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Playing the Ozzie card
A chosen tactic of outgoing leaders in the Spokane Police Department: talk highly about the sheriff's plan for regionalizing police forces.
Documents recently released from last December's investigation into reports that former Assistant Police Chief Scott Stephens had threatened to go "postal" after hearing of his impending demotion contain a line from a "confidante and friend" of Stephens describing the tactic.
In her account of Stephens' behavior the day he's alleged to have made the threats, Officer Jennifer DeRuwe said Stephens told her he "wanted to talk to Sheriff Knezovich about becoming his undersheriff. [Stephens] said he would push the sheriff for a regional agency and be a part of that team. (This was very similar to previous Chief Kirkpatrick's 'threats' when she was leaving her position a year ago.)"
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, however, said it's news to him.
"I never had those conversations," Knezovich said Thursday. "I feel honored that they felt that way, that they wouldn't mind working for me. But I didn't talk to them."
For her part, former Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said in an email Thursday that as the department continued to lose credibility with the public over various misbehavior, she told officers that "if they did not start taking control of themselves … then a good argument could be made for the Sheriff's Office to take over the police department and become a regionalized force under the Sheriff and I would advocate for it."
Kirkpatrick, now working as the chief deputy sheriff in King County, said she assumed this potential advocacy for regionalization "is the 'threat' Officer DeRuwe is referencing."
Former SPD Chief lands new post
It appears that former Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick's search for a new job has ended. King County voters chose John Urquhart as their sheriff; Urquhart, you'll recall, vowed earlier this year to hire Kirkpatrick, who left late last year after serving five years as Spokane's top cop.
Urqhart spent 24 years with the King County Sheriff's Office in various roles and had a commanding lead in votes over Sheriff Steve Strachan, who was appointed to the post by the King County Council in April.
Kirkpatrick, who announced when she came to Spokane that she intended to stay just five years, sparred with the Spokane Police Guild and called out officers to change the culture of both the union and the department.
Kirkpatrick could find new role in King County
Former Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick is back in the news.
Kirkpatrick, who turned in her badge last year after voters ousted Mayor Mary Verner, has caught the attention of King County sheriff's candidate John Urqhart, who says he would hire her to serve as his chief deputy if voters elect to the post next month.
Urqhart spent 24 years with the King County Sheriff's Office in various roles and is challenging Sheriff Steve Strachan, who was appointed to the post by the King County Council in April.
Here's a link to the article about Urqhart's announcement that SR reporter Nicole Hensley put together today.
Stephens leading police department — at least until 1 p.m.
Spokane Mayor David Condon confirmed this morning that he will name his selection for interim police chief at a news conference at 1 p.m.
The current acting chief, Scott Stephens, declined to say if he will still be chief by the end of the day in a brief interview after he left a meeting at City Hall this morning.
Condon said last week that Stephens would be acting chief "through the weekend." Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick's retired effective Jan. 2.
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has requested the position in hopes that the city would consider contracting with his department. Former Spokane Mayor Mary Verner started a national search for a new chief with Condon's blessing.
The interim chief will inherit significant obstacles, including the possibility of other officers facing federal criminal charges related to the handling of the Otto Zehm matter, low morale and recent budget cuts.
Kirkpatrick speaks about 5 years as chief
Anne Kirkpatrick's last official day as chief of the Spokane Police Department is today, but she'd already left the city by the end of last week.
She spoke candidly with The Spokesman-Review before she did. Check out my interview with her here.
Mayor David Condon will name a new interim chief today at 1 p.m. Stay tuned.
Stephens named acting police chief but only through weekend
Mayor-elect David Condon said today that Acting Assistant Police Chief Scott Stephens will lead the Spokane Police Department, but his appointment so far is extremely temporary.
Condon, who will become mayor at midnight on Jan. 1, said he has agreed to have Stephens lead the department "through the weekend."
Stephens was a major in the department under retiring Chief Anne Kirkpatrick until Kirkpatrick named him acting assistant chief this fall after Assistant Chief Jim Nicks went on sick leave.
Chief honors woman who tracked robber
Citizen Award recepient Carey Smith and Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick. (Spokane Police Department photo)
A Spokane woman who helped police catch a bank robber last summer was honored today by Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick.
Carey Smith was driving north on North Monroe Street near West Dalke Avenue on July 20 when she saw a man running with orange powder coming from a bag he was carrying.
She turned around to follow him and memorized the license plate of his getaway vehicle. Smith gave the information to police, who were searching for a man who held up the Wells Fargo bank at Monroe and West Francis Avenue.
Police spotted the car and followed it; suspect Lawrence A. Wideman (pictured) was arrested after driving through a metal fence into a cemetery and trying to escape in the Spokane River.
Wideman, 44, is a level 2 sex offender with a conviction in 2009 for third-degree rape of a child. He pleaded guilty to the bank robbery in October and was sentenced to 162 months in prison.
Kirkpatrick awarded Smith the chief's Citizen Award this morning at the Public Safety Building.
Hammes: It Just Doesn't Add Up
But while the newspaper coverage of (Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick's) resignation was thorough, there was one item that did not receive the attention it merits. Her age. The lady is 52. She decided it was time to retire at the ripe old age of 52. There was another telling report in the same newspaper a couple of weeks earlier that is also worth a mention. In this case it was a sports report about a very successful high school volleyball coach. The woman … has coached for many years. Given that, the reporter asked how much longer she planned to coach. While she deflected the question, she did mention that she is eligible to retire anytime she chose. She is all of 53 years old. So the question begs. How many folks working outside of the government could even consider retirement at that age?/Dan Hammes, St. Maries Gazette-Record. More here.
