to $912,000 in the next five years to address some issues of the program, according to the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.
Hospitals pay into the Medicaid Hospital Provider Fee program in part based on projections of how many people on Medicaid will use it in a given year and how many new Medicaid patients they expect. The program started in 2009 as part of the Colorado Health Care Affordability Act, a law designed to reduce costs of uncompensated care to hospitals and to expand health-care coverage to Colorado residents who don't have it.
Local hospitals and the Colorado Hospital Association trade group support the Medicaid Hospital Provider Fee program, which many say "levels the playing field" to get Medicaid-reimbursement money to the hospitals who treat the most Medicaid patients. In general, hospitals that treat more Medicaid patients end up getting more money from the program, which collects it from hospitals that treat fewer Medicaid patients.
Longmont United Hospital is happy to be $6 million ahead for fiscal year 2012, which ended June 30, with the Medicaid Hospital Provider Fee program, said Neil Bertrand, chief financial officer at the hospital. Approximately 6 percent of the annual total of patients treated at Longmont United is through Medicaid, Bertrand said.
The provider fee helps level the disparity in communities with higher Medicaid and charity-care costs, Bertrand said. In general, Bertrand estimates the hospital gets back $1.34 for every $2 spent in a Medicaid case.
"I happen to work with the hospital that has the higher charity care. It still doesn't cover the shortfalls, but it helps offset our costs," Bertrand said.
Centura Health, parent of Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, also supports the program. Avista saw a $3.4 million surplus in the fees generated by the program in fiscal year 2012. The hospital is working with the Colorado Hospital Association and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to try to improve the "rather complex process of data collection and program administration," said Wendi Dammann, vice president of corporate communications for Centura Health LLC, parent company of Avista.
"We feel the provider fee is an effective strategy for increasing coverage for Coloradans and strengthening our Medicaid program," Dammann said.
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette saw a $1.9 million deficit in fees generated by the program in fiscal year 2012. Hospital administrators "support the efforts that result in greater access to affordable health-care services, particularly to individuals who are poor and vulnerable," said Todd Conklin, chief financial officer of Exempla Healthcare, parent company of the Lafayette hospital, in an emailed statement.
"The state audit report showed that the provider fee has proved to be a successful means for increasing health-care coverage for our most vulnerable citizens and bolstering Medicaid in Colorado overall," Conklin said.
"Because of the provider fee, many thousands more Coloradans have health coverage today, without adding any costs to Colorado taxpayers."
Boulder Community Hospital saw no gain or loss from the program in fiscal year 2012, so the program has neutral impact, said Bill Munson, chief financial officer.
"It's been more meaningful for the populations with more indigent care," Munson said.
An oversight committee that includes hospital representatives decides whether to carry the money over from year to year or refund it back to hospitals, said Tom Nash, vice president of financial policy for the Colorado Hospital Association. By state statute, the money only can be used for the purpose for which it was collected, said Marc Williams, a spokesman for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.
"I haven't heard one hospital complain about it. It's a very transparent process. Everybody knew that there was more money than we really needed," Nash said. "The amount carried over from year to year is very small."
In fiscal year 2010, the first year of the program, $38 million was refunded to hospitals of a $43.9 million surplus, according to the audit report. In fiscal year 2011, $22.5 million in excess fees were collected and kept, according to the audit report. In fiscal year 2012, $24.8 million in excess fees were collected and kept, according to the report.
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The couple are both graduates of A.C. Jones High School and were high school sweethearts. They plan to wed today (Saturday) at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church.

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McHenry County College brings me so close, but not close enough, to making a government's Enemies List.
Apparently my co-workers and I are considered "threats" to McHenry County College by its Board of Trustees. But that honor is somewhat diminished by the fact that it looks like voters and taxpayers in general are considered threats to MCC, too.
Imagine my surprise when I visited Cal Skinner's McHenry County Blog this morning and found excerpts from the five-year strategic plan that the MCC Board is expected to approve at tonight's meeting.
This retreat was held in June 2012, about 10 months before the election that put three new reform-minded faces on the board and forced out two longtime trustees. It's interesting what the board included in its list of "threats" to the institution in its military-sounding "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Analysis":
• Media, bloggers (That's us at the paper. And Skinner and Company.)
• Taxpayer backlash (That's you, the taxpayer, And us.)
• Discontinuity of Board membership (That's caused by you, the voter. In the board's defense, the April election proved that they hit that nail squarely on the head.)
• Baggage - history (That's the long and not-so-distinguished list of decisions that have created the three aforementioned threats.)
So why are the media, bloggers and assorted riff-raff considered threats? I'll take a few guesses:
• Back in 2007, the MCC Board developed a plan to build a health and wellness center by issuing $32 million or so in alternate revenue bonds that would be paid off by a minor-league baseball team and stadium.
The board maintained that the proposal was economically sound, but denied numerous Freedom of Information Act requests from the newspaper, bloggers, and local good-government activists.
Eight months later, MCC relented and released a heavily-redacted version of the study. It turns out the study concluded the baseball stadium would have bled red ink for the first five years.
• In 2009, former President Walt Packard stepped down. The MCC Board, which floated him out on a golden parachute, told the newspaper and the public that he was stepping down to care for his ailing wife.
But it turns out that the board forced him out.
As for the Packard's separation contract, he was given the title of President Emeritus through June 2010, and allowed to collect his same $188,564 salary plus benefits for a job with no real duties or regular work hours.
• And getting our hands on that contract, paid for by the taxpayers, was a lot of fun in and of itself.
We asked for it under FOIA. The MCC Board wouldn't give it to us, citing the personal privacy exemption. We appealed, which under the old FOIA meant we had to go back to MCC and ask again, pretty please with sugar on top. They denied the appeal.
