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Six grade crossing projects in Washington, Ohio move forwardWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
Washington state regulators have approved funds to improve the safety of three grade crossings; one in Whitman County and two in Pend Oreille County.
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission approved almost $20,000 from the Grade Crossing Protective Fund (GCPF) to pay for upgrades at a grade crossing at the intersection of Grand Ave. and the Washington & Idaho Railway, Inc. (WIR) in the city of Pullman.
WIR plans to use the funds to upgrade to 12-inch LED flashing lights and replace the crossbuck signs. In addition, updated train detection and supporting equipment will be installed which will increase the reliability of the active-warning devices.
State GCPF funding is limited to $19,999 for the project. WIR is contributing equipment and labor toward the cost of the upgrades.
UTC also approved almost $40,000 from the GCPF to pay for upgrading warning devices at two railroad-highway grade crossings near the city of Newport.
One of the railroad crossings is located at the intersection of State Route 20/Wolfred and the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVR) track near Newport. The other railroad crossing is located at the intersection of State Route 20/Birdhouse and the POVR tracks near Newport.
In both cases, the railway company plans to use the funds to replace the existing cantilever with a walk-out style cantilever, which allows warning lights and other devices to be placed at the side of the roadway and above individual traffic lanes. POVR also will install an upgraded bungalow, which houses new electronic-signal circuitry. These improvements will increase the overall safety at the crossing for motorists and pedestrians who will be able to rely on these active warning devices to determine if a train is approaching the crossing.
State GCPF funding is limited to almost $20,000 for the each project. UTC staff is also helping to arrange surplus equipment for each crossing.
All three Washington state grade-crossing projects must be completed by June 30, 2013.
In Ohio, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved construction authorization directing CSX and Metro Regional Transit Authority (MRTA) to install upgrades at grade crossings in Hardin and Summit counties.
CSX will install flashing lights and gates at the County Road 200 grade crossing (513-779B), located near Ridgeway, Hardin County. The railroad is directed to complete the project by Oct. 9, 2013.
MRTA will upgrade eight-inch flashing lights to 12-inch LED flashing lights at the Kelly Street (142-920U) and Third Street (231-553J) grade crossings in the city of Akron. The railroad is directed to complete the upgrades by January 9, 2014.
To increase public safety during the construction of the projects, the PUCO will assist the local governments with the cost of improvements such as rumble strips, illumination, improved signage or other safety enhancements at the project location. Funding for the improvements will come from the State Grade Crossing Safety Fund and will not exceed $5,000.
Additionally, PUCO approved an agreement between the Ohio Rail Development Commission, St. Joseph Township and Norfolk Southern to permanently close the Township Road 6C (509-561A) grade crossing in St. Joseph Township, Williams County.


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ROCKFORD — Mayor Larry Morrissey emphatically reaffirmed his support for Police Chief Chet Epperson on Monday, praising the chief's willingness to "take a stand on tough issues."
In response to a Register Star editorial that was published Sunday and called for Epperson's resignation, Morrissey delivered a 10-minute report during Monday's City Council meeting that detailed a history of clashes between past chiefs and union members. The history is evidence to Morrissey that the conflict between unions and chiefs extends far beyond Epperson. Morrissey's office also distributed a statement on his support for Epperson and said the chief will not be asked to resign.
Morrissey referred to a 1988 Rockford Magazine article titled "A House Divided" that described a battle between the Police Benevolent & Protective Association and then-chief William Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, like Epperson, was battling incidents of officer-involved use of force and, also like Epperson, was met with claims of "historically low morale," Morrissey said.
"If you were to remove the date and just read the content of it, change a few names, you'd wonder if it was written recently," Morrissey said.
He also noted an April 2002 article in the Register Star, when Jeff Nielsen announced his retirement as chief, where Nielsen said he was "devastated" by reports that officers had taken a no-confidence vote at various points during labor negotiations.
"Chiefs who have taken on the status quo have been vilified, threatened and attacked. And when they have not been supported or forced out, this ultimately enables the cycle to continue," Morrissey said. "We have to stop this cycle of nonsense that has pervaded this community for decades."
Morrissey also praised Epperson on several efforts, including improving transparency through CompStat, which openly shares public safety data, updating the department's use-of-force policy, becoming a fully accredited agency, developing an integrity task force to investigate cases involving a serious use of force, formalizing partnerships with neighboring police to create the Winnebago County Violent Crime Task Force and developing strong relationships through the Citizens Police Academy to engage residents in pubic safety efforts.
"I stand by Chief Epperson and would put his record up against any chief this city has ever had," Morrissey said in a statement passed out to the media after his City Council report. "He has helped fix problems that he inherited; and he inherited many of those because the culture within the department has historically resisted change and the PBPA was successful in intimidating many chiefs from making tough changes."
Epperson and the police union have had a rocky relationship since he was sworn in as the top cop in April 2006. The latest clash spawned from Epperson's attempt to diffuse a disagreement between officers and NAACP Rockford Branch President Lloyd Johnston during a welfare check last year on his adult son. Johnston had called Epperson's cellphone during the encounter and the chief responded by sending a supervisor to the home.
The union wants disciplinary action against Epperson, who they say undermined officers and endangered people's lives. Epperson's supporters say he found a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
Aldermen have been divided on what the future should hold for Epperson. Morrissey encouraged aldermen in an email not to comment publicly on Epperson's future because it "plays directly into the long-standing PBPA 'divide and conquer' tactic." He said aldermen could discuss the matter in closed session, where public officials are allowed by law to meet out of the public eye to handle personnel and legal matters.
"Our efforts to reduce crime have a lot do with the police department, but it also has a lot to do with job creation, economic development, rebuilding public infrastructure of our community," Morrissey said. "We have so much to celebrate about our work together that we simply cannot tolerate a divide and conquer tactic."
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While Kiprono was the star, his victory contributed to a larger effort that ultimately overshadowed the individual accomplishment. His teammates – Leonard Korir and Lani Rutto – crossed the finish line in fourth and sixth place respectively giving the the Kenyan team the victory in the International Team Challenge, ending Ethiopia's six-year winning streak and adding to the rivarly between runners from the two countries.
Kenya (11) beat the Ethiopians (12) by one point gaining a measure of revenge for 2011 when Ethiopia beat the Kenyans by a single point.
"That's good. For many years Ethiopia has been dominating," Kiprono said.
