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GLASSBORO — The board of education unanimously approved a preliminary $40.2 million budget for the 2014-2015 school year, which would increase the local property tax rate by 3 cents — meaning an additional $89 a year in taxes for the average homeowner if approved by the Executive County Superintendent of Schools.
While the total budget goes over the 2 percent state cap instituted on municipal and school budgets, the district is using a banked cap allowance from previous school years to fund approximately $369,000 of the budget's allocations, according to business administrator Walter Pudelko. By doing so, the budget does not require a vote from residents even though it exceeds the 2 percent cap.
The average borough homeowner with a home assessed at $187,567 would pay an additional $89 in taxes, based on the tax rate of $1.629 per $100 of assessed home value. The tax rate was $1.595 for the 2013-2014 school year.
The proposed budget calls for a $19.7 million tax levy, an increase of about $500,000 from last year.
The budget includes increases in special education as well as in salary and health insurance costs for teachers.
According to Pudelko, an increase in the proposed budget of $200,000 for special education tuition is partly due to the district's anticipating less grant money this year than usually allocated by the state through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
However, Superintendent Mark Silverstein added that the number is not finalized, as the district has yet to receive state funding for special education needs.
Silverstein said the district's goal with special education is to begin offering more services for special education students, which would allow Glassboro to accommodate more of those students with in-district classes and teachers rather than by tuition-funded outplacement.
"The district's overall goal is to minimize the amount of students we're sending out of district," said Silverstein.
Pudelko said sending special needs students out of the district often costs more than trying to keep them in the district. "Every year, the tuition rates we pay to outside school districts go up," he said.
The budget also allocates an additional $336,000 to go toward paying teacher salaries.
That increase is due to a three-year collective bargaining agreement with Glassboro teachers that went into effect in the 2013-2014 school year.
In the agreement, district teachers will receive a 2.4 percent increase in salary for the 2014-2015 school year, according to Pudelko.
Silverstein said the budget also accounts for a number of extracurricular and support programs, including the reintroduction of cross country track and field at the high school, girls basketball at the Glassboro Intermediate School and small-scale libraries in some pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms.
A public hearing will be held at Glassboro High School on April 30 at 7 p.m.


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After watching Nancy Pelosi on Sunday, Jonathan Chait speculates that she just might:
James Pethokoukis
More evidence Medicare is a bad deal for younger Americans
A stunning table by healthcare economist John Goodman:
Goodman then explains why the twentysomethings take the hit:
No money has been saved. No investments have been made. No cash has been stashed away in bank vaults. Today's payroll tax payments are being spent to pay medical bills for today's retirees. And if any surplus materializes, it's spent on other government programs. As a result, when today's workers reach the eligibility age of 65, they will be able to get benefits only if future taxpayers pay (higher) taxes to support them.
Rep. Dave Camp battles the tax hikers
Great WSJ interview with House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican. A few of the better bits (but please read it all):
For GOP, to tax or not to tax is the question
Reihan Salam may well be correct that if Republicans don't "compromise on curbing tax breaks, we'll wind up with marginal tax rate increases" since a high percentage (some 72 percent according to a recent WaPo poll) of Americans seems to favor raising top tax rates. But here is how I see things:
Where we're at in the debt ceiling debate
A few thoughts:
1) Rs had every right to walk out. Dems pushing unacceptable tax hikes (including, basically, axing Bush tax cuts, along with an automatic tax trigger and a host of tax breaks done away with) with no real entitlement reform.
A terrible day for tax hikers
Was it just a week or so ago when the GOP's 30-year commitment to lower taxes was supposedly in shambles? That sure didn't seem to be the case today:
Debt ceiling talk hit impasse! Markets freak! Investors panic!
First, a summary of today's galaxy-shattering news from my beloved colleagues at REUTERS:
CBO: Obama's new budget plan no plan at all
At a House Budget Committee hearing today, Chairman Paul Ryan and Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf had this exchange:
What's the problem? Spending, not revenue
The CBO report also clearly shows that America has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.
The scariest U.S. budget chart out there
The Congressional Budget Office just came out with its mid-year update to its long-term budget forecast. Lots of terrifying stuff in there. But if I was only going to pull out one bit, it would be this chart showing the likely path of America's debt-to-GDP ratio between now and 2035 assuming a) likely fiscal policies and b) massive debt would actually impact economic growth. It's not a pretty picture:


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About 2 to 4 inches of snow is expected to hit the Harrisburg area on Thursday, according to forecasters at AccuWeather and the National Weather Service in State College.
"At this point, it looks like the system is expected to move fast enough through the area to not be a major storm," said Dave Martin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Light snow is expected to start falling sometime after 1 p.m. on Thursday and end just after midnight Friday, according to the latest forecasts.
As the snow storm clears out of the midstate, bitterly cold Arctic air will follow. Friday night's low temperature is expected to be 8, forecasters said.
Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Low around 22.
New Year's Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Cloudy, with a low around 28.
Thursday: About 2 to 4 inches of snow likely, starting mainly after 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 34. Chance of snow is 70 percent. Low around 14.
Friday: A slight chance of snow showers before 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21. Low around 8.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 30. Low around 23.


