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Marjorie Jean Barnhart, 90, of Rock Port, Mo., died Jan. 25, 2013 at Fairfax Community Hospital.
Marjorie Jean Barnhart, 90, of Rock Port, Mo., died Jan. 25, 2013 at Fairfax Community Hospital.
She was born Aug. 6, 1922 to Gladys Estella (Payne) and Henry Lee "Hank" Martin on the family farm two miles west of Watson, Mo., near the old river town of Sonora, where her brother, Bud, currently resides.
She attended Sunny Grove Country School and graduated from Watson High School in 1939 as valedictorian.
On Sept. 21, 1940 she married Willis Lee "Kearney" Barnhart. They moved to Omaha and worked for the Martin Bomber Plant during World War II. They returned to Watson where they purchased their family farm northeast of Watson. They later moved to Watson. Following "Kearn's" death in 2001, she became a resident of Pleasant View Care Center, Rock Port, in 2004.
Marjorie, "Marj" as she was referred to by her host of family and friends, was a member of the Sonora Chapter 206 of Eastern Star.
Her passions in life included spending time with her children and grandchildren, cooking meals for family, painting, gardening, traveling and researching genealogy.
Besides her parents and husband, Marjorie was preceded by brother Jack Martin and sisters-in-law Mary Lou Martin and Vyvyan Martin.
Survivors include son Byron Barnhart and daughter-in-law Darlene, and daughter Joy Barnhart, all of Rock Port; seven grandchildren, Steven Barnhart, Mission Viejo, Calif., Jodi Hendrickson, Hamburg, Robert Barnhart, Rock Port, Michael Barnhart, Watson, Allen Paget, Branson, Mo., and John and James Barnhart, Rock Port; nine great grandchildren, Tanah and Teagan Barnhart, Tuesday, Martin, and Augustus Leseberg, McKenna Barnhart, Ryllee Barnhart, and Lea and Jozie Hendrickson; great-great grandchild Jenna Hall; brother Harold "Bud" Martin, Watson; sister-in-law Doris Bemberger, Lamita, Calif.; and numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.
Funeral service is at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port. Interment will be at High Creek Cemetery, Watson.
The family will receive friends from 1-1:50 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Minter Funeral Chapel.
Memorials are suggested to High Creek Cemetery.
Online obituaries and condolences at www.minterfuneralchapels.com.
Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port, is in charge of arrangements.


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Discount retailer Fred's Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter net income rose 9 percent, helped by a modest rise in sales and lower costs.
The results topped Wall Street predictions, and shares rose in morning trading.
For the three months ended May 4, Fred's earned $11.4 million, or 31 cents per share, up from $10.5 million, or 28 cents per share, in the 2012 first quarter.
Revenue totaled $501.5 million compared with $500.5 million a year ago.
Analysts, on average, expected a profit of 27 cents per share on $499.5 million in revenue, according to FactSet.
The Memphis-based company said its revenue at stores open at least a year fell 1.3 percent. The metric is a key measure of a retailer's health, because it excludes sales at stores that recently opened or closed.
Fred's said it remains "guardedly optimistic" about the second quarter. It projected a profit of between 6 cents and 9 cents per share on sales growth of between 2 percent and 4 percent. Based on the company's prior-year results, the guidance implies revenue of between $480.2 million and $489.6 million for the current quarter.
Analysts expect earnings of 10 cents per share on $481.6 million in revenue.
The company also backed its full-year profit prediction for earnings of 77 cents to 88 cents per share, while analysts expect earnings of 82 cents per share.
Shares of Fred's rose 84 cents, or 5.5 percent, to $16.04 in morning trading. The stock has changed hands between $12.30 and $16.08 in the past 52 weeks, and is up about 20 percent since the start of the year.
John Paul "Jack" Jones, former publisher of The Daily News, is the recipient of the President's Philanthropy Award from Riverside Military Academy.
Jones, a 1938 graduate of the Gainesville, Ga., institution, was honored this month for donations and contributions to numerous cultural, religious and educational organizations in Memphis and elsewhere in the country.
Jones attended the academy in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains for two years before attending and graduating from Vanderbilt University in Nashville followed by service in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
After his war service, Jones earned his law degree from the University of Virginia.
At Riverside he is best remembered for a senior year trip he and his classmates made to Cuba with a group of dignitaries from Georgia.
Guardian Relocation Inc. is moving into a new regional market in the Mid-South: Memphis.
The Memphis branch is the first office in Tennessee for Guardian, which already operates from three locations in Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Columbus, Ohio.
An agent of one of the nation's leading movers like Atlas Van Lines, Guardian will focus on all aspects of the moving and storage industry, including residential interstate moving, storage, commercial relocation, specialized transportation, distribution and logistics. Guardian plans on capitalizing on Memphis' location and strong industrial and logistics infrastructure.
Jay Fuson, owner of Guardian Relocation Inc., said he believes the company adds value to "Atlas, the Atlas family of agents and to the Memphis community."
FedEx is set to start building a package distribution center in suburban Indianapolis.
The company says it will build the 300,000-square-foot facility in Zionsville a couple miles north of Interstate 465. The Indianapolis Star reports the new facility will cost $40 million.
The company plans to open the center in August 2014 with about 200 workers, although most will be transferring from an existing Indianapolis FedEx facility.
FedEx says that Indianapolis center will remain open and both sites are expected to add employees over time.
A federal judge has ordered Temple Inland, a subsidiary of Memphis-based International Paper, to pay $3.3 million and serve two years of probation for polluting the Pearl River in 2011 with illegal discharges from its Bogalusa paper mill that killed thousands of fish.
Equipment malfunctioned at the mill, which makes containerboard, allowing an untreated plume of a substance known as black liquor to flow into the Pearl River. Black liquor isn't toxic, but it sucked up all the oxygen in the river as it decayed, suffocating more than 160,000 fish and more than 430,000 freshwater mussels.
An International Paper spokesman said Thursday the company has made major improvements at the Bogalusa plant since acquiring Temple Inland 2012.
"We have invested considerable financial and human resources into improving the mill and correcting the issues that affected it prior to the purchase," Thomas J. Ryan said in an email.
Those included infrastructure improvements and the hiring of new personnel, including an environmental scientist to lead the renovation of the wastewater treatment system, Ryan said.
U.S. Attorney Dana Boente's office, in a news release, said U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle ordered the company Wednesday to pay $1.2 million in restitution and a criminal fine of $1.5 million "for the harm caused by the negligent discharge to the Pearl River and its tributaries," including the loss of the protected species Gulf sturgeon and other aquatic life, Boente's office said. The company pleaded guilty in February to a two-count bill of information charging it with misdemeanor counts of negligent violation of the Clean Water Act and the Refuge Act.
