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I've been wanting to make these cupcakes since seeing them on Heather's blog last December. I loooove champagne, and I love an opportunity to make a holiday themed cupcake even more.
If your New Year's resolution falls into the drink less booze/eat less junk category that so many resolutions do, I recommend making these pronto, while you still have the chance.
What you're looking at here is a vanilla cupcake spiked with champagne, a champagne flavored pastry creme center, and a champagne buttercream. Festive, right?
For the cupcakes:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup champagne (no need to use the good stuff here...my $4 bottle of Andre worked quite nicely)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and line cupcake tins with 17 paper liners. Adjust oven rack to middle position.
Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a separate bowl, stir together sour cream and champagne.
With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture and the champagne mixture to the butter/egg mixture alternately, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
Using level 1/4 cup measures, divide batter between prepared cupcake tins. Bake for 17-22 minutes, rotating cupcake tins halfway through baking time. Set aside to cool completely before filling and frosting.
For the pastry creme filling:
1/2 cup heavy cream, divided
1/2 cup champagne
2 tablespoons cornstarch
5 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 whole egg
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
In a medium sized bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup of the heavy cream and the cornstarch. Set aside.
In a saucepan, combine the remaining 1/4 cup heavy cream, the champagne, and the sugar. Stir to combine, and bring to a boil over medium heat.
While waiting for the mixture to boil, beat the egg, and yolks into the heavy cream and cornstarch mixture.
When the champagne mixture is boiling, remove from the heat, and add 1/3 of it to the egg mixture, whisking constantly so the eggs don't cook. Return the champagne mixture to a boil, and add in the egg mixture in a slow stream, whisking constantly.
Continue to whisk until the mixture thickens, and remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla, and continue to stir until the butter has melted completely.
Allow the mixture to cool for 15 minutes before filling cupcakes. Using a paring knife, or one of these handy dandy cupcake corers (I got mine from Target) cut out the center of the cupcake, and fill with cooled pastry creme. I spooned mine into a large ziploc bag, and snipped off the end to make this easier.
You will have leftover pastry creme. I'm sure you can figure out what to do with it! Allow the filling to cool completely before frosting the cupcakes.
For the frosting:
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon champagne
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Add 1 cup of champagne to a small saucepan. Simmer over medium-high heat, until it has reduced to 2 tablespoons (about 7-10 minutes, but keep an eye on it!) Transfer to a small bowl to cool completely.
In a large bowl, beat together butter and powdered sugar on medium speed until fluffy. Add in reduced champagne, and the remaining 1 tablespoon of champagne and beat until smooth.
Store cupcakes in the refrigerator, and bring to room temperature 15 minutes before serving.
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I dont' have anything 'cept for Water Curses and the Last Night at the Jetty single and perhaps THOMBOY on Saturday. What Animal Collective do you own on the most awesomest format ever??
I have Summertime Clothes single, Water Curses, Down There, Spirit, Person Pitch, Tomboy Single, and Tomboy...I think that's it. I really want to increase what vinyl I do have.
I saw a Danse Manatee vinyl at my local record store a couple weeks ago. It was the original artwork, not the combined version FatCat released. Does that mean it's like an original Catsup Plate LP?
I have most the AC albums on CD, but I do own Strawberry Jam on vinyl.
Yeah, I have all on CD. No vinyls for me. I have NO record player. I wish I did though. mmm doggy.
i'm not sure Tabelz, that's a good question. I'm exhausted right now but i'll try and research you an answer in the tomorrow time.
i've got none ac, i don't even have a working record player now. probably my most favorite vinyl is mr bungle's 2nd album. i've got it framed in my office at work. ac....hmmm, i would want feels or sj. i mean, given my druthers, all of it. but for the things i'm fond of, those two.
I've heard feels is kind of rare.... but straw jam's quite easy due to domino being excellent about keeping albums in print. and what exactly is your .gif of yukbon?
you can find feels being sold on the internett for way too much money the last time i checked i have Strawberry Jam, its kinda busted up though, i really want to get everything, maybe when i'm rich
i want to own everything on CASSETTE! which is really "in" / hip right now! uh! [no 8traxxx jokes! __<" title="mad" /> ]]]
I've got Strawberry Jam, Merriweather, Summertime Clothes, People, and Peacebone. I don't actually own a record player but my roommate has one! Cassettes are SO IN, why else would the Keep Cassette exist? I just need 8 D-CELL batteries for my BOOM BAWX.
A Boom Box can change the world! but you gotta know your limit with a boombox! A good record player is hard to find (for cheap)!
No records of my own. I've got about 1000 hours of Dead legs, though.
I've never owned any vinyl. I guess i don't really go after what i can't rip to my ipod. Unless they make mobile record players with earphones that would be good. But if i had an option of anything on vinyl, id go with strawberry jam... or hollindigan. what about you guys?
i think Person Pitch would be great either that or HCTI
[quote="derekcollectbone"]i think Person Pitch would be great either that or HCTI[/quote] Agreed
I'd really love to have Pullhair Rubeye on vinyl so that I wouldn't have to record my CD player and manually reverse it using Audacity. I could just press a reverse button a record player and hear it in reverse-reverse! FORWARD. MoonDog! You've been missed!
I've actually never heard the "normal" version... I've got the forward one. And have I been gone or something? haha
Oh, it just seemed that you had been away for a couple days. But perhaps I just didn't see your posts or somesing. But no matter, I've missed ya Dog!
such a good dog! [quote]I've got about 1000 hours of Dead legs[/quote] DEAD LEGS! __<" title="mad" /> (put on yr death boots!)
I've never heard the "normal" version of Pullhair either I've never seen an lp for it either, but that would be special.
I found a torrent that included "normal" and "reverse" versions of Pullhair. Listening to it the way it was released, it's very atmospheric, I actually had fun because the melodies just sound so weird and interesting when they're reversed... the way it was originally recorded, it was okay but there was nothing really interesting about it. I actually prefer the other way probably
if it had been more planned out... to make some groovy backwards THING... i'd be more up on it but no... they just had this simple mellow normal thing and thought HEY! let's just put it backwards! that'll sound kind of groovy... i'm sure any ac album would sound pretty groovy reversed and one could "get into it" ... i don't know reversed / pitch-shiftered [slowed up or sped down] is a touchy area for me... i think it'd be really groovy if someone could plan an album with enough backwards and forwards elements where it'd be like 2 very different feeling albums depending which way you listen but damn that'd be hard to plan out and make work! i've dreamed of doing so!
the song New Terrain on the band Mew's latest album is a different song depending on whether it's forwards or backwards. pretty awesome stuff. i'm sure you can hear both on the internet, but it was fun to open it in pro tools and manually do it...
Panda's first album has a backwards song. I believe Ohne Titel is A Musician And A Filmmaker in reverse.
always thought it was ohne titel in reverse if you have audacity or adobe audition or any similar programs throw winter wonder land in there and listen to that in reverse, it actually sounds pretty awesome
Leaf house and did you see the words sounds pretty cool too .