Fortunately, the Illinois Supreme Court in an unrelated case ruled that public employee contracts are public record. A Wheaton taxpayer – get this – had to spend three years in court to obtain a copy of the contract of the local high school superintendent.
The MCC Board was forced to reverse course and give it to us. What personal information did it contain? Zero.
• Speaking of FOIA, we also requested Packard's performance evaluations, given the baloney the MCC Board attempted to serve us about his departure.
The MCC Board, to borrow a sports term, ran out the clock. They delayed, knowing that the General Assembly was going to exempt evaluations from its new and much-improved FOIA law.
Lawmakers added the exemption and ended our quest to see just what happened behind closed doors.
I could go on and on and on, but suffice it to say that this open government watchdog blog doesn't call MCC the "poster child for secrecy" on a whim.
I won't get into the fact that MCC leadership has never truly addressed the issues raised a year ago in a story by reporter Brett Rowland that questions how they calculated the future enrollment projections being used to justify their most recent expansion efforts.
And I won't bring up that little thing after the April election when the lame-duck MCC Board scheduled the vote to extend the current college president's contract before the new members were seated.
If wanting accountability makes me and the Northwest Herald, or Cal Skinner, or the voters in April who forced change, a threat to the institution, so be it. Guilty as charged, I guess.
But speaking of threats, I think the MCC Board's list is incomplete.
There's state Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, who got a bill passed that will make it harder for governments like MCC to issue alternate revenue bonds. MCC's most recent proposal – possibly using them to fund a massive expansion and paying it off with dues from a campus fitness center – is one of the things that inspired him to propose the legislation.
And what about Woodstock attorney Jane Collins? She's not media, and she's not a blogger, but if I had a dollar for every FOIA she's sent to MCC to keep an eye on it, I'd be a very wealthy man.
Maybe the board tonight can vote to amend the strategic plan to add "community busybodies" to the threats list.
Or maybe the board can ditch the threats list entirely and focus on the list that follows it in the strategic plan – the list of values the board learned from the retreat.
There are 17 of them. Six are, in the order listed: trust, honesty, openness, listening, fiscal responsibility, and integrity.
After 13 years of writing for the Northwest Herald, I think I can say with some authority that public officials who truly embrace these principles don't keep lists of threats because they don't need to.
But in the event that the MCC Board crafts a more specific threats list, remember that it's Craver with a C.
And if Collins doesn't at least get the title of honorary pest, I will not accept the title.
Senior Writer Kevin Craver can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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With the arrival of fall, days will soon be getting noticeably shorter and nighttime temperatures will begin to fall.
Now, as your trees begin responding to the changing conditions, you can take a number of proactive steps to care for them and help ensure they will be healthy and beautiful for years to come.
"It's a good idea to think about the health of your trees in fall," says certified arborist Jason Anderson, co-owner of Arborscapes LLC. Anderson conducts the training on trees for Master Gardeners in Henrico, Chesterfield, and Goochland/Powhatan.
He advises starting by taking a good, long look at your trees. Notice whether there are dead branches – which are much easier to identify while the leaves are still on the tree. Some dead branches are normal, but if more than roughly 10% -- the amount varies by tree type – is dead, you may want to consider talking to a certified arborist.
Look again when the leaves start to fall to make sure all your deciduous trees of the same species are dropping their leaves at roughly the same time. "If one is dropping its leaves earlier, it can be a sign that the tree is stressed," says Anderson.
Checking trees of like species again next spring to see if they bud at roughly the same time can also help you tell if you have a tree that is stressed.
"An important thing to remember," says Anderson, "particularly if you have a mature tree is that the tree may not show signs of distress for two or three years following the event that causes the stress."
After looking up, look down to check the mulch around your trees.
"Mulching is one of the best things you can do for your trees," says Anderson, "provided you do it properly."
Mulch around trees should be no more than 2-3 inches deep and should never be piled up against tree bark at the base of the tree. Make the ring of mulch as large as you can up to the dripline or end of the branches of the tree.
Good mulch materials include aged sawdust, shredded pine bark, or wood chips.
"It's important not to over mulch," says Anderson. "And you need to remember that mulch goes over the roots, but not on the trunk of the tree."
Mulch adds organic matter to the soil around the tree and helps keep soil temperatures warmer, allowing tree roots to continue to grow later into the fall. Once winter arrives, mulch helps reduce alternate freezing and thawing that heaves soil and can cause damage to young roots.
Mulching also reduces water loss and helps maintain uniform soil moisture around tree roots.
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Fall and winter when trees are dormant are also ideal times to do any pruning that may be needed. "Structural and formative pruning on trees less than ten years old can help eliminate problems in the future," explains Anderson. "And older trees may need deadwood removed to improve their structure and reduce liability during bad weather."
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The Robert Hutchinson Child Care Center is a special place on our campus where groups of children are often seen swinging, sliding, singing and playing. The Center offers parents an opportunity to come back to school with peace of mind, knowing their children are safe and well-cared for while they are in classes or studying.
What kind of programs does the Center provide for my child?
The Center is a partnership of the Faculty Student Association (FSA) of SUNY Adirondack and Warren County Head Start. We are committed to giving your child the best quality care possible. We believe that each child is unique and deserves to be accepted as such. We aim to provide a warm, relaxed, extended-family atmosphere, a home away from home. A balance of active and quiet activities will be provided. Please see the Warren County Head Start page for additional information by clicking here.
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In May 1995, the Center was accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs. This means that the Center has undergone comprehensive self-study and external professional review, and has been found to be in compliance with the Academy's strict criteria.
What age does the Child Care Center Serve?
The Center is licensed to provide day care for children 6 weeks to 5 years of age.
When is the Child Care Center open?
Hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters and on those days the College is in session.
Where is the Child Care Center located?
