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Linus Torvalds on requiring the root password for mundane tasks. "So here's a plea: if you have anything to do with security in a distro, and think that my kids (replace 'my kids' with 'sales people on the road' if you think your main customers are businesses) need to have the root password to access some wireless network, or to be able to print out a paper, or to change the date-and-time settings, please just kill yourself now. The world will be a better place." Yes, it's harsh (deal with it, Finns don't beat around the bush), but he's completely and utterly right. While there's cases where it makes sense to disable certain settings (public terminals, for instance), it is utterly idiotic that regular home users have to type in their root password for such mundane tasks.
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by dnebdal on Wed 29th Feb 2012 14:28 UTC in reply to "Comment by Gone fishing"
Kerberos tickets (and possibly some other forms of authentication and crypto) are time-dependant. Roughly speaking, the two sides encrypt their timestamps, and the opposite end only accepts if the time is reasonably close to its own. I don't know if being able to change the time on at least one end would allow any interesting attacks, but it sounds vaguely plausible?
(The typical place to run into this is weird login issues if your local time is horribly wrong.)
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The big discussion about overalls the other day reminded me of this photo from Pitti.
More than just about overalls ,to me, this look is about how Japan sees our (American) historic costume – i.e. 30′s Dust Bowl – in a much more romantic way than we even see ourselves.
As I have shown on this blog, there is a big American trend going on in Japan right now.
They romanticize us (Americans) the way we do the Italians or French (except there is also a big classic Italian trend in Japan right now also).
So instead of focusing just on just the "yes" or "no" of overalls maybe this post will get you thinking of other ,seemingly, forgotten American classics that might make it back in our closets this Fall.
This is how a look ,that I might not wear myself, can inspire me to look at a movie or book or see a related but completely different item of clothing in a different way and maybe work that item into my wardrobe.
From this look, I might only see the white collar shirt in a more casual way than I usually think of it.
Speaking of books like Grapes of Wrath…
… this photo also reminds me of that great Preston Sturges movie Sullivan's Travels (1941) with Joel McCrea and the incredible Veronica Lake
Here are some of the other images from January's Pitti of Japanese doing American classics

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Under an administrative order on consent, LSI Corp. which currently operates and maintains a groundwater treatment system at the facility, is required to continue to do so and implement land and groundwater use restrictions at the facility. Should LSI fail to adequately perform the work under the order, Alcatel-Lucent, the former owner of the facility, has agreed to complete the work.
Consisting of 120 acres about five miles east of Richmond, Va., the facility manufactured printed circuit boards and during its manufacturing operations, used and stored chlorinated solvents there.
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James Paul David "Jim" Bunning (born October 23, 1931) is a American former Major League Baseball pitcher and current politician.
During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1955-1971, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career strikeouts in Major League history; he is currently 17th. Bunning pitched the seventh perfect game in baseball history on June 21, 1964 against the New York Mets, a feat that has currently been accomplished only twenty times in baseball history. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.
After retiring from baseball, Bunning returned to his native northern Kentucky and was subsequently elected to the city council, and then the state senate, in which he served as minority leader. In 1986, Bunning was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 4th congressional district, and served in the House from 1987 to 1999. He was elected to the United States Senate from Kentucky in 1998 and has served there since 1999 as the Republican junior U.S. Senator. Bunning is currently the fifth oldest U.S. Senator and the oldest Republican in the Senate. In July 2009, he announced that he would not run for re-election in 2010, citing difficulty in raising campaign funds. Bunning gave his farewell speech to the Senate on December 9, 2010.
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"Opa, a new opensource programming language aiming to make web development transparent has been publicly launched. Opa automatically generates client-side Javascript and handles communication and session control. The ultimate goal of this project is to allow writing distributed web applications using a single programming language to code application logics, database queries and user interfaces. Among existing applications already developed in Opa, some are worth a look. Best place to start is the project homepage which contains extensive documentation while the code of the technology is on GitHub. A programming challenge ends October 17th." This is weird. 'Opa' is the nickname my friends gave me 6 years ago. It's still used more often than my actual name...
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Look at Kellan Lutz trying to hide is sulky pout. He thought he'd be the only piece of man meat with stripper nipple action at the 127 Hours premiere last night and must have been sorely disappointed to drive up against True Blood's Joe Manganiello. I imagine Kellan wanted very badly to challenge Joe to a throwdown at the afterparty. Werewolf Vampire Dance-off! They should be selling tickets to that sh-t. And all the people from Luke Perry's Dragon-Con appearance would have somewhere else to go.
Anyway, Kellan is apparently single now that he and that AnnaLynne McCord are now done. They've used each other to the most of their abilities. The way it was announced though you'd have thought they were the Brange. Why Is and Why Is broke up. Which barely matters, even on a slow news day.
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Gunners sign Danny Welbeck, but defensive situation remains a concern
The transfer window might have slammed shut, but Arsenal did manage to sneak in a centre-forward to replace the crocked Olivier Giroud.
As the clock ticked down, Danny Welbeck was signed from Manchester United for a fee in the region of 16 million pounds.
However, Arsenal fans will not have spent the night partying in the streets of Islington. Deadline day could not be regarded as a complete success, as the Gunners failed to add the defensive players they badly needed.
The acquisition of Welbeck looks to be an astute one. The England international is a player of enormous potential who has been squeezed out of the Old Trafford reckoning by the arrival of Radamel Falcao.
Some Arsenal fans may feel aggrieved that they have not landed a marquee name of their own, but the reality is that Arsene Wenger was never likely to shatter the club's wage structure to bring in someone like Falcao. The Colombian will turn 29 before the season is out and recently suffered a very serious knee injury.
Welbeck might not offer the same goal threat, but he is younger, fitter and more versatile. In many respects, he is a classic Wenger purchase.
Despite his versatility, Welbeck is surely joining Arsenal to play as a centre-forward. Giroud's injury has created a vacancy in the starting XI.
Yaya Sanogo auditioned for the part on Sunday at Leicester and was wholly unconvincing. Now, Welbeck will get his chance to stake his claim for a regular berth in his preferred position.
