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A 39-year-old man was seriously injured when he was he shot in an alley just south of Sixth Avenue and High Street about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to city police.
The victim "was scolding a group of men. He was righteously angry with one man in the group for doing something to him. I don't know what," a 51-year-old neighbor who witnessed the shooting said.
As the group was walking east down the alley, the victim followed them and "kept yelling 'Why are you treating me like this? We're family,' " said the neighbor, whose name the Sun-Gazette is not publishing.
"Someone in the group yelled back 'We're not family,' " said the witness, who watched in disbelief as angry words suddenly escalated into gunfire.
The victim "began taunting the group. I heard him say 'Shoot me. Shoot me.' Then a man in the group turned around and pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. I believe there were six shots. I think he emptied his gun," the witness added.
The victim did not fall to the ground, but fell on his knees, the witness said.
The gunman and the victim were about 10 to 15 yards from one another, the witness, who has lived on the block for 12 years, said.
The witness was among a half dozen callers who dialed 911 to report the shooting.
Police officers were on the scene within minutes.
"As they (paramedics) were putting him in the back of an ambulance, he was awake and I believe talking," the witness said of the victim, who initially was taken to the Williamsport Regional Medical Center and then flown to a trauma center. Police are not releasing his identity at this time.
The witness said he was acquainted with the victim, who lives in the neighborhood and always spoke to him as he walked by the man's house with his dogs.
"He's a very pleasant man," the witness said of the victim.
"He knows who shot him. There's no mystery there," he added.
The witness said he was unsettled and troubled by the violence.
"Shooting someone doesn't solve anything. Figure out your differences. Guns only create more trouble," he said.
"We believe this is not a random act and that it is likely that the victim knew those in the group," Agent Eric Delker, the lead investigator, said. The victim is "expected to survive," the investigator said.
"The first officers to arrive had difficulty securing the scene due to a crowd of uncooperative witnesses who refused to provide information," Delker said, adding that forensic and physical evidence was collected.
No description of the shooter was available, Delker said.
Police were looking to question a young black man wearing a brown sweatshirt and brown pants who ran from the scene.


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Democratic Rep. Christopher Hurst of Enumclaw, who leads the House committee that oversees cannabis, says the state will be leaving "money on the table" unless it increases the fees required to obtain a license to grow, process or sell marijuana.
Hurst's bill would create a new "certificate" to be issued by the Liquor Control Board as a precursor to obtaining those licenses, and it would require the board to set the price of the certificate and of the licenses. Under Initiative 502, those interested in the recreational marijuana industry have to pay a $250 application fee and a $1,000 annual renewal fee, but Hurst says those are too cheap.
MoreContinuing coverage of Washington measure 502, which legalizes marijuana while tightly restricting it.
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NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball will boost U.S. telecast revenue by more than double under new eight-year agreements announced Tuesday that begin in 2014 and with an earlier deal produce a combined US$12.4 billion.
The total income amount, reported on Major League Baseball's website, includes an ESPN cable television deal announced in August as well as the contract renewals with Fox and TBS that include digital streaming rights.
That means the new deals through 2021 bring better than a 100 percent boost over the current deals that expire next year.
"To see the unprecedented and historic commitment these networks have made to televising Major League Baseball for years to come is truly amazing," said Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig.
Fox retains World Series and All-Star Game telecast rights plus those in a league championship series and two of the four quarterfinal series. Fox will boost Saturday season telecasts from 26 to 52 games.
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I've been disagreeing with Muskegon Vice Mayor Larry Spataro for decades.
It all began in the 1970s at Reeths-Puffer Elementary, where Larry and I were the two little nerds who were obsessed with politics by the third grade.
On the surface that should have made us geeky allies. The only problem was that he was a dedicated Juvenile Democrat, while I was a card-carrying member of the Pre-Pubescent Republicans.
We understood from the get-go that we were natural rivals, the same way kittens and puppies naturally growl and hiss when they come across each other. We clashed at every opportunity, usually to the chagrin of teachers and fellow students who were bored to death by our arguments.
Well, some things never change. I recently read about Spataro's opposition to a proposed plan to turn the former McLaughlin School into a new Muskegon County juvenile detention facility, and I disagree with his position.
I'm sure the vice mayor (who is a decent person and dedicated public servant) is not the least bit surprised.
He bases his opposition on the fact that the McLaughlin building was recently closed as a public elementary school, due to budget cuts in the Muskegon school district. He says it would be sending the wrong message to an economically distressed neighborhood to close a valued center of learning and social interaction and convert it to a detention facility.
I think Spataro is missing the point.
Juvenile detention facilities are not supposed to function like jails, and they're not supposed to carry the same type of stigma. Our society and judicial system recognizes that most young offenders come from troubled home circumstances, and most are still young enough to finish school and get back on the right track.
That's why it's important to have a facility with plenty of space for education. That's something that's lacking in the current youth home, a tiny facility in Whitehall Township that's been ill-suited to the needs of troubled youngsters for decades.
The lack of space at the current facility forces administrators to focus on finding enough bed space for all the young offenders and providing enough security to keep them from escaping, hurting each other or assaulting staff members. That makes it more like a jail.
McLaughlin School has more than enough space to house the kids, along with a kitchen to feed them, a gym for recreation and plenty of classroom space for education, according to news reports. It could operate more like a high-security school, with more focus put on learning and rehabilitation.
I also like the idea of locating the facility within the city, rather than 20 miles north in the middle of the woods.
A high percentage of kids who are sent to the facility are from the metropolitan Muskegon area. And many come from low-income families that struggle with transportation.
These kids need to see their parents and know that their families still care enough to participate in their rehabilitation. But I would bet that many parents from the Muskegon area struggle to find rides to Whitehall Township, and probably miss a lot of visits.
That's a problem that can be addressed by moving the facility into the community where most of the parents reside. Parents and other family members can take a bus to visit them, or even walk, if necessary.
A larger facility would also provide enough space for the treatment of youngsters who need special services. More in-house programs could be offered, and those who require outside treatment wouldn't have to be driven so far.
I also believe the facility should be close enough to be under the watchful eye of county administrators. McLaughlin School is only a few blocks away from the Hall of Justice and the county's south campus.
In 2010, state investigators cited staff for using excessive force in dealing with the young inmates. That substantiated many rumors that had been flying around for years. The news obviously rang some overdue alarm bells with county officials. How long had this type of abuse been going on? Who knows? I believe it was largely a case of, "out of sight, out of mind."
If the facility were a stone's throw from county offices, officials would be more able to monitor it, and the facility's managers would be less successful in brushing problems under the rug. More attention and accountability would make the facility a more effective rehabilitation center.
Spataro suggested that there are more ideal locations for a new youth home in the area. Maybe he's right about that.
The consulting firm working on possible locations for a new youth facility (and a new county jail) is reportedly considering other sites, including the former Roundy's property on Laketon Avenue, the former General Hospital site between Apple and Quarterline, and the former Jolman School building in the Orchard View district.
Reports have surfaced that the consultants (working on behalf of county commissioners, who will make the final decision) are leaning toward those other possible sites, and have all but eliminated McLaughlin School from the list due to public opposition.
But there are neighborhoods a short distance from each of the other sites, and opposition from residents would probably surface there as well.
Few people want convicted public enemies as their next-door neighbors.
