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At least 48 University of Georgia students checked in to St. Mary's Hospital or the University Health Center over the weekend due to severe nausea.
University Public Affairs Director Tom Jackson said only a few of those students were admitted as patients at the hospital and health center, and that all students have since been released. Most of the students visited the hospital and health center late Friday night and Saturday morning.
The University Safety Division, the director of UGA Food Services and officials with the Northeast Georgia Health District are trying to find out what caused the students to fall ill and if there's a common thread linking the cases, Jackson said.
Jackson said students from six different residence halls, and students who commonly eat at four different dining halls, all have shown similar symptoms. He also said students who do not typically eat at the dining halls were also affected.
''It would be neat and clean if every student went to one dining hall and every student had eaten chicken salad, but that is not so,'' Jackson said.
Jackson said the symptoms included ''violent nausea,'' with students vomiting several times in a short period, and then stopping for an extended period of time. He added that the nausea students experienced lasted for about 24 hours.
Jackson said he has been told by some health officials the illness is similar to the Norwalk virus, though it has not been determined the sicknesses were caused by that virus.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Norwalk virus is among a group of noroviruses that cause stomach flu-like symptoms. The symptoms usually include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and some stomach cramping. According to the centers, most people with the Norwalk virus get better within one or two days and suffer no long-term health effects.
The CDC states that people are infected with a norovirus by eating food or drink contaminated with the virus, touching contaminated surfaces or objects and then placing their hand in their mouth, or having direct contact with another person who is infected and showing symptoms.
Jackson said he has been told by some state health officials that outbreaks of Norwalk-like viruses are occurring throughout the state, including in many nursing homes. He also said the University of North Carolina recently experienced a similar outbreak.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Monday, February 16, 2004.
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God is spirit; He has no physical form. He is present everywhere in that everything is immediately in His presence.
True! God is not omnipresent!! As a matter of fact, GOD is OMNIPRESENCE!!!
When we say 'everywhere' it means what? it means and indicates space time and direction. This applies to our dimensions. This is our perception limit. For formless Beings like the soul or spirit or rooh there cannot be space ,direction ,time and movement.Hence the word 'everywhere' is not relevant.
A FEW VERSES FROM HOLY QURAN ON THE SUBJECT: Allah is everywhere, unfettered by time and space Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and Earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except with His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge, except for what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and Earth, and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat al-Baqara, 255) Allah! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory). Do they not know that Allah knows what they keep secret and what they make public?(Surat al-Baqara, 77) Know they not that Allah knoweth what they conceal and what they reveal? If My servants ask you about Me, I am near. I answer the call of the caller when he calls on Me. (Surat al-Baqara, 186) When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them). I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me; Let them also, with a will, listen to My call, and believe in Me; That they may walk in the right way. Everything in the heavens and everything in the earth belongs to Allah. Whether you divulge what is in yourselves or keep it hidden, Allah will still call you to account for it. He forgives whoever He wills and He punishes whoever He wills… (Surat al-Baqara, 284) To Allah belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth. Whether ye show what is in your minds or conceal it, Allah Calleth you to account for it. He forgiveth whom He pleaseth, and punisheth whom He pleaseth, for Allah hath power over all things. Allah – Him from Whom nothing is hidden, either on earth or in heaven. (Surah Al 'Imran, 5) From Allah, verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens. They try to conceal themselves from people, but they cannot conceal themselves from Allah. He is with them when they spend the night saying things which are not pleasing to Him. Allah encompasses everything they do. (Surat an-Nisa', 108) They may hide (Their crimes) from men, but they cannot hide (Them) from Allah, seeing that He is in their midst when they plot by night, in words that He cannot approve: And Allah Doth compass round all that they do. What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. Allah encompasses all things.(Surat an-Nisa', 126) But to Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth: And He it is that Encompasseth all things. What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah.Allah suffices as a Guardian. (Surat an-Nisa', 132) Yea, unto Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth, and enough is Allah to carry through all affairs. … Allah knows what the heart contains. (Surat al-Ma'ida,7) And call in remembrance the favour of Allah unto you, and His covenant, which He ratified with you, when ye said: "We hear and we obey": And fear Allah, for Allah knoweth well the secrets of your hearts. He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth.He knows what you keep secret and what you make public and He knows what you earn.(Surat al-An'am,3) The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No one knows them but Him. He knows everything in the land and sea. No leaf falls without His knowing it. There is no seed in the darkness of the earth, and nothing moist or dry which is not in a Clear Book. (Surat al-An'am, 59) Eyesight cannot perceive Him but He perceives eyesight. He is the All-Penetrating, the All-Aware. (Surat al-An'am, 103) No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things. Do they not know that Allah knows their secrets and their private talk, and that Allah is the Knower of all unseen things? (Surat at-Tawba, 78) Know they not that Allah doth know their secret (thoughts) and their secret counsels, and that Allah knoweth well all things unseen? You do not engage in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an or do any action without Our witnessing you while you are occupied with it. Not even the smallest speck eludes your Lord, either on earth or in heaven. Nor is there anything smaller than that, or larger, which is not in a Clear Book. (Surah Yunus, 61) [He is] the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible,the Most Great, the High-Exalted.(Surat ar-Ra'd, 9) He knoweth the unseen and that which is open: He is the Great, the Most High. It makes no difference whether you keep secret what you say or voice it out loud, whether you hide in the night or go out in the day.(Surat ar-Ra'd, 10) It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceal his speech or declare it openly; whether he lie hid by night or walk forth freely by day.

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A Countermeasure for Black Hole Attack in Mobile WiMAX Networks
Mobile WiMAX has drawn much attention due to its benefits. Nevertheless, security is a challenge and has to be ensured. The attacker may make use of parts of unencrypted management messages and acquire information about the type of traffic, nodes involved, timing and so on. This paper discusses about the attacks prevalent in mobile WiMAX and a prediction mechanism to foreknow the prevalence of black hole attack, an attack in the network layer. This mechanism eliminates the vindictive nodes and provides better results in terms of Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), throughput, control and total overheads.
