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News and Notes
Iman Shumpert (knee) pretty much ruled out a return in December and said January or February, which is more good news for owners of J.R. Smith. Even when Shumpert returns, I don't know if he'll be able to cut into Smith's load. Andrew Bynum (knee) still doesn't have a timetable for a return. Shocker. Chauncey Billups (Achilles) is targeting Thanksgiving for his return. Jamal Crawford owners shouldn't panic but they also have a red-hot asset that can be turned into somebody that might not have the threat of a log-jam. Between Chris Paul, Eric Bledsoe, Crawford, and Billups, not to mention the other misfit pieces they have, something has to give at least a little bit right?
Wednesday Night Madness
PHO @ CHA: Gerald Henderson, who showed signs of versatility before succumbing to a foot sprain, will now be out 2-4 weeks. Ramon Sessions, Ben Gordon, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist will be the primary beneficiaries along with Kemba Walker, who will get Sessions out of his hair a bit. MKG is in his own category as a defensive stat stuffer sitting on the periphery of 12-team value, with his minutes being tied to how he looks on a given night. But the remaining minutes will be more of a battle between Sessions and Gordon, and I like Sessions to hold more value in this Henderson-less segment. We'll be watching Jared Dudley closely to see if he can break out of his funk, and conversely if Shannon Brown can get a bit more funky. I get a lot of Byron Mullens drop questions. This is the type of opponent he could have his coming out party against. I'm not in the drop Mullens camp, but if you are then you may want to wait and see how tonight goes.
BKY @ MIA: Gerald Wallace is out for at least a week by the look of things, but there has been no real clear beneficiary unless you want to count C.J. Watson and MarShon Brooks. I like Watson over Brooks in deeper formats. Kris Humphries was very low on my board coming into the year and we're seeing why. He plays for a good team with plenty of talent instead of a bad team with a lot of guys missing. This isn't rocket science. The Heat buzz-saw has been interesting to watch this year, as Mario Chalmers has flashed assist potential and Ray Allen has been a big producer. We'll learn a lot about both players this week.
IND @ ATL: Lou Williams left Tuesday's practice due to a migraine headache, but nobody seems too concerned about his status. Josh Smith (ankle) returned to a limited practice yesterday, but is still iffy to play. Our blurber said that Anthony Tolliver would have no value, but you can never rule that guy out when he's getting minutes in a starting role. On the Pacers side, they have been awful. While George Hill has put up numbers recently, he has to do a better job of dictating the flow of the offense. Gerald Green is going to pop one of these days, but like a lot of his teammates he's taking bad shots because of the confused environment. I still haven't cut him anywhere, for what it's worth.
WAS @ BOS: Jordan Crawford (ankle) is a game-time call and if he misses the game you can all but guarantee serviceable outings out of A.J. Price and Bradley Beal. I hope you didn't sleep on Kevin Seraphin as he's fittin to make his mark on the NBA. No, he's not going to be a top-tier player, but he proved that he is a player against the Celtics and by virtue of that he is on an even faster track than I had him on a few weeks ago. The Celtics are a pretty easy team to figure out other than the Brandon Bass/Jared Sullinger thing, which hopefully you have avoided. Courtney Lee has yet to show up and Jason Terry will slowly improve and plane out right before Avery Bradley returns. From there, it'll be a three-way position battle for 48-60 minutes. Also, calling Jeff Green…calling Jeff Green.
MEM @ MIL: John Henson (knee) practiced on Monday and might make his debut tonight, which could rain on the parade of Larry Sanders, Samuel Dalembert and Ekpe Udoh owners. Who knows, with the slow start of Ersan Ilyasova it might impact him, too, though I think we should wait in general before discussing any demotions or doomsday scenarios with Ilyasova. If he doesn't pick it up this week, though, then the sky might be falling a little bit. Beno Udrih (quad) is out, so look for Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis to get all the run they can handle. The Grizzlies are one of the league's most consistent fantasy units, and will also be a common thread on championship rosters.
ORL @ MIN: There were Dante Cunningham and Chase Budinger sightings on Monday, and those were the originally intended beneficiaries of the Kevin Love injury, along with the team's other producers in general. Derrick Williams has been a massive disappointment and probably needs a change of scenery, and Nikola Pekovic needs to show his owners a few more rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko is on fire and should be in all lineups. The Wolves' backcourt is a bit of a mess, with Luke Ridnour, Brandon Roy, and J.J. Barea all inconsistent to start the year and Alexey Shved joining the party.
DEN @ HOU: The Rockets are beasting right now behind James Harden and Jeremy Lin's playmaking ability, with Chandler Parsons, Omer Asik, Patrick Patterson, and Carlos Delfino all holding some sort of late round value in 8-cat formats. Everybody in that last group but Delfino has slid a bit in 9-cat leagues but it's too early to make any sort of blanket statement about any of them. Parsons is playing heavy minutes, Asik is a rebounding machine, Patterson has started to shoot threes, and Delfino is a boom-or-bust guy coming off the Rockets' bench.
PHI @ NO: Anthony Davis is doubtful with a concussion and this is yet another notch on Monty's injury confusion belt. Williams went on the offensive about the league's handling of Davis' concussion and the policy in general, essentially saying the policy is too rigid. But now Davis is missing an additional game, which necessarily weakens Williams' position on the matter. If he's hurt and at risk then he shouldn't play, if he's not at risk then he should. It should be pretty simple, right? None of this is a surprise after Williams said last year he doesn't talk to his players about injuries, and at one point last year he didn't have a clue what Emeka Okafor's injury situation was at all. Whatever the case may be, nothing is ever simple on the injury front in New Orleans. Ryan Anderson, Robin Lopez, and Al-Farouq Aminu will be well-positioned to continue producing. Jason Richardson (ankle) looks to be out for the Sixers, so Dorell Wright will be a solid bet for serviceable production. Kwame Brown (calf) is out indefinitely, and when he returns owners shouldn't go overboard predicting an impact on the rotation.
TOR @ DAL: Jae Crowder seems to be being held back by Rick Carlisle, who if I had to guess doesn't want to overwhelm the rookie so early in the year. To each their own I suppose. Now that Shawn Marion is out for a week or more, Crowder is set to start and it's time to give him a hard look again. He has posted low-end value in 9-cat, 12-team leagues in his limited role, but in 8-cat leagues where his low turnover rate doesn't help he has been just a top-180 play. I expect him to improve at least incrementally this week with a bit of upside, too. Roddy Beaubois (ankle) is still without an update, and if he doesn't go expect another big-minute outing of the red-hot backcourt of O.J. Mayo and Darren Collison. Chris Kaman (calf) is still getting back to 100 percent but he's producing and is worth consideration for your lineup. Brandan Wright has been posting mid-round value and I just added him to a loaded team in a 12-team format. I can take those kinds of risks on a loaded unit.
LAL @ UTA: Kobe Bryant (foot) says he'll be at 90 percent, and probably replays Michael Jordan's flu game every night as he goes to sleep. He'll probably put up 40 (kidding, sort of). If you're playing Steve Blake you're desperate, and you don't need me to tell you that even if I just did. I'll personally be watching to see if Gordon Hayward continues his ascent after a slow start, as I had him ranked much higher than anywhere else I saw (including our general rankings). Derrick Favors will tell us a lot about his standalone value this week, as he is posting 14-16 team value thus far and any slippage there will make him much harder to hold as a lottery ticket. Al Jefferson is making me look good for having him low on my board so far, but I expect him to improve and be a top-tier center regardless. Mo Williams is beasting right now and I don't really see any reason why he should stop. I know we were on top of him as a site but even my bullish No. 79 8-cat ranking seems woefully off base.
DET @ SAC: The Kings are a total mess. Their offense is awful and their defense has been terrible, no matter how many times Keith Smart says the latter has been intact. And sure, the Kings have seen opponents shoot a very bad percentage, but the hometown fans and writers are so jaded by years of nuclear disaster level defense that their eyes mislead them. And aside from that eye test, each team they've faced this season (Bulls, Wolves, Pacers, Warriors) has seen its writers go on the offensive about how awful their team's offense has been for some or all of the year. Unforced errors and lack of effort has been the culprit for the Kings' opponents, but Smart gets no flak for owning a largely empty achievement.
And that's because he doesn't get flak for anything. I won't get into the details, but let's just say Keith Smart owns the press room at Sleep Apnea Arena. Why does this matter? For fantasy purposes guys aren't getting the job done. Isaiah Thomas needs to be given the car keys for there to be any cohesiveness on offense, Tyreke Evans needs to be told to play two-dribble basketball, DeMarcus Cousins needs to be told to plant his butt in the post and not move, and Jason Thompson needs more plays run for him. They all need to be told to shutup. Marcus Thornton – he's cool. He can just keep doing what he's doing. Aaron Brooks can come in and score like crazy for 20-25 mpg and everybody should theoretically be happy and winning (relatively).
But that doesn't happen, because Smart is tinkering and he isn't demanding specific performance, and the media is so cozy and unwilling to ask the hard questions that they just regurgitate what the team-sponsored channels say. Until you see pressure mount on Smart to stop doing what got him fired in Golden State, expect a bumpy ride for all of them.
