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The cost of the master plan for Chesapeake Hills Golf Course received plenty of criticism Tuesday from the county commissioners.
Doug Meadows, director of the county's division of Parks and Recreation, Joel Weiman, senior designer with McDonald Design Group, and Tim Hepler, general manager of the Lusby golf course, presented the golf course's master plan to the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday.
The plan, which focuses on the golf course infrastructure, playability, a practice area and safety issues, was unanimously approved as a concept plan to be sent to the Calvert County Planning Commission; however, the commissioners wanted to be clear they were not making a commitment to the presented budget that spans fiscal years 2014 to 2019 and is estimated to cost $2.09 million.
"I don't want to run a golf course; however, that the county owns a golf course, it's a matter of responsible governing to determine will that golf course be usable and become self-sustaining financially because of the users, or will the golf course be an unusable eye sore?" Commissioner Evan Slaughenhoupt (R) asked.
Commissioner Gerald W. "Jerry" Clark (R) said, "Evan's 100 percent right. We own it and we have to move forward with it. The hard pill to swallow is that I will guarantee you that we have over $10 million or more over the lifetime of that golf course that have come out of the taxpayers' money to run that golf course. And it's been the biggest blunder Calvert County's ever done, unfortunately."
In January 2011, Slaughenhoupt said the commissioners asked parks and recreation to create a strategic plan for getting Chesapeake Hills healthy.
"… We previously received a plan, or proposed contract, to create a business plan, which focused on the operations of the snack area and the pro shop," Slaughenhoupt said. That contract was, "unfortunately, in my opinion," not awarded, he said.
Clark responded, saying that "any business plan would include the golf course, not just the food and beverage part of it or clubhouse part of it."
Meadows explained that staff felt the need for the master plan when the irrigation system was being designed.
A bid for the irrigation should be going out next week, he told the commissioners, adding that it will be a late winter or early spring installation.
"There seems to be some confusion about this," Clark said of installing the irrigation despite the master plan calling for reshifting fairways and infrastructure. He said that implementing the irrigation now and then having to go back and "branch off" would just add more expense.
The McDonald Design Group was selected through a competitive bid price for drafting the master plan with the staff, Meadows said. He explained that because the bid was under $15,000, it didn't have to come before the BOCC for approval, though it undergoes the same process as other bids.
"You know, on an issue like this that is somewhat contentious and has been since day one of this golf course, I think you would have served yourself better to have kept the board in the loop on the process that you were putting out to bid like that," Clark said. "So, I'm a little concerned about this. … Very disturbing."
Weiman told the commissioners that in an analysis of the property, the landforms are "excellent," the routing of the holes is "really dramatic and very beautiful," and there is a lot of potential for a practice area. "And, you're really the only game in town," he said, adding another positive to the analysis.
"We do have some things working against us," he said of the negative aspects of the golf course, including agronomic problems and "a handful" of holes with safety issues.
In addition, the playability of the course will need to be improved. "A high handicapped player, or a beginning player, that can't hit the ball very far, has to hit over a water hazard, and they dunk a few balls in the water — that reduces their enjoyability and they might not come out and play the next time," Weiman said.
He added that practice facilities are lacking, though there is a potential for a practice area.
"This is a nuts and bolts plan. This is not a shoot-for-the-moon, glamorous plan," Weiman told the commissioners.
The plan includes improving the turf grass; implementing extensive draining; pruning and removing some trees; widening fairway landing areas; creating "flat-bottomed" bunkers that are cheaper to build and maintain; renovating, realigning and leveling all tee surfaces; and rebuilding the "troublesome" Hole 2 green complex.
"Golf has become a game of practice," said Weiman, adding that adding and renovating the practice area will create a direct revenue source with limited overhead while also increasing traffic and building the clientele.
Weiman said the master plan would be implemented in phases to ensure things are done well. In addition, he said, the phasing would allow a lot of the projects to be completed in-house during the winter months instead of hiring professionals for much of the work.
He did note, though, professionals would need to be hired for creating the bunkers.
The implementation cost is estimated at $1.86 million, but Meadows said it doesn't include those items that are not in Weiman's "field of expertise," such as restrooms and rain shelters on the course, wash pads and expanding the parking lot, which is why there is an additional budget plan that estimates the cost at $2.09 million.
He said the master plan "gives us the ability to pick and choose" each year what to do next or what can be afforded.
In the existing draft capital improvement projects fiscal 2014 budget, $220,000 is requested for replacing Hole 2.
"We felt the No. 2 hole is the one that needs the most attention first, right off the bat," Meadows told the commissioners, adding that priorities will be "shuffled" for the next fiscal year.
Clark asked, "How do we achieve this? Do we take this and put more taxpayers' money into this in a time when we haven't, for the last four years, been able to give employees [cost of living adjustments or step increases]? … What you need to do is to wait and make the golf course generate some money so that it can start to pay for some of this stuff."
Commissioner Susan Shaw (R) said she did not vote to buy the golf course.
"I felt that at the time that the county bought the golf course we were buying a pig in a poke, in the sense that what's come true has come true, which is that a tremendous amount of money was gonna have to be put in that golf course in order to make it viable."
Shaw said she didn't have a problem with the concept, but she didn't understand where the money to pay for it was going to come from.
"It's like a maze, and we're investing taxpayer dollars in a part of that maze, but it doesn't allow us to get through the maze," she said.


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I'm proud to announce Miller's involvement again this year in NHRA's Division 3 Competition Eliminator Shootout and Bonus Fund.
Along with the many activities that Andy is constantly doing with our Motorsports program, this is just another show of Miller's support of "grassroots" racing activities. We want you to know that you don't have to participate in a high profile, professional racing class just for "The Power of Blue" to recognize all the hard work that goes into to keeping your vehicle on the track. We know it takes that much more of a personal effort without the financial backing of a big sponsor or the assistance of a large crew. That's why we truly appreciate your selection of Miller products when it comes time choose (and pay for out of your own pocket) equipment for your welding and cutting needs. Racing series sponsorships like the Competition Eliminator Shootout and Bonus Fund are just our way of saying "thank you" and a way for us to give back to you the racers.
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Washington, D.C. (Sept. 13, 2012)— Following today's Federal Reserve statement announcing new quantitative easing efforts to address a fragile economic recovery, Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) Chief Economist Paul Merski released this statement on the need to extend full FDIC insurance coverage of noninterest-bearing accounts, known as the Transaction Account Guarantee (TAG) program.
