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On the first sunny day in Houston after about 50 inches of rain, residents in the east Houston community of Manchester emerged from their homes and gave thanks that their neighborhood had been spared in the floods. "Mama, yeah, I just feel blessed," said 73-year-old Maria Julia Rodriguez, standing in her driveway in late August and marveling at her luck. "God was looking out for us, I guess."
And yet, something was wrong. The air was heavy with the smell of gasoline and other harder-to-place odors. The neighborhood is ringed by industrial sites, the biggest of which is the Valero oil refinery, separated by fences from backyards and playgrounds. A lot of people in the neighborhood have lived there for decades, and say they're used to strange smells. Asked about a sickly sweet odor, Rodriguez said "that's how it always is here."
But at least one person was alarmed by what they smelled. They called Houston's 311 hotline to report it, the city health department was alerted and about 24 hours later an air monitor measured a concentration of benzene so high that the CDC recommends workers exposed to that level of the chemical wear breathing protection. Benzene exposure can cause headaches and nausea. Long-term exposure increases the risk of cancer.
The benzene plume in Manchester was one of dozens of unplanned air emissions caused by Harvey's flooding, some during the storm, others occurring for weeks after the rain stopped.
Much of the public health focus in Houston has been on the hazards posed by flood waters, but the city is also facing a crisis in air quality. Even under normal circumstances, "air quality is a big problem in Houston," says Loren Raun, the chief scientist for the Houston Health Department. "We put out more emissions than any other city." At least 7 million pounds of pollutants have been emitted in and around Houston as a result of the storm so far, according to an analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund.
A long industrial recovery
And there is more to come. Much of the pollution is the result of refineries shutting down and restarting, which releases petrochemicals into the air. The Environmental Defense Fund warns that about half the refineries in the region still are not operating at full capacity, and as they restart facilities, they'll release more pollution.
Meanwhile, companies are still repairing acute damage from the storm, which caused additional emissions. A Dow Chemical site reported the facility that supplies its steam was hit by lightning during the storm. A chemical storage facility owned by Kinder Morgan reported a 10-day accidental release of 350 pounds of benzene, ethylbenzene, hexane, toluene and xylene, and another 9571 pounds of other volatile organic compounds.
According to the city health department, the benzene in Manchester was caused by a leaking tank at the Valero refinery. Benzene is stored in tanks with so-called floating roofs that sit on top of the liquid chemical and move up and down according to the level of the liquid. They're considered safer, in many ways, than tanks with fixed roofs, because there is no air gap for volatile gasses.
But the floating roofs are susceptible to flooding, because rain water can collect on top. When that happened to a Valero tank during Harvey, about 6.7 pounds of benzene leaked out and rapidly evaporated, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The chain link fences between the tanks and people's homes did little to stop the plume from spreading.
The company has not responded to NPR's inquiries about the status of cleanup or repair operations at the facility.
As of Tuesday, Raun said the concentration of benzene in the air in Manchester had dropped to the point where she was no longer concerned about the immediate health risks. But, she cautioned, the overall air quality problem in the city "is ongoing," with high levels of ozone as well, which can exacerbate respiratory symptoms.
"Those who are working outside, in the process of rebuilding, should be especially vigilant," says Elena Craft, a senior health scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund, an advocacy group. She says those who are most at risk, such as elderly people or people who already have respiratory diseases, need to be careful breathing outside air.
'Why report it now?'
One of the challenges for Houston officials right now is keeping up with air quality measurements. "We have the largest number of air quality monitors of any city," Raun notes, but many of them didn't operate during the storm, and were inaccessible for a week or more because of flooding. "After the storm, there was nothing, no information. The lab was ok," where they test samples, "but no one could move."
The city's air monitors are all up and running again now, she says, and they're also using a mobile air monitoring unit – a trailer they can park in different neighborhoods to test for volatile organic chemicals, as well as ozone and particulate pollution. The EPA is also using a mobile air monitoring bus in southeast Houston, according to regional EPA spokesperson David Gray. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has not deployed its mobile air monitoring unit to the region.
A TCEQ statement said both agencies had shut down some air monitoring stations to protect them from the storm, and that 96 percent of those in Houston were back online as of Monday, with 100 percent expected by the end of the week. "Of the available air monitoring data collected from Aug. 24 through Sept. 10, all measured concentrations were well below levels of health concern," Gray told Shots in an email. That period includes the time during which high benzene levels were measured in Manchester by independent air monitors.
"We've seen lots of statements [saying things like] 'The air is perfectly fine; we haven't seen anything out of the ordinary with the monitoring units,' " says Craft. "I think that in some cases, they make assessments as to air quality prematurely." Craft's organization has partnered with a company in California that is testing the Houston air for volatile organic compounds including benzene, ethylbenzene toluene and xylene.
Raun says her local health department can use all the help it can get with monitoring the air. "It's a huge area, and we're monitoring as much as we can, but we also rely on people reporting," she says. The agency has been running a public information campaign to encourage people to report strange smells, headaches, burning eyes or other symptoms that could be related to chemical exposure. "In neighborhoods where we're getting less reporting, it could be that there's less [pollution]," she says. "But it could also be that it smells like that every day, so why report it now?"
Juan Parras, the executive director of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, or TEJAS, has been doing community organizing in low-income East Houston neighborhoods for more than 15 years. He says monitoring the air and being transparent about what pollutants are present is too little too late for people who are breathing polluted air.
"We have had information about what they've been breathing in for years," Parras says, citing multiple studies showing carcinogens in the air, and elevated rates of cancer and respiratory illness in neighborhoods nestled among chemical plants and refineries.
"These are low-income communities, people of color — no one wants to pay for relocation," he says. Parras doesn't see that changing after Harvey, although he hopes it will. "We've been talking about this problem for 15 years. What makes me believe they'll do something this time?"
"People need to understand, the area is not confined," Parras adds. "The pollution even moves into wealthy communities. They think they're not exposed, but they are."
All right, let's circle back to the U.S. and the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. As if the record rainfall and flooding were not enough, many Houston-area residents are now coping with increased air pollution. Houston's petroleum refineries and chemical plants have reported more than 50 separate releases of pollutants in the aftermath of Harvey. People who live around Houston are concerned about the possible impact on their health. From Houston, NPR's David Schaper reports.
DAVID SCHAPER, BYLINE: To be completely honest, Galena Park often smells a bit funky. The community sits on the north side of Houston's shipping channel, right in the shadows of massive oil refineries and chemical plants.
JUAN FLORES: Because of the wind direction primarily in Houston here, blowing from the south, we get a lot of the smells and chemicals that come over in our direction.
SCHAPER: Juan Flores has lived here for 36 years.
FLORES: You smell the real - I mean, I'm trying to describe it here - rotten-egg smell sometimes if you're close enough to - in certain areas. Sometimes you just smell a chemical smell.
SCHAPER: Flores, who works for the group Air Alliance Houston, says that odor is just a fact of life here.
FLORES: It takes a lot for me to smell it now. But, like, the other day after Harvey, we could smell it - big time.
SCHAPER: Flores is walking down his street. He gets a few houses away from his own, and then he turns down a neighbor's driveway.
FLORES: Hey, Jesse, you there?
JESSE PEREZ: Hey, I'm back here.
FLORES: We're coming your way.
SCHAPER: Forty-one-year-old Jesse Perez agrees the air quality has been worse lately.
PEREZ: Right after the storm, it smell like petroleum, like a heavy - a strong smell.
SCHAPER: Perez says his wife complained about irritation in her eyes and her throat, as the fumes and the odor weren't just outside.
PEREZ: We entered this door right here, and inside, you can smell it. It was horrible, and, like, it was strong.
SCHAPER: Others in the neighborhood complain about headaches and burning eyes. And residents suspect the nearby Magellan facility, which just acknowledged Tuesday that more than 460,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from two storage tanks in the days after the storm. It's the biggest of at least a dozen such spills reported so far in the aftermath of Harvey, and that's not to mention the additional air pollution coming from shutting down and restarting the region's refineries and petrochemical plants. Elena Craft is a senior staff scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund.
ELENA CRAFT: Just in the last two weeks or so, we've had 7 million pounds of air emissions reported by facilities to the state environmental agency.
SCHAPER: One of the most dangerous releases was right here in the Houston neighborhood of Manchester. Air samples taken by the city of Houston's Health Department after the storm showed unusually high levels of benzene, a known carcinogen. Again, Elena Craft of the Environmental Defense Fund...
CRAFT: Exposure can lead to headaches, nausea. At high enough exposures, it can lead to immunosuppression. And obviously, some of the long-term implications are an increased risk for cancer.
SCHAPER: State and federal regulators say that residents should not be concerned about air quality issues related to the effects of the storm, adding that all measured concentrations of emissions were well below levels of health concern. But they had to shut down most of the monitoring stations to protect the equipment before Harvey hit. An EPA spokesman says state and local authorities are working to get those systems up and running again as quickly as possible, but that's of little comfort to those who live downwind of Houston's refineries and chemical plants.
David Schaper, NPR News, Houston.
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evert week?? how bout you read evert thread before reposting another thread chad <_<
David Chase should be fired. It's that simple. His five-year plan for "The Sopranos" is failing miserably. The 2004 season, Chase's fifth as head coach/general manager, a season that began with Super Bowl-sized expectations, has turned into a nightmare punctuated by an embarrassingly confusing, pointless 20-minute dream sequence in the middle of last Sunday's New York-New Jersey showdown.
How can you mess up with a cast like this?
