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Outreaching to Diverse Communities: The Hispanic Community
It's a summer Monday morning — a school bus leaves one of the Union League Boys and Girls Clubs (ULBGC) carrying eighteen boys and twenty girls from the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago. Behind, a handful of parents wave goodbye to their most precious possessions, their children. Some parents and children alike show the same signs of uncertainty — fear and sometimes even tears. These children are on their way to two weeks of summer camp, but for many parents in this heavily Hispanic neighborhood that is a frightful thought.
Across the city, the same ritual takes place at the other three Boys and Girls Clubs operated by the Union League Boys and Girls Clubs organization, which operates four boys and girls clubs and a camp. Indeed, every other Monday — from mid-June through mid-August — four bus loads of children leave the city to experience summer camp. During the summer of 2003, almost half of them went to camp for the very first time.
Sixty-five miles north of Chicago, just across the border between Illinois and Wisconsin in Salem, Wisconsin, about fifty summer camp staff await the arrival of the campers. At around 10:30 a.m., one hundred and thirty-six campers arrive. Their laughs, screams, quarrels, excitement, and uncertainty, pretty much define what the following two weeks will be like. As they run, play, laugh, and enjoy themselves, socio-political circumstances unravel around their own existence in a country that many of them call their own and that for many others is a strange land where their parents brought them to find opportunities for a better life. However, at this time in their short lives all they want is just to have a little fun.
Union League Boys and Girls Clubs were founded in 1919 — the first boys and girls club opened its doors in 1920, and the camp was purchased and began operations in 1924. Since the 1920s, Chicago neighborhoods have changed drastically in their ethnic, economic, and socio-political composition. All four boys and girls clubs are now operating in neighborhoods with heavy concentrations of Latino/Hispanic ethnic groups — followed by African Americans and a handful of Eastern Europeans.
The Union League Boys and Girls Clubs Camp serves 136 campers every two weeks, from six through thirteen years of age. Seventy-two are girls and sixty-four are boys. Last year close to 65 percent were of Hispanic background, about 30 percent African American, and close to 5 percent White. These numbers reflect pretty much today's boys and girls clubs membership. However, it wasn't always like this. In 1994, numbers were very different — approximately 60 percent of the campers were African Americans, 25 percent Hispanics, and about 15 percent White. Ten years ago, most of the campers were coming from all over the city and suburbs and only a handful from the neighborhoods where the boys and girls clubs operated.
The Union League Boys and Girls Clubs' philosophy states clearly that camp is an extension of the clubs and that camp services and programs must closely reflect the philosophies, approaches, and services of the boys and girls clubs. In 1994, when an assessment of services was conducted, it became obvious that by serving almost 70 percent of children from areas outside of the clubs' service areas, the boys and girls clubs camp was not accomplishing its mission as stated in the organizational philosophy.
Changes had to be made, but how? After all, the ethnic composition of the areas served by the clubs is heavily Hispanic, and summer camp is not part of the Hispanic culture. Many Hispanic parents to this date are still adamantly opposed to sending their children away for two weeks, and even a greater number of Hispanic kids really don't want to change the comfort zone of their homes for the uncertainty of two weeks away from their families.
The Strategy
Adjusting to change is difficult. The strategy implemented to make sure that the camp became an extension of the boys and girls clubs was without doubt a challenging and painful one. And, at the same time a success story. Hispanic parents in the neighborhoods were not going to change their minds just because the boys and girls clubs decided to change their outreach strategies and serve more kids from the neighborhoods.
The first step was to make it economically appealing.
The second step was to makethe program trustworthy.
Since 1994, many counselors, unit leaders, and program directors have been recruited from the same neighborhoods as the ones in which our campers live. Many members of the staff are transfers from the local boys and girls clubs — giving the parents the assurance that their children are with people they know and trust. Many others are former campers who come back as junior staff, counselors, and even administrative team members.
Additionally, in order to establish the key element of trust, we made camp more parent friendly — not just to satisfy parents as customers in a business setting, but rather to make them feel part of the camp and to assure them that they are in control when it comes to the lives of their children. At the Union League Boys and Girls Clubs Camp, parents are welcomed to visit their children any day and at any time. If parents can't come to the camp, they can talk to their children on the phone during mealtimes — and in extreme cases — the camp will provide transportation for parents who wish to come to visit their children and don't have the means to do it. This approach has definitely helped the camp develop an environment of parent-trust for the camp.
The third step is to make the camp program worthwhile.
This proved to be true in all the neighborhoods where our boys and girls clubs operated. Many people in our communities who send their children to camp have done so because of their own economic situation — sacrificing their own customs because camp is a cheap, yet safe and fun way to save on child care. The parents discover, however, that the rewards are incredible.
Through the years, these campers who started to go to camp as a necessity developed into wholesome youth whose parents were willing to pay higher fees so their children could continue benefiting from the camp experience. The most important part of our approach was the word-of-mouth effect since Hispanic communities share much of the consumer information from person to person.
The fourth step — making it fun — is intrinsically tied to the third step.
Parents continue to send their children to camp because their children are not only having fun, but also because they are growing and developing in a safe, nurturing, and healthy environment.
How do parents know this? Parents have the opportunity to visit their children at camp and see for themselves the healthy relationships that develop between their kids and the camp staff. They are able to build partnerships with the camp director and other staff from the boys and girls clubs. And, perhaps, most important, when their children come home from camp, their parents see the positive effects that the camp experience had on them.
