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Sam Rashid can count among his vanquished former Commissioners Dottie Berger and Ben Wacksman.
By KATHRYN WEXLER
© St. Petersburg Times, published April 15, 2001
TAMPA -- The matter before the Hillsborough County Commission Tuesday morning was the sort of thing that usually gets rubber-stamped.
A landowner wanted to put a two-story retail building on Oakfield Drive in Brandon. The proper zoning already was in place. Only one person objected, a neighbor who said her back yard would no longer feel private.
Commissioner Jan Platt was the lone dissenter.
It wasn't the project that bothered Platt. It was the owner.
"I didn't feel comfortable," Platt said later, "because of the perception of his influence."
The developer was Sam Rashid, a wealthy Plant City businessman known for a bare-knuckled approach to local politics and conservative causes. His network of like-minded business types has helped sink politicians such as former Hillsborough County Commissioners Dottie Berger and Ben Wacksman.
"Sam believes absolutely in what he's doing," said longtime friend David Hurley, owner of Landmark Engineering & Surveying Corp. "No one can say Sam is two-faced."
Affable and at times self-deprecating, Rashid moves through the political arena to his own beat. If he stands for anything, he says, it's fiscal responsibility. He opposes certain taxes but says others are critical. He hates government funding of the Tampa Museum of Art but shrugs off the mayor's plans to throw $14-million at the Lowry Park Zoo, saying it serves more people. A practicing Catholic, Rashid won't touch social issues, even abortion, asserting they're personal matters. He'll even back the occasional Democrat when it suits him.
"I don't lobby for anyone but my own opinion," Rashid, 39, said recently, sitting in the cafe of the Hillsborough County Center and letting his coffee get cold.
And yet, he's the first to admit he makes people like Platt nervous.
"These guys are creating their own myth; they're creating their own monster," he said. "Why is there so much angst about me, about who I am or what I represent?"
Critics say it is partly because Rashid, a family man who lives in Valrico and sells precision saws, already has too much sway in county politics. Platt accuses him of trying to control the County Commission with dollars and psychological intimidation during election time. Others say his influence now straddles the city. Mayor Dick Greco invited Rashid to lunch at the Tampa Club about a month ago to introduce himself.
A Pakistani native who settled in Tampa 20 years ago, Rashid does more than mount formidable political campaigns. He goes after elected officials with special vengeance, some say.
"He doesn't just talk mean and say, "I want to kill you politically,' " said Mike Scionti, Hillsborough Democratic Party chairman. "He does it."
As an example, some point to the political demise in 1998 of former Commissioner Berger, a Republican. She had voted in favor of allowing taxpayers to decide by referendum whether to foot the bill for Tampa's new stadium, Rashid's hot-button issue.
In return, Rashid raised money for Tim Curtis, Berger's Republican opponent, and she lost the primary. When Berger was then offered an appointment as deputy secretary to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Rashid weighed in against her with Jeb Bush's administration.
"I said I didn't feel very good about it, because in my opinion, she had just come off a resounding electoral defeat, and small-business owners had spoken very loudly that they did not trust her," Rashid said.
The offer to Berger was withdrawn. Rashid's pick, former state Sen. Charlie Crist, got the job instead.
"He really didn't like me," Berger said of Rashid. "And that's putting it mildly."
Last year, Rashid ran Stacey Easterling's campaign for a County Commission seat. He also bought the rights to five Web sites that contained the name of her opponent, Democrat Wacksman.
"I think that's just a dirty, foul approach to politics," said Wacksman, who was defeated.
Rashid is one of three Republicans who organized the group "Balance to the Bench," to unseat a Florida Supreme Court justice whose ruling favored Vice President Al Gore during the elections imbroglio.
And over the past several years, Rashid said, he has given about $5,000 to the Tampa police union. An additional $1,000 recently went to Jim Thompson, who was up for re-election as union president.
Thompson lost. But Rashid's contribution was criticized as an early move to line up police support for his favorite mayoral candidate in the heavily contested 2002 race.
"It's a lot easier to call up Jimmy and find out who they're leaning toward (for a mayoral endorsement) when I've helped him out," Rashid said.
Lobbying is second nature to him. At a Tampa backgammon championship in 1981, Rashid met a woman who bested him at the game, then snubbed him when he asked her out. Over six months, Rashid phoned her repeatedly with the vigor of a campaign manager.
She finally agreed to lunch at the revolving restaurant atop the Tampa Airport Marriott. It was there that Rashid broke the news: Someday, he told her, he would marry her.
"I think she almost choked," said Rashid with a laugh.
Three years later, she became Mrs. Geri Rashid.
Today, they live in a five-bedroom house with a pool room on Sugar Loaf Lane. In the early 1980s, Rashid converted from Islam to Catholicism, and the couple's two children go to Nativity parochial school. Mrs. Rashid owns a Brandon beauty salon and drives a 2001 BMW 740i sedan.
Rashid, whose father was an industrialist, said he attended English-language school in Karachi until the family moved to London when he was in the sixth grade. A year later, they settled in Vancouver.
He relocated to Tampa in 1981 for a Canadian lumber company and started his own business a few years later, importing huge, German-made saws. That led to his first taste of politics.
Gov. Lawton Chiles wanted to impose a corporate income tax in 1991 and needed businesses to back him. Rashid was one of 50 business people Chiles beckoned to Tallahassee to sell his plan.
But instead of being won over, Rashid took a stand against the governor, telling him the tax was flawed.
"I remember clearly what I said," Rashid said. "People applauded."
The tax proposal failed. And Rashid was hooked.
"I realized it was a lot easier to take a proactive role than a reactive one," he said.
Rashid, who became an American citizen in 1995, says his life is filled with simple pleasures. He takes his children to school and helps them with homework. He avoids social clubs and spends weekdays at Holtec, his business on Sydney Road, which he said grosses about $5-million annually.
"Frankly, I think I'm mainstream United States," he said. "I just happen to be able to do a little bit more than just cast a vote."