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The author of "Why Should Someone Do Business With You...Rather Than Someone Else?" and "Would You Work for You?" will deliver a speech called, "How to Be Up in a Down Economy" at the event on the 11th floor of 7 West. 34th Street. The event runs from 6 p.m. to 8:30 pm. Wine, beer and light refreshments will be served.
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I love this time of year and living where I live. After dinner at the end of a long day, for dessert I meander around my back yard and graze for berries: strawberries, cherries, gooseberries, currants, black raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, elderberries, and grapes. Some grow wild on our land and others we planted. We are blessed to live in area where these nutrient-packed treats of nature thrive. Our families are given the unique opportunities to harvest wild or locally grown berries and feed ourselves with fresh, inexpensive, and nutritious treats for several months.
Berries are nature's powerhouses of nutrition in a small package. One cup of raw berries has less than 80 calories, almost 25% of your daily value for fiber, is an excellent source of the antioxidant nutrient vitamin C, and contains trace levels of essential amino acids and important minerals such as manganese, potassium and phosphorus. Most berries are dark in color, indicating high polyphenols, which are antioxidant compounds that demonstrate positive health benefits in a variety of ways.
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Tiny strawberries grow wild in a small field next to our stream, but we're lucky if we collect a hand full. Our garden strawberry patch matured and we need to replace the bed. Strawberries work best when planted in rows with lots of room between the plants that send out runners. Nearby fruit stands, berry farms and farmer's markets carry strawberries or may allow you to pick your own. There is nothing that welcomes summer more than a bite of fresh strawberry shortcake topped with lots of whipping cream.
We collect cherries from a wild cherry tree growing next to our creek, pick sours and darks at a nearby orchard and have several pie cherry trees we are nursing to maturity. Cherries grow well in our area and can be purchased at local nurseries or ordered from a reputable catalog like Stark Brothers. Cherries make excellent pies, jams and freeze or can well. Dried cherries are a treat on ice cream or try cherry syrup on pancakes. Dark cherries are loaded with anthocyanins and some Montmorenci cherry eaters claim health benefits.
Childhood nursery rhymes mention gooseberry pie and gooseberry jam, but there are few to no gooseberry products on the market in the US. Europeans are very familiar with gooseberries and their plum-like sweetness grown like hostages among the inch long thorns of this easy to grow bush. They grow prolifically, in the same fashion as currants. The berries begin as hard green, individual berries hanging from stems and as the season continues, they turn purple and grow softer. When ripe, many of the protective thorns have fallen from the bush and the berries pull off easily. Use gooseberries in place of grapes for Waldorf salad, follow a plum recipe when making jam or eat fresh off the bush in July.
Friends sent us six red currant bushes as a thank you gift and they are a gift that just won't stop giving. It was about three years before these plants produced several quarts of berries per bush. Black currants have even more vitamin C than red, but have a flavor and odor completely different. Currants grow wild but tend to be sparse. Plant them with several feet between as they send out runners and spread their branches which are loaded with shiny red or black berries and can grow up to six feet tall. Currants ripen in late June and are continuously picked through July.
Black raspberries grow wild on dark red stems in the edges of fields or near trees, ripening in early June. Raspberries are different from their blackberry cousins in that the berry pulls off the core and stem like a cap, where a blackberry pulls completely off the stem, core and all. The individual sizes of the fruit pustules are smaller on a raspberry and raspberries are much sweeter than blackberries. Black raspberries make the best choice for summer's first batch of homemade ice cream, warm black raspberry pie or another batch of great jam for the cupboard. Red raspberries are more commonly found at farmers markets or are available to pick at nearby berry bushes. Put up raspberries as soon as they are picked, since these soft berries spoil very quickly.
Blueberry season goes from July until September, one of the longest berry seasons of the year. We try to plant one blueberry bush a year in our garden since blueberries take almost five years before they generate fruit. Picking blueberries at a local blueberry farm is an excellent family activity and berries freeze well for winter treats of blueberry muffins, pies and pancakes. Put fresh blueberries on granola, ice cream, and oatmeal or in fruit salads. You may find wild blueberry bushes or their cousins the huckleberries, but many no longer bear fruit or have lost their native habitat. Blueberries grow well in acidic soil and are an excellent all around choice for learning to grow berries.
Not shortly after black raspberry season, my favorite berry season of all times begins: blackberry season. As a kid growing up in Pennsylvania, we lived on blackberries and spent every summer picking gallons and Mom would can them for winter. The land we live on now used to be one of the town's blackberry picking spots, but now it's my personal blackberry picking spot. Every evening, after dinner, I walk about the long pricker bushes and pick the juiciest, ripest berries for my dessert. For weeks I can gorge daily on blackberries until the season is over. If you're lucky enough to have wild blackberries growing nearby, take advantage of one of nature's gifts. If you can't handle the thorns but love the berries, consider planting some thorn-less varieties, available through nursery catalogs, for your own back yard blackberry patch.
Growing near the blackberries, in the ditches and along the edges of fields and paths, is a much taller, fuller bush full of dark black berry clusters called elderberries. Another berry that grows well and abundantly in our area, this late blooming fruit packs a powerhouse of nutrition into a tiny little package. Eating too many of these berries can results in an upset tummy, but tiny fingers love picking these little berries off the stem clusters and eating them. Elderberries make great jelly, pies, pancakes and botched batches of jam get turned into "purple syrup" for pancakes that my kids love.
Grapes mark the end of the berry picking season, beginning in September and lasting until Halloween some years. There are tart, tiny wild grapes that grow in the woods that can be picked and used similar to cultivated grapes, but vineyards that specialize in purple varieties such as Concords and Fredonias surround us. Table grapes tend to be seedless, requiring special plantings, but can be easily grown in a backyard garden as a healthy treat for the family.
Whether picking in the wild or growing a garden out back, harvesting berries is a highlight of summer that can be enjoyed by the entire family. The small fingers of children are perfect for picking, they love eating them and the berries are so good for you and your family. The next the time you are walking around your neighborhood or countryside, see if you can find your own wild berry patch and get in touch with your inner bear, start grazing.
Disclaimer: Be certain to positively identify any berry before eating, have children consult with their parents first before eating wild fruits and don't eat anything you can't identify. Also be aware of the presence of wild animals (a.k.a., bears) or snakes when picking berries in the wild and take the proper safety measures. n
Dodi Kingsfield, Technical Services Supervisor, Freelance Writer and Author. Dodi is employed as a Technical Supervisor for a large food manufacturer in Dunkirk, writes childrens and young adult books and does freelance writing for the web and magazines. Married for more than 20 years and a full-time mother of five, Dodi enjoys yoga, organic gardening and telling tall tales. She can be reached through her e-mail address at email@example.com.


