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Birds of a feather are flocking together on Jefferson Street. The owner of The Grey Goose has opened a new bar, called The Blue Heron, across the street from his popular pub.
"The Heron is a rustic little neighborhood bar that features a beautiful mahogany back bar built in the 1880s, a working fireplace around which are gathered a collection of leather club chairs and ottomans, and a one-of-a-kind centerpiece chandelier," said Jeff Wheeler, who is general manager of The Blue Heron.
It and The Grey Goose are owned by Keith Clark.
An extensive selection of bourbons are available along with hand-crafted cocktails made with freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices, house-made syrups and infused liquors.
The bar, at 185 Jefferson Street, is open at 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and at noon Sunday. It's available for holiday parties. Call (859) 221-2357.
■ Just in time for holiday gift giving, the Ruth Hunt Candy Co. has doubled the retail space at its new location, 213 Walton Avenue.
The Mount Sterling candy factory, known for its Blue Monday candy bar, was founded in 1921, when Ruth Tharpe Hunt began selling her homemade confections from her home. She moved to a factory location in 1930, and the company still makes candy using Hunt's original recipes. An open house will be Dec. 3 to 7.
The Woodhill Plaza store now is closed. The new store also has a full-service, official U.S. post office. Call (859) 268-1559 or go to Ruthhuntcandy.com.
■ It's an all-new Lock and Key Café in Georgetown.
Colleen London opened the business as a cafe in 2006 in the former Bank of Georgetown building at 201 East Main Street. Over the years, the concept for the Lock and Key has changed a few times, but now it's back to a coffeehouse/café.
The chicken salad is still a specialty and new items have been added to the breakfast and lunch menu. A daily special now is available. Hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Call (502) 867-1972 or go to Lockandkeycafe.com.
Special events
■ Chateau du Vieux Corbeau Winery in Danville will have an open house 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
Winemaker Dominique Brousseau will offer guided cellar tours at 1 and 4 p.m. She will explain the wine-creation process and discuss the various pieces of equipment she uses in the process.
Brousseau will release her newest wine creation, called "Trouble," which is named after one of her geese.
"This white blended wine is sweet and subtle and will sneak up to bite you on the bottom, just like its namesake," Andre Brousseau said. The winery will also offer refreshments, with recipe cards, using the Chateau's wines.
The winery is at 471 Stanford Avenue. Call (859) 236-1775 or (859) 236-1808.
■ It's cold outside, but the cooks at Kathy's Country Kitchen in Clay City are grilling outdoors. On Friday and Saturday nights, the restaurant at 20 Black Creek Road is serving hand-cut prime rib, ribeye, New York strip, and sirloin steaks, with baked potato and salad. Prices range from $11.99 to $13.99. Call (606) 663-4179.
■ Azur Restaurant, 3070 Lakecrest Circle in Beaumont Centre, is having a chef series dinner on Wednesday. The Spanish-themed five-course dinner is $55. Call (859) 296-1007 or go to Azurrestaurant.com.
■ The Greek Dinner Night at Panagia Pantovasilissa Greek Orthodox Church, 920 Tates Creek Road, will be 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The menu features gyros and spanakopita and wines from Horseshoe Bend Winery. Go to Greekdinner.com.
Thanksgiving meals to go
Thanksgiving is Thursday. here are some places that are offering carryout meals.
■ The chefs at Azur will cook your Thanksgiving meal for you to pick up on Wednesday. A 20-pound turkey, which serves 15 to 18, is $70. Sides, at an additional charge, include green beans, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole and sausage-sage stuffing. Call (859) 296-1007
■ Mary Lou's BBQ, 226 Walton Avenue, is offering a smoked turkey for $49.95. Sides including green beans, candied yams, corn pudding, oyster dressing, mashed potatoes and spiced apples, are $6.99 a quart. White chocolate bread pudding with bourbon sauce is $24.95. Call (859) 252-4227.
■ Cracker Barrel restaurants are selling Thanksgiving dinners to-go for $54.99, which serves six. Country hams are $38.99, sugar-cured hams are $39.99 and whole pies are $7.99. Go to Crackerbarrel.com for locations.
■ Ramsey's Diners are offering the Thanksgiving turkey dinner for $18.95 a person. Included are turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, four vegetables (from a list of 10) and rolls. Orders of vegetables are $15 for a serving for six. Call (859) 252-7926 by Monday for pickup on Wednesday. Ramsey's desserts, made by Missy's Pies, are available by calling (859) 253-0449.


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Greenwich Village Art Fair - Rockford Art Museum
Held rain or shine on the second weekend after Labor Day every year, Greenwich Village Art Fair is the longest-running art fair of its kind in the Midwest. The annual two-day event features up to 155 juried artists, live music by local musicians, a gourmet marketplace, children's art activities and food and drink.
Coronado Performing Arts Center - Bill Engvall
Comedian Bill Engvall will be performing and filming his new special at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. The thing that makes any entertainer successful is the ability to connect with an audience. It's the quality of sharing the humor in everyday situations that has made Bill Engvall one of the top comedians today. In addition to stand-up comedy, Bill has hosted numerous television shows, starred in and executive produced his own self-titled sitcom for TBS, and has appeared in several films. Bill is also the only comedian to make it to the semi-finals of Dancing With The Stars.
Mosaic World Film Festival
Mark your calendar! The 8th annual Mosaic World Film Festival will be held at the J.R. Sullivan Theatre, which is located in the Nordlof Center (118 North Main St. Rockford, IL 61101) on Friday, August 28th, Saturday August 29th, and Sunday August 30th, 2015. Founded in 2008, the Mosaic World Film Festival aims to unite and promote filmmakers from all over the world through the creative and powerful medium of film. The event was started by students from the Rockford, IL area who desired to create an event that would empower young people to creatively express themselves, while providing them with the means to affect their community in a positive way.
World War II Days
World War II Days includes elaborate and realistic battles complete with tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, and exciting pyrotechnic displays. Saturday the battle shows are featured at 1:3 pm and 3:30pm. Sunday the battle time is 2:30 pm. More than 1,200 re-enactors represent the soldiers of the United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Italy and Japan. In addition to the action on the battlefields, enjoy the skirmishes in the Village and Woods, demonstrations and displays in the buildings, woods encampments and the ambiance of the beautiful venue. Maps of the event site will be available when visitors arrive.
Anderson Japanese Gardens - Japanese Summer Festival
Join in the fun at our two-day cultural event featuring exhibits, traditional demonstrations and unique performances that appeal to all age groups. All Festival activities are included with Garden admission. The Japanese Summer Festival weekend begins with an Opening Ceremony at 10:00 Saturday morning on the lawn near the Pavilion in the Garden of Reflection and will be immediately followed by the first Taiko drum performance.
Genoa Farmers Market
The Genoa Farmers Market features locally-grown produce, wine, baked goods, flowers and artisan crafts. Last Saturday of the month (May 30th - Sept. 26th: 9am - 2pm) Located on the corner of Genoa & Main Street. For more information call 815-784-2212 or visit http://genoaareachamber.com/
Midtown Ethnic Parade & Festival
Rockford Midtown District's second 2nd Annual Day of Celebration of all the diverse cultures in Rockford includes a parade of colors and customs and a festival with international foods, performances, information, genealogy, a children's area, a beer garden, and much more.
