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Santa Cruz-based company Mobile Ranger has created a new iPhone/iPad app offering a mobile tour of West Cliff Drive and the north Coast of Santa Cruz. The tour allows users to learn about the natural and human history of Santa Cruz landscapes.
App developer Julia Gaudinski used photographs from Santa Cruz Public Library's Local History collection to illustrate the tour. Library staff are excited about the opportunity to partner with members of the community in new ways to share our local resources.
The app contains both a walking and a driving tour. The walking tour is a 28-stop exploration of Santa Cruz's West Cliff Drive from Natural Bridges State Beach to the end of the Municipal Wharf. The five-stop driving tour goes up the coast from Long Marine Lab to the Davenport Cement Plant. For each, an interactive map shows the user's location relative to the tour stops. Rich with photos and text, each stop tells a story.
The "Mobile Ranger-Santa Cruz" app is currently available in the iTunes App Store. It will be out for Android phones within the next few months. SCPL's Local History collection is always available at www.santacruzpl.org.
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Former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon of Makanda died December 9 in Springfield
following heart surgery. Simon, known for integrity and high ethical
standards, was 75. A Democratic presidential candidate in 1988,
Simon was director of the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale at the time of his death. The former newspaperman
was a founder of Illinois Issues. He also was the first director
of the Public Affairs Reporting Program at what is now the University
of Illinois at Springfield.
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Paul Simon
Mikva didnt like The New York Times coverage
of the death of his friend, the former U.S. senator who died December
9 at 75. They made him sound like a goodie two-shoes. He wasnt,
says Mikva, a former federal appellate judge who served with Simon
in the state legislature and in Congress.
was an incredibly effective politician in the best sense of the
word. Simons integrity may have looked like naivete
in an era when a gotcha mentality tends to drive politics
and journalism, says Mikva, who was White House counsel in the midst
of Simons 1985-1997 Senate tenure. Paul never operated
that way. He would try to woo you on his own terms.
He was incorruptible, never exhibited ill-will or threw around his
Illinois Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch says shes been asked
frequently about what she believes to be Simons legacy. No.
1, he survived 40 or 45 or so years in politics with his integrity,
credibility, compassion and thoughtfulness intact.
the son of Lutheran missionaries, was born in 1928 in Eugene, Ore.
At 19, he was urged to buy a dying newspaper that served the southern
Illinois region where his parents had settled. He exposed corruption
while at the Troy Tribune, reporting that Madison County
officials allowed prostitution and gambling to go unchecked. Eventually,
he owned 14 weekly newspapers, then decided he could effect greater
change from the inside of the political arena.
25, he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, where
his first triumph was getting Right-to-Know on the books, requiring
government bodies to meet in public.
also found more corruption to expose. Members talked openly
about certain measures being money bills and others
being fetchers, Simon wrote in his autobiography.
The fetcher was lucrative for lawmakers who were willing to introduce
a bill, then kill it in exchange for lobbyists cash. Mikva
remembers Simon incurring the wrath of a fellow lawmaker for interfering
with a fetcher. That lawmaker told Simon, The trouble with
you Reverend ... is you dont know a good bill when you see
when Simon couldnt convince news editors to investigate corruption
in the legislature, he wrote an article himself, knowing he was
putting his political career in jeopardy. After the article appeared
in the September 1964 edition of Harpers magazine,
some fellow lawmakers labeled him Benedict Arnold.
writing the piece, he served four years in the state Senate. He
was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974, serving
until his election to the U.S. Senate a decade later. Simons
only election setbacks were in primary bids for the governors
mansion in 1972 and the U.S. presidency in 1988.
wrote Simon, is the best way to stop unethical behavior. Simon died
the afternoon Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a strong ethics bill.
Netsch said when she spoke with Simon two days earlier, he told
her it was too bad he wouldnt be able to attend the signing
ceremony. He was certainly there in spirit.
was the first state official to require financial disclosure of
his staff, their spouses and even minor children, remembers Gene
Callahan, who served as Simons press secretary after he was
elected lieutenant governor in 1968. Simon disclosed his own sources
of income right down to the $1.58 refund from a clothing store.