If he had any class, Chase would announce his resignation at the conclusion of the 2004 season. He would acknowledge that he lost control of his cast and storylines during the 2003 season and has failed to re-invigorate his team despite the offseason acquisitions of high-impact free agents Steve Buscemi and Robert Loggia.
HBO CEO Chris Albrecht provided Chase with all the tools necessary to make Season 5 an all-time great. Adding Buscemi and Loggia to the cast was the equivalent of Payton and Malone joining Kobe, Shaq and the Lakers. Some thought this "Sopranos" season would run the table, every episode would be can't-miss, a perfect 13-0. Hell, the '72 Dolphins uncorked bottles of champagne by week 7, when Chase wasted an episode on Fran Felstein, Tony's father's ex-goomah. It's been nothing but losers ever since.
Chase is no Phil Jackson. We haven't seen this much talent wasted since Mike Dunleavy coached the Portland Trail Blazers. Last Sunday's dream episode guarantees that "The Sopranos" won't even qualify for the playoffs as a wild card ... no matter what happens in the final two episodes.
It's over. And that means it's time for Chase to step aside. If Chase is unwilling to resign, Albrecht needs to force him out and immediately replace Chase with David Simon, executive producer of "The Wire," which is now clearly the best real-life crime drama on TV. In just two seasons of "The Wire," Simon has shown enough creativity and vision to warrant a promotion to head coach of "The Sopranos" and "The Wire."
Everything the past two seasons "The Sopranos" has lacked can be found on "The Wire." Yes, Simon is a more traditional storyteller. He's a former newspaper reporter for the Baltimore Sun. He teamed with a former Baltimore cop to write about the drug war in Baltimore. "The Wire" is gritty and realistic. Storylines are introduced, followed and completed. The truth is stranger than fiction. "The Wire" remembers that. Chase has forgotten, or he's drunk on his press clippings.
Chase is making the wrong calls in the huddle.
Chase reminds me of Mouse Davis, the old run-n-shoot football coach. Remember Davis? He made Neil Lomax a star at Portland State. He helped Jim Kelly throw for 5,000 yards with the Houston Gamblers. Mouse Davis became the hottest story in football. He was the coaching star of the USFL. Davis' revolutionary run-n-shoot offense swept the National Football League and never pee'd a drop in the playoffs. The offense bombed in Detroit, Atlanta and Houston. Warren Moon racked up Hall of Fame numbers, but Jack Pardee got fired, Kevin Gilbride got punched and the Buffalo Bills rallied from the biggest playoff deficit -- 35-3 -- in the history of the league. Davis was last spotted in the Arena League.
David Chase wants to revolutionize the way TV dramas are written. Chase is trying to break every rule. He has a run-n-shoot mentality when it comes to plots. It's all or nothing, three-n-out. There's no reliable running game. He throws a lot of passes that don't consistently move the chains. Storylines don't wrap up in an hour. They don't wrap up in a season. Hell, many of the plot twists Chase introduces are never even followed up. For a while this was cute. Now it's annoying and frustrating. It's a tease. No one likes to be teased episode after episode, season after season.
What happened to the Russian dude Christopher and Paulie "chase-d" through the woods? Will the Feds ever get any valuable information out of Adriana? It's an absolute unforgivable sin that Meadow's boyfriend Finn could witness a 400-pound wiseguy giving a security guard an oral examination and then have that storyline dropped for at least two weeks. It was a jarring, water cooler-discussing curveball with no payoff. You might think Chase is a genius for doing this. It's a reason to tune back in. It's not. I don't really care about Finn and Vito Spatafore. Their roles aren't developed enough for me to care. It's like Furio Giunta, the ponytailed mobster from the Old Country who fell for Carmela. He wasn't around long enough or his character wasn't developed enough for me to care whether he ever comes back to the States.
After Chase is canned as executive producer of the show, he should work a pole at the Bada Bing. He's great at taking you to the point of titillation. He's a tease. He's Mouse Davis. He's Marty Schottenheimer. Chase can build the foundation for a championship team, but he's never going to take us to the promised land.
Where have you gone Paulie Walnuts?
He must go. Last Sunday's episode was a fireable offense. We don't need weird dreams that waste 20 minutes. The show finished 10 minutes before the top of the hour anyway. We sat through a half episode. Chase has forgotten what makes mob "movies" great. We watch for the violence, the perversion, the betrayal, the affairs, the crimes. Chase thinks we're watching for the psychobabble spewed between Tony Soprano and Dr. Melfi. We're not. As much as I've enjoyed Lorraine Bracco's nude scenes, Dr. Melfi could get whacked this Sunday and I'd throw a party. Chase has said the inspiration for "The Sopranos" was his real-life dealings with a therapist over his dysfunctional relationship with his mother. Great. I'm glad that inspired him. But no one cares. Just because something inspired you doesn't mean you have to be beholden to it for life. I'm glad Livia Soprano is gone. Chase should have Tony Blundetto clip Melfi.
It won't happen. Chase isn't writing for hardcore "Sopranos" fans. He's too self-indulged. He writes for himself and his friends. He prides himself on being able to fool his viewers. Nothing ever happens the way we anticipate. I've never had one of my "Sopranos" predictions come true. Not one. I'm now embarrassed to even talk "Sopranos" with my friends. I sound stupid. Like, right now, I'm convinced that Tony B is going to eventually form an alliance with Johnny Sack and take out Tony S during the middle of next season. Tony B will find out that Tony S had the money and drugs thrown out in the streets as an inducement to draw Tony B back into the life.
But that's the kind of plot twist David Simon would provide "The Sopranos" next season. It's exactly what the show needs. We've lost track of the characters -- Paulie, Silvio, Hesh -- who made the show great. Avon Barksdale, Brother Mouzone and Omar -- roughnecks from "The Wire" -- would absolutely wipe out what's left of Tony's crew.
Before that happens, let's eliminate Chase. He had a good run. It's time to move on. Simon4Chase in '05!
evert week?? how bout you read evert thread before reposting another thread chad <_<
Chad, first off MeenBro is right, check around before you post. Secondly, you should at least give credit to the article that you cut and paste from. The way you posted this makes it seem you wrote it yourself.
sorry mean bro green didnt see it , yea im kinda new at posting articles so my fault. yea i just saw i spelled event wrong by accident but give me a break ive been working all day
no prob dude, just busting your balls, you took it wellOriginally posted by thechadzone10@May 20 2004, 03:38 PM
sorry mean bro green didnt see it , yea im kinda new at posting articles so my fault. yea i just saw i spelled event wrong by accident but give me a break ive been working all day
i would like to take this moment to say, once again, that i was the FIRST to say the new season/episode was waful and that the sops were going to stink while everyone raved about eps 1. just like when i said that the jets overpaid greatly for DR, and that he would be solid but no star. im always right. always. :lol:
always??? didn't you also argue that your avatar was Abe Lincoln???Originally posted by dickkotite@May 20 2004, 03:46 PM
i would like to take this moment to say, once again, that i was the FIRST to say the new season/episode was waful and that the sops were going to stink while everyone raved about eps 1. just like when i said that the jets overpaid greatly for DR, and that he would be solid but no star. im always right. always. :lol:
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Highest-Rated, Most-Watched Game 3 Since 2009 Projected to Drive FOX to Another Prime Time Win
13.7 Million Viewers Witness Final Innings Including Controversial Conclusion
St. Louis – At first it seemed that the Boston Red Sox had nailed two St. Louis Cardinals base runners at the plate in the bottom of the ninth and Game 3 of the 2013 World Series was headed to extra innings. However, umpires ruled that Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks had interfered with Cardinals base runner Allen Craig who was awarded home, giving St. Louis a controversial 5-4 victory and a two games to one lead in the best of seven series.
A closely contested Game 3 posted a 7.4/14 household rating/share with 12.5 million viewers, according to fast national ratings issued today by Nielsen Media Research, up 21% and 19% respectively compared to Game 3 a year ago (6.1/11, 10.5 million), and is the highest-rated, most-watched World Series Game 3 since 2009 (9.1/18, 15.4 mm). Last night's game also out-rates four of the last five Game 3s dating back to 2008, is projected to power FOX to an easy first place finish in prime time among households and key male and adult demos and is the network's best Saturday performance in prime time since January.
As is typically the case for close postseason games, the rating and audience after 11:00 PM ET was larger than before 11:00 PM ET in total and among younger viewers. Game 3 averaged a 7.0 household rating and 12.0 million viewers before 11:00 PM, and increased 19% in rating (8.3) and 14% in audience (13.7 million) after 11:00 PM. Among teens (age 12-17), ratings post-11:00 PM ET increased 18% (1.3 vs. 1.1).
Last night's game opened with a 5.6/11 with 9.3 million viewers from 8:00-8:30 PM ET, and grew steadily throughout the night peaking with an 8.5/16 with 14.1 million viewers from 11:00-11:30 PM ET.
In addition to its overall success, last night's game posted huge increases across key male and adult demos: Men 18-34, +27% (3.8 vs. 3.0); Men 18-49, +17% (4.2 vs. 3.6); Adults 18-34, +12% (2.8 vs. 2.5); and Adults 18-49 , +18% (3.3 vs. 2.8).
The World Series on FOX through three games is averaging an 8.1/14 with 13.4 million viewers, +13% over last year's first three game average (7.2/12, 11.7 million viewers) in households and +15% on average viewership.
Through World Series Game 3, FOX's nine-game postseason average (5.9/10, 9.5 million viewers) is up +18% in rating and +17% in audience from the 5.0/8, 8.1 million viewers produced by the network's postseason coverage through World Series Game 3 last year (7 LCS, 3 WS), and ranks as FOX's best postseason since 2010 (6.3/11, 10.6 million viewers).
