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Read the original story in The Oregonian here.
Oregon's public universities have seen a sharp increase in in-state students arriving on campus not as wide-eyed freshmen straight from high school but as transfer students with college credits and experience from a community college.
The main reason is clear: Community colleges offer most of the same foundational courses as the universities -- but at half the cost. So a lot of students who want a four-year degree opt to start out at a lower-cost, closer-to-home two-year college.
In 2006-07, about one-third of Oregonians who were newly enrolled at the state's seven public universities started out in a community college. This fall, nearly half took that path.
Colin Fawcett is one of them. A 2000 graduate of Portland's Franklin High, he served in the Army in Iraq before deciding to earn a four-year degree to become a Portland police officer. His G.I. scholarship wouldn't cover the tuition at Portland State University, so he earned his associate's degree at Clackamas Community College before starting as a junior at PSU this week.
"I did it purely because of cost," he said. "But I was very satisfied with the instructors at CCC. The classes were small, and I had some excellent, excellent teachers."
If the trend continues, Oregon's four-year universities will soon issue more baccalaureate degrees to state residents who got part of their education at a community college than those who traveled the traditional university-only path.
That can be a good thing, for students and for universities, said Joan Jagodnik, assistant director of transfer and college relations at PSU.
Community colleges and universities are partners, not competitors, when it comes to getting Oregon students through college, agreed Melissa Trifiletti, PSU's director of new student programs.
Students pile up less debt if they choose the less-costly route, Jagodnik said. And students who arrive at PSU from community colleges are well-prepared, having already mastered college coping skills. They also have been well-taught in most cases, by community college instructors who are passionate about teaching and free of the demands to conduct and publish research that university faculty face.
Their success rates are documented by university system researchers. About one in three students transferring in from a community college has earned an associate's degree. Of those, 82 percent go on to earn a four-year degree.
In comparison, 60 percent of students who enter Oregon's public universities as freshmen earn degrees as do 81 percent of those who make it to junior year, said Bob Kieran, the university system's director of institutional research. (Most students who drop out do so during their first year, whether at community college or university.)
"We find that our transfer students know how to navigate college, and they want to get down to business and find the fastest path to their degree," Trifiletti said.
Rates vary tremendously by campus. At Portland State, 70 percent of new Oregon students enter from community college. But at the University of Oregon, more than 70 percent enter straight from high school. At Western Oregon University, one-third of students from Oregon transfer in from a community college.
Krystonia Katoa, a 2008 graduate of Portland's Wilson High, was surprised when she showed up for her junior year at Western with two years of credits from Portland Community College andMt. Hood Community College -- and found she had plenty of company.
"It was kind of like a security blanket for me. 'Oh, there are lots of students who understand where I am coming from,'" she said.
Attending a university with lots of community college transfers enriches students' experience, Katoa said, because some transfer students are older, and many bring different perspectives and life experiences to class discussions.
"We're not all 18-year-olds. ... Diverse ideas and ages are normal here," she said.
Oregon university and community college officials say they have worked to strengthen the pipeline from community colleges to the public four-year universities, to help students like Katoa and also to help the Oregon economy.
They want to help the state boost the share of Oregonians who earn college credentials -- industry certificates and two-year degrees issued by community colleges and four-year degrees from public and private universities.
Educators also are trying harder to help community college students who aspire to a four-year degree make smart choices about which courses they take.
An online program makes it easy for community college students to see how each course will be treated by a university, for instance that Writing 123 at PCC will count as Writing 222: Research Papers at Portland State. The public universities also send advisers to community colleges to help students eyeing particular majors know what to take.
The increase in students starting their path to a four-year degree at community colleges corresponds with a trio of economic factors:
- The economic recession and housing bust that left many parents without the high pay or home equity they counted on to finance college;
- Steep tuition increases at Oregon's public universities in the face of eroding taxpayer support;
- And Oregon's decision to narrow and then eliminate larger Oregon Opportunity Scholarships for students who go to four-year schools rather than community colleges.
For Juana Valadez, a 2003 graduate of Forest Grove High who aspires to become a middle school teacher, starting at community college made sense for logistical reasons, too.
