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William Howard Taft, (born September 15, 1857, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died March 8, 1930, Washington, D.C.), 27th president of the United States (1909–13) and 10th chief justice of the United States (1921–30). As the choice of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him and carry on the progressive Republican agenda, Taft as president alienated the progressives—and later Roosevelt—thereby contributing greatly to the split in Republican ranks in 1912, to the formation of the Bull Moose Party (also known as the Progressive Party), and to his humiliating defeat that year in his bid for a second term. (For a discussion of the history and nature of the presidency, see presidency of the United States of America.)
Early political career
The son of Alphonso Taft, secretary of war and attorney general (1876–77) under Pres. Ulysses S. Grant, and Louisa Maria Torrey, Taft graduated second in his Yale class of 1878, studied law, and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1880. Drawn to politics in the Republican Party, he served in several minor appointive offices until 1887, when he was named to fill the unfinished term of a judge of the superior court of Ohio. The following year he was elected to a five-year term of his own, the only time he ever attained office via popular vote other than his election to the presidency. From 1892 to 1900 he served as a judge of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, where he made several decisions hostile to organized labour. He upheld the use of an injunction to stop a strike by railroad workers, and he declared illegal the use of a secondary boycott. On the other hand, he upheld the rights of workers to organize, to join a union, and to strike, and he extended the power of the injunction to enforce antitrust laws.
Taft resigned his judgeship on March 15, 1900, to accept appointment by Pres. William McKinley to serve as chairman of the Second Philippine Commission. Charged with organizing civil government in the islands following the Spanish-American War (1898), Taft displayed considerable talent as an executive and administrator. In 1901 he became the first civilian governor of the Philippines, concentrating in that post on the economic development of the islands. Fond of and very popular among the Philippine people, Taft twice refused to leave the islands when offered appointment to the Supreme Court by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. In 1904 he agreed to return to Washington to serve as Roosevelt's secretary of war, with the stipulation that he could continue to supervise Philippine affairs.
Although dissimilar in both physique and temperament, the rotund, easygoing Taft and the muscular, almost-manic Roosevelt nonetheless became close friends; the president regarded his secretary of war as a trusted adviser. When Roosevelt declined to run for reelection, he threw his support to Taft, who won the 1908 Republican nomination and defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan in the electoral college by 321 votes to 162. Progressive Republicans, who had found their champion in Theodore Roosevelt, now expected Roosevelt's handpicked successor to carry forward their reform agenda.
However, progressives soon found abundant reason to be disappointed with Taft. Temperamentally, he lacked Roosevelt's compelling leadership qualities, which had inspired people to charge into battle against all that was wrong in American society. Politically, Taft offended progressives when he failed to appoint any from their ranks to his cabinet. He further angered progressives when he backed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff of 1909, a highly protectionist measure that ironically was the product of a special session of Congress called (by Taft) to revise tariff rates downward. Progressives, who favoured lower tariffs, expected a veto. When Taft not only signed the tariff but called it "the best bill that the party has ever passed," the rupture in Republican ranks seemed unlikely to be mended.
Despite his close relationship with Roosevelt, Taft as president aligned himself with the more conservative members in the Republican Party. He did prove to be a vigorous trustbuster, however, launching twice as many antitrust prosecutions as had his progressive predecessor. He also backed conservation of natural resources, another key component of the progressive reform program. But when he fired Gifford Pinchot—head of the Bureau of Forestry, ardent conservationist, and close friend of Roosevelt—Taft severed whatever support he still had among Republican progressives.
Roosevelt returned from an African safari in 1910, and progressives quickly urged him to come out publicly in opposition to his political protégé. At first Roosevelt declined to criticize Taft by name, but by 1912 a breach between the former friends was clearly evident. When Roosevelt decided to challenge Taft for the Republican presidential nomination, the two attacked each other mercilessly in the Republican primary elections. The primary results proved beyond doubt that Republican voters wanted Roosevelt to be the party's standard-bearer in 1912, but Taft's forces controlled the convention and secured the nomination for the incumbent. Believing that the convention had been rigged and that their man had been cheated out of the nomination he deserved, Republican progressives bolted their party to form the Bull Moose (or Progressive) Party and nominated Roosevelt as their presidential candidate.
The split in Republican ranks assured the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Roosevelt came in a distant second, and Taft, capturing less than a quarter of the popular vote, won just two states—Utah and Vermont. In the electoral college, Taft set a record for the poorest performance by an incumbent president seeking reelection: He won a mere 8 electoral votes compared with 88 for Roosevelt and 435 for Wilson.
As president, Taft frequently claimed that "politics makes me sick." Never eager for the office, he had been prodded to pursue it by his wife, Helen Herron Taft, whom he had married in 1886. As first lady, she was a key political adviser to her husband.
Life after the presidency
On his departure from the White House, Taft returned to Yale, where he became a professor of constitutional law. With the entry of the United States into World War I, he served on the National War Labor Board, and at the war's conclusion he strongly supported American participation in the League of Nations.
In 1921 Pres. Warren G. Harding appointed Taft chief justice of the United States, launching what was probably the happiest period in Taft's long career in public service. He promptly took steps to improve the efficiency of the Supreme Court, which had fallen far behind in its work. His influence was decisive in securing passage of the Judge's Act of 1925, which gave the Supreme Court greater discretion in choosing its cases so that it could focus more attention on constitutional questions and other issues of national importance.
Although generally conservative in his judicial philosophy, Taft was no rigid ideologue. His approval of court injunctions, for example, was limited by his insistence that injunctions could not be employed to interfere with the rights of workers to organize and strike. His most important contribution to constitutional law was his opinion in Myers v. United States (1926) upholding the authority of the president to remove federal officials, a much-belated endorsement of the position taken by Andrew Johnson with respect to the Tenure of Office Act in his impeachment trial in 1868.
Suffering from heart disease, Taft resigned as chief justice on February 3, 1930, and he died a little more than a month later.
Cabinet of Pres. William Howard Taft
The table provides a list of cabinet members in the administration of Pres. William Howard Taft.
|March 4, 1909–March 3, 1913
|Philander Chase Knox
|Franklin MacVeagh
|Jacob McGavock Dickinson
Henry Lewis Stimson (from May 22, 1911)
|George von Lengerke Meyer
|Attorney General
|George Woodward Wickersham
|Richard Achilles Ballinger
Walter Lowrie Fisher (from March 7, 1911)
|James Wilson
|Commerce and Labor
|Charles Nagel
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George Whitfield, the quarterback guru whom several NFL starters have credited with helping them improve as passers, is hoping to take on another client this offseason: Tim Tebow.
Whitfield told USA Today that, despite this year's debacle with the Jets, Tebow can still become an NFL starter — if he does the hard work necessary to change his throwing motion.
"It's doable," Whitfield said. "And I absolutely believe it can be done, and I would absolutely go in with him on it. He is going to have to make the decision to morph to the position — to re-engineer himself skill-set-wise to quarterback. Footwork-wise, hip-generated throws, throwing up over defenders, it can be engineered."
Tebow's throwing motion has been dissected — and almost universally panned by experts on quarterbacks' mechanics — since he was at Florida. Tebow has had four different NFL head coaches and multiple coordinators and position coaches, but Whitfield apparently thinks he can improve Tebow in a way none of his other coaches have.
The Jets are likely to release Tebow after the season, and at this point, not only would no NFL team sign Tebow as its starter, but it's entirely possible that the only team interested in him as a backup would be Jacksonville, which would want him more for what he can do at the box office than what he can do on the field. If Whitfield sees a quality NFL starter in Tebow, it seems that he sees something few others see.


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Spurs back in NBA Finals after sweep of Grizzlies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It may seem as if the San Antonio Spurs are playing for an NBA title every year. Tim Duncan and Tony Parker know only too well how very long it's been since their last chance.
Now they're back in the Finals with their first chance at a championship since 2007, a really long time for a Spurs team that knows a thing or two — or three — about hoisting trophies.
"Honestly, it feels like it's been forever since we've been to this point," Duncan said Monday night after the Spurs advanced with a 93-86 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. "We've been on the verge of getting here. We still feel like we were in contention, but we can't get over that hump. To get over that hump and get back in the Finals, it's an amazing feeling, honestly."
Parker scored 37 points to lead the Spurs, who finished off their second sweep this postseason for their fifth Western Conference title. The Spurs were just two wins away from a trip to the Finals a year ago before blowing that lead in six games to Oklahoma City.
Parker said he has learned just how tough it is to get there after winning his first NBA title at the age of 21.
"In 2007, we won our third one in five years and you think it's going to keep coming," Parker said. "And I'm 25, and six years goes by and every year it gets tougher and tougher. Every team wants to beat you, and that's why it makes it even more special to go back after all those years playing at a high level with the same coach, with the same big three but changing a couple pieces."
The Spurs now head home to rest and wait for either Miami or Indiana after finishing off the first conference finals sweep since the Nets handled Detroit in 2003. Game 1 of the finals is June 6.
"If we go all the way, it'll definitely be my favorite because it gets harder and harder," Parker said with the Western championship trophy sitting in front of him.
The Spurs now have won six straight in these playoffs, and they did it by handing two straight losses to a team that had been undefeated on its own court in the best postseason in franchise history.
"We will be back," Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said.
Memphis finished off the best season in team history by getting swept by the very same franchise that needed four games to knock it out of its first playoff appearance in 2004. The Grizzlies got a standing ovation from their fans as the final seconds ticked off.
