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Skin Care Secrets from a Celebrity Facialist
It's no surprise that esthetician to the stars Olga Lorencin-Northrup has a flawless complexion, so naturally we wanted to find out her skin care secrets. Here's a look inside her personal stash of skin care products
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Love the Vitamin C serum and the rest of the items. Taking strong oral doses of Vitamin C (it is virtually non-toxic and any excess is excreted naturally) makes a huge difference in skin.
by GigiSD Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 11:48AM Report as inappropriate
Sounds great.. Umh..and pricey :D
by richamor Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 11:45AM Report as inappropriate
Very nice variety of products in this article. Minus the Dr. Denis Gross face peel, which has a hefty dosage of alcohol. Which causes free-radical damage, irritation, dryness, and hurts the skins ability to heal. Otherwise, good list.
by hiddenexpose Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 01:27PM Report as inappropriate
I liked this article a lot I\'ve been looking for a good chemical peel so I\'m excited to try theese out
by Kbhaber Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 08:03AM Report as inappropriate
that sounds great
by LittleBunny Monday, January 7, 2013 at 11:56AM Report as inappropriate
Nice article
by EricaC123 Friday, December 28, 2012 at 04:47PM Report as inappropriate
I'm 58 years old and the best skin product I have ever used is Dr. Dennis Gross' Extra Strength Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel, which she recommends. This product will produce astounding results with the FIRST use. It is my desert island product!!
by festivelady826 Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 12:16PM Report as inappropriate
The featured foundation is phenomenal!
by robyne00 Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 07:32AM Report as inappropriate
Great Article, I love Skincueticals, but a cheaper and just as good QUality is Mad Hippie's Vitamin C..it has ferulic in it as well and a very nice texture. You can get it on amazon or OPENSKY mall with a joining credit and it comes out to $20 each or amazon is $27 as opposed to the $145 1 oz CE skincueticals or amazon travel sizes of 6 which combine to add up to 1 oz and stay fresh long because they are less exposed to air.
by Lani702 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 03:23PM Report as inappropriate
Agree with her recommendation on SkinCeutical's C E Ferulic - but she forget to mention SkinCeutical's Phloretin CF, another antioxidant, that works real well for skin that tends to be on the normal to oily side and for those with hyper pigmentation. I'm an esthetician and just love these products. I use them and my skin has been transformed! Save your home instead of going out to a club or that shopping spree, your skin deserves it. You get what you pay for in this case =)
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The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race's last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the...
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The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race's last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.
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''Sorry if my snoring bothered you.''
Those are not the first words I'd expect out of the mouth of someone who got up on a Friday morning to catch the 10:30 AM screening of a new movie, but that is more or less what the fellow who'd been sitting behind me said as I passed him on my way out. I'd heard him snoring over the constant rat-a-tat-tat of bullets and butt-kicking being doled out by Milla Jovovich et al in this latest iteration of the never-ending Resident Evil series (this time in IMAX 3D), but I figured maybe I was hearing things. Nope, he was asleep.
I used to play Resident Evil on my ancient PlayStation when it first came out. It scared the crap out of me. I enjoyed the first two movies — hey, they included the skinless zombie dogs! — but I lost interest soon after that. How many times can you make the zombie apocalypse exciting? How many different skintight outfits can Jovovich wear while killing grotesque creatures who shoot evil grasping tentacles out of their mouths? Why should we care about all the blood and guts when we know the people we're supposed to be emotionally invested in will never die? We don't.
Try as he might, there are only so many ways for writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson to give the Resident Evil series fresh new layers for each new movie. The Umbrella Corporation is the big bad. They were playing with biological weapons, and somehow there was an accident that let one of the viruses loose... and boom, you've got a zombie apocalypse on your hands. Our heroine is Alice, played by Milla Jovovich, and there is a rotating cast of characters who help her fight the good fight against the hordes of brain-eaters and whatever is left of the Umbrella Corporation that's now after her. There are some parallels to the video game series, but Paul W.S. Anderson (a gamer himself) has taken lots of liberties with the basic plot over the years. While Anderson's flashy style is especially suited to these types of movies, there's not enough plot to make it work.
We don't go to video game movies for plot, of course, but there has to be something to hold onto; otherwise, why would we care if our protagonist were in danger? Anderson tries some neat tricks to snap us back to attention, like bringing back characters that were killed in previous movies and throwing in a cloning subplot that calls into question some of the characters' true identities, but it's still hard to get worked up about anything onscreen. However, it ultimately sidesteps any deeper ideas that might take our attention away from all the guns. And there are so many guns and explosions and elegant butt-kickings doled out by Milla and her pals (or former pals, in the case of Michelle Rodriguez's character Rain) that they blend together.
It is especially difficult to work up any interest in the story because it's a franchise, and no matter how many times the stars or director might say they're not that interested in doing another, everyone is just waiting to see how much money this will make before deciding to go forward. There is no question how franchise movies will end; there will be no derring-do on the part of the writer or director to actually kill off a beloved character permanently. At one point, it seemed like Anderson was going to pull the old ''And then she woke up!'' trick, which would have been bold both because it's such a hackneyed idea that it would make writing professors' heads explode all over the world, but also because it would have required Anderson to play in a different universe and expand his repertoire a bit. Alas, like Alice and Anderson himself, we just can't seem to escape this rabbit hole.
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Last year, the number of Lafourche Parish Public Library System visits, items circulated and people attending programs all increased.
Last year, the number of Lafourche Parish Public Library System visits, items circulated and people attending programs all increased, a good indication, library officials said, that more residents are taking advantage of their local library and its wealth of resources.
Library users made nearly 324,000 visits to Lafourche Parish's nine branches in 2012, up more than 19 percent from the Library System's 2011 total. More than 388,000 items were loaned out last year, everything from books, magazines, DVDs, eBooks and laptop computers — besting 2011's numbers.
This year looks to be better, officials say, as the Library System is offering additional services and programs to residents. In early February, the Library System unveiled Freegal Music Service, a program that allows those with a library card to download free music ranging from hip-hop and country to pop, classical and more.
You'll find some of today's most popular artists and lots of favorites from years past.
Cardholders can download three free songs each week from the Library System's website at www.lafourche.org. Look for the Freegal Music icon to get started.
All you'll need is your library card number and a PIN number. Drop by your local Lafourche Parish library to establish a PIN, and call your local branch for help using Freegal, if you need it.
More people — young and old — are attending library programs, with library program attendance topping 111,000 in 2012. From story hour and social media classes to eBooks and exercise programs, the Library System has something for everyone.
Library System staff members work hard to bring new and exciting programs to the library, and library officials said the system is doing more with grant funding than ever before. Staff members are excited about a number of grant awards the Library System has received in the past few months.
Recently, the Library System was named an American Dream Library by the American Library Association.
A literacy initiative for adult English-language learners — the American Dream Starts @ Your Library grant — is a national grant funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. It provides money for libraries to add or expand literacy services in their communities. The Library System was one of 44 libraries to receive the grant out of the hundreds that applied.
The South Lafourche Library — 16241 E. Main St., Cut Off — applied for and received a $7,746 American Dream grant to pay for free English as a Second Language classes this year at the South Lafourche Library; Golden Meadow Library, 1403 N. Bayou Drive; and Larose Library, 305 E. 5th St.
The classes are tentatively set to begin in April. Those interested in attending should call Nadia, who speaks Spanish, at 632-7140.
Residents can learn about our nation's past and other cultures through grant programs from the Thibodaux and Lockport libraries and other grant programs.
The Thibodaux and Lockport libraries received a Civil War 150 grant through the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of America and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
The program features an interactive display at the Lockport Library, 720 Crescent Ave., about the Civil War, as well as lectures, book discussions, musical performances, craft activities and more at both branches.
Be on the lookout also for new books exploring Islamic culture.
The Thibodaux Library recently won a Muslim Journeys Bookshelf grant.
The bookshelf, which contains more than two dozen books, will hit the shelves at the Thibodaux Library, 705 W. 5th St.; Lockport and South Lafourche libraries.
For information on what your library has to offer you, call your local library branch or visit www.lafourche.org.
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Your Hunger Games Name
Love the Hunger Games? Can't wait to see the movie? Or, can't wait to see the movie AGAIN? Figure out your Hunger Games name and represent your district with pride! On a related survival note, here are the results of the poll which asked what you would choose if you were stuck on a desert island:
19% - Sunglasses/magazine. I'll just relax while I wait
14% - A rubik's cube/Sodoku puzzles. I get bored.
14% - Water. Duh.
38% - My BFF. I'd just get so lonely... :(
14% - A hunting knife. Seagulls better watch out.
Vote on the new poll and may the odds be ever in your favor.
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XCOM publisher 2K Games has confirmed that 2K Australia studio head Martin Slater has resigned from the company, fueling rumors that his departure had something to do with changes to XCOM. Earlier this month, a supererogatory tweet spilled word of Slater's departure, with another tweet later claiming there had been "some big changes since it [XCOM] was announced."
A 2K spokesperson confirmed Slater's departure to Joystiq:
Over the course of a project, development teams do change and evolve from time-to-time. While we can confirm that Martin Slater is no longer with the studio, there have been no changes to the way in which XCOM is being developed. The project continues to involve strong collaboration between our California and Australia locations and continues to be led by creative director Jonathan Pelling, a longstanding member of the talented team that worked on BioShock, BioShock 2, Freedom Force and Tribes.
The statement claims changes haven't been made to the process, but doesn't necessarily deny that changes were the impetus for Slater's absence.
XCOM's re-imagining as a first-person shooter was surprising, as was the revelation that it was coming from multiple studios. We'll have to see for ourselves if the game has undergone significant changes when it's shown publicly.


