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A California congressman plans to file new legislation to make it more difficult to deport U.S. military veterans who are not citizens.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., previously filed the bill in December 2011 but it died in committee.
The bill will not help veterans who have already been booted from the country, but it will ensure due process and require the authorization of the Secretary of Homeland Security before vets could be deported.
Now, according to attorneys and advocates for deported veterans, immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are able to boot veterans from the U.S. with the minimal amount of process even over questionable cases sometimes many years old.
Margaret Stock, an immigration attorney in Alaska and an Army Reserve officer, said immigration officials are very aggressive in trying to deport people, regardless of their veteran's status. She said that in some cases job performances are based on the numbers you rack up, giving agents more incentive to make cases.
Stock's claim is backed up by internal ICE emails cited in a Feb. 14 USA Today article in which an ICE field office's supervisor warned regional chiefs that criminal deportations had dropped from 2011 and that the "only performance measure that will count this fiscal year is the criminal alien removal target."
In an effort to do that, the paper reported, ICE officials trolled through state driver's license records for information on foreign-born applicants, sent agents to traffic checkpoints manned by police looking for immigrants, and scoped out immigrants who have been charged for small-time offenses in local lock-ups.
A recent report by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, further hinted at overzealousness by ICE agents, criticizing the agency for expelling American citizens.
"ICE cannot assert its civil immigration enforcement authority to arrest, detain, or deport an individual unless the person arrested is an alien," the IG stated. "Nonetheless, ICE has arrested and in some instances deported U.S. citizens."
ICE has not responded to Military.com's request for comment.
The provisions of the bill, expected to be filed this month will likely be the same as those spelled out in the earlier version, H.R. 3761, according to Thompson spokesman Austin Vevurka.
Vevurka said that with both Democrats and Republicans now talking about reforming the country's immigration policy, Thompson believes the time may be right to get his bill to the floor and passed.
In addition to requiring the head of the Department of Homeland to sign off on deporting an honorably discharged veteran, it will also guarantee that the vet get a hearing before a judge. The bill also stipulates that DHS must factor in a vet's eligibility for naturalization, and weigh the grounds for removing him against his military record and the hardship deportation would cause to him or his family.
Some of this has been on the books for awhile, according to Stock, but ICE has simply ignored it. According to a June 4, 2004, ICE memo, agents are supposed to ask about veteran's status and inform the non-resident vet that he has the right to apply for citizenship even while being processed for deportation."They are supposed to take into account military service before making a decision to deport someone," she said.
Under a law passed in the mid-1990s a legal resident, including U.S. military veterans, can have their legal residency pulled and be deported if convicted of a crime, including crimes that occurred years earlier and for which the person has served his sentence.
Since then, the U.S. has deported thousands of honorably discharged veterans. Critics say the application of the law has worsened since the 9/11 attacks, after customs and immigration were placed under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security.
Stock and others say no one knows how many vets have been booted because ICE has shown little or no interest in documenting the veteran's status of people they move to deport.
If Thompson's bill does contain the same provisions as his last one, it will mean that an immigration officer encountering a non-citizen veteran with a conviction at an airport or port of entry could not simply order him out of the country, which Stock says the law now permits. It would also put the brakes on the speedy deportations of veterans by designating them as aggravated felons eligible for special removal proceedings.
Finally, she said, agents would not be able to deport a veteran merely because he had been previously been given an order for deportation. Stock said this happens when a person is mistakenly ordered out; later, another agent will see the record and immediately place the person on deportation.
"The bill doesn't say that [veterans] can't be deported," Stock said. "It just says that the government can't use its favored 'quick and dirty' deportation processes to get rid of honorably discharged veterans— it has to give them full due process."


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Gehad El-Haddad is a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood.
First came the thugs. A few people with a range of weapons, standing on a bridge overlooking the protesters who were staging a peaceful sit-in at Cairo University. In the early hours of July 3, as the generals were getting ready to announce their coup, 18 were killed and hundreds injured. Yet media reports were of "clashes" between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi.
Then came a tentative escalation. The Republican Guard shot a man point-blank as he was trying to hang a picture of President Morsi on barbed wire at the guard headquarters, where many believe Morsi is being held. The incident Thursday was caught on camera and witnessed by a BBC journalist who reported: "Before they used any kind of tear gas, they resorted to live fire."
On Friday, a group of anti-Morsi protesters were mobilized to attack a peaceful march from Cairo University, where Morsi supporters were still holding a sit-in, to the offices of the state television network. The anti-Morsi protesters say the procession was headed toward Tahrir Square and that they wanted to stop it. The march's organizers insist that wasn't the case.
