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Dr. Bob Hillman, Texas' state veterinarian and executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC), has announced that he will retire December 31, ending his nearly seven-year tenure with the state's livestock and poultry health regulatory agency. The TAHC's 13 governor-appointed commissioners will establish a committee to conduct a nationwide search to fill Dr. Hillman's position.
"I have wrestled with the decision to retire, but it is time to put family first," Dr. Hillman told TAHC commissioners in his announcement. "Texas has made progress in many of our livestock health programs, and we have challenges to overcome in others. Just about every major disease event that has occurred in the United States in the past 6 ∏ years has impacted Texas and our livestock industries. With the support of TAHC commissioners and the livestock and poultry industry, we have addressed and resolved many of these issues."
"There is never a good time for Dr. Hillman to retire. He is a great asset to the agriculture industry and never forgets the ranchers and producers of this state," said Mr. Ernie Morales, TAHC chairman and the feedlot representative on the commission. "During disease outbreaks or when addressing regulatory issues, Dr. Hillman has had to make difficult decisions based on science to regain or maintain the health and marketability of Texas' livestock and poultry. Our search committee will look within the TAHC and across the nation for the veterinarian who will best fill the enormous gap created by Dr. Hillman's retirement."
Dr. Hillman, a large animal veterinarian for 35 years, served a short stint with the USDA in Texas, and worked in private practice in both Texas and Idaho. For more than two decades, he served with the Idaho Department of Agriculture, 13 of those as the state veterinarian, during which he wrangled with controversial disease issues, including addressing the brucellosis infection in bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area. He also worked closely with the state veterinarians and the cattle industry in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California and with Mexican livestock health officials to control cattle tuberculosis in Mexico, in order to prevent the spread of the disease by Mexican feeder and roping cattle imported to the U.S.
"I was fortunate to chair the TAHC commission and appoint the search committee that convinced Dr. Hillman to join us in Texas in April 2003," said Mr. Richard Traylor, who was appointed to the TAHC commission as the livestock marketing representative in 1997 and who served as TAHC chairman from 2002 through January 2006. "Dr. Hillman and I have had many conversations, day and night, but I never worried about those calls, because I knew we could work out problems. It was a pleasure to work with him."
"There were many animal health issues that needed to be addressed when Dr. Hillman arrived, but we made a big dent in those problems. The state of Texas owes him gratitude for his service, and for the sacrifices he and his wife, Martha, made, being so far from their children and grandchildren in Idaho," Traylor said.
Within days of returning to his home state as the TAHC executive director, Dr. Hillman, a Cameron native, was leading a pitched battle against exotic Newcastle disease (END) in the El Paso area. Since then, the TAHC also has successfully addressed other animal health issues, including regaining cattle tuberculosis-free status in 2006, winning the long-standing battle against cattle brucellosis in February 2008, and eradicating outbreaks of foreign animal diseases, including Monkey pox, highly pathogenic avian influenza and contagious equine metritis. In 2005, the TAHC handled the nation's first case of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in a native-born cow, and the agency and industry has dealt with animal issues arising from natural disasters, including floods, fires and hurricanes.
"Dr. Hillman is an outstanding leader whose reputation is above reproach. He has demonstrated his abilities during Texas' cattle tuberculosis, cattle brucellosis and fever tick outbreaks," said Jon Johnson, livestock specialist for the Texas Farm Bureau, the largest agriculture association in Texas, representing more than 150,000 livestock and poultry producers.
"Dr. Hillman led Texas through disease outbreak crises with a firm resolve and sound decision-making," Johnson commented. "When new rules or programs are needed, such as the cattle trichomoniasis program, Dr. Hillman organized industry working groups, ensuring that problems can be addressed 'head on' with everyone's input."
"Dr. Hillman has done an excellent job of providing overall direction for animal health programs for Texas," said Ken Horton, executive vice president of the Texas Pork Producers Association. "He has been invaluable in helping the swine industry resolve problems with federal disease eradication programs, including those for pseudorabies and swine brucellosis."
Lauded as one of the country's most influential state veterinarians, Dr. Hillman was the 2001 president of the U.S. Animal Health Association, and has chaired the organization's cattle tuberculosis, government relations and animal identification committees and served on the wildlife disease and brucellosis committees. He has served as president of the Western States Livestock Health Association, the National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials, and the Southern Animal Health Association. In 2007, he received the National Assembly Award, the highest honor from state regulatory animal health officials.
"Dr. Hillman has tremendous integrity, and we have enjoyed a very good working relationship between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Veterinary Services, the TAHC and Texas industry," said Dr. John Clifford, Deputy Administrator for USDA's Veterinary Services. "We have reached out often to Dr. Hillman and have always appreciated his cooperation. He is a great friend and spokesperson for animal health, and we hope that he will remain involved in animal agriculture in the future."
"Dr. Hillman is a mentor and friend, and when I call him, he gives me accurate and valuable advice," said Dr. Becky Brewer, Oklahoma state veterinarian with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture. "He taught me the invaluable lesson of neighbors being friends; state veterinarians working together to address issues, because there are no geo-political boundaries to disease. He is definitely one of a kind."
"Dr. Hillman has worked tirelessly for the animal industries of Texas. He understands the challenges facing our state today, and his leadership will be greatly missed by the animal and agricultural communities. I will miss his insight, knowledge and counsel," said Dr. Tammy Beckham, director of the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratories (TVMDL).
"The TAHC staff, the Texas livestock industry and the associations welcomed me when I returned to Texas in 2003. The individuals and associations have helped me to understand our system, and accepted and followed my leadership," said Dr. Hillman. "I am eternally grateful. I retire knowing that the TAHC will remain in good hands, and will continue to carry out its regulatory duties and responsibilities in an effective, dedicated, highly capable manner."
"Dr. Hillman's greatest strongpoint is his communication with industry," added Bill Hyman, executive director of the Independent Cattlemen's Association, an association of cow-calf producers across the state. "His frank, commonsense approach will be greatly missed, and replacing him will be difficult."
Dr. Hillman and his wife, Martha, will return to Idaho after retirement, where he can fish, hunt, pursue hobbies and they can spend time with their children and grandchildren. Dr. Hillman plans to retain strong ties to Texas and will work on animal health projects, but at a pace not requiring constant travel, agency management and endless work hours.


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Disease and insects can be detrimental to wheat in this key growth period. Area producers can find out how to stay on top of these pests to mitigate losses at the "Wheat Disease and Insect Meeting" on March 31 in Miami, Texas.
"It is critical to stay on top of wheat diseases and insects this time of year," said Brandon Dukes, Texas AgriLife Extension Service agricultural and natural resources agent in Roberts County.
"Come join us for a meeting aimed at informing you of potential disease and insect issues, steps for controlling these pests, and preventing damage from insects and diseases in the future," Dukes said.
The meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the Miami Community Center. Two continuing education units will be offered, one in integrated pest management and one general.
Dr. Brent Bean, AgriLife Extension agronomist in Amarillo, will tell producers how to maximize wheat grain and forage production. Dr. Ron French, AgriLife Extension plant pathologist in Amarillo, will talk about the latest disease outbreaks, prevention and control.
Dukes will talk about the latest insect outbreaks, including greenbugs and Russian wheat aphids. Registration is free, but producers are asked to RSVP on or before March 24 so that lunch preparations can be made, Dukes said. For more information or to register, call the AgriLife Extension office in Roberts County at 806-868-3191.

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Merseyside Police is appealing for the public's help to trace a 41-year-old Wirral man who is wanted on recall to prison.
Michael John Davies, who is from Birkenhead, was released from custody on 16th June 2017. He remains on licence until August 2020 in relation to offences of robbery.
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When Ruth Calderon is nervous, she does her nails.
"It helps," she grins. "Did you ever try? It puts you together. If you really are nervous you do bright red."
