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The Morris Missionary Baptist Church is nestled down a red dirt road, in Morris, Ga., set among pine trees near the Alabama state line. Next to the small white church lies its most recent grave site: that of Charles Foster Jr.
While the mass killings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., garnered a frenzy of news coverage, statistically, they are not the norm. Each year, thousands of gun homicides in the U.S. — 11,000 in 2010 alone — attract little or no media attention.
In those killings, the victim is most often a minority male between 15 and 25 years old and shot in an urban area. The sheer number of such deaths can be overwhelming, but focus on just one young life cut short and one remembers that statistics represent individuals, each with their own story.
Charles Foster Jr., 24, was one such young man. He was shot and killed in the early hours of New Year's Day — one of the first gun deaths of 2013.
When Charles walked into a room, "you knew he was going to do something funny to make everybody laugh," says Latoria Foster, Charles' older sister. "I'm very proud of my brother, because of the fact that he was determined to make something of his life."
Vanessa Jackson says her friend Charles had smiling eyes and was very religious. "His God meant everything to him," she says.
"He always stayed out of trouble," says Derrick Foster, Charles' cousin. "[He] tried to avoid trouble with the law. He had his mind focused on that, I know he did."
Charles grew up in the Georgia countryside until moving to Columbus, Ga., population about 190,000. He was the first in his family to go to college and was just months away from graduating from Columbus State University with a major in political science. His family was handed his posthumous degree at his funeral.
Tom Dolan, chairman of the department of political science and public administration at Columbus State, says Charles was soft-spoken and serious about his studies.
"He had to struggle," Dolan says. "And yet, instead of giving up the way a lot of students would, he kept plugging away at it and got a number of A's from me."
"He was so close to me. To me, it was like my backbone — my backbone's gone," says Charles' cousin Tambra Gooch, through tears. "It's like ... I'm stuck in this bad dream and I can't wake up."
"He didn't bother nobody," says Jessie Foster, Charles' mother. "He was just a loving person. [I] miss my boy. Miss him so much."
Thumbing through childhood photographs of her only son, Jessie thinks about the message she takes from his death.
"Stop the violence. Gun violence. It's really too many people getting hurt with guns," she says.
'He Always Said, 'People Die In Clubs' "
Charles was killed in the early hours of 2013 at the Majestic Sports Bar on Columbus' Cusseta Road. It's a strip of liquor stores, laundromats and carwashes. The club has a reputation for violence — soldiers from nearby Fort Benning are even prohibited from coming here.
By all accounts, Charles Foster didn't go to nightclubs. But his girlfriend, LaQuoia Arnold, did. And on New Year's Eve, it was her idea to celebrate at the club, also known as Club Majestic. Charles, on the other hand, wanted to go to church.
"I finally got him to go with me," LaQuoia says of that night. "I had to beg him. He always said, 'People die in clubs.' "
The Majestic was full that night for a party promoted as "Pandemonium Kickoff." Charles was there with a small group, including LaQuoia and his cousin Derrick. Both recall they were dancing and having fun, with no sign of trouble.
It was close to 2 a.m. when LaQuoia suggested they should get ready to go. And then, she says, "You heard, 'Pow!'
"I looked at him, he looked at me," she recalls. They started running as more shots were fired. "I hit the floor, I stopped moving. I said, 'I keep on moving, I might just get hit.' "
"I just saw everybody else jump down, so I responded to what I saw," Derrick recalls. Crawling to the door to escape, "I even saw a couple of bullets go by," he says.
When LaQuoia and Derrick realized Charles wasn't with them outside the club, they went back in. They saw Charles lying on the floor. Six others were wounded in the shooting, but Charles was the only victim who would die that night. He had been struck just above his heart.
"He was the first person that I actually looked at because he was in the worst condition," Derrick says. "I said a couple of words like, 'Man it's gonna be all right,' and, 'You can make it.' I just held his hand and just said that to him."
"I just prayed," LaQuoia recalls. "I instantly get on my knees and I started praying."
Charles' sister Latoria learned what had happened when she got a knock at the door in the middle of the night.
"I ran every red light to get up there to the hospital to see about my brother," Latoria says. But when the doctor came in to speak with the family, he told them the hospital had done everything it could for Foster. He was gone.
'The Count Is Starting All Over Again'
In the subsequent weeks, the police arrested and charged two young men with murder and aggravated assault. It's not yet clear which gun, or guns, were used.
LaRae Moore, a senior assistant district attorney in Columbus, is prosecuting the Charles Foster murder. She first heard about the shooting when she turned on the television on New Year's Day.
"You know, as a prosecutor, I think, 'OK, the count is starting all over again,' " she says. "On Jan. 1, to hear that there's been another murder, then you think, 'Oh my goodness. We're not getting off to a good start.' "
Just about every homicide Moore has handled, with the exception of child deaths, has involved a firearm, she says.
"I don't know what will stop the gun violence. Because most of the cases that I see, the perpetrators are not using guns that they lawfully bought or lawfully own," she says. "It's a gun that's been stolen. For example, if there's a burglary and in the course of that burglary the homeowner's firearms are stolen, nine times out of 10 that stolen firearm is going to be the same weapon that has either shot somebody or killed someone. We see it all the time."
Expanding background checks or other proposals the federal government is weighing, Moore says, are unlikely to fix the problem. "From what I see, if they want to get 'em, they're gonna get 'em. They're stolen, they're traded for drugs. They don't go to gun shows and buy 'em."
'It's An Awful State The Country's In'
In the basement of the Columbus Public Safety Building, Buddy Bryan, the Muscogee County coroner, took office on Dec. 31, 2012. His first case as coroner was a homicide: that of Charles Foster.
By the first week of February, Bryan had handled many more. A young woman's suicide with a .357 Magnum. A homicide at a known drug dealer's home. A 20-year-old, shot twice. Then, a murder-suicide.
"A 38-year-old U.S. Army captain shot his fiancee in the back of head," Bryan says. "He had a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic, and then he put the gun to his right temple and pulled the trigger."
The tally of gun deaths in Columbus this year now stands at 12. In 2012, it reached 36. Bryan holds out no hope for a turnaround.
"As long as there's guns, there's gonna be shootings. As long as there's shootings, there's gonna be deaths," he says. "It's an awful state the country's in as far as I'm concerned."
Bryan owns two handguns, he says, for self-protection. "I'm out at 3, 4 o'clock in the morning in some of the worst neighborhoods," he says. "Hope I never to have to use it, but I will defend myself if someone tries to kill me."
He may own two guns, but Bryan thinks there's little reason, outside of military service, for people to own rifles like the AR-15.
"How ridiculous is that? What do you need one of those for? Are you going up to Afghanistan? You gonna go to Iraq, Iran, whatever, then maybe you might need one," the coroner says. "But you don't need one here in Columbus, Ga. Or Atlanta or Chicago. Look at the number of deaths in Chicago at this point. Unbelievable."
And if the government mandates that he must give up his guns, he would, he says. "Absolutely. If it would help, sure," Bryan says. "I want to be a part of the fix, not part of the problem."
'Tired Of Seeing Young People Being Destroyed'
Foster's murder spurred a march in February in front of Club Majestic. The mayor of Columbus, Teresa Tomlinson, called the club a "criminal haven" and pledged to keep it closed, while people from the neighborhood demanded the windowless brick structure be torn down.
The Rev. Willie Phillips, who lives just a few blocks from the Majestic, has been trying to shut down the club for years. "So many young people have been shot and killed" there, he says. "[The place] has brought so much pain to parents."
Sitting in his small brick home, Phillips leafs through a 4-inch binder filled with newspaper clippings of the countless anti-violence marches he has led. It includes obituaries for young people shot and killed over the years and news clippings about shootings at the club.
Phillips' long and vocal campaign against Club Majestic has made him a target of threats. He keeps his curtains drawn, and standing in the corner of his living room, propped against the wall, is a 20-gauge Smith & Wesson shotgun — his "protection," he says.
Phillips says he wouldn't have had a weapon 12 years ago. In those days, he enjoyed sitting out on his porch. But he doesn't sit outside anymore, he says. He's too afraid.
"I can't sleep now," Phillips says. "I look out the window ... every time I hear a car."
Even so, Phillips says he won't give up. He feels partly responsible for Foster's death. "I feel like his blood is on my hands. Because I didn't continue to fight to close the club. I got afraid and backed off."
As his binder continues to grow, Phillips says he sometimes gets discouraged.
"Sometime I just want to sell my house and move to the country and just be alone, you know. You get tired of seeing young people being destroyed for nothing," he says.
"If it take the last breath in my body, there would not be another young person killed in that place," Phillips says. "But I keep pushing. No matter what they throw at me, I keep pushing. I keep going."
Phillips added a new page to his binder in January. It shows the round, smiling face of Charles Foster Jr. He was one of the first gun deaths in 2013 in this country. There will be some 30,000 more before the year is over.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Melissa Block.
All this week on the program, we're going to be talking about guns. Last December's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut revived a vigorous debate about gun laws and what can be done to reduce gun violence in this country.
SIEGEL: This week, we'll have stories about how doctors are responding to the violence. Their primary concern is suicide. And we'll also examine gun culture in Switzerland, where gun ownership is high and violence by firearms has remained relatively low.