Cider n' Cinnamon Arts and Crafts Fair - Edgebrook
Cider n' Cinnamon has been a Rockford art & craft tradition for over 40 years! Join us for this free art and craft event held at Edgebrook annually. More than 70 exhibitors will be displaying a variety of art, jewelry, crafts, clothing, vintage décor, and so much more! Enjoy delicious food and live music both days! Get a head start on your holiday shopping with unique and local finds for the gift giving season. In addition to the vendors, all Edgebrook merchants will have normal business hours and our eateries will be ready to serve you.
Rockford Slide the City
Summer time is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with a 1,000-foot slip-and-slide? Slide the City is coming to Rockford on September 4-5 and will be set up along the Morgan Street bridge. There will be live music, food, drinks, water, and of course the biggest slip and slide ever to hit asphalt. Make sure to bring your water buckets, floaties, and squirt guns to spray, splash, and get all attending soaked.
Cherry Valley Festival Days
Great food, carnival, on-site activities, and of course, the bands are what make a summer music festival an event to remember. Valley Days at Bauman Park has proven to be the fun-filled summer music festival your family shouldn't miss.
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Polish Fest 2015
The annual Polish Fest at the St. Stanislaus Parish grounds, has fun for everyone--Polish ethnic foods, kids games, bingo, beer and lots more!
Boone County Fair
Come to one of the finest fairs in the state, where you'll enjoy animal shows, antique tractors, tractor pulls, entertainment, a carnival, food and much more.
Rockford City Market
The Rockford City Market features local growers and vendors who sell natural products and unique retail items, live music, demonstrations and kid's activities. Enjoy the fun Fridays from 3:30-8:30 p.m. May 22-October 02 (3:30-7:30 p.m. after Labor Day). Located on Water Street in Downtown Rockford.
Burpee Museum Traveling Exhibit - Savage Ancient Seas: Dinosaurs of the Deep!
Take the plunge into the deep, dark, Savage Ancient Seas! It is the world of the late Cretaceous period-over 70 million years ago! Filled with huge carnivorous marine reptiles with double-hinged jaws and teeth in the middle of their palates, gigantic flesh-eating fish big enough to swallow an adult human being whole, flying reptiles with 3-foot skulls, and the biggest sea turtles to have ever lived! Exhibit opens to the public January 17, 2015, and is here until September 7, 2015.
The Pavilion at Orchard Ridge Farms and Copperstone Inn
The Pavilion at Orchard Ridge Farms and Copperstone Inn are a unique venue for an unforgettable wedding ceremony, reception and rehearsal dinner. An Orchard Ridge Farms/Copperstone Inn wedding offers the combination of rustic charm and sophisticated elegance that will create extraordinary memories that will last a lifetime. Our one hundred and thirty acres creates a majestic stage for your special event, a refreshing change from the average banquet facility.
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Access to reliable transportation, particularly public transportation, is essential for returning military veterans with disabilities to reintegrate to civilian life and obtain critical medical and support services, according to a new Rutgers study.
Agency was first in Texas to achieve 100% vehicle accessibility. Took delivery of its first lift-equipped buses in 1986.
Board also approved 66-month contracts with two companies to provide drivers — and in some cases, vehicles — to transport disabled and elderly riders.
Syracuse.com spoke with Arlene Kanter, Syracuse University professor of law and the director of the Disability Law and Policy Program, about the history of the ADA, its biggest accomplishments and what still needs to be done for the rights of people with disabilities.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team will open the Southern Conference slate this week with a Thursday matchup against Wofford at the McKenzie Arena then host Furman on Saturday as part of a double-header with the men's team.
The Lady Mocs are 4-1 on the year after getting off to their best start since the 1999-2000 season after opening with four straight wins. Senior Kayla Christopher (Oliver Springs, Tenn.) and junior Taylor Hall (New Tazewell, Tenn.) are leading the team with 13.6 points per game. Hall has 5.6 rebounds per game and is 10-of 26 from the 3-point line. Christopher just topped the 1,000-Point mark at UTC and took over fourth on the all-time 3-pointers made list with 178 on her career. She is 12-of-25 from the 3-point line, 8-of-8 from the charity stripe and has a team-high 15 assists.
Senior Kylie Lambert (Etowah, Tenn.) leads the team in rebounding with 6.6 boards per game and recorded a double-double in the Lady Mocs' win over Portland State Friday at the Saint Mary's Thanksgiving Classic. She has 5.6 points per game and a team-high 15 assists. Junior Alex Black (Memphis, Tenn.) has 12 assists so far this season and is averaging 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
Chattanooga is on a 15-game home court win streak. UTC went undefeated last year at the Roundhouse and followed that with wins over No. 20 Tennessee in front of 8,468 fans and former SoCon rival East Tennessee State.
The Lady Mocs will tip it off Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Roundhouse. Saturday's game will be a doubleheader with the men's team and tip off against Furman at 5 p.m. Gates open one hour prior to tip off and tickets may be purchased at the gate, online (GoMocs.com - enter #GoMocs for ticket promo) or by phone 423.622.MOCS (6627).
To celebrate the first Southern Conference home game of the season, fans can purchase tickets on Thursday, November 29 vs. Wofford for $2. Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the door.
Atlanta's Air Elite is invading McKenzie Arena performing at halftime of both games in the double header on Saturday, December 1. The well-travelled act is a high-flying, high-energy slam dunk show.
The BI-LO BOGO deal is back for 2012-13. Fans get Buy 1, Get 1 Free tickets (or equal or lesser value) by showing their BI-LO BONUSCARD when purchasing tickets gameday at the arena for men's and women's SoCon games in McKenzie Arena.
Tickets are available one of three ways. Fans can call 266-MOCS (6627) or come by the Gate 1 McKenzie Arena Ticket Office. Box office hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Gates open an hour in advance of tipoff on game days.
Fans can also log onto GoMocs.com at the link above to purchase and print at home. For the remainder of the season, use the promo code #GoMocs to buy $5 general admission tickets and print at home for savings in your pocket and on your watch bypassing ticket lines.
The Lady Mocs matched the best start of the Wes Moore Era with four straight wins. In Moore's second season with UTC, the Lady Mocs posted a phenomenal turnaround from a 10-17 season in his first year to a 26-5 overall record and a trip to the WNIT in 1999-2000. That year, UTC started the season 4-0. The best start in school history was a 5-0 beginning to the 1977-78 season under Sharon Fanning. and posted a 19-7 record.
Senior Kayla Christopher scored eight points in UTC's win over Portland State to reach her 1,000th career point. She is the 25th member of the Lady Mocs' 1,000-Point Club. She has 68 points this season for 1,027 and is 21st on the all-time chart. Through 100 games with UTC, she has made 349 field goals, of with 178 are 3-ptrs.
Senior Kayla Christopher continues her climb through the Lady Mocs all-time Top 10 3-pointers made chart. She made two 3-pointers in UTC's win over Portland State to move past Miranda Warfield for fourth on the all-time list at UTC with 171. She drained a career-high seven against Saint Mary's and now has 178. She has moved into the Southern Conference's Top 10 joining former Lady Mocs Brooke Hand (316), Katasha Brown (216) and Jenaya Wade-Fray (214).
The Lady Mocs received 444 votes in the Mid-Major poll on Nov. 20 and ranked ninth. Green Bay, with five first place votes, is ranked first with 735 points followed by Gonzaga with 15 first place votes and 724 points. Delaware dropped to third with 665 points and seven first place votes followed by Princeton (654). Middle Tennessee moved up to fifth in the poll with three votes and 631 points. Chattanooga is also receiving votes in the AP Top 25 and ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls.