In the past decade, he has raised between $700,000 and $1-million for statewide or Hillsborough County campaigns, he recently told the Florida Elections Commission. The commission was investigating the Wacksman Web sites purchases, but found Rashid hadn't violated elections laws.
Rashid says he has nothing to gain personally from his political involvement. In the past year, he purchased two Brandon properties for retail development, but says he has no plans to further enlarge his real estate holdings. He also says he is not afraid to roll up his sleeves and make a few phone calls when he feels his position on certain issues isn't obvious.
Col. David Parrish worked for two years to add a child care center to the Hillsborough County jail in order to better retain detention deputies. Parrish had lined up federal money to cover most of the project, and it had sailed through the commission late last year.
But when Rashid heard that public funds would be used, he said, he complained to Sheriff Cal Henderson (whom Rashid had supported for re-election) and a county commissioner, though he said he couldn't remember which one. Soon after, Commissioner Chris Hart made a motion for the nursery to go to bid instead of allowing the county to build it as planned. All but Commissioners Platt and Thomas Scott followed suit.
"It's kind of on hold for the time being," said a disappointed Parrish.
Beyond Hart and Easterling, Rashid has also backed Commissioners Scott and Jim Norman.
"Most people feel he controls the County Commission," Greco said. "I don't know. But I'm sure they listen to him."
Platt, a Democrat who last year defeated opponent Joe Chillura, heavily supported by Rashid, has sharp words for Rashid.
"If he wants to exert control, let him run for office," she said.
In the past few years, the Rashids gave a total of about $37,000 to statewide and local candidates. But even his critics agree that Rashid's biggest strength lies with his fundraising and forceful campaigns.
"We lay out a strategy: who to meet, which houses to walk, mailing lists," said Rashid, who rattles off precinct statistics by rote. "We bring in a whole team of people: political consultants, artists that create the image."
Rashid doesn't appear to hold grudges. He had only compliments last week for Commissioner Pat Frank, the Democrat who beat Tim Curtis, the Republican candidate Rashid supported in 1998.
Rashid mentioned he would back Frank in her next re-election bid, "if she'll have me."
Frank, when told of the remark, was flattered.
"Oh, my golly," she said. "I'll take all the help I can get."
- Staff researcher John Martin contributed to this story. Kathryn Wexler can be reached at (813) 226-3383 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Over in the Seventh, the Italian ambassador Giandomenico Magliano and his wife threw a party for the shoe designer Gianvito Rossi. The cause célèbre was Rossi's recent collaboration with the German website MyTheresa; celebrity-watching was what kept the crowd occupied, though. Jared Leto, last spotted in Paris at Miu Miu in March, made a cameo appearance.
Earlier at the Gagosian Gallery, the cocktail party thrown by Eugenie Niarchos for her jewelry line, Venyx, drew a steady stream of guests on their way to and from the day's final shows. One early arrival was Mario Testino, who said, "I've been watching Eugenie for a long time. She's got such innate elegance, and what she sees is so pretty," So pretty, in fact, that he put in a little word with the designer about recasting a moonstone ring as a pair of cuff links. "I've spent so many years looking at jewelry, and I don't know if it's age, but when I was getting ready for the Met Gala, I thought I might like something nice of my own," he said.
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Jayalalithaa, BJP allies in Tamil Nadu oppose NDA government's move on Hindi
NDA government's proposal to give prominence to Hindi in official accounts in social media has met with stiff opposition in Tamil Nadu with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and even BJP allies joining DMK chief Karunanidhi in slamming the move, voicing fears of "imposition" of the language on non-Hindi speaking sections
Chennai: NDA government's proposal to give prominence to Hindi in official accounts in social media has met with stiff opposition in Tamil Nadu with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and even BJP allies joining DMK chief Karunanidhi in slamming the move, voicing fears of "imposition" of the language on non-Hindi speaking sections.
Firing off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jayalalithaa described the Home Ministry's proposal as "against the letter and spirit" of the Official Languages Act, 1963," while pointing out that the "highly sensitive issue" caused "disquiet" to the people of Tamil Nadu "who are very proud of and passionate about their linguistic heritage".
Social media by their very nature were not only accessible to all persons on the internet, but were meant to be a means of communication to persons living in all parts of India, including those in 'Region C', she said. "People located in 'Region C' with whom the Government of India's communication needs to be in English, will not have access to such public information if it is not in English.
This move would therefore be against the letter and spirit of the Official Languages Act, 1963," she said. DMK President M Karunanidhi, whose party had successfully led the anti-Hindi agitation in 1960s, had dubbed the move as a beginning of "imposition of Hindi". The issue is credited as one of the reasons for DMK forming the state's first non-Congress government in independent India.
The 90-year-old leader had questioned why Hindi should be given priority over other languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. "Giving priority to Hindi will be construed as a first step towards an attempt at creating differences among non-Hindi speaking people and making them second class citizens," he said.
The BJP government's move found no favour with two of its Tamil Nadu allies also, with both PMK and MDMK opposing it. PMK founder S Ramadoss said the BJP in its election 2014 manifesto, had promised to develop all languages with rich history and culture. He also called for declaring all 22 langauges in the VIII schedule of the Constitution, including Tamil, as official language and "thus put an end to the Hindi imposition controversy." Attempts to 'impose' Hindi in the past have been successfully resisted with, though attempts were later made to do the same, he said while terming the latest move as a "softer version" of the imposition of Hindi
MDMK chief Vaiko cited Modi's preference of the social media platform and said that the Centre's advisory on Hindi was a "matter of concern." He demanded that all Indian languages be made official languages in the interest of the country's "unity and integrity" and till such time English should continue as the official language.
He recalled that the Atal Behari Vajpayee-led NDA government had set up a panel to look into making all languages in the VIII schedule of the Constitution as official languages. "Tamil Nadu will never accept imposition of Hindi," he said in a statement, while recalling the earlier anti-Hindi agitation.