Kiprono is the first man to repeat as champion since Ridouane Harroufi of Morrocco won in 2007 and 2008 and he is only the fourth man to win the race two years in a row. He won Monday's race in 29 minutes 28.79 seconds. It was 26 seconds faster than his winning time last year.
Ethiopia's Belete Assefa, the 2011 winner here, finished 8 seconds behind him in 29:36.49 and Ethiopia's Birhanu Gedefa was third in 29:45.11.
"I tried my best to defend my title," Kiprono said. "It was good for me."
Rutto proved to be the difference for Kenya beating Ethiopia's third man – Tolossa Gedefa Fufi by 7 seconds to give Kenya its first team title at the Bolder Boulder since 2003.
Five men finished with sub-30-minute times. It is the highest number of sub-30 minute times since 12 did so in 2008.
Kiprono lives and trains in Boulder for part of the year. He has been here the past two months and said his training was focused on winning the Bolder Boulder. He said he skipped several other races to keep his training on track for Monday in what he called, "my home away from home."
Meanwhile, the American men managed a third-place finish led by Aaron Braun, who finished ninth in 30:29.10. Braun started strong and led much of the first third of the race but then fell off and out of the lead pack.
Braun finished fourth last year and was hopeful that he might become the first American man to win since 1984, but it didn't work out for him.
"We started off slower than I thought we would," Braun said. "They ran really smart and the second half of the race they started pulling away and I tried to bide my time and close hard like I did last year. I just didn't have the same feeling as I did last year. The heat just slowly sapped it out of me I guess."
Former University of Colorado runners Brent Vaughn and Kenyon Neuman finished 10th and 13th respectively to help Team USA nab third place.
Vaughn said Team USA came prepared to for the Ethiopians and Kenyans to go out fast. The Americans planned to be more conservative and try to reel the leaders in at the end, but the Kenyans and Ethiopians also took a conservative approach at the start and when they ratcheted up the pace, the Americans couldn't keep up.
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This analysis bears out my observation that Wilson has often looked awesome out of unpredictable downs like 2nd-and-4. Most offenses do. Some of his greatest moments have come during drives in which we could reach that down-and-distance repeatedly, putting Wilson in a rhythm and defenses in base packages. (It also suggests that Bevell is at least competent at deploying versatile personnel looks on 2nd-and-short, otherwise we wouldn't look so good there.) The problem is that even running games as great as ours can't reliably pick up 6 yards on every first down, unless you're playing the Rams.
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Former reality show star Clay Aiken may run for Congress.
The 2003 winner of "American Idol" and runner up on "The Celebrity Apprentice" is "actively considering" a run as a Democrat for the 2nd Congressional District in North Carolina, according to the Washington Blade.
If he won, Aiken would join another reality star in Congress, Republican Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin, who appeared on "The Real World: Boston" and a "Road Rules" spinoff.
It's another sign of how reality TV and politics are starting to bleed together.
Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin starred in a reality show, "Sarah Palin's Alaska," about the state's outdoors.
Her daughter, Bristol Palin, appeared on "Dancing With the Stars."
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican known as "The Hammer," also appeared on that show.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford started a reality show after winning election, though it was canceled after one episode.
A member of the UK Parliament appeared on "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here."
From a certain angle, political campaigns were the first reality shows. Contestants, er, candidates, do various embarrassing things (calling donors for money, flipping pancakes at fundraisers) as they try to make it through various stages of a competition (fundraising, party primary, general election) to win the ultimate prize.
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Corbett Negotiating The Politics Of Medicaid
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – For Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, both Republicans, the federal government's pledge to pay the lion's share of a massive Medicaid expansion under President Barack Obama's sweeping health care law brings the promise of a plumper state treasury, a stronger economy and healthier residents.
For a fellow Republican governor of another heavily populated, northern industrial state, it was the opposite. Gov. Tom Corbett projected billions of dollars in costs for Pennsylvania taxpayers and declined this month to go along with it, at least for now.
Why the contrast?
Well, there's the politics. The Republican Party's conservative base despises the federal health care law: Of the 14 governors who have rejected it, all are Republicans.
There are no primary challengers in sight for Snyder and Kasich who, like Corbett, are expected to run for re-election next year. But Corbett is already being attacked by one potential primary foe, Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Castor, who opposes the Medicaid expansion.
Corbett's rejection of the expansion "could be seen as using what power he has on this matter to directly challenge what he thinks is bad policy and that, for many Republicans, is probably pretty popular," said Muhlenberg College political scientist Christopher Borick, who directs the school's polling institute.
Still, Corbett has left the door open to reconsider his decision, but the clock is ticking: Federal money for the expansion becomes available to states next year, just a few months before Pennsylvania's 2014 primaries.
Corbett, like some other Republican governors, has pressed the issue of Medicaid's flexibility. According to administration officials, that means allowing the state to tailor Medicaid to people's needs. That would save the state money because it wouldn't have to pay for insurance that people don't need, said the Department of Public Welfare's budget director, David Spishock.
"A lot of people say the system is broken," Spishock said. "I'm not sure the system is broken, but there's maybe some efficiencies we can build into the system and we would like to build in those efficiencies prior to doing an expansion."
A draft of federal regulations addressing that topic is up for public comment and might be something for the Corbett administration to look at, said Joan Alker, the co- executive director of Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families.
Development of those guidelines is just beginning to emerge after the U.S. Supreme Court threw a curveball in upholding the health care law last summer. The court barred the federal government from forcing states to expand Medicaid eligibility, effectively making it a state-tostate decision.
But Alker also said the offer of generous federal funding beginning in 2014, not flexibility of benefits, to cover the uninsured should drive a state's decision.
Hundreds of thousands of people – estimates range above 700,000, primarily adults under 65 – are expected to enroll in Medicaid as the health care law unfolds next year. That's out of about 1.35 million who do not have health insurance, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
For now, the Republicancontrolled Legislature is not pressing the case to expand Medicaid, but Corbett nonetheless is probably feeling pressure.
Democrats, labor unions and a wide range of advocates for the poor and disabled support it.
In a state with one of the largest elderly populations in the U.S., the AARP supports the expansion because of the help it could bring to the state's 50-plus population who lost their jobs in the recession, do not have the savings to pay for health care and aren't yet Medicare age.
The state's hospitals and health systems want the Medicaid expansion and warn of deteriorating hospital finances.
