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Five Prominent Republicans Insisted JobsOhio Could Be Publicly Audited
In 2011, when the Ohio House was debating JobsOhio legislation, Democrats raised holy hell over the fact that the Ohio State Auditor might not have the authority to review the finances of Governor Kasich's semi-private development group. ODP Chairman Chris Redfern and David Pepper, Yost's 2010 opponent in the auditor's race, sounded the alarm while the bill was still in committee. Republicans adamantly disagreed.
Auditor Dave Yost quickly addressed Democrats' concerns in a letter to Robert Mecklenborg, Chairman of the House State Government and Elections Committee, calling Redfern's statement "untrue as a matter of law". According to Yost, "To put it simply, the Auditor of State's authority follows public money wherever it flows – including to private entities."
In the letter, Yost quoted Ohio Revised Code 117.10, the same section of Ohio law we reported on last week, that says "the auditor of state also may audit the accounts of private institutions, associations, boards, and corporations receiving public money."
Mecklenborg used Yost's letter during House hearings as proof that the Ohio State Auditor would be able to review the finances of JobsOhio, holding it up and taunting Democrats who doubted his claims.
But Yost and Mecklenborg weren't the only Republicans insisting that the Auditor of State maintained this authority.
In hearings on January 25, 2011, then-Development Director, and mastermind behind JobsOhio, Mark Kvamme gave testimony in front of the House in which he proclaimed "the Auditor of State will have authority to audit all public funds of [JobsOhio]."
The next day, then-Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine issued a statement attacking Redfern and Pepper for questioning Yost's authority to audit JobsOhio. "Either the former Democratic candidate for state auditor doesn't know the basic functions of the office," said DeWine, "or the Democrats are intentionally misleading the public about this important legislation. Either way, they're wrong on the facts, and they should issue an immediate retraction and apology"
After passing the legislation, House Speaker Batchelder told Hannah that "he believes many of the transparency concerns raised by Democrats were either misleading or misunderstood. He said the state auditor has the ability to audit JobsOhio." (Emphasis added)
This wasn't the first time Batchelder admitted that the Auditor of State has the power to review the financial records of non-public organizations. In a 2000 case, then-Ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Batchelder ruled that ORC 117.10 does apply to private entities:
In sum, this court holds that the State Auditor has the statutory authority to issue subpoenas to private, third-party entities indirectly receiving money from a public agency if a relevant link between the two can be established. Otherwise, an underhanded public official could easily establish a web of conduits and launder public money without apprehension. In the interests of good government and maintaining the public trust, the State Auditor must be able to follow the money trail.
In 2011, Republicans across the state came together and all agreed: JobsOhio COULD be audited by the Ohio State Auditor. But now that it's time to actually do the audit, some Republicans are changing their tune.
Last week Batchelder made the surprising (and incorrect) claim that the auditor "doesn't have that authority to go into a private corporation and audit it" – a complete 180 from his earlier statement: "the state auditor has the ability to audit JobsOhio." Senate President Keith Faber has taken the same stance.
Two years ago, Republicans accused Democrats of "intentionally misleading the public" on JobsOhio and of not knowing "the basic functions of the office" of state auditor. They demanded an apology for even questioning the auditor's power in this area. Today, Republicans – with the exception of Yost – are anxiously trying to convince us the Democrats were actually right all along. (For the sake of consistency, the Ohio Republican Party and Bill Batchelder should issue an immediate retraction of their old statements and an apology to Redfern and Pepper.)
Clearly something stinks here. Kasich and his crew are desperately trying to keep the inner workings of JobsOhio a secret. And everyone should be asking "WHY!?"
JobsOhio is receiving billions of our dollars in grants and redirected liquor profits and we deserve to know what they are doing with it.
(ht to the Dispatch for first pointing out Batch's ruling in 2000)
Asking "why" should be the lead editorial in the PD, CD and CP, TB, ABJ, YV, DDN to name a few of the state newspapers…what about it, gentlemen/ladies…where are you on the legality and transparency of JobsOhio???
Keep on posting, Plunderbund! If the state media won't pick up the story, hopefully someone national will. Surely, our own state government can't keep ripping us off in plain sight like this.
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Dee and Dum, the Tweedle Twins.
This guy can't get anything right: SB5 mess, Turnpike deal mess, school funding mess, sales tax mess, prison privatization mess, and of course, this mess. He's the republican party's worst nightmare, and the gift that keeps on giving for democrats. Keep digging, Johnny!
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It can be audited until you people want it audited, then not so much.
It's simple. It's my money, it's your money, and OUR State Auditor needs to ensure that OUR money (not JobsOhio's money) is audited.
One must look at Dave Yost's past to understand his philosophy on how he doles out justice. If he can get a headline out of it, he will sell out his own wife (which he did when he lied about tax liens he incurred while county auditor). I am sure the Columbus Schools as well as every other entity audited by Yost was asked if they would like the information withheld from public view for five years. This whole thing stinks and so does the man auditing it.
The only opinion pages published in Ohio these days are too "conservative" or too timid to call out the Republicans. This is where news of this sort appears. Regrettably, not everyone sees it….
What you want to bet Kasich is re-elected?
If it's clean,every thing in order the audit should be questioned,wheather it's private or public.
We'll see. Stupid people gave him the last election including democrats who didn't bother to show up to vote. So you may be right.


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According to the latest figures compiled by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, Montgomery County has officially climbed out of the pit from the national collapse of the housing market, with June sales this year exceeding sales during the peak of the market in 2006.
A total of 937 homes, townhomes and condos were sold in June of this year – the next-highest recorded sales for a June in Montgomery County was 929. Houston very nearly reached the June 2006 market peak, with 7,924 homes sold this June compared with 8,628 home sold in June 2006.
Median prices likewise have clearly eclipsed the last market peak. The June 2013 median price was $238,200, compared with the June 2008 median price of $196,300.
It is a trend that reflects full recovery of the housing market – and by all indications the market continues on an upward trajectory.
Houston-area home sales continued to surge in June, especially in the area's hottest housing markets like The Woodlands and Montgomery County, according to the latest reports from the Houston Association of Realtors.
The continued strong pace of sales has been accompanied by an increase in median prices for homes and a decrease in the Days on Market.
Sales jumped by 22.5 percent in June in Montgomery County – a percentage increase nearly twice that of Houston, where sales increased 13.4 percent. It is a testament to the value of the Montgomery County market relative to the Houston region. A total of 894 homes were sold in June in Montgomery County, as opposed to 730 last June. Year-to-date sales in June jumped 24.6 percent, from 3,184 sold as of this point last year compared with 3,966 this year.
