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GRAND RAPIDS – The second season begins tonight for high school boys basketball teams across the state.
Here's how we see action playing out at Grand Rapids area district tournaments this week.
Class A at Cedar Springs
Monday - Greenville vs. Forest Hills Northern, 7 p.m.; Lowell vs. Northview, 7 p.m.; Cedar Springs vs. Rockford, 7 p.m.
Wednesday - Greenville/ Forest Hills Northern winner vs. Lowell/ Northview winner, 5 p.m.; Forest Hills Central vs. Cedar Springs/Rockford winner, 7 p.m.
Friday - Championship, 7 p.m.
Lowdown: It wouldn't surprise me if Forest Hills Central, Forest Hills Northern, Northview or Cedar Springs won this one. See if you can follow along what happened during the regular season: Northview beat FHC, which beat FHN, which split its pair of games with Cedar Springs, which split with Northview.
Darkhorse: Lowell, with sophomore Ryan Stevens and freshman Matt Beachler, could make life miserable for opponents.
My pick: FHC, led by talented freshman center Xavier Tillman and an impressive perimeter game, is the team to beat.
Class A at Holland
Monday - Grandville vs. Wyoming, 7 p.m.; Zeeland East vs. Jenison, 7 p.m.; Holland vs. West Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Wednesday - Hudsonville vs. Grandville/Wyoming winner, 6 p.m.; Zeeland East/Jenison winner vs. Holland/West Ottawa winner, 8 p.m.
Friday - Championship, 7 p.m.
Lowdown: Jenison, 16-4, Holland, 14-6, could square off in the semifinals. Holland's Dante Hawkins going up against a Jenison squad featuring C.J. VanTimmeren and Luke Diekevers would be fun to watch.
Darkhorse: Wyoming recently recorded wins against OK Red Conference champion Hudsonville and OK Blue champion Comstock Park.
My pick: Give me Jenison. The Wildcats have a few more weapons than the rest of the teams in the district.
Class A at Middleville
Monday - Caledonia vs. Byron Center, 7 p.m.; Middleville vs. Ottawa Hills, 7 p.m.; East Kentwood vs. East Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
Wednesday - Grand Rapids Christian vs. Caledonia/Byron Center winner, 6 p.m.; Middleville/ Ottawa Hills winner vs. East Kentwood/East Grand Rapids winner, 8 p.m.
Friday - Championship, 7 p.m.
Lowdown: East Kentwood, at 14-6, is the favorite. But don't count out Grand Rapids Christian, even though the Eagles are 8-11. We saw throughout the season that the Eagles can play with any team in the Grand Rapids area.
Darkhorse: Ottawa Hills, with veteran coach Van Mayfield, and a schedule that saw the Bengals play South Christian and Wayland twice, will be ready when the postseason bell rings.
My pick: The Eagles recorded wins over Forest Hills Central and Jenison down the stretch, and they have experience back from last year's team that went to the state semifinals. But give me the Falcons. East Kentwood is allowing only 51 points per game.
Class A at Muskegon
Monday - Kenowa Hills vs. Mona Shores, 6 p.m.; Muskegon vs. Grand Haven, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday - Reeths-Puffer vs. Muskegon/Grand Haven winner, 6 p.m.; Union vs. Kenowa Hills/ Mona Shores winner, 7:30 p.m.
Friday - Championship, 7 p.m.
Lowdown: Muskegon is 20-0 and ranked No. 1 in the state in Class A. Any questions?
Darkhorse: Union played Muskegon tough when the two teams clashed on Feb. 21, losing 69-64.
My pick: The feeling here is that the tournament will come down to Muskegon beating Mona Shores on Friday. The Big Reds have already defeated the Sailors 65-58 on Jan. 24 and 69-39 on Feb. 14.
Class B at Catholic Central
Monday - Catholic Central vs. Grand Rapids Wellspring Prep, 7 p.m.
Wednesday - Forest Hills Eastern vs. Catholic Central/Wellspring Prep winner, 6 p.m.; Comstock Park vs. Grand Rapids West Catholic, 8 p.m.
Friday – Championship, 7 p.m.
Lowdown: Comstock Park, 17-3, will be the heavy favorite heading into this one. Grand Rapids Wellspring, 7-6, is the only other team in the district with a winning record.
Darkhorse: West Catholic and Comstock Park are scheduled to tangle in Wednesday's semifinals. West Catholic is 6-14 and has lost seven straight, but the Falcons showed in wins over Cedar Springs and Coopersville that they can pull off a surprise.
My pick: If Comstock Park doesn't win this one, I will write an apology letter to the team that does beat the Panthers.
Class B at Holland Christian
Monday - Hamilton vs. Holland Christian, 7 p.m. Wednesday - Allendale vs. Hamilton/Holland Christian winner, 6 p.m.; Zeeland West vs. Unity Christian, 7:30 p.m. Friday: Championship, 7 p.m.
Lowdown: Zeeland West and Holland Christian, which shared the OK Green championship with Holland, could meet in Friday's championship game, and the Dux and Maroons split their two games this season.
Darkhorse: Unity Christian defeated Holland Christian 47-45 last week. But first things first. The Crusaders will tangle with Zeeland West in Wednesday's semifinals, and the Dux beat Unity twice in the Green season.
My pick: Holland Christian closed out the regular season 5-1, while the Dux went 2-3 down the stretch. The Maroons have the momentum heading into the tournament.
Class B at Kelloggsville
Monday - Kelloggsville vs. Godwin Heights, 7 p.m.
Wednesday - South Christian vs. Kelloggsville/ Godwin Heights winner, 6 p.m.; Grand River Preparatory vs. West Michigan Aviation Academy, 7:45 p.m.
Friday - Championship, 7 p.m.
Lowdown: Unless Kelloggsville (1-18) can pull off the upset of the season tonight and beat Godwin Heights, we are going to see Godwin and South Christian play in Wednesday's semifinals. Godwin is 20-0 and South Christian 19-1.
Darkhorse: No disrespect to Grand River Prep, the West Michigan Aviation Academy and Kelloggsville, but South Christian or Godwin is going to win this district.
My pick: If South Christian plays like it did against East Kentwood in last week's regular-season finale, the Sailors can beat the Wolverines. But I look for Godwin to advance. It's tough to pick against Godwin's pressure defense in close games.
Class B at Ionia
Monday - Ionia vs. Wayland Union, 7 p.m.
Wednesday - Portland vs. Hastings, 6 p.m.; Lake Odessa Lakewood vs. Ionia/Wayland winner, 7:30 p.m.
Friday - Championship, 7 p.m.
Lowdown: This is Wayland's tournament to lose. The Wildcats are 16-4 and enter the tournament riding a seven-game winning streak.
Darkhorse: Portland, 12-7, is the only other team in the tournament with a winning record.
My pick: Wayland, led by the talented junior duo of Lacey James and Dilon Aten, will be Portland in the championship game.
Class B at Spring Lake High School
Monday - Spring Lake vs. Whitehall, 5:30 p.m.; Coopersville vs. Fruitport, 7 p.m.
Wednesday - Muskegon Orchard View vs. Spring Lake/Whitehall winner; Muskegon Oakridge vs. Coopersville/Fruitport winner.
Friday – Championship, 7 p.m.
Lowdown: Spring Lake (14-6) and Whitehall (14-5) will tangle tonight, with the winner emerging as the tournament favorite.
Darkhorse: Coopersville has enjoyed a big bounce-back season after winning one game a year ago. The Broncos enter the tournament 11-8 overall.
My pick: Look for Spring Lake to pull out a close one tonight, which will launch the Lakers to a district championship.
Class C at Covenant Christian
Monday - Covenant Christian vs. Wyoming Lee, 5:30 p.m.; Ravenna vs. Grandville Calvin Christian, 7 p.m.
Wednesday - NorthPointe Christian vs. Covenant Christian/Wyoming Lee winner, 5:30 p.m. Kent City vs. Ravenna/ Calvin Christian winner, 7 p.m.
Friday - Championship, 7 p.m.
The Lowdown: Can this tournament be any more balanced? Calvin Christian is 13-7, while Covenant Christian and NorthPointe Christian are 12-8.
Darkhorse: Wyoming Lee beat Calvin Christian 59-53 on Feb. 14, and I like Calvin Christian to win this district.
My pick: Calvin Christian and Covenant Christian are both 10-3 over its past 13 games, so both squads are playing well. Calvin Christian beat the Chargers 81-65 on Jan. 28, and like the Squires to beat them in Friday's finals.
Class D at Holland Calvary
Monday - Zion Christian vs. Tri-unity Christian, 6 p.m.; Holland Calvary vs. Freedom Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday - West Michigan Lutheran vs. Zion Christian/ Tri-unity Christian winner, 6 p.m.; Potter's House Christian vs. Holland Calvary/ Freedom Christian winner, 7:30 p.m.
Friday - Championship, 7 p.m.
The lowdown: Potter's House is 17-1 and has reeled off 16 consecutive victories. The Pumas are the team to beat in this one.
Darkhorse: Never count out Tri-unity Christian. The Defenders won five of their final six regular season games, so they have been coming on strong.
My pick: Potter's House beaten every team in this district at least once. Potter's House defeated Tri-unity 50-49 in its season opener, and look for the Pumas to pull out another close one over the Defenders in the finals.