"While the Federal Reserve continues to extend its monetary efforts to shore up our uncertain economic recovery, Congress must also temporarily extend the FDIC's full coverage of noninterest-bearing transaction accounts (TAG). The Fed has pumped trillions of dollars of liquidity into the economy since the financial crisis, and Congress is rolling the dice if it does not promptly extend FDIC TAG insurance coverage. Nearly $1.4 trillion in TAG deposits would become abruptly uninsured overnight on Dec. 31. Allowing TAG insurance, which is fully paid for by banks, to expire would create unnecessary risks on small business depositors and commercial banks alike.
"Allowing TAG to expire would also immediately transform $1.4 trillion in risk-free deposits to a risk asset. It is extremely hard to imagine that this could be a good thing for our still-fragile economy. Expiring TAG coverage creates an additional 'monetary cliff' at the exact time the 'fiscal cliff' will be reached. Therefore, temporarily extending the TAG program is critical until the economy and financial system are fully recovered and interest rates are more normalized.
"While there continues to be so much uncertainty in our economy, temporarily extending TAG would eliminate one giant element of uncertainty facing the depositors of insured depository institutions that rely on TAG accounts, including small businesses, farmers, non-profits and municipalities.
"With the Federal Reserve yet again acknowledging the uncertain economic outlook and advancing additional actions to keep interest rates at exceptionally low levels, at least through 2015, a temporary extension of the TAG program is completely consistent with the Federal Reserve's current monetary actions. Congress must extend TAG if it is serious about reducing uncertainty, promoting economic stability and fostering greater job growth."
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This was produced for the 17th edition of "Smile for the Camera" I really don't have much in the way of photographs on my ancestors' school days. I have in the past posted school census records from the very early twentieth century in Milam County, Texas, where my gg-grandmother and her descendants lived. But I know virtually nothing about my …
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You can now upload highlights from games straight to the net.
At the end of the game there is EA Highlight reel(Or something like that) Use that and run through the whole game of plays and choose your play you like and the camera angle. Once it is saved go to the Highlight manegment in the main madden menu and you can upload it to your EA profile to the internet.
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Frida, naturaleza viva
Frida Kahlo was more than a mere Mexican artist. Crippled, Kahlo used her art to speak for other physically afflicted souls. She also was a controversial political figure, commiserating with the likes of Leon Trotsky and Diego Rivera. Directed by Paul Leduc and photographed by cinematographer Angel Goded, Frida features the artist portrayed by Ofelia Medina. In 2002, Kahlo's story would again be told in another film called Frida, with Salma Hayek in the lead role.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The post about the "lasers"
Am I the only who is running in a hamster ball? Not a hamster wheel because that would mean that I'm going no where. But yes, a hamster ball because I run everywhere but never without getting tossed around because I'm always going too fast and running into things. Like giant green trash cans.
This post has nothing to do with quilting while having everything to do with quilting too. Confused? Me too.
Here was my Wednesday morning {all before 8 am}:
... get up... work out... take a shower... feed the dogs... keep Chaney on track so she won't wear a nightgown and jeans to school {she's really tried this}... make breakfast... pack lunches... explain again to Chaney why she can't take an entire bag of microwave popcorn for a snack... get in the car... back out of the garage... rip the side mirror off my car... stop to freak out... continue backing down the driveway... stop and run back in the house to get Chaney's violin that I asked her to get 3 times... sit in the carpool line... drive back home... call Steve and yell at him... dry & straighten my hair... apologize to Steve... get ready for work... wrestle the dogs into their crates... run my pantyhose in the process... change pantyhose... run late... drive to work with glass falling off my mirror with every bump... sit down at my desk sweating and try to start my day... school nurse calls, Chaney has no fever but is "sweaty and dizzy". Me too... go back to class, kiddo.
Oh, and the garage door wouldn't close because I knocked the trash can into the sensor. Steve's answer: re-align the sensor so the lasers match up. What? I don't know how to make lasers match. I didn't even know we had lasers in our garage.
All I'm picturing is throwing baby powder in the air to reveal the laser but I know that doesn't work because I saw that Myth Busters episode.
He's at work and I can't even leave because I'm contemplating the properties of baby powder and lasers.
WTF!... which stands for what the fun, of course.
Back to the quilting part of the post. All I want to do is sew at some point this week. However, I'm so tired and frazzled that I would probably sew myself to a quilt again. Except this time I probably wouldn't mind because people would expect far less of me with a sewing machine attached to my sleeve.
I'm choosing humor because it's messy to cry. Sorry but no perfect pretty pictures today because well, it just hasn't been one of those perfect & pretty days! I do have a nice post over here all about color though...
Like I said, WTF. Please tell me I'm not the only one.
48 comments:
- Kelly Smith said...
I am just having one of those days too. Not nearly as bad as yours, but I am hoping for a break that just isn't coming. Sorry to hear about your mirror!! I hope tomorrow is better for you!
- February 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- piece peace said...
When I have days like that, and I often do, I try to tell myself (the operative word there is "try") that things could still be worse. It works more times than not...like 60/40. I enjoyed your post over at Sew We Quilt today and your humor in this post. Hang in there. Hugs.
- February 1, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- EG said...
I love that you took a picture of the busted mirror. Sums it right up. Cheers to tomorrows!
- February 1, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- MN2NM said...
Man, when it rains it pours, doesn't it?! Hope you can make a little time to play with fabric today. Tomorrow's another day :)
- February 1, 2012 at 2:23 PM
- MichelleB said...
Seriously? The baby powder in the laser beam had me in hysterics! Thanks for the laugh, I hope your day gets better.
- February 1, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- Christie, Describe Happy said...
Nope your not the only one, but choosing humor reminded me it's not so bad. Thanks for that perspective and wishing really hard that you get a little sewing time it to take the edge off!
- February 1, 2012 at 2:51 PM
- Kara said...
Once you figure out how to realign the laser, I do hope you'll dedicate a post to that...I have yet to figure it out. I just unhook the garage door from the opener and leave it for my husband! Works every time. He can figure them out.
- February 1, 2012 at 2:52 PM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
I hope by now that things are better. Great post at Sew We Quilt.
- February 1, 2012 at 2:53 PM
- Nicole said...
