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The Crowder Lady 'Riders are NJCAA Region 16 champions for the first time under head coach Tina Robbins after dropping Three Rivers on its home court, 81-72 on Saturday.
The Crowder Lady 'Riders are NJCAA Region 16 champions for the first time under head coach Tina Robbins after dropping Three Rivers on its home court, 81-72 on Saturday.
And that's not all.
Also for the first time under Robbins, the Lady 'Riders will play for a District K title on Saturday at Crowder College.
And that's not all.
Robbins and her Lady 'Riders, regardless of a win or loss on Saturday, will also move on to the NJCAA National Tournament in Salina, Kan., on March 18. Yep, the No. 15-ranked Lady 'Riders are going dancing.
"It's one of the goals that this team set at the beginning of the year," Robbins said. "They wanted to put a banner on the wall, and, obviously, to do that you have to win a region championship."
Mission accomplished.
A recent change to the National Tournament format shifted the field from 16 to 24 teams this season. With that, the top two District K teams will both advance. Therefore, win or lose, the Lady 'Riders are simply playing for seeding position when they host Northeastern Community College on Saturday at Bob Sneller Gymnasium.
One night after escaping State Fair, 79-78, in a Region 16 semifinal, the Lady 'Riders rallied back from a 10-point deficit in the second half on Saturday and closed the final eight minutes on a tear to grab a 13 point lead with three minutes left en route to the win.
It was a special performance from what Robbins considers a special team.
"I say it all the time, I fell like I've been blessed with a great group," Robbins said. "Everybody sees what they do on the court, but they are great people too. Probably one of our biggest strengths is our team chemistry. They really battle for each other."
Another key for the Lady 'Riders this season has been their ability to step up and carry each other despite a rash of injuries that has plagued them throughout. That was evident again on Saturday as they received key contributions from top to bottom.
Bouncing back from an injury, sophomore Veronica Amos poured in 20 points and two blocks, while Dorian Briggs stepped up in a big way with 17 points, two steals and three blocks. On the flipside, Megan Ritter didn't score any points, but still contributed a solid defensive game with five rebounds and two steals.
"We've faced it throughout the year where we've had different people out and others have steppd up," Robbins said. "We had key contributions from everybody on the team. That's the mark of a good team."
Behind Amos and Briggs, Camila Lacerda added 15 points, while Terai Sadler finished with 13, Chloe Nichols three, Caprese Marshall seven and Seleena Neal six. Sadler and Lacerda each had six boards. Lacerda also tossed in 12 assists and two blocks, while Sadler added two steals.
On Friday, Crowder fought off a second half surge by State Fair. The Lady 'Riders led that one by 18 points in the second half, but it wouldn't hold. With the game tied in the final minute, Amos hit the front-end of a one-and-one with 1:08 to go to go in front, 79-78. Crowder would make that lead hold despite State Fair getting the ball back with 10.2 seconds left.
Crowder trailed most of the first half, before finally taking the lead with four minutes to go in the half. Crowder led 46-37 at the half.
Sadler led the charge in that game with 32 points and seven boards. Marshall tossed in 11 points, while Lacerda added 10, Nichols four, Briggs six, Ritter two, Amos nine and Neal five. Amos also added eight boards, while Lacerda had 10 assists and two steals. Marshall, meanwhile, added three steals.


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Cain, a redshirt freshman at 149 pounds, is seeded third overall and will face No. 6 seed Lou Mascola of Maryland in the opening round. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native is 22-9 overall and finished the regular season with a 13-3 dual record and 2-1 mark in ACC action. In the only meeting between the two, Cain dropped a heartbreaker as he got pinned with 30 seconds left after jumping out to a commanding early lead against Mascola.
Duke's wins leader this season, Kerr-Brown will be the No. 3 seed at 157 pounds after going 3-2 in conference action and 9-6 in duals. Kerr-Brown is 26-13 overall and will wrestle Maryland's Danny Orem in the opening round at the ACC Championship. In the regular season match between Duke and the Terrapins, Kerr-Brown did not face Orem as he defeated Brady Massaro in a 5-0 decision. Both the 149 and 157-pound groups own a pair of automatic berths in the NCAA Championships, meaning the champion and runner-up will automatically advance to the NCAA postseason.
Redshirt freshman Brandon Gambucci will vie for one of five spots at 133 pounds as the No. 5 seed. He will take on fourth-seeded Joey Ward of North Carolina in his opening match. When the two met during the regular season, No. 19 Ward emerged with an 8-2 decision. Gambucci is 17-4 overall for the year and ranked 20th in the most recent RPI rankings and 24th by the coaches.
Making his return to the lineup for the first time since Jan. 6 against Virginia Tech, redshirt freshman Conner Hartmann earned the No. 4 seed at 197 pounds. The top two finishers advance to the NCAA Championships and Hartmann will open the ACC Championship against NC State's Bill Cook. The winner will move on to face the No. 1 seed Christian Boley of Maryland.
Joining Gambucci as No. 5 seeds are Randy Roden (165), Trey Adamson (174), Dylan Ryan (184) and Brian Self (285). The 165 and 174-pound groups both have three spots available for the NCAA Championships, while 184 has four openings and heavyweight just one.
Adamson has been outstanding lately as a winner in each of his past five bouts. The Riverton, Utah native finished the regular season with a 20-14 overall record and 13-6 mark in duals. He will battle Tanner Eitel of North Carolina in his opening match. Adamson dropped a narrow 3-2 decision to Eitel during the regular season.
Roden will get another look at Nigel Jones after defeating the Wolfpack 165-pounder during the regular season. The Blue Devil sophomore upset the No. 27 Jones in the dual 7-2 to help Duke post the 22-9 victory over the Wolfpack. Roden is 8-21 overall for the year.
Ryan is scheduled to go up against Alex Utley of North Carolina and Self will wrestle Mike Kosoy of NC State in the opening bouts. Utley posted a 14-2 major decision over Ryan during the regular season, while Self lost a hard-fought 5-3 decision to Kosoy in the previous dual.
Rounding out Duke's contingent is redshirt senior Peter Terrezza and sophomore Tanner Hough as No. 6 seeds at 125 and 141 pounds, respectively. Terrezza will wrestle Shane Gentry of Maryland in the opener, while Hough will look to garner his second NCAA Championship appearance with four bids available at 141. Hough is set for Joe Spisak of Virginia in the opening bout with the winner advancing to battle No. 2 Zach Neibert.
The doors to Comcast will open at 10 a.m., with first- round action set to begin at 11 a.m. The semifinals are set for 1 p.m., followed by the semifinal consolation matches at 3:30. The consolation finals are set for 5 p.m., followed by the championship matches at 7 p.m. All seating for the ACC Championship is general admission. Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door, with ages 3 and under admitted free.
All rounds of the 2013 ACC Wrestling Championship will be carried live by ESPN3, which plans dual mat coverage.

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The Mortal Instruments series, City of Lost Souls, comes out next week on May 8. Place your reserve request today!
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If you love Clares prequel series, The Infernal Devices, you will have to wait almost a year for the next installment! The new book, titled Clockwork Princess, will be out in March 2013.
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With her paint-splattered jeans, exterior house paints and ladders, mural painter Gale Hinton has painted murals in schools, homes and businesses across the country. The Knoxville artist recently spent a few days at the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, painting murals of Caribbean beaches.
With her paint-splattered jeans, exterior house paints and ladders, mural painter Gale Hinton has painted murals in schools, homes and businesses across the country. The Knoxville artist recently spent a few days at the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, painting murals of Caribbean beaches.
The ocean, palm trees and tropical plants in Hinton's murals are designed to evoke a Jamaican theme during the Dec. 7 Children's Museum Gala, where guests will dress in island attire and dine on Caribbean cuisine.
"Jamaica: Rhythm 'n Paradise" is the theme of the 11th annual Gala, beginning at 6 p.m. Dec. 7 and benefitting the Children's Museum. Guests will be entertained by the steel drum band Carib Sounds and island dancers, as well as members of the Oak Ridge High School Chorus and an ORHS String Quartet. A dinner, silent auction and live auction are also among the evening's festivities.
Both Hinton and artist Valerie Marcum are donating their services for the Gala to benefit the museum. Marcum, who paints abstracts, portraits and other designs, usually in acrylics, cut stalks of bamboo to design tropical entrances to the Gala evening.
"I am doing this for you and for all the good things that you do," Hinton said of the museum.
"We're figuring out the design process as we go, and it's been fun," said Marcum, who met the museum's deputy director, Carroll Welch, when serving her coffee at Starbucks.
Gala tickets are $125 per person, with a portion of that tax deductible. For more information about tickets or sponsorships, call Carroll Welch at (865) 482-1074, extension 105. See the Children's Museum website at www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org to register and pay online.
About the artists
Gale Hinton. Hinton has been painting professionally for 45 years, starting with window art for businesses and moving on to murals and portraits. She painted the school entry mural at the Oak Ridge Preschool, and has painted murals at Willow Brook, Glenwood and Woodland schools and Oak Ridge High School, among the 1,200 schools across the country where Hinton's murals enliven plain walls.
She works on ladders of many lengths and from scaffolding for murals as large as five stories high. Her work adorns McDonald's play areas and spaces in Dollywood, as well as a home in Spain.
"I love what I do. I get up every morning by 4:30 or 5 and I'm painting by 6," Hinton said. "You have to be willing to work hard and listen to people."
She has painted one mural as a backdrop for the Gala entertainment on stage and another that's movable and will continue to be used throughout the museum.
Her father was an artist, architect and engineer, inspiring her to paint. Hinton started at age 2 and hasn't stopped, pausing only briefly for one-week family vacations in the summer and painting almost every other day of the year. Her husband Ray is among her avid supporters, hauling and moving her larger ladders that won't fit in her Impala.
Valerie Marcum. Marcum, a young artist who studied art at the University of Tennessee, works part-time at Starbucks in Oak Ridge, where her paintings are sometimes displayed. She has donated her art work to other non-profits, including CASA of the Tennessee Heartland, and volunteered to help design entrances and the straw market area for the museum's Gala.