Question: At what age can you afford to retire?
Chief: 'Silent majority needs to stand up'
Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson outside the federal courthouse in Yakima on Nov. 2 with (from left) his lawyer, Carl Oreskvocih, and Spokane Police Guild Vice President John Gately. (SRPhoto/Chris Anderson)
Spokane police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick suggested Monday that no cultural changes will occur within SPD until frontline officers change the leadership of the guild.
As president, Ernie Wuthrich keeps two vice presidents, Officer John Gately, who attended every day of Karl Thompson's trial and was by his side outside of trial, and Tim Moses, who required a letter of immunity from the U.S. Department of Justice before he would testify about his previous grand jury testimony incriminating Thompson.
When Moses (pictured right) did testify, he he blamed the FBI for intimidating him into testifying under oath to a grand jury that Thompson had struck Otto Zehm in the head with a baton.
"If you want true culture change, you look to your leaders and see who is being elected," Kirkpatrick said. "That will be your weather vane of the cultural mindset. The silent majority needs to stand up and take back the voice and leadership of who they really are."
But in an e-mail to The Spokesman-Review, Moses said he recalls Kirkpatrick supporting his promotion.
If "you really want to find someone to point the finger at for a lack of direction … deficiency of faith in the police … or issues with public trust … remember, we were under Kirkpatrick's administration and guidance the past 5 years," he wrote in part. "Put the blame where it belongs."
Read much more about the expected federal investigation n into the Spokane Police Department here.
Police Chief Kirkpatrick to leave Jan. 2
Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick confirmed Friday that she will not wait for a new chief to be hired and will leave at the first of the year.
Kirkpatrick has said as late as Nov. 4 that she would stay through the first few months of the year as the city searched for a new chief.
But on Nov. 6, she sent a letter to Mayor Mary Verner announcing a departure date of Jan. 2.
"My family's a priority and I'm at a great age for new things," Kirkpatrick, 52, said in an interview Friday.
Jury awards police detective $722k
A jury on Friday awarded more than $700,000 to a Spokane police detective they say was wrongly fired and retaliated against by Chief Anne Kirkpatrick.
The amount includes $250,000 in punitive damages against Kirkpatrick, who quickly left Superior Court Judge Kathleen O'Connor's courtroom with Assistant City Attorney Ellen O'Hara after the verdict was read. Both declined comment.
Read the rest of my story here.
Attorney Bob Dunn gave a closing argument Thrusday so critical of Kirkpatrick that her attorney aplogized to her. Read more here.
Police chief addresses property crimes
Spokane police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick took to YouTube yesterday to address concerns about the elimination of the property crimes unit. While police are no longer investigating property crimes, Kirkpatrick said patrol teams and repeat offender programs have helped decrease property crimes in Spokane.
Past coverage (look for future coverage after the Zehm trial):
Trial begins in SPD detective's lawsuit
Trial began today in a lawsuit filed against the City of Spokane and Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick by a detective who was fired in the midst of a messy divorce.
Jay Mehring alleges he was wrongfully terminated and defamed in 2007 when Kirkpatrick heard reports that he'd threatened to burn his wife's house down.
Kirkpatrick, who is sitting at the defendant's table for the trial, announced Mehring's arrest in a press conference.
A jury acquitted him of felony harassment and he was reinstated with the police department. He's currently on paid administrative leave.
Bob Dunn is representing Mehring in the case, which continues with testimony Thursday before Spokane County Superior Court Judge Kathleen O'Connor.
Past coverage:
Oct. 8: City must turn over emails in Mehring suit
Oct. 7: Judge calls Mehring case 'dysfunctional'
Oct. 4: Detective alleges witness tampering in civil suit
Spokane police prepare for busy time
It's going to be a big few months for the Spokane Police Department.
With pending leadership changes and the federal trial of Officer Karl F. Thompson for the death of Otto Zehm set to begin next week, the department is preparing for a stressful time, as Capt. Frank Scalise said in the latest employee newsletter.
Scalise (pictured) said police are used to dealing with unpredictable change, "but the control part creates a little anxiety or frustration," he said. "Critical incidents, whatever our involvement, add to this," Scalise wrote. "Media coverage, particularly if not entirely favorable or even accurate, compounds this further."
Scalise offers this advice to navigate what he calls "these sometimes treacherous waters of change."
"I would offer you two things to remember. One is that you are involved in an extraordinarily difficult, honorable profession. Take pride in that. You're part of the SPD. You're part of your individual team within the SPD. I know the good work you're doing, and so do you. Be proud," Scalise wrote. "Secondly, remember what we can control – how we treat each other. This is true at all times, but even more so when we get into difficult times. We are likely facing such a time over the next six months – legal events, media coverage, and leadership change. Any of these events would be a big change all by itself, much less all at once. At these times, we need to pull together as a family. Treat each other well. Look out for each other. Because no matter what else changes, we know we can count on each other."
Charges dropped against ex-detective
The case against former Spokane police Detective Jeff Harvey has essentially been dropped after a jury deadlocked Wednesday on an obstruction charge and the prosecutor said he won't pursue a second trial.