Our Center is located at the south end of the SUNY Adirondack campus in Queensbury, behind the gymnasium.
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November 27, 2013
Two Dordt College teams participated in this year's regional Association of Computing and Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest sponsored by IBM. The three-person teams came away with first and second place finishes from a field of 14 teams from Briar Cliff University, Buena Vista University, Northwestern College, and University of South Dakota.
The first-place team, The Flaming Tasers, consisted of Nathan Hekman (Ripon, California), Joseph Van Den Berg (Waupun, Wisconsin), and Steve Spurgeon (La Valle, Wisconsin). The second-place team, The Recursive Raptors, consisted of Craig Disselkoen (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Adam Van Hal (Leighton, Iowa), and Mark Dadisman (West Des Moines, Iowa).
The contest pits teams of three higher education students against eight or more complex, real-world problems, with a grueling five-hour deadline. Huddled around a single computer, competitors raced the clock in a battle of logic, strategy, and mental endurance. The winning teams were those that solved the most problems in the fewest attempts in the least amount of time.
"The problems we were faced with are difficult and required ingenuity and creativity," said Craig Disselkoen. "I loved the challenge and enjoyed working as part of a team."
This is the 12th time Dordt College has been in the competition. Their region had 260 teams in the competition. Overall Dordt finished in the top 30 percent with 64th and 76th positions.
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Pastor Randal Bruno used the Gospel lesson from the ninth chapter of Luke verses 51-62 as the basis for his sermon. Pastor explained the history of the Israelites and the Samaritans and the events leading up to the events in the lesson. Then applying the lesson to us today, Pastor Bruno based his sermon on "Turn your faces toward Jesus". Jesus sees potential in each of us and never gives up on any of us. As Christians are being persecuted in this tumultuous world and being killed in parts of the world, we Christians must all continue to turn our faces toward Jesus who wants to redeem the world. Christians are given the great commission to reach out to others so that they too know Jesus for themselves. Jesus sees potential in everyone-even our enemies. He has not given up on this world of ours, and we must live up to our God given potential to do our part and spread the good news of Christ who came into the world to save us.
Following the sermon the congregation sang "Our Dear Lord and Savior Calls Us" to the tune of the Barbara Polka.
Our dear Lord and Savior calls and summons us today, trust me and obey, follow in my way.
Turn away from pride and envy, seek humility.
In my kingdom all are welcome, I have chosen you to be, faithful workers with devotion, partners in ministry.
Chorus: God, God of tender mercies.
Send wisdom from above,
So that we, as today's disciples
May serve in truth and love. (repeat)
Give us strength to spread your message when the road is long.
And the foe find, clouding heart and mind, when the darkness overshadows guide us with your light.
Set our thoughts on heaven'ly glory and promise, your reward, haring the eternal banquet with our caring, gracious Lord.
Worship services at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Runge are at 8:30 a.m. Sunday mornings followed by Bible Study. Wednesday nights at 6:30 is midweek Bible Study at the church. Vacation Bible School will be July 22-26 from 9:00 to 11:30. Call 239-4311 to register children ages 3 up for a fun filled week. Be sure and look for the "Sky" theme VBS float at the Fourth of July parade in Runge.


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Home List of Titles On surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization using diazonium chemistry to introduce the initiator layer
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/201690
- Title
- On surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization using diazonium chemistry to introduce the initiator layer
- Author(s)
- Iruthayaraj, Joseph; Chernyy, Sergey; Lillethorup, Mei; Ceccato, Marcel; Ron, Troels; Hinge, Mogens; Kingshott, Peter; Besenbacher, Flemming; Pedersen, Steen Uttrup; Daasbjerg, Kim
- Abstract
- This work features the controllability of surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) of methyl methacrylate, initiated by a multilayered 2-bromoisobutyryl moiety formed via diazonium chemistry. The thickness as a function of polymerization time has been studied by varying different parameters such as the bromine content of the initiator layer, polarity of reaction medium, ligand type (L), and the ratio of activator (CuI) to deactivator (CuII) in order to ascertain the controllability of the SI-ATRP process. The variation of thickness versus surface concentration of bromine shows a gradual transition from mushroom to brush-type conformation of the surface anchored chains in both polar and nonpolar reaction medium. Interestingly, it is revealed that very thick polymer brushes, on the order of 1 μm, can be obtained at high bromine content of the initiator layer in toluene. The initial polymerization rate and the overall final thickness are higher in the case of nonpolar solvent (toluene) compared to polar medium (acetonitrile or N,N-dimethylformamide). The ligand affects the initial rate of polymerization, which correlates with the redox potentials of the pertinent CuII/CuI complexes (L = Me6TREN, PMDETA, and BIPY). It is also observed that the ability of polymer brushes to reinitiate depends on the initial thickness and the solvent used for generating it.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Langmuir, Vol. 27, no. 3 (2011), pp. 1070–1078
- Publication year
- 2011
- FOR Code(s)
- 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural); 0903 Biomedical Engineering; 0904 Chemical Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Polymerization; Radical polymerization; Surface-initiated polymerization
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- 0743-7463
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2011 American Chemical Society.
- Peer reviewed


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There appears to be dueling bills in the State Legislature this session. A coalition of civil rights organizations announced Friday a Hawaii initiative to legalize same-sex marriage.
The Hawaii United For Marriage says the introduction of Senate Bill 1369 is in the spirit of President Barack Obama's inaugural message echoing the words of our Founding Fathers:
"We the people declare today that the most evident of truth that all of us are created equal -- is the star that guides us still."
"Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal, as well."
Hawaii United for Marriage partner Lois Perrin, Legal Director of the ACLU of Hawaii, said Hawaii led the nation in supporting rights for same-sex couples with the 1993 Hawaii Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on same-sex marriages.
