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EDITORIAL: Farm accord benefits all
The Port of Coupeville and Greenbank Farm Management Group are to be commended for reaching a lease and management agreement after eight long months of negotiations.
The accord, to be formally inked within days, allows the management group to manage the Greenbank Farm properties, under contract with the Port,which owns the property.
A philosophical stumbling block was overcome when the Port commissioners realized that they do not need to make money on the farm, as was hoped when they entered the purchase agreement seven years ago. No, farm revenue will not make the farm acquisition payments, at least for the 10-year duration of the new agreement. But it is not the job of a public entity such as the Port to make money -- the Port exists as a means for the public to encourage private business development. Payoff comes in the creation of new business, new jobs, more tax revenues, and more tourism, all of which will pay dividends in years to come. A private entity could not wait that long for a return on its investment, but a public entity can.
And then there are the priceless intangibles of having the Greenbank Farm under public ownership and protection, and not open to rampant private development. You cant put a price tag on what the Greenbank Farm means to the Whidbey Island community, but its worth far more than what the taxpayers in the Port district are paying for the farm.
With the lease agreement in hand, the management group can now embark on major renovation projects made possible by $1.5 million in state economic development money approved by the Legislature last year. For a while that money was threatened by the lack of a lease agreement, but now its in the bag. The farm buildings will be updated, upgraded, and generally made hospitable to a number of new businesses. The lease agreement will make the farm bloom, and for that we owe all parties involved a big thank you.
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Your Dad
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I know we've been talking a bit about our daughters and their daddies, but what about your dad? Do you do anything special with your dad?
I just thought of this because it's become a tradition this summer for my dad and I, every Friday, to go to the local farmers market for some fresh produce and then to a little bar for drinks, food, and fun conversation. I just really value that time with him, and I attribute so much of my success to him, so it makes that time even more special.
What do you all do with your dads? How has your dad contributed to your self-esteem?
I have always been very close with my father. I used to go everywhere with him when I was little. He was the one that contributed to my self esteem (he gave compliments, said I love you--things my mom didn't do hardly at all). My favorite memories with him was each Christmas Eve we would go and do his Christmas shopping for my mom and he'd let me help pick out her gift.
I forgot to add that he now has alzeheimer's and is not doing well at all. The time for us to share a special tradition has come and gone. :(
I wouldn't be able to answer this question. I didn't grow up with a dad or even a father figure. But I do have the most wonderful husband in the whole universe. :)
My dad is awesome. He is the only parent, actually he is one of 3 people, who ever said they were proud of me.
Growing up, he used to take me to highschool football games with him. That was super special time, we were homeschooled, so he took me to games up to an hour away to go see his Alma Mater play. We talk several times a week. We like to go on walks or jogs occasionally when we are in town.
I was very close to my dad we would always have take out Chineese and play cribbage every Friday afternoon. But now he is dead and miss those times so...much. Very good memories though.
I have a great relationship with my Dad. He did have a bit of a temper growing up, but nobody is perfect. I know he loved us a lot and did a lot for us. I only get to see my Dad once a year now. I moved 2,000 miles away. It's hard at times to be that far away from my family. I sure do miss them! :(
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i get along with all my dads

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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - When pressed for a simple yes or no on supporting Common Core standards in Alabama, Republican candidates for state House District 43 that includes part of northern Shelby County gave their opinions.
From Alabama Media Group's Birmingham editorial board forum last month, here are the responses from the seven candidates seeking the Republican Party's nomination in the June 3 primary election.
Amie Beth Shaver: "No, I'm not for Common Core; however, I am for standards. And actually there's a difference between standards and curriculum. I think we need to copy some of the states that have come together and instituted standards that are best for their state and addressing their needs. Obviously, keeping science, math, technology at the top of that list, but also returning to a strong literature-based curriculum, giving the teachers in local control more freedom than what we're experiencing in education right now."
Don Murphy: "Common Core is a confusing alternative, I guess is what I'd like to say because I've talked to all of the educators in our district," he said, noting teachers and principals are in favor of it.
"The only people I find that are not in favor of it are some of the parents, and I don't know if they just don't understand it or what the situation is, but this is what I say: I want the best whatever is for the children. That's what I want the best for, what gives them the best opportunity in life? If it's common core, so be it."
Arnold Mooney: "The question I have about Common Core is to have some type of quantified and verifiable results in relation to the standards that have been instituted. Likewise, having standards come whether they're from the federal government or from the National Association of Governors or whomever, I'm really not in favor of that. I believe the people who know what's best for our children are those people in our state -- teachers, educators, who have put together standards that have been very successful over these last few years, especially the 2009 standards.
"I believe what we've got to do is look at choice for parents. We've got to look at the opportunity for people to decide what's best for their children. So if that means I would be opposed to Common Core, yes, I would say that. However, I do believe that it simply needs to be a process where we see quantifiable, verifiable results before we make decisions to involve ourselves in something of this nature. There are other states who have done a good job in looking at alternatives. We need to look at them as well."
Gina McDonald: "Common Core is another one of those issues that's close to my heart. My daughter ... is about to start her master's degree at University of Alabama in education and she is one of the most creative people I have ever known. And the idea, from what I understand, from the research that I have done on a daily basis for and against Common Core, is that the creativity of our teachers are being taken away every day.
"I would hate to have a class of eighth-graders to not have the opportunity of my creative daughter teaching them. I think the creative process is one of the most beautiful things in our country. It develops leaders, it develops our doctors, our lawyers, it teaches us to think outside of the box. If Common Core means that we have a set of standards that doesn't allow for creativity, then I'm definitely against it. I'm not against standards. I do believe that our state and our local communities can develop standards for our students, standards that fit the people in our community, not standards that are set across the country."
Doug Clark: "One thing I think we'd all agree on is we're against federal overreach into our education system and the liberal bias that's been introduced. But until I understand what the standards are going to be changed to, I could not vote to repeal the Alabama College and Career Ready standards. Because we go back to the 2007 standards, I think we would all agree they were not the standards that we needed and that our children would be at risk to fall behind other states as well as other countries."
