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The notion of metamorphosis frequently conjures images of poor Gregor Samsa who, in Franz Kafka's famous short story, wakes up one morning to find he has transformed into a giant cockroach. Louie's Corner Café, the new incarnation and location for 8:15 Early, has taken the opposite approach.
The elegant little building, situated at the corner of W. Alameda and Galisteo streets, once contained the fledgling promise of the Mediterranean Café. It has spent the last several years drooping from a gem into a degenerate gangster bar and then a rug shop and, finally, a sad, empty building in need of genuine metamorphosis. The building was a cockroach, but it woke up recently to find it had transformed into Louie's Corner Café.
The aggressively bright and happy-go-lucky decorating scheme isn't for everyone, but it probably was necessary to go overboard to accomplish a successful exorcism. When SFR included Louie's as one of our 40 favorites in the 2009/2010 Restaurant Guide, it was because of our long-standing love affair with 8:15 Early and the knowledge that the menu would be translated to the new location.
But the expanded slate of offerings demonstrates that 8:15, too, has cracked out of its own chrysalis. Instead of a tiny café and sandwich shop that serves particularly good baked goods, Louie's is a full-fledged breakfast and lunch flagship that delivers everything from burritos to burgers, crepes to cappuccino, French toast to fresh salads and most things in between.
I originally questioned the wisdom of using a fluffy little dog (Louie belongs to co-owner Robin Hardie) for a namesake and a mascot. Winsome quaintness aside, Santa Fe is an international tourist destination. What if visitors from more, uh, liberal culinary cultures get the wrong idea about menu options? Also, my own dog, apparently dissatisfied with the texture of the meals I prepare for him, is in the habit of eating each meal twice, if you know what I mean—a practice that I think of as unappetizing.
It's not so much that I decided the name makes good sense as much as I simply lost the will to care midway through my Emilio Estevez breakfast panino. That's right—give me bacon, blue and cheddar cheese, onions, green chile and a fried egg on fresh-baked sourdough surrounded by a bed of greens, pungent with soil and citrus, and my eyes will drift to a crossed position and my leg will tremble just like Louie's when he's getting a belly scratch.
Santa Fe has plenty of reliable breakfast joints, but Louie's inventive use of fresh ingredients and its cheeseball and innuendo-filled attitude toward the menu fills a genuine niche. Among crepes, for example, one can choose the Honey Pot (pecans and brandy cream cheese drizzled with honey) or the Fluffer (strawberries and chocolate ganache topped with—yes—whipped cream). There's a spinach salad called the Girly Boy and a two-egg breakfast named Cockadoodle Do Me.
With multiple meals named for celebrities, such as the Kevin Bacon Lettuce and Tomato and the LYLE Gotta Lovett (liverwurst!) sandwiches, there's something of a lowbrow Carlos' Gosp'l Café (RIP) vibe going on. Sadly, there's no hangover stew, but there is the more keenly targeted Walk of Shame—"a big a** plate" of deep-fried potatoes, sausage, red onions and green chile, topped with any style of eggs and smothered in melted cheddar cheese. The delicious migas plate—dubbed Cunning Amigas—should be greedily consumed by straight couples as well, despite its punny implication.
A beer and wine application has been filed with the slow-moving wheels of government, so by next summer, Louie's should be a prime location for a beer on the patio or a couple of glasses of wine with dinner—also in the works.
Bold prediction: a local legend in the making.
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Lots of things are changing in the real estate market, both on a national level as well as in Central Pennsylvania.
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Embezzling officer should not be working
Del Norte County ought not to have a probation officer working who has been accused of stealing from the officers' fund.
The April 11 article, "Crowell reaches a plea bargain," said he is only getting a misdemeanor and a fine for the crime of theft. Balderdash.
What kind of respect can he expect from the people he is working with? He has lost the right to any respect from those people. This is a joke. Remove him from the office of probation now.
This is another slap in the people's face. Please, give every subject in this county the same treatment. When they are giving some a slap on the wrist and some more severe punishments for the same infractions, it causes anger problems among the people. We feel like peasants in the land, kind of less than the ones who rule over us.
Stop it, we are all the same here and want the treatment to be equal for all. This is not equal, he got to keep his job ruling over other people accused of a crime, and he is no better then they.
Get him out of the probation office today.
Theft by embezzlement of property worth less than $1,000 is a misdemeanor, subjecting a defendant to a possible jail sentence of six months or less, and a fine of up to $1,000.
Lenda Beck, Crescent City
Proposed amendments for better government
In response to Bob Berkowitz's April 11 Coastal Voices piece, times are hard, as is his math. That 1 percent, the wealthiest among us, controls over 75 percent of all wealth, and so should be paying over 75 percent of all taxes. As Bob points out, they are not, as they pay only 37 percent.
Yes it is true that out of an earning of $100,000, a 17 percent tax is $17,000. That is a lot of money. If my income is $20,000, that 17 percent tax is $3,400. That is a lot less than $17,000, but still fair for both of us. So, Bob, please don't complain when most of us want fairness in our tax code.
I agree with Bob that joining a group to push for change in our government is the democratic way. I want a group that will push for a new set of Constitutional amendments:
andbull; Outlaw lobbying. Lobbying should be treated as treason. If you want to approach an elected official, have a petition with you, and an open appointment on a publicly available docket listing your petition points.
andbull; Elected officials can earn no more than 85 percent of what is the average total income of their district. If you want to earn more, improve your district. All elected officials should get travel and lodging if working outside their districts, but maintain a regular schedule in the local office.
andbull; Federal taxes will be set by common vote every two years or as an emergency vote at any time. Taxes must be an equal percentage for all citizens. All citizens will pay that percentage on their yearly income no matter where the wealth is generated. No loopholes. This tax will also apply to campaign spending
andbull; Benefits, or laws passed for elected officials, must also be applied to all U.S. citizens.
The harsh reality is that no matter your political party, special interest groups have taken our government from us; we must at least outlaw lobbying if we ever want it back.
Kenyon Hensel, Crescent City
Answers to questions on gun control legislation
Linda Lamarr's well-written March 28 Coastal Voicespiece about the supervisors' gun rights resolution deserves acknowledgement, albeitbelatedly.
Opinions on gun controlabound, and hers is a common theme among the "gun grabbers" genre, although I'm not ascribing such motives to her. She posits a presumably sincere question on the subjects of "what is wrongwith limiting high capacity magazines, expanding background checksand having tougher gun traffickinglaws in place"?
Taken one at a time I'll posit my answersto her questions. What is wrong with limiting the capacityof magazines? My question is, who is going to decide the capacity, Dianne Feinstein or Harry Reid? Does Linda have a preference? I agree with the ideaof limiting the capacity myself. I opt for a space for40little 40s. Would Linda go along with that?