It's official. @Arsenal have signed Danny Welbeck from Manchester United: http://t.co/obyyFMbDW4 #WelcomeWelbeck pic.twitter.com/6yD9nbSkFi
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He appears to be an immediate upgrade on Sanogo. Welbeck is more mobile, quicker in the sprint and blessed with better technique. He can be uncouth in front of goal, but that seems a churlish complaint when the alternative is a player who has yet to score a competitive Arsenal goal in 17 appearances.
Welbeck is somewhat reminiscent of a young Emmanuel Adebayor. He has plenty of ability and athleticism but lacks composure in front of goal.
Under Wenger, Adebayor's finishing evolved from erratic to accomplished. If Wenger can pull off the same trick with Welbeck, Arsenal will have assuaged their attacking problems.
At the back, however, things don't look quite so rosy.
The team's squad page lists just six first-team defenders.
Given the Gunners typically play with four at the back, that's a worrying lack of depth. Currently, both Laurent Koscielny and Kieran Gibbs are out injured, meaning Wenger doesn't have a single senior defender in reserve.
It's difficult to understand just how Arsenal failed to recruit a new defender. Thomas Vermaelen was sold on Aug. 9, but Wenger knew he needed a new centre-half long before that.
Last season, Arsenal were fortunate to get away with having just three senior central defenders. This time round, they have only the teenage Calum Chambers to fill in for the first-choice pairing of Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny. For all his promise, Chambers is still a novice -- unfortunately, mistakes are inevitable.
Arsenal fans had also hoped for the arrival of a new holding midfielder, with excited talk of Portuguese international William Carvalho.
That particular deal never materialised, but the supporters' disappointment faded into insignificance amid concerns over Arsenal's lack of defensive depth. Gunners fans will be praying their back four can avoid injuries until at least January, when the market reopens.
In the cold light of day, there will be relief that Arsenal have added a powerful attacker to provide cover for Giroud.
However, that boon merely highlights the huge imbalance in the Arsenal squad. Wenger now has options up top but absolutely no room for manoeuvre at the back.
Arsenal's failure to add to their defensive ranks could come back to haunt them.
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betiko wrote:rdsrds2120 wrote:Beko the Great wrote:May we vote on the prizes also? I vote for the LEGO box
If you win, you get to choose whichever one in that category!
why are you dodging the conquer 5 question a few of us have been asking rds? the last active games possible are beeing played and it's about to get all stuck. The CC5 is about to be a 25% cheap cup.
1 awaiting for round 2; 1 awaiting for round 3; 1 awaiting awaiting for round 5 will be the outcome + 3 awaiting for round 6 (final).
you probably should've opened new enties a while ago.
I haven't been dodging it, necessarily. I have an idea, but I'll run it by the other admin's first!


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Fiber tractography in patients with gliomas: Histopathologic evaluation of tumor infiltration of white matter tracts
Tractographie bei Gliompatienten: Histologische Untersuchung zur Tumorinfiltration der Faserbahnen
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Objective: To correlate the changes in fractional anisotropy (FA) and in mean diffusivity (MD) using diffusion tensor MR imaging (DTI) with the degree of tumor cell infiltration in gliomas. To assess the extent of tumor cell infiltration in brain fiber tracks.
Methods: Twenty patients (8f/12m; 53-17y) with gliomas (7 WHO II, 13 WHO III) underwent DTI with a 1.5 T system (Siemens Sonata). DTI data were obtained using an EPI diffusion sequence (TR/TE 9200/86ms) with 6 diffusion directions (b=1000), an isotropic voxel size of 1.9 mm and 5 averages. FA and MD (=mean ADC) values were calculated from DTI data. Co-registration with a 3D MPRAGE, which was used for stereotactic brain biopsies, allowed correlation of FA and MD values with histopathologic findings expressed as % tumor infiltration (%TI). Fiber Tractography using DTI-Studio was performed to investigate the integrity of white matter tracts in the border zone of the lesions. Anatomically segmented ROIs for seed areas were placed for tracking of callosal, projection and/or association fibers, depending on the location of the lesion. The tracing procedures were stopped for FA<0.1 or tract turning-angle>60°.
Results: The histopathologic findings of 75 MR image-guided stereotactic biopsies from all 20 patients were correlated with the corresponding FA and MD values at the biopsy locus. For MD we found a positive linear correlation (r=0.412, p=0.0005), whereas FA showed a more distinct negative linear correlation (r=-0.821, p<0.0001) with %TI. A linear regression model resulted in an intersection at 0%TI for FA=0.28. Tractography showed FA ranging from 0.39-0.20 (0.25±0.05) of the brain fiber tracts located nearest to the lesions. Based on the regression model, these values are equal to 20%TI (range 0-50%TI) of intact brain fiber tracts in the border zone of gliomas. In 6 patients we retrospectively reconstructed intact brain fiber tracts at the biopsy loci (2-32%TI).
Conclusions: FA is more significant than MD (mean ADC) for the assessment and delineation of pathologic changes in brain tumors. We showed potential tumor cell infiltration of intact brain fiber tracts. For gliomas WHO II and III, a FA<0.2 allow the assumption of a %TI>50% and a very low probability of intact brain fiber tracts.


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Photographers entering Nikon's Photomicrography Competition captured stunning time-lapse images of organisms at work. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.
What could be more marvelous than seeing microscopic wonders at super-close range? How about watching those wonders at work, through the magic of time-lapse photography? That's the kind of wow factor that Nikon Instruments was going for with their first-ever Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition — and it looks as if the winning entries have hit the mark.
Top honors go to Anna Franz, a researcher at the University of Oxford's Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, for her video showing how ink makes its way through the blood vessels of a chick embryo.
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Dark ink outlines the blood system of a chick embryo in this frame from a video created by Anna Franz of Oriel College and the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford. Franz carefully injected the ink into an artery within the egg and used a stereo microscope to track its flow through the vessels. The resulting video won top honors in Nikon's first Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition. Click on the image to play the movie.
To create the time-lapse video, Franz cut a window into a chicken egg to expose the 72-hour-old embryo, and then carefully injected ink into its artery under a stereo microscope to visualize the blood system. Believe it or not, this was the first time Franz used this technique. She not only got it right; she also captured the blood's blossoming on video.