What's undeniable in all this is that the attacks were initiated by the anti-Morsi crowds, who clashed with pro-Morsi groups outside Tahrir Square, and that armored police vehicles did nothing to stop the violence. More dead. More injured.
Then came Monday's tragedy. As before, the military opted to fire live ammunition into the crowds. Scores were killed. Hundreds injured. The army says a "terrorist group" tried to storm its headquarters. Witnesses tell a different story.
It is easy to get lost in the details of all that has happened recently in Egypt. We shouldn't. Here are some stark facts.
First, Egyptians have seen, and heard, this before. The rhetoric the army is using to justify its escalating violence is the same rhetoric of the repressive Hosni Mubarak regime, whose violent security practices abrogated freedom, disregarded human dignity and crushed dissent. It is the rhetoric Egyptians rejected en masse in January 2011.
Second, military repression started with the first moments of the coup, with TV station closures, arrests of reporters and members of the opposition, detentions of political prisoners, and widespread violence. This military junta did not wait for justification.
Third, in stark contrast to recent events, President Morsi refused to authorize violence against protesters. A woman who walked into his motorcade was not harmed. More than 9,000 protests of some form were organized since last July, according to government data, yet there were were no arrests of protesters and no military response.
Fourth, the Western governments that pretend to be on the sidelines are facilitating this chaos. You cannot call yourself neutral while justifying and financing a military coup against an elected president. News reports have indicated there were five high-level conversations in as many days between the Egyptian government and the Obama administration, including a phone call with President Obama in the run-up to last week's coup. Two additional attempts at negotiation involved a European ambassador and an Arab foreign minister. The veneer of ambivalence is thin. And it is unconscionable to try to maintain this pretense in the face of escalating violence against peaceful protesters.
Egypt is headed back into the dark ages — to the age of Mubarak and his cronies, security forces, military henchmen and corrupt judiciary. An age of a media machine that serves as a propaganda arm for a repressive state. An age of violence, death, torture, detention and daily violations of human dignity.
This is not just a military coup. It is a bloody coup.
Read more on this issue:
The Post's View: Egypt's Islamists must have a place in a restored democracy
David Ignatius: How America can help Egypt now
Marc A. Thiessen: Obama blew it in Egypt, again
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Ohio LinuxFest report: "Forty Years of Unix"
I just got back from OhioLinuxFest "Forty Years of Unix," and I want to report on what I heard, who I saw, and what I learned.
I wasn't sure how it would be this year, with a slowed economy. Compared to last year, it had fewer exhibitors, but roughly the same number of attendees. The raffle tickets sold out, which is a good sign for any fund-raising activity.
I arrived shortly after 10:00, and the day of exhibitions and speeches was already in full swing. Given some of the recent articles on LXer, I decided to take note of how many women were there. Roughly 1/3 of the exhibit staff, and about 1/10 of the attendees were women.
Of the exhibitors, three got my particular interest: the Columbus Idea Foundry, Linux in a Hamshack, and the Free Software Foundation.
The Columbus Idea Foundry (http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/) provides tools, workspace, and training for people who have design ideas, but aren't sure how to bring them to fruition. They had on exhibit a steampunk-inspired clock, specially designed for the occasion, to present to Dr. Douglas McIlroy for his lifetime achievement in promoting good program design. (More on that later.)
Linux in a Hamshack is exactly what it sounds like. Looking at their setup, and talking to the staff at the table, re-invigorated my desire to get my amateur radio license. They strongly suggested an online study guide, as well as a nearby "cram session" that concludes with the Technician class test.
The Free Software Foundation was taking membership subscriptions, which sadly I had to decline. However, I did get to demonstrate their new "bootable business card," an SD unit in a "unibody" USB dongle. I'm hard-pressed to describe it, except to say it's like a hard-shell business card with a USB plug molded out from one end. The demo unit had 1G of storage, with gNewSense 2.3 installed, but dropping storage costs means their next version will have 2G. I tried it on my EeePC, which quickly turned into a demo for passers-by. I could let it run for only a few minutes, as the battery was already below 50% as gNewSense was booting.
Kudos to the OhioLinux staff and Paul "fericyde" Ferris for organizing a mini "job fair" at the last minute. The format was simple: Potential employers announced themselves, then took tables in the back, and those looking for work mingled and chatted. I saw several resumes and first interviews; hopefully someone will find new opportunities.
