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Head coach Linda Sagnelli, Central Connecticut State University's all-time winningest Division I volleyball coach, enters her 20th season at the helm of the Blue Devil program in 2019. Sagnelli led CCSU to 12 straight Northeast Conference Tournament appearances from 2003-2014. The C.W. Post alumna and AVCA Top 25 Poll voter, who has 307 wins in 19 seasons as head coach at Central, has firmly entrenched the Blue Devils as one of the top teams in the Northeast Conference.
Under Sagnelli, Central has reached double-digit win totals in each of her seasons. She has also had at least one student-athlete earn All-NEC honors in each season, most recently in 2018 when three Blue Devils earned All-NEC honors.
Sagnelli won her 300th game at CCSU on Sept. 28 with a win over St. Francis Brooklyn. The season also included a highlight of junior Madelyn Kaprelyan becaming the first player in program history to be named Northeast Conference Player of the Year. Kaprelyan was also named ECAC Player of the Year and NEC Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Kaprelyan was an All-NEC First Team choice, while junior Gala Galabova and sophomore Emma Henderson earned Second Team honors.
In 2017, Sagnelli led Central to a share of the NEC regular-season championship and to the championship match of the league tournament before it dropped a five-set decision. For her efforts she was named the Northeast Conference Coach of the Year and the ECAC Coach of the Year. Senior Maddie Smith was named All-NEC Second Team and the Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. CCSU earned the AVCA Academic Team honor for the 11th straight season.
In 2016, freshman Morgan Woycik earned First Team honors and was named the NEC Rookie of the Year. Senior Rachel Fish was named to the Second Team for the Blue Devils who opened NEC play with six straight wins and qualified for the league's postseason tournament.
In 2015, Makenna Lommori became just the third Blue Devil to earn All-NEC recognition four times. The team was also named the NEC Sportsmanship Award winner and was recognized with the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 10th straight year.
The Blue Devils continued Sagnelli's streak of helping CCSU finish among the top four teams to qualify for the NEC Tournament in 2014. Central had two student-athletes earn All-NEC First Team honors in the same season for the first time since 2008. Lommori became just the second student-athlete in program-history to earn first team honors three times. Dunlap, who earned all-conference honors for the second time, became the first Blue Devil to take part in U.S. National Team tryouts following the season.
Central posted a 21-9 overall record in 2013 and qualified for the NEC Tournament as the #2 seed after going 11-3 in league play. The Blue Devils advanced to the championship match for the second straight season after defeating Sacred Heart in the semifinals. CCSU ran off a 10-match win streak during the season, its longest streak since the 2004 season. Three Blue Devils ended the season earning All-NEC honors, with Lommori being named to the first team, while Dunlap and Heather Trueman earned second team recognition.
In 2012, the #3 seed Blue Devils defeated the #2 Robert Morris Colonials in the NEC Tournament Semifinals to advance to the NEC Championship match for the first time since 2003. The 2012 squad featured four All-NEC players: Jamie Rademacher, Emily Cochran, Brittany Schumacher and Lommori. Lommori was the lone first team selection and was also named NEC Rookie of the Year after a standout freshman season. Lommori became the third Blue Devil to earn rookie of the year honors, but is the only CCSU player to also be recognized as First Team All-NEC at the same time.
During the spring of 2012, Sagnelli was one of six women honored at the 21st Annual June Baker Higgins Conference and inaugural Women of Influence Gala. The gala honored women who have significantly impacted CCSU or the wider community, made a significant contribution in the lives of women, diligently promoted women's rights, or have worked tirelessly to educate women.
In 2011, Sagnelli's squad featured a pair of All-NEC selections in senior Sara DeLacey and junior Emily Cochran. Both players had standout seasons for a Blue Devil squad that finished 20-11 and 11-5 in NEC play. The team reached its ninth consecutive NEC Tournament and was named an AVCA Academic Team for the sixth straight year. The 20-win season was the fourth for Sagnelli at Central Connecticut.
The 2010 Blue Devils received recognition on and off the court. Senior Amanda Bayer became CCSU's all-time leader in assists during the season and senior Kaitlin Petrella was named the NEC's Libero of the Year. Then junior Sara DeLacey joined Petrella in receiving NEC end of the year honors. In the classroom, the Blue Devils received the Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association for the fifth consecutive year.
In 2009, the Blue Devils once again proved to be among the NEC's top teams on the court. Senior Jamie Baumert helped lead the team to a 12-4 record in NEC play, and her efforts were rewarded with a first team All-NEC selection. Juniors Kaitlin Petrella and Amanda Bayer were named to the All-NEC second team, Petrella also received the honor of being named NEC Libero of the Year. New Blue Devil Emily Cochran made an immediate impact on Coach Sagnelli's squad and her performance earned her NEC Rookie of the Year honors. The Blue Devils were honored by the Northeast Conference and received national recognition for the team's academic performance. It was the fourth straight year that Sagnelli's team received the honor from the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
While recording a 5-3 NEC record in 2008, the Blue Devils finished third in the league during the regular season. Sagnelli guided three CCSU student-athletes to All-NEC honors last season. Senior captain Amanda Olmstead and sophomore Lauren Snyder took home first team accolades, as they finished first and second on the team in kills. Junior Jamie Baumert was named to the second team after leading the conference in blocks. The talented middle blocker also received ESPN Academic All-District I Second Team honors for her success on and off the court.
With a 23-7 effort in 2007, Sagnelli earned NEC Coach of the Year honors while helping the Blue Devils to their best season since 1994. As a freshman Amanda Bayer received Rookie of the Year honors for the NEC and tallied 1,334 assists in 2007, which ranks her second in CCSU history for a single season. Sagnelli had four Blue Devils receive All-Conference honors in 2007. Bayer, as well as fellow freshmen, Snyder and Kaitlin Petrella were selected to the All-NEC Second Team. Baumert received All-NEC First Team honors, while leading the Blue Devils with a .330 hitting percentage.
In 2006, Central advanced to the NEC semifinals. The Blue Devils had two major conference award winners in 2006, as senior Brynn Good and Baumert, a freshman, took home Setter of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors, respectively, from the NEC. Good also made an All-NEC first team appearance, while Baumert was a second team selection. The season also saw Good become the first player in CCSU history to record 3,000 career assists and 1,000 career digs.
In 2005, the Blue Devils advanced to the NEC Tournament semifinals before dropping a four-game match to eventual champion Long Island. The 18-8 record for the Blue Devils marked the third straight season CCSU had won at least 18 matches.
