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Firefighters battle home blaze
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PAYNE SPRINGS–Four area fire departments responded to an early-morning house fire that heavily damaged the home of Ronnie and Becky Gartrell.
Smoke alarms woke up the Gartrells a little after 4 a.m. Monday at their home on State Highway 198, Payne Springs Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Randy Harley reported.
Payne Springs Fire-Rescue responded with an engine, ladder truck, two 3,500-gallon tankers and two other apparatus, along with 13 firefighters.
They quickly called in help from Enchanted Oaks, Gun Barrel City and Log Cabin fire departments.
"With the addition of a new tanker this week, we never ran out of water," Harley reported.
The Gartrells' home received extensive damage, but firefighters were able to save many family heirlooms and other items, Harley said.
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Payne Springs firefighters respond to an early-morning house fire
Monday that heavily damaged the home of Ronnie and Becky Gartrell.
Two crews were inside the home when this photograph was taken.
Caney City gets new police chief
By Pearl Cantrell
Monitor Staff Writer
CANEY CITY–The small community of Caney City recently named a new police chief.
Paul Redic, a 20-year veteran in law enforcement, accepted the position during a city council meeting last month.
"It's been a goal of mine to be a police chief for a local municipality," Redic told The Monitor.
Redic is no stranger to Henderson County. In fact, he began his career as a police officer on the Athens police force.
He is also well-known as the police chief for the Malakoff Independent School District, a job he intends to continue in while serving Caney City.
"I love counseling and mentoring kids," he said.
Redic and his wife Tamra have reared seven children, the youngest of which is a high school senior in Athens.
His wife works as a nurse, and is accustomed to long hours. Her husband will be putting in some very long days, as well.
"She's okay with this," he said.
Redic, 44, is driven with a passion to do help all he can.
"I want to make a difference while I live," he said.
Besides police work, Redic is a chaplain and member of the Henderson County Interdenominational Ministry Alliance.
"You could say I was religious," Redic said.
As the Caney City police chief, Redic hopes to focus on credibility and establishing a good rapport with the community.
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City releases lien on Heritage Cove project
By Pearl Cantrell
Monitor Staff Writer
CEDAR CREEK LAKE–Landers Development has cleared its title to 33 acres off Main Street, as far as Gun Barrel City is concerned.
In a special meeting Friday, Gun Barrel City Economic Development Corporation president Dennis Wood informed directors of recent events that triggered the release of lien on the property.
In a nutshell, the EDC had an agreement with Landers to exchange the parcel of downtown Gun Barrel City for development of a road, sewer and water infrastructure and electrical power, Wood explained – all the basics needed for business development.
When East Cedar Creek Fresh Water Supply District signed off on the sewer system construction, that started the five-day countdown to release of lien, as agreed in a previous meeting, Wood told directors.
It took that time to get the verbiage just right, so Landers could take that document and secure interim financing for the construction of a hotel and restaurant planned for the project, Wood explained.
It took three drafts to come up with an acceptable, simple release of lien document, Wood said.
Two other items remain a part of the performance agreement.
It calls for the dredging of the city lake and installation of retaining walls, Wood said.
"He has until June 30 to complete that," Wood said.
Installation of power lines are being done through TXU, and Landers Development doesn't have any control over the timing of that, directors heard.
In other business, the directors referred an issue back to committee to develop, involving an offer to buy property behind the proposed new city hall behind the East Texas Medical Center Emergency Center.
At the last meeting, city councilman Marty Goss, who is also a Caldwell Bank real estate agent, presented an opportunity to purchase a six-acre strip of land coming onto the open market soon with an asking price of $279,000.
EDC administrative assistant Rita Evans provided directors with a page from the State Economic Handbook on 4B Projects.
The Handbook points out EDCs may not buy land for speculation, but must have a specific project planned for a specific property.
"It would be a great piece of land for us to have, or for the city to have," EDC secretary Jennifer Young said. "The city could go buy it."
"We still can look at some potential projects we could use that land for," EDC director Dennis Baade said.
"If we come up with something and the land is still available, we could end up buying it. It's just not going to happen quickly," Baade added.