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The area where Timothy Wiltsey's body was found is overgrown now, with a variety of young trees and shrubbery creating a new forest over the wetlands at the mouth of the Raritan River.
Twenty-two years of road development and silt buildup has made the place more firm, but no less foreboding.
The road in, Olympic Drive, is a dead-end with "No Trespassing" signs partially hidden in the brush. At the end of the street is a freight line, and rail cars parked there yesterday were scarred with graffiti.
A rusty gate blocks a dirt road that disappears into the woods, as it arcs toward the concrete culvert where the 5-year-old boy's skeletal remains were discovered 11 months after his mother said she lost him at a Memorial Day weekend fair in Sayreville. From the end of Olympic Drive, looking almost directly south across the river, those carnival lights were only 2 miles away.
Dan O'Malley, who found the piece of evidence that led investigators to Timothy Wiltsey's body more than two decades ago, visited the scene yesterday to reflect on the case. He said it impacted him much the way it impacted most people, with sadness, empathy and fear.
"It's every parent's worst nightmare," he said. "I had a little boy who wasn't much older at the time, so it hit home."
O'Malley went to a couple "Friends of Timmy" meetings, and made eye contact at one with Timmy's mother, Michelle Lodzinski.
"I don't pass judgment. I knew whatever happened, it was tragic," he said.
In the months after Timmy's disappearance, his "missing" poster was everywhere; newspapers, television, store windows, phone poles. The details, and the boy's smiling face, were indelible to thousands of people. Brown hair, crew cut. Brown eyes. Light scar on right cheek and nose. Wearing red tank top, red shorts. Ninja Turtle sneakers.
On an October weekend some five months after Timmy went missing, O'Malley was at Raritan Center for a sports memorabilia expo with a friend. But both were also naturalists, bird-watchers with an interest in swamp amphibians and reptiles. So they decided to walk toward the wetlands off Olympic Drive.
"I remember saying, 'This is really a desolate place. I can imagine what goes on back here.' "
Moments later, he found the first piece of evidence that led to solving the first mystery in the case: the whereabouts of Timmy Wiltsey.
In a sandy clearing, he saw a dirty Ninja Turtle sneaker. The left foot, size 5.
"I knew right away it matched the description on the poster," he said. "I immediately put it in a plastic bag."
He called a State Police hotline, but was met with a lukewarm response. He then turned it over to local police.
"It was a weekend, so I expected they would get back to me on Monday. They didn't," he said. "I guess they were so overwhelmed by then."
In the weeks and months after Timmy disappeared, police chased hundreds, if not thousands of tips and sightings.
"Maybe they were just overloaded," O'Malley said.
That, and they had already combed the Raritan Center area. The police also sent the sneaker to the FBI lab in Quantico, Va., but the agency was unable to confirm it had been worn by Timmy.
Unsatisfied, O'Malley eventually went to the local paper, and a reporter there traced the shoe through the manufacturer to a store not far from where Lodzinski lived.
At one point, O'Malley went back to Olympic Drive with an FBI agent, but it wasn't until April that a team of Sayreville and Edison police officers, and investigators from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office and FBI found Timothy's skull and matching sneaker 120 feet from O'Malley's initial find.
O'Malley keeps a box of yellowed and brittle newspaper clips from the case.
He retired last year from Bound Brook public schools, where he was a special ed teacher specializing in science. He has often thought of writing a book about the case, "because of I have a unique perspective, I guess," he said. He also wanted to keep the case alive.
"I regret that it went unresolved," he said. "Here was the cute little kid, who was taken from all of us."
In the early hours of yesterday morning, O'Malley was awake in the darkest hours of the night. The TV was on and he saw that familiar face.
"I waited to hear what was going on, then I wondered if I just imagined it."
But then came the report: Michelle Lodzinski was arrested, 23 years after her son disappeared, on the day that would have been Timothy Wiltsey's 29th birthday.


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Union concerned about shop class size
With students attending classes in cramped rooms, the Oak Harbor Education Association is concerned about safety in several of the career and technical classes at the high school.
The culinary arts class, metal fabrication and auto mechanics all have more than 30 students attending each class.
Union officials are concerned those classes are too crowded and the tight quarters will compromise student safety.
There comes a point where it will endanger the safety of the students, said Peter Szalai, president of the Oak Harbor Education Association.
The class size in each of those three classes are under the 33-student class limit that is specified in the union contract. Szalai said it would be safer if those classes were capped at 26 students. The number comes from talks with affected teachers and examining how many students the room is designed to handle. As an example, Szalai said the culinary arts classroom has six cooking stations, which can handle four students each.
Career and Technical Education Director Sandee Oehring said staff is meeting Monday to discuss a possible solution. She said there are several challenges that need to be resolved to balance the classes.
While enrollment in those three classes are high, enrollment in CTE classes as a whole is down, Oehring said. Any decision has to balance student safety with keeping a viable program.
She said there isnt a lot of guidance available to determine safe class sizes. She had talked with the Office for the Superintendent of Public Instruction and CTE directors in other school districts, but didnt have any solid information, so staff will have to work as a group to resolve the situation.
The career and technical classes will have a new home once the renovation of Oak Harbor High School is complete. Once that project is finished, there will be a new building and more room for career and technical classes.
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Severe weather ripped through Ann Arbor's west side on Tuesday afternoon. The winds and fallen trees may have delayed spectators on their way to watch Pioneer take on Dexter in girls soccer, but it didn't stop Pioneer from cementing its spot as the team to beat on the local soccer scene.
Pioneer freshman Nikhita Jacob scored the game's only goal to give the Pioneers their ninth victory in 10 games. That's certainly enough to stay atop of the Ann Arbor News rankings.
Girls soccer
1. Pioneer: Beat Dexter 2-1 for their ninth victory in 10 games and to stay undefeated in SEC play.
2. Huron: A toss up with Saline at this spot, but we'll give props to Huron for a 5-0 week. They'll settle it on the field on May 20.
3. Saline: Comfortable wins over Dexter and Lincoln set the Hornets up for a big game next week against Huron.
4. Skyline: Skyline looked good over the weekend with a runner-up finish at the Petoskey Tournament.
5. Dexter: The Dreadnaughts are going through a rough patch against tough competition, but are still one of the better teams in the area.