Cheryl Ciamarra: "My understanding of the current Common Core curriculum is that it has not been proven. There's no reliability and validity studies on these standards, and our children are being used to experiment on and to collect data. I think that's an incorrect use of funds and the education process. I think that we have local school boards and principals and teachers and the state board of education that's in place and elected by the people to make decisions that are best for the students.
"There are also, to my understanding, some morally offensive information, as the Common Core standards extend beyond math and English. A lot of parents have difficulty with the math as well as the students at this time. I am for standards and I am for the optimum education for our children including, I think, vocational education if that would prepare our students for new technology to become the leaders of tomorrow and the jobs that are available."
John Bahakel: "We've been very blessed in our community to have schools where children who have gifted abilities can get some attention or students that have some extra needs can get some attention as well. There are many places across the state and across the nation that are not getting the same benefits, the same ability.
"And my understanding is Common Core was designed to make the learning level available and somewhat balanced across the nation. From that perspective, Common Core is something that would be welcomed. From the perspective it would dictate what the curriculum is and how to apply that curriculum to particular students, and to maybe hold a student back or to not allow a student that needs help to get help, I would be against that."


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BRIDGETON, N.J. -- An arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday morning in connection with one of Millville's three unsolved homicides, county Prosecutor Ron Casella said this afternoon.
Casella would not reveal the name of the individual apparently arrested or which case was involved.
Sources familiar with the matter indicate the arrest involves last December's shooting death of Brian Pritchett on 4th Street.
Pritchett was shot inside his home and died on the way to the hospital.
Wednesday's arraignment is scheduled before Superior Court Judge Richard Geiger.


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Former West Ham United player Alan Blackburn has sadly passed away at the age of 78.
Born in the Derbyshire town of Mansfield in August 1935, Blackburn spent part of his childhood in a Barnardo's orphanage before being discovered by Hammers scouts while playing for his junior school in Hertfordshire.
A centre or inside forward, the teenager proved to be a prolific scorer for the Club's youth team, netting an incredible 13 goals during West Ham's run to the FA Youth Cup semi-finals in 1953/54. Blackburn scored in six of the Hammers' seven ties, including five in the 6-1 win over Briggs Sports, a hat-trick against Fulham and two more against Swindon-based Pinehurst Youth Centre.
Blackburn also netted in the semi-final second-leg 2-1 home defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers, who went on to reach the final. However, the forward had suffered a shoulder injury in the first leg at Molineux - there were no substitutes in those days - which West Ham lost 6-1.
The same season, Blackburn hit the net regularly for the reserves, helping to fire the Hammers to the Combination League title.
Blackburn's fantastic goalscoring form was rewarded with a first-team debut three months past his 20th birthday - ironically in a goalless Division Two draw at Derby County on 27 December 1954.
In March 1955, after four first-team appearances, he was called-up to do National Service, meaning he did not play for West Ham at senior level again until a 2-0 home win over Stoke City on 30 March 1956.
A maiden first-team goal arrived 17 months after his debut on 14 April 1956, when the forward was on target in a 2-1 league defeat at Leicester City.
Blackburn also hit the target in a home win over Bristol City that season before netting his third and final West Ham goal in a 2-0 victory at Blackburn Rovers on 27 August 1956. The forward's 17th and last West Ham appearance came in a 3-0 home Division Two defeat by Sheffield United on 9 September 1957.
Two months later, Blackburn joined Division Three (North) club Halifax Town for a £2,900 fee. He went on to score 35 goals in 124 league games for the Shaymen before dropping into the non-league game with Southern League Margate in 1961.
After moving to Wellington Town in Shropshire 1965, he hung up his boots three years later. In retirement, Blackburn ran a window cleaning business.
Everybody at West Ham United would like to pass on their sincere condolences to Alan's family and friends at this sad time.


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The City of New Olreans will begin the demolition of a recently purchased property adjacent to the Norman Mayer Library Thursday morning, according to a statment sent out by the mayor's office.
The demolition will clear the way for rebuilding the branch, which is set to break ground later this month. The library will be expanded from 7,850 square feet to over 18,000 square feet. The building has an anticipated completion date of late 2010.
The project is part of a larger library rebuilding effort announced in August. Four other New Orleans libraries are slated to be built as part of this initiative: Robert E. Smith Library, 6301 Canal Boulevard; Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive; Nora Navra Library, 1902 St. Bernard Avenue; and New Orleans East Regional Library on Read Blvd.
The library, known to most people as the "Gentilly Branch", originally opened in 1949. It was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and was demolished by the city in February 2009.