Parker had his best game this postseason, hitting 15 of 21 shots and four of his six free throws in the final 29.7 seconds to seal this victory.
"He's been amazing," Duncan said. "Every year he gets better and better and better. He's been carrying us. You can see tonight he carried us the entire game."
The 37-year-old Duncan finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Kawhi Leonard added 11 points.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich savored being back in the Finals once again.
"You don't expect that to happen maybe this late in the game with the same group," Popovich said. "It's tough to do, to maintain something that long. But it just shows the character of those three guys and their ability to play with whoever else is brought in around them. They deserve a lot of credit for that."
Memphis coach Lionel Hollins had talked about how his Grizzlies needed to dig deep for something they didn't know they had to take the first step back into this series. They just couldn't outshoot the Spurs and got beaten once again at their own inside game.
"We just never could gain control of the paint," Hollins said. "They controlled the paint."
That the Spurs did as they shot 51.3 percent (39 of 76) from the floor and outscored Memphis 52-32 in the paint, even though the Grizzlies had a 41-34 edge on the boards. Memphis led only briefly at 6-4 as the Spurs took control early.
Memphis stayed close only by getting to the free-throw line, making more shots there (17 of 24) than San Antonio took (12 of 13).
The Grizzlies also got a career-high 22 points from reserve Quincy Pondexter, 18 of those in the second half. Pondexter was the only player from Memphis to shoot better than 50 percent. Zach Randolph finished with 13 points, continuing his struggles at the line, where he was 5 of 8. Marc Gasol had 14 points for Memphis.
"It's difficult," Randolph said. "I don't know what to say. They beat us. It's disappointing. We lost the series, got swept or whatever."
Duncan had taken care of the Grizzlies by scoring the big points in overtime in each of the last two games.
Parker took over this time as he hit 14 of his first 18 shots, and he nailed the biggest shot with 9:15 left when he knocked down his lone 3-pointer over the outstretched arms of both Tony Allen and Randolph after Memphis had gotten within 76-73 with fans sensing the most life out of the Grizzlies all night long.
Parker and Duncan took turns making buckets before Parker got hit in the eye by Gasol's outstretched hand after missing a shot. When Parker returned with 4:43 left, Gasol went over to him and Parker told him he was fine. Parker then hit a jumper with 4:13 remaining for an 89-81 lead.
"He was outstanding the whole series, and he controlled the series with his penetration," Hollins said. "He made shots, made plays. One game he has 18 assists, today he has 37 points. He was huge. But their team played well."
The Grizzlies made one last run and got within three one last time when Gasol scored on a runner in the lane with 48.7 seconds left to make it 89-86. But Parker finished off the win at the line.
The Spurs took control in the first quarter and answered each time the Grizzlies tried to make a run with either Popovich taking a timeout or Parker hitting another shot. Memphis got its best break of the first half when officials called a five-second violation on the Spurs inbounding the ball and Jerryd Bayless hit a 3 to pull the Grizzlies within 44-38 at halftime.
Gasol's frustration spilled over in the third quarter as he headed to the bench for a timeout when he smacked the press table with both hands. He also went to his knees when officials blew their whistles after he snagged a rebound. Gasol said he would replay this game in his head once in bed, and he sounded ready to get back to work quickly.
"They taught us a lesson how to play at this stage this far into the season, this far into the playoffs," Gasol said. "They taught us a lesson how to execute, how to play, how to read schemes. They taught us a lesson all around. I think we're going to be better because we played against, to me, one of the greatest teams that's been in the past 15 years."
Notes: Parker's previous best this postseason came in Game 3 when he had 32 points against Golden State in the semifinals. … Teams are now 108-0 when leading a series 3-0. … The Spurs now are 11-1 in closeout games since their last title in 2007. … The Grizzlies had owner Robert Pera in the stands for only the second home game this season. … The Spurs missed their first eight 3-pointers before Green finally hit in the third quarter.


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One last thought about double standards. In the past few months, I've been hitting the gym pretty hard. I recently signed up to run a half marathon, and because the February weather has been frightful, the treadmill and I have become BFFs. Week after week, I'm putting in hours at the gym, in addition to my regular time there teaching group exercise.
Although I used to be an afternoon-workout girl, I've recently transitioned to a morning sweat-session devotee. Since I've been going before work, my new routine requires that I shower at the health club. I belong to a large national chain that isn't bare bones, nor is it luxurious. The locker room is clean with name-brand soap in the shower, but it's nothing to write home about. It also has private showers with stalls and accompanying doors, but no hook for your clothes or towel. Generally, though, I'm pleased with the locker room for the $35-a-month membership fee.
Since I tend to get bored running so much, my husband has started accompanying me in the morning. Because the gym is also on his way to work, he showers there, too. But his shower experience is drastically different from mine. In fact, the first time he got ready for work there, he came out of the men's locker room with a bewildered look on his face. His one question? "Um, does your locker room have doors on the showers?"
"Of course!" I told him. What place besides a sports team's locker room doesn't have private showers? Apparently mine, he said. Yes, the showers each have a stall, so there's no mass showering area, but the stalls have no doors or curtains for privacy. My husband's obvious question was, "Why have a 'private' shower stall without doors?"
Good question. We asked a staff member, and her only answer was, "That's just how it is," along with a mention that staff members who have to do locker-room checks find it uncomfortable, too. This mainstream club was trying to market to those trying to lose weight, especially to obese individuals. I somehow find it doubtful that those people who are already afraid to come into the gym and work out would want to shower without any privacy.
Sure, stereotypically, women usually enjoy more privacy than men. But if my husband, who is in darn good shape with 6 percent body fat, and fully clothed staff members feel uncomfortable in the locker room, then I guarantee they're not the only ones. Can you imagine how someone with 46 percent body fat feels getting down to his skivvies in front of the guys who were just benching 200 pounds in the weight room?
If clubs truly want to attract the virtually untapped deconditioned market, they have to change every aspect of their facility to make it more welcoming and friendly. It has to be addressed at every level of the business. From how welcoming your front-desk staff is, to member group exercise programming that isn't just for your hard-core exercisers, to doing basic tutorials on how to start up a treadmill or set up a cable-crossover correctly, clubs need to reexamine their practices. Hold a sensitivity training for your staff to make them understand what it might be like to be overweight and self-conscious working out with others.
Be sure to focus your services equally on both males and females. Male members can be just as shy about undressing in front of others as women are, and they deserve the same amount of respect and attention. My husband has recently been looking into joining another facility, which happens to have personal showers in both the women's and men's locker rooms. Coincidence? I think not.


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A Great Idea For Speeding Up Baseball
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig announced this week that he's formed a special 14-person committee made up of field managers, general managers, owners and team presidents that will discuss ways to improve the game.
"The Committee will have the opportunity to review and make recommendations on all aspects of the game on the field, from scheduling, to playoff formats, to umpiring, to pace of game, to instant replay and to whatever other issues the Committee deems appropriate," Selig said. "There will be no sacred cows."
If you're like me, you read that news and let out a giant yawn. Talk is cheap right? We've grown accustomed to "blue ribbon" panels in all walks of life that sound good but don't produce meaningful change.
But then I read this column by the Washington Post's great baseball writer Tom Boswell.
Boswell is optimistic that Selig's group will find ways to address the game's biggest problems, thanks to heavyweight committee members like Joe Torre, Tony LaRussa, John Schuerholz, Frank Robinson, and George Will.
"These are baseball's brand names," Boswell writes in the Post. "Any issue on which they offer a consensus proposal will almost certainly be adopted by the sport. If this sounds like the NFL's powerful Competition Committee, it should. And it's about time."
Boswell came up with 10 suggestions of his own, and there's one that I find very intriguing:
A huge time saver – since every relief pitching change eats about four minutes – would be curtailing the plague of relief specialists who now face only one hitter. This isn't "core" to baseball. It evolved. Then metastasized. Change the rules. A relief pitcher must face two hitters. The effect: more offense, and better pace of play, in late innings.
In my opinion, that's a superb idea. There's nothing that ruins the pace of play more than a manager making lefty-righty-lefty-righty pitching changes in the late innings. I can't imagine that LaRussa will be in favor since he pioneered the use (overuse?) of situational relievers, but that rule change would do wonders for the last few innings of a typical game.
I don't have any suggestions that are that brilliant, but if you've listened to PawSox broadcasts over the last few years, you've probably heard me say that there are two changes I would make if I were commissioner:
1. Mandatory day games on Sundays at all levels of pro ball.
2. Players that drive in a run by grounding into a double play should get credited with an RBI.
Hopefully, one of the committee members is thinking the same way.
I'd love to hear from you. The address is email@example.com.
And if you Twitter, you can follow my tweets at http://twitter.com/Dan_Hoard


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This came about when I saw the X-Amiga thread on the forums, and saw screenshots (of the installer, anyway) for that distro — one that more or less defaults straight to a pseudo-Amiga environment.
What if, I thought, you could boot straight into VICE, with no visible window manager and with very few traces of Linux underneath that? Maybe it would look like …
That's Gutsy there, with a couple of subtle tricks happening. First of all, that's Openbox controlling the VICE window and terminal screen you see. The root window (the wallpaper, that is) is set to match the VICE bracket around the C64 porthole.
After that, it becomes a trick of fonts and theming. The Openbox theme is stripped of the border setting, so there's no visible box around any of the windows. The colors match the screen output given via gcolor2, so the terminal and the menu selections match the old blue color of the default background. And so forth and so on.