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Approximately 35 Altria employees spent the day painting and planting a garden at Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County, Union club recently. Employees from New Jersey and New York came together for a day of service to 'freshen up' the Union Club for spring. The day was coordinated by Jersey Cares. Altria employees painted the locker rooms, gym walls, computer lab and Buddie rooms. They cleaned up the garden, planted and mulched in the front of the club and painted new artwork for the Buddie rooms.
Employees also assembled new game tables and basketball nets for the teen center.
"We are delighted to have Altria employees here helping to brighten our club," said Russell Triolo, chief executive officer. "We thank Jersey Cares for organizing the activities for the day. A special thank you to the Altria employees for spending the day making our facility fresh for the youth we serve."
Thanks to Altria and Jersey Cares, our Union Club is ready, inside and out for spring and summer. The clubs provide programs and services to youth throughout Union County. Summer Fun Club and Teen Leadership Camp registration is now open at our Union, Elizabeth and Plainfield Clubs. Contact one's local club directly for information.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County seeks to inspire and enable young people, who need them most, to realize their full potential and have provided opportunity for youth since 1955.
Clubs provide guidance-oriented character development programs on a daily basis for children 6- to 18-years-old, conducted by a full-time professional staff. Key Boys & Girls Club programs emphasize leadership development, education and career exploration, financial literacy, health and life skills, the arts, sports, fitness and recreation, and family outreach.
For more information, contact Lisa Sepetjian, director of development and marketing at 908-687-7976, ext. 4.

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In back-to-back weekend contests
SUMMERSIDE – The Summerside Western Capitals will look to get back on the winning track in the MHL (Maritime Junior Hockey League) this weekend.
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Maxim Pitre, 11, of the Summerside Western Capitals looks to get a shot off while being defended by Tim Rose of the Woodstock Slammers during Tuesday night's MHL (Maritime Junior Hockey League) game at Eastlink Arena. The Slammers won the game 4-3.
The Capitals visit the Pictou County Weeks Crushers on Saturday night, and return home to Eastlink Arena for a Sunday matinee against the Bridgewater Lumberjacks at 2 p.m.
The Capitals are looking to snap a modest two-game losing streak after back-to-back one-goal losses on home ice earlier this week. The Crushers edged the Caps 3-2 in an Islander Day contest on Monday, and the Woodstock Slammers pulled out a 4-3 win on Tuesday.
"Sometimes when you suffer a loss against a team it's nice to get another crack at them right away," said Capitals head coach Tim Schurman in looking ahead to Saturday's rematch with the Crushers. "Obviously, we have a lot of respect for Pictou, they are a veteran group over there with a lot of talent.
"I thought we pretty much went head-to-head with them for the majority of the game. We started a bit slow, but once we found our legs we gave them a good battle. Unfortunately, we weren't able to tie it up late in the game."
The Capitals go into weekend action at 18-22-2-3 (won-lost-overtime losses-shootout losses) while the Crushers are second in the Eastlink Division at 30-10-0-5. The Lumberjacks, meanwhile, have just three wins in 44 regular-season games. But one of those wins came in Summerside back in the fall.
"Bridgewater has had their struggles this year, but they are a group that seems to have a lot of pride in their game and have been playing a lot better," said Schurman. "We are not going to take them lightly by any means.
"At this time of the year, we are looking to get a couple of points on the board and continue to build on some of the positives we are seeing for the playoffs, which will be starting here in less than a month."
Close games
One thing the Capitals have treated their fans to in 2014 is close games, including five straight one-goal decisions.
"Pretty much every game has been right down to the wire," said Schurman. "It's good for everybody, and it shows we can take some of these top teams right down to the wire.
"We've also proven we have the ability to pull some of these games out, and confidence-wise it should help us down the stretch."
Prepare for playoffs
With the Capitals all but locked into fourth place in the Roger Meek Division – they trail third-place Woodstock by 10 points – what is Schurman looking for over the final seven regular-season games?
"I feel we've established a hard-working group of guys that have come to play pretty well every night," said Schurman. "Still with a lot of youth, 60 minutes can be a bit of challenge effort-wise, but I feel the majority of our games for the last month for sure we are certainly battling very hard and fighting for every inch we are getting.
"We are looking for that to continue and we will be looking to probably make a few tweaks system-wise, just maybe some things we may look at using come playoff time."


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Remedium Technologies is a medical device start-up which operates with a vision of user-directed advancement in the standard of care for the control of severe hemorrhage. Severe hemorrhage is the leading cause of death on the battlefield, accounting for over half of all preventable deaths in combat. Within the civilian setting, traumatic injuries are the leading cause of death among patients under the age of 44. Currently available products or methods to stop these kinds of injuries are either inherently ineffective or very difficult for most users to implement effectively.
The principals of Remedium Technologies have created a proprietary life-saving technology called Hemogrip™ which acts to stop traumatic bleeding rapidly. As the active component in a suite of pipeline products under development, Hemogrip™ is a uniquely user-friendly hemostat which is able to orchestrate the self-assembly of a clot-like seal upon contact with blood. It can be used effectively by a surgeon, by a soldier, or by an unskilled "buddy." Working under grants from the National Science Foundation and the United States Army Research Lab, Remedium Technologies is dedicated to saving lives both in the field and in the operating room.
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The Hunterdon County Planning Board is hosting a panel discussion about the proposed new state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) rules. The session is Wednesday, July 2, 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Main Assembly Room in Building 1 of the Route 12 county complex in Raritan Township.
The session is designed for municipal officials, business leaders, planning board members, staff and consultant planners and housing administrators. Areas to be covered include:
- What are our affordable housing needs?
- How were municipal Fair Share obligations determined?
- Do the policies and assumptions make sense based on today's demographic and socio-economic conditions?
- How will communities and neighborhoods change if the proposed rules are implemented?
The board assembled a panel of individuals with an extensive background on this important issue: Shirley Bishop, former COAH director; Mike Cerra, director of the New Jersey League of Municipalities; Sharon Clark, director of the Central Jersey Housing Resource Center; and John Higgins, Clinton Township Planning Board chairman. This event will specifically address the proposed rules that were published on May 1 by COAH.
The meeting will be structured to maximize interaction between speakers and the attendees.
Light refreshments will be served. Reservations are necessary; respond by Monday, June 30, by calling 908-788-1490 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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AUBURN HILLS -- A move before the trading deadline still could shake up the Detroit Pistons. A shot at a playoff berth is all but gone.
But the message was clear as the Pistons came back from a four-day weekend and prepared for a home game Tuesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
"It's time to get back to work," forward Jonas Jerebko said.
Jerebko was the only Pistons player who didn't get to enjoy time off as he spent All-Star weekend in Dallas, taking in the festivities after playing in the Rookie-Sophomore game Friday. But he wasn't the only one who was looking for a fresh start as the Pistons prepared for the first of 31 games remaining on the schedule.
"Just come out and play hard," Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey said when asked what the Pistons need to do from this point forward. "That's pretty much it. Just see where our cards fall. We've just got to come out and play hard."
The Pistons were plagued by injuries in the first half of the season but seem to be healthy coming out of the break. Coach John Kuester said before Tuesday's game that everyone was available to play against the Timberwolves.
The Pistons had their full complement of players for just a handful of games before the break.
The Pistons played well for a short stretch of games before the break, winning three of four before suffering a disappointing loss at home against Sacramento on Wednesday.
"We definitely want to carry that over," guard Ben Gordon said. "I thought for a few games before the break, we started to play well. We kind of had a bit of a drop-off against Sacramento, but hopefully this four days off can give us the momentum we need to come back playing the way we know we can."