I got to see two impressive speeches, by Elizabeth Garbee and Dr. Douglas McIlroy. Unfortunately, I lost track of the time, and missed most of Dr. Peter Salus' speech.
Elizabeth Garbee may have been simply "dale's daughter" at one time, but she is now a name to watch for. Her talk was titled "How to Pay for College with FOSS," focusing on how FOSS figured into her pursuit of scholarships. At the (*ahem*) tender age of 17, she is showing an ability to organize and reflect that most of her peers don't yet have. Partly the talk was how FOSS kept her from being tied to proprietary tools. For example, compared to Microsoft Word, Open Office.org Writer is more user-friendly, makes fewer assumptions, and has fewer wasted bits (like the annoying, cloying "Clippy").
But she also talked about the benefits of involvement in a FOSS project, such as communication skills, inter-cultural familiarity, and the publicly available record of commitment to the project. These can all make a difference, not only to a college recruiter, but to anyone considering bringing you on board. She offered her own presentation as an example of the benefits of taking risks. Her first talk at age 13 was "Extending Tuxracer – Learning by Playing," and her original intention was to accompany her father to Australia. But her creative bent, and her clear passion for FOSS, has benefited her four years later in ways she didn't expect.
Immediately following, I got the chance to thank Dru Lavigne for her excellent FreeBSD articles. There was a time I used FreeBSD on the job; what I learned about it, came from two sympathetic sysadmins. Since then, I have examined FreeBSD only from curiosity, and probably 80% of my research efforts have led me to Dru Lavigne's articles. Without exception, her writings have been clear, concise, and focused on results, rather than arcane philosophy. I dropped Carla Schroder's name, and Ms. Lavigne expressed similar admiration for her ability to "cut through the cr@p." Both of you, keep up the good work.
The closing keynote speaker was Dr. Douglas McIlroy, on "A Surfeit of Sophistication." He is most famous on the Internet for his concept of "Unix pipes," borne from his philosophy that "a program should do one thing, and do it well." His thesis was that sophistication should not be expected of the user, but rather built into the program, and his career in programming backs this up. In a life-imitates-art moment, he demonstrated just how literal is Mies van der Rohe's statement "less is more": the man page for "more" shows 10 options and 20 commands, while the man page for "less" shows 46 options and 60 commands. For an interactive demonstration of option overload, simply type "less --help" on a Linux command line.
As an example of appropriate sophistication beneath a simple interface, he discussed "egrep". Its strength is not that it can search for an unlimited number of phrases, but that its speed is not affected by the number or length of search phrases. The sophisticated programming to accomplish this is hidden from the user, but nonetheless necessary for its utility.
He made special note of early Unix developer Norman Wilson, who in 5 years made a negative contribution to the Unix base. That is, he removed more code than he added. His efforts made Unix smaller, more robust, faster, and easier to maintain.
But perhaps Dr. McIlroy's statement that most demonstrated the benefits of the constraints of simplicity was this, on switching from MULTICS to early Unix: "Going from a megabyte [of RAM] to eight kilobytes was an improvement in stability, an improvement in usability, and it was a helluva lot more fun." This drew applause from the audience, surpassed only by the standing ovation he got at the end of his presentation.
This year's OhioLinuxFest was just as informative and entertaining as the years past. I hope the OhioLinux crew keeps up the excellent trend!
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In a 2012 statement, the Treasury Department wrote: "MS-13 consists of at least 30,000 members in a range of countries, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, and is one of the most dangerous and rapidly expanding criminal gangs in the world today. MS-13 is active within the United States, with at least 8,000 members operating in more than 40 states and the District of Columbia. MS-13's criminal nature can be seen in one of its mottos, "Mata, roba, viola, controla" ("Kill, steal, rape, control"). Domestically, the group is involved in multiple crimes including murder, racketeering, drug trafficking, sex trafficking and human trafficking including prostitution. The group frequently carries out violent attacks on opposing gang members, often injuring innocent bystanders. MS-13 members have been responsible for numerous killings within the United States."
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Yeesh, just switched on to see how it was going and immediately wished I hadn't bothered.
Big drop off in the bowling after Laura Marsh.
Watching highlights, looks like Colvin bowled a lot of long hops.
Yeesh, just switched on to see how it was going and immediately wished I hadn't bothered.
Big drop off in the bowling after Laura Marsh.
Watching highlights, looks like Colvin bowled a lot of long hops.