Directors heard two other parties were also interested in the property, and one had put in an offer.
The item was returned to committee.
Celebrating public schools week
Monitor Photo/Ronda Pennington
Students from Kemp Junior High reviewed Kemp school history Monday with
a fashion show of school dress from every decade since it opened as the
Academy of Learning in a log cabin across from the Kemp Cemetery. A
PowerPoint presentation by science teacher Mischeal Rowden showed photos
of school history, including a large two-story brick building opened in 1904
known for its belfry. That building was rebuilt in 1936 and was the tallest in
Kemp. By the 50s, the school served students from Kemp, Becker, Lively, Styx,
Stubb, Gosset, Liberty and Tolosa. It served until 1968, when it burned. The
first football program started in 1923, and students voted for the Yellowjackets
to be named mascot and set orange and white as the school colors.
Death penalty one step closer for repeat child molesters
Monitor Staff Reports
AUSTIN–State representatives gave their approval Monday to a bill calling for harsher penalties for sex offenders who have repeatedly preyed on children.
The House bill also creates a new category of crime – continual sexual abuse of a young child or children.
The penalty for this crime carries a minimum of 25 years to life in prison, and possibly the death penalty for a second offense.
The bill's final form represents a compromise on a broader death penalty provision, due to constitutional issues and concerns it might lead some offenders to kill their victims.
Input from defense attorneys, prosecutors and victim advocacy groups was also considered.
"Nothing we do will be more important," the Tyler Morning Telegraph quoted Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball), who filed the original bill.
It passed the house with a very wide margin, 118-23.
The bill now comes under the consideration of the Senate, which has also drafted a similar measure.
The bill is referred to as Jessica's Law, after Jessica Lunsford, a Florida girl who was abducted and killed. More than a dozen states have passed versions of Jessica's Law.
Gov. Rick Perry has stated he deems passage of a child sex offender bill a legislative emergency.
Some question whether it is constitutional to use the death penalty in cases where the victim did not die.
In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in a Georgia rape case.
Louisiana has an inmate on death row in a child sex crime, but the case is still subject to appeals in state and federal courts.
The House bill defines continuous sexual abuse of a young child as more than one sex act committed against a victim younger than 14 over a period of 30 days or more.
The first offense would carry 25 to 99 years in prison. If an offender was released and later convicted of the same crime again, he or she would face life without parole or the death penalty.
Lawmakers created a "Romeo and Juliet" exception to avoid prosecuting a situation that might be a high school romance, such as a 17-year-old senior and a 13-year-old freshman engaging in consensual activity, which could still be punishable under statutory rape laws, but not under the new continual sex assault law.
Another feature of the bill is the removal of the statute of limitations for many sex crimes against children, including indecency with a child and aggravated sexual assault. The current limit to bring charges is 10 years after the victim's 18th birthday.
Child advocacy groups are concerned the law may lead offenders to kill victims who may be the only witness to the crime. Also, if the offender is a family member or friend, which is often the case, children will be pressured to keep quiet, or be blamed for sending a relative to prison for life.
Rep. Harold Dutton (D-Houston), who tried to get the death penalty provision removed, was quoted by the Tyler paper as saying, "You will shove a lot of this conduct farther back in the shadows. Children will not come forward."


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Campaign against eating dog and cat meat rolls out in Guangzhou metro
Guangzhou's masses of morning commuters were today greeted with the confronting message: "What you just put into your mouth could have been a loyal guardian who defended a family home". The posters are part of a campaign by NGO Animals Asia to put a stop to the practise of eating dog and cat meat in China.
The posters were put online on Animals Asia's weibo account and have been shared more that 20,000 times.
The ongoing campaign aims to "inform the public of the health risks of eating dog and cat meat and to prompt people to re-evaluate why they'd eat animals they might otherwise consider friends not food", according to Animals Asia.
The roll-out in Guangzhou brings to 14 the number of cities in which the posters can now be seen. A total of 300 different designs are on display in metros, bus stops and in elevators in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Shenzhen.
"We know that, equipped with the facts, most people will choose not to eat dog and cat meat. There are health implications, not to mention the fact that the dogs and cats being served as food are likely to have been stolen from a loving family home", said Animals Asia founder Jill Robinson.