Expand background checks from what informationtowhat information? How much information is sufficient? Should a baptismal certificate become necessary? School records? Work records? Political affiliations? Voting records? Where does the line lie? At what point is privacy to be taken into account?
Would Linda include government in the "tougher gun trafficking" laws? Do Linda and her like-minded minions objectto the Obama Justice Department and ATF collaborators furnishingseveral thousand military-style guns to the Mexican drug cartels?
Those very guns have been proven to be responsible for the deaths of two American law enforcement officers, as well as scores of Mexican citizens. Is that okay with Linda and friends?
I ask point blank, have you voiced your objectionsto your legislators regardingthis egregious slaughter of innocent people (far more than Aurora or Sandy Hook combined)?
If not, perhaps you should do so before writing about "deeper background checks."
If Linda and her presumed sympathizers would bring guns under a vise-like control, what then would they do about X-acto knives which were just used to stab/slash 14 innocent students at a Texas college? Are rolling pins andcast iron skillets next for deeper background checks?
Evil exists. We can but won'tbe proactive againstit legislatively. Wecan bestengage it by returning to a humbling of national arrogance (personified by an Obamaesque whoop-deandndash;do) to a Job-like dedication to natural law (God's law). Reaffirmation of the Second Amendment by the Board of Supervisors is a bona fide reassertion of citizens' rights to possess arms as guaranteed by the Constitution.
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CLAYSVILLE – While his wrestlers were hammering away in the Tri-County Athletic Directors Association Wrestling Tournament over the weekend, Mark Caffrey had his staff film the bouts of Waynesburg wrestlers.
Caffrey, the Highlanders head coach, knew he would be getting a team in Waynesburg that was wrestling well, and McGuffey desperately needed a win to earn a berth in the WPIAL Class AAA Team Tournament.
Whatever secrets McGuffey found about Waynesburg were closely guarded, but the Highlanders used the information to their benefit Wednesday night in Claysville during a 42-18 rout that sewed up second place in Section 4A.
Trinity, McGuffey and Waynesburg finished tied for second place in the section with 3-2 records, necessitating the WPIAL's complex tiebreaking system. Waynesburg could have finished in second place simply by winning seven bouts no matter the outcome of the dual meet with McGuffey. The Raiders won four.
McGuffey will take on the Section 4B champion Hopewell Wednesday in the battle for the Section 4 title. Canon-McMillan, which eliminated Trinity for the postseason with a 67-9 romp, finished first in Section 4A and wrestles the second-place team from Section 4B, West Allegheny. The Big Macs will host Wednesday's doubleheader.
Waynesburg took third place in Section 4A and will wrestle the third-place finisher in Section 4B, Montour, to round out the five qualifiers from the section for the team tournament. A site has not been determined for that match until the WPIAL releases the brackets, which should happen today.
"I was concerned about them," said Caffrey of Waynesburg. "They were wrestling well. But the last two, three weeks, I can't say I saw anything wrong with my team's work habits."
Waynesburg was coming off two strong performances, a thrilling 38-28 victory over Trinity and a second-place finish in the Tri-County Tournament, in which the Raiders had three champions.
McGuffey jumped out to a 30-0 lead after the dual meet began at 170, getting two decisions, a forfeit and three straight pins, one each from Brent Blacharczyk at 220, Austin Johnson at heavyweight and Gage Nicolella at 106.
"It was a great team effort," said Caffrey. "Our kids were hungry to get back to the postseason."
McGuffey hasn't been in the WPIAL Team Tournament in five years and this is the first time the Highlanders made under Caffrey, who is in his third go-around as head coach there, since 2003.
Waynesburg finally broke McGuffey's six-bout winning streak when A.C. Headlee took a 7-0 decision from Aaron Harris at 113, but the Raiders needed pins. Waynesburg would get two in the final six bouts – one each by Shaun Wilson at 126 and Bo Hampson at 152 – but McGuffey would get three decisions in that span. The most important came at 132, where Erik Whitfield stopped Terry Victor, 2-1, to give the Raiders a 27-point lead with only four bouts remaining.
"We just didn't show up," said Waynesburg head coach Joe Throckmorton. "That's my fault. I'm not real happy about that right now."
McGuffey began the dual meet season with a 36-30 loss to Trinity so battling back to earn a postseason position was satisfying.
"Brent Blacharczyk talked to the kids before this match," Caffrey said. "He said he wanted to get into the playoffs. They took his lead. We started fast and held on at the end."
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I'm assuming you mean the ones in the Filmation cartoon right? Which would sadly make them unavailable to be made at present.
I think this is a necessary mold for the new line. I mean necessary and long over-due; so much I would go out on a limb and say within the next year. I would buy dozens of these and I know alot of others would too and this could be the first mold that non moc collectors buy more than one of. What do you guys think? Ive seen customs that were awesome, but never ones that were the right scale with the other figures. It should be a little bigger than ORCO.
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I'm assuming you mean the ones in the Filmation cartoon right? Which would sadly make them unavailable to be made at present.
Hover robots would be cool. I would rather have black robots for Skeletor though like in the movie. They could even just be black Horde Troopers with skull crests and I would be happy!
the Darth Vader one's XD
Behold the gaseous stench of Skeletor's breakfast burrito!Robot Chicken dixit
I was never a fan of these robots in the cartoon, or those soldiers in the movie. I thought they took away from the other unique characters. So it's really not important to me that they ever be made.
I've said it many times before, but I'd LOVE to have Skeletor's Evil Robots from the Filmation series.
I'd like the skeleton/armor knights from the 200X comic. I thought thet were cool.
Teela the Warrior Goddess is my homegirl.
While I would love for Mattel to offer these and would gladly buy up at least four of any generic soldier/guard/whathaveyou that they make, I won't lose sleep if they don't get to these types of characters too soon, or even, maybe, at all. There are so many great individual characters that, barring Horde Troopers (as they actually had toys previously), I can wait for others.
That said, I won't pass up a chance to own Eternian Guards, Robot Knights, Slime Pit Creatures, Skeleton Warriors, or any other army builders. I just don't stay awake at night coveting them. Yet.
(After Stinkor, Mekanek, The Sorceress, and Rammy are made-and that's just today's "Must Haves"-(they change constantly)-then, I'll start to dream in armies...
MOTUC Most Wanted: Skeleteen, Prince Keldor, Captain Randor, The Great Black Wizard, Lady Slither, Spirit, Tuvar, Baddra, Cursed Marzo, Tug-O-War, Scrollos, Songster, Mini-Comics Spirit of Castle Grayskull, and for the love of the Sorceress and Julie Winston, ODIPHUS!!!
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This is my #1 wanted MOTUC release. I imagine the Robot Guard as a 2-pack, with one of them offered as a "battle damage" variant. It would also be nice to easily remove the robots' arms, legs and head, with of course a plastic piece on the bottom to make it look like they're floating. If the robots are fairly small perhaps they could be offered in a 3-pack or even 4-pack? They wouldn't even need accessories.