Oh, Jennifer! We all have days like that. Thanks for sharing your story. I'm wishing you some rest and lots of sewing time.
- February 1, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- CitricSugar said...
Also having one of those days. Sitting in class feeling like the university stole my money and is laughing at me for being stupid enough to take this class...
Time for cheesecake! :-)
- February 1, 2012 at 3:14 PM
- Colleen said...
Something must be up with the magnetic alignment of the earth. Its sounds like my day. BTW Im still LOL at the babypowder in the lasars! Giggle giggle! When you can laugh about it you know everything will be ok.
- February 1, 2012 at 3:51 PM
- WandaFish said...
Aw, so sorry you've had a woeful Wednesday. Here's hoping that you might have a thrilling Thursday! Hugs x
- February 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM
- JanetK said...
You are definitely NOT the only one!! When it happens to me I just say out loud whether alone or with people "Mercury must be in retrograde" (I'm a Virgo and someone who follows astrology once told me I was having one of those days because Mercury is my ruling planet and it was in retrograde. Turns out Mercury is my husbands ruling planet too...so you can imagine...)
- February 1, 2012 at 4:17 PM
- Kirsty@Bonjour said...
Fricken lasers! Don't ask me, I have no idea either. Maybe you can MacGyver it with a compact mirror, a tea bag and err...a violin string? If all else fails, keep up with the humour, it's the only way to stay sane. x
- February 1, 2012 at 4:20 PM
- MollyP said...
I just read this post outloud to a bunch of girlfriends at work and we are rolling! You sound just like me. I am always on the go, always hurting myself (I'm wicked clumsy), and always wishing there were 2 more hours in the day so I could sew. Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone! :)
- February 1, 2012 at 4:37 PM
- Kim said...
Thank goodness I'm not the only one! Not that I wish that kind of day on anyone and I hope you have a much better day tomorrow. If it means anything, you truly made me laugh :)
- February 1, 2012 at 4:37 PM
- Lisa said...
I'm so glad you keep it real over here! No you are not the only one - I'm on hols but already am listing off all the stuff I have to do today and it ain't pretty, and doesn't involve anything picture worthy! Hopefully I'll get to the sewing room but I suspect it will only be to clean up the awful mess that is lurking in there (I am convinced it has a life of it's own). Hope the rest of your day goes smoother for you.
- February 1, 2012 at 4:46 PM
- Sally said...
I'm so thankful that I'm not the only one feeling this way... overwhelmed and rolling a bit out of control. My friend has torn the mirror off her car several times now, so I know it happens. I fell out of the shower the other day (reaching for my too far away towel) because I didn't want to get water on the floor. Luckily, I'm just bruised up. However, during the following night I stepped on a piece of broken glass when I got up to let the dog out. It will get better! breathe in... breathe out... right?
- February 1, 2012 at 4:46 PM
- Marcia W. said...
Enjoyed your post at stashmanicure. Telling you about how I recently ripped the mirror off my mother's car and dented the entire side from front bumper to rear when slid into our mailbox probably won't make you feel better - just saying that things will get much better. And, we called the garage guy to fix our lasers and he didn't charge us anything. It took him 5 minutes on was on his way to a job.
Yes, it can get better
- February 1, 2012 at 4:48 PM
- Katie said...
As long as you can still laugh at yourself, you're doing alright. I saw the laser thing on MythBusters too! Darn those guys for discrediting all of my long held ideas!
- February 1, 2012 at 4:52 PM
- soren2go said...
As Judith Viorst said in her great children's book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible Very Bad Day, "Some days are like that, even in Australia". (You have to read the book to understand the Australia reference.)
- February 1, 2012 at 5:39 PM
- Marian said...
Oh I feel your pain. This was Monday for me...and today has been a day of choosing humor over tears also in light of my 2 year old daughter and her extremely strong will...yay...Sorry about the mirror, that is a bummer. Though, I am impressed at how much you were able to do before 8 am!
Here's hoping tomorrow is a better one!
- February 1, 2012 at 5:45 PM
- Sarah @ FairyFace Designs said...
I just said to my hubbie yesterday I feel like I am on a hamster wheel. No time, too much to do. Today was kind of a disaster for me too if it's any consolation. My answer was chocolate :-)
- February 1, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- charlotte said...
Some days are diamonds...some days are stones.
- February 1, 2012 at 6:07 PM
- Jenn said...
I didn't run into anything but my day was one of those as well.
All day long I just wanted to sit down and cry but that just makes your face puffy and you still have to get all the crap done.
- February 1, 2012 at 7:58 PM
- Karen said...
After the ball slows down on this type of ball run I always wonder why I yell at my husband....it somehow feels right at the time though. They get it right? :) Have a better tomorrow!
- February 1, 2012 at 8:34 PM
- quiltzyx said...
Oh boy, what a day! I've been fairly lucky lately, but I did manage to dislocate both shoulders & skin both knees, barely missing flying into the TV one time, tripping over the cat while rushing into the kitchen to turn off the skillet where I was toasting some almonds to make "Death by Chocolate" cookies.
Never have I been so glad I keep big cold packs in the freezer!
May the rest of your week be, um, boring!
- February 1, 2012 at 8:49 PM
- Michelle said...
whaAAAAAATTTTT???? lasers? i must go check RIGHT NOW! LOL LOL
- February 1, 2012 at 8:50 PM
- Sheila said...
I remember a day like that when my girls were small. I had finally herded the three of them to the car after an especially trying morning. I closed the door on them (maybe a little too hard) and crash! the whole window smashed and collapsed into the door of the car. I opened the door and sent them all back into the house. I then rang the school and my husband, explained we would all be at home for the day.a bad case of "Mondayitis". We watched movies and baked cookies, much better than risking further disaster on the road. Humor and Chocolate are the only way to deal with days like this.
- February 1, 2012 at 9:28 PM
- Tamie said...
I'm sure that it won't help you but your post did give me a laugh before I fall asleep tonight. Here's to a better tomorrow.
- February 1, 2012 at 10:37 PM
- Danielle said...
Oh dear! What a day! But good that you can laugh at it, sometimes it's all we can do really! Hope tomorrow is less eventful. And let us know what the deal was with the lasers. Is your husband a spy? ;)
- February 2, 2012 at 4:25 AM
- Danielle said...