Several weibo users voiced their support for the campaign. "Cats and dogs are our best friends. Whether you're poor or rich, sick or healthy, they'll always be by your side. Please treasure these small animals", wrote Lamia from Guangzhou.
Others were less sympathetic, "Why not eat dog meat? Because dogs are cute? How do you think about pigs, sheep, little chickens and ducklings? Should they be eaten?", wrote a weibo user from Xiamen.
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Coco Rocha has become the new face of Dennis Basso. The stunning model will front the designer's fall/winter collection after the pair met at the QVC table at the Met Gala last month.
The 23-year-old beauty - whom Basso says he "fell in love with" after she wore a pantsuit bought at the Elizabeth Taylor auction - found herself modelling a $250,000 mink in 100-degree heat on the Essex Steam Train in Connecticut this week. According to the New York Post, Basso remarked Coco was "the only person on set not sweating."
Although the pair met at the Met Gala, Coco recently revealed she found attending the New York event more "daunting" than any other bash: "Of all the events, I have to say the Met Gala red carpet is most daunting. You have cameras on both sides of you all the way up a red-carpeted staircase. If you turn to one side, the other side boos. You really can't win. Once people learn your name they all begin screaming for you. I've made the mistake in years gone by of showing up a little late to the event, right when the Beyonces and J. Los of the world are having their moment - then you have photographers screaming for you to get out of the way! So this year I came nice and early."
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Lifetime has optioned Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter, a media reporter at the New York Times.
While the book chronicles the rise of ABC's Good Morning America to the top of the morning show heap, its juicier story is the more public tale of the ouster of Ann Curry from her position as co-host of Today, and it's likely that angle that will be the focus of the made-for-TV movie.
Ironically, Stelter admits in his book that a report he made on the Times website of a plan by Today executive producer Jim Bell to replace Curry was instrumental in the failure of any negotiations to keep Curry with the show.
Curry's firing sparked national outrage and Matt Lauer was no longer seen as the charming, handsome co-host. Once his biggest fans, women everywhere stood beside Curry and felt she had been treated unfairly by the network, the show and Lauer.
A year later, Curry pounded Lauer in the ratings in an interview showdown. Curry reached 6 million viewers, engaging the first successful facial transplant recipient versus Lauer's 5 million viewers two days earlier when he spoke with Paula Deen after her disastrous racial slurs incident.
There isn't any doubt the story has staying power. In September, Lauer was still talking about his experience in an interview with Esquire. "The way the media treated what happened with Ann Curry was a disappointing learning experience. I was disappointed by the laziness of the media, the willingness to read a rumor, repeat that rumor, and treat it as a fact," he told the magazine.
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Kingsbury Corp. CEO Bill Pollock discusses the partnership with Eastman Kodak Co. to make touchscreen sensors and the machines to manufacture them.
As the industry evolves, companies like Kodak are seizing new manufacturing opportunities.
The basic technology underlying the booming touchscreen industry is in the midst of a major transition and Rochester is poised to capitalize on the new developments.
More than 90 percent of touchscreens use transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) as the conductor that detects fingertip motion. But, experts say, ITO is expensive, difficult to work with, and found only in one area of mainland China, which controls its availability and price.
A new alternative approach uses virtually invisible nanoscale lines of copper or silver instead of ITO to form a metal mesh conductor for smartphones, tablets and other devices.
The advantages could lead to a major shift in manufacturing and provide enormous opportunities for developers of the new metal mesh technology.
While ITO must be applied to a stiff surface, such as glass, metal mesh can be used on flexible surface or substrate, and that's where Eastman Kodak Co. comes in.
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Kodak's expertise and resources for making film naturally gives it a leg up on producing the flexible substrate with a nearly invisible metal mesh "printed" on the surface.
That led to an announcement in April that Kodak and UniPixel Inc. agreed to manufacture touch sensors in Eastman Business Park. The $24 million plant is now under construction in Building 326 at the park.
"UniPixel hasn't had a purchase order yet. Right now they're ramping capacity to meet anticipated demand," said Grant Stude, an analyst for Liolios Group in Newport Beach, Calif., an investor relations firm representing UniPixel.