But the troubled children of Muskegon County are not certified public enemies, at least not yet. We should do everything in our power to help them get off to a better start in life. That should include bringing them back into our community, where we can make sure they get the services they need in a peaceful and productive setting.
There could be no better use for a closed school that to employ it for the benefit of children who need our attention the most.


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A few weeks after the November election, I got into an argument at a wedding reception over whether America is a "good" country.
I had the conversation with a stranger seated next to me, who said that she was both embarrassed and disappointed by our country. When she travels, she said, she pretends that she's Canadian. Her ideal is Europe; she declared that she'd far prefer to be German or Danish than American.
America has its flaws, I acknowledged, but I rejected her notion that Europe is wholly good and the United States is bad.
My trump card was the election of Barack Obama. What nation in Europe -- or anywhere else in the world, for that matter -- would elect a member of an once-oppressed minority as their chief executive, I asked. Would Germans really elect a person of Turkish heritage? Would the French choose someone with Algerian parents? Would the Australians elect an Aborigine as their prime minister?
The woman didn't have a comeback, and how could she? What happened here has little precedent.
One of the most interesting aspects of Obama's election is how it turned conventional wisdom on its head. Not only was it a thorough rejection of the conservative agenda, it also smacked down the liberal conceit that the American electorate is largely comprised of intolerant, narrow-minded boobs. In stirring fashion, it proved utterly wrong the idea that institutional racism is so entrenched in America as to block the election of a black president.
It turns out, not only did white Americans vote for an African-American president, but many are genuinely moved about what this symbolizes for the civil-rights movement -- not all, for sure, but a surprising number. I'm not just talking about latte-drinking, NPR-member New Yorker subscribers, but Wal-Mart moms and union dads and working-class senior citizens who got genuinely teary-eyed about Tuesday's inauguration. My sense is that Obama was elected as a candidate who happened to be black rather than because he was a black presidential candidate. But now that the results are in, having a black president is widely seen by whites as well as minorities as a real positive in unifying the nation.
That's true even for people who didn't vote for Obama. Just before the election, I was chatting with a Republican lawmaker who fervently supported John McCain. As he glumly considered an Obama presidency, he said the positive would be turning the corner on racial divisiveness. And this was coming from a middle-aged, white conservative.
The historical significance of an Obama presidency is only one reason this inauguration has generated so much excitement. Obama's charisma, the unpopularity of George W. Bush, the eagerness for a fresh approach to huge problems also play large roles.
Still, Tuesday's images out of Washington -- an African-American taking the presidential oath; the sheer size and diversity of the crowds; even the rainbow coalition quartet that performed at the ceremony -- offer a powerful message to the nation, and the world, that American ideals are well and alive. In that sense, the inauguration of President Obama is a wakeup call for ideologues on both sides of the fence.
Julie Mack's column is published in Saturday's Kalamazoo Gazette. Reach her at 388-8578 or jmack@kalamazoo gazette.com.


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Hundreds of University of South Carolina students are ready to kick up their heels all day and all night to raise money for kids.
The annual USC Dance Marathon starts Saturday and conclude at noon Sunday at the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center.
The event is a student-led philanthropy that raises money and awareness for the Palmetto Health Children's Hospital in Columbia.
Last year, about 800 participants raised about $224,000.
The Dance Marathon is in its 15th year and unites a wide variety of student and community members. So far, it has raised more than $1 million for the children's hospital.
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Sara Grady is pursuing her doctorate at the Boston University Marine Program in Woods Hole, MA. For the past two years, she has studied horseshoe crabs on Cape Cod. This summer, Sara will be conducting surveys of two estuaries in the Cape Cod region — Barnstable Harbor and Stage Harbor — as well as a fecundity study in Pleasant Bay and the aforementioned estuaries. She will try to update this journal every week.
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My self-appointed mission this week was scouting out field sites in Stage Harbor. Armed with the latitude and longitude of each of my sites and a GPS, I was essentially just checking out where the randomly chosen points were actually located and if they were accessible from shore. Our boat was still broken, so we had to resort to driving around the perimeters of the estuaries. Stage Harbor is relatively well-enervated with roads though, so getting close to the sites wasn't going to be terribly difficult. It was merely a matter of matching a map marked with dots indicating where I should go with a street atlas, and deciding if it was truly feasible to get to the dot from shore. I also had to keep in mind that the things I am willing to do, like swim across boat channels and snorkel for the crabs instead of wade, might not work for my peers.
I usually do my research with other people because it's easier with an extra pair of hands, and it's also safer. I went out alone on my scouting mission because it really only takes one person, and I appreciate the freedom of going out alone without having anyone depending on me for guidance or possibly disagreeing with my methods. It happened to be one of the few gloriously sunny, warm days we've had lately — what the old weatherman on the Cape Cod radio station called "real Cape Cod weathah." The weather brought everyone out of hiding, and Chatham was bustling.
The social structure here changes with the season, as people return to their summer homes, and the expensive inns along the coast populate with golfers and beach-seekers. Marine biologists tend to fall in with the local clammers in terms of caste, it seems, although we're occasionally taken for visitors on a very determined-looking beach walk. While wading around, several people asked if I was looking for quahogs or softshells. One fellow asked if I was trying to find my mooring. He confided that his had been blown away in a storm, and he had been out in the bay for hours looking for the remains. I said that I was in fact looking for invisible points, delineated by the crosshairs of multiple satellites confirming my true location on the surface of the earth.
Sites near the million-dollar-home areas of Chatham were ruled out, and marked as "boat access only." This was because of all the signs that read "No Trespassing," "Private Property," and "No Turning" at the end of their driveways. Additionally, those houses with the best views are often not at sea level, which doesn't help me much. I accepted those that seemed to involve marinas and boatyards, although I anticipated minor hassles when we actually got in the water with our equipment. Those sites in calm flat portions of the bay were accepted as well, and I lingered slightly looking at the benthic goings-on. That's the advantage of being alone, I suppose. I hate being hurried.
After all the sites had been visited, I was starting to really feel like it was summer, what with all the people out in the streets. I tend to feel a mix of benevolence, stemming from all of us sharing the sunlight, and mild jealousy, because I wish I was on vacation instead of working. Then I remember that I get to work outside and they probably don't. As a sort of dedication to the arrival of summer, I stopped on Main Street in Chatham, shook the sand off of my sandals, joined the throngs of people basted in sunscreen and exposing their pale shins for the first time this year, and had a cone of homemade strawberry ice cream.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio war veteran and his fiancee say thieves broke into their home and stole Christmas presents and other items while they were at a hospital for their baby's birth.
A relative called Tom Sheehan and Tonya Verduga after finding their house in a shambles, WBNS-TV reported. The couple's son was born Tuesday night.
TVs, a laptop, jewelry and Christmas presents the couple had bought for Verduga's two sons from a previous marriage were all stolen, Sheehan said.
Sheehan, who returned in August from his third tour of duty in Iraq, told WBNS he and Verduga had bought their Christmas presents early in anticipation of the baby's birth but had not wrapped them.
"They left the wrapping paper, just nothing to wrap," Sheehan said. "That's just a terrible thing to do."
Sheehan is angry but said he just wants to get the house clean for the baby and get "Christmas back in line for the boys."