"This movie not only demonstrates the power of the heart and the complexity of vasculature of the chick embryo, but also reflects the beauty of nature's design," Franz said in today's announcement about the award-winners.
Second place goes to Dominik Paquet's glittering time-lapse view of mitochondria moving through sensory neurons in the tail of a zebrafish larva. Mitochondria are the energy-producing powerhouses of the cell, and play a vital role in sparking neural activity. This movie was created in the course of Paquet's research into the molecular and cellular pathologies associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Paquet and his team at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease in Munich were studying how problems with the transport of cellular components can affect nerve cells. Paquet says this video may represent the first-ever example of live imaging of mitochondrial transport in the nerve cells of an intact, unmodified vertebrate.
Dominik Paquet / German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases / Rockefeller U.
Medical researcher Dominik Paquet captured a time-lapse movie showing the movement of mitochondria through sensory neurons in the tail of a zebrafish larva. The movie won second place in Nikon's Small World in Motion contest. Click on the image to play the movie.
A microscopic crustacean known as a Daphnia or water flea plays with a Volvox, a spherical type of green algae, in a frame from a video that won third place in Nikon's Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition. Click on the image to play the video.
The third-place winner is totally for fun. German vaccine researcher Ralf Wagner nabbed a Daphnia water flea from his garden pond and put it on his microscope slide for study. In Wagner's charming video, the water flea can be seen batting around a spherical Volvox green-algae colony as if it were a beach ball. Wagner acknowledges that the video doesn't document a scientific breakthrough; it just shows a microscopic creature interacting with its environment. It also shows off Wagner's flair for microscopy. A still image showing a similar scene was recognized as an image of distinction in the 2011 Nikon Small World contest. Wagner hopes that such pictures will remind viewers how much fun science can be, and perhaps inspire some of them to take up its study.
Nikon Instruments has been sponsoring the annual Small World contest for still photomicrography for 37 years — and Eric Flem, the company's communications manager, said the video contest was a natural outgrowth of the tradition. "We receive spectacular images for the Nikon Small World Competition, and it is with great excitement that we expand the competition to accommodate moving images and time-lapse photography," he said.
More than 200 contest entries were received for judging by Kurt Thorn, director of the Nikon Imaging Center at the University of California at San Francisco; and Michael Davidson, director of the Optical and Magneto-Optical Imaging Center at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University. In addition to the top three videos, the judges recognized 11 other entries with honorable mentions.
For the full playlist, click on over to the Nikon Small World website. You can also check in with Nikon Small World's Facebook page and its Twitter account, @NikonSmallWorld.
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Romance is in the Air 3012a
Posted by cindysbookends in Romance on November 6, 2012
Romance is in the Air 3012a
Breath and Love
Swiftly I turned into the light and blinded by it, I reached out to lean on the
rock, but my hand touched his hand sending an electric tingle that began in my finger tips and dipped
to my toes as I reached out for something to break my fall. He caught me, then held
me close, until I caught my breath and balance.
Shivers and goosebumps covered me from head to toe. I breathed in deeply for
oxygen and found the scent of him: rich deep forest odours, with a hint of musk.
He chuckled slightly as he lifted one of my ringlets, raised it to his face, felt
its smoothness and gave a little tug as he curled it tighter. Oh sweet love.
Heart and Home
My heart was beating fast as I felt my face fill with warmth and my smile created
dimples in my cheeks. Heat spread throughout my body as I stared without blinking
into his deep green eyes. The same colour of the deepest part of Emerald Lake.
"You came", I said.
"Yes I did, I told you I would come as soon as I could, 2 years and more hours
than I thought it would be." said Mark.
Marion touched Mark's face; his cheeks, his forehead, his deep black long hair,
and his chin. She felt as if she was seeing him for the first time, it had been so
long, and yet he was so familiar.
"Welcome to our home", she said.
Yukon Mountains meets Hudson Bay
Her hazel eyes looked away from his and gently touched on the fields of hay, the horses, and the homes
built within the walls of one of Lake Agassiz's beautiful river tributaries, called the Assiniboine
river valley. Marion knew he would love these people and surroundings soon after arriving and
exploring the world of her Forefathers and Grandmothers.
People surrounded them with broad smiles of joy. Marion was well known and loved along the shores of
the Hudson Bay. She introduced him to everyone in this small settlement; old and young alike were
eager to meet this man because he had saved Marion's life high in the Yukon Mountains.
Celebration, Travelers and Gatherers
It was decided that there would be a feast that night in celebration. Word was sent to all on the
Hudson Bay and the travelers returned saying they needed to wait 4 days as many wanted to come to join
in the celebration. They would wait. It would be a 4 day potlatch. As the days of celebration came
close teepees covered the river valley. Gatherers selected plants from the green houses that were
ready to be eaten. The Old Ones went into the wild by horse back and returned with what was needed for
a joining of two strong people. Flying by their sides came the eagles and from their pack horses came
the smell of dried salmon and buffalo.
Outfits, Horses, River and Cliff Homes
During this time Marion completed the outfit she had made for her mate from her memory of his height and size. It was the work of 2 years plus many hours. The Grandmothers had made her outfit, which she
had yet to see for herself, but she knew it would be beautiful. During the days Mark and she had
ridden horses throughout the river bottom and high up into the cliffs where her people could live if
they needed to. Each home along the river and cliffs held protected seeds,dried goods, clothing and
all they needed in bags of skin that could be linked together and lifted by pulleys between the river
and cliff homes. Up in one of the cliff dwellings was a source of pure water from deep within the
earth as well as green houses filled with plants and seeds. It was a mixture of old traditions and new
found ways of saving seeds and sharing everything.
Peacemakers Community
This is a community of peacemakers. After 4 days all was ready. Mark had been taken hunting by the
women while Marion was taken to the gathering places of precious plants needed for the coming
ceremonies. Her Grandfathers, Uncles and nephews honoured her for her kindness and caring. That night
they all came home tired, smiling and ready for the coming dawn. All was good, the people were
laughing again. Silence came to the people as the sweetness of fresh chosen plants and the pungent
aroma of cooking meats wafted on the night air.