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"Rory Burns wafted and whooshed, hit a few, edged a few more and batted at times with all the graceful serenity of a man trying to force his way head-first through a privet hedge." - Barney Ronay on the Surrey opener's maiden test ton
Only six off the last 2 overs, so wish I could watch this.
Stupid Channel Nine.
So hope we can keep this up. Chances are we'd lose to NZ in the final anyway, so... take from it what you will.
Third wicket pair keeping England hopes alive.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the best player in the world coming to the party.
Wasn't expect England to chase that. Super stuff.
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Huge win for Taylor and England - not just because it was a semi-final, but it was the equivalent of chasing 200 in a men's game. Great stuff.
Great chase, didn't think we had a chance when they posted that total. Shame i missed it just got in from work now. At least ill get to watch the final on sunday
That's such an awesome chase. Watched a few overs of it. Terrific batting.
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
It's just the countries outside these three that are currently pretty poor. Hopefully they'll improve and the women's game will go from strength to strength.
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Edwards: This was a massive shake-up for Women's cricket
India not bad though, they did beat us twice in March, although we were pretty dismal then...
Ashes should be pretty awesome if both teams play like this.
New Zealand are certainly going to have to do it tough in the final. The batting power of the English women is incredible.
Oh, there's another Ashes series for the women too? I didn't hear about that, got any details? Hope it's more than just one Test this time.
There's one T20 on Thursday, which should be awesome if this match was anything to go by. Then there's 5 ODIs from Monday week, with the last one at Lord's, which should be an absolute thrill for all of the players, and great for the profile of the game. And the test finishes off the tour, running from the 10-13th July, so relatively parallel with the men's.
It's great timing for the tour, considering the publicity the World Twenty20's generated, and the form the two teams are in right now.
Series home here, but not much on it yet. Just details on fixtures.
I only saw the last 10 overs or so, but was majorly impressed with Taylor's innings, and the big partnership.
Or something.
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Honors: NCAA All-America Honorable Mention (2012)...NCAA Outdoor Championship Qualifier...Outdoor All-ACC (2011, 2012) ... Indoor All-ACC Academic Team (2011) ... Outdoor All-ACC Academic Team (2011) ... Duke Indoor Track Freshman of the Year (2009).
2011-12: Indoors, set a new school record for the Blue Devils with a personal best mark of 58-8.75 (17.90) at the Virginia Tech Final Qualifier...narrowly missed All-ACC honors with a fourth place finish at the ACC Championship in Boston, Mass.,...Outdoors, set a new school record in the men's shot put with a mark of 60-8(18.49) to finish tenth at the NCAA First Round and advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships where he finished 24th in the field...earned a silver medal at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the shot put...also competed in the discus where he earned a personal best mark of 161-5 (49.20) at the Duke Invitational which placed him third on Duke's all-time list.
2010-11: Set an indoor school record in the shot put with a throw of 57-11.5 to take first at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... threw 56-1.75 at the ACC Championships to finish in fourth place ... placed sixth at the Armory Collegiate with a 57-2 showing ... earned All-ACC honors during the outdoor season, recording Duke's best throw of the season at 58-7.25 to claim third place ... his throw at the ACC Championships also ranks second on the Duke all-time list ... recorded a first-place finish at the Duke Invitational with a 58-3.25 effort ... qualified for the NCAA First Round in Bloomington, Ind., notching a throw of 57-4.25 in the preliminaries ... also competed in the discus during the outdoor season, placing fifth at the Duke Invitational with a season-best throw of 159-8.
2009-10: Duke's top thrower in the shot put as a sophomore ... during the indoor season, registered his best throw of the year at the Armory Collegiate, claiming seventh place with a 54-1 ¾ effort ... finished fourth at the Virginia Tech Classic with a 52-8.75 showing ... at the ACC Championships, recorded a throw of 52-4¾ to finish in tenth place ... outdoors, earned two second-place finishes with marks of 56-9.5 at the Duke Twilight and 55-11.75 at the NC A&T Invitational ... his throw at the Twilight also ranks as the No. 3 performance on the Duke all-time list ... came in seventh at the ACC Championships with a throw of 55-6¼ ... ended the outdoor season with a 29th-place, 55-10½ showing at the NCAA Eastern Preliminary Round in Greensboro ... competed in the discus as well, recording a personal-best mark of 154-0 at the Duke Invitational.