Clear Vision and Commitment
Our outreach strategy works well. It is an ongoing process because our neighborhoods are constantly changing — and as some families move out of the neighborhoods, new ones arrive — and the process starts all over again. It is not an easy task, but it is working. The most important point is that in order to make the camp economically appealing — or free — and to make it trustworthy, worthwhile, and fun, we needed a clear vision and commitment from the camp committee and the board of trustees down to the executive director, club directors, and other people involved with the camp — if we wish to impact the lives of the children in our communities.
The Big Picture and the Bottom Line
In 1986, when I first came to work at the Union League Boys and Girls Clubs as a program director at Club One in the Pilsen neighborhood, my first boss and mentor, Frank Matkovich, started my induction as a youth professional and manager with five short words — look at the big picture. Ever since then, I have been looking at the big picture. In 1999, when Mary Ann Mahon Huels took over the direction of our organization as executive director, she made it clear that we also had to look at the bottom line. As we look at the different possibilities and acquire a better understanding of the dynamics of Hispanic communities, we can assess and improve our outreach strategies and develop new approaches to better serve their children — using both concepts.
The bottom line is that there are currently more than 12,000,000 Hispanic children in the U.S. whose parents need to be educated about the benefits of the camp experience. Unfortunately the biggest misconception by most camps is that Hispanics can't afford the cost of sending their children to camp. According to a Census Bureau study, 12.4 percent of Hispanics earned $50,000.00 or more — while 26.3 percent earned $35,000.00 or more. A study released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, in October 2001, reported the number of Hispanic-owned firms was growing rapidly. Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States totaled 1.2 million firms, employed over 1 million people, and generated nearly $200 billion in revenues. Most of these people have children!
Because Hispanics are a heterogeneous group, there are unlimited possibilities for camps — since they too are so varied — to include and serve this growing population. Currently, within the camp industry/movement, there are many different kinds of camps — including private camps, religious camps, agency camps, private nonprofit camps, sports camps, specialized camps, etc. At the same time, the Hispanic upper middle class and middle class are growing at a rapid pace to the point that most U.S. corporations are targeting the Hispanic market. By the year 2050, the power of the Hispanic market will reach $1 trillion. This can only mean that there are opportunities for many different camps to impact this growing segment of our population. It is to the detriment of the camp community to overlook this diverse population — or to categorize them.
The American Camping Association Illinois Section is making a tremendous effort to outreach different communities — especially the Hispanic community. For the last five years, the section has conducted camp fairs in five Chicago Public Schools with heavy concentrations of Hispanic and African American students. It has developed a Web site, which includes information for college students searching for employment opportunities and for parents looking for camps to send their children. This section has a long history of developing partnerships and programs that pay for disadvantaged children to attend camp — children from families that otherwise couldn't afford the camp experience.
Camp can enrich lives and change the world — for everyone. As camp professionals, we must develop a vision and commitment to reach out to diverse communities and to provide children of different ethnic, social, and economic backgrounds the opportunity to live the camp experience.
David Lira Leveron has been a youth professional for seventeen years and a camp director for the last twelve. He serves on the board of directors and co-chairs the Public Awareness Committee for the American Camping Association Illinois Section. For more information on the Union League Boys and Girls Clubs programs, contact Leveron at email@example.com.
Originally published in the 2004 July/August issue of Camping Magazine.
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In the early 1920s, the Michigan Observation Company sought places of high elevation to erect fifty foot high enclosed platforms to boost tourism. In southern Michigan, a tower was placed atop Bundy Hill in Hillsdale County, Michigan and officials sought a knoll in the heart of the Irish Hills in Lenawee County. A farmer who owned half of the knoll, Edward Kelly, turned down the company's offer to purchase his portion of the land. The adjoining land owner, Thomas Brighton, consented the sale of his plat, and construction of the Irish Hills Observatory commenced.