Columbus police are investigating, the television station reported. A message was left for police Thursday.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3320 in Marysville is collecting gifts for the family, the post's canteen manager, Linda Maynard, said Thursday.


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The unknown industrial waste covering portions of the Wittpenn bridge on both sides caused a four-vehicle pileup at 6:30 this morning and has the bridge closed for cleanup, according to Jersey City Police.
The car accident was not serious and no major injuries were reported, officials said.
According to reports, police are reviewing surveillance video to track a truck that accidentally deposited the the sludge on the road while driving over the bridge toward Kearny.
Officials say the slick carries on for a mile past the bridge, but the trail then goes cold.
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CHICAGO — Joe Girardi's favorite memories of Wrigley Field come not from his time as a player or big-league manager. They come from his childhood, part of which was spent watching games from the stands with his father, Jerry.
Yet, despite Girardi's ties to the Cubs franchise, the Yankees manager said before today's 3-1 loss to the Cubs that he never seriously considered returning to the team that gave him his first opportunity as a player.
"My first goal was to come back to the Yankees," said Girardi, who signed a three-year contract extension after last season. "I wanted to come back."
Girardi's father, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, lives in an assisted-care facility near Chicago. He intends to visit him Sunday, Father's Day.
The trip is also a homecoming for pitching coach Larry Rothschild, who spent nine seasons as the Cubs' pitching coach, before stepping down to take the Yankees job.
"Whenever you look back on stuff, I think you remember the good more than the bad," Rotshchild.
"It was all special. It's all great."
General manager Brian Cashman rebutted an accusation that the Yankees tampered with Red Sox pitcher Andrew Miller.
"Not true," Cashman said via text message.
Earlier in the day, Peter Gammons told WEEI radio in Boston that several teams, including the Yankees, attempted to sway Miller into exercising an opt-out clause in his contract, which would be a violation of the league's tampering rules.
With the Cubs languishing near the bottom of the National League Central, trade talk has surfaced around mercurial pitcher Carlos Zambrano, who could be an interesting target for the Yankees.
But except to point out that Zambrano has a no-trade clause, Cubs GM Jim Hendry refused to entertain the notion of trading the right-hander.
Pitcher Bartolo Colon (hamstring) and shortstop Derek Jeter (calf) are spending part of their DL stints at the team's complex in Tampa, Fla.
Reliever Rafael Soriano (right elbow) remains in New York, where he is undergoing physical therapy, though he is expected to eventually join the rest of the team in Tampa.
Soriano, who likely won't be ready until after the All-Star break, is scheduled to throw on Tuesday.
Brett Gardner went 1-for-3 with a walk in a rare start against a left-handed pitcher, though his only hit of the day came off Cubs reliever Carlos Marmol, a right-hander.
With designated hitter Jorge Posada showing life at the plate, Girardi said he wants to make sure he gets at least one at-bat a game during the team's six-game trip against National League teams.
He did not rule out starting Posada at first base for Mark Teixeira, though the first baseman has had recent rest days.
"We'll just go day by day with what we're going to do," Girardi said.
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TOMS RIVER – Marist won its first state championship since 1991 on a walk-off RBI single from Tim Rodriguez in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Royal Knights an 11-10 victory over Newark Academy in today's NJSIAA, Non-Public B title game at Toms River East High School.
After both teams combined for nine errors, Marist rallied from a 10-7 deficit in the bottom of the seventh to claim the dramatic one-run victory.
Josh Witherspoon got the inning going with a lead off single, before Mark Peralta and Danny Mirabel added one-out singles to load the bases. Aaron Smith then worked a bases loaded walk to cut the deficit to 10-8. Steve Tsugranes followed suit by beating out a double play ball at first base, which would have ended the game. Instead, Tsugranes narrowly beat the throw from second base, allowing Peralta to score and pull Marist to within 10-9.
The following batter, senior second baseman Derek Edge, would work a two-out walk, but not before Tsugranes took off for second base, inducing a game-tying balk from Newark Academy pitcher Matt Kundla.
Rodriguez followed up with his heroics, capping a stunning comeback.
Marist is the first Hudson County team to appear in a state championship game since 2007, when Hoboken reached Toms River and fell to Middlesex in the Group 1 title game.
Saturday concluded what has been a memorable month for the Royal Knights, beginning with a 4-2 victory over Harrison in the first round of the Hudson County Tournament . Senior Danny Mirabel lifted Marist to a 4-2 victory with a walk-off home run. Four days later, Peralta tossed a no-hitter against Bayonne in a 8-0 rout. Then, in the county final against St. Peter's Prep, Marist erased from a 5-1 first-inning deficit to score a 7-5 victory in nine innings for the school's first county title since 1993.
The high stakes of the state tournament only amplified the magic in the Marist dugout, as the Royal Knights topped both Mater Dei and then Sacred Heart in walk-off fashion to win their first sectional title since 1993.
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Fifth-graders at 17 schools used a pedometer to measure how much exercise they were getting
STATEN ISLAND, NY - EAST SHORE Students in East Shore schools have been working hard to fight obesity.
Fifth-graders in 17 schools received awards as the top participants in "Steppin-up for Good Health." The nine-week initiative challenged the 10-year-olds to use pedometers to measure the steps they take daily, walk a minimum of 10,000 steps a day, and keep a log and write an essay about the experience.
They were honored by Borough President James Molinaro and Assemblyman Michael Cusick during a ceremony at the Petrides School in Sunnyside last week.
The Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island, Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) and Northfield Bank Foundation were involved with the effort, which grew out of an advisory board meeting of elected officials, health care administrators, and corporate representatives.
"It was a real team effort to tackle a real problem," explained RUMC's Mary Scullin, who rounded up funding and support for "Steppin' Up." RUMC runs a diabetes center out of its North Shore campus and obesity, especially childhood obesity, is closely linked to the onset of Type 2 diabetes in adulthood, she noted.
The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) provided an educational component to the program by sending staff to the schools to speak with parents, students and teachers about obesity and making healthy food choices. "Our goal is to have young people and their families be proactive in tackling this problem by encouraging them to make healthy food choices," said VNA vice-president Barrington Burke-Green.
An estimated one in four New York City residents under 18 are classified as "obese," accounting for 1.1 million people, according to the city's Department of Health.
A $19,000 grant from Northfield Bank Foundation paid for materials for the fighting-obesity program, including the cost of pedometers for more than 6,000 fifth-graders from throughout the borough who participated in the program.
"If the fifth-graders continue to walk 10,000 steps a day, it's the equivalent to almost five miles a day. If they walk for 200 days, they could arrive at Disney World in Orlando. Now that would be a goal for them," noted Northfield Foundation's executive director Diane Senerchia.
East Shore schools participating in the "Steppin' Up" program include PS 11, Dongan Hills; PS 23, Richmond; PS 39, Arrochar; PS 46, South Beach; PS 48, Concord; PS 50, Oakwood; PS 52, Dongan Hills; Academy of St. Dorothy's, Grasmere; Our Lady Queen of Peace, New Dorp; St. Ann's School, Dongan Hills; St. Christopher's School, Grant City; St. Joseph Hill Academy, Arrochar; St. Joseph's School, Rosebank; St. Margaret Mary's School, Midland Beach; St. Mary's School, Rosebank; St. Sylvester's School, Concord.