Everyone slept as a meteor spun in another galaxy….


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We have watched the national news as the story of the April 15 bombing at the Boston Marathon continues with the death and arrest of the suspects in this heinous crime. This horrific day should have been a day full of joy with feelings of elation at the finish line for those participating and their families and friends.
We have watched the national news as the story of the April 15 bombing at the Boston Marathon continues with the death and arrest of the suspects in this heinous crime. This horrific day should have been a day full of joy with feelings of elation at the finish line for those participating and their families and friends. Instead, the 117th Annual Boston Marathon will be forever remembered for a day of sadness and loss except for feelings of gratitude for those in Boston who helped so many. A knee surgery last May could very well be the reason for Biggs Unified School District Administrative Assistant Judy Jennings being home safe now as her time was not what it normally would have been. For those who had not yet reached the finish line, they were not aware of what had happened up ahead and stood wondering why the race had come to a stop. The Boston Marathon, like so many others, brings loud, exuberant noise and since it was Patriot Day, the thought of fireworks flashed in many minds when they did hear a loud noise. Jennings' qualifying time was 4:06. The bombs went off at 4.09 into the race. Jennings was purposely running slower than normal because of her knee surgery. She speculated that otherwise her time might have been 4:45. She passed the 24.8 checkpoint at a good clip but felt she wanted a better time so she picked up her pace at that point. "There is always all kinds of screaming, bells, horns and bands playing. It is 26 miles of screaming," Jennings explained of the frivolity that comes with a marathon. "This is the most celebrated one I have been in. Everybody comes out encouraging the runners. I love the people of Boston they are so supportive," she said. Once the bombs went off, Jennings and the other runners saw just how supportive the people of Boston could be as they opened up their homes, their cupboards and their hearts. Once coming to a stop, many wearing short sleeve tank tops and shorts in 56 degree weather, were greeted by people who came out with garbage bags to wrap around their arms, blankets, jackets besides bottled water and power bars. "I was so emotional by this point, seeing these people, total strangers helping so many people," she said. "Boston people are beautiful." One runner had a fancy white leather coat on that someone had handed her. Another runner had a beautiful blanket wrapped around her that a thoughtful person had given to her. Jennings had no fears before the race but when a gate came up in front of her and six big black SUV's with blacked-out windows passed her she thought maybe it was the President or possibly politicians. The gate was opened again once the SUV's had travelled through to the highway and the runners were allowed to continue. Of course most of the runners did not have phones on them to see what had happened up ahead. She wondered why there was such a bottleneck of runners but everyone continued just concerned about their times at this point. "It was getting more crowded by the minute because with 27,000 in the race, only 17,000 had crossed the finish line when the bombs went off. That left 10,000 stuck behind not knowing what had happened," she explained. Runners are normally given souvenir bags with their numbers on it at the finish line. Something miraculous that occurred was that with all that was going on, the bags were given out the next day along with the medals that are cherished by the people who certainly earned them. Trinity Episcopal Church is near the finish line and the day before the race on Sunday, runners were blessed there while Chariots of Fire played. Though the race began at 10:30 a.m., Jennings did not get back to her hotel until 5:30 p.m., and feels she was in a state of shock when she was walking back to her hotel feeling very alone at that time. She had not eaten since 9 a.m., and was nearly panicked walking by herself after hearing what had happened. She was freezing cold, had to ask directions to her hotel once she had gotten off the bus and felt very alone. There were no police around and she was praying she would make it to her hotel. She had just $10 on her and she was afraid the hotel might be on lockdown like so many places at that point. She thought, should I stop and get warm somewhere or just keep going? She made it to her hotel before it got dark and burst into tears when she saw that her friend was safe. They watched the news all night. Jennings is grateful that her husband Kevin had decided to stay home or else he would have been waiting for her at the finish line. She had ridden on a bus part of the way with other runners watching the police go by as she wondered about her friend Robin and if she was ok. Robin had come into the finish line at 3:44, received her bag and medal and was already at the hotel thinking she had heard thunder. Jennings has a photograph of the policemen handing their phones over to runners so that they could text family members that they were fine because all other phone service had been shut down along with the subway. ... For the rest of the story, pick up a copy of the April 26, 2013 issue of the Gridley Herald. To subscribe to the Gridley Herald, call 530-846-3661!


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Get free legal assistance on the first Tuesday of each month between 4:00 and 6:00pm in the library's lower level meeting rooms.
Volunteers at the library can help you out whether you are proceeding pro se (without an attorney) or if you need the help of an attorney free of charge. The clinic, which is held in the Activity and Gegan Rooms, lower level, can offer help with the following types of cases:
- Family law
- Small claims
- Domestic abuse/Harassment
- Probate/Will or Guardianship
- Property disputes
Get advice on how to represent yourself or get a referral to an attorney who can possibly represent you without a fee. First come, first served.
There will be volunteer attorneys available to evaluate your problem and in most cases give you advice about how you should proceed.
You may be already suing someone else. Maybe someone is suing you. You may need to modify an order such as child support or placement of your children. You might need the protection of a restraining order. Or maybe you are feeling that you have been wronged and do not know what you can do about it.
The Free Legal Assistance Clinic can help you in any of these situations and many more.
Please note, the Free Legal Assistance Clinic cannot help you if you already have an attorney representing you for that legal problem.
This program is coordinated by the Winnebago County Clerk of Courts. For more information about the service, call 920-236-4848.
All library events are free and open to everyone. Those with special needs are encouraged to call the library office at 967-3662, within 24 hours of the event, to assure that specific needs with regards to parking, building and meeting room accessibility are met.


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Nonprofit arts organizations all over the state are working to develop new partnerships and innovative marketing tools. Funding is tight and costs continue to rise. Theater companies and musical groups are drawing on their creative instincts to find a path to the future.
Nonprofit arts organizations all over the state are working to develop new partnerships and innovative marketing tools. Funding is tight and costs continue to rise. Theater companies and musical groups are drawing on their creative instincts to find a path to the future.
In that spirit, Wichita Grand Opera is partnering with the Depot Theater Company to offer Dodge City theater patrons a night at the opera.