What a better way to follow the 2-pack Palace Guards?
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Mattel doesn't have rights to Filmation. They're off-limits.
My seller/trader/buyer feedback:
MOTUC Most Wanted: 1) Stridor 2) Road Ripper 3) Dragon Walker 4) Land Shark
Q: Since they originated in the Filmation cartoon, are the Skeletor Robot Knights off limits? If so, have you guys thought about making a similar robot with a similar purpose for army building? Flying robots would make great drones for Skeletor and they wouldn't necessarily have to be beholden to the Filmation design.
A: Correct. The Robot Knights are not available as they originated in the Filmation series, which we do not have current rights to.
I'm not sure if this has been asked before or not, but does Mattel have any shot at making Skeletors Robot Knights or are they off limits under filmation?
TG: We will not be offering characters created by Filmation in the MOTUC line at this time.
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(1) was created by Mattel or DC before the Filmation series used it;
(2) has been made as a toy at any point or
(3) which was redesigned for the 2002 Mike Young Productions (MYP) cartoon
HOWEVER, if the Filmation design is substantially different from any of the above, they can't use the Filmation designs, only the alternate design (this is most obvious with Count Marzo, whose MotUC toy was based on a MYP design which bears no resemblance to his Filmation design).
The Horde Troopers were made as a toy and redesigned for the MYP series, so they can do them, but neither design is quite Filmation-accurate (the toy's not far off, but the helmet's sunk lower, the Horde symbol is different, there are added tech-greebles, and the pelvis is structurally very different).
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It is well passed time for Mattel to acquire those Filmation rights!
Bring on Skeletor's Robot Knights.
Grayskull needs its Cardboard Spacesuit MOTUCized
Voice your support in the Cardboard Spacesuit/Robot thread:
No, I don't want these guys.
Giving Skeletor armies of footsoldiers takes away from what makes him special among the villains of the MOTU verse. He should be a leader of a small band of ne'er-do-wells and outcasts, not a guy commanding a huge army. It fit in the movie because by then, Skeletor had already won. But nt in the regular series.
Second, I vastly prefer is Skeletor relies on sorcery rather than technology, so an army of -robots- just paints him as a second Hordak.
Just my two cents.
If anything, I could see some faceless "soldier" or mystical constructs for Skelly, but not robots.
Besides, the Filmation robots evolved into the Horde Troopers which are much much cooler.
I think the Robot Knights are an area where the apprentice improved on the master's design!
On the sorcery vs technology front I submit: Faker, Roton, Twistoid, Night Stalker, Spydor, Land Shark, Fright Fighter, Collector, Terrordactyl and Sea Squid.
Grayskull needs its Cardboard Spacesuit MOTUCized
Voice your support in the Cardboard Spacesuit/Robot thread:
Mostly it's that I don't want Skeletor to always have control of an army, since he is essentially a renegade. Hordak is a ruler, he needs an army to control. But if Skeletor has an army that means that either:
A: The army is useless (as the robots of course were in Filmation) in which case there's no point for him to keep them.
B: He just hasn't gotten around to conquering Eternia with them because he's lazy or stupid, which you could also argue is the case in some canons.
Either way, leave the Troopers to Hordak!
I'd much rather have the MVC skeleton warriors than the Filmation tin cans.
Fictional characters are just that. Fictional. They have no personality or free will of their own.
Writers and editors mold them to their own wants and needs.
All we as the audience and fans can do is pick and choose our favorite interpretation and ignore the rest.
In the mini comics, Twistoid was meant to be like an army of these robots from Filmation. I wonder if we'll see any influences of the robots from Filmation on the MOTUC Twistoid figure.
"Yep! And now I'm gonna blast ya!" - Orko to Skeletor in "Lessons"
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Id love some robot knights but wont be happening any time soon
Mattel Licensing's POP kit (commonly referred to around these parts as the "styleguide"), which the card art for Adora was taken from, and which contains Filmation-accurate versions of most of the toy characters (some are slightly different - e.g., Swiftwind is pink like his toy, and Sweet Bee has a unique-to-the-kit colour scheme).
I think a Twistoid figure painted grey and black with yellow eyes would suffice as a replacement for the hover droids from Filmation. They might be able to give him "propellor hands" as optional hands, and a removable mouth guard if collectors want to pose Twistoid without his mouth and nose showing. The hover robot in The Black Hole also had similar hands, so that is hardly something new Filmation came up with. Hurricane Hordak had a similar arm attachment. Having it be that Twistoid is a type of robot, instead of an individual character, could work well for MOTUC.
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Review: Corralejo Tequila Blanco
Posted by Arctic Wolf on October 7, 2011
I first encountered Corralejo Tequila Blanco at the May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) Tequila Tasting at Aligra Wine and Spirits in Edmonton last spring. I enjoyed my experience with the spirit at the tasting, and I decided I should review this tequila here on my website. Corralejo Blanco is produced in the Mexican State of Guanajuato. The distillery uses traditional methods of fermentation and distillation with clay ovens used to cook the agave and copper pot stills for the distillation.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
"…The nose of the glass carries a mixture of honey and pepper with light herbaceous tones of agave. As I let the glass sit and return after a few minutes I notice that the honeyed tones have deepened into an aroma very similar to cane syrup. The peppery notes now carry a little citrus, and the agave remains light and enjoyable. …"
You may read the full review here:
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As well I have included a nice cocktail which I call The Quick Red Fox.
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Hollowood Theater presents Grindhouse film festival
Fans of the grindhouse film genre will want to mark their calenders for Feb. 23, when Hollywood Theater in Dormont will host 13 Hours of Grindhouse.
Modern filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez to Eli Roth, Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright have been unabashed in their love for genre films, and the influence they have on their work.
Pittsburgh's Exploitation Celebration, a day-long program of exploitation, drive-in and grindhouse films from the '60s, '70s and '80s will feature nine distinct movies from around the world, representing a variety of film sub-genres, from blaxploitation, biker dramas and martial arts action to spaghetti westerns, slashers and women-in-prison films.
Movies tentatively scheduled to be shown include: "Savage!" (aka "Back Valor," 1973, Philippines), "Angels from Hell" (1968, USA), "Wolf-Devil Woman" (1982, Taiwan), "The Killing Machine" (1976, Japan), "Weapons of Death" (1977, Italy), "Massacre Time" (aka "The Brute and the Beast," 1966, Italy), "Pieces" (1982, Spain), "The Big Bust Out" (1972, Italy/West Germany) and "Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia" (1977, Canada).
Although most are unrated, all films being shown during the event are R in nature. No children under 17 will be admitted unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
In addition to the films, there will also be a select number of vendors on hand in the theater's lobby and lower level, selling a wide range of movie-related items such as DVDs, books, records, magazines, posters, T-shirts and original works of art.