BLOCK: We'll hear a discussion among gun owners and gun opponents trying to bridge that chasm in our national conversation, and we'll interview Vice President Joe Biden, who has spearheaded the White House effort on reducing gun violence. Today, though, we're going to focus on just one gun death: a young man killed as the year began. He was among the fatalities in this grim statistic that President Obama cited in his State of the Union address last month as he urged Congress to act on new gun laws.
DR. MATTHEW MILLER: It's a low ball by quite a bit. He's probably off by, you know, three to 4,000 deaths.
BLOCK: That's Matthew Miller, associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, who has studied gun violence for 15 years. And before we narrow in on one gun death, we asked him to sketch out the big picture: Just who dies by gun in America?
MILLER: There are over 31,000 gun deaths per year in the United States. That's over 2,500 per month.
BLOCK: And when you break that down and look at homicides, suicides, accidents, how does that break down?
MILLER: There were about 19,000 firearm suicides. In 2010, 11,000 firearm homicides and 600 firearm accidents.
BLOCK: Do you find that people are surprised when they learn that two-thirds of all gun deaths are suicide, not homicide?
MILLER: I find that people are almost always really surprised. I was surprised when I first started doing research into this because the source that I have for most of my information was the popular press, which covers homicide to a much greater extent than it does suicide.
BLOCK: What kind of guns are we talking about? When you look at gun deaths, what guns are being used?
MILLER: Well, it depends on whether you're talking about homicides or suicides. For homicides, the vast majority of guns are handguns as opposed to long guns. When it comes to suicide, about half of all suicides involve long guns, not handguns.
BLOCK: When you take all these numbers into account and you try to think who is the most likely victim of a gun homicide in America, what do you come up with? Who is that person?
MILLER: A young black man, 15 to 24 years of age, living in an urban area, probably in the South, living in an area where there's concentrated poverty and high crime rates.
BLOCK: Matthew Miller with the Harvard School of Public Health. He's also deputy director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. Now, those numbers can be overwhelming, impossible to take in, but what if you focused up close on just one life lost? We're going to spend the rest of this half hour thinking about one of this year's gun deaths, one that fits the description of the most likely homicide victim, as Matthew Miller described, a young African-American male in the South. In this case, someone who moved to the city from the country to seek a better life.
And our story begins down a red dirt road in Morris, Georgia, close by the Alabama line. I'm standing next to the Morris Missionary Baptist Church, a simple white country church set back in the pines. And I'm standing in the cemetery of that church, at the most recent gravesite. It's the grave of Charles Foster Jr., who was one of the first deaths of this New Year. He was killed early in the morning on New Year's Day, shot and killed at age 24.
DR. TOM DOLAN: He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
BLOCK: We're going to hear the grim details of how Charles Foster died in a bit. But first, let's find out how he lived. Who was Charles Foster Jr.? What was he like? A portrait now in the words of those who knew him best.
VANESSA JACKSON: My name is Vanessa Jackson, and I've known Charles about almost six years now. He was kind of heavyset. He wore glasses, and he had a pretty smile. He had smiling eyes.
TAMBRA GOOCH: My name is Tambra Gooch. Charles is my first cousin. Stig Diggy Diggy(ph), he loved that dance. See, that was his favorite childhood dance.
LATORIA FOSTER: My name is Latoria Foster, and I am Charles Foster older sister. When he walked in a room, you knew he was going to do something funny to make everybody laugh.
BLOCK: Charles Foster Jr. grew up in the Georgia countryside. He moved to the city - Columbus, Georgia, population about 190,000 - for school. He was the first in his family to go to college, and he was just months away from graduating from Columbus State University with a major in political science when he was killed. His family was handed his posthumous degree at his funeral.
DOLAN: I'm Dr. Tom Dolan. I'm the chair of the department of political science and public administration here at Columbus State. Charles had been one of my students. Soft-spoken, serious, he had to struggle. And yet, instead of giving up the way a lot of students would, he kept plugging away at it, and he got a number of A's from me.
FOSTER: I'm very proud of my brother because of the fact that he was determined to make something out of his life.
DERRICK FOSTER: My name is Derrick Foster, and I'm Charles Foster first cousin. We was both working at Smokey Bones Bar & Grill.
DOLAN: I often remember seeing him come to my last class last semester looking like he come fresh out of the kitchen. That's what he'd done. Flour on his clothes.
JACKSON: He was very religious, you know? His god meant everything to him.
FOSTER: He always stayed out of trouble, talking about, you know, I can't get in trouble. Tried to avoid trouble with the law, you know? He had his mind focused on that. I know he did.
GOOCH: He is so close to me, you know? To me, he was like my backbone. My backbone is gone. It's like - I'm sorry. It's like I'm stuck in this bad dream and I can't wake up.
JESSIE FOSTER: And, you know, he didn't bother nobody. He didn't bother nobody. He was just a loving person. I miss my boy. Miss him so much.
BLOCK: Sitting under a pecan tree, that's Charles Foster's mother, Jessie. She thumbs through childhood photographs of her only son and thinks about the message she takes from his death.
FOSTER: Stop the violence. Gun violence is really too many people getting hurt with guns.
BLOCK: Charles Foster Jr. was shot in the very first hours of 2013 here at the Majestic Club. As I look at it in the rain, it's purple-painted brick, no windows. A sports bar, night club on Cusseta Road in Columbus, Georgia. It's a gritty strip of liquor stores, laundromats and car washes, has a reputation for violence. In fact, soldiers from Fort Benning right down the road are prohibited from coming here.
By all accounts, Charles Foster didn't go to nightclubs. But his girlfriend, LaQuoia Arnold, did go a lot. And on New Year's Eve, it was her idea to celebrate at Club Majestic. Charles wanted to go to church.
LAQUOIA ARNOLD: Finally got him to go with me. I had to beg him. He always said people die in clubs.
BLOCK: That night, the club was full. There was a DJ. The party was promoted as Pandemonium Kickoff. Charles was there with a small group, among them his girlfriend, LaQuoia, and his cousin, Derrick Foster.
FOSTER: Talking, laughing, whatever.
ARNOLD: We both was there, so we had fun.
FOSTER: There was no altercation there. So it was pretty much a surprise when they started.
ARNOLD: It was like, (unintelligible) I looked at the time that how I remember. I said, let's get ready to go. You heard, pow. I looked at him, he looked at me. We ran. When we started running, pow-pow, pow. I hit the floor. I stopped moving. I said, if I keep on moving, I might just get hit.
FOSTER: I just saw everybody else jump down, so I responded to what I saw, you know? When they jumped down, that's when I jumped down. While I'm going, crawling to the door to escape, the shots, like it got closer. I even saw a couple of bullets go by.
BLOCK: Any idea how many shots you heard?
FOSTER: About 10 shots, I guess, maybe less.
ARNOLD: I heard about 10 gunshots and they're close.
BLOCK: LaQuoia and Derrick ran outside and realized Charles, C.J., wasn't with them. So they went back in and found him lying on the floor.
ARNOLD: I said, C.J. got shot. And I just ran to him, and I just couldn't quit crying. I just couldn't quit crying. And I looked at him, and he had got shot right here.
BLOCK: Above his heart?
ARNOLD: Yep.
FOSTER: I went back in looking for your body, and he was the first person that I accidentally looked at because he was like in the worst condition. And, you know, I saw him foaming at the mouth and everything, like bad condition. So - and I saw another dude, you know, he was shot in the leg. I saw some female - I guess she was shot in her thighs or something like that. You know, I just saw blood on her.
ARNOLD: I said, baby, I can't do this without you, baby. Baby, you can't leave me. I ain't going to be able to do this without you.
FOSTER: Well, I said a couple of words like, man, it's going to be all right, and you can make it, whatever. But, you know, I just held his hand and just said that to him.
ARNOLD: And I just prayed. I instantly get on my knees and I started praying.
FOSTER: The first person I called was my mom. I said he was shot. Junior was shot. You know, that's all I could say.
BLOCK: Charles Foster's sister, Latoria, found out about the shooting when she got a knock on her door in the middle of the night.
FOSTER: I ran every red light to get up there to the hospital to see about my brother. Then the doctor came in, he like, we did all we can do for Mr. Foster, and he's gone.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: ...shootings at the same party left one man dead and six others injured. Twenty-four-year-old Charles Foster succumbed to a gunshot wound to the chest. It happened at a...
LIEUTENANT JOHN MCMICHAEL: John McMichael, lieutenant with the Columbus Police Department, Columbus, Georgia. Call came out about 2:17 in the morning on January 1st of this year. Upon arrival, realized we had one individual, Charles Foster, that was shot dead inside a club.
BLOCK: In the next days and weeks, police would arrest two young men and charge them with murder and aggravated assault. It's not yet clear what gun or guns were used.
LARAE MOORE: My name is LaRae Moore, and I'm a senior assistant district attorney.
BLOCK: She's prosecuting the Charles Foster murder. She first heard about the shooting when she turned on the television on New Year's Day.
MOORE: And, you know, as a prosecutor, I think, OK, the count is starting all over again. On January 1st, to hear that's there's been another murder, then you think, no, my goodness. We're not getting off to a good start.
BLOCK: In a corner of LaRae Moore's office, I notice a paper bag with a biohazard sticker on it. She tells me it holds clothes that were worn by another murder victim when he was shot a few years back. Sneakers, jean shorts, a short sleeved shirt, a pair of red plaid boxers.
MOORE: Just about every homicide that I have handled, with the exception of child deaths, involve a gun. I can't think of one that I've handled that did not involve a gun.