Oh and WTF totally should mean what the fun. Love it.
- February 2, 2012 at 4:26 AM
- Jess said...
Hope things get better for you soon! When I read your blog post title I immediately thought of Austin Powers with the "lasers"...
- February 2, 2012 at 5:36 AM
- suemac said...
Your day was definitely not pretty. I am sure writing it all down in your blog made you feel better. Better to laugh than cry. This weekend should be a lovely sewing weekend after that disaster.
- February 2, 2012 at 6:53 AM
- Elsa said...
Oh my gosh ~ I've had days like that! That's a lot to happen all before noon!
Love your humor.
- February 2, 2012 at 11:02 AM
- Archie the wonder dog said...
What an awful day - I hope today is better!!
- February 2, 2012 at 11:43 AM
- audreypawdrey said...
I hope your today is much better!
- February 2, 2012 at 12:29 PM
- Francine said...
LOL I don't want to laugh at your pain, but this post just cracked me up! I think your husband might be related to mine - I've had to adjust the dang lasers too. Don't they realize they're just supposed to come fix things and not tell us how to do it? Why did we get married then?
- February 2, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- M-R said...
I totally feel your pain! Aren't those days crazy making? Glad you are choosing to laugh about it. Hope today was better! :)
- February 2, 2012 at 7:51 PM
- Deb said...
I know it's truly not funny what kind of day you had, but I about rolled out of my chair reading your post today. I have days like that every once in a while and you really have to laugh, otherwise you will cry! Hope things go better this weekend!
- February 3, 2012 at 12:34 PM
- Paula said...
You are not alone.....welcome to my world!
- February 6, 2012 at 3:54 AM
- Angie said...
"Me too... go back to class, kiddo." <--My favorite line of the whole post. I feel your pain on wanting to sew. It's been nearly two weeks since I sat down at my machine. Makes my heart hurt. Hope this week has been better for you!
You know, on Big Bang Theory they used disinfectant spray to find their lasers during Secret Agent Obstacle Chess... I dare ya! ;o)
- February 6, 2012 at 6:54 AM
- Madame Samm said...
Oh my heavens....what a day you had but can you feel the love...I can...we all have had days like this...I love the no nonsense days, you know the days when the biggest decision you have to make is whether you are going to have a coffee or tea for breakfast...I hope you felt the warmth after all had settled? Glad you were our guest
- February 6, 2012 at 11:37 PM
- Kristie said...
Umm, sounds pretty much exactly like my typical day. I think I do more before 9 am than...well, many, many people!! It makes my head spin sometimes.
Sucks about the mirror. If it makes you feel any better, I backed out of my garage into my garage door just before Christmas...had to completely replace the garage door! I'm such a dumbass. Just rushing around! Thankfully my van was fine, but later that day, someone hit it in a parking lot!! Seriously. Big dented fender. And, it was -20 degrees and I was stuck parking outside, scraping my windows of snow and frost every morning, because they couldn't fix our garage door for over a month. Good times. My kids learned some new words that day. WTF indeed!
You are definitely not alone in the hamster race!! Bug hugs!
- February 9, 2012 at 4:51 PM
- Elle said...
I'm with you - I've not read any blogs in about 2 weeks, much less had time to sew...it's been THAT busy! Including staying at work until after 3:30 a.m. last Thursday/Friday and working 2 12+ hour days this week. And yeah...my hose...shredded. And my new tights. And my cat is feeling traumatized from the lack of attention, which is why I haven't left my computer from working all day yet to go sew. She's so happy on my lap. But...there are things to do in the 2.5 hours I get for me this week (in which time I need to eat, do laundry, and take a shower!) Yes...WTF indeed, but I'm not claiming "fun"!!! But...we'll make it. Really, we will. It will pass, and life will be better, and I'll get to put up my Chasing Chevrons tutorial that I took pictures for 3 weeks ago, and finish the placemats that were for my aunt's birthday on the 2nd. We will both get to sew up a storm soon...preferably not by sewing ourselves into a quilt! Hang in there, and I will too!
P.S. Car care is over-rated...I've needed to have my brakes fixed and my oil changed for 10 months now...but who is counting?!?
- February 12, 2012 at 5:45 PM
- MaryAnnB said...
You are not the only one...sounds like almost every day of my life lately! And I just want to lock myself away in my sewing room too! Do what you can to steal away from the day and take that time for yourself! Even if it's 10 minutes!
- February 13, 2012 at 11:18 AM
- kelli37174 said...
I thought I was the only girl in the world like myself until I read your blog from the accuquilt website! I played softball all my life through college, and beyond. Had foot surgery last year and pretty much hung up my cleats. I've been quilting for 5 yrs now, and it's so refreshing to see another "younger"quilter with the same story. Thank you for sharing your blog. Looking forward to following you on the web!
- February 15, 2012 at 2:15 PM
- barbara said...
Loved your laser post, I just came across your blog today from another site. Where were you back in october??? when in the course of 10 days...my van was broken into, purse and all the belongings in it and just one the right boot from my new favortie boots was stolen, monday window fixed, thursday my middle child comes home form school with head lice(YUCK), then friday I am side swiped on my way to work on the freeway, got van fixed by the following tuesday only to be rear ended on wed on my way to work by a driver with whiskey plates. I could have used that laser post.
By the way I really enjoy your blog.
- February 23, 2012 at 11:32 AM


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Sunday's sunny skies and warm weather presented a picturesque backdrop for the 86 members of Elk County Catholic High School's senior class as they celebrated their graduation.
A large crowd of parents, families and friends gathered at the school for a morning Baccalaureate Mass and brunch, followed by the traditional graduation ceremony, which began at 12:30 p.m.
Prior to the start of the ceremony, Elk Catholic Headmaster John Kowach welcomed all in attendance during a brief address.
Elk County Catholic senior Megan Dornisch successfully defended her PIAA Class AA shot put championship on Saturday by winning the 2011 crown.
The PIAA track and field championships were held Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg University.
Megan won the 2011 event with a throw of 44'8". Aubree Ray of Middletown took second with a throw of 40'1.25". Dornisch won her 2010 shot put title with a throw of 45'8.25".
St. Marys native Lt. Col. Daniel F. Kuntz, U.S. Army, served as the Honorary Grand Marshal for this year's Memorial Day celebration, taking part in the annual parade and addressing attendees during the Memorial Day program.