The WGO production of Otello by Giuseppi Verdi, opens Jan. 19 and a busload of southwest Kansans will be there.
"We started by trading ads in our show programs with the Wichita Grand Opera," said Connie Penick, the Depot Theater Company's chief executive officer.
"From there, they suggested creating a package deal for our patrons and this exciting opportunity fell into place," she said.
The package includes travel by bus to Wichita, dinner at the Wichita Country Club and the performance of "Otello."
"Otello" is one of the opera master's mature works, coming next-to-last in his catalogue. Only the masterpiece, "Falstaff," was written later in his life.
"Otello," which premiered in 1887, was based on Shakespeare's play, "Othello," and tells the story of Otello, a Moorish general; Desdemona, his wife; and Iago, his ensign.
It's a dark tale of love and jealousy that has become a showcase for actors and singers alike.
The operatic role is one of the most challenging in the repertoire.
According to Parvan Bakardiev, WGO's general director, the role of Othello has attracted the acting talents of Sir Laurence Olivier, James Earl Jones, Sir Michael Gambon, Sir Anthony Hopkins, and Sir Patrick Stewart over the past seasons.
"Laurence Olivier once saw a performance of Otello starring Plácido Domingo and jokingly complained, 'He plays Othello as well as I do, and he has that voice!', Bakardiev said in a recent press release.
"You can count on one hand the number of singers in the world right now who can truly handle the role of Otello, simply from a vocal standpoint. Then, ask how many of those combine the voice with the acting ability, the looks, the charisma… You're left with just two: Plácido Domingo and Martin Iliev," he said.
Tenor Martin Iliev, who will be singing the title role in WGO's production, has made huge waves in the European opera scene over the last several years.
In his U.S. debut, Martin Iliev appeared as Cavaradossi in Wichita Grand Opera's production of Tosca. A record-setting audience of over 4,000 filled Century II's Convention Hall to see Kansas-born Samuel Ramey's professional debut that night. They expected a thrilling performance from Mr. Ramey. What they weren't expecting was to hear a superb young tenor — Iliev — who in just a few years would be one of the most highly-regarded voices in Europe.
As big a role as Otello may be, Otello is anything but a one-man show. Otello's aide, Iago, begins the opera furious that Otello has promoted the young, handsome Cassio to the rank of Captain, in spite of Iago's years of loyal service. Iago sets out to destroy Otello for revenge, beginning by tricking Cassio into a scandalous brawl with another soldier. Otello strips Cassio of his rank, but Otello's innocent wife, Desdemona, attempts to intercede on behalf of the unfortunate former captain. Seizing the opportunity, Iago leads Otello to suspect that Desdemona and Cassio are having an affair. To avenge his honor, Otello murders Desdemona, and then takes his own life once Iago's plot is uncovered.
European sensation Zvetelina Vassileva returns once more to Wichita Grand Opera to star as Desdemona. Known internationally as a Verdi specialist, Ms. Vassileva is one of the world's premiere Desdemonas, performing with Royal Opera Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and many other prestigious houses. WGO favorite Michael Nansel, a frequent guest at Washington National Opera, will take the sinister role of Iago.
Southwest Kansas opera lovers will board the bus at the Depot Theater Company parking lot at 1 p.m. Jan. 19. They'll be headed to a unique event; the WGO production of "Otello" will be the only such production outside the Metropolitan Opera this year.
Plans are also underway for additional exchanges between the two theater companies.
"We're in discussion to bring a WGO performance to the Depot, and we're hoping to bring a similar group tour from Wichita to a Depot show," Penick said.
Plans are also underway for a second trip to Wichita to see "Swan Lake" in April.
"If interest continues to grow, we'll consider making an overnight trip in the future as well," Penick said.
Tickets start at $35 and are available through the WGO Box Office at (316) 262-8054 or at SelectASeat.com.
To make the trip with the Depot Theater Company, call (620) 225-1001. Package tickets, which include transportation, dinner and the performance, are $90.


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The bullets that struck Marcia Fernandes changed her life forever.
�I'm not someone who died. I'm here. But it's a struggle every day,� said Fernandes, 31, as she cried into a microphone from her wheelchair Wednesday night at the Hill Street Community Center on the city's East Side.
Fernandes was paralyzed after she was shot multiple times while cooking dinner at her Brockton home in 2005. Her brother, Wayne Fernandes, was shot to death in Brockton in 1984 when he was 17.
She joined more than six dozen residents, many of whom have lost family members to gun violence, who say they are fed up with youths dying on city streets.
�There is a war out here in Brockton. It's getting worse,� said Ramona Jones, 47, a mother of four whose youngest child, Anthony Weeks, was shot dead near her Belmont Street home in 2002 when he was 16.
There were tears shed and hugs shared during the community meeting spearheaded by Ollie Jay Spears, a community activist against inner-city violence.
Spears, who grew up in the Hill Street housing project, pressed the crowd to come up with ways to curb gun violence in Brockton.
�We've got to do something as citizens,� said Spears, 32, a married father of three. �As caring citizens, we could do it today.
�We could do it for the future of our children, so our children will go to school and walk down the street and don't have to worry about getting shot or stabbed or beat up,� Spears said.
The meeting came after a 17-year-old high school student, Jose Gurley, was shot to death July 21, and 18-year-old Mateus Mendes was shot and critically wounded last week.
Matthew Engram, 20, of Brockton, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder in the Gurley case.
No other arrests had been made in the Gurley case or in the Mendes shooting by 9 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
The meeting drew several city mothers who have lost their children to gun violence. The mothers wore T-shirts bearing photographs of their slain children.
�Touchdown for mom� was written on Shelley Gurley's black T-shirt, above a photograph of her son, Jose Gurley, a star athlete at West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School, in his football uniform.
�I'm just devastated,� cried Gurley, 43, whose brother, Shane, was shot to death in 2001 at age 17.
�The violence has to stop, you know?� Gurley said, tears streaming down her face, while holding a microphone before the audience. �The community has to come together.�
Dora Fernandes, mother of Marcia Fernandes, wore a white T-shirt that showed a picture of her daughter in a wheelchair and the words �My survivor.�
Wednesday was also the birthday of her slain son, Wayne. He would have turned 41.