CLE @ GSW: We don't know how Tyler Zeller's face evaluation went after he took an elbow in Monday's game, but if he plays he'll be an interesting desperation option in 12-14 team formats after a 15 and seven night the last time out. If he doesn't go, then Tristan Thompson should be a good bet for a nice game against the marshmallow core of the David Lee show. Also, I hope Stephen Curry tapes his ankles real good, because they're bound to be broken by the backcourt of Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters. I don't know if I'm kidding when I say that this is a legitimate concern of mine. Alonzo Gee is getting serious pub as an elite defender in the league, and I think he is a must-own player right now as a result. Carl Landry was inexplicably 'cooled' by Mark Jackson in Sacramento on Monday, and Andrew Bogut is causing me 'drop' questions because he looks really, really hurt right now. The Warriors need to sit him and they may end up learning the hard way. Again. Speaking of that hard way, Curry is going to need a letdown from the Cavs after their big win because he can't shake Cleveland's athletes. He, David Lee, and Klay Thompson are must-start players, and look for Thompson to play angry after he missed the game-winner in Sac on Monday. Jarrett Jack was forgotten about in Monday's loss, but I have a feeling he plays big minutes, if anything for defensive purposes tonight.
SA @ LAC: Blake Griffin added a neck strain to his right elbow bursa sac issue, but neither seems overly serious at least right now. Both squads are rolling along for the most part, and guys are who we thought they were. That is, except for the aforementioned Jamal Crawford. That dude is ballin. Manu Ginobili said his back felt better on Monday but owners should still be in wait-and-see mode until he proves he's at 80-90 percent. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Kawhi Leonard and even Danny Green should all be in lineups, as should Chris Paul and Griffin. From there Caron Butler is worth a look for 3-point shooting and DeAndre Jordan is a boom-or-bust blocks and field goal percentage play.
It was a slow night for NBA basketball, but it was a big night for our country. Regardless of what side of the line you sit, I hope all of you avoid the divisive forces in our country and not grab the low-hanging fruit. There are good arguments on all sides of the line, but the political discussion in this country has been hijacked to the point where people just yell at each other. I don't have the answers for how to improve all of this, other than to generally reject blasphemy when you see it and demand accountability when you can. Like yesterday. When you voted.
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Lowry Low Point
Kyle Lowry has been dominant in fantasy leagues prior to tonight, and the only thing that could stop fantasy's No. 1 play so far was for him to inadvertently land on Serge Ibaka's foot in the first half of last night's game. Writhing in pain, screaming, and generally acting like Brandon Rush the other night, owners went into a frenzy only to learn a few hours later that he had only a sprain, was already receiving treatment, and left the arena in a walking boot.
I'm not a doctor, but I've blown both ankles up a million times and when it's bad there is no treatment going on. Maybe some of y'all have had different experiences, but when I've had a severe sprain the ankle was immobile, iced, and elevated with little to no movement. A walking boot is a better sign than crutches, too, and though I expect him to miss some time – this could have been a lot worse.
Don't be surprised if the Raptors use this time to showcase Jose Calderon for trade, and though Bryan Colangelo needs to win this season he's probably smart enough to let Lowry heal properly before throwing him back on the court. If you want my totally speculative guess I'm going to say he returns on Sunday the 18th at home against the Magic. Until he returns, Calderon (eight points, two assists, four steals, 19 minutes) is well worth owning in any format as long as owners know that he may or may not have standalone value when Lowry comes back.
DeMar DeRozan showed his true colors again last night, hitting 2-of-10 shots for eight points and practically nothing else. Jonas Valanciunas went big with 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting with six boards, one assist, and a 6-of-6 mark from the foul line. Value-wise he's just on the outside of 12-team leagues looking in for 8- and 9-cat formats, but owners should know that this will be the worst of things and those shooting percentage are going to buoy his value. I'm still holding him in a 10-team daily league where there's not a whole lot of patience for a slow ride. And this just in – Landry Fields (three points, 1-of-6 FGs) still isn't worth your time.
Further into the deep league realm, Alan Anderson hit just 1-of-6 shots for three points, but he has been playing very well and is the type of guy that could mop up minutes while Lowry is out. Look at him if you need a scorer/3-point shooter. In the stash department, Terrence Ross had a good Summer but tailed off during the preseason and eventually disappeared this year. He had 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting in 14 minutes and hit a pair of threes. It was a building block effort so keep an eye to see if he can string a few of those together.
'Okay' Corral
The Thunder rolled over the Raptors last night and left some pretty pedestrian fantasy numbers in its wake, but if you consider that no starter played more than 29 minutes last night things look a lot better. Serge Ibaka scored 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting with four boards, two assists, one steal, and two blocks in just 23 minutes, Kevin Durant scored 15 points with a tepid stat line, Russell Westbrook had 19 points on 5-of-12 shooting, eight assists, and two threes, and Kevin Martin rounded things out with 15 points and a nicely stocked line.
Owners of Ibaka, Durant, and Westbrook are likely disappointed to date, but this is going to be a fantasy machine all season long. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned about Ibaka's minutes and Westy's field goal percentage and turnovers, but those issues were already built into my projections this season. Buy them all up as they won't sit on the rankings sheet where they are right now for very long.
As for Martin's top-20 ranking, call me crazy, but I think he can stay in that ballpark all season while he's healthy. The Thunder are going to want Martin to prove his worth to the NBA world this season, even if Scott Brooks 'cooled' him on Sunday while he was going nuts. It was a scene reminiscent of last year's playoffs, when Brooks benched Harden in Game 1 of the Finals after he dismantled the Spurs the series before. If you read somebody that rips on Harden for those Finals, and they don't mention Brooks playing him 22 minutes in Game 1 because he wanted to play Derek Fisher 25 minutes, they haven't done their homework and they are the mark.
Panic Room
Remember when Kenneth Faried and JaVale McGee owners were breathing into a paper bag? Yeah, me neither. Owners can make a killing in the season's first week whether it's by trade, waiver wire acquisition, or by simply not panicking with their mid- and late-round talent (see Waiters, Dion). In the case of Faried and McGee you have two young players that are still earning their minutes in George Karl's system. They have their weaknesses, and they make up for those weaknesses with jaw-dropping athleticism that will eventually win out.
Faried still isn't playing a ton of minutes, but he's producing with the minutes he's getting now and put up another 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting with eight rebounds and a block over 23 minutes. McGee showed me some good stuff last night, playing with effort and making things happen on plays that he might have previously given up on. On one play, he lunged around a rebounder in an awkward fashion, poked the ball away, retrieved it, and scored in impressive fashion. I noted the hustle play as one that might earn him more minutes going forward. Last night he had 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting in just 18 minutes, with three rebounds and three blocks to boot.
Both guys are already putting up serviceable value in 10- and 12-team formats despite operating on the worst-case side of their spectrums, and owners would be wise to target them in trades and the like while there's still some ambiguity about where their seasons are heading. And since we're talking Nuggets assets that should be on the rise, Danilo Gallinari continued his shooting slump last night and is now 10-of-39 on the season. It's probably linked to his ankle injury, and regardless that's not going to continue and owners might be able to obtain him for 90 cents on the dollar. Nobody seems to be panicking about Ty Lawson and Andre Iguodala, but they are also struggling in relation to their ADP. They're fine, too. Their numbers will come around.
Knight and Day
Brandon Knight played like a rookie last night, hitting 1-of-6 shots for two points with plenty of 'why did he do that' moments. He still managed four rebounds, nine assists, one steal, and one block, which is the mark of an improving fantasy player – getting numbers when things aren't going well. I'm not exactly bullish on Knight because he struggles in defensive and shooting categories, but there's a silver lining to last night's result.
The fantasy story of the night coming out of the Pistons' loss was the resurgence of Rodney Stuckey, who has been dealing with an apparent inner-ear issue and finally got back on the board last night. He hit only 5-of-17 shots and is a work in progress in that department, but the 17 points, four rebounds, four assists, two threes, and a block are a very good look. He really shouldn't have been dropped in most cases, but if he was go run and pick him up. He has early mid-round upside and shouldn't fall beneath a late-round value this year.
Greg Monroe finally had that breakout game everybody was waiting for, scoring 27 points on 10-of-20 shooting with 10 boards, two assists, a steal, three blocks, and a perfect mark on seven attempts from the line. The only surprise here was that it didn't happen sooner.
Bullish on Orlando
The Bulls beat the Magic at home on Tuesday, and let's get the boring Bulls chat out of the way first. Rip Hamilton (seven points, not much else) continues to be a mediocre low-end play with injury risk. Kirk Hinrich continues to alternate between Atlanta Hinrich and Old Chicago Hinrich and last night was the latter, as he put up eight points with five rebounds, five assists, two steals, and two threes. With Nate Robinson (11 points, six assists) around to provide punch, I suspect this is how Hinrich's year will go. Both are worth owning in 12-team leagues, and personally I like Lil' Him because of Hinrich's injury risk.