Provided by: International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering & Technology Topic: Security Date Added: Mar 2013 Format: PDF


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A Menlo Park transportation commissioner recently began working for a company that does public relations for the California High-Speed Rail Authority — an agency the city has sued.
Katherine Strehl confirmed she was hired about a month ago by Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, which has a multimillion-dollar contract with the rail authority to promote its efforts.
"I've been obtained by Ogilvy to work inside the high-speed rail office to coordinate public information and outreach efforts statewide," Strehl said in an e-mail to The Daily News.
Strehl previously was the top external affairs executive for BART, a post she held from 2000 to 2009.
The Menlo Park City Council appointed Strehl to the city's transportation commission in April 2010. Council Member Kelly Fergusson nominated her.
Although she told a couple of council members about her new job, Strehl acknowledged she was "remiss" in not officially informing the city that she's now campaigning on behalf of the controversial bullet train project.
"I haven't had the opportunity," she said. "A lot of my friends don't even know."
She said she expects to abstain from any high-speed rail decisions that come before the transportation commission.
City Attorney Bill McClure said there's nothing illegal about the relationship between Strehl's work and her position as a planning commissioner "as long as she discloses the employment, recuses herself from any high-speed rail issues and does not use her position to try to influence any high-speed rail issues."
Mayor Rich Cline said he knew about Strehl's new job and isn't worried about any conflict of interest.
"Katherine has a long legacy in transit and trains," Cline said. "I voted for her to join the transportation commission for that very experience. I never expected that commissioners, or any appointed volunteers, necessarily agree with my positions on everything, so I am not worried."
Menlo Park, Atherton and several environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the rail authority that challenges an environmental assessment of the project and ridership projections. City officials and a vocal group of residents also oppose the project because they fear the bullet trains will run above ground, dividing neighborhoods and making a lot of noise.
The $43 billion project promises to whisk passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in less than three hours.
Strehl declined to comment about the city's lawsuit.
She said she took the job because she believes high-speed rail will benefit the state.
"I took a long look at this and decided it's time to move California and the Bay Area forward into the future," she said.
E-mail Bonnie Eslinger at email@example.com.


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They say you should always look for the good in people but with some of my customers of late you would be a long time looking for it.
These particular people are referred to as customers technically but to call them animals is a slight on the animal kingdom.
When you are the sharp end of being verbally abused, patronised and treated like something you would find in a gutter it can become quite demeaning at times.
Us taxi drivers, according to some sections of society, are the lowest of the low, this being an comment which was aimed more recently at one of my fellow cabbies. If you have ever been on a train or aircraft and you have observed someone abusing someone else simply doing their job then you have a rough outline of what we are dealing with.
But I think cabbies are the most vulnerable of all to it. It is astonishing the way some people treat others, all because they haven't the intelligence to know when to stop drinking.
Many a time I have observed one of my fellow cabbies sitting on the rank when a wild herd descends upon them and the abuse starts.
Being sworn at is usually a good indicator of what you are dealing with, these morons no know limits. They will abuse you racially they may even threaten you.
It's on these occasions I simply can't stand back and accept it. I'd rather challenge these morons than sit on my hands and watch it go on. It's maybe my upbringing or something but I simply cannot sit back and watch this happen. Often there are police to hand, on some occasions there are not. It's at these times when you feel compelled to be proactive rather than reactive to protect the people you work with and stand up to the mindless moronic actions of others. I love the look of astonishment on the morons' faces when I challenge them.
An example, maybe the cabbie in front is taking flak of a group of halfwits you can here it becoming more poisonous and see the situation develop quickly from bad to worse.
It often becomes racist.
When this happens it makes my blood boil. I have to act and when the moron sees a white driver challenge them for abusing a fellow cabbie, a lot of the time they can't believe it.
This is the bit that gets me.
Some of the morons can't believe not everyone shares their infantile and skewed thoughts on life.
Often you will get a pathetic excuse such as, "he was racist to me first", the reply generally is, "don't give me that you clown, I didn't hear him, but I sure heard you".
This disarms them a little but most of all it shames them into realising how pathetic they sound and they quickly sober up.
The Evening Post welcomes a new taxi columnist on to the rank from this week.


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Starring Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Joshua Charles, Christine Baranski, Chris Noth, Makenzie Vega, Graham Phillips, Alan Cumming, Zach Grenier
All 23 episodes from the second season of the American legal drama.
Julianna Margulies stars as the resilient and resourceful Alicia Florrick, whose life falls apart when her state attorney husband Peter (Chris Noth) is sent to jail after becoming involved in a very public sex and political corruption scandal.
In order to support herself and two teenage children, Alicia goes back to work as a defence attorney and proceeds to rebuild her life - and her independence - case by case.
The episodes are: 'Taking Control', 'Double Jeopardy', 'Breaking Fast', 'Cleaning House', 'VIP Treatment', 'Poisoned Pill', 'Bad Girls', 'On Tap', 'Nine Hours', 'Breaking Up', 'Two Courts', 'Silly Season', 'Real Deal', 'Net Worth', 'Silver Bullet', 'Great Firewall', 'Ham Sandwich', 'Killer Song', 'Wrongful Termination', 'Foreign Affairs', 'In Sickness', 'Getting Off' and 'Closing Arguments'.
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- Release date: 12/09/2011
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After a surprising finish to the 2016 NCAA Tournament in Houston, the 2017 edition of March Madness will head to Phoenix, Arizona at University of Phoenix Stadium.