John Simodejka, the president and CEO of the Pottsville-based Schuylkill Health System, said about 3,500 more people in Schuylkill County would get health insurance under the Medicaid expansion. Without an expansion, its hospitals will continue to shoulder the cost for their care while the system will lose about $500,000 a year in disappearing "disproportionate share" Medicaid payments under the federal health care law.
In addition, some projections show that greater proportions of rural residents would benefit – a point underscored by Republican lawmakers who quietly note that the taxpayer money would help hospitals in their districts.
In any case, the Corbett administration's estimate that Pennsylvania's taxpayers will have to shoulder a $4 billion tab under a Medicaid expansion over the next eight years is probably inflated. It is much higher than an estimate from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and some of the costs Corbett counts would occur anyway under the federal health care law – a point that Spishock concedes.
In addition, some governors calculated the tax benefit that would result from billions of federal health care dollars pumping into their state's economy. Corbett did not.
Democrats who are lining up to challenge Corbett next year support the Medicaid expansion. One of them running an effective campaign, Borick the pollster said, could highlight Corbett's choice by making this argument: "Look at how many Pennsylvanians will remain uninsured because of this decision."


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Before she was getting noticed by big shots in pop music back in 2007, Rye Rye was a 15-year-old with the spunk to call up-and-coming producer DJ Blaqstarr and leave a rap on his voicemail.
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"Because I got pregnant, and when I was like six months pregnant, my child's father had got shot four times," Rye Rye says. "And he got paralyzed."
She got the news while on tour in Europe and had to fly home. A few months later, she had her daughter, Kennidi, who's now 3. Through all of this, with her album release delayed indefinitely, she managed to stay on with the label and keep her career afloat.
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RYE RYE: (Rapping) Throw it out and bang...
GREENE: The musician you're hearing has toured with the likes of Katy Perry. The New York Times and Billboard have noted her as an artist to watch. And still, there's a good chance you've never heard of her. Her name is Rye Rye.
As we reach the year's end, we're catching up on Music We Missed. And today, we've got Rye Rye's debut album, "Go. Pop. Bang."
RYE: (Rapping) When I say, go, pop, bang and I say high, throw up your thing, move to the beat do the two-step swing. And if you don't dance, get go bang...
GREENE: OK, we admit it. Rye Rye's music may be better suited for a club than early morning radio. But if you're headed to the club, it's easy to dance to with a lot of bass. Rye Rye is confident and peppy, and she raps insanely fast.
RYE: (Rapping) Rolling high with a star come catch up...
GREENE: Speaking to us from her tour bus, she sounds like just a kid.
RYE: Hey, my name is Rye Rye and I'm 22. I'm from Baltimore.
GREENE: Twenty-two and already seasoned. Back when she was just 15, Rye Rye had the guts to leave a rap on a local music producer's voicemail.
RYE: Yeah, it was kind of like: Rap with it, fight with it, lean with it, jump with it; like something like - I don't know. But I know that in the second verse I was like: I'm a to shake it to the ground, bring it back up, turn it all around, yeah, you know what's up.
GREENE: That producer got her in a studio and that line from the voicemail spawned her first big hit.
RYE: (Rapping) I'm the one that's great and I'm a to shake it to the ground, bring it back up, twirl it all around, yeah, you know what's up. I'm a shake it to the ground and bring it back up, twirl it all around, yeah, you know what's up. I'm a shake it to the ground and bring it back up and twirl it all around, yeah, you know what's up. Mo-mo-mo move it...
GREENE: Her sound and her dance moves, got the attention of Grammy winner M.I.A. And their work together expanded Rye Rye's sound beyond the Baltimore club scene.
RYE: (Rapping) Now it's time and we proceed, come get with me if you know my seat. Sunshine it's a friend of mine...
GREENE: M.I.A. took her on tour even though Rye Rye was still in high school.
RYE: My teachers would allow me to take a bunch of work on the road and just bring it back in.
GREENE: In 2009, her first album was all set to be released, but then it wasn't.
RYE: Because I got pregnant. And when I was like six months pregnant, my child's father had got shot four times and he got paralyzed.
GREENE: Rye Rye heard this news while on tour in Europe and she quickly flew home. A few months later she had her daughter, Kennedy.
Her album release was delayed indefinitely, but the label stuck with her and she eventually got back to the music.
RYE: After that it was kind of about catching up. I just started recording nonstop.
GREENE: And this year, finally released her debut album. Now, nowhere on the album do we hear about her boyfriend getting shot, or about her being a young, single mom. She just doesn't go there.
RYE: I don't feel like that's the route I wanted to go in because there's millions of rappers out here that takes that route. Like, they get real deep and I was young, so I figure I might as well keep it just young and playful.
RYE: (Rapping) ...so hard people calling my name. I'm a girl. I'm a strong (unintelligible) for doing serious things. I'm a really nice girl, you know. We should take a little trip to Baltimore...
GREENE: That young and playful voice is Rye Rye. Her debut album is called "Go. Pop. Bang." It's just some of the music we missed in 2012. And to hear more, go to nprmusic.org.
RYE: (Rapping) ...keep rocking, hardcore girls get locking. Steady (unintelligible) me and the girl keep locking, knocking, knocking. Keep it real, real, real, real, real, real, real. Hardcore girls, hard-hard, hardcore girls, hard-hard, hardcore girls, hard-hard...
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TRAINING: I start my first training session at nine. Usually I go to do my conditioning training, and at 12:00 I do my grappling training. Then I come back at night time to do my striking training.
When and why did you start training for fighting? 2001. It was just a natural progression from what I was doing, which was a lot of competing in tournaments. This was the next step for me.
What ranks and titles have you held? Black Belt in BJJ, Sengoku middleweight champion, 2007 STRIKEFORCE middleweight Grand Prix champion
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About 25 guitarists, bassists, fiddle players, singers and other musicians of varying experience and skill levels gathered at the Boulder Outlook Hotel on Saturday and within a few hours were deep into their first "trance" jam, thanks to help from local blues man Otis Taylor and 12 visiting professionals.
Saturday afternoon's workshop was part of the second annual Otis Taylor Trance Blues Jam Festival.
Taylor launched the workshop by explaining the basics of the trance blues style he embraces -- a style centered on creation of a basic groove that eschews chord changes while embracing improvisational soloing.