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North Korea has decided to restart an old nuclear reactor for both electricity and military purposes.
The country wants to reactivate a nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear plant. The 5MW reactor is aged (from the Soviet era) and has been closed since 2007. It shut down due to one of its cooling towers blowing up.
According to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, this isn't necessarily an effort to create a confrontation with the United States. Rather, the nuclear weapons would serve as a deterrent to ensure North Korea's safety.
"Our nuclear strength is a reliable war deterrent and a guarantee to protect our sovereignty," Kim said. "It is on the basis of a strong nuclear strength that peace and prosperity can exist and so can the happiness of people's lives."
It's unclear whether North Korea's grid is even connected to the nuclear plant for electricity purposes.
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"Since the United States is about to ignite a nuclear war, we will be exercising our right to preemptive nuclear attack against the headquarters of the aggressor in order to protect our supreme interest,"it said at the time.
China has grown tired of North Korea's behavior as well, and even
imposed harsh sanctions on the country. Under the new sanctions, China and others who trade with North Korea can no longer define what a luxury item is -- meaning that many items such as yachts, luxury automobiles, and certain jewelry are now banned.
China was hoping to start denuclearization talks with North Korea soon, but with this recent news, it looks like that effort may not make any progress. A foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing made note that China is against North Korea restarting the nuclear reactor.
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Westmoreland County is abuzz on state finals weekend again. For the third time in as many years, a Westmoreland County team will make the trek eastward to Hershey for the right to play for a state championship.
Just don't expect a silver football this time.
Jeannette (15-0) is just the second school from the county to ever reach the state finals, and the Jayhawks will look to bring back a golden football back down Route 30 for the first time in its school history. Jeannette draws District 2 champion Dunmore (14-1) Saturday afternoon at HersheyPark Stadium at 1 pm for all the marbles in Class "AA."
The other Westmoreland County school to reach Hershey: Franklin Regional, who won gold in 2005 when it defeated Pottsville 23-13 in the Class AAA final.
With a tradition like Jeannette's, it's a wonder the school hasn't had more teams qualify for the state finals.
The Jayhawks have won 641 games in school history to go along with 7 WPIAL championships in 11 appearances. Jeannette has qualified for the past 14 WPIAL playoff tournaments, and has gone 12-2 in its last 14 playoff games.
Of course we all know that Jeannette has been wickedly good this season. Any one of the 15 opponents the Jayhawks have defeated this season could tell you that.
In the regular season, Jeannette's defense held its 9-game regular season schedule to 25 points. That point total was just 2 fewer than the entire 9-game season output for the winless Ellwood City Wolverines.
Jeannette has held 10 opponents to 7 points or less, and has only surrendered 131 points this season.
The Jayhawks have only allowed two 100-yard rushers the past 19 games. Wilson Area's DJ Lenehan got an even 100 in the 2006 state title game, and East Allegheny's Monte Ashby racked up 123 yards in a Week Eight 77-6 loss.
The Jayhawks contained a Wilmington Wing-T attack this past weekend that averaged 275 yards rushing to just 144 yards and limited 2,100-yard rusher Chris Burns to just 91 yards on 23 carries.
Then, switch sides to Jeannette's offense, and it's an even bigger nightmare.
The Jayhawks established a new state standard for scoring in a season with 811 points, an average of 54 points per game.
Jeannette has run for 86 touchdowns and passed for 20 more. Those numbers seem almost like a video game set on juggernaut level.
The red and blue has run for 4,269 yards this season, averaging 284 yards per game on the ground. Add in the 119 passing yards per game average and you find an offense clicking to the tune of 403 yards per contest.
400-yard offense games are nothing new to the Jayhawks. Sometimes, you have to look upward to the 500-club, as far as offensive outputs are concerned. Just ask Wilmington, who saw 507 yards of offense rolled up on them last weekend.
Or you could ask Beaver Falls, who saw Jeannette roll up 449 yards of offense and be the second consecutive victim to surrender 60 or more points to the Jayhawks in the postseason.
Jordan Hall has been one of the catalysts of the Jayhawk offense, running for 765 yards and 18 TDs and hauling in 27 passes for 721 yards and 9 more scores. Hall has scored 28 touchdowns this season for Jeannette, but he isn't the only factor in the Jayhawks' spread system.
James Derry has 72 carries for 544 yards and 8 additional scores. He provided 33 tough rushing yards against Wilmington in the West Finals.
Michael Matt returned to his spot on the Jeannette offense after playing on defense each of the last two weeks. He responded with 30 rushing yards and a 7-yard scoring run last weekend, and has run 57 times for 440 yards with 5 scores this season. Matt has received some attention from D-1 schools, most notably Tennessee.
Of course, Jeannette also rocks and rolls because of Mr. Pryor, and his 50 total touchdowns rushing and passing indicate that. He's thrown for 1,731 yards and 20 scores and run for 1,687 yards and 30 scores.
But it's not correct to say that Pryor is the only player on Jeannette's team. There's a lot of talent to go around on this Jayhawk team, and #11 only helps to make them that much better.
Will Jeannette get the golden football it seeks? Or will Dunmore thwart the goal of the Jayhawks and pull the upset?
Find out Saturday afternoon in Chocolatetown.


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"WGL is committed to providing clean and efficient energy answers while remaining a responsible steward of our resources," said WGL Chairman and CEO, Terry D. McCallister. "We are proud to partner with Bloom Energy, and to service Santa Clara County, as we continue to invest in clean energy solutions as part of our expanding diversified energy portfolio."
Bloom Energy's solid oxide fuel cell technology generates electricity through a highly efficient electrochemical process and provides clean, on-site energy. WGESystems designs-builds, owns and operates energy solutions that deliver financial, operational and carbon reduction results for non- residential customers across the United States. For projects such as this one, WGESystems has established a financing program that enables customers, including non-profit organizations, to deploy Bloom Energy's distributed, clean power solution.
"Santa Clara County has been a strong proponent of clean energy, and we are looking forward to having another project right here in our backyard," said KR Sridhar, Principal Co-Founder and CEO of Bloom Energy. "Energy industry partners that are willing to invest in technology projects are key to the development of a clean energy economy, and our partnership with Washington Gas Energy Systems continues to strengthen our ability to provide attractive projects for our growing customer base."
"The full cell project originated when the County made the decision to convert County Government Center to use of 100 percent renewable energy," said Supervisor Ken Yeager, who advocated for sustainable measures.
"The use of these fuel cells fed by biogas is one of three components that will help us to achieve this goal."
"The County of Santa Clara was one the primary leaders in creating the 20-year power purchase agreement with other local jurisdictions," said Supervisor Dave Cortese, Chair of the Board's Housing Land Use Environment and Transportation Committee. "The agreement demonstrates that there is a market for clean energy solutions and it supports the County's goal of reducing its carbon footprint."
Alternative Energy Development Group (AEDG) served as the developer for the Bloom Energy project at four SCC facilities.
About WGL Holdings Inc.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., WGL [NYSE: WGL] is a leading source for clean and efficient energy solutions. Through our affiliates and strategic relationships, the Company offers a diverse set of energy sources including natural gas, wind, and solar as well as a range of energy solutions – generation, storage, transportation, distribution, supply, and efficiency – which serve customers in more than 25 states. WGL has five main operating units: Washington Gas Light Company, a regulated natural gas utility serving approximately 1.1 million customers in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area; Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc., one of the largest natural gas, electricity and green energy suppliers in the Mid-Atlantic; Washington Gas Energy Systems, Inc., a distributed generation and energy efficiency business, offering solar, fuel cell, combined heat and power, and other technologies across the United States; WGL Midstream, a wholesale energy solutions business, investing in and optimizing natural gas pipelines and storage facilities in the Midwest and Eastern United States; and Hampshire Gas, a natural gas storage business which owns and operates facilities in and around Hampshire County, West Virginia. As product and service innovation are critical for value creation and sustaining growth, we are continuously increasing our assets and investments in targeted clean energy sectors. This strategy supports WGL's core business, as well as provides opportunity for growth through partnerships and investments. WGL's diversity is its strength. We are dedicated to the sustainability of our business, the customers and communities we serve, and the environment. To learn more, visit
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Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday privately marked 61 years on the throne at the royal holiday estate in the southeastern English county of Norfolk, a subdued anniversary compared to the boisterous festivities that surrounded last year's Diamond Jubilee celebration.
The queen will honor tradition by remaining at Sandringham House, where her father - King George VI - died 61 years ago of lung cancer while the then-princess was on a trip to Kenya with her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
The 86-year-old monarch generally does not attend to official business on this date, although last year's 60th anniversary was an exception.
As in past years, a 41-gun royal salute was performed at midday Wednesday in Green Park, next to Buckingham Palace, in homage to the British head of state.
June 2 will be the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II's coronation at Westminster Abbey, an occasion that will be marked with a special Mass on June 4 at that same London church.
The royal family, foreign dignitaries and members of the British government are expected to attend that religious service.
According to the British media, the queen will return to work next week after wrapping up her winter vacation in Sandringham,
Elizabeth II is Britain's second-longest serving monarch after her great-great-grandmother Victoria, whose reign lasted 64 years.