The regional portion of the NCAA Tournament is broken up into four regions, West, South, Midwest, and East. Each region is played at a different location. The 2017 Regionals will send the teams in the West to the SAP Center in San Jose, the South teams to FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee, the Midwest teams to Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and the East teams to the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The NCAA Regional games include the Sweet Sixteen, which are the Regional Semifinals, and the Elite 8, which are the Regional Finals. Tickets may be purchased as all session passes to both the Sweet Sixteen (session one) and the Elite Eight (session two) or individually. Tickets to the Sweet Sixteen will include access to both games played during that session.
The 1st & 2nd round games are played in 8 different cities around the country. The rounds are broken up into three separate sessions of games. Tickets to all sessions are available as well as tickets to individual sessions. Teams must win their first two games in order to advance to Regionals.QView
In 2011 the field expanded from 65 to 68 teams and added one additional round. This "First Four" consists of the four lowest ranked automatic qualifiers and the last four at-large teams. The 2018 First Four is headed to the University of Dayton where eight teams will play for their last shot at receiving a berth into the second round of the NCAA Tournament.


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Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings
Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, yesterday appeared before the Commission of Enquiry investigating the payment of judgement debts to testify in the case in which her company was given $4,150, 27.50 as judgement debt.
She confirmed the payment to Calf Cocoa International, which is partly owned by Carridem Development Company Limited, the investment wing of the 31 st December Women's Movement (DWM) where she is the president; and China International Corporation Company, but insisted that the amount paid was in Cedis and not dollars.
Tony Lithur, who had represented Calf Cocoa in court, had told the Sole Commission that he secured $4.15 million for the company because the government at the time refused to release about $2.6 million to Calf Cocoa for its operations.
Interestingly, Nana Konadu went to the commission with a different lawyer – sidelining Tony Lithur, who secured the judgement debt for her.
When the case, entitled 'The CEO, Calf Cocoa International versus the Attorney General' was called yesterday, Mrs. Rawlings mounted the witness box alongside her lawyer, George Bernard Shaw.
She told Sole Commissioner Justice Yaw Apau of the Court of Appeal that Carridem decided to go into the manufacturing of cocoa and subsequently had assistance from the government of China.
Mrs. Rawlings said Calf Cocoa was then given concessionary loan by the Chinese adding, 'So we started Calf Cocoa in 1996 or 1997, acquiring the land and everything. The shareholding was 49 percent for my organisation and 51 percent for the Chinese company brought to us by their government.
'We acquired this concessionary loan and we were supposed to take it in bits. Whenever we needed funds for the project we wrote to the Ministry of Finance and they gave us the amount that was requested for,' she said.
The Problem
Nana Konadu articulated, 'Sometime in 2002, we wrote to the ministry informing them that we had completed everything and we would like to start the project in 2003. It was at that time that we started having problems of who owned the company.'
She maintained, 'Politics unfortunately came to play in this project and it was difficult to get the money. From 2003 when we were supposed to have started manufacturing cocoa powder, cocoa cake and cocoa butter, it was impossible to start.'
She said when things got out of hand, 'The Chinese sort of pulled out because they said there was too much political interference,' adding, 'We decided to go to court to fight the case in 2005 and judgement was delivered in 2008.'
According to the former First Lady, the government appealed against the case but lost against Calf Cocoa and in 2009 'we could actually go to the premises again.'
She posited that in the process, facilities in the company deteriorated and water and electricity disconnected, making refurbishment of the place very expensive.
Dometi Kofi Sorkpor, counsel for the commission, asked Nana Konadu if it was 'this unnecessary interference' from the government that resulted in the truncation of the project, and she said 'absolutely, it has been so.'
'From 2002 when the problem started, it has not stopped. It carried through to the new government of 2009 and it is carrying through in the government of today. I don't know whether they really want to let this place function so that we can employ the 2800 people that this factory can employ,' Nana Konadu averred.
Justice Apau also enquired from her what was stopping the Chinese from continuing with the project since judgement had already been obtained and she replied that 'they have given us option to sell their shares. I think they are not comfortable with what is going on.'
According to her, 'We tried on a number of occasions to get certain loans for the project but the banks have not been coming forth either. There was a huge amount that they said was going to be given to companies in cocoa production so we also applied to ADB. I know that some companies were given $8 million, $10 million and so on but till date our document has not even been processed.'
Mrs. Rawlings added, 'We have a new business plan. We are doing the grounds work. Two companies we contacted say they want to wait for the economy to get better before they can invest in the country.'
Later, Oladele Kwaku Aribike from the Registrar General's Department tendered in evidence, documents covering both Carl Plotner and Construction Pioneers (CP), which is at the centre of huge judgement debt payments.
The 'Commission of Enquiry into the payment of Judgement Debt and Akin' under C.I. 79 to investigate the frivolous and dubious payments of huge monies to undeserving individuals and companies, was appointed by President John Dramani Mahama after public uproar over the payments in what has now come to be termed as Judgement Debts (JD).
Notable among them were payments made to CP (€94 million) and the never-ending case of GH¢51.2million parted to the self-styled National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, both of which many believed were dubious and frivolous.
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MONTREAL – "That's the way you open a new stadium."
Montreal Impact head coach Jesse Marsch was understandably pleased with his team's performance, a 4-1 stadium-opening win over the Seattle Sounders in which the flurry of goals might have overshadowed what was a dominant and promising midfield performance for Montreal.
In the Impact's first game at the renovated Stade Saputo, the Montreal boss kept going with his 3-man midfield, which is more and more establishing itself as a top item in Marsch's tactical notebook. The result was periods of impeccable control of the ball at the heart of which lay Patrice Bernier, who picked up three remarkable assists.
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"He balanced us well. He defended well. He did a good job of initiating the attack, and we knew that was going to be important," Marsch told reporters. "They do a pretty good job of putting initial pressure with their front four guys, but once we were able to link up with Patrice, and then Collen [Warner], and then find the next attacking player, that's when we had space, and that's when we were successful. Patrice was a big part of that tonight and, obviously, he set up a bunch of good attacking plays. I'm happy for him."