The 2005 season saw Chantelle Bowden become the program's first-ever student-athlete to record 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. In addition to being named the NEC's Volleyball Scholar Athlete of the Year, she also earned ESPN Academic All-District I First Team honors for her efforts in the classroom as well as on the court. Good was named the NEC Setter of the Year and, along with Jacqui Jackson, was named to the All-NEC First Team. Bowden, Katie Seamon and Chelsea Magee were named to the All-NEC Second Team.
In 2004, Jen Cote earned All-NEC First Team honors, while Bowden and Seamon made the All-NEC Second Team. Cote and Bowden were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District I First Team, and Shannon Verity was named to the second team. The Blue Devils recorded double-digit victories for the fifth straight season. Cote and Verity finished up outstanding careers, totaling 1,432 and 1,363 kills, respectively. They rank in second and third place in the CCSU Record Book.
During the 2003 campaign, Sagnelli and the Blue Devils posted a 21-9 record and advanced to the finals of the Northeast Conference tournament for the second time in three seasons. The Blue Devils, who hosted the tournament in 2003, entered as the second seed and eventually lost to Robert Morris in the finals. Three of Sagnelli's players were named to the All-NEC teams and two earned Academic All-District recognition. She was named the 2003 Northeast Conference Coach of the Year. Sagnelli's impression on the Blue Devils program was an immediate one. She took only two seasons to post the school's first winning record in eight seasons by finishing 17-14 in 2001. Central capped Sagnelli's inaugural campaign in 2000 with a trip to the Northeast Conference Volleyball Championships after an absence in 1999. On the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson, the Blue Devils recorded their first-ever NEC tournament match victory, a 3-0 win over FDU.
In just her second season at the CCSU helm, Sagnelli brought the 2001 Blue Devils to the top of the Northeast Conference. That season, Central went into the NEC Championship as the top seed, and Sagnelli earned her first Northeast Conference Coach of the Year honor. The Northeast Conference coaches also selected Cote, a freshman at the time, to the All-NEC First Team, and seniors Sarah Haase and Sara Winchell, along with freshman Shannon Verity, to the All-NEC Second Team. In 2002, CCSU, which recorded double-digit victories for the third straight season, narrowly missed the NEC Championships, though the Blue Devils' one-two punch of Cote and Verity received All-NEC Second Team honors.
Previously, Sagnelli achieved a measure of success during a 14-year career as the head coach at Iona.
At Iona, she compiled a 126-184 (.406) mark and remains the only coach in the history of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to be named Coach of the Year in two different sports, winning the honor in volleyball and softball.
One of the highlights of her softball coaching career at Iona, which spanned from 1985-1996, was her 1992 selection as the MAAC Softball Coach of the Year. She followed that up in 1994 with a MAAC Volleyball Coach of the Year award. Sagnelli wore a variety of hats while at Iona, serving four years as an assistant athletic director and eleven as the school's senior women's administrator. She was responsible for overseeing all of the Gaels' women's athletic programs and served as an advisor and mentor to the women's coaching staff. She also directed Iona's intramurals program and served as chairwoman of the MAAC Crew Championship Committee and on the MAAC Marketing Committee.
Sagnelli served a three-year term as a member of the Regional Ranking Committee for the Mideast Region and is currently a member of the Regional All-America committee for the Mideast region.
Her athletic background includes being named MVP of a Division I/Division II AIAW Regional Championship as a senior in 1982. That fall, Sagnelli and her C.W. Post teammates appeared in the NCAA Tournament and finished in the top-10 with a record of 47-5. in the spring of that year, she participated in the 1983 Nationals as a starter for The Windchimes, an open-level national team.
Sagnelli was inducted into the C.W. Post Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.
Sagnelli, who has international playing experience as a member of a United States team that competed in Sweden for The Viking Cup, resides in Madison, CT, with her husband, John, and their children, Matthew and Erin.


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Home Civil Motions Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to these frequently asked questions are general and are not intended to provide legal assistance. Please consult the Court's Rules and applicable statutory provisions in preparing papers for submission to the Court of Appeals.
Civil Motions for Leave to Appeal
Q: Is there a time limit for moving for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals?
A: A motion for leave to appeal must be served within 30 days after service of the judgment or order sought to be appealed from with notice of its entry (CPLR 5513[b]).
Service by mail is complete upon "mailing" -- by depositing the paper in a post office or United States Postal Service official depository (a post office box) within the State of New York in a properly addressed postage-paid envelope (CPLR 2103[b][2], [f]).
If the judgment or order was served by mail, an additional 5 days is permitted (CPLR 2103[2]). If the judgment or order was served by overnight mail, one additional day is permitted (CPLR 2103[6]). If a timely motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was made at the Appellate Division, the 30 day period runs from service of the Appellate Division order denying the motion for leave to appeal with notice of its entry (CPLR 5513[b]; see also Matter of Park East Corporation v Whalen, 38 NY2d 559, 560 [1976]).
Q: What is notice of entry?
A: A party must serve a copy·of an order or judgment "and written notice of its entry" (CPLR 5513[b]) to start the time limit for moving for leave to appeal from that order or judgment. The notice of entry does not need to be in any particular format. However, it must refer to the order or judgment and indicate, on its face or in combination with the attached order or judgment, the date on which the order or judgment·was entered and the place (applicable Clerk's office of an intermediate appellate court or trial level court) where it was entered.
Q: What does a motion for leave to appeal look like?
A: Rule 500.22(b) provides that a motion shall be a single document, bound on the left. The motion papers are a "booklet" that must contain the following:
(1) a notice of motion;
(2) a statement of the procedural history of the case, including a statement of the events that establish that the motion is timely;
(3) a statement of jurisdiction, including that the order or judgment sought to be appealed from is a final determination or within the special class of nonfinal orders (CPLR 5602[a][2]) appealable to the Court of Appeals;
(4) a concise statement of the questions presented for review, including that the issues raised are preserved;
(5) if necessary, a corporate disclosure statement (Rule 500.1[f]);
(6) copies of: the order or judgment sought to be appealed from with notice of entry and all relevant orders, opinions or memoranda rendered in the courts below.
The statements required in items (2) through (5) generally are provided in the form of a legal brief, but can be provided in an attorney affirmation or affidavit form.
The movant must file proof of service of the required number of copies of the moving papers on each other party (Rule 500.22[c]).
The movant must file a copy of the record or appendix used in the court below and a copy of each party's Appellate Division briefs (Rule 500.22[c]). The Appellate Division briefs and record or appendix should not be attached to the motion papers and need not be served on each other party.
Q: May I include a memorandum of law in support of my motion for leave?
A: A memorandum of law in support of a motion is permitted, so long as it conforms with the single document rule and contains the items required by Rule 500.22(b)(2)-(5).
Q: Do the motion papers have to be professionally bound?