BLOCK: If someone were to come to you and say you are on the receiving end of gun violence, you are handling these cases, what can we do? What would turn this around? What would stop the gun violence that you're seeing?
MOORE: I don't know what will stop the gun violence, because most of the cases that I see, you know, the perpetrators are not using guns that they lawfully bought and lawfully own. You know, it's a gun that's been stolen. For example, if there's a burglary, and in the course of that burglary, that homeowner's firearms are stolen, you know, nine times out of 10, that stolen firearm is going to be the same weapon that has either shot somebody or killed someone. I mean, we see it all the time.
BLOCK: So the conversation about expanding background checks, that, to you, I guess, wouldn't fix that problem.
MOORE: From what I see, if they want to get them, they're going to get them. They're stolen. They're traded for drugs. And they don't go to gun shows and buy them.
BUDDY BRYAN: I have a real nice morgue, but it's not down here. It's out...
BLOCK: I'm down in the basement of the Columbus Public Safety Building.
BRYAN: Oh, my name is Buddy Bryan. I'm the Muscogee County coroner, Columbus, Georgia. I was elected in November and took office December 31st, one second after midnight. At 5:20 in the morning, which I didn't sleep much that night out of anticipation, I got a call from 911. There was a shooting at a night club, Majestic Lounge. Seven people were shot, one died.
BLOCK: That fatality, Bryan's first as coroner, was Charles Foster. And since then...
BRYAN: I had a suicide the next day. A young lady saw the need to take her own life with a .357 Magnum. Last Sunday, we had a homicide. Two young men went to the front door of a known drug dealer's house, put five bullets into his chest. The next afternoon, about 5:00, I got a call from the 911, had a 20-year-old shot twice.
And then last night, we had a murder suicide. We had a 30-year-old United States Army captain, shot his fiance in the back of the head. He had a .45 caliber Smith & Wesson semiautomatic. And then he put the gun to his right temple, pulled the trigger. Been busy.
BLOCK: This is all the first month of - that you have on the job.
BRYAN: That's correct. Yes, ma'am.
BLOCK: That was as of February 6th. Now, the count of gun deaths has risen to 12. For all of last year, there were 36 gun deaths in Columbus, Georgia.
Well, you've got to be hoping that these numbers turn around, that this pattern doesn't keep going for the rest of the year.
BRYAN: They'll just continue to increase. You know, I don't foresee any daylight at the end of the tunnel, to be honest with you.
BLOCK: Really?
BRYAN: No, ma'am. As long as there's guns, there's going to be shootings. As long as there's shootings, there are going to be deaths. It's an awful state that the country is in as far as I'm concerned.
BLOCK: You think it's an awful thing?
BRYAN: Absolutely. I own handguns. I carry a handgun at all times. But I do that for self-protection. I'm out at three, 4 o'clock in the morning in some of the worst neighborhoods. I carry a .22 Magnum Derringer, two shots, and I carry a semi-automatic 380 Ruger.
BLOCK: Why two?
BRYAN: Well, in case I miss with the first two shots, I got seven more to back it up. I hope I never have to use it, but I will defend myself if someone tries to kill me.
BLOCK: And to the folks that say, you know, I need an AR-15, I want a 100-round magazine...
BRYAN: Yeah, yeah. How ridiculous is that? What do you need one of those for? Are you going up to Afghanistan or, you know, you going to go to Iraq, Iran whatever? Then maybe you need one. But you don't need one here in Columbus, Georgia, or Atlanta or Chicago. Look at the number of deaths out of Chicago at this point. Unbelievable. I'm not going to do it, but I would if it was mandated. I'd give all my guns up.
BLOCK: You would?
BRYAN: Absolutely. In fact, if it would help, sure.
BLOCK: What makes you say sure? Why?
BRYAN: Well, I want to be a part of the fix, not a part of the problem.
BLOCK: Charles Foster's murder spurred a march last month in front of the Club Majestic. The mayor of Columbus, Georgia, called the club a criminal haven and pledged to keep it closed. And folks from the neighborhood demanded it be torn down.
REVEREND WILLIE PHILLIPS: My name is Reverend Willie Phillips, and I am protesting the Majestic Club where so many young people have been killed, shot, of where a place that had brought so much pain to parents.
BLOCK: I meet Reverend Phillips at his small brick home a few blocks away from the club which he's been trying to get shut down for years. He leafs through a four-inch binder filled with newspaper clippings of the countless anti-violence marches he's led, obituaries for young people shot and killed over the years and news stories about other shootings at the Club Majestic.
PHILLIPS: OK. There was a soldier that got killed in their parking lot. I think he had just came back from Iraq.
BLOCK: Reverend Phillips' long and vocal campaign against Club Majestic has made him a target of threats. He keeps his curtains drawn. And there in the corner of the living room: that's my protection, he says. It's a 20-gauge Smith & Wesson shotgun.
PHILLIPS: 12 years ago, I wouldn't think about having that in the corner like that.
BLOCK: That shotgun?
PHILLIPS: Yeah. I would sit on the porch. I'm afraid to sit on my porch now. That's how afraid I am. I can't sleep now. I look out the window, I look and look every time I hear a car. But I got to fight for these young men. Like I said, I feel like that his blood was on my hand because I didn't continue to fight to close the club. I got afraid and backed off.
BLOCK: You know, Reverend Phillips, you've got this big four-inch binder with all these pages going back 16 years of all the work you've been trying to do to stop violence in your community.
PHILLIPS: Yes.
BLOCK: And all the way through this binder, we see articles about funerals of people who've been shot over and over and over. And I wonder if it gets - if you're discouraged, if you think it's just not having an impact, what you're doing.
PHILLIPS: Yeah, I do feel discouraged sometimes. Yeah. I get discouraged sometimes. Sometimes I just want to sell my house and move to the country and just be alone, you know? You get tired of seeing young people be destroyed for nothing. If it takes the last breath in my body, there would not be another young person killed in that place. But I keep pushing. No matter what they throw at me, I keep pushing. I keep going.
BLOCK: In January, Reverend Phillips added a new page to his binder. It shows the round, smiling face of Charles Foster Jr. He was one of the first gun deaths of 2013 in this country. There will be some 30,000 more before the year is over.
BLOCK: Tomorrow on our program, we continue our series on guns in America with a story from Wyoming. It has the highest suicide rate in the country and one of the highest gun ownership rates which complicate suicide prevention efforts. That story tomorrow on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. You're listening to NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Block Party Rehoboth New Life will host its third annual block party Saturday, September 1, from noon to 4 p.m. at Needmore Firehall. This is a totally free event. Free clothing, free toys, free games and inflatable rides, free food, free drinks and many free giveaways, including bikes and gift cards. Special guests include Seven x Seventy, Scott Deshong and friends and Chad Gordon. Bring lawn chairs and family and enjoy the afternoon.
Cruise-In For A Cause A cruise-in will be held September 15 at Thomas All Things Automotive from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. A $10 donation is being accepted per registered vehicle. This event is being held to benefit the 2012 Fight Like A Girl recipients of Fulton County. Food is available for purchase by Sipes Smokehouse BBQ. Cars, trucks and motorcycles are welcome. The first 50 registered vehicles will receive a thankyou gift bag. No alcoholic beverages, please. Not responsible for accidents. More information may be obtained by contacting Kevin and Kim Mowen at 717-485-5492.
Benefit Ride For A Veteran A benefit ride for Roger Sowers will be held Sunday, August 26, raindate September 16, sponsored by Mercersburg Legion Riders Post 517 and Mc- Connellsburg F.O.V.A. Post 655. Cost is $20 per bike. Roger is on dialysis, has had heart surgery and back surgery. Registration will be held at Mercersburg American Legion Post 517 and McConnellsburg F.O.V.A. Post 655 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ride day. Ride will leave Mercersburg Legion at 11:45 a.m. and pick up riders at McConnellsburg F.O.V.A. at 12 noon. All PA ride. Hot sandwiches will be served at the end of the ride at McConnellsburg F.O.V.A. Post 655.
Franklin County Tour The Fulton County Historical Society has a bus tour of historic and scenic sites in Franklin County planned for August 30 leaving McConnellsburg at 8 a.m. The tour will include covered bridges of Franklin County, Cordell flower gardens, Capital Theater backstage tour including the Moller organ, the museum at the Old Jail, the John Brown house and the Letterkenny Chapel built by Italian prisoners of war. The bus, lunch, all fees and gratuities are included in the $70 price. For more information, contact John at 717-328-9279.
Auction/Fundraiser Kindred Spirits will be holding an auction for the Fletcher family Saturday, August 25, at Greenhill Sewing Club. Dinner will be at 5 p.m. and the auction will be at 6 p.m. Drop off donated items and baked goods to be sold the day of the sale at the sewing club after 11 a.m.
Hunter Ed Course A hunter, trapper, education course will be held September 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and September 8 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Fulton County Pistol and Rifle Club. Bring a bag lunch on Saturday. This is the last traditional course for Fulton County in 2012. Preregistration is required at PGC Web site at www.pgc.state.pa.us. Click on Education/ Hunter Education class schedule. Limit is 65 students. For general information only, contact WCO Kevin Mountz at 814-643-1831.
Senior Center Social Night On August 31 at Warfordsburg Senior Center social night, the Ah Loe family will perform their "Dances of the Pacific" including their fire dance. Bring a covered dish, meat is furnished. Come dressed in Hawaiian grass skirts, shirts and leis. Meal at 6 p.m. with music from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Seniors 60 and over come and enjoy the evening. For more information call 717-294-6020.