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Learn more about the growing world of beekeeping, which is expanding in Pittsburgh, and how it helps keep food prices down.Video Transcript
3 THERE'S A SURPRISING NEW HOBBY-- SWEEPING OUR REGION. IT'S NOT GOLF, OR GARDENING. IT'S BEEKEEPING! And since bees pollinate a THIRD of our food-- backyard beekeepers are BUZZING-- including Channel 4 Action News anchor, Michelle Wright. 3 YES, THIS IS MY VERY OWN NEW BEEHIVE.I HAVE ABOUT TEN THOUSAND HARD-WORKING BEES IN THERE NOW.BUT I'M NOT ALONE, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS PENNSYLVANIA HAS SEEN ABOUT 300 NEW BEEPERS EACH YEAR, THERE ARE THREE THOUSAND OF US REGISTERED KEEPERS IN THE STATE NOW.DONNA STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO FROM HER HOME IN PLUM BORO.SHE HAS FIVE HIVES 3 AND GETS ABOUT 35 GALLONS OF HONEY A YEAR.BUT THIS IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN HONEY.IT'S ALSO ABOUT KEEPING OUR FOOD PRICES UNDER CONTROL FOR ALL OF US.... ACCORDING TO MASTER BEEKEEPER JIM FITZROY WHO HAS HIVES IN VERONA. MEANING, HEALTHY HONEYBEES KEEP 3 OUR GROCERY STORE PRICES DOWN. BUT THIS WINTER WAS A TOUGH ONE. ALREADY STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE, LOCAL BEEKEEPERS SAY áTHISá WINTER COULD HAVE WIPED OUT MORE HONEYBEES THAN EVER BEFORE. STEVE REPASKY IS 3 THE DIRECTOR FOR BURGH BEES. THIS PROJECT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. IT'S A COMMUNITY APIARY IN THE CITY -- RIGHT IN THE HEART OF HOMEWOOD. THERE ARE ABOUT 20 COLONIES HERE NOW...AND THERE'S A WAITING LIST TO JOIN. RICHARD THOUGHT 3 SO AND JOINED. HE LIVES IN POINT BREEZE, AND WHEN HE RETIRED HE KNEW JUST WHAT HE WANTED TO DO DESPITE WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS. IT WASN'T THE 3 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT GOT PAULA INTERESTED. SHE JUST THOUGHT HONEYBEES WERE FASCINATING WHEN SHE PUT SOME IN HER ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP BACKYARD TWO YEARS AGO. SHE WAS SURPRISED THAT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE DOING THE SAME THING. BURGH BEES SAYS 3 ALL OF ITS CLASSES ARE ALWAYS FILLED WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER BEFORE. BECAUSE THE HUMBLE HONEYBEE PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN EVERY MEAL WE EAT. MICHELLE WRIGHT CHANNEL FOUR ACTION NEWS. 3 Did you notice 3 Michelle's protective gear?! She was covered head to toe! Honeybees actually aren't likely to sting you-- unless you accidentally grab one. But Michelle wasn't taking ANY chances. IF YOU'D LIKE TO START YOUR OWN BACKYARD BEEHIVE-- PENN STATE OFFERS AN ONLINE COURSE. AND WE'VE POSTED ALL THE DETAILS ONLINE AT WTAE.COM. JUST CLICK THE BEEKEEPER STORY, RIGHT UNDER THE TOP STORY WINDOW.
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wow, that is interesting. You can understand it, especially if they're not a gamer, but you still kinda wanna slap them
I remember back when the PS1 was released I heard a couple people refer to it as a "Nintendo Playstation". Seems the tables have turned a bit
I'm sure they'll turn back!


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In n a submitted interview, cardiologist Dr. James Kirchhoffer, of Baystate Medical Center's Heart & Vascular Program, who sees patients at Baystate Medical Practices – Northampton Cardiology, addresses the issue of high cholesterol and its treatment.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one in every six adults – 17 percent of the U.S. adult population — has high blood cholesterol.
No longer just a problem for adults, childhood obesity and diabetes has pediatricians and family doctors checking cholesterol at younger ages depending on risk factors and family history.
The good news is that high blood cholesterol can be treated with lifestyle changes involving healthy eating and exercise, as well as the use of medicines.
As part of National Cholesterol Education Month, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the American Heart Association suggest getting your cholesterol checked and working with your doctor and a registered dietitian to help lower it if it is high.
What is cholesterol, and how does it pertain to heart health?
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that is used in making the walls that surround cells and in making a number of hormones used in human metabolism.
Some cholesterol comes from the liver and other cells in your body, while other cholesterol comes from the foods we eat.
Sometimes having high cholesterol is inherited, but many times it is the result of eating too many trans fats, saturated fats, and dietary cholesterol from animal products.
There are two types of cholesterol: "good" and "bad." When blood contains too much of what is referred to as LDL cholesterol — the so-called "bad cholesterol" — it can build up in the artery walls.
If the buildup is gradual, the arteries harden and become narrow, resulting in angina, which is chest pain or discomfort when your heart muscle does not get enough blood.
If the buildup is rapid, or a blood clot occurs at the site of the narrowing, there may be sudden closure of the blood vessel — a heart attack.
When and why did cholesterol levels suddenly become a concern among cardiologists and a major component of clinical practice guidelines today?
The "cholesterol hypothesis" implies that high cholesterol increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. This idea has actually been around since the early 1800s, and has been studied extensively. The Framingham Risk Score (http://framinghamriskscore.com/) helps calculate the risk of having a heart attack using your cholesterol level.
Several large studies, involving reducing cholesterol with the class of drugs known as statins, have resulted in the reduction of risk.
Smaller studies using lifestyle modification alone have also demonstrated reduced risk with lowered cholesterol. The combination of lifestyle modification and a statin is used most commonly. But using a statin does not give you the license to eat unwisely.
There are some who would say the cholesterol issue is overstated, citing studies showing that cholesterol does not cause heart disease. Where do doctors stand today on the role cholesterol plays in heart health?
Cholesterol is clearly one of the major factors causing increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
There are many other factors such as smoking, diabetes, kidney disease, sleep apnea, and a sedentary lifestyle. The relative importance of each risk factor is always going to be debated. How is one tested for cholesterol?
Cholesterol is best tested using a fasting blood test.
Doctors talk about HDL and LDL levels of cholesterol. What do they mean, what is the difference between the two, and what are the goal levels?
Cholesterol travels through our bloodstream with the aid of a lipoprotein, which is a combination of proteins and cholesterol. There are two types of cholesterol – LDL and HDL – determined by which one the lipoprotein carries. LDL stands for low-density lipoproteins, otherwise referred to as "bad cholesterol," which deposits cholesterol in the blood vessels, forming plaque and increasing one's risk of heart attack and stroke.
HDL cholesterol stands for high-density lipoproteins, considered to be the "good" cholesterol, which remove cholesterol from plaque and out of the bloodstream through the liver.
As for desired levels, for LDL the lower the number the better, and there does not seem to be a level that is too low.
Depending on risk factors such as coronary disease, other blood vessel disease, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, and kidney disease, LDL goals are less than 130 for everyone, less than 100 for those with one risk factor, or less than 70 for those with more than one risk factor.
HDL levels should be more than 40 or 50, and are mostly determined by genetics and lifestyle.