Joakim Noah blocked what seemed to be 100 Big Baby shots last night, but in the end it was merely five blocks to go with 20 points, nine boards, and four assists. It's something to think about when your big men are playing against Orlando – Baby might break the league record this year for blocks against. Luol Deng had a big night with 23 points, eight boards, and four assists, and Carlos Boozer hit just 6-of-18 shots to go for 12 and eight with a few minor goodies. The bottom line here is that beyond the main characters, this team is extremely shallow and while most of these guys carry some injury risk – they should ball out when healthy.
Where I find plenty more intrigue is on the Orlando side of the ball, mainly because people are acting like J.J. Redick all of a sudden improved this year. He has been playing this way for two years now, but it took a Dwight Howard trade and housecleaning to open up the opportunity. I am a proud owner almost everywhere, and yes I think he can keep up top-half of the draft value in standard formats.
Don't be surprised if the Magic actually show signs of life and, gulp, perhaps improve over prior year's campaigns. They have some nice pieces and more than anything they move the ball, with no Dwight Howard around to demand offensive touches he really shouldn't be getting.
On the top of the card, there might be a slight battle between Arron Afflalo (28 points, five rebounds, five assists, three treys, one steal, one block) and Glen Davis (16 points, 7-of-22 FGs, 10 rebounds) to see who will be the team's No. 1 player. Normally this type of egoism might be disastrous, but in Orlando where neither guy will be able to outdo the other this could end up pushing them both harder.
E'Twaun Moore filled in for Jameer Nelson, who entered the year as an injury risk and is already out with three different ailments. Moore continued to look good with 17 points, three treys, five boards, and two assists. The Magic aren't shy to let him call his own number, and those looking for a short-term play might luck into something better if Nelson stammers through the year.
Nikola Vucevic teased me throughout last year, but he never really panned out and didn't do anything tremendously special this preseason until it was announced that he was the starter. Well don't look now but he's sporting mid-round value in this early season after last night's 16-point, 10-rebound effort that included a steal and two blocks. John Denton of NBA.com wrote that the Magic changed their rotation to match up with the Bulls' bigs, and I tend to think that Vucevic will need to stay red hot to keep anything above 30 minutes. Gustavo Ayon, Al Harrington, and eventually Jameer Nelson and Hedo Turkoglu are all going to see more minutes than they're getting right now, which is 11 if you count Ayon's two-assist, one-block effort last night.
Overall, though, this is going to be a fun team to watch, they have the look of a fantasy juggernaut, and they might just make the playoffs to spite Howard's disciples.
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WORCESTER, MASS. -- While Columbia's heavyweight rowers utilized the past two weeks for final exams, head coach Mike Zimmer and his staff used them to make major changes in his crews' starting lineups, with an eye to major improvements in time for the Eastern Sprints.
The changes -- more than a dozen in the varsity and second varsity eights alone -- produced immediate results in practice. At the Sprints, however, the improvements were slight.
"We made a bunch of lineup changes and you could see their effect in practice," Zimmer said, "but at the Sprints, we didn't show what we had been doing in practice."
Actually, the Lions' third varsity eight came closest to demonstrating the effect of the changes. The 3V turned its morning heat into a taut battle among the Lions, Northeastern and Navy, just missing the Grand Final.
"The 3V rowed a really great race, but was nipped at the end," Zimmer noted. Navy won the 2000-meter race on Lake Quinsigamond in 6:08.043, followed closely by Northeastern in 6:08.641. Columbia was third in 6:09.225, missing the Grand Final by little more than half a second.
The Columbia eight demonstrated what it could do in the afternoon Petite Final, finishing first of six in 6:25.278, barely ahead of Cornell and Yale, while also topping Harvard, Syracuse and Dartmouth.
The second varsity eight also reached the Petite Final after placing fourth of six in its heat, but was only sixth of six in the Petite, its time of 6:44.263 trailing Cornell, Yale, Syracuse, Penn and Navy.
After excelling in practice, the varsity eight disappointed greatly, its fifth-place finish in the opening heat relegating it to the Third Level Final. There the Lions finally opened up, taking second of six.
But Zimmer remained down about his crews' showing. "The Sprints," he said, "was not representative of what they have done, or what they can do."
The results:
EARC Sprints (Eastern Sprints) - heavyweights
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass.
Varsity Eights - Third Level Final
1. Dartmouth, 6:19.236
3. Holy Cross, 6:25.842
4. George Washington, 6:35.944
5. Rutgers, 6:41.610
(5th of 6 in heat)
Second Varsity Eights - Petite Final
1. Cornell, 6:25.136
2. Yale, 6:26.527
3. Syracuse, 6:30.909
4. Penn, 6:36.606
5. Navy, 6:38.367
(4th of 6 in heat)
Third Varsity Eights - Petite Final
2. Cornell, 6:26.511
3. Yale, 6:27.948
4. Harvard, 6:31.696
5. Syracuse, 6:33.139
6. Dartmouth, 6:35.410
(3rd of 4 in heat)
Today's Heavyweight Boatings:
First Varsity Eight
Andrew Lake, cox; Buck Goggin, stroke; Matt Ridgeway, 7; Max Lawton, 6; Alexander Simmonds, 5; Clemens Auersperg, 4; Alex Barkume, 3; Connor Jones, 2; Jonathon Rosow, bow
Second Varsity Eight
Andrew Tang, cox; Charles Wu, stroke; Noah Whitehead, 7; Emmett Gross, 6; Sam Collins, 5; Mike Donohue, 4; James Glynn, 3; Josh Fram, 2; John Clapp, bow
Third Varsity Eight
Vivian Zhang, cox; Elliot Meade, stroke; Phillip Fletcher, 7; Sam Harris, 6; Ben Coombs, 5; Christian Aral, 4; Zach Ellenbogen, 3; Daniel Kolbe, 2; Jack Michaud, bow

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Spend an unforgettable night with your family at the Natural History Museum of Utah! You'll participate in activities for the whole family as you explore the museum at night. Then unroll your sleeping bag in the Life Gallery beneath a giant spiral of DNA, a case of sparkling butterflies, or the watchful eyes of an elk. Before you settle in for the night, listen to a cozy campfire story by flashlight. In the morning, you'll enjoy a continental breakfast as you share the stories of the memories you've made at the Museum.
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Three Signs of FallNovember 6, 2010 at 02:43 | Posted in Bits and Pieces, family history, memories, Uncategorized | 1 Comment
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There are three signs for me that say Fall is upon us! Nothing says fall like beautiful the beautiful changing colors of leaves and flowers and of course pumpkin patches. When younger I delighted in the crisp piles of leaves we played in – frustrating my dear father who was attempting to rake them! What fun it was to jump and bury ourselves in those leaves. They always had a wonderful unique scent to them. I knew it meant soon we would be having bonfires to roast marshmallows. We would often go to the local farm where we could choose a wonderful chrysanthemum plant in glorious fall colors. They had rows and rows planted and would dig them up and put in a clay pot, any size you wanted. We would bring home several huge pots to put out near our front door on display until after Thanksgiving. Hanging on the front door would be big bunches of multicolored Indian corn tied with a big straw bow.
But the most fun was to climb over all the pumpkins in every size imaginable until the perfect one was found. It had to be huge of course and just right to carve a face! I am too old to climb over the pumpkins as I did when young but instead I can enjoy my grandchildren as they hunt for their perfect pumpkins!
We always opted for the traditional jack-o-lantern smile with teeth and triangular shaped eyes. Now my own sons are so much more creative than me.
No silly faces for them – now we have wonderful spiders and scary faces as well as BOO!
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Vernon "Vern" Johnson of Willcox died Dec. 5, 2012 at the age of 65. He was born in Pratt on Oct. 23, 1947 to Harold and Julia (Greenstreet) Johnson.
Vern served in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and was a retired beverage technician. He loved his Corvette and Jeep.
Vern is survived by his sons, Paul (Barbara) Johnson of Chula Vista, Calif., and Greg (April) Johnson of Victor, Idaho. He is also survived by his sister, Iva Beebe of Derby; a brother, David Paxton of Missouri and his grandchildren, Tyler Wetzel, Amanda Johnson, Ashley Johnson, Faye Johnson and Tess Johnson and a niece, Tammy Hendrix.
Preceding him in death were his parents.
Memorial services were held on Thursday, Dec. 13, at Westlawn Chapel. Online condolences may be extended to the family at www.westlawnchapelmortuary.com Services entrusted to Westlawn Chapel, Mortuary and Crematory of Willcox, Ariz.


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Dear Editor:
With the up coming three big patriotic days: Memorial Day – Flag Day – and 4th of July - let us rededicate our allegiance to the red, white, and blue.
When is the flag too old, tattered and torn, to be recognized as our symbol.
That's the time for replacement, when the colors are faded blue, faint red, and gray – our colors are red white and blue.
As for proper respect and hanging the flag, horizontal or vertical – one simple rule – the stars should always be facing your heart, (most of us have hearts on our left side – therefore match up your heart facing the star field.)
Remember, American ends in ican
Thank God I'm an American
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Questions and Answers: 45G tax creditWritten by Mischa Wanek-Libman, editor
The current extension expires at the end of 2013; industry action is needed to help secure its future.