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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Blue Devils Ester Goldfeld and Mary Clayton led the third-ranked Duke women's tennis team as it downed No. 15 Baylor, 4-1, on Friday in the first round of the ITA National Indoor Championship hosted by the University of Virginia at the Boar's Head Sports Club. With the win, the Blue Devils advance to play No. 14 Northwestern in the quarterfinals of the tournament Saturday at 12 p.m.
In doubles action, junior Marianne Jodoin and sophomore Annie Mulholland broke serve twice to open their match against Alex Leatu and Victoria Kisialeva, before cruising to an 8-4 victory in the No. 2 position. On court one, senior Mary Clayton and sophomore Ester Goldfeld dropped serve twice and found themselves at a 4-1 deficit against Emma Burgic and Kiah Generette. Despite the slow start, the Blue Devil tandem battled back, winning seven consecutive games to claim the match, 8-4, and clinch the doubles point for Duke. Sophomore Monica Turewicz and junior Hanna Mar held a 6-5 edge over Megan Horter and Jordaan Sanford when Goldfeld and Clayton clinched the point.
"I think [Mary Clayton and Ester Goldfeld] got off to a little bit of a slow start emotionally, but did a great job of coming back," said head coach Jamie Ashworth. "They really cleaned up their game after being down 4-1, and stopped giving away free points. They played with a lot of emotion, and it was really great to see."
With the wins, the Blue Devils have now clinched the doubles point in five consecutive matches and now own a perfect 11-0 tally in doubles play this season.
Clayton and Goldfeld carried the momentum from their doubles match, and both jumped out to early 3-0 leads in the singles matches in the second and third positions respectively. Goldfeld, ranked No. 40 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) polls, continued her solid play to roll, 6-1, 6-1, over Sanford, while No. 53 Clayton dispatched Horter, 6-2, 6-2, to give the Blue Devils a 3-0 lead.
On court one, 10th-ranked Mar dropped the first set, 6-1, to No. 16 Burgic, and found herself down 4-1 in the second before mounting a comeback to bring the set back to even at 4-4. Mar provided an emotional lift to the Blue Devils by battling her way back into the match, but dropped a hard-fought match to Burgic, 6-1, 6-4.
In the sixth position, Jodoin outlasted Leatu, 6-4, in the first set, before breaking serve to jump out to a 3-1 lead in the second set. After withstanding a brief comeback from Leatu, Jodoin was able to win the next two games to clinch the match for Duke with a 6-4, 6-3 victory. When the match was clinched, Mulholland held a 7-5, 3-0 edge over Kisialeva and Turewciz tallied a 7-5, 3-3 lead over Generette.
The Blue Devils take to the court again Saturday at 12 p.m. in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Indoor Championship against No. 14 Northwestern. The match with the Wildcats will be a rematch of a Feb. 3 meeting between the two teams in which the No. 3 Blue Devils swept Northwestern, 4-0, in Evanston, Ill.
"It is never easy playing a good team like that twice in one week," Ashworth said. "But we have already talked about not overlooking anyone that we play. To be successful tomorrow, we really need to clean up our service game. I think we are giving away some easy points, and we have got to do a better job of that. We need to play to our strengths and not worry about our opponent. When we play to our strengths, we are as good as anyone in the country."
Baylor vs. Duke
Feb 08, 2013 at Charlottesville, VA
(Boar's Head Sports Club)
Duke 4, Baylor 1
1. #16 Emma Burgic (BU) def. #10 Hanna Mar (DUKE) 6-1, 6-4
2. #53 Mary Clayton (DUKE) def. Megan Horter (BU) 6-2, 6-2
3. #40 Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) def. Jordaan Sanford (BU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Annie Mulholland (DUKE) vs. Victoria Kisialeva (BU) 7-5, 3-0, unfinished
5. Monica Turewicz (DUKE) vs. Kiah Generette (BU) 7-5, 3-3, unfinished
6. #63 Marianne Jodoin (DUKE) def. Alex Leatu (BU) 6-4, 6-3
1. Mary Clayton/Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) def. Emma Burgic/Kiah Generette (BU) 8-4
2. Marianne Jodoin/Annie Mulholland (DUKE) def. Alex Leatu/Victoria Kisialeva (BU) 8-4
3. Monica Turewicz/Hanna Mar (DUKE) def. Megan Horter/Jordaan Sanford (BU) 6-5
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3,2,1,6)


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NEW YORK – Columbia men's swimming and diving head coach Jim Bolster has announced the addition of seven standouts for the class of 2017.
"The class of 2017 should be significant additions to our program," said Bolster. "We have kids coming from Florida, Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland and New Jersey. They all will make an immediate impact, add some front-line strength and bring plenty of depth to our freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley events."
"In particular, Nikita Bondarenko, Jack Foster and Terry Li will bolster our middle distance and distance free corps. Li, Drew May and Julian Radice will provide immediate support for our butterfly ranks while James Delgado, Thomas Norman, Foster and Radice will be key contributors to our I.M. contingent. Norman is also an excellent backstroker and Delgado an excellent middle distance freestyler and breaststroker. It is hard not to get excited about how much talent the class of 2017 has and how much they can add to our drive for success in 2013-14."
Nikita Bondarenko • Freestyle/IM • River Forest, Ill. (Oak Park and River Forest)
A four-year letterwinner from River Forest, Ill., Bondarenko joins the Lions in the fall of 2013 following a decorated high school career at Oak Park and River Forest High School. As a senior, Bondarenko became the 2013 Illinois Senior State Champion in both the 500 and 1650 free, landing a spot on the 2013 High School All-American Swim Team. He set school records in both the 200 and 500 free and the Town and Country District Championships record in the 500 free. A seven-time IHSA Boys Sectional Champion and three-time West Suburban Conference Champion, Bondarenko was also named a 2012 Boys Scholastic All-American and a two-time ISA All-State pick in 2012-13. Academically, Bondarenko was a PSAT/NMSQT Commended Student, the 2012 Wendy's High School Heisman School Winner and the 2012 Prairie State Achievement recipient.
James Delgado • Freestyle/IM/Breaststroke • Cincinnati, Ohio (St. Xavier)
Delgado will join the Lions in 2013 following a decorated career at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. A three-time All-American and five-time state finalist, Delgado helped lead the Aquabombers to four consecutive state championships. He was also a two-time Scholastic All-American and member of the National Honor Society.
Jack Foster • Freestyle/IM • Silver Spring, Md. (Montgomery Blair)
Foster lettered all four years for the Blazers of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md. A two-time captain, his leadership guided the Blazers to a second-place finish in the High School State Championships during his senior season. Foster peaked during his final year, earning All-America status (200 IM), first team All-County and second team All-Met. He was a double State Public School Champion (100 back and 200 IM) and placed 12th at the Junior Nationals (400 IM and 1000 free). Foster saw success in the classroom as well, making honor roll all four years as an AP Scholar with Distinction and a National Merit Semifinalist.
Terry Li • Freestyle/Butterfly • Demarest, N.J. (Northern Valley Demarest)
A four-year scholar athlete graduating Cum Laude, Li earned four letters in swimming and one in track for the Norseman at Northern Valley Demarest in Demarest, N.J. As a swimmer, Li earned a plethora of honors, including All-American status, first team All-State, New Jersey Swimmer of the Year and Demarest Athlete of the Year. He was a state champion in the 200 free his senior season and qualified for the U.S. Open in three different events.
Drew May • Butterfly/Freestyle • Glen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville)
Hailing from Glen Carbon, Ill., May was a standout in both the pool and the classroom at Edwardsville High School. As a four-year letterwinner in swimming, May was a Scholastic All-American in 2012-13 and graduated in the top-five percent of his class. He was also a member of the year-round Edwardsville Breakers USA swim team, where he set records in the 50 and 200 free and the 100 and 200 fly.
Thomas Norman • IM • Houston, Texas (Mirabeau B. Lamar)
Norman will join the Lions this fall from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in Houston, Texas. A four-year letterwinner, Norman captained his senior year as he swam his way to a state bronze medal, earning All-America status in the 100 backstroke. He was a three-time All-State selection in both the 100 back and 200 IM, and holds the school records in the 100 back, 200 IM, medley relay and 400 free relay. In the classroom, Norman earned an International Baccalaureate Diploma and was named a NISCA Academic All-American his senior year. He was also a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American for three consecutive years in addition to earning membership in the National Honor Society.
Julian Radice • IM/Freestyle/Fly • Miami, Fla. (Immaculata-La Salle)
Radice, a Miami, Fla. native, will look to make a splash for the Lions during the 2013-14 season. A swimming and academic standout at Immaculata-La Salle High School, Radice was a four-time captain and Swimmer of the Year selection. He dominated in the 200 IM, placing in the top-ten as a state finalist for three consecutive years, including a silver medal finish as a senior to earn his first automatic All-America honors. Radice was a Miami Herald All-Dade Swimming first team selection in the 500 free from 2011-12 and a first team pick in the 200 IM in 2011, while qualifying for the U.S. Junior Nationals each year. Finishing in the top-15 percent of his class academically, Radice was a member of the National Honor Society, the National Science and Math Honor Societies in addition to winning Scholar-Athlete of the Year at Immaculata-La Salle High School.