Calderon, 51, is a scholar and teacher of Jewish religious texts. She is also a novice Israeli politician, part of the new Yesh Atid (There Is a Future) party that unexpectedly took 19 seats in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, last January.
New lawmakers give a short speech on the Knesset floor to introduce themselves to their colleagues and the country. Calderon was nervous enough that she painted her nails bright red. Usually, these speeches are largely ignored. Her talk got more than 200,000 views on YouTube.
"I am still shocked," she says. "I had no dream that anybody will hear it except the people in the Knesset that day and the three old men who watch the Knesset channel."
We hear a lot about the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. But Calderon's speech illuminates a deep internal Israeli conflict over where religion and government intersect.
On the Knesset floor, Calderon essentially delivered a Bible lesson. She read a story from the Talmud, primary Jewish religious texts, and talked about what it meant. Some people now say Calderon is a leader of a Jewish renaissance. But others view her as a real threat — to Judaism itself.
Growing Up Jewish, But Not Observant
Calderon's story starts in the 1960s, in Tel Aviv.
At that time, Israelis were focused on building a strong, modern state. Many Zionists saw the religious traditions of Europe as something to shed. Calderon's father was from Bulgaria, her mother from Germany. Calderon sums up her childhood as "extremely Jewish, not at all observant."
Her family celebrated all the Jewish holidays with gusto, including fasting. They sang prayers over Sabbath dinner every Friday night. Her father sometimes went to the synagogue. But the essence of Judaism as young Calderon learned it wasn't religious per se.
"You have to be moral," she says. "You have to be a good person. And, she adds, laughing, "you do not eat ham."
Like all Jewish kids in Israel, Calderon studied the Old Testament — the Jewish Torah — in public school. At home, she was introduced to modern Israeli literature. When she was 10 or 11 years old, Calderon says, she began to search for something more profound. She gathered ideas "like a bird builds its nest," she says, weaving a lesson from school, or something she heard on the radio into the tapestry of her developing beliefs.
She visited different synagogues, too, but didn't stay long.
"It was always religious," she says wryly. "They always wanted to improve me."
Turning To Religious Studies
During mandatory army service, Calderon by chance heard a lecture on the Talmud that thrilled her. She fell in love with religious study. Over time, Calderon earned a doctorate in Talmudic literature, and founded two centers where Orthodox and secular people study Judaism together.
This was very unusual. In Israel, studying Jewish texts has long been the domain of Orthodox Jewish men, who learn together with other Orthodox men. Ya'ir Caspi, who teaches Judaism and psychology at one of the centers Calderon founded, says Calderon managed to make ancient Judaism avant garde.
"Suddenly it was fashionable," he says. "Suddenly people were coming to study Judaism that are not Orthodox, not conservative, not reform. She is a trendsetter."
Beyond the study of Jewish texts, a small group of Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox men are the state-sanctioned interpreters of those texts, and therefore Jewish law. And in Israel, Jewish law governs certain aspects of every Jew's life, no matter if the person is personally religious or not.
For example, there is no civil marriage, although there are ways around that. It can be extremely difficult to get divorced.
It's been this way since Israel's beginnings. The ultra-Orthodox population was very small then. David Ben-Gurion, a Zionist leader and Israel's first prime minister, made an agreement to give ultra-Orthodox rabbis control of certain institutions.
Caspi sees this as giving Judaism away.
"We said you will keep it for us. And the keeper got very, very strong from that. And they held our soul. And once they held our soul, they were able to do whatever they wanted because they are the keepers of the secrets."
Ultra-Orthodox Numbers Grow
Now Israel's ultra-Orthodox, or haredi, community is growing fast, more than twice as fast as the rest of the population. Calderon's party is pushing forward an agenda to reduce subsidies to religious schools and bring more ultra-Orthodox to serve in the military and join the workforce.
She also would like to loosen the grip of ultra-Orthodox rabbis on every Jewish citizen's life. Many haredi see the movement Calderon represents as a new and virulent danger.
"Ultra-Orthodox politicians are facing a new kind of war, a war they are not used to," says Yishai Cohen, who writes for Kikar HaShabbat, an ultra-Orthodox news service that has called Calderon an enemy of Judaism.
"There is a particular problem with Ruth Calderon because she really does know how to study the religious texts. She knows what she is talking about," Cohen says. "When a religious student learns the texts in the correct, original and true manner and then a Knesset member interprets them differently ... the danger is this will confuse the students and the ultra-Orthodox community."
Elana Sztokman, the executive director of Israel's Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, is not ultra-Orthodox, but she is very religious. Sztokman says she was deeply moved by Calderon's Knesset speech.
"It came from the way she just loves the text," says Sztokman, who immigrated to Israel from New York 20 years ago. "A secular feminist woman to own that text, to love that text, to embrace it, with authority in this space of the Knesset, in front of all of Israel.
"It changed things."
Calderon's family still gathers every Friday evening for prayers over wine and bread. She reads religious texts every day. But ask her if she believes in God, and she says "sometimes."
The novice politician wants Israel to keep Judaism as its core nationality, its central identity. But she also wants Israel to be democratic. And she wants Jewish people who do not define themselves as religious to find meaning and guidance in Judaic teachings.
Right now, Orthodox interpretations of Judaism affect daily life in Israel from buses not running on the Sabbath to arguments for Israel's continued occupation of the West Bank. If other religious viewpoints gain political influence, Ruth Calderon wonders how life might change.
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Audie Cornish.
We hear a lot about the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, but each group has internal conflicts as well. NPR's Emily Harris reports on an Israeli politician at the center of the country's debate about where religion and government should intersect.
EMILY HARRIS, BYLINE: Ruth Calderon sums up her childhood Jewish life simply.
DR. RUTH CALDERON: That you have to be moral, you have to be, you know, you have to be a good person, and you do not eat ham.
HARRIS: So yes to fasting on holidays, no to regular synagogue. Yes to praying at Sabbath dinner. No to strict rules about food or clothing.
CALDERON: Extremely Jewish, not at all observant.
HARRIS: Calderon was born in the early '60s. Israelis were focused on building a strong, modern state. Like all Jewish kids in Israel, Calderon studied the Old Testament in public school. But somewhere after 10 years old, she began to search for deeper experiences.
CALDERON: I kind of picked little things like a bird builds its nest. Something in school, something on the radio. I went to different synagogues, but it was always religious. And they always wanted to improve me or somehow make me something else.
HARRIS: By chance, during mandatory army service, she heard a lecture that wowed her. It was on the Talmud, primary Jewish religious texts. She fell in love with religious study. Fast-forward, Calderon earned a doctorate in Talmudic literature, then founded two centers where Orthodox and secular people study Judaism together. Ya'ir Caspi teaches at one of them. He says Calderon made ancient Judaism avant-garde.
YA'IR CASPI: Suddenly, it was - become fashionable. Suddenly, people were coming to study Judaism. They are not Orthodox, they are not conservative, they are not reform, and they study. So she made it into an in thing. She is a trendsetter.
HARRIS: In Israel, studying Jewish texts has long been the domain of Orthodox Jewish men. More crucially, Orthodox men are the state-sanctioned interpreters of Jewish law. This means they control marriage, divorce, kosher food. The government subsidizes full-time religious study. It's been this way since the founding of Israel.
CASPI: We actually gave them Judaism. We said, well, you will keep it for us. And the keeper got very, very strong from that, and they held our soul. And once they held our soul, they were able to do whatever they wanted because they are the keepers of the secrets.
HARRIS: But when Calderon was elected to parliament in January, she showed that she knew the secrets too. Each new lawmaker gives a short, introductory floor speech. Calderon told a Talmudic story and used it to illustrate some of her political goals, including getting more ultra-orthodox into the military and the workforce.