Golf Tournament The Fulton County Pony League will sponsor its second annual golf tournament on Saturday, September 8, 2012, at Great Cove Golf Course, McConnellsburg. Shotgun start will be at 1 p.m. Cost will be $50 per golfer. The format will be a 4-person scramble. There will be hole-in-one contests that includes a chance to win a new car and a putting contest for some great prizes. Cut-off date for entering a team is September 5. Maximum teams allowed will be 23. Tournament and contest sponsors are still available. If you are interested in playing, sponsoring, or donating to the tournament, contact Mary Huston, 717-860-3784 or email at email@example.com. Team sign-up sheets are also available at golf course.
Benefit A benefit will be held for Tyler Elmes at the American Legion picnic grounds Saturday, September 22, to help cover medical expenses resulting from an accident on Memorial Day 2012. Anyone wishing to make a donation or purchase tickets should contact Kim at 717-552-9157, Carol at 717- 491-7644 or Whitney at 301-331-1385.
Atlantic City Trip Hunters Helping Kids will be having a bus trip to Atlantic City August 18, 2012. Leave Hustontown Firehall at 6:30 a.m., and return around 11 p.m. Try your luck or just catch some rays on the beach or walk the boardwalk and see the sights. Cost is $55 per seat and $22 slot play from Tropicana with a buffet meal included in price. Games going down and back. All proceeds go to Hunters Helping Kids Mason-Dixon Chapter to take local kids outdoors. Call 485- 5529 for more information.
Not Going Back To School Picnic Notice to all school retirees and it doesn't matter where you worked. All are encouraged to come to the covered dish "I'm Not Going Back To School Picnic" Wednesday, August 22, starting at 11 a.m. at McConnellsburg Lions Club pavilion. Please bring something for the auction. This is used to help raise money to the scholarship fund. A scholarship is given to a deserving senior from one of the county schools who is planning to continue in the field of education.
Path Valley Homecoming The 105th annual Path Valley Picnic and Homecoming will be held August 15-18, at Hammond's Grove, Route 75, north of Spring Run, sponsored by Fannett-Metal Volunteer Fire Co. Admission and parking are free. Everyone is welcome to attend. The annual parade will be held Thursday, August 16, at 6:30 p.m.
Open Stage An open stage will be held at Hustontown Area Vol. Fire Co. on Saturday, August 25, beginning at 6 p.m. Come and share your talent or enjoy the talent of others. All are welcome.
Peach Festival The second annual Fort Loudon Peach Festival will be held Saturday, August 18, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Fort Loudon Community Grounds. Breakfast sandwiches, hot food, peach pies, peach cobbler, peach sundaes, peach pie baking and peach pie eating contests and much more will be available. Free admission. Free parking. In the event of rain, the festival will be held in the Freedom Lighthouse on Path Valley Road. The event is sponsored by Trinity United Church of Christ, Fort Loudon.
Art Exhibit An art exhibit will be held again this year in conjunction with the Peach Festival in Fort Loudon Saturday, August 18. Artists are invited to deliver up to four original artworks to the Community Center on Friday, August 17, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. All mediums are welcome, however, do not bring sculpture, prints or photographs. Pictures should be dry, framed and ready to hang with a wire on the back. All entries should have name, address, phone and price attached to the back of the work. Pictures will not be judged, but there will be a People's Choice Award. There is no entry fee or commission on sales. Donations are welcome. Working artists are encouraged to set up to paint on site at the Community Grounds. For more information, contact Linda Best at 717-369-2249.
Yoga Classes Reaching Wellness yoga classes will be held for all ages every Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., at Community State Bank. Call for cost and to register at 717-485- 4492.
Zumba Classes Zumba classes will be offered at Mc- Connellsburg Firehall Wednesday evenings at 7:15 p.m. More information may be obtained by contacting Sarah at 814-259- 3667.
Zumba Fitness Reaching Wellness Zumba fitness class will be held for all ages every Friday at 6 p.m., at McConnellsburg Alumni & Friends building. More information may be obtained by calling 717-253-7599 or at email@example.com.
Central PA Relief Auction & Dinner August 17 & 18 at the Ickesburg Fire Company Grounds. Rib Dinner on Friday Night beginning at 5:00 with slide presentation by Christian Aid Ministries at 7:30. Auction Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m. Selling handmade quilts, crafts, power tools, furniture, pole building and more. Proceeds from this auction will support the people of Haiti and International Crises. FR/ Hustontown Alumni Banquet The Huston- town/Forbes Road Alumni banquet will be held October 6 at Hustontown Firehall. Doors open at 4 p.m. for those who want to come early and visit with friends. The meal will be served at 6 p.m. A donation of $9 will be collected for each person attending. Everyone who has graduated from either Hustontown High School or Forbes Road High School are invited to attend the banquet. A special invitation is extended to the classes of 1932, 1942, 1952, 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992, 2002 and 2012. Make checks payable to Hustontown-Forbes Road Alumni Assoc. Send to Sarah Shaw, PO Box 446, Hustontown, PA 17229. Reservations must be made by September 21, 2012. Please put year of graduation on the check. More information may be obtained by calling 717-987-3327.
Ice Cream Festival An ice cream festival (last of the season) will be held Saturday, August 25, at 4 p.m., at Center United Methodist Church Community Building. Turkey dinners will be available with mashed pottaoes, filling, green beans or corn, coleslaw or applesauce and also sandwiches, soup, pie, cake and ice cream. The church is located one-half mile off Rt. 655, five miles north of Hustontown on Dublin Mills Road.
Pig Roast A pig roast will be held at Ebenezer United Methodist Church August 25. In lieu of musical entertainment, this year there will be an antique show. Cars, tractors, gasoline engine and miscellaneous items. Please come and see what we have on display and enjoy a day of good fellowship and delicious food. Antiques will be on display at 4 p.m., the meal will be served at 5 p.m. Bring family and a covered dish. The roast pig, drinks and place setting swill be provided. Bring lawn chairs. Specialty dessert auction following the meal. The church is located at 226 Ebenezer Church Road, Needmore. More information may be obtained by calling 717-573-2616.
Festival Siloam United Church will hold a festival August 18 at 4 p.m. Served will be sandwiches, soup, pie, homemade ice cream. The church is located south of Harrisonville on Route 655. Music will be by Country Christians. All are welcome.
Garden Club Picnic North End Garden Club picnic will be held Tuesday, August 28, at 11 a.m., at Cowans Gap State Park. Bring a covered dish and drinks to share. Plates and utensils provided. Bring items for Chinese auction game. New members and visitors welcome. More information may be obtained by calling 717-485-5736.
Grandma Ann's Peach Pie Sale St. Stephen's Family Life Committee is sponsoring a peach pie sale Saturday, August 25. Pies may be picked up after 9 a.m. The cost of the pies are $8 for plain and $9 for crumb topping. To place an order, call 485-5917.
Ice Cream Festivals Fairview United Methodist Church will hold an ice cream festival September 8. The church is located four miles north of Hustontown on North Hess Road. Homemade ice cream, soups, sandwiches, french fries and desserts will be sold. The festivals begin at 4 p.m. All are welcome.
Free Meal A free meal will be served the second Tuesday of each month at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 220 North Third Street. Please join in for good fellowship.
Kelso Reunion The Kelso reunion will be held at Hustontown Firehall Saturday, August 19. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. and the meal will be served at 12:30 p.m. Bring a covered dish or two and come and visit relatives.
Infantry Reunion The ninth reunion of the 314th Infantry Regiment will be in Huntingdon Saturday, August 25. The picnic will start at noon and the meal at 3 p.m. The menu will consist of barbecue or plain pulled pork, sliced roast beef, sliced baked ham, macaroni salad, potato salad, coleslaw and round buns. The dessert will be watermelon. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6-16 and free for under 5. A head count is needed before August 10. Hotel accommodations have been made with the Comfort Inn, 100 S. 4th St., Huntingdon. Call 814-643- 1600 with reservations under the 314th Infantry, Group ID 774515. More information may be obtained by contacting Ernest Seiders at 570-327-0181 in the afternoon and before 11 p.m. or send to 2227 Newberry St., Williamsport, PA 17701.
MHS Class Of 1992 Reunion McConnellsburg High School Class of 1992 will hold a reunion Saturday, August 25, at Great Cove Golf Course at 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served and a DJ will be spinning some tunes. Cost is $20 for classmates or $35 per couple. Please RSVP by August 11 to email@example.com or call Julie Elvey Dovey at 485- 5923.
Fix Reunion The annual Fix reunion will be held at Lions Club Community Park in McConnellsburg Sunday, August 19. Lunch will be at 12:30 p.m. Please bring a covered dish and an item for the white elephant sale.
Pittman Reunion The family of Benjamin Pittman will hold a reunion on Sunday, August 26, behind the Tuscarora Senior Center in Mercersburg beginning at 1 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring one hot and one cold dish and drinks. Contact Vonnie at 496-7155.
Stahle Reunion The annual Stahle reunion will be held Sunday, August 19, at Buck Valley Park. Lunch will begin at 12:30. Everyone welcome.
Festival Vendors Wanted Shade Gap Fire Co. Auxiliary will hold an end-of-summer fest Saturday, September 15, and is seeking craft vendors. Applications are available by calling 814-259-3192 or 814-259-3524.
