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Jim Beauregard's Tasting Notes: Sam Adams' spring offeringsBY JIM BEAUREGARD April 02. 2013 5:27PM
SPRING IS OFFICIALLY here and the snow is finally melting.You know what that means - Sam Adams has new selections for spring.
The Boston Marathon is this month and that means Sam Adams has released its 26.2 Brew of 2013, made to commemorate the 117th running in Boston.
Fun fact: Jim Koch, the founder of Sam Adams, released his first batch of beer on Marathon/Patriot's Day.
The 26.2 Brew is a Gose (Goz-eh) style at 4.5% ABV. Gose is an old style of beer from the German city of Leipzig (workplace of JS Bach, among others), an unfiltered beer made from wheat, typically a cloudy yellow color, and the flavor profile can contain hops, spice and specifically, coriander. It was out of favor for some time, but is slowly making a comeback.
The 26.2 Brew is yellow-gold, cloudy, slightly off-white head, hoppy nose with spice up front, malt in the background, coriander on the palate, hops, some flavorful background spice, and wheat along the base, refreshing without being too sharp. A very nice blend.
For a complete list of bars and restaurants that will be serving Sam Adams 26.2 Brew during the season, go to blog.samadams.com.
The next set of beers is part of the Sam Adams IPA Hopology Variety Pack, in stores now, retailing for $16.99-$19.99. They all fall under the broad IPA heading but there's a quite a bit of variety within the style.
Sam Adams Whitewater IPA, 5.8% ABV, American and Australian hops, for a distinct wheat malt , gold and cloudy under a frothy white head. Grapefruit is what comes through first on the palate, but the wheat walks with it all the way through a long, hoppy finish. Staying power on the palate.
Sam Adams Grumpy Monk Belgian IPA, 6.5% ABV, which Sam describes as a reinvention of the "traditional Belgian ales brewed by monks" (though I hope they didn't all look as grumpy as the guy on the label).
Six different hops varieties went into the bottle, and Belgian yeast. Gold to amber beer under a huge tan head, mostly creamy, lasting. The nose is a harmonious blend of hops and malt, and the palate is a smoother presentation of hops and maltiness, mellow, compared to the lively, Whitewater above. Spice along the way, though the bitterness is what plays out most consistently.
Sam Adams Latitude 48 IPA (6% ABV). five hops from latitude 48, natch, ideal hops growing territory. Careful, the head will overflow unless it's a slow pour. Bright amber color, off white head, creamy, hops and spice on the nose. There's a bright hoppiness, and bitterness, insistent and enduring, making it a good summer beer to perk you up on a hot evening. Spicy foods come to mind right away.
Sam Adams Tasman Red, Red IPA, 7% ABV. A red IPA, darker than its predecessors, amber with dark red hues, a range of citrus flavors move forward on the nose, with grapefruit on the palate, but darker fruits as well. Depth, harmony and a long finish.
Sam Adams Third Voyage Double IPA, 8% ABV. Third voyage is a reference to Capt. James Cook, whose third voyage brought him, for the first time, from England to Peter Jackson land (New Zealand), and to the Pacific Northwest.
The beer incorporates hops from all three of these regions (Cascade, Simcoe, Zeus, and Summer Saaz, if you want to know). Amber-gold hue, very deep and bright at the same time, good carbonation, white frothy head, light hoppy nose, but a rich malty palate of bread, bitterness and zest. The DVD just came out - try it with "The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey"..
And I've saved the darkest for last. Sam Adams Dark Depths Baltic IPA, 7.6% ABV. Porter's cone under the broad heading of English Ales, which in the 1700s were intense and dark, and shipped from England across the North Sea (hence the Baltic name). It's usually dark brown in color, and they traditionally run from 7% to 10% ABV. The Sam Adams comes in at the lower end of that range, but matches the traditional dark brown color, and sits under a huge light brown head. Of all the beers, this is the malt one - the nose is rich in malt, the body is full, and filled with flavors of bread, molasses, toasted and nutty notes that stay and stay. Grab them quickly while we still have a few cool nights left.
Taste of the Nation: New Hampshire's hottest chefs, restaurants, and mixologists will gather for Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation, the premier culinary benefit of the year. Taste of the Nation Manchester raises critical funds needed to support Share Our Strength's efforts to end childhood hunger in New Hampshire and across the nation.
This year's event is May 1 at The Radisson Hotel Center of New Hampshire, 700 Elm St., Manchester, from 6 to 9 p.m. with a VIP reception at 5 p.m.
Food Network and Cooking Channel star and New York Times best-selling cookbook author Melissa d'Arabian will attend the event as a special guest.
Tickets for Taste of the Nation are $75 for general admission and $100 for VIP and can be purchased at tasteofthenation.org/manchester.
Look for reviews of some of the wines that will be served at the event in the coming weeks.
Contact local beer and wine writer Jim Beauregard at tastingnotesnh.com.


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Free-agent right-hander John Lackey underwent a physical Monday with the Red Sox, an indication that he is close to an agreement with the team, according to a major-league source.Lackey's personality annoys me quite a bit, but the man can pitch -- over the last five seasons, his ERA+ of 128 tops Beckett's 116. Indeed, Beckett is his top comp at B-Ref. A threesome of Beckett, Lackey (who turned 31 this past October) and Jon Lester would be pretty nice.
The deal is expected to be similar to the five-year, $82.5 million contract that the Yankees awarded free-agent right-hander A.J. Burnett last winter.
We'll see if adding him means Clay Buchholz is traded or that the team is focusing on run prevention rather than offense and will go cheap in left field or if Theo expects Josh Beckett to walk after this year (or the Sox will let him walk). However, Rosenthal also states that the Red Sox are trying to sign a contract extension with Beckett.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
In-Progress At Phoenix: Sprint Cup Qualifying And Nationwide Practice
Thursday on SPEED begins the coverage of the NASCAR activity in Phoenix. The Nationwide Series races on Friday night and the Sprint Cup guys on Saturday.
SPEED comes on-the-air at 7PM Eastern Time with Sprint Cup Qualifying coverage hosted by the NASCAR on Fox crew of Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds.
Qualifying will be followed by coverage of Nationwide Series practice that will begin at approximately 8:30PM and run until 10PM.
This weekend is a bit different, so here is brief rundown of the Friday TV shows and the times of the Nationwide action.
Friday, Trackside starts the night at 4PM Eastern Time. Hosted by Steve Byrnes, this show features Waltrip, McReynolds and Jeff Hammond on the panel. This week the show will welcome Kurt Busch and Elliott Sadler.
SPEED continues with Nationwide Series qualifying at 5PM, followed by Sprint Cup practice at approximately 6:30PM. A flexible edition of NASCAR Live with John Roberts will take the network to the final Sprint Cup practice at 8PM.
ESPN2 is next on-the-air with a 15 minute version of NASCAR Countdown at 9:30PM and then the Nationwide Series race at 9:45PM Eastern Time. Please note that live NBA basketball precedes NASCAR Countdown, so if the game runs long NASCAR will begin to collapse down to the start time of the race itself.
This page will host your comments about the Thursday action on SPEED. To add your comment, just click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the instructions. The rules for posting are on the right side of the main page. Thanks for stopping by.
33 comments:
- Wisconsin Steve said...
Concerning the Friday Nationwide race, ESPN.com says that Marty Reid will be in the booth with DJ and Andy Petree.
- April 10, 2008 at 11:43 AM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Well this weekend couldn't have started much worse from a TV perspective.
1:15 - Nationwide practice
3:15 - Sprint Cup practice
And of course the "wonderful" people at Speed Channel decided it was more important to air the Texas Cup race re-air, 2 episodes of 'Truck U', Chop Cut Rebuild, On the Edge, and Monster Jam instead during these timeslots.
Thanks for nothing Speed!!!!!!!
And to add to that, if Wisconsin Steve is right and Marty Reid is going to be in the booth for the NASCAR Nationwide race on Friday night instead of Allen Bestwick I might just find something else better to do at 10:00 or whenever the 7:00 NBA game on ESPN2 decides to end.
So Speed obviously hasn't learned from their recent NASCAR pre-emptions at Martinsville and Texas and ESPN damn sure hasn't learned from the Nashville debacle and are going to be force feeding us an IRL announcer at a NASCAR race yet again.
Let's just hope Allen Bestwick picks up the slack and carries the broadcast from the pit studio again like he did a few weeks back, and maybe just maybe one of the suits at ESPN will take notice, swallow their pride, admit they made a mistake, and put Allen in the booth when Dr. Punch is not available... or maybe better yet even when Dr. Punch is available.
- April 10, 2008 at 12:00 PM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
There is just no way I can articulate it any better than Strklnfan. I agree w/those comments. I went to SPEED CHAN and found what he did. Since I work nights, guess I will catch the middle of qual at 2000hrs when I get up
- April 10, 2008 at 1:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hey. I just read on the internet that ESPN Pit Reporter Shannon Spake is getting married this weekend after the Phoenix Nationwide Race. I guess the wedding is taking place in Ireland. Congradulations to her!