CALDERON: (Foreign language spoken)
HARRIS: Usually, these introductory speeches in the Knesset are largely ignored. Calderon's got more than 200,000 views on YouTube.
ELANA SHTOCKMAN: There was something so moving about her entire presentation.
HARRIS: Elana Shtockman runs Israel's Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.
SHTOCKMAN: A secular feminist woman, to own that text, to love that text, to embrace it, with authority in this space of the Knesset in front of all of Israel, it was something we had just never seen before.
HARRIS: And for some, that signaled a new danger. An online ultra-orthodox news service called Calderon an enemy of Judaism. Yishai Cohen wrote the editorial.
YISHAI COHEN: (Through Translator) Ultra-orthodox politicians are facing a new kind of war, a war they are not used to. There is a particular problem with Ruth Calderon because she really does know how to study the religious texts. She knows what she is talking about.
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Singing in foreign language)
HARRIS: Calderon tries to avoid defining herself as religious or not. Each Friday evening, her family gathers for prayers over wine and bread. She reads religious texts every day. Does she believe in God?
CALDERON: Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. I don't know. I count myself as a Jew.
HARRIS: And she wants Israel to be that way.
CALDERON: I want it to be a Jewish state, to have a nationality, to have an identity. I want Hebrew to be the first language. I want Arabic to be the second language. I want, you know, the holidays to be expressed in the public space. But together with that, as important as that, is that I want this country to be democratic.
HARRIS: Right now, orthodox interpretations of Judaism affect daily life in Israel from buses not running on the Sabbath to supporting arguments for Israel's continued occupation of the West Bank. If other religious viewpoints gain political influence, Ruth Calderon wonders how life might change. Emily Harris, NPR News, Jerusalem. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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CHICAGO — It's not clear if any one factor on Jimmy Butler's resume loomed larger than the others when the Chicago Bulls used the last draft pick of the first round in the 2011 Draft on the 6-foot-7 forward from Marquette.
But it couldn't have hurt that Butler, a native of Houston, had grown up and played high school ball in a town on that city's outskirts named Tomball.
"Tomball" as in the way Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau likes it. One man goes down, another steps in. Starter or reserve, from short minutes to long and back again, nothing changes — more than enough to win.
What Butler has been doing for the Bulls for the past week and a half – more than plugging a hole in the starting lineup while Luol Deng was out with a strained hamstring, then scoring a career-high 19 points off the bench in Chicago's victory over Charlotte at United Center – has been Tomball, indeed.
"I think it held the most when Lu [Deng] came up to me and said, 'You can do this. … Step in and keep playing the way you've been playing," Butler said after resetting or tying his NBA scoring high for the third time in six games. "When you hear that from an All-Star — from him, from Derrick [Rose], from Jo [Noah] — man, that's real."
That, even more than the positive feedback Butler has gotten on the court in this stretch, has boosted his confidence beyond what he brought as a little-used rookie and, earlier this season, spot reserve.
"That's what I needed to hear," Butler said. "They was all, 'Lu's hamstring is hurt. You've got to come in and …' Not really saying, 'Be Lu.' They were just saying, 'Be you. Be that energy guy that guards, and locks down and he hustles.' That's what I brought to the table as a starter, that's what I bring off the bench. That's who I am."
Last season, with Ronnie Brewer still around, Butler logged a total of 359 minutes in 42 games, averaging 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds. In Chicago's first 38 games, Butler averaged 17.2 minutes, 5.4 points and 2.6 boards.
But as a starter, he found himself thrust into a Deng-like 45.2 minutes per game. He responded with 14.2 points and 8.6 rebounds. He pestered Kobe Bryant masterfully last week, then notched his first double-double (16 points, 12 rebounds) Friday vs. Golden State.
Butler's shot can sometimes be flat enough to slip through a transom, but he was more efficient against the Bobcats, getting his 19 points and six rebounds on 7-for-10 shooting in 31:14. In the past six games, he has played nearly 246 minutes.
Thibodeau said Butler got big minutes off the bench Monday – he played more than starters Richard Hamilton, Kirk Hinrich, Carlos Boozer or Deng – because of Charlotte's smallish matchups. But it's clear that Thibodeau likes his effort, his demeanor, his ability to rev high as soon as he hits the court and a sheer athletic ability that's rare on Chicago's roster.
If there's a minutes adjustment required when Rose eventually returns – with Hinrich shifting to the bench, Marco Belinelli's recent rise put at risk or even Deng given a few more breathers – odds are good Thibodeau will see it as a puzzle rather than a problem and invent ways to get Butler on the floor.
Soft-spoken but fun-loving in the Bulls' locker room, Butler said his newfound notoriety hasn't shown up much away from the gym. No flood of new Twitter followers, no rush of shout-outs on the town.
"Nah," he said. "Everybody treats me the same. I don't want anything to change. I still want to be the small-town kid from Tomball that floats under the radar. [Because] if you sleep on anybody on this team, we can come back and get you."
Butler said he didn't draw any motivation from being the last pick in the first round two years ago. Nor, he said, did he think about the contractual advantage he might have had if he'd slipped one measly spot lower. As a second-rounder, Butler might have been eligible for one of those poison-pill contract offer sheets that made former Bulls center Omer Asik and former Knicks guard Jeremy Lin so wealthy as restricted free agents last summer.
"It was a blessing to be drafted, to have a chance to play in this league," Butler said. "Picked 1, picked 30 — I feel like this is what you dreamed of when you were little. It was a blessing that I ended up here, with this team, because I feel this team fits me the best."
Lately, there's no mystery about his impact on the Bulls, no past tense about it. In classic whodunit fashion, this Butler is doing it.


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Vee Bell has narcolepsy in Slide by Jill Hathaway. Or at least that's what her family and friends think. Once, Vee tried to tell her father the truth, but he sent her to a shrink who didn't believe her either. Now she doesn't even dare tell even her best friend.
Sliding. That's what Vee thinks of it as. When she gets too tired to fight it, she falls asleep, but doesn't dream. Instead, she enters other people's minds. She can hear, smell, taste, and feel everything that they're experiencing. Sliding only lasts for moments, but it is long enough to exhaust and sometimes scare her. She's slid into backstabbing friends and teachers behaving badly. As a result, Vee takes constant caffeine pills to stay awake and is always just barely functioning.


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Excellent service at the Hotel Austria, Vienna
The voltage in Austria is 220 V. Adapters can be borrowed (deposit € 10.00) at the front desk.
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Ho! Ho! Ho! This cool "with just the right amount of sweet" cocktail is a wonderfully delicious way to make anyone's spirits brighter.
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- Splash of grenadine
- Build over ice in a rocks glass.
- Garnish with a half-moon orange slice on the rim.
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If questions lingered still about whether St. Francis de Sales is serious about re-earning respect in the football community, they were answered in the fourth quarter.
Not once. Not twice. But three times.
Needing a win to bolster their postseason outlook and continue the rise of a program that has fallen hard in the past decade, the Knights made stops near the goal line Friday night on Whitmer's final three offensive series.
This 21-14 win before a bipartisan Glass Bowl crowd signals another step forward second-year coach Chris Hedden, whose Knights stayed within one game of Three Rivers Athletic Conference leader Central Catholic.
St. Francis (5-2, 3-1 TRAC), which entered the night eighth in its region, inched closer to securing its second playoff berth since 2004. The Knights, who won three games a year ago, appear intent on resetting the football hierarchy in the area, given wins this year against Southview, St. John's, and now the defending Division I state runner-up Panthers.
"I feel like our kids believe in what we're doing," said Hedden, the former University of Toledo offensive coordinator. "I believe in our kids, and when you have that going it's a powerful thing."