By the end of 2013, UniPixel's Rochester facility is expected to have a capacity of 1.3 million square feet of touchscreen sensors and employ 65 to 75 workers, who will largely come from other Kodak operations, such as film manufacturing.
And, in June, Kodak and Kingsbury Corp. announced an agreement to set up a manufacturing plant in Building 318 at the park. Kingsbury, which now has about 60 workers, is planning to invest about $10 million, create about 50 jobs initially, and a total of about 200 in three years.
In addition to establishing a manufacturing plant to supply customers with touchscreen sensors, Kingsbury also will make and sell the machines and process to other manufacturers.
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Carestream Health Inc., which is headquartered in Rochester, will also make touchscreen sensors at plants in Colorado and Oregon.
The potential economic impact of the industry in Rochester is huge. The touchscreen industry is expected to double to $32 billion by 2018. The demand is being driven by the dramatic increase in sales of touchscreen devices — up from about 200 million units in 2007 to more than 800 million last year. And that demand will be extended by the release of the Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system last fall, which incorporates a touchscreen user interface.
"If you have a lower-cost alternative that performs better than ITO I think that's where the market will be moving to," said Stude.
The Rochester share of the market could reach into the billions of dollars, said Kingsbury owner and CEO Bill Pollock.
"The market is so big you don't have to be the dominant player to do well," he said.
Uses for touchscreen technology may be limited only by the imagination. It's expected to become more common in automotive navigation and control displays, appliances, and other everyday devices.
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"What makes ITO so attractive is it's been the dominant material for decades," said Paul Herro, Carestream's general manager for advanced materials, in Oakdale, Minn.
"There's a whole supply chain that's geared around this one material. So phasing it out isn't something that will happen overnight. But with novel materials like ours and others, we expect to make some pretty significant inroads pretty quickly and show a pretty compelling reason to switch over," he said.
Carestream entered the touchscreen field a little over three years ago and now has one plant near Fort Collins, Colo., and a second near Medford, Ore., said Paul Herro, general manager for advanced materials, in Oakdale, Minn.
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Herro would not provide specific sales figures, but said the company, which introduced the product this year "has had commercial success with a number of touch panel manufacturers."
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Yemen: ICRC staff member killed in Abyan
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply shocked and dismayed by the death of one of its staff members, Hussein Saleh, who was killed this morning while on duty in the north of Abyan governorate.
Mr Saleh and three other staff members were assessing the humanitarian situation in the region, which has been severely affected by the recent fighting. The circumstances behind this incident remain unclear.
"We are devastated by the tragic loss of our friend and colleague Hussein," said Eric Marclay, the head of the ICRC delegation in Yemen. "He was a very motivated and devoted staff member. He played a tremendously crucial role within his team helping hundreds of thousands of people in the south, and lost his life while performing humanitarian work."
The entire ICRC extends its deepest and heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.
Mr Saleh was 35 years old. A Yemeni national, he joined the ICRC two years ago and was working as the adviser to the ICRC's head of office in Aden. He and his wife had four children and were expecting a new baby.


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The bridge on U.S. 25 in Williamstown is now closed.
The bridge officially closed after morning traffic on March 1 and the closing doesn't sit well with Williamstown Mayor Rick Skinner.
"It's very disappointing that it didn't work out and I hope it's not a huge inconvenience for the traffic flow," Skinner said.
Skinner asked the state to reconsider closing the bridge and keeping it at least open to cars and trucks.
Master Gardener instructor Sharon Tepe will demonstrate Seed Starting Basics from 6 to 8 p.m. March 3 at the Grant County Extension Office, 105 Baton Rouge Road in Williamstown.
Tepe, an avid gardener, graduated from the Master Gardener training class at the Civic Garden Center in Cincinnati. The class consisted of 50 hours of classroom training with the topics ranging from botany and soils to pests and diseases and a hosts of other gardening related topics.
Grant County fire fighters were glad to see the recent rains.
During the last four weeks, each of the county's five fire departments have been busy with grass fires, as many as eight in a two-day time frame.