During the award ceremony last week, Genevieve Iacoviello of St. Mary's School, and Nicholas Handog of PS 22, Graniteville, read their essays. The program concluded with an aerobic demonstration from Elaine Gil, director of Bubbles Playhouse in Grasmere. Each student received a certificate from the Borough President.
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While researching Staten Island not-for-profit organizations working to alleviate the suffering caused by Sandy, the four-dozen Penny Harvest students of Laurie Intermediate in New Springville decided to sponsor a candy drive with the hope of creating Easter baskets for children displaced by the storm.
According to Julie Rose Rivera, a student leader of the Penny Harvest group K-9 Koinz, "There is no reason why kids who have experienced a natural disaster should get less than what they deserve."
With Miss Rivera's words in mind, the call for donations of candy went out to students in early February. By the beginning of March, students had collected baskets, toys, books, Peeps and over 100 pounds of candy.
The Penny Harvest students meet in groups during an after-school program facilitated by special education teacher Cliff Hagen through the Children's Aid Society. The groups began creating the Easter baskets with the hope of warming the hearts of children who have experienced a long, dark winter.
A leader of the Penny Harvest group H.A.L.O., Helping and Leading Others, Athira Anil, said, "We want to help make sure that every child can enjoy a happy Easter."
H.A.L.O. co-leader, Hamza Nizami, said, "We will feel better knowing our neighbors are having a happy Easter."
Identifying children in need was a bit of a challenge.
Thankfully, Mark Dahl, the after-school program coordinator, knew of the Salem Church Disaster Response. The students were excited to share six baskets with the effort at Salem Church, West Brighton.
The remaining baskets, 30 in all, and the boxes of candy, eggs and jelly beans, were brought to Guyon Rescue in Oakwood, by teacher Denise Cobo.
Students at Rocco Laurie are hoping every piece of candy, every Peep, will help warm a heart this Easter Sunday.


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Interesting news from the other side of the ocean, where a British Conservative Party official, falsely accused of child abuse, has threatened legal action against over 10,000 Twitter users: not only against those who tweeted allegations about him, but those who retweeted the allegations as well.
The official has already settled libel cases with the BBC and Britain's ITV, but is going after tweeters who even mentioned the media reports.
How far is the reach of the suit? Well, those with 500 or fewer followers can fill in a form, apologize and are asked to donate money and pay what the New York Times describes as a small administrative charge.
People with 500 or fewer followers are really small potatoes in Twitter-land, but the case points out something that many people probably don't think about — that, every time you put up 140 characters of witty Twitter, you're publishing something. And the current action is a legal slap on the wrist that may end up being much more.
Keep in mind that British libel law is different; it's easier for a complainant to win a case under British law than here. But, that being said, it's an interesting bellwether about what you can say — and can't say — when you decide to publish something.
At The Telegram, I handle letters to the editor and also approve comments on the web. With the letters, I can edit out portions that are libellous and sometimes still salvage the letter.
On The Telegram's website, my options are more limited: I can approve comments, or not approve them. Editing offensive, libellous or racist portions out of online comments isn't an option.
Every now and then, handling letters, I run into a letter where, when I suggest a part is libellous, the letter's author will say, "Leave it in. Let 'em sue me."
Then, I have to point out as politely as I can that part of my job is also protecting the paper from lawsuits, and that we won't publish libellous material. (The other part of the equation is that no one ever just sues the letter-writer. They sue everyone involved in the publication of material, from the newspaper's owners on down and, win or lose, court cases are always expensive.)
Dealing with libellous comments is practically a daily occurrence; there are on-and-off spurts of libel in letters to the editor, but in the bearpit that is the comments section of a newspaper, things are not just petty and offensive — they're also regularly actionable and you have to be on your guard all the time. (Woe betide the web comment monitor who fails to realize that a comment about a public
figure's "constant cold" is also an innuendo about possible cocaine abuse.) Every now and then, someone decides it's time to rattle a cage or two — or else they just get fed up with the abuse, as former premier Danny Williams is purported to have done — and lawsuits fly.
And that's why it's really worth thinking about just what pithy attack witticism you want to author and slap up on a website, whether it's on The Telegram's site or on your own Twitter account. (Even your own anonymized Twitter account — the courts have ordered Internet companies to help track down the authors of anonymous postings in some cases.)
The definition of publishing something is pretty wide. Posting on a Twitter account, though, is pretty clearly an example of publishing, and with that opportunity comes more than a little responsibility.
There isn't anyone to watch your back or to edit out the dangers, and that can mean an unexpected court expense.
Now, even launching a libel case is an expensive, time-consuming and slow process; for many, it's easier to ignore the offence than to go through the bother of legal action — not to mention the fact that every time the court case comes up anywhere, you essentially live through the libel all over again.
But if someone has deep enough pockets — or if they're simply pissed off enough — they can and will go after the people who have published offensive material. And here's the thing — they can, and will, win.
And 140 characters could be very, very expensive.
Russell Wangersky is The Telegram's editorial page editor.
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Welcome to the Run Oregon Race Profile of the week; profiling avid or passionate runners in the Oregon and SW Washington area. This week's profile features a local community runner and Run Oregon blogger; Maryalicia Verdecchia. That is right, I thought I might take this opportunity to tell you a little more about myself, and how I became a runner at 37 years of age.
I had never been much of a runner. I always had the energy and personality for one; moving from one place to another so quickly, it seemed walking was not in my vocabulary. Sitting either, I could not seem to sit still long enough to finish a conversation in my younger years before something else gathered my attention. Having to be home right after school to help with Daycare meant no after-school anything for me. When I joined the military in 1991, Basic Training took my energy and ingrained a sense of rush into my system. There was no time to eat, no time to sleep, and walking was never an option or you would be yelled at by a Drill Sergeant. Sometimes you didn't have to do anything wrong, and there was still a sergeant yelling for you to 'pick it up'.
Maybe it was all the yelling, and the forced runs for punishment...I am pretty sure that was it. It's also why I am sure is the reason I am not much into these new beloved Obstacle Course Mud Runs everyone loves -no fun memories there. /shudder. (I am slowly trying to embrace them, but you will have to be patient with me.)
The military required I run twice a year, when we weren't running for PT or punishment, and I pretty much did what was required to pass. Before I was released from active duty, I started to gain weight slowly from the stress of a very demanding job and lack of exercise. I left the active service and went into the Oregon National Guard at 160# in 2006, barely making weight. By 2007, the scale read 180#. Although I was unhappy about the weight gain, I was happier to be enjoying life and focusing on making a family. My husband and I had been married 11 years and we were not getting any younger, we had started 3 years earlier and had a few issues along the way.
When I found out we were expecting a child, I tried to reign in the bad eating habits. I was determined not to gain extra weight just because I was pregnant. When my daughter, Katie, was born, I had only gained 15# resting at 195# in March of 2008. Within three and a half weeks of delivering, I was down below my pre-pregnancy weight at 175# and I was resolute to lose even more. However, a few days later, when my daughter was four weeks old, my life changed for me.
