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My trip to Ohio was successful and is now completed. See the blog: Solomon Goss of Fearing Township in Ohio for a discussion about the Goss family and the trip.
I return now to discuss the children of Alexander John and Ellen (McPherson) McDonell who were the parents of Ronald McDonell born approximately 1825 in Upper Canada and died 15 September 1862. He is buried in the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church Cemetery in Chapeau, Pontiac County, Quebec.
Ronald married Janet McDonald daughter of John McDonald and Flora W. McLellan. They were married the 28th of June 1852 in the St. Alphonsus Church in Chapeau. Family History film #1029797, #17.
Below is the burial information for Ronald.
Source: Baptism, Marriage and Burial Index, St. Alphonsus Church #M17, FHL#1029797, Page 90, #1347, Burial Registrations. The book "St. Alphonsus of Ligouri, Chapeau, Allumette Island, Pontiac County, Quebec, Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records," by Elaine Brown features this transcription of the tombstone(s).
"B84, pg. 24 – My home is above/sacred/to the memory of/Rol. MCDONALD/died/Sep 13, 1862/AE 37 yrs/also/his children/John R./died/Sep 9, 1862/AE 7 yrs/3 mos/ John A./died/AE 2 yrs & 3 mos. and /Donald J./died/Sept 5, 1862/AE 9 mos. "
I have not found Ronald, nor Janet in the 1861 Canadian Census, but then there are a lot of Ronald McDonell's and he may have been out working in the woods and enumerated separately or missed?
Ronald and Janet had the following children:
Ellen McDonell born about 1853. Ellen married a James Welch. They had 2 children that we know about: Frank and Mary Catherine was born 20 July 1876 in Pontiac Co., Quebec,
christenedbaptized 27 July 1876 at the St. Alphonsus Church and died 29 July 1913 in Pembrook, Renfrew Co., Ontario. Mary Catherine Welch was the wife of George Burns. I refer you to my friend Elaine Brown's website about the Burns family for more information on this family.
John Ronald McDonell born 1855 and died 1862 (See above burial information) was born 6 July 1855,
christenedbaptized 12 July 1855, died 10 September 1862 and was buried on September 11, 1862. All recorded at the St. Alphonsus Church.
Alexander McDonell was born 19 January 1857 and
christenedbaptized the 25 of January 1857 at the St. Alphonsus Church. He was living in 1871 with his mother.
John Archibald McDonell was born April 1861,
christenedbaptized 15 Apr 1860, died the 3rd of September 1862 and was buried the following day on 4 September 1862. All recorded at the St. Alphonsus Church. The name "John Archibald" is the same as the name given to Archibald and Mary's son John who was usually called "Jack?" brother to Ronald my grandfather.
Donald James McDonell was born about 1862 and died on 5 September 1862 and was buried on 6 September 1862. Recorded at the St. Alphonsus Church.
Janet McDonell no information.
Some illness hit this family and apparently Ellen and Alexander were the only ones that survived of the children of Ronald and Janet. Ronald died and his widow Janet continued to reside and live in the Chapeau/Chichester area.
I have no death date for Janet but I did find her living in the 1871 Canadian Census. Update 7/1/2016 – She died 17 November, 1890 in Chichester, Pontiac Co., Quebec per the St. Alphonsus Church records.
1871 Canadian Census for Quebec, Pontiac County, Chichester pg. 16, 51 and 52, Jenet McDonell age 38 born Quebec, R. Catholic, Scotish, labourer, widowed. Ellen, F, age 17, Alexander, M, age 14.
If you are a descendant of Janet/Jenet and Ronald McDonell, I would love to talk with you. Leave a message by clicking on the comment button or contact me through the above Compiler tab.
UPDATE: As of June 24, 2013 I have realized with a little help from a visitor to this blog that Janet married again after Ronald's death. I did not share that piece of information when I originally wrote this post. She remarried about 1870 or 1871 to Thomas Poupore Sr. This piece of information came to me from a manuscript about Ronald's sister Jennette written by another cousin who is a Kennedy descendant. I met him on my trip last Spring 2012. Thomas Poupore Sr. son with Janet in 1874 was Thomas John Poupore who married Margaret Ethel Kennedy daughter of Daniel James Kennedy and Jan Wilhelmina McDonnell a daughter of Jennette Catherine McDonald and Angus John McDonald, another sister of Ronald and my great grandmother Mary McDonell.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- When it comes to homeowners insurance, financial consumers are generally happy with their policies. J.D. Power and Associates reports that customer satisfaction with homeowners insurance (covering billing and payments, claims, interaction, policy offerings and price) is at the "highest level in the history of the study." Insurance policy customers who "bundle" their auto and homeowners policies with the same insurer are the "most satisfied" of all, J.D. Power says. "The increase in satisfaction with policy offerings is directly related to customer perceptions that insurers are doing a better job in offering the right coverage options at competitive prices when policies are bundled," explains Jeremy Bowler, senior director of the insurance practice at J.D. Power and Associates. "Bundled policies not only may provide a reduced premium for customers, but may also be advantageous to both parties, as it allows customers to interact with a single insurer, potentially streamlining both billing and payment." Whether you bundle or not, what's the best way for consumers to buy homeowners insurance? To get some answers, we reached out this week to Ted Stimpson, chief executive at MyMove.com, a home moving services firm. Here are a few "stage" areas where Stimpson says consumers can get an edge when looking for some solid homeowners insurance protection.
- Stimpson defines the first level as the "basics." Here you get insurance on what he calls 11 of the usual home-destruction suspects, including fire, lightning, windstorms, smoke and other disasters. But do your homework. "Because of these limitations, many states are not offering this protection anymore, so double-check whether or not it is available in your area," he says.
- Stimpson says the second level is the best option for most homeowners. "This is the next step up from basic; this coverage also protects your home from falling objects, snow and ice damage, frozen plumbing and faulty electrical systems, in addition to all the coverage from the HO-1 policy," he says.
- Another good option for homeowners, this third category costs more than the first two, but Stimpson says it's a "lot more valuable." This option protects against all perils except the ones excluded explicitly from the policy -- almost always earthquakes, flood protection, "even war and nuclear accidents," he says.
- Here's where home insurance for renters kicks in. The only difference from the previous three categories, Stimpson says, is that this policy protects all of your possessions but not the actual home itself.

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The Cortez Journal encourages people to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to email@example.com. Items submitted at least two weeks in advance will have a better chance of getting published; items submitted several days before the event might not get published. For more information, call the Journal at 565-8527.
The Children's Kiva Annual Peace Walk
The Children's Kiva Montessori School invites all to join us for a peaceful walk around our local park, Parque de Vida to honor the life work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek but a means by which we arrive at that goal" - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Please join us Thursday, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. under the Parque de Vida Pavilion. We will walk around the park one time and gather in the front yard of The Children's Kiva for a moment of silence. Dr. Maria Montessori believed in the power of the child to make the world a better place. Through the child, the prospect of world peace is possible with education providing the pathway. For more information, please call 565-8586.
Dolores Chamber's Business After Hours
The Dolores Chamber invites the public to their first Business after Hours of 2013 on Thursday, Jan. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N. Market St. This will be a wonderful opportunity to have some great food and refreshments, network and develop working relationships with many businesses and individuals you may not usually have the opportunity to connect with. Everybody is invited - you do not have to be a chamber member to attend. For more information, contact the Dolores Chamber at 882-4018.