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Facial treatments will be offered; there will be raffle prizes and goodies; wine and chocolate and herbal teas.
Dr. Brandy Rose Lipscomb will give a short talk on PMS, fibroids and endometriosis, including new and revolutionary treatment alternatives of women's health issues.
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Breakfast to benefit Pedricktown Day
The Pedricktown Day Committee will host its 9th Annual Mother's Day Breakfast, Flower and Bake Sale on Saturday, May 10, from 7 to 10 a.m. (flower sale and bake sale coincide with breakfast).
The breakfast will be held at Hudson United Methodist Church, 31 N. Railroad Ave., Pedricktown.
The cost is adults $8; Children (4-8 yrs.) $4; and under 3 is free. This is an eat-in only event.
The menu includes: Eggs, sausage, bacon, fried potatoes, toast, pancakes, juice, coffee, tea and homemade coffee cakes. Tickets are for sale at Heart Felt Designs Shop or call 856-299-2133. Proceeds benefit Pedricktown Day.
DuPont Pensioners to meet
The regular meeting of the DuPont Pensioners Association will be held on Tuesday May 13, at the Woodstown Moose Hall, By-Pass Road, Woodstown.
The social hour will begin at 11:30 a.m. The buffet luncheon will begin at 12:30 p.m.
The business meeting will follow with a discussion on the association's future. All members are asked to attend.
Bridgeton historian to speak
The Greater Elmer Area Historical Society will host a program featuring Jim Bergmann of Bridgeton on Thursday May 15, at 6:30 p.m. at Elmer Borough Hall, South Main Street.
Bergmann is keeping Bridgeton's past alive through his work, including concentrating on the once-famous Cumberland Nail & Iron Works located in what is now Bridgeton City Park, and he also can tell you everything you'd want to know about Old Broad Street Cemetery.
George Agnew Chamberlain, who is buried in the Old Broad Street Cemetery, is the subject of Bergmann's latest book.
The public is welcome to this free event.
For more information, contact Emma Scholes at email@example.com or 609-501-2939.
Salem FOE to host bingo
The Salem FOE will host a Progressive bingo on Friday, May 16, at the lodge, 232 E. Broadway, Salem.
Doors open at 6 p.m., games begin at 7 p.m.
The jackpot is more than $500. The cost is 10 games for $10. No one under 18 is allowed. Refreshments are available for purchase. Call 856-935-2357 after 3 p.m. for more information.
Salem FOE to host steak dinner
The Salem FOE will host a Grilled Rib Eye Dinner on Saturday, May 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the lodge, 232 E. Broadway, Salem.
The menu includes grilled rib-eye steaks, baked potatoes, grilled asparagus, rolls and dessert. The cost is $22 per person for this eat-in or take-out event. Call 856-935-2357 after 3 p.m. for reservations.
Kindergarten registration announced in Upper Pittsgrove
Registration for the kindergarten class for the 2014-2015 school year will be held at Upper Pittsgrove School on Thursday, May 22.
Call the school at 856-358-8163 ext. 1001 to schedule an appointment. Parents must bring an original birth certificate (child must be 5 by Oct. 1), complete immunization records, two proofs of residency, and a reading readiness test will be done the day of registration.
Bus trip to Maryland set
The next Millville Army Air Field Museum bus trip is headed to Annapolis Md. on Saturday, June 28.
While you are there, places to possibly visit are the Naval Academy, Maryland State House, St. John's College, St. Anne's Church, Towne Centre, WWII Memorial, Ego Alley, Banneker-Douglass Museum, and many historic homes, gardens, restaurants, and taverns.
Cost is $40 per seat and this is for transportation only. Admission and meal costs are not included.
Fifty-five seats will be sold. Dinner will be at the Harris Crab House in Kent Narrows. A dinner menu will be sent along with confirmation once you are signed up.
The bus will leave from the museum at the Millville Airport at 8:30 a.m. and returns around 9 p.m.
Call 856-327-2347 for more information.


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July 01, 2013Statement by Bradley Lerman, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, on Resolution Agreement with Citigroup Regarding Legacy Repurchase Requests
"This resolution is an example of our desire to work together with our business partners to find common ground. Today's agreement resolves legacy repurchase issues, compensates taxpayers for losses, and allows Fannie Mae and Citi to move forward and strengthen our business relationship.
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Earlier this month Cudi teased he was "shooting a film in September" and now we officially know what it is. "Tacoma", a low-budget feature film directed by Stewart Thorndike, has cast Kid Cudi as one of the films main characters.
The film started out as a Kick Starter campaign earlier this year in the hopes of raising enough money to start production. "Tacoma" is set to begin production in September on location in New York and Washington State for 6 weeks.
Emmy Award winning actress Patricia Clarkson has been cast as Cynthia, the films main character, with Kid Cudi cast as Yanni, her lover.
You can watch the pitch video for the film in our gallery (3rd slide)
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Laura is stuck in a dead-end real estate job in Tacoma, Washington where she lives and works with her domineering mother. Her one escape from their claustrophobic life together is a beginning modern dance class at the local community center. But when her dance teacher is brutally murdered in a short-sale scam gone bad, she doesn't know who to trust.
This isn't the only film work Kid Cudi has been working on this year. Recently he has been spotted with actors Mark Webber and Adrian Grenier working on a new film that is currently in production.
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When we mentioned in Monday's paper that the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees had endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, that was accurate. But it turns out there's more to the Oregon part of the story.
When the union's national executive board voted 23-10 in October to endorse Clinton, Ken Allen was one of the 10 voting nay. Allen, who is executive director of Oregon AFSCME Council 75 in Portland, didn't think the 22,500 members in Oregon would support the Clinton endorsement.
Allen was right. In March, Council 75's executive board voted 60-4 to support Obama. That led the Oregon council to send two letters asking the national organization not to campaign for Clinton in Oregon. That didn't work, which is why AFSCME t-shirts and posters were on display when former President Bill Clinton appeared Sunday at the IBEW hall in Portland.
But the AFSCME people working to help Clinton aren't doing so out of Council 75's offices. "We don't have space for them," Allen said. "We're for Obama."
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Tampa Bay Rays prospect Matt Moore jumped into the national consciousness last September when, making just his second MLB appearance, he spun seven two-hit innings in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Texas Rangers.
The Rays locked Moore up to a long-term deal this winter, and I'm sure that he'll go from a September call-up in 2011 to a big-league star in 2012.
Moore isn't the only prospect who's poised for a huge year.
Here's every team's prospect who's poised for a breakout season.
Some players cracked the major league roster for a few weeks last year; others are yet to find success above Double-A.
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Nokia Gets Preliminary Injunction On HTC One Over Microphone Tech
With HTC facing dropping profits, delays with HTC One manufacturing, and the risk of the CEO leaving due to the One not succeeding, a lot rides on their new flagship. However, they're facing even worse luck, as Nokia filed for and was granted a preliminary injunction against the device in Amsterdam. The issue is over the high-amplitude microphones HTC is using and actively advertising. The mics allow both recording of quiet audio clearly and really loud audio without heavy distortion that plagues most other devices.
Well apparently those mics were based on the same technology Nokia invented and used in their their Lumia 720. Nokia claims that the "microphone components [were] invented by and manufactured exclusively for Nokia." It seems that Nokia is blaming ST Microelectronics, but has a preliminary injunction on the HTC One because it may be using proprietary technology. HTC has released a statement:
HTC is disappointed in the decision. We are considering whether it will have any impact on our business and we will explore alternative solutions immediately.
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PORTAGE — Portage Public Schools employees will be getting back some pay lost earlier in the school year.
The Portage Board of Education on Thursday approved an adjustment in pay for support and administrative personnel to align employee groups with comparable concessions made recently by the Portage Education Association in the teachers' contract approved both by the union and school board.
If the separate employee groups approve the action, members of the School Bus Drivers' Association, Custodian/Maintenance Association and Portage Association of Educational Office Personnel would see advancement of steps, which essentially are raises based on longevity, and get the equivalent of one day's pay.
Administrators also would see the advancement of steps and the reinstatement of annuities associated with longevity.
Other groups not covered by contracts would receive similar adjustments. The compensation adjustments will be retroactive to Dec. 13, when the new teachers' contract took effect.
In total, the 4 percent pay cut that all employee groups took will now be at 2.5 percent with the reinstatement of compensation, said Tom Vance, Portage schools communications manager.
"The concessions reached for this year, with pay reductions for all employee groups, speaks to the quality and commitment of our faculty and staff," interim Superintendent Ric Perry said Thursday.
"The aim of today's action is to equalize the reductions for all employee groups."