My daughter started to have these tremors and twitches that did not appear normal. Although we went to the doctor, and he said she was fine, they continued. Five days later we found ourselves in the ICU with the Pediatric Neurologist showing us two pictures. 'This is a normal scan of a five week old baby's brain.' She said ' ..and this is your daughter's scan'. I did not know what I was looking at, nor understand any of the facts they gave us. Three days later, more confusing facts were piled upon us when they gave us what might be our daughter's diagnosis; Aicardi's Syndrome. The diagnosis would be confirmed two days later with an eye scan. So what was the diagnosis? Very severe seizure disorder, with brain abnormalities, and eye issues.
I took the diagnosis pretty hard. Here we were with a special-needs child, and my perfect daughter was no longer perfect. Too make it worse, she wasn't just any special-needs child, she had a diagnosis so rare, I had to go to an Ultra Rare Link off of the March of Dimes page to look up her diagnosis. 1:12,000,000 and it only affected girls. Moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and physical delays. But that was not the worst part, the worst part was the mortality rate; lifespan of Aicardi girls was approximately eight years of life. I was devastated. Having already lost my mom to a car accident, my dad to stroke, and my brother to cancer, now I had to deal with my daughter's eventual demise.
This was too much to take, as I battled a functional depression and turned to food. I gained 20 pounds within that next year. I had always been a strong personality and prided myself in the ability to get through things; thick and thin. I always tried to remain positive and upbeat and look for the rainbows behind the rain clouds. (It's amazing when you think you are ok, but you really are not). Buying size 16 jeans in 2009 was a wake-up call. I knew, if I did not get my life together, the military was going to discharge me for my weight issues. Fast forward one year later, I lost 15#, but it was still not enough to pass military standards. Soon, my life would change. I joined a 5K Fun walk called the ARC in Motion through the ARC of SW Washington in June of 2010. It was supported by my daughter's therapy center, and I decided to go out and give it a try. I asked if I could run it pushing my daughter and they reluctantly said yes, and 35:12 minutes later my life would never be the same.
I loved it! I left that day determined to do a 10K just to see if I could do it. I started training. My personality started to come back. My flair for life and the positives. Good things happen to good people, bad things happen too, but there is always good in it too- you just have to look a little harder. I took joy in something new again; the living. I stopped focusing on death and focused on life and what running meant for me. They meant a new social life, the thrill of the race, the festive atmosphere. I got so excited, that before I even got to that 10K (scheduled July 4, 2010) I began thinking crazy thoughts like 'Maybe I could do a Half Marathon!'
I started looking up Half Marathons in the area, and found out there was one Labor Day Weekend; The Inaugural Wine Country Half Marathon. I would have just ten weeks to train, but I could do it! What a perfect first event too; a fun run and unlimited wine tasting afterwards? I was looking forward to it. I trained like I never had before, and the pounds started to come off. By the day of the race, I was down to 175#, and much of it muscle. I ran that race in 2:02 minutes - when I had been afraid just ten weeks earlier that I might not even make the 3:30 cut off.
I was hooked (and if you read my twin brother, Michael Allen's profile- you know he became hooked too). The fun, excitement, meeting people, and the BLING! Nobody told me about the bling! A year later, I finished my 13th Half Marathon at the Eugene Women's Half Marathon and still had race scheduled till the end of the year. I loved the differences and uniqueness of each race. I started to determine what I liked about a race, and what I didn't like. I decided I was not much for 5Ks and 10Ks, but half marathons were my new love! To date I have run nineteen Half Marathons and one Marathon, with about ten races between the distances of 5K and 15K.
To date my favorite race has to be the Vancouver USA Marathon. The support I received on and off the course from family, friends, and energy events is the best to date. However if I had to choose a second, it would be a tossup between The Runaway Pumpkin and The Holiday Half by Foot Traffic. I love holiday races and I love to dress up! My dream race would be to either run The Lochness Marathon in Scotland or the Goofy Challenge with Disney! (I really need to get a Tutu!)
Now- two years later, I love running. I take pride in being a 'Penguin' Runner who enjoys the journey. I still stay positive, and try to have fun. I gave up trying for PRs, and started trying for new friends and new inspirations to keep me running. I take inspiration from everyone around me and let it fuel my love for running. Like my family, My twin brother, Michael Allen, who just ran a marathon in under 3 hours and 30 minutes and is already changing his half to a full for the 4th of July to seek the ultimate Boston Qualifier Achievement. My daughter, who doesn't know she is special and never ceases to amaze me by overcoming challenges she was never supposed to be able to do and my hubby he allows me to do my racing instead of his (autocross). I am inspired by every Run OR profile I have ever written and this just motivates me to learn about more people (I wish I could name you all but you know who you are!) And finally, the Run Oregon Readers - you amaze me every day with the challenges you take on and complete on a daily basis! I love writing for and about you!
Do not be sad or feel sorry for me, for I am not sad or sorry for myself. Life's little serendipitous events that will surprise you! There are no 30 seconds of life I would take back or change, because they have made me who I am today. My daughter is doing well after having had an amazing brain surgery, called a hemispherectomy, performed on her in 2010. Although we don't know how long this lengthens her life, her seizures have been reduced by 80-90%, and her quality of life is 100%+ better which ensure a longer life in the years to come. She has opened my eyes to the best world I never wanted to belong to, and I am a better person for it. I am Stronger, more compassionate, more patient, and best of all, I am alright! I'll never be a skinny mini, but I am happy and healthy and have an outlet like running for my frustrations and energies.
So several people asked me how I came to run a marathon, and it all started by running a 5K, from the birth of my child who would eventually lead me to this world of running. I never thought I could run six miles, let alone a half marathon, yet I did both! But I digress, why the marathon? Well peer pressure; from friends and family, and all of you in Run OR community with your implied and outspoken encouragements and ribbing. If 13.1 was the perfect distance - would more miles be better? Would I love marathons? I decided to sign up for my first Marathon in February, and with life's little changes I just completed my first marathon and had a great time despite the challenges of the heat and distance! Read more in my recap coming soon about my Vancouver USA Marathon experience!
Maryalicia is more than happy to answer any questions you have! She is a social Suzy and loves meeting people, and is not easily offended, so ask her about her daughter and any questions you are wondering about. No question will be considered rude or too personal when it comes to her daughter! Did you enjoy reading about a fellow runner? Interested in reading about a friend, family member, or yourself? Do you know someone who has a passion for running or walking like Brian? Or runs for interesting reasons? Maybe they just started running or have been running for over 30 years? You don't need to be popular - you just need to email us with the title 'Nom for Run OR Profile Post' and you must be willing to let me contact you to discuss your story. Click the link below if you have someone in mind - including yourself! Nominate!


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BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Navy junior attackman Andy Warner (Corning, N.Y.) scored a pair of goals and assisted on three others to help lead the Navy men's lacrosse team to an 8-3 victory over Lehigh Tuesday night in both teams' Patriot League opener. The victory snapped a two-game skid by the Midshipmen this season, while extending Navy's winning streak to 25 straight over the Mountain Hawks.
"We've had a tough couple of weeks, but it was good to see the team overcome some adversity and get a win over a quality team like Lehigh," said Navy head coach Richie Meade. "We cut down on our unforced errors dramatically in this game and I think it showed in the number of possessions our offense was able to get. We gave ourselves an opportunity to score some goals. I?was also proud of the way our defense played, keeping them off the scoreboard in two quarters."