HDL less than 40 is a risk factor for blood vessel disease, while HDL over 60 may reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. While statins lower LDL and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, no medication to date has raised HDL resulting in reduced risk, although niacin, also known as vitamin B3, may be helpful in some situations.
At what age should one begin to worry about high cholesterol?
We used to think of cholesterol for adults over the age of 35, but no more. The epidemic of childhood obesity and diabetes has pediatricians and family doctors checking cholesterol at younger ages depending on risk factors and family history.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends that everyone age 20 and older get their cholesterol measured at least every five years.
Patients with coronary artery disease, diabetes, or peripheral vascular disease will need to have their cholesterol levels checked more often. And, patients already being treated for high cholesterol will usually be checked more often and should also be screened for diabetes.
Why is there increasing concern about high cholesterol levels, which are being seen more and more in children and adolescents today due to more sedentary lifestyles and poor nutrition habits?
We are seeing more young people with early narrowing of blood vessels due to a variety of factors. This will likely lead to an increase in heart attack and stroke rates as these high-risk young people age and develop more risk factors.
Does cholesterol affect men and women differently? How about those of different ethnic backgrounds?
In general, women are affected by heart attack and stroke about 10 years later than men because of their gender and associated differences related to the protective effect of female hormones. Ethnic background is not a major factor, unless it is associated with increased diabetes and other risk factors.
Many doctors recommend lifestyle changes, including a healthier diet and more exercise, to lower cholesterol. What type of diet is recommended, what type of exercise is best, and how much exercise should one get?
I can't stress enough the importance of lifestyle modification when it comes to lowering your cholesterol. My personal favorite four-word mantra is "Eat Less, Move More."
Red meat and the saturated animal and dairy fat that go along with it can put our arteries to the test. The American Heart Association advises limiting your red meat intake to two, 4 oz. servings each week.
Also, an equally important lifesaver when it comes to reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease is to stop smoking. Aerobic exercise is also important. We evolved as hunter-gatherers, and now most of us gather dust.
Most guidelines recommend 30 minutes daily of aerobic activity, such as walking, running, biking, swimming — whatever makes you happy. More is better, and there are very few of us who do too much exercise. Adding resistance training for 20 minutes, two or three times each week, is also in the guidelines, and helps with general fitness and bone density.
When diet and exercise fail to reduce high cholesterol levels, doctors turn to a type of drug known as a statin. Which statins work the best, and what makes one more suitable for a patient than another?
Statins are generally classified as either low potency or high potency. Rosuvastatin (Crestor) and atorvastatin (Lipitor) are high potency, as is simvastatin. Pravastatin, lovastatin, fluvastatin, and pitavastatin are lower potency.
The decision to prescribe one statin over another is frequently based on cost and what your health plan will allow.
Depending on your cholesterol level, risk factors and clinical situation, your doctor may decide on a low potency or high potency statin. The dose can then be adjusted or the medication changed to ensure it is achieving the desired results.
Generic statins are seeing wider use, and are generally less expensive and just as successful in lowering LDL. Of note, Lipitor is the best selling pharmaceutical ever.
What are the side effects of statins and how often should you be screened for any possible complications? Do the benefits of statins outweigh the risks?
There are side effects, the most common being muscle aches. These aches can be mild to quite severe, although they are rare. Other side effects include liver enzyme abnormalities during blood testing, indicating possible liver damage from the statin, stomach upset, and interactions with other medications.
Some people can tolerate one statin, but not another, so it's important to keep working with your doctor to reach your cholesterol goals without side effects.
Don't give up after just one trial. Liver damage is unusual, and some authorities have recently suggested that there is no need for the routine testing of liver enzymes during treatment with statins. We will continue to watch the research carefully to ensure the medications we're prescribing are safe and effective.
A study in the Aug. 14 issue of the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology suggested that your blood type may boost your heart risk, and that different blood types are associated with higher levels of bad cholesterol.
Is this a new worry or not, and why?
The key word here is "may." The relationship between blood type and heart risk is far from clear. This is a typical finding for this type of observational study, which looks at a number of factors and tries to adjust with statistical analysis for the differences other than the measured blood type.
Although this type of study is helpful and generates many good questions, it does not establish that blood type causes increased risks for heart attack and stroke. The actual cause might be a combination of factors, or a single factor we have not even identified yet. This is not new information, but it's the first time it has been noted in a study group this large.
In addition to cholesterol, what are the other key risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and where does cholesterol fall in importance?
Cardiovascular disease has many risk factors, including age, gender, and family history, none of which we can change.
We need to focus, in safeguarding our cardiovascular health, on risk factors we can influence: things like smoking, cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, sedentary lifestyle, sleep apnea, and kidney disease. Some risk factors are easier to influence than others.
Smoking is a very difficult addiction, and it is the one I would recommend changing first.
Exercise is also very, very important. After smoking cessation and lifestyle modification, the other modifiable risk factors are all treatable to a certain degree, and treating one without treating the others is not in the patient's best interest. Treating the whole patient, not just a single cholesterol number, gives the best results.


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- 100g butter
- 200g milk chocolate (broken into chunks)
- 4 tbsp maple syrup
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- 225g Maltesers (you can use a mix of white and milk chocolate Maltesers)
- Add the butter, syrup and milk chocolate to a microwaveable dish. (A pan on the hob can be used if you don't want to use the microwave)
- Put the biscuits in a freezer bag and smash with a rolling pin until they are crumbs
- Melt the chocolate, butter and syrup in short bursts in the microwave (or over a low heat on the hob) until fully melted. Try not to let it get too hot or the chocolate will melt around the Maltesers when you add them.
- Add the biscuit crumbs to the chocolate and mix well.
- Add the Maltesers and give it another mix to incorporate them with the biscuit and chocolates. Dont worry if they don't stay in the mix very well, they will when it is pressed into the tin.