�Today was his birthday, and I cried all day,� she said.
Two more events are planned to mobilize residents against city violence.
The National Night Out Against Crime will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton.
A peace rally parade will step off from North Junior High School at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday and will wind through city streets to South Middle School.
Spears urged residents to reach out to city youth.
He plans to go into the roughest city neighborhoods in the coming weeks and talk to youths on the street.
�I want to go to the forgotten kids,� Spears said.
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On the strength of a 3-2 vote, the Oak Park Heights City Council recently donated $3,000 to the coalition that's promoting the new St. Croix River bridge, but with conditions.
The city will audit just how the coalition uses the money after City Attorney Mark Vierling advised that the coalition can't spend it on a legal defense, as representatives of the Coalition for the St. Croix River Crossing had inferred.
"In our view, the Coalition would not have legal standing that would allow it to participate in any litigation should that ever present itself, relative to the bridge, as it has no legal standing in the issue," Vierling wrote in a letter to city leaders. "Consequently, the anticipation of capital building for litigation or legal defense in my opinion would be an illegal gift."
Vierling said the City Council had the legal authority to make the donation if it "serves an identified worthy and beneficial public purpose," but he also suggested that the city inquire further into the coalition's budget and anticipated revenue.
Mayor Mary McComber and council members Mark Swenson and Chuck Dougherty voted in favor of the donation. Mike Runk and Les Abrahamson opposed.
McComber has been an ex-officio member of the coalition. Doughtery owns the Water Street Inn, a bar, restaurant and hotel operation at the foot of the Stillwater Lift Bridge. The coalition has advocated closing the 82-year-old Lift Bridge for safety reasons and to divert commuter traffic out of Stillwater.
Money for the donation will come from the council's contingency fund.
Abrahamson said he voted against the donation because the coalition didn't help Oak Park Heights with problems such as finding money to move utilities during construction of approach roads to the new bridge.
"Our issues never became the coalition's issues," he said. "Oak Park Heights was on a bit of an island trying to resolve these issues. I had a hard time supporting that."
Grants available to teach recycling
Nonprofit organizations and schools in Washington County are eligible to apply for grants from the Community POWER (Partners on Waste Education and Reduction) program to teach about waste reduction and recycling.
The deadline to apply is April 1. Anyone wanting to learn more can attend an informational meeting from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Roseville Public Library. Applicants can apply online at www.RethinkRecycling.com/Grants.
Recent recipients include the Stillwater Area High School transition program, Oltman Middle School in St. Paul Park, and Carpenter Nature Center. Their projects focused on reducing packaging waste, composting, recycling and using non-toxic cleaners.
For more information, contact Laurie Gustafson at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 651-252-1487.
Historical society offers scholarship
The Washington County Historical Society is offering a scholarship for post-secondary education.
The scholarship is available to graduating seniors enrolled in a Washington County high school or a student in a college or university program currently residing in Washington County as a permanent resident and who is focusing on history, American studies, architecture or a history related field of study.
Applicants must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher and must be a member of WCHS or have an immediate family member who is a member. Applications must be received by May 1. To get an application, contact a high school counselor or the historical society at 651-439-5956. Or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.wchsmn.org.
Savings to follow move from paper
Washington County Board members will begin receiving documents related to county board business electronically by springtime.
Moving to electronic delivery will save at least $5,000 over the next four years in staff costs, printing and mailing paper packets, the county said.
Earlier in February the County Board approved a $1,500 stipend to purchase electronic equipment to receive documents for county business electronically. Board members who accept the stipend will be required to personally own a device that is able to connect to the county network and that allows the board member to receive the weekly board packet electronically.
Stantec will design new roundabout
The Washington County Board of Commissioners has approved a contract with Stantec Consulting Services Inc. to start design work on construction of a roundabout at Radio Drive and Military Road in Woodbury.
Stantec was selected after obtaining competitive bids. The design contract is for $78,416. The project is part of the county's 2013 Capital Improvement Plan.
Foundation seeks more 'great ideas'
The Stillwater Area Foundation has unveiled a "Great Idea Competition" that seeks the newest and most innovative ideas to benefit the city.
The winner will receive a $5,000 grant to implement their "great idea."
Ideas must be submitted no later than April 1 on the Stillwater Area Foundation website at www.stillwaterareafoundation.org.
The top three entrants will be asked to present them at a May board meeting, and the winner will be announced in June.
Kevin Giles
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Christ Church Bronxville17 Sagamore Road
Saturday, December 24
4:00 pm: Family Christmas Eve Crèche Mass
3:30 pm: Organ Prelude of Traditional Christmas Carols
10:30 pm: Christmas Prelude
11:00 pm: Solemn Midnight Mass
Sunday, December 25
10:00 am: Mass
The Reformed Church of Bronxville180 Pondfield Road
Saturday, December 24
4:30 pm: Children and Family Worship
5:30 pm: Bronxville Village Chrismas Pageant on front lawn
7:30 pm: Candlelight Service with Chamber Choirs
11:00 pm: Service of Lessons and Carols
10:00 am: The Nativity of Christ with communion
Village Lutheran Church172 White Plains Road
5:00 pm: Family Christmas Eve Service 8:00 pm: Candles and Carols with Choirs
11:00 pm: Christmas Eve Communion Service
Saturday, December 25
10:00 am: Christmas Day Communion Service
West Center Congregational Church101 Pondfield Road West at Chatfield Road
8:00 pm: Traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve Service
11:00 am: Christmas Day Service
Photo by A. Warner
By Charlotte Haims, Member, The Reformed Church of Bronxville Dec. 12, 2018: The 104th annual Bronxville Christmas Pageant takes place at 5:30 pm on Christmas Eve. As always, the pageant...
Christ Church Bronxville
Christ Church Bronxville, or "CCBNY" as it's known in the community, is the village's Episcopal church, whose beginnings date back to 1898. The current church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was completed in 1926 and was designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, who also designed St. Bartholomew's in New York City and the Chapel at West Point.