The Hillsboro resident works part time as a chiropractic assistant and is mother to a 3-year-old son, demands that made PCC's closer Rock Creek campus and its flexible schedules a great way to get two years of college under her belt.
Valadez started at Portland State this week and is confident she can meet the stepped-up demands.
"It's a challenge, but yes, I can."
-- Betsy Hammond


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by Mark Jagord, sports information assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—The Georgia College women's basketball team (4-0) continued their success with their fifth-consecutive home-opening victory, this time over defending Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) champion Clark Atlanta University (4-2), 72-51 Tuesday night at Centennial Center.
Head coach Maurice Smith is now just one win away from equaling his best start at Georgia College (2010-11)."I thought it was a great team effort tonight," said Smith. "We got some really good lift off the bench and that was key with a lot of our points coming off transition."
The Bobcats used a balanced attack that saw 11 different players scoring with only junior Enisha Donley (Loganville, Ga.) reaching double-digits at 13 points. Seven of the 11 scored between six and eight points for the night with three players accounting for 14-of-18 assists.Seniors Thresia Elskamp (Potosi, Wis.) and Brandi McKinney (Cincinnati) co-led the team in assists with five each, while junior Shanteona Keys (Roswell, Ga.) registered four helpers. Elskamp and sophomore Kayla Upchurch (Alpharetta, Ga.) led the squad with eight rebounds apiece, while junior Belinda Schaafsma (Momence, Ill.) had seven boards. Senior Abby Slocumb (Suwanee, Ga.) had a team-high three blocks.
Both teams traded the lead early on and were tied 9-9 five minutes into the contest. The Bobcats more than doubled the Panthers' output the rest of the half by a 33-15 margin and ended the half with a commanding 42-24 lead shooting 50 percent from the floor compared to 32 percent for the Panthers. Georgia College also held a substantial edge in rebounding for the game, 50-33.
Having gone to the NCAA Tournament last season, Clark Atlanta was led by Erika Sumpter (12 points) and Denissea Law (10 points). The Panthers' top player, Conisha Hicks was held to just nine points primarily due to some solid defensive work by freshman LaRice Walker (Franklin, Ga.).
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.

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Interested in Language
The ocean called " They are running out of shrimps"!
Please advise what does the above expression actually mean?
"Hey George, ocean called, they are running out of shrimps."
This seems to be the actual line, it seems to be a quote from a TV show called Seinfeld. I've no idea what it's supposed to mean, I've never seen the show.
Perhaps "Ocean" is the brand-name of a frozen food, or fast-food, company?
I'm not a teacher of English, but I have spoken it for (almost) all of my life....
No, it's the ocean, the big body of water covering most of the earth.
There is a form of comedic put down being used here where you say something like "Hey, your village just called. They're looking for their idiot."
In this episode, George is feasting greedily on some shrimp at a company meeting and a co-worker remarks on his consumption. "The ocean called, they are running out of shrimp."
This is meant to make fun of George by implying that he is eating so much shrimp that the ocean is being depleted.
Note that "shrimp" is used. Shrimp is normally not countable. "We had shrimp for dinner."


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Request info re. "Alice C. HUNT", Born in Dry Hill, TN. 1880. Died in Hernando, MS in 1975. Married James N. REYNOLDS, 1895. she is my GGrandmother. I have the TN marriage copy and on the 1900 TN census, she is listed as wife of James and mother of 2 with one cousin "Kirbaugh" listed in the same house. Alice lists her parents birthplace as North Carolina.
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Request info re. "Alice C. HUNT", Born in Dry Hill, TN. 1880. Died Sept. 1975 in Hernando, MS. Married James N. REYNOLDS, 20 Apr. 1895. she is my GGrandmother. TN census burned in 1890 fire. I have hit a brick wall. Her marriage certificate lists her name as Alice HUNT. The 1900 TN Census she says she was born in TN but her parents were born in North Carolina. Below her name on the 1900 TN Census there are her 2 children and then there is 1 cousin named "Kirbaugh, John W" about her same age. I have no other clues. Appreciate any and all help.
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CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) Jackson Stevenett scored 21 points, helping Southern Utah roll to a 76-63 wire-to-wire victory over Portland State on Thursday night.
