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Motorized Model Ships
COLLINGWOOD-While it may have just been a hobby for the late Cyril Mitchell, his legacy of meticulously-crafted motorized, model ships persists. ...
Swinging at Softballs
SPRINGHILL-While softball season may be winding down, there is still co-ed softball to be played this month in such Cumberland County communities ...
Martin Steps Down as Amherst Men's League President
AMHERST-While the 2013 Amherst Men's Slopitch League maybe a distant memory, changes are afoot for the aforementioned league's 2014 ball season. ...
Back to the Future
OXFORD- If you didn't know any better, you might have thought that you were transported back in time to the 1970s by the DeLorean time machine on ...
Trevor's Ride For Parkinson's
AMHERST-Trevor McLauglin is not your typical 19-year-old man. About a decade ago, his maternal grandfather was diagnosed with Parkinson's ...
What's Old Is New Again
PARRSBORO-What's old is new again upstairs in the art gallery/studio of the old Parrsboro post office owned by Montreal natives Harvey Lev and ...
The Dog Days of Summer
PARRSBORO-The summer might be winding down, but Bert Lint continues to sell his homemade doggy treats twice a week in Parrsboro in support of the ...
Motorcyclist Rolls In To Purchase Last Copy
Sold Out
PARRSBORO-There are no two sweeter words for an author than the words 'sold out'. Such was the case for local author Bruce Graham at the launch ...
Fun at the Parrsboro Market
PARRSBORO-Since early June, the former post office owned by Montreal, Quebec natives Judith Bauer and Harvey Lev has held a local market ...


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A 14-month-old boy died late Tuesday in a home in Gladstone.
Sgt. Wayne Lawrence, spokesman for Gladstone police, said that relatives called emergency dispatchers at 11:20 p.m. to report a medical problem with the infant. Firefighters who arrived at the home near East Arlington Street and Columbia Avenue were unable to revive the boy.
Lawrence said the major crimes team is investigating the boy's death but he said there was no indication of violence or that a crime had occurred.
"We're just crossing our t's and dotting our i's," Lawrence said. "The relatives and friends are cooperating.
No names were released.
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NEWARK — Outnumbered by celebrities from the music and film worlds, a crush of international media and hundreds of fans wanting to say goodbye to Whitney Houston, scores of police officers faced the monumental task of securing one of the largest public events the city of Newark has ever witnessed.
The first order of business was to honor the Houston family's wishes and keep the funeral as private as possible. The second was to keep the city and fans safe.
To do that, police had to be virtually everywhere at once.
According to a police department security plan obtained by The Star-Ledger, officers spent the past week pinballing between airports, the Whigham Funeral Home, New Hope Baptist Church and other venues in three different cities, whisking high-profile attendees around northern New Jersey while blocking off roads and reporters at every turn.
The end result? Exactly what Police Director Samuel DeMaio was hoping for: No arrests, no public disturbances and no complaints from those gathered for Saturday's emotional 3 1/2-hour funeral.
"Our main concern was to give the family what they wanted — a private and dignified service," DeMaio said after Saturday's service. "Everything went smooth."
Nearly 130 officers were on duty for the funeral while another 50 were used to secure a private wake at the funeral home on Friday evening, according to the security plan. A dozen more officers provided security for a post-funeral repast at the Newark Club.
Today, the city's motorcycle unit will escort the hearse carrying Houston's casket to Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, where she will be buried next to her father.
Police were expecting nearly 3,000 fans to gather near the church Saturday, but DeMaio said the turnout was closer to 500. The decision to limit access in the area surrounding the church and to not display Houston's funeral on large video screens nearby likely kept the crowds down, he said. That helped preserve the intimate service the family wanted, he said.
The department's duties ranged from organizing large motorcades and disaster contingencies to chasing media away from the church as late as Saturday morning, according to DeMaio and the security documents.
City police were responsible for escorting celebrities like Stevie Wonder from Newark Liberty International and Teterboro airports, while Essex County sheriff's detectives prepared for the worst case scenarios, conducting a bomb sweep of the church at 7 a.m., according to the plan.
"At any one given time, we were handling operations at the funeral parlor, the church and different family members residences ...," DeMaio said. "We had details at the church, handling traffic (and) another detail at the Newark Club."
Police also handled smaller duties the family considered critical to their privacy. On Friday, a SWAT team chased reporters from the website TMZ off the roof of an autobody shop near the church, DeMaio said. Early Saturday, police Capt. Mario Martin found a camera lens sticking through the window of a building adjacent to the church, and removed a reporter who was holed up there, DeMaio said.
DeMaio was also personally involved in the seating dispute between Houston's ex-husband, Bobby Brown, and the security detail that led to Brown's abrupt departure from the service. While the R&B singer said late Saturday he was mistreated, DeMaio dismissed the allegations.
Sounding exhausted after the whirlwind week, DeMaio said he wasn't surprised his department was able to function under a worldwide spotlight.
"We've had presidential visits here, we've had visits from the Pope," he said. "There's never anything we can't handle."
Related coverage:
• Visibly upset, Bobby Brown leaves Whitney Houston's funeral
• Whitney Houston's funeral: Love and humor dominate remembrances of pop superstar
• Fans flock to church hosting Whitney Houston funeral to remember pop icon


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Well, I'm a gunnie who resides in the urban milieu of the Garden State.
While I've been around guns all my life, I never had an interest in shooting till 2005.
Sure, I shot BB guns with friends as a kid, and thought I was cool shooting up cans in various backyards, but that don't count.
My Father taught my Brother and I about gun safety, but none of us can recall exactly what was taught. Nonetheless, my Brother and I have a respect for firearms, that unfortunately, doesn't seem to be, or simply can't be taught these days to children without mass hysterics ensuing.
Not sure what triggered it, but I became interest in shooting some of my Father's Winchesters, but up till that point, he hadn't shot any guns for about 30yrs, and didn't know where to go to do so. So for a few months, I hemmed and hawwed about it. Looked into safety training, but didn't book myself into a class.
Then Katrina happened.
Then either Bush or the guy who was running FEMA at the time said on national TV that the government has no duty to protect or provide for it's citizens. It was a done deal at that point. I made the call to a local gun safety instructor and booked myself into a class. I figured that if all hell broke out in the NYC area, I'd be totally on my own, and let's face facts here, the NYC area has how many millions of people in it? I can't even fathom what would happen if some sort of disaster hit this area. So I decided it would be best for me to look into getting a gun and learning how to use it safely, and proficiently.
I also wasn't a fan of the Bush Administration, and I sorta figured by being a gun owner, I was in a way, being politically defiant. A finger in the air gesture that said I can take care of myself since the government wasn't going to take care of me.
A few years later, I'm still here. Constantly learning about my guns, other guns, and doing my best to fend off information overload.