Junior Ashlen Dewart made 57 starts in her two seasons at Appalachian State. With the loss of classmate Faith Dupree to injury, Dewart was called upon to make her first start as a Lady Moc and took advantage. She put up large numbers against Portland State at teh St. Mary's Classic with a season-high 23 points and eight rebounds.
Senior Kylie Lambert recorded her fifth career double-double with a season-high 18 points and 10 rebounds against Portland State at the St. Mary's Classic. She also had a career-high five steals and was 10-of-12 from the free throw line.
The NCAA released its first team and individual rankings this week and the Lady Mocs are holding their own. In the team standings, UTC is ranked 28th for scoring offense with 76.0 points per game and 44th with a 15.6 scoring margin. Shooting 42 percent from the field puts the Lady Mocs 78th out of the 343 Division I teams. And it just gets better from there. With a SoCon-leading 8.4 3-pointers per game, UTC is ranked 12th in the country as well as for turnovers with just 13 per game. UTC is 34th in the NCAA for 3-point field goal percentage at 37.2 percent and 63rd for 3-point field goal percentage at 24.3. UTC is 49th with an 80 percent win-loss percentage reflecting its 4-1 record. The Lady Mocs average 15.2 assists per game, good for 65th overall and 74th for steals with 11.2 an outing. Chattanooga's assist-to-turnover ratio is 17th best in the country while its turnover margin ranks 11th overall.
Individually, the Lady Mocs have four players in the national rankings. Taylor Hall has her name in four categories: steals/game (171-2.4), field goal percentage (196 - 43.1), 3-point field goal percentage (97 - 38.5) and 3-point field goals per game (134 - 2.0). Kayla Christopher is ranked in three categories including 3-point field goal percentage (37 - 48.0), 3-point field goals per game (80 - 2.4), assist-turnover ratio (112 - 1.67). Kylie Lambert is ranked 133rd for free throw percentage (82.4) and 88th for assist-turnover ratio (1.88). Destiny Bramblett is listed 34th for free throw percentage making 11-of-12 on the year for a 91.7 percent accuracy.


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"Science validates what our grandmothers knew. Rich homemade chicken broths help cure colds. Stock contains minerals in a form the body can absorb easily—not just calcium but also magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, sulphur and trace minerals. It contains the broken down material from cartilage and tendons--stuff like chondroitin sulphates and glucosamine, now sold as expensive supplements for arthritis and joint pain."
Easy Chicken Stock Recipe
First, I roast a chicken, then I cut off the meat to serve for dinner.
Then in a crockpot, I put:
carcass/bones from roast chicken
2 carrots
2 stalks of celery
1 onion
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons of cider vinegar
1 tsp black pepper
Leave this to sit for one hour before turning the crock pot on (or bring to a simmer if you are making it in a pot.) After it comes to a boil, remove the scum that floats to the top and reduce the heat to low. Cook for 8-24 hours--this is easier to do in a crock pot than on the stove. Skimming the soup is very important as the scum contains the impurities and proteins which can make it taste off. The longer you simmer that more minerals are extracted. (Optional: put in one bunch parsley in 10 minutes before you turn off.) Strain the liquid and refrigerate. Remove fat from the top when it is cool. Season with salt.
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55 years ago this week, my parents were married.
Each and every March these annual events passed, unnoticed and unmarked by we children.
There was never a fuss over celebrating the event. I have a vague recollection that my Dad used to buy Mum a piece of jewellery every year, but I could easily be imagining this.
By the time we were old and mature enough to finally realise the significance of the longevity and tenacity of our parents' marriage, its momentum was stopped in its tracks.
My Mother's abrupt death came just short of their Golden Wedding Anniversary. For 50 incredible years, from the early bloom of youth right up to to her final moments, they had been side by side.
I remain in awe of their achievement, and I will forever be in awe of their parenting.
Happy Anniversary, Mum and Dad. I still count the years on my calendar as they continue to clock up in my mind, and I will continue to do so until they are together again one day.


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Corporate raiders morph into nice(r) guys
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Nov 26, 2012 Carl Icahn used to buy companies and break them up. These days, he's an activist investor, using large stakes to influence corporate strategy.
Investors desperate for yield make risky bets
Paddy Hirsch
May 6, 2015 Investors are agreeing to all sorts of crazy terms in order to put money to work in the bond and loan markets. They're baking risk into the system, and that could be a problem for all of us.
Are stocks still the best investment option?
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Nov 14, 2012 The 2008 stock market crash sent folks walking away from Wall Street. Even today, an air of fear still holds some from re-entering the market. Have investors come around?
Retiree: Pay for a house outright or carry a mortgage?
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Listener questions on saving, spending, and managing debt
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Sep 27, 2012 Host Tess Vigeland and Jill Schlesinger, editor at large for CBS's Moneywatch.com, answers listener questions about retirement, savings, students loans, and money management.
Explaining what blind trust is with sausages
Paddy Hirsch
May 6, 2015 Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says he put his investments in a blind trust to avoid any conflict of interest. So what exactly is a blind trust? Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains with a sausage factory analogy.
What's a floating-rate note and how does it work?
Paddy Hirsch
May 6, 2015 The Treasury Department is planning to roll out a floating-rate note program in about a year. But what is a floating-rate note and why do we need one? Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains with a boat analogy.
Movie artifacts rake in big bucks at auctions
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Jul 27, 2012 Hollywood costumes and props used to be sold on eBay. The sale of a big private collection shows that specialty auctions are now the way to go.
Chasing the 8 percent return
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Jul 6, 2012 Eight percent is considered the "magic" return rate, but in today's economy, trying to hit that number may be dangerous.
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Don't forget, Francisco Franco is still dead.
Don't forget, Francisco Franco is still dead.
In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either. - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field"
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Brett Favre says he will play if healthy
At least its not LeBron talk
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
The Rally Onion wants 150 fans before Opening Day.
Favre is back!
Let's make some noise!
Wow, never saw that one coming.
Well, in all fairness, Favre never actually said he was retiring this time. It was all a media report that he refuted almost as soon as it came out.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
The latest from the Onion......Bart Starr Calmly Approaches Brett Favre, Shoots Him, Tips Hat To Reporters, Walks Away.
"What the hell is Brett Favre doing here?!"
From The Onion
The Rally Onion wants 150 fans before Opening Day.
Favre's retiring after this season. No, really. He said so.
The Rally Onion wants 150 fans before Opening Day.
For some odd reason, I really believe him this time. I never did before but this time I do.
Teach tolerance.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Three rare albino hedgehog babies, born on the same day as Britain's new prince, have moved into a miniature castle at a Moscow petting zoo.
George, Alexander and Louis are named after the Prince of Cambridge, who has those three names.
On Thursday, when the hedgehogs turned 1 month old, they were shown into their new home at the All-Russia Exhibition Center.
It's a wooden castle with carefully carved windows, dark velvet curtains and a plush bed. A red carpet was rolled out to welcome the hedgehog family into the new home.
Zoo spokeswoman Yevgeniya Polonskaya manager said she hopes the Prince of Cambridge himself would one day visit the hedgehogs, and said they "have a couple of invitations set aside for him".
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Ann and her colleagues are intimately involved in the selection of every item offered in the Isabella catalog and on the Isabella website. It's no exaggeration to say that for every one item you find in Isabella, we've considered a hundred others. We feel that what you find here is the best of the best, and each is chosen with the hope that it will enrich our customers' lives and not be just one more material thing to want, buy, and soon discard. We look for items that are rich in symbolism and that nourish our relationship with the earth, ourselves, and with Spirit. Our hope is that our online catalog brings you joy and inspires you on your journey. Welcome.