Another small obstacle: As far as I can tell, and I spent an hour or so searching, Openbox has no way of triggering an undecorated window at its inception. You can center windows by default through the new ObConf, but you can't force them to appear undecorated. Once they're on screen you can undecorate them manually, but not as they're spawned.
In that sense, it might have been ideal to go window manager-less, but that causes another problem — X doesn't seem to have a provision for spawning applications anywhere but in the upper left corner. And without a window manager, you can't easily move windows around the screen. So it was a bit of a Catch-22: I could spawn borderless windows, but only in the upper left corner; or I could spawn windows that were centered, but came with frames.
To solve both of those problems, I used the aptly named devilspie. By running it when X starts, and telling it to catch VICE when it pops up, you can strip the emulator of its borders and force it to the center of the screen — killing two birds with one stone.
To do something like this, set up a command-line installation of Ubuntu, and add xorg and Openbox. Add or subtract whatever packages you like, basically setting up the system as you see fit. I added almost nothing, using only rxvt-unicode and a few fundamental additions to Openbox.
(If you do build this on a command-line installation, it helps to set up an autologin executable and to trigger
startx on login. Just so you don't have to keep logging in and typing that command. 😉 )
After that, install VICE, either from the repositories or from scratch (I strongly recommend installing from scratch). Set VICE to start up in double size, and save those settings.
Then get devilspie from the repositories, and create a .devilspie folder in your home directory. Make a file inside called C64.ds, and put this in it.
(if (is (application_name) "C64") (begin (center) (undecorate)))
That's all. Save and close.
Next, open your .xinitrc file, and make it look something like this.
xsetroot -solid "#cecece"
devilspie &
x64 &
exec openbox
#CECECE is the hex code for the color of the VICE bracket. Matching the root window to that bracket gives the illusion that the emulator is anchored seamlessly to the root window, even if it's still floating.
x64 is the trigger for the emulator, but notice that the application name — the title that devilspie needs to catch — is C64: That's why it's in the configuration line for devilspie. And of course, the last line passes control to Openbox.
Update: Thanks to billy for pointing out how to do this in Openbox, without using devilspie. (It figures: I comb the Web for an hour, trying to figure out how to spawn undecorated windows, and all the time it's right under my nose. …)
Inside your ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml file, near the bottom, there's a section called "applications." Ordinarily it's commented out, so modifying that part of the file won't have any effect. Remove the leading comment markers (it looks like greater-than-exclamation point-dash-dash), and the trailing one as well (same, but without an exclamation point).
Then adjust it to say this.
<application name="C64"> <decor>no</decor> <shade>no</shade> <position> <x>center</x> <y>center</y> </position> <focus>yes</focus> <desktop>1</desktop> <head>0</head> # specifies xinerama head <layer>normal</layer> # 'above', 'normal', or 'below' <iconic>no</iconic> <skip_pager>no</skip_pager> <skip_taskbar>no</skip_taskbar> <fullscreen>no</fullscreen> <maximized>false</maximized> # 'Horizontal', 'Vertical' or boolean (yes/no/on/off/true/false) </application>
You can modify those settings as you like, putting it on certain desktops, heads, etc. You'll need to restart (not reconfigure) Openbox if you want them to take effect immediately. Note that those settings will apply any time you start x64, either at startup or from elsewhere.
Now if you want icing on the cake, you can use the Adore64 font on FreakyFonts.de for the urxvt console font, Openbox window font and GTK2 font. (Again, Openbox will need restarted — not reconfigured — for that font to take effect. I don't know why, but it did for me.)
Setting up urxvt is fairly easy; add these lines to your .Xdefaults file.
urxvt.font: xft:Adore64:autohint=false:antialias=false:size=6
urxvt.background: #3a319c
urxvt.foreground: #7b71d6
urxvt.scrollBar: false
urxvt.cursorBlink: true
urxvt.geometry: 40x25
Those hex codes, again, match the startup light blue and blue presented by VICE. Use that Adore64 font at sizes that at multiples of 6 — odd sizes get antialiased, which makes it smear. Avoid the bold effects too, since they also cause visual problems. The geometry sets the window to the C64-ish 40×25, and the cursor blink is … well, you know what that's for.
If you want, I've put together an C64-Openbox Theme that mimics the colors and font of the C64 startup screen. It's not fantastic, but it is a starting point if you're a heavy-duty themer. Remember that you'll have to rename that file to an .obt extension (because of WordPress.com's lame filename extension requirements), but then you should be able to install it through ObConf.
For a GTK2 theme I'd suggest Rezlooks-royale, which is fairly close to the C64's blue shades. If you find yourself using many GTK2 applications, you might tweak those colors to be closer to the "real thing."
What you add above and beyond that will depend on how much function or access you need. If you want to be able to surf for disk images you'll need a browser of some sort, and you might want a file manager. For my own purposes I was content to stick with wget and console commands.
Overall, it's a gimmick, but kind of a kick. If you still spend your spare time playing Jumpman and Bruce Lee, like I do, you'll have a bit of fun setting it up.
P.S.: devilspie is a really cool utility that has a lot of potential. For more ideas on how to use it, check these threads and sites.
How To Set Default Workspace, Size and Window Effects in Gnome
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Educators of Color Networking Event
On Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT), in partnership with Brookline High School, hosted an "Educators of Color Networking Event" in Cambridge, Mass. Attended by 100 teachers and administrators of color throughout New England, including IRT alumni, the event included small group discussions led by administrators from a variety of institutions on the educational impact of teacher diversity and institutional diversity initiatives, and provided an opportunity for informal networking and an intimate career opportunities showcase. (Photos by Gil Talbot)Read More
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View Earthquake and Miyagikyo distillery in a larger map. Red flag was the epicenter of the quake. The red boxes are among the areas where there has been most devastation. Much of the damage has been caused by tsunami, rather than the original 9.0 magnitude quake. The blue flag marks Miyagikyo.
Update 25.3.2011: I got a message from Minoru Miake, manager of the production section at Miyagikyo. Translated from the Japanese, it said: "Fortunately, there was no big damage to the factory. Family and workers were safe. It will take time, as we don't have any petrol or oil, but in April we may be able to start making malt whisky again."
Update 17.3.2011: Mark Gillespie at Whiskycast reports a representative of the company: "Employees of Asahi and Nikka are fortunately safe and the Miyagikyo distillery was not seriously damaged. I heard that the facilities including the pot stills and the coffey still are OK." There is of course very major disruption to road and other communications links. A full assessment of damage to stock has not yet been carried out.
Update 13.3.2011: According to David Broom at Whisky Magazine, the organiser of Whisky Live Tokyo David Croll has talked to Hisamitsu-san at Nikka Whisky. Miyagikyo distillery and staff are, apparently, okay.
A number of people have asked me about the situation at Nikka Whisky's Miyagikyo distillery following the massive earthquake in that area. I am contacting people at the company but I think they are very likely to be overwhelmed by the situation at the current time. I have had one report from someone outside Japan with very good contacts with Nikka saying that, other than damage to some stock at Miyagikyo, there does not seem to have been very severe damage. But I think it is important to understand that this is a developing situation. Communications across the region have been very severely affected. I was doing a report yesterday about the damage to firms and two companies had no clear idea of what had happened to their factories in the North. The situation does look very grave. Miyagikyo is inland and in the hills, so these huge tsunami may not have affected it, but it is directly to the east of the 8.9 shock and very close to some of the communities that have been most gravely affected. Of course, there is the terrible possibility that some of the people who work at the distillery have been caught up in the disaster on the coast. I am sure all our thoughts are with them.
There are other whisky facilities in the areas affected by the quake. For instance, there is a facility at Tochigi. Again, we are all hoping they have not been affected.
I will update Nonjatta as soon as I receive any news.
To get an idea of the extent of the damage, look at the image of Natori on this New York Times page. Natori is about 15 miles to the southeast of the distillery. This high definition footage is from a different area, further to the North, but gives some sense of the possible destruction.
If you want to help, please consider these options:
Immediate donation via Paypal to various involved charities
Or directly through itunes.
Or directly to:
American Red Cross
Canpan Fields (Japanese NPO)
Save the Children
Non-Believers Giving Aid (scroll down the page for Japan earthquake relief)
NGO Jen (in English and Japanese)
International Medical Corps
Association of Medical Doctors in Asia


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Not sure what to expect, I signed up recently for my first class in barre, a combination of Pilates, yoga and ballet. I wasn't too worried about the physical challenge because I am a runner and in good shape. I've also danced and am no stranger to the ballet barre. But let's just say that neither of these activities quite prepared me for this class.
The Barre studio at Quarry Lake in Pikesville is beautiful — soft, warm colors and low lights. But once we got started, there was no looking around. It was total focus. After a brief (and I mean brief) warm-up, we moved on to the handheld weights and a round of small, tight upper-body movements that made me want to take off my arms and walk away. We then moved to lower body, working thighs then glutes, with the same small, tightly controlled moves that really work the specific targeted muscle or muscle group. We moved from the floor to the barre and back again throughout the session.
It looks deceptively easy; after all, you are only using your body as resistance with very small movements and without high impact. But you are taking those muscles through a series of angles and heights, tucks and lifts, to a slow burn. Several exercises use weights and balls, though you don't have to add them. In fact, everyone was working at her own pace and ability, resting if needed. Despite a full class of 20, the instructor gave one-on-one attention as she walked around the room, repositioning an arm angle, pressing gently toward a better stretch, offering encouragement.