The strength in home sales continues despite rising mortgage interest rates and a slight cooling in employment growth, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. The Texas Workforce Commission reported that the greater Houston area added 91,600 jobs in the 12 months ending May 2013, which is down from 106,000 jobs and a 4.0 percent annualized rate for the 12 months endin g April 2013.
Virtually all areas of the county are benefiting from a steadily strengthening housing market, although in Conroe and northeast Montgomery County sales for June were flat compared with last June – an anomaly compared with year-to-date sales, where all regions of the county have improved.
"The Houston housing market plowed full-steam ahead through another month and most REALTORS® I know have never been busier," said HAR Chairman Danny Frank with Prudential Anderson Properties. "The fact that inventory has leveled off month-over-month suggests that we may finally be starting to see enough homes listed for sale to keep up with demand."
The county and the Houston region continued to blow out previous home sales records as the area's strong economy, job and population growth fuel continued demand for housing.
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May home sales surge for Houston region, Montgomery County
The county and the Houston region continued to blow out previous home sales records as the area's strong economy, job and population growth fuel continued demand for housing.
May 2013 marked the second-best month for home sales in Montgomery County ever, with 911 homes sold; that is second only to June 2006, when 929 homes were sold during the market peak. It was the highest number of homes sold in May in Montgomery County ever, compared even with the market peak in 2006.
The monthly sales represented a 23 percent increase over May of last year; that compares well with Houston, which saw a 28 percent growth in sales in May, year over year.
Montgomery County has seen nearly two years – 20 consecutive months – of positive sales each month over previous years. Houston has experienced 24 straight months of positive growth.
It all adds up to a dynamic housing market that gives no signs of slowing, despite modest increase in interest rates recently, according to Houston Association of Realtors Chairman Danny Frank with Prudential Anderson Properties.
"The Houston real estate market has held to positive territory for two years running and you'd be hard-pressed to find a market anywhere in the U.S. as vibrant as ours," Frank said. "We continue to see multiple offers on homes, in many cases before the ink has even dried on the listing agreements. There are also many cash offers. We need to carefully watch pricing, however. A disproportionate appreciation in home prices could suggest a bubble, and Houston is very fortunate to have avoided that so far."
Houston's and Montgomery County's relentless surge in home sales continues to be fueled by further job creation, according to HAR, with the Texas Workforce Commission reporting the addition of more than 111,000 jobs over the past 12 months. Continued low interest rates have also made conditions more appealing for home buying, although rates have begun creeping up in recent weeks.
The patterns of growth in sales, decreasing inventory, and median prices have been favoring The Woodlands, Conroe and southwest Montgomery County, but southeast Montgomery County and the Lake Conroe area saw the strongest increase in closed sales in May, and also year-to-date now. The two regions also lead in May with increases in median price; although year-to-date The Woodlands and southwest Montgomery County, followed by Conroe northeast, continue to see the strongest price appreciation, with gains in median prices of 9.1 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively.
All of this growth in sales of course eventually will have an impact on the availability of housing and the pace of sales.
The average Days on Market (DOM) fell in each of the four regions of Montgomery County, with the stro
ngest declines being in what have been the two strongest markets, The Woodlands/southwest and Conroe/northeast. In The Woodlands/southwest, the average DOM now stands at 56 days.
The amount of remaining inventory continues to drop as well. In The Woodlands/southwest, the remaining months of inventory available has fallen to just 2.5 months.
The only negative to be found in all of the data is the number of closed sales in southeast Montgomery County – there has been a decrease for that region both for May compared to last year, and for year to date.
Still, with all the pressure on growth – and the coming development of the latest segment of the Grand Parkway, passing along the south part of the county from near the Exxon/Mobil complex to U.S. 59 – it's hard to believe that southeast Montgomery County won't see a surge in sales eventually as well.
April sales jump 33 percent; county outpaces Houston region overall
If you've been thinking it's time to put your home on the market – you're exactly right — and the numbers show it.
Homes sales and median prices continue to soar, according to the latest April sales data from the Houston Association of Realtors.
Meanwhile, Montgomery County continues to outpace the Houston region as a whole in terms of closed sales and median price increases. Buyer demand for homes, and a dwindling supply, continues to improve the options for homeowners thinking about listing their homes for sale.
Montgomery County home sales for April jumped 32.3 percent compared with last April, climbing from 535 to 708 homes sold. That compares favorably to the Houston region overall, which saw a 27.2 percent increase in homes sold for April, according to HAR. Homes selling between $80,000 and $250,000 registered the greatest increase in sales volume, according to HAR, and that tracks closely with Montgomery County, where the sweet spot for home sales hovers around $250,000 to $300,000.
The year-to-date numbers for Montgomery County are strong as well, rising 28.1 percent from 1,715 to 2,197 homes sold year to date in April.
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With the inventory of available homes continuing to tighten, the result has been quicker sales and higher prices as demand for homes continues to grow, driven by population and job growth and low mortgage rates.
Meanwhile, within Montgomery County, The Woodlands and southwest Montgomery County continue to lead in terms of overall sales, median prices and the Days on Market (the average number of days a home will be on market before it is sold). But other regions showed a surge in the pace of sales in April. The Conroe/Northeast county area saw sales jump 60 percent in April, for example, while Lake Conroe area sales rose 39 percent compared with last April.
Meanwhile, in terms of median prices, all areas showed an increase of 10 percent or better compared with last April, with the exception of southeast Montgomery County, which saw its median prices fall. Here is a full chart of the Montgomery County April 2013 MLS Statistics.
The booming Houston region economy – we were the last in, and the first out, of the national recession – will continue to drive demand for housing, and until homebuilders can put up enough new homes to respond to that demand the value of existing homes will continue to soar in many areas of the county.
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County, Houston housing market continues to beat prior year on sales, median price
Houston region home sales have been beating prior year sales now for 16 months according to the latest September sales data, and Montgomery County is no exception to that continued strength in the housing market.
In virtually every category of data – the average days a home stays on market, median prices, total homes sold — the picture for single family homes continues to strengthen in Montgomery County.
Of course, what is fueling this continued growth in the housing market is a relatively robust economy in the Houston region and record-low interest rates.
So how about you? This market presents good opportunities to buy or sell; please contact me for a free market analysis of your home, or to inquire about finding the right home.