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The following is some of the feedback that we have received from our past guests. This is just a sample of the response which we pride ourselves on and earns us the extraordinary guest satisfaction scores of 95% exceed or met expectations on their overall charter experience.
You guys are fantastic! The food was wonderful and we appreciate your sense of humor! The trip had so many high points; the snorkeling, fishing, suntanning, sailing, beautiful beaches, and great company. The competitions were fun….of course the girls' team won! Thanks for everything.
Vic & Michelle Mancha, Carrie DiAntonio & Chris
This has been the most relaxing vacation I have ever taken. You made my family and myself feel welcome from the moment we met you at the dock. Your warm hospitality and professionalism are credits to Festiva. I am sure all the other guests you travel with will be just as happy as we are. We will take with us many happy memories and my entire family thanks you.
Glen & Maureen, Brandon & Kristenk, Wallace St. John, N.B. Canada
In a word, "pampered." You took care of us so well, saw to our every need and helped us truly experience the fun, beauty, and exhilaration of the BVI's. We have so many memories: The diving at Willy T's, dancing in the Anegada Hotel, snorkeling at Marina Cay, the hook-ring game, sharing food, getting "bushwhacked" and dining with umbrellas at the Pegleg. The special part of the trip was meeting the new family aboard and getting to love its members, one and all.
Katherine and Jeff Szem
You made this week one of the best ever-sun bathing, napping, sailing, laughing-lots of fun with new friends! Food was great-It is a pleasure to meet you and looking forward to seeing you again soon.
Bill and Diane Tyndall, Chandler, AZ
The best vacation ever. Captain Mike and First Mate Haya were the most wonderful Hosts. This was our 30th. wedding anniversary, we love the Mediterranean but both agree this was the most fun and relaxing vacation we've ever had. If you're stressed and want to get your mind 'tuned' to the fun side of life you must contact these guys.
Monty Mitchell
What a wonderful week of relaxation, snorkeling, and gourmet food. There's nothing like the sunny Caribbean. We couldn't have asked for a more intimate time. We enjoyed doing activities we love - snorkeling, diving, shopping and don't forget the mud baths! The crew were superb hosts, multi-talented chefs, water experts and entertainers. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Jim and Barb Kurley
We have been to the BVI ten times and this was the best trip by far. Fergus put us up close with every anchorage and he kept the wine flowing. Our chef was outstanding with her culinary delights.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tremel
Wow! Too hard to explain just how much fun we had! It was unbelievable! The yacht, the food, the scenery, the companionship and friends will never be forgotten. We can't wait to sail again with John and Kath! They were the best!
Alan and Suzie Somogyi
Two words describe our experience ... "Truly Paradise!" What an outstanding crew! Simply amazing view, 360 degrees!
Nothing but pure fun and sun! Made great friendships and look forward to sailing again!
Bill and Corinne Kelley
This was hands down the best vacation we have ever taken. Thank you to the excellent crew for their personal touch which made the trip special. Can't wait to sail with you again.
Ken and Pam Boudreaux
Our charter with Festiva Sailing Vacations was absolutely phenomenal… as in the best ever. When asked somewhere near the end of the week, what had been my favorite experience so far, I was speechless. Everything, even the weather, had been so perfect I could not come up with any one particular event that was better than the other. The yacht was truly shipshape and it went uphill from there. So much of our special time was directly due to the incredible care, thoughtfulness, skill and consideration of the crew, Darrel and Corrinne. They are really special people.
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The new health care law is unpopular with conservatives, with legal challenges to its constitutionality and vows to repeal it in the new Congress.
Fox News airs ads to rally support for repeal. Florida politicians want to exempt insurance companies from the provision to spend more of the insured's premiums on actual health care services. This move has nothing to do with constitutionality, but would allow insurance companies to keep more of the insured's premiums.
The main reason the law was passed in the first place, is that a large number of Americans are without good health insurance. That number is growing, to almost 60 million people in the most recent tally.
The argument that most of the uninsured are healthy and should not be forced to buy insurance is a cruel myth. About 40 percent of the uninsured have at least one chronic medical condition and they are not getting all the care they need. One third of middle-income families have no insurance and 38 percent of college graduates are not even offered health insurance with their first job.
The most significant consequence of not having health insurance is that the uninsured die sooner than those with decent insurance. A Harvard University study estimates that 45,000 Americans die each year because they have no health insurance. Overall, the result is a drop in life expectancy of three to five years. For those with a chronic illness, the results are much worse. As an example, another study found that cystic fibrosis patients live more than 21 years with health insurance, but only about 6 years without health insurance.
The new health care law provides a path for most Americans to obtain affordable health insurance and thus live longer, healthier and more productive lives. Repealing the law will condemn the uninsured to more suffering during their lives and an earlier death, all in the name of less government involvement or fiscal responsibility.
What an irony that those who claim to be patriots will, if they succeed in stopping the new health care law, be able to extinguish 15 times the number of American lives lost on 9/11, and do so every year. America's enemies could not dream of having such collaborators.
Surely, as we struggle to identify ways to bring national and state budgets in line with our resources, we can still find a way to take responsibility for the health of our nation's citizens. Every other modern country in the world has succeeded, America can, too.
Jack Shapiro, South Haven
Health care bill was needed, should not be repealed
We greatly resent U.S. Rep. Fred Upton's efforts to repeal the much-needed health care bill passed in 2010. It is much needed and will benefit many who need health care coverage. Not all are as fortunate as those on Capitol Hill.
Allen and Valerie Medlin, Kalamazoo


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Oftentimes when a person is very sick, surgery is required to restore that person to good health. The same is true with some of our good old lowa towns that are sick. They need surgery to bring about healing and a healthy future.
For Fort Dodge, that necessary surgery is the crosstown connector.
I love this old town.
John W. Bruner
Fort Dodge


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Morrisville, NY -- A 2-year-old girl drowned accidentally this morning in a bathtub in her residence in Morrisville, state police said.
The girl's mother, Mary Ann Rhoades, called 911 at 10:47 a.m. this morning from their residence at 5059 state Route 20, Apt. 2, troopers said.
The toddler was transported to Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, where she was pronounced dead, troopers said.
The investigation is continuing.


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They say body language speaks volumes.
That's just as true in the NFL as it is anywhere else.
Obviously, winning projects an aura of confidence and positive body language from almost any NFL player who makes a big play to push his team to victory. But conversely, when the you-know-what hits the fan, bad body language usually rears its ugly head for this these particular NFL stars.
Just who has the worst body language in pro football? Read on to find out.
And don't let these players' negative mannerisms get you down.


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Joe Santoro, 14, of Lyncourt, poses with his 5-point buck he shot during the opening weekend of the deer hunting season in the Southern Zone.
His father, Dominick Santoro, wrote: "This is his first year deer hunting.
"Around ten after eleven, my son bagged a 5 point buck in Marcellus. This is his first deer and what a way to start off a hunting career."


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Mad Max picks up award
"Oak Harbor's Max McYoung says he wasn't after fame when he took a stand to rescue and protect the Skagit River back in the late 1980s. But that hasn't stopped organizations from the Washington State Legislature to national environmental groups from recognizing his efforts.Last week McYoung received yet another award, this time from the Izaak Walton League of America. The 50,000-member national organization named McYoung to its 1999 honor roll for his work in the fields of conservation, public information and publicity. Only 10 such honors are given each year.I think I'm the only non-member ever to get the award, McYoung said this week. During the past decade McYoung has been featured on local and national TV and in 1992 won the prestigious Jefferson Award from the American Institute for Public Service.A retired Navy man, McYoung first visited the Skagit River for hunting and fishing in the 1960s. But by the 1980s things had changed dramatically.I flat loved fishing, he said. But then one year I couldn't get any fish. The river had become clouded with silt and mud from upriver logging operations and it was taking a major toll on salmon and steelhead. As a direct result, fish-eating wildlife such as eagles were also disappearing.I got mad, McYoung said. He got doubly mad when he found out that the Skagit had been designated as a scenic river by the federal government and was supposed to be protected under the Federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.It turned out, he said, that the National Forest Service had not been using millions of dollars of federally-allocated money to clean up and restore the river.Without waiting for help, McYoung launched a personal campaign to put the river right.I spent tens of thousands of dollars of my own money fighting those damn people up there, he said of his campaign. Whenever he talks on the subject, McYoung's speech is inundated with expletives. I took the Secretary of the Interior there, hell, I had everybody up there.A lot of his money was spent on long distance phone calls, trips to the site and food for boat trips with the powers-that-be within the state and at the national level. His goal was to make enough people aware of the problem to actually do something about it.McYoung also rallied the media to his cause.Sometimes the government (officials) wouldn't talk to me, but then the newspapers and TV stations started to call them, he said. They sure talked to me after that.McYoung waged his battle through several years and numerous heart attacks. Finally, near death in early 1998, he received a heart transplant in Seattle. That slowed him down, he said.During that same time, though, millions of dollars, new management procedures and new logging restrictions have made their way to the Skagit River. And more are likely on the way now that certain types of salmon have been placed on the federal endangered species list.The Izaak Walton League of America award McYoung recently received is named after a 17th-century English fisherman, conservationist and author of the book The Compleat Angler. The organization has supported clean water legislation, protection of species and conservation and preservation of public lands since it was founded in 1922. McYoung said he probably won't live to see the river restored to its former glory, but he likes what he's seen so far.It's getting to be in pretty good shape, he said. It's well on its way. "
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Aditu Mortuary Archaeology Field School 2016
The Aditu Mortuary Archaeology Field School is a research project investigating human burials at the medieval Sanctuary of San Miguel in Excelsis, at the top of the Aralar mountain in Navarre.
This research is part of a regional study that started with the associated monastic complex of Zamartze in the municipality of Uharte-Arakil (Navarre, Spain). The main element in that site is a 12th century Romanesque church assumed to have been built on top of an earlier Roman mansio. Restoration works to the complex in 2005 revealed medieval graves and Roman structures.
The primary goal of the project is to gain knowledge of the population of this part of Navarre during the medieval period. Graves are thought to date between the 9th and the 14th century, and in the last years, over 150 individual burials have been uncovered. The project aims at using the individuals recovered from this cemetery to perform a thorough study of the diet, pathology and bioprofile (age, sex, stature) of this Medieval sites' population that could be extrapolated to the region, as little is known in the area about its Medieval population. Additional details of funerary practices may also be gained from the position of the skeletons, burial orientation and grave goods. Stone tombs (as well as later intrusive burials) surrounding the Sanctuary on top of the mountain will be excavated.
The field school is aimed at students or graduates of archaeology and physical or forensic anthropology who wish to gain hands-on experience in the excavation of human remains. There will be daily lectures and lab classes on skeletal anatomy, excavation techniques and Basque archaeology, although the major component of the school is field and labwork, with students spending an average of 7-8 hours per day on site divided almost equally beween the excavation of human remains and their processing and analysis in the field lab. Throughout the course, students will become proficient in carrying out all aspects of osteological analysis, including the determination of age, sex, stature and identification of pathologies.
The focus of the fieldwork will be on burial excavation techniques and documentation methods. Students will participate in all stages involved in the exhumation of human remains in archaeological contexts.
Session Dates: July 6-30; August 6-30.
Accommodation: Board and accommodation will be provided in the Sanctuary or in the nearby village of Uharte-Arakil. All necessary facilities are provided (electricity, washing machine, equipped kitchen, TV, although no private internet access but access through friendly neighbours).
Cost: The cost per session (25 days):
€1700 per three week session
The field school fee includes accommodation,breakfast, lunch and dinner on full work days, tuition, lectures and accident insurance. Air fare and medical insurance are not included.
Application deadline: May 31st, 2016.
Apply: For further information and to apply to the field school, please contact email@example.com