Damon Heuir scored 19 points and dished out six assists for Southern Utah (6-12, 4-5 Big Sky). Jayson Cheesman scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Southern Utah had a 20-10 advantage in second-chance points and a 36-18 edge in points in the paint.
Aaron Moore led Portland State (5-11, 3-6) with 19 points and nine rebounds. Lateef McMullan scored 14 points and had six assists.
Stevenett hit 9 of his 13 shots from the field, helping Southern Utah post an overall percentage of 50.9. Portland State made just 36 percent of its shots from the field (18 of 50).


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Now you will observe two kindergarten classes during writing time. As you watch, pay close attention to how the teachers prepare students to write and support them as they draft and revise text.
After watching the classroom excerpts, consider these questions:
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Revision as of 09:17, 16 May 2007
- 1 Preliminary Program is Available
- 2 Events
- 2.1 Digital Library Technologies Interest Group Meeting
- 2.2 SPARC-ACRL Forum to Explore Progress of Open Access Journal Publishing Models
- 2.3 World Premier of "The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society"
- 2.4 Free Preconference - Disaster Preparedness for School Library Media Specialists
- 2.5 Preconference: Creating A Staff Development Plan
- 2.6 Open Mike on Salaries in Libraries: Your Opinion Counts
- 2.7 Justice You Can Bank On: ALA, ALA-APA and the National Committee on Pay Equity
- 2.8 Getting What You're Worth Salary Workshop
- 2.9 Rural and Small Libraries vs. Small Salaries
- 2.10 ALCTS/CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group
- 2.11 Learning When There Is No Time or Money.
- 2.12 Learning for Library Staff: Make it Blended – Not on the Rocks!: Developing Blended Learning programs for Library Staff
- 2.13 Networking Breakfast
- 2.14 Certification Update: What's Happening with CPLA and Other Programs?
- 2.15 Collecting for Institutional Repositories: All the news that's fit to keep
- 2.16 4th Annual Training Showcase
- 2.17 Third Annual Bookcart Drill Team World Championship
- 2.18 CLENERT Staff Development Discussion Group
- 2.19 Benefits You Can Afford
- 2.20 Library Day on the Hill
Preliminary Program is Available
A preliminary listing of programs and descriptions, organized by track, is now available on the Official Site.
Digital Library Technologies Interest Group Meeting
- Sunday, June 24, 2007
- 10:30 a.m. - 12: p.m.
- At the HYATT
- Room -- Independence H-I
- DLTIG Meeting Agenda
- 10:30 a.m. Mystery Program
- (Martin Halbert will announce the program on May 23, 2007)
- 11:45 a.m. DLTIG Elections
- 11:50 a.m. Anaheim Program Discussion
- 12:00 p.m. Adjournment
SPARC-ACRL Forum to Explore Progress of Open Access Journal Publishing Models
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 4:00 - 5:30PM
Georgetown Room, Hilton Washington
Join us for the popular upcoming SPARC-ACRL Forum on emerging issues in scholarly communication "Course check: A conversation with three open access publishers about the challenges of sustainability."
System-wide innovations that increase access to the results of research and scholarship are a key interest for the library community. Library support for these innovations, which ranges from being deeply engaged to dedicating scarce resources, is built upon the principle of open access – on evidence that open access accelerates the production, dissemination, and benefits of new knowledge, and on an understanding of the paths and business models that can deliver it. It is with this last point in mind that three of the most important and innovative leaders in scholarly publishing have been asked to speak:
- Mark Patterson, Director of Publishing, Public Library of Science
- Paul Peters, Head of Business Development, Hindawi Publishing Corporation
- Bryan Vickery, Deputy Publisher, BioMed Central and Editorial Director, Chemistry Central
World Premier of "The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society"
Friday, June 22, 2007
The Hollywood Librarian will be the first full-length film to focus on the work and lives of librarians in the entertaining and appealing context of American movies. American film contains hundreds of examples of librarians and libraries on screen -- some positive, some negative, some laughable and some dead wrong. Dozens of interviews of real librarians will be interwoven with movie clips of cinematic librarians and serve as transitions between the themes of censorship, intellectual freedom, children and librarians, pay equity and funding issues, and the value of reading. Join us for the premiere of this film!