Clinging to a 21-14 lead early in the fourth, the St. Francis defense stiffened. It turned a Whitmer first-and-goal at the 9 into fourth-and-11. Panthers quarterback Matt Winzeler threw incomplete in the corner of the end zone for his favorite red-zone target, Christopher Boykin. The two hooked up on two second-quarter TDs to erase a 14-0 deficit, but this time freshman cornerback Tevin Walker, who stands 10 inches shorter than Boykin, got a hand on the ball.
The next drive St. Francis QB David Nees and running back Lamar Carswell muffed an exchange, and Whitmer (3-4, 2-2) new life at the 15. The threat ended after Winzeler overthrew tight end Andrew Shuherk, who was uncovered in the end zone.
"We put our defense in some tough situations but we came up big when we needed to," said Nees, who accounted for 88 yards and two TDs on the ground.
Those two stops would be rendered meaningless if St. Francis couldn't make another one. The Knights, after failing to bleed the clock, punted.
Disaster ensued. First they were penalized 15 yards for a facemask. Then another 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct against someone on the sideline. Whitmer started the drive at St. Francis' 37.
"Wasn't really explained to me for what or against who," Hedden said. "Obviously that was a critical play in the game, but we were able to respond."
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Winzeler completed 21 of 30 passes for 225 yards and two TDs, both to Boykin, covering 12 and 16 yards. Boykin caught five balls for 88 yards. "We're right there both times," Hedden said. "The kid goes up over top of us and makes a play. Not much I can say to our kids. We were in position. When you're 6-4 and probably have a 36-inch vertical you're going to make that play."
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Carswell, who lost two fumbles but scored on a 10-yard second-quarter jaunt, had 33 of his 59 rushing yards on the final drive, allowing Nees to take a knee.
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Named after Rachmaninoff's Opus 23 # 5 in G minor, this wine's GST blend (Grenache Syrah Tempranillo) exemplifies the power and finesse that is Greg's passion in both winemaking and music. A professional bass player for many years, Greg tends to gravitate toward complexity in music and wine. The GST blend, G minor, is the result of Greg Baiocchi's desire to have his vineyard's varietals "play well together".
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"G minor is the result of co-fermenting Grenache, Syrah and Tempranillo, three varietals that have been blended together occasionally, mostly two at a time but rarely three at a time. To my knowledge, they have never been co-fermented," Greg says.
"In this GST wine, the Grenache is the finesse of our G minor, allowing for a softer experience when the wine first hits the palate. Strawberry and dried cherries with soft lushness, then blue fruits enter as the wine hits the mid-palate. The wine then finishes with firm earthy tannins, quite a bit of structure and some of the power that comes from huge hands… a wine just like Rachmaninoff would have created if he were a winemaker," Greg said.
During the June 1 opening celebration of their new tasting room, winery owners Greg and Sharon Baiocchi are pouring their high quality, small lot wines made from their estate-grown Sierra Foothill grapes. Featured wines include Baiocchi 2010 Orellana (60% Tempranillo, 40% Grenache), Baiocchi 2010 Grenache Sharon's Vineyard, gb 2011 G minor (Greg's unique "GST" blend of 44% Grenache, 32% Syrah and 24% Tempranillo), gb 2012 Neophyte Rose (100% Grenache), and gb 2012 del papa (a co-fermented blend of 70% Viognier and 30% Roussanne). The Baiocchi family also grows Syrah and Mourvedre in their 12 acre vineyard and will soon be releasing more wines containing those Rhone varietals.
The new Baiocchi tasting room at 82 Main Street, Sutter Creek, CA, joins a growing group of elite wineries that comprise Sutter Creek's "Wine on Main" wine tourism initiative to bring wine lovers to this historic Amador County destination for a day or two of tasting enjoyment. Baiocchi Wines have won many kudos since their first vintage in 2009, including accolades from Jeb Dunnuck (now at Wine Advocate) and The Purely Domestic Wine Report. Go to www.BaiocchiWines.com for more information.
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My work has been published in "National Geographic France" as well as in the magazine "Long Cours". I have been a member of the Hans Lucas Agency since 2015. I won the MAP 2013 as well as the FUJIFILM competition "Regard Doubles 2015" for my work "Saami, peuple d'Europe face au réchauffement climatique" ("Saami, people of Europe faced with global warming").
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Coral and seaweed choose the bacteria that float in the waters above tropical reefs, a study of marine microbes suggests.
Microbial ecologist Linda Kelly of San Diego State University and colleagues examined microbes from the water just above 22 coral reefs. The organisms that claim the most real estate on the reef, coral or algae, determine which species of microbe live in the water, the researchers report June 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Scientists have long known that fast-growing seaweed and algae can quickly smother slow-growing corals. But researchers didn't know that the struggle directly affects bystanders such as ocean bacteria. "It's not what was expected," says Nancy Knowlton, a coral reef ecologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Most scientists suspected that water quality, especially nutrient concentrations, played the biggest role in determining which microbes live around a reef, she says.
More nutrients churn up from the deep ocean near the equator than elsewhere, making equatorial waters rich in phosphate and inorganic nitrogen. The team thought that reefs farther from the equator might have different microbes than equatorial reefs do.
The researchers tested that prediction in reefs throughout the Line Islands, a string of 11 atolls and coral islands south of Hawaii that straddle about 18 degrees of latitude across the equator. But latitude and nutrient composition played little role in determining the microbial makeup, the researchers found. Instead, coral-dominated reefs had different species of bacteria than did reefs ruled by seaweed, also called fleshy algae. The more coral in the reef, the more Cyanobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria and Firmicutes the team found in the water. Seaweed-covered reefs bathed in Gammaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria. Some of those bacteria are potential pathogens that might harm the seaweed-covered reefs' remaining coral.
Although all of the coral-dominated reefs had roughly the same species of bacteria, the genes those bacteria carried differed based on the water's nutrient content, the team discovered. Bacteria living in water chock full of nutrients carried a plethora of nutrient-processing genes, such as those involved in fixing nitrogen or in resisting the harmful effects of heavy metals such as cobalt, zinc and cadmium. Microbes in nutrient-poor waters tended to have more genes for photosynthesis. Kelly speculates that these microbes jettison extraneous genes for ones that allow the bacteria to make their own food.
People probably indirectly change reefs' microbial mixes by fishing, the researchers say. Removing seaweed-munching fish from a reef may allow algae to take over and muck with the microbes. That can set up a vicious cycle in which the bacteria reinforce the change on the reef by making coral sick, Kelly says.
L.W. Kelly et al. Local genomic adaptation of coral reef-associated microbiomes to gradients of natural variability and anthropogenic stressors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Published online June 30, 2014. doi: 10.1073/pnas.140331911.
T.H. Saey. Corals beat heat by being prepared. Science News. Vol. 183, February 9, 2013, p. 16.
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Gov't Mule closed their fall tour at Silver Spring, MD's The Fillmore on Saturday night. Near the end of the group's first set, area saxophonist and Warren Haynes Band member Ron Holloway stepped out to play on "I Believe To My Soul." Harmonica player and longtime Gov't Mule collaborator Hook Herrera then joined the members of Mule and Holloway for a set-closing "32/20 Blues."
Herrera returned at the start of Gov't Mule's second set to assist on a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero." A few songs later, Holloway returned for a cover of Traffic's "Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys" and, during Gov't Mule's first encore segment, pedal steel player Roosevelt Collier from the evening's opening act The Lee Boys sat in on Neil Young's "Cortez The Killer." Finally, Mule returned for a tour-closing second encore. Herrera helped the group kick things off with a take on "The Hunter" and remained onstage as the song segued into "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl." At this point, Holloway joined Mule and Herrera onstage, and both guests then remained onstage as the number moved back into "The Hunter."