Free information session on radon gas
January is Radon Awareness Month, and Colorado State University Extension will present a free information session on radon. The class will be held on Friday, Jan. 18, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Montezuma County Extension Office, 109 W. Main St., Room 102. You will learn what radon is, why we should care about it, and what to do with the information after you test your home. Due to the nature of the soil in this area, our homes are at higher risk to have elevated radon. If the radon level in your home is greater than 4 pCi/L, the EPA recommends mitigation. Radon is the number two cause of lung cancer (behind smoking and ahead of secondhand smoke). Please call ahead to make your reservation at 565-3123.
Lunch fundraiser for Cultural Center
Join the Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N. Market on Friday, Jan. 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a Baked Potato Bar. Lunch for $5 includes a potato with all types of toppings and a beverage. Enjoying eating in the gallery surrounded by art or take out is also available. Advance tickets are available at the center Jan. 9. For more details, contact the center at 565-1151.
Nutrition and Weight Loss lecture
Jill Schenk, MD, will give a free lecture on nutrition and weight loss on Thursday, Jan. 24, from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. in the conference room at Southwest Memorial Physicians, 20 S. Market St. in Cortez. Topics will include how to lose weight and keep it off, nutrition tips, how to stick to an exercise program, and an update on new FDA-approved weight loss medications. No RSVP is necessary and light refreshments will be served. Call 565-4291 for more information.
'Animal Tracks and Signs' hike at Mesa Verde
Learn how to discover what animals are out and about during the winter months at Mesa Verde National Park during the "Animal Tracks and Signs" hike at Morefield Campground from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 26. Hikers will learn how to look for and identify animal tracks and signs, and then explore the hillsides around Morefield Campground. Past animal tracks in the snow observed in the area include weasels, rabbits, mountain lions, mice, and coyotes. The hike is limited to 20 people, ages 7 to adult. Meet at the Morefield Village parking lot at Morefield Campground, 4 miles from the park entrance. Advance reservations are required; for reservations contact Chapin Mesa Archaeological Museum at MVNP at 529-4631 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Preventive Medical Care lecture
Jill Schenk, MD, will give a free lecture about preventive medical care on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. in the conference room at Southwest Memorial Physicians, 20 S. Market St. in Cortez. Find out the latest on how often you need pap smears, mammograms, cholesterol checks, bone density studies, and PSAs, as well as what Medicare now covers for preventive services. No RSVP is necessary and light refreshments will be served. Call 565-4291 for more information.
'Safe and Effective Strategies for Cleansing and Detox'
Amy Loschert, Naturopathic Doctor, will present "Cleansing and Flushing: Safe and Effective Strategies for Cleansing and Detoxification" at the T.O.N.I. (Toxins Out, Nutrients In) share session on Friday, Feb. 1, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Mesa/Canyon room at the Cortez Recreation Center. These sessions are free of charge and open to the public. Listen, learn and share on topics of health interest. For more information, contact Joe Keleher, TONI Coordinator, at 565-5448.
SWMH Foundation Jewelry Sale Fundraiser
The Southwest Memorial Hospital Foundation will hold a jewelry sale to raise funds for their healthcare education scholarship program on Friday, Feb. 8 from noon to 6 p.m. in the hospital lobby, 1311 N. Mildred Road in Cortez. Vintage and gently used good-quality costume jewelry that has been donated by community members will be available for sale. Don't miss this opportunity to support the SWMH Foundation by buying a Valentine's Day gift or something nice for yourself. Donations for this event are still being accepted. Contact Susan Thomas at 739-3158 for more information about the sale or to donate jewelry.
Incredible Years parenting classes
The Pinon Project will offer a series of free parenting classes beginning Tuesday, Feb. 12, and lasting 14 weeks. The Incredible Years is a curriculum targeting parents of children 2 to 8 years of age and is proven effective. If you are looking for more effective ways to discipline and want to build a more positive relationship with your child, this is the program for you. Classes will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Pinon Project, 300 N. Elm St. Dinner and childcare are provided. To register, please contact Lara Blair at 564-1195. Space is limited, so sign up soon.


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JFS Installation or Conversion for Boosting Performance
IBM's Journaled File System, or JFS for short, is an outgrowth of its AIX operating system. JFS, Ext3, XFS and ReiserFS, are the big 4 of journaled file systems, and each has its own characteristics that make it suitable for different users. JFS is very fast, light, and efficient. Nevertheless it performs extremely well under a wide variety of situations, and draws lightly on the CPU on comparison to the others. See the links at the end of this article for benchmarking articles.
Why & why not?
Particular strengths of JFS include:
- a marked boost in network transfer speeds, similar to those listed for XFS here ,
- lowest CPU usage from among the big 4,
- very fast operations (copy and remove) on large files (e.g. ISO image, 700MB),
- extremely scalable, with filesizes in the terabytes or petabytes,
- minimal loss of capacity when creating a filesystem (less than 1% lost - virtual tie for 1st place with XFS and ReiserFS),
- comes with jfsutils, utilities for managing the JFS filesystem,
- very fast filesystem creation, mounting and unmounting, and
- (very important!) a very thorough block-checking feature on mkfs.jfs (invoked by using mkfs_jfs -c )
Disadvantages include:
- not supported in Windows or OS X,
- JFS partitions do not support "shrink", and
- currently JFS is supported in the 126.96.36.199_v3 firmimg.bin when booted in hdrootfs mode and with one of our 2.6 kernels, but the jfsutils are not yet available in EM mode (we are hopeful for addition of jfsutils to the RAM disk in the near future - they up take about 1250kB).
What does this mean for me?
- Speed and security for your data partition: JFS partitions are fast, journaled, CPU-stingy, and a very good fit for a NAS device like the LS. Currently, they are not the best choice for your root system partition, since the RAM disk used for EM mode doesn't have the tools included yet (though is likely to change in the near future).
- Lower CPU Utilization: If you use your Linkstation as a music server in addition to the normal NAS function, you may notice that during backups or network transfers, there maybe a momentary dropout of the music. Lower CPU utilization can mean a lower likelihood of music dropouts.
- Personal responsibility: First, filesystem choices are personal ones. Whatever filesystem you choose, make sure you have a backup strategy and that you know how to effect repairs, if they are ever needed. Few things in life or Linux are completely "bomb-proof" or "idiocy-proof".
- know what you are getting into - "... you brick it, you bought it..."
- back up all of your data and your system
- Freelink/Debian or another distribution that supports it
- a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel w/ JFS support
- a partition on which to create a JFS filesystem, or a currently used partition you wish to convert to JFS,
- time:
- whatever time you need to backup your data,
- about 30 minutes for preparation, setup, creation and confirming,
- more, around 1hr/100GB, if you want to check for bad blocks when creating the filesystem, and perhaps
- lots more if you choose to use convertfs.
In FreeLink
In either stable or testing, get your packages and install them:
apt-get install module-init-tools jfsutils
To test if you are ready to create the filesystem, issue
modprobe jfs
and you should see no output. An error can mean that JFS is not supported on your kernel.
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Please feel free to add content here - your contribution is appreciated.
Creating a JFS Partition from Scratch
This is a preferred method, but this method does not preserve data - all data on such a partition will be lost during the filesystem creation process. Make sure you backup any data on this partition before proceeding.