Verdicts require unanimous decisions and the jury split 5-to-1 in favor of acquittal. Deputy Spokane County Prosecutor Brian O'Brien said the case is over.
"I won't be pursuing it," O'Brien said. Harvey "had to go through the full trial. We had our day in court on this charge."
Read the reset of Tom Clouse's story here.
Past coverage:
Sept. 20: Obstruction trial for ex-police detective begins
July 16: Fired detective files $10 million claim
July 15: SPD detective fired for 'troubled history'
Fired detective's criminal trial begins
The obstruction of justice trial began Monday against embattled former Spokane police detective Jeff Harvey.
Harvey was fired this year after being charged with a gross misdemeanor following a confrontation with a state Department of Fish and Wildlife police officer who responded on Jan. 22 to a report of boys shooting after hunting hours on private land north of Spokane. Harvey, who was off-duty at the time, is accused of hindering the investigation, which involved his sons.
Read the rest of Tom Clouse's story here.
Past coverage:
July 16: Fired detective files $10 million claim
July 15: SPD detective fired for 'troubled history'
City to begin search for new chief in '12
The City of Spokane expects to begin a regional or national search for a new police chief by next spring, officials said today.
Spokane Police Department employees are interested in the position but "we also have a desire to look outside the department," City Administrator Ted Danek told the Public Safety Committee at its monthly meeting.
Assistant Police Chief Jim Nicks recently announced plans to retire when Chief Anne Kirkpatrick leaves early next year.
Kirkpatrick has said she'll stay until a new chief is appointed, which officials say won't happen until after the mayoral election.
"People are not going to apply until they know who the boss is," Kirkpatrick said.
Danek said the search, which could take three to six months, could begin in March or April.
Kirkpatrick has always said she planned to stay in Spokane about five years. She said she's looking at other opportunities.
"It's not a retirement, I'm just moving to a different stage in my life," said Kirkpatrick, adding that neither she nor Nicks will be "lame ducks" in the meantime.
Spokane police majors Scott Stephens and Craig Meidl said after the meeting that they are not interested in applying to be the next police chief.
Past coverage:
Sept. 15: Nicks to retire as Kirkpatrick steps down
April 20: Chief says time in Spokane nearing end
City hires attorney to fight lawsuit filed by detective
The Spokane City Council on Monday agreed to hire a local attorney to help the city defend itself in a lawsuit filed by a Spokane police detective.
The city will pay Milt Rowland, a former assistant city attorney for Spokane, up to $75,000 to assist the city in the case brought by Detective Jay Mehring. Rowland is part of the firm Foster Pepper.
Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick placed Mehring on unpaid leave after he was charged with felony harassment in March 2007. He was acquitted by a jury and received back pay. His suit alleges that Kirkpatrick continued to make public statements accusing Mehring of threatening his wife even after he was acquitted.
Nicks to retire as Kirkpatrick steps down
The Spokane Police Department's top two officers are on their way out, leaving city officials to find new leadership as they struggle with the continuing legal fallout surrounding the death of Otto Zehm.
Assistant Chief Jim Nicks announced Tuesday his upcoming retirement will coincide with the previously announced departure of Chief Anne Kirkpatrick.
Nicks, who is 53 and has spent 30 years on the force, played a pivotal role in the city's handling of the fatal 2006 confrontation involving the unarmed Zehm.
At that time, Nicks was acting police chief and publicly backed the actions of Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr., telling the community that the 36-year-old mentally ill Zehm "attacked" and "lunged" at Thompson.
Read the rest of Tom Clouse's story here.
Past coverage:
SPD detective fired for 'troubled history'
Spokane police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick fired Detective Jeff Harvey on Wednesday as a result of an alleged confrontation Harvey had with a state Fish and Wildlife officer and what his termination letter labeled a "troubled work history."
The incident was "part of the pattern of behavior that (the department) had documented over the years with this particular employee," said city spokeswoman Marlene Feist.
Harvey is the former vice president of the Spokane Police Guild.
Mayor Mary Verner said she "backs the chief's decision."
Havey's termination letter was hand-delivered to his home, Feist said.
Read the rest of Jonathan Brunt's story here.
Past coverage:
Quick thinkers earn police chief's praises
For Dillon Fabie, there was no decision to be made. Just an adrenaline rush and a quick sprint across a parking lot and there he was, restraining a suspected purse thief as police arrived.
"Instincts took over," Fabie, 21, said Monday as he recalled taking the man to the ground in the north Spokane Walmart supercenter parking lot last November. "The next thing I know I'm all the way back here holding the guy."
Fabie was among Spokane residents honored by police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick before the Spokane City Council on Monday. The Whitworth University student received the Chief's Citizen Award, along with Karl Erbacher, who also is credited with stopping a purse-snatching suspect last fall.
Kirkpatrick 5-year tenure nears end
When Anne Kirkpatrick was interviewed to be Spokane's police chief, she was asked how long the city could expect her to stay.
Her answer was frank: about five years. Nearly five years later, that position hasn't changed.
Kirkpatrick confirmed Tuesday that she has suggested Mayor Mary Verner start thinking about finding a replacement.
Kirkpatrick, however, stressed that she hasn't picked a departure date and would be open to serving during a transition "if I'm in the good graces of the city, the department and the community.