This month, railroad representatives, industry suppliers, shippers and other rail supporters will gather in Washington, D.C., for Railroad Day on Capitol Hill. Among the issues being discussed will be the continued support of the Section 45G Railroad Track Maintenance Credit. The credit, which has been extended through Dec. 31, 2013, was originally enacted in 2004 to provide shortline and regional railroads a tax credit of 50 cents per dollar spent on track improvements.
In a statement issued after the last extension, Richard F. Timmons, president of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), said, "The 45G success story is the story of reducing federal taxes and interference with small businesses and allowing those businesses to invest more of what they earn in ways that benefit all Americans."
RT&S spoke with Jeff Van Schaick, associate with Chambers, Conlon & Hartwell, LLC, the lobbying firm for ASLRRA, to discuss the tax credit and see how the current climate in Washington could affect the tax credit's future.
RT&S: Why is this legislation important to the entire rail industry, not just the shortline market?
Van Schaick: The 45G tax credit provides a value and incentive for shortline railroads, which spills over into every part of the rail industry. Shortline customers have more efficient and reliable service and shortline contractors are hired to do increased amounts of work, creating and preserving thousands of well-paying jobs across the country.
RT&S: With new members of Congress now serving, how does this change the sponsor make up of the current tax credit legislation?
Van Schaick: I don't believe it does. Educating new members is always something we try to do early in the year, which is one of the reasons we have Railroad Day on Capitol Hill in February or March. Last Congress, there were 84 Republicans in the freshman class. We were successful in securing 57 of them. Having the support of that large class was critical to our most recent extension. There are 94 new members this Congress and we will try to meet with each office to tell them about the shortline railroads in their district. Some members will eagerly sign on to the bill and some won't, but that's ok. The important thing is that we continue to educate and inform members of the benefits that shortline railroads provide to the community.
RT&S: Did the election results pose any challenges to the tax credit's future?
Van Schaick: The make-up of this Congress will be similar to what it was last Congress. We'll have a Republican House, a Democratic President and a Democratic Senate. We should see more discussion about overall total tax reform and the current group of tax extenders will surely be a discussion point. We will work to get the congressional support (cosponsors) we need to be considered in future legislation.
RT&S: The current extension is retroactive for 2012 and lasts through December 2013. Has ASLRRA membership said if this will help them in their current infrastructure maintenance plans? What would be the ideal length of time for the credit to be extended?
Van Schaick: Much of the work being done on shortlines is necessary maintenance and that work continued through 2012 before the credit was extended. Since shortlines now have an additional year to plan their credit-aided maintenance projects, they can take a serious look at some of the bigger cost items that need attention like repairing or replacing the aging bridges on their lines. Private and government studies indicate it will cost $13 billion to bring the national shortline system up to the necessary level of efficiency. 45G has helped fund almost $3 billion of that in infrastructure upgrades since 2005.
RT&S: After the last extension, there were a few bloggers who called the tax credit a "wasteful subsidy." Is there concern about being labeled as such?
Van Schaick: I am not aware of anyone who has called 45G a wasteful subsidy. The fact is that 45G incentivizes [more than] $300 million per year in additional infrastructure spending, which then helps local businesses and local communities. For example, in Kansas, 45G leveraged more than $2.6 million in track improvement to connect two cement plants in Neosho County to the national rail network. The two rail customers are the backbone of economic opportunity in Chanute and Humboldt and the local shortline's constant focus on improving the infrastructure keeps their customers competitive in the North American market. There is nothing wasteful about creating jobs and improving local communities, especially when the marketplace is empowered to make the most efficient investment decisions possible.
RT&S: Why is it important to give the smaller railroads a tax break rather than open the legislation up to all railroads?
Van Schaick: The 45G credit was created by Congress to preserve light density branch lines. These are the shortlines; the lines most in need of investment. The credit is targeted to improving existing shortline track and it serves its targeted purpose very efficiently.
RT&S: Is there still a push to include shortlines established after 2005 in the legislation?
Van Schaick: Yes. Each extension bill that has been introduced has included shortlines that have been established since 2005 to be eligible for the credit. Investments to these miles are not qualified expenditures under 45G and we continue to work to make them eligible. Legislation has been introduced this Congress that will include shortlines that were established from 2005 to 2013.
RT&S: What actions will the rail industry as a whole need to take in order to better the chances of the tax credit receiving another extension?
Van Schaick: We need to continue to tell our story. We are constantly innovating to make our systems faster, safer and better for the environment. The rail industry is investing billions of its own dollars in infrastructure and that creates well-paying jobs and stability in our communities. For the tax credit to be successful, the industry needs to continue to build solid relationships with its elected leaders, not only on the federal level, but the state and local level, too.


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Bombing Of The USS Panay: The despicable Japanese bombing of the USS Panay, on a humanitarian mission in the China Seas, is documented in this 1938 Universal newsreel.
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It's become a bit of a tradition around here that I let y'all in on the action when I induct a new gal to my official Celebrity Crush List.
That having been said, you can probably figure out where this post is headed.
A few weeks back, Grace and I were flipping through the channels and we ended up on "The Voice."
Neither one of us was really watching it, but rather it served purpose as background noise until out of nowhere I heard some lovely young lass covering an Avril Lavigne song.
Naturally, this peaked my interest.
That lovely young lass was the eventual winner of the show, Cassadee Pope.
She reminded me of someone, but I couldn't quite place my finger on it who it was. The next day on Facebook I posed the following question, but received very little feedback.
She's cute. She sings my kind of music. She's exactly the type of gal that I should have a crush on, but for some reason, I was hesitant.
Now I've figured out why. She's a combination of Kristen Stewart (not-crushable) and Anna Kendrick (crushable). This is why I'm so conflicted.
Granted, now that she's officially won the contest and I've spent the better part of the last week and a half listening to her cover awesome songs, I think she's officially on my crush radar.
I'm going to zone out the Kristen Stewart and focus heavily on the Anna Kendrick thing. Yeah, I think that'll work just fine.
Welcome to the list, Cassadee Pope!
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Follow-Up: I checked in with Grace and she got way more of an Anna Kendrick vibe than she did Kristen Stewart! We call this a win-win, folks.


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I'm thinking of packing this job in and going to work as a contractor planting "new" trees for the city of Rockford.
I figure I'll make $29.58 an hour for putting little sprigs in the ground.
I know that sounds like a lot, but what the heck, it's the "prevailing wage." This is thanks to the Davis Bacon Act, which established wages for construction work paid for by a government contract, based on the union wage in a particular area of the country. I learned about it in an urban history class in college.
This law was passed in 1931, in the presidency of Herbert Hoover. It was a time when blacks were leaving the South and flooding into the North, seeking work. Also, immigrants had streamed into the country by the millions, and they, too, were looking for jobs.
This competition was a threat to white, unionized workers; Davis Bacon kept immigrants and blacks, who were not members of unions, from working on federal public works projects. The law's effect was to set artificially high wage rates that companies employing blacks and immigrants could not afford.
To this day, the law helps prevent small, minority contractors from getting government construction jobs. And the building trades unions remain overwhelmingly white.
The curious story of the tree-planting job, brought to you in Sunday's newspaper, is just one more example of bone-headed government regulations that make me scream.
See, if Rockford were replacing dead ash trees with new ones, in the exact same place, that would not qualify as a prevailing wage job. But if the new tree is planted someplace else, say, across the street to avoid a power line, then that is a "new" tree, requiring the city to pay the prevailing wage to the company that plants it.
What ridiculousness! All we want to do is replace 5,000 trees that are dying because of the emerald-ash-borer, an imported bug.
The spokesbot for the Illinois Department of Labor, Sue Hofer, said, "The bottom line is if you're improving the nature of the property with landscaping, you have to pay the prevailing wage." So, is the act of replacing dying trees an improvement? Or is it merely restoring an area to what it looked like before the trees died? If so, I'd call that a restoration.
So, it looks like the city will be able to replace 20 percent fewer trees than intended because it will have to pay "prevailing wage," or $29.58 an hour, to put in some of them.
I liked Alderman Venita Hervey's take Sunday on this nonsense: "I want people to receive a fair wage, but this is reprehensible. We will now get far less for the same amount of money." Hervey is a Democrat representing the 5th Ward.
Maybe we should disregard Davis Bacon altogether. Let's form a "tree posse" and plant all the new trees in the middle of the night without telling the state or feds. In the morning, the state won't know who planted them; it's not likely they would pull them up, and that would be that.
As retired Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley knew when he sent bulldozers in to destroy the runway at Meig's Field in the dead of night, it's better to ask forgiveness than to seek permission.
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Members of the Western Kansas Outlaws youth hockey team traveled to Wichita for friendship games and a Wichita Thunder game.