A: No, but the motion papers must be securely bound on the left, without plastic covers or any metal fasteners or similar hard material that protrudes or presents a bulky surface or sharp edge. Secure non-protruding staples are permitted, and may be covered with tape to insure that they do not injure Court personnel.
Q: Should exhibits be attached to the motion papers?
A: Yes. Exhibits required to be attached include the order or judgment sought to be appealed from with notice of entry and copies of all relevant orders, opinions or memoranda rendered in the courts below.
Q: Is there a page or word limit for a motion?
A: No, but conciseness is encouraged.
Q: What are the typeface requirements?
A: Computer-generated papers should be in Times Roman, Courier, or equivalently spaced fonts. Bold type or all capital type is not permitted, except in headings. Times Roman should be 14-point type, footnotes no less than 12-point type. Courier should be 12-point type, footnotes no less than 10-point type. Margins should be one inch on every side.
Q: How many copies of the motion booklet must I file and serve?
A: Rules 500.21(d), (g); 500.23(a); and 500.24(a) provide:
Motions for permission to appeal: file original plus 6 copies, serve 2 copies.
Motions for reargument: file original plus 6 copies, serve 2 copies.
Amicus motions: file original plus 1 copy, serve 1 copy.
Any motion with proof of indigency required by Rule 500.21(g): file original, serve 1 copy.
Q: How do I set a return date?
A: Return dates are on Mondays, even when the Court is not in session. If a Monday is a legal holiday, the next business day will be a return date (Rule 500.21 [a], [b]). CPLR 5516 provides that a motion for permission to appeal must be noticed at least eight days and not more than fifteen days after the notice of motion is served. If there is no motion day during that period, it must be noticed for the first motion day thereafter. Accordingly, if the motion papers are served personally, count eight days and pick the next Monday as the return date. If the motion papers are served by overnight delivery service, count nine days (eight plus one for overnight delivery) and pick the next Monday as the return date. If the motion papers are served by regular mail, count thirteen days (eight plus five for mailing) and pick a Monday not more than twenty days after service of the notice of motion (fifteen days plus five for mailing). In most cases of service by mail, counting thirteen days and picking the next Monday will be the only acceptable return date.
Q: What is the due date for filing motion papers?
A: Motion papers must be filed no later than noon on the Friday before the return date (Rule 500.21[c]). Filed means received in the Clerk's office.
Q: When must I file my opposition to a motion seeking leave to appeal?
A: Opposition papers with proof of service must be filed in the Clerk's office on or before the return date of the motion (Rule 500.21[c]). Filed means received in the Clerk's office.
Q: Are adjournments of the return date available upon parties' consent?
A: No adjournments are permitted other than in those limited instances provided by statute (Rule 500.21[a]; CPLR 321[c] and 1022).
Q: May I reply to opposition papers?
A: There is no reply to opposition papers (Rule 500.21[c]). Post-submission communications are governed by Rule 500.7.
Q. Is there a fee to file a motion?
A: Unless an exception applies (Rule 500.3), the movant must provide a $45 fee by submitting an attorney's check, cashier's check or money order payable to "State of New York, Court of Appeals" (Rule 500.3[b]). Personal checks are not accepted. No fee is required to oppose a motion for leave. The $45 fee is required for a cross-motion, a motion seeking amicus relief, and a motion seeking reargument in civil matters (Rule 500.3[b]).
Q: How do I know if the Court has decided my motion?
A: Decisions are posted on the Court's website at 9 a.m. on the day of release. Decision days are usually Tuesdays and Thursdays during each Court session and the week following the session. Orders determining motions are mailed to each party.
Q: How do I enter the Court of Appeals order deciding a motion?
A: Rule 500.21(h) states: "The original of an order of the Court of Appeals issued on a motion decision is filed in the clerk's office automatically by the clerk of the Court and is entered on the date of the decision. There is no procedure for filing additional papers, such as proof of service of a copy of the order with notice of its entry upon adverse parties. If necessary, such papers may be filed in the office where papers submitted to the court of original instance are filed."
Q: My adversary was awarded costs on a motion. Do I send a check to the Court of Appeals for those costs?
A: No, costs upon a motion are payable directly to the winning party pursuant to CPLR 8106.
Motions for Amicus Curiae Relief
Q: Is there a deadline for moving for permission to file an amicus curiae brief on a pending appeal?
A: Yes, a motion seeking to appear amicus curiae on a normal course appeal must be made returnable no later than the session before the appeal is scheduled for oral argument (Rule 500.23[a]). Motions are only returnable on Mondays (Rule 500.21[a]). For example, if the appeal is scheduled for oral argument in a February session, the motion must be returnable no later than the second Monday of a two-week January session. The Court's session calendar is available at www.courts.state.ny.us/ctapps.
Q: How many copies of the amicus motion and brief are served and filed?
A: Proposed amicus must file an original and one copy of the motion papers, accompanied by one copy of the amicus brief; proposed amicus must serve one copy of the motion papers and brief on each party (Rule 500.23[a]). The proposed brief should not be attached to the motion papers. If the motion is granted and the brief is accepted for filing, amicus will be directed to file nine additional copies of the brief and serve two additional copies on each other party. As an alternative, proposed amicus may file the original and nine copies of the brief and proof of service of 3 copies with the motion seeking amicus relief.
Motions for Reargument
Q: Is there a time limit for moving for reargument?
A: Rule 500.24 provides that a notice of motion seeking reargument must be served not later than 30 days after the appeal or motion sought to be reargued has been decided, unless otherwise permitted by the Court.
New York State Court of Appeals
20 Eagle Street
Albany, New York 12207
Phone: (518) 455-7700

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Driving under the Influence (DUI) and DUI consequences can be far reaching, both legal and emotional. Considering the rising number of deaths and injuries related to DUI, many states have become outraged this lack of social responsibility are levying stiff penalties on offenders. As a result, having the best DUI lawyers to plead your case and who knows the DUI Laws in exchange for a reduced sentence is a must have to stay out of jail. Judges are sending a clear message that such acts of irresponsibility will not be tolerated, in the way of harsh fines and penalties.
Over the past twenty years or so, there have been numerous DUI laws passed related to drunk driving, and the legal age for drinking in all states is now 21 years of age. Underage drinking and driving accounts for a disproportionate number of alcohol related accidents and deaths. As a result, many states are responding with felony charges and extended jail time for offenders. This can effect how yousave money on car insurance and can lead to the revoking or suspension of your license.
States are cracking down on drunk driving. DUI and DWI laws across the nation are becoming stricter and being enforced with greater diligence. Why is drunk driving such as big deal? What happens to your body when you drink that makes driving so dangerous? Do you need to consider hiring lawyer for your drunk driving defense when you are convicted?