The premiere will take place in Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 22nd, during the ALA Conference. Washington Convention Center, Hall D, where doors will open at 7:30 p.m. with a red carpet walk. The film premiere begins at 8:00 p.m. This is a no-charge event; attendees, however, must have an ALA conference or exhibits badge, or be the guest of a person with a badge. Black tie is optional. Staff from D.C. libraries are also invited to attend but will need to show a badge or some other proof that they work at an area library.
Free Preconference - Disaster Preparedness for School Library Media Specialists
Friday, June 22, 9am - noon
Visit http://www.ala.org/aasl to register
Preconference: Creating A Staff Development Plan
Friday, June 22, 2007, 1:00-5:00 pm
In today's environment, library staff have to work harder than ever to stay informed and keep up with changes. How can libraries encourage all staff to continually develop their skills? A systematic staff development plan can address the learning needs of library staff and increase their effectiveness on the job. This half-day session is a step-bystep introduction to the process of addressing the issue of staff development from needs assessment through planning. Do you need a staff development plan?
Speakers: Cal Shepard, SOLINET
Tickets: CLENERT Member: $110; ALA Member: $130; Non-Member: $180 Registration: Click here for registration.
Open Mike on Salaries in Libraries: Your Opinion Counts
Friday, June 22, 2007, 4:00-5:00 pm, Renaissance, 14
What do you think about library salaries and status? Join us to talk about library workers' salaries: what's happening with salaries; what needs to be done; what the ALA-APA: the Organization for the Advancement of Library Employees can offer; and how you can make a change.
Registration: Click here for registration.
Justice You Can Bank On: ALA, ALA-APA and the National Committee on Pay Equity
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 10:30-noon, J W Marriott, Russell
Speakers: Michele Leber , National Committee on Pay Equity; Connie Cordovilla, American Federation of Teachers; Elisabeth Gehl, Business and Professional Women-USA
Join us for a brief history of the ALA and ALA-APA's relationship with the National Committee on Pay Equity, learn about Equal Pay Day, then find out how two pieces of federal legislation, the Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act, will have an impact on you!
Registration: Click here for registration.
Getting What You're Worth Salary Workshop
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 1:30-3:00pm, Washington Convention Center, 103B
Speaker: Vicki Burger
This interactive session will give you the opportunity to learn the principles of salary negotiation during your interview and your promotions and engage in mock negotiations.
Registration: Click here for registration.
Rural and Small Libraries vs. Small Salaries
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 1:30-3:00pm
Speakers: Moderator Carol Barta, Assistant Director, North Central Kansas Libraries System, and Chair, ALA Committee on Rural, Native and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds; Jenifer Grady, director, ALA-APA; Judy Rule, director, Cabell County (WV) Public Library; and Amy Grasmick, director, Kimball Public Library, Randolph, VT
Salaries for Librarians working in rural areas have historically been far below their urban counterparts. How can rural libraries make their salaries more competitive and attract qualified people to their job openings? Our Panel will discuss where salaries now stand and how some places are addressing the issue. Co-sponsored with the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)
Registration: Click here for registration.
ALCTS/CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 1:30-3:30 pm
The ALCTS/CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group will present the following program at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., on Saturday June 23, 2007, 1:30pm-3:30pm, Capital Hilton, Federal A:
Designing Workflows that Meet Local Needs: Two Case Studies
Jackie Shieh, Senior Associate Librarian, Data Loads & Development, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan
In 1994-1999, the University of Virginia created TEI-header metadata for its Electronic Text Center collection, and then converted into SIRSI MARC ASCII to load to its online system. An original cataloger and a paraprofessional were responsible for all electronic resources cataloging, including Web sites, diskettes, discs, etc. The creation of TEI header metadata was part of their overall responsibilities.
University of Michigan, on the other hand, makes use of all existing MARC records by converting them to various project-based metadata formats for its digital library projects, e.g., BibClass, Dublin Core, DC for OAI-PMH, MODS, etc. A cataloger is in charge of the operation of providing MARC to non-MARC data, who is also responsible of ensuring quality for non-MARC metadata to MARC for local online system. The same cataloger is the person who communicates to System Administrator of specific Perl module needs regarding record conversion.