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St. Louis's Michael Roach tied the game with 44 seconds left and teammate Corey Adamson popped in the overtime winner Sunday as the host St. Louis Ambush topped the Syracuse Silver Knights 14-12.
Machel Millwood and Kenardo Forbes each tallied twice for the Silver Knights, who fell to 6-2 in the MISL. Both of Syracuse's losses this season have come at the hands of St. Louis.
Former Baldwinsville star Nate Bourdeau opened the scoring for Syracuse just 23 seconds into the game, but the Ambush then countered with goals by Adamson Matthew Kimball (two) and Kyle Hopson to enjoy an 8-2 lead after one.
Millwood posted the only score of the second quarter, a blast into the top corner of the St. Louis net, with one second left in the half to cut St. Louis' lead to 8-4 at the break..
The Silver Knights swung the game their way with three unanswered goals in the third, courtesy of Forbes, Antonio Manfut and Millwood to hold a 10-8 lead heading into the final 15 minutes.
Brian Groark knotted the game for the Ambush (3-5) when he found the back of the net at the 5:05 mark of the fourth. Just 53 seconds later, however, Forbes recaptured the edge for the Silver Knights with a short-handed score.
As Syracuse tried to close out the victory, Roach forced the extra time at the 14:16 mark.
Adamson ended the contest by taking a cross from teammate Odaine Sinclair and beating Silver Knights goalie Marcelo Moreira for the win.
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NYRA franchise in jeopardy
NYRA could lose its franchise agreement to run race tracks at Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga.
The agreement is in jeopardy due to a history of actions that may have violated agreed upon practices. The most recent potential violation has been detailed in an ongoing investigation that suggests NYRA's President Charlie Hayward knew they were withholding too much from winning bettors during a 15-month period and kept quiet about it.
"This is not an isolated instance," wrote state Franchise Oversight Board Chairman Robert Megna in a letter Sunday to NYRA Chairman Steven Duncker. "Previously, I raised concerns about management's failure to reveal the salaries of top officials."
It is up to the state Racing and Wagering Board to revoke the franchise and it would have to be based on NYRA failing to satisfy certain "performance standards." These standards relate to the operations of the three tracks and include NYRA's expenses and how it handles betting.
A decision to revoke the franchise can be appealed in state supreme court.
Republican state Sen. John Bonacic, chairman of the Senate's Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, said NYRA may need to be replaced. "Running a government-granted monopoly on the state's largest tracks requires ... humility ... integrity and ... common sense. NYRA was never strong on the first, the second is now in serious question and the third cannot come if the first two are problematic," he said.
There is also the possibility that NYRA could keep its franchise agreement, but executives implicated in this scandal will be banned from working in New York by the racing board.
The civil and criminal legal ramifications are even murkier.
Read the entire story about NYRA's potential challenges in The Daily Gazette on Wednesday.
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SAGINAW, MI — Hockey people stick together, arguably more than people involved in other sports, according to youth league hockey coach Jim Romain.
And that's why when tragedy struck the family of one of his team's players, Romain decided to step in to help out.
Brayden Allen, 5, plays on Romain's Adams' division youth-league hockey team. Last week his 1-year-old sister, Amanda Allen, suffered cardiac arrest. She was rushed to the hospital, where spent the weekend and died Sunday, Romain said.
Romain, who coaches the Saginaw Warriors, wants to help his player's family with burial expenses. Romain said Brady's and Amanda's parents Brian and Emma Allen gave him permission.
"I went to the family to get their permission, and they gave it to me," Romain said. "There is something about hockey people that they stick together and try to help each other out."
An open ice skating fundraiser is taking place from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Saginaw-Bay Ice Arena, 6129 Bay in Kochville Township.
Participants can bring their own skates or borrow some from the arena. The cost is $5, and all proceeds will benefit the Allen family.
The Saginaw Warriors Squirt division (8- to 10-year-old boys and girls) donated the ice time, and it was approved by the Greater Saginaw Amatuer Hockey Association.
For information, call Romain at 989-798-1169.
Bob Johnson is a public safety reporter for MLive/The Saginaw News. Contact him at 989-395-3295, by email at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Marian Glew was a part of Minnesota's agriculture history.
Glew lived on a Red Wing-area farm, one of nine hooked up to electricity in a project that transformed rural America. Most Minnesotans have not heard about the Red Wing Project, but many benefit from it. It was one of the first experiments to determine the feasibility of delivering electrical power to Minnesota farms.
The project was successful and rural farmers across the country soon enjoyed the modern convenience of electricity.
On Dec. 24, 1923, a 6.2-mile ''high line'' brought electricity to farms of the rural Burnside community, near Red Wing, a luxury known to city residents for more than a decade. The lighting of a Christmas tree on the W.A. Cady farm marked the first switch flipped in the Red Wing Project.
For the next four years, E.A. Stewart of the University of Minnesota's division of agriculture and engineering, the Northern States Power Co. (Xcel Energy) and others converted nine farms to electricity, documenting every step.
The project had a goal to ''determine the optimum economic uses of electricity in agriculture and to study the value of electricity in improved living condition on the farm.'' This meant that they had to prove to energy companies that the cost to bring electricity to rural areas was worth it by finding additional uses beyond running water and electric lights.
''It was a big hump for them to get over,'' Glew said.
Lighting was put into hen houses, to increase egg production, Glew explained.
Some farm equipment was converted to electricity, including using electric motors to cut silage, grind feed, milk cows and pump water.
The University of Minnesota recently celebrated the 1923 Red Wing Project as a part of Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering centennial celebrations.
Sonia Maasel Jacobsen, chairwoman of the Minnesota section of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, and Charles Sukup, past president of ASABE, dedicated a plaque in honor of the university's contribution to the project. It was an event Glew said would be special to her for a long time.
''It was just such a big day in my life,'' Glew said. ''I was very pleased to be there.''
Robert Gustafson, professor of the department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the Ohio State University and past ASABE president, rallied to have the Red Wing Project recognized to be the 53rd dedicated landmark.
Gustafson spoke after the dedication of the plaque what meant to agricultural engineering.
''It imparts the appropriate recognition of rural electrification,'' Gustafson said. ''This project met the need of energy issues and it was a job well done. We ought to acknowledge it.''
For the more than three years, he researched literature detailing the project and found the Red Wing Project to be undeniably influential to the engineering field.
''This is one of the first careful experiment documentations,'' Gustafson said.


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My husband Wayne and I made the commitment to forgo marriage after a pregnancy test came up unexpectedly positive several years ago.
"You do know this doesn't mean we're getting married," I said to Wayne, who had gotten down on one knee to get a closer look at the stick's two pink lines. I was face-down on our fold-out futon, nauseous and exhausted.
"Yes," he said. "I do."
From that day forward we honored, even cherished, our decision to bypass lawful marriage. We skipped rings and saved our money. We skipped wedding plans and saved our sanity. We skipped cashing in with a wedding registry and saved our dignity. (Though cooking nightly on less than All-Clad, I do regret that choice just a little.)
We passed on marriage for many reasons. We weren't young or struggling financially. Neither of us was particularly religious. We weren't beholden to our families regarding holy unions and public declarations of our eternal devotion (his parents had eloped decades ago; mine had divorced just months before). To marry for the sake of a child would have felt like a correction. But our daughter, born later that year, was hardly a mistake. Tying the knot seemed beside the point, once our DNA became irreversibly entwined.
Plus, we hated the exclusivity of holy Aside from the glamour of her mother in a strapless celadon bridesmaid gown, weddings simply didn't register with our girl.matrimony.
"Gays can't marry, why should we?" Wayne said.
"Are we any less of a family if we don't?" I wanted to know.
Naturally, others had opinions.
"Your child will feel different growing up," Wayne's father told him. What kid doesn't?, I wondered.
"I would want the security," my sister-in-law said. As if our lack of legal status made it okay for one of us to just up and leave home – or as if marriage could prevent that.
After we had the kid, and the heavens didn't open up, and our lives became unmistakably domestic, people eased up on sounding the alarms. My daughter asked about weddings – a theme that popped up occasionally in library books and events we sometimes attended, once even with me as a bridesmaid. She wanted to know why girls carried flowers. But she never really equated weddings with marriage or family. Aside from the glamour of her mother in a strapless celadon bridesmaid gown or the convoluted cartoon plots involving careless ring-bearers, weddings and their end-product, marriage, simply didn't register with our young girl in the context of her own family. As for Wayne and I, we mostly forgot about our unmarried status. That is, until Wayne decided to change careers. The tech companies where he had worked recognized domestic partners in their benefits plans. I had switched to his health insurance policy when I put my career on hold to stay home with our baby girl and her younger sister, born four years later. We worried that a new employer would not cover me.
But Wayne wound up taking a job at a state university in Southern California, where coverage for domestic partners was included in the benefits package. Of course California treated all families equally, regardless of status. It's California(!), where a city mayor had been signing off on same-sex marriages the year before and where living together was practically invented. In California, we could remain unmarried for life, till death do us part, the state employee benefits program footing the bill for our sickness and health. Wayne signed the contract. We moved 3,000 miles.
Within a month, our unmarriage began to unravel.
Yes, California's university system extended health benefits to domestic partners. But only for same-sex couples. We were in no position to fight it. In two weeks, the first $400 premium to continue insurance for me would come due. For a family of four living in Los Angeles County on the wages of a college professor in the humanities, the price for abandoning our principles was even lower than that. Wayne booked a room in Las Vegas for the following weekend.
"So you're saying I have to marry you?" I said.
"Yes," he said, "you do."
"Blue state my ass, California," I growled, as Wayne clicked his laptop shut. Directions from the hotel to a notorious drive-thru chapel sat in the printer tray. Three days later, we pulled into Circus Circus in time for dinner.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for commitment. I'm too insecure for anything but monogamy and, frankly, too lazy to be a single mom. But why did we have to get married? Why now? What did a pithy declaration of a forever promise mean to an HMO that staying coupled after four years of being parents, three major moves, two kids and one lawsuit did not? We had suffered all those looks pitying our "inability to commit," our "stubbornness not to conform" or, worst, suspicion that I couldn't get Wayne to settle down. Now we'd have to get through "congratulations!" and "it's about time!"
The first stop on our wedding day was the Marriage License Bureau, a stunningly matter-of-fact building in Vegas' bland downtown a few miles from The Strip, its dense lights, make-believe pirate ships and stories-high digital images of Celine Dion and her circus. Celebrity magazines had me believing we could just stumble into a wedding chapel, look into each others' bleary eyes, and walk out with souvenir wedding photos and feelings of regret. Not so.
Using short No. 2 pencils that sat neatly on a granite countertop, we each filled out applications, alarmingly easy forms – asI'm too insecure for anything but monogamy and, frankly, too lazy to be a single mom. But why did we have to get married? straightforward as a sandwich order. Then we stood between velvet ropes with the other couples waiting their turns to answer questions from the clerks seated like bank tellers behind bullet-proof windows. I had expected raucous and raunchy, but nobody was even drunk. Only the clerks spoke above a whisper. We were the only ones who brought children.
Maybe it was the weight of my sleeping baby, who was strapped to me in a sling, or the fact that her sister was yanking my arm, but I felt overwhelmed and weak and bothered by what all of this meant. I could already imagine that cruel twist of fate, where officially tying the knot winds up pulling us apart.
I mean, even for perfect matches, long-term commitment is a gamble, something like a 50-50 chance it will last as long as promised. And Wayne and I were hardly perfect. In the years of our sham marriage, we had amassed enough emotional baggage to fill a storage closet. We are open with our anger yet hurt when it gets expressed. I blow up, he scowls; I can't let something drop, he turns and walks away. "I'm sorry" feels like losing. We tiptoe around an assortment of hurt feelings, resentments and petty grievances over the usual: sex, money, who does more laundry (definitely me). I am defensive when Wayne brings up the time I had let Dark Depression and her best friend Lost Libido move in before we had kids. He fears return visits and sometimes sees their shadows when they aren't even around. I get pissed at him for being pissed, and pissed at him for not caring that I'm pissed. We were hardly a sure thing. In Vegas-speak, were we talking any better than house odds?
I rocked the baby and watched a bride at window No. 3. She pushed a check into the silver trench that separated her from the clerk and asked her fianc whether to spend $20 on the unofficial but decorative marriage license. He shrugged, ran a comb through his thick hair, looked away. I gave them near certain odds on divorce by this time next year.
At window No. 10, a couple dressed in matching tropical prints answered the questions earnestly and in sync. They looked alike, they sounded alike, they turned down the marriage license memorabilia. I figured odds were even that they would still be together after five years.
What about us? Could this official marriage buffer our relationship against future hardships and doubts? My own parents surprised everyone and split up after thirty-three years of marriage, an outcome few would have wagered on.
Our turn. We approached the window with a flashing light. It was booth No. 7! Lucky 7.
Our clerk, Margie, had clearly processed thousands of these forms. She was efficient but friendly. She seemed genuinely happy for us. This is just a formality, no big deal, I wanted to explain to Margie. I didn't want wistful smiles or to learn the secret handshake of real married couples. I wanted this done.
Wayne felt none of my dread, I could tell. He was chatty, speaking loudly, working the lobby for a few laughs. For Wayne, this ridiculous Vegas wedding mocked the ridiculous marriage requirement. He was even wearing shorts and a plain gray T-shirt. I was in the whitest shirt and skirt I owned.
After stopping for a bouquet of roses, which our four-year-old insisted we get for her to hold, we drove under the awning of The Little White Wedding Chapel to take our vows. A jowly and heavily made-up woman, Rose, greeted us at the drive-thru's sliding window. She took our paperwork and a check for the service ($40). Rose signed on as our witness, though she was absent for the ceremony.
The Rev. David Robinson, a chubby man in his thirties with a crew-cut and wire glasses, slid open the window and gave us a rundown of the ceremony. Soon after, he started in with the expected "we are gathered here," only he sounded like a Southern Baptist calling all sinners to testify. I giggled, an expression of my total discomfort. He finished the short canned ceremony and moved on to the vows. Wayne went first. He repeated after Rev. Robinson the familiar phrases we all learned long ago on TV: "… to have and to hold from this day forward …."
I faded in and out, hearing Wayne, hearing the Reverend, watching Wayne, watching the Reverend, watching the people watching us from the lobby inside. Wayne sounded earnest. I wanted to be earnest too.
"… till death do us part."
Then the Reverend turned to me.
I repeated the same generalized list of what-ifs that have played out more than once in our heretofore unofficial marriage. Good times After stopping for a bouquet of roses, which our four-year-old insisted we get for her to hold, we drove under the awning of The Little White Wedding Chapel to take our vows.and bad? For richer for poorer? We had both loved and loathed our first year as parents. We had survived a helpless battle against a litigious homebuyer. We had adjusted to our personally – but not financially – enriching career changes. We managed the lows. We hardly counted on the highs. Wayne and I loved each other, sure. We even still liked each other. But I suspect we also owe our intact family equally to the dependable relationship glue of inertia, habit, the safety of belonging, and sheer laziness.
That and health benefits.
"Till death do us part," I repeated.
The Reverend pronounced us husband and wife. We kissed. Wayne slid our tip envelope to Rose, who reappeared to snap a few photos. They all wished us luck as we "started our journey" together, complimenting our flower girl, cooing at our still sleeping baby.
"Ready to 'start' our journey?" I whispered. Wayne rolled up the windows.
We stopped for cake and some lunch and then headed home.