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The History Channel had a program on Gettysburg. Ridgely Howard, of Baltimore, Maryland was mentioned as part of the Maryland Battalion. His father served in the Revolutionary War and served with George Washington
"His father served in the Revolutionary War" statement has been of concern to me. The time frame doesn't match up.
So, I returned to my genealogy database, as I knew I had some Revolutionary War veterans in there somewhere.
I looked at my Howard's, specifically Of the 8 male Howard's, I found 3 of them married a Ridgely. Did I miss something in my first glance at my file?
Joseph Howard married Rachael Ridgely, but Joseph died in 1777.
Brice Howard married Anne Ridgely, but Brice died in 1799.
Thomas Cornelius Howard married Eleanor Ridgely, but he died in 1801
All three were sons of Cornelius Howard and Rachael Ridgely Worthington.
Note: Naming pattern.
Note: A Worthington, Ridgely, Howard connection.
Brice Howard was a Captain of the Anne Arundel Militia in 1776
Thomas Cornelius was an Ensign in Captain Brice Howard's Company
Henry C. Paden, Jr., Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Family Line Publications, Rear 63 East Main Street, Westminister, Maryland 21157 – 1992), Philadelphia Genealogical Society Library, Page 101.
So, there is some validity to the Note about an ancestor being in the Revolutionary was, but also rules out the "father" piece of the statement used in the TV program.


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The StarCraft II Website now offers the opening cinematic for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, showing off the expansion that's due for the RTS sequel in March. This sets the story for the add-on, which is summed up like so: "Whether you ultimately choose to play as Protoss, Terran, or Zerg, you simply must ask yourself one question: Who is Sarah Kerrigan?"
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Ive been meaning to read this book for two years and just got to it. I regret that it took me so long. Having been a fan of Patti Smiths music for decades, I am now a fan of her writing. These memoirs have the ease of her speaking voice. At once both soothing and painful, it is one of those books that I cant put down. She has been through a lot of personal grief, but is able to use her wisdom and the teachings of other wise people to pull through.
But as much as Ive been into Patti and her music, I knew nothing about Robert Mapplethorpe, her lifelong soul mate, except that he was an artist. Just Kids is a good starting place for information about him and his tragic death. I must admit that this part of the book made me cry.
The more I read about Patti, the more I like her. She likes all the stuff that I like: poetry, Brian Jones, Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin, Rimbaud, Jim Morrison, Jim Carroll, Janis Joplin, The Beats, The Velvet Underground, and Sam Shepard.
Even before she was a singer/songwriter, she was in love with music. She lived in NYC in the late 60s/early 70s. She lived in the Chelsea Hotel for a time, and at a wonderful time to be at both The Chelsea and in NYC. This book makes me lonesome for New York.
This book has many stories and they weave through time like a history lesson that is both personal and universal. Her honesty is remarkable. Just Kids is a must read!
The library has a lot of her music which you can find by clicking here.
The library also owns a great DVD on her called Dream of Life.
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When a former United States Poet Laureate (2004-2006) and Pulitzer Prize for poetry winner (2005) sets their pen to writing for children, its hard not to be curious of the outcome. The House Held Up by Trees, published by Candlewick Press in 2012, is the second picture book by the acclaimed poet Ted Kooser. Jon Klassen adds digitally edited watercolor visuals and brings illustrator-of-the-moment status to the project. Klassen is also the author and illustrator of the brilliantly deadpan I Want My Hat Back as well as the companion title This is Not My Hat.
The main character in The House Held Up By Trees seemed familiar to me and then I realized that I have lived next door to this man more than once. Once where the neighbors cut their grass three times for each one of my lazy mowings and currently where the man adjacent is so fastidious with the upkeep of his yard that I have witnessed him using a leaf blower during a rainstorm. Much like them, the owner of the small country house at the center of this picture book world meticulously and deeply cares for the appearance of his lawn. He ritually manicures it as his young children watch from the outskirts of the neat green clearing.
Helicopter like seeds of maple rivet down to earth and take root but at the first sign of growth the father appears to pull them individually from his immaculate rectangle. Many seasons of careful maintenance pass and the daughter and son who have watched their fathers devotion to order are now of an age for moving from their childhood home. Retirement comes for the man which only increases his drive to tame nature. More time passes and eventually he is unable to keep up and he begins to long for living close to his children once more. And so he does and the house is put up for sale.
As it happened, nobody wanted to buy the house. Nobody could explain why, but it just didnt seem like a house where anybody wanted to live. That happens sometimes.
Without the propertys caretaker, seedlings that were once carefully plucked from the ground are now allowed to grow. Years go by and the seeds become trees and the once new and well cared for house has become dilapidated. Glass from the windows has been broken and shingles fallen away from the roof and then we can see that oddly enough trees have begun to grow from the interior.
Considering the general picture book audience, disintegration and the passing of time may not pop out as go-to themes. But why not devote some time to pondering such matters? Children will come to see that things that were once new eventually break and that nature will have its way with us be it in the end or points in between. These concepts are simple enough to grasp and yet theres no fear here of exposing an elementary aged reader to morbidity; instead here lies an opportunity to introduce the concept of acceptance. There's also a quietness and sense of awe aimed at the natural world both of which could always bare cultivation. This picture book does nothing to overstimulate the reader and is compelling enough for those who have come to rely on such.
And very gradually, the growing trees began to lift the house off its foundation. First there was a crack of light beneath it, and then in a few more years, you could see all the way across the top of the foundation.
Because who wouldn't be intrigued by the idea of a clump of trees that raise a house from up off the ground? I know I am.
Watch an interview with Kooser and see the actual house that inspired the story.
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There are myriad behaviors shared among all humankind that tie each person to the next. Over time, these behaviors form recognizable and predictable trends. Among these is the seemingly innate desire by some to organize society or select groups in the attempt to maximize happiness and achieve some level of worldly perfection. From the Essenes of Ancient Judea to the Transcendentalists of Nineteenth Century America, people have endeavored for thousands of years to build a utopia.
Earlier this year, Lauren Groff published her second novel entitled Arcadia. It follows a fictional group of Americans in the 1970s which forms a commune sequestered in rural New York on the land surrounding an old, decaying house known as the Arcadia House. There they wish to live what is - in their minds - a righteous life of free love, strict vegetarianism, shared work, and the prohibition of the keeping of pets (considered by them to be animal slavery).
With the narration being a mixture of omniscient voice and the internal musings of the son of one of the founding couples, Ridley Sorrel Stone (but referred to almost exclusively as Bit), the reader follows this ragtag band of merry pranksters in their journey from traveling caravan to Arcadia and beyond. As a spectrum of characters is introduced throughout, the reader is constantly engaged with their personal quirks and life stories.
Despite the best efforts by many, the fruit that results from these idealistic labors is bittersweet, and through it all, Bit remains a steadfast observer. He witnesses the happenings and consequences of the wishful dreams of gentle people who wanted nothing more than to live in peace and harmony. However, the realities of modern life cannot be avoided forever, and the world that was being eschewed nevertheless came to Arcadia, sans invitation.
Framing the story is Ms. Groffs wonderful writing. Her descriptions of nature, people, and events bring the reader directly to that Arcadia. The reader feels surrounded by the characters, sharing in their everyday joys, sorrows, hopes, and triumphs.
But this morning, Bit wakes alone, heart racing. The icicles in the window are shot with such red light of dawn that Bit goes barefoot over the snow to pull one with his hand. Inside again, he licks it down to nothing, eating winter itself, the captured woodsmoke and sleepy hush and aching cleanness of ice.
Ms. Groff is also the author of the novel The Monsters of Templeton (2008) and a collection of short stories, Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories (2009).
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Computing: A Concise History by Paul E. Ceruzzi, a curator at the National Air and Space Museum, is part of the M.I.T. Essential Knowledge series. The series started a little over a year ago but topics covered already span the gamut from ocean waves to corporations.
Computing is a short work, barely 200 pages long (and the pages are only 5 X 7). While a regular user of computers, I admit that my understanding of the actual mechanical aspect of them is a bit sketchy. Even so, Computing is easy to read, leaving almost all jargon aside. When necessary, terms are quickly and clearly explained in such a way as to not impede the story being told.
The story begins with the creation of modern computers in the 1930s and 1940s (only deviating briefly to mention earlier systems that influenced modern computers). From there, Ceruzzi traces developments in the field up to the social networking era of the past few years. He focuses on four key themes:
1) Use of binary code to operate machines
2) Convergence of different machine systems
3) Use of solid-state electronics
4) Means of communication between people and computers
This big picture approach makes computing seem much like a social movement - as a complicated and evolving set of events that conflict and complement each other.
If you like this work and are so inclined to delve deeper, there are several interesting histories of computing that LFPL carries. The most current (just released this March) is George Dyson's Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe. For a list of some titles available at the library, click here.
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If you at all enjoy history and the play of ideas across centuries, you will enjoy The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, which was a National Book Award winner. The author, Stephen Greenblatt focuses on an ancient poem (De Rerum Natura by Lucretius) nearly lost in the "teeth of time" (as he so colorfully puts it). The poem was plucked from its obscurity in a German monastery library by an early fifteenth century Italian book hunter, Poggio Bracciolini.
I have read the criticism that the subtitle, "How the World Became Modern", is a bit of an overstatement. Perhaps, but the author is using this specific example as representative of the people and thoughts that shimmered across the centuries. In my mind, I could visualize a pebble tossed out into time, with concentric circles of influence spreading further and further. It is the way in which the author follows these silvery trails that is engrossing. I thought it was interesting that these humanist scholars were so well-versed in the existing ancient literature that they could follow clues about works that had once been widely read, but had disappeared from known literature.
In the Middle Ages, monasteries were the repositories for literature. Their books were copied by hand and stored. A person searching these libraries, though, had to have some idea of what he was seeing. He also had to have some hunch about the best places to search across Europe. The fact that this particular poem, with its subversive ideas, was found by this particular person is just amazing.
Greenblatt sets the stage by introducing Poggio and telling us his situation, so we see how he came to be nosing around monastic libraries in Germany. He then goes on to tell how this poem, itself influenced by the ideas of Epicurus, left its imprint on the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and beyond, even to our own Thomas Jefferson. The controversial ideas contained in the poem are outlined on pages 185-199.
For anyone who enjoys this book, I would also recommend How to Live or A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. Montaigne, too, was a link, carrying the Epicurean ideas of Lucretius forward. I love these words from page 247-8:
"There are moments, rare and powerful, in which a writer, long vanished from the face of the earth, seems to stand in your presence and speak to you directly, as if he bore a message meant for you above all others. Montaigne seems to have felt this intimate link with Lucretius..."
Lastly, if you are a bookaholic, as I am, certainly you can empathize with Petrarch, quoted on page 119:
"Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy."
The Swerve invites us to join the conversation, to commune with minds across the ages. Who could resist?
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A bit after it was first announced, the DiRT Showdown page on Steam now offers a playable demo for the next installment in this rally racing series. This announcement offers word on the demo and some associated RaceNet rewards:
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Hey Packersbackers you have posted 3 times in Malkins thread in the last 8 hours, I see that don't follow your own advice. You just can't stay away can you.
What you have nothing better to do If you want the thread to die that is fine you have a right to your opinion. Then why not just stop opening and posting in Malkins thread if it bothers you that much.
Do I sense a little bit of jealousy that Malkin is getting a little more play on here than you All-Star
A few weeks ago you came in here out of the blue calling some people clowns, I thought that wasn't cool but out of respect I let it slide. But it looks like you took our silence as a sign of us being pushovers. But don't worry I will pass a message to Malkin you eagerly awaiting his return and that you have called dibs on his left tea bag.