- Squash the mix into a baking tin lined with baking paper - approx 9x7inch or equivalent. Compact it down well. (A top later of cling film is excellent for this)
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Local officials prepared for hazardous chemical situations
The explosion in Texas has some Lehigh Valley residents concerned a similar blast could happen locally. Well it already has: you might recall the Concept Sciences explosion in 1999. Five people died when the building was decimated in Hanover Township.
While the Lehigh Valley doesn't have any facilities quite like one in Texas, Lehigh and Northampton counties do have hazardous chemicals. But emergency management officials know about all of them.
"Under federal law each of these facilities that contains a certain portion of hazardous materials has to report to us," explained Robert Mateff, director of Emergency Management Services for Northampton County.
Records show 176 facilities in Northampton County and 117 in Lehigh County contain chemical substances, with 47 locations in Northampton County and 108 companies in Lehigh housing the most dangerous. 911 dispatchers have all that information at their fingertips.
"As soon as a call would be received we would know that the facility is one of the reporting facilities or it's a planning facility and that information can be passed on to the first responders," shared Mateff.
That information gives hazmat crews a heads-up of what they'll be up against.
"Everything is very dependent on what that information tells us," said Special Operations Team Coordinator in Lehigh County John Kalynych. "The level of protection we're going to use to put the guys in to go down and mitigate the problem to how far we're going to evacuate if that becomes necessary."
The Lehigh County Special Operations team has about 45 members including chemists and scientists. They cover Lehigh and Northampton counties as the primary hazmat response. Allentown and Bethlehem have their own teams.
"Everybody trains hard, works hard to know what they're doing," added Kalynych. "You can never be totally prepared for every incident, it's just they're dynamic, they're constantly changing."
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The Greater Covington Branch of the NAACP will sponsor its annual Juneteenth celebration on June 14 at Bogue Chitto Park in Covington. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Juneteenth commemorates the June 19, 1865, freeing of slaves in the United States.
The Covington NAACP's annual event includes a voter registration and NAACP membership drive, as well as free food and drinks.
Bogue Chitto Park is located in the 400 block of 30th Avenue. For more information, call NAACP Covington branch president Gus Davis at 985-264-8721.


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If you haven't fished in awhile, or want to start, this weekend's for you.
Saturday and Sunday have been designated as Free Fishing Days.During those two days, anyone can legally fish New York State waters without a fishing license.
In conjunction with the weekend, the Onondaga Lake Partnership has scheduled a carp fishing and family fun fishing derby at Willow Bay at Onondaga Lake Park.
The carp tourney, sanctioned by the National Carp Anglers Group, will take place 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. About $1,500 in prizes will be awarded for the three largest carp in both adult and junior (15 and under) categories.The entry fee is $10 for adults; $5 for juniors.
Sunday, from 9 a.m. to noon, the family fun fishing derby will offer participants $1,000 in prizes for the four largest catches of the day. The entry fee is $2 for adults; $1 for juniors.
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Roughly seven months overdue, a report about financial practices finally landed in council's hands Monday and sounded alarm bells for some members about apparently shoddy practices.
"It looks like the administration didn't properly monitor the expenditures during the year," said Councilwoman Kathleen Wollert. "Just in looking over this, they've done things that were not in compliance with the law, which is concerning. It's really kind of unbelievable."
Council President Joseph Murphy has asked that members of Mercadien Group, which prepared the 88-page audit, be present at an August meeting of council to help them understand the significance of the findings, which some remain unconvinced are grounds for worry.
Councilman Donald Cox cautioned that not everything reported in the audit is as serious as it might appear, but he said he intends to read it thoroughly in preparation for the public presentation.
Township attorney Michael Hartsough agreed with Cox. "Any time you've got comments like this," he said, "you have to look at the specific instance they are referring to. Sometimes they are very minor things."
The audit covers the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009 and should have been presented to council within six months of the close of the fiscal period. "We've been asking for it for about four months now," Council President Joseph Murphy said. "It's very late."
Mayor Jack Ball withheld comment on the report saying he is still reviewing it. Business administrator David Thompson was not available for comment yesterday.
There were 16 findings and recommendations in the audit report.
Among the findings, auditors said the use of an "override feature" in municipal software allowed officials to spend more than was budgeted. "An override of internal control resulted in overexpenditures," the audit read. "We recommend that the override feature within the municipal software be disabled to avoid overexpenditures in future years."
In addition, the report found "a lack of checks and balances in place to review transfers made within budget line items." The audit cited this as an instance of noncompliance with state statues.
According to the report, "a lack of internal control policies and procedures" was the cause of multiple financial discrepancies or concerns, some of which have led the township to be in violation of state laws and regulations.
Findings concerning "inter-nal control over financial reporting" were reported to have "material weaknesses," as well as "significant deficiencies," the report states.
In addition, the report found "a lack of checks and balances in place to review transfers made within budget line items." The audit cited this as an instance of noncompliance with state statues.
"It's kind of hard to keep track of the funds without being told how they are spent and what account they are being taken out of," Murphy remarked, in reference to findings of unclear records or documents that were not available for auditors to review.
"We're not happy about it," he said of the audit report. "I think things have to change in (town) hall."
• The "override feature" on municipal software allowed the township to spend in excess of its budget.
• Auditors were unable to examine a certificate of availability for one bid contract.
• There was "inadequate monitoring of individual grant balances."
• In many instances, "wire transfers were not approved in writing by the authorized individual."
• Bad checks were not evaluated in a "timely manner."
• The township "did not monitor its receipts function of the construction department."
• Some invoices were not paid to vendors in a timely manner.
• In six instances, "purchase orders were missing required approvals."
• "Dog reports" were not filed to the state Department of Health and Human Services in a timely manner.
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Thanks Roger,
Next year I will use the 4.8, 5.6 and 6.6 Huckers and a 8.0 (2005) Retro.
I have thought about replacing the 8.0 Retro with a 7.5 Glide. The reason is that I guess the 7.5 Glide would give me a lighter feel, a little easier handling, and a bit more low end power than the 8.0 Retro. Do You think my guesses are right?