- April 10, 2008 at 1:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
and what does that have to do with cup qualifying and n'wide practice.
- April 10, 2008 at 1:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
and what does that have to do with cup qualifying and n'wide practice. This blog is about TV coverage. Yes it is nice to know. But .... never mind...
- April 10, 2008 at 1:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
Shannon covers the Nationwide Series.
- April 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
- April 10, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
and what does that have to do with cup qualifying and n'wide practice. This blog is about TV coverage. Yes it is nice to know. But .... never mind...
April 10, 2008 1:23 PM
Wow..Lighten Up Francis...
- April 10, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
stricklinfan82, Are you saying SPEED should not have air the race re-air??? so many people use that to have a solid time to record the race. that time is supposed to NEVER move. so folks that missed the race can catch it.
- April 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
stricklinfan82, You still don't understand. AB's job is in the pit studio. THAT IS IT. nothing else. moving him to different positions each week is not for the best. I don't mind Marty Reid. why do you seem to hate him??
- April 10, 2008 at 2:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Congratulations to Shannon. The Jayski page says Vince Welch is a pit reporter for the NW race tomorrow night and Shannon wasn't listed, so she must be off this weekend. I hope Vince does a better job than last time in Nashville, he was too abrupt and semi-rude with his questioning for me.
- April 10, 2008 at 3:09 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
I'll just say that Reid and Welch are not on my list of favorites.
- April 10, 2008 at 3:22 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
anon @ 2:29,
To answer your question yes I will ALWAYS favor live NASCAR programming in favor of re-aired NASCAR programming or other taped programming like 'Truck U'. If the Cup race re-air is considered a priority then in an instance like this where NASCAR is on a Thursday-Friday-Saturday schedule instead of a usual Friday-Saturday-Sunday schedule I'd like to see the programming adjusted on Thursday to get both the Texas re-air AND the LIVE Nascar practices on TV.
anon @ 2:31,
Marty Reid is a nice guy and does an okay job but he is an Indycar announcer. He does not, presumably, attend any NASCAR race weekends other than the few he works. And who knows how many NASCAR races he can catch on TV while he's doing his "day job" of working the IRL broadcasts. He is not around this sport every week and as was evidenced at Nashvile he struggles mightily to keep up with who is driving what car. It was painful to listen to him explain to viewers at times "I'm trying to see a car number so I can tell you who that is that just had a problem, just a moment folks." Someone that is around this sport every week could have instantly called out the driver involved by just recognizing the paint scheme. By the way do you also remember him calling the race winner "David Wimmer" late in the race?
When you have a guy like Allen Bestwick, who is there every week following NASCAR and NASCAR only year-round, sitting in the pit studio it is very frustrating to me to see ESPN fill Dr. Punch's void with the IRL guy that can't keep up with the action because he doesn't, nor should he, follow NASCAR every week. Did you watch the Nashville race and notice Allen Bestwick suddenly taking over and talking more and more to set the stage for the finish of race when Reid couldn't?
And if you're going to use the reasoning that Allen is "only a pit studio worker"... do you remember who stepped in for Dale Jarrett in the booth when he took a week off at Nashville? PIT STUDIO ANAYLST Rusty Wallace.
My bottom line opinion is that Allen Bestwick should be the fill-in for Dr. Punch every time he's not available. Not an IRL announcer, not a drag racing announcer, not a football announcer, I want the #2 ESPN NASCAR announcer to be the "backup".
And yes I hear you saying "Well he works in the pit studio so that's not possible." My answer is simply:
DUH. I know his current role. I want it expanded to be more flexible and allow him to abandon the "studio host" role when needed. That argument would be the same as making the argument last year that "It's not an option to replace Rusty Wallace in the broadcast booth and move him to the pit studio, because his job is to work in the broadcast booth."
Guess what? Things change and on-air roles can be flexible. That's what the viewers at home that critique the coverage are there for. To make suggestions on what would make the broadcasts better and to encourage personnel changes as needed.
- April 10, 2008 at 3:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
Did you guys ever think maybe Allen declined to be in the booth? Maybe he likes the studio?
- April 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Hey guys,
It will be Marty Reid in the booth with DJ and Andy Petree.
As we mentioned earlier when Marty did a race, Allen Bestwick is permanently assigned to host the Infield Pit Center and do the Monday NASCAR Now roundtable.
Since ESPN will not use a Fox or SPEED play-by-play NASCAR announcer on their air, the options for this position are limited.
Many of us who heard Bob Jenkins voice-over the IRL support series races last season thought that maybe the network would use Bob to help out in the booth and handle the occassional stand-alone Nationwide race.
It should be interesting to see how that announcer shuffle pans out for ESPN as the NASCAR workload is going to continue to grow.
Vince Welch is going to be subbing for Shannon Spake this weekend and he needs to step-up his performance from his earlier NASCAR appearance.
There will be a column containing this information up shortly.
Thanks for the comments.
- April 10, 2008 at 6:52 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Yes! It looks like Speed Channel is using the TiVo style format. Let's hope this lasts all day long and we can see the entire qualifying run of EVERY car. Boy it would be a welcome sight to see an entire John Andretti qualifying run for the first time all year.
And JD, yes I hear you about Allen Bestwick "not being an option" for the play-by-play position. If that's truly the case and he can't have the Rusty Wallace flexibility of being able to move from the pit studio to the booth when needed, then you can consider this an early push for ESPN to change this at the earliest possible moment their contracts will allow - whether that be next week, next month, this off-season, next off-season, at the end of the current ESPN TV contract, whenever.
Just like Brent Musburger and Erik Kuselias, even though our constant complaints did not create immediate change last year due to contractual obligations, our continued comments finally enduced change in the off-season. So I'm hoping my comments on the Bestwick/Reid issue will eventually create a change, however long it may take to be "contractually legal" for ESPN to make such a change.
- April 10, 2008 at 7:28 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
You will be happy to know that Mr. Musburger will once again be hosting the Indy 500 on ABC Sports.
I have it on good authority that the "podium" will once again be seen on national TV.
As to whether Musburger will wear his sneakers, that is still undecided.
By the way, Jamie Little has also officially been added to the Indy 500 broadcast team.
- April 10, 2008 at 8:04 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Did Mike Joy just say Travis Kvapil is carrying Ford logos on the hood and quarterpanels of his Yates Racing CHEVROLET?
I know that was an honest mistake and Mike Joy certainly didn't mean what he said, but that's kind of ironic that a slip of the tongue like that would happen on the one car that is sponsored by its manufacturer, LOL.
- April 10, 2008 at 8:08 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Daly Planet Editor said...
You will be happy to know that Mr. Musburger will once again be hosting the Indy 500 on ABC Sports.
I have it on good authority that the "podium" will once again be seen on national TV.
As to whether Musburger will wear his sneakers, that is still undecided.
By the way, Jamie Little has also officially been added to the Indy 500 broadcast team.
Well thankfully I don't watch open-wheel racing so that decision doesn't affect me. I'm sure the IRL fans will be as thrilled with his performance as we were his NASCAR performances last year. If he couldn't handle pronouncing "Bowyer" last year I'd hate to see him trying to deal with some of those open-wheel names. Then again since he doesn't have college football to worry about at this time of year maybe he'll actually take this gig seriously and actually do some preparation for this assignment, unlike last year where he presumably just hopped on a plane every Saturday night and showed up on Sunday making as many football analogies as he could in his limited speaking roles and when he was in trouble just started his statements with "Well I don't know much about NASCAR, but...."
As long as Brent doesn't show up at Indy once July rolls around or at any other NASCAR weekend after that I'll be happy.
He is really gone from the NASCAR telecasts this year..... right? I thought you said that in January or so and I certainly hope I didn't 'misremember'.
- April 10, 2008 at 8:18 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
I thought the IRL was RID of Jamie Little...sigh..and Musburger...but honestly, their entire team is not all that swell and ESPN/ABC has HUGE AMBIENT noise during race issues...we are more concerned about THAT than who is at the 500.
But once that day gets here, I am sure I might have a different opine. But for now, FIX the sound but SPEED seems to have problems this year as well..and ALL CHANNELS suffer from LOUD AMBIENT and or MUSIC NOISE when showing and talking OVER a video.
To the folks in production watch their work with the sound OFF?
I am half listening to the quals as I am putting low lights in my hair.
Not to be confused with LOW LIFE seen on some channel.
Good to see Dario do better in quals but wonder if he will stay in NASCAR full season?
- April 10, 2008 at 8:27 PM
- Newracefan said...
This should be interesting qualifying is actually over it's 828 and we haven't seen any of the goers yet. I wonder if they will continue to tivo or skip the 2 cars that failed to qualify
- April 10, 2008 at 8:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
andretti, petty DNQ!
- April 10, 2008 at 8:30 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
RATS! I wonder why there is a break in the schedule and went to NASCAR.com and found out who was on the pole..darn it..I thought this was live...my digi guide says it is but I guess they are doing tivo like strick said...anyway, I HATE they are on a two week break AGAIN..why???
So TWIN can talk about a race TWO WEEKS AWAY again when Kenny is on...CRIPES...so much for taking a peek at that show.