As he began his remarks at Memorial Park in front of a large crowd, he noted that it was both a beautiful day and "great to be back in St. Marys once again."
MT. ZION – The Honorable Richard Masson, 59th Judicial District Judge, took part in the fifth annual Memorial Day Dedication at Mt. Zion Historic Park on Saturday afternoon, addressing the large crowd gathered about the plans currently under way for a Civil War memorial for the Elk County chapter of the Bucktails.
Masson began by commenting on the Historic Park in general, referring to it as a "wonderful facility."
The annual graveside services to honor war veterans were held once again on Monday morning in both the St. Mary's Catholic and Protestant cemeteries. This year's services were held at the graves of World War II veteran William Herbstritt in the Catholic cemetery and Korean War veteran Larry Bucher Jr. in the Protestant cemetery. The ceremonies were conducted by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1047.
Chester H. Huth D.D.S., 94, of 400 N. Michael St., St. Marys, died Saturday evening, May 28, 2011 at Elk Regional Health Center following a brief illness.
He was born Sept. 2, 1916, in Gardenville, N.Y., son of the late William A. and Helen Pletscher Huth. On Jan. 29, 1946, in Pittsburgh, he married Marie Jean Schmitt, who survives.
He was a resident of St. Marys since 1962. He attended elementary school in Gardenville, N.Y., and graduated from high school in Buffalo, N.Y. He was also a 1944 graduate of the University of Buffalo School of Dentistry.
Terry L. Dietrick, 57, of 7 West Cardott St., Ridgway, died early Saturday morning, May 29, 2011 at DuBois Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.
He was born March 19, 1954 in Ridgway, son of John P. and Charlotte L. (Lundin) Dietrick, who survive. On Nov. 2, 1974, he married Donna S. (Stauffer) Dietrick, who survives.
Angela Chew, a licensed clinical social worker who works part-time at Dickinson Center Inc. Possibilities Autism Center in Ridgway, is shown checking some of the facility's equipment used to help treat youngsters with the disorder. Photo by Amy Cherry.
In an effort to bring autism disorders to the forefront, Dickinson Center, Inc. is hosting its first Autism Awareness Charity Ball on Friday, June 3 at the Red Fern in St. Marys.
Elk County Catholic High School senior thrower Megan Dornisch won the PIAA Class AA championship in the discus Friday at the PIAA Track and Field Championships being held at Shippensburg University.
Megan threw the discus 141'3" to win the title. She had been seeded second in the event with a distance of 134'10". Aubree Ray of Middletown, who was the top seed at states, placed second in the event with a throw of 137'2".
The budget proposed by the state House of Representatives would cut 10 percent of critical funding for services to victims of abuse and rape, forcing nonprofit organizations like CAPSEA, Inc. [Citizens Against Physical, Sexual & Emotional Abuse] to make serious cutbacks, according to CAPSEA Executive Director Billie Jo Weyant.
CAPSEA also provides legal assistance for people living in poverty to address such needs as home foreclosures, disability benefits, and homeless assistance.
According to Weyant this cut would revert the organization back to its 1998 budget level.


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Olympic course setters determined; U.S. coach Morin to set GS run{mosimage}Mike Morin of New Hampshire will set the second run of the men's Olympic giant slalom at the Olympic Winter Games. Morin is the head coach of the U.S. men's GS/SL team.
'I'm fired up' said Morin. 'It's cool. It's a good opportunity to make sure there's a good course that's suited to our guys.'
Morin was selected when the FIS World Cup coaches' working group met last Saturday at the World Cup in Garmisch, Germany.
'I don't set courses to trick guys' said Morin, adding that several World Cup courses this season have seemed designed to deliberately intimidate athletes or throw them out of their rhythm. 'When the courses have a rhythm and good flow, it's good for our guys.'
Morin characterized the Sestriere GS course as extremely steep out of the start, with a crucial transition to a flat and then another pitch with two knolls in the middle of it.
John McBride, who is Morin's counterpart on the DH/SG squad, is the reserve course-setter for the super G should some incident befall Andreas Evers of Austria, who was chosen to set that course. Evers is the longtime coach of Hermann Maier, as well as the rest of Austria's overall-title contenders.
For both the men and women, downhill gates will follow a pre-established course that was used for the test events (2004 World Cup Finals for the men, and the 2005 San Sicario World Cup for the women).
The coaches' working group of the women's World Cup will meet this weekend at the tech races in Ofterschwang, Germany, and select the women's Olympic course setters.
The course setters for the men's courses are as follows:
Super G
Andreas Evers (AUT)
Reserve John McBride (USA)
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First run: Dusan Grasic (CAN)
Second run: Mike Morin (USA
Reserve: Marko Pfeiffer (SWE)
Gert Ehn (AUT)
Vincencij Jovan (CRO)
Reserve Claudio Ravetto (ITA)
Slalom portions of combined
First run: Martin Andersen (NOR)
Second run: Sepp Brunner (SUI)
Reserve: Christian Höflehner (AUT)


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Brian Ching Testimonial Match
In the first part of our interview series with Brian Ching, Brian chats with Sebastian Salazar about his early years of soccer in Hawaii, his relationship with his mother and his move to Gonzaga.
We're only a month away from the Brian Ching Testimonial Match, presented by BBVA Compass, and the impressive list of participating players is growing.
First, current teammates (and coaches): Brad Davis, Bobby Boswell, Ricardo Clark, Tally Hall, Corey Ashe, Mike Chabala, Calen Carr, Tyler Deric and current assistant coaches Wade Barrett and Steve Ralston.
Then you've got some members from past Dynamo squads, especially the original 2006-07 MLS Cup-winning sides: Dwayne de Rosario, Chris Wondolowski, Eddie Robinson, Craig Waibel, Pat Onstad, Brian Mullan, Paul Dalglish, Kelly Gray, Ryan Cochrane and former assistant coach John Spencer.
Finally, there's the others. Teammates from San Jose, the U.S. national team and friends from around the league: Landon Donovan, Jimmy Conrad, Carlos Bocanegra, Charlie Davies, Frankie Hejduk, Davy Arnaud, Danny O'Rourke and Matt Reis*.
Not a bad collection of soccer talent, and they'll all be at BBVA Compass Stadium on Dec. 13 to pay homage to Ching as he laces up his cleats one last time. Tickets are on sale now, proceeds from the event will benefit The House That Ching Built.