Free Clothing Free clothing, bedding, household items and personal hygiene products will be available at St. Stephen Catholic Church Tuesday, August 21, at 9 a.m. Further information may be obtained by calling 485-5917.
Community Wellness/Silver Sneakers/Prime Community Wellness/Silver Sneakers/Prime will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Fulton County Medical Center cardiopulmonary rehab gym. The cost is based on insurance. Call Kim or Patti at 717-485-6149 to see if insurance provider is accepted. Community Wellness is $40/month/person or $70/month/couple.
Scout Meeting Boy Scouts of America Troop 43 meets every Friday night from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the VFW, 518 Lincoln Way East, McConnellsburg. It is open to all boys 11-18 years of age. Monetary donations and help will be accepted. More information may be obtained by contacting the Scoutmaster Martin Seylar at 717-485-4093.
Ashlyn's Angels Meeting Ashlyn's Angels will hold its monthly meeting August 21 at McConnellsburg American Legion at 6 p.m. This meeting is open to the public. Anyone wishing to join can do so at any meeting. Membership fee is $5. More information may be obtained by calling Nancy Bivens at 717-799-7343 or Patti Mills at 717-294-3676.
Bingo Back At Fair There will be bingo games at the Fulton County Fair in the big tent Thursday and Friday nights, August 16 and 17, beginning at 6 p.m. and running until 9 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Bring "daubers" if you have them. The event is sponsored by the Fulton County Democratic Committee.
McCbg. Bingo McConnellsburg Fire Co. will hold bingo every Monday and Friday of each week. Bingo starts at 7:00 p.m. and doors open at 5:30 p.m. Bingo starts at 1:00 p.m. and doors open at 11:00 a.m. Forty games and meal plus snacks for $25.

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Grandmother's Remains Found Inside a Storage Unit
Police in Clearwater, Fla., were called to uncover a woman's skeletal remains, which were being kept in a blue coffin at a storage unit facility.
According to reports from the Tampa Bay Times and Associated Press, the manager of the facility called the renter of the unit because she was behind on her rent. The woman told the manager her grandmother was in the unit.
Police found the remains — the woman died in 1995, according to a death certificate — inside a blue coffin. The woman who rented the unit told police that her mother informed her of her grandmother's remains as she was on her deathbed last year.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that medical examiners told police the grandmother's body was indeed properly processed for burial, but it was unclear why she was kept in the storage unit.


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WINTER HAVEN | A Winter Haven private country club where citrus barons, elected officials and the well-to-do of Polk County have congregated for almost 90 years is closing.
WINTER HAVEN | A Winter Haven private country club where citrus barons, elected officials and the well-to-do of Polk County have congregated for almost 90 years is closing.
But the end of the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club, at 4200 Country Club Road, could be the beginning of a new country club. Or, the 290-acre facility could be put on the auction block.
Stockholder club members decide the fate today of the facility, which has hosted professional golf tournaments and Polk County amateur championships.
The end of the long-storied club comes after years of dwindling membership figures that were once as high as 900 but now is only around 240. The club's two clubhouses, tennis courts and the golf course are showing their age, according to some members.
Founded in 1923, the club's restaurant was once one of only three restaurants in the city.
The club's Commodore — the name the club gives its chairman of the board — says maintenance costs remain high even when there are fewer members, so the drop in membership is especially hard on the club.
"Lake Region is not unlike private clubs during the past several years," Commodore Ozzie Carrerou said. "The market is such that it used to be country clubs were where your children swam ... but now everyone has pools and it's different. Many, many different clubs are going through the same effects and we are lucky to survive and we hope to continue."
Golf courses in Polk County typically have had trouble since the 2008 recession. Revenues from the Winter Haven-owned Willowbrook Golf Course have not covered operating costs in recent years and City Commissioners have considered privatizing the course. But a private club expert with a national trade association says Lake Region's woes are abnormal.
Cindy Vizza said the economic downturn in 2008 hurt a lot of clubs, but mostly newer ones, and a 90-year-old country club going out of business is quite odd. In fact, Vizza said, long-established private country clubs are faring well now that the economy is on an uptick.
"I think we generally feel since the economy has picked up and the club industry has begun to rebound and is doing quite well," Vizza said.
"Certainly, there is a lot of competition for people's time. Yes, they may spend it at home at their own pool, but generally what country clubs are doing is drawing together people who want to spend their time together."
Vizza said many clubs have turned to more organized events and leagues for swimming, tennis and golf to increase membership activity. Carrerou said Lake Region had done the same, but not with the same results. The long-private club also recently began selling one-day memberships as a way to bring in more funds.
Velma Daniels, who along with her husband, Dexter Daniels, is a charter member of the club through their parents, said, "I personally think it can come back ... It can be what it's supposed to be with the right management."
"It was the busiest, most fun place in town. There was a lot going on with the young people and the golfers; we had so many golf teams."
Carrerou said if the members decide to sell to the new equity group, that buyer, whom he would not name, will perform a multimillion- dollar renovation of the facilities. He said plans for the redesign are already under way.
It was unclear Friday who would be involved in the new ownership group, but Carrerou said he believed the changes would put the club back in its heyday.
"The board of directors is so optimistic that the membership will vote to explore a new and reinvented country club," Carrerou said. "We've been working on this for months. We knew it was coming and we've been, as a board, putting in countless hours. We've consulted with many organizations to try and give us leadership to point us in the right way. We just need direction from the members on Sunday.
"This Country Club of Winter Haven is going to be a phenomenal place."
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Sanheim pick continues Flyers' focus on defenseby Sean McCullen
PHILADELPHIA -- Travis Sanheim got his first taste of how loud Philadelphia Flyers fans can be Friday night, and he liked what he heard.
After the "Let's go Flyers!" chants had subsided, Flyers general manager Ron Hextall called Sanheim's name as the No. 17 pick at the 2014 NHL Draft, held at Wells Fargo Center for the first time.
"Being in the building today, the fans were crazy and you can see the passion. So I know it's a hockey city, and I'm lucky to be here," Sanheim said. "Leading up to the Philadelphia pick, when the fans started going nuts and you could feel the passion in the building and I was starting to shake, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to stand if they picked me. It's a great feeling."
The Flyers have made a concerted effort to bolster their defense corps with their top picks the past two drafts. They selected Samuel Morin in the first round and Robert Hagg in the second round in 2013.
Sanheim is the ninth defenseman drafted by Philadelphia in the past three years.
"We've got a real good young group of defensemen now. We have a real good young group of forwards on our big team," Hextall said. "If you look at our guys, it's a young group up there. So these guys are going to join these young forwards in two, three, four years. You've got a mental picture in your mind of our team in three or four years, and I get excited. I get really excited."
There were reports in the hours before the draft that the Flyers were discussing a trade with the Florida Panthers to move up to the No. 1 pick, presumably to take defenseman Aaron Ekblad, whom the Panthers ended up selecting.
"We tried a number of things," Hextall said, calling reports that the deal broke down due to the Flyers' refusal to part with forward Wayne Simmonds "false."
Sanheim, 6-foot-3, 181 pounds, was rated No. 53 by NHL Central Scouting among North American skaters eligible for the draft. The Flyers took notice of Sanheim during the latter part of his rookie season with the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League. He also was highly noticeable playing for Canada at the 2014 IIHF World Under-18 Championship, when he had six assists.
"We really liked him. In the second half of the year, the kid just rose and rose and rose," said Hextall, who is from Brandon, Manitoba, about an hour from Sanheim's hometown of Elkhorn, Manitoba. "And if you look at him, he's a young boy. There's a lot of upside. He's going to fill out and get a lot bigger."
Sanheim finished with five goals and 24 assists and was plus-25 in 67 games for Calgary as a rookie. Those numbers helped him jump up from No. 167 in Central Scouting's midterm rankings.
Sanheim will continue his development in juniors next season.
"I can tell you [Flyers player development coach] Kjell Samuelsson, he might as well get a place out in Calgary this year; he's going to be out there a lot," Hextall said. "And so it's now time for Travis to take the next step and work hard and eat right and develop his body and develop himself mentally and become a more impact player in the Western League. There's a growth period here. He's a long ways from playing in the NHL."
Sanheim wasn't sure he was going to be selected in the first round, but he had an inkling following an interview with Flyers personnel Thursday that Philadelphia was going to select him.
"I had a feeling it was going to be first round," said Sanheim, whose mother's stepbrother is related to Hextall. "My Under-18s were kind of where my stock rose, and that was after Central Scouting came out with their rankings. I had a feeling I was going higher than where they had me ranked."
Sanheim compared his game to that of St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester.
"He's a pretty good skater and he sees the ice well, and that's a guy I model my game after," he said.
The Flyers have five picks during the final six rounds of the draft on Saturday (10 a.m. ET; NHLN-US, NHLN-CA).


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Like a scene out of a movie, one lake area resident recently stumbled upon a something they had never seen before. Many have heard of finding messages in a bottle, but most have never found one themselves.
Like a scene out of a movie, one lake area resident recently stumbled upon a something they had never seen before. Many have heard of finding messages in a bottle, but most have never found one themselves.
16-year-old Cory Adamson can now say that he has indeed found a message in a bottle.
While walking along Lake of the Ozarks near Bagnell Dam, Adamson saw something that caught his eye.
"I saw a little glass jar on the ground," he recalled.
The jar had washed up into an area filled with rocks.
"I was pretty curious so I tried to open it," he added. In order to see what was inside, he had to break the jar.