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Then again, neither could the Atlanta Braves.
The Tigers and Braves combined for only 13 hits Sunday and played to a scoreless tie in 10 innings at Champion Stadium in the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
It marked the first tie this spring for both the Tigers and Braves, who remain winless after dropping their first four games in Grapefruit League play.
-- Making his Grapefruit League debut, Tigers right-hander Anibal Sanchez gave up one hit in two shutout innings. He struck out one and walked none.
-- The Tigers and Braves batted into seven double plays, including four by the Tigers. The Tigers managed just seven hits and left six runners on base. They went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position. The Braves were 0-for-5.
-- Also making a Grapefruit League debut, Tigers left-handed prospect Robbie Ray gave up a pair of singles and issued a walk, but worked two scoreless innings in relief of Sanchez. It was the second appearance this spring for Ray, who struck out five of six batters in the club's exhibition against Florida Southern last week.
-- The Tigers' best chance to score came late when infield prospect Devon Travis stole second after a two-out single and advanced to third on a throwing error in the 10th. But Travis was stranded on third after James McCann struck out swinging.
-- Tigers prospect Eugenio Suarez made his second start at shortstop this spring and went hitless in three at-bats with a strikeout. Suarez, who was named Thursday to the 2012 Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove team, filled the spot vacated by Jose Iglesias, who will miss roughly a week due to a stress reaction and inflammation in both shins.
-- A day after being limited to just one extra-base hit, the Tigers managed just two extra-base hits Sunday, including a leadoff double off the bat of Ian Kinsler in the sixth. It marked Kinsler's first hit this spring.
-- Victor Martinez went 2-for-3 with a leadoff double in the fourth. He was caught in a rundown between second and third on Andy Dirks' grounder and was eventually tagged out.
-- Trying to crack Detroit's roster as bench player, non-roster invitee Ezequel Carrera started in centerfield for the second time this spring. He went 1-for-2 and is batting .400 in five at-bats this spring.
-- Tigers late-inning relievers Joba Chamberlain and Joe Nathan combined to pitch two shutout innings. Nathan worked a hitless fifth, and Chamberlain allowed a pair of singles. He induced a double play ball and was aided by Andrelton Simmons's baserunning gaffe.
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The Northshore School of the Arts, Southeastern Louisiana University's innovative professional evening arts program for high school juniors and seniors, has added theater to its curricula for fall 2008.
Scheduled for Mondays Aug. 25-Dec. 5 from 6-8 p.m. at Southeastern's St. Tammany Center, located in the parish government complex on Koop Drive north of Mandeville, the theater program will be taught by James Winter, a member of the Southeastern theater faculty and a professional actor, director, playwright and producer.
Through the Northshore School of the Arts, students in St. Tammany public schools may also take Southeastern music and art classes - plus one-on-one instruction in music and with voice faculty - for college credit.
High school juniors and seniors who complete the course with a "C" or better grade may earn three college credits at Southeastern. The application deadline for the theater program and other NSA classes is August 15.
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Newest Amherst play to turn cell phone users into zombies
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Terry Farrell (left) had no problem practicing saving the world from evil cell phones for his upcoming role in the musical comedy Where in the world is Billy? The play, written and directed by Dale Fawthrop, puts a comedic spin on how much people rely on technology. The production will also feature the musical talent of The Shakedown Combo, who help Farrell save the world. Present are: Gill Goode (second from left), Dave Goode, Dale Fawthrop and Kim Goode.
AMHERST – Using your cell phone these days is probably one of the easiest ways to get hit by a car, or add another bump or bruise to your face or limbs.
In the new play written and director by Dale Fawthrop, 'Where in the world is Billy?' cell phones are placed under a curse that turns their users into zombies. The only cure? Sending a young band back in time to learn all about the Rockabilly music era in order to save more people from turning into zombies. The play centers around a very prominent radio station, the BUSY Amherst, which serves the greater Nappan and Fenwick area. The intrepid reporters become frustrated that people are too busy to talk to them because they are on their cellphones.
"They conjure up an evil wraith, and the evil wraith puts a curse on cellphones so when people read it (the text message), they turn into a zombie," said Fawthrop. "And they're is only one salvation and that one salvation is to go back into the 1950's and learn Rockabilly and bring it back to present day so people are not so tied up in technology."
Fawthrop said his natural hatred for cell phones was the inspiration behind the play and a great way to showcase all the different forms of art that is growing in the town of Amherst.
Terry Farrell, who has been providing his acting talents to several of Fawthrop's plays, returns to the stage in a whole new role, one he said he is very excited to perform.
"This is our third project," he said. "In the past, I've worn a dress, I've been gassed in the war, I've gotten married but this is the first time I'll actually get to the save the world. This could be the highlight of my acting career."
As a politician, Farrell said he does rely quite heavily on his cell phone to keep in touch with his constituents. However, he completely understands Fawthrop's frustration with the amount people tend to use their mobile devices.
"Sometimes, I'll admit, it's a bit of a love-hate relationship," he said. "The best things in life are sometimes the most problematic. When my hip starts to vibrate, sometimes I have to wonder what's going to happen. I almost go catatonic sometimes."
Davie Goode, the guitarist for The Shakedown Combo, also has had a few mishaps concerning cell phones. He said there has been a time or two where he has been using his own cell phone and bumped into something.
"But I think it's a good angle for the play. It allows us to talk about this whole technology thing. I've used the word 'corrupted' with it because it's a way from what traditionally is human nature and we've created this whole new human nature about it," he said. "It's great to incorporate that with some rockabilly music and get the whole feel of music throughout the subject matter. It's cool."
Where in the world is Billy is set to the take the stage at the Susan Taylor Theatre at the Amherst Regional High School March 21-23 beginning at 8 p.m. Advance tickets re available at JTW Health Guidance Centre with all proceeds being donated to the Maritime Rockabilly Shakedown to help fund the second Rockabilly festival. For more information, call 667-1119.
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MONSON - Volunteers braved the heat and took to Rogers Field at Flynt Park on Saturday to help restore the tornado-stripped hillside with trees and shrubs on the second anniversary of the day the twister whipped through the town.
Sponsored by the Replanting Monson Tree Committee, approximately 30 volunteers congregated at 9 a.m. at the slope of Mt. Ella to plant 150 saplings, 79 shrubs and 55 trees.
Replanting Monson Tree Committee Chairwoman Valerie Bogacz-Beaudoin said the committee wanted to hold an event to show the community is still "Monson Strong," the phrase coined in the days after the tornado, and to do work on a sizable piece of public land.
"Homes are being rebuilt. Businesses are coming back, but it's still very obvious that there are missing trees," she said. "We're coming together as a community to try and put the trees back."
A variety of native trees – oaks, maples, dogwoods and pear – as well as azalea and blueberry bushes were planted. There were boy scouts, high school students looking to meet their community service requirement, church representatives, the Street Angels tornado disaster team and residents who just wanted to help out, or pay it forward because they received assistance after the tornado.
David A. and Tara S. Parker, who live on East Hill Road, fall into the latter category. They said they lost every tree on their property due to the tornado, and got some new ones through the tree committee. So they wanted to be on hand to help with the public planting at Rogers Field.
"We're here to plant some trees," announced Jacinthe M. Bilodeau, who was with her husband, Denis C. Duquette. The couple said the tornado just missed their home, but they lost trees and a car to the damage. They consider themselves lucky the damage wasn't worse.
"We're volunteer-aholics so we thought we'd take some time and help out. It's the second anniversary and we wanted to be part of it," he said.
Scoutmaster Daniel A. Chalue brought members of Boy Scout Troop 776. Daniel Crocker, 12, said it was fun to help plant.
"It's just nice to help the community," Crocker said.
Members of the First Church of Monson, which had its steeple ripped off by the tornado, also were on hand, along with some members of the church's youth group, tMAC, which stands for Teens Making a Change. Lisa M. Borlen, the church's Sunday school superintendent, said the people of Monson make the town special, and marveled at the number who came out to plant.
"Every little bit that we can do to try and bring things back is good," said Rev. Robert Marrone of First Church. "It's going to be years before the town is back, but every little step, every little piece that gets done helps people to feel as if they are moving forward, like we're going to be OK."
Marrone said pre-tornado, the hillside was covered with deep woods, and it remains difficult to recognize landmarks two years later.
"Another 10 years and this will be a beautiful path with gorgeous little trees growing. Fifty years from now, it will be spectacular," Marrone said.
Bogacz-Beaudoin said the trees were funded through a state grant, and the 150 saplings were donated by Northern Tree. Prior to Saturday's event, the committee was responsible for the planting of 524 trees, 150 bushes and 300 saplings around town.
In Springfield, a Founder's Day Banquet was held Saturday morning at the Carriage House in Forest Park. Special tribute was given to numerous organizations and individuals who aided Springfield's tornado recovery - several city neighborhoods suffered widespread damage.