CCBNY offers a wide array of programs to its parishioners, who live throughout southern Westchester. The acclaimed music program boasts five choirs; international outreach efforts to Cuba; and education and service programs for family members of all ages. CCBNY is also home to the renowned children's music program Young at Arts (http://www.youngatartsny.org), and Eliza Corwin Frost (www.elizafrostschool.org), a nursery school for children ages 1 to 5.Our services are as follows:8:00AM Rite I Spoken Eucharist10:00AM Family Choral Eucharist5:00PM Informal Eucharist
"No matter where you are on your spiritual journey there is a home for you at Christ Church. Our worship, music, education and outreach challenge us to embrace holiness and fearlessly share Christ's love."
The Rev. Michael A. Bird, Rector17 Sagamore RoadBronxville, New York 10708914-337-3544
First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church was organized in 1854. Its mission is "to reach out as a caring and Christ centered Church to people of all culture and races, helping them to know God and find fellowship with each other through Jesus Christ to the glory of God."
Sunday Services are at 11:00am from September to the second Sunday in June. Summer Services are Sunday at 10:00am
Rev. Lamont Granby407 New Rochelle Road Bronxville, New York 10708 914-793-2560
Reformed Church of Bronxville
The Reformed Church of Bronxville is the community church in the heart of the village. We welcome people of all faiths and persuasions to be a part of our church family. We have exciting programs to meet your interests including music and the arts, service and outreach, children's ministry and a wonderful Nursery School.
Starting Sept. 7th, we have three Sunday services held at 8:30 am, 10:30 am and 5:00 pm. A Fellowship Coffee Hour is offered after the 10:30 am service. Childcare is available during our 10:30 am service along with Church School classes for children from 2 years old through the 8th grade.
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Ruge, Senior Minister
Rev. Cari Pattison, Associate Minister
Rev. Samuel Clover, Assistant Minister
The Reformed Church180 Pondfield RoadBronxville, New York 10708914-337-6776www.reformedchurch.org
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph Church, which opened its doors in 1925, is the Catholic Church in Bronxville. It offers services on Saturday, Sunday, weekdays and Holy Days. It offers a religious education program for K - 8th grade which takes place on Wednesday during the school year. It also offers a myriad of opportunities for parishioners to meet, share ideas and experiences and help others. The St. Joseph's School offers classes for K – 8th grade.
Saturday Services: 5:00pm Sunday Services: 7:15am, 8:15am, 9:30am, 10:45am, 12:00 noon, 1:00pm, 5:00pm Weekday Services 6:45am, 8:00am, 9:00am, 12:00 noon Holy Day Services Vigil Mass 5:00pm 6:45am, 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am, 12:00 noon, 7:30pm Daily Morning Prayer: 8:45am
Father Peter McGreory
15 Cedar Street Bronxville, New York 10708 914-337-1660
Village Lutheran Church
The Village Lutheran Church "is a ministry of word and sacraments. This ministry gives opportunities for witness, nurture, fellowship, stewardship and service." The Chapel School, which goes from pre-school three-year olds through 8th grade, is an integral part of the Church's ministry for children.
Weekend services are on Saturday at 5:30 PM and Sunday at 9am and 10:45am.
Rev. Dr. Robert Hartwell172 White Plains RoadBronxville, New York 10708 914-337-0207
West Center Congregational Church
West Center Congregational Church is a member of The United Church of Christ. It welcomes "all who seek to find, know and serve the living God better in all they are and do."
Sunday services are at 11am, followed by a coffee hour at noon. During the Sunday service, they offer child care for infants and Christian education for elementary school children.
Rev. John M. Barrett101 Pondfield Road WestBronxville, New York 10708 914-337-3829
Sinai Free Synagogue
Sinai Free Synagogue is Westchester`s "newest" Reform congregation but its roots go back almost 100 years. Formed in 1999 by a merger of Mount Vernon`s Sinai Temple (founded in 1906 and the first Reform congregation in Westchester County) and the Free Synagogue of Westchester (founded in 1927), the 250-member congregation has a long, distinguished history.
Friday evening Shabbat services are held weekly. The Oneg following the service offers congregants and visitors an opportunity to linger and chat over coffee and desserts. Rabbi Barzilai conducts a Saturday morning service that meets every Saturday when there is no Bar or Bat Mitzvah. (The service follows Torah Study.) This service lasts one hour and is very participatory. Services are also held on High Holy Days Baby sitting is available during some of these services and there are special children`s services.
Please check the Calendar for dates and times.
Rabbi Barzilai is Sinai Free Synagogue`s spiritual leader. Prior to the Sinai Free Synagogue, he served as rabbi at the Free Synagogue of Westchester, after having served as associate rabbi at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck.
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LOS ANGELES - Shipping lanes along the California coast - the oceanic superhighways for Asian goods coming to America - are poised to be rerouted to protect endangered whales from collisions.
LOS ANGELES � Shipping lanes along the California coast � the oceanic superhighways for Asian goods coming to America � are poised to be rerouted to protect endangered whales from collisions.
The International Maritime Organization, which governs global shipping, has approved three proposals that would shift one lane through the Santa Barbara Channel and the approaches to the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex and ports in San Francisco Bay.
The route adjustments were recommended by the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after four blue whales were thought to have been killed by ship strikes in the Santa Barbara Channel in 2007 and an additional five whales were suspected ship-strike victims off the central and northern California coast in 2010.
The shipping industry has supported the modest lane changes, which shift the southbound lane 1.2 miles from Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands. The current route traverses a steep underwater drop-off just north of these islands � an area where blue whales congregate to feast on krill.


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Welcome! B&B is now Blades and Bushlore!
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are the new boyscouts hndbooks as indepth as the old ones?
I feel the same way, but judging from what I hear about falling numbers and overall participation I think the organization, as a whole, is grabbing for straws these days.
Yeoman's reference to Robert Baden-Powell and his association with the scouting movement piqued my curiosity about his beliefs on how the organization should be structured. I learned some things I didn't know.....for one thing, I have been pronouncing his name incorrectly all my life. Some of you may find this Wiki article to be as insightful as I did......https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell
Triple header last night - THREE Eagle boards of review!Three new - minted Eagle scouts Gonna be a looong court of honor in January!
