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Tredwell expects Test omission
James Tredwell is bracing himself for disappointment when England name their Test squad for New Zealand on Thursday.
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With Graeme Swann rested and Monty Panesar not considered for limited-overs cricket, Tredwell has performed superbly in the one-day series against India this month.
In the first three ODIs the 30-year-old has taken seven wickets at 17.28 and is also his side's cheapest bowler with an economy rate of 4.48 an over Coming in a series where Indian batsmen, notoriously good players of spin, have prospered, that amounts to an admirable effort.
But the success enjoyed by Swann and Panesar in the victorious Test tour before Christmas mean it is unlikely to be enough to sway the selectors.
Tredwell was belatedly added to the squad for the third and fourth matches of that series but England are likely to revert to Swann as a solo spinner in New Zealand, with Panesar as back-up.
It is a bitter pill for Tredwell given his recent displays, but he accepts the challenge he faces.
"Swanny is a fine performer and Monty did really well in the Test tour. I guess they are the guys in possession in the Test arena," he conceded on the eve of the fourth ODI in Mohali.
"Those two guys did fantastically well before Christmas and it's tough to leave them out.
"If I keep knocking on the door, that's all I can do. I'm pretty close, I would hope.
"To play these few one-dayers has given me great confidence, having done so well, and that gives me great belief I can do it at all levels - whether that's Twenty20 or Tests.
"I've been around the set-up a few years now, in and out, and I feel very much part of it. Hopefully I've shown what I can do in the last couple of games."
Tredwell, it seems, is resigned to missing out on the New Zealand Tests but he believes chances will come his way eventually.
He has a single Test cap to his name, claiming six wickets in Bangladesh in 2010, and believes England's commitment to rotation could be in his favour.
The ECB are keen not to run their players into the ground in the increasingly relentless international schedules and Tredwell is happy to be a beneficiary of that.
"Who knows, there may be other opportunities around the corner, in all forms of the game," said Tredwell.
"For players who play all formats now, the schedule is very hectic. Not only physically but mentally.
"If people new a break of need to spend time with their families or have injury concerns, (rotation) is a sensible thing to do."
More immediately, England look certain to make at least one important change for Wednesday's match.
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Back-to-back losses have focused attention on wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter, who appears to be struggling with the bat, leaving Somerset team-mate Jos Buttler on hand to make his first ODI appearance with the gloves.
Kieswetter has been first-choice behind the stumps since the end of the 2011 World Cup but a duck last time out in Ranchi seems to have been the final straw.
Kieswetter has batted 12 times since the start of 2012, making no half-centuries and averaging 30.62, while he has yet to fully convince since being moved into the middle-order from opener.
Buttler was involved in thorough wicketkeeping drills on Tuesday, taking catches alongside slips Tredwell and Alastair Cook at the back end of the session.
The 22-year-old played as a specialist batsman in his only previous one-day appearance but was selected behind the stumps for the two Twenty20 matches against India before Christmas.
Tredwell admits changing wicketkeeper mid-series is not the ideal scenario but is confident in Buttler's ability, should he get the nod.
"I guess as a bowler you do like to have a relationship (with the keeper), that's great, but unfortunately in the cut and thrust of sport you don't often get to do it like that," said Tredwell.
"Teams do chop and change. We'll see what happens.
"Jos is a talented boy. I've not seen a lot of him keeping but I've seen him with the bat. I imagine if he's got anywhere near the talent with the gloves that he does with the bat he'll be fine."
Jade Dernbach is also sweating over his place and could be replaced by Stuart Meaker, who offers extra pace on a potentially helpful surface.
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Apparently, just under 38% of respondents said that they would be content with the most basic phone, just so long as it kept on working. As some people pointed out in the comments, it does not really matter what their phone can potentially do if it is "run out of juice". The majority of people are prepared to make some compromises for better specifications and features, though. Data-connectivity was the key 'must-have', with 25% of the vote. Access to email and the Web at all times, whether through the browser or through apps, is fast-becoming the norm. The days of talking about 'going online' will soon be over, because we'll never be offline.
Around 17% of you would sacrifice battery life for multimedia features. There are not many phones nowadays that don't do dual-service as a music player, and increasingly, people are using their phones to watch video on the move. Being able to create media, in the form of photos and videos, is another popular requirement.