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Wildcats win with a round of 444
Every team has their share of goals and hopes over the course of the season.
The Taft boys golf team accomplished both Thursday afternoon when they won the South Sequoia League mini tournament at North Kern Golf Course in Bakersfield.
"Our team played our best golf yesterday at the North Kern," said Taft coach Mike Goodwin. "Our early team goal was to break 450 as a five man team score."
Taft as a team won the tournament with a round of 444.
Shafter was second with a score of 480 while Bakersfield Christian was third with a score of 487.
Individually, Toby Taylor had the lowest score of the day for the Wildcats with a 79. Tanner Leikam followed with an 85 while Eli Kindred chipped in with an 89.
Both shot their career tournament lows. Nick Pommerville shot a 92 while Sorensen had a 99. McCostlin rounded out the scoring with a 102.
The Wildcats remain second in the league standings with 20 points. Bakersfield Christian is first with 24 points. Shafter is in third place with 16 points.
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Photograph, John Doy rescue party
Author: No authors specified.
Date: 1859
On January 25, 1859, Dr. John Doy and his son Charles left Lawrence, Kansas Territory, for Nebraska with 13 slaves. They were captured when only twelve miles out of Lawrence and were taken to Weston, Missouri. The two Doys had an examination at Weston and were committed to jail at Platte City, Missouri for the crime of abducting slaves. They remained in jail until March 20, 1859. They were then moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, where Dr. Doy was tried. After this trial Charles Doy was set free. However, the first jury could not agree on a verdict for Dr. Doy, and he was tried a second time. At the second trial, he was convicted and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. While being held in the St. Joseph jail he was freed by friends from Kansas on September 23, 1859. Two different ambrotypes showing the John Doy rescue party were digitized for the project. When you compared the images, you will find the men are standing in different positions.
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Michael A. Denney, 27, of Rehoboth Beach, was arrested after police found a large cache of heroin in his vehicle, police said.
State Troopers seized more than 31 grams of heroin Jan. 11 during a traffic stop south of the Biddles Toll Plaza on Del. Route 1 near Middletown.
Michael A. Denney, 27, of Rehoboth Beach, was arrested after police found a large cache of heroin in his vehicle, police said.
A trooper patrolling the area near the toll plaza stopped Denney for driving his 2003 Mercury Sable above the speed limit at around 2 p.m. Friday.
The officers said that Denney did not have a valid driers license and ordered him to exit the vehicle.
When Denney stepped out of the car, the Trooper noticed a small wax envelope, which police said is commonly used to package heroin, on the car floor.
Denney's two female passengers exited the car, allowing the Trooper to see more drug paraphernalia in the car.
A search of the car turned up 31.1 grams of heroin stored in 1,244 wax envelopes, police said.
Police issued both female passengers a criminal summons after finding them in possession of drug paraphernalia.
Denney was charged with possession of a controlled substance and intent to deliver, driving with a suspended license, speeding, and failing to have proof of insurance Jan. 16 after police investigated the source of the heroin and its destination.
He was committed to the Sussex Correctional Institute on $18,550 cash bail.