*Matt Reis recently underwent surgery to repair a left quadriceps tendon, and will not be able to take part in the match itself
Houston Dynamo fans honor retiring forward Brian Ching during his final regular season home match with a card stunt during the 25th minute of the Dynamo's match vs. the New York Red Bulls on Oct. 20, 2013.
For more information on Ching's career, retirement and testimonial match coming at the end of this season, click here.
The Dynamo announced they'll be giving retiring forward Brian Ching the first testimonial match in MLS when he hangs up his cleats at the conclusion of the 2013 season. Check out the recap of Tuesday's press conference announcing the event, or the full version below it.


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The Creston/Orient-Macksburg boys golf season ended in disappointment last year, with the team falling short of its goal of making a trip to state.
Two seniors are gone from that team, and the returners are led by junior Carson Whittington, who qualified for state as an individual, leaving the Panthers with hopes of making it as a team this year.
Depth will be a big key for the Panthers this year, as head coach Jan Lesan says there are four players who can compete for the top spot on the team on any given day, and a number of players who can compete for varsity spots.
"We lost two good players, but the group we have back is very capable of getting to where we needed to be last year, and that is to state," Lesan said. "Everybody knows Carson is going to be there. The one some of them are really fearing right now is Trey Thomsen.
"If Trey comes in as a solid second right behind Carson or beats Carson, then we know we're going to have a one-two punch that's very hard to beat. Then you also have Hunter Sickels right there. Kainen Somers will be right in the mix fighting for it."
Lesan also mentioned Christian Groumoutis, Sam Hartsock, Jordan Thompson, Maxx Walters, Evan Nielsen and Coleton Hoepker as players who will be competing for varsity spots.
That depth will make the competition for varsity positions intense throughout the season.
"Again, there' s going to be some disappointment, because we're going to have some very good golfers who are pushing each other very much," Lesan said. "It makes them push each other. That just makes them better."
Thomsen, a senior this year, said the competition for varsity spots on the team can sometimes be more intense than competition with other teams.
"It'll keep the varsity guys on their toes, for sure," Thomsen said. "Everybody will know they have to play a good round just to make the team. It will help everyone be focused all the time and be ready to go every day in practice as well as in meets."
Last season, the Creston/O-M girls team did not have enough members on the team to count in team scores, with only three golfers.
Those three golfers all return in Sarah Waigand, Ashtyn Riley and Maranda Ford.
This year, the Panthers also add in freshmen Madison Hance and Shelby Palser, giving the Panthers a scoring five.
"Again, we will have Sarah, Maranda and Ashtyn, but we picked up Shelby Palser and Madison Hance," Lesan said. "Both young ladies know how to play the game, and with the combination of the three we had, we might surprise some people."
Lesan noted the three returners, who all improved throughout last year, are heading into the season much improved.
"They've been hitting the ball well," she said. "We've been down to the chipping green, making sure we're not going to three-putt or play any over. They're responding well and hitting the ball well. Hopefully we can be in the high 50s, low 60s."
Lesan also expects the two newcomers to be able to challenge for the top individual spot.
The Panthers open the season today with the girls hosting Atlantic and the boys traveling to Atlantic.
Boys — Dillon Bailey, Blake Eddy, Christian Groumoutis, Sam Hartsock, Coleton Hoepker, Jaaron Kautz, Evan Nielsen, Nick Noecker, Jake Routh, Keenan Reese, Hunter Sickels, Kainen Somers, Trey Thomsen, Jordan Thompson, Maxx Walters, Albert Weis, Carson Whittington and Jacob Wolf.
Girls — Maranda Ford, Madison Hance, Shelby Palser, Ashtyn Riley, Sarah Waigand.
April 4 — vs. Atlantic (boys away, girls home)
April 5 — vs. ADM (girls and JV boys)
April 9 — vs. Clarke, Winterset (boys and girls varsity)
April 13 — at Winterset tournament (girls)
April 15 — vs. Clarinda (boys away, girls home)
April 16 — at Ballard tournament (boys)
April 18 — at Corning (boys and girls)
April 19 — vs. Clarke (boys and girls)
April 22 — vs. Glenwood (boys away, girls home)
April 25 — vs. Chariton (girls home)
April 29 — vs. Red Oak (boys home, girls away)
April 30 — at Atlantic tournament (boys and girls)
May 4 — at Chariton tournament (boys)
May 6 — Hawkeye 10 Conference (boys at Creston, girls at Harlan)
May 10 — Boys sectional (TBD)
May 13 — Girls district (TBD)
May 17 — Boys district (TBD)
May 20 — Girls regional (TBD)
May 24 — Boys state
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Flock, the social media browser, who's backend is mostly Firefox, might be moving away from Mozilla and over to Google's Chrome browser. At least, so says a recent article on Tech Crunch. So why might Flock's love for Mozilla be wavering?
As to why Flock is leaving Mozilla: sources say that they've become frustrated with Mozilla's lack of attention to Flock's needs. One source says Flock felt like the "red headed step child of the Mozilla development community." Sources are also saying that Flock feels that Google Chrome is far easier to work with than Firefox.
Now let me stress again, this all rumor for now, but if they do make the switch I see Flock going down faster than the Titanic. For me, their connection with Mozilla is the only thing that really makes them that name-worthy at the moment. Also, if Flock is the red headed step child of the Mozilla development community, wouldn't they get even more lost within the mammoth beast that is Google?
It just doesn't add up for me, so hopefully we will see Flock stick with the Mozilla platform.


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What do young people learn from playing?
TEDxYouthDay (www.tedxyouthday.com) is a month away!
More than 105 youth-focused events are happening around the world between November 19th and 21st.
These events will vary widely in size, format, and theme, but they will share a common vision: inspiring curiosity, igniting new ideas, and empowering young leaders.
This year's global theme is "Play, Learn, Build & Share."
While these are all separate ideas, they are also highly interconnected.
What are your thoughts about what young people can learn when they play?
Oct 21 2011: I still play on a weekly basis (if not more).
Being a die-hard board & social game player, I love playing games... it never died.
So what can you learn from games?
(aside from Jane McGonigal's talk http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html, which concerns PC play)
- You learn what rules are, and why they exist.