2008-09: Earned Freshman of the Year honors at the Duke awards banquet for the indoor season ... threw 55-9 at ACC Indoor Championships, finishing sixth and recording the third-best individual mark in Duke history ... placed second at the Tar Heel Invitational, his highest finish of the season, with a throw of 52-11 ... came in third at the Carolina Invitational with a throw of 53-9 ¼ ... during the outdoor season, finished second at the UNC Invitational with a throw of 53-3 ½ ... placed seventh at the ACC Championships, registering 54-7 ½ for Duke's top mark of the season ... in addition, competed in the discus during the outdoor season, finishing 11th at the ACC Championships with a season-best throw of 151-1 ... his top discus finish in 2009 came at the Duke Twilight, where his throw of 149-3 was good for fourth place.
Prior to Duke: Threw a personal-best 66-3 in the shot put to win the Nike National Indoor Championship after improving his personal best three times over the course of the meet ... threw the heavier six-kilogram shot out against college freshmen at the USATF Junior Nationals, placing seventh ... in the discus, threw 177-1 to win a district title while also recording a personal-best 185-0 in the event.
Personal: Majoring in neuroscience.
Indoor PRs
Shot Put- 58-8.75 (17.90) (3/3/2012)
Weight Throw- 47-5.25 (1/22/2010)
Outdoor PRs
Shot Put- 60-8(18.49) (5/25/2012)
Discus- 161-5 (49.20) (4/7/2012)


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Novelist and short story writer Kellie Wells will read from her work at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, in the Governors Room of the Overman Student Center on the Pittsburg State University campus. Wells' visit is sponsored by the PSU Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, the PSU Women's Studies Program and the Student Fee Council.
Wells has written three highly acclaimed novels, "Compression Scars," "Skin," and "Fat Girl, Terrestrial." Her short stories have appeared in various literary journals, including The Kenyon Review, Ninth Letter, The Fairy Tale Review and Prairie Schooner.
Wells has received numerous literary awards, including the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, the Rona Jaffe Prize and the Great Lakes Colleges Association's New Writer's Award in fiction.
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t has been my privilege to know a very motivated and talented group of young men over the past four months. They're experts in construction, farming, electric circuitry and mechanics. These young men are students in my business communications class that I am teaching at Iowa Lakes Community College right in Estherville.
But they're not going to be here for long.
In a few, short days, students in the Iowa Lakes Community College wind turbine and energy technology program will return to their homes. They include young men from not only Iowa, but from around the country.
Until last summer, students in the program between their first and second years were pretty much guaranteed internships with the wind energy company of their choice.
However, while the wind industry continues to hire, it appears that many of these same companies prefer not to have interns through the summer, only to have them return to college in the fall. They would actually prefer to hire them with just one year of college under their belt.
However, these students are dedicated to completing their programs. As a result, it appears that wind companies are reticent to put them on as interns through the summer. A few have summer internships. However, many do not.
Many of these students completing their first year of studies have worked their entire lives on farms. So they know what work is.
Some started their own construction or landscaping companies. So they know creativity and ingenuity.
They all know something about turning a wrench and electrical circuitry, which makes them handy in all phases of construction.
And I can tell you that every single one of them only needs to be told something once to get it. And they all turn in their work on time or early.
If you're a farmer, mechanic, or contractor, you won't find better summer help.
But you'd better call Angie DeJong right now at 712-362-7931 before they're gone for the summer.


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It's always quite an honor to be named a district player of the year. When the award goes to a player not on a district championship team, it only carries a little more weight.
Adam Crotts and Lucas Webb didn't win a championship in 2010. They certainly earned their district's respect.
Crotts was named the Southwest District's player of the year in baseball while Webb picked up the honor in boys' soccer in balloting by the district's coaches recently.
Crotts was the main weapon for a Carroll County team that challenged Abingdon for the SWD title before settling for second in both the regular season and tournament. The big senior right-handed pitcher dominated from the mound like to Cavalier has done in years, winning his first six decisions before ending the year with a 6-1 mark after a loss to Tunstall in the Region IV quarterfinals.
Five of Crotts' wins were of the complete game variety, four coming against perennial SWD powers Tazewell (twice) Abingdon and Richlands. Crotts went head-to-head against Tazewell prodigy Zac Wasilewski twice and came out on top both times, including in the SWD tournament semifinals, a win that propelled the Cavaliers into the regionals.
Crotts was the Twin County leader in wins, ERA (1.31) and strikeouts (66 in 42.2 innings, against just 13 walks). He also held opponents to a .187 batting average.
