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A daily multivitamin is a great nutrition insurance policy. Some extra vitamin D may add an extra health boost.
True, a healthy diet should provide nearly all the nutrients you need. But many people don't eat the healthiest of diets. That's why a multivitamin can help fill in the gaps, and may have added health benefits.
- The folic acid in most multivitamins helps prevent neural tube defects in newborns, if women take it before they become pregnant; folic acid may also lower the risk of heart disease, colon cancer, and breast cancer.
- Vitamin D from a multivitamin or single supplement can lower the risk of colon and possibly many other cancers, as well as other chronic diseases.
Of course, there can be too much of a good thing. It's important not to go overboard with vitamins. While a multivitamin and a vitamin D supplement can help fill some of the gaps in a less than optimal diet, too much can be harmful.
- In general, stick close to standard recommended doses in a multivitamin. And since your multivitamin will likely contain all the folic acid you'll need, stay away from cereals, protein bars, and other foods that are super-fortified with folic acid.
Read enough nutrition news, and you'll see that not all scientists agree on multivitamins. Some say that there's not enough proof that multivitamins boost health, so they don't recommend them. Other scientists point to studies that seem to show a link between multivitamin use and increased risk of death. But those studies are flawed. Looking at all the evidence, the potential health benefits of taking a standard daily multivitamin seem to outweigh the potential risks for most people.
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patterns described on this website. Choose a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and healthy oils, and low in red meat and unhealthy fats—let the Healthy Eating Pyramid be your guide.
2. Choose a daily multivitamin. A daily multivitamin is an inexpensive nutrition insurance policy. Try to take one every day.
3. Think about D. In addition to its bone health benefits, there's growing evidence that getting some extra vitamin D can help lower the risk of colon and breast cancer. Aim for getting 1,000 to 2,000 IU of vitamin D per day—this likely will require an extra vitamin D pill, in addition to your multivitamin. For more information, see the vitamin D section of The Nutrition Source.
4. Say no to "megas." In general, avoid mega-dose vitamins and mega-fortified foods. Higher doses of vitamin E may help to prevent heart disease, but in general, the amount in a standard multivitamin is enough to have health benefits. A standard multivitamin also has a day's worth of folic acid, so you should avoid foods that have high amounts of folic acid added to them. Vitamin D is an exception, as many people need more than the RDA.
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Two inmates facing serious crimes bought themselves two hours of freedom after escaping Saturday from Greene County Prison.
State police located homicide suspect Jason W. Roe, 33, of Daisytown, and Rocco J. Iacovone, 27, who is charged in a Washington County armed robbery, about 2:30 p.m. at a coal mine about a quarter mile from the prison and charged them with escape, warden Harry D. Gillispie said.
Gillispie said employees at the Franklin Township facility witnessed the inmates flee into woods wearing green and white stripped prison-issued uniforms about 12:30 p.m. He said he believes he knows how they escaped, but didn't want to release that information Saturday.
"Obviously, there was a breakdown somewhere," he said.
The prison will conduct an internal investigation into the escape and possibly make policy and procedural changes based on its outcome. It's the first time since 1996 that an inmate escaped from the prison at 855 Rolling Meadows Road.
The inmates were taken into custody at Emerald Mine No. 1 on Garards Fort Road, and no one was injured, Gillispie said. Iacovone has been transferred to the Washington County jail on $100,000 bond set by District Judge Lee Watson, the docket shows. Watson returned Roe to the jail in Greene County, court records show.
Roe and his wife, Lana, are awaiting trial in the Aug. 14 slaying of Cordele E. Patterson, 38, of Grindstone. State police allege Lana Roe, 40, lured Patterson to a remote hunting cabin near Spraggs where her husband shot him several times with a shotgun, having believed the homicide victim had stolen items from the couple.
Iacovone, of East Washington, pleaded guilty last month and is awaiting sentencing for fleeing and eluding police and reckless endangerment in connection with a Feb. 13 police chase on Interstate 79 after he allegedly robbed a convenience store clerk in West Virginia. Gillispie said Iacovone will be transferred after sentencing to the Washington County jail to face charges filed by South Strabane Township police.
South Strabane police arrested Iacovone on accusations he robbed a clerk of cigarettes and money at a BP station on Racetrack Road at gunpoint Feb. 11. He faces additional robbery charges in West Virginia, Gillispie said.
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Canevin topples Rebels, 41-36 Gain respect & trip to Hershey
In their fourth confrontation of the season, the biggest prize of all was on the line for the girls' basketball teams from Seton-La Salle (27-3) and Bishop Canevin (26-4) and the Lady Crusaders seized it when they toppled the defending state champions, 41-36.
Canevin not only earned a berth in the PIAA championship game set for noon Friday, March 22 at the Giant Center in Hershey, the Crusaders gained the admiration of their adversary.
"They did not respect us," said Canevin head coach Tim Joyce, referring to comments Seton-La Salle made after the Rebels lost their WPIAL title to the Crusaders. "They talked about how disappointed they were in how they played and it was a fluke. Well maybe the first time they played us and beat us by 30 points that was the fluke."
In winning the section banner, SLS thumped the Crusaders, 66-35, on their home court and 66-58 in the second confrontation. But, when it mattered most, Canevin rose to the top, besting the Rebels, 56-47, in the District 7 championship contest on March 1 at the A.J. Palumbo Center, and two weeks later by a five-point margin in the western regional final at Chartiers Valley.
Joyce said Sun Tzu's philosophy on The Art Of War fueled his squad against its chief rival. "In the book, Sun Tzu says to 'pretend inferiority' and 'encourage his arrogance' against your enemy," said Joyce. "We let them do all the talking. They did not respect us. They were not prepared for a game like this."
The Crusaders, however, were. Although their top warrior was saddled with three fouls early in the second stanza, Canevin weathered the setback. The Crusaders overcame a two-point deficit after one quarter, 12-10, and took a 19-18 lead into the locker room at halftime. Erin Waskowiak did not score a point until she connected on a pair of free throws that put the Crusaders ahead for good, 33-31, with 4:04 to play. The Duquesne University recruit and team's leading scorer added a bucket with 1:56 left to finish with four points.
"You always worry about that," Joyce said when your leader gets into foul trouble, "but you deal with it."
While sophomore Alaina McGuire and junior Caroline DeFrank gave the Crusaders a lift off the bench, drawing the praise of Joyce, Carly Forse picked up the pace offensively. The senior fired in 17 points, 10 in the first half. She scored five in a decisive fourth frame, in which Canevin outscored the Rebels, 14-8. Forse's lay-up with 1:15 to play lifted the Crusaders to their largest lead, 39-33.
"Alaina and Caroline did a great job," said Joyce, "Carly had another big game. She's been doing that all through the playoffs. We expect that from her. We expect that from all the girls."