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So what else out with -- Doctors at George you -- -- which through instructor the year award is in -- award this year we bring into the main stage that's right and a lot of folks we look at the history of the George because toward the training achievement awards that -- You're usually people -- -- think of national level instructors and one of the words -- wanna get out the folks is that it's is that you don't have to be a nationally known speaker to win that award we're looking for. An instructor who's making the difference. Out there -- in America so places like got a shot as a captain Dmitry you know it's it's doesn't have to be. You know most polished of Booker and a -- things you can be if if you know what instructor that's made a difference in in your career in your life -- That's a strong candidate. But you may -- -- consider nominations and get the application at the magazine and web site web site -- magazine. And as and submit that it -- review it and you know -- look forward to reading those nominations and now what happens only pick somebody. What do they have to do them -- affect them what happens. While we're gonna provide unique to -- the the big board you're gonna you're gonna -- you'll have to remember that to decide whether to -- that's right you know to make that point you will become one you know about -- what network year. Automatically. And for that but you know we're gonna. Yup on the main stage you go Iraq if -- never been FDIC to appreciate we -- main stage. That that that's the Super Bowl of all things to do with fire training -- sustain any I've been up there once and it's the most humbling experience and is definitely like the highest honor that's out there are training stand and that spot. You know that that you gonna do that is just of the recognition of the networking. It's just it's. We pick up your ride in yet you know if you win your coming by you're coming FDIC and and -- engineering and you'll be the -- -- fire engines and in the instructors. And it's come to a 150 classes 38 workshops 22 hot revolutions. -- the greatest show on earth in terms of -- program of this respectable shows out there. God bless them but there's nothing and I never has been anything like FBI say it's church -- -- -- it's it's just going to church. You go there every year and and you fugitive. The it's not only about the classrooms and hands on training -- all happens if this should be with your Brothers and sisters. The programs up right now -- FDIC dot com go take a look at -- you'll see a 160 classes no repeats. No instructors teach twice. -- if you guys are teaching in the workshops and committed to a classroom like -- last did you talk chief Norman but that's about it. There's no repeats there's no guide -- at ten and -- intention to again -- attention Monday Tuesday Wednesday. If there's somebody want to see -- their class you know when shots it. Does the place where we showcase not -- the greatest town America for our service but the greatest of them coming -- Comerica park service and we're very proud of this year's lineup I think we've got. Probably the best of the best and thanks has guys are going to be -- and and Neptune -- -- after development. It's the place today it's the only place to be in terms of for the fire service in terms of learning and now. You don't need to be formally and instruct. We need to get that out but every decent firefighter. Is instructor if you can't teach you can't -- it's just that simple. So come to FDIC learn how to teach one how to -- sit down hang -- what -- assaulted on Norman -- -- -- I mean the best of the best walking all -- the politics it's a -- it's humbling showed -- -- You know you figure what the heck am I doing here -- these guys but and the nicest people in the world and they'll tell you right up front they put their pants on one leg at a time. Just like the rest of us. So it how society anything else -- thoughts. It's -- all right well we're we're really excited about our relationship with by engineering a red eye -- we've we've recently just -- -- distance education symposium. That went very well and we're we're -- that you know the things optical with a trainer budgets. Facing tough times -- and technology we've we've talked today about the website -- and a common. How can you leverage those those technologies to save your training dollars. And how can you. Get more bang for your vote for your hands on to you know that's what people they've missed. -- -- How this distance education -- -- be applies not so much about the distance education is that it's. -- give you time to be hands on with your with your troops when you have a time when they're available. You know sorts that that's all we've been focused on so we're excited -- futures were very well that membership is -- A dramatically and and we're just trying to keep up and make sure everything happens. So we -- to make. It's just a solid commercial but remember. The voice. And all the archive shows are on their critical shows go to -- -- dot com go to -- -- radio can't listen Steve and heavier. Cranking those out you got Cheryl Orvella father Rick -- -- to crane Jack Murphy and you've got the very best -- with the average Joe firefighter. 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[PSP Review] Susume Tactics!
Save the earth from mystery species who attack and destroy cities in the earth. Beating them up to save the earth! SUSUME TACTICS brings you new experience of Strategic Puzzle Game. It is simple, but still learnable so that you can play it again and again! This game is played with holding PSP® system vertically.
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Help legendary star fighter pilot Ace Armstrong defeat the Scumbag invasion of earth in this modern take on classic old-school shoot-em-ups, with an added 50s Sci-Fi twist and plenty of Scumbag-bursting humour.
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Oh, wow. March creeped up on us! This is a great month for fans of PS branded hardware since the 2012 Spring Fever event is just around the corner… and the GCA winners are about to be announced! Remember, you get them at a discount, and PS+ subcribers can get them for 50% off.
What are the highlight releases for this week? Mass Effect 3 seems to be popular, baseball fans can decide between MLB 12: The show and Major League Baseball 2K12, and fighting fans will also get Street Fighter X Tekken. Vita contines its release onslaught with Unit 13, MLB 12: The Show and Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7.
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Thesis: Gendered Spaces and Historical Places in Welsh Choral Music
This thesis concerns the significance of gender in relation to music in the South Wales valleys in late nineteenth century Wales. In particular, it examines the tradition of choral singing, which developed in the context of rapid industrialisation in Wales, especially in coal mining communities. In the context of mass migration to, and religious nonconformity in the country, musical practices fulfilled a social function of galvanising community spirit at a time when a national consciousness was beginning to emerge. Although studies documenting social and religious developments of this period have been published, the role of music making in the shaping of identities at a local and national level has often been overlooked. In contrast, I will examine the practice of choral singing using a variety of methodologies drawn from ethnomusicology and its cognate disciplines, in order to uncover how ensemble practice relates to different articulations of Welshness. By studying how music making helps understand social, economic and religious changes during the period, I will clarify complex issues related to everyday life in Wales during the late-Victorian era (1870-1901).
Conceived as a historical ethnography, this thesis draws upon archival sources (both musical and non-musical) and ethnographic accounts in order to interrogate the role of music practices during this period. It examines musical collections from sacred and secular contexts, journals and scores, as well as visual materials relating to musical activities. It also examines nineteenth century newspaper articles, religious materials (such as Bibles and parish records) and written accounts by local historians. In addition, archival resources located in St Fagans National History Museum (Cardiff), SCOLAR (Cardiff University) and the National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth) are also utilised.
Supervisor: Dr John Morgan O'Connell
Book Review: Harper, Sally, 'Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources', Ethnomusicology, 55/3 (2011), 511-16.