Substituted off after 77 minutes of excellent work, Bernier was deservedly treated to a standing ovation from his hometown crowd. Playing arguably his best game since his move to MLS in front of fellow Montrealers clearly delighted the 32-year-old.
"It was great. As a soccer player, you want to play those games in front of such supportive crowds," Bernier said. "I'm blessed with a career in soccer, and I'm going to appreciate those feelings because I don't have that many years in front of me."
What the Impact do have in front of them is a quick turnaround for their next game, this Wednesday against Chivas USA. This being said, Jesse Marsch's mantra, ever since the season started, has been to keep pushing every single day, and playing 7 games over 23 days is certainly not going to change it.
"We can't stop. That's the key. We can't stop," Marsch insisted. "All year long, we cannot stop for one second to pat ourselves in the back or to be sorrowful for bad performances. We've just got to keep going. That's the only way we're going to continue to make progress."


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Telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG, which is the parent of Hungary's Magyar Telekom, is planning to establish the first data center for its European network in Hungary by the end of the second quarter of this year, the company announced yesterday in Barcelona, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.
The Hungarian data center is expected to provide high-security e-mail services as of this fall, MTI reported.
Deutsche Telekom expects the data center to be the first to provide services to all the European subsidiaries of the company, said Claudia Nemat a member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom. She added that by the end of 2020 the network would be further expanded with other data centers in Europe, MTI reported.
The company's so-called "Pan-Net" network allows the use of a cross-border, standardized infrastructure framework, according to MTI. Local units of Deutsche Telekom will be able to choose from a central catalogue that will employ the service modules required for their own markets, MTI added.


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#1 Audis diesel race car too fast for its own good12-23-2010, 06:22 PMThe Audi R10 TDI the worlds first Le Mans diesel race car has been doing so well that new regulations have been put in place to curb its success. The American Le Mans Series has decided to allow the competing gas-powered LM P1 Lolas to drop 143 pounds of weight to make for a tighter race. The Lolas will also be granted a five-litre larger fuel tank. Audi says its engineers have calculated with computer simulation that 22 pounds at the upcoming Road America is worth at least two-tenths-of-a-second per lap. Audi said it is deeply disappointed about the random decisions of the IMSA organization. Nonetheless, Audi is hopefully it can continue its winning streak this weekend with the Road America race.
Quotes before the race at Road America
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): To us, the recent regulation changes made by IMSA appear to have been made at random and are unjustified. A year ago hardly anybody could believe that it would be possible to win a race with a diesel powered sportscar. We demonstrated that it is feasible, and thanks to Vorsprung durch Technik we produced the worlds most state-of-the-art LM P1. We can not accept that our life will now be made artificially difficult. Audi, the manufacturer, which has supported and promoted the ALMS for years and helped to make it what it is today, will only continue its American Le Mans Series programme if there are again stable and consistent rules, like at Le Mans, which also contribute towards justifying manufacturers involvement and expenditure.Pffffffffffffffffffffff! Buh Bye Big Ears
Real men use gasoline.
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Learning begins well before a child enters primary school: it begins at birth and in the home. Comprehensive Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) fosters holistic development and learning of young children from birth to eight years of age.
"Care" includes health, nutrition and hygiene in a secure and nurturing environment. "Education" includes stimulation, socialization, guidance, participation, and learning and developmental activities. "Care" and "Education" are inseparable: both are needed and reinforce each other to create a strong foundation for children's subsequent lifelong learning and wellbeing.
Parents are the first caregivers and educators of young children. ECCE programmes can be organized in a variety of forms in formal, non-formal and informal settings, for example:
- parenting education programmes;
- home-based childcare programmes;
- family literacy programmes strengthening caregivers' literacy and childrearing knoweldge as well as the child's emergent literacy;
- community-based programmes combining health, nutrition and early stimulation;
- formal preschools and kindergartens;
- school-readiness programmes facilitating transition to early primary, etc.
The quality of care and education provided to young children is affected by policies and provisions in areas such as maternal health, family, welfare and protection, employment and poverty reduction, gender and social inclusion policies.


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Once again this year, some of the most diverse and interesting drumming has been in the world of jazz, with old-school jazzers continuing to perform at the top of their game live and on record, with some young guns pushing the boundaries of musicality on the drumset too. Which of these drummers has tickled your ride cymbal this year?
Want to vote in other Rhythm 2015 Readers' Poll categories? Have your say here.


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Over 1.8 million nonprofits and charities for donors, volunteers and funders
Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts & Humanities Councils & Agencies
Mission: The mission of VSA arts Tennessee is to provide opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in and express themselves through the arts and arts education.
Programs: VSA initiated a pilot program using a national model in demonstrating collaboration between art specialists and special education teachers. In the residencies, artists work with children with disabilities and teachers to reach behavioral goals. Residencies have resulted in student run businesses being created, a presentation of a canvass painting to the State legislative body, a student winning a national award and trip to Washington DC, and national publications. The art institute is for children with and without disabilities. It allows the children to learn about a specific culture through the arts ( dance, drama, music, literature and the visual arts) in an inclusive environment. There are pre and post tests to measure learning and a reception at the end of the institute. VSA is soon to publish some of the findings from research conducted on the programs.


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April 24, 2014
Polaris Demonstrations for Prospective SHARE Libraries
Over the next few weeks IHLS staff members will be on the road to provide Polaris Demonstrations at several member libraries. System staff will demonstrate aspects of the Polaris software and be available to answer questions regarding the "Growing Resource Sharing in Illinois Heartland by Growing SHARE" grant. The grant will cover the cost of implementation fees, purchase some equipment, and provide barcoding assistance for newly joining members.
Be sure to come to a meeting to see what the grant can provide for your library. Upcoming meetings are:
- April 30 - Belle Valley School District #119
- May 1 - Litchfield High School
- May 5 - Olney Public Library
- May 8 - Marion Carnegie Library
- May 12 - Helen Matthes Library, Effingham
Please register in L2 if you are planning on attending a meeting.