Crotts was also one of the district's top hitters, finishing the year batting at a .431 clip (28-for-65) with eight doubles.
Joining Crotts on the first team was Craig Rosen. A senior centerfielder, Rosen led the team in batting most of the year and flirted with the .500 mark before cooling off late in the year. He still hit a solid .425 and led the team in runs scored (24) and triples (5). Defensively, Rosen was a smooth, speedy outfielder who never seemed to make a tough catch because he was usually there waiting for the ball, no matter where it was hit.
Crotts was also a second-team outfielder, while Adam Nester, Tyler Reavis, Zach Edwards, Dillon Bryant and Jordan Lamb were honorable mention picks.
Finding numbers to support Webb were as hard to come by as they were easy for Crotts, but the senior forward made enough of an impression while playing for the third-place Cavaliers for the district's coaches to recognize him as the league's best.
Though Carroll County finished behind Marion and Abingdon in the district standings, Webb and fellow first-team pick Ulises Moreno were key members of a Cavalier team that lost several heartbreakers in the district in the 2010 season.
Jonathan Snow, Cody Jones and Zach Surratt were second-team picks while Tanner Edwards and Brennen Gravley were honorable mention choices.
Lauren Roper earned first-team honors in girls' soccer, and Cynthia Arellano was a second-team choice.
Sarah Broyles, Baily Leonard, Heather Patton, Summer Rigney, Hope Bowers, Rose Farmer and Suzanne Leonard were Carroll's representatives on an honorable mention squad that included close to 50 names.
In tennis, Cody Poe and Elijah Edwards were first-teamers for the boys while Patricia Reed picked up first-team honors for the girls. Mason Graham, Alec Felts, Lindsey Poe and Cheyenne Webb were second-team picks while Wendy Burcham, Sarah Sasser, Danielle Dougherty, Travis Joyce and Chris Driscoll landed on their respective honorable mention lists.
All-SWD softball results will be announced when available.
First team
Pitcher – Adam Crotts (sr., Carroll County), Mike Wood (jr., Tazewell); catcher – Kenny Pope (sr., Abingdon); first base – Seth Kegley (jr., Abingdon); second base – Luke Hilt (jr., Abingdon); third base – Jonathan Kelly (jr., Grundy); shortstop – Bradley Strong (sr., Richlands); outfield – Zak Wasilewski (soph., Tazewell); Craig Rosen (sr., Carroll County), Cody Lockhart (jr., Richlands); designated hitter – Taylor Herald (sr., Tazewell); utility – Cody Justus (jr., Grundy).
Player of the year
Adam Crotts, Carroll County
Coach of the year
Mark Francisco, Abingdon
Second team
Pitcher – Zach Witt (sr., Abingdon); Chris Kelly (soph., Grundy); catcher – Taylor Gearhart (jr., graham); first base – Ryan Hankins (soph., Tazewell); second base – Reece Strong (soph., Richlands); third base – Ronnie Funk (sr., Marion); shortstop – Cody Justus (jr., Grundy); outfield – Adam Crotts (sr., Carroll County), Josh Mitchum (jr., Tazewell), Ben Rife (soph., Grundy); designated hitter – Matthew Rosenbaum (jr., Marion); utility – Ryan Monninger (soph., Graham).
Honorable mention
Abingdon – Heath Shelton, Josh Barker, Alexander Nadler, Travis Shrewsbury.
Carroll County – Adam Nester, Tyler Reavis, Zach Edwards, Dillon Bryant, Jordan Lamb.
Graham – Matt Morgan, David Marrs.
Grundy – Jeremy O'Quinn, Nick Travis, Cody Rife.
Marion – Tyler Thomas, Grayson Moore, Branson Bowman.
Richlands – Eric Mulkey, James Patton, Taylor McGhee, Brandon White, Jack Vance, Logan Salyers, Michael Horton, C.J. Whitt, Zack Yates.
Tazewell – Blake Hash, Jordan Jones, Gavin Yates, Heath Harris, Matt Kincer.
First team
Jessica Woodie (soph., Graham), Lauren Morelock (soph., Abingdon), Cara Cecil (sr., Tazewell), Molly Thompson (sr., Tazewell), Annie Forrest (jr., Richlands), Haven Leland (fr., Abingdon), Kaylan Stanley (soph., Graham), Lauren Roper (jr., Carroll County), Cassidy Richardson (fr., Richlands), Allisa Gembach (fr., Abingdon), Sarah Hawsey (jr., Abingdon), Kelly Landreth (sr., Graham), Alex Taylor – goalkeeper (sr., Marion).