I now have two 460 Speedstick masts, and I donÇt feel like buying a Severne Redline mast.
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Nice to hear that You will be able to go out on the water soon! IÇd be very interested to hear what You think about the new 8.0 Retro, and how it compares to the 7.5 Glide.
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One area high school student from Fayetteville-Manlius has won a corporate-sponsored 2014 National Merit Scholarship award.
Kevin P. Weaver of Manlius, a senior at F-M High School, has won a 2014 National Merit Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Scholarship. The award is sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc., which annually awards scholarships to the children of active, full-time employees of Bristol-Myers.
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D'AMICO, Rocco A. 88, of Steubenville, died Monday, June 3, 2013, at Trinity West.
He was born Sept. 6, 1924, in Pettorano Sul Gizio, L'Aqulia, Italy, the son of the late Giuseppe and Rosina Panfilis D'Amico.
Rocco was a member of Triumph of the Cross Catholic Church, the American Legion Post 33, was retired from Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, Labor Gang and served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII.
Surviving are his wife, Betty Rawson D'Amico whom he married July 21, 1970; one son, Joseph (Valerie) D'Amico of Gettysburg, PA.; one brother, Hugo (Betty) Damico of Steubenville.
Calling hours are Friday 10 a.m. until the time of services at 12:30 p.m. at the Mosti Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, 4435 Sunset Blvd. Steubenville.
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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- After a change in school closing guidelines from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the superintendents of Madison City and Madison County Schools have decided to reopen all impacted schools tomorrow. Dr. Terry Davis of the Madison County School System and Dr. Dee Fowler of the Madison City School System made the decision after a conference call with area leaders and Alabama Department of Public Health officials just after 2 p.m. today.
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TRENTON — A Trenton man who fled the city after police connected him to two June murders was brought back Tuesday after being caught in Connecticut in July, authorities said.
Alton Jones, 21, was allegedly involved in the fatal June 12 shooting of Rayshawn Ransom, 19, on Passaic Street in Trenton, and is allegedly responsible for killing Tiara Green, 19, at Rowan Towers three days later.
Detectives from the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office and the Trenton Police Department brought Jones back from Connecticut Tuesday and he was arraigned in Trenton Municipal Court on murder and weapons possession charges, said Casey DeBlasio, spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office.
As of today he was being held in a cell at the Trenton Police Department, and will remain in custody in lieu of $1.5 million bail until a bail reconsideration hearing later this month, DeBlasio said.
Jones is one of three men who allegedly shot at another group of men on Passaic Street on June 12. The other group, who included Ransom, were from West State Street and had previously been involved in a dispute with Jones' group and had gone to Passaic to make peace, prosecutors have said.
Prosecutors said it appears that Jones fired the bullet that killed Ransom, but they are waiting for a ballistics report to confirm that. Two other men also shot at Ransom's group: Marquise Skillman, Jones' brother, and Dyquise Leonard.
Jones also allegedly killed Green, 19, on June 15 when he fired into a crowd of about 30 people behind Rowan Towers from 50 yards away, authorities said. Green was struck in the head and died, while two other people were shot, with one spending time in critical condition in a local hospital before his condition stabilized.
Jones was on the run for more than two weeks when he was tracked down by the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force on July 9.
New Haven, Conn., authorities found Jones in a house in that city and staked it out. When Jones saw the authorities, he barricaded himself, along with other people who were there, inside the house and New Haven SWAT was called in to handle the situation, U.S. Marshals have said. Eventually, Jones gave himself up without further struggle, and was taken into custody in New Haven to await extradition, U.S. Marshals have said.
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Margaret Thatcher was Britain's first woman prime minister. And, as Gary Gibbon writes, at her death the Iron Lady leaves behind a country very different from the one she once led.
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Born Margaret Roberts, the daughter of a Grantham corner shop owner, she would come to dominate the British political scene like few in history.
But Margaret Thatcher arrived in a Westminster that was still an all-male club. To her contemporaries the idea of a young mother embarking on a full-time political career was baffling.
She told reporters at the time: "There are the parliamentary recesses which coincide with the school holidays so I can see quite a bit of the children."
I don't think there'll be a woman prime minister in my lifetime. Margaret Thatcher, 1972.
Mrs Thatcher broke every Tory convention: a woman, a chemistry graduate, a grammar school girl.
"It will be years before a woman either leads the Conservative Party or becomes Prime Minister," she said in 1972. "I don't think there'll be a woman prime minister in my lifetime."
Yet Tory MPs elected her as their leader in 1975 . When she seized the dagger and challenged Edward Heath, she was acutely aware that many of her colleagues looked down their noses at her.
Mrs Thatcher said: "In the eyes of the 'wet' Tory establishment I was not only a woman, but 'that' woman ... someone not just of a different sex but of a different class… I offended on many counts."
The outsider
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher achieved a landslide victory which laid the foundations for 18 years of Conservative government, but she was not yet supreme in her own party.
In her first cabinet, there were only a handful of true Thatcherites – who she put in the economic posts. Mrs Thatcher was seriously outnumbered by the "wets", who would undermine her and who under-estimated her.
You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning. Margaret Thatcher, 1980
One of the cabinet wets Jim Prior, now Lord Prior, said: "To start with there was an uneasy mix for her but I think that was good for the collective decisions of the Cabinet. She didn't always get her own way and that probably was a good thing as well."
But Margaret Thatcher did rewrite Conservative economic policy. She blasted the old Conservative establishment off the field - she thought they'd pursued a consensus with Labour's disastrous economic policies. And - to her - consensus was a dirty word.
In a defiant speech to Conservatives at the party conference in Brighton in 1980, she famously said: "You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning."
Nigel Lawson, financial secretary to the Treasury at the time, said more recently: "You could talk to anybody really, the only thing they were asking was 'Is the U-turn going to be in six months or will they last as long as 12 months before they have a U-turn ?'
"And they could not believe that we actually meant what we said - that we were actually going to go through with it. And it was really Margaret's determination which was absolutely critical in that."