Williamstown Fire Chief Les Whalen said his department had fought 10 grass fires since the beginning of February.
"That's way above what we normally have," he said.
I remember a character in a book I must have read years ago who always read the obituaries to see if he was still alive.
Chances are you might never have heard of R.T. Daugherty.
He left Grant County in 2006 when he retired to Florida.
However, if you've ever had an emergency and gone to St. Elizabeth Hospital Grant County, you can thank him.
If you've ever eaten a free pancake or hotdog during the Williamstown Kiwanis Breakfast/Lunch with Santa event, you can thank R.T.
His community involvement and service to the community could fill a notebook. See story on page 1 of this issue.
New Orleans may lay claim to professional trumpet player Wynton Marsalis, but Grant County Middle School has Cassidy Mullins, an eighth grade musician, who is heading to the National Trumpet Competition in Washington, D.C. this month.
Mullins, who has been playing for two years, competed against hundreds of middle school students from across the nation, who sent in recorded auditions. She was one of only eight trumpet players chosen as a semi-finalist.
Parents from the Grant County and Williamstown school districts were two of 31 parents from northern Kentucky who took part in the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, an initiative of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. The nationally recognized program helps parents become more effective advocates for their children's education.
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Dana Bailey is the WES Primary Student of the Week. She is in Diane Dungan's second grade class.
"Dana Bailey is a wonderful student who sets a great example for others to follow." Dungan said. "She is a hard worker, a self starter and doesn't give up until her goals are accomplished. Her determined attitude allows her to excel in all areas. Dana is a great friend and helper to others in the classroom."
Grant County High School honored seniors of all the winter sports before the Grant County/Lloyd Memorial game.
Here are the list of seniors from each sport.
Cheerleading: Karri Edmondson, Ashley Long, Emily Riley, Briana Shandel
Wrestling: Jake Clise, Nick Cox, Austin Beard-Ruth
Basketball: Josh Blackburn, Brittany Hearn, Logan Kidwell, Seneca Sullivan
Dance: Christianna Smith, Deya Torres (not pictured, due to illness)
After losing their final regular season game to Owen County Feb. 18, Lady Braves coach Darrell Guffey said his girls need to play four quarters of basketball to get better.
The same instance occurred in the 32nd District Tournament first round as Grant County fell to Simon Kenton 50-31 Feb. 21.
"We played really well for three quarters," Guffey said. "If you take away the second quarter we outscored Simon Kenton 39-36."
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The ORT executive committee today proclaimed two days of mourning in France and abroad for Dr. Leon Bramson, chairman of the executive, who died on Sunday. Messages of condolence continued to pour in to the ORT office in Marseille from all parts of the world.
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FOR a while injuries and headline-grabbing team-mates overshadowed Jon Daly. Now the Dundee United striker is in the form of his life, challenging the Old Firm dominance of the SPL scoring charts and getting the recognition he deserves.
Considered more of a provider in the past, helping youngsters such as David Goodwillie shine, now that he has had a sustained period of full fitness, he has cultivated a more clinical side to his own play and both he and his club are benefitting.
Named SPL Player of the Month for March, with five games of the season remaining he is within touching distance of becoming the first non-Celtic or Rangers player to finish the top division's leading scorer since Tommy Coyne in 1994/95, and the first Tannadice player to achieve that feat since Andy Gray in 1974/75, long before the Irishman was born.
"I think it's always difficult for players outwith the Old Firm," reasons Daly. "Celtic and Rangers are massive clubs and they will always be at the top end of the table and they always have quality strikers. It's going to be hard to finish at the top but I just need to keep working hard and get the goals in.
"It would be a great achievement and great honour but if I'm being honest it's not something I would have thought of at the start of the season. It wasn't top of my priority list. The biggest priority for me was the club finishing in the European places and helping the club do that. But your goals change throughout the season and I am top of the pile now, but I have no doubt that Gary Hooper and even Fran Sandaza, who has had a great season, have plenty of goals left in them before the end of the season. If I am going to achieve that then I need to keep doing what I'm doing."