Player of the year
Jessica Woodie, Graham
Coach of the year
Katelyn Carswell, Abingdon
Second team
Kristin Brown (Graham), Jasmine Hagy (Grundy), Molly Altizer (Tazewell), Maggie Mahood (Graham), Cynthia Arellano (Carroll County), Allie Widener (Abingdon), Morgan Ellis (Marion), Emily Poskas (Tazewell), Michelle Vernon (Marion), Rani Ratliff (Richlands), Olivia Hart (Tazewell), Holly Richardson (Marion), Brittany Dye – goalkeeper (Richlands).
Honorable mention
Abingdon – Tiffany Talbert, Julie Stepp, Emily McMurray, Georgie Ferrell.
Carroll County – Sarah Broyles, Baily Leonard, Heather Patton, Summer RIgney, Hope Bowers, Rose Farmer, Suzanne Leonard.
Graham – Kristin Kelley, Stacy Fanning, Allie Tallmar, Kali Furry, Whitney Browning, Karly Morgan,
Grundy – Miranda Ward, Brittany Hagy, Alexa Harrison, Susan Deel, Stephanie Deel, Bailee Brown, Ashley Hale, Jenna Roark, Brooke Christian, Leighann Harrison, Carrie Boyd, Kimberlyn Thompson
Marion – Rachel Scott, Mackenzie Demaree, Racheal Vernon, Morgan Fry, Ariel Diaz.
Richlands – Kirby Moir, Makenzy Davis, Nicole Davis, Christina Eads, Kaitlin Keene, Maggie Lindsey, Hannah Hearl, Sandy Sahyouni.
Tazewell – Haylee Walker, Taylor Catron, Kayla Cline, Staci Childress, Natasha Blankenship, Allison johnson, Katie Snapp.
First team
Lucas Webb (sr., Carroll County), Ryan McMurray (sr., Abingdon), Marshall Wagner (soph., Marion), Nathan Hess (sr., Abingdon), Albert Fajardo (jr., Richlands), Laurence Mann (sr., Abingdon), Ulises Moreno (jr., Carroll County), Austin Cole (sr., Marion), Forrest Yates (fr., Graham), Scott Brewster (sr., Graham), Luke Allison (sr., Tazewell), Chris Sigmon (fr., Abingdon), Max Abad – goalkeeper (sr., Marion).
Player of the year
Lucas Webb, Carroll County
Coach of the year
Jim Yates, Marion
Second team
Paul Browning (Abingdon), Ryan Stanley (Graham), Jonathan Snow (Carroll County), Brandon Kegley (Marion), Alex Francis (Marion), Michael Moore (Tazewell), Jon Hughes (Tazewell), L.C. Mutter (Grundy), Jordan Plaster (Richlands), Trent Snavely (Marion), Cody Jones (Carroll County), Andrew Beavers (Graham), Zach Surratt – goalkeeper (Carroll County).
Honorable mention
Abingdon – Caleb Johnson, Tyler Eschle, Austin Feagins, Nolan Dye, Connor Pennington.
Carroll County – Tanner Edwards, Brennen Gravley.
Graham – Andrew Day.
Grundy – Jordan Hutchinson, Wayne Mutter, Cody Dales, Coogan Thompson, Cody Church.
Marion – Michael Francis, Addison Ratliff.
Tazewell – Sam Nicholson, Taylor Monk, Adam Murray, Andrew Murray.
First team
Danielle Gabe (jr., Graham), Junetta Nuckels (soph., Richlands), Maria Shaffron (jr., Graham), Jordan Britton (sr., Graham), Chelsea Asbury (jr., Richlands), Patricia Reed (sr., Carroll County), Emily Henderson (fr., Abingdon), Carrie Lopez (fr., Abingdon), Sidney Shuman (jr., Abingdon).
Player of the year
Danielle Gabe, Graham
Coach of the year
Matt Turner, Abingdon
Second team
Shelley Goldsmith (Abingdon), Abbey Spieger (Abingdon), Rachel MaClanahan (Abingdon), Lindsey Poe (Carroll County), Cheyenne Webb (Carroll County), Whitney Horne (Richlands).
Honorable mention
Carroll County – Wendy Burcham, Sarah Sasser, Danielle Dougherty.
First team
Randall Carter (sr., Abingdon), Cody Poe (sr., Carroll County), Karl Jabourain (jr., Richlands), Alex marrs (sr., Graham), Taylor Read (sr., Abingdon), Zain Mouhidin (sr., Graham), Patrick Staton (sr., Graham), Elijah Edwards (sr., Carroll County), Lucas Kalber (sr., Marion).