The state unit of CPI also opposed the move. The controversy was sparked by two Home Ministry circulars. The official language department had issued a circular on May 27 asking all Ministries and Departments, public sector undertakings and banks to give prominence to Hindi on official accounts in social media. "all officers and employees who operate official accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Google, YouTube should use Hindi and English languages. Prominence should be given to Hindi," Director, official language, Avadesh Kumar Mishra wrote in the directive.
Another circular announced prize money of Rs 2,000 to two employees who do their official work mostly in Hindi. Rs 1,200 and Rs 600 will be given to the second and third position holders respectively. Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju had said he will promote use of Hindi in all official work and public life while his senior Rajnath Singh sought to down play the controversy by saying the Centre will promote all languages of the country.


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This is part six of my reflections on Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger's book, Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures. If you missed the earlier columns, here are the links: part one; part two; part three; part four; part five.
Part II of Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures is composed of three short chapters in which Benedict reflects on that dignity of the human person – from conception to death – the respect for which can be the only lasting foundation of an ordered civil society. "When man's conscience loses respect for life as something sacred," he writes, "he inevitably ends by losing his own identity." Indeed, the loss of respect for the sacredness of human life at any stage, and the willingness to attack that fundamental good for the sake of other goods undermines the very possibility of civil life together.
It follows that a state that claims the prerogative of defining who is and who is not the subject of rights, and that consequently accepts that some persons have the right to violate the fundamental right to life of other persons, contradicts the democratic ideal, although it continues to appeal to this claim. Such a state imperils the very basis on which it governs (p. 64).
This is why "the abortion issue" is not simply one issue among many. The egregious violations against human life, which are commonplace in western societies, constitute a grave threat to our own continued existence: we risk losing our own identity; we risk estrangement from our own humanity.
Benedict points out that such estrangement occurs when the value of human life is consistently run through the sieve of that primordial and sacrosanct of all values: "the right of the individual to express himself freely." He further points out that this dynamic presupposes the misconception – theoretically or at least implicitly – that rights, including the right to life, are to be conferred on others, rather than being recognized as already inhering in them from the very first moment of their existence.
Such a misconception, furthermore, goes hand in hand with the historically tragic tendency to view other human beings – at least potentially or at some stages of their existence – as objects. Human beings, however, are distinct from all other animals in the world for the precise reason that we engage in – or posses the active potential to engage in – conscious, self-directive, free action. Only human animals are rational, free subjects by nature, which is to say, of all the species of animals on the earth, only human beings are persons.
In order to recognize other human beings as subjects and not objects – even at their very earliest stages of development – the Holy Father says we must "open our eyes":
This makes it clear that the look I freely direct to the other is decisive for my own dignity, too. I can acquiesce in reducing the other to a thing that I use and destroy; but by the same token, I must accept the consequences of the way I use my eyes here. These consequences fall back on my own head: "You will yourselves be measured by the measure with which you measure." The way I look at the other is decisive for my own humanity. I can treat him quite simply like a thing, forgetting my dignity and his, forgetting that both he and I are made in the image and likeness of God. The other is the custodian of my own dignity. This is why morality, which begins with this look directed to the other, is the custodian of the truth and the dignity of man: man needs morality in order to be himself and not lose his dignity in the world of things (pp. 69-70).
Recognizing the dignity of others is that much easier, the Holy Father points out, when I have been able to rejoice in the experience of how "Good looks at us in love."
"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good" (Gen 1:26, 3 I).
Father Thomas Berg is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York and Professor of Moral Theology at St. Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie). More of Fr. Berg's publications are available at www.fatherberg.com.
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- Eric Cantor
And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating
coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again -
regardless of whether the levees held or not -
then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape.
- Billy Tauzin
Three big assumptions proved wrong: one,
that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators;
that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding;
three, that we have plenty of troops,
weapons, and equipment for the postwar situation.
- John Spratt
America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war,
to expand the coalition of the willing to share the
burden of war and to share the responsibility and the
economic cost of rebuilding Iraq.
- Barbara Mikulski
This - the leadership of the mayor is crucial,
because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the vision,
the energy, and the sense of confidence in the rebuilding and the recovery.
- Marc Morial
And one of the things we did here was we put the maximum
amount of money up front in those cities that were at the greater risk,
but that doesn't mean that we keep rebuilding the same
security over and over again.
- Michael Chertoff
All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough
time of rebuilding all of that.
But you have a deadline, you have an obligation.
You've said that you will commit to this part,
and I just can't live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can.
- Christian Bale
I think the industry finally gets it.
They've lost the connection with the American public,
and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public.
- Billy Tauzin
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound,
rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
- Napolean Hill
Unfortunately, we are finding the bureaucratic inefficiencies
and red tape have a tendency to slow the efforts of
individuals and communities working to rebuild.
- Bobby Jindal
We will rebuild, renew and remain the capital of the free world.
- Michael Bloomberg
We didn't readjust our thinking or rebuild quick enough.
- Wellington Mara
I want to rebuild America.
- Carol Moseley Braun
The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily
than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging
other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy.
- Hillary Clinton
The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision
when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the
United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
- Vic Snyder
Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice
to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast.
Every government program, every individual,
we are all going to have to sacrifice.
- Tom Coburn
We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy.
We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt,
and we must change the way things were.
- Naguib Mahfouz
There is little doubt that Iran is on a mission to
rebuild its nuclear weapons and use that capability
to wreak havoc and destruction on Israel and others throughout the world.
- Russ Carnahan
I'm concerned about the cost, just like everybody else.
There's no question that we have an obligation to help
the people of Louisiana and Mississippi to rebuild.
- Saxby Chambliss
The administration is using the devastation of Hurricane
Katrina to cut the wages of people desperately trying
to rebuild their lives and their communities.
- George Miller
If you're into architecture and you're from the West,
everything is hors d'oeuvres for working to rebuild the Temple.
Ultimately you're led there.
You can't escape it.