"We need to start looking at 2012 and beyond," Kirkpatrick said. "I plan to run hard through the finish line, wherever it is."
Chief wants to shift focus in shootings
Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said this week that she hopes to bring more public focus on the perception of officers involved in fatal shootings.
"We get so focused on whether a person is armed and is it a knife or whatever. We've got to change this focus. It's whatever the officer is faced with - is it life threatening to that officer?" Kirkpatrick said at a meeting of the city's Public Safety Committee." We need to continue to bring this forward, because officers do get killed when there was no gun."
City Attorney Rocky Treppiedi said the media and public don't focus on that.
"The public or the media will focus on, from the public's perspective, you know, what occurred," Treppiedi said. "The law focuses not on what the public perceived or what the witnesses perceived or even what the shooting victim perceived. The law focuses on what the chief said, and that is what did the officer perceive?"
Treppiedi continued, "whereas a lot of the public's discussion comes from 'but witnesses said x and the editor says y.'"
The discussion took place Monday as Lt. Craig Meidl presented to committee members internal affairs investigation data that included the number of officer-involved shootings since 2006 (three in 2010, two in 2009, zero in 2008, four in 2007 and zero in 2006.)
Committee member and City Councilman Bob Apple asked if the department was revamping policies and questioned shooting suspects who are armed with knives and not guns.
Kirkpatrick said she once had an officer shot in the line of duty with his own weapon.
"No one was armed when he showed up, but…he lost the wrestling match and the guy grabbed his gun and shot and killed him," Kirkpatrick said.
She emphasized that the threat of grievous bodily injury - one justification for the use of deadly force - can differ from situation to situation.
"What is grievous bodily injury is going to be very unique in that particular event that that officer is faced with," Kirkpatrick said.
City Council President Joe Shogan said situations could end differently if police were called sooner. He referred to the Dec. 4 shooting of Jeremy Groom by police outside a Hillyard tavern.
Groom was shot as he pointed a gun at a man who turned out to be one of his best friends. His friends say Groom never would have shot the man and say officers didn't give him time to drop the gun.
The dispute began inside the tavern. Shogan said options seemed limited by the time police were called.
"I would hope that citizens would say 'OK if we're going to involve the police, let's involve them sooner than later," Shogan said. "Don't wait until this gets to be a flash point and then hope that there are a lot of options, which, at that point, I don't think there are."
Police use-of-force case leaves questions
A Spokane man's arrest last July on suspicion of reckless driving, resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license has led to a disagreement between the Spokane Police Department and police Ombudsman Tim Burns, who has refused to certify the department's internal investigation into a witness's complaint of excessive force used against the suspect.
Burns questions an administrative review panel's recommendation to exonerate the two accused officers. But police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, who acted on the recommendation, said Burns doesn't have the legal authority to make such a claim because his oversight is limited to internal investigations, not the later administrative review panels made up of police leaders.
"I don't look at it as a substantive issue. To me, it's just a legal question," Kirkpatrick said. "What is Tim Burns' authority and is the (panel) part of the investigation?"
Burns, who started work as the city's first police ombudsman in August 2009, disagrees.
"My position is, If not me, then who?" he said.
Chief praises police action in MLK bomb
Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick on Wednesday praised Sgts. Jason Hartman and Eric Olsen for their decisions to reroute the Martin Luther King, Jr. parade after a sophisticated bomb was found along the original route.
"We are trying to have a national conversation to learn to say, 'See something, say something,' " said Kirkpatrick, pictured above with Olsen. "I'd like to get all of our residents to
put that phrase into their thinking. We don't want to be a city paralyzed by fear, but we must be a community that is mindful."
Olsen, who was managing the traffic around the MLK march, said Hartman (right) called him at 9:37 a.m. Monday and told him about the backpack, which was discovered by three workers from the Spokane Public Facilities District.
Without enough time to determine what was inside, the sergeants decided to change the route of the march.
"We always assume the worst," Olsen said on Wednesday. "But when I found out it was a viable device, I was both scared and relieved. I was scared that someone would do that but relieved that it was resolved. I felt very fortunate … just from the chaos and devastation it would have caused."
The FBI said on Wednesday that hunt for the person who left the bomb will focus on two aspects: forensics and the region's violent history with white supremacists.
Read Thomas Clouse's story here.
Past coverage:
City Offers DUI Hit-&-Run Cop Job Back
A former Spokane police sergeant fired after a drunken hit-and-run crash has been offered a spot as a detective after a change in state law lifted his driving restrictions. City officials notified Bradley N. Thoma on Friday that he can return at the demoted level immediately after he obtained an unrestricted driver's license this week, said Marlene Feist, city spokeswoman. Thoma, a 20-year police veteran, has not yet accepted the position, which pays between $74,000 and $82,000 annually. He made about $91,000 as a sergeant. Bob Dunn, a lawyer who filed a $4 million wrongful termination claim against the city on his behalf, was not available for comment Friday afternoon/Meghann Cuniff, SR. More here.
Question: Do you want this guy investigating crime?
Police divvy drugs to catch dealers
Two men looking for drugs found help quickly on East Sprague Avenue in Spokane last April. A drug user eager for his next high took them to a west Spokane parking lot, where he handed them a rock of crack cocaine he'd bought from a dealer in a nearby car.