After Cassidy Walsh's 3-point field goal pulled SLS within 39-36 with 64 seconds to play, Celina DiPietro and Forse iced the victory. They converted free throws with 19 and 10 seconds to play.
DiPietro finished with 10 tallies as did Gina Vallecorsa. DiPietro had the only 3-pointer for the Crusaders and it came in the second stanza. Vallecorsa kept Canevin in the game by scoring six points in the third quarter as SLS edged ahead, 28-27.
In the final frame, Canevin converted 6 of 9 shots from the charity stripe while SLS connected on just one of four attempts. Three of the misses came on the front end of one-and-one situations.
"We usually shoot foul shots real well," said Joyce. "When you run our offense you better be confident that you can make them from the free throw line. But, they helped us in the end."
Defense also aided Canevin, which allows 32.9 points per game. The Crusaders forced critical SLS miscues and turnovers down the stretch.
"We played defense," explained Joyce for those seeking the Crusader's secret to success. "That was all we did."
In doing so, Canevin earned the right to compete in the PIAA Class AA girls' championship game. The Crusaders will battle District III champion, York Catholic, a 45-28 winner over Saint Basil Academy in the other semifinal contest.
Of the trip to Hershey Joyce said, "Obviously, we are going there to win. We'll celebrate our victory tonight and get back to work tomorrow."
For the Lady Rebels there is no tomorrow as they finished their season. They lose two starters—Angela Heintz, who finished with eight points and Natalie Piaggesi, who tossed in six markers—to graduation along with Katherine Hart. Heintz is bound for Duquesne and Piaggesi will play at Mercyhurst.
No Rebel scored in double figures in the loss. Junior Naje Gibson finished with eight as did sophomore Cassidy Walsh, who is already committed to Duquesne. Nicolete Newman, another sophomore starter, provided four points for SLS.


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CANONSBURG – Connor Schram showed all the right moves in his first three bouts of the Powerade Christmas Wrestling Tournament Friday.
He was quick on his feet, in good position and scored off his opponents' mistakes.
What might have been the best part about Schram after the three straight victories in the Canon-McMillan gymnasium was the look on his face. He was smiling a lot after the final win.
Maybe that comes with knowing that his senior season at Canon-McMillan is not filled with the pressure of selecting a college. He's got one of the best in Stanford, an excellent academic institution that has 80-degree weather in January. Schram carries a 4.5 GPA and is third in his class.
The 126-pound senior capped his day with a commanding 11-4 decision over Matt Welliver of Benton in the quarterfinals.
"There is a lot less pressure on me," said Schram. "Before, I didn't know where I was going to college. It's nice to get that out of the way."
Schram was one of six local wrestlers and four Canon-McMillan athletes to make it to today's semifinals, which begin at 11:30 a.m. Consolation finals are at 5 p.m., and finals are set for 7:30 p.m.
Blair Academy has a commanding lead in the team standings with 175 points and 10 wrestlers in the semifinals. Canon-McMillan, with four in the championship round and three in the consolation round, is third with 107 points, four behind Moeller.
Chance Marsteller, a junior at Kennard-Dale, and Canon-McMillan senior Cody Wiercioch remain on a collision course at 170 pounds. Marsteller and Wiercioch, ranked 1-2 in the country at that weight by Intermat, each won three bouts on the first day.
Marsteller opened with a 25-9 technical fall over Jacob Robb of Kittanning, then followed it with a pin in 39 seconds of Mac Oberschelp of Peters Township. He disposed of Idris White of Father Judge in the same way, a pin in 2:39, to reach the semifinals.
Wiercioch had two pins in a combined 66 seconds to get to the quarterfinals, where he beat Noah Wilps of Chartiers Valley by an 18-3 technical fall. Marsteller and Wiercioch each own two PIAA gold medals. Wiercioch has made three trips to the Powerade finals and Marsteller two.
Schram has one of the more difficult semifinal bouts, taking on Ryan Diehl, a senior from Trinity of District 3 who won a Class AA state title last season.
"He's very good," Schram said. "I wrestled him when I was 6, and I practiced with him at some camps a few years ago."
Schram opened the tournament with a pin in 23 seconds of Will Chillinsky of Hempfield, followed it with a 17-1 technical fall over Nick Standefer of Baylor, Tenn., and capped it with the win over Welliver.
"The goals are the same as every year," said Schram, who is a three-time PIAA medal-winner and won a state title as a freshman. "I'm down to the right weight. I was pretty high at 132 (at the start of the season), and the kids are pretty big there. I'll wrestle 133 in college."
He also will have some company at Stanford. His parents plan to rent a house for the wrestling season near the school so they can watch him wrestle.
"Hopefully, it will be far enough away," he said with a smile.
Joining Schram and Wiercioch in the semifinals are teammates Alex Campbell, who had a 1-0 win over Shaun Heist of Parkland at 220, and Dalton Macri, who stopped Ron Perry of Solanco, 9-2, in the quarterfinals.
Garrett Vulcano (195) of Chartiers-Houston and Brent Blacharczyk (182) of McGuffey each earned a spot in the semifinals with a pin in the quarters. Vulcano's came against Matt Butler of Connellsville in 2:51, and Blacharczyk's was against Josh Colello of Cedar Cliff in 1:07.
"I've just slowed my wrestling down more and concentrated on doing the good stuff," said Vulcano. "I don't try to force anything."
Vulcano takes on Jake Hart of Hampton, a defending Powerade champion and a state runner-up last season, and Blacharczyk has Addison Knepshield of Blair Academy, a state qualifier last year.
"I'm in the same spot I was in last year," said Blacharczyk, "when I choked in the semis. But it feels good to get to this point. I've done a lot of hard work and conditioned hard."
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Oakdale requests tour of South Fayette detention ponds
The borough of Oakdale wants to tour a portion of South Fayette, specifically the township's water detention ponds.
According to South Fayette Manager Ryan Eggleston the township received such a request in a letter from Oakdale Council President Huck Gamble.
The letter stated that officials from Oakdale and the state department of environmental protection would like to tour areas of South Fayette Township where "water runoff adversely affects Oakdale."
In the letter, it states that "State Route 978 from Battle Ridge Road became a raging river."
Deron Gabriel, president of the South Fayette Board of Commissioners said at the meeting that the majority of the water runoff goes into the Tom's Run watershed.
No date for a tour of the township has been set.
In other business at the Aug. 14 workshop meeting, the board discussed the township's strategic plan which included a list of several items for the board to address. The list compiled by Eggleston included: a decision on the Star City property, the completion of the pavilion at Fairview Park, an upgrade for the township's website, paving needs, capital equipment needs and a master parks and recreation plan, along with several other items.