"To jam with people, the essence of it is to pay attention to someone other than yourself. And you want to surround yourself with people that listen," Taylor told the group. "Not everyone can be a performer, but everyone can sit in a room with friends and play music."
The session focused on getting the group to establish a groove -- consisting of one chord -- and play together in the "pocket," allowing each musician to take a turn with a solo. The participants paid $75 to be part of the workshop and attend Saturday night's All-Players Jam at the Dairy Center for the Arts.
Taylor said he hopes the young festival will grow and thrive in Boulder.
"It's about people playing with great, professional musicians up close and learning from them and people playing together," he said. "It's a sense of community."
During the workshop, there were occasional breaks in the jamming for questions and answers, helpful tips and even some humorous stories from the visiting artists, which included Indigenous guitarist Mato Nanji, renowned pedal steel guitarist Chuck Campbell, storied New Orleans jazz banjo player Don Vappie, and George Porter Jr., the original bassist of 1960s New Orleans funk precursors The Meters.
"The important part of this is we all are actually making an effort to pass on knowledge about what we do," Porter said.
Participants were a diverse bunch, including many young people and players of various instruments.
Boulder's Ann Cantelow, 63, jammed on her theremin, a electronic musical instrument that players manipulate by moving their hands near a pair of antennas, one controlling pitch and the other volume. Cantelow, who played organ in a blues band in college, went to the festival's Grand Jam at the Boulder Theater last year and decided to attend the workshop this year.
"(My favorite part) is listening to all of the musicians talk about what it's been like in their lives," Cantelow said. "I was looking for inspiration, and I think I found it."
Taylor's daughter, Cassie Taylor, a bassist, keyboardist and singer, was among the visiting artists, helping lead jams. She said her dad believes that everyone has a song inside him or her that could be a hit, and jamming with people can be a great outlet.
"I think he wants to pass on a positive message to people that you don't have to conform to certain musical elements," she said. "(Jamming) is a way for people to be encouraged."


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Luther swept UW-Stevens Point 8-0 (5) and 11-1 (6) in Decorah this afternoon. This twin bill was originally scheduled to be played in Stevens Point but was moved to Decorah because of field conditions on the Pointers home diamond. The agreement was made prior to today's games that the Pointers would be the home team for both games.
In game one, Becca Girvan (13-4) threw a three hit shut out. Girvan faced 18 batters, walked one and struck out three.
The Norse put four runs on the scoreboard in their first at-bat. Kelsey Weindruch drove in two runs with a double to left field. The very next batter, Alise Miller, hit a two-run home run to right center field.
Lead-off hitter Shari Huber was 2-for-4, driving in a run in the fourth and two in the fifth. Kayla Hatting also had two hits as did Miller.
Miranda McCay and Carli Radil all had two hits. Radil hit her fourth home run of the season, a solo blast to left field in the fifth.
Erica Mankse (8-1) did not allow a run in 4 1/3 innings of work. Mankse spread three hits, walked two and struck out two. Girvan worked the final inning and two-thirds.
The two wins gives Luther an overall record of 23-7. UW-Stevens Point fell to 17-11.
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There were many excellent speakers at the Nov. 19 "Rally for Israel" at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Congregation. Each left me with a great deal to think about.
For example, author/columnist/broadcaster Theo Caldwell suggested that we try to respond to difficult situations with "patience, forbearance and the truth."
Speaking on behalf of the government of Canada, James Moore, the minister of Canadian heritage and languages, told the large gathering that "we gather here in solidarity… with one voice to let our friends in Israel know that without hesitation we do all stand for them."
Rabbi Howard Morrison, Beth Emeth's spiritual leader, used the story of Jacob and Esau to help us understand the need for the world to stand up against violence.
But it was my conversation with one of the women who attended the event that brought home the importance of our having been at the shul that night.
After the rally, I sat down with Dina Prager. Formerly of Israel, she still has family living there. She shared her thoughts and feelings with me.
"Israel has been dealing with this for years," Dina told me. The current fighting, she believed, is "once and for all" to end the conflict with terrorists and Hamas. She mentioned that she had recently spoken with her family in Israel and that, thankfully, they were fine, though some had to move from their kibbutz to safety.
Dina said she was "proud to live here" and that "Canada was really showing Israelis that they are not alone."
In fact, that was a message all the speakers made sure everyone at the rally heard, as well as the people connected to the event via satellite in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
For a very long time, Dina said, Israelis have felt that no one was on their side, that no country "has their back." But seeing the Canadian government stand strongly with Israel against Hamas was very empowering, she said.
"Being surrounded by people young and old, Israelis and non-Israelis, Jews and non-Jews, made me feel that Israel is really not alone," Dina said.
The most moving part of the evening for Dina was when she saw the video of IDF soldiers in Israel assuring us not to be worried, that they had everything under control.
She said it reminded her of the time her daughter had served in the IDF. The message brought tears to her eyes, she said.
When I asked her if she had anything she wanted to say to the IDF soldiers who flew in from Israel especially for the rally, Dina said "I wanted to give them a hug and a kiss."
We ended our conversation with Dina telling me that "it felt like we were were all one tonight."
I understood what she meant. It was a good feeling.
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Nixon says Missouri opting in for Medicaid expansion would spur economic development, create jobs, keep tax dollars in state and provide coverage for the uninsured.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon visited Kirksville Thursday morning to spread his vision of economic development spurred by the state's opportunity to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
Meeting with a few dozen local officials at the Economic Development Alliance, Nixon said the expansion would bring billions in federal dollars to the state, noting those dollars are Missouri tax dollars that would be spent elsewhere if the expansion is denied.
"Other states get the benefits, we get the bill," Nixon said of rejecting the expansion.
He also cited a University of Missouri study that projected 24,000 new jobs created in 2014 alone if the state expands the program.
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Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchet... it's a book!
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Citizenship Study Club members gathered for their monthly meeting on Jan. 21 at the home of Marlys Emerson.
Citizenship Study Club members gathered for their monthly meeting on Jan. 21 at the home of Marlys Emerson.
Wanita Moody shared the poem, "America," by Myrtle Fisher Seaverns. The selection was particularly appropriate, the day being Martin Luther King Day and Inauguration Day.
Program presenters Principal Karla Beck and Community Liaison Silvia Soloranzo were introduced by Ruth Ann Danger. They gave the background of Northside School's being identified as a Priority School.