Admission is $15 for an all-day pass, or $5 for a single movie. Doors open at 11 a.m., with the first feature beginning at 11:30 a.m.
For more information, visit www.thehollywooddormont.org.


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TORONTO — Robbins Hebrew Academy announced last Friday that it will close its Bayview campus, located at Beth Tikvah Synagogue, after the 2012-2013 school year.
Wayne Chertkow and Jay Feldman, co-chairs of the school's board of directors, announced in an e-mail to parents the "difficult but necessary" decision that it will not be possible to offer classes at Bayview after this year due to steadily declining enrolment.
As well, a news release from the school noted that the Bayview location has "for a number of years, been challenged by the demographics of a declining Jewish population in the Bayview/Sheppard and adjoining neighbourhoods."
Chertkow and Feldman said in their letter that the two campuses of the school – which both have classes from junior kindergarten to Grade 8 – would be consolidated on the Bathurst campus, located at Beth Tzedec Congregation.
"For a number of years, there have been many discussions about the future of the Bayview campus, and RHA leadership and the board have taken extraordinary steps to find a solution to keep the campus viable," they wrote. "Unfortunately, despite our best efforts… the Bayview campus is no longer sustainable."
The news release said that RHA would work closely with Bayview families "to ascertain their needs and enable them to continue to educate their children at our Bathurst campus, or explore attendance at other Hebrew day schools."
The release also said that enrolment at the Bathurst campus is "strong, as is the campus' financial sustainability." The Bathurst campus has 350 students.
The Bayview campus can accommodate 500 students, but has 145 students enrolled this year. Since 2009, it has experienced a cumulative 65 per cent decline in enrolment, according to the release.
As recently as 2010, the school had a total of 800 students. It closed its Richmond Hill branch in 2006.
Claire Sumerlus, RHA's head of school, said in the release, "We are very sad to do this, but are committed to ensuring a great final school year for 2012-2013 and are planning a number of cross-campus initiatives. We are going to ensure this is the best year possible for our Bayview students."


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Ronald L. "Smitty" Smith, 53, of Washington, died Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in his home.
He was born October 2, 1959, in Washington, a son of Donald L. Smith and the late Freda Bell Thomas Smith.
Mr. Smith was a 1977 graduate of Trinity High School and then went to Rosedale Technical College in Pittsburgh to become an auto mechanic.
He owned and operated Ron Smith's Auto Repair in Amwell Township for more than 30 years.
Mr. Smith was a member of Liberty United Methodist Church in Washington.
He enjoyed deer hunting, watching NASCAR, even getting to drive a NASCAR car in Charlotte in 2008, truck pulling, spending time with his pet German shepherd Rocky and his nieces and nephews, whom he treated like his children.
Surviving are his father, Donald L. Smith; four sisters, Beverley K. (John) Fox, Eva Jean (John) Markulik, Anna Jane (Tom) Westfall, Eleanor Bell Smith; brother, Harold W. (Amy) Smith; four nieces and nephews, Crystal Ann (Matt) Noecker, Paul Edward Westfall, Elizabeth Aubrey Smith, Luke Andrew Smith; great-niece, Aspen Anna Noecker; girlfriend, Rose Vescio; aunts, cousins, his Saturday night dinner gang and many friends.
Family and friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Nichol Funeral Home, 1873 East Maiden Street, Washington, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, December 10, with the Rev. Larry Wiltrout officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray. Condolences may be left at www.nicholfuneralhome.com.
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On June 26, same-sex couples across the country finally got a much-needed victory from the United States Supreme Court. In a 5-4 vote, the court struck down Section 3 of the antiquated 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which denied benefits to same-sex married couples. Up until that point, the federal government viewed marriage as a union between only a man and woman when it came to federal benefits. Now, these couples will have the same benefits as other married couples – tax, health, pension, et cetera – in states that allow same-sex marriage.
In another 5-4 vote, the court dismissed the appeal on California's Proposition 8, thereby allowing same-sex marriages to resume in the highly populated state, bringing the number of states that allow and recognize same-sex marriages to 13, in addition to the District of Columbia.
Unfortunately, Pennsylvania is still behind the times on the issue – much like it is on myriad other issues.
We realize that victories such as affording same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide is a slow process, much like ending segregation was. It is our hope that just as the government came to its senses then, that its members do now, too.
We live in an era where celebrities have marriages that last mere days, where those same celebrities give birth to another man's child just weeks after finalizing a divorce, and where all of this plays out on television for the world to see and the celeb to profit – and that's just the Kim Kardashian example.
We live in an era where people can get married and divorced and married and divorced as many times as they choose – so long as those two are a man and a woman.
We live in an era where ridiculous religious zealots strike out against same-sex couples because "the bible says it's wrong," while forgetting that the bible also condemns divorce.
We live in an era where children are brought into this world unwanted, and as a result, their parents either treat them as such or are so irresponsible, uninterested, incapable and/or negligent that the children are doomed to repeat the cycle. Yet, it is a fight for a loving, stable, secure same-sex couple to adopt a child.
There's something very, very wrong with the above examples, and thankfully, our country is slowly but surely working towards ensuring that we all really are treated as equals, regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation.
So, lets keep fighting for the basic freedom to marry who we chose, because one day, we want to look back on 2013 and comment on how ridiculous it was that it was only permitted in 13 states.


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South Fayette Intermediate School announces schedules
Information on what a typical day will be like for students who will go to the new South Fayette Intermediate School this fall was presented by the school's principal, Greg Wensell, at an April 16 meeting of the South Fayette School Board.
A typical day for a third-grader at the new school will start at 9 a.m. with homeroom, which will then be followed by reading and language arts. Lunch will begin at 11:40 a.m., immediately followed by recess. A 60-minute math period will follow recess. Students will end the day with a sequence of specials, such as social studies or science and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) or explore time. Wensell said the specials will be 40-minute periods. Dismissal will be at 3:25 p.m. The day follows the same time schedule as the current elementary school – 9 a.m.-3:25 p.m.
Wensell said students will be getting about 10 minutes more per day of specials than they are getting at the elementary school.
Fourth-graders will start their day with homeroom followed by a sequence of 40-minute specials. They will then go to math for 60 minutes and lunch and recess at 12:10 p.m. The afternoon will be dedicated to reading and language arts, Wensell said.
The fifth grade will be organized into two-person teams, Wensell said. Two teachers will share two class sets of students, with the first block of the day devoted to reading and language arts or math, science or social studies. Science and social studies are both semester courses. Lunch and recess will begin at 11:10 a.m., after which students will head to STEAM classes. Then, students will head to their second block classes of the day of math, science or social studies or reading and language arts.