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The morning train gets in about 11:30, and there's just about the right amount of time to have a lunch, visit the four museums and get on the 6:13 p.m. train back to Portland.
And the sights from the train are fascinating -- the cut in North Portland, the terrific view of Mount Hood while crossing the Columbia River, the delightful miles along Washington's Lake River with many wildlife views, the close-up view of the hills of volcanic ash north of Kelso, the "world's largest egg" (it isn't) in Winlock, the quarry cliff near Tenino that furnished the rock for several Portland buildings, the mima mounds, the view of the tremendous housing expansion and the delightful Centennial Station in Olympia-Lacey, and riding along the shore of Puget Sound.
Plus, you'll save money by taking the train and have comfort in knowing you contributed much less to air pollution.
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Here at Chez Jaggers, we watch the mailbox like hawks these days. The first of what we hope will be several college acceptance letters has crossed our doorstep and we (well, mostly the 17-year-old) are eagerly awaiting the envelope that will share our collective fate for this fall.
The college admissions process is fascinating. College websites get more hits by far by prospective students and parents than any other audience. The demand for admissions information must have been daunting before the dawn of the Internet; it continues now but is far more easily managed by colleges that have embraced social media tools to share information with and attract students and parents.
Here in Charlottesville, the presence of the University of Virginia is a force of its own with an easy 20 percent of our population comprised of college students. UVa ranks third in Kiplinger's list of 100 best values for public colleges; high in demand, UVa's admissions is rigorous to say the least. UVa's Notes from Peabody II is a popular admissions blog, providing a frequently updated report, complete with photos, from the office of admissions. My favorite feature is the running list in the sidebar of artists/authors mentioned in application essays. Good stuff!
The University of Southern California, Los Angeles has a brilliant use of RSS feeds and podcasts catalogued on a single page. They also have an admissions blog.
The University of Illinois, alma mater of several of my high school chums, has an admissions blog penned by a fresh-faced "coordinator of scholar recruitment."
While they do not have a blog, the University of Indiana hosts online chats with admissions counselors and current students; another great way to make their site interactive and friendlier to prospective students and their parents.
These are just a few examples of how some of the top colleges in the U.S. are using social media to engage prospective students. What's your school doing?


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The company that provides engineer services for the Port Authority has renewed its contract with the P.A. to continue at the Cape Liberty Port Jersey Marine Terminal in Bayonne.
GSH Group, a multinational facilities and energy management provider throughout the United States and Europe, will continue to operate and maintain the property's equipment, located at 51 Port Terminal Blvd.
The three-year contract is valued at more than $3.5 million, and it includes a commitment to upgrade and repair the equipment as needed.
In total, GSH holds three contracts with the Port Authority, which include 2 Montgomery St. and the PATH's MacMillan Bloedel Building and Train Control Center at 100 Academy St. in Jersey City.
"GSH is thrilled to continue working with the Port Authority," said Paul Weiss, a GSH spokesman. "Our engineers, electricians, mechanics and specialists will continue to provide the highest level of service."
GSH Group offers clients premier services in building operations and maintenance with expertise in all areas of engineering including energy management, HVAC services, and building automation systems installation and monitoring.


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"Hope at last." That's how Dr. Flavia Bustreo of the Geneva, Switzerland-based Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health welcomed the news that maternal deaths have dropped worldwide.
The number of women dying each year in childbirth or during pregnancy has decreased from 526,300 in 1980 to 342,900 in 2008, according to a study reported last week by the medical journal The Lancet.
Credit for the decline goes to initiatives from private organizations and governments, including the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Those efforts focus not only on improving nutrition and access to health care, but also on educating girls and women and training birth attendants.
The exhaustive study was done by the University of Washington and the University of Queensland in Australia. It was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Most pronounced were improvements in India, where maternal death rates dropped from a range of 408 to 1,080 per 100,000 live births in 1980, to 154 to 395 in 2008; and China, where the corresponding numbers were 144 to 187 in 1980 and just 35 to 46 in 2008.
The report told of effective strategies like home visits for family planning in Nepal, prenatal care subsidies in India, and training nonprofessionals to perform emergency Caesarean deliveries in Malawi.
Some advocacy organizations were not eager to publicize this report of progress, fearing it could undermine efforts to expand support for maternal health.
But others argue persuasively that this encouraging news will spur funders to redouble their efforts — in contrast to the dispiriting effects of finding out their investments have not made a difference.
Keep in mind that hundreds of thousands of women still die each year during pregnancy and childbirth. Six countries account for more than half of all maternal deaths: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Congo. In troubled Zimbabwe, maternal deaths rose 5.5 percent during the past three decades. A particular concern is the 60,000 maternal deaths attributed to the AIDS virus.
The new evidence that "best practices" are helping to prevent maternal deaths is a vindication of what has gone before. Now that it's clearer than ever what works, much remains to be done.


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Cortland-based company acquired by Siemens
CORTLAND – A Cortland-based company that repairs and refurbishes rolling steel mills has been acquired by a German-based global manufacturing leader with other strong ties to the Mahoning Valley.
Siemens Industry Inc. announced the acquisition of Service Guide Inc., headquartered in Cortland with operations in Warren. Service Guide has provided repair and refurbishing services for steel and aluminum mills since 1964.
Under the agreement, Siemens will acquire three local operating facilities in Warren and Cortland. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed.
"Siemens' resources and access to worldwide markets are key components to growing the business and increasing its global footprint," Service Guide President Emeritus Grant Oakes said.
"We look forward to merging our long-term customer relationships and service expertise in the metals industry with the Siemens portfolio."
Siemens is headed by Mahoning Valley native Eric Spiegel, president and CEO. Spiegel, a graduate of Poland Seminary High School, was instrumental in an unrelated major donation announced in May to Youngstown State University's STEM college. Siemens donated state-of-the-art product lifecycle management software and training to YSU's College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
At that time, Spiegel said he was proud to have his company bring its innovative software to the Valley.
"Youngstown, the steel industry and manufacturing here are really in my blood," he had said. He stressed the importance of closing the skills gap in advanced manufacturing in order to prepare for an impending industrial revolution.
Thursday, Eric Planey, vice president for international business attraction at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber, praised the company's decision to increase its ties to the Mahoning Valley. Saying he doesn't believe they made the decisions together, still he believes it's indicative of Siemens' strong attitudes about growth in the area.
"To make that investment in Service Guide tells me that they are bullish about manufacturing in the Valley," Planey said.
Service Guide provides the steel industry with repair and refurbishing services, as well as the manufacture and sale of spare parts and components. Its customers are based in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
According to the statement released by Siemens, Service Guide Inc. will be fully integrated into the Metals Technologies Business Unit and Customer Services Division of the Siemens Industry Sector.
The plants will continue to operate at their current locations, and 110 Service Guide employees will now be a part of Siemens.
"The acquisition of Service Guide Inc. will continue to enhance Siemens" capabilities, allowing us to provide a more complete spectrum of service products for our customers," said Gabriel Royo, vice president of metallurgical services for Siemens Industry. "Combining these portfolios provides steel and aluminum mill customers with a single source for components and equipment services."
The Siemens Industry Sector based in Erlangen, Germany, has been described as the world's leading supplier of products for industrial customers.
It has a global work force of more than 100,000.