The board came to the consensus that it would be best to have several meetings to focus on a few of the items at a time. No dates were set for the meetings.
Also at the meeting, Eggleston discussed the timeline for the township's 2014 budget. He said by mid-September, all of the township's department heads must submit completed budget worksheets. After that he will meet with the department heads to go over their budgets.
By Oct. 30, a draft budget will be submitted to the board of commissioners. At the Nov. 6 workshop meeting, Eggleston said he will review general and capital fund budgets. A public hearing will be held prior to the Nov. 13 voting meeting, after which the board will consider approval of the draft budget. Further discussion will be held at the Dec. 4 workshop meeting and the final adoption of the budget and the setting of taxation rates will be voted upon at the Dec. 11 voting meeting.


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The Bible says in Leviticus 18:22, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination." And in Leviticus 18:30, "Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that you commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God."
Webster's Dictionary defines the word "abominable" as meaning: nasty, disgusting, vile, loathsome and very bad. As a Bible-believing Christian, I cannot and will not support any political party or candidate who endorses what God loathes.
You also stated that those who support same-sex marriages are actually reinforcing family values. I'm not sure what you mean by that. Every child who has ever been born was conceived out of the sexual union of a man and a woman – not two men or two women. Every child needs to be born into a home where its "parents" are a man and a woman who love each other, are committed to each other for life, and who will love and nurture the child during its formative years. Any man who is a real man makes a poor mother, and any woman who is a real lady makes a poor father. That's why it is so hard for single parents to raise a child by themselves.
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Valley Brook Road construction impacting some businesses
Two months into a 14-month, $4 million project by the state Department of Transportation to realign and reconstruct the intersection of the Valley Brook Road ramp and Washington Road, the lack of traffic flowing in front of several businesses is having some impact.
Cindy Jennings, who said she is in administration at the Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Co. and School, 210 Valley Brook Road, needs an additional five minutes, following her own detour through residential streets, to drive to the ballet company from her Mt. Lebanon home. If she used the posted detour using state-owned streets, Jennings estimates the trip would take an additional 20 minutes.
The construction, which is visible from the ballet company windows, has affected business, but not drastically.
Since ballet classes are planned well in advance, that side of the business is unchanged. However, there is no drive-by interest, and clients traveling from the Pittsburgh area are often confused by the detours, or lack of detour signs, Jennings said.
"We tell them to park their car on the other side and walk up the trail," Jennings said.
Southbound traffic is permitted to exit Washington Road by a ramp that leads to Valley Brook on the western side of the construction. Returning to Washington Road, also known as Route 19, is not as easy with unmarked detours on township roads through residential neighborhoods.
While traffic is prohibited from traveling under the overpass that carries Washington Road, Arrowhead Trail that runs parallel to Valley Brook Road remains open for walkers and bikers. However, parking in the lot next to the sewage treatment plant to walk the trail can be at a premium.
An employee at webuyanycar.com, next to the ballet company, said he could not comment about a drop in business, and a call to the main office in Philadephia seeking information was not returned.
Likewise, dogs could be heard barking at the Pooch Pit, the third of three businesses in St. Petersburg Center, but a request for information was not returned.
More than a mile from the actual construction, but still on the "road closed" position, the Washington Federal Bank, 430 Valley Brook Road, is open for business.
"Our Valley Brook Road office has remained open during construction, and we have seen very little reduction in our branch traffic," said Kristen Painter, branch manager. "Nonetheless, we are doing things to remind our customers that even with the detour inconvenience, we are here for them. Among other initiatives, we have recently purchased a coin counting machine, which we make available to our customers at no charge, we hold frequent picnics with hot dogs, snacks and beverages, we even provide water on the (Arrowhead) Trail for walkers and joggers. We do, of course, look forward to the completion of the construction, but we are committed to 'toughing it out' for as long as it takes."
On a sultry summer day, business was brisk at nearby Opeka Auto Repair Co., 440 Valley Brook Road, and there was a long line at Bruster's Real Ice Cream, 444 Valley Brook Road.
The road project is being done by Galisek Construction and is expected to be completed in July 2014.
When construction was beginning in mid-May, traffic was expected to be horrendous, and while traffic is heavier on roads, including Hays and Boyce roads in Upper St. Clair Township, the predicted nightmare has not occurred.
Upper St. Clair Acting police Chief Douglas Burkholder said there has been an increase in traffic, such as on the Upper St. Clair portion of Hays Road, but nothing like anticipated.
The first few weeks after the beginning of construction, Burkholder said police received complaints, mainly of vehicles cutting through residential streets and speeding in an effort to make up time.
"The first couple of weeks, we set up traffic controls, when there's that learning curve," Burkholder said. "Now, they've settled down and gotten a routine."
And while traffic often backs up along East McMurray Road in Peters Township, the prediction of heavy traffic has not happened.
"It's gone smoother than I anticipated," said Michael Silvestri, Peters Township manager. He said the township has received reports of mailboxes being struck and damaged, and of speeding vehicles on residential streets.
Silvestri said there is more traffic on Hays, East McMurray, Center Church and Thompsonville roads. Traffic on West McMurray Road frequently backs up, he added.
"We did a traffic study on Hays with the traffic counts pre- and post-start of construction," Silvestri said. Pre-construction, traffic on the Peters Township portion of Hays Road was between 1,700 and 1,800 vehicles each day. After construction began and Valley Brook Road was closed, Silvestri said about 4,000 cars were recorded each day on Hays Road.
Jennings said she knows the detour will be in place for at least another year and she is frustrated constantly giving directions to drivers attempting to reach the ballet company. However, she's trying to keep a positive attitude while driving the detour to and from work.
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BRIDGEVILLE – Running for dozens of miles at 6 a.m., the countless hours on the stationary bike, and even more hours watching film paid off in a big way for Austin McDermitt Saturday night.
The sophomore from Burgettstown got his first win against rival Southmoreland's Austin Griffiths in seven tries, and it made McDermitt a WPIAL champion and the Outstanding Wrestler in the Class AA tournament at Chartiers Valley High School.
McDermitt ended the losing streak by rolling to a 9-1 victory and putting himself in position for a possible first-round bye in the Southwest Region Tournament that begins Friday at the War Memorial in Johnstown.
The top seven wrestlers in each weight class advanced.
"I had nothing to lose," McDermitt said. "This feels great."
McDermitt was one of six area wrestlers to win WPIAL championships. The others were Nick Gavazzi of Charleroi, who ended a great run by Anthony Welsh when he pinned the Beth-Center freshman in 3:40; Jared Walker of South Fayette, who shut out South Side Beaver's Connor Payne, 3-0, at 160; Dustin Conti of Jefferson-Morgan, who survived a chippy 7-6 double-overtime win against Mike Fetchet of South Fayette at 170; Garrett Vulcano of Chartiers-Houston, who pinned Zach Walker of South Fayette in 1:27 at 195; and Avella's Jake Temple, who stopped Cody Jacobs of West Greene 3-1 at 220.