The men gave their assistant a small portion of the drug and drove back to Sprague, but they didn't join him in getting high. Instead, the remaining crack cocaine was secured at the Spokane police evidence room and the man suspected of selling it was charged with a felony.
The investigation was detailed in a court hearing Thursday that provided a rare look at the Spokane Police Department's undercover drug unit, where confidential informants are used daily and some drug users have no idea they're actually helping police.
Spokane detective in lawsuit on leave
A case that was settled in criminal court two years ago is still percolating in the Spokane Police Department, with a detective suing the city for defamation and his boss, Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, putting him on paid leave, saying his claims of emotional distress make him unfit for duty.
Detective Jay Mehring (pictured) was removed from duty the same day Kirkpatrick was to give a deposition in the $3.5 million lawsuit, said Mehring's lawyer, Bob Dunn.
Kirkpatrick declined comment, citing personnel issues and ongoing litigation. City spokeswoman Marlene Feist confirmed Mehring, who makes $79,364 annually, has been on leave since Sept. 9 but said she couldn't provide details.
Dunn said Mehring was put on paid leave the same day a scheduled deposition with Kirkpatrick was cut short because she didn't want Mehring in the room with his department-issued handgun.
Read the rest of my story here.
Vestal: Kirkpatrick's Lecture Irrelevant
Basic information about the shooting of Wayne Scott Creach has been
slow to emerge and shamefully scarce. Just days earlier, (Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick's)
department had issued a news release describing the Aug. 25 event as a
"close encounter" with a "verbal exchange" – paltry, insufficient
generalities that could have accurately been stated the morning after
the shooting. Other facts, such as the now notorious vacation of Deputy Brian
Hirzel, dribbled out while the cops played PR defense. The idea that the
department owes the public an accounting – or that this vacation might
strike us as outrageous – seemed not to register. So when Kirkpatrick began making her statement on Tuesday, one could
have been forgiven for assuming she planned to discuss the shooting. … But no. What Kirkpatrick did was offer a lecture on "fatal shooting
officer-involved protocol," an irrelevancy that seemed aimed primarily
at rescuing the sheriff's reputation/Shawn Vestal, SR. More here. (SR file photo, of Anne Kirkpatrick)
Question: Why do police — particularly Spokane authorities — spend so much time covering their tails when one of theirs goofs up? Do they think people are going to simply quit asking about a controversy like the shooting of a pastor on his property?
INW: Kirkpatrick To Discuss Shooting
Rocco Segadelli, 11 months old, of Boise, is wide-eyed as he checks out the inside of a Mickey Mouse balloon at the Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic Night Glow Saturday night at Ann Morrison Park in Boise. (AP Photo/Idaho Press Tribune: Mike Vogt)
Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick to hold 2 pm press conference to discuss Creach shooting investigation/KXLY.
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for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom MD.
Very pleased with room. Great for my family of 6.Posted Nov 21, 2014
Pros: Everyone is very friendly and hotel was very clean.
Location: Great beaches and restaurants
We had the best vacation ever! Hotel is very close to the airport. There are many beaches and activities. Hotel has a great pool.
by A verified travelerfrom Connecticut
Beautiful Hotel, Great Views and Good LocationPosted Nov 17, 2014
Pros: Great views.
Cons: SECURITY!
Location: The location is perfect, we walked to many great restaurants and enjoyed the Dutch side of the island.
I just returned from St. Maarten and I thought I found the perfect place at The Villas at Simpson Bay Resort & Marina. Unfortunately my trip was spoiled when my rental car was stolen from the hotel. We parked and locked our car at the hotel which has ample security personnel, a gate to enter the parking lot and camera's yet all of that failed to protect my property. I do understand that this is not the hotels fault, but I am supposed to feel safe and this left me very uncomfortable. I also feel that the hotel should have tried to make some type of restitution for their failure at guarding my car in their parking lot. I was extremely disappointing that no one contacted me after the incident to see if they could offer any assistance. I spoke to a few of the hotel staff (security, front desk, concierge.) and they were unaware a car was stolen from the property this week. I rented the car from Thrifty/Dollar which is located on the property (so endorsed by the resort) and not one person followed up to see if they could assist us. I reported the incident to the hotel manager, the security manager and the St. Maarten police and the only people that were concerned and helpful were the St. Maarten police. I love St. Maarten this was my 6th visit to the Island and I will return, but not to the Villa's.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Surprise!Posted Nov 13, 2014
We thought we were booking into a regular hotel and were surprised when we found that it was a timeshare facility. We did not have all the services that a hotel might have such as daily room services, but we had the advantage of a small kitchen and the availability of resort type offerings. The location was great, away from Philipsburg and it's constant traffic. The staff was friendly, although sometimes we were surprised at their lack of knowledge of the whole island. We were very, very pleased that we were staying on the Dutch side of the island; the French side is a bit run-down. We were also very surprised that there were guards everywhere on the island, including many at our resort. We would happily return there should we plan again to be on St. Maartins.
by A verified travelerfrom near Philadelphia, PA, USA
Like your room being changed w/no notice?Posted Nov 12, 2014
Pros: It was not bad until our room was changed. Then, we were quite surprised and not at all pleasantly.
Cons: They should keep some rooms for guests only so that guests could stay in a room for their full stay.
Location: There are restaurants in the resort and nearby.