Integrating Non-MARC Metadata into the Workflow of a Traditional Technical Services Department: Perspectives from Librarians at the University of Tennessee Technical Services and Digital Access Team
Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Metadata Librarian and Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Hodges Library
Marielle Veve, Catalog Librarian and Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Hodges Library
What are the challenges and rewards of integrating non-MARC metadata production into a technical services department? Melanie Feltner-Reichert and Marielle Veve will explore their recent experience of adding the creation of Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) records to the traditional duties of technical services librarians and support staff at the University of Tennessee Hodges Library. The presenters will share their local process of integration, lessons learned from the early stages of implementation, and the surprising modifications to workflow that emerged out of practice.
Building Library 1.1
Charley Pennell, Principal Cataloger for Metadata, Metadata and Cataloging, North Carolina State University
Kristin Antelman, Associate Director for the Digital Library, North Carolina State University
Libraries operate within a culture that posits collaborating towards a common good, through resource sharing, cooperative development of standards, and the building of common work tools. The semantic Web, and the recent rapprochement between RDA and DCMI, have the potential to advance our contribution to the common good in ways that have never been possible before, yet there are still economic, legal, technical and cultural hurdles that are likely to conspire to keep libraries working within institutional silos. This talk will look at how the NCSU Libraries is trying to work toward a more open catalog platform by creating a web services layer to support features such as RSS and by integrating structured data from outside of the ILS, starting with classification and geographical hierarchies, and potentially extending to chronological hierarchies, FRBR "work-level" records, and academic discipline-related vocabularies. These efforts point to the need for access to additional data that is outside the local machine environment. We look at some of these data sources and assess the obstacles that will have to be overcome before library catalogs, and librarians, will be able to fully join the broader Web 2.0 discovery environment.
Learning When There Is No Time or Money.
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 1:30-3:30 pm
Are you running out of ideas for ways to keep your staff current, up-to-date, and informed when time and money are limited? If you're experiencing shrinking budgets, information overload, complex technologies and fast-paced change, you're not alone. Don't be frustrated! Instead, meet your training challenge with excitement, a fresh perspective and a renewed purpose. From training tracks to tracking training, you'll learn about a variety of training tools and resources which will energize your staff and create an environment where learning is fun and time is well-spent. Whether you have only 30 minutes, 60 minutes or 90 minutes to teach a skill or learn something new, you'll be able to use the ideas and resources from this session to put together an action plan to take back to your library.
Led by Pat Carterette, Training and Staff Development Coordinator, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
Learning for Library Staff: Make it Blended – Not on the Rocks!: Developing Blended Learning programs for Library Staff
Sunday, June 24, 2007, 10:00-Noon
Networking Breakfast
Sunday, June 24, 2007, 7:30-8:30am, Marriott Metro Center, Montreal
The winners of the SirsiDynix-ALA-APA Award for Promoting Salaries will be honored at this breakfast. It is also an opportunity to network with colleagues who are interested in unions. The 2006-2007 winners are Alachua County Library District, Gainesville, Florida; Connie Vinita Dowell, San Diego State University; and Teresa McMahan, Sullivan County Library System, Blountville, TN.
Registration: Click here for registration.
Certification Update: What's Happening with CPLA and Other Programs?
Sunday, June 24, 2007, 10:30-Noon, JW Marriott, Dirksen
Welcome library workers who are interested in becoming certified, institutions and consultants that want to be providers, and division representatives who want to launch a program! Hear from CPLA candidates and providers.
Registration: Click here for registration.
Collecting for Institutional Repositories: All the news that's fit to keep
Sunday, June 24, 2007, 10:30-Noon, Renaissance Ballroom East
So you have an institutional repository (IR)? Chances are your administration is excited; the publicity, marketing and development opportunities are apparent. But what should be deposited in an IR? Who should be soliciting and submitting items? How will you address issues of copyright? At this panel presentation discussion, you will hear from colleagues who have successfully tackled these issues as they develop and evolve their collection policies and procedures for IR management.