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'Drive Time' offers local take on sports radioWritten by John Rasche | | firstname.lastname@example.com
"Drive Time," a sports talk radio program that premiered April 30 on ESPN 106.5 FM The Ticket, broadcasts every weeknight from 5 to 7 p.m. Hosts Mike Miller and Anthony Bellino talk to guests about a variety of sports. What makes the radio show unique? For starters, "Drive Time" is broadcast from a car dealership, Monroe Dodge Chrysler Jeep RAM Superstore.
"We are very proud and excited to have two quality people like Mike Miller and Anthony Bellino," Superstore owner Ralph Mahalak, Jr. said. "Both have great resumes in the sporting and broadcasting world, but the emphasis of the show will be their interviews with great guests recognized both nationally and locally."
The talk show hosts, both from Monroe, have a long history of sports broadcasting.
Miller began his career in 1980 as the play-by-play voice of the International Hockey League's Toledo Goaldiggers and went on to spend nine seasons as the radio voice for the NHL's New Jersey Devils. Occasionally, SiriusXM Radio will recruit Miller to broadcast various sporting events, including the Presidents Cup of the PGA Tour.
In the spring of 2011, Miller broadcasted his 2000th game.
Bellino is the public address announcer for the Toledo Mud Hens and the University of Michigan's Wolverines baseball. He is also a voice of Rockets football at the University of Toledo and a voice of both the men's and women's basketball programs at UT.
Together, Miller and Bellino will interview guests from all types of athletic backgrounds.
"'Drive Time' is going to be a multi-faceted show," Mahalak said. "Miller and Bellino will be covering all sports, not just basketball and football.
"The goal of the show is to have three to four guests every night over the course of two hours."
The radio show's first guests were Mario Impemba, the play-by-play broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers, and Miami Heat television host and courtside reporter Jason Jackson. Audie Cole, an NFL draft pick from Monroe, was also interviewed.
A majority of "Drive Time" will broadcast from inside the Monroe Superstore, but a portion will come from remote locations at sporting or high-charity events.
"We want to get our listeners involved," Bellino said. "We want to get out there and see the event firsthand, but we also want to be seen by our audience."
In addition to being on the scene, Bellino also hopes to capture a larger audience by utilizing
social media.
"Drive Time" has its own Twitter account and works with 106.5 FM The Ticket's Facebook page. By providing alternative methods of communication with the show, Bellino said he believes he can reach younger listeners.
"Since I am younger, I think I can stay on top of the social media and bring a younger demographic into the news sports show," he said. "This will not be the typical sports radio with a group of 50-year-olds rambling about sports. We want to hear from everyone. If the phone lines get jammed, younger listeners can use social media as another avenue to contact us live on the show."
Listeners who do not live in the Toledo area can still stream "Drive Time" live online or on their smartphones. The sports talk show will also be aired on 1470 AM in addition to The Ticket.
The Superstore is located at 15160 S. Dixie Highway in Monroe.
"People are always coming in and out of here," Mahalak said. "We're really excited for the show, because there's going to be a lot of action and energy right here."
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Sept. 8, 2008
IRVINE, Calif. - Sophomore Lilyana Morejon finished a Northridge-Best 11th as the Matador women placed 12th and Diego Fernandez's 37th-place finish paced the men who also finished 12th at the Asics/UCI Invitational.
Morejon's time of 18:20.60 was nearly four minutes better than the time (22:14) she ran on the same course in 2007.
"Lilyana made the commitment this summer to be prepared for the cross country season and it paid off," said head coach Don Strametz. "She's not even close to tapping her potential."
Also for the Matador women, Nanci Velarde was 90th (20:09.20), Sharon Wilkinson was 91st (20:11.50), Sandra Velarde was 104th (20:24.80), Marissa Crook was 133rd (21:35.10), Julie Brandin was 142nd (22:23.50) and Leslie Ching finished 148th (22:37.00).
As a team, Northridge finished 12th in the 14-team field with 321 points and an average time of 20:08.24.
For the men, Fernandez led the team with a 37th-place finish in a time of 26:41.30. Juan Olea was 82nd (27:59.90), Tawei Ma was 125th (30:20.50), Marvin Gonzales was 126th (30:31.30), Eddie Garcia was 130th (31:28.00) and Masis Hagobian was 133rd (31:57.20).
"I'm pleased with how the men ran in the first meet of the season," said Strametz. "We had so many new guys that were running their first Division I race. We're also hoping to add some new runners for our next meet on Sept. 27."


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Jim Click Multi-Events Final Results
Cal State LA Invitational Final Results
The Cal State Northridge men's and women's track & field teams split up this weekend with the multi-event athletes heading to the Jim Click Shootout in Arizona and a good portion of the squad competing at Cal State LA.
The Matadors' Derrick Harris led three men into the decathlon competition in Tucson and he finished 13th with 6,195 points. Harris opened the competition in good shape running the fastest time in the 100 meters at 10.99 which is a season-best by one-tenth of a second. He also matched his season-best (17.17) in the 110 meter hurdles, had a big PR in the discus throwing 117-10 (35.92) and went above his season-best in the pole vault after clearing 14-5.25 (4.40).
Taylor Cudequest and Kevin Finley also competed for CSUN with Cudequest placing 15th with 5,879 points while Finley was unable to finish the competition after finishing three events. Cudequest posted season-bests in seven of the 10 events, the 100 meters (11.63), shot put (10.97), 400 meters (52.06), 110 hurdles (17.09), discus (109-2), pole vault (11-9.75) and javelin (128-0).
Three Matador women also competed in the heptathlon with Stephanie Hicks finishing 15th with 3,853 points and Niah Simmons finishing 16th with 3,155 points. Jordan DuFault did not finish the heptathlon after three events.
Hicks had one season-best, running 26.15 in the 200 meters which was .54 faster than her previous best this season. Simmons best scoring event of the day was the 100 meter hurdles where she ran 15.64 to earn 759 points.
At Cal State LA's Invitational, Tiana Webberley continued her impressive season as she finished first in the pole vault after matching her season-best height of 12-7.50 (3.85). Samantha Sinclair posted season-bests in both the shot put (39-5.25) and the hammer (126-0). The Matador women competed for the first time this season in the 10,000 meters. Yvonne Castillo-Urbina finished in 37:38.25 followed by Araceli Zainos (39:19.65) and Alexis Pichardo (40:05.63).
On the men's side, several Matadors posted season-bests including Grant Weiss in the 110 hurdles (15.56), Marcelo Rosales in the 1,500 meters (4:20.15) and Martin Santillan in the 3,000 meters (9:34.92). In the field events, Gavin Fallen notched a CSUN season-best in the javelin tossing a mark of 159-0 (48.46).


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Although the Aiken High School boys' basketball team won its regular-season finale against crosstown rival South Aiken Thursday, it came with a steep price. The Hornets will open the playoffs without star player Shawn Moore.
Moore reportedly will be suspended for the start of the Class AAAA state playoffs because of his involvement in a fight that briefly broke out during the game, a 55-47 Aiken victory.
South Aiken's Teddy Rich and Aiken's Stacy Toole were both ejected from the game late in the third quarter after exchanging blows, including punches. Film of the game reportedly revealed Moore became involved in the fracas as an agitator, not a peacemaker. That action will reportedly cause Moore – and Toole – to be suspended for Aiken's playoff opener at Conway next Wednesday.