According to the Houston Association of Realtors, even though overall monthly sales volume dropped slightly compared to August, there was enough sales activity to lower available housing inventory to levels not seen since March 2002.
According to the data:
- single-family home sales rose 8.7 percent compared to September 2011;
- Contracts closed on 5,014 homes in September;
- Inventory dropped to 4.7 months
- The single-family home average price increased 4.7 percent year-over-year to $220,992, the highest level for a September in Houston;
- The median price—the figure at which half of the homes sold for more and half sold for less—climbed 6.1 percent to $165,000, also a record high for a September in Houston.
"Demand for homes throughout Houston continues to outpace supply as we transition into the fall season," said Wayne A. Stroman, HAR chairman and CEO of Stroman Realty, in a HAR press release. "For those considering selling a home, current market conditions present excellent opportunities, and with interest rates falling to new record lows, this also remains an outstanding time to buy."
"For those considering selling a home, current market conditions present excellent opportunities, and with interest rates falling to new record lows, this also remains an outstanding time to buy."
In many ways, Montgomery County's housing picture is stronger than the Houston area overall. The county continued to see strong home sales for this year in September's data, year over year, with 591 closed sales compared with 503 in September 2011 — an increase of 17.5 percent. For closed sales, it was the best September since 2006, the year home sales peaked in Montgomery County.
Total inventory stood at 5.2 months in September, again, the lowest amount of inventory on the market since late 2006, early 2007, when the inventory stood at 5.1 in several months of the year and dipped to 4.7 months once.
Other highlights:
- Year-to-date closed sales rose were positive as well, rising 14.3 percent, from 4,496 by this point last year in September to 5,138 this year
- The time homes spend on average on market (Days on Market) fell from 89 to 80 days on average for a single family home – a fall of 10.4 percent
Burrowing deeper into the data, it's clear that The Woodlands dominates the market compared with the county's other geographical areas.
Days on Market
Properties are moving faster in The Woodlands and southwest Montgomery County, with an average days on market of just 68 days, compared with the average countywide of 80 days.
The Lake Conroe and northwest Montgomery County region had the highest Days on Market, averaging 104 for September.
However, the good news is that all four regions of Montgomery County saw the average Days on Market for single family homes decline
Median Price
Lake Conroe made the biggest gains in median price in September year to date, jumping 13.4 percent from $175,000 to $198,390; and as for comparing just September 2012 to September 2011, the median price in northwest Montgomery County and Lake Conroe jumped 40.8 percent, from $156,000 to $220,000.
However, The Woodlands and South Montgomery County continues to lead in median price overall, both year-to-date and for September monthly figures; The Woodlands and southwest Montgomery County year-to-date media price stands at $228,000.
Closed Sales
The Woodlands also is leader in closed sales, jumping 30.9 percent in September from 275 last year to 360 this September. Lake Conroe and northwest Montgomery County saw the next-largest gains, growing 16.3 percent from 98 last September to 114 this September.
As for year-to-date figures, while The Woodlands had three times or more closings than anywhere else in the county, it was Conroe and Northeast Montgomery County that showed the strongest growth in closed sales, climbing nearly 23 percent from 548 last year to 673 this year.
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Being Strong
It is a sunny summer morning in The Woodlands, and attorney Bret Strong is looking relaxed in slacks and a dress shirt, his collar open and free of a tie as he talks about life, work and family in his office in Waterway One overlooking the Waterway and its never-ending growth and development.
His office window affords a picture perfect view of The Woodlands, and it's a view that Strong has rightly earned; after all, his business law firm, The Strong Firm P.C., has been a major player in many of the transactions and deals that have made the master-planned community the wonder of the Houston region.
With a brownstone located just down the Waterway, a growing business in the heart of The Woodlands' "downtown," and with a company whose name, as a sponsor, is associated with many of The Woodlands' major endurance and fitness events, Strong should be feeling pretty comfortable these days – and he is.
"The great opportunity I've been given, which I am blessed to have, is that I've been here since 1989 and I've been involved in this community," Strong said. "I've been able to see this community grow through business transactions, and I've been involved in a lot of what you see going up around here."
For Strong, being part of the team to bring a complex commercial real estate or oil and gas transactions to fruition is fulfilling. "You're helping grow the economy and doing the things that need to be done to help this be the success it has become." And unlike firms devoted to trial work and litigation, which Strong views as primarily "destructive" and a zero-sum process, his firm instead is devoted to handling transactions, trademarks, and other aspects of business law.
"It's constructive. It's progressive, it's focusing on the future and growth and things that generally everybody's pretty positive about."
Strong was the first of his siblings to finish college, earning a degree in business from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Shell hired him straight from campus, starting him in its Traverse City, Michigan offices where he dealt with oil and gas contracts.
As he gained more experience in oil and gas production and exploration, Shell worked to continue his development, moving to positions with ever-increasing responsibility throughout the organization. He worked in Columbus, Texas, and New Orleans before coming to Houston in 1989.
It was at that point that Shell took another step in his career development, sending him to law school full time. He graduated from the South Texas College of Law in 1995.
Soon after, however, he was faced with a decision – to continue with Shell in its legal department, or strike out on his own in law.
Having made a number of contacts during his oil and gas work with Shell, Strong opted to launch a new career in business law, joining with Woodlands attorney Jack Stibbs and his firm, Stibbs & Burbach. Winstead acquired the firm in 2001, and in 2004 Strong decided it was time to begin his own firm.
Starting with just himself and a legal assistant, Strong has since seen his firm grow to five full-time attorneys and a total of 11 employees, "and we're still growing," Strong said. In fact, Strong recently exercised an option to expand his practice in Waterway One.
"When I moved into this space, I picked this space not only because of the view but because I knew I had expansion rights on both sides," he said.
The first option, when that tenant moved out, enabled him to add on two or three offices and conference room; when the remaining space became available, he again exercised his option and then immediately subleased it to a client of the Strong firm.
That lease ended Sept. 1, and by October the Strong firm will "not quite double" its existing footprint, giving the firm, Strong said, "some elbow room and room for growth."
And the growth prospects are strong. The Strong firm, as mentioned, has had a hand in a number of the major commercial transactions in The Woodlands over the last decade.
"We do a lot of work for the (Woodlands) township, and our energy related transaction work has been pretty busy. And of course we work with a lot of developers in The Woodlands doing retail and office buildings, and we handle work for a lot of small- to medium-size businesses as well," Strong said. "We'll probably add another attorney at the beginning of next year."