[quote="derekcollectbone"]always thought it was ohne titel in reverse [/quote] Unsolved Mystery!
This is why everyone needs record players! Or they need to make it so CD players can play music backwards. Oh lanta, but I have none.
Without LPs, I'd never get to hear my cat putting her paw on John Lennon's "Imagine" and slowing it down, speeding it up, slowing it down, ad nauseam.
it's a demon feline!
I've got (from the collective): MPP, Here Comes The Indian, Strawberry Jam, Sung Tongs, Feels, Water Curses, and Fall Be Kind And from Panda: Person Pitch, Last Night At The Jetty, You Can Count On Me, Surfers Hymn, and Tomboy (clear RSD version with the inscriptions) Only a few more to go!
I just got Down There and Straw Jam!
i kind of wish now i had bought the who could win a rabbit vinyl single... that would have been amusing to JUST have that! and it had a groovy cover from the music vid! baby day hey! [she's my apple baby!]
she's gonna have my baby! or maybe he's gone leg gone head gone soon you be gone too! i want it all on tape! STILL

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Then, this morning — it hit me. I called up my husband "can we turn the guest bedroom/sewing room into a play room for the kids?" His reply "that's a great idea and a great use of that space, go for it!"
So I moved out the bed that rarely sleeps any company (most of our relatives live somewhat close by). Maybe this will be the answer, maybe I can find a few more minutes in the day to sit and sew with the girls with me, coloring, playing, painting right along with me. And now I have this wonderful blank canvas.
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RNS () — If there were such a thing as "spiritual hazard pay" for columnists, I would be filing a claim after watching the first two episodes of the new series "Snake Salvation," which debuts Tuesday (Sept. 10) on the National Geographic Channel.
God, I hate snakes. I find them utterly repellent; always have. When I was a toddler, my parents had to carry me out of the snake house at the zoo so I would stop screaming as if someone were trying to kill me.
Were it not for professional obligation — you're welcome, by the way — you would sooner have found me shaving my head with a straight razor than watching a couple of hours of television dedicated to snake handling and its (alleged) spiritual import.
There is a tiny offshoot of the Pentecostal branch of Christianity sometimes referred to as the Holiness Movement that believes God commands the faithful to handle poisonous snakes — rattlers, water moccasins, copperheads — as a part of worship. They believe snake handling is as much a commandment as "Thou shalt not commit adultery," as one of the show's preachers, Jamie Coots of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name church in Middlesboro, Ky., says in the premiere episode.
These beliefs are based on a passage from the Gospel of Mark, which says: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
In Coots' church and that of his protege, 22-year-old Andrew Hamblin, pastor of the Tabernacle Church of God in LaFollette, Tenn., worshippers hold venomous serpents above their heads. They also speak in tongues, lay hands on each other as they pray for healing, dance while holding makeshift torches near their faces and occasionally drink poison (such as strychnine) from mason jars.
There are believed to be fewer than 100 of these nondenominational churches, where snake handling is understood to be evidence of (if not a requirement for) salvation. Most are in Appalachia and elsewhere in the rural Southeast.
One of the earliest proponents of snake handling, George Went Hensley, a pastor in Cleveland, Tenn., in the early 1900s, pointed to that passage in Mark 16, as well as a verse in the Gospel of Luke that says, "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you."
There's also the story from Acts 28 about the Apostle Paul arriving on the island of Malta and being bitten on the hand by a snake while he was gathering wood to build a fire. The locals expected him to puff up and die from the poisonous bite. Instead, Paul shook the serpent off into the fire and never fell ill.
Such stories, however, would not be understood by the vast majority of Christendom to be the driving force and message of holy writ. For Coots and Hamblin, they are. And however repellent their beliefs and style of worship might be to me, they are treated respectfully in the television series.
Despite its provocative name and exotically creepy subject matter, "Snake Salvation" is not overly sensationalized, perhaps due to its storytelling falling into the hands of the folks at National Geographic. Both men are articulate about their beliefs and the show's creators let them speak for themselves most of the time.
Neither Coots (who lost the top of a finger from a snakebite a number of years back — his wife keeps the bit that rotted off in a jar so "she'll always have a part of him with her") nor Hamblin (who is unemployed, lives on food stamps and has five children with his 21-year-old wife) is depicted as a wild-eyed or illiterate bumpkin.
That my snake-handling brothers and sisters in Christ have fixated on a few obscure passages of Scripture doesn't bother me nearly as much as those damned snakes.
Even though they take care to keep the children and women away from the snakes during worship services, they're still waving around 5-foot-long diamondbacks as if they were tambourines.
Watching scenes of the pastors and their faithful companions hunting for snakes — poisonous snakes are pricey and these folks are usually a bit short on cash — I became completely unglued and started shouting at the screen.
My son poked his head into the room to see what I was screaming about, but when he saw me filtering the screen through the blanket I'd drawn over my head, he knew.
"Oh," he said, nonplused. "Snakes." He shrugged and walked away.
If your sensibilities aren't as fragile as mine when it comes to beasts that move on their bellies without legs and whose bite can kill you, then "Snake Salvation" might be right up your alley. For those of you who are curious about "strange" or unusual religious beliefs and practices, the series does a good job of explaining their beliefs and leaving the judgment about theology (and sanity) up to the viewer.
As for me, two episodes were more than enough.
(Cathleen Falsani is the faith &‥038; values columnist for the Orange County Register. You can follow her on Twitter @godgrrl.)
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The popular series will be held Friday, Oct. 4 in Madison.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
MADISON – Mark your calendar for the fifth annual grazing seminar series at World Dairy Expo. The popular series will be held on Friday, Oct. 4.
The events will include four seminars starting at 10 a.m. in the Mendota 3 Room and a reception from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Waubesa Room at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. There is no charge to attend the seminars or reception. World Dairy Expo admission is required.
Planned seminar topics this year include:
? What's new in grass and legume varieties? by Drs. Geoff Brink, Mike Casler, and Heathcliff Riday from the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center.
? Genetics for the whole cow: breeding for grazing systems moderated by Dr. Les Hansen of the University of Minnesota with representatives from six cattle genetics companies.
? Benefits of grazing replacement heifers by Dr. Dave Combs of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Combs will summarize recent research on the performance of pasture-raised heifers once they join the confinement herd.
? Supplementation for the grazing cow: corn and alternatives by Dr. Kathy Soder of ARS and Dr. Brad Heins the University of Minnesota. The seminar will discuss on the economics, herd health and milk production response of corn and alternatives such as flaxseed and molasses.