13% of you would be content with a lower battery rating so long as your device had a large screen – mobile web, gaming and email all require a bigger screen. The least popular answer was size. Not that many people are concerned about carrying around larger devices – an interesting result since it is not long since the most fashionable phones were the smallest ones available. Now it seems that the tide has turned to "big and beautiful".
Let us help to understand your priorities when choosing mobile phones in the poll on front-page!
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Debates of Oct. 4th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #26 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was illness.
- Question Period
- Environment and Sustainable Development
- Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
- Committees of the House
- National Strategy for Serious Injury Reduction in Amateur Sport Act
- Official Languages Act
- Canada Post Corporation Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Business of Supply
- North Shore Culinary School
- Employment
- International Trade
- Prince Edward Island Elections
- World Sight Day
- Mental Health
- Lacrosse
- Forest Industry
- Star Académie Competition
- Sikh Community
- Mark DeMontis
- Conference on Women's Economic Empowerment
- Mental Health
- Citizenship and Immigration
- National Quebec Women's Centres Day
- The Economy
- Champlain Bridge
- The Economy
- Suicide Prevention
- Afghanistan
- Official Languages
- National Defence
- Aboriginal Affairs
- The Environment
- The Economy
- Ethics
- G8 Summit
- National Defence
- Veterans Affairs
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Foreign Affairs
- Suicide Prevention
- Official Languages
- International Co-operation
- Taxation
- The Environment
- Presence in Gallery
- Business of Supply
Sikh Community
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Nina Grewal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
Mr. Speaker, a British Columbian is making history yet again. Last month, Lieutenant Colonel Harjit Singh Sajjan became the first Sikh in Canada to take command of a regiment, the British Columbia Regiment.
Canada's Sikh community has a proud history of brave military service. Canadian Sikh soldiers have fought in every major Canadian war since World War I, where a Sikh Canadian soldier was wounded at Vimy Ridge.
Lieutenant Colonel Sajjan, a former police officer, is the best and most recent example of how our Sikh community is contributing to our great country.
I am very proud to stand today on behalf of my party and my constituents and congratulate Lieutenant Colonel Harjit Singh Sajjan, a true hero, and thank him for all he has done. He has made us all very proud.
Mark DeMontis
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Manon Perreault Montcalm, QC
Mr. Speaker, today is World Sight Day and I would like to highlight the contribution of a very courageous and determined individual. Mark DeMontis is a young man who lost his sight at the age of 17 as a result of a rare illness, Leber optic neuropathy. Nevertheless, he does not hesitate to devote his time to Courage Canada. Since 2009, Mark has been in-line skating from Halifax to Toronto to raise money to start blind hockey clubs, such as the Montreal Hiboux.
Through his campaign, he hopes to raise the public's awareness of Courage Canada's objectives, which include giving visually impaired people the opportunity to participate in our national sport. Today is the 52nd day of his annual journey. I invite the members of the House to meet Mark and congratulate him this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. on the steps of Parliament. I would like to warmly congratulate Mark DeMontis on his involvement and on his remarkable accomplishments.
Conference on Women's Economic Empowerment
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Lois Brown Newmarket—Aurora, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise to inform the House of a very important event taking place in Ottawa this week. Thanks to the initiative of the Minister of International Cooperation, CIDA and UN Women are co-hosting a conference on women's economic empowerment.
This conference will bring together entrepreneurs, politicians, researchers and industry and business leaders to find concrete ways to support business opportunities and to improve the security of women around the world.
Our government understands that both long-term, sustainable economic growth and social progress require the full participation of women.
The participants here in Ottawa represent a diverse group of women and men. Their deliberations will identify concrete ways for women to participate in the economy and strengthen their economic security and rights.
I would like to welcome all the conference participants and wish them the utmost success in their discussions on this incredibly important issue to women around the globe.
Mental Health
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Hedy Fry Vancouver Centre, BC
Mr. Speaker, this is Mental Illness Awareness Week. Nearly six million Canadians will likely suffer mental illness in their lifetimes. Mental illness is not limited to age, socio-economic status or gender, but we know that some groups are disproportionately affected in our society. The causes of mental illness are biological, social, psychological and spiritual.