Player of the year
Randall Carter, Abingdon
Coach of the year
Kelly McCall, Abingdon
Second team
Mason Graham (Carroll County), Alec Felts (Carroll County), Graham Gardner (Abingdon), Eric Vernon (Marion), Austin Hess (Richlands), Mason Taylor (Richlands).
Honorable mention
Carroll County – Travis Joyce, Chris Driscoll.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State and local government spending grew at a 0.3 percent annual rate in the third quarter, after 11 straight quarters of contraction, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday.
The last time state and local spending expanded was in the third quarter of 2009, at a much more robust rate of 2.2 percent. Then, for nearly three years, spending contracted sharply, with the biggest drop in the first quarter of 2010 at 5.5 percent.
States are pinching pennies, keeping spending growth slow as the economy recovers from the 2007-09 recession and the federal government sends them fewer funds.
"The recent improvement in the national economy has not translated to strong growth in total state expenditures," said the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) in a report also released on Thursday.
Total state spending likely grew only 0.1 percent in fiscal 2012, the lowest level since the group began tracking state spending in 1987, NASBO said. Most states' fiscal years end in June, which means that many have already started fiscal 2013.
The 2007-09 recession caused states' revenues to plunge and, because all states except Vermont must end their fiscal years with balanced budgets, many slashed spending, calling special legislative sessions to make emergency mid-year cuts.
The federal government stepped in to help with the 2009 economic stimulus plan known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which included the largest transfer of federal funds to states in U.S. history.
NASBO said state expenditures grew 3.8 percent in fiscal 2010 and 2.8 percent in fiscal 2011, mostly due to the assistance. By fiscal 2010 federal money made up nearly 35 percent of state spending, compared with 26.3 percent in fiscal 2008.
Now that the burst of stimulus money is over, states must once again shoulder the costs of public programs, even though their revenues are only beginning to return to pre-recession levels. Federal funds likely only represented 31.2 percent of state spending in fiscal 2012 and will continue to shrink, NASBO said.
"State revenues have not increased as fast as ARRA funds have declined, leading to a unique situation in which total state expenditure growth has slowed during the same time that the national economy has been improving," it reported.
Meanwhile, spending demands continue to grow, particularly for the Medicaid healthcare program for the poor that states operate with partial reimbursement from the federal government.
Over the last three years, the portion of state spending going to Medicaid has risen to 23.9 percent from 22.2 percent. Many states worry that Medicaid will eat up their budgets, and leave fewer dollars for other areas.
Spending on education dipped to 19.8 percent in fiscal 2012, the first time on record that the portion has been less than 20 percent, NASBO said.
Reporting by Lisa Lambert; Editing by Nick Zieminski


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Six fledgling documentary directors are being offered the chance to make their primetime debut on BBC3 as part of the UK digital channel's Fresh documentary strand.
The latest round of commissioning for the Fresh initiative, which gives directors an opportunity to land their first hour-long prime-time film, has kicked off a hunt for ideas about important issues facing young people in 2013.
New approaches to issues of money, relationships, rites of passage moments, crime, disability, class and identity will be considered.
The driving force behind the films should be emotion with strong characters and the films should also have a contemporary and bold approach to storytelling.
Each director will be given a non-negotiable budget of £100k that will be managed by BBC Commissioning.
The budget will cover the total cost of making their film and include payments for the directors and crew, stock, filming and location costs, editing, voice over recording, dubbing and grading of the films.
BBC3 controller Zai Bennett and documentaries commissioner Charlotte Moore are keen to receive broad, popular ideas that speak to wide audiences.
Bennett said: "Fresh is vital to BBC3's factual offering, providing new directors with a voice to tell compelling, entertaining and often inspiring stories about young people in extraordinary circumstances.
"I'm incredibly impressed by the quality of recent Fresh films like Transexual Teen, Beauty Queen and My Brother The Islamist, and I am keen to build on these successes."
Moore said: "It's a fantastic opportunity and challenge and the strand has successfully launched a new generation of documentary makers, with many directors going on to enjoy further success, like Danny Beck (Stormchaser: The Butterfly and The Tornado) who then went on to make I Swear I Can Sing for BBC Three and The War on Britain's Roads for BBC One."
Fresh has been running since 2008 and the deadline for entries is 31 May. Click here for the full brief.