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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Tensions in Libya are certainly causing tensions for Hoosiers at the pump with gas prices hovering around $3.50.
Getting a car with better gas mileage might not be in your budget, but there are some steps you can take to improve your car's fuel economy.
Josh Harth with Berger Auto Center says you can start by checking air pressure in your tires. He says low tire pressure causes more friction with the road and forces the engine to do more work to get you where you need to go. He also says adding some fuel injection cleaner and checking your air filters are hugely important. They promote a clean engine.
Harth says, "A clean engine will run better, will run more efficiently. Obviously a dirty engine, dirty engine oil, dirty filters- it's going to make the engine strain more, use more gas obviously."
Getting on the highway for your next destination? Harth says to hit the cruise control. Cruise control will maintain your car's speed. Frequent stop and go causes more work for your car and causes more gas to burn.
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Farm Building Scheme for Farmers:
Regular Kisan Credit Card holders availing this facility for new construction as well as for repairing of farm building house;
Two Wheeler loan to Farmers:
Particularly this scheme is very useful to farmers for supervision at night to their farm and other farm activities in timely reaching to his farm for timely Agricultural work.
Tie-up arrangements are entered into with reputed manufacturers/company to provide benefits like discount and free services under the scheme.
Scheme for financing Tractors :
Most of our Bank's service area coming under farm activities. Those Farmers who need tractor for Agriculture purpose are facilitated by tie-up with manufacturers/company of various tractors with cheapest rate and free service facility for tractor.
Gramin Kisan Credit Card Scheme :
To meet the financial requirement for various Agricultural operations for cultivation of crops and for other allied work. Also contingency amount is available from the bank as per terms and guidance given by Government of India/RBI with Subvention rate of interest. Personal Accident Insurance Scheme (PAIS) is also applicable in the scheme.
Micro Irrigation System through GGRC:
GGRC Ltd. is sponsored by Government of Gujarat. Farmers are being financed by Bank for installation of Micro Irrigation System with technical guidance/support through GGRC.
Bhumiheen Kisan Credit Card Scheme:
Tenant farmers & Share Croppers farmers are being financially facilitated for various Agricultural operations covered under this scheme.
Financing to Village level Milk Co-operative
Society for on lending to their members:
Members of Milk Co-operative Societies, who
desire to purchase high yielding and improved breed of milky animals are
under this scheme, through Milk Co-operative Society.
Vermi-compost scheme:
Farmers are covered to provide term finance under the scheme for development of their land by establishing Vermi-compost unit at their farm.
Rural Godown Scheme:
Farmers are being granted Term Loan under the Scheme as per NABARD guidelines for financial assistance with subsidy.
Public Housing Loan Scheme:
Businessmen, Artisans, Salaried persons and others, who want to construct new house/repairing of their existing house, are being financed under the scheme on cheapest rate of interest with suitable repayment period.
Gramin Suvidha Loan Scheme (Clean Loan Scheme to Salaried class) :
Salaried class persons, whose salary is paid through our Bank /other banks are covered under the scheme for granting personal loan up to Rs. 1.00/0.50 lakhs.
Two Wheelers loan scheme for businessman, salaried class, farmers, etc. :
Middle class of society such as businessman, rural artisans, farmers, salaried class, etc. who want to purchase new two wheeler are being covered under the scheme.
Trade Finance Scheme:
Retail traders, manufacturers, small industrialist, etc., who are linked with trading activities are being covered under the scheme by providing short term cash credit facility.
Swarojgar Credit Card Scheme:
The middle class people in the villages, other than agriculturists, such as rickshaw drivers, small artisans, small retail traders, etc. are covered under the scheme upto the loan of Rs. 25,000/-
loan for Repairing/Renovation of residential houses to KCC holders:
Regular Kisan Credit Card (KCC) holders are being covered under the scheme for repairing/renovation of their residential houses.
Dena Gujarat Gramin General Credit Card Scheme :
Small Marginal / farmers, small artisans, retail traders, rural artisans are being covered under the scheme to avail General Credit Card upto Rs. 25,000/-, as clean loan.
Temporary Overdraft to Salaried Class persons :
Salaried class persons whose salary accounts are with our Bank and request for availing temporary over draft, are being granted TOD under the scheme for a period of 1 Month.
Dena Gujarat Gramin Mortgage Loan Scheme:
Immovable property holders may avail finance under the scheme
as per bank's norms.
DGGB Rent Scheme:
Scheme Provides credit facility to Landlords – may be Individuals, Corporate, Trusts, etc. who have given their properties on rental basis to Bank's/FIs/PSUs./Reputed Limited Companies, etc.
DGGB Gramin Senior Citizen Scheme :
Senior Citizens are covered for finance at concessional rate under DGGB Gramin Senior Citizen Scheme, who are availing pensions from our Bank.
Vehicle Finance Scheme:
Loans to purchase Two/Three/Four wheeler vehicles is available under the scheme to Government Servicemen, Doctors, Artisans, etc.
Vidhya Upasana :
Educational loan for carrying out study in India
/ abroad for graduation/post graduation other technical education, professional etc. is available under the scheme.
Dena Gujarat Swachchha Gramin Yojana :
Finance to public in rural areas for construction of bathroom/lavatory facility, is available under the scheme.
Dena Gujarat Paryavaran Suraksha Yojna:
A scheme for providing finance for Conversion/Retrofitting of CNG/LPG kits in Auto Rickshaws.
Cold Storage mortgage loan scheme:
To extend overdraft facilities for running/maintenance of Cold Storage units, designed for storage of agricultural produce to meet out the recurring expenses.
Gruh Laxmi Rasoi Gas Yojana :
To provide finance to women for obtaining new LPG connection having two gas cylinders
/ for availing connection
for supply of LPG through pipelines
to utilize the same in kitchen for day to day work for domestic purpose.


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June 2010
Kings, Snappers Postponed in Beloit
Rain forces doubleheader for Saturday at 5:00 PM at Pohlman Field
Beloit, WI – Heavy storms and the threat of more severe weather put an early end to tonight's scheduled game between the Clinton LumberKings (36-30) and Beloit Snappers (35-31) at Pohlman Field. The game will be made up tomorrow night as part of a doubleheader beginning at 5:00 PM.
Both games will last seven innings each with a half-hour break separating the two. Starting pitchers for both contests have yet to be announced. Listen to both games online at 1390kcln.com.
On the Bright Side (June 17 Edition)
Last night's 7-2 loss to the seventh-place Wisconsin Timber Rattlers did many negative things for the LumberKings. They've lost four-straight for the first time all year, have slipped behind Peoria to fourth in the West Division, and most importantly, have been eliminated from first-half playoff contention.
The Kings could finish 39-30 at best, while second-place Quad Cities could finish with the same record at worst. However, the River Bandits hold the tiebreaker, head-to-head record, with a 4-2 mark against Clinton.
That means it's time for another edition of "On the Bright Side".
While the LumberKings were officially eliminated from the playoff picture last night…
- At least we start fresh in the second half. The LumberKings open up against Beloit at home on June 25 at 7:00 PM.
- At least we have the 2010 Midwest League All-Star Game to get excited about. It was announced the other day that Nick Franklin will take part in the Home Run Derby on Monday night in Fort Wayne.
- At least we get to watch Erasmo Ramirez (5-2, 2.43) go to work tonight. He's 5-0 over his last six starts and has still walked just three batters while striking out 40 over 59.1 innings.
- At least you still get LumberKings Game Notes:
6.17.10 kingsnotes.pdf
And that's all for now. I don't plan on doing a pregame interview tonight, but if I come up with anything, it will certainly be posted here.
In-Game Interview: Charlie Kimball
In case you missed it on the air, here's the in-game interview with the driver of the #26 Levemir FlexPen car for AFS Andretti Autosport and our guest on Novo Nordisk Diabetes Awareness Night, Charlie Kimball.
Listen Here:
Charlie Kimball (IRL Driver) In-Game Interview 6.16.10.mp3
Crossing Enemy Lines: Jeff Isom
The LumberKings have lost three-straight games and are now on the ropes in a playoff sense
(the next Quad Cities win or LumberKings' loss knocks them out of first-half playoff contention), but we'll stay upbeat tonight with another Crossing Enemy Lines segment.
Tonight, I'm joined by a man very familiar to the first-base-side clubhouse, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers' manager Jeff Isom. A former 18th round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1993, Isom found his way to the San Diego system and was a left-handed pitcher with the 1995 Clinton LumberKings. He went 8-8 with a 3.40 ERA over 35 games, 15 starts that season, the best of his minor league career.
On tonight's pregame interview, Isom reflects on his '95 season in the Gateway City, playing alongside Gary Matthews, Jr. and under manager Ed Romero, finding his way to the Milwaukee Brewers' system, going to the South Atlantic League Championship Series in 2008 with West Virginia, the prospect-loaded Rattlers roster and more.
Listen Here:
Jeff Isom (Rattlers Manager) CEL Interview 6.16.10.mp3
Tonight's Game Notes:
6.16.10 kingsnotes.pdf
Left-hander Jimmy Gillheeney (4-4, 2.82 ERA) makes his 14th start of the year tonight in game two against the Timber Rattlers. I'll be joined by a special guest in the booth at some point tonight as IRL driver Charlie Kimball stops up to promote diabetes awareness. Listen online at 1390kcln.com starting with the pregame show at 6:45 PM.
Off the Diamond: Erin Turner
With not a lot of great things to talk about following Sunday's 6-2 loss to the Fort Wayne TinCaps (aside from Jon Hesketh's nine strikeouts over 6.0 innings), today seems like a good day to renew our "Off the Diamond" segment.
After talking Official Scoring and Groundskeeping, today we'll talk on-field promotions with Administrative Assistant and Director of On-Field Promotions, Erin Turner. A member of the LumberKings' gameday staff since the 2008 season, Erin handles everything on-field from first pitches to between-inning promotions to assisting with post-game events.
On the interview, we talk about her transition from media relations intern to her current role, the "nose goes" process of selecting first-pitch catchers, her rapport with the coaches and players, her goals for the future and more.
Listen Here:
Erin Turner OTD Interview 6.15.10.mp3
Tonight's Game Notes:
6.15.10 kingsnotes.pdf
Right-hander Taylor Stanton (6-2, 3.25) starts for the Kings in the opener of the three-game series against Wisconsin tonight. Listen to the action on 1390kcln.com starting with the pregame show at 6:45 PM.
6/13 Game Notes
Well, it's Sunday, it's drizzling and the LumberKings are coming off a 10-4 loss. Thus, I'll keep it short today.
Today's Game Notes:
6.13.10 kingsnotes.pdf
Left-hander Jon Hesketh (3-4, 4.91) makes the start today at 2:00 PM (hopefully) vs. Fort Wayne. Listen online at 1390kcln.com.
The Sound of an Eight-Run Inning
In case you missed it, the LumberKings scored a season-best eight runs in the third inning last night en route to an 11-4 win over the Fort Wayne TinCaps. Tim Morris singled home Daniel Carroll from second to get it started, Kalian Sams added a three-run double and scored on a single by Henry Contreras, and Carroll in his second at-bat of the inning lifted a three-run homer to left-center.
Listen Here:
Eight-Run Inning 6.11.10 vs. Fort Wayne.mp3
Beltre in the Not Top 10
Former LumberKing Engel Beltre ('08) has made the Sportscenter highlight reel in a somewhat less-than-desireable way as his walk-off homer-turned-bench clearing brawl has shown up as #1 on the "Not Top 10" this week.
Beltre hit a walk-off solo homer for Bakersfield (high-A, Texas Rangers) in a 2-1 win in 10 innings over the Visalia Rawhide. Engel being Engel, he had a few words to say as he rounded the bases that, needless to say, were not well-received by the Rawhide players.
Watch the video here: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5275532
Not exactly good exposure for Beltre, one of the up-and-coming prospects in the Rangers system, but if the video is now on ESPN, maybe that means we can all laugh about it just a little bit. Unless you're from Visalia.
Crossing Enemy Lines: Brian Lariche
The LumberKings came undone in the sixth inning last night, losing their first-ever meeting with the Lake County Captains 8-2 at Alliant Energy Field. The Kings had taken a 2-1 lead on Welington Dotel's RBI single in the fourth, but right-hander John Housey had uncharacteristic struggles with control and a crucial error by Nick Franklin at short opened the door for five unearned runs in the sixth.
On a positive note, the Quad Cities River Bandits also lost last night, keeping the Kings just 2.0 games out of the Wild Card spot with 11 left to play in the first half.
More on last night's game, tonight's match-up with the Captains and other facts in tonight's Game Notes:
6.9.10 kingsnotes.pdf
Tonight, it's time to learn more about the Captains, the other team that has made the move from the South Atlantic League to the Midwest League here in 2010. The Captains are the low-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians and play their home games at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio, just outside of Cleveland.
I catch up with the road voice of the Captains, Brian Lariche. We'll talk about the history of the franchise, the close proximity to Cleveland, the first-place club under manager Ted Kubiak, tonight's starting pitcher Vidal Nuno and more.
Listen Here:
Brian Lariche (LC Broadcaster) CEL Interview 6.9.10.mp3
The LumberKings look to get back on track (and hopefully a game closer to second place) with right-hander Taylor Stanton (5-2, 3.44) on the hill. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 PM, listen online at 1390kcln.com.
My Buddy, Jack
I was visited by the most knowledgeable LumberKings' fan in Kansas City, Jack Weafer today as he and his family made their yearly journey to Alliant Energy Field tonight. Jack and I talked about all things LumberKings, including Nick Franklin's impressive season, my thoughts on John Tamargo's wealth of experience, the funniest guy on the team (my pick is James Jones), what life is like on the road and more.
I want to thank Jack and his family once again for listening every night to the broadcasts online from their home in Kansas City. Hope you enjoyed tonight's game (aside from the loss) and I hope to see you again next year!