Alcohol slows the brain by acting as a depressant. When you drink, some of the messages your senses are sending to your brain are suppressed. That means you the fact that the car in front of you is stopping may not register with your brain, or it may register far to late for you to act. Alcohol in your system also makes you have a distorted picture of how you are moving. You may think, for instance, that you are moving in a straight line, when, in fact, you are staggering across the room. When you are driving, this makes it almost impossible to drive straight down the road.
When you drink and drive, you are putting yourself at risk. Many drink drivers are killed because of their poor driving skills. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, car wrecks are the leading cause of death for people in America who are under the age of 24, and about 40 percent of those deaths are somehow related to alcohol. Many of those in this statistic were the drivers or passengers of drunk drivers, and recent dui statistics are showing increasing trends according to law office of Carl Spector in New Jersey.
So just how dangerous is it to drive drunk? Having a blood alcohol content of just .10, a tiny bit over the legal limit, puts you at seven times higher of a risk for being involved in a crash that kills someone. If that level is raised to just .15, the risk increases to 25 times.
What about driving with a little bit of alcohol in your system? What if you are driving under the legal limit? Are you still putting yourself and people around you at risk?
Believe it or not, you could be. A blood alcohol content of .04, for instance, can increase the likelihood of someone being involved in a car crash by 1.4 times. Every drink that is added to that person's system increases the risk dramatically. Doubling the blood alcohol level to .08 increases the risk of a car crash to 11 times more likely. So having "just one more" could bring devastating consequences.
So before you jump in the car after a party, stop and think about the risk. Are you ready to live with the knowledge that your actions killed someone? Are you willing to put your own life and the lives of your passengers at risk?
Also what about dui arrest and punishment after all? Before you even notice, your financial and mental burden will increase dramatically. According to the law office of Dale Naticchia, a DUI conviction could be a crucial time in your life because the DUI penalty may ruin your freedom in many ways. In addition, if you are convicted of DUI or DWI then you are required to carry SR22 car insurance for a certain period of time and the premium rate is higher than regular auto insurance policy because many companies will have to reconsider the liabilities of drivers with DUI records and thus dui insurance is not cheap in the end. If it is your dui first offense then you would need to attend required dui classes which will offer you an ancohol treatment and accident prevention programs. If intoxicated, the chance of the having a DUI accident for any drivers will rise with their blood alcohol level. After you are convicted of driving under influence, then dui on your record will stay longer than you thought unless you file the petition for expungement. DUI expungment allows all records to be removed from your record.


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Q. My child is turning 18 soon. Will he/she be leaving the sponsorship program?
A. Not necessarily. Within the CFCA sponsorship program, eligibility for sponsorship does not depend on age. As long as your friend is attending school, including college, technical or trade school, he or she can stay in the sponsorship program.
The Hope for a Family sponsorship program provides children with the opportunity to reach their maximum potential.
This means encouraging them to continue their education. As long as your friend is sponsored, he or she will receive help with tuition, books, school supplies, and even transportation and meal costs.
With the help of sponsorship, the burden of paying for education does not fall entirely on the family and it will be easier for your friend to stay in school and achieve his or her career goals, become self-sufficient and help support the family and community.
It may be helpful to ask your sponsored friend about his or her educational plans in your letters.
As a sponsor, you can be a positive influence in your friendís life. Encourage your friend to continue with school and let your friend know how proud you are of his or her effort.


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Human waste shuts down BART escalators
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was shared and upvoted on Reddit on October 30th, 2018. The original publishing date was six years earlier.
When work crews pulled open a broken BART escalator at San Francisco's Civic Center Station last month, they found so much human excrement in its works they had to call a hazardous-materials team.
While the sheer volume of human waste was surprising, its presence was not. Once the stations close, the bottom of BART station stairwells in downtown San Francisco are often a prime location for homeless people to camp for the night or find a private place to relieve themselves.
All those biological excretions can gum up the wheels and gears of BART's escalators, shutting them down for long periods of extended repairs, increasing station cleaning costs and creating an unpleasant aroma for morning commuters.
Five of the nine escalators that weren't working at BART stations on Wednesday were in downtown San Francisco, said Jim Allison, a BART spokesman. While there are many reasons a BART escalator can break down, the beating they take at night is among the most acute.
The problem is tough to combat, especially with so few downtown public restrooms open late, BART authorities said.
Officers have to witness someone in the act to issue a citation, said Officer Era Jenkins, a BART police spokeswoman.
Must witness to cite
"Nobody wants to be walking in urine and feces, I know that, (but) if we don't see it or the person doesn't admit to it, they can just say it was someone else," Jenkins said. "Certain crimes you don't see, you can't enforce."
BART police officers sweep "each and every stairwell at each and every station" before the stations open in the morning and ask people who spent the night in the station to move somewhere else, Jenkins said.
If they spot a mess, the officers alert cleaning crews, Jenkins said. Station surveillance cameras usually are not monitored when the stations are closed, she said.
San Francisco police officers also can check the downtown station stairwells, but they generally only respond when someone complains, which isn't often, said Albie Esparza, a San Francisco police spokesman.
"When they are out of sight, people don't usually call about them," he said.
Not much BART can do
BART officials point out that they have little ability to change the reasons people camp at the base of BART stairs or use the plaza of the 16th Street/Mission BART Station as a public urinal, an issue highlighted in a recent Chronicle Watch.
"As much as we like to have an oasis from the rest of the world, we don't look at (these issues) in isolation, we look at (them) as part of a puzzle," Allison said.
BART officials have recently begun meeting with San Francisco authorities to explore ways of cleaning up the 16th Street plaza. Those conversations could easily evolve to encompass the downtown stairwells, Allison said.
Chronicle Watch
If you know of something that needs to be improved, the Chronicle Watch team wants to hear from you. E-mail your issue to firstname.lastname@example.com, or reach us on Twitter at@sfchronwatch and facebook.com/sfchronwatch.
What's not working
Issue: Homeless people often use stairwells at downtown San Francisco BART stations as restrooms, creating a mess that can gum up escalators and nauseate morning commuters.
What's been done: BART police say it is difficult to enforce laws banning public bathroom use because they must witness the crime, but they are working with city officials to coordinate a response to cleanliness issues.
Who's responsible: BART Chief of Police Kenton Rainey, Phone: (510) 464-7022 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Will Kane writes for Chronicle Watch, a weekly feature that investigates stubborn problems. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @WillKane, @sfchronwatch


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Definitely Neighbors depicts happenings around a divorced couple, who accidentally becomes neighbors after their divorce. Kim Sung Jae (Son Hyun Joo) and Lee Jung Soon (Ban Hyo Jung) are married couple. One day, the couple had an argument and their five year old son left the house. Their child died by a car accident. The guilt from their child's death weighted heavily on the parents and eventually they divorced because of this. As time goes on, the ex spouses meet again as neighbors.