They changed our room, w/no notice, 5 days into our stay. We went to our room and our swipe cards did not work. When we inquired, we were told we had to move to another room immediately. They did not call or visit us in advance. It was just pack up now.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Posted Nov 10, 2014
I enjoyed our stay, but the reception staff need some lessons in Customer service. On check in I was made to wait while the clerk answered phone calls during my check-in, then I was not informed of where my room was located. Again on check out, the person who came after me was served in front of me, then I was told I have to wait 10 days for my deposit to be released, unbelievable! no where else in the World has this happened to me. Apart from that the rest of the staff were OK.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Louisiana
Nice Location on Simpson BayPosted Nov 9, 2014
Pros: Good clean property in close proximity to airport, restaurants, casinos, etc. in Simpson Bay.
Cons: One of the elevators that served our room was not operable but there were other elevators to use.
Location: Restaurant on site (Stone) was quite good. Red Piano bar across street. Zee Best across street great for breakfast.
Stayed at the Villas at Simpson Bay overnight on way to Anguilla. Property is located on Simpson Bay about 5-10 minutes ($12) by taxi from Princess Julianna International Airport. Despite the fact that Hurricane Gonzalo had hit St. Marteen only two weeks earlier, there was little or no significant damage to the property and what had been damaged was being repaired. The property itself is in good condition as is quite well maintained. Property looks nicer than most nearby properties from what we could tell. Room was quite nice as well and appeared to have been renovated in last couple of years; it was comparable to most beach condo rentals we have stayed in previously. There is a restaurant (Stone) on site that had pretty good food and stayed open until 11 pm (on a Sunday night); enjoyed a good steak dinner there cooked on a hot granite stone. Fun bar called the Red Piano across the street as well as a casino. Staff was very nice and accommodating. We were not bothered at all by the time share sales staff that were set up in the lobby as other reviewers had described..Would definitely stay at the property again when in St. Marteen.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom New York
Nice hotel - close to the beach & restaurantsPosted Nov 9, 2014
Lovely lot of linens - only problem was getting facecloths. We enjoyed Bon Appetit very much for breakfast & dinner. It's great to be able to walk to many restaurants. Sidewalks are a little sketchy so best to have sneakers or strap on sandels. Nice Italian restaurant L'Isola (I think that's the spelling). There's a few more restaurants on the property too. Pool bingo & happy hour together one day, quite a bit of laughs. Cynthia the bingo caller is fantastic. Be certain to read the daily activities.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
One of the best in SXMPosted Nov 9, 2014
Pros: See Above
Cons: See Above
Location: See Above
We have stayed at this resort in the past. I can't speak to much other than the room and staff, we don't really use much else as we lived in St Maarten for years and return to visit friends. The location is great, right in the heart of Simpson Bay. View is to the west for sunsets and to watch the bridge traffic. The room, we were in a junior suite, was clean and comfy. If you were on to watch much TV the chairs in the room do not lend themselves to long term sitting. But who goes to SXM to watch TV. The staff from the front desk to the security is first rate and very accommodating.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Alexandria, TN
We stayed in a 2 bedroom villa(#203).Posted Nov 2, 2014
Location: Ferry to Anguilla is a must!
It was very nice. Easy check in and check out. No complaints. We had housekeeping every day. The only drawback was its not on the beach, but there are so many close by so it was fine. Rent a car. Cheap and fun to drive. $250 for the week. There are many great restaurants within walking distance though but all are expensive. Overall, had a wonderful experience.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Great hotel and location.Posted Sep 30, 2014
Hotel room and amenities were in great shape. Stayed for a week, wish it was longer.


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Written by Enterprise-Pilot Staff, firstname.lastname@example.com Saturday, 19 July 2014 00:00You may not actually see who is leaving books and magazines for the commuters at the Locust Valley Train Station, but those who have nicknamed these delightful and dedicated women the "Book Ladies."
Sue Klein and Joan McCauley, who are Friends of the Library, have been collecting donated books from the community and displaying them at the Long Island Railroad waiting area every week. The Book Ladies have also displayed Locust Valley Library programs so that commuters are aware of all the wonderful events that are going on.
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In the history of Oyster Bay High School athletics, no one has ever won a Girls' Tennis New York State Championship. Celeste Matute and Courtney Kowalsky became the first when they won the 2014 New York State Doubles Championship in Latham on Nov. 3. What makes this tremendous achievement even more remarkable is that Matute is a junior and Kowalsky is a sophomore.
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Oh, those happy days: Red Sox vs. the Braves
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The Old Town Teams were at it again in late May in Atlanta and in Boston, renewing a baseball matchup with historic roots that were planted in our city early in the last century.
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The percentage of working mothers using center-based care for their
preschoolers grew from 13% to 29% from 1977 to 1994, according to the U.S.
Bureau of the Census (1998). Along with the increasing use of child care have
come questions about how children's development is affected by the quality of
child care services available to parents. Defining high-quality child care is
difficult; however, there is general agreement that the development of children
should be enhanced rather than put at risk by their out-of-home care
experiences. This Digest discusses child care research that addresses parents'
questions about quality.
and process features.