Board Meeting Recap
A recap of significant actions taken by the board at their April 22, 2014, meeting has been posted on the website. The next regular board meeting is May 27, 2014, 6:00 pm at the Helen Matthes Library in Effingham.
Connect with Leslie: April 29, 2014, at 2:30 PM
Give us a half hour, and we'll fill you in on what is happening at IHLS. The next Connect with Leslie meeting is April 29, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. Visit the Connect with Leslie page on the IHLS website to access the link for the online meeting. Register in L2 at: http://www.librarylearning.
Public Libraries: Non-Resident Fee Survey Now Available
IHLS is required to maintain a list on the IHLS website of non-resident program information from IHLS public libraries and to indicate whether or not a library participates in the non-resident fee program and what that fee is. Each year IHLS asks all IHLS public libraries for this information. This information is being gathered by a survey found at this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/
The deadline for completion of the survey is June 15, 2014. More information is posted on the IHLS website: http://illinoisheartland.org/?
ISL News: Allowable Delivery Items
During discussions of the recent library delivery study (March 28 issue of E-News, "Seeking Public Comments on the Draft Final Report and Recommendations"), some questions have arisen about what can and cannot be sent via library system and state wide delivery. Here is a summary:
- Library materials
- Donated books, videos, maps and other materials
- Copies of journal articles for interlibrary loan purposes
- Empty delivery bags and tubs needed by other libraries
- Overdue notices and bills
- Correspondence
- Library newsletters
- Library supplies
For more information, please refer to the Secretary of State legal opinion at, http://www.cyberdriveillinois.
If you have any questions about what is allowable, please contact Mary Downing, Specialized Services Consultant, Illinois State Library, 217-782-5506 and firstname.lastname@example.com.
Copies Available: Serving Our Public 3.0
The updated edition of Serving Our Public 3.0: Standards for Illinois Public Libraries has been mailed out to all libraries that ordered them.
If your library ordered the books and has not received them, please contact Stacie Bushong (sbushong@illinoisheartland.
IHLS ordered extra copies which are available to IHLS member libraries for $22.50/copy on a first-come, first-served basis. Libraries will be billed when the books are shipped. Please complete the online order form.
Newest eRead Illinois Project Team Member
As many of you know, Lesley, the IHLS E-book Trainer/Coordinator is currently out on maternity leave. The eRead Illinois project team is pleased to announce that Lesley and her husband Nick welcomed Connolly Orest Zavediuk into their family on April 17, 2014. Lesley wishes to thank you all for your kind words and encouragement and can't wait to introduce little Connolly to the world of libraries!
Important Interlibrary Loan Date: May 19, 2014
WorldCat Resource Sharing (aka First Search) service will be turned off on May 19, 2014. New borrowing requests cannot be made after that date. All new requests and interlibrary loan activity on your resource sharing subscription must be done in WorldShare ILL.
Upcoming WorldShare ILL training:
- Monday, May 5 @ Helen Matthes Library, Effingham from 9:30 AM – Noon
- Tuesday, May 6 @ Olney Public Library from 1:00 – 3:30 PM
- Wednesday May 7 @ Chatham Area Public Library District from 1:00 – 3:30 PM
- Thursday, May 8 @ Watseka Public Library from 1:00 – 3:30 PM
All of these sessions, along with the sessions on April 24 in Champaign, April 30 in Du Quoin, and May 1 in Edwardsville, are listed in L2 and you can register there. Any questions, please contact Bev Obert (email@example.com | 217-352-0047 ext. 713).
WorldCat Discovery is replacing FirstSearch. Full functionality will not be available until July 2014. We are learning more about this new service every week and there are several things you can do to prepare for the switch to Discovery. Watch this newsletter and the IHLS Resource Sharing webpage for more information.
Member Spotlight - Bunker Hill Public Library District
After several months working out of a temporary location, Bunker Hill Public Library District has moved into their brand new building. With state of the art technology, the building has geothermal heating and is two and a half times the space as their old building. They went from a 1,500 square foot facility to a 4,000 square foot facility complete with green initiatives. There is also land available for future expansion. With the extra square footage, they were able to increase the number of public access computers and they now have a meeting room for library events which is also available to the community to use.
More Photos of the new Bunker Hill PLD has been posted on the IHLS Facebook page. You do not need to be signed in to Facebook to view photos.
If you would like to share a successful program or event at your library, please contact Julia Pernicka, Communications Assistant (jpernicka@illinoisheartland.
LibNett (Libraries Networking Together)
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 (9:30 AM - 12:00 PM) | C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District
Register in L2: http://www.librarylearning.
Networking group for southern Illinois librarians. Coffee will be available at 9:30 and the meeting will begin at 10:00 AM. On the agenda: 1) Susan Palmer from IHLS will be speaking about delivery. She will share the Statewide Delivery Committee recommendations to be approved by ISLAC and she will address how/when/why we will be implementing the recommendations, 2) Esther Curry will be giving an update from the SHARE Executive Council, 3) any other things you would like to share with the group.
Medium Pubs Meeting
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 (12:30 PM - 3:30 PM) | Rochester Public Library Map
Register in L2: http://www.librarylearning.
At the Medium Pubs meeting they share ideas, discuss situations, and share events at their libraries.
Small Public Libraries Get-Together
Friday, May 2, 2014 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) West Sangamon Public Library District
Register in L2: http://www.librarylearning.
They share ideas, discuss situations, and share events at our libraries. They really have a lot of fun talking and sharing. If you would like a recap of their last meeting, email Donna Cunningham at email@example.com. Jeanine will serve morning refreshments and a light lunch.