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Jermaine D. Evans, 38, is charged with first degree murder and mutilation of a dead body, said Genesee County Prosecutor's Office spokesman John Potbury.
The charges stem from the Feb. 3 slaying of Curtis Thomas on Seneca Street near Myrtle Avenue.
Thomas, 27, was seen being pushed out of a vehicle after gunshots were heard and then run over, Potbury said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Potbury declined to detail what the motive for the shooting was.
Evans' brother, Jamar L. Evans, 30, is charged with accessory after the fact of a felony and arson of real property.
He is accused of setting the vehicle where the alleged homicide occurred on fire, Potbury said.
The brothers were arraigned last week.


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Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty involving the application of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of some of the most aggressive types of cancer. The combination of nuclear technology and nuclear medicine provide an innovative approach, known as targeted alpha therapy.
"Targeted alpha therapy shows great potential in the fight against many types of cancer. In this innovative domain, we see AREVA Med as a key player in the development of new treatments to combat the disease."
Patrick Bourdet, President and CEO of AREVA Med
Targeted Alpha Therapy
AREVA Med's Innovative Approach in the Fight Against Cancer
Targeted alpha therapy (TAT) works by combining the targeting capabilities of cancer cell-specific biological carriers (e.g., antibodies) with the short-range destroying capabilities of the radioactive isotope 212Pb. This approach targets and destroys cancer cells while limiting the impact on nearby healthy cells.
What is Lead-212?
Lead-212 (212Pb), a rare radioactive isotope that is part of the thorium-232 decay chain, is currently at the heart of promising research projects in nuclear medicine to develop new treatments against cancer. This innovative approach is known as targeted alpha therapy (TAT). AREVA Med has developed new processes to extract and purify 212Pb from a vast supply of thorium resulting from AREVA's mining activities in the 1950s-1970s. The short half-life of 212Pb makes it ideally suited for patient administration.
Thorium-232 Decay Chain
AREVA Med Creates New Research Opportunities for Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT)
A high potential for TAT was established long ago, but scarcity of isotopes was an obstacle to progress.
Early preclinical studies and clinical trials from the 1980s with targeted alpha therapy showed potential for treating different types of cancer that do not respond to other conventional methods despite the significant efforts made by the global scientific and medical communities.
Though the effectiveness of 212Pb had been demonstrated, the development of TAT treatments using this isotope encountered setbacks early on due to its scarcity and the technical difficulties of producing high-purity 212Pb.
Technical and scientific breakthroughs make high-purity 212Pb more widely available to explore further TAT potential.
AREVA Med's research and development work has made it possible to produce high-purity 212Pb to develop new cancer treatments and increase production capacity. The AREVA Med team, in collaboration with leading scientists, chemists, and radiochemists, have developed innovative methods for radiolabeling a monoclonal antibody with a radioactive isotope. As a result, targeted alpha therapy using 212Pb has recently come back to the forefront of medical research.
AREVA Med's 212Pb Production Facilities: Scaling up Production in France and in the U.S.
Laboratoire Maurice Tubiana (LMT)
Laboratoire Maurice Tubiana (LMT)
AREVA Med has built a unique facility to produce high-purity 212Pb needed for clinical development. This facility is located in Bessines-sur-Gartempe in the Limousin region of France. In 2013, this one-of-a-kind facility, named after world-renowned oncologist Professor Maurice Tubiana*, became fully operational and began producing 212Pb generators.
The LMT has two main objectives:
- Increase the production capacity of high purity 212Pb following cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices)
- Supply 212Pb for development of new cancer treatments
* Maurice Tubiana: March 25, 1920 - September 24, 2013
Domestic Distribution and Purification Unit (DDPU)
Photo Credit: Jim Herndon, On Location Portraiture
Following the completion of the LMT in France in 2013, this new facility, located in Plano, Texas, was inaugurated in April 2016. The DDPU will increase AREVA Med's 212Pb production capacity. With production facilities operational in both the U.S. and France, AREVA Med is now positioned to serve the needs of the medical community even better, both domestically and abroad. At the same time, the DDPU supports the development of AREVA Med's pipeline focused on innovative, targeted, and powerful 212Pb treatments to fight cancer.
Developing Plans For New Lead-212 Production
Conceptual rendering of the Caen Facility
New Production Facility in Caen (France): In 2014, the city of Caen, in the Normandy region of France, was selected as the location for AREVA Med's future 212Pb production facility. This facility will supplement the production capacity of the Laboratoire Maurice Tubiana in France and the DDPU in the U.S. to serve future commercial medical needs. Construction of this facility will be confirmed following important scientific programs underway.