The tournament was marked by a few upsets.
Tanner Sutton of Chartiers-Houston, the top seed at 145 and a defending champion, was shut out, 5-0, by Burrell's Phil Marra; and top-seeded Jacob Beistel of Southmoreland was pinned by Allen Beattie of Burrell in 5:07 at heavyweight.
The turning point in McDermitt's match came when he sank a headlock for a five-point move that put him up 7-0 in the third.
"I felt him pressing in and just went for it," said McDermitt, who raised his record to 33-4. "I was pretty confident after that."
Gavazzi and Conti remained undefeated, but Gavazzi had the easier time wrapping up his second straight title.
"There is still more work to be done," Gavazzi said. "Last year, I lost my focus, but now I know what I have to do. I want to be on that podium in Hershey."
Conti and Fetchet battled hard, at times getting into what appeared to be a slapping duel. Conti gave a thumbs down to his wrestling.
"I didn't wrestle as good as I could," said Conti. "It's exciting to win. There's a little bit of pressure (being undefeated). That other stuff was heat of the moment. We were both physical, but it was nothing serious."
Like Conti, Sutton didn't have his best match. Unlike Conti, he couldn't prevail under those circumstances.
"He'll be fine," said C-H head coach Bill Sutton. "He's not happy right now. It's not a good day for him. It's a grind, and it's tough. But everyone else goes through the same grind. You gotta have a short memory."
Vulcano lost to Conti in last year's finals at 170. This year, at 195, he breezed through the bracket with two pins and a technical fall.
"I get my name on the wall of our wrestling room for being a WPIAL champion," said Vulcano (39-2). "Taking second last year was not bad, but you want to win every match. I look at it that I advanced and got a good spot in next week's tournament."
Temple has been on a roll in the postseason, winning his last 28 bouts.
"I'm hoping it doesn't stop," said Temple, who is 34-1 with the only to Vulcano in early January. "I'm trying not to make mistakes. If you do, you have to come back from that, so you can't let one mistake ruin the whole match."
Payne has trouble with wrestlers whose last name is Walker. He lost to Jared Walker last night and to Drew Walker of North Hills in the Chartiers-Houston Tournament. Payne did beat Jared Walker 5-4 in last week's Section 1 Tournament.
"I wrestled (Payne) in last year's section tournament, and it was 4-3 before I was able to pin him," said Jared Walker. "He beat me last week. I knew what I had to work on for the next time. He took me down two times. He has a very good takedown and I knew he would be looking for this time."
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Devin Fallenstein of Ringgold was the lone local winner in the Section 2-AAA Tournament at Baldwin Saturday night. Fallenstein beat Dmitri Wilding of Upper St. Clair, 3-1, for the 170-pound title.
Peters Township sent five wrestlers into the finals but each came out with second-place finishes.
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Dog owners reserve Sept. 2. This Labor Day, dogs can swim at either Mineral Beach in Finleyville or Dormont Pool.
The Western Pennsylvania Humane Society will host its fifth annual Doggy Dip at Dormont Pool.
This end-of-summer event features swim sessions for your dog, games, raffles and more. Each participant will receive an event bag.
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• 5:15-6:30 p.m. - all dogs (all sizes welcome)
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Advance registration at $20 per dog, per session by Aug. 29 at www.wpahumanesociety.org/specialevents.html, or contact Gretchen at 412-321-4625 ext. 248. After Aug. 29, fee is $25 per dog, per session. Same day registration per dog session starts at 3 p.m. (if not sold out, cash or credit card only).
One dog per human owner (will be enforced with no refunds). Each dog must have a separate registration form filled out. Dogs may be released from leashes upon entering pool deck area, but must remain under owner control at all times. Aggressive dogs will be asked to leave (no refund).
Proceeds will be split 50/50 between the Dormont Pool and the Western PA Humane Society.
Meanwhile, the Washington Area Humane Society hosts its second annual dog swim from 5-8 p.m. at Mineral Beach.
Dogs of all ages, shapes and sizes are invited to swim or sunbathe. Each dog will receive a doggie goodie bag.
Dogs and owners can swim together and dogs can enter a "best swimsuit contest." There will be activities for dogs and owners of all ages.
Fee if preregistered is $10 for the first dog, $5 each additional dog. Preregister at www.washingtonpashelter.org. Admission on event day is $15 for the first dog, $5 each additional dog.


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HERSHEY – Last season, A.C. Headlee had one of the hard-luck stories of the wrestling postseason.
Then a freshman at Waynesburg High School, Headlee found himself in the toughest weight class in the WPIAL Championships, 106 pounds, and finished fourth, one spot from qualifying for the PIAA tournament.
This year, a determined Headlee won the WPIAL title at 113 pounds, leaving no doubt about going to Hershey.
Naturally, his first match at the Giant Center in Hershey was a wild and controversial affair, complete with a scoring mix-up, penalty points and 20 bout points. Fortunately for Headlee, the majority of those points were in his column in an 11-9 win over Daniel Grant of Twin Valley in the first round of the PIAA Class AAA Championships Thursday.
Headlee was one of five Washington-Greene County wrestlers to advance into today's Class AAA quarterfinals (1:30 p.m.). The others were all from Canon-McMillan: Dalton Macri (113), Connor Schram (126), Solomon Chishko (145) and Cody Wiercioch (170).
Semifinals are at 9 a.m. Saturday and finals follow at 7 p.m.
Canon-McMillan, looking to win its third straight team tournament title in this event, is tied for second place with Central Dauphin at 14.5 points. Parkland, with five in the championship round, leads with 17 points.
"It was a good round for us," said C-M head coach Chris Mary. "We lost some close ones. We just have to be ready for (Friday)."
Headlee was called for a full Nelson and cautioned twice in the first period, but still led 4-2. In a calm second period, Headlee emerged with a 6-4 edge. Then things got dicey.
Headlee got a second warning for stalling, which gave Grant a point, then was penalized two points for a choke hold. The latter call angered Grant, who emerged from the hold using a curse word. So Grant was penalized a point for unsportsmanlike conduct.
The score should have been 11-7, but the scorer's table awarded all three penalty points to Grant and had Headlee trailing, 10-8. A five-minute discussion followed as Grant and Headlee stood in the center of the mat.
"They gave all the points to (Grant)," said Waynesburg head coach Joe Throckmorton. "They finally got it straightened out."
Whether Headlee realized it, another penalty point for stalling would have disqualified him. He had to hold his breath a moment when he was called for a third caution and penalized a point, but cautions do not count in the progression of penalty points.