The grazing events at World Dairy Expo are a partnership between the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP); University of Wisconsin-Extension; University of Minnesota-Extension; and private farmers and businesses. Sponsors this year include Byron Seed, CRV, Crystal Creek, DFA Dairy Grazing Services, the GrassWorks Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship Program, Horizon Organic, Midwestern BioAg, Normande Genetics, Organic Valley, Prairie Creek Seeds, Spaulding Laboratories, Taurus Service, and Hoof-Tec.
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Oct. 1, 2001
Santa Barbara, Calif. - The Schedule
Match No. 8
Friday, October 5, 2001 at 8:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Fresno State Bulldogs
at UCSB's Harder Stadium
Match No. 9
Sunday, October 7, 2001 at 2:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Denver Pioneers
at UCSB's Harder Stadium
Bite Of The Bulldogs
UCSB will host MPSF power Fresno State on Friday night in their second straight doubleheader with the UCSB women's team. The Gauchos have a 12-14-4 record against their former MPSF foe. Last season, UCSB shutout Fresno State, 1-0 at Bulldog Stadium. The Bulldogs enter this season's contest with a 3-2-3 record. Last weekend, Fresno State traveled to Palo Alto for the Stanford/Nike Tournament. After a 1-1 tie with Pac-10 team California, the Bulldogs suffered a 4-0 shutout at the hands of third-ranked Stanford. Leading the way for Fresno State is senior midfielder Noah Delgado. Delgado has scored six goals in eight matches while adding two assists. He was also named to the Fila Cup all-Tournament team. Junior midfielder Kupono Low has also proved to be a offensive threat with four goals scored and two assists. Defensively, junior goalkeeper Jeremy Proud has allowed only 10 goals in eight matches while posting a 1.11 goals allowed average. He has recorded three shutouts this season while tallying 32 saves.
Pioneer Pride
The Denver Pioneers will travel to UCSB on Sunday for a 2:00 pm matchup at Harder Stadium. The Gauchos have not faced the Pioneers since 1999 when they shutout Denver 2-0 in Santa Barbara. UCSB holds a 2-0-0 all-time edge over the Pioneers. This season, Denver has established themselves as one of the premier teams in the MPSF, buildng a 5-2-2 record and holding the lead in the MPSF chamionship race. The Pioneers are lead by Nic Hartman who has scored four goals and assisted in two others in nine matches. Also adding to the Pioneer punch is Matt Harrell, the leading shot taker with 18, has three goals and one assist in eight matches played. Eric Van Deman matches Harrell with three goals and an assist this season. In the net for Denver is Jarvis Parker, who has allowed six goals in 785 minutes played. He allows a mere .69 goals per game, while recording 28 saves in eight matches.
The Streak Is Broken, Gauchos Match #22 Bruins 0-0 In 2OT
After 14 straight losses to UCLA, UCSB broke the streak with a 0-0 double overtime tie on Friday night. Despite being outshot 19-12 and losing starting defender Reuben Bates to a red card in the 65th minute, the Gauchos were able to keep the 22nd-ranked Bruins out of the net for 120 minutes. UCSB was led by junior forward Rob Friend with three shots, while freshman forward Nate Boyden added two shots. Freshman goalkeeper Dan Kennedy recorded a career-high six saves while not allowing a goal for the fourth time this season.
Kennedy Is King
Freshman goalkeeper Dan Kennedy has proved to be one of the brightest additions to the Gauchos this season. In 660 minutes, Kennedy has allowed a mere five goals, only .68 per match. The Yorba Linda native posted a career-high six saves in the 0-0 tie with 22nd-ranked UCLA on Friday night, bringing his save total to 15 and boosting his save percentage to .750. Kennedy has also posted three shutout victories this season and held the Bruins scoreless for 120 minutes in the double overtime tie. As a true freshman, Kennedy has played every minute of game time this season and has a 4-2-1 record in the net.


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Swimming Pool Blog
Rob Cox, March 6, 2012
ADA Pool Lift Rant
On the heels of VGB legislation requiring commercial and public pools to make their pool drains safer at great cost to budget strapped community and school pools, the next mandated public safety upgrade to swimming pools is to provide handicapped individuals a means of access into our nation's swimming pools.
Typically, a Blog Post Rant will be squarely on one side of the issue, however, let's pander to both sides of the fence. First, let's take the Pro-Pool Lift position, and provide some context to the proponents of adding means of access that meets certain, some would say, strict guidelines.
Pool Lifts Rule!
- ADA legislation has been a long overdue law, and it's very far-reaching. It not only covers swimming pools, but every public space. We've become accustomed to handicapped bathrooms, curb cuts in the sidewalk, ramps into restaurants. Now is the times to bring our swimming pools into this new age of accessibility.
- Pool lifts will add new customer base revenue to pools that have seen declining use over the years.
- Pool lifts remove what amounts to a discriminating barrier to access to the sport and fun of swimming.
- For handicapped persons, aquatic exercise is very therapeutic, and helps to increase circulation.
Good laws always have opposition, because good laws tend to infringe upon certain groups, at benefit to others, or for the common good. If an organization or swim club is vocal in opposition to the new pool lift law, especially certain parts of the law, it stands to reason that they don't share the mission behind the law.
The ADA pool lift law is good for the sport of swimming, and for the residents of this fine country.
Pool Lifts Drool!
- Permanently fixed pool lifts can create a safety hazard in areas of limited deck space.
- One pool lift for the pool and one for the spa, creates a large financial burden on swim clubs.
- One pool lift per 300 sq ft of pool perimeter - many pools will have to install two or more lifts.
- Many pools will close, as they did with VGB, when faced with another $20,000 expense.
- Enforcement? DOJ oversight is powerful, but at the local level?
Bad laws are created by special interests - interested in selling more safety products. Pool lifts are not new, and have been available for 20 years. Any swim club or hotel that wants one can install one, for their paying public. This may create more opportunity for handicapped people to use our nation's pools, but perhaps in a much smaller "pool" of pools.
Two sides to every story, I suppose. The pool lift law is here to stay, and the deadline is March 15, 2012. Where do you weigh in on the ADA pool lift law? Are you ready for march 15, 2012? Do you have a Rant about pool lifts? Add your pool lift rant below, whether pro -or- con!


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Another alternative to the Inca Trail Trek is this amazing Jungle Adventure, which offers the possibility of low altitude mountain biking and trekking to reach Machu Picchu, with optional rafting and zip-lining activities. This heart stopping adventure is the perfect combination of an adrenaline pumping 3,000-meter mountain biking descent and treks into the backwoods of the Andes. You can also go on an exhilarating rafting trip on class III & IV rapids, and/or zip line through the jungle canopy, at an extra cost. Throughout your trip, pass by local villages to see the way of life in mountain communities such as Santa Teresa and Santa Maria. The ultimate ending to this excellent trip is a visit to the one and only Machu Picchu archaeological site! *Note: You will have a guide during the trek and on the Machu Picchu tour. However, during your bus and train transfers you will not be accompanied by a guide.