Tennessee state Sen. Jim Kyle has filed a bill that would create a Memphis Grizzlies specialty license plate.
If approved, the plate would support the Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation, which supports youth sports and mentoring programs in Shelby County.
To get it done, Kyle's office needs to hear from fans and anyone who'd want a plate. Creating a specialty plate requires legislative approval, as well as 1,000 pre-orders. Anyone interested in pre-ordering a plate can email Kyle's legislative office at email@example.com.
The Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators already have similar plates.
A group of nine Memphians called "Citizens To Save Our Parks" is taking the city of Memphis and the Memphis City Council to court over the council's February decision to temporarily rename three Confederate-themed parks.
The Shelby County Chancery Court lawsuit filed Wednesday, May 29, contends the mayor's office through the parks services director has the authority to rename parks, not the council. And the lawsuit, assigned to Chancellor Kenny Armstrong, also says the council resolution violates a state law signed into law after the council acted.
The lawsuit filed by Nashville attorney Douglas E. Jones seeks a declaratory judgment from Armstrong that would make the council's actions "null, void and invalid" and restore any signage taken down in the parks by the administration.
The administration of Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. took down the signage before the council passed the resolution and earlier it removed a stone marker paid for and placed in Forrest Park by the group Sons of Confederate Veterans.
The group claims it had permission from the city for the marker bearing the name of the park near the curb of Union Avenue in front of the statue of Confederate General, Ku Klux Klan leader and slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest.
The lawsuit claims that in a 2005 legal opinion, City Council attorney Allan Wade told council members only the mayor could change the name of a park since the city abolished the park commission that was at one time the regulatory authority for parks.
But the council resolution passed in February to rename Forrest, Confederate and Jefferson Davis parks was backed by Wharton.
Daniel Weickenand, CEO of Orion Federal Credit Union, has joined the board of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions.
He's been elected to a one-year term and will be eligible to run for a full three-year term next year. Weickenand is the first elected official from Tennessee since 1990 and will begin his term following the close of the NAFCU annual business meeting in July in Boston.
James Hoffman, an associate member in the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, has been named a fellow by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists for excellence in pharmacy practices.
Hoffman is an expert in national drug shortages and also focuses on medication safety. He led a national survey of oncology pharmacists published in March that found drug shortages are taking a heavy toll on cancer patients, including higher costs and treatment delays.
The 2013 fellows will be honored in June during the ASHP Summer Meeting and Exhibition in Minneapolis.
The new athletic conference for the University of Memphis, American Athletic Conference, has a new look to go with its new name. The former Big East conference released its logo on Thursday.
"It's a very important step in the rebranding of our conference and the reinvention of the American Athletic Conference," Commissioner Mike Aresco said during a conference call.
The big block blue A with a red star at its center is part of the rebranding of the new conference, which will begin competition this fall.
"It's a bold symbol and an elegant design," Aresco said.
The American will consist of Rutgers, Louisville, South Florida, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Temple, Central Florida, Memphis, Houston and SMU next year.
Rutgers and Louisville will leave after the 2013 season and Tulane, Tulsa and East Carolina will join in 2014. Navy is set to become the 12th member in 2015.
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital and Methodist University Hospital are launching a free diabetes prevention program that can help high risk individuals avoid or delay on the onset of type 2 diabetes.
One in three adults has prediabetes, a condition where blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Many people with prediabetes develop type 2 diabetes, a condition that often can be preventable with lifestyle changes.
Led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the curriculum is based on research that found people can cut their risk of developing type 2 diabetes in half by losing 5 percent to 7 percent of their body weight, improving food choices and increasing physical activity by 150 minutes per week.
Participants meet with a trained lifestyle coach and learn how to make changes like losing weight, being more physically active and managing stress.
The TennCare Office of Inspector General says there have been more than 1,700 arrests for fraud against the state health care system since 2005.
The inspector general's office, which is separate from TennCare, began full operation in February 2005 and has investigated cases leading to more than $3.5 million paid in restitution to TennCare.
The latest arrest reported was announced Tuesday, May 28, and was that of a Gibson County woman, charged with using TennCare benefits to pay for pain medication and then selling pills. She is 45-year-old Gina Darlene Willis of Bradford.
Citizens can report suspected TennCare fraud toll-free at (800) 433-3982 or online at http://www.tn.gov/tnoig and follow the "Report TennCare Fraud" prompts.
Sallie Mae plans to split into two separate, publicly traded companies. The student loan giant also named John Remondi as its CEO.
Sallie Mae, formally named SLM Corp., said Wednesday that the two separate companies – an education loan management business and a consumer banking business – would help unlock value and boost its long-term growth potential.
The education loan management business would include the company's portfolios of federally guaranteed and private education loans, as well as most related servicing and collection activities. Remondi will continue as its CEO.
The principal assets of the business are likely to include approximately $118.1 billion in federally guaranteed loans, $31.6 billion in private education loans, $7.9 billion of other interest-earning assets; and a loan servicing business with about 10 million student loan customers.
This includes 4.8 million customer accounts serviced under Sallie Mae's contract with the U.S. Department of Education.
Sallie Mae's private education loan origination and servicing businesses, including Sallie Mae Bank and the private education loans it currently holds, will operate separately under the Sallie Mae brand.
Joseph DePaulo, executive vice president of banking and finance will serve as the consumer education lending franchise's CEO.
The consumer banking business' assets are likely to include about $9.9 billion of assets made up mostly of private education loans and related origination and servicing platforms; cash and other investments and the Sallie Mae Upromise Rewards program.
The two separate companies will initially be owned by Sallie Mae stockholders, but the separation of the businesses does not require a shareholder vote.
Newark, Del.-based Sallie Mae anticipates the split, if given final approval by its board, could be completed within 12 months.
Tennessee homeowners have received more than $170 million in relief so far as part of the national mortgage settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage servicers that was announced in February 2012.
That's according to the most recent progress report from the settlement monitor. The settlement arose out of an investigation into mortgage servicing and foreclosure practices.
Tennessee homeowners are continuing to receive substantial benefits under the settlement more than one year after it was first announced. Eligible Tennessee homeowners have received $173 million in relief from March 1, 2012, through March 31, 2013. That relief includes loan modifications, refinances, short sales and deficiency waivers.
The monitor's report also shows that servicers are offering an additional $49 million in loan modification savings to eligible Tennessee homeowners.
Mississippi casino revenue kept falling in April, with gamblers losing less than in any other April since 1998.
Mississippi Department of Revenue figures show statewide casino revenue fell 6 percent to $176.3 million.
Year-over-year casino revenue has fallen in every month since July 2012. The state's casinos, over the last 12 months, have collected only about 75 percent of the money they collected in 2007, the peak year for gambling revenues.