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Bloomsburg University's Supervisory Certification in Curriculum and Instruction program is designed to enhance the professional curricular and instructional competencies of individuals who work with children, youth, and adults. We pride ourselves with the ability to provide job embedded learning through various situations and settings. We also strive to constantly integrate present principals and administrators into our program to create meaningful learning experiences to our future school leaders. The supervisory certification program is endorsed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and allows successful program completers the ability to hold an administrative position (other than building principal) in most all PA public institutions.
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RICHMOND, Va. — Conjoined twin girls from the Dominican Republic were recovering Tuesday at a Virginia hospital after undergoing complicated, nearly daylong surgical procedures to separate them.
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Maria and Teresa Tapia were born joined at the lower chest and abdomen, sharing a liver, pancreas and portion of the small intestine.
A team led by Dr. David Lanning, surgeon-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, completed a 20-hour surgery on Maria and an 18.5-hour surgery on Teresa.
Lanning said at a news conference Tuesday the toddlers were in stable condition in the pediatric intensive care unit, and that he expects the 19-month-olds to fully recover and "grow up to be healthy, young independent girls."
In several procedures involving six surgeons, the medical team divided the liver, pancreas and other shared organ systems and reconstructed the girls' abdominal walls.
"Everything just went so smoothly over the last 24 hours," Lanning said.
The girls and their 24-year-old mother, Lisandra Sanatis, arrived in Richmond about two months ago to prepare for the lengthy, intricate surgery. The twins and their family have become celebrities in the Dominican Republic. The country's first lady, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, stopped in Richmond on Monday during the surgery to support them.
Sanatis thanked God, Cedeño de Fernández, Lanning and many others for helping her daughters, and wept with happiness.
"It was really my dream and thank God it came true," she said through an interpreter.
VCU's first attempt at separating conjoined twins also allowed some of the university's students to use their talents to help the family in unexpected ways.
"It's more than just an operation," said pediatric plastic surgeon Jennifer Rhodes, part of the medical team operating on the twins. "To get patients from start to finish you need to get involved and care for them in a holistic fashion."
Students from the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising created new outfits for the toddlers, an occupational therapist modified a car seat, and a sculpture student created foam models of the twins' bodies so Rhodes could practice on synthetic skin before the surgery.
The World Pediatric Project, a nonprofit surgical-care provider for children in Central America and the Caribbean, sponsored the twins' medical care, along with the family's stay in the United States. Lanning has been a surgical volunteer with the group for several years.
Sanatis said she has always dreamed of seeing her daughters as separate and independent children. Teresa is more tranquil and Maria is more forceful and tough, she said.
"It may be a little strange at first, but it really is what I wanted," Sanatis said through an interpreter in an interview before the surgery. "I'm so happy to be able to see them be the individuals they were born to be."
Because of the way the top portion of their small intestines were connected, Maria wasn't able to absorb the nutrition she needed and was about 20 percent smaller than Teresa. Also, nearly 88 percent of the liver's blood flow was routed to Teresa. Lanning the disparities would likely have increased unless they were separated.
Lanning said he had "extensive conversations" about the Tapia case with Dr. Gary Hartman, the pediatric surgeon who led a team at Stanford University that separated twin girls joined at the chest and abdomen last week.
Sanatis predicted that her daughters will be glad to be able to get away from each other during arguments.
"They fight like siblings who aren't conjoined fight," she said. "But imagine if you have nowhere to go."
The girls are expected to remain in the hospital for about two weeks and stay in Richmond at least another month so they can undergo physical and occupational therapy, along with follow-up visits with doctors. They could return home by the end of the year to reunite with the twins' father, a construction worker, and three other siblings.
About a half-dozen separation surgeries are done in the U.S. annually, Lanning said, and maybe double that number worldwide.
Worldwide, conjoined twins account for between 1 in 50,000 and 1 in 100,000 live births. The condition is three times more likely to occur among females than males. A third of conjoined twins are attached at the lower chest, as in the case of the Tapia twins.
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Jane, minxes like you are what keep the Seth Cohen/Landry Clarks of the world pining away for the unattainable Summer Roberts/Tyra Collettes of the world instead of making a go of it with the smart, punky, emotionally available girl with cute glasses who is so clearly the better choice. I reserve judgment on Gareth only because this note was found abandoned in a share house he no longer lives in, rather than being pressed into a scrapbook somewhere. Let's hope he's moved on from his infatuation with this unemployed little cock-tease.
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Saginaw letter carrier helps save ex-Scout master
SAGINAW (AP) -- Postal carrier James A. Davis knew something was wrong with his former Boy Scout master when the mail started to pile up.
Davis, 55, noticed 82-year-old Fred Kline's mailbox was filled with letters. A day later, an ever larger pile of mail "raised a red flag," said Davis, who also lives in Saginaw.
"I've known him for pretty much all of my life, because growing up he was one of my Scout masters," Davis said. "You get to know people's habits."
He had knocked on the door the previous day, a Friday, but when no one answered and Davis' dog didn't bark as it would if it were inside, he didn't think anything was wrong. When he returned the next day, Oct. 1, and saw the mail still there, he knocked again.
This time, the dog barked, and Kline, who had lived there since the 1960s, didn't answer. Davis made a short jaunt to the back door and tried knocking again.
"I kept pounding on the door," he said. "At that point I called 911, because I had a really bad feeling that something happened and wasn't right."
A Saginaw police officer and medical authorities found the doors locked. Officer Justin Severs opened a window and pushed aside curtains, then spotted Kline lying on a bathroom floor, a police report states. Authorities broke out a window in a door to get into the house and reached Kline, where he had been for up to three days, the report said.
He was alert but shaking, police said.
Kline said he was in his kitchen when he apparently suffered a mild heart attack, fell and broke his hip.
"I didn't even know that I fell," he said. "I was there alone, just me and the dog. I didn't wake up until the next morning."
At some point during his ordeal, Kline thought he heard someone and yelled for help.
"I did yell, but I don't think it was loud enough," he said.
He dragged himself around the floor but couldn't reach a wall-mounted telephone.
"Time went fast," he said. "I probably passed out a couple of times."
Authorities rushed him to the hospital. Scott A. Grierson, Kline's son-in-law, was first to get word of what happened.
"He was very emaciated," said Grierson, 50, of Saginaw County's Kochville Township.
Kim Grierson, Kline's daughter, said her father is a diabetic who had not had an insulin shot, eaten or drank for three days. "So he was quite delirious when they did find him," she said.