Cuzco to Malaga High Pass, Mountain Biking to Santa Maria Village (1,400m) (L/D)
Today we leave Cuzco between 5:55 - 6:30am to journey by road in a van making our first stop after 1.5 hours in Ollantaytambo where we can have a quick breakfast and buy some snacks. Then we continue driving for another 1.5 hours up to the Malaga High Pass (4,350 meters) where our guide will provide us with a safety briefing before we begin our adventurous 2.5 hour bike ride down into the lush and humid jungle. We will see Huamanmarca Archaeological site along the way, cruise through fruit plantations and over rivers before arriving to Santa Maria village (1,400 meters) at around 2:00-2:30pm where you will have the rest of the day at leisure. You may choose to participate in an optional rafting activity or walk around town on your own. Enjoy your night at a basic, rustic guesthouse.
(*Note: Accommodation options are very limited along the trekking route for the first 2 nights in Santa Maria & Santa Teresa villages. Most places have very basic, rustic facilities, rooms often share a bathroom and sometimes do not have hot water. However, we always choose the best available option.)
Optional Activity in Santa Maria: Rafting. Go on a scenic 2.5 hour rafting adventure and go down class III & IV rapids on the Urubamba River (also known as Vilcanota River). If you choose not to participate in the rafting activity, you can explore the town on your own.
Inclusions: Accommodation pickup, Van Transfer Cuzco - Malaga High Pass, Mountain Biking Activity, 1N Basic Guesthouse, Meals 1L/1D.
Trek to Santa Teresa Village (1,680m) (B/L/D)
After an early morning breakfast, we will begin our day of hiking through the jungle mountains to observe beautiful pristine landscapes, abundant flora and fauna and friendly local people. Have lunch halfway during the trek and relax breathing fresh mountain air. In the afternoon we will arrive to Santa Teresa village (1,680 meters) where we will stay overnight in a basic rustic guesthouse. (Optional hot springs for an extra cost)
Inclusions: 1N Basic Guesthouse, Meals 1B/1L/1D. (17km, 8hrs)
Trek to Aguas Calientes (B/L/D)
Take an easy 3-hour hike along the train tracks from Santa Teresa to Hydroelectric Station where you will stop for lunch. Continue 3 more hours on foot to reach Aguas Calientes town, where you will find internet cafes, cafes with board games and cards, plenty of shops and places to relax. (Most people hike this portion of the trek but there is an optional train ride from Hydroelectric Station to Aguas Calientes if you`re feeling tired). Overnight in a hotel tonight for a well-deserved shower and good night`s sleep.
Optional Activity in Santa Teresa: Canopy Zip-Line. Fly through the treetops on a 2-hour morning canopy excursion on South America`s highest and Peru`s first canopy zip-line. Traverse over 2,500 meters of cables with the longest ride covering 400 meters and the highest at 150 meters.
Inclusions: 1N Aguas Calientes 3* Hotel, Meals 1B/1L/1D. (18km, 6hrs)
Explore Machu Picchu & Return to Cuzco (B)
We will catch one of the first buses (05:30 am) to Machu Picchu (25-minute ride) in order to appreciate the magnificent city in the early morning light as the mist dissipates. A walking tour (approximately 2 hours) is given by your guide and after this you can explore the mysterious city on your own. If you still have energy you can also climb the Huayna Picchu Peak (to be booked in advance at an extra cost). Return to Aguas Calientes by bus at your own convenience. If time allows, visit the local marketplace next to the train station and shop until the train whistle blows, signaling your return to Ollantaytambo. From Ollantaytambo, you will take a bus back to Cuzco arriving around 08.00pm. You will be dropped off at the Plaza San Francisco. Please make your own way to the accommodation of your choice upon arrival.
DESCRIPTION OF MACHU PICCHU GUIDED SITE VISIT: The one and only, the most spectacular (and not to mention most popular) archaeological site in all of South America. Your guide will take you on a 2-hour tour of Machu Picchu walking you through the most important sites and covering the history of the place. Then you will have free time to explore on your own and take pictures at your leisure. When you decide to head back down to Aguas Calientes, there are buses departing every 15 minutes from the entrance or you can take the walking trail down if you feel like another 1 hour stair stepping downhill to Aguas Calientes town.
Take an OPTIONAL hike up the steep peak named Huayna Picchu, which is located inside the Machu Picchu archaeological site. This sometimes muddy peak takes about 45 - 60 minutes to hike up and awards you with unforgettable views of Machu Picchu from a coveted perspective. Keep in mind that if you want to take this optional hike, you must now purchase your ticket at least 2 weeks in advance for an additional cost in order to get one of the 400 passes (200 people are allowed up at 7:00am and 200 more at 10:00am). Please send us an email directly to request this extra ticket.
Inclusions: Round trip Bus Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu, Train Aguas Calientes - Ollantaytambo, Bus Ollantaytambo - Cuzco, 2-Hour Machu Picchu Guided Visit, Meal 1B.
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Paramount act: Tony Bennett headlines opening
With a two-year facelift of the Paramount Theater almost finished, the folks running the show have unveiled the details of its first season in 30 years. And like the building itself, the lineup seems to be aiming for a retro look.
Opening weekend, December 16-19, will feature legendary singer Tony Bennett and opera star Denyce Graves. Even Humphrey Bogart will appear, on celluloid, for a screening of Casablanca while big-band musicians playing brassy hits from the 1940s.
Before the season closes in May, the theater will host 33 music, dance, drama, and comedy acts– everything from Broadway hit Grease to bluegrass hotshot Ricky Skaggs. But with a few exceptions (Carrot Top, anyone?), this is not the planet's most contemporary line-up.
Selections listed on theparamount.net include Marvin Hamlisch, Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain, a Shakespeare play, Steel Magnolias, and jazz from the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Organizers seem to have gone for the time-honored over the groundbreaking. For a new venue carving out a classy niche on the Downtown Mall in a city already flooded with performing arts, that might well be the right strategy.
Whether theatergoers will fork over $20 to $50 a show remains to be seen. And if you want to see Bennett in the kickoff fundraiser, the price is steeper: $250 to $1,000.
Paramount officials don't seem worried. Spokeswoman Kristen Gleason says the phones have been ringing since Bennett was announced last Friday. The man, after all, is still relevant, even if he did leave his heart in San Francisco. He won his 12th Grammy earlier this year for producing a Louis Armstrong tribute with k.d. lang.
"Any one performer you pick is going to appeal to a target audience," Gleason says. "It's a tricky business."
In more ways than one. Astute observers might recall the Paramount was slated to reopen on Thanksgiving, in honor of its original debut as a movie theater in 1931. But construction and design delays pushed the date back almost a month. Considering it took well over a decade to fund the project– now approaching $15 million– the extra wait is hardly worth a shrug.