Structural features include child-adult ratio, the qualifications of
caregivers, and wages paid to caregivers/teachers (Whitebook et al., 1989;
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [NICHD], 1998; Cryer,
1999, p. 41). Process features--practices that affect how children experience
child care--include the responsiveness of the caregiver, individualization of
care, and the use of language in the classroom (Love, 1997; Love et al., 1996;
Cryer, 1999; Helburn & Howes, 1996). The common element of these practices
and conditions is their ability to contribute to certain desirable outcomes in
children, including language acquisition and cognitive development,
self-control, sociability, creativity, the ability to engage in cooperative
play, and the ability to solve social conflicts (Love, 1997). Researchers
compare the effects, if any, that programs employing varying conditions and
practices have on the children attending them.
and causation.
To what extent are good developmental outcomes the result of the child care
environment, and to what extent are they the product of other factors? To answer
these questions, researchers try to isolate specific conditions or practices
within a child care setting, and then confirm that those factors are actually
correlated with certain positive or negative effects. But a correlation only
shows that a change in one feature predicts a change; it does not show what has
caused that change. To show effects requires difficult and expensive controlled
experimental studies that raise many practical and ethical issues.
For instance, findings in the NICHD study offered mixed support for the view
that high-quality child care predicts positive outcomes. On the one hand,
children attending child care centers that met American Public Health
Association/American Academy of Pediatrics (APHA/AAP) standards (which are more
stringent than accreditation standards) had greater school readiness, higher
language test scores, and fewer behavioral problems than their peers in other
centers. Child care quality also had a consistent positive correlation with
children's cognitive and language development. However, the correlation was
higher for a combination of family factors that included family income and
maternal vocabulary (used in studies as a substitute for maternal intelligence).
In fact, a combination of family factors was actually more closely correlated
with developmental outcomes like behavior, compliance, and self-control than was
child care quality (NICHD, 1998). This correlation suggests that families with
certain characteristics tend to choose high-quality care and that positive
outcomes may stem more from those characteristics than from high-quality care.
High quality is not the chief cause or predictor of positive outcomes, nor is
low quality the chief cause or predictor of negative outcomes. Nonetheless,
findings from the NICHD (1998) and the Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child
Care Centers (1995) studies indicate that high-quality care may offset risk
factors for some negative outcomes. There is stronger evidence from longitudinal
experimental studies to suggest that high-quality preschool has substantial,
long- lasting, positive effects on the development of children from families
living in poverty (Burchinal, 1999). The Abecedarian Project followed a group of
104 infants from low-income families, half of whom received high-quality,
educational child care beginning in early infancy and half of whom did not.
Those who had received high-quality child care had higher reading, math, and
mental test scores from toddlerhood through age 21, and were more likely to be
in school at age 21, than those in the non-treated group (Carolina Abecedarian
Project, 1999, pp. 1-3). The High/Scope Perry Preschool study (Schweinhart et
al., 1993) also compared individuals who had been part of a high-quality
preschool in the 1960s with those who had not. Researchers documented a greater
likelihood of responsible behaviors--including fewer arrests--and higher IQs,
education levels, incomes, rates of home ownership, and rates of marriage among
participants as compared with non-participants, even after 27 years.
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of
Early Child Care found that most child care centers did not meet APHA/AAP
standards (NICHD, 1998).
The Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers (CQO) study, a study
of center-based care in four states, found that 86% provided mediocre or poor-
quality care. Infant and toddler care was particularly poor with fully 40% rated
as low quality (Helburn & Howes, 1996, pp. 66-68).
Only 9% of family child care homes in three states in the Study of Children in
Family Child Care and Relative Care (Galinsky et al., 1994) were rated "good"
quality, 56% of the homes were "adequate/custodial," and 35% of the homes in the
study were rated "inadequate."
Process features: how staff respond to children, the way teachers talk with
children, how staff approach discipline, and appropriateness of learning
Structural features: group size, child-adult ratio, level of staff
education/training, staff turnover rate, quality/quantity of space, and
quality/quantity of materials
Since available evidence seems to suggest that family factors are at least as
important as child care quality factors in how children develop, it is also
important to consider other questions, such as:
How do family members feel about using child care?
How well do potential child care providers communicate with parents?
How do parents' job conditions affect their use or choice of child care?
CCR&Rs often have resources on ways to maintain good relationships with
child care programs and on how to talk to employers about implementing
family-supportive benefits. Child Care Aware can help parents locate their local
CCR&R agency (Web: http://childcareaware.net/; telephone: 1-800-424-2246).
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CHILD OUTCOMES IN CHILD CARE CENTERS PUBLIC REPORT. Denver: Economics
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children in family child care and relative care-- Key findings and policy
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Helburn, S. W., & Howes, C. (1996). Child care cost and quality. FUTURE
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Love, J. M., Schochet, P. Z., & Meckstroth, A. L. (1996). ARE THEY IN ANY
AND CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING. Plainsboro, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. ED 415
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Research Network (NICHD). (1998). THE NICHD STUDY OF EARLY CHILD CARE [Online].
Available: http: //www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/early_child_care.htm
Schweinhart, L. J., Barnes, H. V., & Weikart, D. P. (1993). SIGNIFICANT
BENEFITS: THE HIGH/SCOPE PERRY PRESCHOOL STUDY THROUGH AGE 27. (Monographs of
the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, 10). Ypsilanti, MI: High/Scope
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attachment: The mediating effects of maternal separation anxiety and interactive
behavior. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 64(5), 1451-1460. EJ 471 361.
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A long time ago, in a galaxy not far away, Dark Horse Comics was the sole publisher of Star Wars comics. Then Disney purchased everything Star Wars related from LucasFilm for a tidy $4.05 billion.