The numbers exclude Choctaw Indian casinos, which aren't required to report winnings to the state.
The 18 river casinos from Tunica to Natchez won $90.6 million, down 3 percent from the $93.7 million they won in April 2012. The 12 coastal casinos won $85.7 million from gamblers, down 8 percent from the $93.4 million they won in January 2012.
The declines have been steeper, in general, along the river. The parent companies of several casinos in Vicksburg and Tunica have faced financial distress. Part of the recent weakness at Tunica and Lula casinos has been competition from expanded gambling venues in Arkansas.
The continued downdraft is hurting not only state and local tax receipts but employment.
In January, for example, Boyd Gaming Corp. laid off 100 people from its Sam's Town casino in Tunica, according to figures from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
A documentary about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has won the prestigious Peabody Award, with the help from the University of Memphis Libraries.
"MLK: The Assassination Tapes," directed by Tom Jennings, follows the 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis and other events leading up to King's murder.
The film makes use of various formats of material from the Sanitation Workers Strike Collection in the Libraries' Special Collections Department.
Under the direction of professor David Yellin of the Department of Speech and Drama, a group of concerned citizens, including many U of M faculty and staff, began collecting documents and other materials related to the dispute between the striking sanitation workers and city officials.
After King's murder, they branched out and began soliciting outtake and broadcast footage of the events of early 1968 from TV networks and local affiliates. They also conducted oral interviews with participants and well-placed observers, including a few strikers, most of the local and AFSCME union leaders, community leaders, Memphis Mayor Henry Loeb and his assistants, and members of the Memphis City Council. About 150 individuals were interviewed.
Archivists from the Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee State Museum will be in Somerville June 6 to record and archive Civil War memorabilia.
The archivists are collecting the digital records and photos for a new exhibit and are visiting other parts of the state and region as well. The group plans to visit all 95 Tennessee counties.
Area residents can meet with the archivists at the Somerville-Fayette County Public Library, 216 W. Market St., from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on June 6.
The archivists will scan or take digital photos of the items and return them to their owners at the library after doing so. They will also give those bringing items a copy of the photos they take and offer tips on how to better preserve the items.
To make a reservation with the archivists call 615-741-1883 or email email@example.com.
Reservation forms and a list of available appointment times are on the Secretary of State's website at http://tn.gov/tsla/cwtn/cwtn_events.htm.
The nonprofit group Scenic Tennessee is promoting an anti-litter campaign that combines music, scenic photography and community cleanups with online videos and social networking.
The effort begins Saturday, June 1, with a month-long Pickin' Up Tennessee tour designed to drive home the campaign's message: Love the land. Lose the litter.
Pickin' Up Tennessee has enlisted musicians in 20 tour locations to provide a soundtrack for the campaign. Organizers are now seeking volunteers for the cleanups.
According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, last fiscal year more than 23 million pounds of litter were collected from Tennessee's county, state route and interstate roadsides.
The schedule of events is at www.PickinUpTN.org.
Memphis' Workforce Investment Network has selected Porter-Leath to coordinate and manage the 2013 Summer Youth Employment Program.
Employers in Shelby and Fayette counties will provide career experience and training for 400 young people from age 16 to 21.
Porter-Leath is working to secure job placements and employer worksites by June 10.
There is no expense for employers, but they must agree to provide meaningful work, training and supervision for program participants.
"Preparing our youth and providing them with job training and readiness is critical to their success as an adult," said Sean Lee, president at Porter-Leath.
State Treasurer David Lillard says expanding health care costs could absorb funding the state used to spend on other needs.
The Jackson Sun reported Lillard talked about the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act on Tennessee finances as he spoke to the West Tennessee Association of Health Underwriters on Thursday.
Lillard noted the state budget that goes into effect July 1 contains $391 million in new revenue and more than $300 million of that will be consumed by TennCare.
"You're dealing with a situation where you can have a shift in priorities going forward," he said.
Lillard said the federal act puts a mandatory $1.2 billion financial load on Tennessee.
"That's from (fiscal year) 2013 to (fiscal year) 2019," Lillard said. "That's about $200 million a year."
Lillard said support for higher education could further erode as a result. In 1990, state revenue funded more than half the cost of state universities. That percentage has already declined to about 38 percent and could be further reduced.
Lillard said with TennCare using up most of the money, programs such as higher education and K-12 schooling will have to compete for funding.
U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and stronger business investment. The gains suggest economic growth may be holding steady this spring.
Orders for durable goods, items expected to last at least three years, rose 3.3 percent last month from March, the Commerce Department said Friday. That followed a 5.9 decline in March.
A measure of business investment plans increased 1.2 percent. And the government revised the March figure to show a 0.9 percent gain, instead of a slight decrease.
Companies ordered more machinery and electronic products last month, typically signs of confidence. More spending by businesses could ease fears that manufacturing could drag on the economy later this year.
Factories had been seeing fewer orders at the start of the year, in part because slower global growth had reduced demand for U.S. exports. Economists had also worried that across-the-board federal spending cuts and higher taxes might prompt businesses to cut back on orders.
Paul Ashworth, an economist with Capital Economics, said the April report suggests economic growth is holding up. He predicts growth in the April-June quarter will be at a rate of 2 percent to 2.5 percent. That's not much lower than the 2.5 percent rate reported for the January-March quarter.
Still, the payoff from the pickup in business investment may not come until the end of the quarter. That's because the government looks at shipments when it measures the gross domestic product, not orders. And shipments of goods that signal investment plans fell in April.
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Colon polyps are growths on the lining of the colon or rectum. The colon and the rectum are parts of the large intestine, which are parts of the digestive system.
The 2 most common kinds of polyps are:
- Adenomatous polyps—which are precancerous and can become larger over time and may develop into cancer
- Hyperplastic polyps—do not increase in size and only rarely become cancerous
The cause of most colon polyps is unknown. It may be partly due to hereditary factors.
There are certain genetic conditions, such as familial adenomatous polyposis and Peutz–Jeghers syndrome, which cause many polyps to form.
Risk Factors
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- Personal history of colon or rectal cancer
- Weight gain and obesity
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- Alcohol use disorder
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- Abdominal pain or cramping (rare)
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- Biopsy
Images of your internal body structures may be done with a barium enema or an abdominal x-ray.
Depending on the size of the polyp, it may be removed. Large polyps are at high risk for becoming cancerous. They should be removed. Usually, polyps can be removed during colonoscopy.
If the polyps are very large, you may need to have surgery to have them removed. Your doctor may send the tissue from the removed polyps to be tested for cancer.
It's not clear how polyps can be prevented. However, the following guidelines can help you stay healthy and may help prevent not only polyps, but also colon cancer:
- Eat a high fiber diet with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
- Reduce the amount of animal fat in your diet. This occurs in beef and other meat products, as well as full-fat dairy products.