The letter was hard to read since some of the ink had faded. One thing was easy to read: The date — October 17, 1972.
The paper is now brown and very frail. The sun has faded the first few lines, but it is clear that the words Shasta and Siskiyou County California are in a sentence a few lines down from the top. The end of the letter reads, "If anyone finds this, please drop me a letter letting me know where you found it also date and name of person."
The letter was signed by Vondel Lockhart from Dunsmuir California.
Adamson took the letter home in his pocket. When his father, Mark, found out, he immediately put the letter in a plastic bag for protection.
"I thought it was pretty cool," Mark Adamson said. So cool that in fact, he started researching the mysterious Vondel Lockhart. He wanted to find out who she was and if there were any living relatives around so that the Adamsons could honor her request and write back.
After researching Lockhart, Adamson found that she passed away on July 2, 1999 at 95-years-old in Weed, Calif. She and husband Collier Lockhart are both buried in the Southside Cemetary in Dunsmuir, Calif.
The pair were married in Shasta County, Calif. on Oct. 2, 1923.
The writer of the letter, Vondel Lockhart, was born and raised in California. She was born in Conant, Calif. on Dec. 17, 1903 to George Franklin Smith of Missouri and Caley Johnson of Arkansas.
On her death certificate, her occupation was listed as a homemaker. She was a member of the Dunsmuir Eagle Lodge. She passed away at age 95 at Sunridge Care and Rehabilitation Center. Her nephew, Fred Goings, was in charge of her estate at the time of her death. Collier Lockhart passed away years before Vondel. He died at age 64 in 1969.
After thorough research, a distant surviving relative was found but was uninterested in receiving a letter in return, thus leaving this letter as yet another message in a bottle.


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UFO Conference 2008, 9-11 Nov
Las Vegas, NV
The conference is scheduled to start Friday November 7 at 4:00 PM and last until Sunday November 9 at 5:00 PM
Jim Marrs The Rise of the Fourth Reich
Nick Pope - Ministry of Defense X-Files
Linda Moulton Howe Recovered Orbs: Insights and Revelations
Richard Dolan UFOs and the National Security State
Stephen Bassett Disclosure 2009? Exopolitics and the New Administration
Nicholas Redfern - Tunguska and Crashed UFOs: What We Know 100 Years Late
Dr. Robert Wood Forensic Linguistics and the Majestic Documents
James Clarkson Westport Washington UFO Crash, 1978
Nancy Williams 1992 Crash Retrieval at Brookhaven Park, New York
John B. Alexander UFOs: The Good News and Bad News
Bill Ryan and Kerry Cassidy - Firsthand Whistleblower Testimony
Don Schmitt - Roswell's Day in Court; The Deathbed Testimonies
UFO Conference 2008, 9-11 Nov
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CES 2010 Coverage
The first day of CES for OverclockersClub was more of a "get to know you" day for those of us who had only spoken via the modern miracles of the Internet or phone, and a rekindling of the relationships for those who were here in years past. Those attending this year are:
- Bosco
- ccokeman
- Ajmatson
- d3bruts1d
- Gotdamojo06
- ClayMeow
- Propane
- Jammin
- Kash
- Silverfox
- RHKCommander959
We started the day/afternoon (don't ask why) with a hearty breakfast. Then it was off for an afternoon/evening of gaming and just generally having a great time before the action started with the kick-off party for CES, sponsored by Patriot Memory and Gigabyte.
Here we have a few of the games we enjoyed. This was not about winning or losing, it was about having a good time. However, several of us did win prizes.
Of course, there was some fierce competition on the air hockey table!
Patriot showed its memory line-up that features its Viper and Viper II Series products. Following up that, you have the Valkyrie NAS box, the Patriot Box Office media player and the Gear Box mini NAS. Patriot also showed off its SSD line-up, which includes the new Inferno drives. Flash memory is also something that Patriot is marketing, including its Bolt and Magnum thumb drives.
Last, but not least, we had a great view of the Las Vegas skyline!
Stay tuned for more coverage from CES!


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Poachers kill rhino in Nairobi National Park
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Chris Donohue was driving his wife and kids through the world's only safari park that borders a major city last weekend when they found a prized sighting: three male lions close together. Then the Donohues saw why. Nearby a rhino lay dead, its horn sliced off and stomach opened up.
Donohue, an American who lives in Nairobi, said Tuesday that the sight made him nauseous.
"The kids were like, 'Daddy, was that rhino sick?' And we were like, no, we're pretty sure it was poached," said Donohue, who takes his kids to Nairobi National Park several times a year. "For me it was pretty traumatic to see it."
Gun-wielding poachers slaughtered the pregnant rhinoceros while it stood near a watering hole Friday. It was the first killing of a rhino in Nairobi National Park in six years, the Kenya Wildlife Service said.
"It shows the great heights these criminals are willing to go," said Paul Udoto, the wildlife service's spokesman. "It's something we are taking very seriously because it's a new level of poaching for us. And it is indeed very daring."
The killing is the latest case in a worrying poaching trend, as demand in China and other Asian countries for elephant ivory and rhino horn increases. Kenya saw 29 rhinos killed by poachers last year. This year 35 have already been killed.
One reason poachers may not fear carrying out the illegal killings is that Kenya's anti-poaching laws are antiquated and weak. When four Chinese men pleaded guilty in January to charges of smuggling ivory, they received no jail time and were fined less than $400 each, money that pales in comparison to the tens of thousands of dollars smuggled ivory will sell for in Asia.
That could now be changing, though. Kenya's parliament is expected next month to take up a wildlife bill with greatly increased jail terms and fines. KWS said in a statement to The Associated Press that it is "most pleased" with the bill's increased penalties for wildlife crime.
The proposed bill in its latest form calls for a minimum fine of nearly $115,000, or a minimum prison term of 15 years — or both — for a person who commits crimes related to endangered or threatened species. Those in possession of wildlife trophies face a minimum fine of nearly $15,000 or five years in prison or both. Sport hunters also face harsher penalties.
"It is important for the simple reason that one of the biggest challenges is the lenient penalties we have," said Martin Mulama, chief conservation officer at Ol Pejeta, a private animal sanctuary near Mt. Kenya that holds both elephants and rhinos. "If this goes through, because the proposed penalties are harsher, we will see it as a bigger deterrent to poaching."
The White House said in a statement last month that wildlife trafficking is a multi-billion dollar business that is "decimating" Africa's iconic animal populations. President Barack Obama, during a July trip to Tanzania, Kenya's neighbor to the south, announced $10 million in training and technical assistance to combat wildlife trafficking, including $3 million for Kenya.
In addition to increasing judicial penalties, Mulama said Kenya must improve how law enforcers collect evidence and how prosecutors perform in court.
"We have been trying our best to sensitize Kenyans who look at wildlife as being for someone else, for the government or people with private ranches," he said. "But we should sit back and say, 'This is our heritage. We all have a role to play.' ... As much as the demand comes from China and Asia, it is the locals that carry out the act of poaching."
Kenya's government is upping its animal defenses. Earlier this month it announced the formation of an inter-agency unit to be deployed to poaching hotspots.
"Urgent and decisive action now needs to be taken to eliminate the escalating poaching crisis which has now become both a national and economic issue," said Judi Wakhungu, the cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.
Kenya has lost 190 elephants and two rangers to poachers this year. Over the last three years about 1,000 elephants have been killed by poachers. Kenya's elephant population is between 35,000 and 40,000 elephants, says the Kenya Wildlife Service. A ranger was injured by gun-wielding poachers in Lake Nakuru National Park last weekend.
Donohue, the American whose family saw the poached rhino carcass on Sunday, likes to drive through the Nairobi park at sunrise several times a year. Those visits may never be the same.
As Donohue drove out of the park, his family saw armed rangers on foot who were shadowing another rhino. Later they passed a truck full of armed rangers. "In hindsight they were downtrodden and really serious," he said
"My young son, the 3-year-old, while we were driving away from the dead rhino he was like, 'Daddy, all the rhinos be dead," Donohue said. "It sort of hits home, how endangered these things are."


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Tinea corporis is a skin infection due to fungi. It is also called
Related skin fungus infections may be found:
- On the scalp
- In a mans beard
- In the groin (jock itch)
- Between the toes
Other places on the skin
Alternative Names
Fungal infection - body; Infection - fungal - body; Tinea of the body; Tinea circinata; Ringworm - body
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Fungi are germs that can live on the dead tissue of the hair, nails, and outer skin layers. Tinea corporis is caused by mold-like fungi called dermatophytes.
Tinea corporis is common in children but can occur in people of all ages.
Fungi do well in warm, moist areas. A tinea infection is more likely if you:
- Have wet skin for a long time(such as from sweating)
- Have minor skin and nail injuries
- Do not bathe or wash your hair often
- Come in close contact with other people (such as in sports like wrestling)
Tinea corporis can spread easily.You can catch it if youcome into direct contact with an area of ringworm on someones body. You can also get it by touching items that have the fungi on them,such as:
- Clothing
- Combs
- Pool surfaces
- Shower floors and walls
Ringworm can also be spread by pets. (Cats are common carriers.)
The rash begins as a small area of red, raised spots and pimples. The rash slowly becomes ring-shaped, with a red-colored, raised border and a clearer center. The border may look scaly.
The rash may occur on the arms, legs, face, or other exposed body areas.