Should the Hornets win that game, both Moore and Toole would likely be suspended for the second-round game.
When contacted about the issue, Aiken head coach Tony Harrell had no comment. South Aiken failed to qualify for the playoffs, so Rich, a junior, can't be punished with the loss of playing time this season.
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Burning the house down?
Summerville Police were dispatched to assist Summerville Fire Department which had responded to a report of smoke coming from an apartment at the Abby Lane Apartments on East 3rd North Street. When police arrived they learned the SFD had made several attempts to awaken a man seen sleeping on the couch in the apartment. Smoke could be seen coming from the kitchen. Police forced entry because of the smoke and in concern for the safety of the man. Upon entry, police were able to awaken the man who exuded a strong odor of alcohol. The fire department determined the smoke was from hard boiled eggs on the stove. The man told police he had been cooking hard boiled eggs and "fell asleep."
Dangerous shopping
Customers shopped at their own risk on Aug. 15, when an unknown man wandered around K-Mart exposing himself. Summerville Police were called to the store on Ladson Road for a reported indecent exposure. The victim told police she was shopping for school supplies when she had the sense someone was following her around the store. When she turned around, she saw the man who had followed her from school supplies to the air freshener section, had his penis exposed through his zipper and was masturbating. She told police she told the man to "knock it off and get away."
She reported to police the subject was wearing an Ashley Ridge High School t-shirt and khaki shorts and the victim said she recognized the outfit as the type band members wear. Police requested the security video.
Drugs and alcohol
Summerville Police responded to a motor vehicle accident on Aug. 2 on North Main Street near East 3rd North Street. They observed two vehicles. The driver of one told police he had started to drive when the light turned green and had been T-boned by the other vehicle that ran a red light.
Police determined that the vehicle, driven by Michael Aaron Walden of Summerville, had run a red light and crashed into the other vehicle. Witnesses verified the course of events. Walden, who had an odor of alcohol, slurred speech and glassy eyes, failed a field sobriety test. He consented to a urine test and breath test.
The breath test results were less than 0.08 percent. However a DRE Evaluation determined that he was possibly under the influence of depressants and cannabis. Walden told police he had taken Percoset, Neurontin, Cymbalta and Robaxin that afternoon and had drunk two tall Bud Lights while playing video poker at Buffalo Wild Wings.
He was charged with DUI.
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'It Matters Where You Make It' drives new Toledo branding effortWritten by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | email@example.com
Matt Yarder's family has been making sheet metal in Toledo for four generations. Doug Mallette moved to Toledo for college and decided to stay in Northwest Ohio. Jemma Hostetler has lived in big cities coast to coast but found a home in the Glass City. David Woodward lived in Atlanta for years before returning to his hometown to start a business.
No matter what your story, a local group working to brand and market the Toledo region wants you to connect with the region and make it your own.
The Toledo Region Branding Initiative is a nearly five-year, $800,000 project of the Northwest Ohio Brand Council — representatives from various public and private organizations that came together in 2009 with a common goal to promote the region, said Toledo Region Brand Manager Jeff Schaaf.
On April 4, the group unveiled a new tagline, "It Matters Where You Make It," along with a new logo, the word "TOLEDO" with a small green arrow pointing forward.
It matters
For the past few years, the group has focused on promoting the area as "the heart of the new manufacturing economy," citing factors like geographic location, access to transportation channels and availability of a skilled workforce. Six months ago, the group hired Toledo-based North Design to rethink the branding and expand the focus to showcase the region's quality of life as well.
Enter "It Matters Where You Make It."
"We did not really have a slogan before and we wanted to put together something people could really adopt and use and make their own," Schaaf said. "It has a double meaning. That's intentional. 'Make it' could mean you physically make or assemble something in the Toledo region because of the abundant economic assets and/or you could make a life or accomplish goals here because of the inviting culture and lifestyle."
Woodward, president and creative director of North Design, said he felt "the heart of the new manufacturing economy" was relevant, but too specific.
It ignored lifestyle elements, like culture, art and affordability, Schaaf said.
"Everybody was saying, 'This is really great but you're leaving out a huge element of what makes Toledo so great,'" said Schaaf, a Toledo native. "We realized that after you go home at the end of the day, you don't focus solely on economic assets; you focus on the things that make your life more meaningful."
New logo
The group dropped its former "TR" logo in favor of the word "TOLEDO."
"TR was great, but if you didn't have the actual words with it, people weren't sure what it was," Schaaf said. "The new logo is very simple, but it says exactly who we are: Toledo, plain and simple.
"Some people were suggesting it might be too simple, but one of the most iconic brands in the world that's located right here in our backyard is Jeep. Their logo couldn't be more simple, but when you see that name you know exactly what they're talking about and that's what we want."
The green arrow signifies forward progress, he said.
"That's something our community has always been about. When settlers came here in 1795, they were looking to move forward, to make their lives and make them better," Schaaf said. "The green is energetic, it's fresh, it's youthful, it's very popular right now."
Despite the prominence of the Toledo name in the new logo, Toledo Region is still very much regionally focused.
"We focus on the word because it's the largest city within the region and most people, if you're out of town and someone asks you where you're from, more often than not you say you're from Toledo," Schaaf said.
"The way we balance that is if you look at our images and you look at the messaging we convey, the companies we're promoting and the assets we're promoting, we're not solely in Toledo city limits."
It was North's recommendation to simplify the brand and focus on Toledo.
"We think if there is a lack of perception or negative perception of the region, it revolves around the city of Toledo.
"So if we don't fix the perception of Toledo and what it represents then we'll never be able to build a brand called the Toledo Region," Woodward said. "Whether you live in Sylvania or Perrysburg or Sandusky, we're all impacted in some way by the perception of Toledo being the largest city in the region.
"We're not throwing away the regional piece and we want to talk about the surrounding region within the context of the story and we will continue to highlight cities like Sylvania, Perrysburg, Maumee and Waterville that add to the quality of life in Toledo. Those communities are a hugely important part of our story."
The Waterville Economic Development Corporation is on board with the Toledo Region branding, especially the "It Matters Where You Make It" tagline, said board member Phyllis Hyder.
"We in Waterville are very supportive of the regional idea. If we don't work together we're all wasting our time," Hyder said. "Most site selectors know what they are looking at is a region and not a particular city anyway."
Pat Nowak of the Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce is cautiously optimistic about Toledo Region's new direction, but said she would have preferred something broader.
"While I applaud Toledo's effort in its current rebranding and I am sure that in today's times it is a necessity, I feel the region as a whole would have got more benefit from an areawide collaboration much like the very successful and widely acclaimed 'Pure Michigan' idea," Nowak said. "In their campaign they have positively meshed regions, towns and cities to highlight and enhance the area."
The effort's website and marketing materials were also redesigned by North Design. By utilizing photos posted by area residents on social media, the initiative takes on a more genuine feel, said Hostetler, the agency's art director.
"When you see this, you automatically know it's not stock photography," Hostetler said. "To mix some of that in with content that's curated from the community, it all of a sudden actually feels like Toledo."
Schaaf said the arts community and many young professionals have embraced the new branding, but the goal is for it to resonate with everyone.
"We're really excited about the viral buzz we've created, but we want this to resonate with everyone," Schaaf said. "That's kind of why we left it open-ended with 'It matters where you make it,' so you can say what makes it you and why you make it."