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Susan's Book Review: Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
Endangered features nearly everything I love in a book: animals, underdogs, useful knowledge, survival, a strong female character, and beautiful writing. Sophie is 14 and in Congo during her summer break from school to visit her mother at her bonobo sanctuary. She grew up there until she was 8, but now she lives in Miami with her Dad. Sophie meets Otto, the baby bonobo at the heart of the story, when she "rescues" him from a man selling him on the side of a crowded road. She's naively convinced she did the right thing because the animal was too skinny, had open sores, and was obviously scared. (Later she learns a hard lesson when the man shows up with two more sickly bonobos and her mother refuses to buy them, knowing it only creates a market for it.) Sophie and Otto bond quickly. Baby bonobos who are separated from their mothers must have a surrogate mother or they almost always die. Sophie is working to wean Otto onto one of the professional sanctuary surrogates when a civil war breaks out. The Congo government is corrupt on its best day and after fighting begins, things quickly devolve. Armed men show up and Sophie and Otto manage to escape into the fenced area with the adult bonobos for safety. (The fence is solar-powered so even without electricity, they can rely on it.) When the men kill the workers and decide to stay there, Sophie must learn to communicate with the adult bonobos, find food and fresh water, keep track of Otto, and try to avoid getting sick or injured. After a few weeks of this, she discovers the fence is no longer armed and knows they've got to leave before the men figure it out.
Once they escape the sanctuary, Sophie must figure out where to go. Her mother left just a few days before the men arrived on a mission to release adult bonobos into the wild. She decides to head to the release site and locate her mother. Along the way, Sophie is confronted with all sorts of challenges and evil and is able to overcome it because of her love for Otto. I really enjoyed seeing the human-animal bond portrayed so realistically. Animals amaze me with their capacity to love and communicate with creatures who don't speak their language. Some people wonder why we should concern ourselves with animal injustices when there is so much human cruelty in the world, but to me they are connected. There's an interview in the back of the book with the author and he says we don't have to ignore a lesser suffering because there's a greater one out there—that's a sure route to paralysis. I wholeheartedly agree. It's unrealistic to think we'll solve the world's problems by focusing on one at a time. Sophie could have easily left Otto behind numerous times and it would technically have made her life easier, but she would have lost her purpose.
In my opinion, a great book will make me laugh, cry, and think, and Endangered caused all three in spades. I was emotionally exhausted by the end and curious to know more about both Congo and bonobos. I think teens that like realistic fiction, animal stories, and possibly even dystopias (it's a real-life dystopia!) will enjoy this book.


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TRENTON — A city resident's car was struck at least three times by gunfire that rang out Thursday night in the West Ward, police said.
Officers were called to the 100 block of Passaic Street around 8:15 p.m. on a shots-fired report, but they could not find any victims when they arrived. Instead, they discovered a parked Dodge Neon that had three bullet holes through its windshield and a broken driver's side window, police said.
The owner of the car was visiting the neighborhood at the time of the shooting. Police don't know the intended target of the gunfire.
Detective Ryan Woodhead is investigating.
Anyone with information can call police at (609) 989-4170, or the Confidential Tip Line at (609) 989-3663.


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Joe Coughlin
Steele's B1G Bowl Projections Too Optimistic
Created on Jul 06, 2013 4:26 PM EST
Steele's B1G Bowl Projections Too Optimistic
Until Michigan impresses me, I'm not drinking the maize and blue Kool-Aid.
The schedule doesn't work in Michigan's favor. Early, you may see Michigan climb the Top 25, but don't be fooled. Flimsy foes could lead the Wolverines to a 6-1 record, but a road test against Michigan State on Nov. 2 precedes games against Nebraska, Northwestern, Iowa and Ohio State. I have them losing three of those five to finish with an 8-4 record.
Devin Gardner will have a good year at quarterback, but he doesn't have much help and there are plenty of questions on defense. Nebraska is a better team in that division and if MSU finds any semblance of an offense, it is too.
That being said, it is still No. 5 in the Big Ten, which means Steele is right on with the Gator Bowl.