0. Unmount the partition, if necessary. You can see what you have currently mounted by issuing a
df -Th
and you may see something like this:
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 ext3 5.0G 952M 3.8G 20% / tmpfs tmpfs 62M 4.0K 62M 1% /dev/shm /dev/hda3 ext3 228G 9.7G 218G 5% /mnt tmpfs tmpfs 10M 2.5M 7.6M 25% /dev
Assuming that the partition you wish to work on is /dev/hda3, unmount it:
umount /dev/hda3
1. Use fdisk to create a new partition, on (for example purposes) /dev/hda3 (alter to fit your circumstances):
fdisk /dev/hda3
You can also choose to split this partition if you want to. We will assume that you know how to use fdisk to delete, create, split and/or type a partition.
2. Use mkfs.jfs to make the filesystem, with block checking enabled (again, assuming that it is hda3 that you are targeting):
mkfs.jfs -c /dev/hda3
While the creation phase is quite fast, the block checking can take several hours for a 240GB partition. Block checking is encouraged and is worthwhile if data integrity is important to you. You can choose to omit the -c flag if you are extremely confident that your hardware has no issues.
3. Edit your fstab to reflect the changes:
nano /etc/fstab
Change the following line
/dev/hda3 /mnt ext3 defaults,noatime 0 0
so that it reads like this:
/dev/hda3 /mnt jfs defaults,noatime 0 0
4. Reboot and use df -Th see if your new JFS partition is mounted and ready to use:
df -hT Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 ext3 5.0G 952M 3.8G 20% / tmpfs tmpfs 62M 4.0K 62M 1% /dev/shm /dev/hda3 jfs 228G 9.7G 218G 5% /mnt tmpfs tmpfs 10M 2.5M 7.6M 25% /dev
This output means that your JFS partition is mounted and ready to use.
Converting an existing partition to JFS w/ convertfs
Note that this method doesn't check for data integrity, bad blocks during conversion. It does work, seems generally safe, and has been tested somewhat. YMMV, and backup your data.
You will need the the mod-init-tools and jfsutils, as shown above. Read this wiki article on Using XFS instead of Ext3, and understand that you will be following it for the most part, except that you will have to change all instances of XFS to JFS, and use jfsutils instead of xfsprogs. Basically, use a command like:
convertfs /dev/hda3 ext3 jfs
similar to what is shown in the article Using XFS instead of Ext3. As you follow that article though to the end, using JFS instead of XFS, note that:
- this process is time consuming if the partition is full,
- conversion should only be attempted on a partition that is well under 1/2 full,
- the convertfs package/program has some (perhaps undeserved) reputation of being perhaps a bit buggy,
- any data on the partition could be lost, but might be safe, and
- (this is a biggy!) the process doesn't check for bad blocks as it converts.
Performance Boost
After rebooting, try a network transfer using Samba, NFS or AFP. You may experience a boost of anywhere from 20% to 150% improvement in speed. The improvement may be most noticeable when running the 2.6 kernel. Enjoy!
Articles and References
- Linux File System Benchmarks
- Benchmarking Filesystems: Justin Piszcz's 1st benchmarking article
- Benchmarking Filesystems Part II - a followup/2nd article by Piszcz
- Debian Administration article: Filesystems (ext3, reiser, xfs, jfs) comparison on Debian Etch
- Flexible File System Benchmark
- Benchmarking Filesystems In 2.6.0-test2
- Journaling Filesystem Shootout


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All yarnbombers hate having their tags taken down . It makes me feel sad , mad , insulted , vaguely persecuted and a little silly . But you have to take that risk to yarnbomb , no romance with out rejection apparently.
And it's such a wonderful thrill , a miracle when everyone silently agrees to leave a yarnbomb up on a fence for weeks and weeks , so many people being kind .
When I started this felt heart street art series I knew that it would be tricky – the hearts are really fun to own and put up on your own wall . I knew I would be putting out a big marshmallow and asking everyone to to not eat it .
I put this big blue heart up at a construction site on a temporary Tri City fence . After a month I drove by one day and not only heart was gone but the whole fence was gone . Poof ! I posted a picture of the felt heart and the fence on my Facebook page and told all my friends that my heart was gone .
The next morning I got up , put on my brown handspun sweater , drank a quart of water and went to my computer to look at Facebook . They tell us that Facebook is keeping us from our flesh and blood friends but my physical friends don't want to talk about yarnbombing first thing in the morning . So I opened up my Facebook page and there was the most amazing thing .
My heart was sitting on that same Tri City fence but now it was up in Sonoma ! The fence had come down in Berkeley with the heart still attached and had gone back up again at a different site with the heart still on it.
This made up for all the moping and grinding of teeth over my many disappeared hearts . The first traveling yarnbomb !
This is what it said under the picture . " You have friends in many mysterious places . The felt heart stayed out all night wet and frozen and now it is a perfect hardness. '
I was so happy to find my hard blue heart .
Sf Weekly post with yarnbombing here


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Who We Are
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System operates as the primary outreach organization for the land-grant functions of Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities.
- Meeting Our Mission - a look at Extension's program areas and how they help people and communities improve their quality of life and economic well-being.
- Extension: A Ready Partner - the nuts and bolts of Alabama Extension from who and where we are to our funding, human and technical capacities, and unique partnership opportunities.
- Impact: The Difference We Make - The Alabama Cooperative Extension System engages a broad range of Alabamians in a conversation about the significant issues facing the state at this point in our history and the opportunities for positive change.
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- Extension Is Working in Your Community - Extension's unique educational outreach fosters community development and economic prosperity in rural areas, small towns, and metro areas throughout Alabama.
- Seven Reasons Why We Need Cooperative Extension
- A 21st Century Extension Creed
- How Extension Works For You - A brief history of Extension and an overview of the major program areas.
- Historical Panorama of Alabama Agriculture - John Augustus Walker Murals
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To make changes to Where and When listings e-mail information to firstname.lastname@example.com, fax to 692-2319 or mail to the Lifestyle Department at the Times-News, P.O. Box 490, Hendersonville, NC 28793
u CoDa "Journeyers" meets 6:45-7:45 p.m. Tuesdays at MCC Sacred Journey, 135 Sugarloaf Road, Second Floor (in front of World of Clothing just off exit 49A from I-26). Co-Dependents Anonymous is a 12-step program for all who seek to create healthy relationships.
u Co-Dependents Anon meets 6:45 p.m. Thursdays at at MCC Sacred Journey, 135 Sugarloaf Road. CoDA is a fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships. Info: 489-4042; email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
u Daytime Serenity Al-Anon Group meets at 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Pardee Education Center, Blue Ridge Mall. This is an open meeting which lasts one hour. Info: (800) 286-1326 or www.wncalanon.org.
u Fletcher Thursday Night Group meets at 8 p.m. Thursday nights at Fletcher United Methodist Church, 50 Library Road, Fletcher. The is an open meeting which lasts an hour. Please use the same 800 number and website as the other meetings.
u Hendersonville-Blue Ridge AFG (O) Hendersonville meets 8 p.m. Mondays at Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. Info: (800) 286-1326 or www.wncalanon.org.
u Lake Lure Alanon Family Group meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Lake Lure Mountains branch library, 150 Bills Creek Road, Lake Lure. Info: 625-0456. Info: (800) 286-1326 or www.wncalanon.org.
u Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) meet 9:15-11:15 a.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays, Sept,-May at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Dr. Calling all moms of children ages birth-Kindergarten, to unwind and receive encouragement, inspiration, fun, food and fellowship Info: 692-1262.
u Nar-Anon "New Hope Group", a worldwide fellowship for those affected by someone else's addiction. As a 12-step program, the group offers help by sharing experiences, strength and hope. Group meets at 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Hendersonville First United Methodist Church, Room 203, 204 Sixth Ave. W. Info: 891-8050.
u One Day at a Time AFG Hendersonville meets 10 a.m. Saturdays at First Baptist Church Annex, 410 Fifth Ave. W., Room 357. Step Study Group meets at 9 a.m. Info: 891-4704 or 693-3809; (800) 286-1326 or www.wncalanon.org.
u Saluda Al-Anon Family Group meets 6:30–7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Saluda Center, 64 Greenville St., use rear door opposite Thrifty Barn.
u Serenity through Courage and Wisdom Al-Anon Family Group, Tuesdays, 9:45-10:45 a.m., St. Barnabas RC Church, 109 Crescent Hill Dr., Arden. Use door to church office. Info: 702-2615 or 606-3779; (800) 286-1326 or www.wncalanon.org.
Alcoholics Anonymous
u Early Bird Meeting of AA meets 7:30 a.m. Mondays-Saturdays at St. John in the Wilderness Church's parish house, 1905 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. Open, all non-smoking. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Open Discussion. Wednesdays: Open Big Book. Saturdays: Step Meetings. First Saturday of the month: Open Speaker Meetings. Info: 693-5825.
u The Hendersonville Group meets at 1620 Willow Road, Hendersonville, at 11 a.m. Sunday: Open literature meeting; 8 p.m. Tuesdays: Men's closed meeting; 6 p.m. Wednesdays: Beginner's meeting; 8 p.m. Wednesdays: Open speaker meeting; 8 p.m. Thursday: Closed big book study; 8 p.m. Fridays: closed step study; 8 p.m. Saturdays: Open discussion. All meetings are non-smoking meetings. Info: 800-524-0465.
u Midday Group meets at Hendersonville United Methodist Church, Sixth Avenue at Church Street. Monday: Open discussion; Tuesday: Step Study; Wednesday: Living Sober; Thursday: Big Book; Friday: Open Discussion.
Arts and Crafts
u Creative Writing Class meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. Mondays at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. Cost: $60 or $50 for members. Info: 692-0575.
u Embroiderers' Guild of America, Laurel Chapter meets 10 a.m. the first Thursday, usually at Cummings Memorial Methodist Church, Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe. Programs for stitchers from beginner to advanced. Info: 692-3829 or 298-4017.
u Four Seasons Toastmasters meet 8-9 a.m. Wednesdays at the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Point Landing, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. Info: 693-3316.
u Fletcher Branch of the Western North Carolina Knitters and Crocheter for Others will meet 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road. Info: 654-9788.
u Great Quotes Program meets 7-9 p.m. on the second Thursday each month at the Smoky Mountain Theater, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
u Oil and Acrylics Class meets noon-3 p.m. Mondays at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. Cost: $85 or $70 for members. Info: 692-0575.
u Tarheel Rug Hooking Guild meets 10 a.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month (except December) at First Alliance Church, 1821 Windsor Drive, Hendersonville. Brown bag lunch. Info: 693-4254 or 674-1853.
uTarheel Piecemakers Quilt Club meets the second Wednesday of each month at Balfour United Methodist Church, U.S. 25 North (Asheville Highway) across from Hunter Automotive. Social time, 9:30 a.m., general meeting, 10 a.m. We are a small quilt group sharing our quilt related talents. We reach out to surrounding counties with various on-going community projects, presentations, mini workshops and day-long workshops throughout the year. Guests are welcome. Info: email@example.com or 329-5099.
u Western North Carolina Quilters Guild meets the third Thursday monthly with alternating evening (7 p.m.) and day (10 a.m.) times at Grace Lutheran Church, at the corner of Highway 64 and Blythe Road, Hendersonville. Guests and new members welcome. Info: 697-292; www.westernNCquilters.org.
Card Groups
u Men's Poker Group meets noon-4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway. Poker players must be members of the Opportunity House with the $100 annual fee or $40 annual fee with $2 table fee each day of play. Info: 828-692-0575.
u Pinochle Group meets noon-3 p.m. Fridays at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway. Pinochle players must be members of the Opportunity House with the $100 annual fee. Info: 692-0575.
u Social Bridge Groups-Partnership Bridge meets 1-4 p.m. Mondays and Civic Bridge meets 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway. Bridge players must be members of the Opportunity House, pay the $40 annual fee, and play table fees specific to groups. Info:692-0575.
u Hendersonville Duplicate Bridge meets 12:30-4 p.m. every weekday and Saturday at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road. Info: 693-6166 or 696-0832.
Civic Clubs
u Extended Families Group meets 6 p.m. third Mondays at Blue Ridge Prison and Jail Ministries house, 410 East First Avenue. Family members of the incarcerated meet for mutual support and sharing information and resources to deal with the problems and trauma of their situations. Free. Info: 692-0348.
u GFWC Forrest Woman's Club meets 7:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month. All women are welcome and the club is actively seeking new members to join us in charitable projects and scholarship programs and by promoting education through scholarship For information on the club or location of the next meeting, call BJ Slovacek, 697-4406.
u Hendersonville Woman's Club meets 11:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of each month for lunch, a program and business meeting at their clubhouse at 1324 Brevard Road, Hendersonville. Info: 891-3709.
u Hendersonville Shrine Club meets 5:30 pm. the second Monday of each month at the Chariot, corner Church St. and Seventh Ave. All Shriners are welcome. Info: 885-8212 or visit www.hendersonvilleshriners.org.
u AARP Chapter 8 meets 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month except May, July, August and December, in the fellowship hall of Hendersonville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2301 Asheville Highway. A social period is followed by a business meeting and a guest speaker presentation. The annual picnic will be held in August and the annual meeting and luncheon is held at a local restaurant TBA in December. Visitors welcome. Info: 890-4600.
u American Association of University Women (AAUW), Hendersonville Branch, meets 9:30 a.m. the second Fridays of most months with excellent presentations by local speakers at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe St., Hendersonville. The group has special interest groups that meet other days. Call 698-8083 or 697-2956, visit hendersonville-nc.aauw.net.
u Apple Country Antique Engine and Tractor Club meets fourth Tuesdays at Bay Breeze. Dinner optional, 5 p.m. Program, 6:30 p.m., covers club events, local trivia and machinery. Newcomers welcome. Larry Phillips, president, 698-5312.
u Beta Sigma Phi: Laureate Alpha Mu chapter meets at noon the first and third Tuesdays. Info: Kathleen, 891-3643. Laureate Alpha Epsilon chapter meets at 7:15 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays. Info: Barbara, 693-7544. Beta Sigma Phi is an international women's friendship network that provides educational programs to its members and opportunities for service to others.
u Ex-military Nurses Group meets the third Monday of every moth at 11:30 a.m. for lunch. Any length of service as a nurse in the military makes a person eligible. Info: 891-7199.