- Ben Nicholson
We stand ready to work together, where possible,
in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses,
but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately need our help.
- Marc Morial
If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice,
I would have English Channels round every country.
And the atmosphere would be such that
anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
- Winston Churchill
Governments must give to all those who have hit life's
hurdles the chance to rebuild and have a future.
- Pauline Hanson
The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines -
not to send more troops to Iraq -
but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.
- Mark Udall
If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and
Indiana and if we can do Baghdad,
we can do Baltimore.
- Carol Moseley Braun
We need to continue our full support of the nascent
Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic
infrastructure and maintain security while training
the Iraqi security forces.
- Pat Roberts
Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left
the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent
Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else.
- Ted Rall
We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people
that hope isn't just possible,
but essential.
- Tony Snow
So, it looks like we rebuild the village and blow it apart a few more times.
- Vic Morrow
Because if you have a strong foundation like we have,
then you can build or rebuild anything on it.
But if you've got a weak foundation you can't build anything.
- Jack Scalia
It cannot take decades to resurrect,
we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.
- Alan Autry
Grief is perhaps an unknown territory for you.
You might feel both helpless and hopeless without a
sense of a "map" for the journey.
Confusion is the hallmark of a transition.
To rebuild both your inner and outer world is a major project.
- Anne Grant
I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help -
you know,
kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now.
You know, they've got a new government in place.
They're trying to rebuild the country.
I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.
- Rafael Palmeiro
For the last 50 years, the federal government has taken
out of the Gulf Coast $165 billion in taxes that came
from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the federal Treasury,
to rebuild all places in America except the place that it came from.
- Mary Landrieu
There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate
and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure
of our country and then to rebuild us,
frankly, on a spiritual level.
- Carol Moseley Braun
Investment banking has, in recent years,
resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling
losses has dragged down traditional business and retail
lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets.
This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation
that had dire consequences.
- Vince Cable
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge
as the first independent black nation in 1804,
helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty,
and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for
the United States' independence,
cannot die.
Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower
all of us to rebuild Haiti.
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort
to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country,
Americans of all political persuasions simply want
the United States to succeed and our troops to be as safe as possible.
- Harry Reid
We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S.
We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses.
We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq -
that is,
to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.
- Arlen Specter
Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately
call on the World Bank and other international institutions
to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's
shattered infrastructure.
- John Conyers
As the Iraqi people better understand that Saddam Hussein
and his regime are history,
it is my hope that they will get behind the coalition
effort to help them create a democratic government
and rebuild their country.
- Pete Domenici
I want everyone in the Republican party who opposed me to know this:
you are welcome to join this people's crusade.
Come aboard.
You are both welcome and needed.
If we unite, we'll win - and we'll rebuild New York.
- Carl Paladino
As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today,
tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,
to share in their suffering, help rebuild the country,
moving from misery to poverty with dignity.
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide
To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense...
you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out
to tourists on the weekend.
They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
- Sam Worthington
Iraq may get peace and stability through restoring
it's sovereignty under participation of all Iraqi factions and sectarian groups,
who must rebuild a new democratic, free and independent Iraq.
- Ali A. Saleh
Passion rebuilds the world for the youth.
It makes all things alive and significant.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You don't repair that relationship by sitting down
and talking about trust or making promises.
Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently -
and I think that is what is going to make the difference.
- Patricia Hewitt
Don't die with your music still inside you.
Listen to your intuitive inner voice
and find what passion stirs your soul.
- Wayne Dyer
There is no passion to be found playing small -
in settling for a life that is less
than the one you are capable of living.
- Nelson Mandela
The greatest lovers are like twin blooms,
each reflecting the passion and the glory of the other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Live with passion.
- Anthony Robbins
Faith is the highest passion in a human being.
Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
- Soren Kierkegaard
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A Denver civil service hearing panel has reinstated two police officers who were fired more than three years ago for their involvement in the beating of a 16-year-old boy.
Cameron Moerman and Luis Rivera were fired for failing to immediately report a third officer, Charles Porter, for stomping the handcuffed teen during his arrest in April 2008. Porter was acquitted of felony assault, but he did not appeal his firing. The other officers were fired in 2010 but were not charged with crimes.
The panel's ruling, announced this week, orders the city to reinstate Moerman and Rivera with back pay but does not necessarily put an end to the labyrinthine disciplinary case. The city plans to appeal the three-member panel's decision to the full commission, City Attorney Scott Martinez said Thursday.
The officers chased the teen, Juan Vasquez, through an alley after they said they saw him drinking a beer on a porch in northwest Denver, according to an account contained in the panel's order. Once caught, Porter stomped Vasquez repeatedly, leaving him with a lacerated liver, injured kidneys and broken ribs.
Denver eventually paid Vasquez $885,000 in a civil settlement.
The hearing panel said it found no evidence that Moerman or Rivera used excessive force against Vasquez, nor did it find that they were "accessories to Porter's assault of Vasquez." The panel wrote that the officers had no time to protect Vasquez from "Porter's stomping actions."
Moerman and Rivera were fired for failing to immediately report that Porter jumped on Vasquez's back.
But the panel said they should not have been fired for omitting that detail from their reports because they did so before tougher disciplinary rules took effect. The new rules — put in place in October 2008, six months after the incident — would have made such "deceptive acts" a fireable offense.
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Davin Club player Walsh makes county minor football panel
Carrick Davin Club congratulates Kurtis Walsh on making the extended panel for the Tipperary Minor Football team.
It is a great honour for the Club and especially his family to have Kurtis wearing the blue and gold of Tipperary.
The Christmas doubles snooker handicap tournament is in full swing. This weeks snooker results are: Shane Butler and Jason Butler(scr) beat Patsy Moroney and Amby Walsh(-10); Ned Power and Gerry Houlihan(+26) beat Jimmy Ryan and Ray Waters(23); Mikie Coady and Eddie McGrath(+7) beat Derek Tobin and Richie Norris(+10); Gerry Robinson and Darren Butler(+8) beat Seamus Harris and Noel Butler(+12).