On January 26 and 27 the Western Kansas Outlaws youth hockey kids traveled to Wichita to play a friendship game with kids from the Wichita Youth Hockey Association. The Outlaws took 21 western Kansas kids ages 8 to 10 along with a load of moms, dads, aunts, uncles, and grandparents to the Wichita Ice Center for 90 minutes of youth hockey followed by a pizza party. Members of the Wichita Junior Thunder players skated with the kids and, after the pizza was consumed, 75 kids and family members attended the Wichita Thunder vs Denver Cutthroats hockey game at the Intrust Bank Arena. After an overnight stay, everyone descended on the Wichita Ice Center again Sunday morning for more hockey games before returning to western Kansas. Outlaw players and families came from Scott City, Garden City, Montezuma, Kinsley and Dodge City for the games.
Plans are now in the works for more visits to Wichita by the Outlaw kids. The 4 through 8 year olds and 14 through 18 year olds are planning another overnight visit to play and view hockey in early March. Outlaws aged 10 to 12 are planning another away game at the end of February.
The High Plains Youth Hockey Association is currently developing plans for some inline hockey (roller blades) in several western Kansas communities. The plan is to allow kids to continue to enjoy skating even when ice is no longer available at the United Wireless Arena. The association currently boasts nearly 60 kids and 15 coaches and expects to continue rapid growth as long as ice is available. Information on youth hockey is available at www.highplainsyouthhockey.org or by calling (620) 408-6877.


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Jeff Lambert and Paige Block, who both earned a bachelor of arts degree, typified that shared connection.
Lambert, 23, earned his degree in environmental studies and is considering seeking a job with the U.S. Forest Service or pursuing his passion for music now that he has his degree.
Block, who was awarded a degree in sociology, said she plans to return home to San Francisco briefly before going on a self-financed trip to Europe. In April, she said she plans to move to New York City and pursue a career in advertising or marketing.
When asked if they had any parting words for CU, both separately replied, "Go Buffs!" The commencement ceremony began at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Coors Event Center, but students began meeting with friends and taking pictures with family well before then. Sporting black robes and broad smiles, roommates Kelley Hestmark, 23; Genevieve Schutzius, 22; and Megan Kelly, 22, decided to add a little flair to their graduation outfits Friday by wearing wigs under their caps.
"I figure you only graduate college once, you might as well do it in an Afro ... or a mullet," said Hestmark, who wore a black wig, while her roommates wore mullet wigs.
When asked what her favorite part of the college experience was, Hestmark quickly motioned to the two women beside her.
While the ceremony was a largely joyful event, the ceremony was marked by one somber moment. CU Dean of Libraries James Williams requested that graduates, faculty and audience members observe a moment of silence to honor the 26 victims of the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Following the moment of silence, tenor Jeong-Kwon Kim, who on Friday received a doctor of musical arts degree for vocal performance, sang the national anthem and "America the Beautiful."
Chancellor Phillip DiStafano's welcome speech and professor Patrick Mason's commencement address seemed to share a common theme Friday, that compassion and compromise are values the graduates should pay special attention to as they move on with their lives.
"As a nation, we have watched repeated stalemates in Washington, D.C. We have just come off one of the most contentious elections in our history. We are facing a looming fiscal cliff. A national debate on the Second Amendment is building," DiStefano said. "We have witnessed the inability of our nation's leaders to find compromise. It is clear the world needs you to take what you have learned at CU to create civil discourse in a fractious time."
Mason, a professor of voice in CU's College of Music and an award-winning baritone, is the 2012 recipient of CU's Hazel Barnes Prize. The prize, bestowed on Mason in May, is the highest faculty recognition for teaching and research awarded by CU.
The central theme of Mason's address was comity, or as he defined it, "mutual civility and courtesy."
"When we generously give ourselves to a common goal, the comity or mutual civility that we engage in repays our efforts with something far greater than the sum of our individual investments," he said. "We find our selves under the spell of ...beauty. Beauty that knows the best of us and releases the best in us."
Following the ceremony, many graduates lingered to talk with friends, take pictures with proud family members and otherwise bask in their achievements.
One graduate who made her parents particularly proud was 21-year-old Corrie Frank, who earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in studio art and art history. The Broomfield native was recognized on stage
Friday for earning straight A's throughout her undergraduate career and was given a medal signifying she graduated with distinction.
She said she is considering whether to continue studying art as a graduate student, or working to get some of her original works featured in local galleries now that she has earned her bachelor's degree.
Frank's mother, Peggy Frank, father, Phil Frank and aunt, Barbara Allen, cheered her on at Friday's ceremony.
"We're just so proud of her. Her amazing focus, her work ethic, dedication and her kindness to everyone she meets," Phil Frank said. "She's a model student and a model daughter."
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It's Furry Friends Friday – and these photos of my grandchildren with their best friends is prime example! How many of us remember a special friend like one of these? It's a great topic to bring up with an elderly relative too as you research family stories – it is a subject tht will give your readers a real chance to "know" an elderly relative they may not ever have a chance to know in reality!
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Tammy Baldwin Makes History As First Openly Gay U.S. Senator
After a hard-fought, costly and bitter race, openly lesbian Democrat Tammy Baldwin emerged victorious in her race against Republican Tommy Thompson to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate. This historical win makes Baldwin the first openly LGBT person to serve as a U.S. senator.
"I didn't run to make history, I ran to make a difference," Baldwin said in her acceptance speech. "A difference in the lives of students worried about debt and seniors worried about their retirement security, a difference in the lives veterans who fought for us and need someone fighting for them and their families when they return home from war, a difference in the lives of entrepreneurs trying to build a business and working people trying to build some economic security."
In 1998, Baldwin became the first woman in Wisconsin's history to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to Congress in American history. She had one of the most liberal records in the House, which was at first considered a liability. She voted against authorizing the Iraq War, and against a pro-Patriot Act resolution that she viewed as anti-veteran.
She also supported universal health care, adding the section to Obamacare that allows children to stay on their parent's insurance until they are 26 years old. Baldwin was an outspoken advocate against Bush-era tax cuts, sponsored legislation that makes the rich pay more taxes and fought against tax breaks for overseas corporations.
She was also a champion for LGBT rights, working on the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Act, and advocating to prevent bullying and suicide among LGBT youth.
Thompson was initially viewed as a shoe-in for the office, until a series of gaffes about President Barack Obama, cuts to Medicaid and his time as a private sector health care company consultant undermined his lead, sparking a cutthroat series of negative ads between the two candidates that became the most expensive U.S. Senate fight in state history, costing $65 million.
The seven-term congresswoman honed in on the fact that the 70-year-old Thompson no longer represented the values of Wisconsin residents, focusing on the millions of dollars he made in the private sector off his connections made while serving as governor and U.S. health secretary. Baldwin, in contrast, promised to be a champion for the middle class.
In the end, Baldwin led former governor Thompson 51 to 47 percent, as President Barack Obama carried Wisconsin. Although Thompson got support from whites, Christian evangelicals and families with incomes over $100,000, he came up short at the polls. Baldwin said that Thompson called to congratulate her, and said that while he would not go away, he would not run again.
Outside a Madison polling station, 34-year-old warehouse clerk Chris Pfeifer told the Chippewa Herald that he had voted for Baldwin.
"She's been a really good representative for the district," Pfeifer said. "I think Tommy's had his chance already."
Baldwin will succeed retiring Sen. Herb Kohl. Her election will raise the number of women members of the Senate to 18, a new record. Baldwin's exiting congressional seat was filled by openly gay state Rep. Mark Pocan, giving Wisconsin two openly gay members of Congress.
"I am honored, and humbled, and grateful," Baldwin said in her acceptance speech. "And I am ready to get to work."
Baldwin's Win Signals A New Era of Acceptance for LGBTs
National LGBT organizations championed the win, among them the Washington, D.C.-based Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, which raised more than $1.5 million for Baldwin, and the Human Rights Campaign.
"Baldwin is a role model for LGBT youth and all young women across the country," said HRC President Chad Griffin.
LPAC Chair Sarah Schmidt echoed this sentiment. This newly founded, grassroots, lesbian-focused Political Action Committee raised more than $700,000 in this election cycle, just since July.
"Because of your help, President Barack Obama will serve out another term (four more years of pro-LPAC values in the White House!), the Democrats will retain control of the Senate and will be joined by LPAC endorsed candidates and Tammy Baldwin, a champion for social justice, will now be the first openly gay U.S. Senator," said Schimdt in an email.
The victory also marks the changing national attitudes about LGBTs and gay marriage, cementing the decisive win six years ago in Minnesota, rejecting an amendment that would have constitutionally banned gay marriage. Baldwin's sexual orientation was not an issue during the campaign, but she did not shy away from discussing it.
"If you are not in the room, the conversation is about you," she told The Guardian this week. "If you are in the room, the conversation is with you. We never had an openly LGBT member of the U.S. Senate, and even though there are strong pro-equality allies who serve there, it has always been a conversation about a group of people. So this changes everything."
"She's our girl," said Kate Peyton, who worked on Baldwin's first campaign for Congress in 1998, in a U.K. Guardian article. "We raised money, we knocked on doors, we fed volunteers. And the culture has changed a lot. I just think there has been a sea change in how OK it is to be queer."


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Why can't all of my ancestors have marriage announcements in the newspapers? and why couldn't Ursula Oxer been my ancestor? Yes, I do research Auxer, Axers and Oxers, however, she married into the clan and I'm trying to find out what happened to her previous husband!