Symptoms may include
Signs and tests
Your health care provider can often diagnose tinea corporis by looking at your skin.
You may also need the following tests:
- Examination of skin scraping from the rash undera microscope using a KOH (
potassium hydroxide) test Skin biopsy
Keepyour skin clean and dry.
Use creams that treat fungus infections.
- Creams that contain miconazole, clotrimazole, ketoconazole, terbenifine, or oxiconazole are often effective in controlling ringworm.
- You can buy some of these creams over-the-counter or your doctor may give you a prescription.
To use this medicine:
- Wash and dry the area first.
- Apply the cream, beginning just outside the area of the rash and moving toward the center. Be sure to wash and dry your hands afterward.
- Use the cream twice a day for 7 to 10 days.
- Do not use a bandage over ringworm.
Rarely,you may need medicine you take by mouth if your infection is very bad.
Achild with ringworm can return to school once treatment has started.
To prevent the infection from spreading:
- Wash all towels in warm, soapy water and then dry them.
- Use a new towel and washcloth every time.
- Clean sinks, bathtubs, and bathroom floors well after using.
- Wear clean clothes every day and do not share clothes.
Infected pets should also be treated.
Expectations (prognosis)
Ringworm often goes away within 4 weeks when using antifungal creams. The infection may spread to the feet, scalp, groin, or nails.
- Skin infection from scratching too much
- Skin disorders such as pyoderma or dermatophytid
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if ringworm does not get better with self-care.
Elewski BE, Hughey LC, Sobera JO, et al. Fungal Diseases. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Schaffer JV, et al, eds. Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2012:chap 77.
Hay RJ. Dermatophytosis and other superficial mycoses. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennetts Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier;2009:chap 267.
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Deane Oren Moore, 88, of Ossian, IN, and having family members in Zanesville, IN, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Mr. Moore worked as a crane operator for Don R. Fruchy Construction, retiring in 1986. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Air Force.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Ossian, Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Mizpah Shrine and the International Union of Operating Engineers. He worked with the election board.
He was born June 16, 1924, in Liberty Center to Kenneth Lawrence and Esther Sophia Smith Moore. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Gretchen V. King Moore.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Pamela A. (Rick) Sampson, of Columbia City; a son, Daniel J. (Paula) Moore, of Zanesville; five grandchildren, Michelle (Dave) Armstrong, Sam Moore, Paul (Nikky) Moore, charley Moore and Katy Moore; and six great-grandsons.
Calling is Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Funeral Home, 120 W. Mill St., Ossian. A service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 123 S. Jefferson St., Ossian. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
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February 1, 2012
Tonight, public television stations across the country will begin airing Perpetuating Stigma, an episode from the award-winning documentary series IN THE LIFE. This special report investigates the injustices that arise when a person's HIV status becomes a crime, with a focus on how women have been stigmatized and prosecuted under these laws.
Thirty-six US states and 2 US territories have laws that criminalize HIV exposure or failure by an HIV positive person to disclose their status. Perpetuating Stigma features HIV positive women whose personal stories challenge the theory behind HIV criminalization laws and expose the reality of their impact. Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced the "Repeal HIV Discrimination Act" in September 2011, sparking new conversation about these laws. Congresswoman Lee says, "Many states are very extreme; they are very right-wing in how they see people who have HIV and AIDS."
Last season, IN THE LIFE reported on laws criminalizing the exposure and transmission of HIV, focusing on the stories of positive men. The program titled Legalizing Stigma led public education efforts, beginning with the first ever Congressional Briefing on this issue.
"IN THE LIFE's decision to continue coverage of HIV criminalization, specifically with a report on women, is motivated by the lack of a fair media perspective on this issue," states Michelle Kristel, executive director of In The Life Media.
In The Life Media continues its coverage of HIV and AIDS discrimination online, with the web exclusive short, Rose v. Cahee: HIV Discrimination in Medical Care. When Melody Rose was diagnosed with gallbladder disease, her doctor told her she'd have to find someone else to treat it. The reason: Rose is HIV positive.
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Looking for decendents of John Joseph Sheridan
I am looking for decendents of my great grand father and grandfather. They were from co.Meath in Ireland, (and I think from Oldcastle).
I think my Great grandfather was born on 14th September 1868, later, marrying Margaret Vaughan.
They had a son John Sheridan (my Grandfather) on 9th january 1886. From census records I believe their address at that time to be Boolies ,Oldcastle co. Meath.
The next thing I can find about him is when John Jr. married in 1919 in Melbourne Australia and had a son (my father) baptised Matthew John, but always called 'Tommie'.
Tommies' father/John's wife died 9 months later and is buried in Brighton Cemetery Melbourne.
I can find no further information on John Sheridan. Tommie was reared by his maternal family and I cannot trace his father.
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Ricky Gervais doesn't understand why you're so afraid of him.
"People come up to me and say, 'Oh, I was scared to ask for your autograph in case you put me down,'" Gervais says in a hushed tone during a recent interview in New York. "No, no, I would never do that."
It's not difficult to understand this misperception. Ever since "The Office" catapulted him to global fame a dozen years ago, the writer, director, actor and professional provocateur has come to be synonymous with a brand of humor that, although never truly mean-spirited, is fueled by discomfort.
Enjoying Gervais' work, whether he's ridiculing Hollywood's A-listers to their faces at the Golden Globes or being serenaded by David Bowie as a "chubby little loser" in "Extras," requires a well-developed taste for cringe comedy and a strong appreciation of irony.
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But the Netflix series "Derek," which rolled out last month, finds Gervais, 52, venturing into earnest new territory. Though it employs the now-ubiquitous mockumentary format Gervais pioneered in "The Office," the series otherwise lacks many of his creative hallmarks.
Most notably, instead of starring as a hapless buffoon or a thinly veiled version of himself, Gervais plays Derek Noakes, the simple-minded but big-hearted employee of an underfunded English nursing home. (Many have assumed that Derek, with his pronounced underbite and stooped posture, is on the autism spectrum; Gervais says he is not.)
"It's more important to be kind than clever or good-looking," he proclaims, through tears, in the pilot episode. This is more or less the message of the series, in which the villains are penny-pinching bureaucrats and haughty young people, and the heroes are the old and infirm and those who care for them.
Though it still contains plenty of off-color jokes, "Derek" is disarmingly sweet and sentimental — one might even say sappy. (How else to describe a poignant scene in the season finale set to Coldplay?)
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And that is the point, according to Gervais: "There's a saying, 'Kindness affects not only the person that you're being kind to, but the person who's being kind. It makes you feel better as well.'"
It is not the kind of Sunday School adage many would expect to hear from Gervais, an avowed atheist who uses his Twitter account (5 million followers and counting) to spar with evangelists, and who once said that bad parents should be sterilized.
Which may be why the British media were quick to assume he was making fun of the disabled when the "Derek" pilot premiered on British TV last year. Surely, it didn't help that on Twitter he'd repeatedly used a derogatory British slang word for people with Down syndrome, or that his last series, HBO's "Life's Too Short," was one long joke about little people.
Writing for the Guardian, Tanya Gold branded him a "self-serving hypocrite" who trafficked in "lazy cruelty." Critics stateside, meanwhile, have been less confused by Gervais' intent than by the show's uneven tone. ("By turns, hilarious and histrionic, illuminating and infuriating," said The Times' Mary McNamara.)
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Although it's tempting to say that with "Derek," one of Hollywood's most celebrated mischief-makers has gone soft, Gervais insists his outlook hasn't changed. Instead, he says, people simply forget that he's putting on a persona. "I'd be horrified to think that people believed some of the things I said in jokes. I play a misinformed bigot often."
Still, that doesn't mean Gervais is at ease playing nice. If anything, he says, creating a heartfelt show is "more worrying" than relying on the same shtick. "When you're just being funny and mucking around ..., that's a get-out clause. When you do something that you want people to take seriously, you've got to be careful."
"Derek" may be a departure in terms of its tone, but it's set firmly within the same commonplace, slightly rundown milieu as "The Office." The goal, he says, is "making the ordinary extraordinary." And it's a world he knows slightly better than most comedians of his stature, given his own delayed path to stardom.
After a fleeting brush with fame in his early 20s as a member of the new wave group Seona Dancing — the band was big in the Philippines — Gervais quietly settled into a career in radio.
He co-created "The Office" with his then-assistant, Stephen Merchant (now starring in HBO's "Hello Ladies"), and he was 40 by the time it became an international hit. Though Gervais clearly enjoys hamming it up with big-name stars such as Liam Neeson and Johnny Depp, it's telling that his most frequent collaborators are Merchant and Karl Pilkington, who makes his acting debut in "Derek" and started out as a producer on his radio show.
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"I look at my them like found objects of art," he says.
Viewers may also see similarities between Derek's best friend Hannah (Kerry Godliman), whose unwavering commitment to the residents at the home puts a damper on her personal life, and other unfussy Gervaisian heroines, such as Dawn from "The Office" or Maggie in "Extras."
"I've always tried to do strong women," he says. "I've noticed in comedy that females are props. They're either airheads being pursued by middle-aged men or they're bitches because they care about their job."
"Derek," co-produced with Britain's Channel 4, marks Gervais' first series for Netflix, following a long and fruitful partnership with HBO.
"I heard they were doing original programming, and I heard people were getting nervous about it, and so I got Ted's email," Gervais says, referring to the company's chief content officer, Ted Sarandos.
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The company's hands-off approach to development appealed to his fascistic streak as an artist. "It's like Internet freedom with network ratings," he says.