Mallette, chair of EPIC Toledo and product manager at HCR ManorCare, said he likes the "personal ownership" implied by the campaign.
"I'm a person who's all about 'If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem,'" Mallette said. "I really like how it's more than a 'Hey guys, we're Toledo, we're great.' It's 'This is your city, take ownership and move forward with it.'"
Schaaf is unapologetic about focusing on the positive aspects of the region.
"When you go on a job interview, you don't tell them your faults; you tell them your strengths. We're trying to promote the good stuff and, as we're finding the negative stuff, we're trying to work on that as well," Schaaf said. "There are plenty of things we could talk about if you want to talk about problems. Those are not unique to Toledo. There are issues in every city. Our organization's sole purpose is to promote the Toledo region and the positive assets and that's what our focus is going to continue to be."
Yarder, vice president of sheet metal fabricators The Yarder Manufacturing Company, is the first company to co-brand its logo with Toledo Region. A new Yarder Manufacturing box truck features the Toledo Region logo and tagline.
"It made a lot of sense," Yarder said. "To us, it matters where we've made it and we've been making it in Toledo for more than 100 years.
"Driving around Michigan and Ohio with that truck, spreading the word, will unify the community a little more and people will start to understand what makes us tick here in the Toledo region and why we're moving in the direction we're moving and what matters to us," Yarder said. "I'm not looking for direct results for my company, but rather a strong, bonded community. A community moving in a forward direction together is a better one to have your business in."
The new message is designed both to attract newcomers as well as inspire pride in residents.
"You get into a room and you start talking about it and it starts to evoke emotion in people," Schaaf said. "We've had people smiling ear to ear. People have said, 'This makes me feel so proud to live here.' I've had a couple people actually tear up [after reading the group's positioning statement]. Someone on [our advisory council] said, 'This is exactly what we were looking for when we started!'
You Will Do Better
In mid-December, as North Design was tweaking the rebranding effort, a grassroots movement centered around the slogan You Will Do Better in Toledo emerged. Rather than worry it would compete with what Toledo Region was doing, Woodward said he sees the two messages as complementary.
"In our mind, anything positive is something we should be able to take and use as part of the conversation that's happening in the community," Woodward said. "I love Holy Toledo, too. We think those are all positive messages. They are all phraseology people know and associate with our brand and they are all good things. It doesn't have to compete. It can all work toward the same goal."
Branding is important, said Bill Thomas, executive director of the Downtown Toledo Improvement District.
"There are people who think, 'Oh, it's a bunch of hogwash and we don't need to do that,'" Thomas said. "The problem is, we have a lot of people who have lived here all their lives and like to talk negatively about Toledo.
"We need to have good material to talk about who we are in an authentic way because we have a great story to tell here. When people looking to live Downtown or move to Toledo ask, we want to have a great story that's compelling enough to inspire follow-up questions."
Ryan Bunch, performing and literary arts coordinator at The Arts Commission, agreed, saying the new logo and tagline is "the right thing at the right time."
"People who 10-15 years ago would have gone to New York or LA are moving to Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus. And what those cities have in common is they've managed to make this kind of tough but welcoming persona for themselves. People are really attracted to that and Toledo is right smack dab in the middle of those three cities.
"The view of the city from inside can be pretty negative and the view of the city from outside can be pretty negative, so I think it's really important and vital at this moment, with all these things going on in the arts community and with the business and development that's starting to happen, that the city really emphasizes the positive view of itself and put that out there for people to have something to connect to."
As of the end of February, Toledo Region had spent about $800,000 over the nearly five-year effort, Schaaf said, including market research, website development, Web hosting, strategic planning, staff, marketing and more.
The first phase of the initiative was the development of the initial concept and research. The second phase was developing the story and brand position. The third phase was creating the website and launching the brand. Phase four started in the fall when the group hired North Design and charged them with refreshing the brand.
Schaaf, who joined Toledo Region in January 2013, is the only paid full-time staff member. There was also a paid summer intern last year.
The majority of funding has come from private sources, Schaaf said. Although the City of Toledo has supported the initiative, it is not the primary funder, he said. He declined to disclose how much North Design was paid for the rebranding or how much any particular group has contributed, but said costs are reasonable.
"I'm very frugal and very cautious of what I'm spending because I'm working really hard to make sure that our message is getting across in the way that our funders and our community would like them to get across," Schaaf said.
"It looks like a lot when it's a lump sum, but if you look at what other cities are doing, like Columbus, Pittsburgh, Des Moines, Iowa, they are spending $1 million a year and we haven't even spent a million in five years.
"If you break it down, we have about a million and a half people living in the region, so that's less than a dollar per person over a five-year period."
Pittsburgh declined to release how much it has spent on its branding initiative. Representatives from Columbus and Des Moines were unable to be reached.
Woodward said Toledo Region needs to spend more to truly compete with other cities.
"So in five years, they've spent $150,000 per year promoting the region. What's the GDP of the region? What percentage does that $800,000 equal? Look at a business and how a business promotes and sells itself. If we were to compare it to a business, what percentage of their revenue do they spend on marketing and sales so they are successful?" Woodward said. "We're in the same type of environment where we are competing for resources, we're competing for talent share, we're competing for attention at the state level and the federal level for dollars."
Next steps
The next step will be to raise more money to fully roll out the new campaign. Schaaf and Woodward would like to create a promotional video, finish the website, launch an app, ramp up marketing and more.
"We can't expect and we don't expect the money to come from the city or the county. It's going to have to come from people who believe in the community and want to make the community better," Woodward said. "For this to truly be a success and for us to be able to compete with Cleveland and Columbus or other cities in our region who are doing a good job of building their brands, we're going to have to fund it. If there are companies out there or individuals out there who believe in this mission then we need their help."
Woodward said he hopes the Toledo Region brand will attract new residents as well as empower lifelong residents to share why they love Northwest Ohio.
"Toledoans, as you know, we can be our own best ambassador or our own worst ambassador," Woodward said. "It's up to us when we're visiting our friends [in other cities] and they ask, 'Why do you live in Toledo?' Well, let's tell them why. I think too many people shy away from the question. Part of the strength of putting together something we think resonates with the community is that we can start to tell that story in a positive way."
To learn more, visit the website toledoregion.com.
Tags: Atlanta, Bill Thomas, chair of EPIC Toledo and product manager at HCR ManorCare, Co-branding, David Woodward, Doug Mallette, executive director of the Downtown Toledo Improvement District, Jemma Hostetler, Mallette, Matt Yarder, northwest ohio, Northwest Ohio Brand Council, resident and creative director of North Design, Sylvania or Perrysburg or Sandusky, The Toledo Region Branding Initiative, Toledo Region, Toledo Region brand manager Jeff Schaaf, Waterville Economic Development Corporation, You Will Do Better, 'Pure Michigan' idea, "It Matters Where You Make It", "TR" logo


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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
I'm writing a novel.
People who know me yawn and say, so what else is new?
This isn't the first time I've said "I'm writing a novel." Over the years I've finished more than a dozen stories, most really awful, some pretty good, and while my name has topped the New York Times Bestseller's List four or five times, none of those titles were mine.
My books are called, LOOT, A Fool's Gold, Full Boat and A Fish Tale. The romances go by Locked Hearts, The Lunchbox, and Maybe.
Maybe I'll get around to seeing them published someday. Pigs might fly first.
Writing the novel is the easy part. It's getting one published that's my kryptonite.