But already two weekends off in the season...odd
- April 10, 2008 at 8:49 PM
- Newracefan said...
I believe we saw every car, Speed tvio'd the entire field and by the end they were behind almost 30 minutes. I wonder how this will affect NW practice coverage
- April 10, 2008 at 8:58 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Anonymous said...
andretti, petty DNQ!
April 10, 2008 8:30 PM
Well thankfully I learned from last year and turned away from this website once it got late into this TiVo style qualifying broadcast. As asual an anonymous IDIOT decided to come on here on a TV blog and spoil the outcome of an event they damn well knew TV hadn't shown yet.
No comment related to the TV coverage whatsoever, just a simple "hehe, hey guys commenting on the TV broadcast, here's what you're about to see!"
What's that line you use so often JD? Something about it taking all kinds to make this world?
- April 10, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- Newracefan said...
Strick I agree I already knew but didn't want to give it away for those who were just watching on TV and then someone had to go and be an a...... But wow we got to see every car and they even ran over to make it happen
- April 10, 2008 at 9:02 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
I'm not where I can watch TV & can't pick up MRN qualifying, but FOX Trac is showing Kyle Petty outqualified Bill Elliott by almost 1 tenth to get the 43rd spot.
I agree that Allen B calling the race would be best, but he can't do everything - especially once ESPN takes over Cup races. So it makes sense to me to have Marty R fill in so he can get up to speed to be available to spell Jerry Punch.
- April 10, 2008 at 9:09 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
That would be correct. Too bad, because the SPEED qualifying coverage with the Fox guys was solid.
As we have said so often, it makes such a difference in this sport to see all the cars make a qualifying attempt.
By the way, Eddie Cheever added to the ABC coverage of the Indy 500. Marty Reid, Scott Goodyear and Eddie Cheever.
That should be interesting.
- April 10, 2008 at 9:10 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Great qualifying broadcast. It was a very welcomed sight to see the TiVo style format brought back so we could see every qualifying run.
Thank you very much Speed Channel. I'd still like to see an adjustment to the lap tracker that would designate who the other go-or-go-homers are on that tracker but other than that great broadcast.
It's certainly a shame to see Kyle Petty miss another race, especially because of the BS past champion's provisional rule. Last year at about this time I seem to recall Michael Waltrip leaving Tradin' Paint in the midst of a DNQ streak to focus more on his team ownership and driving duties. It seems like deja-vu all over again so I wonder if we'll see a similar change from Mr. Petty if this keeps up much longer.
Also, as a heads-up to you stick-and-ball production truck guys let me explain something to you looking ahead to the Talladega qualifying session in a few weeks:
If the impound rule is still in effect it is absolutely imperative to show the entire qualifying runs of all of the go-or-go homers. Not only because of the go-or-go-home drama, but because EVERY go-or-go-homer not named Bill Elliott will end up right at the top of the qualifying speed charts, just like last year at Talladega and Daytona in July. The pole sitter will come from that go-or-go-home group and the rest of the top 7 qualifiers will also come from that group.
I know, you're going to look a the practice charts on Friday and say to yourself "Wow, the top 35 practice speeds are all the guys that are in the top 35 in points, so it's okay to skip the go-or-go-homers in qualifying." No guys that's not how it works. The top 35 guys will have faster speed in practice because they are drafting. The go-or-go homers will be at the bottom of the speed charts but THEY WILL END UP QUALIFYING 1st-7th. Trust me.
I hate that I have to explain this but after last fall's tape-delayed Talladega qualifying debacle where most of the go-or-go-homers were skipped in the tape-delayed TV broadcast of qualifying (including go-or-go-home pole sitter Michael Waltrip) I feel inclined to explain to the production truck how this restrictor plate impound qualifying session will work so it doesn't happen again.
- April 10, 2008 at 9:10 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
I'm not where I can watch TV & can't pick up MRN qualifying, but FOX Trac is showing Kyle Petty outqualified Bill Elliott by almost 1 tenth to get the 43rd spot.
Richard, 3 words: past champion's provisional
Yet another example of why I've been pushing NASCAR to dump this rule. The #21 car should be going home right now, not the #45 car. It's a joke to think that had Bill Elliott scored 24 less points in the 1988 season that the starting lineups for many 2007 races and the 2008 races at California and now Phoenix would have been drastically different.
- April 10, 2008 at 9:17 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
stricklinfan, thanks. No, the 3 words are "really long day" - among others. Thanks.
- April 10, 2008 at 9:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
What was the deal with the tracker? It would show a driver at a minus time while displaying him in 10th place at that moment. The time ticker was lagging behind the postion ticker by quite a few seconds. Speed/Fox has to fix their technology on this and their always outdated scoring scrolls during races....unreal. I think they have it down better during the truck races though.
- April 10, 2008 at 10:01 PM


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Boys and girls basketball and wrestling
BASKETBALL: The Mexico High School Lady Bulldogs won the championship game of the Warrior Winter Shootout in Warrenton on Friday against Duchesne with a buzzer-winning basket. The final was 49-47 in favor of Mexico.
"It was an exciting ballgame from beginning to end. I was pleased with the girls' effort down the stretch. We fought through foul trouble late," stated MHS coach Ed Costley.
Duchesne took possession with a minute left and the Lady Bulldogs were able to get a stop and get the ball back with 20 seconds left and the Bulldogs wanted the final shot. Brooke Costley hit a runner down the lane at the buzzer to get the win. Alison Mudd and Karen Baker had good shooting in the first half against Duchesne's zone. Anne Baker was by far the key to the game. Costley switched her to defend the post and it changed the game. "She didn't score but she was the difference (in the game)," said Costley. He added the girls continue to grow every night out.
Three Mexico players, Anne Baker, Alison Mudd and Brooke Costley made the All-Tournament Team.
The Lady Dawgs are 8-5 overall for the season.
Team tournament records include 25 3-pointers made in tournament, held by Mexico 2011 (18).
Record for points scored 197, held by Duchesne.
Brooke Costley: 12P, 3 assists, 4RB, 3 steals; Remi Greenwell: 6P, 1 assist; Ashlie Woodruff: 1 assist, 1 RB; Karen Baker: 12P, 2 assists, 2 RB, 1 steal; Kelli Ingrum: 8P, 1 assist, 2RB; Alison Mudd: 11P, 2 RB; Anne Baker, 3 assist, 6 RB, 2 steals; Tori Shaw: 2P, 1 assist, 3RB.
MHS BOYS: The Mexico Bulldogs defeated the Boonville Pirates 48-33 in the third-place game of the California Tournament on Saturday.
The Mexico Bulldogs improve to 11-3 on the season with the win and 3-0 in the NCMC. The final was 48-33.
The Bulldogs set the tone from the beginning of the game that defensive intensity would be a key to victory.
Coach Brennan Scanlon was pleased with the heart of his team as they got after it on the defensive end and created turnovers off their defensive pressure. "This is the kind of effort we must play with in every game," he stated. The Bulldogs got off to a great start and led 15-6 after the first quarter and continued their offensive execution in the second quarter and led 24-16 at the half. Mexico exchanged baskets in the third quarter with Boonville with the Bulldogs outscoring the Pirates 14-12. The Bulldogs did a great job in the fourth quarter holding Boonville to 5 points and posting their 11th victory of the season 48-33 for the third place trophy in the California Tournament.
Jon Anderson and Jake Willer led the Bulldogs in scoring with 12 points, while Jaeon Nunnelly added 8, and Jake Anderson contributed 7 points. Jake Anderson and Jake Willer were selected to the California All-Tournament Team.
Jake Willer: 12P, 2RB, 1 assist; Jon Anderson: 12P, 5RB, 2 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks; Jaeon Nunnelly: 8P, 3 assists, 3RB, 1 seal; Jake Anderson: 7P, 11RB, 2 assists, 3 blocks; Cole Jaramillo: 5P; Matt Ridgway: 2P, 2RB, 1 assist, 1 steal; Skylar Harrington: 1RB, 1 steal; Kamden Ekern: 2P.
The Bulldogs will be back in action Saturday night at home in the second annual Gary Filbert Classic as they host the Warrensburg Tigers. The girls game is at 6:15 and boys at 8 p.m.
WRESTLING: The Mexico Matmen wrestled in the St. Charles Tournament on Saturday and came home with 191.5 points and first place. Ladue came in second with 163.5 ponts and Fort Zumwalt South finished third with 149 points.
The Bulldogs return home Tuesday in a varsity match against Moberly.
113 – Jadin Taylor's place is sixth. Round 1 Taylor won by pin over Tucker Jesse (Parkway Central) 2:48 . Quarter final, Dakota Werner (Warrenton) won by major decision over Taylor, 9-1. Consolation Round 2 Taylor won by pin over Christian Yates (Fort Zumwalt South, 5:34. Consolation Round 3 - Taylor won by disqualification over Zack Lewis (Hazelwood West). Consolation Semi-final: Dorian Young (McCluer South Berkeley) won by decision over Taylor, 11-6.