Members of The Lee Boys joined Gov't Mule onstage on Friday night, too. During their encore at Columbus, OH's LC Pavilion, Collier, Lee Boys bassist Alvin Cordy Jr. and Lee Boys vocalist Derrick Lee joined Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes, Matt Abts and Danny Louis onstage for "Soulshine." To close the night, Gov't Mule returned for a second encore segment featuring Collier and area guitarist John Boerst on "Ventilator Blues."
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When the Highlands and Islands of Scotland adopted the bagpipe, perhaps some six hundred years ago, they began to develop the instrument and its music to suit their needs and tastes.
What emerged was the instrument we know today as the Great Highland Bagpipe, and a form of music, piobaireachd (pronounced Pee-broch), which is unique to the instrument. The music consists of a theme (ground) and variations on this theme. The theme can express joy, sadness, or sometimes in the "gathering" tunes , a peremptory warning or call to arms.
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If there ever was a poster child for Real Food Right Now, it would be, hands down, the garlic scape. With a tangle of green curlicued shoots in your midst, you aren't just eating seasonally; you're literally eating in the moment. Here's what I mean: The scape (aka garlic shoot or curl) represents a specific stage of growth of hard-necked varieties of garlic. Like its brothers and sisters in the Allium family, garlic (A. sativum) grows underground, developing into a soft bulb. As the bulb grows and hardens, a green shoot pokes its head through the ground and curls in pig tail-like fashion before straightening. (A tangle of them always makes me think of Medusa's fabulous mane.)
The scape is also a quintessential example of "nose-to-tail" vegetable eating. Snip while curly and you've got mild garlicky goodness with an asparagus-like texture and versatile appeal. Ignored, the scape hardens into what we know as the garlic stalk (or neck) and the bulb below never reaches its full potential.
I wait all year long for scapes to arrive at my local farmers' market, marking my calendar for mid to late June for their short yet dramatic stay. Ever since discovering the scape in 2005, I've made it my personal mission to spread the gospel about one of the most interesting vegetables you'll ever come to know. Garlic lovers only need apply; although the scape is milder in flavor, it tends to linger in the mouth.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a date with a scape before it's too late...
A Brief History
You can't talk about garlic scapes in the absence of garlic, one of the oldest known cultivated vegetables. (In fact, there's little out there about the history and lore of the scape.) Garlic is old-school food y'all; there are references to it in the Bible and the Koran, and it's mentioned as part of the diet on Sumerian cuneiform tablets dating to 2300 BCE. (Source: Eric Block's Garlic and Other Alliums: The Lore and the Science) It was used as both a funereal offering and embalming agent in ancient Egypt.
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- Native to central Asia, garlic eventually made its way to the Mediterranean, where it remains a central ingredient of the region's heart-healthy, disease-fighting diet. It is believed to have made its way to North America via European settlers during colonial times and revered for its medicinal rather than culinary benefits until the early 20th century.
- For millennia, garlic has been used for its medicinal and healing properties in cultures worldwide, but in certain cultures, it's verboten. The Jains (who practice very specific eating traditions) refrain from garlic because like other root vegetables, pulling the plant out of the ground effectively kills it. I wonder if scapes would be acceptable, since cutting them allows garlic bulbs to grow?
- Devotees of Lord Krishna, also known as Vaishnavas, abstain from garlic because it is considered a distraction to devotion practices. Similarly, in Ayurvedic medicine, garlic is considered rajasic, which means it may stimulate passion, a detour from meditation.
- Elephant garlic is not true garlic, but a member of the leek family. This scape lover recently saw elephant garlic scapes from California in her local (Seattle) supermarket.
China is the world's leading producer of garlic, responsible for more than three-fourths of the global supply in 2010. It's unknown if scapes are being used domestically in China and it's anyone's guess just how soon we'll see imported scapes in American supermarkets -- another reason to enjoy scapes from local farms!
Most American garlic is grown in central California, in the town of Gilroy, home to a renowned garlic festival (which this writer has had the stinky pleasure of experiencing). Although Gilroy describes itself as the "garlic capital of the world," the United States is currently number six in worldwide production, contributing just 1.4 percent of the garlic equation.
As mentioned earlier, hard neck varieties produce the beloved scapes, which savvy farmers snip, bunch and sell at a premium at farmers' markets.
Environmental Impact
As we've established, the scape represents a particular stage in the life span of the garlic plant, so it's like an early birthday present from Mother Nature. It's rare to get two plants for the environmental price of one, so to speak.
In the seven years I've been cooking with garlic scapes, I've only seen them available through local points of purchase, either through farms stands, CSA boxes or farmers' markets, which keeps the fossil fuel impact down and dollars close by. As such, it stands to reason that local garlic scapes (and their bulbs) would likely have a lower pesticide load, even from non-certified organic farms. (See our veggie rule of thumb, below*.)
But will the scape remain a local foods exclusive for much longer? Given its continued skyrocketing popularity among curious cooks, it's anyone's guess when it will become the next "it" girl in upscale supermarkets nationwide.
As of this writing, nutritional details for the scape are unavailable (but we're working on it!). Bulb garlic has long been known for its healing properties, a motherlode of anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-viral agents, as well as cholesterol-lowering magic powers. We can only assume that as a part of the plant, the scape has some of these disease-fighting attributes and will share nutritional updates as they become available.
What to Look For
Scapes should be firm but somewhat flexible and free of blemishes or moldy spots. As they age, scapes will fade and brown, similar to what happens with a scallion.
What To Do With It
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Store in the refrigerator and use within a week, as the stalks will eventually soften and lose their punch. Trim the end that was formerly attached to the bulb and discard the flowery blossom, as it tends to be stringy. You could also blanch (quick boil) for 60 seconds, followed by an ice bath, then freeze for when you get a scapes hankering later this year (and you will).
Slice thinly (about 1⁄4-inch pieces) and use like your other favorite allium friends. Saute and incorporate into fried rice, omelets, stir-fries or as a pizza topping. I'm inspired to try them pickled, but really what I breathlessly wait for all year long is to make batches of pesto -- to be tossed into pasta, spread onto sandwiches, lathered onto bruschetta and dipped with grilled vegetables. I'll freeze a bunch without the cheese and thaw for later this summer when Sun Gold tomatoes are ready. The pairing is sublime.
Ready, set, scape...
Excerpted From The Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook by Kim O'Donnel by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright 2010.
Garlic Scape Pesto
1 cup garlic scapes (8 or 9 scapes), top flowery part removed, cut into 1⁄4-inch slices
1⁄3 cup walnuts
3⁄4cup olive oil
1⁄4to 1⁄2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
1⁄2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Ground black pepper
1. Place the scapes and walnuts in the bowl of a food processor and whiz until well combined and somewhat smooth. Slowly drizzle in the oil and process until integrated.
2. With a rubber spatula, scoop the pesto out of the bowl and into a mixing bowl. Add Parmigiano- Reggiano and salt and pepper to taste.
3. Keeps for up to one week in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Also freezes well; add the cheese after the pesto has thawed.
Makes about 3⁄4 cup.
Kim O'Donnel is a trained chef, nationally recognized online food personality and longtime journalist. She is also the author of The Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook and the forthcoming Meat Lover's Holiday Table, and the founder of Canning Across America.
(*Fruit and vegetable rule of thumb: We think that first and foremost, in terms of nutrition, people should eat lots of fruits and vegetables whether they are organic or not. The EWG's guide is a handy list, but we will point out here that the impacts of pesticides are not limited to your ingestion of them - agricultural chemicals also affect farmworkers and local waterways, both good reasons to buy organic, even those vegetables that carry a light pesticide load. Also, it has been demonstrated that produce grown by small-scale farmers, even those who are not certified organic, tends to have a lighter pesticide load than its industrially-produced counterpart, owing to industry's tendency toward large monocrops.)
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Steven Kleinedler, executive director of the American Heritage Dictionary, took note when Immigration Policy Center criticized its definition of "anchor baby."