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Federal law gives students the right to receive the diabetes care they need to be safe and participate in school activities just like any other child. Schools should provide the following:
- Trained staff to monitor blood glucose levels and administer insulin and glucagon
- Trained staff to provide diabetes care during field trips, extracurricular events and all school-sponsored activities
- Capable students permitted to self-manage their diabetes anytime, anywhere
Schools should not:
- Make family members go to school to care for a student's diabetes
- Transfer students to a different school to get needed diabetes care
- Prevent students with diabetes from participating in field trips, sports and other school-sponsored activities
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Johnny Carter
, Moorhead, Mississippi, nominated by Hope Enterprise Corp.: The Eastmoor neighborhood of the town, like many Mississippi Delta communities, suffers from an inheritance of economic, social and infrastructural inequities. However, Carter organized his fellow residents and "spoke truth to power." Led by Carter, the residents filed a federal lawsuit and forced the county, city and property owner to pave the streets, fix the sewage system and force enforcement of local codes. Today, homes are being rehabiltated and the residents' association is thriving.
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Michelle Overstreet
, Wasilla, Alaska, nominated by NeighborWorks Alaska: Overstreet is a powerhouse who has tackled the challenge of a growing number of suicides, drug abuse and homeless youth in her community in southcentral Alaska. With a passion for life coaching and helping young people grow into their best selves, she confronted this crisis after seeing a forced to sleep in his car, with no safe alternative at home. The centerpiece of her efforts is a nonprofit called MyHouse, which provides housing opportunities, employment training and access to food and other basic needs to homeless and other youth facing challenges.
Read Michelle's story
Audrey Stubbs
, Cleveland, nominated by the Famicos Foundation: Her passion is to work with youth to help them develop into community leaders who can make change. Acknowledging that many barriers can stand in their way, Stubbs has broadened her focus to the whole family, targeting issues such as violence and self-esteem.
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Alama Uluave
, Salt Lake City, nominated by NeighborWorks Salt Lake: The dropout rate among minority populations in the west side of the city was above 38 percent—an unacceptable fact that inspired Uluave to run as the first Polynesian in the state to serve on the school board. He served two terms and he achieved his vision to build new schools realign districts for more west side representation, giving residents a voice they never had before.
Read Alame's story
Resident Leadership Honoree Archives
2017 honorees
Marie Miller
Nuestra Communidad
In the news, it's common to see police and residents at odds. But this police officer sees it as her job to build trust among the most vulnerable residents: senior citizens. And for her work, she received a Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership.
Read Marie's story
Rich Clegg
NeighborWorks Southern New Hampshire
This 2017 Dorothy Richardson Resident Leadership honoree is a "pastor on a mission"--both with foster children and in distressed communities.
Read Rich's story
Gwyn Guidy
This Florida resident was taught that one person can't make a difference. But she has proven the power of one, and has earned the Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership in return.
Read Gwyn's story
Ana Rodriguez
Lawrence CommunityWorks
Ana Rodriguez spent her childhood without roots in any one community. That's why now, she invests so much of herself in her adopted home town, including advocating for the mentally and physically challenged. In recognitioni of her work, she has earned the Dorothy Richarson Award for Resident Leadership.
Read Ana's story
Janet Troutman Simmons
At 90 years old, Janet Troutman Simmons hasn't slowed down; in fact, she has won the Dorothy Richardson Resident Leadership Award for steadfastly fighting for affordable housing for all.
Read Janet's story
Maxine Woodside
CDC of Tampa
For Maxine Delores Hill Woodside, of Tampa, Florida, adversity at a young age bred inspiration and a burning desire to help others. Her good works have earned her the Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership.
Read Maxine's story
2016 honorees
Debra Stanley
South Bend Heritage Foundation
A willingness to empathize with the "other," including those in or recently released from prison, has been a trademark of Debra throughout her life. Today, she lives in South Bend, Indiana, and has extended her compassion to substance abusers, those at risk of AIDS, and other misunderstood and vulnerable individuals.
Read Debra's story
Deeqo Jibril
Urban Edge
What a long way Deeqo Jibril has come—from fleeing a civil war in her home country of Somalia at the age of 12, to hosting an iftar (a meal to break the fast during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan) with leaders of the Boston Police Department and the FBI.
Read Deeqo's story
Don Feist
NeighborWorks Montana
"Everything is broken and the only way we are going to get it fixed is if we fix it," Don told the local newspaper about the 22-acre manufactured-home community that he lived in. "Everything is going to change now." And it did.
Read Don's story
Maria Elvia Salazar
People's Self-Help Housing
Elvia's community engagement went way beyond social events and homework help. When the city decided to drop a bus route upon which many residents relied, she swung into action.
Read Maria Elvia's story
Erika Cooper
Neighborhood Housing Services
In 2010, Erika founded Uplifting a Life, essentially an "active parents committee." Its mission is simple: stop talking about problems and start fixing them. It started with movie nights and apple picking. Then it expanded to school volunteering.
Read Erika's story
Erin Sorensen
NeighborWorks Boise
Erin's first major project was the conversion of a vacant lot near her home into a community garden. Looking to recruit participants, she went door to door through the NeighborWorks' apartments across the street.
Read Erin's story
Manfred Reid
New Directions
In Greek mythology, a phoenix is a bird that dies in a "show of flames and combustion," then arises from the ashes to live anew. And Manfred Reid is a modern-day, human phoenix.
Read Manfred's story
Sandra Robertson
Famicos Foundation
When she bought her first home in the Glenville neighborhood of the city in 1983, it was a food desert and vacant lots marked the area—a consequence of the blight and demolitions triggered by the housing crisis. What better way to use some of the land, Sandra thought, than for a garden the whole neighborhood could contribute to and enjoy?
Read Sandra's story
2015 honorees
Angela Bannerman Ankoma
West Elmwood Housing Development Corp.
If anyone is a poster child for the contribution that immigrants make to the American "smorgasbord," Angela Bannerman Ankoka is a strong candidate.
Read Angela's story
Apostle Vanessa Ward
NeighborWorks Home Solutions
There are three mindsets that help create and "nurture" high-risk neighborhoods, says Apostle Vanessa Ward:
"I can't make a difference."
"Don't snitch."
"Keep your head down; you might get in trouble."
Read Apostle's story
Billy Palmer
NeighborWorks Salt Lake
Today, Billy Palmer is a respected resident of Utah's largest city, vice president of NeighborWorks Salt Lake's board of directors, and on track to becoming its president. But he wasn't always so distinguished. His first contact with NeighborWorks Salt Lake was at the age of 16, and it was court-mandated.
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Diana Lerma Pfeifer
Avenue Community Development Corporation
A lot of people look around their neighborhoods and think, "Why is it this way? why can't it be better?" And for most, the questions stay questions. Not for Diana Lerma Pfeifer, however. When she sees something that could be improved, she does her research, recruits others to help and then sets out to change it.