- Exercise regularly.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- If you smoke, ask your doctor how to quit.
- See your doctor for regular screenings after the age of 50.
- More frequent screenings may be needed if polyps are found, or if you have a apersonal or family history.
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State Rep. Bobby Outten (R-Harrington) trounced Libertarian Gordon Smith in the 30th District with 92 percent of the vote.
State Rep. Bobby Outten (R-Harrington) captured 91.9 percent of the vote to easily win re-election to the state House of Representatives District 30 seat.
Outten received 5,699 while Libertarian opponent Gordon Smith received just 506 votes, according to unofficial results posted by the Delaware Department of Elections for Kent County.
Smith ran on a platform to overturn the status quo in Machiavellian fashion. He said he wanted to jolt the populace from its complacency with the status quo.
Outten, for his part, said reducing unemployment and fostering economic development were the top priorities for him in his return to the state Legislature, which reconvenes in January. Quality jobs were the foundation on which everything else was built, and while Delaware's unemployment rate was below the national average, it was still too high in his eyes.
He pledged to work to ease regulations on local businesses so that they could in turn grow more local jobs.


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Although there is no cure for osteoarthritis (OA), most symptoms can be managed with a combination of lifestyle changes and medications. If these don't work, or if OA is affecting quality of life, surgery may be an option. The earlier OA is detected and treated, the better it can be controlled and joint damage can be minimized.
The goals of OA treatment include:
- Pain relief
- Maintaining the greatest possible mobility and function
- Decreasing joint deformity
- Slowing disease progression
- Maintaining or improving quality of life
OA is different in everyone. Working with a healthcare team that is made up of doctors, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals is important to help find the treatments that works best for each person.
OA treatment involves the following:Lifestyle changesMedicationsSurgeryAlternative and complementary therapiesOther treatments
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Caldwell made a statement, even if it was to itself, at the South Haven volleyball tournament Saturday in South Haven. Caldwell had some close matches, but won all five of its games and won the championship.
By JAMES JORDAN
The Wellington Daily News
Caldwell made a statement, even if it was to itself, at the South Haven volleyball tournament Saturday in South Haven. Caldwell had some close matches, but won all five of its games and won the championship.
Caldwell is now 25-2 and getting ready for the playoffs.
One of those close games was with Wellington. The Lady Blue Jays beat the Lady Crusaders 26-24, 25-17.
"Tyann Isaacs and Rachel Arnold did really well adjusting to Wellington's big blockers," Caldwell coach Kyane Lee said.
She was happy with the way the team played.
"We did some different things to get them a little out of their comfort zone in hopes of preparing them for post season play," she said.
Wellington went 4-1, with convincing wins in the matches it won.
The Lady Crusaders are now 14-12 and were to have hosted Collegiate and Rose Hill on Tuesday.
The storms Friday kept everyone up late. Wellington coach Cherity Elder said that was a concern going into the tournament, but "they proved to be ready to go. They played some great volleyball and really dominated some teams."
The things she looks for were there.
"The chemistry was there, the passing was there, and we had an assortment of girls racking up the kills. It was nice to really play well the entire day," she said.
Micah Rogers led the team with 29 kills followed by Siarah walker at 25. Abby Goodrum walked away with 16 and Mariah Moore with 15.
McKenna Oathout did an exceptional job setting and left the tournament day with 47 assists.
Wellington's scores
WHS vs. Pretty Prairie
25-18, 25-13
WHS vs. Norwich
25-9, 25-20
WHS vs. Caldwell
24-26, 17-25
WHS vs. South Haven
25-13, 25-11
WHS vs. Oxford
25-20, 25-16
Caldwell's scores
Win vs. Norwich 28-26, 22-25, 25-14
Win vs. Oxford 25-12, 25-18
Win vs. Wellington 26-24, 25-17
Win vs. Pretty Prairie 25-19, 25-7
Win vs. South Haven 25-22, 25-21


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The Newton High School wrestling team sent two to the finals of the 50th Newton Invitational Tournament of Champions Friday at Ravenscorft Gym.
After the first day of competition, Newton is in fourth place out of 27 teams. Newton has 11 of 14 wrestlers still in competition.
"We were hoping for a little bit more," Newton coach Jude Wilson said. "We could have got more, we could have got less. It was a typical day at the TOC. We've got some kids who can score points from the backside. There's a lot of wrestling left out there and a lot of points left to be scored."
Grand Island (Neb.) leads the field with 177 points, followed by Arkansas City at 139, Garden City at 108, Newton at 103.5 and Colby at 95.5.
Newton was 5-4 in the first round with five wrestlers receiving byes. Newton went 7-2 in the second round and 4-3 in the quarterfinals. Newton was 2-2 in the semifinals.
At 170 pounds, Jared Langley won a match by decision and a match by fall to reach the quarterfinals. He was the first Railer to meet a Grand Island wrestler in the tournament, taking a 6-0 lead through two periods against Jose Cabellos. Langley added an escape and a takedown in the third, along with a penalty point, en route to a 10-2 major decision.
In the semifials, Langley faced Joseph Monrroy of Emporia. Langley scored a takedown in the first period, a takedown in the second and an escape in the third for a 5-0 decision.
Langley, 16-4, meets
At 195 pounds, Dillon Archer received a bye and posted a second-round pin. Against Tommy Marquez of Bishop Carroll in the quarterfinals, Archer jumped out 4-1 in the first period, scoring the pin late in the second period.
Against Seth Presek of Gardner-Edgerton in the semifinals, Archer scored a pin in 26 seconds.
Archer, 17-0, meets 25-2 Chase Reis of Grand Island in the finals.
At 220 pounds, Raymond Gallegos posted two pins in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Gallegos took a 5-0 lead in the second period against Anthony Gonzalez of Fredonia, adding five more points in the third for a 10-1 major decision.
In the semifinals, Gallegos met Edgar Silva of Grand Island. After a scoreless first period, Gallegos gave up an escape and a takedown in the second. Gallegos scored a reversal in the third period, but couldn't get any more points, falling 3-2.
At heavyweight, Garrett Lee posted pins in his first two matches. In the quarterfinals, he faced Montana Fuller of Garden City, posting a pin midway in the first period.
In the semifinals, Lee was tied with Matt McGrew of Arkansas City 1-1 early in the third period. McGrew countered a Lee shot for a takedown with 27 seconds left in regulation. Lee escaped, but couldn't get the takedown, falling 3-2.
Lee and Gallegos compete today in the consolation semifinals. Both have clinched a medal.