Look at all of this information in six short lines:
- They got married the previous Sunday (30 June 1812),
- A German Reformed Pastor married them (Mr. Hoffmeyer, probably J.H. Hoffmeier)
- Groom's name, Peter Holl (spelled Hohl in other records),
- This is not the bride's first marriage since the "Mrs." gives that away,
- Both bride and groom lived in Strasburg and they were each 70 years of age!
- . . . and don't forget, she was sprightly!
Next task? Go through previous editions of this particular newspaper and look for her husband's death! Think I'll find it?
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Why are fat people fat?
Dr Grumble's clinic is increasingly full of increasingly fat patients. They are so fat that we no longer have standard chairs in the Grumble clinic. Instead we have ginormous chairs so that fat people don't feel awkward and, well, fat. Our managers insist on this. It is about respect for patients. The obese should be allowed to be comfortable about their size. The downside is that normal-sized people end up looking like Tom Thumb which is not exactly respectful either. But at least small people can still sit down. Grumble's fatties can no longer fit between the arms of a standard chair. Regardless of the need to offer respect to fat people, the extra large chairs are now essential. Last week even one of the special chairs could no longer take the strain and broke. It is not the first time this has happened. We have a big, big problem.
Many years ago Dr Grumble was appointed to work for the Queen's physician. Unfortunately this famous personage had a heart attack not long before Dr Grumble was due to start working for him. As a result he took the decision to retire early and Dr Grumble only actually worked for him for one day and that day, being January 1st was a Bank Holiday. Why your last day at work should be January 1st Dr Grumble has no idea but doubtless there was some good reason. Dr Grumble remembers it because this one day enabled him to put the great doctor's name on his CV. It looks good to have worked for the man who was Head of the Royal Medical Household. Retirement is said to be good for a doctor's longevity. Despite the problem with his coronary arteries, the Queen's physician went on to live to the age of 89 and by some strange quirk of fate died on the Queen's very own birthday.
"Why are fat people fat, Grumble?" asked the prof on Grumble's very first ward round. This was a bit of a fast ball for the ignorant Grumble who had only just started working in endocrinology. Grumble responded by muttering something about hormones.Whether this is still thought to be true or not Grumble does not know but it is a study that could easily be repeated at the vets. All you need to do is weigh the animal, weigh the owner and see if there is a correlation. Grumble's informal observations suggest that fat people do indeed have fat pets. The question is an important one. If fat people really have fat animals then it must be the case that fat people are fat because they choose to eat too much just as they choose to feed their dogs too much. It is to do with the behaviour of fat people and nothing much else.
"Nonsense," shouted the esteemed professor in his dour Scottish accent. "Fat people are fat because they eat too much." Grumble thought about this for a moment and although even the most ignorant reader might think that perhaps the professor might have a point he did think he should query this wild accusation. By then, you see, Grumble had listened to countless fat patients who had told him that all they ever ate was the odd lettuce leaf. So Grumble, perhaps unwisely, spoke up and asked what evidence the professor had for such a wild accusation.
"Fat people have fat pets," he said.
Why do people eat too much? What have we done to create this enormous and worsening problem? Are we doing our population a favour by giving them extra large chairs so that they don't actually feel fat? Have we been right to allow the proliferation of fast-food outlets so that you can stay in your armchair and phone for a pizza? Is it right to give VAT relief on the electric vehicles which propel people, too fat to walk, at great speed through our shopping malls without burning a single extra calorie? Is it right that we go everywhere by car and have it washed at the weekend in a great machine at the service station?
When Dr Grumble was a child we had hardly any of these things. The world has changed. Our society has colluded with our primitive urges to gratify ourselves. Have you never noticed all those ads that tell you that "you deserve it to yourself" or some such nonsense. Don't listen. You might think you deserve a treat but you don't need it. You really don't.
And amongst the things we don't need is too much food. Industry, always just out to make a buck, has conspired to use every opportunity to entice us to buy highly palatable grub that will make us fat. Look at the underhand tactics they use. Think of all those enticing fattening things they lure you with while you wait idly at the checkout with your screaming children in tow. And, as part of another sleight of hand to get us to spend more, portions are getting bigger and bigger. Understand that you are being manipulated. Don't play along with it.
But lets get back to reality. The curmudgeonly Grumble may be able to discipline himself and maybe even his offspring but many cannot. They feel happier in denial hiding behind the cheery smile of the man who beat anorexia. But, please, all this is now beyond a joke. What should we do about it?


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I've added an abstract for ODTUG 2009 on the ADF Methodology Google Group and I would like to share the content of this abstract with the community as well.
Especially because your feedback is needed to keep the ball rolling and to check out how many people are using ADF today or are interested in an introduction.
The abstract:
A software development methodology is designed to assist experienced and uninitiated technology practioners to standardize their approach to software design & development. They can help highlight common decision points, outline best practices, promote code reuse, and propose standard deliverables among many other things.
This is a meeting of an ongoing group of experts and delegates first held at OOW08 based around ADF and the support of Oracle staff. We'd like to open the opportunity to the user groups to start participating in this event and ODTUG's reputation as the key-Oracle development eventwould make this ideal.
-) Quick Introduction of the ADF Methodology Group
-) Goals of the ADF Methodology
-) ADF as a topic:
a) Propose a standardised approach to ADF design & development beyond just the technical
b) Highlight common decision points, outline best practices, promote code reuse, and propose standard deliverables
c) Understand alternative technologies and how ADF fits in
d) Give a feel for the important topics with JDev 11g ADF (and how to learn about them)
-) Presentations regarding best practices, reporting possibilities, testing strategy, 11g take aways
-) Learn how to adopt ADF at an organizational level
-) Help to promote ADF and to inspire others to use ADF
-) Highlight samples, information, guidelines for ADF
-) Take-outs + where to go from here
The goal of the ADF Development Methodology Group is to propose just such a methodology for JDeveloper Application Development Framework (ADF) based projects. With the experience of real-world experts, including Oracle ACEs and Oracle staff, join us to put such a methodology together.


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BRYAN, TEXAS -- Freshmen Mads Soegaard and Motin Yeung along with senior Brinson Paolini fired under-par rounds Sunday to lead Duke to a three-under 285 in the final round of the Aggie Invitational at the Traditions Golf Club. The Blue Devils climbed two spots in the standings to finish seventh overall with a +13, 877, while Yeung, Soegaard and Paolini each finished in the top 20 individually.
"I am certainly pleased with today," said head coach Jamie Green. "I know our guys were looking forward to having the opportunity to bouncing back after we didn't ham and egg it very well yesterday. It was fun to get out there today and watch the guys finish strong."
Second-ranked Alabama secured the tournament title with a three-under 285 to close the Aggie Invitational with an 18-under 846. No. 21 Kent State recorded an even-par 864 to place second while No. 4 Washington (+4, 868) and No. 14 Arkansas (+5, 869) finished third and fourth, respectively. No. 5 UCLA and No. 23 Texas A&M tied for fifth with six-over 870s followed by No. 10 Duke (+13, 877), No. 15 LSU (+14, 878), Oklahoma (+15, 879) and No. 13 Oklahoma State.
The Alabama trio of Cory Whitsett (208), Bobby Wyatt (209) and Scot Strohmeyer (210) finished first, second and third, respectively at the Aggie Invitational. Corey Conners (Kent State) and Chris Williams (Washington) tied for fourth at five-under (211).
Yeung posted a one-under 71 in the final round to finish 10th with a one-under 215. With Duke opening up play on the back nine, the Beijing, China, native collected seven pars and birdies on No. 14 and No. 18 to make the turn at two-under. He added a birdie on the par 4 first hole and had a birdie on No. 5 to offset a bogey on No. 3 to sit a three-under with four holes remaining. Yeung suffered back-to-back bogeys on No. 7 and No. 8 before closing with a par to secure his fifth under-par round of the season.
"Motin played solid and competed well this week," Green added. "He had an opportunity to have a really good week but didn't quite finish the first and third rounds as well as he started the rounds. He played very steady golf in his return to the lineup and collected a top 10 finish against a very strong field."
Soegaard was outstanding Sunday en route to a two-under 70. He opened with a pair of pars before carding birdies on No. 12 and No. 14 to move to two-under. Soegaard capped the opening nine with four more pars to remain in red figures. He ran into his only trouble of the day with a triple-bogey on the par 4 first hole, but quickly recovered with birdies on No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 to get back to two-under. Soegaard closed the day with four more pars to collect his ninth under-par round of the season and finish tied for 14th with a two-over 218.
"Mads played well to start the day and bounced back really well after a triple-bogey on his 10th hole," said Green. "He hit a lot of great golf shots and canned some putts. His composure and decision making were great throughout the day. I am really proud of the round he put together."
Paolini used a strong finish to the day to climb into the top 20 with a three-over 219. The Virginia Beach, Va., native has now finished in the top 20 in all eight events this season. He started Sunday with three straight pars before suffering a double-bogey on the par 4 13th hole and made the turn at one-over after regaining a stroke with a birdie on No. 15. Paolini fell back to +2 with a bogey on No. 2 and followed up with three straight pars. He clawed his way back into the top 20 with birdies on No. 6, No. 8 and No. 9 to cap the day with a one-under 71.