"The freedom to choose the person with whom we commit to share our life is a basic human right," said Perrin. "Marriage protects and provides for families with security and benefits defined by law in ways that civil unions do not. Hawaii must stand with our President and recognize that now is the time to treat all our families with the respect, dignity, and equality."
The Hawaii same-sex marriage bill does not change how marriage is defined by various religions, and it specifically protects the rights of clergy, churches and religious organizations that do not perform or recognize marriages for same-sex couples.
A bipartisan group of 15 Hawaii representatives is advocating for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
If passed, the amendment would be placed on the ballot during the November 2014 election.
Sen. Mike Gabbard, a Democrat, is proposing a similar bill in the Senate.


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August 05,2013Amid the morass of Washingtons endless budget fights there was a moment of sweet revelation last week: House Republicans choked outright when they failed to muster support for the draconian dreams of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the fabled budget hawk who last year ran for vice president on a program of unforgiving fiscal austerity that his colleagues suddenly found too politically risky.
A $44 billion measure based on the tooth-and-claw Ryan blueprint approved by the same House just three months ago had to be yanked from the floor when not enough Republicans showed up to vote yes. An embarrassed leadership was forced to concede that the size of the proposals cuts to transportation, housing and urban development had become intolerable even to the fiscal zealots among the rank and file, who no longer had the stomach to walk the austerity talk.
The embarrassment was deserved. The leadership offered hollow excuses about a tight legislative calendar, but the truth was more accurately explained by Harold Rogers, the Republican appropriations chairman and no slouch as a budget hawk. The frustrated lawmaker underlined the moment by noting: The House has made its choice: sequestration and its unrealistic and ill-conceived discretionary cuts must be brought to an end.
The retreat hardly settled the larger budget wars, which remain noxious. The Republicans have not abandoned their threats to bring government to a halt, to stage-manage another federal debt crisis, and, of course, to fiscally strangle the law of the land known as Obamacare.
But the Houses skittishness at the decidedly unpopular costs of some of the partys budget strictures presented a revealing tableau of both hypocrisy and weakness: Republicans could not pass their own cramped vision of the future.
The non-vote also laid bare intramural chaos that may or may not educate a sufficient number of Republicans to act more responsibly in the coming budget struggles. For all his candor about ill-conceived discretionary cuts, Rogers and others would still like to take the knife to entitlement programs.
This is the last thing President Barack Obama and the Democrats should allow. There is already concern that Obama may not forcefully defend against cuts to Social Security and Medicare that Republicans increasingly seek, even as they lick their self-inflicted sequestration wounds.
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My hubby and Cain dog will defend this scrofulous couch on the grounds that if it is not noticeable it is livable. No one knows how long they will try to hide its intended existence. Nor how long they will add to the couch. Much needs to be done.
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CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle Clovis's Jordan Garrett waits for her turn at the plate during Saturday's finale of the NMHSCA all-star softball series at Lady Wildcat Complex.
By Dave Wagner: CNJ sports writer
In her last game at Lady Wildcat Complex, Clovis High's Jordan Garrett went out with a bang.
Unfortunately for her South squad, Garrett made about the only noise for her team on Saturday in the finale of a three-game New Mexico High School Coaches Association all-star series.
Garrett came off the bench in the fifth inning, led off the sixth with a triple up the left-center field alley and then raced home on a short sacrifice fly to center by Cobre's Alyssa Vargas. That was the South's only run in a 9-1 loss as the North completed a series sweep.
The North's pitching dominated, holding the South to one run in each game.
"It was disappointing," Garrett admitted of not getting a win in the series, "but I still think we played well. It was so much fun, regardless of whether we win or lose."
Garrett's play earned her South MVP honors for the weekend, while pitcher-outfielder Maddie Machac of Sandia was selected the North's MVP.
"I thought maybe I wasn't going to get an at-bat (on Saturday)," said Garrett, who recently signed to play next year at Volunteer State (Tenn.) Community College. "It was real nice to be able to step in and make a good hit like that."
The South held its own for three innings behind the pitching of Portales' Sasha Parker, but two throwing errors opened the door for a two-run fourth that gave the North control.
"We just had some miscommunication," said Parker, who allowed three hits, walked one and struck out none in her four innings. "Other than that, we did pretty good.
"(The team) bonded right away. It just feels like a normal team that I've played with all the time."
The North erupted for five runs in the fifth, highlighted by backup catcher Samantha Davis' two-run double.
The South finished the game with five errors.
"When you put the ball in play, things can happen," said North coach Randy Hunt of Laguna-Acoma. "Who would think some routine outs would turn into big innings for us?"
The South had a chance to jump on top early, but left two runners on in each of the first two innings against Estancia's Kayla Dominguez. She then worked a 1-2-3 third, and the South had only two runners over four innings against reliever Emily Huhta of Manzano.
Davis, of Piedra Vista, finished with three RBIs, adding a run-scoring single in the sixth and a walk in the seventh. Huhta singled in all four at-bats, including two infield hits, while Machac doubled and tripled in her final two times up on Saturday after pitching a complete game in Friday's nightcap.
"We played hard," said South coach Rodney Pollard of Las Cruces High. "They (North) had some talented kids. Hats off to those kids.
"This (South All-Stars) was a good bunch of young ladies. They never got down on themselves."


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Schumer pushes plans for dams
April 17, 2013 —
NEW YORK STATE — There are hundreds of dams in New York State that have a classification as "high" hazard. Many don't have plans should a problem with a dam develop.
To remedy that situation, Senator Charles Schumer is calling on his colleagues to re-authorize a program that would provide funding for inspections and for the creation of emergency action plans (EAP) to protect residents and businesses downstream of high hazard and significant hazard dams. A high hazard dam is one that would probably result in significant loss of life if it failed, a significant hazard dam would probably result in significant property damage if it failed.