Occasionally, I sneaked a glance at my new friend, Robin Berg, whom I met just before class. She's been coming to barre several times a week for nearly a year. "This workout has changed every part of my body," she said, adding, "I never thought I could look like this." At 54, she never seemed to miss a beat.
Throughout the hourlong session and after working each muscle group, we stretched — or "elongated," as they say. But we saved the abs for last. This is where I realized I both loved and hated Marni Gorman, our beautiful instructor and studio co-owner. "Some of you may be seeing stars right now," she said smiling, "but that's perfectly normal." I was seeing stars all right but with her encouragement was able to push it to the end. It was quite the workout — but I'm ready for more.
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Suffolk County District Court - Civil Court FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- All courthouses are open Monday through Friday from 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- "Night Small Claims" Court is held on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Ronkonkoma Courthouse.
- All business must be commenced by 4:30 p.m.
- Most calendars are called at 9:30 a.m. (except Small Claims night court 5:30 p.m.)
- Civil courthouses are closed and locked from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
- Adjournment requests must be in writing and will not be considered by phone.
- All other parties should be notified of
all adjournment requests.
- It is strongly recommended, but not absolutely required, that an individual seek the advice of an attorney. Civil actions require specific knowledge of court proceedings.
- Corporations are required to have an attorney in all proceedings (except Small Claims or Commercial Small Claims). It is necessary for an attorney to represent the corporation at all stages of an action, including answering the summons and complaint.
- It is essential that a party proceeding without an attorney be fully versed in court procedure, trial and evidentiary rules. Neither the court staff nor judge may provide legal assistance at any stage of the proceedings.
- Civil actions are generally commenced by an attorney filing a Summons and Verified Complaint with the correct filing fee. .
- You must file a District Court civil summons form. The summons is different than the summons used in Supreme Court. The requirements for the summons is given paragraph (d) in the District Court Rules Section 212.6(d) 28 NYCRR. An example of an acceptable summons is a Blumberg form T1464 or T1480 from www.blumberglegalforms.com.
- The summons must be issued (signed) by an attorney, or a Judge, or a Court Clerk.
- You will need an original (retained by the court clerk) and a copy (returned to you) of all papers (summons, complaint, exhibits, affidavits) when you file your papers.
- There is a filing fee.
- After the summons is filed, you must arrange to have the summons and complaint served on the defendant.
The requirements for the summons is given paragraph (d) in the District Court Rules Section 212.6(d) 28 NYCRR. An example of an acceptable summons is a Blumberg form T1464 or T1480 from www.blumberglegalforms.com. The summons must be issued by an attorney, or a Judge, or a Court Clerk.
- plain and concise statements in consecutively numbered paragraphs, particularizing transactions and/or occurrences intended to be proved and separately stating each cause of action.
- "Wherefore clause" demanding relief on at least one cause of action.
- Verification by the plaintiff that the contents of the complaint is true, etc.
- $15,000.00 monetary jurisdiction for each cause of action in the complaint. Splitting a single cause of action is not acceptable.
- Georgraphic jurisdiction is limited to the 5 west towns of Suffolk County: Babylon, Huntington, Smithtown, Islip, Brookhaven.
- Service may be made by someone over the age of eighteen who is not a party to the action.
- A professional process server may be used. A plaintiff or defendant cannot serve papers.
- The law specifies how papers must be served, and the methods vary depending on the type of paper that is being served.
- Additionally, the method of service may be directed in an order of the court. The clerk of the court may be contacted to determine how papers may be served.
- You may file an answer by mail providing that the answer is notarized and served on the plaintiff's attorney.
- If you do not answer, the plaintiff may file a default judgment against you.
- If you are a corporation, you must answer through an attorney.
- Only an attorney may represent someone other than him or herself in civil court.
- Your spouse may answer by mail. (See the question directly
The defendant may include a counterclaim with the answer. There is no fee for this kind of counterclaim (but there is a fee for a Small Claims Counterclaim).
- If both the plaintiff (the person starting the law suit) and the defendant (the person sued) are represented by an attorney, a Notice of Trial with the proper fee must be received before a case can proceed to trial or to compulsory arbitration.
- If either side is self represented, the matter will immediately be scheduled for a pre-trial conference, before a judge, if the Cause of Action is greater than $6,000. If the Cause of Action is $6,000 or less, the matter will be referred to compulsory arbitration.
- Any party who is not in default may request a trial de novo within 35 days of the mailing of the arbitrator's decision.
- A demand for a new trial must be filed timely with the clerk, with the proper fee.
When requesting a verbatim transcript, you should have the
- name of the case,
- case number,
- location of the proceeding, and
- date of the proceeding,
- and time stamp or meter reading of the proceeding (if a digital recording machine was used).
Most court proceedings are recorded either by a Court Reporter sitting in the courtroom writing down what is said in the courtroom or by a digital recording machine.
To have a transcript produced of a District Court proceeding which was recorded by a Court Reporter:
- tell the reporter at the proceeding that you need a transcript, or
- call the court reporters office (631) 208-5695, or
- fax your request to the court reporters office (631) 853-7854 .
To have a transcript produced of an electronically recorded court proceeding, you may contact one of the transcription services listed on the list of Electronic Recording Transcription Services. This list of transcription services may also be found at courthouse public information windows.
These services are not employees of the Unified Court System, they are independent contractors and establish their own rates - price per page varies. They will either take the required information and contact the Court, or ask you to contact the court and arrange to have the recording sent to the contractor.
If you have any questions regarding a verbatim transcript from a Suffolk County District Court matter, contact the Supervising Court Reporter, (631) 208-5695.


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CIARlO Bethel College St. Paul. Minnesota November 21. 1975
Priest and Scribes to rock Monday·
story on page 6
Nancy Jerry
Op,e1n letter to St. Tho,mas
All-College Council
The College of St. Thomas
Dear Sirs:
About two weeks ago, our Student Senate received a letter
from you concerning the State Legislature's proposal to
raise Minnesota's minimum drinking age from 18 to 19.
Your letter urged us to join with you and other schools
in the Minnesota Association of Private College Students
in fighting this legislation. You asked us to write a petition
to the Commerce and Economic Development Committee
concerning this issue. You implored us to attend the
final committee hearing on the drinking age issue (meetings
that were held Wednesday, November 19).
We did formulate a petition and we did send Bethel
representatives to attend the committee hearings. But as you
well know both our petition and our presence at the meetings
were strongly in favor of the legislature's proposal
to raise the drinking age. Needless to say, we found the
committee's decision (4-3 in favor of the bill) laudable.
We find the reasoning behind your opposition to the
raising of the drinking age somewhat incredible. For instance
(we quote from your resolution): "Whereas the nature
of college social life is such that the consumption of al- '
coholic beverages is frequently involved, the enactment of
such a law having the effect of severely limiting the ability
of the All-College council to provide a comprehensive social
program for a large minority of its students." Is it impossible
for St. Thomas students to have a good time, and a comfortable
social climate, without Hquor? Are your social coordinators
so unimaginative that they can not sponsor campus
events without booze being omnipresent?
In relation to this, and as evident throughout your
entire petition, you have exhibited a remarkable facility for
tunnel vision. You argue that a minimum drinking age of
19 will serve to split your campus; strangely enough, you
fail to realize that the minimum age of 18 splits the high
school campus. Many experts on the subject of high school
drinking (as reflected in the November 24 issue of u.s. News
and World Report) seem'to emphasize the dangers in the high
school when 18-year-olds are permitted to drink.
We seriously question whether you have thoughtfully
Vol. 51 - No. II
the Clarion is published weekly by
the studenfs of Bethel College and
welcomes concise lefters fo the
editor. All letters should be signed and
sent to P.O. 91 by the Sunday preceding
Paul Healy
Bill Trollinger
Carla Hage
Mary Norton
Arlan Swanson
Duane Turner
managing editor
copy coordinator
production supervisor
business manager
considered the implications of your stand. Luckily the State
Legislature managed to avoid your narrow subjectivity.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul Healy and Bill Trollinger
'Editors of the 'CLARION
Students to be given choice
By Patrick Repp
The wheels have been turning down in the AC Lounge
the past three weeks. Spiced with the excitement of special
meetings, parliamentary hassles, conflicting motions, and
filibusters, the Student Senate has taken significant action in
two major areas: 1) next year's budget and 2) the Heritage
The major action has been in the area of the Heritage
Project. As many of us know, much of the Senate's
time and energy this semester has been directed toward
the idea of a student supported project (called Heritage)
designed to raise _enough funds to build a much-needed additional
campus building, and to help alleviate some of the
spatial problems caused by our ever-increasing population.
An ad hoc committee formed at the beginning of the year
quickly decided ,that a good goal would be to shoot for the
needed $400,000 to construct the Administration Building
(included in the original construction plans) to be located
at the west end of the complex near the lake. The rationale
behind such a building is that it would contain
additional classroom space on the lower floor and also house
a unified administration, leaving various nooks and crannies
throughout the school to be reclaimed for student use. As
the semester wore on, the committee began to feel that
a more viable alternative would be to construct a two
floor extension building built in conjunction with and next
to the present coffee shop and LRC view window. This '
building would be designed to house an extension of the coffee
shop on the first floor and a "plush" student lounge (fire
place and all) on the second. The committee reasoned that
this building would solve our over-crowded coffee shop problem,
cut down on hallway congestion during peak hours,
would be a "hub" of student activity (rather than the LRC) ,
and that the thriftier $175,000 cost would be a much more
attainable goal.