Conference Contributions (recent and forthcoming):
'Contesting Boundaries: Gender, Community and Class in Welsh Choral Music', Music and Shared Imaginaries: Nationalisms, Communities, and Choral Singing conference, University of Aveiro, Portugal, 30 October - 1 November 2014.
'Forging the Land of Song? Industry, Identity and Memorialisation in the South Wales Choral Union, 1872-3', RMA and LUCEM Study Day: Amateur Music-Making in the British Provinces, University of Leeds, 18 June 2014.
'Welsh Exhibitionists: Welsh Choirs at International Exhibitions in Paris and Chicago', Music Around the Atlantic Rim: The British Forum for Ethnomusicology and the AHRC Research Networking Project 'Atlantic Sounds: Ships and Sailortowns' Joint Conference, Cardiff University, 19 October 2013.
'How Black was My Valley? Industry, Community and Identity in Welsh Music', RMA Ninth Biennial International Conference on Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Cardiff University, 24-27 June 2013.
'"Singing Themselves Stupid": Music and Gender in Late Nineteenth Century Wales', Voice of Humanities Conference, Cardiff University, 21 March 2013.
'WoMen of Harlech: Gendered Spaces and Historical Spaces in Welsh Choral Music (1870-1901)', Postgraduate Research Study Day, Cardiff University School of Music, 24 January 2013.
2011- PhD Ethnomusicology, Cardiff University
2009-2010: MA Ethnomusicology (Distinction), Cardiff University
2006-2009: BMus (First Class Honours), Cardiff University
Funding / Awards:
2014: Graduate Teaching Research Associate for the research project 'Instruments of War', funded by Cardiff University.
2014: Research Assistantship for the REACT project 'The God Article', funded by the AHRC
2011- School of Music Studentship, Cardiff University
2011: '125 for 125' Scholarship Award, Cardiff University
2009-2010: School of Music Studentship, Cardiff University
2009: John Morgan Lloyd Scholarship Award, Cardiff University
2014: Methods in Ethnomusicology (PGT - MA), module co-ordinator - Dr John Morgan O'Connell
2014: Music in Human Life (Year 1), module co-ordinator - Dr John Morgan O'Connell
2014: Project in Ethnomusicology (Year 3), module co-ordinator - Dr John Morgan O'Connell


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OSU is No. 3 in BCS, will play in Fiesta Bowl
It's the first BCS bowl berth for the No. 3 Cowboys (11-1, 8-1 Big 12), who captured their first outright conference title Saturday night with a dominating 44-10 victory over then-No. 10 Oklahoma at Boone Pickens Stadium.
But the Cowboys were close to earning a spot in the big game, finishing .009 points behind No. 2 Alabama in the final BCS standings released Sunday night. The Crimson Tide will take on unanimous No. 1 LSU for the second time this season on Jan. 9 in New Orleans.
OSU finished second in the final computer rankings but third behind Alabama in both the USA Today coaches' and Harris polls. Saturday night's convincing victory over the Sooners was enough to move the Cowboys up from No. 5 to No. 3 in both polls, but they ultimately did not gain enough votes to overtake the Crimson Tide.
Still, earning the automatic bid to the Fiesta Bowl as the Big 12 champions is another step in the elevation of the OSU program.
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CECILIA -- Seven Anderson County High School wrestlers qualified for the state tournament during regional competition, held Saturday at Central Hardin High School.
Shea Sparrow (125 pounds), Austin Dillow (135), Chris Fitzpatrick (215) and Zach Cotton (285) finished second in their respective weight classes while Blake Curtsinger (130) and Zack Perry (152) placed third. Jake Vincent finished fourth at 140 pounds.
The top four wrestlers in each class advance to the state tournament, to be held, starting Thursday, Feb. 17, in Frankfort.
Anderson County scored a 69-60 win at Meade County in girls' basketball action on Thursday night.
Makenzie Cann led Anderson with 26 points and Eriel McKee scored 23 as Anderson improved to 17-7 on the year.
Anderson was ahead by 18 points at the half, but Meade, which was at full strength after suffering an epidemic of injuries this year, halved the margin before the game ended.
The Lady Bearcats return home on Friday night to take on Woodford County. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. It is Anderson's final home game of the season.
It wasn't really a shot.
There was none of that square-it up, get-your-fingertips-on-the-trademark, keep-your-eye-on-the-target and follow-through stuff on this concoction. There was really no time.
His team trailing 54-52 and time running out, Shelby County's Eric Schreiner only had time to fling a prayer towards his own basket last Wednesday. Along with several hundred Anderson County and Shelby County faithful, Schreiner watched as the ball grazed the backboard.
There are many ways for a basketball team to show it is better than the opponent, but a 46-0 run?
You do not have to call your optometrist. You read that right.
Forty-six straight points.
That's what Anderson County, one of the haves in the Eighth Region this year, did to Shelby County, a team that had just won its first game of the season the night before. When it was over, the Lady Bearcats had posted a 61-22 win, their 16th straight against 30th District competition.
Makenzie Cann ripped Clark County with some deadly 3-point shooting to lead Anderson County past Clark, 64-51, in girls' basketball action Thursday night in Winchester.
Cann hit on 7-of-8 threes on her way to a varsity career-best 32 points. Cann was 10-for-12 overall from the field.
"As good as Kenzie was offensively, she was even better defensively," said Anderson coach Tony Kays. "She held Clark's best player (Preshia Rogers) to nine points."