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If you go
What: 145th Boulder County Fair Livestock and Rodeo Parade
When: 10 a.m. Saturday
Where: The route begins at Longs Peak Avenue and Eight Avenue in Longmont, runs east on Eighth Avenue, south on Main Street, west on Fourth Avenue and end on Longs Peak Avenue near Roosevelt Park.
More info: bouldercountyfair.org
Longmont resident Dean Olander will step into the cab of his 1955 International Harvester truck for the first time in years Saturday.
Dean Olander, 89, bought the truck new in 1955 and used it to haul beets on his farm in northeast Longmont and run errands around town for decades before pulling it into his garage for storage in 1982.
The truck comes out of storage for odd jobs around the farm and birthday hay rides about once a year.
But Saturday, three generations of Olanders will fill the large wooden bed and the small cab during the 145th Boulder County Fair Livestock and Rodeo Parade.
The green truck filled with 21 Olanders, including Dean Olander, his children and his grandchildren that now live out of state, is one of three entries in this year's new parade category: local history.
The category was launched to give families such as the Olanders, who already were participating in the parade, a proper place, said organizer Ken White.
"There's a lot of history around here and I, personally, think it's really important," White said. "The Boulder County Fair is a very historical thing, so it's a good fit."
Besides the fair kicking off, the Olanders have a lot to celebrate this weekend. The family is celebrating Dean Olander's 90th birthday, which is Tuesday, and his 70th anniversary as a farmer.
Dean Olander is the third of five generations of Olanders in Longmont. Dean Olander's grandfather settled on a farm on West Nelson Road in 1872.
"They made ditches by horse and hand-sled that ran under the dairy barn to keep it cool," Dean Olander said.
Dean Olander's dad was also a Longmont farmer. Dean Olander has had his hands in the soil since he can remember and started his own farm in 1944.
Dean Olander's farm, which is now located in northeast Longmont, has grown peaches, barley, alfalfa, corn, pinto beans and sugar beets over the years.
After a successful sugar beet harvest in the 1940s, Dean Olander donated a truckload of beets that were dehydrated and shipped overseas during World War II.
Now, as the times are changing, so is Dean Olander's farm. Neighbors farm the land just south of Highway 66, but Dean Olander's family occasionally pitches in.
Dean Olander reminisced about the days when local farmers would get together as a community, going from one farm to the next working the land before sitting down for a meal together.
"It's about community and bringing people together," Dean Olander said.
Randy and Zach Olander, Dean Olander's son and grandson, spent Friday making sure the '55 International Harvester was ready for the parade.
The nearly 60-year-old truck holds a lot of family memories, Randy Olander said. A few faint drops of blood remain on the dashboard where Randy Olander slammed his face when his dad stopped short.
"There were not seatbelts then," Randy Olander said.
He laughs as he tells the story of the broken window on the passenger side of the truck.
"That's from the time my brother hit the window with a hammer because he wanted to see what it would do," Randy Olander said. "It broke, that's what it did. He couldn't have been but 5 at the time."
Randy Olander, 57, grew up helping his dad on the farm and is now a woodworker. Zach Olander, 27, who also pitched in on the farm as a kid, is now a mechanic.
While the pair doesn't spend much time farming these days, they said, it is important to cherish their family's history and Dean Olander's hard work.
"There is something about working with your hands that you don't get from anything else," Zach Olander said. "There's a pride in building something that I think a lot of my peers don't get sitting at a desk all day."
As the frequency of farming dwindles for the Olanders, all of the men agreed that the history of farming in Longmont should be recognized and honored.
"It's about teaching the kids where their food is coming from and about hard work," Dean Olander said. "I think it's really great that they are honoring that history."
Contact Times-Call community reporter Whitney Bryen at 303-684-5274 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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CPerlBase - a C++ base class encapsulating a Perl interpreter in Symbian
// in your App.mmp USERINCLUDE \symbian\perl\x.y.z\include LIBRARY perlXYZ.lib // in your App #include "PerlBase.h" // includes also EXTERN.h and perl.h CPerlBase* perl = CPerlBase::NewInterpreterLC(); ... delete perl;
CPerlBase is a simple Symbian C++ class that wraps a Perl interpreter; its creation, use, and destroying. To understand what this is doing, and how to use the interpreter, a fair knowledge of perlapi, perlguts, and perlembed is recommended.
One useful thing CPerlBase does compared with just using the raw Perl C API is that it redirects the "std streams" (STDOUT et alia) to a text console implementation which while being very basic is marginally more usable than the Symbian basic text console.
The constructor that does not keep the object in the Symbian "cleanup stack". perl_alloc() and perl_construct() are called behind the curtains.
Accepts the same arguments as NewInterpreterLC().
The constructor that keeps the object in the Symbian "cleanup stack". perl_alloc() and perl_construct() are called behind the curtains.
Can have three arguments:
Should a CPerlBase close the Symbian POSIX STDLIB when closing down. Good for one-shot script execution, probably less good for longer term embedded interpreter.
If set, called with aStdioInitCookie, and the default console is not created. You may want to set the iReadFunc() and iWriteFunc().
Used as the argument for aStdioInitFunc().
The destructor of the interpreter. The class destructor calls first this and then the Symbian CloseSTDLIB().
perl_destruct(), perl_free(), and PERL_SYS_TERM() are called behind the curtains.
Prepare an interpreter for executing by parsing input as if a C main() had been called. For example to parse a script, use argc of 2 and argv of { "perl", script_name }.
All arguments are optional: in case either argc or argv are zero, argc of 3 and argv of { "perl", "-e", "0" } is assumed.
PERL_SYS_INIT() and perl_parse() are called behind the curtains.
Note that a call to Parse() is required before Run().
Returns zero if parsing was successful, non-zero if not (and the stderr will get the error).
Start executing an interpreter. A Parse() must have been called before a Run(): use 3 and { "", "-e", 0 } if you do not have an argv.
Note that a call to Parse() is required before Run().
perl_run() is called behind the curtains.
Returns zero if execution was successful, non-zero if not (and the stderr will get the error).
Combined Parse() and Run(). The Run() is not run if the Parse() fails.
Returns zero if parsing and execution were successful, non-zero if not.
Like ParseAndRun() but works for Symbian filenames (UTF-16LE). The UTF-8 version of aFileName is always argv[argc-1], and argv[0] is always "perl".
Set up my_perl from the current object (like dTHX).
Set up my_vars from the current object (like dVAR).
Note that it probably isn't worth the trouble to try to wrap the whole, rather large, Perl C API into a C++ API. Just use the C API.
The protected members of the class are:
The Perl interpreter.
The global variables of the interpreter.
The state of the Perl interpreter. TPerlState is one of EPerlNone, EPerlAllocated, EPerlConstructed, EPerlParsed, EPerlRunning, EPerlTerminated, EPerlPaused (these two are currently unused but in the future they might be used to indicate that the interpreter was stopped either non-resumably or resumably for some reason), EPerlSuccess (perl_run() succeeded), EPerlFailure (perl_run() failed), EPerlDestroying.
Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Nokia. All rights reserved.
The CPerlBase class is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.


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Things did not go how Leavenworth coach Ken Lott had planned Thursday.
Things did not go how Leavenworth coach Ken Lott had planned Thursday.
Traveling to Lawrence Free State, the Lady Pioneers soccer coach had hoped to check the Firebirds' aggressive attack with his defense's cheeky offsides trap.
Unfortunately, the cohesiveness needed to pull off such a feat simply wasn't there for Leavenworth, and the squad lost 10-0.
"Free State was just very attacked oriented," Lott said. "They did a very good job of breaking down our offsides trap and we never could recover from it."
Leavenworth, 1-7, will be at Lawrence at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
"We knew from years past the kind of threat they posed," Lott said. "They just had more team experience and hopefully, we took something from this loss for next game."


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A fresh set of eyes sometimes can be the key to solving a problem, and it's no secret that Rockford has more than its share of problems.
Last week we suggested that it might be time to juggle the lineup at City Hall, the way you would with a slumping baseball team. If that doesn't happen — or doesn't work — the "rookies" on the City Council need to assume a greater role.
Seven new aldermen provide seven new sets of eyes on issues that have been plaguing Rockford for years. Those aldermen (except for Marcus Hill, whose appointment will be voted on Monday) have been in office just six months, but it's not too early for them to form alliances with veteran council members and be more aggressive in setting the city's agenda.
There were signs of that last week when aldermen delayed a vote on how much money should be spent to demolish dilapidated properties. In recent years, the City Council has set aside $200,000 to tear down the worst of the worst buildings around town. That hasn't been nearly enough to clean up the city.
Aldermen want to spend more and demolish more. How much more will be discussed Monday night.
Rockford's aldermen historically have been more reactive than proactive when it comes to citywide issues. For many, it's more important to fix a pothole in their ward, and to make sure the snow gets plowed and the trash gets picked up. Those are the kinds of constituent services that get you re-elected.
Those are also the issues over which they have the most control. The administration provides aldermen with information before Monday night council meetings. Aldermen have to do their own independent research if they're to rebut whatever the latest proposal is. They have no staff to analyze what the administration hands them.
The administration comes up with an idea, presents it to the council and aldermen vote nay or yea. It's a simple formula, but not always effective.
That's not unique to Rockford. Part-time aldermen here and in other communities need to trust the information provided. When trust is lacking, gridlock is not.
Springfield has an interesting setup. There is a city council coordinator whose duties include reviewing and analyzing proposed legislation, preparing special reports, studies or projects as assigned by the aldermen. We're not sure that would work in Rockford, but it could provide aldermen with information independent from the administration's.
We encourage Rockford's aldermen to look beyond the packets they get every week. For example, last week we wrote about the frustration of Peter Provenzano, chairman of Rock River Development Partnership, and Gary Anderson, president of the River District Association, wading through bureaucracy at City Hall that has stalled projects.
What can be done to cut the red tape and expedite worthwhile projects whose blueprints are starting to gather dust? If the administration can't figure it out, perhaps the aldermen can.
One of the reasons business and civic leaders started the Rock River Regional Transformation process was that there was so little getting done by the electeds and their appointees. The transformation group recognizes that the private sector is the key to a vital community. The least the electeds can do is get out of the way.
Aldermen can help clear the path. There are 14 of them, and they could become a force.


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As promised, the new trailer for Grand Theft Auto V is now online to show off the next installment in Rockstar Games' open-world action series. The clip does not reveal the game's subtitle (presuming it will have one), but it seems to confirm recent rumors that GTAV will be set in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, which may be called Los Puerta based on a glimpse of a road sign for the Los Puerta Freeway. The narration is from one character's perspective so there is no support yet for rumors that it will feature multiple playable characters. The version posted on that page seemed to repeatedly stop just after the one minute mark, so it's possible you may have to grab a downloadable version (as we did) to see the whole thing. There is no indication of when to expect the game's release.
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The care and cooking of your Thanksgiving turkey
From the U. S. Department of Agriculture
A whole turkey is a large bird to handle. The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers the following advice for safe handling of your holiday turkey to protect your dinner guests from foodborne ailments.
Safe Thawing
There are three safe ways to thaw food: in the refrigerator, in cold water and in the microwave oven.
Store frozen turkeys in the freezer until time to thaw. While frozen, a turkey is safe indefinitely. However, if the turkey is allowed to thaw at a temperature above 40 °F, any harmful bacteria that may have been present before freezing can begin to multiply again unless proper thawing methods are used.
When thawing a turkey in the refrigerator, plan ahead. Place the turkey on a platter and place in the refrigerator. For every 5 pounds of turkey, allow approximately 24 hours of thawing in a refrigerator set at 40 °F.
For thawing in cold water, allow about 30 minutes per pound. Be sure the turkey is in leak-proof packaging and submerge it in cold tap water. Change the water every 30 minutes until the turkey thaws.
When thawing in the microwave, follow the manufacturer's instructions.
For both defrosting in cold water and in the microwave, cook the turkey immediately after thawing because conditions were not temperature controlled.
Stuffing a Turkey
The safest way to cook stuffing is in a casserole, not inside a bird. Bake the casserole in an oven set no lower than 325 °F -- or in a microwave oven -- until the internal temperature reaches at least 165 °F on a food thermometer. Harmful bacteria can survive in stuffing that has not reached a safe temperature, possibly resulting in foodborne illness.
Cooking a stuffed turkey is riskier than cooking one not stuffed. However, if both the stuffing and turkey are handled safely and a food thermometer is used, it is possible to cook a stuffed turkey safely.
Mix wet and dry stuffing ingredients just before spooning it loosely into the turkey cavity, and roast the turkey immediately. Check the temperature of both the stuffing and the turkey. Do not remove the turkey from the oven until the stuffing reaches 165 °F.
Cooking a Turkey Safely
Thawing and stuffing a turkey safely are the first two basics. But cooking is the only way to destroy bacteria. The oven temperature must be set no lower than 325 °F.
Overnight cooking of a turkey at a low temperature can result in foodborne illness.
The internal temperature, on a food thermometer, of a whole turkey must reach 180 °F in the innermost part of the thigh. If the turkey has a "pop-up" temperature indicator, it is also recommended that a food thermometer be used to test the turkey in several places.
How long to cook?
The National Turkey Federation compiled the following guide to cooking times.
|"Open Pan Method" NTF Roasting Guidelines for a Fresh or Thawed Turkey
Roast in a 325 degrees F Conventional Oven on the Lowest Oven Rack
|Unstuffed Turkey
|Stuffed Turkey
|8 to 12 pounds
|2 3/4 to 3 hours
|3 to 3 1/2 hours
|12 to 14 pounds
|3 to 3 3/4 hours
|3 1/2 to 4 hours
|14 to 18 pounds
|3 3/4 to 4 1/4 hours
|4 to 4 1/4 hours
|18 to 20 pounds
|4 1/4 to 4 1/2 hours
|4 1/4 to 4 3/4 hours
|20 to 24 pounds
|4 1/2 to 5 hours
|4 3/4 to 5 1/4 hours
|24 to 30 pounds
|5 to 5 1/4 hours
|5 1/4 to 6 1/4 hours
Handling Precooked Dinners and Leftovers
Some cooks forego home-cooking a turkey altogether and choose to purchase precooked dinners. There are also basic safety measures for the safe handling of these holiday meals.
If the dinners are to be picked up hot, keep the food hot. Keeping foods warm is not enough. Harmful bacteria multiply fastest in the "danger zone" between 40F and 140F. Set the oven temperature high enough to keep the internal temperature of the turkey and side dishes at 140 F or above. Eat the food within 2 hours of pickup.
When picking up cold turkey dinners, refrigerate them as soon as possible, always within 2 hours. Serve the meal within 1 to 2 days.
Turkey may be eaten cold, but reheating a whole turkey is not recommended. To reheat, slice breast meat (legs and wings may be left whole), and heat turkey pieces and side dishes thoroughly to 165 °F.
Perishable foods should not be left out of the refrigerator or oven for more than 2 hours. Refrigerate or freeze all leftovers promptly in shallow containers. It is safe to refreeze leftover turkey and trimmings even if they were previously frozen.