Wensell said the intermediate school and elementary school will share the following teachers: library, arts, arts alive and music. He said there will be one physical education teacher per building and students will have PE twice during the eight-day specials rotation. In addition to regular specials like music and PE, an additional special called Tech Literacy will be included in the intermediate school schedule.
"They're ready for it," said assistant superintendent Dr. Michael Loughead, of having a technical literacy class.
Wensell said that tech literacy and PE will meet on back-to-back days so teachers can do more in-depth projects. There will be no swimming or world language class in fifth grade once it moves to the intermediate school.
Construction on the intermediate school building is ahead of schedule, said Joe Brennan of P.J. Dick, the district's construction management firm. The building is set to open sometime this summer, prior to the start of the school year.
Brennan talked to the board about some change orders that will need to be approved at the board's April 23 meeting. He said one of the change orders includes relocating a door near the dock of the school in order to meet code requirements. The cost to relocate the door so it will not be close to the switchgear is $4,769. Another change order includes $756 to thicken a wall to accommodate plumbing in one area of the building.
Also, Brennan said to change the generator from diesel to natural gas would mean a change order of $2,710. A change order deleting eight faucets from eight sinks will net the district a credit of $704, Brennan said.
In other business:
• School board member Leonard Fornella was recognized for 32 years of service on the South Fayette School Board. He began serving on the board in 1980.
• Superintendent Dr. Bille Rondinelli informed the board that the district was ranked by the Washington Post to be in the top 1,900 most rigorous schools in the country.


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Funny you should mention that. I just looked into the original MW Megaplex, specifically his packaging art:
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It's recolored from the G1 Predator Falcon art, but it shows some very superficial similarities to Prime Dreadwing. And I said very superficial.


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NEW YORK – Banks aren't the big jobs machines they used to be.
One after another, major financial firms are trimming their payrolls. In first-quarter earnings announcements this month, Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley revealed they have slashed more than 31,000 jobs, or 3.5 percent of their combined workforce, in the past year. For three of those banks, it was the second straight year of cutbacks. And the pattern is being repeated at banks around the world.
Layoffs in the depths of the financial crisis were to be expected. But four years later, and at a time when many banks are reporting higher or even record earnings, the cuts are unsettling to an entire industry.
The losses are an unwelcome reminder of the meltdown and its lingering effects. A slow, halting recovery has kept loan demand in check. Low interest rates are crimping profits from lending. New regulations have extinguished old sources of revenue, and compliance is expensive. The cuts also reflect advances in technology that have made bank tellers more expendable.
Steven Mann, chairman of the finance department at the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business, says many of his students have given up on banking jobs.
"In 2005, 2006, 2007, I'd ask, 'Do you want to go work at a bank?' and the answer was always yes," he says. "Now the answer is no one. They want to be in the treasury department of General Electric."
The industry's rhythm now veers more toward cost cutting than freewheeling. Those higher earnings? They're not because business is gangbusters. They're because banks have been forced to make do with less.
Citigroup's new CEO Mike Corbat, hired to turn around a bank that has struggled since the financial crisis and beforehand, says that examining costs and improving efficiency should be "business as usual," and "not just an annual event."
What makes the situation especially harsh is that there were signs in 2010 and 2011 that banks would start hiring more people. Banks added about 45,600 positions in the U.S. in 2010 and 2011 combined, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. In the previous two years, they shed more than three times that many jobs.
Then last year, job growth was essentially flat. Some observers worry that the turnaround won't ever happen. The industry's total U.S. workforce of 2.1 million is 105,000 less than it was at its peak in 2007.
It's a far different mood from the pre-crisis years that were fueled by risky trading and complicated investments that eventually backfired. In 2004, 2005 and 2006, banks added more than 50,000 jobs per year.
Now Citigroup is cutting back in lower-growth countries, like Greece and Spain. Germany's Commerzbank and others are laying off branch workers as customers gravitate toward online banking. Barclays is exiting businesses with "reputational risks" after some of its bankers were caught manipulating global interest rates.
Even JPMorgan, generally considered one of the nation's strongest banks, is retrenching. It will cut a net of 17,000 positions, or 6.5 percent of its staff, over the next two years, mostly in the unit that deals with troubled mortgages.
Among the recent announcements:
n CUTTING COSTS: Bank of America has been trimming staff under a program announced in 2011 called "Project New BAC," which includes slashing 30,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce. Morgan Stanley has been trimming jobs under its "Office of Re-engineering." The latest round in January homed in on investment banking and senior-ranking workers, with the bank slashing 1,600 jobs, or nearly 3 percent of the workforce.
n SLIMMING DOWN: Switzerland's UBS has been cutting jobs and saying it wants to create a simpler bank, which includes getting rid of "excess management layers." In investment banking, it has shaken up the top ranks and exited businesses "that have been rendered uneconomical by changes in regulation and market developments."
n NEW MANAGEMENT: In December, less than two months after Corbat took over as CEO, Citigroup announced it would cut 11,000 jobs, or about 4 percent of its total. The bulk comes from consumer banking, but the investment bank and operations and technology have also been hit. Corbat likes to say that the bank will be a "maniacal allocator of resources."
n MORTGAGES IMPROVING: As mortgage losses stabilize, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase have slashed the units that service troubled home loans.
n REPLACING TELLERS: Most big banks are cutting branches because they're expensive to maintain and customers don't visit as often. For the branches that remain, new technology is making human tellers less necessary, with machines counting cash and ATMs dispensing exact change. JPMorgan, Netherlands-based ING and others are cutting positions in their branches as customers get increasingly comfortable banking online or by smartphone.
If there's no pattern to the job cuts, they are knitted together by a common theme of the industry's shifting landscape.
Antony Jenkins, appointed CEO of Barclays last year after the bank's interest rate-fixing scandal, in February laid out a turnaround plan that included exiting risky businesses, cutting jobs and slashing the proportion of revenue that the bank spends on salaries and bonuses.
"We need to accept," he says, "that society's expectations have changed."
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Jesse White honored by Humane Society
State Rep. Jesse White accepted the Humane Society of the United States' award for "Humane Representative of the Year" for 2012 on April 9. The award is given out annually to select state legislators across the United States who pursue meaningful legislation and awareness efforts related to animal issues.
Sarah Speed, state director of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Humane Society, presented the award to White at a ceremony in Harrisburg. Speed said White was given the award because of his local and legislative work on issues related to animal shelters.
"We are thrilled to present Representative Jesse White with our Humane Representative of the Year award for 2012 in recognition of his efforts to increase shelter adoptions," Speed said.
White, D-Washington/Allegheny/Beaver, has been working on legislation that would provide a tax credit to state residents who adopt a dog or cat from a Pennsylvania animal shelter. White said with the economic downturn, Pennsylvania's animal shelters, associations and rescue agencies have seen a dramatic increase in the number of abandoned and homeless dogs and cats statewide.