u Hendersonville Area Computer Society meets 6:30 p.m. the third Monday monthly at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway. Spotlighting computer-based aspects such as hardware, programs, and smart phones. This club also meets 1 p.m. the second Thursday monthly for a Special Interest Group. Email: email@example.com.
u Henderson County Art League meets 1:30 p.m. the second Sunday monthly at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway. Spotlights featured artists for presentations, and showcases monthly exhibits by Art League members. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
u Henderson County Men's Republican club meets 7:30 a.m. the fourth Wednesday monthly at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway. Debates and presentations, to Q&A sessions with elected officials. Men and women welcome. Email: email@example.com.
u Henderson County Youth Council meets 6 p.m. the second Monday monthly at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway. Discuss what is being done in Henderson County and how it affects today's youth. Email: email@example.com.
u Hendersonville Goldwing Chapter 2 M-2 meets 10 a.m. the third Saturday monthly at J&S Cafeteria, 30 Airport Park Road. 9 a.m. breakfast. Info: 891-3930.
u National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meets 6:30 p.m. the third Monday monthly at the Masonic Lodge on North Whitted Street.
u National Active and Retired Federal Employees (Chapter 214) meets 10 a.m. the third Friday of each month at Village Center of Flat Rock, 110 Village Center Drive, across from the entrance to Flat Rock Playhouse. Info: 697-2112.
u Operation Toasty Toes, Chapter 7, meets 10 a.m.-noon the first and third Mondays, 105 Campbell Drive, Flat Rock. This program's volunteers knit and crochet comfort items for American military serving overseas. Info: 696-9777, 698-4859 or 696-8858, e-mail email@example.com or visit www.operationtoastytoes.org.
u Pisgah Chapter of Trout Unlimited meets the second Thursday of the month at Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. Social time: 6:45 p.m. General meeting: 7:15 p.m. Guests welcome. Info: www.pisgahchaptertu.org.
u Polish American Club of Western North Carolina usually meets at 6:45 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Hendersonville. There are summer and winter breaks from the schedule. Anyone who would like to celebrate their Polish heritage is welcome. Meetings feature speakers, fellowship and twice each year in April and October special Polish-inspired potluck dinners. Info: 891-1606.
u Scrabble Club meets from 1-4 p.m. every Tuesday in the Blue Ridge Mall, Four Seasons Boulevard, Hendersonville. Info: 692-7174.
u Welcome Club of Henderson County is an active organization which serves new residents as well as those not so new. The club provides friendship, fun and helpful information about the community to our members. The club promotes charitable causes by selecting and supporting a local charity each year. Join us for coffee and conversation, special events, books clubs, card groups, and luncheon groups, to name a few. This is not your Grandmother's Welcome Club. Info: www.welcomeclubhc.org.
u Western Carolina Botanical Club identifies and studies native plants and their habitats and encourages members and the public to protect and preserve the biodiversity of the natural world. The seasonal 'Wildflower Field Trips' on Monday and Friday have begun. Info: 696-2077; 862-3233. Visit: sites.google.com/site/wcbclubsite/.
u Writers Workshop Potluck, 6 p.m. the last Friday of each month at 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville. Bring a dish, and ideas for writers group. Info: 254-8111; email@example.com.
u Writers Guild of Western North Carolina meets 1:30-3:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month, at Fletcher Public Library, 120 Library Road, Fletcher. Info: 296-9983.
u Writers at Home meets 3 p.m. the third Sunday of every month, at Malaprops Bookstore, 55 Haywood St., Asheville. Contact: Tommy Hays firstname.lastname@example.com.
Support Groups
u Arthritis Support Group meets meets from 1:30-2:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month in CarePartners Seymour Auditorium, 68 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville. Info: 779-9910.
u Brain Injury Support Group for teens and young adults meets from 6-8 p.m. meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Foster Adventist Church, 375 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. Info: 277-4868.
u Asheville, Hendersonville Area Compassionate Friends meet 6:30 p.m. the first Monday monthly at Grace Lutheran Church on 64 W. and Blythe Roads. The group assists families in grief following the death of a child. Info: 693-4061.
u Celebrate Recovery meets 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Dr. An addiction recovery group. Info: 692-1262 ext. 135.
u Celebrate Recovery meets 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at Living Water Baptist Church, Sugarloaf Road. Info: 606-9259.
u GriefShare meets 5 p.m. beginning Jan. 13 at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Dr. Help, hope and encouragement for those dealing with grief or loss. Info: 692-1262 ext.135. Info: 692-12652 ext.135.
u Hope is Not Lost Spousal Addiction Support meets 5 p.m. beginning Jan. 13 at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Dr. For women whose loved one presently or previously struggled with an addiction. Info: 692-1262 ext. 135.
u ITWORKS, meets 2 p.m. Mondays at Pardee Center, 1800 Four Seasons Boulevard, 7 p.m. Mondays at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 sixth Ave. W., 7 p.m. Wednesdays at United Methodist Church, 110 Brickyard Road. 12 step food addiction support group. Info: 697-5053.
u La Leche League of Hendersonville, breast feeding support and information, meets 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, corner Kanuga and Price roads. Info: 693-9899 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
u Living in Faith Together Chronic Illness Support (LIFT) meets 10:45 a.m.-noon the first and third Tuesday monthly at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Dr. Encourage and share practical information on living with illness, disease or pain. Info: 692-1262 ext. 135.
u NAMI Four Seasons Support Groups meet 5 p.m. the second Thursday monthly at Pardee Health Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall and 10 a.m. the fourth Saturday monthly at Grace Lutheran Church, corner of Sixth Ave. W. and Blythe St. Groups for family members or caregivers of adults with mental illness. Info: 888-955-6264.
u Parents, Family, and Friends of lesbians and gays will meet at 7 p.m. the first Monday monthly, at Providence Baptist Church, 1201 Oakland Street, Hendersonville. Info: 697-0690.
u Rape and Sexual Assault Survivors will meet noon-1 p.m. Tuesdays, at the Healing Place, 100 Chadwick Square, Hendersonville. 8-week group. Space limited. Info: 692-0495.
u TOPS Hendersonville, (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), meets at 5 p.m. Tuesdays at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: 687-5437.
Veteran Groups
u American Legion meets 7 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays monthly, at the American Legion Membership Hall, 216 fourth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: 693-3922.
u Beddingfield-Shytle Chapter 14 of the Disabled American Veterans meet at noon, every fourth Monday monthly, at Golden Corral, 2530 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville, for lunch. Info: 697-0097.
u Henderson County Voiture Locale #1677 meets 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday monthly, at the American Legion Membership Hall, 216 fourth Ave. W., Hendersonville.
u Henderson County Veterans Council meets on the first Monday monthly, at the American Legion Membership Hall, 216 fourth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: 692-9188.
u The Korean War Veterans Association, Chapter 314, meets 1 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the American Legion Post 77, 216 4th Ave., E., Hendersonville. Lunch: noon.
u Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion meets 7 p.m. the first Thursday monthly, at the American Legion Membership Hall, 216 fourth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: 696-0991.
u The Sons of the American Legion meets 7 p.m. the third Thursday monthly, at the American Legion Membership Hall, 216 fourth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: 693-3922.