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Chapter 168 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TIDELANDS.Prev Next
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to forthwith authorize a regulatory exemption for certain landlocked tidelands from license requirements, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:
SECTION 1. Whereas, the deferred operation of this a ct would defeat its purpose, which is to exempt structures, uses and activities within landlocked tidelands from licensing under c hapter 91 of the General Laws, while ensuring that certain public trust rights to landlocked tidelands and other tidelands are properly evaluated and addressed through state environmental review; and
Whereas, the supreme judicial court has held that the department of environmental protection lacks statutory authority to exempt landlocked tidelands from the licensing requirements established by chapter 91 of the General Laws; and
Whereas, the s upreme j udicial c ourt has stated with respect to legislation dealing with public assets that: (i) the legislation must be explicit concerning the land involved; (ii) it must acknowledge the interest being surrendered; (iii) it must recognize the public use to which the land is to be put; (iv) the action must be for a valid public purpose; and (v) where there may be benefits to private parties, those private benefits must not be primary but merely incidental to the achievement of the public purpose ; and
Whereas, exempting existing and future uses, structures, and improvements on landlocked tidelands from the licensing requirements established by c hapter 91 of the General Laws, serves proper public purposes, including, but not limited to, maintaining marketable titles, continuing the beneficial redevelopment and revitalization of landlocked tidelands, and encouraging public access to the waterfront ; and
Whereas, the benefits to private parties are not primary but rather are incidental to the achievement of the public purposes.
SECTION 2. Section 61 of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "grounds " in line 16, the following words:- , reduction of groundwater levels, impairment of water quality, increases in flooding or storm water flows.
SECTION 3. Said chapter 30 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 62H the following section:-
Section 62I. A person who is proposing a new use or structure or modification of an existing use or structure within landlocked tidelands as defined in section 1 of chapter 91 that is otherwise required to file an environmental notification form pursuant to section 62A and files an environmental notification form on or after November 15, 2007, shall comply with the requirements of this paragraph. The environmental notification form, and an environmental impact report required pursuant to section 62B, if applicable, shall include an explanation of the project's impact on the public's right to access, use and enjoy tidelands that are protected by chapter 91, and identify measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any adverse impact on such rights set forth herein. If the project is located in an area where low groundwater levels have been identified by a municipality or by a state or federal agency as a threat to building foundations, the environmental notification form and an environmental impact report if the latter is required, shall also include an explanation of the project's impact on groundwater levels, and identification and commitment to taking measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any adverse impact on groundwater levels. Any measures identified by the secretary under this section shall be set forth in a certificate on the environmental notification form or a certificate on the environmental impact report, if the latter is applicable. Within 30 days after a certificate is issued under this paragraph, the proponent of the project shall file with the department of environmental protection a completed form notifying the department that work will be conducted within landlocked tidelands, and shall attach the Massachusetts environmental policy act certificate to the form. The person who is proposing shall comply with all obligations set forth in the certificate under this section, and the department shall have the authority to enforce such conditions consistent with this chapter.
SECTION 4. Section 1 of chapter 91 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of "Department" the following definition:-
"Landlocked tidelands", filled tidelands, which on January 1, 1984 were entirely separated by a public way or interconnected public ways from any flowed tidelands, except for any portion of such filled tidelands that are presently located: (a) within 250 feet of the high water mark of flowed tidelands; or (b) within any designated port area under the Massachusetts coastal zone management program. For the purposes of this definition, a public way may also be a landlocked tideland, except for any portion thereof which is presently within 250 feet of the high water mark of flowed tidelands.
SECTION 5. Said s ection 1 of said chapter 91 , as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of "Private tidelands" the following definition:-
"Secretary," the secretary of the executive office of energy and environmental affairs.
SECTION 6. Section 18 of said chapter 91, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the third paragraph the following paragraph:-
No license shall be required under this chapter for fill on landlocked tidelands, or for uses or structures within landlocked tidelands.
SECTION 7. Said section 18 of said chapter 91, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "tidelands", in lines 52 and 53, the following words:- , except for landlocked tidelands.
SECTION 8. Said c hapter 91 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 18A the following section:-
Section 18B. (a) The secretary shall serve as the administrator of tidelands. The secretary may appoint an individual or individuals to assist him in carrying out the duties of his office. The duties of this office may be exercised in combination with other duties, as the secretary shall see fit.
(b) The secretary shall conduct and complete a public benefit review for any proposed project that is: (i) subject to the licensing provisions of section 13 or 18; or (ii) geographically located on landlocked tidelands, and in either case is required to file hereafter an environmental impact report pursuant to chapter 30. The secretary may conduct and complete a public benefit review for any proposed project that is: (i) subject to the licensing provisions of said section 13 or 18; or
(ii) geographically located on landlocked tidelands and in either case is required to file hereafter an environmental notification form pursuant to chapter 30. The public benefit determination of the secretary shall not supersede said chapter 30 or this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto and shall not delay the issuance of a license pursuant to this chapter or the completion of a review or any step thereof pursuant to said chapter 30. At the completion of said review, the secretary shall make a public benefit determination, the goal of which shall be to publish on the public record a written public benefit determination of the project.
In making said public benefit determination, the secretary shall consider the purpose and effect of the development; the impact on abutters and the surrounding community; enhancement to the property; benefits to the public trust rights in tidelands or other associated rights, including, but not limited to, benefits provided through previously obtained municipal permits; community activities on the development site; environmental protection and preservation; public health and safety; and the general welfare; provided further, that the secretary shall also consider the differences between tidelands, landlocked tidelands and great ponds lands when assessing the public benefit and shall consider the practical impact of the public benefit on the development.
The secretary shall promulgate regulations that may, among other things, exempt from the public benefit determination process the development of certain parcels of land, or certain activities, uses and structures on the land that are determined to be of de minimus impact. The regulations shall also establish timelines and procedures for the public benefit review, and the regulations may combine the public benefit review with the environmental review under chapter 30.
Any state or local agency holding a public comment period pursuant to chapter 30 or this chapter shall provide copies of all written testimony submitted during said public comment period to the secretary.
The secretary shall provide the determination of public benefit to the department, and if there is an appeal of a decision or license issued by the department, to the division of administrative law appeals.
The department shall incorporate the public benefit determination of the secretary in the official record.
(c) The secretary shall designate an individual to serve as the chapter 91 public information officer. The chapter 91 public information officer shall answer questions about the chapter 91 process, providing history and context regarding chapter 91 and the public benefits process as it pertains to this chapter.
SECTION 9. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the fourth paragraph of section 18 of chapter 91 of the General Laws, inserted by section 6, shall apply to all fill, uses and structures, whether existing before, on or after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 10. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, regulations issued by the department of environmental protection exempting landlocked tidelands from licensing before the effective date of this act are hereby validated and confirmed as if this act had been in effect when such regulations and determinations of applicability were issued. Any fill, use or structure developed pursuant to such regulations shall not be subject to challenge on the ground that the department of environmental protection lacked the authority to issue such regulations and, any fill, use or structure hereafter developed pursuant to any such previously issued determination of applicability in the negative shall not be subject to review under chapter 91 of the General Laws.
SECTION 11. The department of environmental protection shall undertake a study of ground and surface water flow and drainage in the sections of the cities of Cambridge, Somerville and Boston formerly identified as the Miller's River. This report shall be filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate on or before December 31, 2008, and an interim report shall be filed on or before April 1, 2008.
Approved November 15, 2007.