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Bulldogs win Milk Jug for 2nd straight year with 62-40 win
For the second consecutive year, the Battle of the Milk Jug went to the Adrian College men's basketball team as it defeated crosstown rival Siena Heights University 62-40 on Tuesday night.
It marks the first time since the 2003 and 2004 seasons that the Bulldogs (3-0) have taken home the Milk Jug in back-to-back seasons. It also puts the series at 26-8 in favor of the Saints (1-4) since the Milk Jug traditional began.
"I feel good about it," said Adrian coach Mark White. "It was a big win for us. The boys have been working hard this season. They're bringing in the right attitude toward developing our identity and a family atmosphere. They're buying in to what I'm telling them, and we keep finding ways to win."
The Bulldogs' win was anything but pretty. Both team struggled for much of the night on offense, often going several minutes without either team scoring a point. Instead the game became a defensive battle and the Bulldogs, who pride themselves on their defense, prevailed.
"We run a team-oriented offense, and our foundation is our defense," said White. "To be able to hold a team, a big rival like Siena Heights to 40 points is a big achievement for us. Tonight our defense was our star player."
Adrian's defense certainly was lights out, holding the Saints to just 25 percent shooting from the field.
"I have to give a lot of credit to Mark and his guys," said Siena Heights first-year coach Joe Pechota. "They played hard and set the tone early. When done in games with this level emotion that can be huge."
About 10 minutes into the first half, the Bulldogs began to pull away from Siena, taking a 14-5 lead. The Saints rallied and came back strong, scoring seven unanswered points to make it 14-12. Adrian would have none of it though as the Bulldogs quickly rebuilt their lead and push it to a 27-20 at the end of half.
The Bulldogs bullied the Saints on the glass, outrebounding them 53-34, including 19 offensive rebounds. Those rebounds attributed to 14 points for Adrian, a big factor in the Bulldogs' win.
"That's how we play," White said with a wide smile after the game. "We crash the boards hard. We haven't shot over 40 percent yet this season, so we play like every shot is going to be a miss. The kids are out there working hard and getting those loose balls. We're hoping that we won't have so many offensive boards next game, because we'll start making our shots."
Things didn't improve for the Saints as the second half began. The Saints defense struggled to box out Adrian for much of the half and allowed them to control the paint. Adrian finished with 27 points from the paint during the game.
"Adrian's best offense was their second-chance boards," said Pechota. "As a defense, I thought we played really well. We did hold Adrian to just 62 points. Adrian's offensive rebounds show a toughness and that they pursue the ball. We didn't do that tonight."
To make things even worse for the Saints, Adrian College's Cody Barnes began to catch fire in the second half.
Barnes, who led all scorers with 21 points, scored seven consecutive points for the Bulldogs and put the game out of reach for Siena Heights.
"It was a real big win for us," said Barnes, a senior. "We started slow. We have a lot of freshmen, and new people who aren't used to this rivalry. We got better as the game went on. We really relied on our defense. That's what we want to be know for."
Barnes was also excited to keep the Milk Jug at Adrian College.
"That makes me 2-2 against Siena," said Barnes. "The gave us some whoopings early on, but we're doing good now. It's all or nothing in these games."
After Barnes' sudden burst of points, the Bulldogs had a 50-30 lead and the game was all but over. The teams traded points over the next 10 minutes, each one a struggle to achieve, until the final horn sounded, giving the game to the Bulldogs.
"Tonight's game was like a 12-round fight," said Pechota. "When you come out and swing for the head and miss, you're going to be in for a long night."
Eric Lewis finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks and a steal for Adrian while Adam Meier had 11 points and nine rebounds. Rickey Jackson also added seven points and five rebounds for the Bulldogs.
Cecil Clark finished as the top scorer for the Saints with 12 points and five rebounds. Jamison Webster (Madison High School) had six points and two steals while Cody Johnson had five points and two rebounds. Vince Schantz added three points and seven rebounds for the Saints.


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Labor historian John W. Bennett has researched the history of the labor movement since his days as an undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts (Class of 1952). A born collector, he began accumulating memorabilia associated with unions, drawn to their potential as a visual record of labor iconography and self-representation.
Extending back to the 1880s, the Bennett Collection includes examples from around the country, but with a particularly strong representation of New England unions between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s.
- Labor unions--Massachusetts
- Bennett, John W
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The Ionia County Intermediate School District is one of almost 60 ISDs in the state that are reaching their 50-year mark.
ISDs were established in Michigan in 1962, and since have been providing special education, providing funding for technology, offering vocational and technical programs, providing administrative services, offering teacher training sessions, helping to reduce costs for school services, making sure schools receive state aid payments and taking charge of the Great Start Readiness Programs and more.
Ionia County Intermediate School District Superintendent Robert Kjolhede said although ISDs offer a variety of services, no two are exactly alike.
"Every ISD is unique," said Kjolhede, who has been the superintendent for six years. "Our primary goal is to offer as many services as possible at the lowest cost possible."
The ICISD supports more than 11,000 students and 300 educators and support staff in two charter schools, six non-public schools and nine public schools. It also collaborates with Montcalm County ISD, the Ionia Michigan Works! Service Center and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, and offers career and technical education programs at Heartlands Institute of Technology, as well as service learning opportunities, general and special education. It also helps support the Montcalm Ionia College Access Network, Freedom Acres School, Alternative to Alternative Education, Autism Spectrum Disorders Program, Ionia County Great Start Collaborative and Transition Services including the Independent Living Center and Stepping Forward.
Kjolhede said members of the ICISD have an invested interest in bringing businesses, jobs and people to Ionia County, and places economic development as a great importance. More businesses mean more jobs, which brings in additional members of the community, which brings in more students and additional funding for the schools, which means more services for those students.
"Our job is to prepare kids for the workforce," he added. "It's to help them reach their full potential."
In addition, Kjolhede said the ICISD also acts as a liaison between the school districts and the Michigan Department of Education or Federal Department of Education.
If ISDs did not exist, he said services would be difficult to be delivered the same way as they are now due to the amount of responsibilities districts already undertake.
"There would be a lot of redundancy and it would be hard to create efficiency," Kjolhede added.
As for the upcoming years, ISD futures depend on state legislation and legislators, who he said would like to see ISDs consolidate into larger, regional ISDs. However, Kjolhede said he is not sure that outlook would be for the better.
"Bigger isn't always better in school (districts)," he said. "I would say we have the right size - Ionia as the biggest and no smaller than, perhaps, Saranac."
In the meantime, Kjolhede said the ICISD's focus is to keep providing services that will benefit all students and help support the county's teachers, administrations, parents and school boards.
For more information, visit www.ionicountyisd.org.
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The Ionia County Intermediate School District is one of almost 60 ISDs in the state that are reaching their 50-year mark.


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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – Bailey Graeper hammered on a piece of metal that glowed, molding the hot metal into something new as the crowd watched.
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – Bailey Graeper hammered on a piece of metal that glowed, molding the hot metal into something new as the crowd watched.
Graeper, 16, picked up the blacksmithing hobby when he was 12 after watching a demonstration at the Biltmore Estate. Graeper and his father, John, were one of many people manning booths at Historic Johnson Farm's annual Spring Festival in Hendersonville Saturday.
Graeper watched that Biltmore demonstration for hours, he said as he hammered away at his iron in front of kids about his age.
For him, it's "just about making simple stuff." The piece he was working on was going to be a steak turner. He had a table full of snakes and other iron items.
The festival was filled with unique booths demonstrating skills that were essential to farm life in the 1800s and selling items such as baskets, hand-carved farm equipment, quilts, rugs and antique tools.
Visitors could pet animals, ride in a wagon pulled by horses, get balloon animals, watch a sheep being sheered, browse homemade baked goods and see Graeper show off an important job from a bygone era.
"That's why we're here," Emily Ingram said.
Ingram, a teacher at Etowah Elementary, came out with her 3-year-old daughter, Lucy on Saturday. Lucy inched closer to the farm's donkeys and reached out her hand, then looked back her mom and shied away. The next stop was going to be the popcorn vendor.
It was their first time at the spring event and Lucy was soaking in the atmosphere of what she called, "the barnyard."
The event was definitely a hit with the mom and daughter.
"I knew it would keep her entertained," Ingram said. "She loves it."