They shared a current update on real issues involved and the work being done to raise the students' math and reading test scores.
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James Public Schools, but our community as well. Members were grateful for the excellent presentation which left them better informed.
A report on the book "If We Forget…" was given by Ruth Ann Danger. The book compiles the thoughts of a group of people with early- to mid-stage memory loss. It is their hope that sharing how they feel will convey to others what they would like known about people like them and how they wish to be treated.
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A Quincy businessman, 29-year-oldTravis Barkley, is the alleged victim of a shooting Dec. 3 around 10:30 a.m., minutes after he opened for the day.
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"There is no Frigate like a Book to take us Lands away," wrote Emily Dickinson. I'd probably remember that phrase even if it hadn't been put on a thousand or so bookmarks that were given to us as children. (I lived in a day when people assumed we would look up the word Frigate. And we, cranberry cruller, did not have Wikipedia.)
But it occurred to me today while I was pricing and packing children's books. We have had a goodly collection of children's book this year: I may, thanks to the arrival of certain collections, have to establish separate sections just for the Pop-Ups and the ABC books.
Among these treasures was a Disney vocabulary book. I read several dictionaries as a child, but not because I knew I'd grow up to be a blogger. The fact was that children's dictionaries often include cartoons to illustrate the words, and that attracted my attention. Words wormed their way into my brain through the cartoon section, a process which continues to this day. Without editorial cartoons, I wouldn't know the names of half my elected representatives, which is probably just the way they'd like it.
I glanced through this book to see what the gang at Disney was up to, and opened to a page involving words about clothing. Goofy was wearing long underwear. Those of us who read Super Goof back in the day know that Goofy wears long underwear. What I had never been told before was that these are "flannelette long johns." Long johns I knew, but flannelette was not a word I ran across until I was well past school days, and watching British sitcoms. I shrugged and turned to a counting page. This one pointed out that there were nine buttons on the settee.
I don't remember anybody having a settee when I was a child. We had couches or, if company was present, sofas. A few people I knew sat on davenports, and there was even one who sat on an ottoman. But he was an exotic, and I got five points toward my People Watching merit badge just for knowing him. Nobody had a settee.
At this point, I peeked at the copyright page. Sure enough, the book had started life as a four-volume set in England. It had been assembled into one volume for young American children, who would now learn not only that people sit on settees but that cars can run on petrol (though the one in the picture uses gasoline) and that pirates wear frock coats.
Did this book, published in 1976, give rise to a new growth of children who spoke of their own coats as "smart" or "natty", both of which were heard in American speech at one time…possibly a generation or two before? Did they learn they were wearing plimsolls? One may worry about the spelling of "moustache" or the assumption that the reader will recognize the smell of plum pudding. Still, any book which introduces a child to quite excellent words like "metronome" and "tartan" is worth its price for that purpose alone. Whole pages are dedicated to single words like "tuneful" and "unsteadily", or to words that describe how people walk, whether they are "lumbering", "striding", or "mincing". Yes, I did fret for a moment—we did that with onions in my day—but if lumbering, why not mincing?
Yes, as I sat and stared at the picture of the "milk float", this wordbook (Words That Tell You About Things) did make me think of Emily's Frigate: it had taken me across the Atlantic in just a page or two. The Frigate did, however, stop briefly at Bartlett's to pick up "America and England are two countries divided by a common language."
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TRAINING: A typical day of training consists of two sessions. Once in the day for two hours doing technique, strategy sparring, and once at night for two hours for my conditioning and power training.
Thoughts on opponent, Dennis Siver? Dennis Siver is a very tough fighter. He has great standup and he's not a slouch on the ground. I'm definitely going to have a fight on my hands!
When and why did you start training for fighting? My whole life I've been into martial arts. I used to use my abilities on the street and eventually I asked myself why I was doing it on the streets and getting in trouble when I could be doing it professionally and making a living off of it. It made sense because it is what I love to do and I'm good at it.
What ranks and titles have you held? X1 world featherweight champ in Honolulu HI and Tachi Palace Fights featherweight champ
Do you have any heroes? Bruce Lee, because he was the guy who got me into martial arts
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? I've been fighting for 12 years and I've been wanting to fight for the UFC the entire time. I'm pretty stoked, I'm excited, and I'm training really hard. I'm definitely not going to take this opportunity for granted and I'm going to give the UFC the best of me!
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I got my associates degree in carpentry, so carpentry is my trade.
What was your job before you started fighting? Carpentry, because it something to fall back on just in case I couldn't do fighting full-time. When fighting wasn't paying all the bills, I started doing construction and going to school at the same time to get my degree.
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? I've competed at numerous jiu-jitsu tournaments and have quite a few medals from them, including from NAGA, Grapplers Quest and others.
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Brown Belt in Jiu-Jitsu
Favorite grappling technique: Chokes, any kind of chokes.
Favorite Striking technique: I like all striking
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LA PLATA, Mo. – The Hornets and Bulldogs played a close game as Atlanta withstood a late La Plata run to win 51-50.
LP led by one after one, Atlanta led by one after two. The difference was in the third when the Hornets exploded for 20 points as they took an eight point lead into the final eight minutes.
The Bulldogs outscored Atlanta 12-5 in the fourth, but couldn't get that last bucket.
Collan Thrasher led eight Hornets who scored with his 13. Atlanta is now 4-9 overall, but 3-1 in Tri-County play.
They will play host to BMC on Thursday.
Matt Safley had 21, Tanner Riggins had 17 and Seth Brown had eight, but the rest of the Bulldogs combined for four points.
LP will host Marion County who is coming off a rare loss on Thursday night before they head to Meadville for a Friday night date.
Linn County 53, Milan 33: MILAN, Mo. Milan took the floor for the first time in their own tournament, however things didn't go the Wildcats way as they fell in the opener.
Milan will play Novinger on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. The Novinger Wildcats are coming off a tough loss of their own as they lost to Newtown-Harris.
Newtown-Harris 54, Novinger 49 OT: MILAN, Mo. – Due to injury and suspension Novinger came into the game with only five players, and finished this OT affair playing with only four.
Blake Smith had a posted a double-double with 21 and 10.
It will be a Wildcat battle on Thursday night as Novinger will play host school Milan as both teams are coming off tough losses.