Upcoming Free Webinars
Friends Groups and Library Foundations Awards (Baker & Taylor) - May 1, 2014
Partnering for Community Economic Development (GSLIS) - May 8, 2014
Reference Services: Tried, True, and New (WJ) - May 8, 2014
CatExpress: Copy Cataloging with CatExpress (OCLC) - May 14, 2014
Transforming Library Space for Community Engagement (WJ) - May 22, 2014
Health Happens in Libraries: Technology Planning for eHealth (WJ) - May 28, 2014
More webinars can be found at: http://www.ala.org/alcts/
Design Institute: The New Face of the Library
May 16, 2014 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Hosted by Library Journal in partnership with Salt Lake City Public Library and Salt Lake County Library, this free event will bring you the latest design thinking to insure that your libraries remain vital community learning and gathering spaces. Come together with librarians, architects, and vendors to explore topics such as sustainable operations and building, flexible space and maker spaces, co-location and urban renewal, and much more. Whether you're renovating, retrofitting, or building anew, whatever your budget, you'll find ideas, information, and inspiration.
For more information and to register, go to: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/
University of Illinois to Host National Archives Conference for Fraternities and Sororities
June 12-14, 2014
The Archives' Student Life and Culture Archival Program at the University of Illinois will sponsor and play host to its third National Archives Conference for Fraternities and Sororities on June 12-14, 2014, on its Urbana-Champaign campus. This event will bring together experts on archival management, planning, preservation, and outreach with an emphasis on fraternity and sorority records. One purpose of the conference is to provide archival training and support to headquarters staff members who are charged with their organization's archives.
For more information and to register, go to: http://www.archives.library.
RAILS Online Auction
The online auction to sell items no longer needed at their Geneva service center is now open until Sunday, April 27, at 11:45 p.m. Full descriptions and photos of auction items can be found at: www.32auctions.com/rails_
Grants, Awards & Scholarships
Banned Books Week Event Grants - Deadline: April 30, 2014
Target Early Childhood Reading Grants - Deadline: April 30, 2014
The Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity - Deadline: May 1, 2014
NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Small Institutions - Deadline: May 1, 2014
NEH Challenge Grants - Deadline: May 1, 2014
Citizens-Save-Libraries Grants - Deadline: May 5, 2014
Demco Library Innovative Award - Deadline: May 15, 2014
Outside the Box - Deadline: May 15, 2014
Deborah Dowley Preiser Marketing Award - Deadline: May 15, 2014
Crosman Memorial Award - Deadline: May 15, 2014
Librarian of the Year Award - Deadline: May 15, 2014
Alexander J. Skrzypek Award - Deadline: May 15, 2014
Davis Cup Award - Deadline: May 15, 2014
Golden Ticket Award - May 15, 2014
For more grant opportunities, check out LibraryWorks or the Library Grants Blog.
In the News
Check out recent media posts on libraries and librarians.
As researchers turn to Google, libraries navigate the messy world of discovery tools
5 reasons why you need to take your kids to the library
Libraries still loved, a Century after Carnegie
Grants to boost local school libraries
AHS students building 'little libraries' to increase community's access to books
Checking Out
Librarians are helping to spread the joy and love of reading on World Book Night
Winner announced in Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project
Five Southern Illinois libraries to receive grant money
One in two Illinoisans struggles with reading
Over half of Illinois' prisons don't have adequate libraries
National Library Week brings back memories of reading past
Here's why you should be fighting to save libraries
Libraries across Illinois are getting help from the state
Is the library obsolete?
Grants Awarded to Libraries Across Illinois
10 reasons why librarians are awesome
Area libraries receive "Another Back to Books" grants
Libraries are dying? Think again
Six Mile Regional Library, Granite City, Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, inc.
UIS' library is lively, digitally sophisticated
Lincoln Library's historical collection documents life in area
How public libraries are solving America's reading problem
ALA releases 2014 State of America's Libraries Report
In case you missed it...Moving Forward Together - April 11, 2014
E-News from the Illinois State Library
The current issue of the E-News from the ISL includes:
- Read for a Lifetime Reading List is now available
- Allowable Delivery Items
- Illinois Statute Books Available for Interested Libraries
- Library Leadership Study
- Register Now for the 25th Reaching Forward!
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Concert Event
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The towering Peters was born in Baton Rouge, Louisana and played for two seasons at the University of Kentucky (2002-04), before exploring opportunities in Norway and Iceland. He returned stateside and played the last two years at West Virginia Wesleyan College. This past fall he was named as the WVIAC Player of the Year - after totaling seven goals and two assists - and to the NSCAA/Adidas Atlantic Region All-American First Team.
Though he played primarily as a midfielder and forward in college, he played as a defender last summer on PDL side Baton Rouge Capitals. He stands at 6-5, and weighs 205 pounds. He is not small. He was born October 24, 1983.
Peters was in training camp with the Crew recently and, in fact, played against United in the two team's scrimmage on Feb. 10. The big fella created two of the Crew's best chances to score during the game, connecting on two solid headers off of corner kicks in the first half.
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FAA-certified, but start dates out of Carlsbad airport uncertain (psst, April)
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On May 13, the California Department of Education released its statewide "Academic Performance Index" (API) for all public schools. Cardiff School District ranked a ten — the top API rating — but not all is well in the two-school district.
Parents and school staff were shocked to hear the May 10 announcement that district superintendent Tom Pellegrino is resigning. Many parents believe Pellegrino asked the district's board of trustees for something more substantial than his year-to-year contract. The board allegedly balked. Pellegrino has accepted a three-year contract with the Alpine Unified School District.
Now, teachers and parents are pitted against the school board. Some parents have pointed out that each of the members has served too long — more than two terms — and none have children attending Cardiff or Ada Harris elementary schools. Several parents' names have been bandied about as possible candidates to oust current board members in the upcoming November election.
In February, the board ignored several applicants for an open seat and appointed perennial Democratic candidate Francine Busby in the midst of her third election bid for Congress. Busby had previously served several terms on the board and showed a willingness to make staff and budget cutbacks.