The goals, allied to the all-round contribution, has prompted his team-mate John Rankin to state the United skipper should be on the shortlist when the player of the year contenders are revealed. It has produced some ribbing in the dressing room, and some self-deprecation from Daly.
"If that's what Ranks thinks then that's nice. There have been a lot of good players this year so for Ranks to say that, it's a massive compliment. I don't think I will be but if I was nominated it would be a great honour and a great achievement for me. But I just laughed it off to be honest."
Back in October the speculation was that manager Peter Houston was just 24 hours away from the sack. But now, thanks in part to Daly's goals and his willingness to help the youngsters find their feet in the first team, they have come through what the 29-year-old describes as a transitional period and the club have made a sprightly and sustained ascent of the SPL.
A European qualifying place is now more than likely and according to the ambitious captain, they have not given up hope of overhauling Motherwell to claim the country's second Champions League berth. Such a sway in fortunes has excited Daly, in the same way that training and playing alongside so many indefatigable youngsters has reinvigorated him and the responsibility of captaining the side has given him an even greater sense of purpose. But it is the realisation that he may have been watching it all from the sidelines which he says was the making of him.
"Since I came up here I think I have probably found a love for the game again. Down in England I wasn't enjoying the game but the gaffer brought me up here and it has given me the spark that was missing down south when I wasn't really enjoying my football. Up here I have enjoyed it a lot more.
"The injuries I have had, I have obviously had to work hard to come back from them and that has helped me fitness-wise. The posterior cruciate ligament was the first one, then I did my ankle and then my medial ligament against Hibs and that one was touch and go because it was on the knee I had done before. I have worked hard , though, and once you get your head round the injury you can do that. That's the big part, getting your head round it and working hard to do the work you need to do to come back from it."
It helped having someone like Lee Wilkie around while he battled back. Having been through comebacks from similar injuries, he knew what to say and do to keep spirits up. "Definitely," acknowledges Daly. "He had it really bad. He is a great lad as well and when he was here whenever I was struggling in the gym or struggling mentally, I could always ask him for advice and he was always there." Wilkie's career eventually succumbed to injury, which has left Daly in no doubt about how fortunate he is to still be playing and captaining the side Wilkie once led. "He was great and I know I am lucky that I have come back. I have had to put in a lot of hard work but I'm happy it has paid off.
"It is by far the best form of my career and that is down to enjoying the game and playing under a good manager and good coaching staff and playing with a bunch of boys that we all get on. We have a great team spirit here and everyone is down to earth and no-one is a prima donna. There are no Balotellis so we all enjoy it and even the boys who haven't been playing, they are still on board and they are not spitting their dummy out. Everyone understands where we want to go with the club."
With the target of Europe in their sights, what about the personal ambitions he set for the season. "Yeah, you set targets but they are achievable targets. I wouldn't have set myself 20 goals at the start of the season. The first target is to get to ten goals as quickly as possible and then you take it from there. If you get to ten then you are looking for another five and you work it that way. Realistically, I thought maybe 15 or 16 but the lads have been brilliant. A lot of credit has to go to the rest of the boys because the service I have got has been tremendous all season and long may it continue."


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A School Choice Town Hall meeting will be held March 23 at 6 p.m. at Carter-Parramore Academy to discuss parent choice and supplemental education services in Gadsden County.
"Cool Stuff With Light Shining On It," new works by Dean Gioia, are on display in the 22nd floor Capitol Gallery through March 25. The exhibit is free, and open Monday through Friday in the State Capitol Building, 400 S. Monroe St., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
East Gadsden High School senior Bryan Robinson signed his letter of intent Feb. 3 to play football for Florida International University in Miami. If he does well, Robinson may have the opportunity to play basketball for the university as well. Robinson played defensive lineman for the Jaguars, and was a part of the track and basketball teams as well.
Antwain Mathews, also a senior at EGHS, signed his letter and will be playing for Jacksonville University in Jacksonville. A defensive back and receiver, Mathews said he plans to major in business management and hopes to play professional football someday. Mathews was selected for the All Big Bend Team by the Tallahassee Democrat.
Derrick Holmes signed his letter of intent Feb. 3 to play football at Langston University in Langston, Okla. The Carter-Parramore Academy senior thanked his mentors and family for their support and for believing in him.