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The Dance Faculty of the School of Arts and Communication presents
Directed by Dana Maue
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May 9 – 11, 2013, 7:30 pm
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Makes about 48
Note: This retro childhood treat is made of tinted fondant.
3 cups ice
5 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1/3 cup corn syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt
Orange and yellow food coloring
Put the ice in a large bowl; set aside.
In a large saucepan, combine the sugar and water. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat. Add corn syrup and cook for 5 to 7 minutes. When the mixture reaches 238 degrees on a candy thermometer, pour it into the bowl of an electric mixer; let cool 1 minute. Set the bowl over the ice and let syrup cool about 15 minutes, to 110 degrees.
Using the paddle attachment on the mixer, mix the syrup on medium speed for at least 10 minutes. The syrup will change from a yellowish to a white, sticky liquid that eventually thickens into a paste. Once it does, add the vanilla and salt. Remove the paste from the bowl; knead it a little with your hands.
Refrigerate the fondant for about 20 minutes. Then separate it into three batches. Apply a few drops of orange food coloring to the first batch; knead well to mix. Add yellow food coloring to the second; leave the third white.
Assemble the classic candy corn triangles with a plump ball of orange fondant on the bottom, a smaller ball of white in the center and a small ball of yellow at the top. Dip your finger in water and rub the pieces lightly, then press them together to form the triangle shape. Chill 20 minutes to set.
-- Susie Norris and Susan Heeger, "Hand-Crafted Candy Bars" (Chronicle Books, $24.95, 160 pages)


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"We barely talk, we just kind of look at each other," Dumervil said. "We kind of have our own sign language communication."
Selected this week to the Pro Bowl, Dumervil and Miller rank as the NFL's top tandem for sacks with 28.5. That includes 17.5 sacks by Miller, which ranks third in the league behind Houston's J.J. Watt (20.5) and San Francisco's Aldon Smith (19.5).
Dumervil (5-foot-11, 260 pounds) and Miller (6-3, 237) will be moved around during a game, relative to formations, matchups and calls by defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio. But often they rush the passer from opposite sides.
In the base defense, Dumervil is a right defensive end and lines up against the opponent's offensive left tackle. Dumervil comes on an angle toward the blind side of a right-handed quarterback.
Miller, an outside linebacker, comes from the offensive line's right side in the Broncos' base look. On obvious passing downs such as second-and-long or third-and-long, Miller will move up to the line, and become a stand-up defensive end.
Their pre-snap nod is to acknowledge to the other who might get the better opportunity for a sack on that play. An offense can't triple-team both. There aren't enough bodies.
"Either one of us might get 'trip' (triple-teamed) here and there," Dumervil said.
"Whoever gets the single man, we owe it to each other to beat him. That's a commitment we have to each other. We both have a passion for what we do. And when we get in that zone, it floats the way it floats."
That usually means the quarterback is sunk. Just ask Kansas City quarterback Brady Quinn, who might wish he had his head on a swivel during Sunday's game in Denver.
Quinn was a back-up quarterback for the Broncos when Miller arrived from Texas A&M in 2011 as the No. 2 draft pick. Dumervil, now in his seventh season, already ranked among the league's best, but suddenly had a bookend pass rusher to match his tenacity.
"Anytime you have two prolific guys off the end like that, they're going to be able to play off one another," Quinn said this week via a teleconference. "Those guys are going to be amped up. They're going to challenge each other and compete with one another as far as who has so many sacks and all that."
Now, Dumervil and Miller wouldn't make it a contest between the two, would they?
"People say Elvis helps me by being out there, but he takes away some of my sacks," Miller said, chuckling.
Miller said he learns something in about every game from Dumervil. With 1½ sacks last Sunday against Cleveland, Miller broke the franchise record for single-season sacks held by Dumervil (17 in 2009). Dumervil recorded a game-best two sacks against the Browns.
The Broncos top the NFL in sacks with 48.
"As a pass rusher, you kind of go by feel," Miller said. "You see the (offensive) formation. You see if you're going to get triple-teamed. Elvis will stand up on the other end of the line and we'll look at each other. We'll know who has the better chance at getting a sack."


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A man with non-life threatening injuries was airlifted to an area hospital early Sunday morning, after a rollover accident on the Northwest Parkway at the Broomfield/Lafayette exit.
Broomfield police recieved a call reporting the vehicle off the road shortly after 5:30 a.m. The driver, a 20-year-old man from Erie who was alone in a Volvo, said he had been there for about an hour before emergency crews arrived. His injuries were reported as non-life threatening, but because he had been in the car so long after it rolled, he was taken to the hospital by helicopter as a precaution, according to police. His condition was reported as stable when he was transported, according to Broomfield Police Sgt. Rick Kempsell.
Kempsell said the man was returning from Denver International Airport when the crash ocurred. The driver fell asleep at the wheel, Kempsell said.
No citations have been issued and the investigation is ongoing, but Kempsell said it is not uncommon for no citations to be issued in connection to an accident in which a solo driver fell asleep at the wheel.


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Demolition work on the former Daily Camera building in downtown Boulder is scheduled to begin May 12, kicking off a 22-month construction period for PearlWest, a mixed-use development with office, retail, restaurant and theater uses, officials for developer Nichols Partnership said Tuesday.
PearlWest, which spans the buildings at 1048 Pearl St. and 1023 Walnut St., is the largest of several redevelopment projects slated to get under way in downtown Boulder during the next year.
Sean Maher, executive director of Downtown Boulder Inc., said the 160,000-square-foot PearlWest building off 11th and Pearl streets should "re-energize" the entry way to west Pearl.
"The first thing it's going to do is get rid of a major dead space," Maher said, referencing the surface parking lot and brick building set off from Pearl Street. "As you stand on the edge of the (Pearl Street) Mall and look west ... it doesn't invite you to cross the street and keep going."
The Daily Camera newspaper operated at the corner of 11th and Pearl streets for nearly 120 years. The Camera moved its operations to 5450 Western Ave. in early 2011.
Leasing activity is starting to ramp up for PearlWest, which is receiving "tons of interest," said Dan Schuetz, project manager for Denver-based Nichols Partnership.
Only one tenant has been announced so far.
Crestone Capital, a Boulder-based wealth management firm based at 1025 Pearl St., leased a 30,000-square-foot space on PearlWest's fourth floor, Schuetz said.
Schuetz said more tenant announcements will be coming soon.
Considering the PearlWest project's size and scope, construction will not start until after the University of Colorado's graduation and Mother's Day, he said.
"That's a very important (weekend)," Schuetz said. "We're not going to commence any activities until that week is done."
Downtown and city officials already are bracing for what is expected to be a significant amount of concurrent construction projects. In addition to PearlWest, several other infill developments are planned throughout downtown Boulder.
"I don't remember a time when there were this many projects in the pipeline," said Maher, of Downtown Boulder Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes downtown businesses.
Construction activity related to those projects also will be occurring at a critical time of year for the downtown area: tourist season.
Maher and Downtown Boulder officials are expected to meet with city of Boulder staff members this Friday to develop a marketing campaign for the area during construction.
"We're definitely going to do everything in our power to encourage people to come down," Maher said.
That could include posting signs on the information kiosk on the west end of the Pearl Street Mall and having volunteers promoting the area and what's to come, he said.
"I think the pros outweigh the cons in terms of the positive impacts" that could come as a result of the finished projects, he said.
Contact Camera Business Writer Alicia Wallace at 303-473-1332 or email@example.com


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Latest update : 2012-08-03
Eurozone crisis: Not so Super Mario? (Part 2)
Not so super Mario: the head of the European central bank fails to reassure investors worried about the eurozone crisis. Stocks fall and borrowing costs for Spain and Italy rise. This was clearly not the big bazooka markets were waiting for. Laura Baines and her panel discuss what it will take to restore confidence.
- Thierry PHILIPPONAT, Secretary-General, Finance Watch;
- Dany LANG, Economist and Member of "Appalled economists";
- Yanis VAROUFAKIS, Professor of Economics Athens University;
- Raphael DOUADY, Co-Founder and Research Director Riskdata, research director CNRS and member of Club Praxis Think tank;
- Matthew WARREN, France 24 Business Editor.
Watch the first part
Programme prepared and produced by Wassim Nasr, Sara Bertilsson