Not surprisingly, St. Louis led all markets posting a 37.2, followed by Boston (32.4), with Providence (30.2), Hartford (19.1) and Oklahoma City (13.1) rounding out the top five. Also posting double digit ratings were Ft. Myers (11.2), Richmond and Tulsa (11.0), Kansas City (10.9) and Memphis (10.3). Among the nation's five biggest markets, New York posted a 7.6, while Los Angeles recorded a 6.9, Chicago 5.6, Philadelphia 6.4 and Dallas 7.0.
FOX was the No. 1 most social TV network on Saturday, led by World Series Game 3. According to figures released by Nielsen SocialGuide, Twitter activity for last night's World Series Game 3 drew over 482,000 tweets (up +171% from 2012 World Series Game 3) from more than 211,000 unique authors (up +120%).
According to Facebook, World Series Game 3 generated 4.8 million interactions from 2.8 million users during the game. For the first time in three games, Missouri topped Massachusetts in generating buzz, followed by users in California, Illinois, and New York. Team buzz was evenly split with Cardinals and Red Sox fans each responsible for 50% of the comments, likes, and posts related to the game.


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InsideMDSports.com reported Thursday that four-star St. John's (DC) quarterback Will Ulmer had committed to coach Randy Edsall and the University of Maryland.
According to the report, Ulmer had received scholarship offers from "nearly every school in the ACC along with Ohio State, Wisconsin, Nebraska" and more. Ulmer will join the Terrapins after their move to the Big Ten.
Last season, injuries forced the Terps to turn to LB Shawn Petty as their starting quarterback for the final four games of the season. In 2014, they should be stacked at the position. C.J. Brown was granted a waiver (medical hardship) to receive a sixth year of eligibility in 2014. New Mexico transfer Ricardo Young will be a senior; Perry Hills, Caleb Rowe and Dustin Dailey will all be juniors.
DL Andre Monroe is a St. John's player currently on the roster. OL Pete White came from St. John's as well but left the football team earlier in the year for personal reasons. Ulmer joins McDonough OL Jared Cohen as players committed to come to College Park in 2014.


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OK, here we go again. There are only two ways to make money: increase your sales by charging more, selling more, increasing guest count, etc., or reduce your costs by cutting portion size, reducing raw material costs, lowering your labor, etc. If anyone has figured out a third way, please, patent it and retire.
But assuming you haven't, let's address the latter: reducing your costs. This is the least complicated way for you to see results quickly. It also is the potential "slippery slope" that will cut into your existing sales and customer base if you go about it recklessly and without regard to your product's quality and your guest's sense of value. So you need to proceed with caution when taking on the task of cutting costs.
The first step is to know your true costs. Too often, we on the beverage side of the business do not know the true cost of goods sold. Oh sure, we know the final beverage cost line on the P&L, but do we know the true costs of, say, the top 10 drinks we serve? These 10 probably constitute 70 to 80 percent of your total beverage sales.
Think about this: Your counterparts in the kitchen know their true food costs. They cost out every menu item to determine what price to print on the menu, while we in the bar often simply throw the drink into whatever pre-established "category" or "tier" we think it fits into without regard to its true cost. Stop doing that! Get a product mix off your register and cost out your top 10 drinks based on their recipes, and be sure to include garnish. For beer, make certain you know the true yield, in ounces, of the beer glass you serve (be sure to let the head go down before you take the measurement). Once the cost is determined for each, you can establish what price to charge the guest based on your budgeted beverage cost. There is no way around it; you have to do the math.
Garnish truly is the "low hanging fruit" in beverage cost reduction. Garnishes fall into two categories: functional and visual. Functional garnishes actually enhance the flavor and taste of the drink — the salted rim of a Margarita, the muddled cherry and orange in an Old Fashioned. A visual garnish enhances the appearance of the drink but does not actually affect the taste — a cherry and orange wheel on the rim of a Sour or a lime wheel on the rim of a Daiquiri. Do not try to reduce costs by ditching the functional garnish.
Visual garnish, however, offers real cost-cutting opportunities. If you use orange, lemon and lime wheels, go to half moons. If you cut your lime wedges in sixths, cut them in eighths. Count how much garnish you are throwing away each day for a week and establish the correct par levels for each item. You will be surprised by the amount of waste you eliminate. Paying attention to your garnish will reduce costs without adversely affecting your guest's sense of value.
Selecting efficient glassware for your operation and concept also is a great opportunity to reduce costs. We drink not only with our mouths and palates but also with our eyes. Tall, top-flaring glassware (where most of the ounces are at the top of the glass) offers the most profitable glass to serve in, while at the same time, it gives the guest a visually satisfying sense of value. Example: A traditional pint glass (16 ounces) with a 1-inch head yields 12.5 ounces of beer, while a straight cylindrical 16-ounce beer mug with a 1-inch head yields 14.5 ounces of beer. The difference is two ounces of beer profit to you for every beer served.
Speaking of beer, your draft system has some easy cost-cutting possibilities. Check the temperature of your beer by pouring a normal beer into a chilled (not frozen) glass and inserting a standard foodservice stem thermometer. The temperature should be between 35° and 37° F. If it is above that, you need some maintenance. Check that your compressor coils are clean and that air can flow freely between the coils. If the coils are dusty and have dirt between them, clean with compressed air; do not use a fork or knife, as this will bend the coils and make the compressor less efficient. If the glycol system is working properly, there will be considerably less waste (foam) at the tap head. If the temperature still is too high, you may need a glycol recharge. Be certain to "temp" each tap head and handle. Your draft system is too valuable to your operation; make certain it is in proper working order and check it often.
We haven't even discussed labor, energy, employee theft, breakage, brands, bartender pour tests or the hundreds of other cost-reducing programs that might work for your concept, but hopefully we've started you thinking about them. So, get behind the bar. You'll be surprised where you see places to cut costs that only you will know about. NCB
Tim Johnson is president of Tim Johnson & Associates, a beverage training, operations, marketing, purchasing and sales consulting firm servicing hospitality and supplier companies. His 30 years of experience in the on-premise industry includes beverage management positions with Houlihan's, Applebee's and Champps Entertainment. He is based in Larkspur, Colo. and can be reached at [email protected].


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Woodlands have a direct impact on the environment, climate, and local ecosystem. British woodlands are incredibly diverse in both flora and fauna and are great for wildlife.
Our woodland's estate has been developing for around 30 years - in that time, we have purchased or been bequeathed a number of sites that we manage and maintain for their unique biodiversity value and benefits to wildlife. Woodlands are not static - they are dynamic - living entities - that grow and develop uniquely, based the habitat and species that grow or live there.
Above is a new meadow and lake recently restored.
Save Me's woodlands are managed to provide a broad variety of habitats needed for our native wildlife, but also to provide the mosaic of habitats for the flora and fungi.
Woodlands are unique and individual - they adapt to the soil and local climatic conditions. The UK has a range of woodland habitats such as Upland, Lowland, Ancient, Wet, and even rain forests! Each with its own unique mosaic of habitats and diversity of fauna and flora.
Woodlands are great for air quality too, they are the lungs of country. With their potential to 'soak up' CO2 from the atmosphere they are becoming even more vital to clear the pollution from modern living.
As plants 'breathe' and 'exhale' they help cool the atmosphere. Plants consume carbon dioxide - a significant greenhouse gas -in the process of photosynthesis. The reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has an indirect cooling effect, that is particularly valuable in urban areas and inner cities.
Woodlands play a key role in the UK's flood management plan. The techniques we incorporate are often referred to as Natural Flood Management. This is a range of natural features that seek to store or slow down flood waters through measures such as the species and tree planting patterns, the addition of Lakes and waterways, wetland area creation, river restoration, or the creation of intertidal habitats
Save Me's woodlands are 'Forever Homes' for wildlife, providing safe, natural habitats for foraging, burrowing, perching and hiding - everything our native wildlife needs to live 'natural' wild lives.
And, of course, Woodlands can be great for people too. The physical benefits of walking, cycling or horse riding through woods have long been enjoyed, and finally, the mental health and well-being aspects of being 'out in nature' are being recognised for the real benefits they can bring to people's everyday wellbeing and those with mental illness.