The stigma of mental illness forces patients and their families into the shadows, ashamed to speak out or seek treatment, yet the associated high risk of suicide and substance abuse demands early intervention.
Unfortunately, in Canada far fewer resources are dedicated to research, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness than to physical disease.
It is time to bring mental illness into the same prominence as physical disease in the health care continuum as core necessary services under the Canada Health Act.
Citizenship and Immigration
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Kerry-Lynne Findlay Delta—Richmond East, BC
Mr. Speaker, Canadians gave our Conservative government a strong mandate to take fair, reasonable and tough action to prevent the abuse of Canada's immigration system by human smugglers. Canada has a long tradition of opening its doors to those who work hard and play by the rules. However, we must crack down on those who seek to take advantage of our generosity. That is exactly what the Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act does.
Yesterday the NDP member for Honoré-Mercier stated that in bringing forward this bill, Canada was acting as a torturer. I am appalled at such language from Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Our country has a strong and proud record of supporting human rights at home and abroad.
I call on NDP members to stop using such inappropriate language for political gain among their radical socialist base and to finally stop putting the rights of criminals ahead of the rights of law-abiding Canadians.
National Quebec Women's Centres Day
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Sana Hassainia Verchères—Les Patriotes, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to highlight National Quebec Women's Centres Day. On the first Tuesday of October since 2003, we have collectively celebrated the contributions these organizations have made in our communities. These centres truly are unparalleled community resources. They provide assistance to women in need and often serve as a refuge for women in distress. The workers in these organizations also contribute to Quebec's economic development by offering training to help women rejoin the workforce.
Although they face many challenges, this year, these pioneers are celebrating National Quebec Women's Centres Day with the theme of "Feminist for the fun of it". They remind us that the fight for equality is above all a fight of love, optimism and hope. I am very pleased to salute their courage and determination.
On behalf of all Quebec women, I thank you for helping to create a just society, and I would like to take this opportunity to call on the government to show solidarity by restoring funding to these centres.
The Economy
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
James Bezan Selkirk—Interlake, MB
Mr. Speaker, yesterday we voted on a ways and means motion for the budget implementation bill, yet the members of the official opposition opposed it.
Our government's top priority remains completing the economic recovery. Canadians gave our Conservative government a strong mandate to stay focused on the economy and pass measures aimed at strengthening both our economic recovery and our country. We are following through on these commitments with our parliamentary agenda.
The next phase of Canada's economic action plan will preserve this country's advantage in the global economy. Key tax relief in the plan includes the family caregiver tax credit, the children's arts tax credit, the volunteer firefighter tax credit and tax relief for the manufacturing sector.
Our government is staying the course with our low-tax plan to create jobs and growth.
The last thing the Canadian economy needs is a massive NDP tax hike that would kill jobs, stall our recovery, and set Canadian families back.
Champlain Bridge
Oral Questions
October 4th, 2011 / 2:15 p.m.
Nycole Turmel Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, the Champlain Bridge is a vital economic artery for Montreal and all of eastern Canada. It is falling apart. This has been dragging on far too long.
Can the Prime Minister confirm that the government will finally respond to the demands of the public and the NDP and announce tomorrow that a new bridge will be built?
Champlain Bridge
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, our government has taken the initiative of investing money to ensure the bridge's safety on several occasions. It is indeed an essential asset for that region. However, I am disappointed that every time we invested money, the NDP voted against those investments in the greater Montreal area.
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Nycole Turmel Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Conservatives endorsed the NDP's economic policy. Now that the House has spoken with one voice, will the Prime Minister finally do something about job creation, strengthening pensions, improving aging infrastructure and maintaining the public sector contribution to the economy?
Will he apply the House's prescription in order to prevent another Conservative recession?
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, last night we did vote for a resolution that was extremely vague and general in nature, and I guess I congratulate the NDP for that.
What I do not congratulate it for, though, is the fact that immediately afterward we tabled literally hundreds of pages of specific economic actions, and the NDP chose to vote against those.
It is time for the NDP to get beyond vague bromides and start to actually vote for things that are doing good work for the Canadian economy.
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Nycole Turmel Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance ignored reality again this morning and predicted that Canada would not go into a recession. He said the same thing in 2008 and we all know how that turned out. Some two million Canadians are unemployed and cannot find jobs. Yesterday, this House voted unanimously for the government to take action.