Woodford County erupted to outscore Anderson County 21-9 in the second quarter and that was enough to give the Yellow Jackets a 57-44 win over the Bearcats in boys' basketball action Friday night in Versailles.
"We got in some foul trouble and could not stop their big men," Anderson coach Glen Drury said.
Woodford's 6-foot-7 junior, Jay Johnson, hit the Bearcats for 16 points, while another junior, 6-6 David Greenwell, also scored 16.
Johnson is being courted by several mid-major Division I schools, Drury said.
Anderson County's boys will close out the home portion of the basketball season when the Bearcats host Grant County on Saturday and Oldham County next Monday.
Saturday's contest has been designated as the annual Coaches vs. Cancer game and also is the Bearcats' winter homecoming game. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
Grant brings a 9-15 record into Saturday's contest under first-year coach Jim Hicks.
Hicks, a long-time mentor at Bath County, took over the Brave program from Ron Kinmon, who moved into administration.
Anderson County High School soccer player Madison Carter has inked a national letter-of-intent with Eastern Illinois University of the Ohio Valley Conference.
Located in Charleston, Illinois, Eastern Illinois finished 7-9-5 last fall.
A four-year starter at Anderson, Carter is expected to play forward for the Panthers. She also considered Tusculum University in Alabama and Morehead State.
"I told them she is a player," Anderson coach Jason Earnest said.
Anderson County High School soccer player Abby Prater signed a national letter-of-intent with the University of Indianapolis in a ceremony at the school last Wednesday. Prater is expected to play as a midfielder for the Greyhounds, who compete in the Great Lakes Valley Conference of the NCAA's Division II.
Even though Anderson County has no chance of winning the top seed in the 30th District Tournament and Shelby County can't break even unless it wins every game from here on out, there is plenty at stake when the Anderson boys host Shelby in the second game of Wednesday's double header.
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Dundreggan Conservation Estate is a 10,000 acre expanse of wild land near Loch Ness. Formerly a traditional sporting estate, it was bought by Trees for Life in 2008 to expand the Caledonian Forest in the Scottish Highlands.
With your support, Dundreggan will be a very different place in 50 years time. Natural woodland, with open glades intermingled with denser areas, will stretch up from the banks of the River Moriston. This diverse forest of oak, pine, aspen, hazel, juniper and birch will grade into montane scrub that will cover much of the higher slopes. Wildlife flourishing in this abundant woodland habitat will include red squirrel, capercaillie, European beaver, wild boar, osprey, black grouse and wood ants. Twinflower, creeping ladies tresses and other rare woodland plants will thrive. The forests of Dundreggan will no longer be isolated, but part of a larger expanse of native woodland from Glen Affric Nature Reserve in the north to Glen Moriston, and the shores of Loch Ness in the south east.
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WEBSTER COUNTY, KY (11/7/12) – Webster County High School's very successful tradition of excellence at the Class 2A, Region 1 Cross Country Championship continued on Saturday as the WCHS boys' squad placed third overall and the Lady Trojans captured fourth place with both squads advancing to next week's 2012 KHSAA State Championship at the Kentucky State Horse Park in Lexington.
In the boys race, regional favorite Logan County prevailed on its home course while Hopkinsville surprised the region with a second-place finish.
"All year long the boys team has beaten all the teams in the region except Logan County and Saturday we came up a little short for the runners-up trophy," noted WCHS head coach Todd Whitsell. "Hopkinsville was amazing today. They had three guys run well below their personal best times by 30 seconds or more."
Webster junior Iszack Whitsell saved his best race of the year for Saturday, finishing second behind regional favorite and all-stater Sye Head of Logan County. Head, a senior, won the race in 16:49.60 while Whitsell turned in a personal best time of 17:00. This was the fourth year in a row WCHS has had a first or second place runner in the regional.
"I put a lot of pressure on Iszack this season, leading the most inexperienced and youngest team I have ever coached," Coach Whitsell continued. "I think the whole team was feeling a lot of pressure along with Iszack because they wanted to bring home some hardware just like we have done the past four years. This team is very good and will be a contender each year in the region for many more years to come because they are so young." Whitsell noted that going into the Regional meet, Iszack knew the expectations and he along with Hopkins Central's (Childress) and Hopkinsville's (Hancock) had been in the same discussion with Iszack all season about who would finish behind the regional favorite Sye Head.
"The plan was for Iszack to go out right behind Sye from the start and see who had the most guts at the end for a first or second place finish and Sye or Iszack never looked back. Our focus now turns to the state meet this weekend," added Coach Whitsell.
WC freshman Trevor Cole was next in for the Trojans, finishing with a very impressive 10th-place finish in 18:27.80. Keenan Hall, Webster's only senior, was 18th overall in 19:03.10 while Nolan Pettit, another junior, was 21st in 19:12.90. "We had strong performance from all of our runners with Trevor Cole placing in the top 10 and Keenan Hall running the same time as his personal record followed by Nolan Pettit running a new personal record by 19 seconds," emphasized Whitsell. "Preston Glazebrook also set a new 'PR' by more than 30 seconds."
Glazebrook, a freshman, finished in 25th position (19:33.10) while Ronin Periard, just an eighth grader, was right on his heels in 26th (19:41.50). Spencer McCormick, another freshman, was 42nd in 21:01.20. "I am very proud of these guys and considering how young we are, we should make many more trips to the state meet," Whitsell added.