The Davin Club agm was on Monday night (December 3). Full details in next week's edition.
Meanwhile, the Club will host a medals presentation ceremony this Friday, December 7.
The hurling wall drills sessions continue every Wednsday from 7pm to 8pm for U-14s, U-16s and minors.
Indoor training will continue every Thursday from 6pm to 7pm for U-6s and from 7pm to 8pm for U-8s.
Anyone wishing to join the Club to avail of the games room can do so now.
Memberships paid now will cover you until the end of 2013. Membership costs just €20 and can be paid off weekly.
The Club lotto jackpot wasn't won last week. One ticket matched three numbers and won its owner €200.
Numbers drawn were 3,4,14, 23. The jackpot prize for this week's draw on Tuesday night was €12,000.
The Club wishes Tony Marshall a speedy recovery after his short stay in hospital.
The Davin Club extends its sympathy to the White family, Treacy Park and London on the recent death of Peggy White(née O'Dwyer). May she rest in peace.


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I am needing help to verify Archibald Overby's participation in the Black Hawk War.
Archibald was born in 1796 in Rockingham, North Carolina. He moved to Tennesse around 1810. He married in 1820 in Sumner County, TN. He moved to Greene County, Illinois around 1828.When he died in 1878, there was a huge obituary on him.It stated that he was a veteran of three wars... War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and the Mexican American War.
I am doubting his involvement in the War of 1812 as he would hve only been 16 years old.I have searched and had others look in some resource books and there is nothing about Archibald being involved.His father was part of the war and received bounty land grants.Archibald's obit also said that he fought beside his father.
I have also done the same for the Black Hawk War.Illinois has an online database for their veterans and there is nothing on him in any various spellings of Overby. There is no record for him anywhere...
I also looked in the database for the Mexican War.There is nothing on him; however, another researcher did find that he was listed on the muster rolls for September/October 1846.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to verify or not verify his involvement in the Black Hawk?Should I contact NARA?
Thanks for any help!


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Transportation most important issue left undone as Legislative session ends
Published 7:00 pm, Saturday, June 20, 2009
It's all over - or is it? The Texas biennial legislative session mercifully closed this month amid cries of both congratulation and consternation. Most legislators were pleased they had been able to accomplish much of the agenda presented them in January, but others were still concerned about the many important measures upon which they had failed to act. As a result, unfinished business may result in a special called session at some point in the future.
Of the various matters still on tap, perhaps the one that impacts the state to the greatest degree is transportation. Texas is facing historic challenges due to the significant increases in population, vehicles owned, and roads traveled across the state's 79,000 miles of highways. During the past Memorial Day weekend, some 2.25 million persons in the Lone Star State were expected to make trips of at least 50 miles from home by car, bus, train, or air, an increase of some 6 percent over last year despite a sluggish economy. Nationwide, travel during this three-day period was expected to see a 1.5 percent increase. We continue to add more than 1,000 people per day to our transportation system.
Even beyond the needs of leisure travelers, transportation infrastructure is key to the ongoing vitality of the state's economy. When the interstate highway system was developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, little attention was paid to the potential for population booms and distribution needs. As a result, many of the state's highways are suffering from heavy congestion, and some are in dire need of safety improvements. Mobility studies and regional planning entities consistently indicate that the increasing levels of congestion far exceed the current fiscal resources to accommodate.
Over the past several decades, Texans have moved away from urban work centers, thereby increasing daily travel time on the road, along with increasing traffic in smaller communities. With an addition to the state's population of approximately 14 million people over the next 25 years and vehicle registration anticipated to experience a 214 percent increase, it is evident that the situation demands special attention geared toward meeting specific needs.
Among the key needs are improved safety measures and compliance with federally-mandated air quality standards. Air quality is directly affected by traffic conditions; mobile sources are responsible for the majority of local emissions of many harmful pollutants, and cars stuck in traffic contribute to the problem.
The transportation system in Texas is a significant asset to the state and can be quantified by development and preservation costs, as well as by the tax and toll revenues derived from it. Moreover, the level of highway development, especially in crowded corridors, directly impacts gains in economic efficiency.
Ongoing improvements in the Texas transportation infrastructure are crucial to the state's economic health. Better transportation efficiency can improve profits for firms locating in the state, and mobility serves as a substantial incremental stimulus to the future prosperity of regional and state economies.
On the other hand, congestion can cause a number of problems for business such as impairing the ability of manufacturing concerns to use sophisticated inventory management techniques or reducing productivity as workers sit in traffic jams. For individuals, congested roadways can significantly affect perceived quality of life. The environmental consequences in urban centers are also profound.
Although this essential matter was considered by the lawmakers, no definitive decisions were forthcoming during their 140 days in Austin. In fact, due to last minute machinations, lawmakers ended up not passing the bill that extends the life of the Texas Department of Transportation beyond September 2010. It remains to be seen if this failure requires a special session or if some clever means can be found to keep the agency in place.
More fundamental, however, is the fact that $2 billion in bonds for new arteries were not approved, regional authorities were denied the ability to allow local elections to impose gasoline taxes to fund new facilities, and toll roads and public-private partnerships faced increasing opposition. In other words, we seem to be limiting options for solving the problems, yet the needs continue to escalate and virtually all available resources are absorbed by maintenance of what we have.
Economic growth and population expansion have left the Lone Star State with a crowded transportation system, particularly in major urban areas, a trend which is likely to continue. Prior studies by my firm and others indicate that the ongoing annual return on investments in major transportation projects is more than 30 percent per year.
Texas can ill afford to fall further behind in its transportation infrastructure. Thus, it is essential that major consideration be given to a variety of options for enhancing and expanding the myriad economic opportunities that are dependent on transportation. The future demands such action.
Dr. M. Ray Perryman is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Perryman Group (www.perrymangroup.com). He also serves as Institute Distinguished Professor of Economic Theory and Method at the International Institute for Advanced Studies.