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by Margie Doyle
Orcas School District Readiness to Learn Program Coordinator
The generosity of Orcas Islanders in helping their fellow islanders in times of trouble is legendary. We see it every day and particularly in times of crisis.
For many families with school-aged children, those crises happen without the ability to plan for them – illness, transportation breakdowns, unemployment, emergency repairs, even lack of housing – for examples.
Orcas Island School District has a program to deal with the challenges to students' school success when these crises develop; it's been called the Readiness to Learn Program, and has been a part of Orcas School's K-12 program for 15 years.
At the school, and in outreach to other island students, Nancy O'Brien (who is also the elementary school counselor) works with students and their families to provide assistance when health, academic, social/emotional and basic needs present themselves; Julie Pinardi serves this role as student-family advocate in the middle/high schools.
Nancy and Julie are able to respond quickly and privately through a small, revolving fund called the Student Family Support Fund. This fund, now monitored by the nonprofit Orcas Angels, is where they go to ask for $25 for gym shoes, or $80 for tutoring, or $200 for tires, or $36 for asthma inhalers, or food and gas certificates. Sometimes we are asked to provide assistance with larger amounts, such as rent or utility bills.
These are just a few of the examples of requests from the fund. We have found that by helping out our families in these small but meaningful ways, we can help them meet the other challenges in providing for their families.
In recent years, the Student Family Support Fund has been asked to fulfill requests for about $1,800 total over the year. At this time the Readiness to Learn program finds the Fund at under $500. Our goal is to have a $1,000 balance at the close of each year.
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The NY Times reports on an article re: pedestrian and cyclist safety from the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.
-Gathering data from 1,400 people who have been injured is impressive.
-That pedestrians are most vulnerable in crosswalks is not surprising; it is where the pedestrians are–the whole "exposure" aspect.
–But now, we finally have a partial silver lining to the obesity epidemic in the US: excessive weight may prove a boon for pedestrians in a collision. Victims with an above-normal body mass index were found to have less severe injuries than their counterparts. "It is not implausible that a greater proportion of torso and extremity fat may protect against injury"


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Still time to consider options in Weirton
The Weirton Chamber of Commerce is understandably upset by the concept of a Business and Occupation Tax that would lay much of the closing of a projected $1.6 million budget gap in the city on the backs of small businesses.
The chamber made it clear to Weirton Council from the beginning of budget talks that it would oppose a B&O, and it expressed formal opposition after council announced a budget agreement. The first reading of the budget comes up Monday.
Small businesses have always faced tight margins, made even tighter in an economy with uncertain health care costs and a still sputtering economy. Beyond the idea that small businesses can least afford to foot most of the bill, there is the issue of fairness, one which some members of council fully understand.
Several council members have expressed favoring a sales tax, which distributes the cost of municipal operations across the board. Some council members have expressed the notion that the B&O is a regressive tax and that even the state has given tacit admission to the idea in giving communities alternatives to using the tax.
Ward 3 Councilman Fred Marsh, who knows something of government and small business alike through his own business, said West Virginia already faces an uphill battle because of a tax structure that makes it hard to compete with surrounding states. That problem is exacerbated by the Northern Panhandle being just a few miles wide with options and opportunities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. We think a B&O surely would put Weirton even further at a disadvantage.
Marsh proposed adjustments to safety fees that haven't been modified in nearly 15 years, and to consider a sales tax. That sounds like an alternative being proposed.
It's not a matter of the opponents simply saying "no" without proposing other possibilities.
It makes little sense to tax business for its mere existence within the city's limits if the goal of the community is growth and economic success.
There is time to stop heading down this path and provide an alternative solution with more than seven weeks remaining before the fiscal year ends.


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JAZZ: VOLUNTEERS are working hard to bring back the POINTE CELESTE THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER, which provided free horseback riding therapy to disabled children and adults until it was hit by Hurricane Katrina. The center was about to reopen when it was hit again by Gustav and Ike. But supporters are persevering and are working to revive the volunteer program and raise money for repairs.
JAZZ: Community College Week ranked 17 LOUISIANA COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM SCHOOLS as among the fastest-growing two-year public institutions. That is a record. Louisiana Technical College WEST JEFFERSON CAMPUS was named the fastest-growing two-year public college in the nation.
JAZZ: The ST. TAMMANY PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM is expanding its A3 Virtual Academy, which allows students to take classes online. Students who've failed a course can recover their credits online, but the initiative also benefits students who want to take two courses offered at the same time or who want to take an elective not offered in their school.