"I think the refs were just trying to control the match too much," said Headlee. "But it doesn't matter what I think.
"I think the wait hurt me. It stopped my momentum."
Throckmorton was happy Headlee kept his composure.
"That scenario would have rattled him last year," he said. "He kept calm and wrestled through it. That's the difference with him this year."
Headlee will wrestle Derek Gulotta of Owen J. Roberts in the quarters.
"This tournament is all about getting your hand raised," said Headlee, "and moving on to the next (round)."
Macri (42-6) had a 7-1 win over Grimaldi Gonzalez of Liberty in the first round and drew Zach Clingan (SC-4, 40-6) of Spring Grove in the quarters. Gonzalez was a third-place finisher at 120 last year.
Schram (41-3) had an easy time winning an 11-4 decision over Rodney Sunday of Dallastown. Up next for the three-time finalist is Chase Zemenak of Nazareth (NE-3, 23-5). Schram won a state title as a freshman and followed it with two silver medals.
Chishko (8-0) dominated Jon Dambro of Garnet Valley with a 17-2 technical fall. Chishko, a third-place finisher at 138 last year, has Kevin Synan of Hampton (SW-3, 38-7) next.
Wiercioch (41-1) , looking for his third state title, pinned Cody Seibert of Big Spring in 4:28. Tom Sleigh of Dubois brings a 38-0 record against Wiercioch into the quarters.
Alex Campbell (37-8) dropped his first bout, 13-3, to Michael Boykins (35-1) of Coatesville but won a consolation bout against Kyle Kahley of Mifflinburg by fall in 2:37.
C-M's Brendon Price (106) and Angelo Broglia (Hvy) each lost twice and were eliminated.
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As John Finn Kirby led his 3yo colt from the Mt Gambier show ring, victor in the 1908 Best 10 stone Hack, most would not have considered the same horse would be led in as the winner of the Melbourne Cup three years later, almost to the day. But John Kirby had a dream, and his 10 stone hack, The Parisian, was one of several new horses that had the potential to complete the task.
John Finn Kirby was born at his father's Springbank station, near Casterton in 1858. His father, Edmund Kirby, was born in Northamptonshire and was one of the early settlers at Casterton as was John's Irish-born mother Mary Finn. John and his sister Ellen each received their mother's surname as their middle name. As was the way for the sons of the early pastoralists, John was sent away to school, Ballarat College the choice. He then spent seven years working for stock and station agents in Ballarat.
At age 24 he went to work for Smallpage's stock and station agents in Coleraine and after a year he bought the business. By 1883 he was the secretary of the Coleraine Racing Club. In June 1885, John married South Australian girl Elizabeth Crowe, daughter of the late Edmund Crowe and Johanna Crowe, owners of Mingbool Station near Mt Gambier. The wedding was a social highlight in the town and created much interest.
In 1888, John purchased Mt Koroite Estate near the Coleraine racecourse.
In August 1889, Johanna Crowe passed away, resulting in an interesting battle over her will which ended in the Adelaide Supreme Court. The estate, worth £80,000, was settled with embattled son John receiving £10000 and daughter Elizabeth, Mrs Kirby, receiving half of the balance. Her children received the other half of the estate.
John began to spend time between Mt Koroite and Mingbool. He'd been breeding and racing horses for a couple of years but with the use of Mingbool, his interests grew and in 1890 he established the "Mingbool Stud", primarily breeding sheep but also horses and cattle. An article from the Border Watch on February 18, 1903, reported that Mingbool ran 19,000 sheep, 500 head of cattle and 100 horses.
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By the middle of 1908, John Kirby had acquired three promising young thoroughbreds, Halloween, Benderay and The Parisian. Benderay was the pick of the trio, brought by Kirby in Dublin, Ireland. Kirby eventually sold the out of form horse in 1912. Halloween showed a little more promise and picked up a few races for Kirby, but he sold him at auction in 1911. That left The Parisian, bought by Kirby in 1907 at the Melbourne Yearling Sales. His sire was Bobadil, winner of the 1899 Australian Cup and Champion Stakes and his dam was The Parisienne.
After his victory in the show ring in 1908, The Parisian had gone into full-time work by January 1909 with Ernie Hartwell.
One of his early races, if not his first, was a six furlong Maiden Plate at Sandown Park on April 7, 1909, where he ran fourth, beaten by over 10 lengths.
The Parisian scored his first victory on April 19 at the Mentone Races and backed up an hour later to attempt a double. An undecided outcome in the second race led to a third race at the end of the meet.
Despite his breeding, he was only raced over shorter distances with little success. The Parisian was put up for auction. The great Bobby Lewis, in later years, recalled that time.
Passed in, he was then sent to James Agnew, a Hamilton trainer, joining the stable on January 1, 1910. Agnew soon realised that The Parisian was a stayer and increased his distances with success. The Parisian won the 1910 Warrnambool and Hamilton Cups under Agnew.
James Agnew's wins with The Parisian were not enough for him to stay in his stables. The Parisian, along with Halloween were leased to Charlie Wheeler of Caulfield in June 1910.
Wheeler took the lead of James Agnew and placed The Parisian over longer journeys and both he and Halloween were nominated for the 1910 Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup not long after their arrival in the Wheeler stable.
On October 1, The Argus newspaper's ongoing summary of the Cup candidates featured The Parisian. With ordinary lead in form, it looked unlikely The Parisian would line up in the Caulfield Cup, with the Melbourne Cup a more likely option. It was also noted that in his last race he had struck himself and was given a few days off work.
The Parisian did not recover fully from his injury, a cracked heel, in time for the 1910 Melbourne Cup and was scratched.
The Parisian's first win of any note was the 1911 Australian Cup. The lead up to the race was eventful. Scheduled to run on March 7, heavy rain leading up to the race saw the meeting postponed and rescheduled for March 9, however the rain had not let up and it was again rescheduled for Saturday March 11.
Considered a weak field, there were only 14 runners and The Parisian was sent out second favourite. As the field turned into the Flemington straight The Parisian drew clear and won by six lengths, easing up.
The Parisian then went off to the Sydney Cup, but he was not fully sound and struggled into 12th.
The next big race for The Parisian would be the 1911 Melbourne Cup.
In the week leading up to the Cup, The Parisian again had heel problems and could not put his hoof to the ground. It once again looked like he would be scratched. Charlie Wheeler, put him out in a small paddock, full of cape weed, next to the stables. The move paid off for Wheeler and on the morning of the race, The Parisian was galloping madly around his paddock trying to avoid capture.
A record crowd of 115,000 people headed to Flemington for the 51st running of the Melbourne Cup.
Trafalgar was favourite and The Parisian ridden by Thomas Ronald Cameron, second favourite, in a strong field.