Both plans have their relative merits and flaws, and
both have definite support from within the Senate.
This week the Senate, by an impressiVe vote of 29-2,
passed a student referendum resolution that means, in effect,
that the student body will have a vote in determining the
direction and/or future of Heritage. The following is taken
from the actual resolution which was passed Tuesday night
at the Senate meeting.
1. RESOLVED that the Student Senate administer a referendum
before December 10, 1975; a referendum which
would have three choices for the student:
a. Yes for the Student Fellowship Center
b. Yes for the Administration Building
c. No for the Heritage Project
(a yes vote implying commitment)
2. RESOLVED that if the majority of the votes are
in favor of the Student Fellowship Center and the Administration
building, then it will be assumed that the Heritage
Project is supported and the particular plan which
receives the most votes shall be recognized as the plan
supported by the student body.
3. RESOLVED that the Student Senate defer any formal
decision until the results of the referendum are known.
Heritage is now in the hands of the students, and it
is important that students be prepared to vote intelligently.
Coed resents 'm:an-hunte,' image
Dear Sir:
Last week's article on the faltering dating life at Bethel
deserves a hearty "Bravo, Bohne" for nailing down some
true feelings on the "touchy subject." However, I cringed
at the total picture painted of Bethel women aching for
dates. Between the picture of beckoning females and the
snide comments on the Bethel guys' "problem" (such as
"They're weird" or wondering why "they're slow"), I feel
unrealistically represented as a man-hungry game hunter
waiting to clap down the trap on any approaching speciman.
"Sounds rather threatening," as I heard one Bethel
male respond to the article.
Relationships and friendships of Chris,tian guys and gals
certainly need not be on a dating basis. The pressure of
going out with guys, Nik-Dagging, and making sure you're
seen with the opposite sex on weekend nights is just as much
an unwelcome tension for girls. We don't need to view friendships
as a dating-boxing match (approaching from the opposite
side of the ring, circling for position, and moving
in for the clincher) but rather sharing the responsibility to
show that we care for each other.
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Dear Sirs:
To begin with, let us state that it is absurd for us as
a community to become supersensitive about the social
situation at Bethel - after all, college students are (presumably)
responsible, intelligent people. But we think that
Bruce Bohne's article about dating raised some issues which
need further consideration. .
Last Friday night after the alumni basketball game a
bunch of us guys from Edgren Second Floor went over to
Bodien's Open Dorm to inspect the rooms en masse - checking
for such things as room design, dust, free food, etc.
(We "were also gently coerced by our honorable floor coordinator
into making repairs to minor damages left by a
group of "raiders" from our floor.) After this was over
some of us stuck aound in the lounge to watch the movie
with some of the girls who were there.
This experience made two things quite clear. First, as
Bruce mentioned, Bethel girls are not unattractive or unfriendly.
They did express appreciation for the visit. Several
girls also made invitations for further visiting. Their hospitality,
we must say, was noteworthy.
Second, a definite need was suggested for similar experiences
- that is, for occasions when guys and girls can
get together on a casual and informal basis. For: some,
dating probably serves that need. But we think there are
several reasons why something more is needed.
Dating is uncomfortable for some simply because it is
a more formalized event. For the guy there is the business
of deciding what girl to take out and calling her up,
deciding where to go, and figuring out how to get there -
and, believe it or not, that is enough to discourage some
guys from dating. Then too, there can be other kinds of
social pressures involved. But aside from all this there
is another area where dating is simply inadequate. Dating
as an institution provides no opportunity to meet and get
acquainted with new people. This can be especially a problem
in a school situation, since many of us have too much to
think about during our normal schedules to really make
a conscious effort to get to know people.
As a result we would like to offer the following suggestions.
A more open and casual view of dating and of
friendships in general, as Bruce suggested, is definitely to be
encouraged. We would also like to see the campus coordinators
schedule more events which are somewhat less datingoriented
(possibilities are movies, roller-skating, or something
even more creative). Finally, as a more long-range suggestion,
it seems that these ideas are the primary support
for the various proposals for a student center, old-campus
coffee shop, etc., and we would want to register a strong
endorsement for these proposals.
Gary Anderson
Mike Bogard
Phone tappers
bug student
by Dale E. Johnson
"Well, I'd better get off the phone
now - (buzzzz ... click) - What was
This situation was experienced a number
of times by a Bethel student (name
withheld by request) when her phone
was tapped a couple of years ago.
She was staying at the home of a
friend of the family, taking care of
the children. Her friends started hearing
clicks while she was talking to them
on the phone. Then she started hearing
an echo in her dial tone and a buzz,
then click at the end of her conversations
with friends.
She didn't consider that her phone could
have been bugged until she found out
from a friend that her name was on
an FBI blacklist. The fact that both
she arid her friend were involved in
politics and the fact that she subscribed
to Russian Life were the only reasons
she knew of that would make her eligible
for a blacklist.
While she was discovering that her
name was on a blacklist, the parents
of the family she was living with were
on vacation. An FBI agent, who happened
to live next to the guy she was
dating, made frequent visits to the house
so he could "'make sure everything was
After hearing the buzzing several
times, she decided to call the telephone
company. She talked for hours to different
people who were' ignorant of the
fact that wire-taps existed. Finally, she
talked to a man who said he would
check into it.
A week later, she received a phone
call from the same FBI agent who had
been making sure everything was all
right. He said he was sorry for the inconvenience
they had caused; they had
made a mistake and tapped the wrong
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Chapel Schedule
Monday: Convocation - Sam Christov
Tuesday: Thanksgiving - sharing
Wednesday: Pastor Spickelmier -
Harris vs. Luckman
Tuesday night at 5 :30, Veritas will
hold its next meeting. Paul Harris, associate
profeSSor of philosophy and resident
intellectual, will be speaking on
"Metaphysics and Art." Harris has an
impressive academic background and,
according to rumor, has studied both
art and philosophy under the famous
German anti-artist and truth scholar (veritas
scholastis), Heinrich Von Schueller.
Interestingly, Harris is one of the few
people to have seen Von Schueller this
year, and there is considerable speculation
in certain philosophical circles that
they are, in fact, one and the same
Donald Ebb, teaching assistant for
Dr. Harris and official spokesman for
the part-time philosophy instructors,
commented on the rumors: "I'm tired
of hearing these silly rumors ~ bout Harris
and Von Schueller. I believe that
there is a Von Schueller; there have
got to be some verities left in this
world. The next thing you know they'll
start saying that Mel Stewart is actually
Karl Marx, or that Randy Johnson is
Bruce Reichenbach!"
Stu Luckman, from the Art Department,
will be responding to Harris' lecture,
and there should be some interesting
dialogue concerning the topic. AM
who are interested in art or philosophy
or who are eager to learn something
about the art on Bethel's campus are
encouraged to attend. The meeting will
be held in the west end of the cafeteria.
Let there be peace
The Minnesota Consortium of Peace
Educators (MCPE) will convene here
at Bethel in Room 311 tomorrow. This
illustrious group of academicians have
planned a full day of lectures and panels
centered around the theme of peace.
The meeting will feature Elise and
Kenneth Boulding, nationally prominent
peace educators from the University of
Colorado. They will discuss "Teaching
About Global Conflict" and "Teaching
About Global Economic Welfare," respectively.
The registration fee, which is $2.50,
includes the cost of lunch, which will
be provided. Participants may register
at the meeting, and all faculty and
students are cordially invited to attend.
Any questions concerning this meeting
should be directed to G.W. Carlson.
The following is a schedule of events:
.9 A.M. Final registration (refreshments)
Kenneth Boulding "Teaching
About Global Economic
Elise Boulding: "Teaflict"
Panel: "Peace Education
and Curriculum Development'
(includes G. William
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The sounds of Limpic, Rayburn, and Pollard will be
ringing throughout the gym tomorrow night, winding up the
day's Nik Dag activities for the second year in a row.
The group from San Diego, California, has been in existence
for over a year. Last year many attended the Nik
Dag concert which featured , Limpic and Rayburn, and all
enjoyed the varied songs they performed. This year the
group is completed by the accompaniment of their bass
player, M. Pollard, who was unable to be here last year.
The concert will start at 8 p.m. Saturday in the gym.
The tickets are on sale at the Campus Coordinators office
for $1.50 with an S.A.C. and $2 without. Tickets will also
be sold at the door.
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by Hill Trollinger
Election year is almost upon us again. So far, the early
campaign for presidential nominations has been as exciting
as an Introduction to Liberal Arts class in C module. The
Democra tic Party is especially boring - never before has
there been such an array of boring bureaucrats (most of them
unknown) running for political office. (The Republicans are
just as boring, but there's less of them.) Terry Sanford?
Jimmy Carter? "Scoop" (Scoop?) Jackson? And, of course,
our very own "non-candidate" candidate, Mr. Omnipresent
Hubert (yawn) Humphrey.
It's fairly obvious that the Democratic Party race for the
presidential nominations needs some spicing up to revive
sagging national interest. I, again acting for the good of the
country, have some suggestions. The following are a few
possible President/Vice-President tickets, equipped with slogans,
that might make the Democratic Party nomination process
a little more exciting.