Moderator: ▪ Joseph J. Branin, Director, The Ohio State University Libraries Panelists: ▪ Susan Gibbons, Associate Dean for Public Services & Collection Development, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester ▪ Jim Ottaviani, Coordinator, Deep Blue, University of Michigan Library ▪ George Porter, Engineering Librarian, California Institute of Technology
4th Annual Training Showcase
Sunday, June 24, 2007, 1:30-3:30 pm This poster session celebrates innovative continuing education, staff development, and training initiatives and programs in libraries across the country. Always fun, informative, and chock full of good, practical ideas! Drop by anytime between 1:30-3:30.
Third Annual Bookcart Drill Team World Championship
Sunday, June 24, 2007, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Washington Convention Center
The Third Annual Bookcart Drill Team World Championship will take place during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The event is always a good time! Registration for teams is now being accepted, or just come out and enjoy the show!
Visit YouTube for video of pervious year's fun.
CLENERT Staff Development Discussion Group
Monday, June 25, 2007, 1:30-3:30 pm
Benefits You Can Afford
Monday, June 25, 2007, 4:00-5:30 pm, Washington Convention Center, 159A
Speaker: Jim Brown, Actors' Fund of America
Selection of topics covered: rights and protections; purchasing private health insurance; government-subsidized plans; negotiating hospital bills; and pharmacy cards.
Registration: Click here for registration.
Library Day on the Hill
Tuesday, June 26, 2007, 12:00-4:00 pm
During Annual, library groups and associations will have a unique opportunity to showcase their value and importance in the Halls of Congress at Day on the Hill!
On Tuesday, June 26, the ALA Washington Office has secured the Gold Room of the Rayburn House Office Building for the sole purpose of letting Members of Congress know all about 21st century libraries. There will be displays from every discipline to show our legislators just what libraries mean to America; from public libraries to school libraries, research libraries to special libraries.
For more information, please visit http://www.ala.org/dayonthehill


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Today, the House is expected to vote on an extension of the State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which would provide health coverage to 10 million children. Despite broad bipartisan support and the urging of governors, President Bush has threatened to veto the bill by repeating false claims about the legislation.
One of most egregious canards being propogated by the White House about the SCHIP expansion is that it will provide health insurance for the wealthy. President Bush claimed at a press conference last week that Congress "made a decision to expand the eligibility up to $80,000. He repeated it in his Saturday radio address:
BUSH: Their proposal would result in taking a program meant to help poor children and turning it into one that covers children in some households with incomes of up to $83,000 a year. [9/22/07]
And the White House echoed the false talking point today in its official veto message to Congress:
[T]he current bill goes too far toward federalizing health care and turns a program meant to help low-income children into one that covers children in some households with incomes of up to $83,000 a year. If H.R. 976 were presented to the President in its current form, he would veto the bill.
However, no such proposal exists. The $83,000 figure comes from a request from New York to cover children in some slightly higher-income households because of the state's high cost of living, but the final Congressional agreement put the poorest children "first in line" for benefits.
Center for American Progress health care analyst Jeanne Lambrew notes that the section 106 of the bill specifically ensures that there will not be any expansion of eligibility. "It overwhelming targets resources to low-income children and it discourages expansion to families with more moderate incomes by lowering the share the federal government will pay for such coverage."
Angered by the White House's false spin, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) fired back:
"The president's understanding of our bill is wrong," Grassley said, his voice rising with anger. "I urge him to reconsider his veto message based on a bill we might pass, not something someone on his staff told him wrongly is in my bill."
Bush isn't concerned about doling out tax cuts to the wealthy, but the mere false pretense of the well-off receiving health care is enough to make him veto benefits for 10 million children.
UPDATE: The Democratic Caucus offers a state-by-state breakdown of the impact of the SCHIP legislation.


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Festival planned for the weekend
One Northern Kentucky community is celebrating all weekend long.
Independence, Ky., is putting on its annual patriotic festival.
Fireworks were planned for Saturday night but were postponed until Sunday due to inclement weather. A balloon glow was held Friday night.
Festival organizers said they were glad to keep it going each year, thanks to business sponsors. The festival is now in its 15th year. It began when a radio host called asking what the city did for the Fourth of July.
"They were calling all the cities named Independence in the different states asking them what they did for the Fourth of July and we had to tell them we didn't do anything. We were so embarrassed," founder Nita Brake said.
Organizers raised $60,000 for this year's festival.