Junior Austin Cody finished tied for 49th with a 10-over 226 after carding a 73 (+1) in the final round. After playing the opening nine holes at three-over, Cody settled in with seven pars and birdies on No. 5 and No. 6 after the turn.
Julian Suri, a senior from St. Augustine, Fla., shot a three-over 75 Sunday to finish tied for 60th with a 15-over 231. His tournament was plagued by five double-bogey or worse holes over the 54-hole event.
Junior Yaroslav Merkulov, playing in the event as an individual, finished with a 236 to place 70th overall.
Duke returns to action April 26-28 at the ACC Championship at Old North State Club in New London, N.C.
"We are looking forward to having some time to prepare for the ACC Championships," said Green. "We have some things to learn from this tournament that will help us better prepare for our conference championship."
*** Duke's three-under 285 was tied for the second-best round Sunday ... the Blue Devils have nine under-par team rounds on the year.
*** Duke had three players finish in the top 20, marking the seventh time this season the Blue Devils have accomplished that feat.
*** Yeung now has three top 10 finishes in five events this season.
*** Yeung was one of 10 players in the 72-man field to collect two or more under-par rounds.
*** Soegaard has finished in the top 20 in each of the last two events and four times overall.
*** Paolini moves into a tie for fifth at Duke with 25 top 20 finishes in his career. He has finished in the top 20 in all eight events in 2012-13.
*** Paolini leads the Blue Devils with 10 under-par rounds ... he is fourth in the Duke record books with 42 career under-par rounds ... he is also second with 62 rounds of even-par or better golf


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The boys basketball team gets their second win of the season, but drop two on the road.
The Saints have been close so many times this winter, but have came up short all the time in close games until Tuesday night.
Tuesday night was different. Sparked by Zach Brandts getting his 1,000 point as a Saint and totalling 33 points for the game, SJA beat Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial 82-76 before a large and lively hometown crowd.
No doubt a large number of the fans were there to witness a bit of Saints basketball history. Topping 1,000 career points puts Zach Brandts in an elite group of Saints basketball players. Zach is the sixth Saint to top 1,000 career points.
It started out slow. Zach got the first point for the Saints making one of two free throws. He then picked up a two pointer and needed another two pointer to get to 1,000.
He or the rest of the team wasn't forcing it. The Saints had 19 points and Zach just three well into the first half.
Trailing 23-19 the Saints missed a shot. Needing two points Zach tried to tip it in. He missed. Zach was in the paint when the ball came back to him, he fired it up, and again he missed. The ball hit the floor and Zach hit the floor. He got the rebound on his hands and knees. Somehow he got back up to his feet and surrounded by LCWM players he shot and SCORED!
The crowd erupted. Play was halted. Fans in the stands behind the Saints players held up the Congratulations Zach 1,000 Point banner. His teammates mobbed Zach. Then Zach ran over to the stands and got hugs from his family. These kind of milestones are always special moments.
Head Coach Steve Walker said, "It's fitting that it came on a couple of offensive rebounds because when he misses a shot he goes after it hard. So it was very appropriate. Zach is an aggressive offensive rebounder and I would have guessed that his 1000th pt would come on an offensive rebound."
But, there was a basketball game to win and the Saints got back to work. SJA and LCWM were tied at the half 36 all.
The Saints have been close to many teams at the half this season, but then fall behind early in the second half and can't pull off a victory.
This time it was different. It was the Saints who burst out into a lead and held it. LCWM narrowed the gap several times but the Saints didn't fold.
The Saints opened up with an 8-3 run and less than two minutes into the half, SJA had 44-39 lead.
Zach got his scoring in high gear in the second half ending with 33. Ryan Menssen added 20.
LCWM was able to pull into a tie at 68 and then again at 70, but it was going to be the Saints night.
When the game was tight Sam Carlson hit a big three pointer. Head Coach Walker said, "Sam hit a huge 3 down the stretch and everyone who played contributed in a positive way."
Down the stretch the Saints got the rebounds, made the shots, and free throws. Though SJA put Lake Crystal on the line, but the visitors missed 4-6.
With 1,028 Zach Brandts is in sixth place on the all time scoring list. Up next is Tom Crosgrove at 1,039. Tyler Kaus is the Saints all time leading scorer with 1,646 points.
On the road again
The boys had a couple of tough games on the road against a couple of good teams.
Last Thursday, the Saints went down to Fairmont to take on the Cardinals. The Saints lost 70-40, but the game was close until about the last ten minutes.
The Saints got off to a slow start according to Head Coach Steve Walker, but the team battled back to trail 31-24 at the half.
Fairmont opened up the scoring in the second half with a 9-0 run, but the Saints came back with a 9-1 run. SJA trailed 41-33 with a little over 10 minutes left. Then the Saints turned the ball over the next three trips down the floor and Fairmont blew the game open.
Fairmont went on a 29-7 run to close out the scoring.
The Saints turned the ball over 25 times against Fairmont. Coach Walker said, "No one can go on the road against a ranked team and turn it over 20+ times and expect to win."
The boys also shot poorly. They made only 12 of 44 shots for 27 percent from the field.
Zach Brandts was the only Saint in double figures with 12 points. Zach just broke the school record for consecutive games scoring in double figures, so scoring just 12 was cutting it close as far as keeping that record going.
But the dozen against Fairmont made it 42 games in a row scoring in double figures for Zach.
Defenses have been keying on Brandts in an effort to shut off his offensive output, but on Saturday Zach exploded for 29 against JCC. That raised his consecutive record to 43. That scoring burst also gave the junior 995 points for his career.
Brandts was 11 of 12 from the free throw line. For the second game in a row, he was the only SJA player in double figures. The team was just 3 of 30 from behind the arc and shot 23 percent from the floor.
Walker Froehling had 12 rebounds and Brandts had 11.
Coach Walker said, "I thought we moved the ball very well and played pretty well.
"We shot poorly which hurt us. We had lots of good looks. We worked very hard on the boards and we had 18 offensive rebounds against a good rebounding team."
The Saints JV beat Fairmont last Friday evening 47-46. The Saints were led in scoring by Will Runge with 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Tyler Witcraft had 12 points and 5 rebounds, Devon Schmitz 10 points and 5 rebounds, John Olsen 7 points, Logan Sykes 2 points, Justin Stevens 2 points and Johnathon Peterson 1 point. The JV team is 2-2 on the year with games remaining at JCC and at home vs. Mt. Lake Area.


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Scioscia to Speak at Banquet and Coaches Clinic
The Nebraska baseball team is set to host a pair of events at the beginning of February, including the 2013 Nebraska Baseball Coaches Clinic and the Annual Husker Home Run Club Banquet.
This year's coaches clinic will feature Mike Scioscia, manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
The clinic is set to take place on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at both the Hawks Championship Center and the Haymarket Park Indoor Facility.
This clinic is for high school coaches, college coaches, youth baseball coaches and anyone else that wants to learn more about the game of baseball from the Husker coaching staff.
Coach Erstad will be joined by Associate Head Coach Will Bolt, Pitching Coach Ted Silva and volunteer assistant Jeff Christy. This group has a wealth of baseball knowledge and it is their goal to help you make your kids better baseball players.
The price of the one-day clinic is $85 per person, but participants can save $5 by registering online at www.bigredacademy.com. A continental breakfast and lunch are included in the price.
Hotel rooms have been blocked under Nebraska Baseball Coaches Clinic at the Embassy Suites/Downtown (402-474-1111) on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at a special rate of $99.00/room.
The Huskers' Nebraska Baseball Banquet is set for Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at the Embassy Suites in downtown Lincoln. Single seats are available for $50, or a table of 10 can be purchased for $450.
Social hour is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m., with dinner scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Scioscia will be the keynote speaker at the banquet.
A silent and live auction will also take place to help support the Nebraska baseball program.
For more information, please contact the Huskers Athletic Fund at 1-800-8 BIG RED. Online registration is available at www.huskers.com/donate. RSVPs for the banquet are due by Monday, Jan. 28.


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LOWELL — All she could do was cry.
Forty-four years after the body of 15-year-old John McCabe was found tied up in a vacant field in Lowell, Mass., Roberta McCabe-Donovan, who was 6 at the time of her brother's murder, said all she could do was weep when a jury on Friday convicted Walter Shelley of first-degree murder in this cold-case murder.
"I was in shock," McCabe-Donovan said. "It's just unbelievable."
After a weeklong trial and a total of two days of deliberations, a Lowell jury Friday morning found Shelley, 61, of Tewksbury, Mass., guilty of first-degree murder and intimidation in connection with the Sept. 27, 1969, murder of McCabe.
Judge Janet Kenton-Walker postponed sentencing until Oct. 29. Shelley faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
Anyone convicted of first-degree murder gets an automatic appeal to the state's highest court.
Getting the verdict on Friday the 13th was seen as a good omen for her family, McCabe-Donovan said.