The 33 horse field jumped and went fast early and as the they passed the judge's box for the first time, the field was well strung out. The Parisian began to make his move coming into the straight for the last time, but Cameron waited, not giving the horse his head until the last. There was no doubt though as The Parisian overtook the leaders and won by two lengths, although many thought it was more. The win was later described as "hollow" and "soft"
After weighing in, Thomas Cameron was mobbed by stable boys and other jockeys. Meanwhile, out in the birdcage, John Finn Kirby's dream had come true, he was the owner of a Melbourne Cup winner and his delight was clear.
Reflecting 20 years later, Charlie Wheeler, revealed the key to training The Parisian for the Cup.
In the days after the Cup, The Parisian was sent to Bacchus Marsh for a spell, while John Kirby collected his winnings on "Settling Day" at the Victorian Club. His winnings from the bookmakers thought to be around £40,000. The stakes from the Cup another £7000, although Wheeler, as the lessee, would have received the bulk of that. The Victorian Heritage Database notes that at around that time, Mt Koroite Homestead received extensive renovations and extensions presumably from Kirby's winnings. He had a manager and many staff including a resident Chinese gardener and a chauffeur, Archie Gunning, who drove one of the first cars in the district.
An Autumn 1912 preparation was on the agenda for The Parisian including a chance to repeat his win in the Australian Cup for which he was favourite. Unfortunately, his cracked heel again gave him trouble and he was sent to the paddock, missing all engagements.
Brought back for the Spring Carnival, The Parisian ran in the Memsie Handicap first up, but was needing the run. He returned in the Rupertswood Handicap where he showed more, but was tender after the race. During the following week, The Parisian pulled up lame after trackwork and the decision was made to end his Spring campaign,
Autumn Carnival 1913, and once again The Australian Cup was set down for The Parisian. Punters were wary though, given the ongoing query about the horse's soundness. That caution paid off, as The Parisian's cracked heel again saw him turned out.
It would have seemed unlikely that The Parisian would return for the Spring Carnival, 1913, but as a gelding he did not have a stud career to retire to, so he returned again. There were reports in early October that he had gone amiss, however he still ran in the Caulfield Cup on October 18. There were rumours that the horse had problems and would be scratched, however Charlie Wheeler insisted the horse was fine and ran him. The Parisian ran a creditable 4th but pulled up lame.
Wheeler's patience were wearing thin and advised Mr Kirby the horse should be scratched for the rest of the Spring. Eventually in early November , Wheeler returned the horse to Kirby and The Parisian looked set to retire.
However, in January it was reported that The Parisian would return to racing in the Western District but not before he raced in the Australian Cup in March.
Plans changed again as Charlie Wheeler began an Autumn 1914 preparation with The Parisian. After a few starts, Wheeler finally gave up and once and for all returned The Parisian to Coleraine.
At last , the retirement a Melbourne Cup winner deserves, looked likely. Nothing of The Parisian racing appears in the newspaper racing pages until March 1917. On St Patrick's Day, 1917, The Parisian returned to racing at the Coleraine Racecourse, across from Mt Koroite Homestead. With a hefty weight of 14 stone 9 lbs, the heaviest ever carried at Coleraine, and ridden by none other the John Kirby's chauffeur, Archie Gunning, The Parisian broke down again.
There was little doubt that The Parisian had run his last race and around two months later, the sad news came through that The Parisian had been destroyed. Reports stated it was due to a start at a picnic meeting in the Western District. With no reports of the horse racing between March 17 and May, it would have to be assumed that his injuries were due to the unreasonable task given to him on St Patrick's Day at Coleraine, when he is only purpose in racing, it seems, was to attract a crowd.
This snippet from the Barrier Miner newspaper from Broken Hill, four years before The Parisian's death, foresaw what was to come. Two further unsuccessful preparations and three years presumably in the paddock, he seemingly needed to earn more oats. One would have thought he had earned more than a life time's supply.
A sad end for a brave horse.
And what of John Finn Kirby? He passed away at Portland on April 7, 1942 aged 84. Elizabeth had passed away 21 years earlier at the Kirby home "Koroite" in Kew, Melbourne. History shows that The Parisian was the best horse Kirby owned, save for Napier, a winner of the Great Eastern Steeplechase at Oakbank and the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool.
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The New Eagle mother accused of neglecting and imprisoning her twin children before one of them was found wandering on a cold morning in February 2012 is expected to take the witness stand in her own defense this week.
The trial for Roxanne Taylor, 26, started Tuesday in Washington County Court with opening arguments and the prosecution calling to the stand the motorist who found the 6-year-old boy lying in the road wearing only a diaper and shirt.
Assistant District Attorney Traci McDonald said most people who saw the children thought they were "from a third world country" after police found them on Feb. 15, 2012, living in deplorable conditions and locked in their bedroom with a chain on the door at their 353 Seventh Ave. home.
But Taylor's defense attorney, Andrew Glasgow, described her as a "loving, caring mother who did not starve her children" and said he expected she would testify at some point during the trial.
Taylor is on trial facing charges of four counts of child endangerment, along with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment and false imprisonment. The children's father, Edward J. Buckholz, 34, pleaded guilty in the case last month and is awaiting sentencing.
"This is not something Ms. Taylor wanted. This is not something Ms. Taylor foresaw," Glasgow said. "It's an accident."
That's not how prosecutors described it when a neighbor driving to work at 6 a.m. found the young boy lying in the road after he lifted his toy chest onto a bed and climbed out of the window. Edward Dermont said he thought the 6-year-old child was a baby because he weighed just 30 pounds. He picked up the child and asked him where he lived before the boy pointed to the house about 30 feet away.
"I said, 'Baby, come here.' He looked like a little child," Dermont said. "I wasn't sure if it was a boy or girl."
After knocking on the door for about five minutes, the boy said he was cold, so Dermont wrapped him in his work jacket and they went to his truck.
"He kept reaching for me like he didn't want to go in (the home)," Dermont said.
Dermont testified the boy was covered in feces that then rubbed onto Dermont's work clothes and pickup truck seat. During cross-examination, Glasgow raised questions whether it could be a combination of dirt and feces, which the boy might have picked up while outside.
He and the boy returned to Dermont's home nearby and police arrived shortly after. They fed the boy hot chocolate, a bowl of Rice Krispies and other food that he immediately ate and asked for more.
Police found a chain on the door to the children's room and a strong smell of cat urine inside the home. However, Glasgow said that was to keep the children safe after they had left their room and were oftentimes found climbing on furniture.
McDonald said that indicated the boy and his twin sister were malnourished and not cared for properly. She said most people who came in contact with the children thought they were no older than 3 years old.
"The condition of those children that day even brought medical professionals to tears," McDonald said.