Read Diana's story
Maria Skoczylas
South County Housing
There is a story Maria Skoczylas tells that explains, perhaps better than anything else, why she has devoted so much of her life to helping people who most others try to ignore: the homeless.
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Mary Jones
AHC of Greater Baltimore
Mary Jones has had to work hard all of her life, sometimes barely scraping by as housekeeper for a hospital and then an aid for an elementary school. When she retired, she had to move in with her son's family while she waited for an affordable apartment to become available. Fortunately for AHC of Greater Baltimore, Mary found a home at its MonteVerde apartments for senior citizens and the disabled—and got right back to work.
Read Mary's story
Sandra Smithers
Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware
When Sandra Smithers moved back to the neighborhood where she was born, it was already starting to decline. But that didn't scare her away.
Read Sandra's story
2014 honorees
Jason Amboo:
the unlikely leader at the end of the block
Montgomery Housing Partnership (MHP)
Most adolescents are all about video games, sports and how to get out of chores. Not Jason Amboo. At 14, the Maryland resident is the youngest recipient of a Dorothy Richarson Award from NeighborWorks America, for demonstrating environmental stewardship, mobilizing his community to come together over common goals and mentoring other youth.
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Paul Bertha: connection in the leading role
La Casa, Inc.
Paul was hesitant about speaking up at first when his local, Indiana city council debated whether to demolish a historic local school. But then he realized it was his "duty": If he didn't speak up about the potential alternative uses for the school's grand stage, who else would? He did, and the rest is history. Today, the summer academy now held in the school, including drama class led by Paul, has completed its sixth year serving underprivileged children and youth.
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Sharon Bagley: triumph in the face of tragedy
HANDS (Housing and Neighborhood Development Services, Inc)
Sharon could have been forgiven if she had withdrawn into a cocoon, or lashed out in anger, after her 19-year-old son Malcolm – a scholarship football player home from his freshman year of college – was caught in the crossfire of a gang fight in their New Jersey neighborhood. Instead, she turned her grief into a cause and put all of her energies into making it happen: a safe neighborhood where young people can thrive.
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Fred Fife
: the relentless hometown 'kid'
NeighborWorks Salt Lake
Combine a civil engineer's laser focus on "getting the job done" with a love for one's community that will never allow a permanent move away, and what do you get? A volunteer who is the dream of every NeighborWorks organization. There are few limits to what Utah resident Fred will do to "get it done" – ranging from running for state office, to bringing together unlikely partners, to getting his hands dirty while beautifying bike paths and "eyesore" properties.
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Ken Grubbs: the barrier bulldozer
Nuestra Comunidad Development Corp.
With the strife in Ferguson fresh in the news, the relationship between the police and local communities is a top concern in many neighborhoods. But in Boston's Roxbury, Kenneth ("Kenny") Grubbs figured out how to change that dynamic from distrust to engagement a long time ago. He lives in the community he polices, combining leadership on issues such as gangs and prostitution with ice cream and karaoke. "I lead by example: If you live in a community, you have to take ownership and responsibility."
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Chip Rogalinski: pioneer of inclusive redevelopment
New Directions Housing Corp.
Three years ago, Louisville's Shelby Park was perceived as a small, depressed pocket of Louisville. It was marred by crime, trash and vacant or dilapidated properties. Today, however, crime is down, young professionals are moving in and Insider Louisville recently wrote, "…People with passion can accomplish a great deal, and those Shelby Park leaders have incredible passion." Much of that success is due to Chip, president of the Shelby Park Neighborhood Assn, and his inclusive approach to revitalization.
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Marcy Tanger: the weatherization warrior
NeighborWorks of Western Vermont
NeighborWorks of Western Vermont attributes much of its success in championing home energy efficiency in Rutland County to "the Marcy Tanger effect." You won't find it in any textbooks, but it's real. She is a one-woman "weatherization warrior," recruiting others to the cause, saving her community thousands of dollars and doing her part to protect the environment. "That's what I love about this work. I love to see people after they have weatherized, because they are ecstatic."
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Gloria Zamudio: the champion fighter
Neighborhood Housing Services Silicon Valley
It's easy to be an armchair critic, waiting for a leader to step forward to solve local problems. But as Gloria proves, sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands – and can be remarkably effective. When her California neighborhood was traumatized by drug-dealing tenants, Gloria sought the training she needed to marshal all of the community's resources and convince the absentee landlord to replace them with residents who would put down roots, not trash it.
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2013 honorees
Rosa Ramirez
St. Joseph's Carpenter Society
Northeast Region
Rosa Ramirez moved from Puerto Rico to Camden, NJ with her family in the early 1950s at a time when "Latinos were seen and not heard." She became a community activist and leader from a young age and has inspired a generation of Latino leaders in the city. Ramirez was involved in the early days of St. Joseph's Carpenter Society and has been a board member for 24 years. Her accomplishments include developing a vision for Camden that led to the Camden Recovery Act and helping to bring community policing, the Camden Home Improvement Program, and over 900 units of affordable housing to Camden.
"My community and I have worked very hard, and I accept this award not in my name, but in the name of the people that have worked so hard with the Carpenter Society. I am very proud of this award, but when I come back home, I want to go back and tell the people in Camden, 'this is what we got, our work was recognized!', and that means a lot to me and to our neighbors."
Edith DesMarais
Laconia Area Community Land Trust
Northeast Region
Edith "Edie" DesMarais moved to Wolfeboro, NH in the late 1960s and has been an active community leader and volunteer there for 45 years. In 1973, after a community survey determined a pressing need for quality affordable day care services, DesMarais and a small group of local women stepped forward and eventually founded the nonprofit Wolfeboro Area Children's Center. Today, the center is the area's tenth largest employer, providing local employment and economic benefits in a rural area. It has served more than 5,000 families and more than 7,000 children. DesMarais next turned her attention to the quality of affordable housing. Over several years, she helped build regional support to change zoning and land use laws that blocked the creation of affordable housing. Edie also founded the Eastern Lakes Affordable Housing Coalition and successfully raised $250,000 in donations to secure land for their first housing project.
"My community is important to me because I live here and I love its people and how they are willing to work together to improve it. I raised my children here, and appreciate the education they received, and how they feel safe and learn from the people around."
Nancy Grayson
NeighborWorks Waco
Rocky Mountain Region
Nancy Grayson, a teacher and small business owner, has dedicated her life to creating positive change in her community. Starting with 16 small children in a basement of a church, she began a school for disadvantaged children, which has now grown to more than 500 students in pre-K through twelfth grade. Due to high parent involvement, 100 percent of students graduate and enroll in higher education. Grayson's vision has now taken her from the formation of the school to ensuring a bright future for East Waco and especially the Elm Avenue area. Grayson has now opened "Lula Jane's," a bakery on the avenue, to help bolster the local economy and contribute to the sense of local pride.