Kleinedler says American heritage will tweak the definition of the phrase for the third printing of the dictionary's Fifth Edition by noting that it is an offensive and derogatory term. He acknowledges that it "should have been done in the first place."
He wrote on New Times' initial blog post the other day that he'd been in contact with the executive director of the Immigration Policy Center "to discuss her very valid points" and that "a revision to the definition is in order, and the editorial staff and I are working on this."
"When I first read the blog post at Immigration Impact, I knew immediately that a revision would be order," Kleinedler says. "I didn't need anyone to convince me. It was an obvious error that needed to be rectified, and so that is what we did."
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n. Offensive Used as a disparaging term for a child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil, especially when the child's birthplace is thought to have been chosen in order to improve the mother's or other relatives' chances of securing eventual citizenship.
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n. A child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil, especially such a child born to parents seeking to secure eventual citizenship for themselves and often other members of their family.
Immigration Policy Center director Mary Giovagnoli first blogged at immigrationimpact.com criticizing the definition of "anchor baby."
"This masks the poisonous and derogatory nature of the term, a term which demeans both parent and child and in the process suggests that it is acceptable to call a child born in the U.S--i.e. an American citizen--an "anchor baby," Giovagnoli wrote.
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- Baked Blue Cheese Dip
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Corn is rising in light trading as commodities traders await a series of crucial reports that will be released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday.
Corn for March delivery rose 3.25 cents to settle at $6.8875 a bushel Tuesday. The grain has declined almost 20 percent since reaching a multi-year high in August after drought decimated crops.
In other grains trading, wheat for March delivery fell 0.75 cents to $7.5050 a bushel, while soybeans fell 2 cents a bushel to $13.8650.
Trading in metals was mixed. Gold, silver and platinum rose while copper and palladium fell.


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March 08. 2013 12:51PM
Conclave to elect new pope to start Tuesday
By CRISPIAN BALMER
VATICAN CITY, March 8 (Reuters) - There are no official candidates in the election for pope, which will begin when 115 cardinal electors file into the Sistine Chapel for their conclave on Tuesday.
The cardinals will stay in the conclave, cut off from the outside world, until they elect a successor to Pope Benedict. Conclaves usually last about three days.
Several names are frequently mentioned in Rome as "papabile" (potential popes). This list of the names most often cited is alphabetical, not in order of their chances.
- Joao Braz de Aviz (Brazil, 65)
brought fresh air to the Vatican department for religious congregations when he took over in 2011. He supports the preference for the poor in Latin America's liberation theology, but not the excesses of some of its advocates. Possible drawbacks include his low profile.
- Timothy Dolan (USA, 63)
became the voice of U.S. Catholicism after being named archbishop of New York in 2009. His humor and dynamism have impressed the Vatican, where both are often missing. But cardinals are wary of a "superpower pope" and his back-slapping style may be too American for some.
- Peter Erdo (Hungary, 60)
ranks as a possible compromise candidate if the conclave's European majority do not back an Italian but are wary of a pope from overseas. His two terms as head of a European bishops council and strong links with African church leaders could garner strong support from two important voting blocs.
- Sean O'Malley (USA, 68)
has been touted as a "clean hands" candidate since he was named to three U.S. dioceses in a row to settle sexual abuse scandals. Appointed to Boston in 2003 after a major crisis there, he sold off archdiocesan properties and prompted protests by closing down little-used churches.
- Marc Ouellet (Canada, 68)
is effectively the Vatican's top staff director as head of the Congregation for Bishops. He once said becoming pope "would be a nightmare". Though well connected within the Curia, the widespread secularism of his native Quebec could hurt him and even friends say he is not charismatic.
- Gianfranco Ravasi (Italy, 70)
has been Vatican culture minister since 2007 and represents the Church to the worlds of art, science, culture and even to atheists. This profile could hurt him if cardinals decide they need an experienced pastor rather than another professor like Benedict as pope.
Leonardo Sandri (Argentina, 69)
is a "transatlantic" figure born in Buenos Aires to Italian parents. He held the third-highest Vatican post as its chief of staff in 2000-2007. But he has no pastoral experience and his job overseeing eastern churches is not a power position in Rome.
- Odilo Scherer (Brazil, 63)
ranks as Latin America's strongest candidate. Archbishop of Sao Paulo, largest diocese in the largest Catholic country, he is conservative in his country but would rank as a moderate elsewhere. The rapid growth of Protestant churches in Brazil could count against him.
- Christoph Schoenborn (Austria, 68)
is a former student of Pope Benedict with a pastoral touch the retired pontiff lacked. The Vienna archbishop has been a rising star since editing the Church's catechism in the 1990s. But some cautious stands on reform and strong dissent by some Austrian priests could hurt him.
- Angelo Scola (Italy, 71)
is archbishop of Milan, a springboard to the papacy, and is many Italians' bet to win. An expert on bioethics, he also knows Islam as head of a foundation to promote Muslim-Christian understanding. His dense oratory could put off cardinals seeking a charismatic communicator.
- Luis Tagle (Philippines, 55)
has a charisma often compared to that of the late Pope John Paul II. He was also close to Pope Benedict after working with him at the International Theological Commission. He has many fans in the Church but only got his red hat in 2012. Conclaves can be wary of young popes who could have long reigns.
- Peter Turkson (Ghana, 64)
is the top African candidate. Head of the Vatican justice and peace bureau, he is spokesman for the church's social conscience and backs world financial reform. He showed a video criticizing Muslims at a recent Vatican synod, raising doubts about how he sees Islam.
- Roman Catholic cardinals will start their conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict on March 12, the Vatican said on Friday, with no clear favorite to take charge of the troubled Church.
Benedict's surprise abdication last month has already brought most of the world's cardinals to the Vatican for discussions on the problems facing the 1.2 billion-member Church, and to decide on the profile of the man they want to lead them.
After five days of closed-door debate, the red-capped prelates decided on Friday to begin their secret ballot in the frescoed
Sistine Chapel
on the afternoon of next Tuesday following a Mass in
St Peter's Basilica
in the morning.
A total of 115 elector-cardinals, all aged under 80, are expected to take part in the elaborate ritual, which will continue until one man receives at least a two-thirds majority, or 77 votes.
The cardinals are likely to hold just one ballot on the first day and up to four ballots each day thereafter. Benedict was elected in barely 24 hours in 2005. His predecessor, John Paul II, became pope after eight rounds of voting spread over three days in the 1978 conclave.
The cardinals have made clear they want another quick conclave this time to make sure they can all return to their dioceses in time to lead Easter celebrations - the most important event in the Roman Catholic calendar.
"It's been 10 days since I left the archdiocese, and as the old song goes, 'I wanna go home!'" U.S. Cardinal
Timothy Dolan
said in a blog on Friday.
Cardinals were in the past locked into areas around the
Sistine Chapel
, famed for its Michelangelo frescoes, and not allowed out until they had chosen a new pontiff.
But the rules changed before the 2005 conclave and the prelates now get to reside in a comfortable Vatican hotel while they are not voting in the chapel itself.
Vatican spokesman Father
Federico Lombardi
said on Friday the cardinal electors would draw lots to see which rooms they would sleep in, with all external contact, including emails and telephone calls, forbidden.
Jamming devices will also be installed around the Sistine Chapel and the hotel to stop outsiders eavesdropping and to prevent mobile phone usage in the area.
One senior churchman is believed to have let slip to friends in
that Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger
had been elected pope in 2005 before the crowds waiting in the nearby St. Peter's Square were informed.


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January 31, 2013
Norwood Theatre's rebirth a labor of love and community
This story appeared in The Boston Globe South. Read the article online here.