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Candidates address Vashon's water future
Jenny Bell and Mark Graham are each running to replace Steve Haworth on the board of Water District 19, which provides water to about a third of the island, including the Vashon town core. At a recent community forum where candidates for the Vashon Park District board also spoke, and in interviews with The Beachcomber, the two contenders explained why their backgrounds and skills would benefit the water district, which hasn't seen a new commissioner in four years.
Bell bills herself as a highly knowledgable business manager and water consultant who would bring a global perspective on water issues to the three-person board, and longtime islander Mark Graham emphasizes his experience working for the Burton Water Company and says he would put current water district customers first by pushing to improve the current system before releasing new water shares.
While both candidates stress the importance of conserving water and rewarding conservation, they differ when it comes to how excess water is used.
In a somewhat controversial move, Water District 19 released 30 shares to those on its long wait list last year — water available partly due to conservation by customers — and it is poised to do the same in 2013.
Bell says the district has an obligation to continue releasing shares when possible, while Graham suggests excess water should stay in the ground.
And while both contenders say they would oppose new well drilling projects such as the one currently proposed for Vashon School District property, Graham says he would push for a project that would increase output at the district's water tower near town while Bell says more alternative water sources should be explored.
About 2,200 Vashon voters live within Water District 19 and are eligible to vote in the race.
Jenny Bell
Islander Jenny Bell is no stranger to water issues. While her day job is in accounting — she assists a forensic accountant who investigates mostly criminal fraud cases — she also consults for both residential and commercial water users through her own business, Watersmart.
The Australia native, who says she grew up drinking rainwater, has a master's in business administration from Griffith University, in Brisbane, Australia, and a master's in architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. At Cal Poly, her graduate thesis work addressed the issues facing administrators around potable water, including health issues, laws governing water supply and costs associated with managing water.
Bell helped establish Burn Design Lab, a Vashon nonprofit that makes safe and clean stoves for developing countries, and recently managed a short-term sustainable water project in a town in India.
"When it comes to my experience, it's reams of information," Bell said in an interview with The Beachcomber.
If elected, Bell, who moved to Vashon in 2000, said she would push the district to both continue releasing water shares and to diversify its water sources. There are currently about 100 people waiting for 200 shares on Water District 19's wait list.
"I think it's an obligation that has to be met," Bell said of the wait list. "The speed that it has to be done is another question, but it's an obligation we have to keep an eye on."
Bell is a strong proponent of rainwater harvesting, she said, as well as other alternative water collection methods, such as greywater and reclaimed water — projects she believes could eventually be implemented at the district at no cost to customers.
"I'd definitely be putting up alternative solutions, instead of pulling more out of the aquifer, which is under a lot of stress," she said.
Bell also said the district could do more in terms of education for customers and that she knows of ways to encourage greater water conservation.
"There are many ways to incentivize reducing per-person water use," she said. "I've got a million ideas."
She said she supported tiered rates to incentivize conservation, but was unsure if the district could lower its rates overall, saying she'd have to examine its finances.
"It could be tricky with existing systems in place," she said.
Mark Graham
A longtime islander and employee of the Burton Water District, Mark Graham says he has paid close attention to water issues on Vashon and has real-world knowledge about operating water systems.
In an interview with The Beachcomber, Graham, who is also a well-known local musician, questioned some of Water District 19's past practices and said that if elected he would put existing customers first.
Graham, the sole employee of the privately owned Burton Water District since 2006, criticized some of Water District 19's past drilling efforts that have failed to produce good water, particularly the Beall Well, which produces water with arsenic levels above EPA standards. The project was "kind of a controversial, unuseful project that got out of control," he said.
If elected, Graham said, he'd prioritize getting the district off of Beall Well water, which the district currently uses during peak times of the summer after diluting it with water from other sources.
"There's a lot of research that says arsenic at any level has an adverse effect on health," he said. "I'd like them to use it only in an emergency situation, at the greatest dilution."
And while Graham said he supports continued water conservation efforts, successful conservation shouldn't necessarily result in new shares being released, he said. Rather, the district should focus on its maintenance and improvement projects, serving existing customers before offering new connections.
"The water does not just do nothing while it's in the ground, either," he said. "It actually promotes fish, the health of streams and the environment in general."
Graham recently received his Backflow Assembly Tester Certification, and has what he calls a "checkered career" past that includes landscaping work, 15 years as a glassblower and helping open a business in Seattle called The Glass Eye.
Graham speaks of lowering rates for users such as farmers and the Vashon School District and a project he said could easily provide more capacity for Water District 19: the installation of a pump at the district's million-gallon tank behind Sawbones.
The system currently relies on gravity and pressure to deliver water, Graham said, and the tank can only be emptied so far before a lack of pressure staves the flow. A new pump system would allow the district to pump 200,000 gallons more, he said.
"We've drilled five dry wells and this one arsenic (laced) well. ... There are other projects, including this pumping station, that would help with the need," he said.
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Plymouth Community Communications Center (PCCC)
The mission of the Plymouth Community Communications Center is to provide an efficient and effective communications response to emergency calls for public service and to offer quality community service information to its citizens.
The Plymouth Community Communications Center (PCCC) serves
the Plymouth communities of both Township and City. Among its
many disciplines the primary and most important is the safety
and welfare of the citizens and visitors of the Plymouth
communities. The PCCC receives many calls-for-service (CFS) and
the Telecommunicators must differentiate among the responding
sources whether they be Police, Fire or Rescue for dispatching
applicability. They also handle many E9-1-1 calls during a shift
and according to the questions they ask the callers and the
responses received, they will determine the level of emergency
and the correct resource to dispatch. The role of a
Telecommunicator/Dispatcher/Police Service Aide (PSA) is
multifaceted and demands an excellent multitasking ability.
Besides dispatching calls-for service, they function as Police
Service Aides by initially processing prisoners who have been
arrested, thus providing more time on the streets for the
Officers. This ability to perform many varying disciplines
places a heavy demand on the PCCC employees. The stress level is
high and depending on the requirements of each shift, will
dissipate in different ways but dissipate it must.
Many fail to realize the fact that the Dispatcher is the first, first responder and first on the scene. It's the Dispatcher who obtains the initial information and keeps track of the officer's status, making sure they are safe once they are on the scene. We are the officers' lifeline and ensure that they return home after their shifts.
The Plymouth Community Communications Center can achieve success only by earning and keeping the confidence and respect of the public it serves. This may only be accomplished by a constant and earnest desire on the part of all Communication Operators to conduct themselves in a manner that will cultivate in the mind of the public it serves a realization that the Communications Center is an important part of Township government.
Lieutenant Jon
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Editor of the Reformer:
The West River Montessori School would like to thank everyone who attended our first Annual Silent Auction Wine and Cheese Benefit! A big thank you goes to the Logan family at The Red Fox Inn for hosting the fantastic event. And especially, the parents at WRMS that helped make this fundraiser a huge success!
The door prizes added allot of fun and instant gratification. While some of the wine and all of the cheese was from Vermont! Along with the excellent collection of items, there was an eager and connected group of neighbors, alumni, grandparents of Montessori kids, friends and even a couple students and recent graduates! We hope to see you next year for another lively and charitable evening.
WRMS would also like to thank all of our donors for providing such wonderful items to auction and the donors are as follows:
The Red Fox Inn, Susan McNulty, Mulligans, Bear Paw Landscaping, Winhall Market, Sarah Stevens, Twitchell Farm, The Starting Gate, Zippy Chicks, The Pantry, Stoneboat Hill Farm, Image Loft, Marisa Powers, Angelique Jarvis, Weston Playhouse, Inn at Weston, Robin Apps, Lotus Moon Medicinals, Pfister Farm, Stratton Snowmobile Tours and Steve Brown, Londonderry Coiffures, Organic Pizza Co., Clark's IGA, Manchester Discount Beverage, Jenks Oasis Farm, Tina Weikert, Verde, Mike Noyes, The New American Grill, Sherrie's Cafe, Lini Mazumdar, The Stove Depot, Jake's, Bondville Bloomist, Mountain Energy of VT, Home Maintenance Associates Inc.
Now, with your support the WMRS will continue to be a safe, fun and highly respected place for children, "One of our community's greatest assets."
Emmett Dunbar, WRMS Board Secretary
South Londonderry, Dec. 12 ***
Editor of the Reformer:
The Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition (BAPC) would like to thank the businesses that participated in the Responsible Beverage Service Trainings held in December co-sponsored by the Department of Liquor Control.
BAPC recognizes the important role that local retailers and restaurants play in preventing underage drinking. Thank you to the following businesses for participating in the training: Anchor Seafood, Backside Cafe', Bromley Sun Lodge, Elks Club, Fat Franks, Grain and Grinds, Happy Valley Brewery, Hermitage Inn, Neighbor's Mobil, Kipling's Restaurant & Pub, Last Chair Bar & Grill, Mama and Paper Z's Family Restaurant, McNeill's Brewery, Polish-American Club, Silo Restaurant, World's Most Delicious, Avenue Grocery, Beverage Discount, Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro Mobil, Chadwick's, Family Dollar, and Indo-American Grocery.
Sixty-one employees of retailers and establishments that serve or sell alcohol and/or tobacco attended the trainings. Congratulations to our winners from Brattleboro Food Co-op and Silo Restaurant who each won a $25 gift certificate in the trainings' raffles!
Sponsoring the Responsible Beverage Service Trainings is part of Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition's comprehensive approach to increase collaboration with local retailers to reduce and prevent underage use of alcohol and tobacco and sales/service to intoxicated customers in our community. Other retailer projects include the Brattleboro Responsible Retailing Project (helping licensees prevent underage alcohol sales and sales/service to intoxicated customers); and the Healthy Retailers initiative which encourages healthier food and beverage choices and discourages tobacco and alcohol use among youth.
Please be part of the solution by joining BAPC in preventing substance abuse in our community. Call 802-257-2175 for more information.
Cassandra Holloway,
BAPC Policy & Project Coordinator
Brattleboro, Dec. 14
Editor of the Reformer:
The Community Christmas Fund at Immanuel Episcopal Church in Bellows Falls was started in 2011 to help families in need put holiday meals on their tables.
For Christmas 2011 we raised over $300 mostly from church members giving their loose change on Sundays throughout the year. Last year, we helped five families through the Bellows Falls Middle School with gift certificates from Lisai's market.
This Christmas, thanks to the generosity of 16 local businesses and many individuals giving spare change, we raised over $1,000. Through contacts at the Bellows Falls Elementary School, The Bellows Falls Middle School, Westminster Center School, and Walpole Elementary School, we helped 19 families with gift certificates from both Lisai's and Shaws markets.
This effort would not have born such fruit without the work of one church member, Robert Winter, who took it upon himself to visit businesses and ask for donations. And the following local businesses responded positively: The Bargain Corner, Village Square Booksellers, Walpole Village Salon, Durand Toyota, Westminster Auto, Halladay's Florist, Canal Street Beads, Works on Paper, Simone's Styling Salon, Valley Provisions, Coyote Moon Imports, Lisai's Market, Shaws Market, Diamond Pizza, Country Fresh Flowers and Goods, Mr. G's Tool Barn.
Thanks to each and every one of these business and the many church members who donated, many more families enjoyed a more splendid Christmas meal this year. If you wish to contribute to next year's effort, please send your donations to Immanuel Episcopal Church, PO Box 64, Bellows Falls, VT 05101 and write "Community Christmas Fund" in the memo line.
The Rev. Steve Fuller,
Priest and Outreach Minister
The Rev. Charles Mansfield, Deacon
Robert Bowler, Parish Administrator
Immanuel Episcopal Church
Bellows Falls, Dec. 19
Editor of the Reformer:
I want to thank the 64 donors who attended our Nov. 29 Blood Drive in Bellows Falls to give blood. It is the best Christmas gift you can give.
We want to thank the Bellows Falls Elks BPOE # 1619 for sponsoring this drive, The Masonic Temple for the use of their building and The Bellows Falls Fire Department for putting up our banner. A big thank you to all our volunteers who give of their time to work our drives and the staff from Burlington.
We had 2 new donors. Multi-gallon donors were Arthur Willard, 11 gallons; Jon Rogers, 4 gallons; and Michelle Du Puis 1 gallon.
Your blood means a lot to those in need.
Marlene O'Connor, blood chairman
Ginny Ferguson
Bellows Falls, Dec. 4