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^YOU SHOULD READ THE RECORD THE If^SIEST NEWSPAPER IN CLAY COUNTY VOLUME VIII. FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MAY 13, 1920 NUMB^ m B. M. MAXEY Lei^M for Political Band Wagoa In liOSt lasae ot Hie Jouraal BtT MAKES A BAD GUESS p0'."' In last Week's Issue, Editor B. M. tiaxey, the acrobatic political editor ^ of The Journal, In his report of the 24th congressional convention and his ;- comments thereon,-makes a leap fo^ the supposed poiittcal band wagon, but^HObseqnent events bara proved that he made a bad guess. ^ When he wrote the artlcte U may have appeared to him that the ; Thompson-Lundin Chicafo crowd [ would dominate the State conventioa and organise the State, but tha ahrewd down-SUte Rwnbllcans got together at SprtngHeld Oa Monday and eleaned up on the Chicago erowd to the tnne of 1110 to <31. HowWver, there are some thinga !» Bditor Maker's article that cause ausplcion that the new committeeman from this diatriet, Mr. Mtley, was probably flirting with the Thompson hunch, thinking they wonld be the winners. Mr. <Mazey does not aeem aure that Congreasman Williams was In on the proposed deal, but advises him to do so. We believe Congreaa¬ man Williams is too far-seeing and ahrewd to have committed himself to the Thompson-Lundin crowd so aar!^ tn the game. The syace of The Keeord ts opea to Congreaaman Wll- . Uama if he wtthes to dispel the inti¬ mation contained tn the Journal that he was in the Thompeon-Lundin pro¬ posed deal, and consequently untrue to Oov. Lowden's presidential candi-' 4acy—for that is what lining up witb ' ' tte^'Chlcago crowd meant. .¦^ J^When Gov. Lowden, Senators Sherman and McCormick and other bti Republican leaders got their lighting harness on they made short work of the Tnompson-Lupdin dream of controlling the State of Illinois, and tt Is well for the Republican J party that they did so. Following is Editor Mhxey's last. ¦NweeV.'s article: CbNGRBSSIONAL CONVENTION '£ A harmonious and enthusiastic 'Republican Congressional Conven¬ tion was held at Eldorado on Wed¬ nesday. , The delegates from Clay County who were In attendance wer^ HotT Thos. S. Williams, A. N. Tol- . liver. R. S. Jones, Jas. L. Berry, F. H. Simpson and B^ M. Maxey. Hon Geo. W. Mlley of Harrlsburg was I elected member" ot the State Cen- . ,tral Cqfmmlttee and VIetor C. Miehels ot Alton Presidential elector. Strong resolutions' indorsing the candldrtcy' ol Oovernor Freak O. Lowden for President were adopted. The course of* Senatora Sherman and McCormick were ~ indorsed and Congresiiman Thos. S. Williams was commended lor re-election. The Chicago Tribune is authority Jtor the statement that a worklifg : agreement between the Chicago dis¬ tricts and aeven or eight down-state districte, Including the 24th or Tom Williams district has been toVmed for purposes of organization of tie State Central Committee without at- ' tempting to anticipate {he action ot our newly elected member ot that body. We hope the report is true and > that Mr. Mlley will be able to effect an alignment bv which he will be able to pnt and keep the 24 th district on the map. ond wtll be able to do something toT\ his friends. There Is an old saying and a very trite and true one that one might as well be out of tho world as out of *> the fashion, and this ts peculiarly . true of politics. In politics, ond espe^ daily t9 Cook County and Illinois politics, one Is either In or out of It. Tliere Is no middle ground, and we ahall.be glad to know that our district Is a part of the dominittng Influence In the State. The average Republican down-state has Itttle In- iterest In a change of organisation tn Cook County, for, after all, the dlver- Mnce Is the exact variance between i -'tweodledee and- tweedledum. The old Deneen-West combination was in absolute control In Chicago and the State for eight years, and it is no¬ where recorded that thetr advent .ushered tn the mlllenlum and.no such era of political perfection need be Wwihed for by the dethronement of the old and %ntir«hement ot a new regime. Dyrflhance In Cook Oounty. and state oaUtlcs has been 'Z tttt win be malnntaed by the nse ' of patronage, an^tt matters llttia to the average Republican.voter which set of leaders controls the patronage I or whA hdtds the offices. There ts thts difference however, and the difference is vital to the wel¬ tare; n«nt*» party: The Deneen-West comMxntton succeeded In . msking ' Chi«d««-'**»bu8tly and reliably Dem¬ ocratle, While nndar the Thompson-' Lundln control the Republican ma¬ iority has grown to big proportions. Nobody wanta to bitch up to a hearse or go to bed with a corpse-' As to whatever if anything Con¬ gressman Willtalms may have had to do In bringing abmit the new align¬ ment. The Journal has no first-hnnd information. He has prtfren bts adroitness frequently In local and ' dietHnt politics. If he bas broidined the field of his activities and become a potent factor tn State and ronse- '^uent national politics, he wtll have -a hoat ot toyal and dMrnted followers 'wte trti\ wtah hdm Godspeed. ' k 8. ASSOCIATION. -- Th" Clay Connty Sunday aehool aA- aodatlon wtll hold Ita ahpoal weM. 1»« atf^oia Snaday, liar .Ml at t'.W p. m. u-tha J^'^^^^'^nflwwh*! M MTNNUi E. CSOLk, . Sawetary aad "mMaraf; f liHAtfr AN INDOOR PICNIC Tim noma Wonua'a Clab Was Enter¬ tataed atjiomo of Mrs. C. C. Rlp- iay ttaesday Attornoon. The Flora 'Woman's Club met. for the last meeting of the year, Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. C Ripley, on North Main street. It has become the annnal cnatom of the club to make this meoting an out door plenic, the members inviting gueata and bringing a picnic lunch However, owing to 'the threatening weather, the meettag boeame an la- ioor yienlc ana S5 membem and l( Cnasta aiUoyed tbe aftaraooa togeth- 'tr. Mrs. tu^ay had her home beau¬ tifully decorated With taraa and cut flowers and no little part of the ^liaanra of the afternoon.were the baatttltul surronadlags. Th* justness session of the'meet- 1A# waa taken up la the eiectton ot otHMrs. The following ladies were aiaeted to office for the ensuing yaar; Pttoldent, Mra. C. O. Riggle; vieO'Dtaatdent, Mrs. Douglaa Naney; tedfttary, Mrs. Flemin W. Cox; treaa- atat, itn. k. s. PHtchett. Kra. Iklggla gate an Interesting re¬ port of the District Federation, which thf attended' recently at Eldorado, kfld Mli| Eileen Nichols gaxa^ two very pleasing piano selections. Hrs. Sali^Who was visiting the Club, gave a MnhttuV persoaal talk, which her otd triends enjoyed very much. Tha elub was very fortunate In having for a guest Mrs. J. IC. Ball, OC Carml,: dlatrtct chairman ot edu¬ cation of the'dub. She gave a very Interesting^ talk abotat the various clnb aettvittes, especially in Southern tUlaots, and complimented the Flora eluh very highly. .'Other out-ofrtojym guaati were Mrs.^ Wm. Selby, and Mrs, HUl, both former members of the club. At the^Uose of the pro¬ gram a bountiful Mupper was served and a'.|ioolal time ^Jqyed. -,—.—*,« LADIES' AID OF 1|C E. ^H MEETS On Wednesday tft^fnoon the mem¬ bers of tbe Ladie4>,'^ld Society ot the Mettupdlst cfOMW, held their seml-mott^ly mesUttit tA the church Iwrlbrs and the r«|f^>a;^''bu8ine8s dis¬ patched. A report, #ak |i;iren by the Cafeteria committj«^ 6hd the amount of )70.00 was tMited over to the treasurer.^ Also ' Mfrs. A. W. Irwin, chairman' dt the-4Aarch committee, and Mrs. Harry "Plbbs., chairman of the April committoe gave fine finan¬ cial reports. '•'.'A eeolal bout fallowed and a com¬ mittee composed of Mrs. Hiram Horsley, Mrs. A O. Belt, Mra. Wm. Miller, Mis. Jqs. Petit, Mrs. Robert Jeffries, Mrs. W. S. Cooper, Miss Ida Blackburn aerved meat and pimento cheese sandwiches, 4>ickle8 and cof¬ fee. The afternoon was enjoyed both socially and fidaneially THB CITV B^i^^VTrt^tnii The Civic committee of tlie Flora Commercial Club will soon announce a big clean-up day tor Flora, hut no one nee'd watt for that. Get busy now. clean op your lawns and back alleys and destroy every place of filth-that^ poisons the air or givea a breeding' place for the fly. Flora can be made 100 per cent beantiful and healthy and a better place to live If each family, whether owner or tenant, will do Its part. Oet the community spirit and go to work cleaning up the placcat once where you live — PARENTS OV BABT BQY Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leonard-of Fourth and Sycamore streets, are the proud parents of a tine boy baby, born Monday moming. May 10, 1920. He has been given the name ot Charles Allen, for bts two grand¬ fathers, the late Charles H. Warfter, and O. A. Leonard. Mother and son are getting along nicely apd Henry is aa happy as a lark. TWO GQVPLES 'WED AT OLNEV. Rev. Laurence Smith officiated at two weddings Saturday afternoon at bis home. They were: Guy Ryan, 21 and Miss Luellle Lewto, 21, both of Flora, who were acconvanied here by Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Sort. . Orover C Phllllpa. 26, of Rlnard, and MUm Ruth Ellis, 19, of John¬ sonville.