- You learn that having "house rules" (changing the original rules, or adding new ones) is a great thing
- You learn that you can lose and still have a good time. You learn to lose!
- You learn that victory is much better when you don't cheat. (You learn to lose!)
- You acquire meta-game insights, that gives you a great knowledge of strategy, rules and consequences of actions
- You can imagine and create a temporal world that is clearly bounded (by the time and play-field) and gives you a break from reality... allowing to experiment roles and tactics you would not dare to in real life
- You build trust with the people you play with (they all agree to obey the same rules) and learn to collaborate.
- A lot of games can serve as a metaphor of real life
- If you see how relative rules are, and that this also applies in real life, you develop a level of relative thinking and open mindedness.
- Seeing real life as a game has great advantages (can make it fun, lets you see how much people can get stuck in the "rules" of society and not being able to step out of it, thinking it is all that serious, while it is only a construct)
- Depending on the from and content of the game, you can learn about a lot of things that are important in real life (edutainment games, educational games, developing knowledge in different areas,...)
(I can go on for a while)
Playing and creating games with and for other people is so much fun! Not only for young people.
Anybody who thinks games are only for youth are so wrong, and miss a fundamental truth in life... not playing games is not more mature... it is a (terrible) lossOct 22 2011: This reminds me of John Hunter's TED talk on the World Peace games!
Learning by playing is learning by doing. Experiential learning. And I think since lots of young people are prone to explore, discover, and simply ask the hard questions (like "why" just for the sake of it), I think it allows self-discovery away from rote memorization and abstract theory.
Cloe Shasha
Oct 21 2011: Hi Christophe, I love this list! Your points are really good -- especially the fact that games can serve as a metaphor for real life. We learn how to navigate the world through play.
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Debra Smith
Oct 19 2011: Children learn so much from playing. In the early stages called coplay they learn spatial relations, coordination for their muscles, and social things like acceptable distances to stand in relation to another. As time goes on they develop turn taking, eye contact, cooperation. Play is something adults should revitalize in their lives to improve creativity, spontaneity, and joy.
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Zdenek Smith
Oct 18 2011: I think the school system and our society underestimate the importance and effectivness of including play component in its activities. Not only youth but kids in elementatary school could learn and develop so much more if they learned through play.
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What young people learn from play? I think they learn to work well with others (teamwork), be brave to experiment, adapt to change, improve their creativity etc. As a bonus they will find new friends and have fun!Oct 21 2011: Hi Ani, thanks for pointing out that games can in fact be crucial for teaching youth new information!Oct 21 2011: I think for everyone playing is having fun. and learning is a long, sometimes boring posses. As a teacher I almost always use games during my lessons for involving all the class into the learning possess, during that time they learn more than the time we do ordinary lessons, Games really help us to learn more useful information. So when we join these 2 possesses, i.e. learning and playing games, we have the biggest result we want to have.Oct 19 2011: Hi Debra, yes agreed that adults need to play too!Oct 19 2011: Creativeness, personality traits,social behavior. Give a child some paint and a paint brush to play with, and they just might be the next great artist. Given them the right "things" to play with, and those "things" could become the tools to help in their development of those three common visions.
Oct 19 2011: Hi Dan, good point about personality traits emerging from play. This is something that is often overlooked, I think.Oct 18 2011: Hi Erin, those are all good points. It's true that there are lots of different definitions of play.Oct 18 2011: Hi Zdenek, I very much agree with your claim that play helps people learn teamwork!Oct 18 2011: I think it depends on what you mean by playing? I think youth learn a lot from playing. For instance, playing with classmates they are learning how to build relationships. If they are playing capture the flag, they are learning how to develop strategies and working with others. If they are playing on an organized sports team they are learning once again strategies, and team work. If they are playing with an instrument, they learn discipline.


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Decades of Discovery on St. Catherines Island
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David Hurst Thomas is the curator of North American Archaeology in the Museum's Division of Anthropology and has spent his career studying the human history of St. Catherines Island. Below, he explains how archaeological finds are proving history books wrong.
For nearly four decades, it's been my privilege to work as an archaeologist on St. Catherines—a Manhattan-sized island 10 miles off the Georgia coastline. One of the storied Golden Isles, St. Catherines is privately owned; only two people live there. Forty years ago, the Edward John Noble Foundation established a long-term relationship with the American Museum of Natural History to pursue scientific research, conservation, and education on the island.
Zach Baldwin on How Ponyfishes and Flashlight Fishes Shine
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Curator John Sparks is blogging weekly about the upcoming exhibition, Creatures of Light, which opens on Saturday, March 31. This week, he invited Zach Baldwin, a Ph.D. student at the Museum's Richard Gilder Graduate School who works in the Department of Ichthyology and who consulted on the exhibition, to contribute the guest post below.
A common misconception about bioluminescent fishes is that they all live in the perpetual darkness of the deep sea. In truth, one of the most fascinating aspects of bioluminescence is the diversity of organisms and environments in which the phenomenon is known to occur. There are bioluminescent fishes occurring on coral reefs, in estuaries, and even in the rocky intertidal zone along coastlines. Approximately 100 species in nine families of fishes that live in shallow marine waters are known to luminesce.
New Finding: Dinosaur's Feathers Were Black with Iridescent Sheen
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A pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur known as Microraptor had black iridescent feathers when it roamed the Earth 130 million years ago, according to new research led by a team of American and Chinese scientists that includes Museum researchers. The dinosaur's fossilized plumage is the earliest record of iridescent feather color. The findings, which suggest the importance of display in the early evolution of feathers, are published in the March 9 edition of the journal Science.
"This study gives us an unprecedented glimpse at what this animal looked like when it was alive," said Mark Norell, one of the paper's authors and chair of the Museum's Division of Paleontology.
Extremophiles and Life Beyond Earth
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Research about organisms that can weather Earth's harshest environments has broadened ideas of where living things can thrive. On Sunday, March 11, the Museum's 2012 Milstein Science Series kicks off with Extremophiles: Life in Extreme Environments, an exploration of how such organisms survive and what studying Earth's extremophiles could mean for the search for extraterrestrial life. Seth Shostak, one of the guest speakers at the March 11 program, is a senior astronomer at the SETI Institute and researches whether life—from the intelligent to the extreme—could exist elsewhere in the universe. Below, Shostak answers a few questions about extremophiles and the search beyond life as we know it.