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Simply Chicken" Host Christopher Kimball goes into the test kitchen to learn how to create a French classic, Chicken Fricassee, with test cook Becky Hays. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals the best cutting boards in the Equipment Corner, and science expert Guy Crosby uncovers the science behind emulsification and the human sense of taste. And finally, test cook Julia Collin Davison shows Chris how to make the Best Simple Roast Chicken. D
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Simply Ming "Chinese Tea & Mint" Guest Chef: Susur Lee. Tea, who doesn't love it? But the tea of Asia combined with the fresh mint tea of the Middle East is a pair that is sure to please. If you've ever had a black tea flavored with mint, you know the two flavors harmonize really well. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Simply Elegant" Joanne greets her student Sarina with a bruschetta salad and it is quickly apparent Sarina is the perfect student for dishes that are simple enough for a weeknight, yet elegant enough for Saturday night. They recreate the vinaigrette from the salad, discover how easy it is to cook clams, and finish with a warm blueberry maple compote melting over vanilla ice cream. Recipes: Bruschetta Salad with Prosciutto di San Daniele and Greens, Clams with Chorizo and Orange, and Vanilla Ice Cream with Blueberry Maple Syrup Compote. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Granada, Cordoba, and Spain's Costa Del Sol" Andalucia's Moorish heritage sparkles in the historic capitals of Granada and Cordoba. Rick tastes the smooth sherry and marvels at prancing stallions as he finds the passion in Andalucian culture. He finishes his visit with fun in the Spanish sun on the coast.G
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The Pike County Builders Associations� (PCBA) Annual Home and Garden Show sponsored by JELD-WEN Windows will take place at Delaware Valley High School on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7.
The Home and Garden Show is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $3.00 for adults and children under 16 are free. Delaware Valley High School is located on Route 209 (US 6 East), between Milford and Matamoras.
All phases of building, remodeling, landscaping and industry related products and services will be on display. The Exhibition Hall will be filled with Builders, Suppliers and Trade Contractors. The Exhibitors will be presenting the newest information on home products, construction, home finishes, fixtures, decorating, garden landscape products and much more.
This is your opportunity to "meet the experts" and learn more about how your home or garden project can be created professionally and save you time and money.
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The Children & Family Resource Center is launching a campaign Jan. 1 to educate and engage Henderson County residents on issues affecting children. CFRC's goal is to develop strategies to deliver five key promises to help ensure success for all children in the community.
The Children & Family Resource Center is launching a campaign Jan. 1 to educate and engage Henderson County residents on issues affecting children. CFRC's goal is to develop strategies to deliver five key promises to help ensure success for all children in the community.
The campaign will culminate with a monthlong Virtual Speak Out Conference that will go online Feb. 1, and a community dialogue at Blue Ridge Community College on March 1.
Based on three large bodies of research, CFRC wants to spread the word that the community can ensure children's success if it makes, and delivers, five simple promises: Be a caring adult; provide safe places; provide a healthy start; deliver an effective education; and provide opportunities to serve.
These five promises serve as the framework put forth by the America's Promise Alliance. Started in 1997, with Presidents Clinton, Bush, Carter and Ford, this alliance challenged America to make children and youth a national priority.
In 2007, the CFRC brought together more than 300 county residents for Speak Out for Kids, a daylong event that sought to make youth a local priority. A United Agenda for Children was created and successful efforts made on behalf of the UAC include an increased number of nurses in schools and more affordable housing for our citizens.
In 2014, CFRC is once again asking community members to come together. This time, it's different. CFRC, and a collaborative group of nonprofit leaders, are asking the community to engage online and in person; to become inspired to make change happen; and to commit to deliver the five promises.
Beginning today and continuing through the month of January, the Times-News will publish human interest stories to educate the community about the gaps that exist in delivering the five promises. The stories will highlight:
--Caring adults: Domestic abuse and the effect it has on children;
--Safe places: The difficulty in finding secure, safe housing for the entire family;
--Healthy start: Access to mental health care for children and the risk of not receiving prenatal care when a mother is addicted to prescription drugs;
--Effective education: What it takes to get kids ready for kindergarten and the impact it has for years to come when they are not ready; and
--Opportunities to serve: What the issues are from a youth perspective and the means to resolve them.
To encourage business and economic engagement, and reinforce the connection that a healthy, vibrant community is good for children and for business, the Speak Out campaign will offer a business plan competition with a $10,000 award.
From Jan. 1-31, applicants can submit a big idea business plan that will address four of the five promises and make an impact with kids in Henderson County. They can be existing businesses seeking expansion, or an emerging idea that needs a start, but they must be residents or based in Henderson County.
Applicants are encouraged to log onto 5PromisesHC.org for guidelines and to submit their business plans. Promise Competition applicants are also required to submit a video pitch that is three minutes or less. The videos should be on YouTube and easily sharable via social media outlets.
The final five applicants will be chosen by a review board (an Inc. Magazine 500/5000 business owner, a former SCORE business adviser, a local media representative, and a financial adviser) and asked to present their video pitches at a live event on March 1. Applicants will be encouraged to share their videos via social media outlets in an effort to gather public support.
The final five will be given a booth on the Speak Out Virtual Conference website, where they can also gather public support and feedback. The winning business plan idea will be chosen by live vote at the March 1 event.
Virtual conference
Beginning Feb. 1, citizens will be encouraged to log onto the Virtual Speak Out Conference to learn more about what gaps exist, how they're being addressed, and the people and agencies working on them.
Henderson County youth, nonprofits and agencies who deliver critical services to the children of Henderson County will make presentations via online sessions and video on demand, with capacity for live text chat functionality and email follow up.
Area agencies and nonprofits, members of the Henderson County Youth Council, and the five final Promise Competition proposals will have booths via the online conference as well. Much as one would enter an exhibit hall in a live conference atmosphere, citizens can enter the exhibit hall to learn more about what United Way is working on, or the Boys & Girls Club, or winning business ideas aimed at improving the lives of children. This interactive, online conference will be the first of its kind in Western North Carolina.
Speak Out event
The final piece of the dialogue around children will take place March 1 at Blue Ridge Community College.
Lasting no more than three hours, this event will charge the community to deliver the five promises and provide them with opportunities to do so, stories that inspire them, and a winning business idea to get started.
Utilizing a presentation format modeled after Ignite, where speakers are given short amounts of time to make their point, Speak Out will ask presenters to identify an issue they're working on and a promise they've embraced to deliver it.
Promoted under the slogan, "Enlighten us, but make it quick," Ignite is a presentation format where a presenter speaks while slides advance automatically to support them. An Ignite presentation is exactly 5 minutes, and contains exactly 20 slides. The slides advance automatically after each slide is displayed for 15 seconds.
In addition to the Ignite format focused on delivering promises, the five final Promise Competition applicants will present their video pitches and ask for audience support. Factoring in the review board rankings and using live text voting, the audience will help select the winning business idea.
The winner will be presented with a check that day and begin the process of growing or expanding a great business idea to help the lives of children.
Delivering on promises
Based on the participation with the online virtual event, the live event and ongoing community conversations, the community will have ongoing opportunities to deliver their promises. If someone becomes educated about cyber bullying or homeless youth via the online conference or live event, they'll now have a connection to groups working on those issues.
CFRC has made a commitment to report back to the community about the five promises and methods to deliver them. A downloadable conversation kit will be available for small group discussion around the promises. Participants can use them to capture solutions and ideas and send the back in to CFRC for dissemination to a larger audience.