"Make mistakes, make a lot of mistakes, they are your best way to learn that there is a better way to do it. I am a mistake celebrator, if we think we've got it right, we'll never grow and get better. I always try my hardest to get things right, but I also am not afraid to take risks and make mistakes."
Fronie Jones
Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation
Southern Region
Fronie Jones moved to Palm Grove in 1995 and immediately engaged herself in the community. Over the past 20 years, she has become such a presence that she is seen as the "glue" that connects residents with one another, and the "grandmother" who knows all the children and ensures their needs are met in a community that is a safe place to live, work and play. Jones has worked with KaBOOM to build six playgrounds and recruited 50 percent of the young participants in the Prodigy cultural arts' after-school program at Palm Grove. Additionally, Jones has brought her neighborhood association into a Neighborhood Alliance Network, which focuses on eliminating crime and drugs while instilling pride and safe opportunities for community building activities and events. She serves on multiple boards, including that of Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer recently recognized her as the 2013 Community Builder of Orlando.
"My faith has been my inspiration. When you are working with people you learn to love them and it is easier on you to love their good things and not the faults. You have to have patience to do community work, find people who can help you. This is a community effort and you can't do it alone."
Jenifer Scherer
CommonBond Communities
Midwest Region
Jenifer Scherer, a former teacher, has not allowed Multiple Sclerosis to deter her from being an active spokesperson in her neighborhood and for others with MS. Scherer organizes movie nights and welcome wagons for new residents of Kinsley Commons. Scherer has also made a difference by helping to secure funding for a free handicap-accessible neighborhood bus ride system, and an improved wheelchair and foot access at the railway city street intersection. She helped to develop the "Take the Great Mobility Challenge" and is now recognized by the city of Minneapolis for her expertise on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
"Don't be afraid of being wrong. It is important to share the ideas with other people in your community. Ideally a community should be a group of people that work together to help make the place they live better for themselves as well as others."
Stephanie Francis
NeighborWorks Homeownership Center Sacramento
Pacific Region
Stephanie Francis is a single mother of an 8-year-old son and her desire to create a safe and healthy environment for her family has led her to work on neighborhood, school, and environmental issues at the city level. Under Stephanie's leadership, the Fruitridge Manor Neighborhood Association has been a vital resource in WALKSacramento's efforts to involve residents in enhancing pedestrian and bicycling safety in the South Sacramento area. She has also participated in the California Endowment's Building Healthy Communities initiative as co-chair of the evaluation committee. Francis has devoted countless hours to NeighborWorks Homeownership Center Sacramento, her neighborhood, and her community to enhance quality of life for all. She has been instrumental in revitalizing her neighborhood association through her personal outreach and inspiration that sparks involvement of other residents.
"I live in a very culturally linguistically diverse community. So there is a constant need to find common ground that connects, because at the end of the day, everyone wants the same for their families."
2012 honorees
Georgia Burrell
Resources for Residents and Communities (RRC)
Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia Burrell is known affectionately as the unofficial "Mayor" of Reynoldstown, a community in east Atlanta where she has lived for more than 52 years. Through her 20-year service on the Board of the Reynoldstown Civic Improvement League, she worked tirelessly to bring public transportation options to her neighborhood. Burrell also played a critical role in preserving the Lang Carson Community Center, which has served as NeighborWorks America affiliate RRC's headquarters for over 23 years. When asked what inspired her work Burrell said: "I really enjoy volunteering and being around people. I grew up in this community and it offered me so much as a child, and now there are a lot of senior citizens and young people that need my help. I had those role models in my life and I want to be that inspiration for others."
Sharon Curry
Urban Edge of Boston
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Sharon Curry believes that "the way to create a healthy environment for every child to grow up in is to do for your neighbors' children as you would do for your own." One of the projects she championed was to start a local branch of the Boston Red Sox baseball Rookie League, and one of the proudest moments of her life came when that team won the local championship. When asked how she inspires others to get involved, Curry said simply "I listen. I tell folks it's important to listen, and we just don't listen enough, but when we listen the answer is right there. It takes very little for a person to be a leader; it's just like a tiny mustard seed that can grow into something big."
Robert Fontaine
Columbus, Ohio
Bob Fontaine, former Cleveland Ohio Man of the Year, says, "I can't be in any community unless I'm active; there is a need everywhere." He has been especially motivated to work with the young people of the community whom he recognizes as the future leaders. He formed an active Teen Council and also became president of the Pheasant Run Resident Council in Columbus, Ohio. Fontaine's latest project with the young people is to start a basketball league. Using his infectious enthusiasm, he persuaded a former professional basketball player to help him sign up dozens of boys and girls to take part in the league. Fontaine says, "Young people WANT to latch onto something, so we need to give them something positive to latch onto. We can be a role model for them and let them know they can be successful."
Alice Goggins
Affordable Housing Alliance
Eatontown, New Jersey
Alice Goggins has lived and volunteered in her community and her home in the Grandview Apartment complex in Keansburg, NJ for over 40 years, so when the owners announced in 1995 that they were planning to sell the complex, Goggins took action. She formed an ad hoc tenants' association that persuaded the owners to sell the property to a nonprofit agency resulting in a strong, sustained community at Grandview. Throughout, Goggins has been a motivator and a leader in the growth and expansion of this vibrant community. She has impacted the lives of generations of residents and inspired countless individuals to actively participate in their communities and to stand up for what they believe.
Herb Matlock
Little Dixie Community Action
Hugo, Oklahoma
Herb Matlock has been active in community and public service for more than 65 years. After working in the military and the Federal Aviation Administration, Matlock returned to his hometown and focused on local efforts. Knowing that his town would never be able to attract investment and grow without a public sewer system, he ran for public office, won, and eventually worked with Oklahoma's governor to bring sewer and water upgrades to the community. Since then, the town's population has doubled. Matlock's passion for helping others is chronicled in his book, "Turning the Lights on in Southeast Oklahoma," which won a national prize for history in 2011. Matlock's advice for others interested in community engagement is, "Make sure you do it from your heart, make sure you are committed and are doing it because you have a passion to help people."
Terry Miller
NeighborWorks Great Falls
Great Falls, Montana
Terry Miller has been a volunteer in Black Eagle, Montana for more than 30 years and she has played a leadership role in several organizations, such as the Civic Club and the Fire Department Auxiliary. Her efforts, such as developing a city-wide Neighborhood Watch program and initiating the annual spring community clean-up, have helped make Black Eagle a community of choice. Miller's advice to others interested in volunteering was, "Volunteerism is very fulfilling. Get involved in things you feel passionate about and things that make a difference in your community and your neighborhood."