"I think we've felt the city of Independence Fourth of July just fits. I don't think there has ever been a point that we've said we wouldn't do it, since we raise the money through sponsorships," councilmember Tom Brinker said.
Other communities had to cancel fireworks displays due to budget cuts.


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The West Grand boys basketball team earned a pair of impressive victories this past weekend, defeating Paonia, 61-51, and Hotchkiss, 47-43. The girls basketball squad ran into a couple of tough squads and lost to Paonia, 82-32, before rebounding a bit in a 65-38 loss to the Bulldogs of Hotckiss.
Boys Basketball
The Mustangs were able to even their league record at 2-2 with the two crucial victories. On Friday night, the Eagles of Paonia jumped to a 21-17 first quarter lead as both teams came out firing. West Grand gradually took over control of the game, winning the points battle in each of the final three frames. The Mustangs were particularly dominant in the fourth quarter as they outscored Paonia, 20-12, in closing out the victory.
Casey Gore had the hot hand in the game as he converted nine of 13 shots, including four of six from behind the three-point line. Even though he never made it to the freethrow line, he led the team in scoring with 22 points. Leo Pesch tallied 12 points, Nick Ritschard scored 10. Dillon Willson chipped in with eight points and Javier Castillo dropped in five for the Mustangs.
Ritschard led the team in rebounds with nine, in steals with five and in assists with five. Pesch, Castillo and Gore snared four rebounds apiece.
The game against Hotchkiss took a different path as the Mustangs built a 27-12 lead at halftime and then held on as the Bulldogs clawed their way back and cut the lead to two points in the fourth quarter. West Grand was able to prevail, however, as Hotchkiss was turned back in the final minutes.
Ritschard and Gore led the team in scoring with 13 points apiece, while Willson scored nine points and Pesch added six to the tally. Castillo led the team in rebounds with seven, while Willson had four steals to lead the team in that category.
The Mustangs played Middle Park High School on Tuesday night this week and will travel to Plateau Valley on Friday before hosting Vail Christian on Saturday.
Girls Basketball
The Paonia Eagles showed why they are a contender for the state championship as they applied relentless pressure and built a 52-20 first half lead and cruised to the victory. The Eagles are not imposing with their size, but they are fast, work hard in their pressure defense and have a very deep bench.
Kaitlin Adams led the Mustangs in scoring with 10 points, while Bailey Monahan scored seven and Sky LePage and Sarah Vance each scored four points.
On Saturday, the Mustangs played evenly with the Bulldogs for most of the game. There were two stretches that spelled the difference in the contest. In the first half, foul trouble put several starters on the bench and Hotckiss went on a 16-0 run. At the end of the game, Hotckiss had a 12-point advantage and the Mustangs were forced to foul and hope the Bulldogs would miss from the charity stripe. They didn't miss their free throws and the outcome was secured.
Adams led the team in scoring with 15 points and seven rebounds. Payton Coleman scored nine points and grabbed four rebounds, Kristina Ekren scored six points and and snared four caroms while Monahan scored four in the game.
The Lady Mustangs have an extremely busy week. They hosted Middle Park High School on Tuesday night and will host North Park on Thursday, travel to Plateau Valley on Friday and come home on Saturday to host Vail Christian.
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Heaps of Beautiful Tomatoes
I'm so pleased with my garden this year. In early spring I built four new raised beds out of some reclaimed lumber scrounged from a local sawmill. I was rewarded with heaps of beautiful tomatoes by early July. My best producing tomatoes are Cour de Bue, an ox heart variety, Brandywines, Romas, and June pinks, another early potato vine type. I've been freezing tomato sauce for a while now.
My herbs and peppers are also going gangbusters. My basils are wonderful this year, too, Thai, Genovese, sweet and holy have been great in all my recipes and for drying.
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On last night's episode of Conan, Iron Man 2 and 3 co-star Don "Rhodey" Cheadle complained about the weight of his Iron Patriot suit compared to Robert Downey Jr's light and comfortable Iron Man armour. Is this power armour racism? Of course not.
The difference in weight can easily be explained. Tony Stark's armour is powered by the arc reactor embedded in his chest. Cheadle Man's armour requires an external power source, hence the extra-added weight.
"But Fahey, in real-life neither of them have an arc reactor in their chests." Let me stop you right there.
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