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Perfume at Walgreens
Scent has a powerful impact on others, and the right fragrance can send a positive message to those around you. Walgreens Perfume Products offers a wide selection of the most popular scents for women. Featuring scents from top brands such as Ralph Lauren, Givenchy, and Clinique, Walgreens has your perfect fragrance to make a statement with scent.
Types of Fragrance
As you shop for fragrance online, you'll see perfumes referred to as "eau de toilette" and "eau de parfum." These French terms describe the concentration of the perfume, and understanding their meanings will help to ensure that you select the perfect product. Perfume is made from a variety of ingredients, and it's the scented oils that a product contains that create its fragrance. Perfume makers can use different concentrations of scented oils in their products. When a perfume is 10 to 15 percent oils, it is referred to as "eau de parfum." These fragrances are powerful and long lasting. Just a few drops is all you need to make the perfume easily detectable, so be careful not to over apply. An "eau de toilette" is 5 to 10 percent scented oils, giving it a lighter fragrance. Some people prefer to wear eau de toilette during the summer months when heavier fragrances can be overpowering. You're also less likely to use too much eau de toilette because it is lighter. Generally, eau de toilette perfumes are less expensive than eau de parfum products as well.
Understanding Scents
How can you tell what a perfume will smell like when you shop online? Perfume products typically have a list of notes, the various scents that the fragrance contains. You'll see three types of notes described for fragrances. The top note is what you notice first about a fragrance. These powerful scents remain potent only for a short period of time. The middle notes are longer lasting and can be detected for 1 to 2 hours after you apply a perfume. After that, it is the base note of the fragrance that you can sense on your skin. Some base notes can stay potent for up to an entire day after application.
Special Formulas for Special Concerns
While most perfume products are either eau de parfum or eau de toilette sprays, there are other fragrance options available on the market that could be right for your needs. If you're looking for a very subtle hint of fragrance, a body spray may be the perfect solution. These products only contain 5 percent fragrance or less, so they are wonderful options for those who do not like heavier scents. Roll-on perfumes are quick and simple to apply and allow you to control application to avoid using too much perfume. Fragranced moisturizers are skin care products that are lightly scented and that fight dryness of the skin of the face or body.
Whether you're looking for a new fragrance, replenishing your supply of your favorite scent or trying to find the perfect fragrance gift set, Walgreens Perfume for Women Products has what you're looking for at a great low price.


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As noted on the Roberts Space Industries Website, the crowd-sourced fundraiser for Star Citizen blew past its initial $2 million goal, the $4.2 million record set recently by Project Eternity, and their own dream goal of $6 million to finish at $6,238,563. The campaign may be concluded, but they plan on continuing to offer chances to support development of this upcoming space sim, saying: "Going forward, Roberts says, people who backed the project during the crowd funding campaign will have the ability to purchase further tiers or upgrade existing ones at the initial prices. And for those who missed this opportunity, there is still a chance to be a part of the Star Citizen community and back the project but at slightly higher prices. Roberts says it will still be cheaper than purchasing the final product when it is released and it will enable backers to reserve a limited amount of alpha and beta slots that remain. Behind-the-scenes subscription updates during development are also available for purchase. They will provide even more extras and inside info for those who sign up." Here are some stats from the Star Citizen crowd funding campaign updated as of 1:00 pm CST today:
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Because of deadline constraints, I'm finishing this article on Jan. 21, the day before Knesset elections here in Israel. You'll be reading this after the results are in and coalition discussions are well underway.
The Talmud teaches us that "prophecy is given to fools," but I tend to agree with countless polls' predictions that the two major Knesset blocs will remain intact, with a clear majority for right-wing parties of different hues. As Times of Israel editor David Horowitz's noted, the main difference will be that "the right has become the far-right."
This is not a result I would choose, and it doesn't augur well for Israel. Nor does the dearth of inspiring leaders from the centre-left segment of our political spectrum.
But things aren't all bleak.
During this lacklustre election season, I have also found pleasure. My daughter, Naomi, just turned 18 and will be voting for the first time, and I've been observing her decision-making processes. She's been reading party platforms, participating in Facebook discussions on the issues, and standing up for her own worldview, even if it wasn't always popular.
And thankfully, not everything in this country revolves around politics. My family is preparing for my son Natan's bar mitzvah. As part of that process, and prodded by a friend, Elie, whose son Emanuel will also be bar mitzvahed soon, Natan and I recently joined them for two days of hiking in the south on sections of the Israel National Trail, an almost 1,000-kilometre-long path that meanders from the Lebanese border to the Red Sea.
The day we began, Elie and I had planned to meet at a campsite southeast of Mitzpe Ramon, to sleep there and begin hiking early the next morning. That plan evaporated when a meeting I was attending went well beyond schedule, and Natan and I left Jerusalem at 7 p.m. instead of at 2.
Elie, who has undertaken to trek the entire 1,000-km trail before Emanuel's bar mitzvah, has already hiked many sections. He told me to make my way to Ein Yahav, an agricultural settlement bordering Jordan in the northern Arava, and upon my arrival, he directed me to the home of "trail angels," wonderful people all along the trail who open their homes to hikers, providing them with free shelter, showers and food.
Arriving at our angel's' home, Natan and Emanuel disappeared to play basketball and ping pong with our hosts' kids, while Elie and I got to know their amazing parents: he a red pepper and cherry-tomato farmer, she a special-education teacher, happily bringing up four kids in this remote part of the country.
And as often happens in Israel, it turns out we have common acquaintances. Once a week, they drive 50 minutes toward Eilat to study with a remarkable young Reform rabbi I also know who lives in the Arava and provides locals with his own brand of religious services.
After a great night's sleep in our hosts' living room, at 6 a.m. the next morning, we set off to the starting point of our 40-km, two-day hike. It wasn't easy. Up steep mountainsides and down even steeper cliffs, we trekked for almost 10 hours each day in near-desert conditions – perfect for this time of year. The views were spectacular and the experience exhilarating.
Besides one large group of scouts going the opposite direction, during those two days, we hiked alone, only occasionally passing and being passed by an Orthodox family of seven hailing from a small community in the Golan Heights. Our two parties camped together overnight at a remote campsite with no creature comforts and absolutely no access to the world beyond – including no cellphones or Internet service.
Clambering out of my tent at dawn, the sight was otherworldly. With a ray of sunshine poking over the mountaintop, I watched as one of our travelling companions said her morning prayers facing a mountain several hundred times her own height. It was enough to make just about anyone a believer.
At the end of those two days, my feet ached and I felt I could go no further, but I soon realized how reinvigorated I really felt.
Similarly, when I worry about my kids' future here in Israel, I realize what a wonderful place this is and how much more wonderful it could be. Despite the obstacles, people will find the resolve to continue striving to make it even better.