He's now in rehabilitation.
Davis later visited his former Scout master on the mend.
"I just did what I had to do," Davis said. "I just knew his habits and knew he always got his mail.
"You just get this feeling inside. Something was bothering me, and that's why I did what I did."
Kim Grierson credited Davis with saving her father's life.
"I think the world of the mailman," said Grierson, 50, of Kochville Township. "I told him he was a godsend. He saved my dad's life."
Kline said he appreciates Davis, who has a long connection to the family. Kline's late wife, Patsy, taught Davis in Sunday school at State Street United Methodist Church.
"It's a great thing that he did," Kline said.
Robin A. Young, 53, who lives in the neighborhood not far from the injured man, said Davis has watched over his route for years, helping residents with mail issues and warning of potential break-in suspects.
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A tireless advocate for the new and resurgent Belfast, he has launched a series of initiatives designed to showcase the very best of the city including the Aisling Awards.
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A keen supporter of the arts, he curated the 2012 'Tears in Rain' exhibition of conflict-related art which was accompanied by an essay of the same name published by the Golden Thread Gallery. His latest project was Homecoming, an invitation to the global Irish Diaspora to connect, engage and invest in Belfast. He is Host of the 2015 Belfast Homecoming/An Teacht Abhaile which will take place from 23-26 September.
He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from June 2013-June 2014. Among his awards in 2014 are the Community Relations Council Award for Civic Leadership, the PRIDE Festival Award for Best Political Contribution to the LGBT Community, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians of America JFK Medal, their highest honour.
In October, he was named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International for "the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples".
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by Jason F. Wright, Deseret News
The Boy Scouts of America's decision last week to strike the restriction denying membership to youths on the basis of sexual orientation presents a tremendous opportunity for parents of young men.
Regardless your family's position on the hot-button issue, the change in policy gives parents and sons at least three fantastic discussion topics.
First, young men must understand that with regards to sexual behavior, absolutely nothing has changed. The BSA's official statement is clear: "The resolution also reinforces that Scouting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting."
We live in a pulsating world where our children are bombarded with blatant sexuality and subtle innuendo years before sexual conduct belongs on their radar. If your son is a Scout, why not use the news to have a frank discussion about abstinence? Remind them of the expectations of Scouting, of your faith and of you.
Second, this is a golden opportunity for parents to teach sons how important it is to treat others with respect. Perhaps you're among those who disagree with the change or who would have preferred an even greater pivot in the direction to include adult leaders. If so, consider using this moment to demonstrate to your children how you can voice disapproval calmly through the proper channels with dignity and honor.
It's critical that our sons see that we respect all young men no matter their Scout rank, race, religion or sexual orientation. This approach is central to Scouting's mission. Parents and boys should always remember that among other things, the Scout Law defines these young men as loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind and cheerful. Those attitudes and behaviors are not optional, even when we disagree with one another over such critical matters.
Third, the resolution regarding sexual orientation should be a clarion call that God loves us all. Any parent ought to divorce himself from the poisonous attitude that his son is any better than another because he happens to be a star football player, or a member of the National Honor Society, or because he isn't experiencing same-sex attraction and someone else in the troop is.
Talk to your sons — and daughters, for that matter — about the incomprehensible love that our literal creator has for each and every one of us. We do not have to agree on sexual politics, policy or preference, but we do have to care for one another, because God commands it.
Let's show love. Model a caring attitude. Teach compassion.
The controversy surrounding this new policy isn't likely to be fueled by the young men learning to tie knots, fold flags and be good citizens. If negativity and distrust catches fire and spreads, it will come from adult leaders and parents who perhaps lose sight that it's not about press conferences, boycotts and bullying. It's about the boys.
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That's the question a Jewish group in Israel began formally asking in 2011. And by Monday - on the eve of Passover - more than 2.5 million people had clicked in to watch a YouTube video trying to answer that question, all with a jazzy version of the Passover classic, "Dayenu," set in the background.
When Aish.com first publicized the "Google Exodus - Passover Movie," just 50,000 people had seen the clever 2:17-minute clip.
Silicon Valley plays a prominent role - albeit silent one - in the humorous video, with Google, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, Twitter and Craigslist all acting as the key forms of communication between God, Moses, Pharaoh and the other key Passover players. Of course, Moses emails Pharaoh from his gmail account to the leader's dot.gov account.
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Ray Sun makes China work for North Texas business.
On the ground floor of the sprawling Dallas Market Center, Ray Sun, a smallish, friendly man with a youthful demeanor, was standing just outside his products showroom. Nearby his display window exhibited an array of precision machine parts, all gleaming and stainless steel, as well as a child's board game featuring dinosaurs.
Each of the displays has a creation story that Sun, 55, was eager to tell to a visitor one recent day. But when he was informed that his guest was a journalist, something extra lit up in Sun, who's the owner of a Plano-based consulting firm called Advantage China. He insisted that the reporter head straight for the Center's fourth floor to meet with two clients who, he proclaims, may have a hit on their hands at the Center's big gift show in January.
That chance encounter was intriguing to this writer. But it offered little hint of the colorful, dramatic route that Sun has followed from the teeming streets of Shanghai to studies in Montreal to serial business failures as a Toronto software entrepreneur to Dallas, where Sun has become a self-made, if belated, success in international commerce. In a nutshell, Sun has made it his business to make China work.
And, he'll make it work for anyone—from the U.S. units of Swiss-based multinational corporations to suburban Dallas housewives who think they've got the Next Big Thing. He's currently overseeing 20 projects, which he expects will triple revenue to eight figures for Advantage China next year, when several projects will go into full production. The two local women with whom Sun urged a meeting, for example, sold decorative items with a wholesale value of $7 million in their second year in business, after developing a product line with Sun's help. Then there are medium-sized companies that need to remain competitive with rivals already outsourcing to Asia, or others who can't quite find someone—in the United States or abroad—who can turn their idea into a marketable, blister-packed product priced to sell.
Sun says he can get a plastic prototype made in China for a fifth of the cost in the United States: $2,000 versus $10,000. For many would-be entrepreneurs, he says, the latter price would "kill" a project before it got off the ground. And that's why he's so valuable, he insists, to North Texas businesses. Among them: a company that supplies equipment for power plants, and another that makes a gadget for laying tile on mall floors.