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Makes: 2 loaves
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 min
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 5)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained, with 4 teaspoons liquid reserved
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat two 8- x 4-inch loaf pans with cooking spray, then dust with flour.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; stir in macadamia nuts. In a separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients; mix well. Pour wet mixture into dry mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans.
- Bake 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans and let cool on wire racks.
- In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and reserved pineapple liquid. Drizzle over cooled breads.


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http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=PBCT&t=5y&l=on&z=l&q=l&c=Hey you are right. I wonder if any institutions that bought the offering are still holding on ?
I wasn't in the stock back then as bank stocks for the most part were rather expensive. I do remember that they gave first chance to existing shareholders to double down.That's who I would feel bad for, not institutions.
This stock has been public for over 25 years.Adjusted for stock splits 25 years ago the stock was sub 3 dollars.It was public long before the offering of additional shares at 20 bucks and believe it or not it has been outperforming the regional bank etf for the past 5 years with a much higher dividend.
I believe that many people got into this stock at or after the 2007 IPO (PBCT'S 2nd offering). And they were expecting a fast and exciting ride. That has never been the banks history, theirs is just the opposite. They have always been a conservative minded New England bank. And that is the reason the bank has never taken a bailout in 170 years and why they did not tank as bad as most other financial institutions did after Sept. 2008. I do have a problem with a lot of managements decisions since then, The hiring of Phillip Sherringham being the worst. Check any of my older posts. But I still believe in the banks long term prospects. Meanwhile I will hold my position and reinvest my Divi's and add a little more at times. I have been doing this since the very early 90's and am very happy with the three 3-2 and one 21-10 splits that I have benefited from to date, not to mention the dividend. Posted that last week, Now I for one am pretty happy with the acquisition of those 56 branches from Citizen's. It is one of the better and more logical financial moves that this management team(Jack Barnes) has made. It greatly increases their exposure in the greater NYC area and I think that that fast paced, always on the move, and need it yesterday customer base will flock to the S & S branches so they can do two things at the same place. Maybe we are awakening from the coma ??? Sentiment : Buy


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LUBBOCK - Lubbock Monterey pitcher Chad Bettis had one word on his mind Friday evening.
"Revenge,'' Bettis said. "That's how big this one was. I'd rank this one like playoff pitching.''
With the District 2-5A baseball title on the line, Bettis stole the show from Amarillo High. The Texas Tech signee limited the Sandies to three hits, struck out nine and did not allow a runner past first base during a 5-0 victory at Moegle Field.
Monterey will represent 2-5A as the No. 1 seed after finishing 11-1 in district. This marked the 37th baseball crown for Monterey since 1960.
AHS, which handed Bettis his only loss of the season, 9-7, in the last meeting more than a week ago, finished second at 9-3.
"Chad's motivation was getting beat by Amarillo High up there,'' Monterey coach Fred Oliver said. "He was pretty much emotional about losing in Amarillo. He threw too many fastballs in that game, and Amarillo has good hitters and just hit him. (Friday night) he mixed up his pitches better.''
As tough as Bettis (8-1) was on the hill, defense certainly weighed heavily in the outcome.
All five of Monterey's runs came in the second inning, and all five were unearned.
"Yeah, all five unearned,'' AHS coach Gary Hix said. "You can't give a kid like Chad an opportunity to do that when he gets ahead. He was on. He kept everything down and never gave us a chance.''
AHS opened the door with a pair of errors; one miscue was failing to execute sacrifice-bunt defense and allowing Monterey to load the bases.
Monterey 5, AHS 0
** Records: Amarillo High is 19-12 overall, 9-3 in District 2-5A. Lubbock Monterey is 20-9, 11-1.
** Impact: Monterey clinches the District 2-5A title.
** Key Stat: Monterey ace Chad Bettis did not allow an AHS runner to reach second base.
Monterey's Spencer Mailman and Kyle Smart made AHS pay for the mistakes in the second inning, coming up with back-to-back singles that produced three runs batted in and a 5-0 lead off Sandie starter Clayton Cook (7-5).
"When they are throwing Cook, who is a dang good ballplayer, and we have Bettis, every little run counts,'' Oliver said. "It could have been a 1-0 game.''
Cook didn't have his best control, throwing 102 pitches, 51 for balls, and walking seven. Three of his walks added to Amarillo High's tough second inning.
Certainly, Monterey didn't rough him up by any means as he allowed six singles.
Amarillo High did put the ball in play, and with authority a few times against Bettis. But each time Monterey's defense came up with big plays.
Monterey shortstop Mailman, who had five assists and showed tremendous range, robbed Mason White of a hit over the middle on the first play of the game, while centerfielder Ben Seymore ran down Beau Stringer's blast to the gap in the sixth inning.
Amarillo High's three singles were an infield hit by Matt Ramirez in the first, an infield single by Jonathan Wise in the second, and a White single to right in the third.
AHS will enter the Class 5A bidistrict playoffs against El Paso Montwood next week with a two-game losing streak.
"They made some great plays on defense,'' Hix said. "I think we had two flyballs the whole game. I'm not disappointed the way we approached our at bats. But that one inning did hurt.
"Going into the playoffs with two losses is not a positive thing. I told our players you can't dwell on this one. You have to get over this one in a hurry.''
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Lee High School officials are preparing to help students work through the loss of a classmate struck and killed by a train Friday near the school.
Dylan DeWayne Jones, 14, died after being struck around 3:30 p.m. Friday on the tracks at Oakwood Avenue and Lee High Drive. Police are still investigating his death.
The freshman's funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Berryhill Funeral Home, with burial afterward at Maple Hill Cemetery. Visitation is today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Kevin Wieseman, principal of Lee High, said that faculty members will meet at 7 a.m. Tuesday to prepare for the first day back after the long holiday weekend.
"Since the service will be during the school day Tuesday, we will allow students to attend the service with a note from their parents," Wieseman said Monday via email. "We will also have extra counselors at school during the school day."
Jones was apparently walking in the middle of the train tracks when the accident occurred, about 20 minutes after school let out for the day. Police investigators said last week that the train was heading south when the conductor spotted the teen and sounded his horn several times.
Jones did not respond to the horn and the conductor could not stop in time to avoid him, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Wieseman said that the accident did not happen on school property, though the Northfolk Southern train tracks run through the newly expanded campus. A climate-controlled elevated walkway over the tracks joins the new 250,000-square-foot school, built along Meridian Street and Quietdale Drive, with the older portion of campus, where students still use the ball fields.
Jones is survived by his parents, two sisters and a host of other family and friends.
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Hi Jose Luis,
You might get going on your Go 165 (165 liters x 262 long x 90 cm wide) with a 10.0 m2 Sailworks Retro (rigged for low end power) in 8-9 knots of wind, but you are going to have to work very hard to
get planing/stay planing.
The 10.0 m2 Retro is a very good sail for what you want to achieve, but a wider board (F-Type....Formula... or UltraSonic would "seal the deal".
I do not know about the JP Super Light so I cannot really comment. At 90 cm wide, I woulod be suprised if the JP SL gave you significantly better early planing that your '04 Go 165.
What size fin are you using?
Do you sail in shallow water or where there are weeds?
A big fin (66-70 cm) can really help to get you planing early, and when the wind gets up over 12 knots you can switch to a smaller shorter fin for better control.
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The Iron Horse Music Hall has new shows listed with local blues star Albert Cummings on April 6 and The Felice Brothers on April 19. Tickets for both are available by calling (413) 586-8686 or online through iheg.com.
After her Grammy appearance singing with Alicia Keys, Bonnie Raitt announced the release of her new record "Slipstream" along with a summer tour. That tour will come to Mountain Park in Holyoke on June 8. Tickets are available through the Northampton Box Office beginning Friday, Feb 17 by calling (413) 586-8686 or online through iheg.com. Tickets are priced at $75.50, $55.50, and $35.50. The Mountain Park concert features special guest Mavis Staples. The album will be released on April 20.
Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas will play the Toyota presents the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford Conn., on April 21. Tickets will be available through livenation.com and all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at (800) 745-3000. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. and are priced at $75 and $35.
The U.S. 94th Army Rock Band will perform a free public concert featuring top hits from the last three decades. The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 24 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hosted by Springfield Armory National Historic Site, the concert will take place in the Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) Theatre, Building 2 (Scibelli Hall). The six-piece band will play music covers from the era of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, U2, and many others in the 90-minute program. The show was originally scheduled for August but postponed due to Hurricane Irene.
"Music for Melissa," a benefit concert to provide financial assistance to local resident Melissa Eaton, is scheduled for Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. at West Springfield's Majestic Theater. Eaton, who recently relocated to her native Pioneer Valley with her husband and daughter, was diagnosed in November with multiple sclerosis and faces debilitating medical fees for her treatment. Popular Majestic Theater performers will entertain at the benefit, including Mitch Chakour, Frank Manzi, Ben Ashley, Floyd Patterson, Ray Guillemette, Jr., Aaron Porchelli, Amy Porchelli, Lori Efford, Luis Manzi, Marian Karpells, Nicki Meldonian, Meghan Lynn Allen, Lea Oppedisano and others. Tickets are $19 and $21 and are available by calling the box office at (413) 747-7797 or visiting during box office hours (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.).