Boys Regional Results 1. Logan County 36 2. Hopkinsville 68 3. Webster County 76 4. Calloway County 98 5. Union County 143 6. Hopkins Central 158 7. Trigg County 192 8. Paducah Tilghman 205 9. Lone Oak 213
In the girls race Regional Championship on Saturday, Webster County seventh grader Kendra Woodward turned-in another incredible performance placing eighth overall to lead the Lady Trojans back to the state meet, a trip they missed last season. Woodward posted a 21:30.30 time while Paducah Tilghman sophomore Aleja Grant won her third straight regional title with a 19:13.40 clocking. Lone Oak claimed the team title while the Lady Trojans finished fourth.
"Kendra has helped lead this team to a very successful season are extremely excited to be going back to the big race this season and just like the boys team, they only have one senior which means the future is very bright for both teams," stated WCHS head coach Brandye Whitsell.
Webster had two more top 20 runners as eighth grader Chanler Cole was 16th overall in 22:41.60 and sophomore Ali Cherry was 19th in 23:00.10. Taylor Wilson, WC's only senior was 23rd overall in 23:50.20.
"Taylor has been a prime example of how summer training and true dedication can improve your endurance and time. In her sophomore year, Taylor was running times in the 30's and now in her senior season, she has some colleges wanting her to come run for them," Whitsell added.
Hannah Pritchett, a sophomore who sat out the cross country season last season, was next in for the Lady Trojans in 25th (24:09.70) while fellow sophomores Cassidy Thomas (24:16.20) and Madison Townsend (26:38.00) were 26th and 47th respectively
"This is just a terrific bunch of young ladies and I couldn't be more proud of them," Whitsell concluded.
Girls Regional Results 1. Lone Oak 40 2. Calloway County 54 3. Hopkinsville 59 4. Webster County 91 5. Paducah Tilghman 149 6. Union County 152 7. Trigg County 168 8. Caldwell County 187
Charlie Hust
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FINA launches improved version of its World Swimming Rankings
FINA has launched today on its official website www.fina.org a much improved version of its World Swimming Rankings' section, bringing this important tool into a new level of accuracy, providing many new functionalities to the system, and adding new interactive possibilities to the users of this database.
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From now on, the search for a given performance can be done on a more specific way, allowing a more comprehensive "image" of the result, both on the athletes and the countries' side. This will result on an increased amount of available information (on a more "friendly" way) for all those consulting the system – swimmers, coaches, officials, administrators, media, and public at large.
Another significant difference in relation to the previous system is that FINA is directly involving its 202 National Member Federations in the inclusion of data concerning their affiliated athletes. Thanks to a secured login system, each National Federation is now invited to enter its swimmers' personal information, as well as directly submit their results or the performances of a national meet. This data is then validated by the specialised staff running this database before the definitive entry of the information into the system.
In the months to come, an Online Meet Entry section will also be activated and will work on time for the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai (CHN) and for the 2012 Olympic Games in London (GBR). Finally, in the medium term, the system will also be able to generate swimmers' biographies, for the use of media and public in general.
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Overview: The WirelessHD Consortium is an industry-led effort to define a specification for a new digital network interface for wireless high-definition signal transmission for computer electronics products. Formed by Intel, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Philips Electronics, Samsung, Silicon Image, Sony, and Tobisha, the Consortium is the governing and creating body for the WirelessHD Standard. The WirelessHD standard, finalized in 2008, is based on the 60 GHz spectrum and achieves high-speed rates of up to 10 Gbps at ten meters for consumer electronics, personal computing, and portable device products. WirelessHD is the first consumer electronics and technology industry-supported digital wireless interface for instantaneous file transfers, wireless display and docking, and simplified and lossless HD media streaming.
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Zulgad: Can Percy Harvin be the difference? Like him, that's an enigma
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As lousy as this season went for the Minnesota Vikings, and as well as it went for the Seattle, there is no debating the fact it appears the former fleeced the latter last March in the trade that sent wide receiver Percy Harvin to the Seahawks.
The Vikings acquired first- and seventh-round picks in 2013 and a third-round selection in 2014. Seattle, in turn, got the right to sign Harvin to a six-year, $67 million contract.
The Seahawks believed they were getting the dynamic playmaker that had made defenses fear him so much during his four seasons in Minnesota. Harvin could be recalcitrant at times and battled migraines that often served as a reason not to practice, but he also had the ability to win football games.
In his first three NFL seasons, Harvin also proved he was usually on the field when it counted. He missed three games in his first two years because of migraines, played in all 16 games in 2011 before sitting out seven games in 2012 because of an ankle injury.
It was thought the ankle problems would go away when Harvin got away from a Vikings offense he considered to be far from ideal for him.
But that didn't happen. Harvin showed up at training camp with a hip problem and underwent surgery to repair his labrum in late July.
Harvin returned on Nov. 17 to play against the Vikings and then ended up sitting out again until the Seahawks' opening playoff game against New Orleans. Harvin took two big hits in that game and was lost for the NFC title game against San Francisco because of a concussion.
That means he will enter the Super Bowl on Sunday against Denver having played in part of two games all season.
The Vikings, meanwhile, used the first-round pick they got from Seattle to take promising cornerback Xavier Rhodes with the 25th pick overall.