Fifth place match Dakot Werner won by pin over Taylor, 3:42.
120 – Hunter Smith third place. Championship Round 1 Smith won by pin over Andrew Brands (Fort Zumwalt South), 3:18. Quarterfinal Smithwon by pin over Trevor Casady (Camdenton), 1:25). Semifinal Byron Smith (Cordova) won by pin over Smith, 5:08. Consolation Semi - Smith won by pin over John Broughton (MICDS), 0:39. Third place Smith won by pin over Reid Hanmore (St. Charles), 3:15.
126 - Jordan Jones third place. Championship Round 1 - Jones won by pin over Chase Asberry (Park Way South), 1:16. Quarterfinal - Jones won by pin over Alonso Hernandez (Ladue), 3:46). Semifinal - Jesse Czerniewski (Fort Zumwalt South) won by decision over Jones, 4-2. Consolation Semi - Jones won by tech fall over Eric Nevels (Winfield), TF 17-0. Third place match - won by pin over Aaron Vincent (Poplar Bluff), 22:41.
132 - Scott Speaks fourth place. Championship Round 1 - Speaks received a bye. Champinship Round 2 - Speaks won by decision over Kris Paschel (Camdenton) 5-4.Quarterfinal - Anthony Alagna (FOX) won by pin over Speaks, 5:20. Consolation Round 4 - Speaks won by pin over Colburn Wagner (Priory), 1:56. Consolation Round 5 - Speaks won by pin over Ryan Kinder (Windsor), 5:20. Consolation Semi - Speaks won by decision over Austin Graeler (Fort Zumwalt North), 8-7. Third Place Match - Anthony Alagna (FOX) won by pin over Speaks,1:31.
138 - Jayde Moran's first place. Championship Round 1 - Moran won by pin over Savion Kent (McCluer), Pin 2:34. Quarterfinal - Moran won by pin over Michael Herman (Priory), 1:32. Semifinal - Moran won by tech fall over James Javaux (Winfield), TF 20-3. First Place Match - Moran (MEXICO) won by pin over Adrian Watson (McCluer South Berkeley), 1:48.
145 - Jake Vitale's first place. Championship Round 1 - Vitale received a bye. Championship Round 2 - Vitale won by pin over Quinton Moore (Fort Zumwalt North), 3:20. Quarterfinal - Vitale won by pin over Tayler Nicholson (Winfield), 1:19. Semifinal - Vitale won by pin over Nick Scherer (MICDS), 2:52. First Place Match - Vitale won by major decision over Nic Smith (Fort Zumwalt South), Maj 9-0.
152 - Samuel Fayad fifth place. Championship Round 1 - Samuel Fayad won by pin over Zach Wilhelm (Chaminade), 5:32. Championship Round 2 -Fayad won by pin over Paul Cassell (Parkway North), 2:31. Quarterfinal - Alex Willis (McCluer) 8-4 won by major decision over Fayad, Maj 17-4. Consolation Round 4 - Fayad won by decision over Chris Wagner (FOX), 7-2. Consolation Round 5 - Samuel Fayad 18-15 won by decision over Shaquan Whitaker (Pattonville), 5-2. Consolation Semi - Jonathon Cecil (Fort Zumwalt North) won by decision over Fayad, 5-1. Fifth Place Match - Fayad won by decision over Nick Lang (Hazelwood West), 9-3.
160 - Dalton Logerman's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points. Championship Round 1 - Eric Thomas (Pattonville) won by pin over Logerman, 0:11. Consolation Round 1 - Karon Whitaker (Cordova)won by decision Logerman, 11-10.
170 - Anthony Brower sixth place. Championship Round 1 - Anthony Brower won by pin over Jamal White (McCluer South Berkeley), 1:03. Championship Round 2 - Ian Wiegand (FOX) won by decision over Anthony Brower, 9-8. Consoaltion Round 2 - Brower won by tech fall over Zach Siebert (Maplewood), TF 16-1. Consoaltion Round 3 - Brower won by pin over Drequan Adams (Cordova), 0:49. Consolation Round 4 - Brower won by pin over Zach Ham (Winfield), 2:42. Consolation Round 5 - Browerwon by decision over Lucas Clay (Ladue), 17-13. Consolation Semi - Ian Wiegand (FOX) won by major decision over Brower, Maj 12-2. Fith Place Match - Charles Barnes (MICDS) won by pin over Brower, 0:40.
182 - Payton Turner fourth place. Championship Round 1 - Turner won by decision over Louis Grace (MICDS), 5-4. Quarterfinal - Turner won by pin over Jordan Lansford (Poplar Bluff), 3:26. Semifinal - Jordan Davis (Cordova)won by pin over Turner, 0:36. Consolation Semi - Turner won by pin over Louis Grace (MICDS), 2:53. Third Place Match - Jack Hobbs (Fort Zumwalt South) won by decision over Turner, 9-7.
195 - Thorne Cheney place is unknown.nChampionship Round 1 - Cheney received a bye. Championship Round 2 - Cheney won by pin over Andrew Duncan (MICDS), 0:30. Quarterfinal - Ben Bentley (Fort Zumwalt South)won by decision over Cheney, 4-3. Consolation Round 4 - Alexx Wilsman (Camdenton)won by decision over Cheney, 7-1.
220 - John Lummis sixth place. Championship Round 1 - Lummis received a bye. Quarterfinal - Joshuwa Hoener (Fort Zumwalt North) won by pin over Lummis, 1:07. Consolation Round 2 - Lummis received a bye. Consolation Round 3 - Lummis won by pin over Malik Jones (Parkway Central), 0:46. Consolation Semi - Taylor Boyce (Priory) won by pin over Lummis, 0:53. Fifth Place Match - Stephan Harper (Poplar Bluff) won by pin over Lummis, 1:05.
285 - Zach Manns place is unknown. Championship Round 1 - Wyatt Gale (Priory) won by pin over Manns, 5:24. Consolation Round 1 - Manns received a bye. Consolation Round 2 - Austin Lott (Forth Zumwalt North) won by pin over Manns, 1:30.


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A 25-year-old Springfield woman faces charges of driving under the influence after she crashed her car into a light pole early Saturday at Dirksen Parkway and Sangamon Avenue.
Adrianne J. Tieman, of the 1600 block of North 21st Street, told police she left a bar about 1:53 a.m. Police said she was northbound on Dirksen Parkway when she drove her 2003 Chevrolet Malibu off the road into the pole.
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VANCOUVER — Philip Bregman decided to become a rabbi when he was just 13 years old. More than 50 years later he admits that although he was young to make such a major decision, it definitely was the right decision to make.
"My decision to pursue this path has truly led to a very fulfilling life," says Rabbi Bregman.
In August, Rabbi Bregman will be retiring after 33 years as spiritual leader of Vancouver's Temple Sholom. During this time, he has grown the Reform congregation from the city's smallest synagogue to its largest, and in the process has connected hundreds of Vancouver Jews with their traditions, heritage and Israel.
Rabbi Bregman and his American-born wife, Cathy, arrived in Vancouver in the summer of 1980 from New Rochelle, N.Y., where Rabbi Bregman was serving as an assistant rabbi. The Vancouver appointment gave him the opportunity to return to Canada where he had been born and raised, first in Galt (now Cambridge), Ont., and then in Toronto.
In Toronto, Rabbi Bregman's parents joined Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut's Holy Blossom Temple and the rabbi became a mentor to their young son.
"Rabbi Plaut became the major rabbinic influence in my life," Rabbi Bregman says. "He set a very high standard."
Rabbi Plaut introduced Rabbi Bregman to the subtleties of Reform Judaism and to the discipline and dedication that it required.
Reform Judaism, Rabbi Bregman explains, demands extensive study of tradition and text, but also the desire and ability to go beyond what is written or proscribed in order to integrate observance with the contemporary world.
"I have tried to demonstrate this not only by my own personal practice of Judaism," Rabbi Bregman says, "but also by what I've taught here at Temple Sholom and beyond."
Longtime congregant Jack Lutsky says, "Rabbi Bregman is a 'doer' and makes things happen. His engagement with families to make the bar/bat mitzvah experience meaningful and his work with the sick and the bereaved are his greatest strengths."
Ellen Gordon, co-chair of the committee planning a farewell event in his honour on April 28, says, "He is warm to everyone he meets. He has a brilliant sense of humour."
Rabbi Bregman's commitment to social action, interfaith initiatives and Israel have been cornerstones of his tenure at Temple Sholom.
He has initiated numerous social justice projects over the years, and has determinedly built bridges between his synagogue and all other Jewish denominations and faiths.
He is the co-founder and chair of the Rabbinical Association of Vancouver, and enjoys a close relationship with the Orthodox Schara Tzedeck synagogue.
"We have something quite unique to Vancouver and to Canada, and that is a group of rabbis who honestly clearly respect and care for each other," says Rabbi Bregman. "We have our differences as to what we believe and observe, but the line of differentiation is almost non-existent."