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Gearing up for its 2013 induction ceremony, the Enumclaw High Hall of Fame Committee is looking to the public to help spread the word and, hopefully, contribute some mementos.
Entering the EHS Hall of Fame this year will be the 1998 varsity girls basketball team. The squad went 14-0 in league play to win the South Puget Sound League North championship and finished with an overall mark of 25-4. The girls earned a West Central District title and raced to three victories in the Class 4A state tournament before falling in the finale in the Kingdome to take home the second-place state trophy.
On the varsity roster were Lissa Walker, Becka Gamblin, Janae Rogers, Kristin Poe, Laura Willner, Sarah Cash, Tammy Annas, Erin Johansson, Britta Youngquist, Catherine Frerichs and Lue Turner. Coach Tim Nelson was assisted by Wally McGreen, Vic Wallace and Chuck Basteyns.
The EHS Hall of Fame Committee will host the induction ceremony Jan. 18 during halftime of a boys basketball game in Chuck Smith Gymnasium. The committee is looking for stories, photographs, team statistics, player honors or any memorabilia that can be used during the ceremony.
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RARITAN TOWNSHIP (Hunterdon County) — A 20-year-old Lavallette resident was arrested early Saturday for a parole violation despite trying to elude police, police said today.
Matthew P. Arvanitis was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for speeding on Route 12 around 3 a.m., police said.
Patrolman Matthew Lawrence initially asked to see Arvanitis' identification because he was not wearing a seatbelt. The officer later learned that Arvanitis had given him someone else's ID, police said.
However, the person whose license he produced was wanted on a warrant out of East Brunswick.
The patrolman arrested Arvanitis, and then found his real ID stuffed in his waistband. The officer learned Arvanitis was wanted on a no-bail warrant for a parole violation.
Arvanitis was charged with hindering apprehension and taken to Hunterdon County Jail.
His bail on the Raritan Township charges was set at $5,000 and he was charged with failure to wear seatbelt.


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This page lists the various grants and awards currently available from Spinal Research
Basic science research grants usually three years in duration. These grants are available to international researchers.
Strategy grants form the mainstay of our basic science programme and are normally awarded following an internationally-advertised competitive call for proposals based on themes identified by our Scientific Advisory Committee with reference to our research strategy discussion document. Calls for project proposals are advertised in published academic journals. Project grants are generally for the support of a postdoctoral researcher to undertake the approved research plan over a period of up to three years, plus necessary consumables, travel or technical assistance. Support will also be considered for equipment if essential to the project.
Available to principle investigators in UK research institutions. Three (3) year awards that include highly competitive stipend and consumables budget. These calls are not usually themed.
These awards are aimed at encouraging the development of talented, highly-motivated young scientists in the field of spinal cord repair, in both clinical and basic science research environments. Calls for project proposals are advertised in published academic journals. The successful project supervisor is responsible for recruiting a suitable post graduate candidate. The PhD degree must be awarded from a UK university and a high priority is given to collaborative proposals between more than one laboratory or institution.
Support includes University fees, a stipend in line with that offered by the Wellcome Trust, plus funds for consumables, travel costs and IT equipment. Typically, the PhD student is recruited to a team that is already established in the field of spinal cord injury research, where they will receive an excellent quality of training and support. As well as obligations within their own institution, all students are encouraged to attend and present their data at research conferences and to attend our annual Research Network Meeting.
Two year grants focused on translational activities aimed at addressing scientific and technical hurdles on the critical path to the clinic. These grants are not expected to be rich in new hypothesis.
Grants will be awarded to support the translation from the laboratory into the clinic of promising new treatments for spinal cord injury. Candidate treatments should already have demonstrated efficacy in a peer-reviewed publication in at least one in vivo spinal injury model, and should involve a clinically-feasible delivery procedure. Funding is designed to bring promising treatments to a stage that they are ready for first-in-man studies, and will provide support for preclinical studies of the following example types: dose-response, toxicity and studies of the optimum therapeutic windows; optimisation of delivery methods; assessment in additional spinal injury models. Support for phase I clinical trials and clinical feasibility trails will also be considered. Funding through this scheme will not be available for projects where the primary aim(s) are to examine mechanisms of action, test novel therapeutic concepts or establish proof of principle. Milestones that are demonstrably on the critical path to the clinic are essential and will have a strong bearing on the success of the application. Applicants will be expected to have considered possible primary and secondary clinical outcomes and the target patient cohort.
The Solomons award is to help endorse quality experimental medicine, translational and reverse translational research in the UK within the field of spinal cord injury.
The purpose of the award is to support the development of an early career clinical researcher with either a science or medical training background. The call is initially open to applicants from clinical units and allied research institutions that have an evident traumatic SCI case mix or demonstrable interest in SCI clinical research. The award is for up to £10,000 which may be made to a single recipient or may be split between 2 or more if felt warranted. A central theme is to encourage innovation, collaboration and research activity amongst early career researchers. In particular, we would welcome activity that helps bridge the basic science/clinical divide.


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As we approach the halfway point of the season, teams around the league have pretty much established and realized what they are—and what they need. A handful of teams have bowed out of contention, vowing to be sellers, while other teams have the playoffs in their sights.
With the trade deadline not too far off in the distance, it's time for teams to really ramp up the trade efforts.
That means, of course, that plenty of rumors are going to start piling up. Let's take a look at five of the bigger rumors that could really impact the league.


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An 11-year-old boy has made a generous donation to make an impact on someone's life.
Jacob Calhoun donated 9 inches of hair to help cancer patients. His hair donation will be used in a wig as part of the Pantene Beautiful Lengths Program.
The wig will be given to a cancer patient for free.
"My mom had cancer and when I figured out that my hair might be able to do this, I got excited because I wanted to help some other people that have been through this," Calhoun said.
It took Calhoun two years to grow out his hair.
More than 400,000 ponytails have been donated to the program since it started in 2006.