He did so throughout his career in elective office, which ended
with his decision in 1996 not to run for the Senate again.
tolerated no dishonesty or lying. His basic philosophy was if youd
lie, youd steal, says Callahan. Youll
never meet a man with more integrity, but there was more to him
than integrity; he was kind and compassionate.
compassion informs Mikvas assessment of Simons stature
among Illinois greatest statesmen: I think hes
the best weve ever had. Weve had some fine government
officials, but none as absolutely decent as Paul Simon.
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SkateFest / Sk8 For a Cause is back and bigger than ever. Now in its 7th year, SkateFest has raised over $30,000 for the Children's Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Skaters making a positive contribution to the community, raising money for sick kids, awesome! Last year over 1,000+ spectators and 350+ participants, from ages 5-50, took part in this annual skate competition and fundraiser.
SkateFest is the largest AM contest in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area which attracts hundreds of skaters who compete in brackets organized by age winning trophies, and prizes. The support from local and national companies last year was incredible. We received over $20,000 in prize donations to reward the skaters raising the money for Children's National!
On Friday and Saturday, June 21-22, 2013, participants of all ages will "Sk8 For A Cause," to raise money and awareness for the Children's Hospital National Medical Center. After completing the Sk8 For a Cause 4-checkpoint course through Wakefield Skate Park in Fairfax County, VA, skateboarders, their families and friends enjoy a day of skateboard competitions, vendors, food, demos, auctions, music and more! Families, friends and participants of all ages from VA, MD and DC will participate in this 2-day festival.
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Members of the Duncanville (Texas) United Methodist Church Youth
Choir pose with
several members of the Lindsey Wilson Singers in W.W. Slider
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Hall. At center is Duncanville UMC Youth Choir Director Steve
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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- A standing-rooming only crowd
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Lindsey Wilson College W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital
More than 100 people packed the recital hall to hear the June 15
concert by the Duncanville (Texas) First United Methodist Church
Youth Choir. Under the direction of Steve Sobczak, the
37-member choir performed several modern spiritual selections as
well as a medley of songs from recent Disney movies. The choir was
accompanied on piano on all but one song by Susan Kheshtinejad.
Tuesday night was the second time the Duncanville UMC Youth
Choir has performed in Columbia. The choir also performed in
Columbia in 2004 while on its summer tour.
The reciprocal relationship started when LWC Associate Professor
of Music and Religion and Director of Choral Programs Gerald Chafin took the Lindsey Wilson Singers
to Duncanville UMC on one of the Singers' spring tours. The Singers
also performed at Duncanville UMC on last spring's tour.
"We welcome to our campus the Duncanville First United Methodist
Church Youth Choir as part of the LWC Choral Concert Exchange
Project through our collaborative initiative with Youth Cue,"
Chafin said. "The grand finale of our exchange is bringing this
extraordinary ensemble to our campus. There are few church youth
choirs remaining in the United States of their caliber."
This year's summer tour for the Duncanville UMC Youth Choir
included stops in New York City, St. Louis, Wichita Falls, Texas,
Columbus, Ohio, Pittsburgh and Roanoke, Va. After their Tuesday
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I've written several articles recently about summer trips our family has taken in recent years. As previously noted, Melissa and I are committed to showing our boys (now 16 and 11) the United States so they understand and appreciate their country. We've traveled all over the country, but our favorite area remains the Great West.
We just completed this year's trip, and what a trip it was. We flew to Denver, rented a car, and drove through a good part of Wyoming, a bit of Montana, and the Black Hills of South Dakota.
I've driven through Wyoming many times, and each time it was along Interstate 80, traveling east to west just as fast as I could go. That part of Wyoming is pretty boring, but if I had ever known how beautiful this state is, I would have taken a detour north of the interstate years ago.
The first day, we traveled to Cody, Wyoming, a healthy jaunt from Denver, but well worth the effort. Cody is a major gateway to Yellowstone National Park, but it has several great attributes of its own. First, the Buffalo Bill Museum which has been called the Smithsonian of the West. It is truly a wonderful place, and deserves a 2-3 hour visit, which even those on the fast track to Yellowstone can afford to take. Of course, you could take much longer if you wanted, and the visit would be even better. From a great natural history museum, which is interactive for the kids and very informative for all re: the wildlife in the area, to the best Indian museum anywhere, to the life and times of Buffalo Bill, and finally, the tremendous art gallery, full of Remingtons: this is truly a worthwhile visit for even those who don't like museums.