This would be enough to keep anyone busy, but Strong also finds time for his family: he is married to local CPA Angela Strong and they have an 9-month-old son, Luke, all the while maintaining a demanding fitness regime. (Bret also has two grown sons from a previous marriage.) Strong runs three times a week, swims two or three times a week, and heads out on the roads on Sundays for a long bike ride.
In January, this already demanding schedule will increase in intensity when he starts serious training for Ironman Texas – he has competed in three Ironmans already. Plus, he has run "four or five" marathons and numerous half-marathons and other events.
As crazy as this effort may sound, the truth is that his running, swimming and biking help keep him sane, he said.
"When I get away from the office and go do a run or bike and think about stuff, that's my clearing time, my decompression time; also, staying healthy is important in a high-stress position," Strong says. "You gotta' unplug and give your mind time to think."
It is a demanding schedule, and not for the faint of heart. But growing up near South Bend, Indiana, Strong learned at a young age about the need for hard work. When he was just 4 years old his father was killed in a car accident, thrusting his mother into the role of sold breadwinner.
"My mother at the time had four kids all under the age of 10; my mom was a homemaker basically. She had no education past high school and had never had a steady job. She instantly became the main breadwinner of the family, and set a very good role model to show me you do what you need to do to provide for your family," he said.
"She held all sorts of jobs. She was a bartender, she worked at a jewelers, she did the census; I remember she was always working two jobs at a time."
And as a result, there were no excuses for inactivity around the Strong home as a boy. His mother made certain he was constantly involved in productive activities at school, and throughout high school Strong competed in three sports, football, wrestling, and baseball.
"She taught me you are going to learn to be self –sufficient. There was no time for whining at all," Strong said.
But it's clear that all that focus and discipline has paid off, as Strong appears to be successfully managing the demands of family, work and community service.
With a Brownstone apartment just down the Waterway from his office, and owning his own practice, Strong enjoys the freedom and flexibility he has found.
"I may this afternoon go for a run at 4 o'clock, but I may be back on the computer either here or at home tonight;" he said. "There are times I'll spend the whole night here to make sure things are on focus; and there are days I show up at 10 because I want to go for a run or do something with the family," Strong said.
"I really love it, I feel I get the right level of leisure time and family time; I feel very blessed with what I've been able to do. When you can drive around and be involved in the community and see a little bit of your fingerprint in a lot of what's going on, that's very satisfying."
Montgomery County June home sales soaring; need a nice country retreat?
The Houston area housing market – including Montgomery County – continues to soar to new heights based on the latest figures for June 2012.
In the Houston region June marked the 13th straight month of positive home sales, according to the Houston Association of Realtors.
According to the latest monthly data prepared by the Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR), single-family home sales rose 14.4 percent compared to June 2011. The month also saw local housing inventory hold to its lowest level in more than five years.
And Montgomery County specifically saw strong numbers for June – eclipsing the numbers for the Houston region overall. Here are some of the highlights for Montgomery County:
- Closed single-family home sales rose 17.3 percent for June 2012, growing from 635 sales in June last year to 745;
- Year-to-date numbers are strong as well; year-to-date sales in June rose 15.1 percent over last year, going from 2,775 in June 2011 to 3,195 this June;
- The Woodlands and southwest Montgomery County remain, the most robust region for home sales, but each of the county's four region posted strong gains in sales, as is indicated in the graphic below;
- Total Days on Market actually declined in southwest Montgomery County by 8.3 percent, dropping from 84 days to 77 days;
- Median prices for all but one region posted strong gains, from 7.5 percent year over year in southwest Montgomery County and The Woodlands, to as much as 25.7 percent in southeast Montgomery County. See the graphic below.
These numbers paint a picture of a strong real estate market, which is good news for homebuyers and sellers. It's a seller's market for most of Montgomery County, but an improving real estate market can make a home purchase a good investment for buyers as well.
The strength of the real estate market in the Houston region is being, and will continue to be, driven by gains in jobs and an improving economy.
"We see the strength of the Houston housing market as a direct reflection of improving consumer confidence in the local economy as a whole," Wayne A. Stroman, HAR chairman and CEO of Stroman Realty, said in a recent Houston Association of Realtors release.
"One of the principal factors in the demand for homes throughout greater Houston has been steady job gains that the Texas Workforce Commission reports have amounted to more than 90,000 hires over the past year. In its July economic outlook, the Greater Houston Partnership said 'Houston is the strongest of all the major metro economies in the U.S., and if job growth continues at the current pace, this may be one of the best years on record for the region.'"
I attended a meeting earlier this year where the keynote speaker was Mike Inselmann, co-founder and President of Metrostudy, which studies the housing market.
At the close of his remarks and after reviewing all the job growth data for the Houston region, Inselmann made a similar point, and pointed to a great future for housing in the Houston region: "The next four to five years are going to be pretty good years for Houston."
This could be a perfect time for you to consider buying or selling a home in Montgomery County. I'd be happy to help.
If you're interested in buying or selling a home in Montgomery County, please contact me at email@example.com. You can also follow the link below to see my newest listing, a lovely log home on 3.5 acres with a pond, east of Conroe.
Jim Fredricks is a licensed Realtor with the Chevaux Group in The Woodlands.
|18422 Possum Trot – Log home on 3.5 acres east of Conroe
|MLS# 23125033 Listing Price:$280,000 Bedrooms:# 4 Baths:# 2 Sq.ft:# 2,953 Acres: 3.5Description:Peaceful, country living at its best on spacious 3.5 acres with pond. Great custom log home, soaring ceilings in living area and master with wrap-around porch to enjoy the country views. Four bedrooms, game room and study. 40X40 workshop/garage. Master Bedroom/Study is up with large jacuzzi tub and huge walk-in shower. 19X6 balcony off master bedroom overlooks gorgeous acreage. Includes big 8-person hot tub with 20X14 deck.
We've entered a seller's market here in Montgomery County; plus – see my newest listing below
Montgomery County is now a seller's market, joining the Houston region in setting remarkable trends for home sales.
For a time, a slowdown in sales created in part by the national recession and new, stricter underwriting guidelines for homes had depressed sales well below their peak in the last decade, leading to a large inventory of homes on the market and producing a buyer's market. But Houston's robust economy, record-low interest rates and job growth have helped fuel strong demand for homes.
That demand has helped turn the real estate market around this year. The traditional definition of a buyer's market is where the market area has more than 5 months of inventory; when home purchases drive the inventory to less than 5 months of available supply, a seller's market is created. Montgomery County, at least in most areas, according to real estate experts, is now a seller's market.