We had a ceremony for 2 Eagles last week. One gave my son a mentor pin & the other gave one to me .Next week I will be on the board of review for another of our scouts.Amazing how much they grow up.
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Prescribed Burning to Start In Bitterroot Forest
The Bitterroot National Forest is planning, weather permitting, to carry out fall prescribed burning beginning as early as Monday afternoon.
The burns will be mostly pile burning associated with reducing residual slash created by personal use firewood cutting and timber salvage projects. Smoke from some of the fires may be visible later this week in the valley.
Before a decision is made to ignite a prescribed fire, managers must confirm that weather and burning conditions meet specified criteria. Just as private landowners need to check with authorities prior to burning, so must the Forest Service. We submit burn requests by noon the day before wanting to burn to the MT/ID Smoke Management Unit in Missoula. Airshed Coordinators review all requests and look at weather forecasts and dispersion (wind) forecasts to make their decision on which burns get approved and which don't. Residents can view information about forecasts for burning at the smoke management website.
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Laminins represent a distinct family of extracellular matrix proteins present only in basement membranes in almost every animal tissue. They are heterotrimeric molecules composed of alpha, beta and gamma subunits (formerly A, B1, and B2, respectively [(PUBMED:7921537)]) and form a cruciform structure consisting of 3 short arms, each formed by a different chain, and a long arm composed of all 3 chains, [(PUBMED:2404817), (PUBMED:7827749)]. Most of the globular domains of the short arms correspond to one of two different motifs, the 200-residue laminin N-terminal (domain VI) (LN) module and the 250-residue laminin domain IV (L4) module [(PUBMED:8615779)]. All alpha chains share a unique C-terminal G domain which consists of five laminin G modules. The laminins can self-assemble, bind to other matrix macromolecules, and have unique and shared cell interactions mediated by integrins, dystroglycan, and other receptors. There are at least 14 laminin isoforms that regulate a variety of cellular functions including cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, signalling and differentiation [(PUBMED:9758133), (PUBMED:7827749), (PUBMED:11054872)].
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Cash bidding for offshore petroleum acreage will be introduced, with the revenue raised directly returned to the budget, federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says.
The cash bidding arrangements would apply to mature areas or those known to contain petroleum, Mr Ferguson said.
"This will prevent over-exploration in areas where none or little may be required and ensures the release of these areas is equitable, economic and efficient," Mr Ferguson told a business lunch on Wednesday.
"Revenue raised through the introduction of cash bidding for mature areas will be directly returned to the budget for the benefit of all Australians."
Australia's petroleum basins have been lightly explored by global standards.
Successful bidders will hold the right to develop economic discoveries in the acreage by applying for a production licence.
They will be able to retain uneconomic discoveries through retention leases.
Mr Ferguson said the government would consult with industry on the development of the cash bidding arrangements to ensure confidence in the arrangements.
The move would encourage future investment in the domestic oil and gas industry, he said.
He also announced a funding boost to Geoscience Australia.
Mr Ferguson said $114 million had been committed to the agency over the forward estimates, including $34 million in 2013/14 and $40 million every year thereafter.
It included $26 million annually for pre-competitive data programs to better understand Australia's resource base and open up opportunities for new resource projects.
Mr Ferguson said the work was fundamental to ensuring that scientific and evidence-based decision-making underpinned resource development.
"This work will also contribute to the regular release of acreage for exploration, (on) which the Australian government continues to work cooperatively with the states and territories, by developing a five-year acreage release study," he said.
A further $5 million, increasing to $8 million in 2014-15, would be directed towards enhancing Geoscience Australia's groundwater modelling capabilities to better assess the long-term health of the Murray-Darling Basin and other regions.
An additional $3 million, increasing to $6 million in 2014-15, would be spent on Geoscience Australia's natural disaster planning and response program, the Australian Tsunami Warning System, and to further understand Australia's clean energy potential.


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Blazing new trails in DuPont Forest
A ribbon cutting for two new trail connections will be held at 10 a.m. June 1 in DuPont State Recreational Forest to celebrate DuPont Trails Day.
The N.C. Forest Service and Friends of DuPont Forest have collaborated on the project. The addition of these trail connections will improve visitors' forest experience.
Much of the initial clearing on both trails was accomplished by the FODF Trail Crew (Department of Trail Corrections), which is made up of hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians. FODF funded the contract work by Long Cane Trail Builders to complete the trails and the bridge on Turkey Knob Trail. Western Piedmont Community College and DuPont Forest staff built the bridge on the High Falls trail.
Free maps of the new Turkey Knob Trail will be available for those who want to venture out farther into the forest to explore the connection between Turkey Knob and Briery Fork trails.
'Major Dave' to address GOP
Dave Goetze will speak at the Henderson County Republican Men's Club meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Opportunity House, Asheville Highway in Hendersonville.
"Major Dave," as Goetze is known, will address the importance of the state RepublicanParty'sroleand share why he is running as one of the candidates for vice chairman of the state Republican Party.
Goetze is a graduate of N.C. State University. He spent his military career as a military police investigator and subsequently taught at N.C. A&T and guest taught at both the National Guard Professional Education Center and U.S. Army Command & General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Admission is free, and membership is not required. Social time begins at 7:30 a.m. All political parties are welcome. High school and college students are encouraged to attend. Call 828-696-9799 for more information.
Donate to Etowah Flea Market
Donations are being sought for the Etowah Flea Market. This annual fundraising community event, sponsored by United Methodist Men of Etowah UM Church off Route 64 on Brickyard Road, will take donated items from 9 to 11:30 a.m. every Friday morning through July 26 in the pavilion behind the church.
Sales will support local and national charitable and mission projects. No clothing, shoes, purses, obsolete computers, mattresses, large exercise equipment, magazines or TVs that are not flat-screen. Other items in at least fairly good condition will be appreciated.
Pickup assistance in the Etowah area can be arranged through July 26 by calling 828-329-7973 or 828- 890-1635.
The flea market will be held at 8 a.m. Aug. 3.
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Blazing new trails in DuPont Forest