The other great thing about Cody is the nightly summer rodeo, which is as good as any you'll see.
We stayed at the Irma Hotel, which was built by Buffalo Bill himself and named after his daughter. It was great, and comes highly recommended, provided you stay in the older part of the hotel.
The next day, we drove to the northeast entrance to Yellowstone, which requires a jaunt through some beautiful country, a short shot through Montana, and then into the least used of the five entrances to Yellowstone. Why would you do this? Because the best viewing of wildlife in the park is in the Lamar Valley, which can only be seen from this area, and which contains elk, buffalo, moose, grizzly bear, and even wolves. We took a great 3-mile hike into the valley, and enjoyed it thoroughly. Understand that the wolves are rarely seen, usually only in the early morning or late evening.
We stayed at the Yellowstone Lake Lodge cabins, which were just off the Lake itself, and were perfect for our crew. I highly recommend trying to stay inside the park itself, but you need to do some research to find the best spots, and you need to make those reservations early. Yellowstone has two great old lodges; Yellowstone Lake and the Old Faithful Inn. People make reservations over a year in advance to stay in these locations, though you can find a great cabin like we did by calling 4-5 months in advance. I recommend Yellowstone Lake because it is less crowded and more convenient, but either area is a treat.
Yellowstone has several areas that are "must sees". First, the Upper and Lower Falls areas are beautiful, and if you come down from the northeast entrance, you also get to enjoy the incredible views of the Yellowstone canyon. Each of these areas are very scenic, and have some great short hikes that provide some breathtaking views.
Most people head for Old Faithful and the geyser basin, and this is the other must see area. Old Faithful erupts about every 90 minutes, and is worth the wait. But it is surrounded by an amazing world of less regular geysers, mud holes, boiling springs and spectacular pools of water covering the spectrum of colors. You can hike on boardwalks and trails for about five easy miles around the Old
Faithful area, and its worth the effort.
Yellowstone is basically one huge volcanic area that hasn't erupted for a thousand years, but certainly could again one day. The heat for each of these amazing thermal wonders is provided by water traveling downward about a mile to a point where it is heated by molten magma. Because of the fractures in the rocks, the superheated water is shot back up toward the earth's surface, and escapes through geyser basin like the one surrounding Old Faithful. There's nothing like this place anywhere on earth.
Our family's favorite part of the Yellowstone experience was swimming in the Firehole River. While all other rivers in the Park are typically cold mountain streams, this one is heated to about 85 degrees by the surrounding geyser basins. This is the one place you are allowed to swim in the park, about 10-15 miles or so north of Old Faithful. It was a terrific experience, shared with about 200 other people, but well worth it. You should bring water shoes, though. We didn't, and wished we had.
Our trip took us to other great locations as well, including the Grand Tetons, Buffalo, Wyoming (quite unexpectedly our favorite part of the trip), the Little Big Horn battlefield in Montana where Custer made his last stand, Devils Tower in northeastern Wyoming, and to South Dakota, where we visited Mount Rushmore as well as the Badlands. But these are for another article.
Just believe me when I say that Wyoming, if visited thoroughly, is a great trip, and has become one of my favorite places in the US. We'll be back.
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Cracks in the Milwaukee Rep's basement are no act
Upstairs in the Quadracci Powerhouse theater, the goal is deception, putting on an act.
But downstairs in the historic buildings occupied by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, when cracks appear it's no put-on.
Many buildings Downtown are constructed on wood pilings that have provided support for more than a century. But these pilings need to be keep submerged to prevent deterioration. While at Northwestern Mutual, for example, there's been no problem, other sites have had issues.
When the Auditorium was converted to the Milwaukee Theatre, a section on the north end of the building was demolished because the subterranean pilings were ruined. Now, the tamarack pilings that hold up one of two century-old The Milwaukee Electric Rail and Light Co. power plant buildings that were converted into the home of the Rep in 1985 are threatened.
"We've known that there has been an issue since 2011," says Chad Bauman, who has been Rep managing director for a year. "When I took the job, I knew that we had a $1 million fix that had to occur. Now it's 1.75 (million).