This started the clock ticking for Dark Horse and their run on publishing comics in the Star Wars universe. Disney, the new owners of everything Star Wars, also owns Marvel Comics. Everyone assumed that Marvel would get the Star Wars property and as it turned out, everyone was right.
That almost never happens.
The final Star Wars release from Dark Horse will be a fancy hardcover gallery edition of Star Wars: Dark Times #1–#5. It features original artwork from Douglas Wheatley, as well as scripts written by Randy Stradley. The book will come out on November 18, 2014 and it has a suggested retail price of $99.99. Like most things, it can be had for much cheaper on Amazon.
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Portsville—Nancy Ludovico Smith, beloved Eastern Shore seamstress and longtime resident of Portsville, Del., died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. She was 95.
Known throughout the Delmarva Peninsula for her stylish sewing and creativity, Nancy will be remembered most for the nearly 200 wedding gowns and bridesmaids dresses she
fashioned from pictures. She especially liked working with brides she said in a 1974 interview because "They're so radiant — and I can give then some motherly advice and a few Italian recipes."
Discarded ties, costume jewelry, scraps of material, lace, buttons and trims all became works of art in Nancy's hands. She created handbags, totes, Christmas stockings and tree skirts and wine holders with her heirloom sewing machine, obtained when the Seaford Shirt Factory closed. Her days often started before sunrise on her sewing porch and ended at dinnertime.
Nancy was born Annunziata Ludovico on March 25, 1917, in Gioia del Colle, a small peasant village in southern Italy. The seventh child of Maria Benedetto and Pasquale Ludovico, she was born the day her mother learned her father had been killed in World War 1.
As a young widow, her mother immigrated to America with Nancy and her siblings in 1921 and settled in New York City. Nancy's commercial sewing career began when she was 15, fitting mannequins with academic robes in Manhattan. Early on, she learned the value of hard work and shared her paycheck to help support the family.
After a visit to Delaware in 1940, Nancy met her future husband, James Lee Smith, a merchant marine from Portsville, on the return train to New York. They wed in 1941
and moved to Portsville two years later. Lee Smith, the third generation of seafaring men in his family, was lost at sea off a tanker in 1958.
Nancy elected to stay in Portsville with her two small children and build her sewing business in the sunroom her husband had built for her. Although she never advertised, word of her talents spread quickly and she soon was working full-time. Her zest for life and infectious personality brought much return business over the next several decades.
Stranger to few and friend to many, Nancy also enjoyed cooking and hosted many dinner parties. She was a member of several organizations, including the American Legion Auxillary. Nancy also was active in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Seaford and the Portsville United Methodist Church, organizing bazaars, May fairs and fashion shows
and lending her talents by sewing altar curtains and christening bibs.
In addition to her parents and husband, Nancy was also predeceased by her brothers, Pete, Louis, and Tony Ludovico, and sisters, Rose Procino, Ana Ludovico, and Julia Caputo. She is survived by a son, Robert L. of Fort Pierce, Fla., and a daughter, Starrie Thomas and her husband, David, of Portsville; grandchildren Justina Sapna and husband, George, of Seaford, Mamie Otero and her husband, John, of Greenwood, and David and his wife, Karen, of Delmar; great-grandchildren Isabella and George Sapna, Kristin Otero, Alissa Thomas, Alison Weeg, and Jackson and Lucy Thomas. Several nieces and nephews also survive her.
A viewing will be held at Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home at 700 West St. in Laurel on Monday, Feb. 11, from 6-8 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be held Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church at 28 Stein Hwy. in Seaford. Interment will follow in Portsville Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 28 Stein Hwy., Seaford, Del. 19973 or Portsville United Methodist Church, 6985 Shell Bridge Road, Laurel, Del. 19956.
Online condolences can be made to the family by visiting,
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You gotta love it when a big game lives up to its hype, and such was the case today with #5 Notre Dame's upset of #1 UConn, 73-72. The Irish, handing the Huskies their first loss, seem to have their number.
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The game was good for the Big East, they say.
Notre Dame showed its tough side, and UConn didn't.
The rivalry between these two teams has become one of the best in the country, but it may be ending due to conference realignment. Some think it should remain.
UConn's defeat means there is only one undefeated team left: #4 Duke. What will happen in next week's rankings?
It was a big game day elsewhere, too:
DePaul upset #11 Louisville, 86-80.
#14 Purdue survived #25 Nebraska in overtime, 69-66.
#17 Oklahoma staved off Texas, 78-70.
#21 Kansas squeaked by West Virginia, 60-59.
Cal State Northridge rallied for the 56-55 win over Cal State Fullerton.
Saint Mary's prevailed in overtime over LMU, 84-77.
Creighton tied a school record for three-point shots in their 70-63 victory over Evansville. It gave Coach Jim Flanery his 200th career win.
Iowa State slid by Texas Tech, 58-54.
UMBC outlasted Maine, 54-50.
Green Bay notched their fifth straight, 61-42 over St. Bonaventure.
An offensive explosion powered Gonzaga past Santa Clara, 79-50.
San Diego downed Portland, 69-63.
Seattle U topped San Jose State, 72-60.
Other college news:
Tennessee's Cierra Burdick is out until at least February with a broken hand.
Pro news:
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Lauren Jackson may be out for the season in Australia.
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