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Juneau Little League teams competing in divisional tournaments had varied success on Sunday.
Gastineau Channel Little League's Seniors (age 15-16) baseball team beat the Idaho state champions, 9-5, for their second win of their Northwest Division tourney in Missoula, Mont.
The two Juneau softball teams in action on Sunday did not fare as well. The Seniors, playing in Oak Harbor, Wash., lost to the Washington state champs, 13-0.
The Juneau Juniors (age 13-14) softball team lost twice on Sunday and were eliminated from Northwest Division play in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
In Seniors baseball play Sunday, Juneau jumped out to an early 4-0 lead over the Idaho state champs from Boise.
Juneau scored one run in the first and added three in the second. C.J. Keys drove in Ryan Gorle in the second on a squeeze bunt.
Idaho stormed back to tie the game in the fourth. Juneau manager Bill McCauley reported that starting pitcher Mark Harmon, who shut down Idaho the first three innings, started to tire. Idaho scored four runs - three unearned - on three hits, two walks, a hit batter and a Juneau error.
Matt Greely came on to pitch for Juneau in relief and gave up one earned run on five hits over 3 2/3 innings of work.
Juneau jumped ahead for good with two runs in the bottom of the fourth, and added three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Juneau's offensive leaders in the game included Keys, who finished 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI; Jordan Davis, who hit 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and two RBI; and Sergio Magallanes, who finished 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI.
On defense, Juneau quashed an Idaho rally in the second when Harmon struck out a batter and Chance Millay threw out a baserunner at second.
In the fifth, Keys and Erik Scholl turned a 6-4-3 double play to kill another Idaho rally.
Juneau will face Hawaii, the only other undefeated team in the tourney, this afternoon.
In Sunday's Seniors softball game in Oak Harbor, the Juneau hitters were baffled by Washington's off-speed pitcher, and the GCLL All-Stars fell, 13-0, in their first Northwest Division tourney game.
Juneau's Ashley Larson pitched a perfect first inning, but the defense fell apart after that and Washington scored seven runs in the second. Shannon King came on to pitch in relief and did a good job of holding things together the rest of the game.
Juneau will play Oregon today in the double-elimination tournament.
The Juniors softball squad lost a pair of games on Sunday in Coeur D'Alene to end their season.
In the first game, Juneau ran into a tough Oregon team and fell, 8-2. Manager Dennis Powers said Oregon's pitchers dominated the game as they jumped out to an 8-0 lead after four innings. Juneau scored two unearned runs in the fifth.
In the second match, the Montana state champs scored four unearned runs in the second en route to a 6-4 win.
On offense for Juneau, Sammy Roguska had an RBI sacrifice in the second to score Rena Dalman. Torie Powers had an RBI single in the third, and Rachelle Miller had a two-RBI hit in the fifth.
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BANGKOK, Thailand — "You know what I really wanted to do--my fantasy--was to do a scene in front of the American Embassy in Saigon and raise the American flag once again," exclaimed David Hume Kennerly, executive producer of the television film "Shooter."
"Now that would have been a shot that would have gone around the world: 'Kennerly recaptures Vietnam.' "
Kennerly and the "Shooter" company recently wrapped up filming here in Thailand, which the one-time Vietnam combat photographer calls a "close second" since Saigon wasn't available.
"Shooter," the pilot for a possible fall series on NBC, is a black comedy about newsmen and war. The combination produces scenes that some may find outrageous or obscene, Kennerly concedes, but they are drawn from his own experiences and those of other photographers who covered the war.
"People who were in Vietnam will see this movie and say, 'That's right,' " he insisted, cackling as he recalled some of the episodes.


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Country Singer's Radio Show Extends Reach of TCA's Highway Angel Program
Lindsay Lawler pumps up the industry's image by highlighting positive truck driver stories twice a week on Renegade Radio Nashville
Alexandria, Virginia:
It has been 15 years since the Truckload Carriers Association launched Highway Angels, a program that heightens public awareness of professional truck drivers' helpful, and often heroic, good deeds on the highways. Now, the organization is able to spread its positive trucking message throughout North America and beyond, thanks to a new Internet-based radio show hosted by country music singer and official Highway Angel spokesperson Lindsay Lawler.
"On the Road to Music City" can be heard twice a week on Renegade Radio Nashville, a unique Internet radio station that plays big name country stars as well as new, unsigned artists. The show attracts all types of listeners, but is especially tailored to truck drivers, who can call in to dedicate songs to their loved ones back home. In between the music — which includes both live, guest performances and pre-recorded tracks — Lawler promotes TCA; trucking events, people, and causes; and the trucking industry in general. During one segment, she describes the true life deeds of Highway Angels, who may have fixed a mechanical problem for an elderly person, helped locate a missing child, or even rescued an accident victim from a life-threatening situation.
"This show is going to do wonders for the image of drivers and trucking," said Chris Burruss, TCA's president. "It's greatly expanding the reach of the Highway Angel program, since listeners can be located anywhere in the world. And, in almost every segment, Lindsay demonstrates a respect and appreciation for our drivers that is sure to have an impact on her listeners — both here and abroad."
Leigh Foxall, director of freight matching for Internet Truckstop, the company that sponsors TCA's Highway Angel program, agrees. "It's obvious when you hear this show that it combines Lindsay's two biggest passions — music and trucking. People identify with music and they're going to be fascinated by the Angel stories, so this is an outstanding way for our program to gain a bigger foothold in the public consciousness."
How did Lawler, who has not yet signed with a major record label, score her own radio show? For one thing, she already had 10 years of experience working in radio prior to launching her full-time music career. Another stroke of luck was that one of the founders of Renegade Radio Nashville, "Captain Jack" Aponte, is a former truck driver who has great respect for the profession. He has known Lawler for years and considers her to be a talented artist who brings a fresh, new dynamic to the station.