Understanding The Process
Working as a transpacific consultant wasn't Sun's original idea when, in 2004, he followed his wife, a physician with two medical specialties, to Texas. Here, she took a position with a Fort Worth hospital. Using his software background, Sun built a website offering thousands of Chinese-made products. But he found few buyers. When he began offering his personal services as a hands-on go-between, however, Sun felt he had struck pay dirt. His first contract was for the creation of non-stick camping cookware for a Colorado maker of freeze-dried meals for hikers. His Shanghai-based staff of two—it since has grown to 10—identified four manufacturers with the ability to produce the plates and pans. When all the pieces arrived from various points, a warehouse was rented for a day, and temporary workers assembled the kits. "I made no money on that order," Sun recalls. "But it made me fully understand the process and gave me confidence that I could do it." Years later, the sets are still being made and sold.
Sun knew that finding a supplier is often less than half the job. Quality control remains an elusive concept in a country that is making great, but jagged, leaps from Third World practices to cutting-edge processes. Thousands of suppliers rely on networks of mom-and-pop workshops of varying reliability, few with any meaningful reviews or independent testing. Yet Sun discovered a small Chinese village that specialized in rubber products that meet American standards, for instance. Villagers there turn out countless window squeegees of "very good quality," he says. And although a large manufacturer won't set up a production line for a small order, hamlet workshops are more than happy to get the work.
Corruption and red tape are less a problem for him in China than spotty, or nonexistent, quality control, he contends. Another complication is that only a limited number of companies have coveted export licenses, necessitating the payment of a fee for their use, ranging from 1 percent to 1.5 percent of the shipment's value, he says. A food product would be a different matter, particularly after all the toxic contamination scandals in recent years. Foodstuffs require a myriad of licenses and protocols, which somehow still fail to stop periodic unsafe food incidents that plague China. For that reason, Sun steers clear of edibles and commodity imports.
Still, there are countless ways an unwary foreign importer can be cheated when bringing in non-food items. If it's made of plastic, Sun asks, is it made from inferior, recycled material? The answer: "They don't tell you."
For first-timers trying to get an item fabricated, there's the problem of where to begin. When prospective U.S. buyers use such popular Internet sites as Alibaba to source a product, they're unaware that more than half the listing companies are brokers, not actual
manufacturers, Sun says. "You can't do business by phone or email. You have to go there, wherever it is, and meet them face to face," Sun says. Only then, he adds, can you size up the operation and its ability to deliver.
"Ray Sun is right," attests Jeremy Haft, an American consultant who has run companies in China for the last 15 years and teaches at Georgetown University. "How big is the quality control problem? Huge. It pervades China's entire industrial and agricultural base. It goes way beyond just the attitude of the workers. One cause is severe fragmentation. So, take a look at a pen on your desk. This might take three players to make in the U.S." But in China it could take 15, Haft points out in an email. "All the sub operations occur at separate plants. Plus there are a number of middlemen involved in the distribution of the raw materials and the final product. Each player in the chain adds risk, time, and cost."
Sitting down with a would-be entrepreneur in Dallas or Denver, Sun says, he can bring an immediate reality check by factoring in likely manufacturing and shipping costs, then contrast that figure with what the object could fetch on the U.S. market. His napkin-back spreadsheet requires a U.S. selling price that's six times the cost in China, or the venture will fail.
His clients four floors up at the Market Center, for example, were two Plano women who, frustrated at the poor selection at major craft chains of decorations and accessories for their middle-school daughters' school lockers, designed their own products under the Locker Lookz brand. All they needed were manufacturers to turn their idea into a full line of mixed and matched "wallpaper," mirrors, miniature chandeliers and other gewgaws that only pre-teens crave. Attempts by Joanne Brewer and Christi Sterling to find a U.S. manufacturer that could produce the tiny lights proved fruitless. Sun, by contrast, found innovative Chinese companies that pulled it off.


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SET 1: Rocky Top, Drums -> Foam > Bouncing Around the Room, The Landlady, Colonel Forbin's Ascent[1] > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Llama, The Squirming Coil, Cavern > David Bowie, Sweet Adeline[2]
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Poor Heart > Divided Sky, Fee > Split Open and Melt > Tela > My Sweet One, I Didn't Know[3], Buried Alive > Possum
ENCORE: Harry Hood
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March 27, 1993
25 years ago
Warfield Theatre
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend, My Friend[1], Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie[3]
Set 2: Buried Alive > Halley's Comet > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus
Encore: The Squirming Coil, Carolina
[1] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[2] Fish on trombone.
[3] All Fall Down signal in intro.
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# of players: 2-7
Play time: 30 minutes
Age range: 10+
Board games have come a long way from Scrabble and Trouble. There are games based on so many different themes that someone with any kind of taste can find something they enjoy. I have recently started to enjoy ancient cultures and ancient history, and 7 Wonders fits perfectly!
7 Wonders is a card game for two to seven players. No matter how many players you chose to play with, the game usually only lasts about 30 minutes. This makes it a great option for both small and large groups of people.
In 7 Wonders, each player takes on the role of a leader of an ancient civilization. As such, they strive to build up their cities, make bold advances in science and technology, bolster military might against their neighbors, and construct their magnificent wonder.
|Just a few of the available civilizations that players can rule - Olympia, Babylon,
Halicarnassus and Ephesus
The first thing that you will notice about 7 Wonders is the beautiful artwork on the cards. Each card represents a structure and each structure is vibrantly detailed and colored. As more and more cards get played, the table that you are playing on starts to bloom with color. The game is just beautiful to look at, and although that doesn't say anything about the game play, it definitely goes a long way to making you want to play the game.
Speaking of game play, at the heart of 7 Wonders is a mechanic called "card drafting". Each player is dealt a hand of seven cards, and they each choose one to play. This card is laid in front of the player and the structure it depicts is considered to be built in their civilization. Each player then passes the remainder of the hand to the player on their left, and everyone chooses another card from their smaller hands.
|An example of a hand in 7 Wonders
The fact that you can only choose one card from each hand means that you need to make some very tough decisions. Do you take that blood-red military card that will help you defend your city, or do you take that science card to become more technologically advanced? The cards that you don't choose will be passed to your neighbor, and you may not get another chance to play them.
This mechanic is quite enjoyable, and gives you the feeling that you really need to weigh the pro's and con's of each card. Each type of card (red military cards, green science cards, blue civilian structures, and purple guild cards) give their own type of benefit, and victory can be attained by using any combination of them.
|As the game progresses, players put structures they have built in front of them,
growing their empires
In terms of theme, 7 Wonders is great in some aspects and O.K. in other aspects. As noted earlier, the artwork on all of the components is beautiful, and this makes playing cards really feel like building the structures that they are meant to represent. The player boards that represent the civilizations are especially detailed and are a joy to look at. The one thing that distracts from the theme of the game is the drafting mechanic itself. Selecting buildings and passing the remains of the hands along may be a great strategic element, but does not necessarily capture the essence of managing an ancient civilization.