It was on Friday, March 13, 1954, when her big brother, John McCabe, was born. And it was on a Friday the 13th, more than four decades after his death, that "justice has finally occurred," she said.
Retired Lowell Police Superintendent Kenneth Lavallee, under whose tenure the McCabe murder was reopened, said, "First and foremost, my thoughts go out to the McCabe family. They've waited for justice in this matter for decades and I pray this conviction brings them solace and satisfaction."
McCabe-Donovan admitted that after a different jury found co-defendant Michael Ferreira, of Salem, N.H., not-guilty of the murder last January, she didn't want to get her hopes up for a guilty verdict. It was shortly after Ferreira's not guilty verdict that McCabe-Donovan's father, William McCabe, 85, died of a heart attack. McCabe-Donovan, who attended every day of the trial with her mother, Evelyn, wishes her father was alive to see the verdict.
The key this time may have been prosecutor Thomas O'Reilly's emphasis to the jury about co-defendant turned prosecution witness Edward Allan Brown's confession to police, McCabe-Donovan said.
O'Reilly told the jury this "cold case" was cracked in 2011, when Brown, now 61, a retired 30-year Air Force veteran, risked his freedom to confess to the McCabe murder.
Brown named his Tewksbury friends at the time, Ferreira and Shelley, as participating in the plot to teach McCabe "a lesson" for flirting with Shelley's girlfriend, Marla Shiner.
"Edward Allan Brown is a killer," O'Reilly told the jury. "Whatever secret he was carrying for 43 years has finally come out."
After he confessed, Brown struck a deal with prosecutors that in exchange for his testimony, he would plead guilty to manslaughter and receive no jail time.
Brown testified that hours before the murder, Ferreira and Shelley allegedly picked up Brown at his Tewksbury home, telling him they wanted to "get" McCabe because he was flirting with Shiner. There was conflicting testimony about whether Shelley and Shiner were dating.
After driving around Tewksbury, the trio spotted McCabe hitchhiking home from the Knights of Columbus dance in Tewksbury. They allegedly forced him into the back seat and Ferreira assaulted the teen.
They stopped at a vacant field off Maple Street in Lowell, where Ferreira allegedly used his pocket knife to cut rope which was used to tie McCabe's ankles and wrists, and a rope from his neck to his ankles, Brown testified.
Tape was placed across his mouth to muffle his screams and with tape on his eyes, the boy was blind.
Then Ferreira muttered something about "messing with Marla," Brown testified.
Brown testified the last time he saw McCabe alive, the boy was laying on his belly with his legs up in the air due to the rope tied from his ankles to his neck.
O'Reilly said that as McCabe struggled to free himself, the rope around his neck was slowly choking him. The state medical examiner ruled McCabe died from asphyxiation due to strangulation.
After 45 minutes to an hour of driving around drinking beer, the trio decided McCabe learned his lesson.
Returning to the scene, Brown said Shelley and Ferreira got out of the car and went over to McCabe. They knelt over him and then quickly returned to the car.
As they drove away, Brown testified Ferreira and Shelley were "frantic," telling him, "he's not breathing." Realizing McCabe was dead, the three made a pact never to tell anyone, Brown said.
In his closing arguments, defense attorney Stephen Neyman tried to discredit Brown's testimony, saying Brown told police multiple stories about the night of the murder.
McCabe-Donovan said, "I do feel bad for Shelley and his family," but for her family it's a "little bit of closure."
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While cruising the "other" forums I found this post titled "I think mags are done". Of course I wanted to find out how soon I will be out of business so I clicked on the thread to find 125 replies. 99% of the replies were defending Mags with the thread starter relentlessly trying to hold his ground against an onslaught of Mag users.
It sure looked like it was 124 to 1 that we will be here for a while!
Check it out for a good read:
Almost gone,


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TRAINING: I train 2-3 times daily. It's not always hard, but it is always challenging
When and why did you start training for fighting? When I was 10 years old, I used to have to physically fight two of my brothers for a seat at the dinner table. There were three of us and two chairs. By the time I was 12 I was eating dinner almost every night. I realized then that I knew how to fight, but I just needed to focus this ability.
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A sociologist who made headlines for publishing a controversial study, which many found flawed, that claimed children of gay parents were worse off than children of straight parents, is back in the spotlight for a new bizarre claim. He says that straight men who watch porn are more likely back same-sex marriage.
This is how Mark Regnerus, a sociology professor at the University of Texas, summarized his study on the website for the Witherspoon Institute, an organization that's linked to the National Organization for Marriage: Porn "undermines the concept that in the act of sexual intercourse, we share our 'body and whole self ... permanently and exclusively.' On the contrary, it reinforces the idea that people can share their bodies but not their inmost selves, and that they can do so temporarily and (definitely) not exclusively without harm."
He goes on to say that porn makes the viewer believe that sex has nothing to do with marriage, and this somehow leads to straight men accepting gay marriage. "Of the men who view pornographic material 'every day or almost every day,'" Regnerus writes, "54 percent 'strongly agreed' that gay and lesbian marriage should be legal, compared with around 13 percent of those whose porn-use patterns were either monthly or less often than that."
The Texas professor does not discuss how porn impacts women. He claims, in fact, that "women typically aren't as into porn as men are, and yet women in general tend to support same-sex marriage more readily than do men. A recent Gallup poll noted that 56 percent of women favor it, while only 42 percent of men do. No, this theory is not about women."
Earlier this year, social scientists and scholars slammed Regnerus' anti-gay parenting study, in which he said that children of same-sex parents were worse off than children from straight parents. Some claimed that he violated ethical standards when researching the study, called "New Family Structures Study," and officials from the University of Texas, where Regnerus teaches, launched an investigation. The results, however, concluded the professor did not violate ethical standards nor break any rules.
The study surveyed about 3,000 18 to 39 year olds who were mostly raised by straight parents: 175 individuals said they had mothers who once had a same-sex relationship and 73 said their fathers were involved with someone of the same sex. The results claim that children from these parents are more likely to end up on welfare, be unemployed, and attend therapy as adults when compared to children from straight couples.
The initial study outraged LGBT rights organizations such as GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign and Family Equality Council, calling the paper "flawed "flawed, misleading, and scientifically unsound." In November, the professor admitted that his controversial study was flawed but still supported his findings. He told Focus on the Family's Citizen magazine that he would be more careful about the language he used in his findings in the future.
"I said 'lesbian mothers' and 'gay fathers,' when in fact, I don't know about their sexual orientation; I do know about their same-sex relationship behavior." he said. "But as far as the findings themselves, I stand behind them."


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Training: I do my strength and conditioning at 10am with Marv Marinovich - we do water workouts, sprints and get some strength and explosion training. Then I go home, rest and head back to the gym at 5pm to do my skill work, spar, grappling, and wrestling with BJ and the rest of our team.
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Lamar Odom Blows A Layup in Hilarious Fashion (Video)
It has been a really tough stretch for Lamar Odom. People call him Lamar Kardashian now (or Lamardashian for short) Everybody thinks his downward spiral began when he left the Bosom of Bean, but it in fact started when he was traded away from Dwyane Wade. Kobe was just a really good rebound that distracted him from his pain.
He drowned himself is sour patch kids and Khloe Kardashian. He had a disastrous season in Dallas after he got his feelings hurt when Los Angeles traded him to New Orleans in a deal nixed for Basketball Reasons. Now a fresh start back in the other L.A. has been marred by a slow start and an expanding waistline. (He even forgot which LA team he plays for in a team promo.)
Then tonight, on national television against his most recent former team, he was on a fast break (fast for him at least) when this happened.
Thats what happens when you play with bacon grease on your fingers.
I wonder if Odom was possibly thinking about Kim Kardashian Playboy pics when he did this.


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Mary Lois Horsch, age 86, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at Via Christi Village in Ponca City, Okla. Mary was born Aug. 19, 1926, in Andale, to Bob and Della (Kropf) Fouquet.
Mary married James A. Horsch on Feb. 3, 1948, in Osceola, Mo. He preceded her in death on May 1, 2011.
Mary and Jim lived in Meade from 1955-1973, where Mary worked for the Meade Globe Press. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella and the Sacred Heart Ministry of Praise, all of Pratt.
She is survived by four sons, JD Horsch of Ottawa, Steve Horsch of Dillon, Colo., Bob Horsch and Mike Horsch, both of Wichita; three daughters, Kathy Godfrey of Wichita, Jane Sneath of Meade, and granddaughter Lisa Miller of Ponca City, Okla., standing for Diane Watson, who preceded her death; two sisters, Jeanne Fouquet of Austin, Texas and Donna Getz of Pflugerville, Texas; one brother, Kent Fouquet of Overland Park; 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Jim; three brothers, Robert, Ted and Paul; and two sisters, Alma and Maxine.
Visitation will be Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Larrison Mortuary, 300 Country Club Road, Pratt. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pratt with the Rev. Floyd McKinney presiding. Inurnment will take place at Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt, at a later date.
Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church in care of the mortuary. Friends may leave condolences for the family at www.larrisonmortuary.com.