John Lindsay and Abe Beame: "Trim the National Debt
with John and Abe"
George McGovern and Sargent Shriver: "Massachussetts
in '72; the United States in '76"
Spiro Agnew and Thomas Eagleton: "This Time We're
Here to Stay"
Sirhan Sirhan and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme: "When
Guns are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Guns"
William Westmoreland and Carl McIntire: "Back to Vietnam
in '76"
John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman: "Let's Reform our
State Penitentiaries"
Of course, I do not want to leave out any of the
political wizards that we have here at Bethel. A few "Bethel"
Mark Troxel and Chuck Haaland: "We're the New Breeze
Sweeping the Nation"
Mark Johnson and Bob Moeller: "Let's Re-emphasize
our American Heritage"
"Mac" Nettleton and Marilyn Starr: "Law and Order"
Paul Healy and Bill Trollinger: "Objectivity in 1976"
And finally, we cannot leave out the entertainers of
America. These people who have brought so much happiness
into our lives deserve a chance to lead the nation.
Here are a few suggestions:
Truman Capote and "Doc" Severenson "We'll Win the
Whole Silly Business"
Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson: unintelligible
Alan Page and Carl Eller: "No One Runs Against Us"
Ann-Margret and Sophia Loren (or Burt Reynolds and
Robert Redford): "Who Needs Issues"
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Scribes to appea'r in Chri:stian Service benefit
Priest and the Scribes, a Bethel-related rock and roll
group, will be presenting a benefit concert Monday night
in the gym, with all proceeds going to the Christian Service
Priest and the Scribes, now in their third year, will be giving
their fourth concert at Bethel. The group consists of Bethel
grads John Priestley, lead singer and producer/director
of the group, and Dee Traudt, vocals; former Bethel student,
Marv Hadenfeldt, who plays the piano and sings; and present
Bethelites Gordy Fransen (guitar), Jerry Lovegren (guitar),
Nancy Horvath (drums), Paul Jorgensen (bass), and
Steve Johnson (vocals).
Asked to comment on this year's group and the upcoming
concert, Priestley made the following statement(s).
"This is by far the best group that I have ever had behind
me. Last year we were weak instrumentally, but we've added
two excellent guitarists, and Gordy Fransen can now concentrate
on his hot licks. Frankly, I'm not satisfied with
the group, but it will easily be the finest concert ever
at Bethel."
Both of the group's guitarists are experienced, and both
have primarily played lead in the past. This has created
a slight problem within the group as to who would play
lead and who would play rhythm guitar.
"You're right; it is a problem," agreed Priestley. "These
guys are getting on my nerves with their constant dueling.
Our last practice lasted four hours, and it took an hour
just to get through Johnny B. Goode. Jerry and Gordy traded
licks, and it got to be a can-you-top-this contest. Frankly,
I'm worried that it might come to fisticuffs one of these
days. Neither one is willing to do back-ups, and it is
nearly impossible to determine which of them is the better
guitarist. Anything could happen at the concert Monday."
This air of unpredictability has surrounded all of the
Scribes' concerts, and the group thrives on impromptu humor
and a unique stage presence. In short, they are easily
the most arrogant group to ever .come out of Bethel.
"We are the finest group to ever come out of Bethel,"
added Marv Hadenfeldt. "Look at the other 'Bethel groups.'
Praise has mercifully disbanded, and Bo Conrad's Spit Band
finaly realized their futility and gave up the ghost. Priest
and the Scribes are still together, and it's because we are
so great; it's not a fluke."
Last year, the group's concerts were well attended, and
like this year, all proceeds went to the Christian Service
"The group has been just great to us," commented Lee
Peterson, Christian Service Director. "Presently, we have
a $1000 debt on the van that we bought last year. We
are counting on Priest and the Scribes to help us in this
respect. A good crowd at the concert would help immensely."
"In the final analysis, I'm the greatest," bragged John
Priestley. "When considering my past successes and my
incredible potential for future conquests, one must pause in
reverence. Next Monday night will be one such moment,
as the history of music will pause to pay homage to the
greatest super group of all time and to the virtual Picasso
of music, John Priestley."
Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door for
IGill-of-a!II-trcde·sl c:dds British touch to Bethel
Bus driving is one of Gillian's many interests
by Bruce R. Bohne
As a traveler, artist, athlete and future missionary, Gillian
Shaw has lived a full life since, at the age of seven,
the doctors said she would die within three weeks from a
kidney disease.
Gill (pronounced "Jill") was born and raised in the area
of Coventry, England. The motivating force in her life has
always been to be a missionary. She said that ever since
the Lord gave her back her life she has known that her
future is claimed by Him.
Gill tries new things whenever possible. Commenting on
the wide variety of jobs that she has done amI still does
she said, "While one is young and not tied down, one
should try as many different occupations as possible, not
only to see if he can do them, but also to identify with
the people who must do them all the time." She worked
in a bakery and a motorcycle shop in England. She was
a governess for a wealthy New Jersey family for a year,
where her duties included being maid, butler, cook and
chauffeur. She works on cars, motorcycles, household appliances
and almost anything else that needs fixing. She
does professional house painting, both interior and exterior,
and does yard and garden work. She is also an artist
and a photographer and sells her artwork (if she doesn't
give it away to friends first),
Gill's practical know-how also includes knowledge of
herbal medicines and osteopathy massage which she learned
from her father who is a naturopath.
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Guitarists perform at the Wa.lker
by Dave McSparran
Larry Coryell, one of the world's foremost
jazz guitarists, and Roy Buchanan.
with his reputation as the world's greatest
blues guitarist, appeared on the same
bill at the Guthrie Theatre on Sunday,
November 9. The concert was sponsored
by the Walker Art Center, as are most
concerts at the Guthrie.
A concert at the Guthrie is a good
bet for the money because the acoustics
make for excellent sound quality and,
generally, the quality of music is better
than the larger, more popular hockey
arena concerts. Smoking is not allowed
in the theatre, so the quality of air
is much more tolerable also.
There were two shows, 7 :30 and 10 :30
p.m. Unfortunately, I attended the second,
battling the sandman through the
entire concert.
Accompanied only by one other guitarist,
Steve Kahn, and one of those cheap
sounding rhythm machines commonly
found on home organs, Larry Coryell
put on an excellent show. His material
(contemporary jazz) was unique, solid,
and complex. The absence of drums,
bass, or keyboard accompaniment resulted
in a very different sound.
In his first set, Coryell and his partner
used only acoustic guitars. Although
this set contained the best material,
the lack of volume and presence found
me fighting sleep. For the second set,
they both switched to electric guitars,
and with the use of phase shifters and
other electronic gadgetry they achieved
some very impressive effects. The material,
though not as strong as the acoustic
set, was excellent, and the intensity
and fullness of the sound was amazing,
considering the lack of other instrumentation.
The volume level was just right
- loud enough that the sound was full
and all frequency ranges could be heard
and yet not too loud as to be uncomfortable.
Coryell's technical ability on the guitar
was definitely that of a master, though
a few misplaced notes could be detected
on some of the faster, more complicated
passages. Coryell's timing was not
flawless either. Steve Kahn, however,
had very precise rhythm, and the cheap
sounding rhythm machine had even better.
As good and full and as unique as
the sound was, I still found myself won-dering
how much better it could have
been with full instrumentation.
Buchanan's material was much more
simple and less interesting than Coryell's.
Buchanan's guitar playing was unbelievable.
Unlike Coryell, Buchanan's
playing was virtually perfect. Though
I listened closely, I heard not a single
misplaced note or even the slightest
falter. His playing was a flowing poetic
balance between long bent and sustained
notes, and blazing arpeggios. The hyperdramatic,
gutsy blues feeling was much
more evident in concert than on his
albums, and yet hiS technique was
smooth and precise. He is without a
doubt the most skilled blues guitarist
1 have seen.
Yet, Buchanan's · concert as a whole
just didn't send me. For all its technical
mastery, there was no rush of exhilaration.
It simply wasn't a great concert.
I could say it was because of the vocals,
which were admittedly distasteful,
distorted, and off-pitch, and yet I doubt
if anyone went to hear the world's grea test
guitar player in order to hear singing.
No, I was neither surprised nor disappointed
with the quality of the vocals,
poor as they were. The quality of musicians
in his back up band was not at
fault either. Instrumentation included
bass, drums, and keyboards. Though not
particularly impressive, the musicians
were solid and tasteful and, as a band,
they were tight.
Good musicianship alone does not produce
a good concert. A measure of
showmanship, though not essential, can
be helpful. Buchanan displayed a sparingly
tasteful bit of showmanship in a
style consistent with his image as a
blues man. Though far from polished,
his stage presence was appropriate. He
was a bearded, middle-aged white man
with a paunch, simple and humble
clothes, and a nice dash of wit.
Yet his concert was still boring. The
only cause to which I could attribute
its lack of excitement was the material.
It consisted of mostly twelve bar blues,
a few rock standards, and a couple
of original rock tunes. Maybe I have
just heard one too many bars of twelve
bar blues. There just wasn't enough there
to hold my attention. Roy Buchanan
may be the best guitarist I have heard,
but he is simply not an out-front man.
He is not a singer, songwriter, lyricist,
or arranger. He is a guitar player, a
side man, and should be teamed up
with a younger, more creative group
where he could leave the leading to
someone else and just sit back and
play his heart out.
The one high point of his . concert
was his last song. While the band played
a soft, bluesy introduction he recited
a poem (apparently his own). Though
he mumbled through the words and was
hard to understand, I understood enough
to know that he was talking about the
second coming of Christ. This further
confirmed my suspicion that Buchanan
is a Christian. Immediately after the
last line, "I know the Messiah will come
again," he broke into what was the
best song of the concert - a beautiful,
sad, wailing blues original that almost
redeemed the entire concert. The song
was to me, as I now reflect upon it,
a broad and inspiring comment on the
essence and the meaning of blues.