Schumer, who held a press conference on the subject on April 12, said of a total of 1,100 classified as high or significant hazards in the state, as many as 800 don't have EAPs. Schumer is pushing for passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA), which is possibly set for a vote in the next two weeks and will contain proposals to improve navigation, coastal management and infrastructure financing.
As it relates to upstate New York, one of the most important aims of WRDA is to boost federal funding for dam inspections and maintenance and for stronger safety requirements through the reauthorization of the expired National Dam Safety Program (NDSP).
State regulations now require hazardous dams to develop EAPs in conjunction with state and local dam safety experts, and this plan will provide critical funding for those efforts. According to the National Inventory of Dams (NID), the average dam in New York State is 60 years old, and high hazard dams are an average 84 years old.
Schumer said, because of their age and the potential for disaster, it is crucial that these hazards receive proper monitoring and maintenance from regulatory authorities.
EAPs for some high hazard dams in Sullivan County, such as the dams at the Swinging Bridge Reservoir and Toronto Reservoir, have recently been submitted to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Dams classified as "low" hazard, meaning they don't pose a significant threat to homes and businesses downstream, such as the dams a Lake Jefferson and Briscoe Lake, are not required to have an EAP.
An EAP for a dam is an official document that establishes procedures to minimize loss of life and property damage in the event of a dam failure. An EAP usually contains a description of necessary preventive maintenance for that structure, maps that indicate areas susceptible to flooding, and a list of potential emergency conditions—like extreme weather—that could trigger a dam failure.


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|Winter Feeding at Hungry Hollow, 1960-61
I am also taking a writing class from which I hope to have a memoir of the Ranch Years mapped out. The class is to hone our writing skills, which is always good; however, as I was reviewing some of the stories that I had written, I realized that I had 30%-40% of the stories of our ranch years already written in some form or other. So, an actual memoir of those years is within the realm of possibility -- within this next year or so. Today, I am working on a unifying concept in which to frame the stories. Hopefully, it is just a a day's work -- or whatever it takes. The Larry Brooks workshop I took a couple of weeks ago has also helped to give some coherence to this project.
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Lastly, my work on my McPherson family history and my 2x great-grandfather's diary is still progressing. I have stopped my OCD behavior about the diary; I can focus on something more than transcribing. This past week or so I have been reading and researching on the 1830s & 40s Chartist movement in the British Isles. The political milieu surrounding the Chartist movement, which included agitation around the persecution of union activity, against the Poor Laws which were seen by the working class as tearing apart the family unit, and the proposal for a National Charter and the call to political action by a general convention. Highlighting, supporting, and giving structure to this general disturbance within the manufacturing groups were the myriad of the unstamped press, and finally the creation of the Feargus O'Connor's Northern Star. Not only do I feel the blood of ole J.P. begin to boil, but that call to stand for the protection of our rights and liberties follows through his lineage to this very day.
And thusly are spent the days of a historian, genealogist, writer, and family historian. Life is good.


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Workforce and Economic Development
- The "Market Responsive" Community College, a report, prepared for the U.S. Department of Education by Westat and the Academy for Educational Development (AED), that defines the characteristics of a market-driven college and identify the indicators and measures that can be used to determine the extent to which a college is market-driven.
- The 21st Century Community College: A Strategic Guide to Maximizing Labor Market Responsiveness, a guide, prepared for the U.S. Department of Education by Westat and the Academy for Educational Development (AED), that will assist colleges wishing to become more market driven, to include:
Volume 1: Unleashing the Power of the Community College
Volume 2:Promising Practices and Lessons from the Field
Volume 3: Self-Assessment Tools and Resources
- Research Appendices to the 21st Century Community College, a compendium, produced for the U.S. Department of Education by Westat, of cross-college analyses and profiles of 30 colleges across ten labor markets examined to produce the Strategic Guide, as well as a discussion of measures kept by the colleges and their utility for assessing and improving labor market responsiveness.
- From Jobs to Careers: How California Community College Credentials Pay Off for Welfare Participants (Center for Law and Social Policy, 2004)PDF.
Report showing "that women receiving welfare in California who complete an Associate degree or certificate work more and earn substantially more in the two years after college than they did before college. In addition, while attending school, the women welfare participants were more likely to be employed than the general California welfare population."
- U.S.Department of Labor, Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
The goal of Title I of WIA is to improve the quality of the nation's workforce. Qualified participants use an "individual training account" to select appropriate training program from providers, including community colleges.
Entrepreneurship Education
- The Appalachian Regional Commission entrepreneurship Web site includes documents such as "Entrepreneurship Education: learning by doing," a handbook to promote youth entrepreneurship published jointly with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 2005.
- The U. S. Department of Education recognizes several career and technical student organizations, which support entrepreneurship education programs or identify outstanding student entrepreneurs.
- The Center for Rural Entrepreneurship (Center) is a Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) National Research & Policy Center with major support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.The primary goal of the Center is to support efforts that stimulate and support private and public entrepreneurship development in communities throughout rural America.
- Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, a nationwide affiliate of collegiate student organizations, serves aspiring entrepreneurs.
- The Coleman Foundation, Inc. has awarded $24 million to universities, community colleges, high schools, and community-based organizations since 1981 through its Entrepreneurship Awareness and Education Grant.
- The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, a national membership association of state and local providers, champions entrepreneurship education and provides leadership, technical assistance, advocacy, networking, and materials to state leaders for all levels of education and disciplines.
- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the major supporter of research and grants that promote entrepreneurship, works in partnerships to develop educational programs, train educators, and evaluate program effectiveness.Eight universities have received grants from the Kauffman Campuses Initiative to develop entrepreneurship education across the curriculum.