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I've never worn a wetsuit in a tri because I always assumed that the time saved in the swim was offset by added transition time getting the wetsuit off. What do others think? Am I crazy to do a race this weekend in Luray, VA without a wetsuit?
How strong of a swimmer are you? A strong swimmer will probably not notice a difference in their time on a short, calm, currentless course like Luray. A weak swimmer may benefit from the buoyancy/mental security of wearing a wetsuit.
FYI - I am a former competitive swimmer and have never worn a wetsuit for a tri. I did the Luray Sprint last year without a wetusit and was fine. Just be careful coming out of the water and running to the bikes - it's a long distance and the stairs can get slippery.
I think you could start an endless debate here over the time saved by wearing a wetsuit in the water to improve your buoyancy over the time you save by not having to strip a wetsuit off in the transition. You'll get opinions both ways. It really all depends on two things 1) how good of a swimmer you are and how much you'll benefit from the buoyancy of a wetsuit in the water and 2) how much practice you've had stripping off a wetsuit and how well you can do that under pressure in a race so that it won't take you minutes but only seconds.
Having said all that though, checking the Luray Triathlon website, they posted yesterday that the water temp was 78F. With the heat wave we're having, it's liable to get warmer over the course of the week unless we have a lot of rain to cool off the lake. So if it stays 78 or gets warmer, wetsuits are allowed but not eligible for awards.
i'm a really crappy swimmer i use a wetsuit right up to the legal limit of 78.0F in every triathlon, full sleeve. i can get it off in 7 seconds flat, you can too if youpractice.
by no means is a wetsuit required to ever do a triathlon, its a convenience not a necessity.
i use it because its "cheap speed" in other words you are faster by just putting on something that you can buy without any extra effort. if they ever make it illegal then i won't wear it, but while its legal i'll use it.
have a good race.
If I was asked this question years ago, I would say 'wetsuits suck' and go without one. Today, I still would say go without the wetsuit, mainly because how short the swim distance is and that you seem uncomfortable wearing and getting out of one. I've only worn a wetsuit twice in a triathlon (one was for a relay and the other was for an Ironman).
But lately, I now feel that wetsuits are okay because it has expanded the talent pool of participants in the sport of triathlons. I coorelate it to the 'Galloway' walking method used in marathons. To me, the more people involved the better. It sets a great example for our youth that you can particate no matter of your talent level.
Always wear a wetsuit if you can! I swam 5 minutes faster at NJ this year over last because it was wetsuit legal (most years it is not). With a little practice (and a lot of body gluide & suit juice), the wetsuit comes off pretty quickly! :-)
Where do you put the body glide to get the suit off quickly? I've only had the opportunity to wear the suit once. Learn that it chafes at the neck, but no where else that I can tell.
And the suit comes off SO much quicker when wet!
I lube my forearms, wrists, hands, calves, feet and ankles to help remove my wetsuit. But then again, I swear that my wetsuit is too small! I also body glide my neck to prevent chafing.
You cannot use too much body glide. As said above, lube from the elbows down and knees down. Also make sure to get the whole neck, find a friend to make sure you get the back! If you have a long john, get the arm pits too.
Is Nation's Tri usually wetsuit legal?
can you use regular sexy lube to grease up your wetsuit?
nbehappy --- Only if it is the special sexy lube with warming properties. It enhances the warmth of the wetsuit.
This is an old thread, but in case anyone was wondering, Luray ended up being wetsuit illegal... the water was like a bathtub. Some folks chose to wear them anyway and were technically discqualified from the awards, but I'm sure they knew that going in (and didn't care).
I sure hope Nation's is wetsuit legal! I wore my wetsuit for the Dextro Olympic distance and it made me feel a lot more at ease swimming in the Potomac. I enjoy the swimming but its definitely not my strong suit, and having the wetsuit, especially in a body of water with a current, makes me feel more confident and frankly, safe. I was kind of proud to finish a 1500m open water swim without a wetsuit at Luray, but it was super shallow and there was no current at all.
IIRC the Potomac water was just barely under the wetsuit legal limit last year. The outside temp was hot and humid as well for mid-Sep, even in the early morning. I too prefer swimming with a wetsuit and hope for cooler temp in the water and out this year.
I was worried about not wearing a wetsuit - my first time NOT wearing one was at the Montclair Tri last month. Ended up being fine - it felt nice to be cool, I tend to heat up in wetsuits. Last year I did not notice the current in the Potomac at TNT, but I wasn't paying attention.


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After scoring just two runs against the lowly Miami Marlins in their previous two games, things did not look good for the Phillies going into last night's contest against the San Francisco Giants.
To everyone's surprise, however, the offense came alive last night in San Francisco, notching ten hits and scoring six runs in their 6-2 win over the Giants.
The win will not erase the painful memory of the team's play lately, but Cliff Lee- who got the win on Monday night- said he expects the team to start picking things up.
"That's more of what we are right there, no doubt," Lee said to Ryan Lawrence of the Philadelphia Daily News. "We definitely haven't been playing up to our potential. We've been really far short of that to be honest with you. I think tonight's more of a real depiction of what we are. Yeah, I expect us to pick it up a little bit. We've kind of underperformed this first month, and it's time for us to turn it on."
One key factor in whether or not the team will be able to keep the momentum going is the health of Roy Halladay. Halladay is scheduled to see a specialist for the pain he has been feeling in his shoulder, something he did not make the team aware of before he took the mound for his last two starts.
Fans have debated whether or not he should have been more forthcoming with the team, but Charlie Manuel said he couldn't blame the former Cy Young winner for trying.
"I've been around the game a long time. I never liked to tell anyone I couldn't play," Manuel said. "If you asked me if I could play, I would have never told you I couldn't. You know? I don't want to get into that. I played with a broken arm, I played with a whole lot of things. I got hit in the face and my lip was over my eye and I missed one day. I would never tell you I couldn't play."
With Halladay on the DL, the Phillies will now turn to Joe Savery to take his spot in the rotation. There was some speculation that the Phillies might turn to minor-league star Jesse Biddle, but Ruben Amaro Jr. emphatically shut down that idea.
"He's a very young kid and he's not ready for the big leagues -- period," Amaro said.


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Sixteen-year-old Sabrina C. Kennedy doesn't know how to drive a car but can take off and land an airplane by herself.
Kennedy, of Emmaus, on her 16th birthday Jan. 10 flew and landed a Piper Cadet three times, successfully passing the standard solo test at Braden Airpark.
In operating Zulu, her name for the plane, she became one of the youngest Lehigh Valley residents to fly solo, said Vern Moyer, president of Moyer Aviation, which is based at Braden and trained Sabrina. Children can fly alone at 16 but few do it on their birthdays.
"It's a little bit scary, because at first, you don't know all the things about the plane and you're not familiar with the plane. And then you hear stories about crashes," said Sabrina, who attends The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa. "But then you learn there are ways to avoid crashes and that planes are pretty safe. It's made me more confident."
She had more obstacles to overcome than most young pilots.
After being diagnosed with asthma at age 3 and Type I diabetes at age 4, the FAA requested a physical by a doctor designated by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA also wanted information from her physicians, blood work to track changes and a doctor's verification she had no significant eye disease, said her mother, Susan Kennedy.
That's on top of a written test and roughly 50 hours of flight training at Braden with the help of chief flight instructor Rocky Corona and Joel Finnochio.
"It's really a good feeling to see someone who has worked so hard be able to do it," Moyer said.
A toddler in space
By the time Sabrina reached fifth grade, she met Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, at a Lehigh University event. That's when she began seriously thinking about learning to fly, Susan Kennedy said.
Sabrina started her training in July 2011 at the Moyer Aero Camp, where she learned basic foundations and physics of flying and how to operate an aircraft. She then began taking one-on-one flight lessons at Braden Airpark.
Susan Kennedy acknowledged she was nervous but confident her daughter was ready on her birthday to complete the solo flight.
"We had to hope for great weather and that she would pass her check ride -- supervised flight with her instructor -- to gain approval to solo," Susan Kennedy said. "The check was just as scary as the solo, because her instructor was watching her every move so that he could determine whether she was cleared to solo."
Spreading her wings
Once cleared, Sabrina went into the sky and followed a rectangular traffic pattern, a set course that pilots follow for take-offs and landings at 800 feet above the ground or 1,200 feet above sea level.
She landed back at the airpark and celebrated her birthday with her mother, father, Brian, and best friend Bethany Smith, 14, of Orefield. Sabrina also baked her own cake in the shape of Zulu.
Sabrina's next endeavor will be learning to fly cross-country, which is classified as anything more than 50 miles from the airport. Susan Kennedy said the FAA will require quarterly physician information and a packet of forms completed by September to renew Sabrina's medical certificate for becoming a pilot.
She hopes to receive her pilot's license by her 17th birthday and study aerospace engineering at Cornell University.


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CenturyLink said today that Washington regulatory staff have approved the company's pending acquisition of Qwest Communications International, provided CenturyLink meets service quality conditions and invests at least $80 million in upgrading high-speed Internet access in the state.
The agreement, formally reached a week ago, calls on CenturyLink to invest heavily in areas that currently have poor broadband access. In particular, CenturyLink said it will upgrade central offices in Clearwater, Glenwood, Willard, Nespelem and Eureka.
Additionally, CenturyLink agreed to a series of performance standards and penalties should it fail to meet those standards. It also agreed to a rate cap of $30 on standard service -- $1 more than Qwest's current cap.
The deal needs formal approval from Washington Utility and Transportation Commission.
Oregon regulators continue negotiating with CenturyLink and expect a formal recommendation on the deal in February.
Qwest and CenturyLink announced their $12 billion deal in April. By combining, the companies hope to accelerate the transition toward Internet services and away from their declining phone line business.
The companies have already won backing from other states and competitors, including Portland-based Integra Telecom. Qwest is the largest phone company in both Oregon and Washington.
-- Mike Rogoway; twitter: @rogoway; phone: 503-294-7699


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MOBILE, Alabama -- Brad Hook hit a two-out, game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Jake Overstreet delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th to give South Alabama a dramatic 8-7, series-clinching win over Arkansas State Saturday at Stanky Field.
The Jags (24-23, 11-12 Sun Belt Conference) trailed 7-3 going into the bottom of the ninth but loaded the bases on Overstreet's fielder's choice, Brent Tanner's single and Nolan Earley's walk.
ASU right-hander Cory Kyle got Logan Kirkland to pop up for the second out before Hook drilled a 3-1 pitch over the right-field fence.
In the bottom of the 10th, Taylor White drew a leadoff walk and moved over on Jeff DeBlieux's sacrifice bunt before Overstreet nailed relief pitcher Daniel Wright's 0-1 pitch off the left-field wall to win it.
"We left guys on base early in the game, and I thought it was going to come back to haunt us," USA coach Steve Kittrell said. "We had some guys work to get on base in the ninth inning, and then Hook came through in the clutch. It doesn't get any more clutch than that.
"We needed to win this series, and we've done that. Now we just need to win every game we can and get to the Sun Belt tournament."
Lefty Phillip Byrd (2-0) earned the win with 1Ð shutout innings of relief. Wright (1-4) took the loss.
Tanner, DeBlieux and Kirkland had two hits each, and Earley had two RBIs.
Todd Baumgartner finished 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs for Arkansas State (22-27, 10-13).
The Jags will go for the series sweep at 1 p.m. today.