By Jim Morrison
NORWOOD — When Susan Lewis first walked into the Norwood Theatre with her 13-year-old son, Stephen, in the summer of 1997, she had no idea she would be running the place 15 years later, after spending millions to buy and rehabilitate it.
"Ask people, and they'll tell you," the Westwood resident said recently. "Serendipity happens a lot around that theater."
Erica McLaughlin, the theater's events coordinator and lone full-time employee, seconds that notion. She says she's met a number of people who formed strong bonds at the theater and still keep in touch decades later. Countless unexpected friendships, romances, and at least one marriage can trace their beginnings to the 86-year-old establishment.
"This theater is a real community," said McLaughlin, who was hired full time about a year ago but whose ties to the theater go back to when she began performing there as a 5-year-old, and eventually coaxed her two siblings and even her parents into joining her on its stage.
"There are lots of families with stories like that," she said.
Lewis's story goes far beyond the typical involvement. She said she and her late husband, Brad, were taken by surprise when Stephen told them he wanted to audition for a part in "Anything Goes," a 1987 Broadway show being produced by a local ensemble at the Norwood Theatre.
"He had never voiced any interest in performing, but it was the beginning of a part of him that he didn't know existed," she said. All three of her children would go on to perform at the theater.
Lewis became hooked as well; she said she sometimes spent up to eight hours a day as a volunteer helping with makeup and costumes in those years.
"I just loved the program," she said. "I saw what it brought out in my children, who are now adults." Her sons Stephen and Matthew even acted alongside now-famous Newton resident John Krasinski in a 1998 production of "Bye Bye Birdie."
The Norwood Theatre was designed by local resident William G. Upham and built across from the town common in 1927. Over the years it changed hands a number of times, and was maintained and repaired to varying degrees. Lewis said by the 2000s the building needed a lot of work, and soon rumors of a potential sale caught her ear.
She eventually bought it from the Fiddlehead Theatre Company in 2009 for nearly $1 million, and began what she hoped would be a four-month restoration in early 2010.
"I'm no stranger to renovations," Lewis said, after designing and renovating three homes, "but the theater was a different animal. It was a multimillion-dollar project" and ultimately took more than 2½ years to complete. She declined to say how much she has spent to overhaul the property.
"It was important to me that I use my own personal funds to renovate the building," said Lewis. "It was my contribution to the arts and the community."
(Coincidentally, another area theater was also recently renovated, although on a smaller scale and funded differently. All 360 seats at the Company Theatre in Norwell were replaced, along with new carpeting and repainting of the walls and stage area. Founding member Zoe Bradford and artistic director Michael Joseph said they raised $67,000 from patrons, and got a matching grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and completed their renovations in three weeks.)
The Norwood Theatre, which seats 731, reopened on Aug. 31, its 85th anniversary.
Contractors installed an elevator, lowered the basement several feet, added bathrooms and seating, built a dance studio, put in a high-tech geothermal heating and cooling system, and created an orchestra pit beneath the stage. Workers restored as much of the theater's original details as was practical, and used period reproductions for newer fixtures to retain the feel of the 1920s throughout the building.
The proscenium arch that frames the stage, for instance, is the original carved plaster, and a painting contractor needed three weeks to strip, repair, and refinish it, said McLaughlin.
In the balcony outside the projectionist's booth is the theater's original Standard Simplex 35mm projector, which was discovered during the renovation. The 1920s equipment doesn't work, but it adds to the old-time feel of the building.
The facility is completely handicapped-accessible; Lewis says she hopes to start a program for children and adults with physical limitations.
She also said she is aiming to keep the theater's doors open every day of the week, "but right now the goal is to provide entertainment every Saturday evening."
Since its reopening last summer, the theater has booked Sinatra and Beatles tribute bands, comedians, and an illusionist, and has screened classic films. The revamped space hosted its first live musical production, "Next to Normal," last weekend, and more are being planned, McLaughlin said.
"It started out as a movie theater, but now it's more of a performing arts center," said McLaughlin, adding she is often stopped by local residents wanting to share their reminiscences of the old theater.
"I hear a lot of 'first kiss' stories," she said.
The revamped theater has a concession stand with an array of snacks and popcorn, and — a popular new feature — beer and wine are available during most events . It sometimes hosts corporate functions during the week, and has begun partnering with other nonprofit organizations to hold fund-raisers.
For Valentine's Day, it will be showing "Casablanca," the classic 1942 romantic film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, with screenings Feb. 13, 14, and 15.
On March 2, "A Celtic Crossing 2013" will feature singer Pauline Wells and Boston Irish music band Devri, joined by special guest fiddler Patsy Whelan, in a fund-raiser to benefit the Cops for Kids with Cancer charity.
To learn more about the theater and its events, visit www.norwoodstage.com.
To view the photo album of the theatre on Boston.com, click here.


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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Where For Art Thou, Charmed Circle?
Today's prelude to the Pick Six at Belmont Park is a.k.a. the third race preliminary allowances-optional claiming feature for 3-year-old & up sprinters going 6 furlongs.
The race has drawn six and it's both tricky and trappy. Do you take fast working returnees with good company lines, young horses dropping into a softer spot after meeting much tougher?
How about neither? How about taking an older runner getting weight from some of the 3-year-olds while holding a pace advantage and a versatile style that would allow for a speed or stalking style in this spot?
Yes, the fast working One Sock Down (7-2) is intriguing. He beat Teeth Of The Dog in his debut then ran into Discreet Dancer going a mile in his second start. But then he went to the sidelines.
There's Brian (5-2) that, after finishing second in the overnight You And I Stakes, he bore out badly in the G2 Wood Stephens and was eased, what about him? Or Mr. Continental, a big time maiden winner for Zito showing good energy distribution last out at Delaware Park?
Or, finally, Inflation Target (2-1), dropping, turning back and adding blinkers for Rick Violette, who's been pushing all the right buttons of late.
Well, there value in Bravo Romeo (6-1) at early line odds, in at 114 pounds beneath apprentice Wilmer Garcia. The 4-year-old lost too much ground in a recent starter allowances but now draws inside, a position that's not proven a hindrance to him in the past.
Taking Bravo Romeo to win at 4-1 or greater and key boxing him in exactas with One Sock Down.
Running Totals: (1113) 342-216-167 Total Dollar Return: $2,353.20 [win selections only]
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Skateboarder injured, cited for crash in Greeley
September 18, 2013
A 20-year-old skateboarder was injured Friday afternoon in central Greeley after being hit by a truck while he was crossing against the light.
The crash happened about 3:35 p.m. as Mickel Quinones was driving his truck northbound on 23rd Avenue at Reservoir Road. Quinones, 32, had a green light and collided with David Freeman as he crossed 23rd Avenue on his skateboard. Freeman suffered a broken clavicle and hand fractures. He was taken to North Colorado Medical Center, Greeley police Lt. Adam Turk said.
Freeman was issued a citation for failure to yield the right of way, Turk said.


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To tell the truth, here at Budget Travel we've never signed off on the notion that summer ends on Labor Day. Not only does the season officially extend into late September, but balmy beach breezes, warm sun, and lobster rolls remain available well into October. And one of the benefits of hitting the shore in autumn is affordable hotel rates, putting dream destinations like Hilton Head, Montauk, Laguna Beach, and even Nantucket within your reach. Here, 10 of our favorite American beach towns with fall rates that say, "Welcome!"
South Carolina
Warm beaches, warm welcome—plus pirates!
With fall temperatures in the 70s and 80s, miles of pristine lowcountry beaches, and the utterly unique Gullah culture, Hilton Head is truly like no other beach town in America. Learn more about what makes the island special at the Coastal Discovery Museum, or discover it for yourself on a quiet beach. If you're traveling with kids, don't miss Pirates of Hilton Head Island, with its ride aboard the Black Dagger ship. Or take a deep breath and explore the island on ZipLine Hilton Head's two-hour sky-high tour!