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Building with Adobe as a Cost-Effective Solution for Home Construction?
Building with adobe is a tradition that dates back millennia. But in Santa Fe, the material has enjoyed a resurgence thanks to growing awareness of adobe's unparalleled cost-effectiveness in home construction. Adobe (or mud brick) homes are hardly a recent innovation, with many of the world's earliest civilizations constructing entire cities out of this easily sourced material. Adobe has always been popular in home construction, especially in Santa Fe—a region renown for its aesthetically Southwest-style architecture.
Part of adobe's popularity stems from the material's low environmental impact. With growing demand for greener, more responsible construction practices, many Santa Fe homebuilders have embraced adobe due to its minimal carbon footprint. After all, the primary inputs are locally sourced sand, clay, straw, and water.
In addition, adobe can help improve the property value of your home, especially when fortified with stucco exteriors and natural materials in a style that has come to define Southwestern architecture.
But aesthetics and environmental considerations aside, adobe's growing popularity can largely be traced to the material's unparalleled cost-effectiveness.
What Does It Cost to Build Your Home with Adobe?
As with any home construction project, the exact costs vary depending on the size, location, and orientation of the house. But standard prices for completed adobe homes are comparable to what you would pay for insulated concrete forms, which typically fall somewhere in between less expensive 2×6 frames and much pricier stone alternatives.
Adobe bricks are usually sourced and produced locally, allowing Santa Fe homebuilders to dramatically reduce transportation costs. In addition, the energy required to fabricate adobe bricks is significantly lower than what is needed for traditional "Eastern" bricks—2,000 Btu compared to 30,000 Btu.
These two factors help explain why adobe remains so popular in much of the developing world—regions where cost is often the sole consideration in new home construction.
But don't let this fool you. Cheaper inputs don't necessarily translate to lower quality. In fact, adobe enjoys a number of advantages over many other building materials, which helps explain why it remains the preferred home construction material of many Santa Fe homebuilders and area residents.
Building with Adobe—Maintenance and Longevity
Adobe is traditionally made using a combination of clay, sand, straw, and in some cases, emulsified asphalt or Portland cement. When properly mixed by a trained Santa Fe homebuilder, adobe's compressive strength allows it to support extremely heavy roof loads in addition to being highly resistant to harsh weather conditions.
That so many adobe homes from the Pre-Columbian era are still standing is a testament to the material's endurance. The contrast is especially stark when you compare Santa Fe's indigenous architecture with the oldest, historic buildings in Boston or Williamsburg, nearly all of which have undergone centuries of successive renovations.
The Energy Saving Benefits of Building with Adobe
Adobe's thermal mass makes it a very energy efficient material. During the colder winter months, the clay and sand compound absorbs energy from the sun, radiating heat throughout. And during the warmer summer months, this same material stores the leftover coolness from the previous night.
Operating on a 12-hour cycle of passive cooling and solar heating, adobe can dramatically reduce a homeowner's reliance on expensive AC units. In a time of volatile fossil fuel prices, the economic benefits of adobe's natural temperature control are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. And as electricity prices continue to rise over time, the energy savings you enjoy will rise proportionately.
Is Adobe the Right Material for Your Climate?
It's worth noting that adobe is not ideal in all environments. But in regions like Santa Fe, the material's numerous benefits become amplified. The Southwest has easy access to low cost inputs, helping to make construction affordable. And with its hot, arid climate, Santa Fe is ideally positioned to harness the energy saving advantages that adobe provides. If you're working with clients wanting a new or remodeled home, adobe can offer environmental, aesthetic, and cost benefits.
Austin Brentley is a born and bred Washingtonian who has spent the last 9 years traveling the globe. Through his adventures, he has witnessed both the indescribable destruction of the planet as well as the growing international grassroots movement poised to halt climate change and restore Mother Earth to a gentler, greener time. Having recently completed his MBA studies at the University of Nottingham, Brentley is anxious to lend a hand to sustainable initiatives, applying his business training and experiences towards the rapid deployment of solar energy and other renewable technologies.
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LONGMONT -- Supporters of the new Colorado law that allows state residents to get in-state college and university tuition rates, even if they're here without legal permission, gathered here Thursday to celebrate the opportunities they say that ASSET bill will provide.
The Longmont event, at the 321 Main St. drop-in center for students enrolled in the GOAL Academy, a Colorado online charter high school, featured three area lawmakers who voted for the measure that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law in April: Sen. Matt Jones, D-Louisville, Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, and Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette.
Bedecked in a symbolic cap and gown was Victor Galvan, a 22-year-old Longmont resident who said his parents brought him to this country when he was 8 months old and who said he's someone who stands to benefit from the in-state tuition opportunity.
"This has been a huge fight for me since I was in high school," said Galvan, a 2009 graduate of Denver's North High School who said he paid $11,000 in out-of-state tuition charges last year for two semesters at the Community College of Denver.
Galvan, currently a part-time student at Metropolitan State University of Denver, said that with financial aid and in-state tuition, his college expenses to be a full-time student in the coming academic year might total a more affordable $3,000 to $4,000.
The new law grants in-state tuition for Colorado high school graduate regardless of their immigration status. To qualify, students must sign an affidavit saying they're seeking or will seek legal status in the United States.
The ASSET bill -- short for Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow -- "really sends a message to kids and families across the state that they've got a fighting chance to make a future for themselves and their families," Singer said.
Jones said the in-state tuition rate gives qualified students "a chance to go to college who have worked hard and applied themselves and have taken responsibility for their behavior."
Said Jesus Altamirano, a Denver-based regional field coordinator for the National Council of La Raza: "This will benefit Colorado because Coloradans can continue to fulfill their dreams."
The Longmont event was one of four Thursday celebrations of the ASSET bill and part of an effort to distribute information to eligible students. Others were scheduled for Aurora, Colorado Springs and Westminster.
Sponsors of the events, in addition to La Raza and the GOAL Academy, included the Scholars to Leaders Academy, Together Colorado and the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. Staff and board members from El Comite also were present at the Longmont celebration.
John Fryar can be reached at 303-684-5211 or email@example.com.


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TUSCALOOSA | A longtime Tuscaloosa business is planning to re-establish its Alberta base by converting a former church to office space. The headquarters of Jack Marshall Foods Inc., which manages and operates 23 KFC restaurants in four Southern states, was located near the intersection of 25th Avenue and University Boulevard until the tornado on April 27, 2011.
TUSCALOOSA | A longtime Tuscaloosa business is planning to re-establish its Alberta base by converting a former church to office space.
The headquarters of Jack Marshall Foods Inc., which manages and operates 23 KFC restaurants in four Southern states, was located near the intersection of 25th Avenue and University Boulevard until the tornado on April 27, 2011.
That storm destroyed the company's offices and its flagship restaurant. Actor Charlie Sheen walked through the latter on his tour of the storm-torn city in May 2011.
Randal Crowell, director of human resources for Jack Marshall Foods, said the company had intended to return to its previous location, but instead sold the tract to City Hall to accommodate the realignment of 25th and 26th avenues and the proposed public safety complex to the east.
Crowell said the company had been eyeing a location on Skyland Boulevard until the former Eastern Hills Baptist Church site at 113 25th Ave. E. became available.
"This would be a perfect place to re-establish our business," Crowell told the Tuscaloosa City Council Tuesday night.
However, the company's return to Alberta hinged on a City Council vote that pitted the city's elected leaders against the city's Planning and Zoning Commission.
In January, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to not recommend the former church site be rezoned from a residential district to one that would allow for office space.
Steven Rumsey, chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission, said the commission voted 5-1 against recommending the rezoning because doing so would constitute spot zoning, thereby placing one zone — BGO, or general
business-office — in an area surrounded by residential zones.
"It's rare for us to recommend a spot zoning," Rumsey said. "We didn't necessarily feel like Jack Marshall Foods would be a bad neighbor. What we were concerned about was putting a different zoning classification enveloped by residential that, in the future, could be something negative for the neighbors."
The council, at the urging of Councilman Bob Lundell and the absent Councilman Kip Tyner, for whom Lundell also spoke, voted unanimously against the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation and cleared the way for Jack Marshall Foods to begin renovating the former church.
Lundell reminded the council that the company had posed no opposition to the city's request to obtain its land.
Additionally, the City Council had voted to in December to award Jack Marshall Foods a no-interest loan of $200,000 to assist in its rebuilding efforts at the former church site.
City officials said the loan may have been rescinded had the rezoning not been approved and also clarified that earlier statements they made that Jack Marshall Foods would be operating a distribution center were incorrect.
Crowell also corrected the mistake in his comments to the City Council, noting that most of the residents who spoke out against the rezoning during the Jan. 23 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission were most concerned about the distribution aspect.
Jack Marshall Foods plans to have offices at the location, and they will be closed before
5 p.m. and not operate on weekends.
"We really want to fit in to the community and we really want to fit into this area," Crowell said.
With the rezoning, Jack Marshall Foods can begin its work to overhaul the existing site in earnest.
Crowell said the company, which has operated in Tuscaloosa for around five decades, plans to keep the existing structure, but intends to replace the roof and completely overhaul the interior.
Barring any unforeseen delays, the company plans to be in its new offices within the next four months.
"We want the people to know that Jack Marshall Foods has been in the Alberta area for 50 years, and we've got a continued interest in the area and we want it to grow and thrive and we want to be a part of it," Crowell said.
Reach Jason Morton at email@example.com or 205-722-0200.