Success stories and opportunities to plug in will be available on the 5PromisesHC.org website.


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Ani-Mall Pet Expo, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Exposition Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Ave. Donations accepted for animal shelters.
Capital City Cage Wars (mixed martial arts), 7 p.m., Prairie Capital Convention Center, Ninth and Adams streets. $25 general admission, $40/$60 reserved tables. Tickets available at the PCCC box office, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays; at Ticketmaster.com; or (800) 745-3000.
Jazz Band Dance, 7-10 p.m., Glenwood High School, Chatham. Live music by the Glenwood High School and Middle School jazz bands, desserts, door prizes. Sponsored by the Chatham Glenwood Band Boosters. $7 adults, $5 students, available at the door.
Kenny Smith (comedian), 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Donnie B�s Comedy Club, Route 66 Hotel and Conference Center, 625 E. St. Joseph St. $13/$15, available at 391-5653, www.donniebsofspringfield.com.
YMCA Healthy Kids Day, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., YMCA, 701 S. Fourth St. Family workout class, family yoga, health fair and screenings, bounce house, healthy snacks and nutrition games, and a family fun run and obstacle course at 10:30 a.m. Cost for run: $35 per family; $15 per individual; $10 for kids. 544-9846.
Country Treasure Craft Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Illinois Building (main floor), Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Ave. $2 (free for children under age 12).
�Les Miserables� in concert, 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. $18 adults, $16 students/senior citizens, available at 523-2787 or www.hcfta.org.
All Strings Attached, featuring Russel Brazzel (classical guitar) and Kamen Petkov (violin), 6 p.m., Sacred Heart Chapel, Benedictine University at Springfield, 1500 N. Fifth St. (enter at Sixth Street side of Beata Hall). $12 adults, $8 students/senior citizens. Tickets: 525-1420 ext. 3574; email@example.com.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 7 p.m., Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois Springfield. $49/$54, available at www.sangamonauditorium.org, or 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at 206-6160 or the auditorium box office.
Illinois Innocence Project�s 5K Run and Walk for Innocence, 9 a.m. (check-in 7:30 a.m.), The Recreation and Athletic Center, University of Illinois Springfield. $25 adults, $15 students, $10 for children before the day of the race; $35 the day of the race. Participants will receive a T-shirt. 206-6569; email@example.com.
Musical program for senior adults, 3-5:30 p.m., Rochester Junior High School gymnasium, Illinois 29, Rochester. Event for ages 55 and older and their guests. Music by the Rochester High School Jazz Ensembles I and II, Rochester Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Dancing available. Drinks and desserts served. Free admission. Contact: 494-9192, 415-4964.
Sports Card and Collectible Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Route 66 Hotel and Conference Center, 625 E. St. Joseph St.


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RIPLEY – It was a chilly, wet night in Sissonville as the Ripley High sluggers (4-16) took on the AA Sissonville Indians, a team they defeated 3-1 on March 23. Jared Bumpus was the star on that night, mowing down the Indians as they beat his curve ball into the ground for easy outs.
Isaac Koontz, Ripley's sophomore fireballer took the hill on Friday and took notice of the soggy conditions as he was warming up.
"I can't keep the mud out of my spikes," said Koontz.
Koontz overcame the conditions early as the burly hurler threw no-hit ball for three innings before running into trouble in the fourth when he was touched for two runs (one earned). A leadoff walk in the inning came back to bite koontz as Sissonville plated the run on a dribbler through the infield.
Ripley, as is their mode of operation in 2013, jumped out to a 2-0 lead with single runs in the second and third.
Trevor Tucker got it all started with an RBI single. Logan McCoy, who was courtesy running for Isaac Koontz crossed the plate for Ripley on the play.
In the third, Koontz influenced Ripley's scoring again with a deep sacrifice fly to dead center that plated Christopher Jordan who had singled, stole second and advanced to third on a Sissonville fielding error.
It is worthy of noting that Koontz is 8-for-10 with five RBIs in his last three games. The sophomore leads the team with a (.407) batting average and has mashed his way on base this season, walking just four times.
In the top of the sixth with Ripley down 5-2, the Vikings stormed back with a purpose. With the bases juiced, Cody Piitenger was hit by a pitch and Jonny Stepp crossed the plate. Nathan tucker then blasted a sharp single to center to score Koontz and freshman Aaron Wilkinson.
Ripley had tied the score at 5-5 and looked to move closer to victory. What happened next was a disheartening turn of events for the Vikings as Sissonville plated five runs on just two hits, leading them to a 10-5 victory.
The Vikings committed four errors in the game and the inning was choc-full of Viking defensive miscues and timely hitting by the Indians.
"We have been hitting well and getting guys in scoring position. We just can't seem to get the big hit when we need it late in games," said Coach Shane Casto.
"Hopefully it all clicks for us come sectional time (May 6), we have to start finishing games."
Ripley hasn't tasted victory since a 5-1 victory over cross county rival Ravenswood March 30.
In the hitting department, Christopher Jordan went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk, tyler pittenger was 1-for-3 with a walk, Jonny Stepp scored a run and walked twice, Isaac Koontz went 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI, Cody Pittenger drove in a run, Nathan Tucker was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Logan McCoy and Aaron Wilkinson scored a run.
Koontz pitched 4.1 innings and gave up four runs, (two earned, five hits, fanned five Indians and walked two. Jordan hurled 1.2 innings and gave up five hits, six runs (two earned)while striking out three and walking none.
Sissonville were led by: Stricklen 2-3, RBI; Hill 2-4, 2 RBIs; Messinger 2-3, RBI; Fisher 1-2, RBI
On Saturday, the Vikings traveled to Beckley and fell to Woodrow Wilson, 6-5. Ripley travels to Herbert Hoover tonight.
Indians rally over Viking sluggers, take win, 10-5
RIPLEY – It was a chilly, wet night in Sissonville as the Ripley High sluggers (4-16) took on the AA Sissonville Indians, a team they defeated 3-1 on March 23. Jared Bumpus was the star on that night, mowing down the Indians as they beat his curve ball into the ground for easy outs.


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jimjom wrote:Maybe he didn't realize how swollen/painful it was until he took his skate off which could be why he played on it.
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Detroit-based American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. announced last week its plans to invest $100 million in its Three Rivers facility.
The investment is expected to create 500 new jobs at the plant by the end of the year.
According to a company media release, the investment is part of the installation of new production lines, multiple assembly stations, paint-line modifications, increased shipping-and-receiving capacity, and upgrades to the plant's lobby and businesses offices.
Company officials said the addition centers on new technology, specifically the company's patented EcoTrac Disconnecting All-Wheel Drive system.
The new jobs would bring American Axle's workforce to about 1,300 by the time new hires are brought aboard.
Company president and CEO David Dauch, in a media release, stated the business launch has been two years in the making.
"Now we are in a growth mode and hiring hundreds of associates," Dauch said. "This is exciting news for the state of Michigan, the city of Three Rivers and AAM."
In 2012, American Axle created more than 300 jobs in Michigan and invested $50 million. Company officials said the investment represents technologically advanced machining equipment, research and development laboratory equipment and other upgrades.
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The countrys craft brewers are largely watching from the sidelines as one of the worlds biggest beer companies goes head to head with the United States Department of Justice, but its clear they are rooting for the federal government to win this battle.