Saying that it would save taxpayers much-needed funds, Gadsden County commissioners voted to terminate videotaping services of its meetings. Southerland Enterprises, the company that had been taping and airing the meetings, was paid $650 for each meeting.
"This is...not a necessity. I don't believe 50 to 60 percent of the people who live in the county actually get the meetings. I know I don't get it down at the lake. And a lot of this is (commissioners' comments) are just playing to the TV," said Ed Allen, who spoke in support of discontinuing the service.
In a meeting last week with Stephen Simmons, vice president of business development for ADAGE, and Erin VanSickle, of Capital Energy Communications, the Times had the opportunity to ask some pointed questions regarding the proposed biomass facility in Gretna.
If ever any proof was needed that a couple that plays together stays together, it can be found in the relationship between Bob and Nell Hollingsworth. The pair meet one night in 1949 when a traveling skating rink stopped in Quincy. He was actually walking Nell's friend, Mary Catherine, home from a night of skating.
"For several years I dated Bob's best friend and he dated my best friend and we would double date. She asked me to keep an eye on him. He was quite the ladies man and I did," Nell said with a wink.
• I attended the meeting Saturday in Gretna, and was not surprised to find no one from ADAGE was present. They claim to want to be open and honest, but yet we don't see them at meetings like this, when it's a perfect opportunity to answer our questions and concerns.
• I don't see anything wrong with the biomass plant. I think it'll be fine. I grew up with a wood-burning stove for heat, and I'm just fine. No one in my family has any problems from it.
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The carpetbaggers are here in the name ADAGE, Duke Power and Areva. ADAGE is probably a contraction of the word advantage. They came here to take advantage of us for their own benefit, their huge profits. They came here because they think we are poor, lazy (apathetic) and ignorant. Now I am insulted.
They think we are too poor to fight them but I am not poor alongside other citizens who oppose this dangerous plant in our county.
Carol Lavin of Old Town, along with Annelle Soponis of Reading, Pa. and Gwynn Kidd of Quincy, are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children, Allison Sandy Lavin and David Mento Kidd.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Ester C. Lavin of Reisterstown, Md., and is a graduate of Dixie County High School and Florida State University, where she double-majored in business management and human resource management. She is employed with Ideal Image as a guest service consultant.
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Skip to comments.Dow hits 14,000 for 1st time since October 2007
Posted on 02/01/2013 12:10:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
NEW YORK -- The Dow stock market index flirted with the 14,000 line Friday, bringing reminders of the last time it hit that mark almost a different era, before the financial crisis rocked the world economy.
Propelled by reports on U.S. jobs and auto sales, the Dow Jones industrial average crossed the line and kept its ground through the early afternoon, after flitting back and forth throughout the morning. The other major stock indexes also rose.
"There's a newfound enthusiasm for the equity market," said Jim Russell, regional investment director at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Minneapolis.
But market watchers were divided over what the Dow milestone or even what a Dow all-time high, which is quickly approaching really means. To some, it's an important booster to hearts and minds, making investors feel optimistic and thus more willing to bet on the market.
"The Dow touching 14,000, it matters psychologically," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York. "It attracts smaller investors."
And smaller investors, until the past few weeks, had been shying away from stocks. In the past three weeks, though, billions have flowed into mutual funds targeting U.S. stocks, according to the Investment Company Institute. Before that, investors had been pulling more cash from U.S. stock funds than they'd deposited for every month since April 2011.
To others, though, the Dow 14,000 is nothing but a number on a board, a sign more of how traders feel than how the economy is faring. And even then, it's not even the best number on the board, some traders say. Professional investors usually pay more heed to the Standard & Poor's main index, which tracks 500 companies compared to the Dow 30. The Dow, however, is more familiar to the general public.
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Yeah, but it's only 9,000 in 2007 dollars.
Legend has it that when the average Joe gets excited and starts buying, it's time to hit the exits.
I played around with individual stocks. Made a few bucks, but I realized, the market reacts to things I'll never know about, and it's often counter intuitive in regard to the news of the day. It's a rigged game.