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Mayor Bill DeBlasio on Friday vowed a "full and thorough investigation" into the circumstances surrounding the death of Eric Garner, the 43-year-old man who died during an incident with police on a Tompkinsville sidewalk.
The mayor's office released the following statement:
"On behalf of all New Yorkers, I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Garner, who died yesterday afternoon while being placed in police custody. We have a responsibility to keep every New Yorker safe, and that includes when individuals are in custody of the NYPD. That is a responsibility that Police Commissioner Bratton and I take very seriously. We are harnessing all resources available to the City to ensure a full and thorough investigation of the circumstances of this tragic incident. The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau is working closely with the Office of the Richmond County District Attorney, which is leading this investigation."


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The Dauphin County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program Board will hold a voter education and registration drive from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the county Case Management Unit at 1100 South Cameron Street in Harrisburg.
The forum, which will include a light dinner, is co-sponsored by the county Community Support Program and the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of Speaking For Ourselves.
For registration and information, call 717-780-7050.


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"I'm basically the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen," Gov. Chris Christie told David Letterman in February 2013, during a segment in which he famously scarfed a doughnut.
Despite the joshing, the TV appearance brought into the open questions about the governor's health as a man of ample size. He was forced to declare himself healthy at a subsequent press conference, shortly after word leaked that he'd undergone weight-loss surgery.
There's obviously less of Christie now, though we don't know how far he's gotten toward his goal. Have there been any Bridgegate binges? If he's really running for president, he won't be able to duck questions about his weight and medical checkups so easily.
How much does Christie, or anyone else who runs for office, really owe voters in terms of information about their health?
A couple of recent candidacy announcements frame this issue. In New Jersey's First Congressional District, a Republican primary rival has been all over the leading GOP candidate, Garry Cobb, a former Philadelphia Eagles' linebacker. It seems that Cobb joined a 2012 lawsuit against the National Football League, which alleges that the plaintiffs suffered memory loss and other concussion-related symptoms. Cobb has said he doesn't have such symptoms. But then there's that suit.
In Delaware, state Attorney General Beau Biden announced in a statement last week that he's not seeking re-election as AG so he can make a 2016 run for governor. That's still two years away, but the son of the vice president has been dogged by semi-mysterious health problems that included a stay at a Texas cancer center and what has been described as a "mini-stroke." He hasn't been seen in public much.
While health disclosures are voluntary — and they should stay that way — candidates who prompt questions about their medical fitness for office must know that keeping too much hidden has a price. Biden and Cobb would be best served by sharing more than they have to date.
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London: England should not change their team despite being "embarrassed" by Pakistan in the first Two tests, according to former captain Michael Vaughan.
With a victory target of 145 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, the world's number one ranked Test side collapsed to 72 all out to hand Pakistan a 2-0 lead in their three-match series.
"Personally, I would not change the team. We have seen two embarrassing failures. Give them one more chance knowing a Sri Lanka tour, played on similar positions, is next on the calendar,'' Vaughan told the Sunday Telegraph.
"Dubai is one chance for these players to show they are good enough to get on the plane to Sri Lanka."
England have one more Test against Pakistan and then travel to Sri Lanka in March.
Vaughan pointed the finger at England's batsmen, who have failed miserably to cope with Pakistan's spin bowlers Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rahman and Mohammad Hafeez.
"England have been embarrassed on this tour with the bat and you can point the finger at this team and say they don't play cricket in the subcontinent at all well," Vaughan said.
"That is difficult to take as a team which believes it is the best but even top sides lose when they only have two batsmen in the top six playing with authority.
"Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott are the only batsmen who look comfortable but they are not the kind of guys to dominate the game.
"They occupy the crease. The rest of the top six are struggling for technique, judgement, scoring options and, biggest of all, confidence."
Vaughan said the likes of Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen needed to show strength of character before the third Test starts in Dubai but dismissed suggestions that captain Andrew Strauss was not justifying his place in the side.
"They can start by not hiding anymore and admitting they have a problem batting in the subcontinent on low, slow wickets," Vaughan said.
"Pietersen's technique against left-arm spinners is shot... Ian Bell is totally bamboozled by Saeed Ajmal.
"Andrew Strauss, is in a horrible position and that is a worry. He is such a good leader and a very strong man but now that the team has started losing people have begun to look at his form and his average over the last year and a half.
"He needs a score for his peace of mind. When you are still not scoring runs and the team are losing, your confidence goes. He needs runs for his own good.
"Forget about end of career predictions. That is rubbish. He needs runs for his own well being to give himself energy because you soon feel drained as a captain when you are not playing well and the team is losing.
"The job exhausts you. Strauss still has energy, he just needs runs to bring back the feelgood factor,'' Vaughan said.


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Syracuse, N.Y. -- It was 25 years ago that the Syracuse University Orangemen authored the second of their school's two undefeated seasons and finished fourth in the national polls. In a football history that has been in the making since the end of the 19th century, SU's 1987 campaign ranks behind only the Orange's 11-0 national championship run of 1959 in both accomplishment and glory.
In tribute to the wonders of '87, syracuse.com will provide a near-weekly look at each of SU's 12 games from that year . . . and we'll do so, in an individual player's voice, on the silver anniversary of those contests.
And so, with help from Dan Bucey, who was then a sophomore linebacker out of Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio, we revisit the fifth game from the 11-0-1 season of 1987 that was played 25 years ago today . . .
SITE: Columbia, Mo. (att: 36,773)
GAME SUMMARY: The Orangemen, with the No. 1-ranked rushing defense in the nation, held the Tigers (who'd entered the game with the fifth-rated rushing offense) to less than half their 330.2-yard average as Ted Gregory registered 11 tackles. Still, it was Bucey, filling in for the injured Derek Ward, who received the game ball after making 11 tackles of his own.
DAN BUCEY: "I'd basically sat out my first two college seasons after knee surgery, so I was always thinking, 'OK, when I get my chance I'm going to be ready.' It was an honor for me to be out there with those guys, so I wasn't going to let them down.
"Derek Ward was a senior and he was the starting linebacker. I was more of a fill-in for him on passing situations. But coming out of the Virginia Tech game, he had a knee sprain or something to that effect. So the coaches made the decision that he was not ready to play, and I was in.
"I didn't go into that Missouri game thinking I was going to do anything other than my job. When Ted Gregory is taking two guys out on every play and Paul Frase is pushing his guy up the field, it's a lot easier for the linebackers to flow -- to get outside and not worry about cutbacks and so forth. So I don't remember any Superman effort by me. I was just where I was supposed to be the whole day.
"One of Missouri's favorite plays was kind of a freeze option and getting guys outside because of their speed. So, they scraped around the end on this one play and there I was, all by myself . . . and more or less waiting on the ballcarrier to get there because of the reads we'd practiced all week.
"I was there because I knew the inside was taken care of, and I made the tackle for a one- or two-yard loss. Later you could see Coach Mac (Dick MacPherson) and Coach P (Paul Pasqualoni) on the film shaking their fists because they knew what just happened. When you scout it, put it on paper and practice it . . . and it comes together in the game, it's a great feeling.
"In the locker room after the game, Coach Mac would always give the ball to the captains and they'd choose who would get it. I was just happy that we won and felt good about my play that day. I never -- never -- would have thought that I'd get the game ball.
"And then there was Ted Gregory holding it up and calling my name. I was speechless. I was really, truly speechless. That game ball is actually sitting here in the credenza in the office. The boys have picked most of the letters off it, but it's still here."
AN UPDATE: Bucey started three games during the '87 season, finishing the year with 38 tackles and one fumble recovery. Following his Orange career, he did find his way to the NFL Combine, but a balky knee ended his professional football aspirations. Now 47, Bucey lives with his wife (Katherine) and sons (David and William) in Savannah, Ga., where he works as a wetland environmental consultant. He's kept his hand in the game by coaching David's 8-and-under team, the Savannah Dawgs.
(In addition to his columns and "To The Point" observations, Bud Poliquin will begin virtually every morning, seven days per week, with an 8 a.m. offering of some kind or another on the Syracuse University football program. Look for it here on syracuse.com. Poliquin can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.)