- FastTrac®, a hands-on business development program, is designed to help entrepreneurs hone the skills needed to create, manage, and grow a successful business.Programs are offered at community colleges and business development centers.
- National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), a national organization dedicated to providing a cohesive system of entrepreneurship and student incubator education, uses community colleges as a coalescing force.
- Students in Free Enterprise, a global non-profit organization active in 47 countries, works in partnership with business.SIFE challenges teams of college students to develop community outreach projects that include entrepreneurship.
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Talk-show host and former Daily Mirror and News of the World editor, Piers Morgan, has denied knowledge of phone hacking during his time at the newspapers. ITN's Nina Nannar reports on England's High Court proceedings.
Published at 12:15 p.m. ET: LONDON -- CNN star interviewer Piers Morgan refused Tuesday to disclose details about the most damning link between himself and Britain's phone hacking scandal: His acknowledgment that he once listened to a phone message left by former Beatle Paul McCartney for his then-wife Heather Mills.
In a 2006 article in the Daily Mail tabloid, Morgan said he was played a phone message left by the former Beatle on Mills' answering machine, describing it in detail and noting that McCartney "even sang 'We Can Work It Out' into the answerphone." Mills has said there's no way Morgan could have obtained the message honestly.
On Tuesday, Morgan stubbornly refused to answer almost any questions about how he came to hear the message, saying that doing so would compromise a source. "I'm not going to start any trail that leads to the identification of a source," he said.
Asked by inquiry chief Lord Justice Brian Leveson whether he could supply any information to back the assertion that he had heard the recording legally, Morgan said he couldn't.
Updated at 12:10 a.m. ET: Morgan denies that during his editorship the Daily Mirror newspaper "suppressed" information that cell phones could be hacked in 1998 so that they could use it to spy on celebrities. "Absolute nonsense," he says.
Updated at 11:50 a.m. ET: Morgan denies any knowledge of paying police officers for information. "I've never been aware of any evidence of that, no," he says.
Updated at 11:30 a.m. ET: "It doesn't necessarily follow that someone listening to someone else is unethical," Morgan says. "It depends on the circumstances in which you are listening to it."
Updated at 11:28 a.m. ET: When asked to discuss the source of a voice mail message of former Beatle Paul McCartney to his then-wife Heather Mills, Piers Morgan refuses.
He also defends the newspaper when it is asserted that the Daily Mirror was among the top offenders of the practice of phone hacking, saying,"You also well know that not a single person has made a formal complaint against a Daily Mirror journalist, so why would you say that?"
Updated at 11:06 a.m. ET: Piers Morgan says the Press Complaints Commission code of practice was displayed prominently in the newsroom at the Daily Mirror, where he was former editor, and says it "informed every editorial decision I made."
When asked whether an editor should have responsibility for his journalists, Morgan says, "The average editor is probably aware of about 5 percent of what journalists are up to at any given time."
Updated at 10:42 a.m. ET: Piers Morgan begins testifying at Britain's Leveson Inquiry into media ethics via videolink from the United States.
LONDON -- Former News of the World editor and CNN interviewer Piers Morgan will appear by videolink from the United States on Tuesday at a judge-led investigation into the ethics and practices of Britain's scandal-tarred press.
He is expected to be grilled about comments he has made about widespread phone hacking at tabloid newspapers.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp shut down the News of the World in July after a public outcry over the phone-hacking practices by British journalists at the newspaper.
Morgan's appearance, along with a number of other witnesses Tuesday, has been widely anticipated and critics have been picking through old interviews and Morgan's autobiography "The Insider," in which the 46-year-old Morgan makes clear he knew of phone hacking as long ago as 2001.
In an interview for GQ magazine before the public scandal over the practice, Morgan said he couldn't get too upset over hacking because "loads of newspaper journalists were doing it."
And, in an earlier interview for BBC radio unearthed by one of his critics, Morgan appeared to go further, saying it was difficult to condemn private eyes hired to hack into people's phones "because obviously you were running the results of their work."
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Former Daily Mirror and News of the World editor Piers Morgan and Rebekah Brooks (then Rebekah Wade), editor of the Sun newspaper, at the book launch party for Piers Morgan's memoirs, entitled "The Insider," on March 9, 2005 in London.
Morgan maintains that he has never participated in phone hacking or knowingly run a story based on an illegally intercepted message.
"I have never hacked a phone, told anyone to hack a phone, nor to my knowledge published any story obtained from the hacking of a phone," he said in a statement in August.
Actors Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller, "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling and singer Charlotte Church are among those who have given evidence about press abuse, while executives and lawyers for Murdoch's News Corp have defended the newspaper.
From newspaper man to TV star
Morgan shot to national prominence when he was picked by Murdoch to run the News of the World at age 28. Under his tenure, the tabloid exposed Grant's liaison with Hollywood prostitute Divine Brown and Princess Diana's late-night phone calls to married art dealer Oliver Hoare.
It wasn't all down to good reporting: Morgan has acknowledged that bribes were paid to informants on rival titles.
In 1995, Morgan left the News of the World for the Daily Mirror. His time there was marked by scoops and controversy, including an insider trading scandal.
Among the newspapers to report it was The Independent, which said he allegedly bought 20,000 pounds ($31,000) worth of shares in a technology company the day before it was tipped in the newspaper's investment column. While two other journalists at the Daily Mirror were jailed, Morgan was not charged and kept his job.
However, his editorship at the Daily Mirror ended in 2004 when he ran a faked photograph purporting to show a British soldier urinating on an Iraqi detainee.
Morgan won a second life as a TV personality, eventually signing on as a judge of "America's Got Talent" and taking Larry King's old spot at CNN. So far, he's prospered. Ratings for "Piers Morgan Tonight" have been up 9 percent on last year's figures — good if not spectacular — and he appears to be reaching a younger audience.