Rosa Peñaflor
Community Housing Works of San Diego
San Diego, California
Six years ago, Rosa Peñaflor volunteered with the Crown Heights Neighborhood Group and today, she's the president. Each month, Peñaflor brings together area residents, local police and staff from nonprofits like NeighborWorks affiliate Community Housing Works to discuss community concerns and develop collaborative solutions. This approach proved vital in reversing a city plan to remove the neighborhood school bus. Instead of losing the bus, Peñaflor and her constituents talked the local school district resulting into allowing residents to get a subsidized bus fee if they agreed to do monthly community cleanups. When asked to share a word of advice, Peñaflor said, "You will find many obstacles when you have an agenda you want to get done, but keep fighting for your goal and find your leadership strength, Don't ever let the problems and roadblocks divert you from your goal."
2011 honorees
Joseph Bryant
Home HeadQuarters
Syracuse, NY
While many young adults choose to leave Syracuse for opportunities elsewhere, Joseph Bryant has decided to stay, and work to create opportunities in his hometown. His ability to bring together stakeholders has led to an impressive list of developments: the South Side Communication Center, green infrastructure developments, free wireless access to neighborhood businesses, and, most significantly, the development of a community-owned grocery store. Joseph is a champion of the Southside neighborhood's rebirth and revitalization, raising the hopes of its residents in the process.
Denese Meteye James
CDC of Tampa
Tampa, FL
As a board member for the CDC of Tampa and other organizations, Denese Meteye James is a vocal advocate for the revitalization of the East Tampa Community. Her advocacy has helped create more than $30 million in development projects. She also led the creation of an annual tree lighting celebration, which in 2010 resulted in more than 100 bikes and backpacks being given to local youth.Her volunteer commitment follows a 32-year career in healthcare, where she fought to ensure that residents receiving services at the health department were treated with respect and dignity.
Sophia Jeffrey
Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services
Springfield, MA
Sophia Jeffrey is the first and only board president of Springfield NHS. As the organization has evolved, expanded and changed its name, Sophia has been a constant, for 33 years. During this time, Sophia has been committed to working with others to give a voice not only to the members of her community but to all residents of the city of Springfield. Her efforts were even recognized by President George H. W. Bush, who named her as one of the Thousand Points of Light. Sophia Jeffrey personifies leadership, dedicating her life to improving the lives of her neighbors.
Kris Kumaroo
Montgomery Housing Partnership
Silver Spring, MD
Frustrated with the level of crime, foreclosure and lack of resident involvement in his community, Kris Kumaroo decided to take action. With the assistance of Montgomery Housing Partnership, he formed the Greater Glenmont Civic Association in 2008 to organize neighbors and explore solutions. In a few short years, the group has tripled in size, and the crime rate in some areas has dropped by 40 percent. The group has also tackled foreclosures and loan scams, and under Kris' guidance, residents have a heightened awareness that they can solve problems and improve their community.
Wing Hoo Leung
Chinatown CDC
San Francisco, CA
When the new owner of his apartment building announced plans to evict the building's residents and remove the building from the rental market, Wing Hoo Leung and other tenants decided to take a stand. Leung emerged as a leader, uniting the tenants and motivating them to fight. With support from the Community Tenants Association and Chinatown CDC, they won their fight and were able to remain in their homes. That struggle inspired him to continue to fight on behalf of others in his community. Under Leung's leadership, volunteers are sharpening their community organizing skills and serving as advocates for the city's most vulnerable immigrant populations.
Keith Pamperin
NeighborWorks Green Bay
Green Bay, WI
Keith Pamperin's passion for housing and community development has led him to a life of service. He is the founder of NHS of Green Bay, now known as NeighborWorks Green Bay. He has served on the organization's board for almost 30 years and has been involved in every one if its programs and projects over that time. Keith is known for experimentation and promoting new ideas. He was an early advocate of environmental conservation, equal access for those with disabilities, housing choice vouchers and grooming neighborhood residents for board positions. Many advances throughout the city of Green Bay can be credited to Keith's innovative thinking and persistence.
Tiffany Sandberg
NeighborWorks Salt Lake
Salt Lake City, UT
When Tiffany Sandberg sees a problem, she steps up to fix it. She's been instrumental in bringing in a millions of dollars of development, while rallying her neighbors against businesses that are detrimental to community stability. She has consistently taken leadership roles within the agency and in the broader community, and routinely engages young people to get involved in advocating for their community. After attending a CLI, she and her group formed a storytelling initiative called the Urban Pioneers. The group was invited to Athens, Greece, to share their concept, showing that the principles of grassroots community leadership resonate with people worldwide.
2010 honorees
Victor Aguilar
Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation
Oxnard, California
Pacific Region
Victor Aguilar is a true leader. He didn't stop at organizing youth graffiti offenders to clean up and paint murals; he went all the way to City Hall to advocate for their fair treatment. In the process, he developed confidence in his own abilities as he prepares for his future.
Linda Miller Allen
Neighborhood Housing Services of Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Southern Region
Linda Miller Allen is a tireless advocate for her community, serving on a dozen local boards and committees to spur investment and development. Whether fighting foreclosure, beautifying her neighborhood, working with youth or promoting education, Linda doesn't stop until she gets results for her neighbors.
Jesse Clayton
New Kensington Community Development Corporation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Northeast Region
When a beloved local park became a drug hangout, Jesse Clayton stepped up to lead a team of volunteers to reclaim it and convert it to a skate park. Within a few months, crime was down, business was up, and a community had been transformed.
Tammy Hoth
NeighborWorks Montana
Great Falls, Montana
Rocky Mountain Region
When their trailer park was listed for sale, Tammy Hoth mobilized her neighbors to organize into a resident association and apply for grant funds to purchase the property. Today, their cooperative is about to become the owner of Mountain Springs Villa, the former trailer park turned into a beautiful subdivision, with Tammy as its president.
Paul Lopez
NHS of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Midwest Region
Paul Lopez exemplifies community service, bringing investment and business opportunities to the community where he grew up. Because of his tenacity, the community has a multi-million dollar banking facility that also houses the first bilingual NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center. He also works with at-risk youth to provide educational opportunities and provide alternatives to gang activity.
Marron McLeod
UNHS NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center
Utica, New York
Northeast Region
For 20 years, Marron McLeod has managed the Cornhill Community Garden. Under his leadership, the garden has had a domino effect on the neighborhood, inspiring neighbors to improve their own properties. His work has led to increased opportunities in education, innovation, restoration, feeding the hungry, green lifestyle and youth engagement.
Emily MacRae
Twin Cities Community Development Corporation
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Northeast Region
Emily MacRae is the quintessential consensus builder. Under her leadership on the board of directors, Twin Cities CDC helped forge partnerships among elected officials, business leaders and community residents. These partnerships have been successful in reclaiming blighted areas, reducing crime, preventing foreclosure and promoting responsible homeownership.
David Pottinger
LaCasa, Inc.
Goshen, Indiana
Midwest Region
Dave Pottinger has played a major role in renovating Goshen's downtown district. He has devoted untold time and talent to revitalizing Goshen, focusing not only on bricks and mortar, but on the people who live and work in his buildings. Largely because of Dave and his partners, Goshen boasts a vibrant economic city center.
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