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A team from Kingston's Cherokee Middle School will compete in the second U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) East Tennessee Middle School Science Bowl.
The competition begins at 9 a.m. Feb. 25 on the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State Community College.
Cherokee students are among the East Tennessee middle schoolers who will showcase their science knowledge and could win an all-expense-paid trip to the national competition in Washington, D.C.
Midway High School Positive Behavior Team, a component of Roane County Schools' Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support system, is seeking donations of items for incentive rewards.
Student who show good behavior are rewarded through praise, recognition and "sand dollars" that can be turned in to the school store for rewards.
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For a church without a building, the congregation of Rockwood's One Faith Community Church has stayed strongly united.
Once moved from the retail space next to Goody's, the church later moved to an area of Midtown.
Its newest home is in a rather unique location: the Roane County Skating Center.
Skating Center Manager Virgil Thompson is a friend of One Faith Pastor Shawn Hatfield. He has agreed to allow the church to have services at 7 p.m. Thursday and at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Paradise Baptist Church, Rockwood, is now affiliated with One Harvest Food Ministries to help Roane Countians stretch their food dollars.
By Ken Paulson, First Amendment Center
The Supreme Court just put a price tag on some formerly free speech.
In a 6-2 vote on Jan. 18, the Court upheld a 1994 law that extended copyright protection to foreign films, books, paintings and other art that had previously been in the public domain and available free to U.S. residents.
By Gerald Largen
We were more than a little surprised last Friday to find ourself occupying a front page, above-the-fold location in that day's Roane County News lead article about the "Crowded field" in the Property Assessor's race.
Kingston officials broke ground late last month on the city's $5 million wastewater treatment plant expansion at 1501 James Ferry Road. Kingston Mayor Troy Beets, City Councilmen Don White, John Byrkit, Kevin McClure and Norm Sugarman and TVA officials Katie Kline, Bob Morris, Burt Robinson, Steve McCracken, Bob Deacy and Aaron Stewart were in attendance, along with City Manager Jim Pinkerton, contractors Dan Berry and Evan Haron, engineer Rick Kirby and Tony Workman, who will be running the plant.
Midway hosted Berean Christian Tuesday night and the two teams would battle to a draw.
The Lady Waves opened the evening with a 59-49 victory, but the Eagles got their revenge in the boys contest as they won in overtime, 62-59.
The regular season is winding down and the Oliver Springs Bobcats and Lady 'Cats are now in the process of getting ready for postseason play.
Part of that fine-tuning took place Tuesday night as the Bobcats and Lady 'Cats picked up a split at Sunbright.
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Monroe Central ousted in Division III baseball sectional
CAMBRIDGE – The bigger the games get, the more magnified mental mistakes become.
Monroe Central learned that the hard way Friday afternoon at Don Coss Field inside City Park.
The Seminoles were victimized by a pair of base-running gaffes at third base and Fort Frye made them pay by posting a hard-earned 3-2 victory before a large crowd in the Division III sectional final.
"We had a feeling it was going to be fairly tight and the last few days in practice we stressed base running and simple mistakes," Monroe Central head coach Ryan Rosnick said. "We knew we had to make the simple plays and that came back to haunt us. Plus, we couldn't catch a break because it seemed like every time we hit the ball hard, it was right at them."
While the Seminoles finish a strong season at 17-11, the Cadets are making travel plans to Warsaw River View where they'll meet Ridgewood in the district final on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
"It's never easy losing, but it always makes it easier when you know you've gotten beat by a team that's pretty good," Rosnick said. "They're well coached and I have all the respect in the world for Sonny (Bidwell) and Fort Frye."
Monroe Central appeared to be in business and ready to strike big in the first inning. Kordell Antill led off with a double into the left-field gap and Ethan Groves followed with a looping single. Groves then stole second, putting runners on second and third with nary an out.
"We definitely got out of some tight situations at times," Fort Frye head coach Sonny Bidwell said. "We're happy to be able to make those plays when we had to and be able to move on because Monroe Central is a quality team."
However, Fort Frye induced a pop out and then starting pitcher Casey Hall got a roller to third and Antill got a bad break to the plate and was easily thrown out.
"I think it was miscommunication," Rosnick said. "I told him it was off on contact. He just didn't get a good jump and he knew he was a dead duck."
The game stayed scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when Fort Frye pushed across a run on a RBI groundout by Bradley Martin, which scored Derek Layton.
The Seminoles, however, answered quickly and tied the game in the next half inning. Seth Alleman produced a one-out single and was moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt. Antill then promptly drove him in with a single through the left side.
"This was a hard-fought battle," Bidwell said. "Monroe's kids played really well and our kids produced when we needed them. Our pitchers kept battling. I'd like to see more production from our kids, offensively."
Fort Frye took the lead for good in the fifth. Spencer Lang reached on an error, swiped second and third and then was doubled home two hitters late by Hall. Layton reached on an infield single and Hall scored what proved to be the game winning run on an error after the ball squirted away at first base.
Monroe, however, didn't go quietly. Jacob Black had a single and Eric Ward was then plunked, which led Bidwell to go to his pen and bring in Lang. He was greeted rudely as Peter Frontz singled through the right side to score Black.
Ward was cut down at third after making a wide turn and the throw from right was a strike to the catcher, who fired it for the out.
"I was trying to stop him, but by the time he got stopped, he was too far off and they got him," Rosnick said. "That's high school baseball. Things like that happen from time to time. When you play good teams, that don't make many mistakes, those things hurt."
Monroe Central had two runners aboard in the seventh, but Lang induced a comebacker for the final out to finish the save and preserve the pitching victory for Hall.
"What can you say?" Rosnick asked. "Fort Frye deserved to win. But, I am proud of my guys. I am also appreciative of the support we received from our fans and our students."
Seminoles' pitcher Dylan Hamilton was the tough-luck losing pitcher. He threw a complete game, allowed seven hits. He struck only one, but he didn't walk a hitter.
Antill's offensive production was complemented by Frontz's two hits.
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Batteries: Hamilton and Groves. Hall, Lang (6) and Layton.
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That's a pace of 35 homers and almost 100 RBIs for an entire season, and it's made a fun -- albeit rapid -- transition for a guy who barely a year ago was still swinging for the Crimson Tide.
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As a junior, Avila caught and led the Crimson Tide is home runs with 17 in 2008. He opted to turn pro after being drafted by the Tigers in the fifth round.
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According to ODT, Seneca County is projected to receive $206,626.38. The amount is based on public school student population within the county.
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