"I share Lindsay's goal in wanting to reach out to drivers. With her, they have someone they can relate to… a friend to help pass all those lonely hours on the road," he said.
Tune in to "On the Road to Music City" live every Tuesday and Thursday from 5-8 p.m. (CT) at www.RenegadeRadioNashville.com. Free apps for mobile devices can be downloaded from the site, or listeners can search for "Renegade Radio Nashville" wherever they normally shop for apps. Once an app is installed, drivers can listen by plugging their mobile device in to speakers, an iPod, etc. Song requests or comments can be phoned in during the show to (615) 696-6095.
For more details about Lindsay Lawler and her music, visit www.LindsayLawler.com.


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This collection of 35 dark tales groups stories that have appeared in other collections or in magazines, so readers should check the list of contents in Prime Books' online catalog to make sure of what is really new to them before parting with their money. But that's almost the only qualification that needs to be made to an otherwise excellent guide to what's been going on on the literary dark side through 2012.
There are established names, like Neil Gaiman and John Shirley. There are rising stars of the smaller press and alternative/ fan circuit, like Laird Barron and Cory Skerry. And there are entirely un-Anglo-American voices like Priya Sharma and Karin Tidbeck. The variety is part of the richness of this collection which, helped perhaps by its wide-ranging genre tags, goes well outside the usual norms of horror fiction. Slasher aficionados be warned: this is not the volume for you.
As the "dark fantasy" tag in the title indicates , this collection is about more than pure horror. "Consider the words: dark fantasy and horror," Paula Guran says in her "Instructions for Use" for the collection. "Both are highly debatable and constantly changing literary terms … A dark fantasy or horror story might be only a bit unsettling or perhaps somewhat eerie. It might be revelatory or baffling. You might be "scared" or simply unsettled—or not." That may leave some readers disappointed by some of the stories, and inevitably in such a long and varied anthology, there are going to be one or two weaker entries (including perhaps, surprisingly, Gaiman's). But those really do amount to just a couple out of the 35, and some of the rest are good enough to be included in not just the best dark fantasy and horror of this year, but of any year so far this century.
Personal favorites include Theodora Goss's chilling – in several senses – "England under the White Witch" and Laird Barron's "Hand of Glory" – a dash of Lovecraft mixed with two fingers of rye in Hell's own speakeasy. Jeffrey Ford's "A Natural History of Autumn" and Rachel Swirsky's "The Sea of Trees" both give Western readers a Ring-side seat in a ghostly Japan observed with the Eye of a native. And this was my first encounter with Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, but "Bigfoot on Campus" showed me what I've been missing.
There is more. And much more. As Guran insists, horror is "about finding, even seeking, that which we do not know. When we encounter the unknowable we react with emotion. And the unknowable, the unthinkable need not be supernatural. We constantly confront it in real life." This is an excellent field to some of the many guises in which we can encounter it.
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If anyone in Switzerland should carry the title of 'Guitar Blues Pioneer' then it is, without a doubt, Chris Lange. It was during the 'rocking fifties' when Chris, then a young teenager, first began to take an interest in rhythm & blues music from 'Black America'. Intrigued by the sounds of Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner and other big names of blues and R&B, he taught himself the basic notes of blues-playing on the guitar and the piano. A big influence on his music were also the soulful harmonies of the then popular 'hard gospel'-quartet groups such as THE FIVE BLIND BOYS OF MISSISSIPPI; THE SOUL STIRRERS; THE SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES or THE SWAN SILVERTONES. Those gospel groups were the main-inspiration for the more 'pentatonic' southern soul/blues-style that Chris has been playing ever since. As luck would have it, in 1960, the famous blues-singer/piano-player Champion Jack Dupree decided to move to Zurich, Switzerland for several years - which marked the beginning of a long musical and personal friendship between Chris and the black bluesman from New Orleans. It is Chris, 19 at the time, who can be heard as backing guitarist under the name of 'Stuff Lange' on Dupree's 1961's recordings for the Folkways and Sonet/Storyville record labels. During the following years Chris was practically 'at home' in Zurich's legendary Jazzclub 'Africana', where he performed at countless blues-sessions with Dupree and other wellknown musicians. It was there that he earned his reputation as an excellent bluesguitar- and keyboard-player. As a result, he performed and toured with other American blues musicians such as Eddie Boyd, Curtis Jones, Junior Wells, Willie Mabon and Sonny Rhodes, not to forget all the many happy jam-sessions with legends such as the great late Howlin' Wolf; Sunnyland Slim and Memphis Slim, when they were in Switzerland on 'American Folk Blues'-tours. And last but not least, he also toured and worked with several R&B-groups such as 'Driving Wheel'; 'A Cat's Paw' (Teddy Osei's Group, who later changed their name to 'Osibisa'); 'Baracudas' and 'Why Not' during the sixties and seventies. Besides that, from the early sixties on Chris was also very active in producing his own soul/blues-guitar music, recorded in his small home-recording studio. A first selection of those recordings appeared 1969 on his self-produced instrumental-album 'BLUESY MOOD'. A further selection of Lange's music from the early to the mid sixties is now available at CD-Baby on the new album 'RUSTY STRINGS'. Chris and his soulful guitar music can also be heard on recent recordings on his 1998's comeback-album 'BACKDOOR TO YOUR SOUL'. On this CD, Chris plays all the guitar and piano parts as ever, as well as the electronic keyboards, which results in a more modern soul/blues/funk sound. On these recordings we can easily hear the influence of southern-soul and gospel music (which was always Lange's first love), especially on tunes like 'Spicy And Soulful', 'Go Slow', 'Next Week' or 'One Hour Too Late'. On two other selections (the title tune 'Back Door to Your Soul' and 'Some Blues In My Stewpot'), Chris gets musical support by Switzerlands top-blues harmonica-player Dinu Logoz, one of his old band buddies from his seventies r&b-group 'Driving Wheel'.
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Brits are being warned to batten down the hatches as gales of 100mph and temps of -2C are predicted - thanks to an Arctic blast hitting the UK this weekend.