Putnam County 74, North Harrison 60: BETHANY, Mo. – After suffering a come from ahead loss last time out against North Shelby,(the Midgets gave up a double-digit lead and lost in OT). PC was looking to put that behind them as they opened play in the South Harrison Tournament.
The Midgets did just that led by Deion Hunt, who continued his fine season as he scored 28 and snatched 15 boards. Not to be outdone was Riley Wood, who had 14 and 14. Cory Lewis flirted with a triple-double as he scored 12, dished out six assists and blocked five shots.
Putnam will play Thursday night in the second round at 8:30 p.m.
North Shelby 43, Schuyler County 32: QUEEN CITY, Mo. – Dalton Shivley led the Rams attack as he scored 12, but SC couldn't get enough open looks against the stingy Raiders defense.
"It was a great game, close all the way both teams played great defense. I'm proud of our kids they played really good," said Schuyler head coach Steve Lashman.
The Rams will host Marceline on Friday night.
Knox County 58, Marion County 51: EDINA, Mo. – The Eagles notched the biggest win of the night as they knocked of the Mustangs led by Royce Poore's 19 points and six assists. Kellen Gillaspy had 12 and eight assists and KC had 20 assists as team on 25 made shots.
The Knox offense was clicking, as they were never outscored in a single quarter.
"This was a very good win for us. We needed to beat a quality opponent and we did that tonight. Marion is a very good team and coach Wood is one of the best in the area," said Knox head coach Zach Summers.
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The Colorado legislature made history Wednesday, becoming the first in the country to pass laws regulating recreational marijuana sales and use.
But lawmakers arrived at the historic moment more with trepidation than with enthusiasm about the future in a state where anyone over 21 will soon be able to buy marijuana in special retail stores.
"This is a true game-changer for our state," Sen. Mark Scheffel, R-Parker, said in raising concerns about the impact of marijuana legalization on kids. "And so I think it is important that we do our best to implement the right regulatory environment and fund it."
If Gov. John Hickenlooper signs the four major bills on marijuana that the legislature passed this year — and he has indicated he will — this is what the future will hold:
• Marijuana will be sold in specially licensed stores that can also sell pot-related items such as pipes. Only Colorado residents can own or invest in the stores, and only current medical-marijuana dispensary owners can apply to open recreational pot shops for the first nine months. The first stores will open around Jan. 1.
• Colorado residents will be able to buy up to an ounce of marijuana — the maximum it is legal for non-medical-marijuana patients to possess — at the stores. Out-of-staters can buy only a quarter-ounce at a time. Pot must be sold in child-resistant packages with labels that specify potency. Edible marijuana products will have serving-size limits.
• Voters will have the option of imposing heavy taxes on pot sales. A ballot measure set for November will ask voters to approve a 15 percent excise tax and an initial 10 percent sales tax on marijuana. The excise tax will fund school construction. The sales tax will pay for regulation of marijuana stores.
• Incorporated marijuana collectives will be banned. So, too, will marijuana coffee shops, marijuana smoking in bars and government-run marijuana stores. And, though Colorado will have the most liberal laws for marijuana use and sales in the country, it will have the most restrictive laws in the country for marijuana-themed magazines, which, like pornography, will have to be kept behind the counter. Publications such as High Times and The Daily Doobie have vowed to sue.
• Finally, Colorado drivers for the first time will be subject to a stoned-driving limit. Juries will be allowed to presume that anyone testing above the limit was too high to drive.
The bills are the result of an arduous six-month, law-writing process that began in November, when Colorado voters passed a marijuana-legalization measure. With the bills' passage, a new rulemaking process for marijuana shops by the state Department of Revenue can begin. Prospective pot-shop owners can start applying for licenses in October.
"We are in uncharted territory," said Rep. Dan Pabon, a Denver Democrat involved in many of the marijuana bills.
Pabon said the bills will keep marijuana within Colorado's borders and provide a barrier between kids and pot — two important factors in keeping the federal government, which considers all marijuana possession and sales illegal, at bay.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Denver declined to say what kind of impact the bills will have on the office's position toward marijuana legalization in Colorado. Instead, Jeff Dorschner wrote in an e-mail that the office is looking at "all aspects of this issue" in its deliberations on how to respond.
A spokesman for Hickenlooper, a legalization opponent, praised the work of lawmakers on the marijuana bills, saying in a statement they "put in place a robust regulatory and enforcement framework, consumer safety measures and a dedicated funding source for state oversight of the industry."
State Attorney General John Suthers, who also opposed legalization, said the legislature did a "credible job" of creating marijuana regulations, despite "an aggressive and well-financed lobbying effort" by cannabis advocates that Suthers saw as trying to weaken the rules.
Those advocates, though, hardly had their run of the legislature. A citizens group worried about the consequences of marijuana legalization hired equally high-priced lobbyists. And, in the most dramatic showdown over marijuana at the Capitol this year, legalization proponents fought back an effort on the session's third-to-last day that could have stalled marijuana sales if the taxes on pot didn't pass.
On Wednesday, marijuana advocates hailed the legislature's final votes as momentous.
"The passage of these bills marks a major milestone toward the creation of the world's first legal, regulated and taxed marijuana market for adults," said Christian Sederberg, one of Amendment 64's authors.
Sederberg said the bills show that lawmakers can tackle big issues when they work together. The bills were written by a bipartisan committee and received support from both parties in the state Senate.
But the final votes on the bills in the House on Wednesday split along party lines — Democrats voting for the measures and Republicans voting against. That division occurred even as Republicans grudgingly accepted that the last two bills needed to be passed. One of those bills, House Bill 1317, contained the most significant regulations for marijuana stores. The other, House Bill 1318, held the marijuana tax provisions.
"We do need to do something," Rep. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, said. "And that something is House Bill 1317."
But he joined his colleagues in voting against the bill's repassage.
The bill moved forward to the governor's desk anyway, while Colorado moved toward an unprecedented future.
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The Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the denial of a post-conviction relief appeal for convicted murderer Phillip Douglas Seals.
The Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the denial of a post-conviction relief appeal for convicted murderer Phillip Douglas Seals.
Seals was convicted of first-degree murder in 2006 in the 2005 shooting deaths of his estranged wife, Misty Dawn Seals, and her lover, Mark Adam Newton, at his wife's Willow Run apartment in Clinton.
Seals was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences after a jury found him guilty of felony murder. That conviction came after four days of testimony in Criminal Court at the Anderson County Courthouse.