I now hear the blues as' the American
black people's cry for freedom from
slavery, echoed in history by Israel's
cry for deli verance from bondage in
Egypt, and ultimately as a mystical metaphor
for the yearning of all God's people
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Bookstore sells
flowers, too
by Linda Lou 'Hill
Nestled in the basement of Bethel
College, the Bethel Bookstore offers an
escape from the realities of school. Glancing
neither to the right nor left wans,
the browser heads for the back of the
store. Enroute he passes several racks
of non-school books and pauses to glance
at their titles. Pressing forward he reaches
the cards and deliberates over "which
one" for ten minutes. Reaching the back
desk, he surveys the jewelry and determines
to buy one of those new medallions.
Finally he reaches the newest item
in the store-a plant shelf and a seed
rack, and, being that today's Friday,
he sees a large vase of long-stem roses
. or other flowers, part of the latest bookstore
This quick trip through the bookstore
reveals many items which other college
bookstores do not stock. Bob Bererud,
manager of both the college
and the seminary bookstores, says,
"We are here to meet the needs and
the desires of both the students and
faculty." Besides textbooks, the bookstore
sells supplies, books of interest,
and gift items.
While trying to do the best possible
job with textbooks, the bookstore also
offers about 8,000 non-text titles and sale
of these books totaled near $30,000 last
year. This ranks very high and indicates
the students' desire to learn beyond the
Featuring new "demand" items is an
important service of the bookstore. Mr.
Bergerud recently stocked live plants
and seeds as well as "Fresh Flowers
For Friday." At 75 cents each the flowers
ar,e cheaper than in most floral
shops. This extra service gives Bethel
students a chance to show their appreciation
to their friends.
Many gift items are "regulars," but
new items have been featured for special
events and the store, has an extensive
Christmas display, including Scandinavian
tree decorations, candles, centerpieces,
cards, stationery, and gift wraps.
The store frequently stages sales in
appreciation to their consistent customers.
Presently there is a 99 cents book
sale featuring numerous titles. Classical
records are also sa'le-priced. Bethel stu-dents
receive a ten percent discount
on all formal invitations from the Carlson
card line. In all cases, the Bethel
charge accounts are very useful to students
and faculty alike.
Wanda Nelson, the bookstore secretary,
types all bookstore orders. She
arranges all of the displays and readily
answers questions with a smile. Mr.
Bergerud remarked, "Wanda makes the
bookstore a browser's delight."
With the goal of providing the best
possible service, Mr. Bergerud welcomes
your suggestions.
continued from page 9
and more competitive. It takes every
man on the team to make it a good
team, and it takes every student's support
to make the team even better.
"God has given us all special talents
and abilities," said Merle Johnson, a
118 pound junior transfer from Portland,
Oregon. "To some He has given musical
talents, to others he has given artistic
abilities. To me He gave a healthy body
and a knack for wrestling."
Come tonight to see for yourselves
how strenuously these wrestlers employ
their God-given faculties on the wrestling
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In sports Gill likes tennis and skiing, and in high school
she was the goalie for the county field-hockey team.
Gillian does not think of herself as a tomboy. She pointed
out that in many other cultures the women work as hard
or harder than the men. She said, "In work or play one
just has to do what comes natural."
a pamphlet about Bethany Fellowship Missionary Training
Center located here in Bloomington, Minnesota. She made
application and was accepted a week later, so she packed
up and came to the Twin Cities.
If Gill comes on a bit strong to some people it is
because she has had to fend for herself for many years.
Crossing the Atlantic on the last voyage of H.M.S. Queen
Mary in September 1967, she arrived in America knowing
no one. The verse that gave her support at that time was
Psalm 77 :19 which reads: "Thy way is in the sea, and thy
path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known."
With this verse she let the Lord lead her, step by step.
In addition to her job as governess, GiUian worked as
an artist for Teen Challenge in New York City. Working
with "corpse-like" kids addicted to drugs made her realize
that she needed to go to a Bible school. While cleaning
the storeroom one day at Teen Challenge she came across
Gillian studied for four and a half years at Bethany
Fellowship, one year of which was a missionary internship
in Puerto Rico. During her year there she got involved
in prison work with missionaries outside of Bethany Fellowship.
In the fall of 1973 she started at Bethel. GHlian has
put herself .through school encouraged by several scholarships,
but with no help from her family. She works two
or three jobs during the year besides fulfilling her duties
as president of the International Students Association here
at Bethel.
She spent the summer of 1974 in Japan, teaching Bible
and English to Japanese girls at a Catholic convent.
Always active and very seldom depressed or down,
Gillian feels that her gift from the Lord is to be a friend to
people. She hopes to use this gift on the mission field in
either Australia or Japan.
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Wrestlers prepare, open tonight of a match, a boiled egg and a glass
of water will sometimes have to tide
him over until after the official weigh-in.
by Jim Morud
If you have ever attended a Bethel
wrestling match it is likely that you
were either perplexed by the seemingly
complicated method of scoring, overwhelmed
by the roar of frantic fans, or,
amazed by the cat-like agility with which
the two athletes maneuver their bodies.
Tonight at 7 :30 whatever has confused
intrigued, or tizzied wrestling fans i~
the past will be relived as the Bethel
grapplers make their pre-conference debut
in the Bethel gymnasium. Two competitive
wrestling schools, UMD and Gustavus
Adolphus, will be hosted by the
Bethel squad in a tri-school match.
Students have shown strong support
for wrestling during coach Dave Klostreich's
five years of coaching at Bethel.
Last year's team gave the fans
plenty to shout about as they finished
a strong third in the Tri-State Conference.
Klostreich is looking foward to
another crowd-pleasing season this year
as the Royals will be strong contenders
for the conference title.
"This year my goal is to challenge
W~stmar, the perennial wrestling ch8iJllp
in this conference," said Klostreich.
"This year's the year to do it because
we have depth in several weight classes
which provides for good competition.
This is the overall best squad we've had
over the past few years and it's the
best crop of freshmen and transfer students
Assisting Coach Klostreich this year
will be Bill Heaton, a student of theology
at the Seminary. Heaton graduated from
Wooster College in Ohio, where he wrestled,
and he was an assistant coach for
two years in an outstanding high school
wrestling program. His experience and
knowledge of wrestling will surely be vital
to the success of the team this year.
Wrestling involves much more than
limber bodies tangling and tossing each
other on cushion mats. A wrestler needs
to have more than a cheering crowd
and an experienced coach to back him
uP. Whatever motivates a wrestler to
exert every ounce of his strength for
an entire eight-minute match must first
come from deep within himself.
Dave Lindenberg, a 158-pound senior,
offered his reasoning: "1 enjoy wrestling,
but 1 think it's more important
to try to glorify God by working hard
and keeping a good attitude than it
is to win. Of course, winning is important
too, because by winning we can
show others that Christians aren't pushovers.
No matter how small my wrestling
talents are, God can still use me in
some way if I'm trying my best."
When a wrestler enters the wrestling
room (whi.ch is pre-heated to 85 degrees)
he is clad in lightweight wrestling shoes,
knee-pads, ear guards (to protect against
cauliflower ears), shorts, a sweatshirt,
and sweatpants. Practice begins with
a word of prayer followed by six minute~
of warm-up drills. Then coaches Klostreich
and Heaton make a few announcements
and soon the action begins. Techniques
and holds are drilled over and
over until they become instantaneous reactions
in the mind of the wrestler.
As the temperature in the room rises
with increased body heat, perspiration
saturates the grappler's attire.
After several minutes of hard, all-out
wrestling, the team is divided into
two groups. One group is sent out into
the hallway to sprint the stairway until
their legs and lungs are thoroughly exhausted.
Meanwhile, the rest of the team
is pushing weights in the weightroom,
When each group has finished, either
sprinting or weightlifting, they rotate.
At the end of a two hour practice,
the team files into the locker room
to shower and record their body weights.
It is not unusual for a wrestler to los~
three to five pounds of weight in a
single practice session.
After a vigorous workout, one would
expect a weary wrestler to appease his
gaping appetite with a swinish feast.
However, most wrestlers need to watch
their diets closely so that they ,vill not
be over th·eir designated weights for
competition. Salads and proteins are essential
for healthy wrestlers, but if there
are a few pounds to lose on the day
When the week has ended and the
team is set for competition with another
school, the physical strain, the shrinking
stomachs, and the endless drills are
no longer in the mind of the wrestler.
His attention focuses on a new yet regretfully
familiar sensation - the "butterflies."
His nerves are fluttering and his
concentration narrows in on his opponent
(who is also busy preparing himself
mentally on the other side of the mat).
Once his turn has come to meet · his
opponent on the mat, however, his "butterflies"
float away. After both wrestlers
exchange handshakes in the center of
the mat, the referee toots his whistle
and the match begins.
Senior team captain Rick Smith described
the opening moments of a match
as a wrestler sees it: "Suddenly my
adrenaUn starts to flow and my reflexes
are quickened. I can~t even bear the
crowd any more because every bit of
my attention is fixed on my 'opponent~
The only voice I hear is the coach's,
and som'etimes I can't even hear him.
It's like I'm in a three-man world -
the ref, the other wrestler, and myself
- for eight long minutes."
Other returning veterans are expected
to fare quite well this season: Bill Helwig
(150), Jeff Zi tzloff (second in conference
last year at 167), Jerry Flasch
(second at 190) and Gary Peterson (second
at heavyweight). Smith, Zitzloff,
Flasch, and Peterson also qualified for
the NAIA tournament last year.