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If you happen to hit Walker Lake in Muskoka on certain weekends, you may just see a floating living room trundling by. Kitted out in cushy furniture, there goes a couch, a pair of chaises longues and a fridge stocked with drinks - if only Gilligan's friends had had a raft like this.
The loot is Andrew Bockner's. He's the purveyor and designer of fine outdoor furniture, Andrew Richard Designs (ARD), in Toronto, whose creations can be found in the city's Hazelton Hotel and Elleven, among other places, as well as international resorts.
"What's special about my lake is you can't have big motorized boats, so we have a 20x30foot motorized dock," Mr. Bockner says over the phone from his west-end showroom. "So we roll around the lake in this barge outfitted in high-end sofas and chairs. The whole family gets in there under the umbrella on the Tranquility bed [a generous lounger made by ADR]." He laughs, "Two years ago, when I was setting up my cottage, my neighbour asked me if I was preparing for a wedding."
To Mr. Bockner, decorating the great outdoors is every bit as important as the indoors - why be in nature if you're cooped up inside?
"Unless it's minus-30 degrees, I honestly spend my entire time at the cottage outdoors," says Mr. Bockner, who often canoes in nearby Algonquin Park.
Two years ago, he bought his 2,200-square-foot woodsy dwelling, where he and his wife, Melissa, and their twoyear-old daughter, Avery, unwind and entertain friends. "The cottage came with a 1,500-sq.-ft. deck, which was a huge selling feature," he notes. He also liked that the land looked like the sticks - there were no fancy pathways or embellishments; rather, the rocky ground was blanketed in crunchy hemlock leaves and moss and gently sloped towards the water.
"We had been renting the cottage for two seasons, and we fell in love with it," Mr. Bockner says. "We felt like it already belonged to us."
Naturally, as a shop owner of fine furniture, his first bit of handiwork was to glam the deck. "I've got six different hanging-out zones," Mr. Bockner boasts. "There's a 20-foot sofa, club chairs, a picnic table, a hammock, a shady nook for reading. I really like userfriendly furnishings and tons of seating options." Sightlines are also key: "Anything looking down at the water is nice."
Mr. Bockner's Muskoka chairs, for instance, always face the lake, with its beatic forest of pines and hemlocks in the distance. The chairs may seem a touch traditional for a trendsetter whose new summer collection includes Tribeca, a white sectional with tangerine pillows. But these Muskoka chairs have been tweaked, he explains. "This is more of a refined version. They have softer, slender arms, and are made of reclaimed teak." (If you are partial to modern shapes, ADR makes a killer boxy lounge chair with teak slats and stainless steel as part of its Silouette line.)
Back on the subject of decks, Mr. Bockner explains that you don't need a large space to create a sanctuary. If quarters are tight, he recommends a communal, deep-seating piece, such as a sectional. This does doubleduty as a place to lounge or eat dinner (and, let's be honest, it provides a fun excuse to scoot closer to your neighbour).
"Sectionals are very versatile," he says. "You can break up the pieces and play with the layout. Cushioned boxes are also great because they're multi-functional. They can be used as an extra bench, console or coffee table."
And feel free to jumble it up for an eclectic look. "You rarely see matched sets in living rooms, so why do it here?" Mr. Bockner asks. "Have fun and create interest. I love putting teak with stainless steel and woven material. It's really prominent in Sofitel and Harrison, two of my collections."
Mr. Bockner points out the renewed interest in colourful outdoor furnishings this year. "I did the large bed on the barge in bright green and white stripes, which is not what I'd normally do. But the outdoors is perfect for showing hot pink, purple and tangerine."
Indeed, Pantone's Tangerine Tango - the it hue for 2012 - seems to be everywhere, on runways and in rooms, and now on fine outdoor furniture. Funny to think there was a time when a flimsy plastic patio set and collapsible chairs with drink holders sufficed.
To this Mr. Bockner responds, "What do you mean used to be? I have a friend who took me to her parents' beautiful cottage on Georgian Bay recently. There were six stacking monoblock chairs on the dock, and nobody knew what to do out there. It just wasn't comfortable," he says. "We ended up indoors in the Muskoka room."


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Gates are to open Monday at Lenawee County's new recycling collection center. But two waste-hauling companies are complaining about how a contract was awarded to service the site.
Everything was in place before Thanksgiving to open the collection site at Race and River streets in Adrian, said county administrator Martin Marshall. It was decided to wait until Monday morning rather than begin on the holiday weekend, when county staff would not be readily available to handle problems, he said.
"Monday morning we'll open the gates and be ready to operate," Marshall said.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for 11 a.m. Dec. 5.
Officials from two companies that lost out in bidding to haul materials from the site are saying the bidding process gave Republic Services an unfair advantage.
The company that owns the Adrian Landfill has a host community contract with Lenawee County that names it as a preferred contractor for waste services. The contract also calls for the landfill to collect a fee of more than $1 per ton on trash that is used to fund the county's solid waste department and its recycling programs. A Republic Services employee sits on a seven-member committee that oversees the solid waste department.
A sub-committee selected Republic Services over three other bidders on Nov. 15 for a contract to haul material from the new recycling center to a processing facility in Ann Arbor.
Modern Waste Systems of Napoleon submitted the lowest bid. And an official from Stevens Disposal claims his company's bid was also lower than Republic's.
"It's a farce," said Phil Duckham, a co-owner of Modern Waste Systems of Napoleon. "We have people down there who have sold their soul, their integrity and their honesty for $1 a ton."
The $1 a ton tipping fee paid to the county is giving Republic Services undue influence, he said.
Modern Waste Systems bid $191 per truck load to haul material to Ann Arbor while Republic Service's bid was $226.
The county had the right to reject his lower bid, Duckham said, but he disputes the reasons given for doing so.
Tim Bell, of Petersburg-based Stevens Disposal, said his company's bid was $1 less per haul than the bid from Republic Services. The bid process was not fair, he said.
"We will go on record to say it's not ethical," Bell said.
"I can't see how anyone can complain the process wasn't fair," said Marshall.
The county selected Republic over Modern Waste because Republic has a maintenance facility nearby to service the recycling center. It also pays taxes and employs people in Lenawee County, he said, which outweighed the $35 per haul in savings offered by Modern Waste.
Stevens Disposal included an $85 monthly rental fee for boxes that would connect to compactors at the collection site. Marshall said Republic Services did not include a rental fee in its bid, making Stevens Disposal a more costly option.
The contract being drawn up with Republic Services is for a flat $226 fee per haul, Marshall said.
If any other charges are included in billings, he said, "they would not be paid, and the county reserves the right to terminate the contract in 30 days."
Solid waste committee chairman Robert Knoblauch said he believes choosing Republic Services over the lower bid from Modern Waste Systems makes sense for the county.
The estimated annual savings of $1,500 to $2,000 a year did not justify rejecting a company that pays taxes here and has a record of satisfactory service with the county, he said.
Knoblauch said the committee wanted to be certain compactor boxes would be replaced within 24 hours after filling up. The fact Republic Services has a facility within a few miles of the collection center was a plus in deciding to chose it to service the recycling center.
Contractors criticize county's bid pick for new recycling center
Gates are to open Monday at Lenawee County's new recycling collection center. But two waste-hauling companies are complaining about how a contract was awarded to service the site.


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NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released its 450-athlete Division I All-Region awards on Monday, Nov. 12 and five Columbia athletes garnered All-Region honors.
From the Columbia men's team, seniors Mark Feigen, Mike Murphy, Leighton Spencer, and junior Jacob Sienko received All-Region honors, tying the Lions with Princeton for the most in the Ivy League. Murphy and Spencer have now garnered All-Region status two times in their Columbia careers, receiving their first honors in 2011.
The Columbia men received their first automatic bid to the NCAA Cross Country National Championships on Friday, Nov. 9 after edging Syracuse for a runner-up finish in the NCAA Northeast Regional. In the men's 10K race, the Lions posted four runners in the top 15. Seinko led the pace the with a seventh place finish.
Senior Erin Gillingham earned All-Region recognition for the Columbia women. This marks the first time Gillingham has received this honor in her career. She led the Lions in the Northeast Regional with a 24th-place finish.