Once theyve got the power, its crazy what could really happen out in the market, Dave Thibodeau, co-founder of Ska Brewing Co., said of the potential for Anheuser-Busch InBev to acquire the rest of Mexican beer company Grupo Modelo. Our fear is over time (the continued growth of big beer companies) is going to threaten our access to market.
The Department of Justice in January sued to block Anheuser-Busch InBevs effort to buy the portion of Grupo Modelo that it doesnt already own. Grupo Modelo is the third largest player in the U.S. beer industry and together, Grupo Modelo and Anheuser-Busch InBev control 46 percent of U.S. beer sales. The $20.1 billion deal would leave Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors in control of 72 percent of the market, which, the Justice Department argues, would diminish industry competition, lead to higher prices for consumers and create less incentive for innovation on the part of the major brewing companies.
But the deals effects wont be limited to the beers sold by the nations biggest breweries.
Such consolidations and mergers give the big companies a greater ability and incentive to squeeze craft and regional brewers out of distribution systems through exclusive dealings, said a 2012 report by the American Antitrust Institute.
That access to market is a brewers number one concern, said John Carlson, executive director of Colorado Brewers Guild.
As companies get bigger and shift focus to things they produce, things could get more complicated for brewers, he said.
A bigger Anheuser-Busch InBev, for example, can put more pressure on wholesale distributors to promote and sell their products and marginalize craft beers, Thibodeau said.
That could prove a huge obstacle for breweries that have limited choices of wholesalers.
The dilemma is aggravated as consolidations among wholesalers have increased. Mergers and consolidations have reduced the number of wholesalers by two-thirds since 1990, Joe Thompson, president of Georgia-based Independent Beverage Group, said in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.
And, in those consolidation discussions, Anheuser-Busch announced it would give preference to wholesalers that exclusively sold its products or carried brands that dont compete with its products, said Paul Gatza, director of Brewers Association.
That means brewers in some markets are faced with a declining array of wholesaler choices, Gatza wrote in an email.
Theres also the worry that big beer companies will have the power to squeeze craft brews out of bars, liquor stores and restaurants by giving those businesses discounts for dedicating more shelf space or tap handles to their products, Thibodeau said.
Large brewers already have been known to offer the free labor of their own employees to help retailers stock shelves, which allows the brewers to dictate how their beers are placed in the store, Gatza said. Wagon Wheel Liquor owner Mike Rich said that practice may happen more often in large chains like grocery stores, but is rare among local liquor stores because they are all independently owned in Colorado.
And as Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors acquire full or partial ownership of craft breweries such as Goose Island Beer Co., they come in direct competition with craft breweries, said Damon Scott, head brewer at Durango Brewing Co.
The playing field becomes a lot less even when craft products are backed by the market power of these megabreweries, Scott said.
The Department of Justices lawsuit is encouraging because it shows that the nations biggest beer companies may have hit a limit, Scott said.
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Pete Emslie wrote a post that I mostly agree with.
He compares Pinocchio to a Flash cartoon, and of course you'd have to be pretty stubborn to say that any Flash cartoon can compete with A fully animated Disney feature from the 1940s. Or any cartoon from the 40s.
Pete also makes the point that he prefers low budget Hanna Barbera TV cartoons from the 60s to low budget Flash cartoons from today. I agree again.
Yet when it comes to TV production I will still opt for Flash from now on. Against my will.
Here's what it comes down to:
The Model Sheets?
Even many fully animated cartoons today are basically puppet shows, because even the best animators are handicapped by their non-creative bosses' fear of creativity.
The Key Poses?
I would love to have full animation completely drawn by hand by great animators who sit in the next room to me. That would be my preference. To direct Bob Clampett's crew of animators. Or Friz Freleng's. Or to direct Cats Don't Dance crew. That would be so much fun and would allow me a much greater freedom to create the kind of animation I myself would like to sit down and watch.
Unfortunately, I have not ever found anyone who would pay for me to do full animation in house.
So by necessity I have had to make the best of the low budgets in kiddie TV animation.
The compromise I have had to make forced me to come up with a new production system that took what it could from classic cartoons and adapt it to the ugly realities of TV budgets.
To many people today "full-animation" means smooth animation.
To me it means more - smooth animation of lots of creative customized well drawn, well acted poses.
It's the key poses that tell the story. They are the drawings that the eye sees and responds to.
If I can't afford lots of inbetweens, at least I want to have the story telling-and entertaining poses.
That's why my cartoons have lots of layouts.
The Inbetweens?
Many richer prime-time shows today have lots of inbetweens and are very smooth but don't ever use original poses and expressions.
Flash looks like Flash no matter how hard you try to hide it. At least so far. It is basically an inbetweening program, not an animation program. The inbetweens - like in all computer programs are too mathematical. Hand drawn inbetweens make your animation feel more natural, because things don't move mathematically in real life.
Flash is only as good as the drawings you put into it- and how many good drawings. The less you do, the more fake it looks.
Ever since I started using Flash as a necessary evil, I have been trying my damnedest to make it look as little like Flash as possible.
When I first worked with Copernicus on Weird Al, I told them to make it look like they weren't using Flash and they did as good a job of that as I have ever seen, so I have been working with them since.
Limited Animation Done By Good American Animators:
If I was able, I would go back to the 60s system of limited animation. The reality of the situation today is that there are no animators capable of what the animators in the 60s did. We have not done animation in the country for 35 years now so no one even knows how it works.
Yes, there are Disney 2d animators, but how many would be willing to do 4 to 6 drawings per second today as opposed to their usual 12-24? And would they be able to just sit down and start knocking out footage at the rate that the Flintstones animators did? And how many can draw in a non-Disney style?
Overseas Animation:
There is almost no point in animating overseas, because you get nothing creative out of it. (Rough Draft excepted). They are really there just to move model sheets from one position on the screen to another.
What we call overseas animation is really just inbetweening.
If you do send them specific customized key poses (which most studios don't) they won't use them anyway. Or even if they do they will tone them down so badly that it takes all the life out of the cartoons.
This causes you to lose a lot of time and money in retakes.
For my last 2 TV productions I stubbornly held on to doing all the inbetweening and "animation" by hand, just because I'm a purist and I don't like the way Flash inbetweens look. They are too mathematical-even in the hands of the best Flash animators.
Copernicus surprised the Hell out of me for this major reason alone. They actually used the drawings I sent them!
I explained how I wanted the drawings inked and cleaned up- without changing them or toning them down and they actually did it. You can't even imagine how rare that is!
I have also worked with very talented Flash animators here and they know not to change my drawings (or Jim's or anyone else's). Once we get to the stage where everyone knows the mission: to try to not make it look like Flash, then we even are able to do some creative things that couldn't be done without Flash.
Does that make up for not having Bob Clampett's unit of genius animators and a big enough budget to make fully animated cartoons?
Of course not.
But right now, it's the best way to use original custom poses and have some hands on direction here in the country - or at least in North America with other like-minded artists who speak the same language. It's the closest thing to working directly with animators that we have.
Again, Flash is only as good as the drawings you put into it. But that goes for full animation too.
I would rather have original drawings with cheesy inbetweening than really smooth boring drawings and poses that we have seen a million times before.
It's the Devil's choice.
Give me 1/5th the budget of The Simpsons and I will give you hand drawn animation all done here.


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