Woman on a mission
Margaret Thatcher and a clique of true believers were engaged in an economic mission.
The central creed was monetarism (controlling the printing of money to bear down on inflation) but the other articles of faith were tax cuts, squeezing the trade unions, later the sale of council houses and eventually - her proudest boast - privatisation.
I think we became a more divided society as a result of Margaret Thatcher's time in office. Baron Prior
More than £29bn was raised by selling off nationalised industries, such as British Gas in 1986, and a further £18bn scooped up from the sale of council houses.
Lord Young, a cabinet minister during that period, said: "She and a group of us in that Government at that time gave the world privatisation and in a dozen years it swept the world."
But at home, for millions of jobs in manufacturing and industry, the Thatcherite economic programme was fatal and employers joined trade unions pleading for reflation of the economy.
Margaret Thatcher said the riots in Brixton and Toxteth were nothing to to do with her monetarist experiment, but her critics believed that she was polarising Britain.
Baron Prior said: "I think we became a more divided society as a result of Margaret Thatcher's time in office."
Beyond economics, voters were getting to know their prime minister better through events and her reactions to them. At the opening of the M25 opening she said: "I must say I can't stand those who carp and criticise."
Warrior Queen
Margaret Thatcher personally authorised the SAS raid to free hostages from the Iranian embassy in London and she refused to concede political status to IRA hunger strikers at the Maze Prison.
"Crime is crime is crime. It is not political, it is crime," she said in 1981.
Lord Young remarked: "She could sit back, and I know of no other political leader who would do the same, go through all the hunger strikers, and let them go and kill themselves, one after the other, and be resolute and unbowed."
When the IRA leader in the Maze, Bobby Sands, died, the IRA made Margaret Thatcher their top target for assassination. And in 1984, at the Conservatives' Brighton Conference, the IRA came close to killing Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.
Yet she told reporters the conference would go on as usual. "All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail."
But Margaret Thatcher believed it was another violent episode two years earlier that marked the turning point in her popularity.
Britain is not prepared to be pushed around. We have ceased to be a nation in retreat. Margaret Thatcher
Despatching a taskforce to re-take the Falkland Islands from Argentina was every inch a Thatcher initiative. Her own foreign secretary, along with much of the international community, tried to dissuade her - right up to the last minute.
Victory came at a cost of more than 250 British lives, and nearly 700 Argentines. But for Margaret Thatcher the Battle of The Falklands rekindled Britain's past glories.
"It is very important that these wonderful Falkland Islands people should know that we are here to defend them," she said.
Riding on the Falklands' spirit, she said in one speech: "Britain is not prepared to be pushed around. We have ceased to be a nation in retreat."
Lord Hattersley, Labour's deputy leader 1983-92, said Margaret Thatcher had a "very, very sharp image".
Lord Hattersley: "A sharp image of aggression, certainty, determination, ruthlessness, and sometimes brutality. She was the warrior queen not only about the Falklands – she was a warrior queen in whatever she did. If you were dealing with the trade unions… they were an enemy to be routed and no quarter."
The enemy within
Margaret Thatcher cast the trade unions as the enemy within - she restricted picketing, introduced compulsory postal ballots and ended the closed shop.
But the climactic moment in her war with the unions came when the National Union of Mineworkers' chief, Arthur Scargill, called his members out on strike in 1984.
Margaret Thatcher used every force available - and some which constitutionally weren't strictly available - to make sure she defeated a union leader she saw as dangerously extremist.
At the same time, the international face of the Hard Left was softening. Margaret Thatcher spotted Mikhail Gorbachev's willingness to reform before many others.
And she stuck by him when his position was shaky.With her political soulmate Ronald Reagan in the White House, for much of the 80s, she would claim co-authorship of death of communism.
But at home there was a new uprising. Margaret Thatcher was warned that the poll tax - a one rate for all council tax - would be unpopular, but she steamed ahead.
"It was a one-off thing to which she'd become absolutely adamantly committed and would not hear any word against it. She wouldn't have been like that during the early phase, the early Margaret Thatcher would not have made that mistake," said Lord Lawson, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983-89.
Many were now muttering that Margaret Thatcher seemed to be losing touch with the real world. The economy was faltering and she was becoming a little imperial.
Yet as the 1990s were ushered in, it was European integration which would seal her fate; her approach could be summed up in one word: "No".
No. No. No. Margaret Thatcher, the europhobe
Margaret Thatcher moved from being a practical European to a Europhobe. She argued it was Europe that had changed, not her - that President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl were old men in a hurry.
"We haven't worked all these years to free Britain from the paralysis of socialism only to see it creep in through the back door of central control and bureaucracy from Brussels," Mrs Thatcher said in Bruges.
Her aggressive tone on Europe alienated abroad and at home and old allies felt a bunker mentality was devoloping.
"Partly because of the illusion that she was totally self-sufficient, that she didn't need anybody else, she became careless in terms of personal relationships," Lord Lawson said.
Lord Butler, cabinet secretary from 1988-98, added: "She wasn't prepared to brook argument and so in the latter part of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson's time as Minsters she was barely on speaking terms with them."
Eventually, the last survivor from her first Cabinet - Sir Geoffrey Howe - quit.
A cabinet minister from 1979 to 1990, Lord Howe later said: "She found my style of argument increasingly irritating - and to be honest I daresay I did hers as well."
Announcing his resignation in the House of Commons in 1990, he said: "The time has come for others to consider their own response to the tragic conflict of loyalties with which I have myself wrestled with for perhaps too long."
Mrs Thatcher described his resignation statement as an act of bile and treachery, designed to stir her hungriest enemy - Michael Heseltine.
He'd been five years in the backbench wilderness denying murderous intent. Mr Heseltine would repeatedly claim: "I would not challenge Mrs Thatcher in any circumstances."
But now he was ready to strike. "I am persuaded that I now have better prospects than Mrs Thatcher of leading the Conservatives to a fourth election victory," he said in 1990.