—Olney Daily Mall. ENTERTAINS AT dbvNTRV HOtfE Last 'Wednesday evening Miss Ads Harrison gave a party to a number ot her friends at her pretty country home, "Lonethom," north of town. About 8 p. m. the happy bunch lett their homes In automobiles and with¬ in a short time arrived at their des- tlnattpn. The time woai pleasantly apent Jn music and. dancing. Delicious riifrealUMenta were served, and the eats enjoyed. hV- «?1' — .' •¦ PRBTTT PARK Wateh and sea wlut a beautiful park Flora will have a Uttle later on. The City Council (fs doing a sploldid work fo Improvii)rg our park 'When the flowers bloont then the loveltaess Will become appa|^t. KARRlSl IrON MBBT Harriabnrg* 11^' 'May liO-—Har- rtihiirg high aetpil'won tha track m^htid ak L^un^ Satordor citair $eeond with taMmt tlid CaaVaila third wltk 11 polatfC. LOWDEN FOnrE.s WON STATH CONVENTION FIGHT Springfield, May, 11.—Illinoia Re- ttnblicans in State convention here elected ten delegates-at-large to the national convention and unani¬ mously adopted resolutions provid¬ ing that the delegation vote for Oov¬ emor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois for the presidency at the Chicago convention until released from such vote by the governor. Each ot the delegatee-at-large will have.fodr-ftfths ot a vOt«.' inie convention voted dowa, 1,110 to 631, a platfona plank of princlpl< supported hy Mayor WUItam Halo Thomason of ChleoCP. national coqi- mltteetaan.- and deelded to postpone action on a platform until after the national convention. . Defeat of tha platform plank 6f principles ^as a victory for tbe leadership Ot Qov. Lowden otat Mayor Thompson. When the con¬ veation met the leadership contest Immediately broke out.' Oov. , Low¬ den opposed the platform and the governor's forces met It trttft sturdy resistance when It woa repor:- ed out by the committee oa resolu¬ tions. . Delegates-at-large to the nattoiQ^ convehtton are Senators ShermMi and McCormick, Mayor ThomptsiK and his frtend Samuel Ettelson, Ldwi Emmerson,' secretary of state, Otibi, gressman Rodenburg, E. St. hotlAH Fred W. Upbam of Chicago, State chairman Frank Smith of Dwight. Lieut. Oov. John Ogiesby aad Harold 0. Ikes of Chicago. The. altarnate delegates-at-large are O. F. Berry, Stieaker David E. Shanahan, Henry I. Oreen, W. B. Mo- Henry,' Eugene Pike, Waiter JI. Wood, Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns, Mra. Ernest Griffin, Col. Otis Duncan and Mrs. Irene Bease Mqntanya. Senior class party at HOMIC OF MISS LEWIS Iklisa Esther I<ewlm Class Member, Entertains Members of H.>H. T. H. .8. Senior Chue at North Ave. Home. Lost Thursday evening. May 6, 1920,* much interest snd curiosity was aroused among the young men ot the senior class in our high school. On Thursday the girls of the class gave out the pleasing news of a class <party, cordtaUy'invltiag the boys to '"Guess Wheiwi'«f4 Oo Tbero." After a number of oMaada and Idandora the boys got aext to wbere said party was to be held, oad wero soon on the trail which led to tho home of Prof. O. p. Lewie, oa North avenue, and .Miss Esther was the charming host >esB. , The other girls of the class were gathered there to welcome the weary pilgrims of "the long, long trail." A most enjoyable evening passed with gamea and music. Refreshmenta ot punch and wafers were served. The party was very muoh enjoyed, and wUl probably be the last class party the Seniors will enjoy this year. Alt present were protus^ in thetr praise of the hospitality of the mem bers of the Lewis home. fxiOra commercial , clitb meeting Last Frtday night the Flora Com.^ mercial Club met at the City Hall and,adopted a constitution and by.*' laws. Among other things the by¬ laws provide for meetings of the Club on the first Friday of each month and meetings ot the execu¬ tive committee on the third Friday night-ot each month. The. executive committee ts-.composed of the offi¬ cers and the chairmen of each ot the eight committees. "* The eiub also voted an/anproprtv tlon of tso, to'be expended under "direction of the Civic Committee, for prlies to bs given cltt^miv for the best kept lawns during the summer of 1920. Col. Randolph Smith is chairman -Of this committee and Mayor Price Is vice-chairman, so you can see these gentlemen tor particu¬ lars. Flora can be made the city beautiful by a little extra civic pride and work. It would be fine to be known as "Spotless Town." In thU week's Issue of the Clay County Republican, formerly Louis¬ ville Republican, will be found a list of tha delinquent landsvand lots in Clay County, both for gederal and special taxes. • This list is as nearly correct as we can make It; but as errors Inevitably creep tn, it would be a very excellent plan for each and every tax payer to get and examine very carefully the delinquent list. See that .the property you own dues not sell. It you have not paid, you can see the amount due before sale .If you have paid and your name appears tn the dellnhuent list, plase hunt ul) your receipt and write or call at the office, rshall very gladly ctyrerft any error Copies of the said list will be post¬ ed In the various post-offices and other public places In the County. Again. I would say that this letter is to eaoh tax payer In Clay County. •Examine tt carefully. A. H. KELLUMS, County Treasurer and Collector. FEDERATION OF WOMAN! I CLrU MBET HELD AT ELDORADO CKAS. C. JOHNSON LOST APPELLATE eOURT (XERK NOMINATION Springfleld. May 10.: Robert fCoe ot Plnck'neyvllle, was today chosen as Republican nominee for clerk of ths Fourth district appellate conrt at Mt. Vernon. (The primary law provides tor the nomination of appellate court clerks by the chairmen of the central com¬ mittees of Jthe counties In the dis¬ trict. The present clerk, Charlefi C. Johnson of Wayne county, was a candidate for renomlnation. The position la said to be worth about |6,<^00 a year.) ' XENIA MEMORIAL AND DECORATION EXERCISES Barnhlll Post No. itt at Xehia, win .observe Memorial day Sunday, May 23, at'2:30 p. m. Elder U. S. Johnson, of Flora, preaching the ser¬ mon at the Christian church. Decoration day exercises will be held at the Christian church on Sun¬ day. Maj>30, at 2:30 p. m.. Judge A. N. Tolliver of Louisvtile, being the speaker. Everybody Invited, eepectally vet¬ erans of the Spanish-American and World War. BIO SmnAT SCHOOL CtHITIHT NOW ON The Hotiat 'Vernon Christian Sun¬ day school and the Flora Christian Sunday school last Sunday began a 13-weeks' contest, points to be at¬ tendance, collection and church at¬ tendance. Flora won the first victory, having 33S tn S. 8/laMt tSanday, com¬ pared with 310 for Mount 'Vemon. From now on there. WUI be a warmi ttme ta both towasVn these two Sun¬ day schools REPUBLH^ANS OF 2SRD DISTRICT MEET At Effingham last week Republic¬ ans of the 23rd Congresstonai Dis¬ trict met and Indoriwd Congressman Brooktf and selected Oeo. A. Brown, of Vandalla. for State Central Com¬ mitteeman. Editor C. W. Vursell. ot Salem, was a candidate, but Mr. Brown defeated bim by one rote in a warm fight. NEW TMNNUI oa<inKt A fi^e new tennis court Is about completed in northeaat Flora. The groaada have beea leveled and tbe Btoaai roller baa sneeeeded la making tt an. ideal eourt: Thore la no better ragMstlon than a game of tenato, aad Wi^lttal.aare the membera of the ten- aUr-^b will have ataay boors of reaLjinaJoyment. O. E. H. MEETING XOTICB TO TAXPAYERS Of" CLAY CyVNTY, IlililNtMS. Past Worthy Matrons and Past Worthy Patrons Will Condnot tbe Initiation at Masonic Temple. ^ On Frtday ntghf. May J4, a speelal meeting of the Order of Eastern Star will be held In the Masonic Temple. An enjoyable feature ot the evening all offices win be fllled by Past Worthy Matrons and Past > Worthy Patrons and they will conduct the in¬ itiation services. Following are the past officers for this meeting: Worthy Matron—Mrs. T. J. Frtend. Worthy Patron—Col.Randolph Smith Aaaoeiata Matron—Mra. Cass Weiler Cohdnetreas—Mrs. E. D. Yeek. Associate Conductress—Mrs, S. P. Hill. Secretary—Howard Pattl»n. Treasurer—C. S. Mitchell. ^ i Chaplain—C. E. HemphUL ' Marshal—Mrs. R. J. Cunnngham. Adah—Mrs. B. Mt Maxey. Ruth—Mra W. F. Fairchild. Eather-^Mrs. F. H. Simpaoa. Martha—Mrs. J. M. Boylha. Electa—Mra. W, S. Cooper Sentinel—A. CI. Oaddls. Warder—F. H.'^impson. Organist—H. C. Miehels. A committee of five waa appolht- |Bd by the Worthy Matron, Mrs. R. J. Cunningham, to serve retreahments: Mrs. Lawrance Smtth, Mrs. Leonard Ruby, Mra. Walter S. Hopkins, Mrs. Sallle Harrell. Mtss Mildred Miller. Members are urgently requeated to be preaent. This ts. an opportunity to renew old aequalntanoes Mid have a good, old-fashioned time. RAIIiROAD NOTBB --—:;:_s- ^ The sixteenth annual eonvontton of ^he Federation of Women's Clubs of tlte 24 th Congressional Dlsl.