And we're part of a regional trend. Consider these amazing statistics on the Houston region from the Houston Association of Realtors:
- Houston home sales surged in May, accounting for the 12th consecutive month of positive sales.
- Average and median prices broke records; volume of sales reached the highest level since June 2008.
- Local housing inventory is now at its lowest level in more than five years.
- May sales of single-family homes soared 23.8 percent compared with the previous year – the biggest monthly increase since August.
- The May single-family home average price rose 8.5 percent year-over-year to $237,083, the highest level ever in Houston.
Montgomery County is part of that exciting trend. Sales in Montgomery County for May totaled 753 compared to 544 last May, representing a stunning increase of 38.4 percent. And for the year to date in May, sales stood at 2,468 compared with 2,140 last May, for an increase of 15.3 percent.
For a look at how Montgomery County's four regions compare across a variety of measures, take a look at the following graphics:
Clearly, it's a good time for selling or buying in Montgomery County.
If you're interested in buying or selling a home in Montgomery County, please contact me at email@example.com. You can also follow the link below to see my newest listing, a lovely log home on 3.5 acres with a pond, east of Conroe.
Jim Fredricks is a licensed Realtor with the Chevaux Group in The Woodlands.
|18422 Possum Trot – Log home on 3.5 acres east of Conroe
Listing Price:$280,000
Bedrooms:# 4
Baths:# 2
Sq.ft:# 2,953
Acres: 3.5
Description:Peaceful, country living at its best on spacious 3.5 acres with pond. Great custom log home, soaring ceilings in living area and master with wrap-around porch to enjoy the country views. Four bedrooms, game room and study. 40X40 workshop/garage. Master Bedroom/Study is up with large jacuzzi tub and huge walk-in shower. 19X6 balcony off master bedroom overlooks gorgeous acreage. Includes big 8-person hot tub with 20X14 deck.


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New! Transformers 5 Poster Features Optimus Prime vs Bumblebee
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First Look! On The Set Of Transformers 5
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Well, there's a fifth "Transformers" movie. I guess some moviegoers will be happy about this. Yup, Michael Bay is still directing, so forget any hope of it being any good. But wait. This time, it's different, apparently. Because this time, there will be dragons. Yes, dragons. In a "Transformers" movie. No, I don't know whatContinue Reading
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Today, Marvel Studios announced a bunch of new additions to "Thor: Ragnarok". One of them had already been known a couple of months ago but this makes it official. That would be Oscar winner Cate Blanchett as the main villain, Hela. Then we have the always watchable Jeff Goldblum, playing an eccentric (aren't ALL hisContinue Reading


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Trekking to Torre di Pisa Refuge on Latemar
Located at 2,671 m, its name Rifugio Torre di Pisa derives from the rock tower that rises into the sky in the immediate surroundings.
WALKING TIME: 4 hours and 30 minutes
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: moderate
PERIOD: from mid- June to September
The ascent is a bit hard if you are not well trained – however, the view you enjoy at your arrival is worth an effort. As soon as you get to the Refuge Torre di Pisa (2670 metres), the Latemar chain looms in front of you – its peaks look like the ruins of an ancient rocky castle (among them, you can also discern the so called "torre di Pisa", i.e. "Pisa tower", as its silhouette makes it similar to the famous monument). All around you see the sharp crests of the Lagorai, the Pale di S. Martino and the Marmolada in the distance.


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HEB Reads!
Simmons Center, 508 Simmons Dr.
Fight boredom this summer with free events designed for kids. As part of Euless' Summer Reading Program, the Simmons Center is hosting interactive and educational activities every week at 2 p.m. on Mondays in June and July.
Besides having fun, your children can also use this time to check out books or log in their reading minutes for the HEB Reads! Community Challenge.
For more information, call the Euless Public Library at 817-685-1480.
June 4 - Professor Brainius
June 11 - Big Rig Rodeo
June 18 - MONDO Drummers
June 25 - Grace Hula
July 2 - Astronomy Lab
July 9 - Blackland Prairie Raptors
July 16 - Magician James Wand
July 23 - David Chicken
July 30 - All About Animals
In addition to the performances and educational events at the Simmons Center, there will also be special events at the library.
June 16 & July 28, 2:00 p.m.
Mary Lib Saleh Euless Public Library, 201 N. Ector Dr.
If you plan to attend and have a disability that requires special arrangements please call 817-685-1679 and reasonable accommodations will be made.


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Amy Gallatin, born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, lived in several states before settling in the West, where she was raised. During her ten years in Idaho and Montana, she had had the good fortune of being able to work at two of her loves in life: horses and music; Amy helped to organize the horseback riding programs and was the featured entertainer at various guest ranches. Her performing background had been as a solo artist out West prior to her meeting some Connecticut musicians while wintering in New England in 1992. With that Connecticut connection came the opportunity to tour as a working unit, so Amy packed her guitar and moved east in the fall of 1993 to pursue her music. Four albums later (including a live album and a project recorded in Nashville with ace producer Rich Adler), Amy Gallatin and her band Stillwaters have taken the stage at some of the most prestigious venues in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, UK, and Europe.
For more information about the band: http://amygallatin.com/band.htm
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The Call for Papers for the 1st International VIBRAC Conference is open until January 31. 2016.
The keynote speakers have been conducting cutting edge research on the application of vibroacoustic therapy in the treatment of Fibromyalgia, Parkinson's Disease, depression, and Alzheimer's Disease among others.This recent evidence is not only building on current knowledge, but is viewing and presenting vibroacoustics from an exciting new perspective, thereby helping to mould and develop the field, propelling sound vibration in fascinating new directions.
All vibroacoustic practitioners, healthcare professionals, researchers, and clinicians are invited to submit abstracts proposing oral presentations or workshops as part of the 1st International VIBRAC conference under the theme Multidisciplinary Applications of Vibroacosutic Therapy. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words, written in English, and address the conference theme. Oral presentations should not exceed 30 minutes (20 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for discussion). Workshops will be allocated 60 minute time-slots. In your submission, please specify your mode of presentation (workshop or oral presentation).
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Welcome to the world of Derek the Cleric, the quaint and quirky creation of UK based writer and illustrator Andy Robb (that's me).
As Derek embarks on his journey into the unfamiliar 'blogosphere' we are allowed a peak into the sometimes hallowed but, often as not, hilarious life of his beloved charge; St. Cliff's.