Margaret Thatcher felt it beneath her dignity to fight hard for her own job. She went off to a European summit in Paris, and in her absence an amateurish campaign was mounted.
She thought she could plough on but she was mortally wounded.
One by one, her cabinet members told her the game was up. She resigned and was cheered by her treacherous party before one last hurrah in the Commons "I'm enjoying this," she told MPs.
And then she was off.
Legacy years
She left a Conservative party deeply traumatised by its act of political matricide. But she also left a rare body of political achievement behind her. She was the longest-serving PM for more than 150 years and was the first woman ever to take the role.
The reason she is so important is because she did change the course of history. She changed history and the Labour party. Lord Hattersley
"The period when she was in office was a decisive, mood-changing, society-changing period and that is much to her credit," said Lord Howe.
Lord Hattersley conceded: "The reason she is so important is because she did change the course of history. The way Attlee changed the course of history by making both major parties in favour of public ownership of the utilities, social service and health service.
"She changed the course of history perhaps more lastingly – by making both major parties in favour of the market economy, critical of the trade unions, worried about bureaucracy, determined to have a free enterprise system in the public service as well as in the private sector. She changed history and changed the Labour Party."
Margaret Thatcher was convinced no-one could do the job as well as her and John Major's Premiership did nothing to alter that view. William Hague was more to her taste.
Her comeback appearances had a habit of reviving Conservative divisons. And even in retirement, she was never far from controversy.
In 2003, she lost her husband, Denis - they'd been married for 52 years. It was said that Sir Denis was in "the Thatcher party not the Tory party".
He once famously remarked, recalling the words of Mark Twain, that: "it's better to keep my mouth shut and be thought a fool rather than open it and remove all doubt."
When he died Margaret Thatcher said: "Being PM is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be – you cannot lead from a crowd. But with Denis there I was never alone. What a man. What a husband. What a friend."
In retirement, she told friends her proudest achievement was moving the Labour Party onto her economic ground.
In later years, her health and powers of concentration declined, but in one of her rare public appearances - unveiling a statue of herself in the Commons (pictured) - she rejoiced in her cold war warrior reputation as the "Iron Lady".
"I might've preferred iron - but bronze will do," she said at the unveiling, to laughter and applause.
The Conservative outsider few thought would reach the top altered the course of British politics and became one of the most era-defining British prime ministers in history.
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Athens Utilities General Manager Gary Scroggins said in a statement that about 2,000 of those will remain without power through the night. Crews are working as quickly as possible to stay safe and restore power.
According to Holly Hollman, spokeswoman for the City of Athens, police officers are conducting a check point at the entrance of Canebrake subdivision off Lindsay Lane, where nearly a dozen homes were heavily damaged by the tornadoes and storms. No one will be allowed inside the subdivision except residents or those who have a reason to be there.
Garbage did not run at Canebrake on Friday because of the storms. The Sanitation Department will pick up garbage only at Canebrake on Monday.
Power in the Canebrake subdivision is back on line. Earlier in the day, power had been out in much of eastern Athens. "We had 24 poles down in the Nick Davis Road area," Hollman said.
Gas service had been turned off at the Canebrake subdivision and also at the Indian Trace subdivision, where a pipeline broke, she said.
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Concern is mounting that understaffing in the Harrison Fire Department poses a safety hazard to firefighters from other municipalities who must respond to Harrison fires under existing mutual aid agreements.
In the wake of a blaze earlier this month in Harrison that left five Jersey City firefighters injured following a backdraft explosion, the chiefs of several Hudson County fire departments have made a written request to meet with Harrison fire officials and the town administrator to discuss how to address Harrison's dependence on the other municipalities for mutual aid.
The letter, which was signed by chiefs from Jersey City, Kearny, Hoboken, Bayonne and North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue outlines concerns about safety, command and control, Harrison's ability to meet emergencies "of any consequence" and what the chiefs termed Harrison's "over-dependence upon mutual aid and the cost and liability impacts which confront responding agencies."
The president of the state Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association has also spoken out about Harrison's staffing level.
The town has 29 paid firefighters, seven of whom are on duty per tour.
The six-alarm fire on March 10 ripped through three buildings on Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard and Davis Street, displacing more than 25 residents and injuring the five Jersey City firefighters, several of whom were thrown from the building by the explosion. None of the building residents were injured in the blaze.
Kearny Mayor Al Santos said that officials in his town, Harrison's neighbor to the north, have multiple concerns about providing mutual aid to Harrison.
"We share the concerns of other departments in the county," Santos said, estimating that Kearny provides about twice as much mutual aid to Harrison as Harrison sends to Kearny.
"This is a continuing issue. We're not the first responders for Harrison. The risk is primarily borne by the property owners of Harrison, but it also has an impact on the safety of firefighting personnel who provide mutual aid. It's imposing a strain on us."
Jersey City Fire Director Armando Roman said the city fire department is perfectly willing to assist surrounding municipalities but said they must have appropriate firefighting resources of their own. He said he does not want to see a further trend in downsizing of fire departments in the area.
"You have to fight the fire in the beginning stages, get water on it and ventilate," Roman said. "This fire took off and by the time our guys got in, it was well on its way and resulted in a back draft."
Bayonne Fire Chief Gregory Rogers said his department responds to Kearny fire houses when Kearny provides aid to Harrison.
"It's not out of realm of possibility to go to an actual fire in Harrisons depending on how big the fire is, but that has not happened," Rogers said. The chief said that as a result of the Harrison fire in which the Jersey City firefighters were injured, Bayonne will be covering Kearny fire houses more often.
NHRF&R Co-director Jeff Welz said his department covers Harrison and Kearny fire houses when needed but he said he cannot remember an instance when NHRF&R firefighters went to a fire scene in Harrison.
Still, Welz said, "There is definitely an issue ... We need to get an idea of what the staffing is and if Harrison has a game plan to deal with it and what to do in the interim."
Harrison Fire Director Harold Stahl declined to comment.
Journal staff writer Michaelangelo Conte contributed to this story.