-tct was tield,«t Eldorado last week, begin¬ ning .Tuesday evening with a recep¬ tion at the Masonic hall with about 200 ladles In attendance. The Wednesday morning session opened at 9:30 at the Baptist church Mrs. P. T. Chapman, district presi¬ dent of Vienna, and Mrs. Willis, dis¬ trict recording secretary, of Metrop¬ olis, presiding. At the meeting Wednesday atter- ?)qon Carml was selected as the place or the next convention. Tbe meetings were very Interest- iag. The reports of the various clubs were read and proved of much, bene¬ fit to all present. EVEN AN ALLEY CAN BE CLEAN, If'you wish to see how each alley should be cleaned up and graded, take a look at the alley connecting Second and-Jhlrd streets, between Locust and Sycamore. This alley, un¬ der direction and by the aid of the property holders using It, has been graded and drained at a smatl cost and ts a demonstration that you can aee with your own eyes and ts proof porittve that there ts no excuse whatever for thA existence of diyty and unhealthy alleys In Flora. E. D. Hancock and son are making attractive Improvements on their residence at the comer of Second and Locust streets. MAKES GIFTS TO THE CTTY Hon. R. S. Joaes has donated to our city a fine drinking fountain. It baa been received and will bo Install¬ ed oa' one of tbe priastpal atreet coi^ ner«, probably at the Worthlngtoa or Flora National Bank., He alao gave to the city employes at the light plant a shower bath out¬ fit which has been Installed at the plant, and the boys are enjoying thts luxury immensely. PAPm •4)HANaB8 NAME. Las^ week'i Loulsvtllj Repnbltean changed its name to the CIi^ Coun¬ ty Republican. As Mrir^^GiA-rett, the pre8ent,edttor, fonnded the Republic¬ an some 2B years ago, we suppose he considered it perfectly proper to change the name of this newspaper child after It bai reached maturity. •QEXIOAN REVOLT SUCCEEDS Mexican revolutionists, led by Oen. Obrecon, have been victorteus and Praoldeot Carransa has fled? and Is reported captured. The victors have captured Mextco Ctty and whole gi^r^ rlsoos of Federal troopa have gone orar to tha Obregon itdo - -• inORD CAR STOLfeiN' Sunday ntght a Ford 4a.r belonging to llt^'s Attorney H.'W. Shriner was atolea frora bts garage at the boaae oa-Seeoad street. Ifr. Sbrlnt*r wikk in 'Sprtagfleldi attending the State eoAteation. Thana tbao «l«w to tho robber. .iji,^^..j'! i lUOnMB <«Mk HARTER4TANFORD T.'H. 8. RECORD EXCELLENT ' The number of tuition pupils en- roltbd Is 100. No doubt next yoar wtll be a record-breaker In enrollment. 70 graduates from Flora grade school. Henry IrwIn, clerk ot thMi^oard of Education, of the Harter-ftahford Township High School aniiSjiperln- tendent F. W. Cox completed last week the tuition claim schedules and presented them to non-high school boards of Clay and Wayne counties. The- total amount to be recelvM reaches $8.663.34. This ts a record of which the high scbool Is proud, a record which few It any high school In Illinois can equal. The number of tuition pupils enrolled this year Is exactly one hundred. These pu¬ pils ware secured t)y an active ad¬ vertising campaign, backed by the fact that the school has something to advertise, namely, one of the best township high schools in -the state, that carefully keeps . Its accredited standing equal to the best. The school has a favorable geographic location. It Is situated near the south side of Clay County and vir¬ tually draws pupils from Clay Coun¬ ty and /rom the northern part of Wayne. There are still many pupils tn this territory which should be tn «:hool, and no doubt next year will see a larger enrollment. , J I Mrs. Jennie Qitmore, of BdgewoML ' Visited her Hlster, Mrs. F. H. Wrt|0tt. I last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Jaaatnta n- turned last Thursday froin i days' visit With Mr. Jenntags" at Baieevtite. Ark. I Mr. and Mn. D. B. Scott ing friends and relatives at IhdlaMk- poits '^irs?'-^ B. B. Schuder ts In WaahMitMi. D. C, thta week on buffneaa, A. W. Rose retumod SMmNlar from a iev days' visit at Hat^ea- boro. . Harrr Wright tried the game and Mid It gave foot. One class of swttiAriMB knowa aa the Order dt Harry waa aakad If ho kaaiw^h^ <^ , fersoce hotween a aaaka aad a eootfb. He replied "Ye«, sir. I waa In Fraiaa and I foaad «. snake will alwayW crawl Oh tta own stomaeb, but a. cootie ta aot so data partienlar." CURTAIN A whaolbarrow moving jaa owaM and operated by W. C. Ba#M*t,wbilo going down atreet wtth a nad of far- niture, one cook stove, kltabaa cabi¬ net, bed ontftt and numtroua otiiar houaahold voods, met a raaawar team, and as Bill was the ehanttair of whaolbarrow and is an adapt takr lag sidings he quickly opened tba switch i(ttd got In the clear and itaaa the runaway a high ball aad a olaar track, 4a» aigrs let her go, Oallagbar» I'm In the clear, and this old vaa helps boif the H. C. L. and movta*. BAHi WATCHMAN,! WORTH $«l,000, KIlkiElD BY TRAB* REPUBLICAN WOMBN OROANIBB Wednesday ot this weok, Mrs. 'John K. Ball of Carml,, chairman of the 24th congressional district Republic¬ an women's organization, held a con¬ ference at the Jones hotel in. Flora, tor the purpose ot organising Clay county Republican women. Mrs. R. B. Bunch, who had been selected as the Clay county chairman, resigned, and Mrs. B. M. Maxey was eleeted. Mrs. J. Mack Tanner had also resigned^ as tinaatial director and Mrs. T. J. Frtend was chosen to fill this vacancy. Clay was the last oounty in the dis¬ trict to be organised. , NOTICE. Hot weather ts approaching,' and tt becomes for that reaaon the more necessary to put the City In good sanitary condition, in former years tbe people have responded cheerfully to the request of the city authorities to clean up and place private grounds in good sanitary eondition, and the result has been noticeable each yeaf In better cObdItions of tir¬ ing and of public health In the ctty. It Is now reqneotod that tbla year, aa In former years, atl reaidents and oeenpants of the Qlty shall wtthont delay, clean up around their places, and bum, bury ogr remove all rabbtah, nMuire aod ether- matter wblcb eon'- stitutes breeding places for files and cause offensive odors. The Ctty au¬ thorities will co-operate with all to put the City In good ^sanitary condi¬ tion, this year, as In former years. It Is also requested that notice be given to the undersigned of any offensive condition In the City which should receive attantion at the handa of prt¬ vate owners or of the etty authod- ties. ' Flora, III,, May 11, 1S20. J08..0. PETIT, Commtastoner of Public Health. SENATOR SHERMAN FOR OOMMITTEESfAN Senator L. Y. ShormAn has an¬ nounced his candtdaey for Republic¬ an national committeoman to succeed Mayor Thompson, of Obleago. and it U claimed wHl have a naj^l'tty Of the Stato Central Committee In his favor. PARENTS OF -BOff B, Omretar, of East Lake. Tenn., are rejomnag over the arrival of a boy haby,, boxi Thursday, Kay «, 1920. Th^ haM named their Itttle oon Ernest Barl ftv Mr. Behyaier'a cousins, BnM^t bad Earl Taylor of the Flora Cash Store. James Burna, 65 years old.a light tender and watchman, was run dowm and killed by a Wabash passengor train in the yards at Mitchell, IU.. at 10:80 p. m. yesterday. Bxamtnatton of Burns' ciotblnc revealed t$|0.76 In cash, and a far¬ ther Inveatltatton of his finances dla- closed that he had approximately 125,000 In vVrlous banks and eoa- slderable property tn Flora, 111. He has worked as a light tender and watchman In the C. 41 E. I. yards at Mitchell for 16 years. Bums was known about the Mit¬ chell yards as 'Jlmmie." He had been employed there since the yarda were opfned, and wag the .oldest em¬ ploye In point of se;-vlce In that aae¬ tlon. He was never married, but haa provi4Wd for tha edu^tipn ,of throe nlecea, ieltow-emiployes say. Tbe nlecea a«w are attaadlag aa -Baatera £;trla' sehool and.could not be located last night.^—St. Louis Timaa, May 10. Mr. Burns was an employe of Flora railroad shops for several yean, leaving here ta go to Mitchell. 'Bo hag a brother, J^ohn Burns, living at Salem, III, KNOCKED DOWN BY AUTO. Olenn Tibbs, (-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Tibbs, was struck by an automobile driven hy H. O. Byrnes, of South Flora, In front ot D. F. Hodges department store on North avenue last Thursday, abont 1:00 1>. m. The Itttle fellow waa thrown to the pavement and ra¬ eeived several bruises, but no sertoaa Injury was tnlllcted. The accident was unavoldable,aad no blame ts attached to Mr. Byraea. This ta a busy place In the ctty aad a continuous travel of automobiles are passing. A careful watch should be kept while ol-ossing the streeta br pedestrians, and drivers of eara should use e.very precaution to avoid accidents. MADE TJRIP IN BUICK CAB. Dr. W. N. Holaday left Sunday for hlg new home in Detroit, Mleh., go¬ ing overland In his automobile. Mra. Holaday and party wUI leave St. Louts sometime this week for De¬ troit. Mrs. Holaday has been confined to the Betheada hospital for the paat six we<lks, this institution being tlto birthplace ot thetr llttia .daaghter. Mary Ann, wbo waa born April ST, 1920. The Reeord lotas tbeir boat qt friends In wUhIng them aucceaa aad happlBoss in their new nortbma home. .s"-. . UnLITUS COMPANIB8. UP AGAIN0T H. C. L. Monday of last week IlUaolk. pab¬ llc utilities dompanles securad;a!lwar- ing before the State UYiltttea Com¬ mission at Sprtngfteld, In whch tbey sought relief from the bl|C^ coat' pf operation by means of b'lbmM^ry order giving them the 'r|Enr'tb In¬ crease rates. Henry H. Kifl)^; Ot Ol¬ ney, president of ^ Comfneretat Tele¬ phone and Telegraph Co.was .presaiit. CBLKBRATaD BIRTUDllkY^ ' ' ANNiyiiBiSAlur Last Sanday a oelebratton was held at tha Aotuffot Mr. snd Mrs. F. E. 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Frequent late-night guest and Last Comic Standing alum Gary Gulman, headlines at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom Street) tonight through Saturday. Gulman is stopping in Philadelphia during a six week tour and promoting his new special, This Economy. He takes a unique approach to long-format jokes in the clever articulation of entertaining (and often handy) storytelling.
We caught up with Gulman to talk about his particular brand of comedy and stand-up life.
Witout: You've been on tour for some time now. Where are you now?