Having accumulated the additional selections, Vikings general manager Rick Spielman also felt comfortable enough to send second-, third-, fourth- and seventh-round picks to New England in order to move back into the first round and take Tennessee wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson.
Yet, there is a way that by late Sunday both teams could be very satisfied with this trade.
That's because Harvin's lack of playing time could help to make him the Seahawks' secret weapon against Denver.
The Broncos will have had two weeks to prepare for Seattle, but one thing they can't be prepared for is how much Harvin will play, where he will line up or how Seattle might use him.
With most players who have missed this much time in a season, the assumption would be that it would be difficult for them to make an impact in their team's biggest game of the season.
But as maddening as Harvin can be at times, there is no doubting that he is a special, special player. He is the rare guy who is worth the price of admission. He has the ability to make Broncos defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio a miserable man this offseason.
Quarterback Russell Wilson's play in recent weeks for the Seahawks hasn't been considered to be great and at times he has appeared to fall into the role of making a few nice plays but managing the game for the most part.
Having Harvin on the field, could make Wilson much more than a game manager at Met Life Stadium.
Harvin has the potential to turn Wilson into a star on Sunday and also make everyone, including members of the Seahawks' front office, forget that they got only two-plus games out of him this season.
This doesn't mean the Vikings will be unhappy with their deal. Patterson appears to have the same ability to make plays as Harvin, but is far bigger (6-2 as compared to 5-11) and appears to have much less baggage.
It's just that Seattle officials might finally have reason to smile about their end of the deal if Harvin plays like he can on Sunday.


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Seton Hill vs. Roberts Wesleyan
March 24, 2012
|James Delaney
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|Matt Delmonico
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|Dylan Lefebrve
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|Marc Piche
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|Kevin Welty
|(2, 0)
|Dom Puglise
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|Kevin Cala
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|Greg Chaples
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|Christopher Ilse
|6 (0.400)
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|Colin Cornaire
|(1, 2)
|David Smith
|(3, 0)
|Anthony Nucci Lauria
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|Craig Petit
|(1, 1)
|Brett Capps
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|Sean Cone
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|Matt Hamilton
|7 (0.318)
|Current Record
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|Men's lacrosse took on the Raiders of Roberts Wesleyan at home on Saturday afternoon. The Griffins were able to earn the 15-9 victory despite the Raiders late fourth quarter run. With the win the Griffins record advances to 4-3 overall.
In first quarter action the Griffins came out strong scoring four goals in the first four minutes of play. Matt Delmonico put an impressive three goals in the back of the net and James Delaney scored one to take a 4-0 lead with 11:05 on the clock. Minutes later David Smith scored for the Raiders to put them on the board at the 8:19 mark. Before the end of the first quarter Roberts Wesleyan was able to put one more in off a goal from Craig Petit to make it a 4-2 game.
During the second quarter Seton Hill struck first off a Marc Piche goal assisted by Dylan Lefebrve advancing their lead 5-2. The Raiders answered back with a goal at the 12:37 mark. Seton Hill was able to close out the end of the first half with two more goals from Kevin Welty assisted by Greg Chaples and another goal from Marc Piche from Kevin Cala to take a 7-3 lead going into halftime.
To start the third quarter Roberts Wesleyan scored first with 10:37 on the clock. One minute later the Griffins answered back with another Delaney goal and a bullet in the back of the net from Dylan Lefebrve assisted by Delmonico to increase the Seton Hill advantage 9-4. Neither team could get one past the keeper over the next couple minutes. It wasn't until the 5:45 mark that Anthony Nucci Lauria scored for the Raiders to make it a 9-5 contest. Once again the Griffins retaliated with two goals to give them a comfortable 11-5 lead entering the fourth quarter.
However, the Raiders came out fighting in the fourth scoring three goals in four minutes to cut the Griffins lead 11-8. The Griffins scored and then the Raiders scored right after to make it a three goal difference 12-9 with 7:49 remaining in the game. The Griffins were able to gain some momentum scoring three goals in the remaining five minutes of play to close out the day with a 15-9 victory over the Raiders.
In the win Matt Delmonico had an impressive day scoring five goals and recording one assist. James Delaney also had a notable day offensively scoring three goals and earning four assists. Marc Piche finished the game with three goals and Dylan Lefebrve added one goal and three assists. The Goalie Christopher Ilse earned six saves for the day. The Griffins will be back in action on Tuesday, March 27 as they play host to the Cardinals of Wheeling Jesuit University at 4:00PM.


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Fla woman set on fire at gas station recovering
By Associated Press. CREATED Jun 14, 2012
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A South Florida woman set on fire at a gas station is recovering from second- and third-degree burns.
Naomie Breton, 33, was attacked Monday at the Boynton Beach gas station where she was meeting her ex-boyfriend, with whom she shares custody of her 4-year-old son.
Breton tells Miami television station WPLG (http://bit.ly/LCgnwv ) that Roosevelt Mondesir threatened her with a knife, poured gasoline over her and her car and chased her around the vehicle before lighting her on fire.
Breton says the only way she could put out the flames was to take off her shirt. She was home Wednesday with bandages on both arms, her right shoulder, her chest and her stomach. She also has burns on her face.
Mondesir has been denied bond on a first-degree attempted murder charge.