I'm out, except for my 401k.
October 2007 the month I should have gone to cash.
October 2007 the month I should have gone to cash or gold.
My stock broker was on Millionaire.....,
Bush's fault
This explains why gas is going up. You can tell it is a fascist market when unemployment goes up, yet news of new government jobs inspires the market.
A lot of people are going to take a big hit.
"Before that, investors had been pulling more cash from U.S. stock funds than they'd deposited for every month since April 2011."
Little news on this either, for over two years.
The stock market isn't going up because average Joes are buying; it is going up because 1) it is priced in inflated dollars and 2) because the best way to drive up a stock's price is to lay off thousands of American workers and replace them with Asian slaves. Take the indicators that a strong stock market used to reflect for our country, and now apply it to the world. Labor costs are falling, but that is bad news for every American (and great for Asia).
What I'm witnessing is UNBELIEVABLE to say the least. The market RISES while many a COMPANY reports EARNINGS are DOWN. The UNEMPLOYMENT and DEBT situation continues to WORSEN while the Government keeps reporting BOGUS numbers and saying things are getting better, all the while IGNORING warnings by its own GAO. ( General Accounting Office )
I believe the lesson that is prevailing is that we ONLY LEARN when we have to run through the fire and get our a$$ burned.
I may have just heard some famous last words spoken on CNBC an hour ago... "What a rally today folks!"
With the "folks" in there it sounds like a Bartiromo line.
If it is one should fade her in a big way.
Last time she used "folks" in a sentence like that it was "Maybe folks should SHORT this market". That was at S&P 666.
Fade of the century. Could well be famous last words.
"Powerball jackpot hits 14,000 - get your tickets today!"
And the yen's crash seems to have something to do with this last heroic (not) gasp.
I find it very disturbing that Americans who have missed 6 mortgage payments still think the rising stock market is a good indicator that their lot in life is improving; then again, I had the same people tell me that Iran was the biggest factor in the previous election.
Americans are dumb as rocks (just in case the last 2 elections didn't convince you of this).
Buy low, sell high. Works every time.
And this article is from 2009 - it's even worse now.
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Kuwait City, March 31, 2015 – A total of $3.8 billion was promised to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation for Syrians at the Third Humanitarian Pledging Conference for the country, more than double the combined amount committed at the previous two donor conferences for Syria.
The European Union and its member states pledged a total of $1.2 billion while the United States, $507 million, and hosts Kuwait, $500 million, were the top donors.
Also among the biggest to promise aid were the UAE, $100 million, and Saudi Arabia, $60 million. "While we cannot bring peace, this funding will help humanitarian organizations deliver life-saving food, water, shelter, health services and other relief to millions of people in urgent need," outgoing UN aid chief Valerie Amos said.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has not yet released a final tally of all donors, saying it had to first convert from money pledged in national currencies into dollars, the currency used by the United Nations when releasing figures. [full list of pledges now available]
The conflict in Syria has killed an estimated 200,000 people while a further one million have been injured since 2011.
Amos told UN Tribune that "despite the considerable amount of work that we have been able to do, the huge toll that the people of Syria have had to take is a poor reflection on the international community.
"I think the fact that we have not been able to find a political solution to this crisis, that the violence has escalated rather than deescalated is something I view with a huge amount of regret and I will continue to do what I can as a private citizen to help and support the Syrian people," she said.
This was the first of the three Syria donors conferences where the UN Development Program was principally involved along the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. "I think it's widely acknowledged now that a purely humanitarian response cannot do the job," UNDP Administrator Helen Clark told UN Tribune.
"We need more sustainable solutions. Those solutions are real investment in livelihoods, jobs, training, basic community infrastructure and services and keeping community tolerance of newcomers coming in. These are development tasks and now there's wide awareness that this must be invested in."
Speaking after the conference, Ban Ki-moon told reporters of his "deep anger against Syrian leaders who have been abandoning their own people."
"The best humanitarian solution to end the suffering is a political solution to end the war," Ban said. "It is time to forge an inclusive, Syrian-led political transition based on the Geneva Communique and which meets the aspirations of the Syrian people."
– Denis Fitzgerald
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