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I made a case for Matt Cassel coming here when we signed him. I do think that there was some unwarranted hate for the man before he had a chance to prove himself. I acknowledge his time here has been anything but easy. I think he seems like a good guy with a good work ethic and I'm sorry things didn't turn out better on both ends of this deal. I hope he makes a full, speedy recovery and lives a long, happy life. That being said, I do not want to see him under center again in a Chiefs uniform.
After watching him play for the last few seasons, I really don't think Matt Cassel should have been on the field to get injured in the first place. His lackluster performance and turnovers aside, the guy has always looked like a deer in the headlights with pass rushers coming down on him. He just doesn't seem quite athletic enough to evade or absorb hits over a prolonged career in the NFL. I haven't been able to help but think that he was going to eventually get killed out there over the last couple of years. I vividly remember when Trent Green tried to take-off for a run in the twilight of his career against the Bengals when he got knocked out. It was horrible and I get that same feeling in my gut that I'm about to see something terrible each time Cassel is about to take a hit.
Speaking of that hit on Green, I also remember watching Damon Huard get us into the playoffs just to get benched in favor of Green so we could watch that train wreck. While Trent Green did a lot for the Chiefs in his time at QB and I agreed with him getting a shot, Damon Huard at least earned a chance that he never got when it was obvious that Green just wasn't what he had been before. This is just another example of this organization's LOOOOOONG history of playing politics rather than football at quarterback.
A prolonged lack of quality on the field has led to disappointment from the fans that has now grown into hostility. We have a divided fan base and an organization that's all at odds with each other-- a perfect storm that culminated into what we saw and heard on Sunday.
I'm not sure those people who cheered when Cassel went down did so because someone got hurt. While I'm not making excuses for the atrocious behavior of a few drunken hecklers I did hear in the audio, I think maybe most who cheered did so because that was the ONLY possible way that we were ever going to get someone else an opportunity under center. Maybe they were cheering for the thinnest ray of hope as there was NO WAY our gutless head coach and GM would have EVER benched the 66 million dollar man. Will Brady Quinn be our savior? Probably not but Chiefs fans have been drowning in a sea of misery for so long that some will see even the thinnest of threads as a lifeline to drag them up from the abyss.
Besides, anybody who has watched this team for the last 20 years and still hasn't become numbed to the point of hardly giving a damn has to be at least marginally insane. So Matt Cassel got hurt and some insane people cheered... It should have been left at that.
Instead, the same Chris Berman that shared a chuckle with Tom Jackson about Robert Griffin III sustaining a concussion Sunday scolds Chiefs fans on Monday night while fabricating a lie on national TV by saying Matt Cassel was "carted off" the field. I distinctly remember these jackwagons showing highlights of players getting leveled by devastating hits while screaming "HE GOT JACKED UP!" a few years back. It's hard to miss the irony here.
Mike Ditka, who made a career out of crushing people on the football field and regularly complains about the wussification of modern football, slammed chiefs fans for being drunken barbarians. Eric Winston, the player who's comments sparked this firestorm, spoke on radio shows a few months ago about how the players should have held out longer for a better CBA because the current one handed too much authoritarian power to Goodell as comissioner. Winston made these statements in response to the heavy-handed punishments and suspensions levied against the Saints by the league for paying bounties to defensive players for injuring opposing team members and knocking them out of games. Howver, in today's news world, facts evidently don't matter when you've got a story on your hands...
Apparently, ESPN has now joined the ranks of FOX, CNN, and MSNBC as completely-spun BS propaganda outlets that serve an agenda. The fact that there is no actual, factual television news reporting left in America-- not even in sports-- is absolutely and undeniably pathetic.
Now, people are all worked-up over an exaggerated story about how inhumane it is to cheer a concussion to a football player. I'd wager most of these people support spreading more "democracy" across the world with bombs and bullets as if hundreds of thousands of deaths aren't enough already. The hypocrisy train rolls on...
So Chiefs fans will be subsequently crucified, torched, and tossed under the bus. Analysts across the country are drooling all over themselves at an opportunity to make KC look like a bunch of redneck barbarians (their disdain for the Chiefs has been obvious through the years).
Meanwhile, nobody is talking about how these guys are 1-4, leading the league in giveaways, and have not had a lead even once during regulation in any game this season.
Nobody is talking about how the Chiefs were the only team to find the end zone in Sunday's game (twice) but the scores were nullified by garbage refs that are no better than the scabs that replaced them while they were striking for more money to throw games on crap calls (this is far from the first time I thought a chunk of the owners in the league may still have an axe to grind from the AFL days). For the record, the Falcons ran that same pick play on us a dozen times or more in week 1 and I watched the Patriots doing the same thing to the Broncos just this past Sunday. Flacco's fumble can go right up there with the "simultaneous possession" fiasco between the Packers and Seahawks a few weeks ago in the BS category.
...but we're not talking about football. We're talking about how "horrible" and "classless" the fans are in KC...
The front office, coaches, and players are probably welcoming the distraction as the people that made all of these dudes rich take the heat. Chiefs fans keep paying for gold and getting dung in return. At a time where these guys SHOULD be taking flak from the fans, they have been turned into martyrs and the fans that have carried them on their backs for so long are now put on the defensive as their integrity is assaulted as a whole. Eric Winston was right about one thing, this whole mess is sickening and stinks to high heaven. It's sad that after 20 years, I doubt I'd give half a damn if Clark Hunt moved this "team" to LA tomorrow...
I really don't think I can stomach watching this franchise ruin Jamaal Charles' career/life by expecting him to run the ball 500 times this season. This guy is a special talent and it will be unforgivable to burn him out in one (losing) season.
I still want to give Romeo a hug. He seems like a really great, nice person. He just doesn't seem to be a very good coach. Running Jamaal Charles into the ground and risking his health/career to isolate your QB from mistakes/criticism is about as poor as game planning gets. Hire a true head coach or defensive coordinator. We have the defensive version of Todd Haley one year after letting him go...
Brian Daboll sucks. We passed on Al Saunders for this guy?! Really?! <facepalm> His offenses couldn't score in Cleveland and Miami and his offense can't score here in KC. Who DIDN'T see this coming?
Scott f'in Pioli is the most overrated trash that has EVER been pawned-off on this franchise. You could combine Todd Blacklidge, Steve Bono, Elvis Grbac, and Matt Cassel and still not be even in the same ballpark of BS hype masking the utter incompetence of this current GM. I really didn't think there was any way in hell it would be possible to do worse than Carl Peterson. I was wrong.
I've been through bad times and the not-so-bad times but now is an all-time low to be a Chiefs fan.
Thanks for all the yards, TDs, and memories, Priest!
Pioli has ruined this organization with his egotistic attitude and just an overall piss-poor job. Hiding from the fans that support his @$$ is bull$h!t. At least Carl Peterson had the nads to have a weekly talk show. Fans at least were able to see him, hear him, and talk Chiefs with him. Screw Scott Pioli.
Scott Pioli has failed Kansas City and Clark would be wise to fire this clown IMMEDIATELY.
Many of the guys who's names get called every week on this team were drafted by Peterson, before Pioli's time:
Jamaal Charles
Tamba Hali
Derrick Johnson
Brandon Flowers
Dwayne Bowe
Thanks for all the yards, TDs, and memories, Priest!
Well, y'all will be disappointed if the current media & other source rumors circulating now are true. Those rumors are, that Clark Hunt has extended Scott Pioli's contract for another 3 years.
Assuming those rumors are true, the only way Scott Pioli will leave KC is if he himself for some reason decides to resign.
I'm far to weary to debate, so will just end with...I'm one of many fans I know of, who are hoping the rumors are true and support Pioli 100%. My reasons I believe are justified. To each their own perspective, but as a resident of KC, season ticket holder, I've witnessed & experienced the improvements to the franchise overall that Pioli has made since arriving in KC 2009. There is more to a GM's role than what spectating fans observe from a distance on the field of play...much more!
"Official Chiefs Crowd / Historian/Correspondent / Ambassador"
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall. The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it." ~Vince Lombardi~
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I 100% agree with this thread. Well thought out and well said. Could not agree more with coaches and GM. Romeo is a great person and great D coordinator and we may lose him now because we gave him to much responsibility. I hope this all works out soon, but regardless we need to draft a franchise qb. Even if we draft a bust (hope this never happens), I would give management respect because at least they would be trying to find a franchise qb, which is more than I can say about them now. We have most if not all the remaining pieces to be contenders, but it is a qb driven league and we have career backups playing the most important position.
I will counter point, that it was Scott Pioli who also retained the roster talent listed above by re-signing them:
Hali, DJ, Flowers, Charles...
Peterson?...have y'all conveniently forgotten all the players of talent he cut or traded and didn't retain, which hurt our team? IE: Neil Smith, Jared Allen, Tony Richardson, Lawrence Tynes
As well, it was under Peterson that Tony G. asked to be traded. The negotiations with Atlanta had begun under Peterson, Pioli only finished them up as Tony requested he do.
Pioli has drafted himself:
Succop, Lewis, Houston, Hudson, McCluster, Baldwin, Berry...all of which have contributed postively to our Chiefs team! The final verdict is still out on Powe, Poe, Arenas, but many men who once played the game and are pro analysts...say they have the potential to be of benefit to our team once given the fair amount of time most at their positions require to evolve.
SI, ESPN, and many other pro analysts sources have said Pioli has built one of the finest, most solid rosters of young talent in the NFL.
Too many fans are currently obsessed with one position only, the QB, and as such, failing to give Pioli credit for all the positive changes he's made to our franchise & team since 2009. He's done more to improve our franchise than Peterson did in his last decade, and he did so within 3 completed seasons. We've not finished our 4th season yet.
It takes an average of 3-5 years for a new GM & team to reach consistent playoff caliber, with 5 being the the magic number for most. Those who have done it in 3 are exceptions.
Browns, poor Browns...year 5 was their magic number, but the fan base chased them away to Baltimore before the 5th year under new management. Such a shame really, that they lost the future Lombardi to the new Baltimore fans due to their impatience at the time.