At the board meeting on May 13, 20 teachers showed up to present their union's acceptance of temporary pay cuts and furloughs in order to avoid next year's layoffs and classroom reassignments. Pellegrino said he had found some additional funding from increased property tax revenue, so the salary-reduction proposal was unnecessary at this time. But the board took no action to reverse the announced layoffs.
This is not at all surprising. I attended a forum with Busby and her opponent Tracy Emblem at the Lake San Marcos Democratic Club where Busby announced that she would be passing out a lot of pink slips. What is surprising is that Busby's board would go through with lay offs and salary reductions even after Pellegrino came up with the necessary funding to keep the teachers. This kind of stay the course blindness is not what we need in Congress. Lets stay the course and keep Busby out of office.
As the writer of this piece, I have to update the accuracy of the story. There is one Board member on the Cardiff School District with children in the district and she is serving her first term in office. Also at the meeting referenced, the board did take action to reinstate 1 of the 3.4 positions that were to be laid off. So that's a 29% rate of returning of laid off teachers into the classroom. Under today's budgets, not many other school district can do the same. Cardiff School Board is trying their best.


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He suffered a torn right hamstring in the third quarter of the Senior Bowl and was not able to perform for NFL teams at the NFL scouting combine.
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Speaking to the group's al-Aqsa Radio, senior official says Hamas, in control of the coastal enclave since 2007, has proved it can manage Gaza's Rafah crossing.
Hamas will not call on international observers to supervise its newly opened border crossing with Egypt, a senior official of the militant group said on Sunday, as some 600 people made use of the newly opened border.
Ghazi Hamad said Palestinians saw no need for the immediate return of European observers to the disputed crossing as provided for under a 2005 deal with Israel.
"The Palestinians have proved their ability to operate the Rafah crossing," said Hamad, the deputy foreign minister in the de-facto Hamas government and the head of Gaza's border authority.
"There is no need for them at this time," he told Hamas' al-Aqsa Radio. According to the internationally-brokered agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, European observers should monitor the Rafah crossing.
Israeli Home Front Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said Israel now held Egypt responsible for security at the border.
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Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev would not comment when asked by the German Press-Agency dpa if Israel wanted the return of the European monitors.
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The decisions of the signatories to the 2005 agreement that established the mission were decisive and not unilateral action by Egypt, he said.
The Europeans suspended their mission after Hamas seized sole control of Gaza in 2007.
Under the agreement, Palestinian Authority security forces, not those of Hamas, should be in charge of the Palestinian side of the crossing.
Referring to the 2005 agreement, Hamad said it "had its special circumstances when it was signed, but the situation now is completely different."
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May the Lord richly bless that great creationist Kent Hovind and bring to repentance those that have profited by doing Gods poor saint harm.
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Yes the 60s was a great period with rock n roll (Bopping or Jiving) or one man bop! or Chubby Checker's twist. Some good nights where had especially:
also at another period of time in Haslingden there was Beat Nights put on at the Haslingden Public Hall on Thursdays, organized by Frank Bell a Boxing Promoter who besides organizing this gig, also had events on at the Parr Hall, Warrington and the Stamford Hall, Warrington.
also in Haslingden we had the Buccaneers on Park Street in the basement of the old Haslingden Liberal Club.
Dances where also on the agenda at the Haslingden Youth Club, odd dance functions at the Co-op Hall on Deardengate, and at many youth clubs at various Churches.
And here below we have the Astoria story.....
Rawtenstall Astoria Ballroom December 16th 1932 – 7th February 1966 – 34 yrs
The very popular old Rawtenstall Astoria was built originally in 1932 out of the motor car showrooms and workshops of John Myerscough and Co. The new venture was the brainchild of brothers John (snr) and Noel Myerscough. The Ballroom remained under the ownership of the Myerscough family up until its sad closure on Tuesday 7th February 1966.
The original site dates back to 1839 when it had been the site of the Holly Mount School, a school for the very young employees of the adjacent local Cotton Mill called the Fold Mill and owned by David Whitehead and Sons.
|This photo shows the original Holly Mount School Entrance
The Astoria was a very special and up market venue for its day being able to boast about the purpose made sprung dancefloor which measured approx 585 sq ft and covered in maplewood and was capable of holding a capacity of up to 800 dancers. And following on in 1959 this floor was yet again resprung with over six thousand pieces of Canadian Maple laid on steel springs – and yet again the Astoria was able to boast that it was one "of the finest sprung dance floors in England. The cost of this work in 1959 was £1000.
The Ballroom opened on December 16th 1932. The very first event held at the Astoria was the Annual Ball of the Rawtenstall British Legion, when on this occasion the then Mayor, the late Ald. John Hamer welcomed the Lancashire Cotton Queen, Miss Marjorie Knowles.Those early years supported dancing almost throughout the week with learners sessions, all Modern sessions, an Old Tyme Music Night, a 50/50 night and probably the favourite the "Popular" night which was on Saturdays. As time went this levelled out and the norm seem to settle down to a regular three nights a week activity.
The band in them early days was led by Henry Haworth with Ruth Raymond on vocals, this band was later succeeded by bandleader Alan Hargreaves, then in 1950 James Heyworth took charge and under his direction The Astorians gained national fame.
In the Late 40s and during the 50s it boomed with dancers, the Astoria hosted some of the biggest band names and star vocalist around at the time such as: Joe Loss Orchestra with vocalist Rose Brennan, Johnny Dankworth Orchestra with Cleo Laine, Eric Delaney Band, Ted Heath Orchestra, Dickie Valentine, Lita Roza, Dennis Lotis, Ray Ellington with Marion Ryan, Edmundo Ross, Ken Mackintosh, Ivy Benson and her all Girls Orchestra and the list went on…..