I can spit out a 120,000-word story in about six weeks. LOOT took me a little longer and I began to wonder why I could never finish the story when I was told a standard pocket paperback runs about 75,000 words tops.
LOOT topped out at 146,000 words and change.
No wonder I could never finish the story. That's Stephen King territory I was told. I wrote the phone book.
Then to make matters worse, I yada-yada'd myself.
You know the routine. He looked deeply into her eyes and she nervously bit her lower lip, yada-yada he promised to call her but never did.
Verbosity has never been a problem for me. It's less of a problem now than a few years ago. Let's just say in high school those minimum of five-page term papers were never a problem for me.
I always thought a word limit was something that did not apply to me. People needed to hear what I had to say. Then I had to read my own work.
I'm in the editing process of a romance novel called Locked Hearts.
It's decent enough, but my God, I don't know how to shut up. I get on my own nerves. I read two pages of fluff and start yelling at my laptop, "Come on Dan, shut up already and tell the story!"
I wrote this back in 2004, during what I call my Cotton Candy Sunset phase.
That's when I couldn't write two paragraphs without pausing to describing throw pillow clouds of downy white, splashes of pink, orange and magenta spilling above the western horizon – hence the name Cotton Candy Sunset, the ocean the color of pewter, and anvil shaped cloud towers reaching for the top of the sky.
Then I realized stories needed strong characters and I evolved into what I call my Tourette's Syndrome phase.
This is when I start focusing on characters but every time I had someone say something, "he said" and "she said" were usually followed by a bodily function like a helpless sigh, a shrug, a cut look, a wry grin, a hiking of the shoulders, a cocking of an eyebrow, stray strands of hair constantly falling into the heroine's eye only to be seductively brushed back, winces, grimaces, flushing of the cheeks, blanching of those same cheeks and last but not least, a sob catching on a throat's briar.
I used to think this stuff was good, but it's awful.
I talk writing all the time with young people and I say how their writing will evolve over the years as will their writer's voice. Mine's still evolving and I'm 55.
Sometimes I need to develop a good case of writer's laryngitis. I need to shut up for a week or three.
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"It is our mission to prepare our student-athletes for productive and meaningful lives," said Rick Hart, UTC Director of Athletics. "Seeing them leave UTC with a degree and hearing about the role their athletics experience played in the achievement of that goal is truly inspiring. It is the reason we come to work each day; and it is comforting to know that they are equipped to enter the next phase of their life."
Among those student-athletes receiving their degrees were Dayle May Award winners Amy Mohr, women's basketball, and Michael Mentz, cross country and track. The May Award is presented to the senior with the top grade point average on the year.
Mohr maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout her career with the Lady Mocs who claimed nine consecutive Southern Conference titles and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the third straight time this season. Mentz, a native of
Several All-conference student-athletes received their diplomas Sunday including runners Katie Williams, Amanda Alexander and Nettie Halcomb, tennis players Razvan Axente and Lindsey Ballard along with volleyball player Leslee Ball and wrestlers Javier Maldonado, Aaron Martin and Lloyd Rogers. Halcomb was named the Southern Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2005 and
Also joining the graduates were 2006-07 men's golfer Bryce Ledford, 2007 soccer players Stacey Matthiessen, Maya Peel and Melyna Valdez along with former softball standouts Brittney Whittier and stolen base leader Jeannie Cochran.
Brandon Bellamy*
Neil Brown*
Craig Gilbeaux*
William Giles*
Justin Matherson
Jason Vincent*
Jonathan Wright*
Women's Basketball
Amy Mohr*
Nick Lorenzano
Javier Maldonado*
Aaron Martin
Lloyd Rogers*
Wesley Taylor
Men's Tennis
Razvan Axente*
Women's Tennis
Lindsey Ballard*
Leslee Ball*
Julianna Martinez*
Michael Mentz*
Amanda Alexander*
Nettie Halcomb*
Katie Williams*
Jeannie Cochran
Brittney Whittier
Stacey Matthiessen
Maya Peel
Melyna Valdez
Men's Golf
Bryce Ledford
* Active in 2007-08


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At a glance: Pre-art Therapy
Did you know? Ohio Northern students have a 100% acceptance rate to art therapy programs (e.g. Seton Hill, Wayne State, Indiana University and Nazareth College).
The field of art therapy can be a powerful career to help people better understand themselves and their world. ONU's pre-art therapy program prepares students to develop a professional portfolio that demonstrates mastery of skill and knowledge to enter graduate school (Masters in art therapy). The flexibility of the program also allows students to minor in psychology. Visit the department's web site.
- Comprehensive curriculum gives students exposure to 2-D and 3-D form, theory and practices.
- Professors are dedicated artists, designers, teachers, scholars and mentors.
- Opportunities abound for internships at graphic and advertising design firms, museums and many other businesses and organizations.
- Visiting artist program brings to campus accomplished artists and designers.
- Study Abroad programs in locations such as Italy, Ireland and France expose students to the exciting and wide world of culture and art.
- Numerous talent awards and scholarships are granted to gifted students.
FacilitiesThe Department of Art and Design is housed in the Wilson Art Center for the Visual Arts, providing students with updated equipment, resources, wireless capabilities and a stimulating environment in which to work. Most beginning courses meet in the drawing studio, which is well-equipped with drawing tables, group work stations, and storage space to meet the individual needs of students. The students also have access to the design computer studio. This space contains the latest Macintosh computers, scanners, color and black and white laser printers, digital cameras, updated software and a small periodical library. A design studio, located next to the computer studio, is well equipped with drafting tables, light board tables and group work stations. Most class presentations take place in the lecture room, located adjacent to the visual resource library. This department library contains thousands of slides to numerous videotapes, DVDs and books for instruction.
The students' senior capstone projects are displayed in the Elzay Gallery of Art. The gallery is connected to the classroom-studio building by a loggia and is used to display work of artists of invited exhibitions and student shows throughout the year. Other studio/classrooms located in the Wilson Art Center include a painting studio and a printmaking studio. A variety of gas electric, soda and raku kilns and furnaces are adjoined to the ceramics and sculpture studios.
Student organizations
- Psi Chi: the national honor society in psychology
- Psi Sigma: the psychology and sociology student club
- Kappa Pi: the national art honorary
- Student Art League: student club to further the students' art education outside the classroom.
Program outcomes
The department of art and design is committed to teaching and learning through an intensive, structured and sequential program of design studies and liberal arts education. Our goal is to develop students as creative, productive and intellectually curious designers capable of historical and cultural insight, critical thinking and technical proficiency in an area of emphasis. The University and Department has programs in place to assist students with internship acquisition, career search upon graduation and student-employer networking opportunities. All pre-art therapy graduates have gone on to get advanced degrees.
Career Opportunities
By earning degrees that provide the theory, skills, and supervised experience needed to practice art therapy, graduates can effectively work with diverse clients in a variety of settings. Art Therapists work in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, alternative educational settings, prisons, homeless shelters, juvenile detention centers, residential group homes, veterans homes and shelters, day treatment centers, halfway houses, burn centers, pediatric hospitals, rehabilitation centers, sheltered workshops, drug and alcohol treatment centers, and in private practice.


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September 16, 2014
Mindfulness at Moonshine Hollow
The locals call it Moonshine Hollow, or Mooner's Hollow, partly because of the haunting character of the moonlight in this small, isolated valley. It forces you to pay attention to the thousand shades of shadow and light you'd never thought to distinguish before. The phenomenon has something to do with the curvature of the ravine here, as light reflects off stone cliffs above and the lithe, white limbs of sycamore trees below. Whatever accounts for it, Moonshine Hollow is well named. More »
September 15, 2014
Tricycle Talks: Andrew Holecek, The Good Death
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September 12, 2014
Stephen Colbert: The 15th Dalai Lama?