At 126 pounds, Quinton Harrison won his first two matches by fall. In the quarterfinals against Ben Lightfoot of Andover Central, Harrison rode Lightfoot out in the second period and scored an escape early in the third to take a 1-0 lead. Lightfoot scored a takedown late in the match for a 2-1 win.
At 132 pounds, Anthony Monarez won a match by fall and another by technical fall. Against Kevin Kissane of Maize South, Monarez took an 8-3 lead through the first two periods. Kissane scored eight takedowns in the third to tie the match 11-11. Kissane then posted the takedown in overtime for the win.
At 160 pounds, Heydon Mock got a bye and scored a 2-1 win in the second tie-breaker round. In the quarterfinals, Mock faced top-seeded and top-ranked (Class 6A) Dustin Williams of Gardner-Edgerton. Mock gave up three takedowns and back points in the first period, and was pinned early in the second.
Harrison, Monarez, Mock advance to the fourth consolation round today, needing a win to clinch a medal.
Finishing 1-1 were Eliseo Torres at 113 pounds, Peter Nelson at 152 pounds and Noah Ornelas at 182 pounds. All three advance to the third consolation round.
Finishing 0-2 were Trveor Pryor at 106 pounds, Andrew Gehring at 120 pounds, Eanest Johns at 138 pounds.
The tournament continues at 9 a.m. today. The finals are scheduled at 6 p.m.
Newton results
106 — Trevor Pryor: 1. bye; 2. L David Mainus, Colby 1:40; C2. L Xavier McKinney, Lawrence 1:58.
113 — Eliseo Torres: 1. L Sam Roy, Bishop Carroll 7-4; C1. bye; C2. W Corey Deaver, Mill Valley 2:30.
120 — Andrew Gehring: 1. L Armond McCray, WIchita Heights :44; C1. bye; C2. L Marco Perez, Arkansas City :28.
126 — Quinton Harrison: 1. W Zach Carpenter, Hutchinson 5:08; 2. W Jaquan Graves, Dodge City :50; QF. L Ben Lightfoot, Andover Central 2-1.
132 — Anthony Monares: 1. W Brady Holzmeister, Colby 1:41; 2. W Derrick Brown, Hutchinson 15-0 (2:00) tech.fall; QF. L Kevin Kissane, Maize South 13-11 OT.
138 — Earnest Johns: 1. L Joe Umscheid, Andover Central 6-0; C1. L Trevor Watson, Blue Valley Southwest 3-1.
145 — Robert Loeffler: 1. L Devin Moore, Bishop Carroll :54; C1. bye; C2. L Josh Ownings, Maize 3:25.
152 — Peter Nelson: 1. bye; 2. L Trenton Wilson, Liberal 10-6; C2. W Santiago Garcia, Dodge City 10-7.
160 — Heydon Mock: 1. bye; 2. W Miquille Robinson, Wichita Northwest 2-1 TB2; QF. L Dustin Williams, Gardner-Edgerton 2:13.
170 — Jared Langley: 1. W Isiah Hardeman, Wichita East 6-1; 2. W Edgar Sandoval, Liberal 1:20; QF. W Jose Cabellos, Grand Island 10-2 maj.dec.; SF. W Joseph Monrroy, Emporia 5-0.
182 — Noah Ornelas: 1. bye; 2. L Nick Nolting, Bishop Carroll 1:42; C2. W Shawn Lay, Liberal 9-1 maj.dec.
195 — Dillon Archer: 1. bye; 2. W Connoer Kinkelaar, Dodge City 2:57; QF. W Tommy Marquez, Bishop Carroll 3:37; SF. W Seth Presek, Gardner-Edgerton :26.
220 — Raymond Gallegos: 1. W Vincent Dixon, Wichita Heights 1:31; 2. W Teryn Brown, Wichita East 1:13; QF. W Anthony Gonzalez, Fredonia 10-1 maj.dec.; SF. L Edgar Silva, Grand Island 3-1.
HWT — Garrett Lee: 1. W Malik Delecadena, Wichita Heights 2:35; 2. W Logan Powell, Gardner-Edgerton 1:30; QF. W Montana Fuller, Garden City 1:02; SF. L Matt McGrew, Arkansas City 3-2.


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Friends of Kate Ragsdale describe her as a spirited woman who loved life and aspired to make the world better for others.
Investigators are still searching for the unknown intruder who killed her at her home in The Highlands last week.
Friends of Kate Ragsdale describe her as a spirited woman who loved life and aspired to make the world better for others.
Investigators are still searching for the unknown intruder who killed her at her home in The Highlands last week.
Ragsdale, a mother and grandmother who celebrated her 73rd birthday on Jan. 28, was a visible and involved member of the Tuscaloosa community for decades.
She worked for the University of Alabama and volunteered her time and energy for several civic organizations.
Lynne McNair served on the West Alabama AIDS Outreach board with Ragsdale.
"Kate was my hero. She was the most committed person I have ever known," McNair said. "She embraced causes and people with an amazing warmth and compassion. She lived life on her terms. My pledge to her memory is to try to be more like her."
McNair's husband once asked Ragsdale to join the newly formed Tuscaloosa Red Elephant Club, which supports UA's football team. She declined, saying that she liked to spread her support and love for Alabama sports to all of the school's programs.
John Harris, who now lives in Atlanta, met Ragsdale at a fundraiser cocktail reception when he was a UA student in April 1994. During an hourlong chat, he mentioned that he never visited the library, where she worked. He kept his promise to stop by and say hello soon after.
"The rest is history, and we formed an amazing friendship," he said.
Harris, now 47, often visited with Ragsdale at her home and would house-sit while she traveled. She encouraged him to hold his 30th birthday party there when she was out of town.
"She told me to make sure I used the Rose Medallion china and the sterling coffee service. She had no fear that it would get broken, and she wanted it used and enjoyed," he said.
He recalls dancing with Ragsdale at different events and how she loved to have fun and laugh.
"She helped guide me through some serious matters in life and encouraged me to build a relationship with my mother," he said. "She was a dynamo, like the Energizer bunny, always on the go. I asked her once how she did it, how she stayed on the go so much and got up so early, at 5:30. 'I'm living life to the fullest, you never know when it will be over. I can sleep when I'm gone,' she said, and laughed again."
He said Ragsdale once told him that she wanted people to have a party to celebrate her life when she died.
Steffen Guenzel, who now lives in Orlando, Fla. and works at the University of Central Florida, said that he spent a few hours in the college's library to honor her after learning of her death Monday morning.
He recalled how Ragsdale loved traveling, and said she loved to visit one of her two sons in the cities and villages of France, and later Dubai when he moved to the United Arab Emirates. Guenzel met Ragsdale when he joined the AIDS outreach board in 2000.
"She enjoyed a good party as well as a symphony concert, contributed to charity events with time, talent and treasure. She was always graceful and open-minded" he said.