Where to eat: Dye's Gullah Fixin's (840 William Hilton Parkway, 843/681-8106, dyesgullahfixins.com, stuffed flounder $9.99, reservations required, cash only).
Where to stay: Holiday Inn Resort The Beach House (1 South Forest Beach Dr., ihg.com, from $119)
Get there: Hilton Head Island is 20 miles north of Savannah, Ga., and 95 miles south of Charleston, S.C.
Step back in time in this sleepy Lake Michigan town
Picket fences, a 19th-century vibe, and not a chain restaurant in sight. Saugatuck is one of the places savvy Chicagoans go to get away from the big city. Before you can plant yourself on Oval Beach, you've got to hop a hand-cranked ferry across the Kalamazoo River.
Where to eat: Phil's Bar and Grille (215 Butler St., philsbarandgrille.com, scallop pad thai $21).
Where to stay: Best Western Plaza Hotel Saugatuck (3457 Blue Star Highway, bestwestern.com, from $99).
Get there: Saugatuck is about 140 miles northeast of Chicago.
Live the SoCal beach dream
No, you don't have to surf just because you're on an iconic seven-mile stretch of Southern California sea and sand, but you can take a group surfing lesson for $75 with a guarantee that you'll "get up" on your board. Nearby Laguna Village offers excellent art galleries and shops, a nod to this gorgeous beach town's roots as an artists' colony.
Where to eat: Rock'n Fish (422 South Coast Highway, rocknfishlb.com, crab and avocado roll $16.95)
Where to stay: Pacific Edge Hotel (647 South Coast Highway, pacificedgehotel.com, from $125).
Get there: Laguna Beach is about 50 miles south of Los Angeles and 72 miles north of San Diego.
Gulf beaches, fresh seafood, and art galleries
One of Budget Travel's Coolest Small Towns in America 2013, Bay St. Louis was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 but has done more than recover since then. Explore Historic Old Town, go fishing, and take a walking tour of 19th-century homes, Creole cottages, and galleries, or just take Main Street straight down to the beach.
Where to eat: Mockingbird Café (110 South 2nd St., mockingbirdcafe.com, World-Famous Mockingburger featuring 100 percent Black Angus beef, cheedar cheese, fresh tomato, sweet red onion and green leaf lettuce on a jalapeno cheddar sourdough bun $9).
Where to stay: Carroll House Bed & Breakfast (304 Carroll Ave., carrollhousebnb.com, from $105).
Get there: Bay St. Louis is about 60 miles northeast of New Orleans.
New Jersey
The lines for the roller coaster and zeppoli are way shorter in September!
Point Pleasant is, well, pleasant enough in summer if you enjoy being part of a major scene, rubbing elbows with in-the-know New Yorkers, Philadelphians, and Jersey girls and boys who love Jenkinson's Boardwalk and the lovely stretch of beach here. But come September, the rides stay open, the cotton candy is just as sweet, but rates for hotel rooms just a block from the beach can be literally a third of the summer price.
Where to eat: Woodchucks BBQ (3009 Lakewood Rd., woodchucksbbq.com, half-slab of baby back ribs with cornbread and two sides $14).
Where to stay: The White Sands (1205 Ocean Ave., thewhitesands.com, from $130).
Get there: Point Pleasant is about 70 miles south of New York City and about 75 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
Old-timey seaport in the Pacific Northwest
We love the harbor and the foodie scene in this Victorian-era Olympic coast seaport, which was one of our Coolest Small Towns last year. A sea kayaker's dream town, Port Townsend also boasts nearby mountains for hiking and biking, and is an especially great place to cast for fish.
Where to eat: Fins Coastal Cuisine (1019 Water St., finscoastal.com, wild cod fish-and-chips with hand-cut garlic fries, field greens, and tarragon tartar sauce $16).
Where to stay: Chevy Chase Beach Cabins (7310 South Discovery Rd., chevychasebeachcabins.com, from $150 through September, from $110 October through May).
Get there: Port Townsend is about 56 miles northwest of Seattle, but set aside two hours for the drive, along winding coastal highways. From Victoria, B.C., take a two-hour ferry ride to Port Angeles, Wash., then drive 47 miles east.
You can't go any farther—or ask for a more beautiful location—down the East Coast
Well-known as one of Ernest Hemingway's favorite locales—with a party reputation to match—this gorgeous spot at the waaaaaaaaaay bottom of the U.S.'s East Coast boasts a much wider variety of activities, including tours of Victorian homes, nature kayaking, and unique art galleries. Sunset-watching here is not mandatory, but thoroughly recommended. No matter how cliché, it never gets old.
Where to eat: B.O.'s Fish Wagon (801 Carolina St., 305/294-9272, grouper sandwich $13,50).
Where to stay: Parrot Key Hotel & Resort (2801 North Roosevelt Blvd, parrotkeyresort.com, from $131
Get there: Key West is 161 miles southwest of Miami.
New York
Parkland and board shorts at the very end of Long Island's East End
Sure, this dreamy beach town at the tip of New York's Long Island has gone a bit more upscale over the years, with some classic motels closing and serious eateries moving in. But with only 17 square miles bounded by water and 40 percent of the land devoted to state and county parkland, this place is still pretty wild, and one stop at the Ditch Plains beach and its surfing scene will make you feel as if you've traveled back to the days when trekking the 100+ miles from NYC kept most folks away.
Where to eat: The Crow's Nest (4 Old Westlake Dr., crowsnestmtk.com, mezze platter, including hummus, babaganoush, tabouli, olives, and pita $22).
Where to stay: Ocean Beach Resort (108 South Emerson Ave., oceanbeachmontauk.com, from $178).
Get there: Montauk is about 110 miles from Manhattan.
A hoppin' main street in paradise
For some people, the words "beautiful beach" and Maui are synonymous, and it's difficult to argue. But you'll also find a beautiful town—Hawaii's former capital, Lahaina—on the unparalleled island, with one of the U.S.'s most thriving main streets, the result, in part, of the 19th century whaling industry, for which Lahaina served as something of an unofficial capital as well. Nearby Kaanapali Beach, mountains you can almost reach out and touch, and a tranquil harbor make Lahaina a perfect town for kicking back.
Where to eat: Aloha Mixed Plate (1285 Front St., alohamixedplate.com, lau lau, featuring pork and beef wrapped in taro leaves, with white rice and potato mac salad $7.95).
Where to stay: Kaanapali Ocean Inn (2780 Kekaa Dr., kaanapalioceaninn.com, from $149).
Get there: Maui is an eight-hour flight from Los Angeles, with one stop in Honolulu (Hawaiian Airlines flights from $571).
Eighteenth-century architecture meets 21st-century style
"See what a real corner of the world it occupies; how it stands there, away off shore, more lonely than the Eddystone lighthouse," wrote Herman Melville about Nantucket in Moby-Dick. This charmingly whale-shaped island still holds its lonely position off the coast of Cape Cod, but of course these days the whaling captains, sailors, and harpooners who made the island home two centuries ago have been replaced by captains of industry who can meet the sky-high summer rates. But things cool down literally and figuratively come September, when you can have perfect beaches, 18th-century cobblestone streets lined with contemporary galleries—and a table with a view—to yourself. (And don't miss the Nantucket Historical Association, with its beautifully designed whaling exhibits and exceptional docents, in the heart of downtown.)
Where to eat: The Jetties (4 Bathing Beach Rd., thejetties.com, lobster roll with French fries $17.75).
Where to stay: Nantucket Inn (1 Miller Ln., nantucketinn.net, from $204).
Get there: Hyannis, Mass., is 70 miles southeast of Boston; from there, opt for the slower, more affordable ferry option (great clam chowder and cold beer!) to Nantucket, and remember Herman Melville's great prose as the island appears on the horizon.