Gary Gulman: I'm on the road for the next six weeks. I'm in Boston right now, doing a show at Boston University with Denis Leary and Jimmy Fallon. It's for the [Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care]. It's a tradition in Boston, I've done it the past 18 years. Originally–I think–it was just comedians from Boston. Now, they bring in famous comedians. Anyway, it's very well attended. There were probably like 10,000 people there. It's an honor to do it.
WitOut: Where are you headed over the next few weeks?
Gulman: After Philadelphia, I'll be in New Brunswick for the following weekend and then I'm going to Atlanta and San Francisco. There is another stop somewhere–maybe Houston. But, I'm very busy the rest of the year.
WitOut: That's a good thing. Are you going to be making anymore television appearances?
Gulman: Sure. I was also just in a movie that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival called Lucky Them with Toni Collette. But yeah, I usually do the late-night shows every six months or so. And then I usually do a Comedy Central special every year or two. The most recent is on Netflix, called This Economy.
WitOut: Can you tell us a little bit about it?
Gulman: Sure. It was basically inspired by the recession in 2008, which I was affected by. Not so much by the economy as I was affected by bad choices in my love life. I bought a house for this woman I was engaged to and it didn't work out. I was stuck with the house by myself so I was broke. Money was a real issue. It sort of happened at the same time that everyone else in the country was struggling so I was able to find a lot of common ground with the audience on the effects of money and keeping [money] in perspective–and also some of my favorite ways to save money, which involved a lot of cutting back and some stealing.
Well, not bad stealing. When I went to the movies, I would always put in the senior discount. I also once stole a muffin from Whole Foods when the line was really backed up. Nothing the way of major crime but I did save some money.
WitOut: What is up next for you in terms of the comedy that you're delivering?
Gulman: I don't talk about [money] as much anymore, probably because I've weathered the storm and I'm financially stable again. I still talk about certain aspects of the economy, mostly the ridiculous disparity between the wealthy and the rest of us. I would say that I turned more on my personal life than my financial life. I mostly just tell really long stories about things that have happened to me. That's sort of my style–making really long stories with digressions and stories within stories. That's my niche. It's unique but it's not like I invented anything. There just aren't too many people who sound like me.
WitOut: Do you think this type of anecdotal comedy is gaining traction these days?
Gulman: I don't think that's the case. I think there are more one-liners and topical jokes out there. It's because the shows are giving comedians five minutes to perform and you can't really build a long story in five minutes. I've found that to be the case.
WitOut: So what is it that draws you to that long format, then?
Gulman: Uhm. I'm great at it.
WitOut: Fair enough.
Gulman: Yeah, and the audience loves it. If the audience was turned off by it, I'd probably shy away from it but I've been able to pull it off.
WitOut: Are you ever planning on slowing down your stand-up schedule for TV?
Gulman: No! I love it so much. I really resent having to occasionally do an audition or a meeting because it takes away from stand-up. It was fun to be in a movie but it was 16 hours of standing around to do about a half an hour of work. I prefer stand-up. It's just so much fun and the audience is great.
I'm at a point where I'm performing in front of good audiences at good venues. [Stand-up] was hard for a long time but now I can't think of a better way to spend my time.
WitOut: That's awesome to hear. I think a lot of comedians are moving onto so many other things.
Gulman: [Laughs] I appreciate that because the more time they spend making TV and movies, the more room there is for me to take their shows.
WitOut: Why do you prefer live performance?
Gulman: It's instant feedback. You're creative. You feel like you're a creator and a performer. It's ideal. I don't know how people stop doing it after they get TV shows. The only reason that I would want a TV show is to get more people at my shows.
WitOut: So, your show in Philadelphia… Are you excited to come visit us?
Gulman: I love Philadelphia. I've been coming down there since about 2005-2006 to perform at Helium. They are some of my best shows. I have a big crowd there. It's perfect. If I could find a theater there to do my next special in, I would do it. I love it.
Colleen T. Reese is a contributor to Geekadelphia and Schmitten Kitten. You can follow her on twitter @CollTReese.
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Robert J. Barcelona, PhD, is an assistant professor in the youth development leadership program and the department of parks, recreation, and tourism management at Clemson University. Barcelona received his doctorate from Indiana University after working professionally in the field of athletics and campus recreation. He has also worked with numerous recreation and sport organizations in both programming and research efforts and is a member of the board of directors for the Society of Park and Recreation Educators. His research on sport and recreation management has been published in refereed journals, trade magazines, and textbook chapters. Barcelona is also a coauthor of the textbook Leisure Services Management.
Brent A. Beggs, PhD, is an associate professor and the program director for recreation and park administration at Illinois State University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurial recreation, facility design, the management of sport and recreation, research methods, and trends. Dr. Beggs coauthored the textbooks Recreation Facility Management and Mastering the Job Search Process in Recreation and Leisure Services and has published scholarly papers and presented research findings at international, national, and regional conferences. Before teaching at Illinois State, he served as a lecturer and internship coordinator for the department of recreation, park, and tourism studies at Indiana University and worked for recreation agencies in the states of Illinois and Missouri. He is an active member of NRPA, NASSM, and NIRSA and serves on multiple editorial boards. Dr. Beggs earned his BS and MS in recreation from Southern Illinois University and completed his PhD in leisure behavior at Indiana University.
Jason Bocarro, PhD, is an associate professor at North Carolina State University in the department of parks, recreation and tourism management. He received his PhD from Texas A&M University. He was an assistant professor at the University of New Hampshire from 2001 to 2005. Bocarro has published book chapters and articles in several research journals. He has also conducted trainings and workshops at state and national conferences focusing on youth and adolescent issues and physical activity. Before working in academia, Dr. Bocarro was involved with the development and supervision of youth adventure and sport programs in a variety of places and settings, including London, England; Nova Scotia, Canada; Texas; and New Hampshire.
Kelly S. Bricker, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Utah and chair of the International Ecotourism Society. She completed her PhD research at Pennsylvania State University where she specialized in outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism within the program of recreation, park, and tourism management. She has research and teaching interest in sustainable tourism development, natural resource management, and sense of place relative to ecotourism and sustainable tourism. She has conducted research on heritage tourism, social impacts of tourism, natural resource tourism environments, visitor management on public lands, sustainable tourism, and tourism certification programs. She has presentedd papers on issues in heritage tourism, sense of place, natural resource management, ecotourism, and sustainable tourism. Dr. Bricker has written about sense of place relative to whitewater recreationists and community tourism development, heritage tourism, incentive travel, sustainable tourism, and ecotourism management and issues. She has been a faculty member at the University of the South Pacific and West Virginia University; from 1999 to 2001 she served as president of the Fiji Ecotourism Association. With her husband, Nathan, she developed an ecotourism whitewater and sea kayaking operation called Rivers Fiji, located on the main island of Viti Levu, which established the Upper Navua Conservation Area and Fiji's first Ramsar site. Dr. Bricker also serves as chair of the Interim Advisory Committee of the Tourism Sustainability Council.
Nathan Bricker, MS, is the co-coordinator of the natural resources learning program in the University of Utah's department of parks, recreation, and tourism. Previously, he was the general manager for OARS Inc. Nathan completed his master's of science degree in parks, recreation, and tourism at West Virginia University in 2003, where his educational pursuits focused on management and geography of protected areas. His master's project focused on developing a lease for conservation, the Upper Navua Conservation Area (UNCA), and the Ramsar Wetland of International Importance designation in the Republic of Fiji. Together with George Wendt of OARS, Nathan and his wife, Kelly, started Rivers Fiji in 1998, and still run whitewater rafting and sea kayaking programs in the rural highlands. Nathan started his career in commercial guiding with OARS and Sobek Expeditions in 1984. From that time, he has guided extensively for World Heritage, Australian Himalayan Expeditions, and Sobek Expeditions, which provided firsthand experiences in the adventure and sustainable travel arenas as well as a solid background in the skills required for leading groups safely into a range of unique environments. Nathan has led groups in over 18 countries and holds instructor certifications with the Wilderness Education Association (WEA), Leave No Trace (LNT), Special Rescue Services (Swiftwater Rescue), Wilderness Medical Associates (WFR), and the American Canoe Association (ACA). Nathan has developed and led adventure travel programs to Tanzania, Kenya, Ecuador, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Thailand, Bali, Sumatra, Borneo, China Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, Galapagos, India, and Tibet.
Cynthia Carruthers, PhD, is a professor in the department of recreation and sport management at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. She received her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the areas of leisure behavior and therapeutic recreation. Her research interests include leisure and well-being, mindfulness, recovery from addiction, and youth development.
Lee J. deLisle, PhD, is the chair of the health, physical education, and recreation department at Western Michigan University. He teaches courses in recreational management theory, festival and event management, and sociology of leisure, as well as graduate courses in sport management. He is currently a member of the Society of Park and Recreeation Educators (SPRE) board of directors. He has served on the state board of directors for the Michigan Recreation and Parks Association, coordinates student activities for the Student Recreation Society on campus, and provides consultant services to municipal and private agencies. He previously worked as a recreation and parks director in Connecticut for 15 years. Dr. deLisle has contributed articles to World Leisure Journal, Annals of Leisure Research, Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, Tourism Analysis, SCHOLE, and Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly; he has also contributed to publications for the National Recreation and Parks Association and the Michigan Recreation and Parks Association. Dr. deLisle coauthored the text The Story of Leisure in 1998 with Jay Shivers. His most recent book, Designing Special Events,was published in the summer of 2009. Dr. deLisle enjoys spending a leisurely portion of the summer at his home in Roccantica, Italy, with his wife, Rhonda Larson.