I do hope you enjoy this enterprise and trust that Derek's fictional world brings a smile to your face.
You can now follow Derek the Cleric at derekthecleric.com
Not only that but Derek's brilliant new tome 'A Year at St.Cliff's' is in the bookshops.
Want to buy the book now? Then click on the following link:
Should you wish to contact me (back in the real world) then you can do so at email@example.com
And if you're interested in some of the other stuff I do then here are some links to utilise at your leisure:
My '50 Weirdest Bible Stories' (CWR) book picked up Children's Book of the Year 2010 (u12) from the UK christian book industry.


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I have had a love for horses since age 4. As a child, I did barrel racing, parades, and western pleasure. I now chose to ride bareback or english. I have a 27 year old American Standard Bred which I have taken to the Midwest Horse Fair in Madison for the past 5 years. On July 4, 2011 my beloved Delta Lea, a grade Arabian, tested out a the initial stage of dressage passed away due to a tumor. It broke my heart. Today I met a 18 year old arabian gelding who picked me to be his cookie supplier, his forever home, and connected with me like we were soul mates, just like my other horses. His name is JAG, Mr. JAG when he feels he needs a little more attention and get someone to do human tricks for him. He is absolute a true blessing from Delta and the creator. I am a grant writer and want to help find grants for this wonderful group of horse lovers.
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Jag found some of your issues too? lol. That would be great to see you and Jag at BTFL. Gives everyone a chance to share your experiences and see the progress with health and training. I'll be there!
Truely Awesome story and pics of you and Jag. It's so good to see such a match! You are blessed. Please keep us posted on how your love life is going. I am impressed that you were up and riding him right away. He really trusts you. Thanks.
Mary, I am so glad Jag found you. I know he will see no more pain or hunger and that means the most to us. Thank you for opening your heart to him. I know you will have years of enjoyment with him. Thank you also for joining our site, and for choosing adoption, makes my heart melt.


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Auburn University's track weaves throughout the gym. When Louisiana State University was designing its new $58 million recreation center, recently, it was partly looking at besting its Southeastern Conference rival, Auburn University, whose new $52.5 million facility opened last August.
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NFL players to wear RFID chips to track their movements on the field
The sensors will track the players on the field. Beginning this September, and for the first time ever 17 National Football League stadiums will employ radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to better track how players move on the field during games. The football league has partnered with Zebra Technologies to use its quarter-sized RFID sensors inside the shoulder pads […]
Robots replace cheering fans at Korean baseball games
The creators hope the robots can lead chants by real fans too. A struggling Korean baseball team, the Hanwha Eagles, have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere at their matches – by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.
Where do most college football players come from?
To find the right players, college football teams recruit players from all around the country. Now we can now see where most of the recruits come from.
Will massive open televised sporting events (MOTSEs) disrupt the world of sports?
Who needs to go to the game with such great photos? Paul Campos offers the interesting observation that the inflation-adjusted price of tickets to live sports events has been rising for decades while the quality-adjusted price of watching said sports events at home has been falling.
Technology's Threat to the Future of Sports – Part 1
Futurist Thomas Frey: Recently I returned from a trip to Seoul, Korea where I was asked to speak at the Global Sports Marketing Forum on the "future of sports." This event was part of a series being planned to draw attention to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea.
WNBA referees debut live high-definition 'Ref Cam'
Wearing a cloud computer like Google Glass on your face can be important for capturing moments in life from a first-person perspective. Now the WNBA, the female division of the National Basketball Association (NBA), has decided to deploy its own version first-person camera to referees for live games.
Pricing baseball seats like airline tickets
It's impossible to set the "right ticket prices" months in advance of an individual ballgame. On Opening Days across the country organists are again playing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at the baseball stadiums. But there is another game being played in box office backrooms. Seventeen out of the 30 Major League teams […]
World's oldest marathon runner retires at 101 years old
Fauja Singh is not your average great-great grandfather. Singh has completed nine 26-mile marathons since taking up long-distance running just over ten years ago.
Social media is spoiling the Super Bowl ad surprises
Super Bowl ad surprises ruined by social media. There is a growing feeling that marketers' use of social media is ruining the surprise of Super Bowl ads. Last Super Bowl, just one memorable ad bucked this trend last Super Bowl–Chrysler's offering with Clint Eastwood–while other firms such as Honda made similar versions available on YouTube and Facebook. […]


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A new image-based method developed by computer scientists at UCL, Adobe Research and the University of Hong Kong captures the complexities of thin, bendy objects.The novel computational method can reconstruct wiry objects digitally from a few input images, and could be used by animators to depict wire- or cable-like objects, or by medical practitioners to examine networks such as blood vessels. "Image-based Reconstruction of Wire Art " was presented at the annual SIGGRAPH conference by Lingjie Liu and Professor Niloy Mitra of UCL Computer Science, and collaborators.
Digitizing objects made from bent wires, such as jewellery and sculpture, remains a challenging problem because they consist entirely of one-dimensional elements. Wires are difficult to translate into a 3D model from a 1D image because of the lack of features, thin cross-section, and the fact they often cross on top of themselves.
Professor Niloy Mitra, coauthor of the research and professor of geometry processing at UCL, explains: "The problem with existing methods is that they return isolated sets of points locating the wiry object, with no meaningful information about how they are connected. We observe that knowing how an object is made, helps to reconstruct it. So in computing wiry objects we aim to directly recover wires, rather than its isolated points."
The team were inspired by observing piles of tangled strings – climbing rope, to be exact. Their method first looks at the connectivity of the systems from multiple angles. Then in order to recreate the physical object digitally, they modeled 3D curve parts in sections, choosing short elements that could be assembled together into their full configuration. They exploit unique characteristics of wiry objects, such as their simplicity – they consist of only a few wires – and their smoothness – wires do not make sudden kinks -to digitally reconstruct the entire 3D wire composition.
In the study, the researchers demonstrated their new method on objects with varying complexity, each composed of one to three wires; the object examples included wire sculptures of elephants, birds and flowers. Compared to existing techniques, their method creates much higher resolution reconstructions which more accurately capture both the 3D geometry and the topology of the wires.
This could be applied to a number of fields which address thin structures, such as finding the connectivity of nerves in a neural network from a series of images. It could be particularly relevant for medical contexts where reconstruction of thin structures from a few views is required.
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Community leaders are hoping to thwart a collision between two major off- season events that could occur next year at the same place and same time.