By 1959 John Myerscough (jnr) came to elm, and thankfully he had the foresight to prepare for what was to become the mighty beat boom which arrived in the early 60s. During the early 60s up to and sometimes more than 600 teenagers would come to the Saturday night beatnights which featured lots of headline groups of the day like: The Animals, Kinks, The Who (see poster above), Small Faces, Moody Blues, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Hollies, The Mojos, Yardbirds, The Spencer Davis Group (see poster thanks to Kieran Ridehalgh ), Maurauders, Honeycombs, Rocking Berries, Unit 4 plus 2, Sounds Incorporated, Rhythm & Blues Incorporated. Their was a cramped dressing room to the right hand side, just after coming through the main entrance where the groups would prepare themselves, before having to be escorted through the noisy crowds making their way to the stage. Cost of admission those days was anything between six shillings to 15 shillings and sixpence, levied in accordance to the status of the band playing on that evening. Besides the great headliners there was also two other groups supporting. These groups also where always of a fine quality handpicked by John Myerscough himself and would usually consist of the best bands around at the time from Lancashire including Manchester and Yorkshire - amongst them where: Wynder K. Frog, The Warriors, The Dappers, The Imps, The Swinging Hangmen, The Pagens, The Avalons, The Avengers. The Travellers (Rochdale). The star attraction groups during those explosive years of the 60s where booked into the Astoria by Lewis Buckley Entertainments of Southport.
And when John Myerscough finally closed the doors in 1966, and he actually moved to Southport and took over that very Agency (Lewis Buckley Entertainments) himself.
I would like to thank Bacup Times for kindly supplying me with the photo of the Astorians & also the poster of the Astorians with Jim Heyworth & The Astorians.
Click over newspaper cuttings to enlarge, and also thanks to James Heyworth for kindly supplying the photo of his dad, and the photo of the Decca Record and also the photo of the orchestra (click over photos to enlarge).....
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February 2009, which was kindly received from Joyce Whelan (Nee Newton) with some notes about the Band especially about her dad who was the saxaphone player and whom had also been responsible for most of the musical arrangements of the band:-
I have just enjoyed looking at the Astoria ballroom newspaper cuttings, in particular the Jimmy Heyworth articles, I was just a child in those days but my father Mr Eric Newton was a saxaphone player in the Jimmy Heyworth band during the fifties and sixties, he also did a lot of the arrangements for the band and I have seen photos of the band winning the melody maker cup, also photos of my dad taken with John Dankworth, Ted Heath etc. It is even more nostalgic to me and my family as my father died on January 14th of this year (2009), after a short illness. He was 87yrs old when he died, but he remembered the happy days of the band at the Astoria and often talked about the people and the music. I do vaguely remember going to the Old Astoria as a child, but my memories are mainly with the new building, especially a couple of re unions the band did in the eighties for charity. My brothers and I have copies of the Decca record that the band won the championship with, of course this record is very precious to us, as my dad is mentioned for the arrangements.Thank you for printing the cuttings on your page, it has been a lovely trip down memory lane for myself and my family. Regards. Joyce Whelan (nee Newton).
Mail added 18th February 2009 kindly received from James Heyworth:
Dear Bryan,
I am James Heyworth son of Jimmy Heyworth and Margaret ( nee Myerscough)
I just wanted to send you a note to say how appreciative I am for your feature of the blog on the Astoria which I discovered on the internet. Dad died in 1994 and Mum died in 2006. Her brother John Myerscough is still alive and lives in Ainsdale Southport. I have many fond childhood memories of the old Astoria and your blog enabled me to show my children nephews and nieces what the old Astoria was like.
I am currently researching the Myerscough Family tree and have got back to the 17th Century. They hail from Kirkham and were blacksmiths, John Robert arrived in the Rossendale valley as a blacksmith journey man and as you probably know set up one of the first motor car sale rooms in the country selling Chryslers. The show room was converted to the Ball room.
Thank you very much for your photographs
James Heyworth
Mail added: 18th March 2009 from John Myerscough:
Dear bee jay,
I much appreciated your article about the Old Astoria in Rawtenstall. I have been passing some of my memories on to James Heyworth (son of the famous band leader) and he is planning to send some of it on to you.
I am John Roy Myerscough, son of John Myerscough and grandson of John Robert Myerscough, the blacksmith who became a motor dealer in quite a big way. I was running the ballroom for quite a time, and booking the groups who appeared. I now live in Ainsdale. Anyone who would like to contact me can do so at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Keep up the good work, and I may try to add more info later.
John Myerscough.
(Here we have four photos below kindly given by Dave Haworth (Goodshawlad) which shows the great floods of the early 60s, and just shows the Astoria with their billboard advertising the Mojo's..- please click over photo to enlarge.
John Myerscough "remembers that day well. A Saturday, heavy rain, and water overflowed from the river and poured down the road at the side of the Astoria called The Fold. It started to come into the basement, where the boiler room and the gents cloakroom and toilets were. It came in through a manhole, which must have originally been for the delivery of coke, and in later times was used for delivery of heating oil. It must have got to 12 or 18 inches deep in the basement during that afternoon. Eventually it subsided, and we tackled the clean-up operation to be ready for the dance in the evening. Amazingly, a member of the public came downstairs and offered to help us with the clean up. I can't now recall who else was there helping.
Anyway, we were able to open for the dance - I see from the poster outside that it was The Mojos appearing, though I would have said Unit 4 + 2, but my memory must be wrong".
Here we have a very old photo (Click over photo to enlarge) kindly sent in by John Myerscough via James Heyworth showing when it was the Myerscough Garage before it was converted to the Astoria. Also below this we have yet another kindly sent in by Peter Fisher of again when the Astoria was a garage!! and below this Peter has again sent in a further 6 photographs (thanks Peter)
Click over flyers to enlarge.....
All gone now! and this below is a more recent photo showing the Old Fold Garden on the actual Astoria Ballroom site and also a plaque to commemorate.......