Atlanta...Dimitroff took over 2008, he's now in his 5th year...look how well they're doing...there's that magic number 5 year, again, hahaha.
"Official Chiefs Crowd / Historian/Correspondent / Ambassador"
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall. The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it." ~Vince Lombardi~
Dimitroff and Pioli are MILES apart in their respective philosophies. Although both came from the Patriot tree, Dimitroff built the Falcons HIS way - not Belichick's way. He went out and drafted himself a franchise QB - he didn't trade for a backup qb from somebody else.
There is a reason coaches (Fisher) and players (Manning) don't want to be here. That reason is Scott Pioli and his pick up that gum wrapper management style.
All we have ever needed was a good HC and a franchse QB to be a great team. Dimitroff has delivered both to Atlanta - Pioli has delivered neither. Pioli has failed and needs to go - NOW.
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[QUOTE=Bike;268271]He went out and drafted himself a franchise QB - he didn't trade for a backup qb from somebody else. /QUOTE]
The difference with that and Pioli's situation is that Atlanta was fortunate enough to have a talented quarterback fall to them at #3.
Here's the 1st round QBs Pioli has passed on that he could have taken without trading up:
Mark Sanchez
Josh Freeman
Tim Tebow
That's it!
The problem behind all of this is that Matt Cassel isn't that good. But we also haven't had a great opportunity to draft a good quarterback.
I can't believe Chiefs fans are calling Scott Pioli "trash", among other foul disrespectful names, yet in the same discussion are bashing media for portraying Chiefs fans as disrespectful?? One can express their frustrations and upset without resorting to foul vulgar name calling.
By the way...I was at the game Sunday, as well were many friends, all sitting in various sections of Arrowhead. The behavior Eric Winston spoke of was observed by all of us to some degree. It depended upon where you were as to what was heard or seen, as fans in upper level don't hear the noise the same as those in lower, & vice versa. No, it wasn't 70,000...but I'd say judging from experiences of those present who heard it...it was about 1/8 of the fans at least. No, it was not confused with cheering for something else. These people were hollering comments of joy that clearly indicated their happiness for Matt's injury.
It was enough that it not only upset Eric, but other Chiefs players also, and some Ravens players who heard it too. A couple of them gave brief public comments saying it was unsettling & appalled them.
Some fans attempt to justify & excuse such repulsive behavior, saying things like...I pay their salaries, I buy tickets, I buy team gear, I can say or do whatever I want because I spend money on them so I have that right! I'm tired of losing, so they deserve to be treated like dirt!
Really? So, our society has failed to a point that it now accepts, excuses, or justifies verbal & emotional abuse of pro athletes? Why, because they make millions? Because as fans we contribute to that salary? Because they don't win enough?
Well, I buy tickets, attend every home game. I buy team gear. It is a free will choice I make to be a Chiefs fan and spend money as a fan. No where on the receipts does it say by buying tickets or team gear, that I have bought the right to verbally abuse the QB, nor any other member of the team. These men are human beings first & foremost, just like you and me, they deserve respect as fellow human beings.
Younger generations are learning behavior set by the example of adults. Monkey see, monkey do. There is no justification nor excuse in verbally abusing another human being for doing nothing wrong other than he isn't good enough by their standards to win.
My role as a fan is to support my team, enjoy myself as fan, which I do in many ways. I am nothing more than an amateur spectating fan. I do not have the professional inside knowledge, years of dedication & on field experience, nor education that qualifies me to be a GM, Coach, nor player of an extremely complex multi million dollar NFL franchise. I've never walked in the shoes of a GM, Coach, nor player. As such, I have no legitimacy in thinking I know more than they do about the game, enough so to arrogantly tell them how to do their jobs.
I am a fan, by my own free will choice, no one forces me to be a fan, just a fan...nothing more or less. GO CHIEFS!!!!
"Official Chiefs Crowd / Historian/Correspondent / Ambassador"
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Abraham Lincoln is on the U.S. penny, was our 16th president and today remains a big, gaunt, gangly jerk.
... well, depending on your perception at least.
Abraham Lincoln is on the U.S. penny, was our 16th president and today remains a big, gaunt, gangly jerk.
... well, depending on your perception at least.
I had the pleasure of taking Spielberg's latest movie marvel––arguably his greatest to date––"Lincoln" over the weekend.
Daniel Day Lewis was incredible in his portrayal and I almost wonder if he wasn't a better Lincoln than Lincoln himself.
The movie begins with a hate filled battle between black union soldiers and white confederates. It ends with Lincoln reading a speech to "40,000 people from all over the country, wounded soldiers, civilians in black. And for the first time, in the crowd, not at its edges, hundreds of African Americans, civilians and soldiers." This, shortly after the scene in which he is shot for having led the charge to end slavery.
If you only look at this culminating point in the President's life, then the man seems not just a man, but a saint.
Of course, if you only look at it the time in which he signed the order approving the largest public execution in the nation's history, when 38 Dakota prisoners were hung in Mankato, then he appears as some sort of devil.
But 300 had been condemned to die, and all but 38 were commuted. I had to ask, what about that? To which I only received a response of silence.
Perhaps I don't know. Perhaps I can never know. But it seems to me that Lincoln, like all of us, are the best or worst actions, but something in between. And for the matter I can't help but be inclined to focus on the positive, in hopes that maybe the negative traits may be left behind.
I watched an interview with the Dalai Lama a few years back and in it he offered a response to a question that completely challenged the way I looked at the world.
The spiritual leader of Tibet was asked about what he expected of China––this in the context of the country's calculated actions to virtually extinguish one of the most spiritually minded places on earth by killing thousands upon thousands while attempting to replace the nation's spiritual leaders with those hand chosen by China.
The Dalai Lama stated that he not only had no anger or hate toward the country, but actually held the belief that its leaders would come to do the right thing.
It's hard to fathom, but comes to make sense when you take into account Tibet's belief system.
Meditation is a big part of the Buddhist religion and by entering into the meditative state it is believed that one can apply his focus onto a particular intention or way of being in such a way that it will come into reality in the physical world.
Meditate on joy, and you become joyous. Focus your mind on love and you become more loving. And so on so forth.
Thus, from the Dalai Lamas perspective, holding the belief in his mind that China would do himself and his people wrong, would only serve to create the actual realization of this in the present world. As such, he imagines China will become a more loving people, and the positive ripple effects perpetuate.
The extent of the effectiveness of this mindset is affected by both the totality of the belief of the individual as well as that held by others. In other words, the stronger and more numerously held the belief the more profound its impact.
And so with President Lincoln there are associations that I do not like with the man, but I know that he is more than that. And so I am moved not to dwell on the worst of his time as our 16th President, but that which espouses the most positive.
Things like his speech following the war in which he said: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
Or when he is speaking with the Vice President of the Confederacy who says Lincoln's time as president is riddled with blood and the end of slavery will destroy the southern states economy.
"It may be you're right," the President says about his bloody tenure. "But say all we've done is show the world that democracy isn't chaos, that there is a great invisible strength in a people's union? Say we've shown that a people can endure awful sacrifice and yet cohere? Mightn't that save at least the idea of democracy, to aspire to? Eventually, to become worthy of? At all rates, whatever may be proven by blood and sacrifice must've been proved by now. Shall we stop this bleeding?"
And even in just the little statements:
"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
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Orrin Estebo has consistently said "education opens doors," and he not only says it he is one who lives it, which is why he is the 2012 Gazette Person of the Year.
Orrin Estebo is not the kind of person who enjoys attention.
What he does enjoy is helping others, and over the years he has demonstrated his willingness to help through so many venues from the local library and hospital to the park.
One of the major beneficiaries of Estebo's benevolence, however, has been the Redwood Area School District and its foundation and Dollars for Scholars chapter.
"We have been so blessed by Orrin's gifts," said Rick Ellingworth, RASD superintendent.
In fact, the gifts presented to the local school district hit a major milestone this past year when Estebo made a $50,000 donation to the school. That gift meant his donations have topped $1 million – all for the benefit of local students.
"I'm blessed to be able to do it," said Estebo during a recent school board meeting.
At that meeting, two new podiums built by Scott and Joyce Goodyear were presented, with the funds to pay for those pieces of equipment coming from Estebo.
Rather than just cover the cost of the podiums, Estebo presented a donation of $50,000 with the additional funds being added to the Dollars for Scholars Chapter – which was also significantly impacted in its early years by donations from Estebo who is also the namesake of the Orrin S. Estebo chapter in the local school district.
According to Ellingworth, the donations to the school began several years ago when Estebo donated funds in memory of his wife, Nancy, who had passed away. Her passion was education, and those dollars helped to develop the state of the art media centers at Reede Gray and RVMS/HS.
Donations have also helped to erect the sign now located outside of the school and community center, and the school's performing arts center also bears the Estebo name due to the dollars he has provided to the school.
According to Tami Riley, Redwood Area Education Foundation executive director, his donations have also been used to provide special education tools and resources, gifted and talented programs, non-athletic extra-curricular activities and more than 100 scholarships.
"His generosity has truly made a difference in the lives of the students of the Redwood Area School District," said Riley.
According to Jennifer Gilk, one of Estebo's colleagues, he has a real heart for the community, adding his support for things he feels are important is ardent.
"He has always been someone who puts his money where his mouth is," said Gilk.
Ellingworth said Estebo's generosity has helped so many students realize their dreams, adding he feels blessed to be a witness to one who is so giving.
"Orrin has always been about substance," said Ellingworth, add-ing he doesn't just give for the sake of giving but makes sure what he is investing in as part of the community is something that is truly going to benefit its recipients.
"In my opinion when you think of Redwood Falls you can't think about much of the community without thinking of Orrin Estebo," said Ellingworth.
Estebo has consistently said "education opens doors," and he not only says it he is one who lives it.
It is for these and many other reasons Estebo has been named the 2012 Gazette Person of the Year.