Former AIDS outreach director Mona Ochoa-Horshok said that Ragsdale truly cared about the causes she supported.
"Kate didn't do this for the recognition or acclaim, she did it because she cared," she said. "She was such a worker bee. She preferred working in the background, quietly supporting what she supported."
Ragsdale was often the first to finish the personalized letters outreach volunteers wrote to potential donors. She never skipped board meetings and always attended the annual Mardi Gras-themed Bal Masque ball and fundraiser.
"She would always be there to show her support," Ochoa-Horshok said. "I can see her sitting there in her black evening gown, so dignified and classy."
Randy Smith, a Tuscaloosa engineer, met Ragsdale about 25 years ago when he was in his late 20s. They were part of a group that often ate dinner together. He described her as someone he could depend on and who never seemed to have a bad day.
"Sometimes months would go by and I wouldn't talk to Kate. But when our paths would cross again, she could pick up our last conversation as if we had talked the day before. She was genuinely interested in what was going on in others' lives."
Martha Still Rogers knew Ragsdale for more than 50 years. She said that they were UA faculty wives together, tennis players, tennis mothers, UA colleagues, board members and book-club friends.
"During those years, we shared great fun, lots of laughs and a few trying times," she said. "She strengthened me with her wisdom and her candor. Kate never let me down. I always knew that she had my back."
Reach Stephanie Taylor at email@example.com or 205-722-0210.


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I've decided to blame DC Comics, if that's okay with you.
See, I'm sure they started it all with Superboy, The Adventures of Superman When He Was a Boy. There had been similar phenomena before, but the modern age of the childhood backstory really gets its start there. In my theory, this is what led to that spate of TV shows in the late 20th century like "Before They Were Stars". A few books had already come out, showing yearbook pictures of the rich and famous, but whoever decided to turn that into video entertainment started something. (The craze has waned now because so many stars become famous before they get to high school. We were recently given a DVD which shows a retrospective documentary on the career of Miley "Hannah Montana" Cyrus. They should not make retrospective DVDs of people who are not older than DVD technology.)
I didn't catch on all at once. I had been toiling away at the Book Fair putting old high school and college yearbooks out for a quarter apiece, because I was too sentimental to throw them away. Illinois schools went into the Chicago section and everyone else went into Reference. As we packed up after each Book Fair, I sighed and sent away dozens of old yearbooks, with their earnest science students gazing at Bunsen burners and their would-be stars putting on "Arsenic and Old Lace" or "Charley's Aunt". (Every high school is REQUIRED to present one of these plays every ten years. It's the law.)
Then came the year when there were no yearbooks to pack up. "Hmmmm," sez I, "We had a maniac among our customers this year." (Okay, okay: what I said was "we had ANOTHER maniac". But that's beside the point.)
The next year, only one yearbook, which had obviously gone through a flood, was left behind. I did not question this trend. I responded to it by raising the price of yearbooks to fifty cents. Behold! The following year I had only two yearbooks standing alone on the shelf.
It seems somebody out there had decided that old yearbooks were COLLECTIBLE. After all, if you know a celebrity went to Helen Sclair High School, that means there will be three or four years' worth of yearbooks with that fresh to-be-famous face in it. (If they went to Latin School, there could be even more.) And somebody out there will pay actual money to get a picture of Charlton Heston in the spring musical or Ann-Margret in her tap shoes.
So I've gone up to a dollar for most yearbooks now, and I riffle through looking for celebrities before I do even that. There's a stack of New Trier yearbooks waiting over in the corner, in fact, because I can't take chances of putting one out without careful examination. I don't know what I'll charge for this Latin School yearbook which clearly shows sculptor Claes Oldenburg in his football uniform; maybe I'll try eBay first. (Oh, he was in the school play, too, by the way. It was "Arsenic and Old Lace".)
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Cheyenne Mountain School District is "Accredited with Distinction," the highest accreditation ranking possible, by the Colorado Department of Education. Among school districts with more than 2,000 students, CMSD is the highest ranked school district in Colorado.
On average, nearly 90% of Cheyenne Mountain School District graduates attend colleges and universities. Cheyenne Mountain High School is also consistently among the top 1% Colorado high schools in preparing college freshman for success as reported by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.
100% of English Language Learning (limited English proficiency) students met their annual measurable academic outcomes as measured by the Colorado Department of Education.
Cheyenne Mountain School District boasts two National Blue Ribbon School Award winners for high performing schools (Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School and Cheyenne Mountain High School).
40% of high school students in the Cheyenne Mountain School District take Advanced Placement® courses, and achieve a pass rate nearly 30% higher than the national average.
The READ Act
The Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (the READ Act), passed by the Colorado Legislature in 2012, focuses on early literacy development for all students and especially for students at risk for not achieving third grade reading proficiency.
The READ Act focuses on kindergarten through third grade (K-3) literacy development, literacy assessment and individual READ plans for students identified with a significant reading deficiency.
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Christians still robust, even as more Canadians claim no religious affiliation, national survey finds
OTTAWA – The proportion of Christians in Canada has dropped over the past decade – in large part due to increases in religious minorities as a percentage of the population – but a closer look at Wednesday's National Household Survey data suggests The Shepherd has not lost His flock.
Although the 10-year decline of Christians, from 76.6 to 67.3 per cent of those who responded to the survey, will worry some, the actual number of professed Christians in Canada has seen little change. The 2001 census saw 22,851,825 Christians, compared to 22,102,700 in 2011, when the survey released Wednesday was conducted.
The number of Roman Catholics is virtually unchanged: 12,793,125 in 2001 and 12,728,900 in 2011.
Experts say the Catholic stronghold has been boosted by the immigration pipeline, with nearly half of newcomers identifying as Christian (47.5 per cent).
"The Chinese seem to automatically assume they're Christian as soon as they get off the plane," said Irving Hexham, professor of religious studies at the University of Calgary. "That's a very common phenomenon."
At the other extreme, the NHS reveals that a growing number of Canadians are identifying themselves as having no religious affiliation: nearly one-quarter (about 7.85 million people) of the population, versus 16.5 per cent a decade earlier.
"There's a whole category of people who aren't interested in organized religion and what they perceive to be its rules and requirements, but (who) don't want to give up on the notion of spirituality," said Pamela Dickey Young, professor of religion and culture at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. "Then there are other people who just don't find religion to be a useful thing to be affiliated with."
Statisticians caution that there's no way of knowing how good or bad the information from the NHS is.
The voluntary nature of the survey leaves gaps in the data from groups that tend not to respond to voluntary surveys, including new immigrants and low-income families. Nonetheless, experts believe the data should provide a fairly accurate broad-scale picture of Canada.