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A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that children living in poverty in working households in the UK have increased to 2.1 million – the highest on record.
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The more your real estate website reflects your target market, the more interesting it'll be to people who want to buy or sell a home in this area. It'll also do wonders for getting your website high ranking in Google for people searching for homes in these neighborhoods. So here are things you can have on your website about your farm neighborhoods. Continue reading
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Soaring Your Website's Search Engine Ranking With Reciprocal Links
Having your website's link on other people's web pages is one of the best ways in getting your website high ranking in online search engines. This is called your linking strategy. Your linking strategy is how you go about getting your website links on specific websites you target. Best of all, this won't cost you anything to accomplish except time! So here are some tips for effective linking strategies for real estate websites: Continue reading
Real Estate Agent Training: Tips For Effective Sales Writing Part 2
In the first part of this article, I talked about ways of fine tuning your sales and marketing writing and how big an impact it'll have on your success. Here are more ways of doing this: Continue reading
Improving Your Email Newsletter
The newsletter you email to prospects is an important part of building your Ecommerce business. But your current newsletter may not be effectively building relationships with your prospects. So here are a few ways of boosting your email newsletter's effectiveness: Continue reading
Real Estate Branding: Standing Apart From Your Competitors
Personal branding is paramount for today's real estate professional. Your company name is simply not enough today. So you need to ask yourself, "How am I different?" and then demonstrate the answer in all your marketing materials. The more distinctive your identity, the more people will remember those unique qualities and forget your competitors trying to be all things to all people. Here are a few ways of differentiating yourself and your business: Continue reading
Real Estate Content Creation: Writing Great Content For Your Real Estate Website
It's imperative your real estate website has lots of interesting content, regardless of where you get it from. In most cases, you can post articles written by other people as long as you use the article in its entirety and credit the author. But you may find there are not many articles available on your farm areas, and writing may not be one of your strong points. So here are some tips for creating compelling articles that will engage your target audience and keep them coming back for more. Continue reading
What Your Real Estate Website Needs
A real estate professional's website is their face on the internet. So it's critical your website engages and interests the online consumer enough to have them sign up for your mailing list. It should be your website's main goal. Here are a few things your website needs to accomplish this. Continue reading
Understanding The Online Real Estate Consumer
As the internet began gaining worldwide usage in the mid 1990's, some thought it would ultimately make real estate professionals obsolete. The rationale was, "now that these professionals are no longer the gatekeepers of real estate information, and the public has online access to even more information than real estate professionals could provide before the internet, people will no longer need a real estate professional". We've seen this has been true for a minority of consumers, but the great majority still use a real estate professional.
Unfortunately, many real estate professionals still do not understand the online real estate consumer and how they should engage and serve them. It's very important they rectify this problem because about 80% of consumers use the internet when buying or selling a home online.
So here are some of the most important things to understand about today's online real estate consumer: Continue reading
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When planning your real estate website, it's critical you consider the exact type of prospect you want visiting your site. When you identify that, you'll know how to design your website because you should tailor your website to suit the interests of those target people. This will go far in getting your website ranked highly in search engines specifically for people searching for properties in your farm areas.
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In my March 5th article, I discussed a real estate sales person whose website achieved number one ranking in Google for his farm area of Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto. Today, it's not only impossible to get higher ranking than him in Google for Mississauga real estate, but it never cost him anything to get this ranking!
So many of you are obviously wondering how you get your real estate website top ranking in Google. There are two primary ways you can achieve search engine optimization (SEO) for your website:


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Veterans knew they'd meet Obama before 'unscheduled' lunch stop
PORTLAND, Ore. - What was first reported to be an unscheduled stop to a Northeast Portland diner during President Barack Obama's visit to Oregon Tuesday turned out to be not so spontaneous after all, The Oregonian reports.
Jeff Mapes, the newspaper's senior political reporter, uncovered that the three veterans the president lunched with "didn't just happen to wander into the Gateway Breakfast House."
Here're a couple excerpts:
"All (the veterans) have connections to the Obama reelection campaign and were presumably chosen for good political reasons."
And ...
"On Tuesday morning, all three met with a staffer and were driven to the restaurant and arrived shortly before Obama. The three said the restaurant workers and other patrons received notice only a few minutes before the president arrived."
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text: At their annual Fall Celebration, the Land Trust of the Little Tennessee awarded their 2013 Robert and Virginia Ramsey Brunner Land Conservationist of the Year Award to the Macon County Commission. The Macon County Commissioners received the award in recognition of their role in conserving the historic Cowee School, which is now being repurposed as a community and heritage center. The old Cowee School is now known as the Macon County Heritage Center and has already begun hosting a bluegrass concert series, various groups, including the Macon County Historical Society and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the Cowee Pottery School and Cowee Textiles. At the event LTLT Board President Ken Murphy said "Without the Macon County Commissioners this project could not have happened. The Macon County Commissioners, our elected officials, not only approved the repurposing of this facility, they provided critical support including financial support. Their approval and support was evidence of their real vision for the future, and we recognize that they made their decisions in light of many competing considerations and alternative uses of the funding provided." The LTLTs Brunner Conservationist of the Year Award was established in 2004 to honor Robert and Virginia Ramsey Brunner, whose generosity and vision of land conservation in Western North Carolina were instrumental in the founding of LTLT.