Virginia "Ginni" Dilworth, PhD, is an assistant professor in the health, physical education, and recreation department at Utah State University. She has a BS in recreation administration from California State University at Sacramento, an MBA from Bentley College, and a PhD in recreation, park, and tourism sciences at Texas A&M University. She has been involved in research on a variety of topics, including nature tourism, transportation in national parks, and the experience of flow. Her current research focuses on active aging in outdoor recreation.
Minsun Doh, PhD, works in the department of recreation, park, and tourism administration at Western Illinois University. She received a BA degree in geography education from Korea University in Seoul. Her master's and PhD degrees are from Texas A&M University in the field of tourism planning and development. Her academic interests are in community-based tourism development, geography of tourism, and special events management. She is interested in the balanced development of tourism in communities that involve all stakeholders, including the visitors, business owners, and the host community. She's also interested in how various geographical factors affect tourism destinations and how these places are shaped in regard to tourism-related changes. She teaches courses on concepts of leisure, introduction to tourism, international tourism, resort management, and special events planning and management.
Daniel L. Dustin, PhD,is chair of the department of parks, recreation, and tourism at the University of Utah. His main academic interests center on environmental stewardship and the moral and ethical bases for leisure and recreation activity preferences and behaviors. A past president of the Society of Park and Recreation Educators and a recipient of the National Recreation and Park Association's National Literary Award, he was named an honorary lifetime member of the California Park Rangers Association in 1994 for his contributions to the literature of outdoor recreation resource management and planning. Wilderness in America, Beyond Promotion and Tenure, For the Good of the Order, The Wilderness Within, Stewards of Access/Custodians of Choice, Nature and the Human Spirit (coedited with B.L. Driver and George Peterson), Making a Difference in Accademic Life (coedited with Tom Goodale), and Service Living (coauthored with Doug Wellman, Karla Henderson, and Roger Moore) are among his recent works as a contributing author and editor.
Dovie J. Gamble, PhD, is an assistant professor in tourism, recreation, and sport management at the University of Florida. She is a certified therapeutic recreation specialist and holds a BS degree in recreation from Grambling State University and master's and PhD degrees from New York University. Her teaching focuses on history and philosophy of recreation, leadership, and recreation programs. She has been a longtime member of NRPA, serving on numerous committees. At the University of Florida she has directed the Office of Graduate Minority Programs and served as chair and coordinator of the University Minority Mentor Program (UMMP). In these roles she addressed social functioning and quality of life issues related to the transition of graduate and undergraduate minority students into the university. She continues to address quality of life issues of minority graduate students in her work with the Florida Education Fund's McKnight doctoral fellows. Her research interests include quality for life issues of survivors of catastrophic health problems, with a focus of the role that leisure and social functioning play in long-term survivorship. As a longtime advocate and volunteer for the American Cancer Society, her involvement in efforts to develop and provide programs and services to address quality of life is ongoing.
H. Joey Gray, PhD, is an assistant professor and program manager of recreation and leisure studies at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. She has worked and taught in the field of recreation and leisure since 1999 and has designed courses in youth development and programming, campus recreation, and marketing in recreation. Her research focuses on community recreation, youth development, and health and leisure. In addition to her teaching experience, Gray has several years of professional experience in recreation management and special event planning both in the public and private sectors. She has also served as the athletic director of the National Youth Sports Program. Gray has received the Future Leader Award from the Society of Park and Recreation Education (SPRE); the Recreation Professional of the Year Award from the Tennessee Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD); and the Trustee's Teaching Award from Indiana University.
Karla Henderson, PhD, is a professor in the department of parks, recreation, and tourism management at North Carolina State University. She has been on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Texas Woman's University. She received her PhD from the University of Minnesota. She has given numerous presentations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Henderson publishes regularly in a variety of journals in the field and has authored or coauthored several books: Both Gains and Gaps (with Bialeschki, Shaw, and Freysinger), Dimensions of Choice, Volunteers in Leisure (with Tedrick), Introduction to Leisure Services (with Sessoms), and Evaluation of Leisure Services (with Bialeschki). She is currently coeditor of Leisure Sciences. Henderson has contributed to the profession in seveeral ways by serving as president of SPRE, the AAHPERD Research Consortium, and the Academy of Leisure Sciences and on numerous state, national, and international boards and committees. She has received the J.B. Nash Scholar Award, the Julian Smith Award, the NCRPS Special Citation, the ACA Honor Award, the SPRE Distinguished Colleague Award, the North Carolina Recreation and Park Society Honor Award, and the NRPA Roosevelt Excellence in Research Award. When not working, Karla enjoys hiking in the Rocky Mountains, running, playing her trumpet, and reading and writing wherever she goes.
Colleen Hood, PhD, is a professor in the department of recreation and leisure studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She received her bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of Calgary and her master's and doctoral degrees in leisure behavior and therapeutic recreation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include leisure and well-being, positive psychology and leisure, recovery from addiction, and professional practice in therapeutic recreation. She and Cynthia Carruthers recently developed the leisure and well-being service model for therapeutic recreation practice.
Joy James, PhD, is an assistant professor in recreation management at Appalachian State University. She received her doctorate in parks, recreation, and tourism management at Clemson University. She was a corecipient of the 2009 Society of Parks and Recreation Educators Innovation in Teaching Award. As a lifelong learner, Joy has a passion for innovation, best teaching practices, and scholarship in formal and nonformal learning environments.
Michael Kanters, PhD, is an associate professor at North Carolina State University. He received his PhD from Indiana University. Dr. Kanters has taught at Brock University in Canada and the University of Western Illinois. Dr. Kanters' research seeks to understand the roll that sports play in the lives of children and adolescents. He is particularly interested in the impact of parental involvement and the association of sport participation with physical activity. His current sport and physical activity research is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Linda "Rainbow" Levine is an award-winning educator and facilitator. She has guided over 50,000 San Jose State University students and international workshop participants who rave about their experiences and personal successes. Linda's enthusiasm and engaging leadership style turn a learning experience into an exciting and enjoyable event. Professionally and personally, Linda lives creatively and abundantly. Her current pursuits include SJSU professor, professional clown, life coach, grief counselor, girls' empowerment camp director, and workshop presenter through her business Surprise Enterprise. Her areas of expertise include leadership, teamwork, life balance, diversity, grief and loss, and play and creativity. Linda received her bachelor's degree in recreation from Indiana University and a master's in education from the University of Cincinnati. For over 20 years Linda, her husband, and pet tortoises have lived in California, where she gets to teach courses with wonderful titles like Creating a Meaningful Life.
Nancy Nisbett,EdD, is an associate professor in the department of recreation administration at California State University at Fresno. She coordinates the community recreation and youth services specialization as well as the Serving At-Risk Youth certificate. Dr. Nisbett is certified at both the state and national levels as a recreation therapist and has been practicing for more than 15 years. Her past experiences include working at youth ranches, camps, and hospitals and as the inclusion director for a municipal recreation agency.
Erik Rabinowitz, PhD, is an assistant professor of recreation management at Appalachian State University. He taught previously at Oklahoma State University and Southern Illinois University. Erik received a PhD in educational psychology and an MS in recreation from Southern Illinois University and a bachelor's degree in social science from Colorado State University. Erik previously worked as assistant to the director of university assessment at SIUC and as manager of WDBX 91.1, a community radio station with over 100 volunteers. He also worked for Project Achieve and Brehm Preparatory School, both centers that assist individuals with learning disabilities. He is interested in research on the benefits of recreation, psychological constructs of leisure participation, and extreme sports. He spends his leisure time chasing around his two little girls. He enjoys skiing, soccer, canoeing, playing chess, playing his mandolin like David Grisman (he wishes), and going to a Dead show.
Ariel Rodríguez, PhD, is an assistant professor in the school of community resources and development at Arizona State University in Phoenix. His responsibilities include teaching undergraduate courses, conducting research, and generating externally funded projects. His teaching focuses on the management and evaluation of park, recreation, and leisure services with an emphasis on community and municipal services. His research focuses on safety behavior, obesity prevention, well-being, and life satisfaction primarily in younger populations. Moreover, he has been involved in numerous evaluation projects assessing the effectiveness of programs aimed at improving safety behavioral patterns, physical activity, and overall well-being of younger populations.
Paul Schlag, PhD, is an assistant professor at Western Illinois University in the recreation, parks, and tourism administration department. He has a bachelor's degree in recreation management and youth leadership from Brigham Young University, a master's of public administration from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, a master's of education in instructional technology from the University of Georgia, and a doctorate in recreation and leisure studies from the University of Georgia. He teaches courses in the philosophy of leisure, leadership in leisure services, youth and leisure services, leisure services for the elderly, and recreation facility management. His main interest is examining ways in which leisure may contribute to wellness through providing opportunities for dealing with developmental tasks throughout the life span. Paul and his family live in Macomb, Illinois.
Stephanie West, PhD, received a bachelor's degree from Auburn University and a masster's degree from Georgia Southern University, both in recreation management. Her PhD is from Texas A&M University, where she worked with Dr. John Crompton. Before completing her PhD, Stephanie worked full-time in campus recreation for three years at the University of North Florida and for five years at Texas A&M University. Other noteworthy experiences include running a summer day camp in Blackville, South Carolina, as part of the Rural Recreation Development Project and completing an internship as a transportation hostess at Walt Disney World. She is currently an assistant professor at Appalachian State University, where she teaches in the recreation management program. She most enjoys teaching leisure promotions, program planning, and a course on the cruise line industry, in which she takes students aboard cruise ships for a behind-the-scenes look at their operations. Her research focuses on leisure-time physical activity. When she is not at work, she enjoys traveling, road cycling, running (very slowly), reading, watching television shows recorded on TiVo, and spending time with her cats.
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