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Monday, August 24, 2009
Quinoa and Cake
The Menu: A delicious and nutritious blend of quinoas, both red and regular, topped with Punjab Eggplant (thanks, Trader Joe's!) and tofu. A mixed-greens side salad with sliced red onions, avocado, and a light sprinkling of Daiya finished off the plates.
The Goods: As you may have already read on Press Pass, we had a little something special for dessert today, namely a yummy Almond Milk Chocolate Cake from local confectionery Violet Sweet Shoppe. Um, how can you not eat something this adorable?
We served slices of this behemoth à la mode with scoops of Coconut and Mocha Almond Fudge Purely Decadent with Coconut Milk. Sometimes, when it's Monday you need a little something sweet! To share the sugar, um, figuratively, we have a totally sweet deal! All this week, we'll be giving away Sarah Kramer's latest work, her 2010 Go Vegan! Calendar. Just leave us a comment with your favorite cake-and-ice-cream flavor combination, and we'll pick one winner each day. Go! Comment! Win!
43 comments:
- roxanne said...
I like Living Harvest Coffee Biscotti ice cream as it has everything you need: coffee (flavored) ice cream and yummy chocolate cakey cookies!
- August 24, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- furygrrl said...
Favourite cake - chocolate! (I'm a purist) ;)
Favourite ice cream - German chocolate cake (caramel, coconut, chocolate, brownie pieces - *heavenly*!) :9
- August 24, 2009 at 4:33 PM
- Lola_318 said...
Chocolate cookie dough coconut "ice cream" on chocoalte cake..... So many desserts in one!
- August 24, 2009 at 4:57 PM
- heather johnston said...
I made some vegan marshmallows this summer and smushed them with some vanilla Soy-Good Ice cream and strawberries, and plopped it on-top of some simple pound cake …yumm
- August 24, 2009 at 5:08 PM
- angela said...
I like Isa & Terry's Boston cream pie cupcakes with Neapolitan ice cream coz I can never decide which flavor I like best
- August 24, 2009 at 5:09 PM
- kelly g. said...
Chocolate cake, cherry ice cream - yum!
- August 24, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- Denise said...
I am a monotone cake/ice cream flavor person: Chocolate cake with chocolate ice cream. The coconut milk-based ice cream is great!
- August 24, 2009 at 5:22 PM
- Vicki's Vegan Vice said...
Coconut Cake with purely decadent Vanilla
- August 24, 2009 at 5:26 PM
- Big Mama said...
Home made banana chocolate chip ice cream on top of Peanut Butter/Chocolate tofu mousse pie with a graham cracker crust. Worth a little cellulite!
- August 24, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- Josiane said...
This cake looks amazing!
There are so many cake and ice cream combos I love... Let's say today's choice would be homemade vanilla ice cream on top of a decadent apple cake. I didn't have dessert, so now I'm having a serious cake and ice cream craving!
- August 24, 2009 at 6:00 PM
- Jennifer said...
My favourite is vegan german chocolate cake with vegan coconut milk cookie dough ice cream! yummm!
- August 24, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Rum, peach cake with lemon glaze and strawberry ice cream. All vegan, of course.
- August 24, 2009 at 6:37 PM
- Vegan Epicurean said...
I would have to go with Turtle Trails by Purely Decadent and chocolate cake.
That cake is gorgeous!
- August 24, 2009 at 6:42 PM
- Jenny K said...
chocolate cake and mint chocolate chip ice cream (made with coconut milk)
- August 24, 2009 at 6:42 PM
- laurakins said...
ooo...I'm digging Ani Phyo's "The Real Cheezecake" with "Vanilla Macadamia Ice Kream" from AP's Raw Food Kitchen.
- August 24, 2009 at 7:17 PM
- Kyon said...
I love Trader Joe's cherry chocolate chip soy ice cream. That and chocolate wacky cake rock.
- August 24, 2009 at 7:24 PM
- k8t540 said...
warm apple crumble with soy vanilla ice cream on the side! :)
- August 24, 2009 at 7:43 PM
I love anything dense and chocolaty, with Mudd Pie on top!
- August 24, 2009 at 7:44 PM
- stephanie said...
Vanilla ice cream and chocolate cake. It's a classic!
- August 24, 2009 at 8:45 PM
- Sylwia said...
Favorite cake is chocolate or any combination of chocolate w/peanut butter.
My favorite ice cream flavor is peanut butter chocolate. HAh
I'm obsessed
- August 24, 2009 at 9:07 PM
my fave icecream and cake combination is a toss up between either coffee and biscotti tempt icecream or mint chocolate coconut milk icecream with vegan chocolate cake and butter cream frosting!
- August 24, 2009 at 9:16 PM
- Tracy said...
Favorite cake: vanilla bean-almond with fluffy buttercream frosting
Favorite ice cream: rosewater-pistachio
- August 24, 2009 at 9:16 PM
- veganmomma said...
chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, with mint chocolate cake.
- August 24, 2009 at 10:33 PM
- CB said...
coconut milk ice cream & chocolate cake...mmm
- August 25, 2009 at 4:19 AM
- ~ Cee ~ said...
I like gingerbread cake with a very lightly flavored lemon ice cream. Yum!
- August 25, 2009 at 4:35 AM
- tyrah. said...
vegan Red Velvet Cake and Vanilla Bean Coconut Milk ice cream!
- August 25, 2009 at 6:47 AM
- KristieS said...
Mmmm... that cake looks so yummy! My favorite combo is chocolate cake and mint chip ice cream.
- August 25, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- AKM said...
I'm the lone weirdo...I want my cake and ice cream separate! Actually, I'm a sorbet girl anyway. So...
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, and raspberry sorbet!
(Spumoni ice cream is my favorite, but I can't find it in a vegan version anywhere...anyone know where I could find it?
- August 25, 2009 at 9:09 AM
- Lolly said...
I'm not a big ice cream girl (haven't found a vegan version that I absolutely must have), but give me some carrot cake anyday. (well, probably not since I have more than 100 pounds to lose)...but ahh, a girl can dream!
Just discovered your blog and love it!
- August 25, 2009 at 9:31 AM
- Vegiegail said...
Oh, nothing says comfort food to me like warmed apple crumb cake a la mode with Purely Decadent Made with Coconut Milk Vanilla Bean ice cream.
- August 25, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- mary-morgan said...
I love "ginger macadamia coconut carrot cake" from "vegan with a vengeance" and simple soy dream vanilla ice cream. Its absolutely delish! It reminds me of autumn but I eat it anytime of year, cause I mean its yummy cake and ice cream! :D
- August 25, 2009 at 10:26 AM
- Jill said...
Best cake-Lemon Lavendar
Best ice scream-Humbolt Toffee
- August 25, 2009 at 2:29 PM
- skylily said...
I love purely decadent chocolate ice cream. Even my non-vegan husband eats it when there is "real" ice cream. Any ideas on how to hide something in the freezer?
- August 26, 2009 at 6:15 AM
- awolfenden said...
Flourless Chocolate Cake with mocha rum glaze - for those of us who are flour intolerant and chocolate happy this is the ideal dessert. Our women's group has celebrated each other's birthday for many years and one of us always makes the cake. This is what I'll make when it's my turn again!
- August 26, 2009 at 10:48 AM
- Allison said...
I love chocolate cake with coffee ice cream. Yum!
- August 26, 2009 at 11:11 AM
coconut cake (or maybe lemon) and neopolitan ice cream (coffee ice cream also totally rocks)
- August 26, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Ice Cream Cake: homemade vegan strawberry IC between two layers of dark chocolate cake covered in pink vanilla buttercream. Oh yeah!
- August 26, 2009 at 8:31 PM
I love a vegan chocolate cake with vegan cookie's n cream ice cream. The first combination of chocolate and vanilla and it is pure vegan bliss.
- August 26, 2009 at 10:14 PM
- imblissful said...
My homemade chocolate cake with homemade peanut butter soy ice cream.
- August 27, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Chelsea Paige said...
white cake with milk chocolate frosting (thick, thick, thick, rich and gooey, please!) and mint chip soy-dream ice cream............... so boss
- August 27, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Chocolate Cake with Orange-Dark Chocolate Ganache....with a heaping side of Purely Decadent Coconut Milk Chocolate Ice Cream.
- August 28, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Kim said...
The cake looks scrupdillyumpcious! I sure do love chocolate! As for the ice cream, I have not been able to find the coconut milk ice cream in any of the local grocery stores. It sounds wonderful and would like to give it a try!
- August 29, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Banana cake and hand-mixed peanut butter ice cream. Yummy!
- September 16, 2009 at 4:57 PM


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Christopher Crane, with the Arkansas Film Commission, who was instrumental in getting the Hollywood movie "Mud" filmed in Arkansas.
Christopher Crane, with the Arkansas Film Commission, who was instrumental in getting the Hollywood movie "Mud" filmed in Arkansas, will be the guest speaker at the 73rd annual Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce Membership Meeting and Banquet.
The movie wrapped up its eight-week filming in and around Stuttgart, along with other areas in Arkansas in November 2011. The movie is a coming-of-age drama about the adventures of two 14-year-old boys who encounter a mysterious fugitive named Mud, played by Matthew McConaughey, hiding out on an island in the Mississippi.
Intrigued by this character, they enter into a pact to help him evade capture and reconnect with the love of his life, played by Reese Witherspoon. Though it is hard for the boys to discern truth from fiction when it comes to Mud, it isn't long until their small Arkansas town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.
The banquet will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Grand Prairie Center. Social Hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m, according to the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce. Dinner will be served by Cater Rita's.
Johnny Sullivan will be inducted as Chamber president for 2013, according to Bethany Hodges, programs director for the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce.
"A number of local citizens will be honored at the banquet," she said.
Those making the list include the 2012 Farm Family of the Year, the Stoney Fortune Family, 2012 Teacher of the Year Ashley Hayes from Meekins Middle School, 2012 Firefighter of the Year Kenneth Busick and the 2012 Chamber Volunteer of the Year.
"The 2012 Citizen of the Year will also be announced at the banquet," Hodges explained. The award is given each year after the Chamber excepts nominations from the community.
Also a special video presentation will review last year's Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce events and the many accomplishments in Stuttgart in 2012, she said.
Tickets can be purchased with VISA or MasterCard or invoiced to businesses by calling (870) 673-1602. Tickets for the event are $25 each or reserved tables for eight may be purchased for $200. Tickets may be purchased at the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce office, located at 507 S. Main.