CNN spokeswoman Barbara Levin said the network was "extremely pleased" with how Morgan's program was performing and the company has so far stood by its star even as the phone-hacking scandal threatens to draw him in.
'Despicable human being'
"So heartwarming that everyone in U.K.'s missing me so much they want me to come home," Morgan joked earlier this year amid demands he return to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
Morgan's denial that he has had nothing to do with phone hacking is hard to square with a 2006 article in which he said he'd been played a phone message that former Beatle Paul McCartney left for his now ex-wife Heather Mills in the wake of one of their fights.
"It was heartbreaking," Morgan wrote of the tape, saying that McCartney "sounded lonely, miserable and desperate, and even sang 'We Can Work It Out' into the answerphone."
How did Morgan come to hear the tape? He's refused to say, but Mills told the BBC in August that "there was absolutely no honest way" he could have obtained the recording. McCartney echoed her sentiment, saying he'd apparently been hacked.
Morgan's autobiography also abounds with tantalizing references to questionably obtained material: There's "a dodgy transcript of a phone conversation" and a celebrity's stolen laptop.
And when actress Kate Winslet demanded to know how Morgan got her cell phone number, which she had only just changed, Morgan shrugged it off.
"Look, Kate," he joked, "You don't get to be the editor of the Mirror without being a fairly despicable human being."
More from msnbc.com and NBC News:
- Will younger Kim's aunt and uncle be North Korea puppet masters?
- Mourning in North Korea, worries in South after Kim Jong Il's death
- Who's in charge? Mixed signals from Egypt's rulers
- Troops move out of Iraq ... then next stop is home
- Manning and WikiLeaks: New push for whistleblower protections
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Today, I saw Les Misérables. I was singing along to one of the songs when the guy next to me dumped his soda over my head and told me to shut up. FML
by maddiecat / 01/08/2013 at 12:34am / United States (Missouri) / Miscellaneous
Today, I went to the movies with my crush, who had asked me out on a date. Assuming he'd pay, I left my money at home. When the time came to buy the tickets, he only bought one for himself. FML
by anonymous001 / 01/08/2013 at 2:58pm / Canada (Ontario) / Love
Today, I woke up to a small fire on my roof, burning up small twigs and branches. The cause? Last night, I threw a sparkling firecracker up very high, only to have it blown onto my roof by the wind. It's going to take $2,000 to fix the damage. FML
by Anonymous / 01/01/2013 at 1:23pm / United States (California) / Miscellaneous
Today, I found a ring box in the pocket of my boyfriend's pants while doing laundry. I eagerly walked up to him knowing that it was an engagement ring, hoping that he would propose on the spot. He tossed it back to me and said, "Well you found it, I don't actually have to ask now, right?" FML
by anonymous / 01/07/2013 at 7:21pm / United States / Love
Today, I was getting a spray tan and realized I didn't have a hair tie, so I used a thong instead. I lost track of time and realized I needed to go pick up my daughter. I threw on my clothes, drove to pick her up, went to the store, and went for ice cream... thong still in my hair. FML
by Embarrassed / 01/02/2013 at 12:33pm / United States / Health
Today, I got so drunk that I decided it was a good idea to get naked and jump on a trampoline in the back of a neighbour's garden. Said neighbour is a police officer. FML
by AmberHavoc / 01/02/2013 at 10:01am / United Kingdom / Miscellaneous
Today, while talking to one of my parents' friends, we discovered that the house he grew up in is the same house my boyfriend now lives in. When he recalled that he lost his first tooth there, the only response I could come up with was, "Oh my gosh, I lost my virginity there!" FML
by anonymous / 01/03/2013 at 5:34am / United States (California) / Miscellaneous
Today, I started charging my phone in the car during a family road trip. The car recognized my iPhone as an MP3 player and started playing the audio from the porn video I watched before we left. Everybody heard. FML
by anonymous / 01/05/2013 at 11:16am / United States / Transportation
Today, while out hiking, my phone slipped out of my pocket. I caught it and gave it to my little cousin, giving her a "special mission" to keep it safe. When we got back to our cars later, I asked her for my phone back. Turns out she left it under a shrub back in the hills so it'd be "safe." FML
by Anonymous / 01/06/2013 at 7:24pm / United States (Idaho) / Miscellaneous
Today, in an elaborate plan to finally meet my cute neighbor, I convinced my friendly mailman to switch up our mail so I'd have an excuse to meet her. After I delivered her mail, I waited for her to mention that she had my mail, but she never did. I even saw her take it out of her mail box. FML
by james88 / 01/07/2013 at 4:39pm / United States (Wisconsin) / Love
Today, while at work, a Beatles song came on the radio. I jokingly said, "These guys are pretty good, are they new?" Everyone thought I was being serious, and now they're convinced I'm an idiot. FML
by EffUrEll / 01/07/2013 at 7:58pm / Canada (Ontario) / Miscellaneous
Today, I unknowingly used my shampoo thinking it was leave-in-conditioner. While walking to work, it started to rain. I started to produce suds. FML
by nomegusta / 01/05/2013 at 10:59am / United States / Miscellaneous
Today, I went to dinner with my girlfriend of 2 months. This would have been great, had I not been nodding absentmindedly when she suggested that we start planning our wedding soon, because "she's always dreamt of being married on the same day as Brad and Angelina." FML
by Brad / 01/03/2013 at 1:47am / United States (Pennsylvania) / Love


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Waterloo Lutheran Seminary launches psychotherapy book April 4
Mar 25/14
The Wilfrid Laurier University community is invited to attend a book launch for Psychotherapy: Cure of the Soul, April 4 at 8:45 a.m. in the Keffer Chapel, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary (WLS).