It's going to feel much colder everywhere, with the mercury dropping to -2C in Scotland, and 9C to 12C in England.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of wind for the east coast of England, suggesting it will experience gales of up to 50mph to 60mph, while some reports predict they could hit 100mph in the Scottish Highlands.
They also warned of localised flooding due to wave surges over sea walls.
Strong winds have already whipped up huge waves, battering the coast at Seaburn near Sunderland (pictured above and below), as Britain experiences a "short, sharp shock" of colder temperatures after the Indian summer.
The Met Office warning reads: "An area of low pressure will pass close to northern Scotland, moving southeast into the North Sea on Thursday. This will cause gale force winds to spread along eastern coasts, along with some large waves and surge.
"Whilst gusts of 50mph to 60 mph are unlikely to cause disruption due to wind damage, the associated large waves and surge may well cause some minor flooding impacts in parts of coastal Eastern England.
Leon Brown, meteorologist at The Weather Channel, said that temperatures would fall from Thursday thanks to an "Arctic plunge". He told Aol Travel: "Thursday will feel much colder than of late everywhere. The east will experience fresh to strong northerly winds, with gales over the North Sea and gusts to 50mph possible.
"There will be scattered showers in the east, but western Britain looks like it will be a lot better with plenty of sunshine. Temperatures 10 to 12C over England and Wales, but nearer 7C to 9C in central and northern Scotland."
He added that the forecast was "bleak" for Friday and Saturday, saying: "Temperatures will reach around 10C in the rain in England. In contrast, under higher pressure to the north there will be the first widespread frosts of the autumn in Scotland. Temperatures down to -2C in places on both Friday and Saturday morning in central and western Scotland."
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The newest trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness hit the web today, and unlike previous trailers, where all I could remember was Alice Eve in her bra and that Nordic ice queen bob (*bites knuckle until it bleeds*), this one seems to cover just a few main points:
- Explosions
- Lights shining into the camera
- Benedict Cumberbatch's bangs (you wouldn't like him when his bangs are messy)
- Benedict Cumberbatch's voice (grooowwwlw growwl growwly growwwl)
- Listen to your friend, Bruce Greenwood, Kirk. He's Canadian.
Yes, it's probably a lot more explosiony and less about logic and human nature and clashes of culture than you remember from Star Trek, and pretty sure William Shatner never flew around space in a jetpack. But what this movie presupposes is… maybe he should have? I'll allow it.
In the wake of a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of The Enterprise is called back home to Earth. In defiance of regulations and with a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads his crew on a manhunt to capture an unstoppable force of destruction and bring those responsible to justice.
As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
Why is it always chess, and never Boggle, or Cranium? What I wouldn't give to see, just once, an epic, life-and-death game of Hungry Hungry Hippos, or Operation. "One of these days you're going to touch the sides, Kirk, and when you do, I'll be there to buzz you."
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Midland Need to Read director retires after 24 years
Published 3:08 pm, Thursday, December 8, 2011
As she prepares to leave Midland Need to Read after 24 years, Executive Director Patti Groce said it's her clients whom she admires the most.
"The students are really courageous to be able to ask for help," Groce said, speaking from the conference room of her Wall Street facility.
Some struggled with learning disabilities while growing up and graduated from high school without ever grasping literacy the way they would've liked; some have moved from another country and are seeking to learn English; some want to learn to better their earning potential. Whatever their reason, Groce said seeing students pursue their goals and later succeed is part of what fuels her passion to help.
She will retire from the nonprofit on Dec. 31. Patci Lewis was appointed this week as the new executive director.
"I like writing grants, I like meeting new people, then the success stories," Groce said. "It's a feel-good job. There's no doubt about it."
After graduating from Texas Tech University, Groce took a teaching job as a high school English instructor. Soon after she started, Groce said she realized some of her students had made it to the upper grade levels without truly learning how to read.
So, she went back to school to earn a master's degree in reading and accepted a job at a private school in Midland. A person she had known in her master's program was at Midland Need to Read at the time. When that person prepared to leave, she called Groce to see if she had an interest in the position.
Groce said she fell in love with the job right away. And though she never thought about whether she would stay for nearly a quarter century, she also never had the urge to do anything else.
"I really didn't even think about it," Groce said. "I'm more of a day-to-day person."
Those who have been a part of the nonprofit during Groce's tenure said they're grateful she committed her leadership for so many years.
"She's just been tremendous," said Pat Stanley, volunteer and board member. "She's just done the most marvelous job."
John Deats, a board member who also was on the committee that hired Groce, agreed. He said nonprofits such as Need to Read work best when the director partners with other nonprofits to provide services and rely on the support of volunteers and the community, like Groce was able to do.
"Patti has done a really a wonderful job. Among other things she's been so good at are networking with other nonprofits and foundations," he said. "That and other gifts have really helped the organization move forward from a mustard seed into a tree."
When Groce started with Midland Need to Read in 1987, it served about 40 adult learners annually. Last year, it served about 620 adults, she said.
Groce said Need to Read has been able to grow because of the accessibility to clients offered by the facility they moved into through a capital campaign about 10 years ago. It also partnered with businesses to offer classes on-site, train tutors who teach courses at Casa de Amigos and have a staff person who works at a Midland College facility. In addition to staff members, the agency has a roster of 140 volunteers.
In addition to literacy training, Groce said the demand for English Language Development has grown in recent years from residents who have moved to Midland from several countries, including China and Mexico. Some clients come in for basic assistance and stay a few weeks or months; others come in for literacy help and stay for years as they pursue a GED and higher education.
Groce said adults who receive assistance are able to pass on those study habits to their children.
"After we help someone, it really makes a difference in their lives," Groce said.
She smiled as she thought about what she will do come January. She might work on some projects she hasn't had time for at home or start a blog.
But, she said she likely also will end up volunteering. The passion to teach others -- whether innate or developed at an early age -- isn't one she anticipates losing when she turns over her title.
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