The Re-making of Mars: Terraforming Table
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The scent of evergreens, stones covered in moss, and the hum of rushing water are familiar features in many forests on Earth. But could these also describe a future landscape on Mars?
Once a staple of science fiction, terraforming—or making a planet more like Earth—is now being studied as a real possibility, as scientists research how to apply knowledge of evolution, climate, and technology to re-create the blue planet's environment on the red planet. Visitors can learn firsthand how humans might make Mars habitable with a custom, multi-user touch table featured in the Museum's exhibition Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration.


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The trial of a Washington, D.C., man charged with attempted murder in a Dec. 8 double stabbing began Monday, with police called to the witness stand repeatedly to detail the bloody scene and the victims' gushing neck wounds.
Ricardo Anthony Davis, 46, was charged with attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault after surveillance footage showed him stab two men who attacked his friend at the Wow Café & Wingery in Waldorf, according to charging papers.
Davis and his friend appear on the footage standing at a table inside the restaurant when two men walk up behind them. After exchanging some words, one of the men, of the District, punched Davis' friend in the face three times, police said.
Davis retaliated by pulling a knife and stabbing the other man, of Suitland, in the neck, the papers state.
The men tried to leave the restaurant, but Davis followed them to the exit and stabbed the District man in the back of the neck, near the base of the skull, police said. The footage then shows Davis hiding the knife beneath a floor mat near the exit, court records state.
Both stabbing victims underwent emergency surgery and were released.
Charging documents state that Davis admitted to the stabbings and hiding the knife in an interview with police, but claimed he had acted in self-defense.
Cpl. Calvin Roberts of the Charles County Sheriff's Office was off-duty and working a part-time security job at the restaurant when the assault occurred. He testified Monday that he intervened in the dispute outside the restaurant and placed Davis on the ground in handcuffs before turning his attention to the two victims.
Davis ran off, but was apprehended by sheriff's special operations officer Larry Blake, who was off duty and at the restaurant as a customer. Blake testified that he chased Davis and caught him near Mimi's Café in the same shopping center on Western Parkway before handing him over to patrol officers arriving on the scene.
Sheriff's patrol officer Richard Bagley, a certified EMT, said he got to the scene and tried to stem the victims' bleeding, particularly the Suitland man, who had blood "pouring" out of his neck.
"It was like a horror movie. There was blood everywhere," Blake said of the scene outside the restaurant. The Suitland man "was squirting blood everywhere," he added.
An off-duty U.S. Capitol policeman was also at the restaurant and testified Tuesday morning that he tried to help secure the scene. He too described the Suitland man as appearing to be worse off than the other.
"Blood was literally gushing out, surfacing basically the whole sidewalk area," he said.
The officer testified that while Roberts tended to the victims outside, he stood in the restaurant's foyer to keep patrons inside and preserve the crime scene. He then felt something beneath the restaurant's floor mat with his foot, and kicked the mat to discover a knife hidden underneath.
Public defender Michele Harewood pointed out that the officer did not see who hid the knife under the mat.
"It could have been anybody," she said.
A crime scene processor for the sheriff's office, Bagley collected the knife and took it to the department's Waldorf station to be picked up and processed by the crime lab, he testified.
Harewood drew a distinction between the crimson scene and the knife, which in photos taken at the scene didn't appear to be that bloody.
"That knife looks kind of dry, doesn't it?" she asked Cpl. Donald Belfield, who testified that he took photos of the knife at the restaurant.
"I noticed there did appear to be blood on the blade," Bagley said.
Harewood repeatedly asked Bagley whether the blade was a certain type of knife, only for him to tell her each time that he did not know.
"I can tell you it's a black-handled knife with a blade," he said.
The trial was ongoing Tuesday afternoon, with prosecutors in the midst of calling investigators to the witness stand.


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The tearing down of Springfield Mall on Monday marked the end of an era, but according to Fairfax County Supervisor Jeff McKay (D-Lee), the best is yet to come for the proposed town center that will take its place, as well as for Springfield itself.
�This is the most important thing to happen in Springfield since Metro came in,� McKay said. �For many, like me, who grew up in this area in the 1980s, Springfield Mall was the place to see and be seen. It was a state-of-the-art mall. There was a reason Prince Charles and Diana visited here. It really was something. To watch it deteriorate the way it did over the last 20 years has been devastating.�
Monday marked the beginning of a 10-year redevelopment of the mall into a �town center� model, split into four phases, originally scheduled to begin in the summer of 2011.
�We had a little financial difficulty since its propsal, but it is now happening,� said McKay.
Phase 1 of the plan, according to a 2009 county staff report prepared for the Board of Supervisors, consists of an interior reconstruction, including an improved food court and construction of a new movie theater. There will also be a �streetscape� element that will consist of outdoor restaurant seating and entrances to retail stores that will face outward, creating a town center feel. Those changes are expected to be up and running by the 2014 holiday season, according to McKay.
In three subsequent phases, the mall�s new owners, Vornado Realty Trust, eventually hope to add as many as 2,700 apartments, 450 hotel rooms and 1 million square feet of office space to the 78-acre site, while expanding the retail component of the area to 2 million square feet of shopping and dining.
The town center vision also includes improved pedestrian and bicycle connections to the Franconia-Springfield Metro and Virginia Railway Express stations, and a circulator bus service that serves the transit station, the mall area and the rest of the Springfield revitalization district.
The developer's outlying plans also include construction of a central plaza, ground-floor retail in the apartment buildings, a grocery store, a health club, and basketball and tennis courts on top of a parking garage, according to the 2009 report.
�The Springfield community has been waiting a long time for this to start,� McKay said. �The decline of Springfield Mall had nothing at all to do with the local demographics, and everything to do with the mall�s previous owners, who let it get into the shape it was in when Vornado took it over.�
In July, as part of the $200 million phase one reconstruction, Voranado bid adieu to the last of the mall�s interior tenants, and prepared to knock down all but the mall�s three anchor stores; JCP, Target and Macy�s, all of which remain open and will become an intregal part of the new Town Center vision.
On Monday, demolition of the mall began, something that Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Nancy-Jo Manney was happy to see. �It had been put off for so long that people were beginning to doubt that it would ever happen,� she said. �I, for one, am very excited about this project and what it will mean for Springfield.�


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