Behind each starter in the lineup there
is someone driving him to be better
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1M fo!>tball All-Stars: kneeling --- Traudt, Johnson, Reasoner;
s1an~lng - ~. Peterson, Swanson, Van Gorkom, Engebretson,
Madison, CalVin, J. Peterson, Nielsen.
Royal guard Curt Oslin hits another long
iumper, helping Bethel defeat the hapless
Alumni, 98-78.
1M Update
by Scott Anderson
Last week's intramural basketball saw Off-Campus West
annihilate Edgren Green, 109-26, the highest score recorded
for the season. Rich Gustafson scored 34 points and Doug
Berg and Roger Gustafson added 25 and 21 respectively.
John Marshall led the crushed' Green team with ten points.
Off-Campus East continued winning with a 63-58 victory
over Bright-N. Dan Swanson scored 20 for East and Dan
Viselled Bright-N with 19 points.
In the closest game of the day, New Dorm edged Edgren
Blue, 37-26. Todd Johnson pumped in 14 points for New
Dorm and Kim Walker and Randy Mitrovich scored 16
and 12 points to pace Blue.
Townhouse II knocked heads with Edgren Gold and came
out on top, winning by a 55-48 margin. Greg Wilcox was the
workhorse for TH II, coHecting 21 points. John VanLoon
hit from all over and led Gold with 22 points.
The Faculty outlasted Townhouse I, winning 59-44. The
amazing Dan Taylor again burned the nets for the Faculty,
ending up with 26 points. Ron Nilsson headed a balanced
TH I attack with 11 points.
In Wednesday's games, Off-Campus East cooled a hot
Townhouse II team, upsetting them 50-44. Tim Os key paced
East with 12 points, as eight players got into the scorebook.
Mark Norlander carried his team all alone, scoring
20 of their 44 points.
Off-Campus West won again, ' this time over Townhouse I
by a 65-44 score. The Wes:t attack was balanced with eight
players scoring. Pete Anderson was high with 15 points. Scott
Whitlock led TH I with 12 points.
Edgren Green played with only four men and suffered
for it, as Edgren Blue rolled past them, 70-51. Mike An-ten
derson almost made up the difference for Green, driving
inside for 22 points. The Blue scoring was very balanced
with Kim Walker and Scott Anderson scoring 16 apiece and
David Terlouw adding 14.
Bright-N overcame New Dorm, 47-40. Dean Peterson
muscled inside for 12 points .to lead Bright-N. Todd Johnson
was high scorer for New Dorm with 14 points.
The Faculty had an easy game, mopping up Edgren
Gold, 72-49. Dan Taylor threw up plenty of shots and walked
away wth 32 points. Paul Reasoner added 20 more to lead
the fast-break Faculty. John VanLoon and Ron Sawtell led
the Gold team with 16 and 14 points respectively.
Cagers rip· Alumni,
face M.orris t'o·morrolw
by Dan SwansQn
The Varsity won big over the Alumni, 98-78, and the JV
went down to a hard-fought 66-62 defeat to the Intramural
All Stars to open the 1975-76 basketball season last Saturday
, In the opening game, the Intramural All Stars surprised
everyone including themselves. After opening up an
early 12 point lead and holding it most of the game, the
All Stars started to falter. The JV, led by Tim Koenigsbers's
12 points, came roaring back to take a momentary
three point lead. The All Stars held their poise
though. They regained momentum, came back, and held
on for a big upset, 66-62. .
Dan Taylor and Roger Gustafson led the All Stars with 16
points apiece. Bill Healy and Tim Olson chipped in 11
and 10 points respectively for the JV. It was a tough
loss for the JV who definitely did not play up to their
potential. For the All Stars, it was a sweet, long-sought
victory over the JV. Hitting 70 percent from the line, they
played with the aggressiveness and determination needed to
In the second game of the evening, the Varsity came
out hot. They grabbed an early lead and built on it as the
game progressed. The Alumni, playing poorly, never were
much in the game. It was a disappointing performance by
,the Alumni who were expected to give the Varsity a close
game. They certainly missed the services of absent Steve
Scroggins, as did the fans.
It was an encouraging way to begin the season for the
Varsity Royals. They played aggressively, ran well, and
substituted freely. Curt Oslin hit on six of nine shots and
ended with a game high 20 points. Tim Casey came in :to hit
five or six shots from the floor and had 14 points. Paul
Healy made seven of eight free throws and totaled 13
points. Freshman Tim Olson contributed 12 points as he
hit an amazing six of seven shots from the field. Overall,
the Royals were 52 percent from the field and 73
percent from the line.
A week ago, in a Clarion interview, Coach Trager
promised a fast, exciting brand of basketball. The Royals
provided just that as they proved to be quite explosive at
times on offense. Games this year should provide plenty of
excitement for the fans.
The team will be traveling to Morris for a game .tomorrow
starting at 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday, November 25, the
Royals will be back home to host Northland. The game
wil begin at 7 :30 p.m. and will be preceded by a JV game
beginning at 5 :30 p.m.
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VERGENNES — At the annual meeting of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners last month in Albuquerque, N.M., Vergennes veterinarian Joe Klopfenstein was shocked when he was called up to the podium. He'd been named the 2010 Bovine Practitioner of the Year.
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A Southern California woman who was killed by her 29-year-old son over the weekend before he fled on a tractor and was killed by police was granted a three-year restraining order against him in 2008.
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) ? A Southern California woman who was killed by her 29-year-old son over the weekend before he fled on a tractor and was killed by police was granted a three-year restraining order against him in 2008.
Ventura County court records obtained Monday show that Sally Ann Carnan, 67, filed for the restraining order against her son Ryan Carnan because of concerns of domestic violence. Authorities said he killed her in a chaotic and violent scene Saturday.
Carnan, who had served in the military, was never arrested but had three mental health-related contacts with the Simi Valley Police Department, most recently in July 2008, said Cmdr. Stephanie Shannon.
Police were alerted to the killing on Mellow Lane in suburban Los Angeles at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday by a phone call from Ryan Carnan's brother, who told them that Ryan had just called to say he had shot their mother in their home.
Authorities said Ryan Carnan left the home ablaze, shot at a random passer-by and fled roughly half a mile along a horse trail by tractor before police converged and killed him in a shootout. The incident is under investigation.
The Carnan family had lived in the quiet close-knit neighborhood since the 1970s, and Sally Carnan, a widow and beloved secretary at a local high school, had just celebrated her daughter's wedding in the home last month, said neighbor Carolyn Hunter. Family members did not respond to requests for comment.
Hunter said she had just returned from the beach Saturday and was feeding the horses at her home when gunfire burst out across the street.
"It was like a canon, and by the second shot, I ducked. ... Then three more shots were fired," Hunter said. "It was like, boom, boom, boom (with) a second between each one."
She said she and another neighbor immediately thought of Ryan, who sometimes threw temper tantrums in high school and would rush outdoors hollering and throwing things. He lived with his mother, and his truck was in the driveway.
"We went, 'Oh my God, he shot her,'" Hunter said. The neighbor ran to the house in her flip-flops and shorts, pounding on the door to try to save Sally, but nobody opened it.
On Monday, investigators were still trying to determine what set off the 30-minute spree that saw police converging onto the quiet hilly neighborhood in full tactical gear.
"Unfortunately, Ryan and his mother Sally are really the only two people that know exactly what occurred in that residence, and what contributed to the events occurring at all," Shannon said.
Police said Monday that Ryan Carnan carried a handgun with him, and he had advanced firearms skills and training. They declined to confirm whether it was registered to him or legally in his possession.
Hunter said Carnan had a temper problem but there were no indications he'd take such drastic actions. Often he'd be spotted out mowing the grass or at local garage sales.
"The mother loved her son, for whatever problems she had, she was there for him," Hunter said. "It was a tragedy it happened."


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Norman Chester Krier, 82, of Albrightsville and formerly of Collegeville, died Monday, March 25, 2013, in his home.
He was the husband of the late Hazel (Wright) Krier. They had been married for 50 years, and he missed her very much.
Born in Norristown, he was the son of the late Norman C. and Emma (Hill) Krier. He had lived in Collegeville for more than 40 years.
He had been a supervisor in the Waste Management Service Department in Lansdale before retiring in 1995. Before that, he worked for Mack Trucks in Conshohocken. Prior to that, he worked for Allenwood Steel in Conshohocken for more than 20 years. He was a member of the United Steelworkers Union.
Norman liked to roller skate in his younger years and he really loved being a grandfather.
He is survived by a daughter, Marjorie Pelfrey and her companion, Brad Scherer, of Pottstown; two grandchildren, Chloe Joyce and Kristin Pelfrey and her husband, Ben Szlacta; five great-grandchildren: Chelsea Haas, Rachel Haas, Jordan Haas, Tallulah Szlacta and Brody Szlacta; a great-great-grandchild, Silas Jones and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Kenneth Pelfrey.
A viewing will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Saturday, March 30, at Kresge Funeral Home, 1763 Route 209, Brodheadsville.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. David Felker officiating. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday, April 1, at George Washington Memorial Park, Plymouth Meeting.
Kresge Funeral Home
1763 Route 209, Brodheadsville
Norman Chester Krier
Norman Chester Krier, 82, of Albrightsville and formerly of Collegeville, died Monday, March 25, 2013, in his home.