"I have taken a strong interest in animal-rights advocacy during my time in the legislature by supporting important reforms to the Dog Law and continually working to pass America's first Animal Adoption Tax Credit," White said. "One of the reasons I enjoy working on these issues is the nonpartisan aspect, which helps bring people together – pet ownership transcends political parties, which is a rarity in the highly charged political atmosphere of Harrisburg."
White also said he is gearing up for his annual Pet Expo, a free event held in partnership with local rescue group Pet Search to allow area residents to speak with professionals about pet health, obedience training and adoption opportunities, as well as participate in a pet parade and costume contest.
"As someone who has a menagerie of furry friends running amok in my own house, I know pets are a huge part of peoples' lives, and in some cases, the only family some people have," White said. "If we can help people be more responsible pet owners, help reduce overcrowding in shelters by encouraging adoptions, or just bring a smile to the face of someone who wants some attention from a furry friend, why not?"


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Q.Can you get AIDS from any kind of sexual contact?
– 14-year-old female
Mary Jo's response: Great question! In the '90s I received a question about HIV/AIDS at least once a week, but since treatment was developed that makes long-term survival possible, it seems that many young people don't even think about infection with HIV. I believe that's a mistake.
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. HIV causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). HIV is found in certain body fluids. A person can become infected with HIV if those body fluids enter the body.
The Centers for Disease Control (http://aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/hiv-aids-101/how-you-get-hiv-aids/) lists the following types of body fluids that can contain high levels of HIV:
• Blood
• Semen
• Pre-seminal fluid
• Breast milk
• Vaginal fluids
• Rectal mucous
Contrary to some myths, other body fluids and waste products, like feces, nasal fluid, saliva, sweat, tears, urine or vomit, do not contain enough HIV to infect a person unless blood is also mixed in them and there is significant and direct contact with them.
HIV is spread through direct sexual contact. Sexual contact means anal, oral or vaginal sex. It is also spread during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. HIV can be transmitted by sharing needles or drugs that are contaminated with HIV-infected blood. At the start of the AIDS epidemic, individuals were infected through blood transfusions; in the U.S., screening for blood donations makes these types of HIV transmission very rare.
Infection with HIV doesn't mean a person is sick. It's not possible to tell if someone is infected with HIV just by looking at the person. Testing is required. A person who is HIV-positive may not know that an infection has happened.
AIDS is the late stage of HIV infection. A person living with AIDS is living with a very damaged immune system, so fighting diseases and certain cancers is very difficult. Medications have been developed that allow people living with HIV to live a long time – even decades – before developing AIDS.
Not having sex (abstinence) is the safest way to prevent HIV transmission. Two people in a monogamous relationship (faithful to each other) typically have a very low risk of transmitting HIV. Any kind of sexual contact that exchanges body fluids is risky. Reducing risk by using condoms every time sexual contact - oral, vaginal or anal sex - occurs is very important. The CDC states: "When used consistently and correctly, condoms are highly effective in preventing HIV infection. If you are sexually active, latex condoms provide the best protection against HIV infection."
Next week I will look at the myths associated with HIV infection and casual contact. I have many questions from sixth-graders that need responses.
Thank you for thinking and coming to me with your question. Stay smart, think before you act, and please keep in touch.
Youth Champions: It is my pleasure to share some of the names of the young people who helped make our fourth annual Washington's Got Talent a success last Saturday. More than 200 teens were involved in the production. Although I can't acknowledge them all, here are the name of the young people who were most active at WGT. In ABC order, this list includes not only the finalists but also the student stage manager, the student emcees, the lighting and sound crew, the stage crew, the SHO (Students Helping Others) committee, our peer educators ... just plain wonderful young people who gave me so much joy.
Rachel Bellhy, Olivia Bender, John Berdine Jr., Taylor Bouchon, Staci Boucher, Aliyah Brooks, Tamairra Bunge, Austin Cain, Amanda Campbell, Ashaleah Davis, Noah Deep, Robert Dittrich, Sasha Edwards, Ceidleigh Evans, Troy Frazier, Alexis Fuqua, Ashlee Gladys, Natalie Gloady, Sami Golaski, Weylin Gomez, Alyssa Guerrieri, Savannah Guidi, Deja Gzikowski, Diamond Healy, Carolyn Hock, Dajour Hull, Kalina Interval, Elia Jablonsky, Jazmin Kelley, Ashley King, Mary Leasure, Liza Lee, Timmy Lesso, Dominque Levy, Michael Lucas, Rachel Lucas, Mackenzie Martin, Cheyenne May, Sydney McBride, Elizabeth Menke, Cheyenne Moore, Jordan Mooney, Melanie Narin, Hannah Ogburn, David Pascoe, Daniel Pascoe, Luke Paskert, Christian Rohrer, William Reusch, Leah Rupinsky, Raelynn Sanders, Sarah Smith, Shardai Smith, Nathan Staso, Nicole Stevenson, Sarah Tomko, Justin Walker, Kristen Wilson and Geneva Yarbrough.
Our opening number included 35 students from the following dance studios:
Dance Extensions aka DEPAC, Dance with Me by Sisters 3, Evolving Artists Dance, In Motion Dance+Fitness, Moschetta's Performing Arts Center, Sandra Kay Mesler Dance Studio, Studio B Dance Centers and Synergy School of Artistic Dance by Roz.
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I agree that DYFS should have to pay for the child's future medical costs, but I do not agree that the money should be given in one lump sum. Instead, the money should be placed in trust exclusively and solely for the purpose of paying the child's costs of medical treatment, as determined by an independent guardian on an as-needed basis. Otherwise, it will be a sum of money that technically can be inherited by the child's heirs. In the absence of a will or other legal agreement, after her death, that money would go intestate to her parents, both or one of whom caused the injures in the first place!! That would be an outrage. Also, if the money was awarded solely for that purpose and the child no longer has the need for the services because she is dead, it makes not sense for taxpayers to enrich the child's relatives.
From Kenneth Ellman, Box 18, Newton, New Jersey 07860, Email:email@example.com In reference to New Jersey Law Journal article about Essex County Superior Court Judge James Rothschild Jr. and the Dec. 13 verdict against the Division of Youth and Family Services I make the following comment. While the article concentrates on the $105 million award for 4-year-old Jadiel Velesquez against the DYFS of NJ, that is not the significant issue that this case should remind us of.
The extraordinary failure in Child Protective Services and the injury or killing of children in care of Social Service agencies is a nationwide disaster. It is a terrible tragedy that Social Service agencies are involved in the investigation of crimes against children. Worse than the involvement is that in many cases the enabling statutes are interpreted to give Social Service agencies the primary protective responsibility for investigation of criminal acts against children. As a result children are given less protection than that accorded to adults by de facto deprivation of or impairing their access to the Criminal Justice System. Certainly Law Enforcement Agencies have their own burdens and limitations, but we do not resolve that by abandoning our Child Victims to Social Workers.