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GIRLS BASKETBALL | Sumner's post presence too much for Wolves
SUMNER — She tried to match Sumner's post presence through midrange jumpers.
South Kitsap senior guard Gabrielle Stewart mostly was successful in that regard, but it was not enough as the Wolves lost 54-36 in a nonleague contest Monday night at Sumner.
While Stewart scored 19 points, the Spartans' inside-outside combination of Jamie Lange and Anna Hurd was too much to handle. The 6-foot-1 Lange scored 16 of her game-high 22 points to lead Sumner to a 30-21 halftime lead.
"They really worked us over inside," South coach Mike Hulet said. "[Lange] really did a nice job. She was a load. We really didn't have an answer for her."
When the Wolves (5-4) focused more attention on Lange, they were hurt by Hurd. She scored 13 of her 19 points during the second half.
Despite its difficulty containing those players — and 18 turnovers during the first half — South reduced its deficit to as few as nine points on several occasions. Much of that can be attributed to Stewart, but a jammed finger on her right hand forced her from the game with three minutes remaining.
For the Wolves, who already were missing their leading scorer from last season, senior forward Hayley O'Dell was sidelined with the flu, it was too much to overcome. Freshman Joy Mahnken hit a 3-pointer with 1:48 remaining that extended the Spartans' lead to 48-36 and effectively ended any South comeback hopes.
"I feel like if I'm already hurt and I can't get my shot off … that's not going to help my team," Stewart said.
Stewart was the only Wolves' player who scored in double figures.
"She played a really strong game on both ends of the floor," Hulet said. "We need that senior leadership from her. People need to see that, step up to that and give her some help."
That extends beyond scoring. South finished with 26 turnovers, which makes it difficult to beat anyone let alone Sumner (8-1), which competes in the Class 2A South Puget Sound League.
"We get these slow starts and we have to work our tails off to get back into it," Hulet said.
He attributed some of that to an illness circulating through the team. Along with O'Dell, junior guard Marybeth Bray, who usually starts, played in a limited role.
"We've had a lot of illness going through our team," Hulet said. "That's not an excuse. [Sumner] played us well and they're a nice team."
The Wolves hope to enter their next game at 7 p.m. Friday against Central Kitsap at full strength. Hulet said he expects sophomore guard Libby Borgonia, who has not played since she suffered a severe concussion in the team's Dec. 3 season-opening loss against Renton, to play in that game.
"Libby is projected to come back for CK," he said. "We're excited to have her back. She definitely can give us some minutes and help us with pressure."
South enters that contest with a two-game losing streak following its 59-47 setback Friday at River Ridge. The Hawks have advanced to the state tournament in each of the last 10 seasons and have won three state titles during that span. Hulet believes that game — and, in particular, the contest against the Spartans — will prepare his team well as it returns to 4A Narrows League play.
"That's why we scheduled these guys," he said. "We knew they would give us a challenge. It was a pretty physical game."
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Sumner 17 13 11 13 — 54
South Kitsap-Hayley Romo 2, Alyssa Melendez, Marybeth Bray 6, Alona Lund, Hailey Parker, Brianna Shafer 6, Gabrielle Stewart 19, Kaylee Yergeau 3, Shannon Laupola 0.
Sumner-Anna Hurd 19, Alex Denzinger 2, Jay Mahnken 8, Nicole Qualls 3, Jessica Stockdale-Pederson, Jamie Lange 22, Madison Coates, Madi Henken.
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Carters frame windows — and their history with Habitat
By Phil Kloer
Three hundred Habitat for Humanity volunteers gathered in an Oakland, California, park on a sun-drenched Monday afternoon, partly for a lunch break and partly to sing a belated "Happy Birthday to You" to Habitat's most famous volunteer, Jimmy Carter. The former president turned 89 on Oct. 1, and for the 30th year in a row he spent what he sometimes calls his "vacation" building during the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project.
"Rosalynn and I enjoy doing this; it's kind of a vacation for us every year," President Carter said at a news conference on the construction site. "It's hard-working, unpredictable, adventurous, challenging, but always gratifying. As I've said for 30 years, we have never been on a Habitat project that we didn't get more out of than we put into it."
On Monday, they were fitting window frames and windowsills for a new townhouse alongside homeowner partners Adelfa Zavala and Herman Dubon. Refugees from the civil war in El Salvador, Zavala and Dubon have struggled to pay rent and buy necessities for their three children in the Bay Area, where housing costs are among the highest in the United States. Their new four-bedroom townhouse will have much more affordable payments.
Monday was also World Habitat Day. In 1985, the United Nations designated the first Monday in October as a day to recognize the need for safe, decent, affordable shelter around the world, and to encourage grassroots action to address this need. In addition to the building going on in Oakland, thousands of Habitat volunteers began a week dedicated to the Carter Work Project in four other cities: San Jose, California; Denver, Colorado; New York City; and Union Beach, New Jersey. The volunteers stay in place all week, while President and Mrs. Carter spend time at each location, building or repairing a home and using their names to raise awareness for poverty housing and Habitat's solutions.
"Our main contribution to Habitat," President Carter said Monday, "has not been how many nails we drive or how many windows we frame or how many doors we hang or how many roofing tiles we put on, but the publicity we can bring to Habitat."


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High school hockey regionals are being held March 3 and 4.
The cancellation of school by the Tri-County Regional School Board on Thursday and Friday due to the weather has caused some changes to the schedule of the division two high school hockey regionals that are taking place at the Mariners Centre this weekend.
Regionals were originally been slated to begin on Friday. Now the games have been pushed back to Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4.
The teams taking part in regionals are Barrington, Central Kings, NKEC (Northeast Kings Education Centre), West Kings and Yarmouth. There is no admission being charged to any of the games. All games are being played in Arena 1 at the Mariners Centre. The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, March 3
• 9:30 a.m. Yarmouth vs Barrington
•11:10 a.m. West Kings vs NKEC
• 3:00 p.m. Yarmouth vs Central Kings
• 4:40 p.m. Barrington vs West Kings
• 6:20 p.m. Central Kings vs NKEC
• 8 p.m. West Kings vs Yarmouth
• 9:40 p.m. Barrington vs. Central Kings
Sunday, March 4
• 8 a.m. NKEC vs Yarmouth
• 9:40 a.m. Central Kings vs West Kings
• 11:20 a.m. NKEC vs. Barrington
• 3 p.m. Championship game: Round Robin #1 vs Round Robin #2


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Four local businesses are sponsoring Friday's country music concert benefiting Autism Speaks.
The concert, which will take place at Kittatinny Regional High School on May 16 at 7 p.m., will feature up-and-coming country music star Buddy Brown, and 17-year-old country artist Madeline Smith, of Somerset.
The concert's headline sponsor is Maguire Chevrolet Cadillac in Hampton. The dealership sells new and pre-owned vehicles and recently completed construction on their new facility at 63 Hampton House Road, two miles north of their location in Newton. Maguire Chevrolet Cadillac is a premier Chevrolet and Cadillac dealership and has been "A Name You Can Trust" in Sussex County since 1915.
James Alexander Corporation in Blairstown is also sponsoring the concert. James Alexander Corporation is a leading manufacturer and contract packager of unit dose dispensing systems for the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and industrial markets.
Other sponsors include Cava Winery & Vineyard of Hamburg and Current Adventures Division of Stocker Bus.
The benefit concert begins at 7 p.m. on May 16. General admission is $20, while VIP tickets are $35. VIP access includes concert admission with VIP seating, a meet-and-greet with Buddy Brown and Madeline Smith at 6 p.m., and a copy of Brown's newest album release, "Mason Jar."
Proceeds from the event benefit Autism Speaks through the Walk Now for Autism Speaks – Greater Morris Area event.
For tickets, sponsorship, and information about the event, visit uncommongrape.com/concert.html or email Christy at email@example.com.
The concert is headlined by Buddy Brown, a singer-songwriter from Mississippi, who released his EP, "Mason Jar," on March 11 and it debuted at #34 on iTunes for County albums. Brown is a YouTube sensation, and has played at major venues, including the Talladega Speedway for NASCAR.
He was recently featured by USA Today, singing his song, "Take You Huntin'." He will release his second EP in late 2014 featuring his most popular song to date, "Stop When You See a Uniform," a military song that has taken the internet by storm.
Seventeen-year-old Madeline Smith will open the May 16 concert.
Raised in New Jersey, Smith found her voice, put together a band, and started performing covers songs at age 15. At 16, she began working with Kent Wells in Nashville to produce her self-titled debut album in 2013.
In September, she released her single, "State of Mind," to the UK and immediately went to #16 on the country charts. She was a performer and presenter at the British Country Music Awards in November. She has recently been asked to perform at the 2014 Girl Scout National Convention in Salt Lake City in October 2014.
Autism Speaks is dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a possible cure for autism. Autism Speaks strive to raise public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society: and works to bring hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder.
Team Miller is committed to raising the funds necessary to support these goals. For more information, visit autismspeaks.org.


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PHILADELPHIA -- The city's orchestra may be the first in the U.S. to seek bankruptcy court protection from creditors, according a report on Philly.com.
The report said the Philadelphia Orchestra is trying to raise a $15 million emergency bridge fund to avoid the bankruptcy filing. The orchestra has been dealing with sharply lower ticket sales and other financial pressures.