Jamie Lynn Varley, a registered nurse who treated the boy at Mon General Hospital, testified he weighed 34.2 pounds, was suffering from hypothermia, had a distended stomach and had several bruises in different phases. She said she became emotional and broke down at times while reviewing photos taken at the hospital of the boy.
"He just looked broken," Varley said.
Glasgow, though, noted that there were no notes that the boy suffered from malnutrition. He described the events on that day as just a "snapshot in time" and that the children were well cared for when seen by parenting counselors and doctors.
"We ask you to keep an open mind until you hear all of the facts," Glasgow said.
Taylor, who was dressed in a flowery blouse, looked forward and rarely made eye contact with the witnesses or jury.
The trial is expected to continue for the rest of the week. It was not known when Taylor will testify.
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ROSCOE – A Roscoe man is in custody after slipping away from police in the Mon Valley during a drug investigation last month at his residence.
Ramsey Hyslop, 46, of 913 Arthur Ave., turned himself in Friday to North Huntingdon police to face charges brought by Roscoe, Elco, Stockdale and Allenport regional police after he managed to escape while handcuffed from the back seat of a police cruiser Feb. 12, a court official confirmed Monday.
Police had gone to Hyslop's residence about 7:45 p.m. that day to take him into custody because he was wanted by the Washington County adult probation office.
They found him in the living room and placed him into a police cruiser while they went back inside to investigate their discovery of a syringe and a stamp bag of heroin on a living room end table, court records state.
Police said his girlfriend, Cheryl Bartus, 68, of the same address, gave them permission to search the residence, and police said the search turned up another 143 stamp bags of heroin and two dozen Oxycontin pills.
Hyslop, who was handcuffed with his hands behind his back, managed to maneuver his hands to his front and crawl through a partitioned window in the police car to escape.
He was arraigned Friday afternoon on charges of possession of heroin with intent to deliver, drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, flight to avoid apprehension and escape, court records show.
District Judge Larry Hopkins remanded him to Washington County Jail on $250,000 bond.
Bartus is free on $25,000 bond, facing drug charges in the case.
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Less than a year after a Washington & Jefferson College football player was killed near campus, seven students, including four of his former teammates, were confronted in the same area early Friday by an armed man who police say fired two shots.
While Washington police said Eric LeMont Williams Jr., 24, of 108 Hall Ave., Washington, fired the shots from his truck, Williams said he was acting in self-defense because he feared becoming "the next Trayvon Martin."
Williams was charged with seven counts each of reckless endangerment, terroristic threats and harassment and one count of disorderly conduct after Washington police said he fired his handgun in the air about 1:30 a.m. while sitting in his pickup at South Main and West Maiden streets, just a block from where Tim McNerney was assaulted and died of a head injury.
Police said the four football players and three female students were walking back to campus from a bar when Williams pulled up from behind them, stopped and said, "W&J is back in session. You better get back soon."
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Two students went to the college's Protection Services security office, which contacted Washington police. City officers said they found the truck later in the morning and recovered a .40-caliber handgun in the vehicle's center console.
Police said two of the students identified Williams and another man who was in the truck. The passenger, William Mann, 25, of Washington, gave police a statement and was released without being charged.
Williams denied the allegations and claimed he was the victim. He said the group surrounded him, started making threats and used a homosexual slur. He said he fired his weapon when he became concerned about his own safety.
"I let off two warning shots, letting them guys know to back up and get away from me because I don't want to be the next Trayvon Martin, having to worry about being black and jumped on and not being able to defend myself," Williams told the Observer-Reporter.
W&J spokeswoman Karen Oosterhous said investigators have told school officials that the students were returning to campus when they were "verbally harassed" by the two people in the truck.
"At no time did the groups engage, and everyone was safe and sound," Oosterhous said. "We appreciate the speed and nature of the police response, and we thank them for their obvious concern for student safety. We also appreciate the wisdom of our students, who took the right measures in this incident, and did so immediately."
McNerney died after being assaulted during a robbery Oct. 4 in a parking lot at East Maiden and College streets while he and a friend were walking home from a bar. While both incidents happened off campus, Oosterhous said W&J officials are continuing to look at how student safety can be improved.
"It goes without saying that the safety and security of our campus is our very top priority," she said.
Williams is free on $10,000 cash bond. A preliminary hearing is set for 1 p.m. Sept. 18 before Redlinger.
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Writing a Game Ad
Writing a game ad can be a complex process as this will be the first introduction to your game for all new players, and remember, presentation counts.
If you are unsure about the broad specifics of your game (Game System, Setting, or if there will be sufficient player interest) consider first utilizing the Planning Board before creating a game ad on the Games and Ads Board. If you are unsure about how to get started, see the Starting a New Game At MW page.
For most new GM's, the advertisement section is the best opportunity you have to attract a quality group of gamers that share similar ideas of play style, story telling and setting affinity.
Writing the correct game ad can help eliminate players that you find undesirable, and attract players that you prefer to have, and understanding exactly how to do that is an art in itself unique to your play style.
Provided below is a template with necessary information and additional optional information. You will find you need to add a lot of info, be sure to use spoiler tags for each lengthy section to help keep the ad "small looking". If a player encounters a giant wall of text, they aren't likely to stick it out to the end of the ad, or possibly even start it, but if you break it up with spoilers it will appear much more organized and manageable, even with the same amount of information.
Game Advertising Template
- Title: Name your ad something memorable that conveys a great idea about the type of campaign or adventure you wish to run.
- Game System Used: Tell which system you are using (DnD 3.5, GURPS, Palladium, etc.)
- Posting Requirement: How many times a day, week or month are your players expected to post? If your game is already running, mention that, and take the time to realize adding another player may change the pace to become faster or slower depending on how the PC interacts. This requirement should be the MINIMUM requirement to post without some sort of prior notification. This range will vary drastically from game to game and is dependent upon a multitude of factors. As a general rule, requesting players post more than once a day can quickly become problematic. In some cases you may wish to also add a maximum posting rate such as "no more than three posts from a player before the DM and/or all respond at least once" to make sure that everyone has a chance to respond appropriately.
- Setting: Forgotten Realms, Mage the Awakening, Home Brew, Existing setting with a variation, etc. Optional is a brief description (keep it short for now, 3-5 sentences) and/or use of a picture to help portray the type of game you intend to run. You may with to add a mood music link to help set the tone of the game for prospective players.
- Estimated Group size: How many players you intend to have, if you have other sub-GM's it is good to mention that here.
- Requesting "x" players: How many more players do you need? Keep in mind that the larger a group becomes, the greater the chances someone will hold up posting by being absent. Play by Post games with over 10 participants in them exist, but they are the exception and not the rule.