In 2007, Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, announced his run for President of the United States. Now, in the midst of this week's media frenzy regarding the question of the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso's successor, Colbert dropped another bombshell on the Nation: he will be the 15th Dalai Lama. Finally, a successor that both Tibetans and China can agree on. On a more serious note, the media, at the least at first, got this story mostly wrong. Read our coverage here. More »
September 10, 2014
The End of the Dalai Lama?
The Dalai Lama's likely reaction to the current media frenzy. An interview with the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso by the Sunday edition of German paper Die Welt has caused quite a stir in the media and in Tibetan communities across the globe. More »
September 09, 2014
Going Back to the Source
Stephen Batchelor and Henry Shukman, both Tricycle contributing editors, sat down for a thoroughgoing conversation at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico on "Going Back to the Source." Batchelor is a widely published scholar who has trained formally in Tibetan, Theravada, and Zen Buddhism. Shukman, meanwhile, is the head teacher at Mountain Cloud and an accomplished poet and novelist. More »
August 31, 2014
The Reluctant Mystic
Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything By Barbara EhrenreichGrand Central Publishing 256 pp.; $26.00 cloth More »
August 31, 2014
Direct and Gradual
The Platform Sutra, a classic of Zen Buddhism attributed to the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, tells the story of the aftermath of the religion's split into two schools: Northern and Southern. In this selection, the Northern Master Shenxiu sends a spy to gather teachings from the Southern Master Huineng. But the reconnaissance does not go as planned.—Ed. More »
August 28, 2014
Dharma in Action
As our dharma practice deepens, it begins to inform and influence everything we do, including how we engage with the important moral and social issues of our times. At this moment in human history, the unrestrained extraction and burning of fossil fuels has brought us, in the industrialized nations, to the point where we are contaminating and pillaging the Earth to such an extreme that we are endangering all life on this planet. Nothing could be further from the intention and practice of dharma. More »
August 26, 2014
What's in a Word?
Terminology. Syntax. Diction. All words likely to send my mind wandering. And yet there I was, at the conference of 84000: Translating the Words of Buddha, in Bodhgaya, India, in a room full of high lamas and scholars who were convening to determine how to transmit Mahayana teachings to the world. It wasn't just important. It was fascinating. More »
August 22, 2014
Beware the Charismatic Guru
The following article by John Snelling (1943-1992) was first published in 1982. As reports of abusive teacher-student relationships in Buddhist communities continue to surface, Snelling's essay remains just as relevant today. We hope that its republication here, along with the suggested readings that follow, will provide further food for thought. —Ed.Of course, in following a spiritual path—as in anything in life—one needs information, support, and the guidance of experienced people. We could call those who supply these essentials teachers—though perhaps spiritual friends is a better term. Traditionally in both East and West such people have lived modestly and often in seclusion, avoiding the public gaze. Some, however, on account of their very rare gifts and achievements, attained fame and sizeable followings. The Buddha is an example from the distant past, Sri Ramana Maharshi from more recent times. More »
August 21, 2014
Monks in Ferguson
Tensions continued to escalate in Ferguson, Missouri over the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, on August 9. His death set off days of protests and a heavy-handed, militarized police response that has sparked national outrage. But Ferguson residents got a pleasant surprise on Sunday: A visit from a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks. "Ferguson was a very heated issue in our backyard," explained Patty Maher, who is hosting the monks during their stay in St. Louis. "Sunday was their day off. . . . We didn't know what to expect, but they gladly went. And as you saw, their presence was profound." More »
August 20, 2014
What Were They Thinking?
August 15, 2014
Now Showing: Satori
August 11, 2014
Do We Really "Have No Choice"?
August 06, 2014
Many meditators learn first to focus on the breath, following it mindfully in the manner described in the Satipatthana Sutta; counting breaths in a way frequently taught at Zen centers; or using one of the many methods of pranayama from yoga. None of these work very well when breathing is compromised. I recently recovered from a bout of pertussis ("whooping cough")—what the Chinese call the hundred-day cough. For three months my meditation was marked by a heavy chest and constricted bronchioles, and deep breaths would bring on paroxysms of coughing. More »
August 01, 2014
A Shamarpa without Borders
KATHMANDU, Nepal—It was the kind of ceremony that the honored guest seemed to be directing from the Beyond: thousands of students and admirers, from peons to a Nepalese government minister, converging on a half-built monastery to attend the traditional cremation rite of a vajra master that, even in death, stirred up an international fuss. They came to honor the 14th Shamar Rinpoche, Mipham Chokyi Lodro (1952–2014), a spiritual force who understood that staying true to his calling as the second-highest ranking lama of the Karma Kagyu order wouldn't win him any dharmic popularity contests. To many, he was a polarizing figure, an uncompromising traditionalist. More »
July 30, 2014
Joshu Sasaki Roshi, Rinzai Zen Master, Dies at 107
On Sunday, Joshu Sasaki Roshi, a Rinzai Zen Buddhist who came to the United States in 1962 and went on to become one of the country's most influential, if not most controversial, Zen teachers, died at Cedars-Sinai medical center in Los Angeles. He was 107 years old. Although said to have no dharma heirs, Joshu Roshi had legions of followers who founded about 30 Zen centers, from Seattle to Oslo, Vancouver to Berlin, some of which later closed. He led a large center in Los Angeles and two training centers in the Southwest, one in New Mexico and one at Mount Baldy, in the mountains east of Los Angeles. The poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen lived at Mount Baldy in the 1990s, lending his teacher a semimythic status among spiritually inclined rock fans. More »
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The Montjuïc or the Jewish mountain is an entertainment centre situated on a 213 meters high hill from where there is a unique panoramic view of the city. The Montjuïc is also an area with a high concentration of galleries, museums, parks and sports grounds. Montjuïc and its sports grounds are associated with the summer Olympic Games that took place in Barcelona in 1992, as the Olympic Ring which hosted not only the athletic contests but also the opening and closing ceremonies is situated there.
Plaça d'Espanya is situated at the foot of the Montjuïc and thus forms an entrance to this place of entertainment. In the middle of the square there is a fountain with three sculptures representing shipping, trade and industry. It was designed by Josep Maria Jujol, Gaudí's collaborator and follower. The two Venetian towers show us the way to the Magic fountain and Palau Nacional.
This unique complex was built in 1929 for the International Exhibition. It consists of 116 houses, which introduce different architectonical styles that can be found throughout Spain. Poble Espanyol is also a place when one can admire skilful craftsmen (one can see how clay, wood or glass are given fine shapes), buy some of the souvenirs made by them in craft workshops or just relax in a bar or a restaurant.
Palau Nacional houses the best collection of art in the city. The most significant collection is that of Romanesque art, which is the most valuable one in the world. Apart from Romanesque art one can admire items from Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods there.
A modern white building designed by Josep Lluís Sert houses the permanent exhibition that looks at the work of Joan Miró, a surrealist painter, sculptor and ceramist.
This garden is named after the Majorcan poet Costa i Llobera. It is a fabulous place for a walk, which offers many breathtaking views on the city that is below. The walk itself is a unique experience and opportunity to see many subtropical plants such as palms and cacti that are grown there.


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