Netflix also knew that Gervais was popular with its subscribers, and it leapt at the chance to collaborate. "For me, this was something completely outside of what you'd expect to be next from Ricky. I think everybody was expecting him to do some version of what he did before, and he never wants to do that," says Sarandos.
When it comes to his own viewing habits, Gervais remains addicted to reality television, the genre that spawned "The Office."
"Do you know 'The Apprentice'? We did one, 'The Young Apprentice.' And I thought, 'Oh, I can't watch that, because I can't hate 16-year-olds,'" Gervais says. "I was wrong. I hated them immediately."
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The Pentagon has authorized its senior managers to freeze civilian hiring, curtail travel and training, dismiss temporary workers, review contracts and cancel some weapons maintenance because of budget uncertainty.
�We have no idea what the hell�s going to happen,� Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday at the Pentagon, in explaining the need to begin cost-cutting measures. �All told, this uncertainty, if left unresolved by the Congress, will seriously harm our military readiness.�
Steps outlined in a memo Thursday by Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter mark the first concrete actions the Pentagon is taking in response to automatic cuts, known as sequestration, that would require slicing about $45 billion from the defense budget by Sept. 30 if Congress and President Barack Obama fail to agree on an alternative deficit-reduction plan by March.
In addition to the threat of across-the-board cuts, the Defense Department is being squeezed by stopgap funding bills passed by Congress that froze spending at last year�s levels.
�Either of these problems, in isolation, would present serious budget execution challenges to the Department, negatively impacting readiness and resulting in other undesirable outcomes,� Carter said in the memo.
Defense contractors have cited the risks they face in planning operations and projecting revenue this year, after Congress acted Jan. 1 to avert tax increases for most Americans while postponing for two months the automatic cuts that were to have begun on Jan. 2.
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The U.S. Air Force plans to curtail flying that�s not mission-related in the effort to reduce spending, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley told reporters at a Pentagon news conference today. The service also plans to freeze civilian hiring for non-mission-related jobs, Donley said.
�If we do not have resolution by March, sequestration will have immediate and negative impacts on Air Force readiness, specifically flying hours and maintenance,� Donley said.
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Boeing Co. said yesterday that it would consolidate its facilities in El Paso, Texas, this year, eliminating as many as 160 positions. �Anticipated U.S. defense budget cuts likely will mean less demand� for electronics made there, the Chicago- based company said in a statement.
The Pentagon�s actions yesterday �will help mitigate some, but certainly not all, of the negative effects if sequestration does occur,� Todd Harrison, a military budget analyst at the nonpartisan Center For Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, said in an e-mail.
�The sooner the department starts implementing these actions -- particularly the hiring freeze for DoD civilians and delay of maintenance activities -- the more money it will have available to see it through the remainder of the fiscal year,� Harrison said.
While authorizing steps to save money, Carter also called for caution in his memo, saying, �Any actions taken must be reversible at a later date in the event that Congress acts to remove the risks.�
He said any cancellations of maintenance for ships, aircraft and ground vehicles should wait until at least Feb. 15, a delay that give Congress an additional month to resolve funding disputes.
Contract Approval
Carter also made it harder to get research and development and production contracts approved quickly. Any such contracts valued at more than $500 million will require approval from the undersecretary of defense for acquisitions -- the top Pentagon weapons buyer -- before they can be awarded, according to the memo.
To prepare for the possibility of sequestration in March, Carter directed managers to begin �intensified planning� to reduce civilian workforce costs by laying off temporary workers, imposing hiring freezes, authorizing buyouts, and considering furloughs for as long as 30 calendar days.
�This planning does not assume these unfortunate events will occur, only that we must be ready,� Carter said.
Over the next decade, sequestration would force the Pentagon to cut about $500 billion from future spending.


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Nate Solomon's right eye was already swollen shut when he stepped onto the championship mat. By the end of his final bout, Solomon's nose was packed with gauze to hold off the bleeding. In the toughest division of the Class LL championships, Solomon grappled with almost every top seed.
When officials signaled the end of his final match, Solomon raised his arms in triumph as king of the 126-pounders.
"It feels amazing," said the battered grappler. "My goal this year was to get my name up on that banner [in the Southington High School gym]. I came out here and took care of it."
Coaches were quick to agree. Solomon's march to the championship was one of the toughest roads. He entered the weekend with a 31-6 record but was ranked fifth within the tournament's powerhouse division. Solomon pinned a state open place-winner in the quarterfinals. He out-lasted the top seed, 5-1 in the semifinals and earned the title with a 1-0 win in the championship bout.
"He didn't do anything this weekend that he hasn't been doing all year, but he just out-physicaled and out-hustled some of these kids," said Blue Knight coach Derek Dion. "He saw four great kids, and he was so fortunate to come out with the win."
Moments after the last champion was crowned, Solomon was announced as the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler. It was the first time a Southington grappler has earned the coveted prize since Bill Lee in 1999.
"The top six here might end up being the top six next week at the opens," said Dion. "There were some really, really good kids. There were some accomplished wrestlers in this weight class. For him to even be the fifth seed was a big accomplishment. He had to wrestle his butt off, and he did."
Solomon wasn't alone on the podium. Zach Maxwell continued his torrid pace through the 195-pound division with five consecutive wins, including a trio of pins. Maxwell entered the tournament as the top seed and cruised to his first Class LL title. He battled through a scoreless first period in the championship bout, scored a takedown midway through the second, and forced his opponent onto his back for a pin.
Maxwell said that the victory took a heavy weight off his shoulders.
"Last year, I came out here expecting to win it and I got pinned in the finals. That was just a heart breaker," he said. "I knew that I could have won, so I knew that I had to step up my game. I wanted everyone to know that I deserved to be the champion."
Maxwell's victory came as no surprise to Dion. The junior has been in the spotlight all season.
"He's going to feel that pressure a lot because he is such a talented kid," said the coach. "He works so hard, but a lot of times people can get tightened up in these sorts of situations. He stayed loose and did what he needed to do. Hopefully, next week he can do the same thing."
With their victories, Solomon and Maxwell advanced to the state open championship, and they'll be joined by four teammates. Austin Sullivan (182) went 4-2 to capture fourth place overall. Zach Bylykbashi (120) placed fifth. Zach Murillo (106) and Travis Daly (285) earned sixth place medals.
"I think we outdid ourselves today," said Maxwell. "It's almost like there's been a black cloud over this team, so it was good to get so many of our guys to the opens. They deserve to win and go onto next week."
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The nationally-ranked No. 6 MIT men's volleyball team swept Wentworth Institute of Technology, 30-20, 30-25, 30-20, in a North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) New England Division tilt on Saturday. The Engineers, who will be making their sixth consecutive trip to the NECVA Championship Tournament, improved to 29-7 overall and 14-2 in league action. The Leopards' ledger dipped to 16-10 on the year and 10-6 in conference play.
Matt Hohenberger had a solid outing for the Cardinal and Gray as he racked up 10 kills, a .615 hitting percentage, four aces, and three blocks. Alex Becherer connected on nine of his 11 hitting attempts while collecting four digs. David Thomas posted eight kills and two aces as Mike Demyttenaere notched seven kills and a block. Patrick Vatterott chipped in six kills and four digs while Eric Reuland paced the defense with nine digs. Tim Lee tallied 32 assists, seven digs, and two blocks as Caine Jette dished out 10 assists.
Derek Portugal led the way for Wentworth as he totaled nine kills and five digs. Lowell Jesmer contributed six kills and four blocks as Tom Ceurvels totaled four kills and four digs. Tyler Moriarty distributed 18 assists for the visitors.


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Cabin Classes
With a fleet of Boeing 737-800s and 737-300s, Norwegian also has Airbus A32neos and a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on order. WiFi-enabled devices can connect to the internet once the aircraft has reached an altitude of 10,000 feet. In-flight audio entertainment is available and movies are played on 737-800s on flights longer than 3.5 hours. Snacks and beverages, including alcoholic drinks, are available for purchase in flight.
One item of hand luggage – up to 10kg with maximum dimensions 55cm x 40cm x 23cm – is permitted per person, in addition to 1 small personal item, e.g. a small laptop or handbag. Checked baggage incurs a fee – each person may take 2 pieces of luggage, up to 20kgs each, before excess fees apply.
Check-in Options
Counter check-in opens at least 2 hours prior to departure; it closes 45 minutes before departure for international flights and 30 minutes before domestic flights. Note these times vary for travel to/from Israel and Dubai.
If travelling within Nordic countries – with hand luggage only – passengers may go directly to the gate, without checking-in, but must be in possession of their travel document or smartphone ticket. Self-service check-in kiosks are also available at several airports.
Rewards Program
Norwegian Reward is the airline's frequent flyer program for leisure and business travellers.


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If any of you New Yorkers attend, I hope you'll give us a report!
Finger Lakes Wine Festival
What: More than 70 wineries from upstate New York offer tastings and sales; also on site will be food vendors, arts and crafts, wine seminars, cooking demonstrations, live music, and rides in pace cars around the track.
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 15-16; an opening event is 6 p.m. today. Where: Watkins Glen International raceway, about 3 miles west of Watkins Glen on 2790 County Route 16 Admission: Includes souvenir tasting glass. One-day adult (21 or older), $30; two day adult, $35; minors and designated drivers, $10 a day. The Launch of the Lakes event today costs $15.