We can create and support specialized Police Departments as discussed in the Matter of Sharon B. 72 NY2d 394 and In the Matter of Diane P. 110 AD2d 354. We can increase the ability of Municipal and County Police Departments to provide law enforcement services to children. My experience indicates that specialized law enforcement agencies frequently provide better results, but what we cannot do is nothing. We cannot continue to leave our children at the mercy of Social Workers allowing Crimes Against Children to have a different status from that of Criminal acts against an Adult.
It would be wonderful to see Judgments rendered to the extent that Social Service agencies are removed from investigation of crimes against children. That is what our children need and deserve. Kenneth Ellman, Box 18, Newton, New Jersey 07860. Email:email@example.com
Doesnt shock the conscience at all. Turn sarcasm off.
So an overworked social worker's neglect costs NJ taxpayers $102 million.
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State police seized an arsenal of new rifles and handguns worth nearly $11,000 from the house of a former Mon Valley police officer who is standing trial in Washington County Court this week for a homicide.
Trooper Charles Morrison testified Thursday that suspect David J. McClelland, 38, also had nearly $2,500 in his car and house at 15 School St., Coal Center, money believed to have been stolen from his neighbor before his father stabbed to death the 92-year-old woman during a robbery in July 2011 in her home in the Granville section of California Borough. Evidence also has been presented that he had a valuable cache of new tools in his shed.
McClelland is on trial before Judge John DiSalle on charges of criminal homicide, conspiracy, burglary, receiving stolen property, dealing in the proceeds of illegal activities and aiding in the consummation of a crime. His father, David A. McClelland, 58, also of Coal Center, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison in October for killing Evelyn Stepko, and his stepmother, Diane McClelland, 50, was found guilty in the homicide in February. She is awaiting sentencing.
During testimony in the younger McClelland's trial Thursday, prosecutors played a taped statement he gave to state police in July 2011 in which he admitted his father had been supplying him with $2,000 a month and that he knew his father had been stealing the money from Stepko.
Washington County First Assistant District Attorney Michael Lucas displayed large projected images of the rifles and handguns authorities found in David J. McClelland's small, cluttered house, where they also found a new flat-screen television, golf clubs and a safe containing more than $2,000 in musty bills. There was an AK-style rifle on the floor beside his bed and two long rifles placed in a nearby corner, according to testimony. Another assortment of handguns was found in a dresser drawer.
His newer Pontiac G6 sported tires on expensive rims. He had a new deck built on the side of his house and a fenced-in dog run erected beside the shed. Also inside that storage building police found a new commercial vacuum, a large amount of fireworks, expensive wrenches, a laser level kit and a trail camera.
McClelland had been working for about three weeks as a part-time police officer in Washington Township, Fayette County, when he was arrested in the case.
Prior to that he worked as a part-time patrolman in Monongahela from March 2008 until April 2011, when he agreed to resign at a time when his job performance had begun to suffer, Monongahela police Chief Brian Tempest said in court. Tempest said the officer earned $1,800 in 2011 and $26,000 the prior year.
Tempest said McClelland was a "military-type" officer who followed orders and worked a lot of overtime until he began to experience money problems and the city started to hear from his bill collectors.
"It seemed like he was always preoccupied," Tempest said.
Before the officer resigned, he paid 10 officers $100 apiece to fill his shifts, Tempest said.
He said McClelland suddenly came up with the money to pay down the loan for his vehicle after a man contacted the department to make repossession arrangements. The officer explained to his boss that his father gave him the money after winning a large jackpot at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino in North Strabane Township.
State police Trooper Jeff Trypus, however, later testified the three McClellands had dropped thousands of dollars at the casino in 2010 and 2011 without any of them winning a jackpot. The three actually lost money on most of their visits to the slot machines, Trypus said, citing records from their player cards.
Meanwhile, Stepko was described by her neighbors who took the witness stand as a private, frugal woman who lived alone and was seen most mornings brushing her teeth in her back yard, using water she drew from a hand pump.
Stepko was found stabbed to death July 18, 2011, at the foot of her basement stairs after a neighbor telephoned Washington County 911 over their concerns about not seeing her outside as usual.
"I just kept an eye out for her," neighbor Loretta Nairn said.
Stepko's friend Cheryl Jurik, who often drove the victim on errands, said she went to the house that morning after receiving a call.
"I knew there was something wrong," said Jurik, of Daisytown, before she started to cry.
The trial is expected to resume at 12:30 p.m. today, and the prosecution could rest Monday.
The court-appointed defense attorney, Josh Camson of Washington, said his client is expected to testify.
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Enter the draft guru: Mayock dishes on 2012 class
Published: February 26th, 2012 | Tags: 2012 NFL Scouting Combine, Andrew Luck, defensive linemen, Kendall Wright, Michael Brockers, Michael Floyd, Mike Mayock, Peyton Manning, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill, Stephen Hill, tight ends
INDIANAPOLIS — NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock hit the press room Sunday for a wide-ranging conversation with reporters about everything from Robert Griffin III's to Peyton Manning's legacy here in Circle City.
Here's a sampling of the magic our draft guru spun at the NFL Scouting Combine:
On Robert Griffin III: "I knew he was going to fly (in the 40-yard dash), and, to be honest, I didn't care if it was 4.31 or 4.41 … I already knew how athletic the kid is. … I expected him to fly. … I enjoyed him on the set. I thought he was engaging and intelligent."
On Andrew Luck: "I think what was surprising to some people was how athletic Andrew Luck is. I knew he was because I've watched the kid workout personally, but I think a lot of people might be surprised to compare his measurables to Cam Newton from a year ago, and how similar they are."
On Luck filling Manning's shoes: "Peyton Manning's one of the best two or three to ever play the game. I don't think you can say any college kid is Peyton Manning."
What will teams be willing to part with to move up and snag RGIII? "I don't know what the right value is today, but I'll tell you this: If you look at last year's draft, and (Christian) Ponder goes at (No. 12) and (Jake) Locker goes at (No. 8), what I would tell you is that I would be stunned if these two kids didn't go 1 and 2, and then I think (Ryan) Tannehill, even though he can't work out, as long as he takes care through the process, shows people he can throw, what an athlete he is, Tannehill might go in the top 10."
On Georgia Tech WR Stephen Hill: "(He) killed it (with a 4.36-second 40-yard dash). I had a bunch of scouts tell me before the combine, 'This kid might blow the roof off it,' and he did. The tough thing with Stephen Hill is coming out of that option offense. He's hard to evaluate. We went through this with Demaryius Thomas. … From a football perspective, every team in the league has now got a lot of homework to do. … Trust me, he's kind of pushed himself right up in the forefront of this wide receiver (class)."
On Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd: "I thought Floyd had as good a day as just about anyone out there."
On Baylor WR Kendall Wright: "The guy I was most surprised with as far as his 40 on the downside was (Wright). … On tape, I thought he was DeSean Jackson, just a notch below him from a speed perspective, so to see him run 4.6 — I was stunned."
On LSU DT Michael Brockers: "Brockers is special. … Brockers is probably a top-10 or (top-)12 pick."
On the defensive line class: "I love the defensive tackles, which we're going to see tomorrow. Not a fan of the defensive ends. I've seen anywhere from five to seven defensive tackles that have first-round grades."
The news for tight ends? Not so good: "I think the tight end class is a bad class. And that's not good, given (Rob) Gronkowski and (Aaron) Hernandez and what we've seen in the NFL. Everybody's looking for that next guy. I don't have a first-round grade in the tight end class. I've got three second-round grades and then I've got kind of an abyss."
And now, with the press room shutting down and reporters filing out — many heading home — we take our own journey out of Lucas Oil Stadium.
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Central Valley High School in Shasta Lake, just to the north of Redding, is approximately 222 miles southwest of Del Norte High School.
The site of the John Frank Invitational track and field meet, held on April 13, is not exactly a world away for the Warriors track and field team, but it's enough distance for the athletes from Del Norte to leave an impression.
"The biggest compliment we got was, 'Wow! Where's this Del Norte place?'" Warriors head coach Samuel Escobar said. "I think we educated a few people based on the performances the kids showed."
The 22 kids from Del Norte making the trip, veterans and greenhorns alike, also gained a better sense of what kind of athletes are competing in high school track.
"We saw some astounding performances," Escobar said. "Kids were amazed when they see some kid from some other school running a 10.4 (-second) 100 or a sub-22 (-second) 200. It's kind of cool to see some kids amazed by what's out there."
The seven representatives of the Del Norte High girls team put themselves up with the best of the meet.
The Warriors finished fifth among all schools at the varsity level with 45 points and second at the junior varsity level (freshman and sophomores) with 76 points. Meet host West Valley won the varsity team competition (106.33 points); Enterprise High of Redding took first place in the junior varsity competition (128).
"(Del Norte was) competing against schools with larger populations and a lot more depth," Escobar said. "That's amazing."
Del Norte captured six event titles at the meet, with Kayla Costello responsible for three of them. The sophomore won the JV 100-meter hurdles (16.48 seconds) and the JV 300-meter hurdles (49.31) individually and joined with Maddie Critz, Rachel Rowe and Joely Tynes to win the JV 4x100-meter relay (52.65). That same foursome also participated in the JV 4x400 relay, finishing second (4:24.29).
Senior Katelynn Rowe won the varsity 400 (in a personal-best 59.75) and the varsity 100 hurdles (16.71). Rowe also jumped 15 feet, 10.75 inches in the varsity long jump, good for third place, and ran the 300 hurdles in 48.41 seconds (third).
Tynes won the JV high jump (4 feet, 8 inches) and placed third in the JV triple jump (31-0). Critz was the runner-up to Costello in the JV 100 hurdles (17.22) and finished fourth in the 100 (13.40)
Junior Kaitlyn Clemann took third place in the varsity high jump (4-8), fourth in the varsity 100 hurdles (17.71) and fifth in the varsity 300 hurdles (50.61). Freshman Karlie Scott earned a third-place finish in the 3,200 meters (13:42.26), and Rachel Rowe accrued fifth-place finishes in the 100 (13.51) and 200 (28.41).
West Valley High and Enterprise High also claimed the varsity boys team title (84 points) and junior varsity boys team title (128 points), respectively. Del Norte scored 31 points in the JV meet (seventh place) and one point in the varsity meet (tied for 17th place).
Sophomore Chad Bell was the lone event winner for the Del Norte boys, leaping a personal-best 19-10 to win the junior-varsity long jump. Bell also set a personal best in a third-place JV finish in the high jump (5-10) and ran the JV 100 in 11.57 for second place.
Freshman Victor De Los Santos set a personal best in the JV 400, clocking 56.88 (fifth), and also medaled in the JV 300 hurdles (seventh, 46.84). Escobar was also complimentary of sophomore Samuel Aragones (seventh in the JV long jump in a personal-best 17-7.5), freshman Cameron Cain (personal-best 12.64 in the JV 100), junior David Sathe (personal best 2:13.10 in the varsity 800) and freshman Jesus Lara (personal-best 2:16.88 in the JV 800).
"Out of the eight freshman/sophomore boys (brought to the meet), they all had PRs," Escobar said. "You can't ask for more."
The Warriors traveled to Fortuna High for the third Humboldt-Del Norte League track meet of the season on Wednesday night. Results were unavailable at press time. Check Saturday's Triplicate for more information.
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Monongahela attorney Blane A. Black announced Thursday he will be seeking election to one of two vacancies on the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County in this year's election.
Black, 56, a Charleroi native, has maintained a general law practice in the Mon Valley for more than 31 years. His cases have taken him to not only Washington County, but all surrounding counties as well.
As president of the Washington County Bar Association, Black said he's "very much concerned about the fact that our court is now operating with only four judges instead of our allotted six."
He added, "I know and understand the importance of having our full complement of qualified and experienced jurists to handle the administration of civil and criminal justice here in Washington County."
The court's two judicial openings are a result of this year's retirements of judges Janet Moschetta Bell and Paul Pozonsky.
Black said the court is in desperate need of people with the proper judicial temperament and experience to step in once elected and assume a full share of a challenging judicial workload.
"Most likely, the new judges will have to assume duties dealing with family-related and criminal matters. Having raised four children of my own and with my general practice background, I will not need any on-the-job training," he stated.
A resident of South Strabane Township, Black is a 1974 graduate of Charleroi Area High School. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Pittsburgh, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1978, and then received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1981.
He serves on the county Board of Viewers, has participated in the court's Civil Mediation Program and has been appointed by the court to preside over civil minitrials. He is solicitor for the Washington County Department of Tax Revenue and handles all tax assessment and tax claim litigation matters for the county.
In addition, Black serves as general counsel for the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority; solicitor for Dunlevy, Roscoe and Smithton boroughs; solicitor for RESA Regional Police; and solicitor for the county recorder of deeds.
He formerly was solicitor for the county prothonotary and served as a support hearing officer for Washington County, where he heard and adjudicated thousands of child and spousal support cases.
He is also treasurer of the Washington County Bar Foundation and an active member of the Monongahela Rotary Club, of which has previously served as president and secretary.
"I have lived and worked in Washington County most all of my life and have raised my children here," Black said. "As the son of a union steelworker, I not only know and understand the most important concerns and issues affecting my neighbors and clients, I have lived them."
A registered Democrat, Black said he plans to cross-file and seek both parties' nomination in the May primary.
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