Bregman's interfaith relationships are similarly positive. He is a co-founder of the Metro Vancouver Muslim Jewish Dialogue and the Vancouver Jewish Christian Dialogue. Last year, he travelled to Israel with Christian clergy, one of dozens of Israel tours that he has facilitated over the years.
He has continuously advocated for Israel, and has always welcomed children from other faith communities into his synagogue to learn about Judaism.
Bregman's rapport with children derives from the many years he has worked with bar and bat mitzvah students and taught at the Temple Sholom Religious School. Typically, he is quick to attribute the success of the school to former principal, Anne Andrew.
In fact, Bregman deflects much of the credit for Temple Sholom's myriad accomplishments to his staff and to his wife's support and advice.
"Cathy and I have worked together as a team," Bregman says. "Cathy has an incredible ability to identify what needs to happen to enhance the life of our shul, and then she points me in the right direction."
For three decades, Rabbi Bregman has been leading services, telling stories, sermonizing, mentoring, teaching, praising, counselling and consoling. It has meant instilling in his congregants a commitment to community, Israel, social justice, tolerance, tradition and change, and it has meant helping them become proud Jews and proud members of Vancouver's only Reform congregation.


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What: The Legislature's Flood Disaster Study Committee holds its first meeting
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5
Where: Senate Committee Room 356, Colorado state Capitol, 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver
Further information: The agenda includes a 3:30 p.m. opportunity for public testimony. People can listen to the meeting through an online connection available through a link on the "Interim Information" bar on the Colorado General Assembly's home page, leg.state.co.us.
DENVER -- A special state legislative panel will hold its first meeting Tuesday as it studies responses to the catastrophic mid-September floods.
"I think the committee's job is going to be to listen and to try to come up with any legislative fixes for what can be fixed," said Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette.
"With this much destruction and heartache," said Sen. Matt Jones, D-Louisville, lawmakers need to review the adequacy of the state's recovery programs.
Foote, Jones and Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, are three eastern Boulder County lawmakers who'll be serving on the Flood Disaster Study Committee, which is expected to meet at least five times to review existing state laws, policies and resources for dealing with situations such as the floods that inundated parts of Colorado's Front Range and eastern plains.
The committee needs to make sure federal and nonprofit resources are being used as efficiently as possible, Jones said.
Jones said lawmakers and their constituents "need to remind the rest of the state that recovery and long-term needs are continuing."
Singer said the panel should consider what turned out to be "the best practices" in emergency responses and subsequent recovery efforts to see whether they can be applied in the future.
Foote cautioned that "there will be a lot of things legislation can't fix."
He said one concern he's heard from flood victims is that their insurance policies didn't adequately cover their losses, even if they had flood insurance.
Singer said one issue that's arisen is the shortage of affordable housing available to accommodate the needs of flood-displaced residents.
The agenda for Tuesday's Flood Disaster Study Committee includes appearances by members of Gov. John Hickenlooper's staff, a representative from Colorado Attorney General John Suthers' office, and officials from a variety of local, state and federal departments and agencies.
Other members of the committee include two Larimer County lawmakers whose districts had areas hit by the floods -- House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, and Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud -- and Sen. Jeanne Nicholson, a Black Hawk Democrat whose multiple-county district extends into southern Boulder County.
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The multimillion-dollar overhaul of Whole Foods Market's store off Baseline Road and Broadway in Boulder has been on the drawing board for years.
And it almost didn't happen at all.
The Basemar Shopping Center grocery store was one of 23 inherited by Whole Foods in the Rocky Mountain region after the Austin, Texas-based natural grocer acquired the home-grown Wild Oats Markets in 2007 for $565 million.
The store at 2584 Baseline Road was also one of the oldest: In 1987, it was home to the Boulder chain's very first store to be called Wild Oats.
Whole Foods climbed from 10 stores to 33 stores overnight in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Utah, and the planned upgrades were hindered by limitations in capital, said Will Paradise, president of Whole Foods' Rocky Mountain region.
"Then the economy softened," he said. "Despite the best intentions ... it was difficult."
Whole Foods' other stores around the region, including the Pearl Street location and Ideal Market, have been remodeled since that time, but Baseline took a little longer.
Come Feb. 10 — nearly seven years after Whole Foods absorbed Wild Oats — the Baseline store's update is slated to be finished.
The nearly 17,000-square-foot store is one of Whole Foods' smaller locations, but the work that occurred since the Thanksgiving time frame has been no tiny task, store officials said.
While not disclosing any financial details, Paradise and grocery officials said the Baseline store's remodel was "one of the biggest, if not the biggest" of the chain's current group of renovations.
According to building permits filed with the city of Boulder, the initial valuation provided by the contractor was $2.8 million for the interior finish and nearly $19,000 for the exterior work.
Despite the major renovation — one in which "every piece of the store was touched" — the location remained open.
"We never wanted to close it," Paradise said. "People rely on it."
To accomplish the remodel, the store's retail space shrank to one-third of the market's size so that construction workers could level the floors and rebuild the other two-thirds of the location.
"I can tell you, you could pretty much find everything in less than five minutes," said Amy Holt, the Baseline store's team leader, referencing the store's temporarily cozy size.
In recent weeks, Whole Foods employees shuffled the grocery products to the newly finished north side of the store as construction workers took to the smaller side.
A week-and-a-half away from opening, Holt beamed as she walked around the mostly finished north end of the store.
The store's customer base, which includes south Boulder residents and University of Colorado students, also played heavily into what will be the finished product, Holt said.
In addition to new items such as an olive bar and an expanded cheese case, the store will feature an increased amount of prepared foods, hot bars such as sandwich and pizza stations, a larger cafe and seating area, and more grab-and-go offerings, she said.
"We'll have a lot more theater, too, with it," she said referencing the station where employees will be slicing and preparing cheese.
The store's design elements also are meant to be a unique representation of the neighborhood and location. Wrapping around the top walls of the store is a bold, red line and a notation of 40° — an homage to the 40th parallel, which runs through Boulder and was the impetus for Baseline Road's name.
As a result of the remodel and the addition of more food stations, Whole Foods anticipates that the workforce at the store will grow to 110 from 87 people.
"I think our real work comes next," Holt said.
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LOWELL -- Ken Lavallee's law-enforcement career spans more than three decades in three jurisdictions: Carlisle, Manchester, N.H, and, of course, the Mill City.
One can only imagine the multitude of memories, good and bad, rushing through Lavallee's mind as he works through today, his last day on the job.
There's one in particular, however, that has filled Lavallee with joy -- and sadness.
He calls it one of the most fulfilling, if not the most fulfilling, event of his law-enforcement career: In early spring 2011, he was among several law-enforcement officers who told the family of John McCabe, killed when he was just 15 years old in 1969, that three men had been arrested and charged in connection with the young teen's murder.
"I'll never forget the look on their faces," Lavallee recalled in an interview earlier this week. "You could sense an overwhelming feeling of relief, of thanks.
"Of course, we didn't get the result we wanted," Lavallee softly added, referring to the February acquittal of Michael Ferreira, the first to stand trial. "But that doesn't take away from what we did for that family that day."
Then there are events Lavallee would prefer to forget, but can't, as they're eternally seared in his memory. Ironically, all three involved off-duty officers:
* The Oct. 20, 1996, plane crash in Eel River, New Brunswick, that took the lives of eight men while returning from a hunting trip.
* The September 2010 death of Officer Patrick Johnson while riding a motorcycle in the Highlands.
* The July 2011 death of Officer Charles Panek, who drowned after he fell from a boat on the Merrimack River in Tyngsboro.
Not easy stuff to endure, but for someone like Lavallee -- who joined the Lowell Police Department in 1984 and steadily climbed the ranks -- there's also the safety and well-being of more than 100,000 people he's sworn to protect, and that's precisely what he's done, and by all accounts, done remarkably well.
Recently released figures show that, generally, across the city, the number of serious crimes is declining.
The city went nearly two years without a murder, a statistic the Police Department takes great pride in, until the early March murder of 60-year-old Angela Aponte.
He also spoke out, repeatedly, on the city License Commission, which he criticized as too lenient with bars that didn't follow the rules; the availability of handguns; and the opiate epidemic, which he said is one of the city's greatest threats.
He's made fighting domestic violence a benchmark of his administration, along with traffic enforcement. The latter might not seem glamorous, but he said more orderly roads improve the city's overall quality-of-life.
Lavallee, who at 57 has been the city's top cop since December 2006 when he was named interim superintendent, attributes the "organization's success," not "his," to its community-policing mindset, a way of conducting police business initially instituted by his predecessor, Edward F. Davis, now Boston's police commissioner.
"The way the department restructured and changed philosophy when Ed took over was when we turned the corner," said Lavallee. "That led to an immediate decrease in crime across the board." The idea was to get the city's proud neighborhoods, businesses, nonprofits and other stakeholders to buy into the idea that they could have a role in public safety and thus care about it. The Police Department did that, initially, by opening neighborhood precincts.
Today, there's the Citizens Police Academy and Lavallee's initiative to hold command staff meetings at businesses, with neighborhood groups and other entities. One meeting was even held in The Sun's offices on Dutton Street.