The Midshipmen took the early lead when senior middie Joe Lennon (Westminster, Md.) used a little misdirection to break loose and fire off a 12-yard shot straight up the middle at the 11:23 mark in the opening quarter. The goal extended his point scoring streak to seven straight games dating back to last year.
Navy pushed its lead to 3-0 by scoring back-to-back goals just 48 seconds apart to start the second quarter. Warner found senior attackman Kyle Kapron (Chandler, Ariz.) on the doorstep just eight seconds into the stanza for his first goal of the season. Then after exchange of turnovers by each team's number 23, senior attackman Brendan Connors (Bellmore, N.Y.) stripped Lehigh's Mike Noone just outside Navy's offensive box and found Warner standing at the crease. Warner found an open seam just over Lehigh keeper Dan Carr's shoulder.
The Mountain Hawks finally got a goal on the board at the 12:40 mark in the second when David DiMario wrapped around the left side of the goal and sent a shot to the top right corner over Navy sophomore goalkeeper RJ Wickham (Penn Yan, N.Y.).
Lehigh cut the Mids' lead to one when brothers Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney worked to together to punch in the Mountain Hawks' second goal of the game.
Navy, though, put together a small run of its own, as Lennon sent a hard-driving lefty shot in for his second score of the day, while Warner fed Connors for a one-on-one shot and goal against Carr.
The Mountain Hawks answered a minute after the Connors shot as Cameron Lao-Gosney cranked a hard shot from the right wing that just caught the upper corner of the net to narrow Navy's advantage to 5-3.
Navy's offense caught fire in the final quarter, while its defense kept the Mountain Hawks off the scoreboard. Sophomore midfielder Nikk Davis (Cockeysville, Md.) took a pass from fellow middie Patrick Moran (Annapolis, Md.) for a short shot and goal, marking his first goal since the Mids' season-opening win over VMI.
Holding a 6-3 advantage, Navy scored a pair of insurance goals with under five minutes to play including sophomore Ryan O'Leary's (East Meadow, N.Y.) first goal of the year off an assist from Warner.
Defensively, Navy gave up just three goals on 32 shots, 12 of which were on goal by the Mountain Hawks. Additionally, the Mids survived five extra-man opportunities by Lehigh.
Perhaps the biggest improvement Navy made in the game was cutting down the turnovers. After committing 48 combined turnovers in its losses to Loyola and North Carolina, Navy recorded just 14 errors in its win over Lehigh.
The Midshipmen will be back in action on Saturday when they play host to 13th-ranked Bucknell in a nationally-televised contest. The Bison own a 2-1 record this season with wins over Ohio State and Towson this season. Action is slated for 3:00 pm at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and will be aired live by CBS College Sports. Additionally, Pete Medhurst will call the action via the radio waves on 1430 WNAV. A live audio and video stream will be available on Navy All-Access, as well as live stats by way of www.NavySports.com(.)


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Not everybody can recall exactly what they were doing 50 years and one week ago to the day but not everybody has memories of working in the War Room at the Pentagon.
Lt. Col. Robert Channon has just such memories, specifically ones related to June 11, 1963 when he had duty that day as the Action Officer in the War Room.
He was in a unique place that day to watch history unfold as the University of Alabama desegregated.
Channon, now 87, lives in Vestavia Hills. A West Point graduate, Channon spent 30 years in the Army, where he saw combat duty in Korea and Vietnam. After Korea and before Vietnam Channon spent time stationed at Army headquarters in the Pentagon where he not only got an up close look at the desegregation of UA, but also had a ring side seat during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
"I was one of a couple of officers charged with helping prepare the JCS (the Joint Chiefs of Staff) for all their various meetings in 1962," said Channon. "That was a busy job normally but there was nothing normal about October 1962 and the (missile) crisis."
Channon said from the time the crisis broke, Oct. 15, to the time it ended 13 days later, that the JCS probably had close to 35 high level meetings.
"I think we probably had to prepare the chiefs for 16 or 17 meetings a week, almost every one of them dealing in some way with war plans, embargos, deployments of combat units, ships, aircraft, plans for missile attacks and counter attacks," said Channon. "I remember at the worst of it I would drive into the Pentagon early each morning and think this will be the day I see a mushroom cloud explode over Washington. We really came just that close."
The desegregation of the University of Alabama seven months later did not have that kind of drama but it had its moments, said Channon.
"Unlike the missile crisis, we had been planning for the situation in Tuscaloosa for well over a month before it happened," said Channon. "At some point, I can't remember how close to the event we knew this, but we knew what Mr. Wallace (Gov. George Wallace) wanted. He wanted to stage a show, wanted to stand up to the federal government, wanted to stand in that door and puff out his chest. But we also knew he didn't really want any violence, especially directed at him. It was all a show for the cameras and I guess the people whose votes he wanted."
Channon said he had worked for weeks on plans to move regular U.S. Army troops into Alabama to deal with various contingencies.
"We were going to have regular Army units in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Huntsville, with a two-star general in command at each place," said Channon.
But regular Army units were replaced when the decision was made to rely on the Alabama National Guard with a standby provision to federalize the guard if necessary to remove Wallace from the doors of Foster Auditorium.
That became necessary when Wallace refused to move aside when asked by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenback on June 11, 1963.
At that point, Katzenback recommended to his boss, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, that the Alabama Guard be federalized by President John F. Kennedy.
Channon was in the War Room as duty officer when the discussion began to federalize the Alabama guard.
"We had phones patched into the War Room from Tuscaloosa, the Justice Department and the White House," said Channon. "Wallace had refused Katzenback's order to move so a discussion began between Katzenback and Robert Kennedy that eventually involved President Kennedy. Everybody was calm for the most part as they went back and forth discussing options and possible reactions from Wallace and the crowd at the university."
Channon said the discussion went on that way for a while, with him on one knee by the side of the Secretary of the Army Cyrus Vance waiting for a final order from President Kennedy.
"I remember it finally got down to Robert Kennedy saying, and I remember his words, 'Mr. President, I think we should do it.' A moment or so later I heard the voice of the president respond 'Let's go do it.'
At that point Channon said Vance signed the order federalizing the Alabama guard and then handed it to Channon who then walked it over to three soldiers at three teletype machines who then sent it to the commanding general in Tuscaloosa and to Wallace.
Channon said he has thought about that day from time to time over the years and its meaning.
"The president takes the oath of office to protect the nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic," said Channon. "During the missile crisis it was clear the enemy was foreign and the president carried out his duty to protect the nation. In Tuscaloosa, the enemy that day was domestic and the president again did his duty to protect the people."


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Christ Hospital in Jersey City has been fined $20,500 for violating state procedures after the body of a stillborn baby was accidentally thrown out with the trash by hospital staff inDecember, according to a report today by the Jersey Journal .
Investigators determined that on Dec. 21, the stillborn body of Bashere Davon Moyd Jr. was placed in the hospital morgue but later discarded before Jan. 2, when funeral home employees were to remove him.
Investigators determined also that the hospital did not keep a morgue log book, that it went days without being cleaned and that required weekly rounds to correct such deficiencies did not occur.
Despite an extensive, multi-state search, the infant's body was never found.


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"Honor the Legacy, Inspire the Dream" is the motto adopted by the Lady Raiders team for the 2016 season. The team wants to honor those who came before them, while they seek to inspire future Lady Raider players.