Psychotherapy: Cure of the Soul is a multi-faith book about the contemporary practice of spiritually integrated psychotherapy.
Cure of the Soul is an ancient term that goes back to Plato and was adopted by many of the major religious traditions, said WLS Professor Thomas St. James OConnor. It is the root of the word psychotherapy psycho meaning soul and therapy meaning a cure and it is the practice of helping people whose spirits are broken. Psychotherapy has been around for more than 2000 years, but since Freud adopted the term most people dont think about the spiritual aspect anymore were trying to reclaim that tradition in the book.
The book was edited by OConnor, Kristine Lund, WLS assistant principal and director of the Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy Programs, and Patricia Berendsen, president of the Society for Pastoral Counselling Research (SPCR) and WLS alumna.
The book was published by WLS with grants from SPCR, Lauriers Office of Research Services and St. Josephs Hospital. A number of Laurier faculty members, alumni and students contributed to the book, which covers modern psychotherapy practices in a variety of fields and topics, such as music, social work, religion and coping, pagan practices, and addiction.
The launch will feature about eight short presentations from authors included in the book with a reception afterwards. The book will be available for purchase.
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- Title
- The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: spectral types and luminosity functions
- Author(s)
- Folkes, Simon; Ronen, Shai; Price, Ian; Lahav, Ofer; Colless, Matthew; Maddox, Stephen J.; Deeley, Kathryn; Glazebrook, Karl; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Cannon, Russell D.; Cole, Shaun; Collins, Chris A.; Couch, Warrick J.; Driver, Simon P.; Dalton, Gavin B.; Efstathiou, George P.; Ellis, Richard S.; Frenk, Carlos S.; Kaiser, Nicholas; Lewis, Ian; Lumsden, Stuart L.; Peacock, John A.; Peterson, Bruce A.; Sutherland, William J.; Taylor, Keith
- Abstract
- We describe the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and the current status of the observations. In this exploratory paper, we apply a principal component analysis to a preliminary sample of 5869 galaxy spectra and use the two most significant components to split the sample into five spectral classes. These classes are defined by considering visual classifications of a subset of the 2dF spectra, and also by comparison with high-quality spectra of local galaxies. We calculate a luminosity function for each of the different classes and find that later-type galaxies have a fainter characteristic magnitude, and a steeper faint-end slope. For the whole sample we find M*=−19.7 (for Ω=1, H0=100 km s−1 Mpc−1), α=−1.3, φ*=0.017. For class 1 ('early-type') we find M*=−19.6, α=−0.7, while for class 5 ('late-type') we find M*=−19.0, α=−1.7. The derived 2dF luminosity functions agree well with other recent luminosity function estimates.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 308, no. 2 (Sep 1999), pp. 459-472
- Publication year
- 1999
- Keyword(s)
- Classification; Distances; Elliptical; Evolution; Field; Formation; Galaxies; Lenticular; Redshifts; Stellar content
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- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
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Clam chowder aficionados can officially apply for entry by e-mailing their recipe and contact information, including phone number, to , or mailing their recipe and contact information to:
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Recipes must be received on or before 12:00 p.m. (ET) on September 15. Finalists will be notified by phone on September 16 therefore a valid phone number must be provided. Finalists must also be able to be present at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday, September 19, to participate in the contest, and be able to prepare the recipe to feed judges and spectators. Levy Restaurants will supply cooking equipment and clams for all participants, and contestants must provide the rest of their ingredients. Exact details of rules for this contest are available at www.levyrestaurants.com, under the venue "New Hampshire Motor Speedway" in the drop-down box.
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Call of Duty Elite, a subscription-based Call of Duty service, will launch this fall with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, according to The Wall Street Journal. Activision Blizzard confirmed the service today, saying that Elite players will have access to extra content, like map-packs. A subscription to Elite won't be required for multiplayer.
Activision hasn't revealed the price of the service yet, but according to the WSJ's report, it will be less than fees for "comparable online-entertainment services" like Netflix.
Parts of COD: Elite will be free, including socia/matchmaking aspects of the service, although full details on how these will work,haven't been revealed yet. The WSJ article also mentions game analysis tools "modeled on stock-trading websites" that delve deeply into your game, "gauging factors such as which weapons have been most successful" for gamers... interesting.
Activision head Bobby Kotick told the WSJ that he isn't worried about "pushback" from gamers, because Elite won't be required to play online. While Kotick didn't reveal specifics, he did say that the Elite COD service represents an "enormous investment," and will provide things that would have been impossible without a pay service.
Activision's plan here is obviously to further monetize one of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time, but its success will be determined by how willing players will be to give up the credit card digits, so, players, let me throw it to you: Are you going to sign up for "Elite" when it launches this fall? Answer in our comment section.
For even more details, be sure to check out our in-depth Call of Duty Elite hands-on preview.
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Houston Bradberry
Services:Have been held.
Houston Bradberry, 65, of Portales died Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales.
He was born Sept. 18, 1938, in Arp, Texas, to Elfreda "Peaches" and Seibert Bradberry.
Mr. Bradberry grew up in east Texas. For the majority of his life he lived in the Kilgore area where he worked in the oil fields. In about 1990 he moved to Portales to be near his mother. He had been in failing health for a number of years.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Robert McClellan, who died in 1985.
Survivors include his life partner, Julie Webb of Portales; two sons and daughters-in-law, Houston Shane and Tammy Bradberry of Omaha, Neb., and Toby D. and Marnie Bradberry of Lubbock, Texas; three grandchildren, Taylor Bradberry, Cameron Bradberry and Shane Bradberry.
Scott Reeves and Toby Bradberry will officiate at the services. All friends will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Wheeler Mortuary of Portales will handle arrangements.


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