After working brief stints in the Carlisle and Manchester, N.H., Police Departments, Lavallee's first assignment in Lowell was Car 2, Centralville. His early mentors were guys like John Guilfoyle and Frank Harvey.
Speaking specifically about Guilfoyle, Lavallee said the detective instilled in him a sense of integrity and credibility. "He never got angry, never raised his voice, but was one of the most highly regarded police officers ever in the history of the organization. I've tried to conduct myself in the same manner."
Lavallee always planned to move from the patrol force to an officer's post, but it wasn't until Davis became permanent superintendent in 1995 that Lavallee thought about himself one day being superintendent.
"I was in his inner circle, along with guys like Bob DeMoura and Bill Taylor," said Lavallee, referring to the present chief in Fitchburg and LPD captain, respectively. "It was in 2006, when Ed left, that he told me I could be superintendent."
Not surprisingly, Lavallee's emphasis on "community" also impacted a Lowell native who is now a police officer in Concord, N.H., and for whom Lavallee is a mentor. Ryan Howe, a 14-year-veteran, is a community resources officer in the Granite State's capital city, trying to instill the same sense of trust between the CPD and the community that Lavallee has cultivated in Lowell.
"When I think of Ken Lavallee, I think of an outstanding individual, someone who is very ethical and knowledgeable, a real solid guy overall," said Howe. "Law enforcement is losing one of its best officers. But he's worked real hard to get where he is, and he deserves his retirement."
Close friend John Chemaly echoed a similar sentiment. A Chelmsford resident like Lavallee, Chemaly worked with Lavallee at the former St. John's Hospital, when Lavallee was head of security and Chemaly was a material management specialist.
"I'm not surprised he ended up the chief," said Chemaly, co-owner and president of Trinity EMS. "He was one of the hardest workers I ever worked with, always doing double shifts, and he was by the book. I mean by the book."
It's been said, in a complimentary way, by many who know Lavallee that he is the most anally retentive person to ever lead the Lowell Police Department. When speculation about his retirement started about a year ago, Lavallee tried to redirect. But those who knew him didn't buy it, believing all along that Lavallee knew precisely when he'd leave, down to the second. Lavallee initially planned to resign at the end of June. Several days later, he changed that to March 29. Last week, City Manager Bernie Lynch appointed Deputy Superintendent Deborah Friedl as interim superintendent.
But most often, the quality mentioned most frequently in the same sentence with Lavallee's name is integrity.
"He just always wanted to do the right thing," said his wife of nearly 23 years, Susan.
As an example, she cited the License Commission issue. Lavallee knew it would anger the commission and some politically connected bar owners, but he pressed forward, knowing that unless the issue was addressed, someone could get hurt or killed. Subsequently, the bars are behaving better, the commission has two new members but proposed tougher new rules and regulations are still be debated.
Susan Lavallee met her future husband when she was an emergency-room nurse at the former St. Joseph's Hospital. Early in the 1980s, when prostitution was rampant in the Appleton and Middlesex Street enclaves off the downtown, Lavallee was part of Vice Squad raids. Sometimes, the suspects would be in need of some medical attention and they'd end up at St. Joe's.
"I always noticed how compassionate and respectful Ken was with the prostitutes he arrested," she recalled. "That's just a memory that has always stayed with me, and it says a lot about Ken's moral character."


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Blue Devil junior Laetitia Beck carded a two-under-par, 70, on Friday in the opening round of the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational and is tied second overall in the individual action at the 6,285-yard, par 72 Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Beck, who is from Caesarea, Israel, registered five birdies over her final 11 holes on her way to finishing with a 70. She enters the second round only three shots off the leader, Hayles Davis of Baylor, who fired a five-under-par, 67. Beck's under par score was the first of the 2012-13 campaign and her 19th career round of even or under par for her career.
As a team, Duke turned in a 296 on Friday and is 10 shots behind first round leader Virginia (286). North Carolina (288), Baylor (288), LSU (294), Duke (296), South Carolina (298), Mississippi (299), N.C. State (300), Arkansas (301) and Florida (301) round out the top 10.
Blue Devil senior Lindy Duncan had an up-and-down day, which featured four birdies, eight pars and six bogeys as she turned in a two-over-par, 74. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Duncan opened her day with back-to-back birdies on the 10th and 11th holes but struggled over the next 11 holes with five bogeys. She came back with two birdies on No. 5 and No. 7 but closed with a bogey and par on the final two holes. Duncan is tied for 21st overall with 36 holes remaining, after hitting 12 greens, 10 fairways and totaling 31 putts.
The trio of Yi Xiao, Stacey Kim and Celine Boutier each carded a four-over-par, 76, and are tied for 41st. The Blue Devils combined for five birdies on the day. Kim, who is out of Columbus, Ga., hit 10 fairways, 10 greens and had 32 putts, while the China product Xiao had nine fairways, nine greens and 32 putts.
Duke will tee off on Saturday beginning at 9:45 a.m., off hole No. 1 along with LSU and South Carolina. Live scoring will be available via www.Golfstat.com.


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Well i have a feeling Renie and I were thinking along the same lines at the same time. lol I have been wanting to do this for almost a year now and thanks to him it may become a reality. I also have permission from him to post this.
Some have suguested this design could get pinched but seriously it is a coppy of another reg in a new housing. This reg was the template as it is simple and the parts are easy to get.
The point is to get something that will relocate the LPR from under the barrel or off the side of the asa to the forgrip and not look like an LPR.
This was my first idea
Now that looks good for what i used it for but wont work for an Ego Mag.
So I sketched this out using the internals from above.
Then the newest member to the Mag modding comunity, "Renie" privided this ruf cad to shw it is possible. He may be new here but the force is strong with this one. hehe
Any thoughts on the design or any other ideas are welcome. I considered using a Matrix LPR and designing it to just accept one of those, but think the parts I selected will be around and available longer than PPS.


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Sometimes, it takes a banquet to document history, and that's what happened Friday night when I interviewed George Darlington, who had just watched three of his former defensive backs inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. In a private dinner at Nebraska's West Stadium Club, former Husker DBs Reggie Cooper, Keyuo Craver and Russell Gary joined offensive lineman John Havekost in NU's 2013 Hall-of-Fame induction class.
Darlington gave me some quick comments about all three DBs and remembered Craver as a great athlete who was recruited by Nebraska's track and field program. "Truth be known, we didn't know anything about Keyuo Craver," Darlington told me. "In 1997, Gary Pepin called me in the middle of the week and said: 'I just got off the phone with a kid named Keyuo Craver and he said you all aren't even recruiting him.'" Sure enough, the name didn't register with Darlington, who was a Nebraska assistant coach for 30 years. The longtime aide coached 30 Husker players who went on to play in the NFL, including seven All-Americans, one of whom was Craver.
Pepin Told Darlington, Who Told Gill and So On …
Pepin, the all-time winningest track and field coach in Big 12 and former Big Eight Conference history and a Hall-of-Famer in his own specialized sport, had instant credibility with and mutual respect for Tom Osborne and his football coaching staff. "Did you know this kid is a 50-foot triple jumper, and he has all kinds of coaches recruiting him in football?" Pepin asked Darlington in his customary straightforward style. Darlington did not know that, but he talked to Turner Gill, Nebraska's most pivotal recruiter in the Lone Star State.
"Turner didn't know anything about Keyuo because he lived way out there in East Texas and most people were recruiting him as a track athlete first," Darlington said. "I know this. If Pepin hadn't called me, we never even would have recruited him, let alone convinced him to sign." Yes, Pepin is a track and field legend and now, Craver is an official Nebraska football legend. And this is where the story of one Hall-of-Fame legend getting credit for another Hall-of-Fame legend gets interesting. After hearing Darlington's comments following Friday night's banquet, I talked to Craver again and asked him about his recollections of Nebraska recruiting him.
Nebraska Did Not Want to Take 'No' for an Answer
"When Nebraska recruited me, I came up to Lincoln and met with Dennis Leblanc (Nebraska's Senior Associate Athletic Director for Academics)," he recalled. "I met with Coach Pepin and all the football coaches. I remember they pretty much were not going to take no for an answer, so I just did it – committed to Nebraska before I flew back home."
I asked Craver where he would have gone if he didn't commit to Nebraska. "Oklahoma," he said. "They wanted me for both sports. So did A&M, UT (Texas), Florida State, Baylor and almost all the other schools that contacted me." Craver remembers taking an unofficial visit to Baylor on the same October weekend that Nebraska played in Waco in 1997, Osborne's final season as Nebraska's head coach. "Nebraska beat the crap out of Baylor that day," Craver said. In a word, that's an understatement. NU led Baylor 42-7 at halftime of a game that featured Ahman Green scoring four first-half touchdowns, including 58-yard and 30-yard TD runs in the second quarter. "I was at Baylor for an unofficial visit, but I just fell in love with Nebraska that day, even though I'd never heard a word from them and they weren't even recruiting me," Craver said.