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Got some feelers out.... this would be a pre-order only. Would people be cool with that?
I'll hit you up a little later today about this
With the m90 aspects I would be down for one.
First of all... Sweet! My 2 cents is to keep the "rail" section as small as possible while retaining the z-lock and foregrip mounting capacity. The coolness of this is it's potential to make Mags even smaller by eliminating the middle man and reducing the vertical profile. The ability to use DM grips would also be a plus.
Whichever way you go, props for doing it.
Sorry to ask but I'm feeling a bit ignorant here: when you say "M90 aspects", what are you referring to?
Great project
I like the look of the frame, a little less the foregrip's one but that's not a great issue as it's removable !
I think I'll be for one.
No problem for the "pre-order only". I only hope I won't miss it as I missed the M86 one !!!!
Ok, this is the direction Keith and I are going with this. I want to change the front grip mount so it is a slot like an RT rail and can accomodate a bunch of different things.
Side note - probably CAN NOT fit an LPR in here so we will put everything else but that.
I prefered the "airwalk" style of the first one !
I also liked more how the grip was rounded, graceful and seemed lighter in the first version.
Well as Scott eluded to. This is one of my dream builds. The files the printed prototype was made from go back to 2007-2008.
Frames will be Aluminum. Not printed.
The foregrip shown in the first pictures is a concept part. It will be changing some. I bought and sold a gun just so I could measure the foregrip that was on it. But you can always remove it and add your own.
The "45" style will be a complete remake on my end if theres enough interest. It was never finished.
airwalk version looks great IMO, but could you open up the trigger area more, maybe 1/4 or 3/8" more???
Very cool. Also like the first version, wonder how that would look with the back tail end curving down like a snatch grip?
Operating under the totally false notion that we get a vote, I vote single trigger. These things have 'pistol' written all over them. Oh, and since you stole my idea before I had or posted my idea, I think I should get a free four of them. :D :D :D :P
Oh, and I like V2 better. Clean lines > ...
I might be interested in the airwalk style if it was suitable for drop in pneumatics and had a relatively open trigger guard
My wish list might put the parts out of my price range though
We are listening to suggestions. We will incorporate those that we think will help or are a good idea. But we wont be allowing committee design. It never works. Thats what happened to pnuemagger last time this frame idea came up 5+ years ago.
The design will have pnuematics mounts. They were taken out for the printed prototype to keep things simpler.
Triggerguards are compareable to intelliframes, airwalks, chimera & m90.
Some like the ones below. But I think little maybe little more hook so you can let hang from your vest or belt.
I also like the first version! The airwalk look and the ability to mount a internal lpr are great features.
i'm a 1911 fan so the "45" is my preferred look. on a side note how did these style grip frames get call a 45 and not a 1911 which is what they are?
I like the first version, I just never liked the look of the externally mounted LPR. Is the front grip going to be included or will it be optional?
Would there be any possibility of discussing that trigger profile? While it is unique, that one would not be my preference.
The price of a different trigger probably won't be a deal breaker, but every bit counts...
Scott is correct. The trigger is more of a fantasy part for me. I really wanted to know what it would be like. So why not do it as a printed prototype.
Thats a part I really don't see being made.


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William Edgar "Ed" Cass Jr., 90, Carthage, passed away Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 at Mercy McCune-Brooks Hospital, Carthage.
William Edgar "Ed" Cass Jr., 90, Carthage, passed away Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 at Mercy McCune-Brooks Hospital, Carthage.
William E. Cass was born Aug. 18, 1922 in Artesia, New Mexico; the son of William E. Cass, Sr. and Eunice Mayes Cass.
He attended public schools in Wink, Texas and was a 1940 graduate of Wink High School. He was a WWII veteran serving in the U.S. Army Air Corp, serving as a test pilot. He married Alice Walker on March 16, 1947; they owned and operated Plains Camera & Jewelry and University Camera and Jewelry in Lubbock, TX. He and his wife moved to Carthage in 2008. He was a member of the Apostolic Faith Church, Prosperity, Mo.
Survivors include his wife, Alice, Carthage; three daughters, Kay Cass (Wayne) Wheeler, Carthage, Linda Cass Choate, Burleson, Texas, and Marty Cass Walker, Austin, Texas; two sons, David Donald (Janice) Cass, Belleville, Texas, and Jerry Dean (Barbara) Cass, Buda, Texas; one brother, Lewis William (Ruby) Cass, Crane, Texas; nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and one son, Stephen Cass.
Visitation will be held from 6–7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21 at the Knell Mortuary, Carthage. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 23 in the Knell Mortuary Chapel, Carthage.
Rev. Brian Harris and Steve Stockton will officiate. Interment will be in the Veterans Cemetery, Springfield, Mo., on Monday, Nov. 26. Memorial gifts are suggested to the Apostolic Church, Prosperity, Mo. Arrangements are under the direction and personal care of Knell Mortuary, Carthage, Mo. Online condolences may be expressed through www.knellmortuary.com.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama's lunch with Republican Mitt Romney focused on America's leadership and the two presidential rivals pledged to stay in touch, particularly if opportunities to work together come up in the future.
In their first meeting since the election, Obama and the GOP nominee met for lunch in the White House's private dining room, fulfilling a promise Obama made in his victory speech the night of Nov. 6.
The White House says Romney congratulated the president for his successful campaign and wished him well in the coming four years. The conversation during the hourlong meeting focused on America's leadership in the world and the importance of maintaining that leadership position.
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If you are planning on taking a trip to the Paulstown area to see where you ancestors came from then I hope this listing of graveyards and churches will be of help to you. It consists of the local Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches, current and disused graveyards and where an ancient Church once stood.
1) Church of the Assumption, Paulstown (Roman Catholic)
This is the local Catholic church for the area. It is the oldest church in the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. The church grounds also contain a graveyard. As far as I know burials are no longer carried out here.
2) The New Cemetery
This is the current Catholic cemetery for the Paulstown area. A partial listing of burials from the internment.net website can be found here.
3) St. John's Church (Church of Ireland)
This is the local Church of Ireland/Protestant church for the area. This church also has a graveyard on its lands.
4) Disused Cemetery
This cemetery is no longer used and is located in the townland of Kilmacahill, on what is known as Church Road. Dunleavey outlines that there was once an old church here, which was replaced by a Protestant church, but neither remain.[1]
5) Disused Church and Cemetery
This church and cemetery are located in the grounds of Shankill Castle. All that is left of this church is ruins. Members of different families who have owned Shankill Castle over the centuries are buried here.
6) This is believed to be where the ancient Kilmocahill monastery is located. Today this site is actually in the townland of Kellymount. All that remains are the traces of the church and graveyard and rubble. St. Finbarr of Cork is believed to have studied here. I hope to have a blog entry about the association between St. Finbarr and Paulstown at a later date.
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[1] Dunleavy, John J. A Short History of Paulstown. John J. Dunleavy, 2007. Print. p.3.