Where is their job creation plan?
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that there are analysts and experts who feel that a recession is unlikely for the Canadian economy, but of course the global situation is very fragile at the moment. That is why our government has its economic action plan. Yesterday in this House, we tabled hundreds of pages of specific measures to stimulate growth and create jobs. I encourage the NDP to stop voting against measures that are good for Canadians and our economy.
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Peggy Nash Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Speaker, workers' wages are not even keeping up with inflation. This government's response is to give billions of dollars worth of gifts to profitable companies.
In theory, eventually all this money will find its way back into workers' pockets. But that is obviously not the case. The result? Record levels of personal debt.
What solutions does this government have to create good jobs and tackle the debt crisis?
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Ted Menzies Minister of State (Finance)
Mr. Speaker, we put forward a plan in June and, if I recall, the NDP actually voted against every measure in it.
We are going to allow New Democrats to redeem themselves, because we have now tabled budget implementation act number two, which puts in place an extension of our Jobs and Economic Growth Act. In this is the temporary hiring credit for small business.
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The price of plastic reflects the fact that the sellers privatize profits and socialize the costs.go away. It just gets smaller. Animals eat it, and even at the scale of molecules, it's still plastic. Plastic polymers have been found circulating in the blood of mussels. Some plastics are non-toxic; some have toxic additives like lead and metals. We found both of those additives in some (though not all) of the samples we tested.
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Since 1979, the State of Illinois has been conducting quietly and without fanfare an extraordinarily novel and ambitious experiment in professional career development: the Chicago Area Health and Medical Careers Program (CAHMCP). CAHMCP is cooperative project offered by the seven Chicago area medical schools and the state's three dental schools; Chicago State University, the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and several health-focused community groups who have adopted the unified mission of increasing the number of qualified minority applicants and matriculants to medical and other health professional schools. (The term "minority" or "underrepresented minority" (URM) refers to persons of the following groups who are underrepresented in the major health care professions: African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and Puerto Rican Americans.)
CAHMCP (pronounced "Champ") is what educators term a longitudinal intervention or "pipeline" program; that is, it identifies and recruits its participants at a very early point in their academic development and provides successive years of very structured academics, counseling, motivational and financial support until its charges reach their long-range career goalGraduation with the doctorate in one of the MODVOPPPP professions (medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary science, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, and public health). Presently, there are more than 800 active participants in the CAHMCP pipeline that extends from seventh-grade through the final year of health professional school. Kids come to CAHMCP as relative "babies" and leave formal participation as neo-middle-agers. Actually, some of CAHMCP's most stalwart and contributive members are the scores of medical residents and practicing MODVOPPPP professional who mentor their younger CAHMCP brothers and sisters.


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I thought we needed an antique tea and tea ware topic, so here it is.
I will start the ball rolling with a Song Dynasty (960-1279) cup. It has what is known as a turtle shell glaze. In the Song Dynasty powdered tea was the fashion. A brick of tea would be roasted over an open flame and then ground into a powder, which was whisked into a froth. Tea preparing competitions were popular at this time and the amount of froth and how long it took to dissipate were primarily what was judged.


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Allison "Al" Lee Applebee
Allison "Al" Lee Applebee, 73, of Clymer, N.Y., passed away Sept. 26, 2013, at Warren General Hospital, Warren, Pa.
He was born March 22, 1940, the son of the late, John and Marie Munsee Applebee.
Al was a member of the Cutting Community Church, the Southern Tier Coon Hunter's and the Broken Straw Coon Hunters. Al loved coon and coyote hunting. He loved to spend time at Country Fair in Corry, visiting friends and had a special friend, Jim whom he always took to Wal-Mart for his grocery shopping. He also loved to spend time at the Union City Auction Barn and the Sherman Auction Barn every Tuesday and Thursday, to have lunch and visit. Al loved his horse, Molly. He just sold her two weeks ago, and it broke his heart. He loved to help organize Sad-dle Up for St. Jude, for the last few years at the Sherman sale barn.