By CHARLES LISTON
Special to The Trimble Banner
Stacy May, graduate of the Criminal Justice Department at Indiana University, then the State Police Academy in Kentucky, and now a Lieutenant with Kentucky State Police, Dry Ridge Post, has taken on further responsibilities with acceptance of the position as Head Coach for Trimble County High School boys' basketball. Coach May has had numerous coaching experiences at Carroll and Henry County, among others, and dedicates a great amount of work to making positive experiences for young male students.
The work done by conservation groups as well as state and federal fish and wildlife agencies over the past 60 years to increase waterfowl populations is nothing short of remarkable.
"This year, we've had the highest counts of ducks as a whole by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service," said John Brunjes, migratory bird coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. "It is the highest counts ever with 49,522,000 ducks as well as 11,643,000 mallards, also a new record."
"Honor the Legacy, Inspire the Dream" is the motto adopted by the Lady Raiders team for the 2016 season. The team wants to honor those who came before them, while they seek to inspire future Lady Raider players.
By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
Former Trimble County "Runnin' Raider" Erin Gonterman helped lead her Berea College Mountaineers cross country team to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Cross Country Championship last weekend in the Florida heat at Lakeland, Fla. Berea's ladies were the class of the 23-team field in the competition. Berea swept the USCAA competition by also winning the Men's Championship in the event.
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Thinking about upgrading my FType 158 Wood. Largest sail size will be 10m race sail. My weight is 77kg. This is my largest kit so would need to keep the same TOW and plane in 8 knts. Am I correct in looking at the ISonic 150 or do you think I can get away with smaller? Next board down is IS 122. Not racing. Just enjoy high performance gear and going fast on a reach.
Hi Blazer,
If you want minimum the performances ot your FType 158, you will be very satisfy with the iSonic 150 with a feeling more slalom orientation so really fast machine on the reach in lighter winds. I sonic 133 or 144 will be to close to your 122 so on my side their is only one choice.
All the best
Thanks for the quick reply Remi. That's what I'm thinking but thought I would ask. Anyone have any experiences with the IS 150?
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Fundraising auction set for November 30 at Linton Public Library
Look for a fundraising auction featuring several one-of-a-kind items to hit the Linton Public Library on Nov. 30.
The Linton Public Library has received many autographed items -- which include some photos authenticating signature -- through the industrious and hard work of Ruby Moon-Houldson, explains a Linton Public Library press release.
The items will be auctioned off at 6:30 p.m. during a fundraising event Nov. 30 at the library with funds raised going to the Children's Department.
Moon-Houldson explained how she got the idea for the fundraiser.
"After meeting with over 50 Hollywood actors and best-selling authors out in California (earlier this month), and hearing what they had to say about getting started early on making your dreams come true, I decided that in our area we do not foster that ideal enough," she said. "So, what better place to start with molding future writers and maybe even actors than with our young people."
However, in order to hold writing workshops and other such programs, resources would be needed in order to cover the costs of such programs, Moon-Houldson explained.
"Therefore, I decided to ask my fellow authors if they would be willing to send autographed items to put into an auction to raise money for the children's/young people's department of our library," she said.
Since then, she's heard back from several authors, agents and inside contacts.
"Over the past few years I've met and spoken with several of the authors whose items will be included in the auction. In turn, I have sent, and will continue to send, my own autographed items to them when they hold fundraisers, etc.," she added.
She also encouraged local writers and photographers to hold workshops at the library.
"I urge those in our area to offer of their time to hold writing or photography workshops for the young people at the library at no cost," she said in the press release. "In the past I have offered writing workshops in the area at no cost and I had a lot of fun. It is important that we give of ourselves at times in order to foster hope in our young people and to help them build upon the gifts that are housed within. This I learned from my hero and wonderful friend, Hollywood actor Leonard Nimoy."
The auction will include many books from best-selling authors such as: Robin Cook, Stephen King, Nicholas Sparks, Nora Roberts, R. L. Stine, Michael Palmer, Nicholas Sparks with a picture, Ken Follett with a picture, a signed picture of Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, a DVD signed by Daniel Radcliff (Harry Potter) and a 1:18 scale die cast Captain America car signed by Stan Lee, with more items on the way.
Additionally, a handmade quilt is being donated by Jenine Stearns and the proceeds from it will go to support adult programming.
A complete list of items will be placed on the Linton Public Library's website and pieces will be added as they arrive. No bids will be taken before the fundraiser and all items must be paid for by cash or check. Bids may only be placed by adults aged 18 and over. The items may be viewed beginning at 6 p.m. on Nov. 30. The auctioneer will be Monty McKim and light refreshments will be served.
This is a special event and is separate from the Chair-ity auction -- which ended Nov. 19.


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CAMDEN — The Camden County Police Department is investigating a photograph that appears to reveal an officer sleeping in his squad car.
The photograph has been making the rounds on social media, including several Camden-related pages on Facebook. It shows an officer wearing sunglasses with his head tilted back, and his mouth open. It was reportedly taken at the corner of 3rd and Vine streets, in North Camden.
Camden County spokesman Dan Keashen confirmed officials were looking into the picture in order to determine its veracity.
"Like any other incident, we're trying to find if it's an authentic picture," said Keashen. "If it is, then there will be personnel actions."
Camden County Police Chief Scott Thomson later released this statement:
"We are deeply concerned by what appears in that photograph. We are thoroughly investigating to obtain all the facts to make the most informed decisions.
"Our residents deserve the absolute best police services and we continue to encourage anyone who sees something that appears inappropriate to immediately report it to us and we will investigate, as in this case here."


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Coach Mark Turgeon met with the media, Saturday, to talk about his teams win at Virginia Tech and to look forward to Virginia.
Turgeon acknowledges that their win in Blacksburg was huge, but he also noted that he thinks every game is huge. While he was happy his team won, his players werent happy with the way they played.
We werent really jumping for joy in the locker room the other night, said Turgeon. We missed a lot of free throws. We were really good defensively at the end but we didnt play our best game – which is encouraging because we came out on top. But I think it gave us a shot in the arm going forward. We needed it. Obviously thats an understatement, but we needed it.
Sophomore Dez Wells didnt look like his usual self, Thursday night. He turned the ball over a team-high four times. Turgeon was forced to pull him early, which seemed to really affect his energy for the rest of the game. Wells, who has only been with the team since November, has been the Terps emotional leader all season. When his energy isnt high, it rubs off on the rest of his team. Turgeon said when that happens, guys like James Padgett and PeShon Howard need to step up.
Turgeon was really proud of the minutes he got out of Howard against Virginia Tech. He thinks that Howard is much more comfortable in his current role because it takes a lot of pressure off him.
He only played 14 minutes. But he really gave us 14 good minutes, Turgeon said. His role is limited; its not what it was. Can it expand in a certain game? Absolutely, if we have guys making shots. I just got to have shooters on the floor, its hard.
With Howard in a limited role, Sophomore Nick Faust has been asked to play a lot more point guard. Its clear that Faust hasnt been as confident on the court since the switch. Turgeon has confidence in Faust; He just wants Faust to start believing himself a little more.
Is he thinking too much? Nicks played one way his whole life and now hes trying to play a different way. Yeah, its hard on him, said Turgeon. Hes getting a little bit more comfortable. The way he was playing wasnt good for our team.