Of the Roman Catholics, the largest share lived in Quebec (45.3 per cent) and Ontario (31 per cent).
Canadians affiliated with the United Church were the second-largest Christian group nationwide, with approximately two million people, or 6.1 per cent of the total population, followed by 1.6 million Anglicans (five per cent of the population).
More than one million people identified as Muslim, accounting for 3.2 per cent of Canada's population — up from two per cent in the 2001 census. Ontario was home to more than half the Muslim population.
Two-thirds of Canada's one million Muslims lived in the three largest metropolitan areas: Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
About 9,000 people surveyed in 2011 claimed to be Jedi, Statistics Canada said. In 2001, 20,000 people claimed the status of the Star Wars-movie-related philosophy.
– With a file from the Canadian Press.


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SIA AGL71SS 70cm Angled Stainless Steel Chimney Cooker Hood Kitchen Extractor
Create the wow factor in your kitchen with the AGL71 70cm stainless steel angled glass cooker hood from SIA! Designed with features to optimise customer satisfaction, you're equipped with convenience and flexibility, enabling a stress-free cooking experience.
These features include…
- 3-speed push button controls
- A 4-layered aluminium grease filter, and…
- Two 1w LED lamps
Maximise freshness in your kitchen with the 3-speed push button controls. Regardless of the dish you're cooking on the hob below, this feature works effectively to eliminate any steam produced in a matter of minutes. With this model, you have the option between ducted or recirculated installation, depending on your preference!
Ducted installation works to extract externally, to the outside of your home, whilst recirculated installation works to transfer steam and odours produced from cooking, through the filter, purifying it and then proceeding to pass it back into the kitchen! Both methods result in the same outcome; a fresh kitchen environment. Simply purchase a ducting kit or charcoal filter, respectively, before checkout!
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SIA AGL71SS 70cm Angled Stainless Steel Chimney Cooker Hood Kitchen Extractor
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Ducted or recirculating installation
3 speeds
4 Layer aluminium grease filter
Dishwasher proof grease filters
Single motor
Push button controls
2 x 1w LED Lamp
Operating Modes: Extraction & recirculation
Telescopic chimney sections
Optional accessories
SIA2 Recirculation Charcoal Filters Available From Our Store
D1 & D3 External Ducting Kits Available From Our Store
Technical specification
Noise level: 63 dBA
Extraction rate: 550 m3/hr (max)
Rated electrical voltage: 230-240V
Additional information
Dimensions (WxDxH): 700mm x 340mm x 780mm-1080mm
Air outlet diameter: 125mm
Height of chimney sections: 400mm+330mm
Mains lead length: 1m
SIA is the official in-house brand of Ship It Appliances, offering up high-quality kitchen appliances at affordable prices. We are focused on offering our customers great value for their money with designer-quality appliances that are stylish, durable and within the price range of the average British household.
Based in the East Midlands, Ship It Appliances has unique insight into the needs of UK homeowners. We stay up-to-date with current trends in British kitchens in order to produce kitchen appliances that meet the demands of households across the UK - from both design and functionality perspectives.
We are always adding new products to our selection, and the current kitchen appliance range from SIA includes:
Cooker hoods
Gas hobs
Ceramic hobs
Induction hobs
Electric hobs
Wine coolers
Single ovens
Double Ovens
Recirculation filters
Our range of cooker hoods and kitchen extractors is vast and expansive, as SIA offers up a wide range of styles and sizes. We aim to cater to all types of British kitchens, offering up curved glass, chimney, under cabinet and angled glass cooker hoods that will complement all types of kitchen dcor schemes.
Every appliance produced by the SIA brand is guaranteed to perform to a high standard while offering up long-lasting quality. Most of our SIA range comes with a Five year parts and 2 year labour guarantee, helping to ensure that your SIA appliance remains in great working condition for years to come.
At Ship It Appliances, we aim to provide the best service possible. This includes providing free shipping on all of our appliances to 99% of the UK.
We aim to dispatch all orders received by 12 p.m. the same working day. Please contact our offices should you require any further assistance or advice.
The delivery company used will depend on the products purchased.
The delivery of smaller items such as cooker hoods, splashbacks, hobs, stainless steel and composite sinks, microwaves, table top fridges and freezers, taps and accessories:
* Next day delivery service between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for orders placed before 12 p.m. on most of our products. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide specific time slots. However, the courier will email the customer with the tracking number for their order. The local courier depot can then be contacted on the day of delivery to acquire any further information regarding the delivery.
As a general rule, the deliveries must be signed for by the customer. However, if we are advised on any special delivery instructions at the time of the sale (e.g. leave the delivery in a safe place or with a neighbour) and a note can be left on the door for the delivery driver, they can follow these instructions. Please note that we are only able to advise our couriers on the instructions but we are not able to guarantee they will be followed. If the item is left with a neighbour/in a safe place as per customer's instructions, we cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage of goods.
* Next day delivery may be affected by the delivery address (see below), traffic and weather conditions.
Please be advised that some areas carry an additional delivery charge. Should the delivery address be one of the following, please do contact us prior to placing an order to acquire a delivery quote.
Northern Ireland, JE, BT, IM, ZE, GY, PO30+, HS, IV, KA27-28, KW1-17, PA20+, PH15+, AB37+, DD, FK19-21, TR21+, EH, G
The delivery of larger items such as ovens, fridges, freezers, dishwashers, washing machines, wine coolers and ceramic sinks:
* Solo or a two-man delivery service who operate between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.. In order to organise these deliveries, we require the correct contact number and email address for the customer to be provided at the time of the sale. This is to ensure that we are able to personally organise a suitable delivery date with the customer. Once a suitable date has been confirmed, the courier will email the customer with a 2-hour delivery window the night before the delivery as well as a call within the hour of delivery on the day. Please make sure the product is checked upon delivery and if there are any visible faults or damages please refuse the delivery and contact us so we can resolve any issues. Please be advised somebody must be at the delivery address in order to sign for the goods.
For customers who are unable to receive a delivery on weekdays we do offer a Saturday delivery at an extra charge.
Please be advised that some areas carry an additional delivery charge. Should the delivery address be one of the following, please do contact us prior to placing an order to acquire a delivery quote.
Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, JE, BT, IM, ZE, GY, HS
Unfortunately, occasional damages in transit can occur in which case we would advise our customers to contact us as soon as possible. This is to ensure any issues can be resolved quickly and efficiently.
We advise that the products are checked upon delivery and any issues reported to us as soon as possible for an efficient service.
Please be aware if a damage is reported after installation we would not be able to exchange or refund.
We also advise that you do not organise fitters until the order has been delivered in case any issues arise with the order.
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No matter what the calendar says, it is not really spring in New Hampshire until Maple Weekend, when sugar shacks from Orford to Plaistow open a doorway to New Hampshire's past. Happily, it begins bright and early tomorrow morning.