"You know these things happen. The building is from 1897, so anytime you buy a historic home and you go to renovate it, you open the walls and you find things. It's kind of the same position we're in."
Despite being built on the banks of the Milwaukee River, groundwater levels beneath the building have been falling. And the effects have not only been measurable, but apparent to the naked eye.
In the basement, the Rep's Chief Engineer Mark Uhrman shows me a spot where the wall and ceiling are being pulled apart. Upstairs, there's a door that used to open just fine, but now scrapes against the floor. In another area, we see the huge brick supports that once held the unimaginable weight of giant electricity-generating dynamos.
A 1985 photograph showed them to be more or less perfectly level. Now, even I can see that they're tilting inward.
The issues are in the older building in the complex, to the north of the plant that faces Wells Street, erected in 1897. It is an unusual building. Head down to the basement and look up at the ceiling and you'll see a rather unexpected building material.
In the 1930s, when a floor was added, the electric and rail company, surely in a Depression-era effort to save money, relied on a resource it already possessed.
"Most of the grid down here is basically old railroad track," says Uhrman. "It's plenty strong enough. It supports a train, so why not use it?" The supports for the dynamos were used as support for the new floor above, too. Interestingly, a range of other supports appears around the space. In one area, it's a short column of cream city bricks. In another, it's a couple solid-looking 4x4 beams, one standing vertical, with another lying on top.
There is no sense, though, that building materials are the issue here, at least not beyond the pilings we can't see, because they are below the floor upon which we stand.
The problem Bauman and Uhrman say, is the receding groundwater level, which has exposed to the tops of the pilings, which were placed in groups, with each group being tied together with a concrete cap.
"I started bringing a company in here and we had the whole basement surveyed," says Uhrman. "We have about 35 points and about every eight months to a year, we bring them in and we have them recheck the points to see where we're at."
The surveys started to confirm what the eye was already suggesting. So, one of the caps was busted open so engineers could take a look.
"We needed to see what the piles were like," says Uhrman, while standing down in the hole. "This is the cap right here," he says, pointing to a giant slab of concrete.
Seven feet of concrete, rock and soil was removed -- by hand -- so that the piles could actually be seen.
"We took pictures of the piles and we found in this area that none of the piles are actually touching the bottom of the cap," says Uhrman. "So they cut all the bad wood out, and they put steel columns in place, they put rebar through the piles, and then we poured our
elasticized concrete back in here and it goes seven feet all the way underneath there
and that becomes a repair."
Climbing out of the hole, Uhrman shows me a pile of pilings and it's amazing to see these sections of tamarack trees that surely date to at least the 1700s. They're eight or 10 inches across, with tight growth rings. More than even an 1897 building, touching these pilings feels like touching history.
Now that the first group of pilings is done, construction workers will make their way around the basement to check and fix -- as necessary -- the pilings under every cap.
"We're going to repair it in small sections and they call it hopscotch," says Uhrman. "You do an area and you keep doing this until you keep your integrity and everything in play. The second part of it is we're going to put a new system in here for support. It'll be steel posts."
Before any more work can be done, however, a giant hole must be made in the 1897 wall and a couple yards beyond, another will be blasted through a 1980s wall that separates the basement from the Milwaukee Center garage. This will allow the "spoils" -- soil, rock, brick, etc. -- to be removed from the basement, which is a pretty tight space already.
When the work is complete, there will be an automatic watering system in place to ensure that the pilings remain entirely submerged in the future.
Bauman says the bulk of the funds required to pay for the repair work and the monitoring and watering system have already been raised.
"We've raised $1.475 million. We have 300,000 dollars left to raise," he says. "We've hired a construction firm. We're in the middle of negotiating contracts right now, which is time consuming. We hope to resolve all of the contractual issues within the next week or two. Here by mid to late June, we should be shovels in the ground."
The work is expected to take six to nine months to complete, but the timeline, like the budget, is, in Bauman's words, "based on the supposition that a lot of them need to be fixed." Bauman says the budget has a contingency, should all of them require repair.
"If we don't solve this issue, then everything we do here at The Rep is in jeopardy. So from that perspective, there's no better use for the $1.75 million," Bauman says.
"That said, if we didn't have this issue, we could definitely find sexier things to spend $1.75 million on."
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