With seven of their 10 regular contributors being freshmen or sophomores, theres no doubt this Terps team is young. Everyone can see it. Coach Turgeon is just tired of hearing it.
You cant use the youth excuse anymore, said Turgeon, who thinks his team has gained plenty of experience.
Freshman Shaquille Cleare has struggled keeping out of foul trouble lately, but Turgeon doesnt think its all his fault.
The thing about Shaq is hes so strong, kids run into him and they bounce off and it looks like a foul. (Referees) have to get used to reffing him, Turgeon said.
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Of R.A. Dickey, Cy Young Awards and John Elway
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Since 1972, the Rangers have had 81 pitchers throw at least career 200 innings for them. Of those 81 pitchers, R.A. Dickey has the second highest ERA. He had a 5.72 ERA in five years with the Rangers. The only one with a higher ERA and at least 200 innings was Chan Ho Park at 5.79.
Now R.A. Dickey is the National League Cy Young Award winner.
It's a mind-boggling thing and the Rangers have still never had a Cy Young winner in their franchise history.
Now that the Rays have finally won one, the Rangers are the only American League team never to have won a Cy Young Award.
They have drafted two Cy Young Award winners. They did once draft Barry Zito. They just failed to sign him after taking him in the third round back in 1998. Dickey, who was the Rangers No. 1 pick in 1996, did actually play for the Rangers.
He is also only the second pitcher to win a Cy Young Award after leaving the Rangers. The other was Gaylord Perry with the Padres in 1978.
Six pitchers did win the Cy Young Award before joining the Rangers: Ferguson Jenkins, Mike Marshall, Sparky Lyle, Eric Gagne, Cliff Lee and – technically – Brandon Webb. Also Perry. He won with the Indians in 1971. Also Perry again. He returned to the Rangers in 1980
The Rangers acquired Perry from the Indians on June 13, 1975 for pitchers Jim Bibby, Rick Waits, Jackie Brown and $100,000. They traded him to the Padres on Jan. 25, 1978 for pitcher Dave Tomlin and $125,000. At least the Rangers made a $25,000 profit.
Actually their profit was more than that. They sold Tomlin to the Reds at the end of Spring Training that year.
Perry went 21-6 for the Padres. Ferguson Jenkins won 18 for the Rangers and Jon Matlack won 15. No other starter had more than nine wins. The Rangers finished five games behind the Royals.
Jenkins remains the one Rangers pitcher who came close to winning the Cy Young, finishing second behind Jim Hunter in 1974.
Too bad they took Jonathan Johnson with the seventh overall pick in the 1995 Draft instead of Roy Halladay, who went to the Blue Jays with the 17th overall pick.
But then Cliff Lee was a fourth round pick by the Expos in 2000. He was a left-handed pitcher out of the University of Arkansas. The Rangers used their third round pick to take left-handed pitcher Chris Russ out of Towson University.
Here is a good one: the Rangers signed Burt Hooten as a free agent in 1985 and had to forfeit their second-round pick to the Dodgers. They took a second baseman that never made it to the Majors. Five picks later the Expos took Randy Johnson.
Another one. The Rangers did have their second round pick in 1984 and drafted Jimmy Meadows from Walters (Tenn.) State Community College. Never heard of him? How about Tom Glavine? Yep, the Braves took him seven picks later in the second round.
The Rangers also took an outfielder by the name of Chuckie Canaday in the second round (30th overall) of the 1981 Draft out of North Carolina State. They did so with a draft pick that was compensation from the Mets for signing free agent Rusty Staub.
The Rangers lost their own draft pick because they had signed Bill Stein as a free agent. The Mariners had the pick – 35th overall – and took Mark Langston out of San Jose State. Several years later they traded him to the Mariners for Randy Johnson.
Two picks later after Langston, the Twins took 1988 Cy Young winner Frank Viola. Chuckie Canaday never got past Oklahoma City unless you count his 1986 stint with the Mexico City Reds.
Hey if the Rangers wanted to, they could have taken a Hall of Famer in the second round. Like Chuckie, he too was an outfielder in college. But the Rangers wanted Canaday and the Yankees were the ones who took John Elway.
But the second round has never been good to the Rangers. In 1976 they took a right-handed pitcher Steve Finch from a California high school. On the very next pick, the Mets took a college pitcher from Pepperdine out in California. Mike Scott also won a Cy Young Award.
Wonder if the same scouts watched both pitchers.
Of course Scott won his Cy Young with the Astros only after being traded for first baseman Danny Heep.
Dickey and Zito were both drafted by the Rangers when Doug Melvin was General Manager. So too were Ryan Dempster, C.J. Wilson and Aaron Harang. A team could have won a division title this season with those five in their rotation. Colby Lewis too if he had stayed healthy.
R.A. Dickey was the one who won the Cy Young Award. It is a mind-boggling thing.


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Oswego, NY -- Hydropower plants like the one on the Oswego River in Oswego operate on a pretty simply premise, an industry expert says — flowing water turns turbine blades, generating electricity.
Not always so simple to figure, though, is why such plants periodically must release voluminous amounts of water, affecting levels downstream.
Such a release of water from the Varick Hydropower Generation Facility on the Oswego River Tuesday resulted in two men being swept down river. One died and one was hospitalized in critical condition. Two others clung to sign poles before being rescued by the fire department.
Maureen Winters, chair of public relations for the National Hydropower Association, said these plants are built on rivers that have fast-moving water. The water moves through the plants turning turbines generating electricity.
Some plants have a reservoir nearby where water can be released for the power plant, while others simply rely on the water moving down the river.
Reservoir plants, such as the Hoover and Grand Coulee dams, can be less affected by rising waters upstream than the other type.
The Varick plant "is what is considered a run-of-river facility meaning that we do not store water in a reservoir, but rather generate (using) water as it is available," said Julie Smith-Galvin, communications director for Brookfield Renewable Power, which owns the Oswego plant.
Winters said such hydropower plants "can only handle so much water" and have no way to store water. On normal days, the water comes down the river, through the plant and out the other side to continue its flow downstream.
"Any excess water goes over the spillway or through the plant gates," Winters said. The spillway is that area that looks like a waterfall and usually has very little water going over it. She said it doesn't matter if excess water is released by the plant or goes over the spillway — the river water level down stream still will go up.
Winters explained that during large rainfalls or during snow melt in the spring, too much water comes down the river and hydropower plant officials will release more water down river.
Plants set up mechanisms — such as the siren system at the Oswego plant — to warn fishermen or others on the river when the release of water is planned.
Brookfield Renewable Power officials and the Oswego police are investigating the alarm system and the timing for alarms last Tuesday. Some fishermen who were there that day said no siren sounded before the water went up, washing the two men down river.
Plant officials declined to discuss the protocol outlining how often or soon before water is released an alarm is to be sounded.
Worldwide, hydropower plants produce about 24 percent of the world's electricity
More than 1 billion people receive power from hydropower electricity
The world's hydropower plants make a combined total of 675,000 megawatts of electricity
There are more than 2,000 hydropower plants in the United States, making hydropower the country's largest renewable energy source.
The largest U.S. hydroelectric power plant is the Grand Coulee power station on the Columbia River in Washington state. It can produce 7,600 megawatts and is being upgraded to produce 10,080 megawatts
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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