He is survived by his wife, Verla Kimmy Applebee, whom he married June 11, 1960; his children: Dale (Cindy) Applebee, Debbra Legters and L.D. Ablright, Bud (Traci) Applebee; grandchildren: Bill (Denise) Applebee, Christopher (Jeness) Legters, Jef-frey (Lissa) Legters, Brittany Legters (Josue Munoz), Jessica (Benny) Garcia; step grandchildren: Halie (Logan) Riggs, Alaska, and Billie Wood, Ok-lohoma; great-grandchil-dren: Rachel and Wyatt Applebee, Mason Munoz, California, Isabell Garcia and Tenlee Legters; brothers: Richard (Dot) Apple-bee and Rod Williams; sisters: Lucille (Ed) Kahl, Jerry (Allan) Fox and Darlene Applebee MacCrayl; brothers-in-law: Dennis Kimmy, James (Tammy) Kimmy and Thomas Kim-my; sisters-in-law: Audrey Pregler, June Williams, Ruth Williams and Carol Kimmy; and many nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers: Russell Applebee, Bill and Merle Williams; niece, Carolyn Williams; nephews: Jeffry and John Engstrom and Edward and Billie Kimmy; brothers-in-law: Lawrence, Gary, Phillip Kimmy and Russell MacCray; and father-in-law, Veo (Alice Boam) Kimmy.
The funeral service will be held Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at 11 a.m., at the Cut-ting Community Church, with Pastor Rick Maas, officiating. Burial will be in Holland Cemetery.
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A young Canandaigua boy demonstrated his miraculous recovery from a traumatic head injury by running in the Better Life 5K on April 17.
Bradley Owens, age eight, was visiting family in Duchess County in June 2009 when a television fell on top of him. Initially, Bradley was unresponsive and unable to communicate or move. However, during his stay in the hospital, Bradley impressed his parents with his determination and perseverance. When he had trouble using the right side of his body, he taught himself to write left-handed instead of asking for help.
"I thought that was pretty amazing," says Bradley's father, Tim Owens. "He never quits. He always works really hard."
After weeks of rehabilitation and an extraordinary recovery, Bradley returned home in September 2009. Less than two years after his accident, he decided to run the Better Life 5K along with his older brother, Ethan, his mother, Kristina, and his father. He was the youngest runner in the event and completed the run in 42 minutes and 26 seconds.
"He enjoyed himself, had a lot of fun and was proud that he accomplished his 5K," says Tim. "It was something that he wanted to do and he did it on his own. He's a tough little eight-year-old. We're impressed by his devotion and perseverance."


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12.11.2012 • College & Community • Foundation • Special Events
SANFORD - Children were wide-eyed in anticipation as Santa Claus visited Central Carolina Community College's Lee County Campus Thursday evening.
College and community members and lots of children gathered for the college's first Christmas Tree Lighting and Santa Visit as dusk fell, watching for him. Finally, music by members of the Southern Lee High School Marching Band, under director Matt Miller, heralded his arrival and the band escorted Santa onto the plaza at the campus.
With Santa on hand, the festivities got underway. The crowd counted down and the 18-foot Christmas tree, decorated with white lights and a blue bow, burst into light, greeted by happy exclamations from the children. Then they gathered around Julian Philpott, chair of the college's board of trustees, as he read "T'was the Night Before Christmas."
The highlight of the event for the youngsters was meeting Santa and having their pictures taken with him. They eagerly lined up to do so, with parents encouraging them to meet this special visitor from the North Pole.
Charlee Cougar, the college's mascot, was on hand to add a lot of jollity to the occasion with his antics. Many children and families also had their pictures taken with him.
"I'm having a good time," said young Alex Ascencion, of Sanford, who wasn't too sure he wanted his picture taken with Charlee, but then was glad he did. "This is fun. Charlee looks scary, but he's nice."
The crowd filled the college's plaza as the evening progressed, enjoying hot chocolate prepared by CCCC Chef Gregg Hamm's Cafe 21 and cookies made by student inmates in the college's program at the Harnett Correctional Institution. After their visit with Santa, each child received a wooden ornament created by HCI carpentry students to take home for their own tree.
"I brought my kids to see Santa," said Lanee Benitez, of Sanford. "This is their first time this year. I think the college's event was a great idea; I'm glad they did it."
The event was planned and coordinated by the CCCC Foundation and a number of college volunteers. The Student Government Association provided the tree.