He Fell in Love Just Watching Huskers Warm Up
Craver remembers how impressed he was just watching Nebraska warm up at Baylor. It was unlike watching anyone else – precise, focused, fundamentally sound in every aspect. "I thought to myself, 'These guys are like machines' and a week later, I got a letter in the mail. I remember saying to myself: 'Thanks, Lord. If time is destiny, this is it, right here.' The minute I received that letter, I decided I wasn't going to let an opportunity like this one pass me by." I ask Craver what else he remembers. "I remember how the letter said they wanted to see film on me, and to me, the rest is history," he said. I ask him if he knows how Nebraska "discovered" him. Curiously, he did not have an answer for that question. I then tell him that he was never even on Nebraska's radar until Gary Pepin called George Darlington on the phone. "Coach Pep called Coach Darlington?" he asked. "Yes," I said. "Coach Darlington just told me that a couple minutes ago. He said the football staff had never even heard of you until Coach Pepin called."
"Wow!" Craver said. "Coach Pep is the reason Nebraska recruited me for football? I had no idea … no idea whatsoever that something like that happened ... Unbelieveable!"
Big Item on His to Do List: Call and Thank Pepin
Shaking his head as he prepares to take the elevator down with family members who just saw him inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame, Craver said he knows what he has to do as soon as possible. "I will call Coach Pep," he said, "and I will thank him for what he did for me! Amazing! He's the reason I was here tonight, and I didn't even know it." In 2001, Keyuo (pronounced Key-Oh) Craver, a 5-11, 190-pound cornerback from Harleton, Texas, earned First-Team All-America honors from both The Sporting News and The Football News. He was a captain for a Nebraska team that played Miami in a national championship game in the Rose Bowl. Craver went on to spend three NFL seasons with the New Orleans Saints and four more in the Canadian Football League, two in Edmonton and two in Winnipeg.
Craver retired from football three years ago, and 16 years after his extraordinary recruitment to Nebraska, he knows the rest of the story. Simply put, it's a bit of a fairy tale where one legend (Pepin) finally gets credit for another (Craver) … a truly unique case where one Hall-of-Famer did a huge favor for another without him even knowing it … until now.
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Can these be made in a rtp style rail in am/mm length?
Yes, no doubt
Maybe, depends
No, not interested
Can these be made in a rtp style rail in am/mm length?
That's the plan.
Slugs are done so we can commence with this project.
After reviewing the design we're going to have to make some tweaks to smooth out some small details.
Last edited by luke; 10-15-2013 at 12:29 AM.
Worked my butt off the last two days and completed 2 Armada rails, we have an RTP and AM/MM rail, both 8 inch in length.
Both can be pump milled.
Pump and non pump will be ULE milled.
Foregrip mount holes (of course)
Tomorrow I will design fixtures and work on the programming so we can get a thread up in the dealer forum.
I'm pretty stoked with the rails, I hope we can sell a batch.
good work
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Pretty sure that I want one of these, if you ship to Sweden? Waiting for the pictures.
Sweden is no problem..
Currently cutting fixtures...
Shoulda built a stop into it
I like to center the part in the vise. These rails are 9.1" long, vise is 6" long.
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I knew I was going to end up with a response like that from you Luke. The second I hit 'post', I was doh!
lol, What, was that NOT what you wanted to see?
I'll keep my eye open for the dealers thread, or my inbox...
makes sense for the rtps
I have a variety of different style 'bolt on stops' in this case it's not worth the effort or materials to design them into the jaws.
very interested, I would pick one up immediately upon their release
I hear ya
Ive made countless sets of soft jaws for heavy production, usually I can only design a stop into them if I luck out and the part is shaped appropriately, just saves a few minutes in setup
Plus I have had external stops move on me more than once
But for what your doing, your on top of it
You guys should post some pictures up. Please?
When the prototypes are made I will post pictures.
Been busy on this the past 2 days (and nights ) Designed and machined more fixtures for the second operation, and was able to program the AM Armadas (pump and non-pump) they are ready to be test cut.
I'm zapped tonight so I'll try and do the RTP programming tomorrow.
Almost there...
Which body do you guys think will match the Armada rail the best?
http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...RKM-3D-Designs"You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes." RU
Wonder what a Chord V2 would look like on it ?
Pending a price, I am interested in an AM/MM length one.
"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson
How about rt length? Look sick on my retro. Price would b the factor


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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Austin Cody, Turner Southey-Gordon and Motin Yeung each finished in the top 20 at the Bash at the Beach Tuesday. The Duke trio played in the event at the Surf Golf and Beach Club as individuals.
Southey-Gordon fired a four-under 67 in the final round to close with a one-over 214. He finished tied for 14th along with teammate Cody and two others. Cody shot a two-over 73 Tuesday for a 214 (71-70-73).
Yeung recorded a two-under 69 and tie for 18th with a three-over 216 (74-73-69).
Rich Leeper (James Madison) claimed the individual title with a nine-under 204. He posted a six-under 65 Tuesday to best teammate Trey Smith (James Madison) by one shot. Callum Tarren (Radford) finished two shots back with Chase Wilson (High Point) and Daniel Walsh (Appalachian State) tying for fifth at three-under.
Radford claimed the team championship with a seven-under 845, five shots better than Jacksonville. James Madison placed third with a six-over 858.


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NEW YORK - Looking to send its five seniors out on a high note, the Columbia men's soccer team played with an extra burst of energy the entire 90 minutes, but No. 14 Cornell notched one tally in the opening half to defeat the Lions Saturday at the Columbia Soccer Stadium.
The Lions had the first shot on goal in the 12th minute, but David Najem had his attempt stopped by Cornell keeper Rick Pflasterer. Ninety seconds later the Big Red put a goal on the board with their first shot of the game.
Jake Rinow was able to keep the ball in Cornell's zone after a Columbia clear attempt, heading the ball back into the penalty area. Daniel Haber gathered the ball and fired a shot in the back of the net.
The remainder of the half saw each team's defense step up and limit the offensive chances. Cornell went into the halftime break retaining its 1-0 advantage, while also outshooting the Lions, 6-2.
In the second half, both teams picked up the intensity as the action grew increasingly physical throughout the half, leading to a pair of yellow cards being issued to Columbia. The offense also picked up in the second half, as 13 shots were fired in the half.
Despite the 9-4 edge in shots favoring Cornell, the squads traded runs and scoring chances equally throughout the half. Cornell had a pair of scoring opportunities called back due to a foul and an offisides call, while Columbia had a plethora of rushes stymied by Cornell defenders or Pflasterer.
Brendan O'Hearn had one last quality chance for the Lions in the 85th minute, but his header missed just wide. Cornell held on to secure the 1-0 victory, which earned them the outright Ivy League title.
Prior to the match, Columbia honored its five seniors: Ifiok Akpandak, Nick Scott, Quentin Grigsby, Will Young and Brendan O'Hearn for their contributions over the last four years to Columbia soccer.


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Charge not that tall and not that concerned about it.
A presence on many great defenses is the long-armed big man who blocks and alters shots in the lane.
The Canton Charge maintain that person is not a must. And it looks like they intend to prove it.
The Charge said "so long" to Longar Longar on Thursday. The 6-foot-11 Longar, Canton's only player taller than 6-9, became the first official cut of training camp. The roster now is at 15, with Canton needing to get to 10 by the middle of next week.
First-year head coach Steve Hetzel is confident in the total team defense to make up for any lack of size at the rim. If they must, said Hetzel, the Charge will front and double an effective post player.
"Our No. 1 priority is to keep the ball out of the paint," said Hetzel, whose team will scrimmage at Fort Wayne on Saturday night. "If we're doing our jobs, keeping it out of the paint, you don't really need a shot blocker.
"There are a lot of ways to protect the paint. We can take a charge. We can use the rule of verticality. We don't want to just rely on someone to clean up our mistakes."
Last year, the Charge had 6-10 Micheal Eric and Arinze Onuaku, who played like a 7-footer, in the paint.
Longar's departure leaves Michael Lee and Alejo Rodriguez at 6-9 as the tallest Charge players. Kevin Jones and Tyrell Biggs stand 6-8, while Shane Edwards and Travis Franklin are at 6-7. Lee, who was in training camp with the Charge's NBA parent club, the Cleveland Cavaliers, probably is the most athletic player of the frontcourt.
"You know, Miami's won the (NBA) championship the last two years," said Hetzel, "and Chris Bosh was the biggest player out there much of the time."
Of course, it doesn't appear the Charge have the D-League version of LeBron James. However, Jones isn't concerned about Canton's lack of height.
"We have a bunch of tough guys, guys that come from tough programs," said Jones, who played for Bob Huggins at West Virginia. "I don't really think size matters that much when guys know how to fight and know what position to be in. We have a lot of older, experienced guys. So I don't think it's going to play that big of a factor.
"We have a lot of guys in the 6-6 to 6-8 area, so we have a lot of length and athleticism."
Keep in mind, the D-League is not teeming with big guys who are true, low-post scorers. Heck, the NBA isn't teeming with guys who fit that profile. Basketball is a pick-and-roll game nowadays. Many of the best post-up players are guards and wing players.
Offensively, the Charge do not appear to have a strong low-post presence.