Without an accord, Palm Beach County could lose out on one of the two lucrative tourism events, the Palm Beach Grand Prix and an annual regional convention of Jehovah`s Witnesses.
``They`re both extremely important,`` said tourism official Bob Rosenberg. ``I think it`s incumbent upon our community to be able to accommodate both because that would be a big plus for us.``
The two-day Grand Prix generated $10 million to $12 million this year, according to tourism officials.
West Palm Beach officials said research shows the convention of Jehovah`s Witnesses generates some $4 million for the local economy each year.
The West Palm Beach City Commission may address the issue today and grapple with ways both events can run as planned without running into each other.
A potential conflict arose earlier this week when the International Motor Sports Association announced that the second Palm Beach Grand Prix will be held June 20 and 21. This year`s race had a paid attendance of 66,000 people.
And, as it did this year, next June`s racing event would take over the West Palm Beach Auditorium, which is where 7,000 Jehovah`s Witnesses congregate for three consecutive weekends a year.
City officials and the race promoter want to work with the convention officials to come up with a compromise allowing both events to be in the city with a minimum of inconvenience for each.


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Hard-hitting action at Road to Glory event in Yeppoon
MUAY THAI: Clayton Cullen will step into the ring for the main fight of the night at the Bare Knuckles Fight Club's Road to Glory event in Yeppoon on Saturday night.
The program will showcase some of Central Queensland's talent in muay thai and boxing, with 12 fights on the program starting at Yeppoon's Swan Park at 6pm.
Bare Knuckle Fight Club's Ben Hawkes said spectators would be treated to some quality fights, with competitors coming from across the region and further afield.
He is confident that Cullen, who will take on Bundaberg's Ben Young in a middle heavyweight muay thai fight, will put in a strong showing.
"He's been training really hard. It's going to be a tough fight for him but hopefully he can get the win.
"He's really heavy handed so hopefully he can use that to get on top of his opponent."
Fellow Bare Knuckles fighter Matt Shaw will fight full muay thai and will be keen to show off his well-developed kicking and countering skills.
Rockhampton's Dave Woods will return to the ring after a three-year absence but will come up against a Gladstone fighter who's enjoying a winning streak.
Hawkes said the boxing bouts would feature fighters from Townsville as well as the Rockhampton PCYC.
"This is our second Road to Glory event. Last time we got about 350 people, this time we're hoping to a crowd of around 500," he said.
Tickets are $25 general admission, $35 ringside seating, with VIP seating also available.


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There's a number of copies located in the US. If you're in North or South America and want a copy or more, email first for a postage quote, before paying. Let me know where you are, and how many copies you'd like, and I'll get back to you with a price.
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For parcels below 500g, postage is $7.90. For parcels over 500g, it depends where you are located. Aus Post have changed their postage calculator quite drastically for 2013. So if you want a number of copies, send an email first for a postage quote.
Non Australian Addresses:
Thanks to Aus Post making so many changes to their deliveries, it's a little complicated. Look at the below table and work out which Zone you are in, in the world:
Ok, got it? Now look at this table:
Calendars weigh approximately 105g each, so they'll fall in the 'Up to 500g' section (unless you want more than 4 or 5 copies). So take that figure, add 95 cents for the padded bag and $6 for the calendar. IE if you're in Japan it's $18.85 for one calendar.
I only charge exactly what it costs, which is why I'm not rounding every zone up to the top price.
This is what the 2014 calendar looks like:
They're 24cm square and come pre drilled for easy hanging. Full colour throughout!


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Betty had always been driven. In a world full of slackers she has always bested everyone, but is it really winning when no one else is playing her little game?
Month: August 2016
5 Book-to-Reel Adaptions You have to See. (Part 1)
Are you a book-lover who wants to kick back tonight and watch a movie/TV series instead but can't decide what to watch?
I've got you sorted.
Here are 5 Book-to-Reel adaptations you have to watch!
1.The Godfather.
Oh how we love the bad boys!
I don't think there are many people who haven't read the book, in fact I don't think there are people who haven't watched the movie.
The movie solely focuses on the Corleone family rather than the minor characters,but that does not mean it isn't a great movie. The book is so detailed,well written and extensive that it got a sequel to cover all the parts left!
This is one of the few adaptations that did justice to the book,if that wasn't motivation enough to watch the movie(s) right away read on.
Set in the mid 1940's this movie chronicles the drama that the Corleone family went through as Michael Corleone went on to become a ruthless mafia boss.Mario Puzo gave director,Francis Ford Coppola a fantastic story and Al Pacino gave Michael Corleone a face it was beautiful.
If you've read the book it's high time you watched the movie. This is one of the rare adaptations which draws out masses of people and not only it's target audience i.e the book fans.
2.Gone Girl
Avenging Amy and Notorious Nick!
If you love psycho-thrillers, I don't care if you've never read the book,shut this article and go watch Gone Girl right now.
This movie is about a wife who is out to get her cheating,lying husband. sounds very cliche right? Something a lot of people have done before? Well it defies that,this movie will leave you gasping and gaping.Unless you've read the book,then it'll just marvel you.
The Midwestern setting and slow town just helps elevate the story to new heights and just when you think you understood it all,there is a new plot twist to leave you reeling.
Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne is at his best and Rosamund Pike as Amy will not only shock you but will also make you want to side with her. Again Gillian Flynn has given Director David Fincher an extraordinary story to work with.
This movie again,does absolute justice to the book its based on and is an almost perfect adaptation of it.
3.Game of Thrones
Drama,scheming and politicking galore! (With the occasional romance track ofcourse.)
You have to be living under a rock to not know about TV's biggest sensational drama,The Game Of Thrones. George R.R. Martin did not just write a story,he made a new world.
This show has everything! and by everything I do literally mean everything!
Drama,,romance,laughter,sadness,grief,despair,politics,scheming,backstabbing,f*cking,wars,fights,tournaments,castles,lords,ladies,Kings,Queen,wh*res,b*stards,princes,princesses etc etc… you name anything from the medieval times its there in the Game Of Thrones.
To top it all off,this series is so well made, that it sucks you in in the initial 10 minutes itself.
The guys are hunky and hot the girls are fabulous and fierce,the directors do an amazing job and the shots they take,take your breath away.
If you're an adult and have not yet watched the Game of Thrones, you must.
4.The Great Gatsby.
Flamboyance,extravagant and theatrical.
The book is grandiloquent and the film is an ornate piece of art inspired by it.