"We are very pleased with the turnout," said CCCC President Bud Marchant. "It's a wonderful event and I think we've got a new tradition."
After the tree lighting/Santa visit, everyone was invited to the campus' Classroom and Fitness Center gymnasium where the Cougars took on William Peace University. It was a enthusiastic school spirit ending to a great evening, with the Cougars winning, 65-57, the team's first win over a four-year institution's varsity team.
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- March 30, 2010 at 11:36 AM
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Residents Forgotten In County Home Vote
Some Jamestown residents are probably feeling the sting after the collective slap in the face they received Wednesday night.
After months of ill-advised and often misguided rhetoric to keep the Chautauqua County Home in the public sector, legislators Lori Cornell, Robert Whitney and Tim Hoyer got their way. It is painfully clear all three Democratic legislators simply turned a deaf ear to the majority of their constituents who, time and again, told them to sell a county-owned nursing home bleeding thousands of dollars a day.
We have to wonder if they would be making the same irresponsible decisions if it were their own money. Being a legislator isn't a board game where the player passes "Go" and gets more money.
Cornell should have recused herself from the vote after making it known that her grandmother was once a resident at the County Home. At a time residents in Jamestown needed a clear-minded legislator, they got a self-serving lawmaker who allowed emotions to take over.
Then there's Hoyer and Whitney, both of whom made it clear from the onset they would never vote to sell the County Home. As the process moved forward, so did their reasoning for keeping the Dunkirk nursing facility.
"I'm voting 'no' because the contract came up fast. I'm voting 'no.' I don't like the buyer," Whitney said Wednesday.
Cornell and Whitney's concerns over the Rothner family's other nursing homes have been well publicized. Surely enough protections had been written into the contract to protect the home's residents while still selling the property, protecting county taxpayers in the process. Voters and taxpayers expect legislators to navigate such tricky issues, not to simply punt the issue down the road at considerable cost to taxpayers.
Jamestown residents in legislative districts 12, 14 and 15 might as well have lived in Pennsylvania. They simply did not play a factor in their legislators' decision.
Not all legislators in Jamestown, though, ignored their constituents. Chuck Nazzaro, Paula DeJoy and Vickye James – Democrats all – did the right thing. They listened to the people in their district. John Runkle, R-Cassadaga, also should be commended. After taking the lead to find potential savings for the cash-hemorrhaging County Home, Runkle must have seen the writing on the wall. This legislature needs more critical-thinking lawmakers like Runkle and Vince Horrigan, R-Bemus Point.
So now the county must go back and start the process all over again to find a buyer, but there's no reason to believe a white knight will appear this time around. The county already tried marketing the home, with William "Avi" Rothner the best choice of the bids received. And if some buyer does come out of the woodwork with an offer, what excuse will Cornell, Whitney and Hoyer have to keep the home this time?
They have run out of ways to say they just don't care about their constituents.
All three legislators ignored their responsibilities to the people in their district. All three should find a new hobby by the next election cycle. Anyone wanting to run against Cornell, Whitney or Hoyer simply need to bring up the day these three decided the people who put them into office didn't matter.
Jamestown certainly deserves better representation.


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standard or sprint distance - nice way to end the season.
rude not to really as it's as local as I could want....... And it's on my birthday
fancy a DQ? we might be reffing....
Oh cool - see you there.
As in cool to see you, not cool to be DQ'ed!
Not done a road duathlon before so feeling a bit of a novice, but as I am local this will be on my local routes.
still spaces left if anyone is interested...
won't be there now - other commitments that w/e. have fun
will do thanks... was looking forward to seeing you both. Take care out there.....
Look forward to seeing you. Not many places left now for the Duathlons but the run in the afternoon we still have spaces
I'm in. I had planned all my summer training all towards this event, but had a serious attack of CNBA in september so now just looking to get round.
Maybe I'll be competetive next year
It's the wrong end of the season to be too competitive!
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Happy birthday PSC!
Thanks for organising Liz. Next year, prehaps we could cancel the swim? And maybe the water station should include St Bernards serving Brandy!
thanks Keir.... good to meet up! What a brilliant way to spend an autumn morning.
Liz - well done to you and your team - a really well put together event. The kids were brilliant too on the drinks stations. A huge thank you to everyone involved. See you next year.
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