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The massive ring features a swastika formed by 16 rubies. The sides bear two swords flanked by oak leaves. It comes with its original presentation case — a silver globe that also has a swastika engraved in it.
It is a particularly ostentatious — some might say ugly — piece of jewelry, but it went for a $55,000 bid on Tuesday to an anonymous buyer at Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City, Md. The ring supposedly once belonged to Adolf Hitler, although there's no hint that he ever wore the piece, which was crafted by Nazi goldsmith Karl Berthold and apparently taken out of the country in 1945. But for collectors, that is enough to justify the price for the Nazi bling.
Together with the ring, more than 600 lots — the vast majority containing World War II memorabilia — worth several hundred thousand dollars went on sale on the first day of a two-day auction. Among them: a letter from SS chief Heinrich Himmler sending his mistress "a very special lovely kiss" in 1942; a typoscript from Adolf Eichmann, who comments on his death sentence, that went to a bookseller, who bid $1,700. Also offered were a map of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Julius Streicher's anti-Semitic children's books, papers documenting the deportation of Jews in 1943, and a collection of 41 photographs of exhumed bodies and skeletons of Russian civilians killed by German squads.
Nazi relics make up 35 to 40 percent of the Cecil County auction house, says owner Bill Panagopulos, making him one of the major players in the worldwide trade of such objects. "I may not be the biggest, but probably the wildest," the 55-year-old jokes.
But facilitating the sale of objects from the Third Reich is no laughing matter to many. The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants have criticized Alexander Historical Auctions for "making a business of selling Nazi artifacts and memorabilia."
Panagopulos argues that "everybody can buy or sell what he wants." He adds that an auction is always better than selling items under the table, because these pieces are at least visible and available for purchase by public institutions.
But, at elevated prices, institutions rarely have the means to buy these items. As a result, historians will probably never have the chance to study most of the traded papers if they stay in private collections — and that's where most of the items end up.
"Nazi sells," says Panagopulos, who has been in the business for more than 25 years and estimates he has sold some 45,000 objects. "I would sell Hitler's moustache," he jokes. He says that the contribution of Nazi objects to his overall earnings has increased over the last few years partly because of the permanent presence of WWII through television, films and books.
He says he does not particularly like the objects that bring him most of his money but that he doesn't hesitate to sell them. "They have a bad karma," he says. "Many consider these things distasteful, but I consider them as distasteful as any other part of history. History is not always pretty. Most of history is brutal."
The relics dating from 1933 to 1945 are assembled on the second floor of a red brick building that houses Alexander Historical Auctions. The objects could come from a host of sources: the attic of a recently deceased relative who served in the U.S. Army during World War II and took trophies out of the enemy's country, or an air freight shipment from European sellers who know that they will get better prices in the United States.
At Tuesday's auction, Panagopulos, who is dressed in a blue polo shirt, jeans and sneakers and sits at a desk, gavel in hand, shouts the names of prominent Nazi figures as the lots containing their items come up for bid. The room has three large windows that look onto a pretty street lined with gift shops and restaurants, next to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
Until recently, the auction house was based in Stamford, Conn., but Panagopulos relocated it to Chesapeake City, which lies halfway between Baltimore and Philadelphia and has about 700 inhabitants. He has family nearby, and he says he was tired of the Northeast. It was also a business decision, he says: "The entire area here is very historical. So there is more material down here and less people chasing it than in New York."
Lined up next to Panagopulos on Tuesday sit eight people who take bids via telephone and the Internet on auction websites. Almost all of the bidding is done long-distance, although Internet buyers have to pay an additional 3 percent commission to the auction website, in addition to the 19.5 percent that the auction house demands. There are several lines of chairs set aside ready for in-person bidders, but no one shows up. Collectors of such items prefer to stay anonymous.
Trading of Nazi relics has become a global trade, with people buying and selling in the United States, Europe, Russia and the Far East. Thousands of Nazi objects are on display every year in auction houses or at militaria fairs in the states. Many buyers see their purchases as investments that will probably hold their value over time because of the horrific, but relatively short-lived, Third Reich.
Panagopulos said, "My clients are not neo-Nazis. They would have neither the intelligence nor the money to buy that kind of material." He says that some of the most active dealers in Third Reich material are Jewish, such as a collector from the Midwest who bought the diaries of Josef Mengele, the physician at the Auschwitz concentration camp, for $300,000 in 2011.
Panagopulos points out that he sells other things. On Day Two of this week's auction, a signed letter from John Hancock from 1776, authorizing a Navy captain to engage an enemy warship, is offered for sale. But all the rest of the historical objects together get only half of the clicks on the auction house's website compared with World War II objects.
For each auction, Panagopulos and his employees put together a glossy catalogue that is accessible online and offers descriptions of every lot, often with narratives that link the material to a prominent Nazi figure. One example from Tuesday's event: "Hermann Goring's gold Reichsjagermeister collar pin. An exquisite historic relic evocative of the flamboyance of Reichsjagermeister and Reichsmarschall Herman Goring, his personal gold Jagermeister, or, 'master of hunt' collar pin and worn by him when he was photographed for the cover of the April 1, 1940 issue of Time magazine."
Sometimes, despite all the marketing, even Third Reich memorabilia does not sell at the targeted price. On Tuesday, a file of papers from Rudolf Hess fetched a bid of $130,000, but it was less than the consigner from Europe expected. (Panagopulos declined to offer specifics.)
Panagopulos says he is a little disappointed but expects to be able to sell the file in a private transaction. He will have to wait and make a few phone calls. "C'est la guerre," he says.


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The purchase will add wetland and recreation area to a regional conservation corridor.
HANSON – Barring any unforeseen difficulties, within the next few weeks the town will bolster its stock of conservation land with the addition of a 115-acre parcel near routes 27 and 14. The Harris Stone property, which is named after the owner who has agreed to sell the land for $125,000, straddles Poor Meadow Brook and will add more protected land to the Taunton River Watershed area at a price state officials labeled "a significant bargain."
It will also be a boon to local residents, Conservation Commission associate member Phil Clemons said. Public parking planned for a West Washington Street entrance will provide access for canoeing, fishing and trails.
"It will be a nice place to pull over on the side of the road to take a break, have a cup of coffee," Clemons said. "A lot of people will be happy with this."
Currently, the town is finalizing its requirements for an $82,880 state grant, Clemons said. Community Preservation Act funding will cover the remaining costs. Town officials approved that appropriation last summer, and town meeting also approved the project.
State Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rick Sullivan announced Hanson's grant in December. It was part of a $1.3 million investments for parks, open space and recreation in six southeast region communities.
"In addition to preserving open space, improving recreational opportunities and protecting the commonwealth's natural resources, these investments will create economic growth across the region," Sullivan said.
The purchase will significantly increase the amount of conservation land in Hanson.
Along with Burrage Pond, a 1,600-acre wildlife area in Hanson and Halifax managed by the state, Hanson has the 100-acre Alton J. Smith Reserve, the 64-acre Webster-Billings Conservation Area and the 57-acre Brian Gaffey Conservation Area, along with several smaller protected parcels.
Clemons said the Conservation Commission will actively manage the new land, formally known as the Poor Meadow Brook Confluence. It will be an effort taken at all of the town's conservation areas, aimed at cleaning up the land, encouraging proper use by residents and clearly marking activities that are not allowed.
"As we move into the future there will probably be a transition from acquiring land to managing it as well as we can," Clemons said. "We're trying to do the right thing by conservation."
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Smyrna Police are going to crack down on speeding drivers and drug use in town with the help of the Quality of Life Unit.
The program, which was previously used in town, started today, Jan. 8.
Police Chief Wil Bordley said the Quality of Life Unit will use three officers — one sergeant and two patrol officers — who will look to improve the quality of life for residents in town.
"The officers will specialize in certain problematic areas," Bordley said. "They will have the ability to focus on a problem while on duty without getting called off for something else."
The Quality of Life Unit is a program previously used in town a few years ago. However, budget cuts and staffing caused the program to be cut.
Councilman Anthony DeFeo, chair of the Public Safety Committee, told Smyrna Town Council in September that the committee was discussing reactivating the program.
"We're having enough issues in our town where I think we need to have this group that's dedicated to sitting on specific issues and not only on patrol. So we can get those areas back under control again," DeFeo said at the time.
Now that the department is back up to full capacity with 23 officers on staff, Bordley said they are able to start the unit back up again.
Some of the areas of concerns the unit will focus on first include speeding on Main Street and West South Street, loitering issues, and areas with drug issues.
"I'm excited about it. It's definitely going to help our town," Bordley said.
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BOULDER -- A 22-year-old Longmont man pleaded guilty on Tuesday morning to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in a March DUI-related crash that left one of his friends dead and another badly injured.
Kevin Winnie, who is out of jail on bond, was also ordered to stop trying to contact the families of the victims. He appeared in court wearing a white shirt and black pants, all of the facial injuries visible in his arrest mugshot apparently healed.
According to the Colorado State Patrol, Winnie was driving a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta west on U.S. Highway 36 on March 9 near Longhorn Road and crossed the centerline. The Jetta struck an oncoming 2013 Audi RS5 head on. Jaryd Tiff, 21, of Longmont was ejected from the Jetta and died. Austin Shanley, 21, of Longmont also was ejected and was hospitalized with critical injuries. No one in the Jetta was wearing a seat belt, patrol reported.
Winnie was intoxicated and pushed the car to speeds in excess of 100 mph, according to prosecutor Karen Peters.
The driver of the Audi, 37-year-old Jose Pacheco of Deming, N.M., suffered minor injuries, the patrol reported.
Winnie was charged with DUI-related vehicular homicide, vehicular homicide due to reckless driving, DUI-related vehicular assault, vehicular assault due to reckless driving, DUI, DUI per se and reckless driving. He pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault. Sentencing will be left up to the judge. Boulder District Judge Thomas Mulvahill ordered that Winnie be screened for eligibility for intensively supervised probation and community corrections as potential sentence options. Prison time is also possible.
Peters asked Mulvahill to order Winnie to stop attempting any contact with the victims' families because it is upsetting them. Winnie, Tiff and Shanley were friends prior to the wreck.
Peters said Shanley has just started walking again.
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Residents were able to turn on the taps after 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, and drink to their satisfaction as the the Cedar Key Water & Sewer District was given approval from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to allow human consumption of the District's water supply.
According to the District's website the new reverse osmosis units are manually on-line and in the past week the final commissioning, training, testing and final adjusting of the equipment has been taking place.
While the water is safe to drink, the full impact of the new units will not be felt until the latter part of this week. By then, there should be a noticeable improvement in the quality of the water.
The District thanked everyone for their patience throughout this emergency. Since the water supply is now safe to drink, dispensing bottled water at the District Office will discontinue.
The District announced on June 18 that saltwater intrusion into the community's three water wells had rendered it unfit for human consumption by the island community's 800 residents.
There have been distributions of bottled water and several water buffaloes were placed around the town for residents to use in filling bottles.
The District staff first became aware of the problem on May 28 when it started getting irregular readings on the chloride levels in its water testing. The staff had the equipment re-calibrated and tests run before coming to the conclusion that the drought and dropping groundwater levels has allowed saltwater to seep into the water supply. The result was water that had three times the normal level of chlorides.
The District approved spending to purchase the two reverse osmosis units, an insulated trailer to house the units, and the equipment and chemicals to restore the water supply.
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