He is serving his sentence at the Turney Center Industrial Complex, a medium security prison in Hickman County.
Seals' convictions were affirmed on direct appeal and the Tennessee Supreme Court denied his application for permission to appeal. He filed for post-conviction relief after being denied a new trial but the high court denied relief.
His latest appeal is to appeal the post-conviction court's denial of his petition.
Seals shot his 29-year-old estranged wife, Misty Seals, four times and 42-year-old Newton five times — four in the back. They were shot while in bed together, where Seals found them after kicking in the bedroom door.
He testified he shot them with a gun he found at the foot of the bed that he picked up when he saw them in bed.
Seals fled the apartment after the shootings, stopped at a gas station to call 911 and threw the gun off Norris Dam.
He testified he called 911 so the couple's children wouldn't return home and find their mother and Newton.
The couple's two children were teenagers — 18 and 14 — at the time of the trial.
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1998 was a big year for MSGL because we announced our expansion so we received lots of media coverage. This week's Wayback Wednesday post features another story from the Lafayette Journal and Courier. On July 7th, a story about our summer camp cooking class filled the 4 Kidz Only page. (I love that the J&C embraced phonetic spelling!)
The photos are beautiful and the children's quotes, especially about date math, are really sweet.
Featured teacher, Revati Nemani is still with MSGL today in the Catalpa class. The children featured in this article are now in college. Are any of them studying to be chefs? We would love to know. If you know Alie Magnante, Daniel Plesniak, Asher Bogdanove, or Andrew Staiger, please pass this along. It would be great to hear from them.
And maybe you and your young ones will give one of these recipes a go? We would love to hear about that, too.
The MSGL photo archives are a bit disorganized and I usually have to sift through them to come up with a Wayback Wednesday post, but this week the work was already done. After leading the toddler families on this field trip to Lafayette's Columbian Park Zoo in the Spring of 1998, teacher Suman Harshvardhan put together this little photo album for the children.
These kiddos are college freshmen (or nearly) now. Thanks for reading and have a great Wednesday!
This week we look back at some photos from 1998.
Anita McKinney, our first executive director, was leaving MSGL to live closer to her family in Florida. Her MSGL family held a farewell reception in her honor just before the winter break. These are photos of some of the children wishing her well.
Anita started working at MSGL in July, 1991 when the parent-owned school decided it needed a full-time. Up to then, the office staff coordinated with the Board of Directors. This next photo is actually from about 1996. It shows Anita with Beth Nichols, who was then the office manager, in the teeny, tiny office at Morton Center.
Beth is still with us and now works as our accountant. Anita has been working with Florida's Duval County Extension office since 1998. She is currently teaching personal financial management in Jacksonville. She is retiring in January and will start another "job" taking care of her twin grandchildren Dominic and Danica. She is excited about this new chapter in her life and told me, "They will be three by then , so I will start my own little Montessori home-school with them. I am looking forward to this next step!"
Best wishes, Anita! And happy Wednesday to you, faithful readers.
15 years ago the Lafayette Journal and Courier announced MSGL's plans to add an elementary program and move all of its programs to a new space.
The Morton Community Center on Chauncey Avenue had been MSGL's home since 1985.
As the article states, the new elementary program was originally going to be housed in a home on Rainbow Drive that had been donated by an MSGL family. A change of plans relocated that first class to some available classroom space inside the Temple Israel on Cumberland Avenue.
In February 2001, all of our programs, from the parent-infant class through elementary, moved into our permanent home in the former Calvary Baptist church on Soldiers Home Road.
In 2007, the elementary classes moved into the Montessori House, a remodeled home adjacent to the campus.
MSGL has plans to expand once again in the near future to add a second toddler classroom and a gym/gross motor space.
Winter is upon us and the staff of the Wayback Wednesday department is preparing to head south for the season. (The staff certainly wishes this was true.) Okay, we're not really going anywhere but we have discovered a treasure trove of awesome photos. We will be scanning them and organizing them over winter break. When everyone returns in January you can look forward to the beginning of "Building MSGL." It's the story of how our families built the MSGL campus that we know and love today.
To whet your appetites I am posting one photo from that winter of 2000. Look at this photo and see if you can figure out where in the school it is. The first commenter to get it correct wins a free Wayback Wednesday t-shirt. (The staff certainly wishes this was true.) Okay, no t-shirt but you can still be first. Have fun guessing!
Have a terrific Wednesday and an awesome winter break!
We're keeping things simple on Wayback Wednesday this week with a short and sweet little collection of photos from October, 2002. Teacher Judy West took the children of the Red Oak class on a nature hike to Purdue's Horticulture Park to enjoy the crisp morning, collect leaves, and hug some very deserving trees.
Do you have favorite photos you would like to share on Wayback Wednesday? Please contact me at email@example.com. Have an outstanding Wednesday!
Let's recap our Building MSGL series on Wayback Wednesday. Montessori Parents, Inc. purchased the Calvary Baptist Church on Soldiers Home Road in 1999. Demolition of the interior began in September, 2000. Now it's December, 2000 and the stud walls are in place so that wiring, plumbing, and drywall work can begin.
Looking toward the Oak Room in Building B.
Standing in Catalpa looking through the wall into the Oak Room.
Looking out the door of the Maple Room into the office hallway.
Here's the view walking in the office door.
Here's that same view just a couple of months later.
This is the Maple Room looking toward the stairs.
This is the Willow Room looking toward the kitchen area.
And here is the Spruce Room filled with drywall supplies.
The Harvey & Son Construction crew. Steve, Don, Nolan, and Tony working over Thanksgiving Break.
That's all for this week. Have a terrific Wednesday!
Cooking at a young age definitely helped me to be confident in cooking my own meals later in life. I can't say I'm training to be a chef, but I definitely still combine numbers and letters in innovative ways with a dual architecture/creative writing degree. Montessori's teaching method was key in guiding me to be self-motivated, which was the most important lesson I gained from exercises like this. Thank you for posting!
It's so nice to hear from you, Andrew! The study of architecture and creative writing surely provides you with many interesting opportunities to express yourself. Thank you for sharing with us and best wishes as you complete your studies at Carnegie Mellon.
Andrew Staiger is my son. He is now a Senior at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He lives in an apartment and does like to cook.