Set in the early 1920's author F. Scott Fitzgerald gave us a mind treat in the form of the The Great Gatsby and Director Baz Luhrmann gave us a visual treat in the form of its movie.
It's a story of two ex lovers who rekindle their long lost connection resulting a sequence of events that will leave you reeling at how it all played out.
A little wine and Leo go great together anyway, do you honestly need any other excuse to watch it?
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
Drama on Wall Street baby!
As a person that hadn't read The Memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort I didn't know what to expect from this movie.
But let me tel you one thing,it surprised me and entertained me to no end.
As a Martin Scorsese film it was no surprise that would live up to all the expectations and Leonardo Di Caprio's acting doesn't hurt as well.
It's an adaption that is in a different league from the above 4 but amazing nonetheless.I don't think you need any reason other than to kick back and relax to watch this movie,
if you still need some here are 5:
- Leonardo Di Caprio
- It's directed by Martin Scorsese, a Golden Globe winner and one of the most significant and influential directors in Hollywood for the past 53 years.
- Margot Robbie who wowed the audience with her performance as Harley Quinn recently in Suicide Squad.
- Matthew McConaughtey: He's easy on the eyes.
- The plot keeps you hooked.


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LAKEWOOD – Wednesday afternoon the BlueClaws blew a five-run lead, but came back in the ninth for a wild 11-10 win.
Leandro Castro hit a chopper to second base to score Jiwan James with one out in the ninth to complete an impressive Lakewood comeback.
At one point Wednesday the BlueClaws (26-21) appeared to be in good shape to cruise to an easy win over Hagerstown (26-21).
Lakewood entered the sixth trailing 3-2, but Stephen Batts led off with a double and the Claws tied the game on an Adam Buschini single. A Kyle Lafrenz single and Domingo Santana walk later, the bases were loaded with no outs for Jiwan James.
The BlueClaws center-fielder responded with a two-run base hit that hugged the bag at first to give the Claws a 5-3 lead. They weren't finished. Alan Schoenberger hit a sac fly for the fourth run of the inning, and Jonathan Singleton and Jeremy Barnes hit RBI doubles to give Lakewood a seemingly insurmountable 8-3 lead.
However after a scoreless seventh the Suns mounted a big rally to take back the lead, capped off by a Steven Souza three-run homer that barely cleared the wall in left to put Hagerstown up 9-8. Two errors by the BlueClaws contributed directly to the big inning.
The Suns added an insurance run in the ninth, and were three outs away from a dramatic come-from-behind victory.
But as they have all season the BlueClaws battled with their backs against the wall. Adam Buschini drew a lead-off walk, setting up an epic at-bat by backup catcher Kyle Lafrenz.
Lafrenz fouled off several two strike pitches from Suns reliever Wanel Vasquez (3-2) before smashing a ball down the first base line that was inches away from being a double. Lafrenz then fouled off another pitch, before crushing a double to deep left to score Buschini and make it a one-run game.
Hewitt came in to run for the catcher, and Domingo Santana moved him to third with a ground out to second. James was hit by a pitch to put the winning run on base, but Alan Schoenberger grounded into what could have been a game-ending double play.
Fortunately for Lakewood, Suns second baseman Jeff Kobernus booted the ball into center allowing the tying run to score and moving the James to third.
That's when Castro grounded to second to score James and cap off a fantastic walk-off win.
Josh Zeid (3-2) allowed two runs in 1.1 innings and blew his fourth save, but also picked up his third win.
Neither starting pitcher figured into the decision, nor lasted very long. Paul Demny and Julio Rodriguez were chased after both allowed two runs in 3.2 innings apiece. Rodriguez made his first start as a BlueClaw in lieu of the injured Jonathan Pettibone.
Every BlueClaws batter reached base at least once, and Lakewood went 7-for-19 with runners in scoring position in an impressive 15-hit performance.
Thursday night the Claws will look to take three of four from Hagerstown and move into sole possession of second in the SAL North. Jarred Cosart (5-1, 3.12) takes the hill for Lakewood against Dan Rosenbaum (1-1, 1.53) in a duel between two of the best lefties in the league.
First pitch is at 6:35 pm.
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Why Ignoring the National Debt Endangers Our Future
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It's so tempting to ignore the national debt. After all, it's been around a long time and so far nothing catastrophic has happened, right?
However, the debt is already the highest it's been as a share of the economy other than just after World War II and is on course to keep growing indefinitely. That will cause serious problems down the road that will affect all Americans.
Here are a few reasons why ignoring the debt is a very bad idea.
Critical investments in the future will be crowded out. As the debt rises, so will the interest payments needed to cover it. Higher interest payments will squeeze investments that can improve the standard of living for future generations. In 2016, interest on the debt was $241 billion, which was more than the Departments of Education, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation combined. Our kids are growing up with an uncertain financial foundation, without the confidence that they will be better off than those before them. Will we burden generations to come with our irresponsibility or will we finance a brighter future for them?
A high debt will hurt the economy and wages. The higher the national debt climbs, the higher the risk to the economy. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that the economy will grow more slowly down the road with rising debt compared to debt that is declining. That will result in lower wages for American workers. Getting the debt under control responsibly is critical to any plan to grow the economy and increase income. We can't keep the economy afloat if we're drowning in debt.
Families will have a harder time rising up the economic ladder. Rising debt will cause interest rates to increase. This will make home, auto, college, and credit card loans more expensive, which will make it more difficult for families to improve their situation. For example, a typical family with a $300,000 mortgage can expect to pay at least $45,000 more over the course of the mortgage with the debt growing instead of shrinking. If we bring the debt down, we make it easier for families to rise up.
The country will be in a weaker position to respond to crises. We'd like to think that emergencies won't occur, but they do. Rising debt will make it more expensive to borrow to respond to an unforeseen event. CBO warns that it would be harder to respond to a crisis like the last recession or an unforeseen war with debt at current levels or higher. We are weakening our ability to respond to future problems because we can't make the tough decisions today.
Retirement will be less secure. The Social Security trust funds are forecast to be exhausted by 2034. At that point, all recipients will see a 21% reduction in benefits. Medicare also faces a funding shortfall. A comprehensive approach to fixing the debt must include making these vital programs sustainable over the long-term. And the longer we wait, the more drastic the changes will have to be. We should start securing Social Security and Medicare today.
The debt problem won't go away by itself. It will take thoughtful action. Starting to address the debt now will help put the country on the right track to a better future.