- Requested Character Type (optional): If you need a healer, a cop, a battlestar captain, or some other specific character type for game balance or story continuity you should say so. Alternately and optionally, some players prefer to have premade NPC's to play that are already an existing part of the story. If you have some fitting NPC's in your game that could easily join the party (especially if you already have stats for them), showing these as options to players will help them decide which route is best, to take a premade character or forge their own from scratch (though the latter is by far the more popular option).
- Character Creation Rules: This will vary drastically from system to system, but explain the parameters that the players are expected to operate within while generating their characters. If certain books or rules are not allowed, say so. If you don't want your characters playing certain things, tell them up front, no ninjas, no magic, no alien technology, etc. Be explicitly specific, otherwise you may get many questions asking you to clarify. If your characters need certain specifics such as what level to start at or how much treasure or character points they have, explain that here.
- House Rules: If you have some house rules for your game, list them here. If you have a lot of house rules, or your house rules are extensive, a link to a "house rules" thread in your game forum is sufficient so long as the thread is publicly visible.
- Special Note: Role-playing VS Roll-playing. Some Games run entirely diceless, while others may require a character to roll their sneezing skill to determine if the sneeze was successful and if so, have subcharts to determine if mucous was involved and if so, how much and what color. Most GM's and players fall somewhere in between. If you are bit more on the side of strict dice rolling or more prefer a story telling focus and limited dice rolls, let your players know that ahead of time to be sure they share similar sentiments. Providing an example on the threshold on either end of the spectrum can help you describe whether or not to roll dice in a given circumstance.
- Current PC's and NPC party members: The idea here is to get the new player to build something that will mesh well with the party (assuming there is an existing party or party patron). A holy paladin and an assassin for the dark lord are not natural fits as adventuring buddies. Telling new players a bit about the party they will be joining or patron they will be serving (if there is one yet) will help them understand what is needed and what will be a good party fit.
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"All things are already at one, looking out from their own eye away from the center so that they might understand what it is to see with those eyes. It is then our duty to realize that we look out to understand what it is we see, not for the purpose of rationalizing what is before us but deciphering the importance of what is before us for what we look out from." -Jhya Mayven, Gnostic Order
Jhya is a human of about five foot six, one hundred and 150 lbs of pretty clear cut muscles. He has fair tan skin and long back hair commonly wrapped up in a bun or pulled back in a braid. His eyes are a bit of a point of interest, one is an olive green perhaps closer to a golden hazel, the other lacks any pigment or pupil and is simply stark white. He wears loose fitting grey or blue Tai Chi robes and occasionally a blue, light cotton cloak. Though he does not commonly use it for combat, Jhya commonly carries a walking stick. His other apparel; are either tucked away in his bead roll slung over his back or in the leather shoulder bag that hangs at his side. Jhya is 21 now.
Jhya has a slow and natural way about him as though nothing seems foreign or unusual no matter how alien to him. He is clam and soft spoken even wandering as though he has no particular place to go. Jhya will commonly stop to appreciate a flower, sunset or cool breeze and respects the finer thing that he believes so many people foolishly pass by. He smells of a warm bed of moss on a spring day though during the winter he seems to carry the cold airs sting of fallen leaves and camp fires with him even indoors. For those who are not outright offended by Jhya's principals and attitude, he has a calming effect as though they feel safe or are around an old and long missed friend. For those that might be bothered by his general principals and attitude, he is extremely frustrating to the point of pulling hairs.
META KNOWLEDGE: Jhya is a Gnostic Monk.[/spoiler] [/spoiler]
- Home Brew Outline: This step is not necessary for premade game worlds, but home brew worlds should explain things like the starting region, local factions, recent timeline, what magic and technology is available, and overall contribute any information you have to help paint the setting. If you have already started a wiki, providing links to relevant pages here is essential. Make your world come to life for the new player here.
- Plot/Campaign Outline: Give your players a heads up as to what to expect so they can make the right character, especially if you are adding a player to an already running game. Saying England 1930, doesn't really tell me if I should make a Paranormal Investigator for some Lovecraftian Horror or perhaps a high seas captain or an IRA spy. Guide the players here so they understand what's going on. If you have an overarching metaplot type, suggesting what that is will also be valuable information to your players.
- Background requirements (optional): You may request certain background information from your PC's. An example would be "1000-3000 words and a character portrait". What you require from your characters should be something you are willing to discuss with them in detail, and something that players will reasonably do. If you request so much that it becomes a chore from your players and ceases to be fun, they will likely pass on your game.
- Additional PC Requirements: Must have access to "X" books, Must have character sheet set to editable for the DM, anything else not covered above, etc.
- How to apply for this game: Do you want a PM? An email? A post in your thread? A link texted to your cell phone of their character sheet? A direct application to the game at the forum? Something else? Tell people the appropriate method to contact you and with what material they should have on hand and ready to discuss. Expect lots of questions, so answer as many as you can in the above categories before they get asked. This will save you a lot of time as you have prepared them to prepare for your review.
- LINKS (optional): post relevant links such as free downloadable content from the publisher, a link to your game forum, a link to a movie that inspired you to make the campaign, etc. Try to keep users on the site on MW as much as possible though, as they quickly become tired of opening and closing lots of windows.
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Selecting Your Players
Selecting players for your game is a complex process and will vary drastically with every game as every game will have unique characters and very likely a different set of players, making this a largely subjective grey area, though there are some specific notes to keep in mind...
Know what you need. If you need a fighter, cleric, mage, thief party, then make sure that's what you pick. If you need a cop, or everyone to be a ninja, then know that ahead of time, which should be already figured as you've already written your game ad and considered this thoroughly.
Do not accept players that appear to not be familiar with the information you clearly posted in your game ad. If they can't pay attention to that, they likely won't pay close attention to your game. Additionally, do not accept players that cannot follow simple instructions.
Do not accept players that seem disruptive or "irk" you.
Do not accept character concepts you believe to be game breaking or are unwilling to deal with. Be very honest about this. You may find even the things you thought you could handle may quickly become a handful in the hands of a crafty min/max player.
Accepting players unfamiliar with your game world or system is not necessarily a bad thing, but may cause additional challenges. Additionally it will also allow you the opportunity to help mold their experience with the system.
As general advice, if you have a bad feeling about a player or character, go with your gut. Better to part ways now than invest tons of time and effort in the player and enable them to single handedly destroy your game. Conversely, if you have a good feeling about a player, give them a shot. Largely this is a trial and error endeavor and it may take a while to get a solid group together.
Depending on the success of your ad you may afford to be more or less picky, though if you've done a good job with your ad and your game seems appealing you will likely have more applicants than you can deal with. This can be a bit overwhelming the first few days as you receive dozens of letters from potential candidates, but this is a better spot to be in than not having enough qualified applicants. If you only have a fewer applicants you approve at first than you would like, work with them for now and begin preparing the game, you can always come back and put up another ad.


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