"I think all of our bigs' biggest strength is to pick and pop and space the floor," Hetzel said. "So right now, we're playing to their strengths. That doesn't mean Tyrell, KJ, Shane are not capable post-up bigs. It's just the progression of our offense has been very equal opportunity, where we want the ball moving and the best shot will find the player, rather than us seeking out a shot."
Onuaku, an All-Star center with the Charge last year, made the New Orleans Pelicans' roster out of training camp this season. But the 6-9, 275-pound bruiser was waived earlier this week. The Charge maintain Onuaku's D-league rights and will gauge his interest on returning to Canton.
The Charge also could get help from the Cavaliers assigning 6-10 Henry Sims to Canton, but that's not something on which they can rely.


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Unlike only a decade ago, breast cancer detected through regular screening is curable, Kemper said.
To this end, the Breast Center – which has satellite centers in Bayonne Medical Center and Hoboken University Center – provides all the resources needed to combat what has previously been considered a fatal disease.
The CarePoint Breast Center provides all the services that are normally associated with breast cancer detection and treatment, as well as state of the art procedures that women would have to go elsewhere to get if they wanted.
The center's mammography, breast ultrasound, and breast MRI scans are the first steps in the early detection process.
By having the resources in one place, a patient whose mammogram indicates reason for concern has experts on hand at that moment to begin evaluating the problem and propose solutions.
A patient going to any one of the three hospitals in the CarePoint network is assigned a nurse navigator who helps guide the person through what is needed, Kemper said.
In the event of a problematic mammogram, a patient whose history suggests a high risk of cancer, or who presents symptoms such as a breast lump, changes in the skin, or nipple discharge, the center will do necessary tests to make certain.
Kemper and the team work with the patient to develop a plan that is particularly suited to that person's needs and wishes, and they explore the various options available, Kemper said.
Reconstruction recommended when possible
The Breast Center works with a plastic surgeon to create a reconstructive surgical plan that fits what the patient desires. The use of a plastic surgeon as part of the process often means less total reconstruction as in the past. This is a very new concept nationally, and something totally new to Hudson County.
Kemper said reconstruction of the breast has a psychological effect that helps with the healing and the life after cancer.
"We treat patients in a way that will help their quality of life after the surgery when they live their lives," she said.
National statistics show that breast cancer strikes one out of eight American women at some time in their lives.
The Breast Center has several reconstruction teams that work with the patient to talk about options and what can and should be done based on personal conditions.
"We recommend reconstruction because it helps with a woman's body image and she feels better about herself," Kemper said.
One state of the art implant surgery transfers tissue from another part of a woman's body, usually from the abdominal area, using fatty tissues and blood vessels that are relocated to the chest area.
"This gives the reconstructed breast a newer natural look and feel," Kemper said.
New technology
One of the new technologies, which removes the cancerous tissue but leaves the external envelope so when rebuilt the patient has the same skin and nipple as before, is particularly useful for early stage cancer.
The fine needle biopsy, ultrasound guided core biopsy, lymph node surgery, breast biopsy, lumpectomy (partial mastectomy), Traditional Mastectomy, Oncoplastic Reduction, Skin Sparing Mastectomy, Nipple Sparing Mastectomy and other techniques are part of a new comprehensive program for treating breast cancer.
"CarePoint recruited me to come work in Hudson County and run the Breast Center and its services," Kemper said.
While the center brings many of the conventional treatments into one comprehensive center, it also provides services that are seen as cutting edge.
"We are doing a number of new surgical procedures," she said. "But we provide a full range of services for women with breast problems."
These could be benign breast issues – meaning non-cancerous – or those cancerous conditions previously seen as life threatening.
While the center itself is located at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, satellite offices in Hoboken University Medical Center and Bayonne Medical Center allow a patient to access the program from various parts of Hudson County. With all the services associated with breast treatment under one room from imaging and diagnosis to surgery and reconstruction, a patient spends less time going from place to place and gets more focused attention.
Reducing stress
While the need for such services is everywhere, Kemper said, the particular patient population in Hudson County needs this service, which until now hasn't been available here.
"A woman needs to see a lot of doctors and has to have a lot of tests done."
Nurse navigators in each of the hospitals help patients make appointments for doctors and tests, and steer patients toward resources they need. Also, they answer many of the questions a patient has about various procedures. Stress caused by the disease and worry is typical, and this helps reduce much of the stress associated with making appointments.
Early detection means early cure
She said breast cancer treatment has improved tremendously over the last decade.
"A woman doesn't die, shouldn't die," Kemper said. "The key to survival is catching it in screening. The best way to cure it is to find it early. The earlier we find it, the more treatable is becomes."
A team works with each patient to talk about various options.
"This is not just about medical cures," she said. "It's important to talk about quality of life after surgery. We expect our patients to survive a long time, and we want to provide them with the best medical treatment as well as the best quality of life later. In some cases, if we can save the breast, we do, it not, we reconstruct it."
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DURHAM, N.C. - The sixth-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team did not allow a Terrapins goal for nearly 23 minutes to start the game, but the Blue Devils could not take advantage of the opportunity and ultimately dropped a 12-3 decision to No. 4 Maryland Saturday afternoon in the 2012 ACC Women's Lacrosse Championship semifinals.
"I'd like to congratulate Maryland on a really hard-earned, well-deserved win," said head coach Kerstin Kimel. "I thought they played really great from start to finish of the game, so I'd like to congratulate them on a great ACC Tournament win."
The Blue Devils (10-6, 3-2 ACC) received a goal each from Kat Thomas, Taylor Trimble and Kim Wenger, while Kerrin Maurer and Molly Quirke each added an assist. Alex Aust led the way for the Terps (15-3, 3-2 ACC) with seven points on three goals and four assists, followed by Katie Schwarzman with four goals and Karri Ellen Johnson with two goals and two assists.
Duke starting goaltender Mollie Mackler made 12 saves, her fourth double-digit save performance of the season, but the Blue Devils, who were outshot 28-13, were unable to match Maryland's offensive production in the end.
The Blue Devils got off to a quick start with Wenger putting Duke up 1-0 less than two minutes. Duke's defense initially flustered the Maryland attack as Mackler stopped five of the Terps' first eight shots. However, Maryland broke through with 7:31 to go in the first half on a goal from Schwarzman and closed out the half with a 4-0 run.
"Our game plan was to really have the ball on our offensive end and make [Maryland] play defense for an extended period of time and then look to attack," added Kimel. "[The game plan] did well except I felt we weren't being aggressive enough when we initiated our looks. I think defensively, we just did a good job of being organized. I felt as though we were slowing Maryland down in transition and we were making them play settled offense. That's what you need to do with Maryland. You can't get into a shootout with them. I felt like we did a good job of that in the first half."
The Terrapins added two more goals to start the second frame and led 6-1 with 27:23 to go. Quirke fed Trimble to make it 6-2 before Maryland rattled off six straight over the next seven minutes to put the game out of reach.
Maryland advances to Monday's championship game and will face top-seeded North Carolina, a 14-6 victor over No. 4 seed Virginia in the first semifinal contestl. The Terps and the Tar Heels meet at 7 p.m., at Koskinen Stadium for the ACC Championship.
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ROCKFORD — Aldermen may develop new rules to govern slot machines before allowing any new businesses that feature gambling.
A pending decision on whether to allow a coffee house and slot machine parlor on Charles Street would be the last vote aldermen make under current gaming rules, which are essentially nonexistent in Rockford.
Liquor licenses are the city's only mechanism to control the expansion of slot machines in Rockford. That's because the state can issue gaming permits to businesses that have a permit to sell alcohol.
On Monday, the city's Code and Regulation Committee recommended that no new liquor licenses be considered until the council has developed new rules for slots.
Aldermen will consider rules about distance between gaming facilities, signs and whether to put a cap on the total number in town.
Slot machines were installed in 80 businesses since video gaming went live in Rockford in September 2012 — including 22 added since January.
Aldermen were jolted to develop new gaming rules in part by a proposal for Caesar's Place Coffee and Slots, 2320 Charles St., which is on the same block as two other facilities with slots — Slots of Fun and the private Navy Club of Rockford. That proposal was approved 3-2 at committee on Monday. It goes before the full Council next week.
Eminent domain
Aldermen gave preliminary approval to pursue eminent domain, if necessary, to obtain an auto shop that's part of the city's plans to redevelop the historic Amerock building into a hotel and conference center.
Aldermen voted 10-1 Monday to authorize the city to make a final offer to purchase three properties owned by S&L Warshawsky's Inc. at 431 S. Main St., 501 S. Main St. and 319 Cedar St. Eminent domain would be pursued if the offer is rejected. A final vote is scheduled for next week. Ald. Linda McNeely voted against.
Warshawky's has been in south Rockford for 70 years, said Nancy Warren, daughter of owner Leon Warren. During that time it's provided jobs to hundreds of mechanics, repairmen and other employees, she said.
"People are coming into the store telling my father how they remember coming there with their grandfathers when they were kids and what a part of Rockford history the store is," she said in an email to the Register Star.
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