Hi Cindy! Thanks for commenting. It's good to hear from you and it's always great to hear about our alums. Best wishes to Andrew in his senior year.


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This is the headstone at the grave of John Smith Buckley and his wife Mary Ellen. I took the photograph yesterday.
The grave is at Utley Cemetery, Keighley, West Yorkshire – it is grave number 494 in section N.
Clearly as you can see the headstone is in a very poor state with the top having broken away from the base. Also the ground around it is overgrown. Even so, after a bit of brushing away the dirt and debris, I was able to just make out the inscription.
John Smith Buckley is my 1st cousin 3x removed. He was born sometime in 1858 in Keighley, West Yorkshire. His parents were Mason Buckley and Susannah Hargreaves.
In the 1861, 1871 and 1881 census returns John is living with his parents. In 1871 he is working as a "worsted spinner" and in 1881 as an "iron moulder".
Sometime in the March quarter of 1882 John married Mary Ellen Brigg. Mary was born about 1854. I have only done some very quick searches for her on the subsequent census returns but haven't found a definite entry for her.
John and Mary had two daughters – Annie in 1882 and Ellen in 1887.
In the census records for 1891, 1901 and 1911 the family remained living in Keighley. John continued to work as an "iron moulder". In 1911 their daughter Ellen is still single and living with them – she is employed as a "dressmaker".
Their other daughter Annie married Willie Appleyard in the fist quarter of 1907. In the 1911 census Annie and Willie are living with Elizabeth Brigg – who appears to be a sister of Mary Ellen (Annie's mother). I mention them particularly because Willie was also buried with John Smith and Mary Ellen when he died in 1947.
Anyway, Mary Ellen died on 19th March 1918 and was buried three days later at Utley Cemetery.
At some point after he was widowed John appears to have moved to Morecambe in Lancashire. The information I got from Utley Cemetery says that at the time of his death on 16th July 1932 he was living at 41 Victoria Parade, Morecambe.
The remaining mystery for me is where is Annie Appleyard buried? I found an Annie Appleyard in the National Burial Index who died in 1956 aged 75 years – which puts her at the right sort of age. This person is buried at a church in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. So I will need to do far more detective work to discover if this is my Annie Appleyard (nee Buckley).


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The Luther College women's basketball was defeated by Coe College in a hard fought home battle tonight at the Regents Center 64-56.
Coe led the Norse at intermission 32-24 thanks to an 8-3 run in the final six minutes of play of the first half. The Kohawks extended their lead to as many as 15 early in the second frame, but Luther chipped away at the Kohawk lead and cut the deficit to 45-43 with 11:45 left. The two-point deficit was as close as the Norse would get the rest of the way.
Offensively, Luther shot 33 percent that included a 4-of-15 effort from behind the three-point line. Coe shot 45 percent and out rebounded the Norse 42-32.
Luther was led by Carrie Kilen who posted a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds. The double-double was Kilen's second in the past three games. Taylor Johnson, who played just 23 minutes due to foul trouble, led the team with 13 points. Lyndsi Woolems chipped in eight while Taylor Jenks and Kylie Romeo both had seven.
Coe's Megan Hayes led all scorers with 21 points off the bench. Hayes was 9-of-11 from the field and 3-for-4 from the charity stripe. Kayla Waskow had 12 points, while Mary Halvorson and Hannah Breitbach chipped in eight each.
Despite the loss, Luther secured the sixth and final spot for the Iowa Conference Tournament that begins next week. Coe also secured a spot in the tournament tonight. The Norse will be making their first appearance in the tournament in three years.
The loss gives Luther a record of 5-8 in the Iowa Conference, 13-11 overall. Coe improved to 6-7, 13-11 overall.
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"Deal Or No Deal" suitcase model Katie Cleary's husband killed himself Sunday, just weeks after Cleary was photographed in Cannes with Leonardo DiCaprio and Adrian Grenier.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that 40-year-old businessman Andrew Stern shot himself in the head at a San Fernando Valley shooting range.
Cleary, who was also a contestant on "America's Next Top Model," was seen getting cozy last month with DiCaprio. Photos of her in Cannes with "Entourage" star Adrian Grenier were also on the Internet.
TMZ reported authorities interviewed a number of people, including Cleary, and discovered Stern was suffering significant stress over marital problems.
Yeah. Waking up and seeing one's spouse cuddling up with Leonardo DiCaprio will do that.
Sources told TMZ that Cleary said she and Stern were getting divorced. Stern also supposedly had a history of depression and financial issues.
A close source to DiCaprio reportedly told TMZ the actor didn't hook up with Cleary and left the club that night with his girlfriend Toni Garrn.
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This is a preemptive thread title with the anticipation of some fans being ready to commit suicide.
Our team is solid, overachieving, and -in the long term- rising. All great and hopeful signs. But we are far from the best team in the NFL. We are just not deep enough. Never was this fact more evident, than after Hali and Houston went out - who in my book amount to half of our defense - we were ripe for the picking.
The old successful Giants always drafted more pass rushers even when their roster looked saturated with them. I don't know how Dorsey is going to handle this, but we need another pass rusher very close to Hali and Houston's caliber for depth and rotation.
And there's no disputing the fact that we need help at Oline (ESPECIALLY CENTER!), and WR. But pass rush, pass rush, pass rush. We need to elevate what looks like a position of power into a position of utter scariness.
Tall order, but let's hope Dorsey and Reid are capable of doing this.
Meanwhile, let's enjoy the rest of the season and hope we can manage to win one playoff game. Baby steps.


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Paul McCartney might collaborate with Kanye West soon.
And you thought it was a big deal when he collaborated with John Lennon.
Sources reportedly told the New York Post the pair have been secretly working on a number of tracks, one allegedly titled "Piss on My Grave," and that the recordings "could develop into an album."
Charming title. I heard McCartney and Michael Jackson almost used it before deciding on "Say Say Say."
Daily Mail quoted sources last week saying West wants to feature McCartney on his follow-up to "Yeezus," which is due out later this year. The source said West has been "tapping Macca up for a while about working together." Kim Kardashian's husband was at McCartney's Los Angeles show at Dodger Stadium last week.
The Huffington Post says McCartney's rep declined to comment on a possible collaboration, but did clarify West is working on a song called "Piss On Your Grave." The website reported that, in the past, the former Beatle has expressed interest in collaborating with a hip-hop artist like Jay Z or Kanye.
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