If you have experienced Maple Weekend, you know the abundance of sensory pleasures it offers. If you have not, then you have deprived yourself of one of the great treats of life in the Granite State.
The world is full of modern indulgences. There are jaccuzi tubs, IMAX movies, elegant dinners, luxury cars. For children there are dazzling video games and magical concoctions of corn syrup and chemical flavorings. And yet there is a unique charm in the mix of sensations discovered when standing in the snow on a brisk March morning as the wind gently blows, dipping a cider doughnut into a cup of warm, fresh maple syrup, and taking in the beauty of this still rural state.
Though Maple Weekend is a tourist draw, it is a mistake to think of it as an event for flatlanders from out of state. This is a tradition for Granite Staters to cherish. These sugar producers are our friends and neighbors. The traditions they uphold are our traditions. They should be passed down to our children, not left for strangers to enjoy.
This weekend, 110 New Hampshire sugar shacks are offering syrup samples and boiling demonstrations. Some are offering sugar on snow, some pancakes, some cider doughnuts, some hot dogs boiled in syrup, some horse-drawn wagon or sleigh rides. No matter where in this great state you live, there is an operational sugar shack a short drive away. And this weekend it probably will be open, serving sweet treats to whomever wanders in. How can you resist?


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TUSCALOOSA | Tens of thousands of dollars and sometimes more than $100,000 changed hands within minutes Wednesday. But it wasn't on Wall Street. It was on Tuscaloosa's Commerce Drive, where more than $25 million worth of construction equipment and trucks — ranging from giant dump trucks to pickups — went up for auction in a fast-paced sale that saw an auctioneer's truck move from vehicle to vehicle with dozens of bidders walking close behind.
TUSCALOOSA | Tens of thousands of dollars and sometimes more than $100,000 changed hands within minutes Wednesday. But it wasn't on Wall Street. It was on Tuscaloosa's Commerce Drive, where more than $25 million worth of construction equipment and trucks — ranging from giant dump trucks to pickups — went up for auction in a fast-paced sale that saw an auctioneer's truck move from vehicle to vehicle with dozens of bidders walking close behind.
The auction, which continues today, is at Racon Inc.'s headquarters at the city's Airport Industrial Park, where rows of pickups, dump trucks, tractors, scrapers and other vehicles and equipment are being sold.
Racon, a 32-year-old Tuscaloosa construction company that has done more than $1.1 billion worth of construction projects since its start, is selling its earth-moving equipment as it leaves the site preparation business.
The company, which once employed 600 people, is now down to 80 employees, according to its president, Keith Andrews.
Racon, like the construction industry as a whole, took a severe hit during the recession, he said. Tight federal and state budgets meant little to no money for new road projects, a major source of work for companies doing site preparation.
And the poor economy also meant few subdivisions and shopping centers were being built, leaving little site preparation work from the private sector.
On Wednesday morning, several hundred people turned out to follow the activity at Racon.
"You usually don't get to see this much equipment at one time that's in good shape and ready to use," said Eric McCrary of Akeem Construction in Huntsville.
Before noon, McCrary, a co-owner of Akeem, said he had successfully bid on some trucks for his company.
"We got some good prices," he said.
Most auctions featuring construction equipment have old, worn-out items that might cost more to repair than to buy, he said. That was not the case Wednesday.
During an auction preview on Monday and Tuesday, Racon staff started up the engines for potential buyers and provided information on maintenance and repairs done on vehicles and heavy equipment, said McCrary, who planned to continue bidding on equipment today.
McCrary said his company is a lot smaller than Racon.
"If we got a $5 million or $6 million contract, we would be doing real good," he said.
Racon with its all its equipment would probably look at projects at least 10 times that size, he said.
"But sometimes in business, you have to downsize to have the right size," he said of Racon's decision.
Andrews told The Tuscaloosa News last week that the company has not had a profit since 2009. It is continuing only its bridge-building division and did not need all the equipment on its lot, he said of the auction.
The bridge division has enough contracts to get it through this year, he said, Then the company will re-evaluate the market and determine its future, he said.
The auction attracted a cross-section of bidders plus Internet bids coming in from across the country and even abroad.
Andrews said last week that he expected a third of the bids to be made via the Internet and about a third of the equipment sold ultimately would head to markets abroad. But the auction also attracted a fair share of people from the area.
Pat Johnston and her husband, Keith, came from Buhl. The Johnstons have a farm but also a business, Johnston Floor Covering in Northport.
"My husband lets me do the bidding because I enjoy it so much," said Pat Johnston, who was looking for a truck that could be used in their business and to haul their produce and meat to the Northport Farmers Market.
By mid-morning, Johnston said she had already bid on six trucks, none successfully.
"I kept up with what they sold for," she said. "We set a limit on what we will bid and will not go over that. Some are going for really good prices and some are going for really high prices."
As she looked at her list, she noted one truck sold for $10,000 more than her maximum bid while another sold for $2,000 more.
"I was close on that one," she said.
The Johnstons regularly attend auctions, and Pat Johnston said it is important to do homework in advance of bidding. The couple visited the Racon property to inspect the vehicles before the auction, and Pat Johnston said she then went on the Internet to check the Kelley Blue Book value, which rates fair market prices on used vehicles. That helped her set her bid limits, she said.
Pat Johnston said she recently went to an auction for a grocery store that went out of business and bought a refrigerated walk-in cooler for $2,000. A new one would cost $20,000, she said. The Johnstons installed the cooler at their farm to store butchered meat.
"Auctions are fun," she said. "You get to meet all kinds of friends and visit with people, too."
Jimmy McAteer, who also has a farm in Buhl, was with the Johnstons. He said he was interested in bidding on a truck that he could use to haul brush and perhaps bring fresh produce to the farmers market.
And Wesley Shackelford of Shackelford Excavating in McCalla said he came to look at dump trucks. The selling prices start high, but as they go down the line, the winning bids are going down, he noted. He, too, had not made a successful bid in the first hours of the auction.
Not everyone came to bid.
Roy J. Carruba, sales manager at Long-Lewis' Western Star Trucks dealership in Bessemer, puffed on a cigar as he marked the successful bid price on his auction sheet. He said that information is useful in determining the wholesale price for used vehicles that he handles.
Carruba said several of the dump trucks being sold were bought from his dealership.
He then wrote down the successful bid on a dump truck as the auctioneer from Myron Bowling Auctioneers in Hamilton, Ohio, called out the sold price of $130,000.
"There is a 10 percent buyer's fee, so the cost is $143,000," Carruba said of the figure he listed on his sheet.
The Racon auction is expected to continue through this afternoon, with some of the larger construction equipment being sold.