All things considered, 7 Wonders is a very enjoyable experience. The rules are easily understood and the game plays quickly enough to be accessible to all, regardless of your gaming experience. The components are of excellent quality and the game feels very tight and balanced.
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Fowler Family of Caldwell County
Some time ago I came across an intriguing document in a file marked "Miscellaneous Bonds" in the Caldwell County Clerk's Office at the courthouse in Princeton. It states: "Know all men by these presents that I have this day taken Gincy Fowler daughter of J W Fowler decd and bind myself to Provide for Educate and use her in all respects as tho she was my Lawful child This I agree to do provided she marries with my approbation. Witness my hand this Feb 25th A D 1852." [signed] R.B. Snelling. James C. Weller, clerk of the Caldwell County Court, certified that this bond from R.B. Snelling to H. Tandy was produced in his office and acknowledged by Snelling to be his act and deed.
As this bond is a little unusual, what could have happpened to generate it? A little checking provided the answers.
The 1850 Caldwell County census, page 742, shows Gincy Fowler, age 6 and born in Kentucky, living with Henry Tandy and family. No J.W. Fowler appears on the 1850 census so he must have died prior to that year. In my book, Caldwell County, Kentucky Marriages 1833 - 1853, there is a marriage for Rodger B. Snelling and Miss Elvira Fowler on 20 April 1843. Giving consent for the bride was her father, J.W. Fowler. Bingo! This tells us two things: R.B. Snelling had married Elvira Fowler, daughter of J.W. Fowler and therefore a sister to young Gincy Fowler. Also, J.W. Fowler was still living in 1843. Now we know he died between 1843 and 1850.
A search in earlier marriages shows that Joseph W. Fowler married Gincy Gray 8 September 1825 in Caldwell County and the will of Godfrey Fowler (Book A, p. 282, written 22 Dec 1816) identifies Joseph as his son.
Years ago, at the annual seminar of the Kentucky Genealogical Society in Frankfort, I bought a beat-up, falling-apart book from a used book vendor. The book is Annals of the Fowler Family and it was written by Mrs. James Joyce Arthur of Austin, Texas in 1901. There is no index, but a table of contents shows chapters on various branches of the family, including that of Godfrey Fowler Jr, who moved to Caldwell County about 1806. It was this book that provided the answers to my questions.
Because the author provided so much information obtained directly from the people involved, I want to include some of it here. Mrs. Arthur states that Joseph Wright Fowler and his twin brother, John Hopkins Fowler, who went to Texas, were the eldest sons of Godfrey Fowler Jr. and wife Clara Wright. Joseph W. and John H. were born 23 Dec 1796, possibly in Smith County, TN. Joseph W. married Ginsey Gray, who was born 26 April 1804 and died 25 March 1844. Joseph W. also died in 1844. They had nine children, including Elvira, who with her husband, Mr. Snelling, moved to Platte County, MO, returned to Kentucky and then went to California.
Gincey, the youngest child of Joseph W. Fowler, was born 7 March 1844 in Princeton, making her less than a month old when her mother died and only slightly older when her father died. Gincey married in Yreka, CA to William S.R. Taylor. She appears on the 1880 San Francisco Census in District 12. She was still living in 1899, when she wrote the author of Annals of the Fowler Family and stated that with her sister and brother-in-law, she moved from Kentucky for California. "We left St. Joseph, Mo. with ox teams, crossed the continent, and arrived in Yreka, Cal. in November 1852." So, that document or bond I found in the Caldwell County Clerk's Office must have been generated because Gincey was shortly to leave for California with her sister's family.
Another member of this family was Judge Wiley P. Fowler, who was born in Smith County, TN in 1799 and died in Paducah, KY in 1880. He is buried in Smithland Cemetery, Livingston County. Many of you will recognize the name of Wiley P. Fowler, a well-respected judge in Livingston County.
Miss Mattie Fowler of Paducah, KY stated in 1899 that she had been told her Uncle Joe (Joseph Wright Fowler) was a man of considerable wealth; that he owned the finest imported cattle of that day in Kentucky and imported silkworms at great expense just for the pleasure of seeing them spin.
Caldwell County has produced many prominent families and this Fowler family must be included among them.
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by Brenda Joyce Jerome, CG
Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog
5 comments:
- Deb said...
Good story. Thanks. Nancy Tandy was married to John Gray, a brother of Jinsey Gray. Parents of John and Jinsey (and several other children) were William Gray and wife Lydia (Gray?); The will of William Gray (1841) is in your book: "Caldwell Co KY Will Book B", and it mentions his son-in-law Joseph Fowler. William Gray was the son of Garrett and Susanna Gray. I'm descended from James brother of Jinsey AND from John P, brother of Jinsey (on my mother's AND my father's sides of the family). I'm also directly descended from Mordecai Fowler and we've been trying to figure Godfrey's Fowler connection for quite some time into our Fowler group too. Anytime you scratch a person from Caldwell, you're spilling DNA from most families in the area!!!!
- March 9, 2008 at 8:51 PM
- Brenda Joyce Jerome said...
Thanks for the additional info, Deb. I appreciate it.
- March 9, 2008 at 9:13 PM
- mgrubbs said...
Good article. I found that book a year or so ago and it really had alot of detail about my ancestors, including documentation directly from my GGG Grandma.
- May 14, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- mgrubbs said...
Good article. I found this book a year or so ago and it really gave some great detail on my ancestors, including documentation directly from my GGG Grandma, which I found pretty amazing!
- May 14, 2008 at 3:25 PM
- Mr. Fowler said...
the full text of The Annuals of the Fowler Family can be found at archives.org in several formats. The text version is searchable through your browser's find feature.
- March 7, 2011 at 9:29 PM


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I am keenly interested in geo statistics (and many other words with 3 t's :).
I am not very programatically inclined but have been following several lists with this theme.
One being the R filter on stackexchange (I get occasional digest emails of questions there).
I find that there is an extremely intricate language associated with statistics in general.
I am insterested in learning from a layperson point of view what some of this language means and how to apply it to everyday GIS.
Please list any currrent sources for geo-statistics knowledge/understanding.
Here is an example of useful information...
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Edit: Per request; I enjoy online training but get more from in classroom or step by step book (or pdf).


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South end of the parking lot at Ocean Front Walk & Venice Blvd.
Venice Lifeguard Station is located on Venice Beach above the jetty. It commands views of the beach north to the Breakwater and past, and south to the Venice fishing pier.
The Lifeguard Station doubles as a polling place where area residents vote, some coming in wet suits before or after surf sessions. A regular, 360? semi-real time view of the beach (it's a series of still stitched together and regularly updated) is streamed from the lifeguard station for web surfers interested in the surf conditions: LA County Coastal Monitoring Network (Venice Lifeguard Station)